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[ { "contents": "Pre-assessment\n\n\nthey do already do know. For example, if you are going to be starting a new unit in math, how to add and subtract. Just by asking the students \"What does addition mean?\", \"What does subtraction mean\" and, \"Do they relate to each other?\", the teacher would be able to know that the students had a good basic knowledge of the information and could start on application-based activities. Doing pre-assessment before each unit could help teachers using their time teaching", "id": "5448882" }, { "contents": "The Dot and the Line\n\n\nrubs it in that he is a lot more fun for the dot. The line's friends try to get him to settle down with a female line, but he refuses. He tries to dream of greatness until he finally understands what the squiggle means, and decides to be more unconventional. Willing to do whatever it takes to win the dot's affection, the line manages to bend himself and form angle after angle until he is nothing more than a mess of sides, bends and angles. After he straightens himself out", "id": "649883" }, { "contents": "MATH (band)\n\n\nMATH is an American Improv/experimental band formed in Woodstock, New York in the mid-1990s. The band's shifting personnel has included members of various other bands, most notably Billy Riker and Joey Eppard of 3 and Dave Bodie of Time of Orchids and Kayo Dot. MATH was born in 1996 when Billy Riker, Joey Eppard and Eddie Cercone got together to jam in Gram's Basement. Early on they used the name \"The Ed Hot Billy Eppards\" but eventually settled on MATH. The first rehearsal was recorded live to", "id": "7240207" }, { "contents": "Nautical time\n\n\ndagger (†) or a dot (•) for areas that do not use a nautical time zone (areas that have a half-hour or quarter-hour offset, and areas that have an offset greater than 12 hours), and a section sign (§) for areas that do not have a legal standard time (the Greenland ice sheet and Antarctica). The United Kingdom specifies UTC−3 for the claimed British Antarctic Territory. In maritime usage, GMT retains its historical meaning of UT1, the mean \"solar", "id": "5371250" }, { "contents": "How Sacred Harp music is sung\n\n\n: \" to hear piano reduction ( format, 63 Kb)\" Finally, even the dotted notation given above does not necessarily do justice to what is sung. The actual durational ratio between the longer notes is not necessarily an exact 3:1, but can vary over a range, from just a mild durational difference to a difference that actually exceeds the written 3:1 ratio. The two traditional Sacred Harp practices just noted—unwritten accidentals and unwritten dotting—have parallels in older European music. The music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance", "id": "16604924" }, { "contents": "Jernigan Institute\n\n\npeople who are blind. The Institute provides information on their website and other outreach-type activities to educate society on what it means to be blind, what can blind people do for employment, and what it is like working with a blind person. The outreach activities highlight real experiences of blind people, so as to provide a broad range of examples and experiences. The NCBYS is an initiative designed to educate the blind youth of career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) that are often believed", "id": "16844772" }, { "contents": "Status message (instant messaging)\n\n\nthus may serve as a means of instant, limited \"publication\" or indirect communication. Generally Available status is denoted by a green dot while the busy status is denoted by a red dot on most of the Instant Messengers Whereas answering machine or voice mail messages often have a generic greeting to leave a message, status messages more often contain a description of where the person is at the moment or what they are doing. Because most instant messaging clients indicate to users when their online contacts are away before they send a message,", "id": "20356783" }, { "contents": "What Do You Mean?\n\n\nIndustry Association. On October 3, Bieber was knocked off the top by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's \"Downtown\". \"What Do You Mean\" also debuted at the top of the charts in both New Zealand and Ireland, becoming his first number-one single in both countries. It spent seven consecutive weeks at number one in Ireland, and eight consecutive weeks at number one in New Zealand. A lyric video for \"What Do You Mean?\", directed by Laban and featuring skateboarders Ryan Sheckler and Chelsea Castro", "id": "10685662" }, { "contents": "Boltzmann equation\n\n\nf \\, d^3\\mathbf{r} \\, d^3\\mathbf{p} \\end{align}/math where Δ\"f\" is the \"total\" change in \"f\". Dividing () by formula_9 formula_14 Δ\"t\" and taking the limits Δ\"t\" → 0 and Δ\"f\" → 0, we have The total differential of \"f\" is: \\cdot d\\mathbf{p} \\\\[5pt] & = \\frac{\\partial f}{\\partial t}dt +\\nabla f \\cdot \\frac{\\mathbf{p}}{m}dt + \\frac{\\partial f}{\\partial \\mathbf{p}}\\cdot \\mathbf{F} \\, dt \\end{align}/math where ∇ is the gradient operator, · is the dot product, is a shorthand for the", "id": "17573087" }, { "contents": "Dot Cotton\n\n\ntragic, Dot is scripted as a comic character. Brown has discussed the humour she incorporates into her performances: \"I think Dot would be awfully boring if she weren't a bit comic [...] I always thought I had to put an edge on it, an edge of comedy, which just means doing it more seriously than you would do. If you want to play comedy then you have to be very intense about it [...] very, very serious.\" Some of Dot's catchphrases are used for", "id": "21351143" }, { "contents": "Schmidt (worker)\n\n\nme whether you are a high-priced man or not.\" Vell — did I got $1.85 for loading dot pig iron on dot car to-morrow? \"Yes, of course you do, and you get $1.85 for loading a pile like that every day right through the year. That is what a high-priced man does, and you know it just as well as I do.\" Vell, dot's all right. I could load dot pig iron on the car to-morrow for", "id": "6113412" }, { "contents": "Dot and the Whale\n\n\ntrying to converse. Tonga explains that her family has been killed by whalers, and she is the only survivor, but has lost the will to live. Dot explains that she and others want to help Tonga, and tries to by having Tonga placed in the same pool as Nelson to let her recover. Dot then realizes that they do not have a transport facility for a whale. Meanwhile, a crooked fishmonger becomes interested in Tonga as a possible \"fish\" source. As Dot wonders what she should do, Nelson", "id": "6462238" }, { "contents": "Tuberculosis management\n\n\nsecond-line agents, in addition to all the requirements for DOTS. DOTS-Plus is therefore much more resource-expensive than DOTS, and requires much greater commitment from countries wishing to implement it. Resource limitations mean that the implementation of DOTS-Plus may lead inadvertently to the diversion of resources from existing DOTS programmes and a consequent decrease in the overall standard of care. Monthly surveillance until cultures convert to negative is recommended for DOTS-Plus, but not for DOTS. If cultures are positive or symptoms do not resolve", "id": "14095375" }, { "contents": "GPS drawing\n\n\nlines across the map in a similar way to a connect the dots puzzle. This means the artist can draw over the built environment and over physical barriers such as rivers and hills. Though this can create very striking images and open up new possibilities, most artists do not use technique. Some artists add extra images or lines to the map after they have created the route. They can do this to simply add googly eyes to an animal or face or go further and add lines and other features which help viewers see what", "id": "16275053" }, { "contents": "Gyo Fujikawa\n\n\never becoming overly saccharine. Her paintings of children are recognizable for round happy faces, rosy cheeks and simple dot eyes. Discussing her respect for her audience, she said: \"In illustrating for children, what I relish most is trying to satisfy the constant question in the back of my mind--will this picture capture a child's imagination? What can I do to enhance it further? Does it help to tell a story? I am far from being successful (whatever that means), but I am ever so", "id": "9054162" }, { "contents": "Math Rabbit\n\n\nMath Rabbit is a 1986 video game that serves as a spin-off to the Reader Rabbit edutainment series. It was made by The Learning Company for DOS and Apple II. A Deluxe version was released in 1993 for DOS, Macintosh, and Windows 3.x. Then in 1997, the game was remade for Windows and Macintosh under the title \"Reader Rabbit's Math 1\". The final remake for Windows and Macintosh in 1999 was titled \"Reader Rabbit's Math Ages 4-6\". The game takes place in", "id": "14202831" }, { "contents": "Backstepping\n\n\n} \\text{)}})}^{\\dot{u}_x \\text{ (i.e., } \\frac{ \\operatorname{d}u_x }{\\operatorname{d}t} \\text{)}}/math So because this system is feedback stabilized by formula_144 and has Lyapunov function formula_145 with formula_146, it can be used as the upper subsystem in another single-integrator cascade system. Before discussing the recursive procedure for the general multiple-integrator case, it is instructive to study the recursion present in the two-integrator case. That is, consider the dynamical system \\dot{z}_1 = z_2\\\\ \\dot{z}_2 = u_2 \\end{cases}/math where formula_2 and formula_21 and formula_22 are scalars.", "id": "16183894" }, { "contents": "Tilde\n\n\n, or adding some objects to set of objects. It was introduced because plus operator can have different meaning in many situations. For example, what to do with \"120\" + \"14\" ? Is this a string \"134\" (addition of two numbers), or \"12014\" (concatenation of strings) or something else? D disallows + operator for arrays (and strings), and provides separate operator for concatenation (similarly PHP programming language solved this problem by using dot operator for concatenation, and +", "id": "1732025" }, { "contents": "Gamelan notation\n\n\n, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; while the five-tone slendro pitches are notated as 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. The octaves are noted by dots above and below the numbers, as in Chinese jianpu, although of course the pitches do not correspond. A dot over a note indicates the octave above, and a dot below a note represents the octave below. Two dots over a note indicate a note two octaves higher than standard, and so on.", "id": "9452590" }, { "contents": "Dot book\n\n\nhave to guide (use to determine an adjusted location). The general layout of a dot book contains the \"longitudes\" and \"latitudes\" of an American football field. However, a cartesian coordinate system (x/y) is rarely used, rather an alternative system of plotting players as dots on a grid and some jargon is used. For instance, a player may write: \"3 inside 45R and 5 in front BH.\" This would mean that the player is 3 steps inside (towards the 50", "id": "3815206" }, { "contents": "Dot Cotton\n\n\n1993!'. I was getting so tetchy, so I thought I'd go. I'd had enough. They were a bit shocked, because apparently there were some good stories coming up.\" Expanding on this in 2008, Brown stated that she \"didn’t like what they were doing with Dot – she was meant to spread the gossip. Originally she was a fountain of knowledge then next thing I know, people are telling Dot what had been happening and I thought, ‘No, this just won’t", "id": "21351197" }, { "contents": "Nick Cotton\n\n\nand featured an unusually small cast composed of Nick, Dot, Charlie, Ethel and Alistair, the fake priest. At the last moment, in what Altman has called the \"one time we saw a glimmer of Nick's good side\", Nick backed out of his plan and stopped Dot from eating the poisoned meal he had intended to kill her with. Once again Dot was left alone, broken-hearted at what her own son had been prepared to do to her. Nick was not away from Walford for long", "id": "1465458" }, { "contents": "Storytelling System\n\n\nStoryteller. Depending on what the situation calls for, a character has a number of Dots in Attributes and Skills associated with the task. Each Dot represents a d10 die that is added to a dice pool to roll for task resolution. For example, if a character is scaling a wall, they add the number of Dots in their Strength Attribute and their Athletics Skill together. In this case, if the character has a Strength of 3 Dots, and an Athletics Skill of 4 Dots, they get 7 dice in a", "id": "2448140" }, { "contents": "Cue mark\n\n\nused now by the BBC. The prevalence of digital television and the accompanying delays means that the use of cue dots to communicate with outside broadcast units is obsolete. Cue dots do have some other uses: presentation may be asked to \"flash your dots\" by an outside broadcast unit so they can confirm that their off-air check feed is the correct one, particularly when they are working on a regional basis. The dots are also used during coverage of the Wimbledon tennis championships to warn other broadcasters that the BBC feed", "id": "12600966" }, { "contents": "Balak (parsha)\n\n\n6] and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil; he shall dwell on high.\" Micah reduced them to three principles, as says, \"It has been told you, o man, what is good, and what the Lord requires of you: only [1] to do justly, and [2] to love mercy, and [3] to walk humbly before your God.\" The Gemara interpreted \"to do justly\" to mean maintaining justice; \"to love mercy\" to mean rendering every", "id": "20710501" }, { "contents": "South Hwanghae Province\n\n\nKorea. The province draws its name from what were the largest cities in Hwanghae, Haeju and Hwangju; the name, which literally means \"Yellow Sea\" in Korean, also references the Yellow Sea, which forms the province's eastern bound. The coastline of South Hwanghae is dotted by many small islands, many of which are uninhabited. Many of the largest islands, such as Baengnyeong-do are administered by South Korea. The Northern Limit Line, which runs through the region and demarcates a disputed maritime boundary between the", "id": "12265581" }, { "contents": "Whatever I Say Means I Love You\n\n\nWhatever I Say Means I Love You is the fifth studio album released by American country artist Donna Fargo. The album was released in July 1975 on Dot Records and was produced by Stan Silver. It was Fargo's final album for the Dot label and produced four singles between 1975 and 1976 that each charted on the \"Billboard\" country music chart. \"Whatever I Say Means I Love You\" was recorded in a series of sessions between April and October 1974. The first session in April recorded the song \"What Will", "id": "21207827" }, { "contents": "MDK2\n\n\ntake a lot of video memory. It's a real juggling act trying to get it to do all that at once.\" Faulkner explained \"the PS2 math capabilities are like Intel's SSE, but on steroids. The math processors can be used to optimize any kind of math operations, which, in a 3D game, means a lot. So they will basically be used to speed up a lot of the 3D transformations and lighting.\" In November, IGN held a second online chat with Zeschuk, Falkner,", "id": "8742535" }, { "contents": "Defining equation (physics)\n\n\nvarious levels of maths used typically follows this pattern. Typically definitions are explicit, meaning the defining quantity is the subject of the equation, but sometimes the equation is not written explicitly – although the defining quantity can be solved for to make the equation explicit. For vector equations, sometimes the defining quantity is in a cross or dot product and cannot be solved for explicitly as a vector, but the components can. Electric current density is an example spanning all of these methods, Angular momentum is an example which doesn't", "id": "16833016" }, { "contents": "Prison tattooing\n\n\ninsignia of the Schutzstaffel (\"lightning bolts\") are sometimes awarded to members of white gangs for assigned assaults on other races. Three dots arranged as a triangle, mean \"mi vida loca\" or \"my crazy life\" to Mexican inmates linked to the Mexican Mafia, while four dots have the same meaning but are found on Mexican gang members associated with the Nuestra Familia; a clock with no hands represents \"doing time\"; spider webs are a symbol of being trapped; or the number 13 to signify being", "id": "19531914" }, { "contents": "Beautiful Jim Key\n\n\nsmart that he could do math, maybe even trigonometry, in his head. President William McKinley saw Beautiful Jim Key perform at an exposition in Tennessee and declared, “This is the most astonishing and entertaining exhibition I have ever witnessed.” The President also commented that it was an example of what “kindness and patience” could accomplish. The horse was made an honorary member of George Thorndike Angell's American Humane Association. He also got 2 million kids to gather to pledge never be mean to animals. Also, every", "id": "4644454" }, { "contents": "Narrowing of algebraic value sets\n\n\n\"x\". So there is no mathematical function that may be applied to a variable to request the set of values. So may the \"gset\" function be added to mathematics? A meta-mathematical definition of \"gset\" may be possible. Imagine that what we know of as mathematics is actually implemented by a meta function called \"math\". \"math\" takes an abstract syntax tree and gives meaning to the variables and mathematical structures and adds existential quantifiers for variables not explicitly quantified. \"math\" would", "id": "15767399" }, { "contents": "MACC (Multi Age Cluster Class)\n\n\nmath learning, and many students are known for going 1, 2 or 3 years beyond their grade level in math. More emphasis is placed on problem-solving to promote critical thinking skills. Some classes have 'individual math work' but in small groups where everyone's skill is more or less the same. Teachers believe that in doing so, this will bring up a lot of interesting math discussion, which they believe is useful in learning math. Also, because of all the work MACC students spend on problem-", "id": "6930026" }, { "contents": "Graphism\n\n\ntjurunga, stone or wood tablets engraved with abstract designs (spirals, straight lines, and clusters of dots) that represented objects of religious significance. The first forms of graphism that allow one to hazardly identify an animal, did not appear until around 30,000 B.C. Prehistoric art records are very numerous, and statistical processing has allowed us to unravel the general meaning of what they represented. The earliest known paintings do not represent a hunt or a family scene, but are graphic building blocks without any associated description. All these early forms", "id": "10742378" }, { "contents": "National Council of Teachers of Mathematics\n\n\nthe meanings behind concepts. Before, teachers were expected to use either the Drill or the Meaning Theory. Now, teachers gave students purpose behind every concept while providing an ample number of problems. Second, teachers abandoned the informal technique of teaching. This technique was popular during the 1930s and continued during the war, and in essence depended on what the students wanted to learn, based on their interests and needs. Instead, math teachers approached the material in an organized manner. The thinking was that Math itself had a very", "id": "16869221" }, { "contents": "Quantum dot cellular automaton\n\n\narrangement of four quantum-dot cells. The bounding boxes in the figure do not represent physical implementation, but are shown as means to identify individual cells. If the polarization of any of the cells in the arrangement shown in figure 4 were to be changed (by a \"driver cell\"), the rest of the cells would immediately synchronize to the new polarization due to Coulombic interactions between them. In this way, a \"wire\" of quantum-dot cells can be made that transmits polarization state. Configurations of", "id": "9982362" }, { "contents": "Mary Lou (actress)\n\n\non programmes such as \"Phil of the Future\", as a math-nerd named Alex, as well as \"Glee\", \"3 lbs\" and \"What Should You Do?\". She also appeared in made for TV movies including \"Future Girls: Adventures in Marine Biology\" and \"Bad Mother's Handbook\". She continues to audition daily for feature films, television and voiceover. In 2004, Mary Lou landed her most prominent role to date on \"Unfabulous\" as a nerd called Mary Ferry", "id": "8234723" }, { "contents": "Full stop\n\n\nuses dots to separate levels of the hierarchical file system when writing path names—similar to codice_1 (forward-slash) in Unix-based systems and codice_2 (back-slash) in MS-DOS-based systems and the Windows NT systems that succeeded them. In Unix-like operating systems, some applications treat files or directories that start with a dot as hidden. This means that they are not displayed or listed to the user by default. In Unix-like systems and Microsoft Windows, the dot character represents", "id": "14707609" }, { "contents": "Syntomeida epilais\n\n\nwith a couple of white polka-dots dotting the wings and upper abdomen. The tip of the moth's abdomen is bright red; it looks like a very dangerous wasp, but in fact is a harmless moth. The caterpillars are orange or dark orange with long black hairs. The caterpillars look dangerous, but the setae do not inflict any harm. Females contact male polka-dot wasp moths by means of ultrasonic signals. On the branch, the sound travels, and then the male follows the sound to his new", "id": "9423128" }, { "contents": "Donna Fargo\n\n\nalbum with Dot in 1974, releasing \"Miss Donna Fargo\", which spawned three Top 10 hits, including \"You Can't Be a Beacon If Your Light Don't Shine.\" This song peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Chart. In 1975, she released \"Whatever I Say Means I Love You\" (ABC/MCA), her fifth and final album for the DOT label, that included \"What Will the New Year Bring?\". Dot Records was acquired by ABC and there was", "id": "18501257" }, { "contents": "Dot.\n\n\nmath (STEM) concepts in an inviting, age-appropriate way through the likable, self-confident titular character. As a bonus, it presents Dot's parents as her role models and educator, and her friends as positive influences in her life.\" An HTML game called Dot's Rangeroo Scavenger Hunt is available on Kids' CBC and Sprout's websites. Another game, inspired by Atari's earliest arcade game Pong, \"Make a Game with Dot\", is available on the Sprout website as well. An", "id": "14911916" }, { "contents": "Cyberchase\n\n\nThe show and supporting activities have been designed to support math education and reflect the curriculum standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The show's philosophy is to foster enthusiasm for math, to model mathematic reasoning, to help children improve their problem-solving skills and to inspire all children to approach math with confidence and a \"can-do\" attitude. Later seasons place less emphasis on math and more on environmentalism. For example, in season 11, the theme of episode 2 is habitat fragmentation, episode 3", "id": "9074568" }, { "contents": "Playdays\n\n\nLater there were 3 Dots: 'The Dot who plays the violin' (Eithne Hannigan), 'The Dot who plays the drums' (Liz Kitchen) and 'The Dot you can count on' (Dyanne White). Sometimes, a puppet called Dash would appear and squirm its way through holes in the set. It had a song: \"Not number one, not number two, not number three or four, not number five, not number six, only one Dash can do tricks!\" Another", "id": "12455314" }, { "contents": "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 3)\n\n\n\"though we do break the season up, we feel that the season as a whole is one arc\" and so the series would explore the same themes in the second half, \"themes of what it means to be human and Inhuman. What does it mean to all these people when they have to live with their actions? Are they capable of the things their enemies are capable of?...What is the true nature of a person? Is everybody capable of everything if put in a terrible position? Or is there", "id": "21609278" }, { "contents": "Cartesian tensor\n\n\nx_i\\cos\\theta_{ij}\\\\ \\upharpoonleft\\downharpoonright\\\\ /math and the explicit matrix equations in 3d are: similarly for The geometric interpretation is the \"\" components equal to the sum of projecting the \"x\" components onto the \"\" axes. The numbers e⋅e arranged into a matrix would form a symmetric matrix (a matrix equal to its own transpose) due to the symmetry in the dot products, in fact it is the metric tensor g. By contrast e⋅ or ⋅e do \"not\" form symmetric matrices in general, as displayed above. Therefore, while the", "id": "1985640" }, { "contents": "Hrid Majharey\n\n\nWilliam Shakespeare. Math professor Abhijit and trainee Cardiologist Debjani's love story begins one rainy evening on a lonely Calcutta street. And it ends on yet another rainy evening in Port Blair, in the Andaman Islands. In between, lies a roller coaster journey dotted by love and jealousy, faith and delusion, destiny and free will. The central theme is 'Character is Destiny'. What happens to us in our lives is determined by who we are. It talks about 'Self-fulfilling Prophecy' wherein a prophecy is", "id": "12581157" }, { "contents": "Dyscalculia\n\n\nhistory of it growing up, but such studies have shown that it can persist into adulthood. It can affect major parts of an adult's life.Most adults with dyscalculia have a hard time processing math at a 4th grade level. For 1st-4th grade level, many adults will know what to do for the math problem, but they will often get them wrong because of \"careless errors,\" although they are not careless when it comes to the problem. The adults cannot process their errors on the math problems or", "id": "4477040" }, { "contents": "Electronic color code\n\n\nmay be marked with 4 or more colored bands or dots. The colors encode the first and second most significant digits of the value in picofarads, and the third color the decimal multiplier. Additional bands have meanings which may vary from one type to another. Low-tolerance capacitors may begin with the first 3 (rather than 2) digits of the value. It is usually, but not always, possible to work out what scheme is used by the particular colors used. Cylindrical capacitors marked with bands may look like resistors", "id": "18844261" }, { "contents": "Star Wars Roleplaying Game (Fantasy Flight Games)\n\n\n. The total results mean that the character made the Skill roll with a bonus of 1 Success, but suffered 3 Threats and 1 Despair as well. The Game Master would interpret the result to indicate what problems and difficulties would happen next. Destiny Tokens are granted based on Force Dice rolls at the beginning of the session. Each player in the party rolls a Force Die and the number of White and Black dots are added up. The Player Characters' party gets the tokens of one color and the game master gets the", "id": "18879066" }, { "contents": "Midnight Delight (film)\n\n\nfat”, to “if dolphins could be the reason for the inception of the entire universe or its destruction” moving to even hats, moisturizer, maths, infinity, working out at the gym, dating games and health supplements. Vignettes composition as follows: Features Michael Laguerre, John Crann (topics include hats, moisturizer). Features Dipti Mehta, Rachel Myers (topics include maths, infinity). Features Shaheed Woods, Michele Ann Suttile (topics include Why do we talk, What do models eat, If water", "id": "20370600" }, { "contents": "Pascal's triangle\n\n\ndimensional number is equal to the \"d\" \"n\"-dimensional number. An alternative formula that does not involve recursion is as follows: The geometric meaning of a function P is: P(1) = 1 for all \"d\". Construct a \"d\"-dimensional triangle (a 3-dimensional triangle is a tetrahedron) by placing additional dots below an initial dot, corresponding to P(1) = 1. Place these dots in a manner analogous to the placement of numbers in Pascal's triangle. To find P(\"x\"), have a total of", "id": "4861513" }, { "contents": "Oxidizing agent\n\n\nunder DOT regulations. These two are Class 5; Division 5.1(a)1 and Class 5; Division 5.1(a)2. Division 5.1 \"means a material that may, generally by yielding oxygen, cause or enhance the combustion of other materials.\" Division 5.(a)1 of the DOT code applies to solid oxidizers \"if, when tested in accordance with the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria (IBR, see § 171.7 of this subchapter), its mean burning time is less than or equal to the burning time of a 3:7 potassium bromate/cellulose mixture", "id": "14574796" }, { "contents": "Biblical inerrancy\n\n\nCouncil added: \"Since God speaks in Sacred Scripture through men in human fashion, the interpreter of Sacred Scripture, in order to see clearly what God wanted to communicate to us, should carefully investigate what meaning the sacred writers really intended, and what God wanted to manifest by means of their words.\" Some literalist or conservative Christians teach that the Bible lacks error in every way in all matters: chronology, history, biology, sociology, psychology, politics, physics, math, art, and so on. Other", "id": "8221438" }, { "contents": "Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math\n\n\ncapture what Carmen Sandiego has always been about.\". USA Today gave the game 3.5 stars out of 4, concluding \"Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math: The Lady Liberty Larceny makes doing math fun and it also presents a great mystery story for kids to solve\". NintendoLife game the game a rating of 5/10 stars, criticising it for being short and having no replay value. It added \"the visuals are still underwhelming yet charming, and the music follows suit\", and concluded \"newcomers might want to stay clear", "id": "9955762" }, { "contents": "UK Singles Chart records and statistics\n\n\nlongest song to reach No.1. \"What Do You Want?\" by Adam Faith at 1 minute 35 seconds (1959) is the shortest. Source: In addition, in the final week that Justin Bieber was at #1 and #2 with \"Love Yourself\" and \"Sorry\", \"What Do You Mean\" was at #3. For the first three weeks that Ed Sheeran was at #1 and #2 with \"Shape of You\" and \"Galway Girl\", \"Castle on the Hill", "id": "7842313" }, { "contents": "Zwan\n\n\nIn the same \"Entertainment Weekly\" article, Corgan disclosed that things went wrong at some of the very first recording sessions. \"...it was like, 'What do you mean the guitar's out of tune? What do you mean I have to be there at 11? What do you mean I can't order $100 of lobster every day?' I mean, like, bad. But it was too late. It was already public. The album was going out. So I did what I always", "id": "14143849" }, { "contents": "Fight for This Love\n\n\nstarts off with Cole in a simple white vest, and biker gloves, accompanied with an entourage of female dancers dressed in black. Various scenes throughout the video include Cole in silk leopard print bottoms, an all black outfit with silver sparks coming out from both sides of her top, standing in what would appear to be her maths workbook, in which she has been doodling and writing poems rather than doing her maths while wearing what appears to be a corset with two miniature beds of nails strapped to the side and [later", "id": "8854507" }, { "contents": "Kept Husbands\n\n\nagree to accompany Dick. Dick decides to go to St. Louis, with or without Dot, making her incredibly upset. Not knowing what to do, he goes to ask advice from his mother (Mary Carr), who tells him that he needs to reconcile with Dot before he leaves for St. Louis. Meanwhile, Dot has agreed to meet with a former beau, Charles Bates (Bryant Washburn), who attempts to seduce her. When she returns to their house the following morning, Dick questions her regarding her whereabouts", "id": "12587645" }, { "contents": "Dot Cotton\n\n\nhearted at what her own son had been prepared to do to her. Other storylines have concentrated on Dot's various attempts to reform Nick, such as in 1991, when Nick returned with a heroin addiction. As the plot unfolded, Dot tried to curtail Nick's addiction by locking him in his room and forcing him to go cold turkey. His resulting paranoia and cravings led him to escape and murder the first person he encountered, The Queen Victoria landlord Eddie Royle (Michael Melia). The episode where Eddie was murdered", "id": "21351160" }, { "contents": "Aimpoint CompM2\n\n\nany weapon fitted with an upper Picatinny rail. It is also NVG-compatible—the aiming dot is still visible through night vision scopes and goggles. The sight is water-tight down to 25 meters and runs on one 3-volt lithium battery type 2L76 or DL1/3N. Aiming dot brightness is adjustable for better visibility or increased battery life. The M68 is parallax-free at around 45.7 m (50 yards), meaning that the red dot will not change position based on eye position at that range. At shorter ranges the point", "id": "18706358" }, { "contents": "Difference of two squares\n\n\ntest. The identity also holds in inner product spaces over the field of real numbers, such as for dot product of Euclidean vectors: The proof is identical. By the way, assuming that and have equal norms (which means that their dot squares are equal), it demonstrates analytically the fact that two diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular. If \"a\" and \"b\" are two elements of a commutative ring \"R\", then formula_60. Note that binomial coefficients do \"not\" appear in the second", "id": "6469605" }, { "contents": "Dotted note\n\n\n. Before the mid 18th century, double dots were not used. Until then, in some circumstances, single dots could mean double dots. In a French overture (and sometimes other Baroque music), notes written as dotted notes are often interpreted to mean double-dotted notes, and the following note is commensurately shortened; see Historically informed performance. A triple-dotted note is a note with three dots written after it; its duration is times its basic note value. Use of a triple-dotted note value is", "id": "11213735" }, { "contents": "Shawn Arévalo McCollough\n\n\nnortheast Georgia, Gainesville Elementary School is mostly Hispanic and 90% poor — and this year 90% of its students passed state tests in reading and math. The principal expresses the philosophy of his school this way: ‘We don't focus on what we can't do at this school; we focus on what we can do. We do whatever it takes to get kids across the finish line.’ This principal is challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations, and that is the spirit of our education reform, and", "id": "13242835" }, { "contents": "Brasil '86\n\n\nBrasil '86 is an album by Sérgio Mendes. The album is best known for four songs by different vocalists: \"Daylight\" sung by Siedah Garrett, \"Your Smile\" by Gracinha Leporace, \"No Place to Hide\" by Lani Hall, and \"What Do We Mean To Each Other,\" a duet with Lisa Bevill and Joe Pizzulo, which charted at #19 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary charts in 1987. 1. \"Daylight\" 2. \"Take This Love\" 3. \"What Do We", "id": "9703058" }, { "contents": "Math rock\n\n\n), math rock frequently uses non-standard time signatures such as 7/8, 11/8, or 13/8, or features constantly changing meters based on various groupings of 2 and 3. This rhythmic complexity, seen as \"mathematical\" in character by many listeners and critics, is what gives the genre its name. The sound is usually dominated by guitars and drums as in traditional rock, and because of the complex rhythms, the drums section of math rock groups tend to be more salient than in other genres. It is commonplace", "id": "5058011" }, { "contents": "Manor Croft Academy\n\n\n5 or above in English and Maths GCSEs. This score shows how much progress pupils at Manor Croft Academy made between the end of key stage 2 and the end of key stage 4, compared to pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 2. This is based on results in up to 8 qualifications, which include English, maths, 3 English Baccalaureate qualifications including sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and 3 other additional approved qualifications. A score above zero means pupils made", "id": "4801800" }, { "contents": "Levi-Civita symbol\n\n\ncontracted epsilon identity\". In Einstein notation, the duplication of the index implies the sum on . The previous is then denoted . In dimensions, when all take values : ^{j_{k+1}} \\dots \\delta_{i_n ]}^{j_n} = k!~\\delta^{j_{k+1} \\dots j_n}_{i_{k+1} \\dots i_n} /math where the exclamation mark () denotes the factorial, and is the generalized Kronecker delta. For any , the property follows from the facts that In general, for dimensions, one can write the product of two Levi-Civita symbols as: For (", "id": "19191686" }, { "contents": "Filename\n\n\nfurther restrictions and interpretations. See comparison of file systems for more details on restrictions. In Unix-like systems, DOS, and Windows, the filenames \".\" and \"..\" have special meanings (current and parent directory respectively). Windows 95/98/ME also uses names like \"...\", \"...\" and so on to denote grandparent or great-grandparent directories. All Windows versions forbid creation of filenames that consist of only dots, although names consist of three dots (\"...\") or more", "id": "2076210" }, { "contents": "Lonnie Athens\n\n\n, the subject reinforces his warlike attitude to the situation by a method of different steps. With this repeating behavior they get emotionally attached to what they are doing. Because of this emotional attachment, the individual resorts to violence as a means to control and dominate others any time they are provoked. Stage 3 Violent Performances: After surpassing the previous two stages, the individual executes violent behavior towards subordinates. In this stage, they begin to feel most comfortable with what they are doing because they start to gain respect, celebrity status", "id": "10302673" }, { "contents": "Fallout Online\n\n\nundertaking, and on top of that, it means that you do have to do all that stuff so what else are you going to focus on? What other games are you going to be able to make?\" In November 2006, Interplay, headed by Herve Caen, filed a Form 8-K filing to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding a potential \"Fallout\" massively multiplayer online game. In April 2007, Bethesda Softworks, the developer of \"Fallout 3\", purchased full rights to the", "id": "11650498" }, { "contents": "Caucasia (novel)\n\n\nmother. By the end of this section, she decides to run away from home to Boston and look for her Aunt Dot, and hopefully find her father and her sister. Part 3: \"Compared to what\" In Boston, Birdie uses the address on the postcard to find Aunt Dot, who now has a daughter, Taj. Aunt Dot notifies Sandy that Birdie has run away to Boston, but when Sandy and Jim come to pick up Birdie, she refuses to leave with them. Birdie reconnects with her first", "id": "16052386" }, { "contents": "Two-cell Chinese Braille\n\n\nand \"ch sh zh\"). The second cell represents the rime, generally in the top half of the cell, and the tone, generally in dots 3 and 6. Tone 1 (\"mā\") is indicated by dot 3 (), tone 2 (\"má\") by dot 6 (), and tone 3 (\"mǎ\") by dots 3 and 6 (). (In rime \"-ei\", which already contains a dot 3, the dot 3 for tones 1 and", "id": "18715954" }, { "contents": "Homoglyph\n\n\nmeans of a slashed zero, for example, are preferred for those uses. In the days of mechanical typewriters these were typed with the same key, which was also used for a double inverted comma. However the umlaut originated specifically as a pair of short vertical lines (not two dots) (see Sutterlin). Incidentally the two dots above the letter E in Albanian are described as a diaresis but do not fulfil the function of a diaresis. Two common and important sets of homoglyphs in use today are the digit zero", "id": "20008229" }, { "contents": "Wolf Wolfensberger\n\n\n2) what do they need, and what are the service assumptions about these; (3) what content is relevant to address that need; and (4) what are the best processes for addressing that need in a way that is most potent, effective, and image-enhancing. Model Coherency is the most highly weighted of the 50 ratings in PASS, and research has shown it to be the rating most closely correlated to a service’s overall quality, meaning that a service’s overall performance on PASS usually closely", "id": "14263692" }, { "contents": "Education in Sweden\n\n\ntests are administered to all students in the Swedish grundskola. The primary aim of these tests are to ensure all students are assessed equivalently. The test results should be given special consideration by teachers when setting the students final grade. In grade 3 the tests are framed around a story involving two children encountering Math and Swedish in everyday situations to make the test situation less intimidating. Only Swedish and Math has national tests in year 3. The results from the tests are not used for grading, as students do not receive grades before", "id": "107758" }, { "contents": "Braille pattern dots-3\n\n\nThe Braille pattern dots-3 ( ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the bottom left dot raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the middle-bottom left dot raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2804, and in Braille ASCII with an apostrophe. In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-3 is used to represent an apostrophe, accent mark, or other punctuation. Related to Braille pattern dots-3 are Braille patterns 37, 38, and 378, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-", "id": "7938982" }, { "contents": "Metacharacter\n\n\nis \"\\(1\\+1\\)\\*3=6\"; otherwise, the parentheses, plus sign, and asterisk will have special meanings. Some other characters may have special meaning in some environments. The term \"to escape a metacharacter\" means to make the metacharacter ineffective (to strip it of its special meaning), causing it to have its literal meaning. For example, in PCRE, a dot (\".\") stands for any single character. The regular expression \"A.C\" will match \"ABC\", \"A3C\", or even", "id": "3607317" }, { "contents": "Rob Eastaway\n\n\nRob Eastaway is an English author who is active in the popularisation of mathematics and was awarded the Zeeman medal in 2017 for excellence in the promotion of maths. He is best known for his books, including the bestselling \"Why Do Buses Come in Threes?\" and \"Maths for Mums and Dads\". His first book was \"What is a Googly?\", an explanation of cricket for Americans and other newcomers to the game. Eastaway is a keen cricket player and was one of the originators of the International Rankings", "id": "21062504" }, { "contents": "Everyday Mathematics\n\n\ncommon are games and explorations. What Works Clearinghouse ( or WWC ) reviewed the evidence in support of the Everyday Mathematics program. Of the 61 pieces of evidence submitted by the publisher, 57 did not meet the WWC minimum standards for scientific evidence, four met evidence standards with reservations, and one of those four showed a statistically significant positive effect. Based on the four studies considered, the WWC gave Everyday Math a rating of \"Potentially Positive Effect\" with the four studies showing a mean improvement in elementary math achievement (versus", "id": "18386473" }, { "contents": "True Will\n\n\nare thus considered to be correct, while willed actions that deviate from True Will may nevertheless be wrong. In \"The Book of the Law\" Crowley wrote \"Do What Thou Wilt\". \"DO WHAT THOU WILT\" can often be misunderstood to mean \"do what you want\". When one says \"do what thou wilt\", this means that the origin of will directs the path. To understand and act upon one's True Will is a sort of \"enlightenment\" to Thelemites. The ultimate goal of", "id": "12006823" }, { "contents": "Prison tattooing\n\n\nIndian ink, colloquially known as a \"jail dot\". A Borstal dot also meant doing time but this tattoo has become a lot less common since Borstals were abolished. Another less common prison tattoo dates back to Borstals which earned itself the name the \"Borstal glove\" is the back of the criminal's hand outlined and just full of Indian ink. A spider web usually located on the elbow, symbolizes time served in prison. Since the tattoo machines are homemade and efficient means of sterilization are not available, there are", "id": "19531916" }, { "contents": "3-Isobutyl-2-methoxypyrazine\n\n\ndried pepper flakes and other spices derived from the seeds and placenta of peppers lack the aroma of what is thought of as a \"fresh pepper smell\". 3-isobutyl-2-methoxypyrazine has been noted, along with a few other food flavor additives, as a possible means of preventing the use of pseudoephedrine in the production of methamphetamine. A number of pharmaceutical companies have proposed various physical means of deterring such illicit uses namely by altering the method of drug delivery. However, these physical methods only make it more difficult to extract the pseudophedrine and do", "id": "1537494" }, { "contents": "Bio-MEMS\n\n\nfrom cells hybridize to the molecules on the microarray and a differential comparison between a treated sample (labelled red, for example) and an untreated sample (labelled in another color such as green) is used for analysis. Red dots mean that the corresponding gene was expressed at a higher level in the treated sample. Conversely, green dots mean that the corresponding gene was expressed at a higher level in the untreated sample. Yellow dots, as a result of the overlap between red and green dots, mean that the corresponding gene", "id": "3510759" }, { "contents": "Lorentz force\n\n\nFeynman's subscript notation). Using the chain rule, the total derivative of A is: so the above expression can be rewritten as: With v = ẋ, we can put the equation into the convenient Euler–Lagrange form (\\phi-\\dot{\\mathbf{x}}\\cdot\\mathbf{A})+ \\frac{\\mathrm{d}}{\\mathrm{d}t}\\nabla_{\\dot{\\mathbf{x}}}(\\phi-\\dot{\\mathbf{x}}\\cdot\\mathbf{A})\\right]/math where formula_35 and formula_36. The Lagrangian for a charged particle of mass \"m\" and charge \"q\" in an electromagnetic field equivalently describes the dynamics of the particle in terms of its \"energy\", rather than the force exerted on it. The classical expression is given", "id": "18900763" }, { "contents": "Learning theory (education)\n\n\nmeaning. Learning through this perspective, in which known and doing become inseparable, becomes both applicable and whole. Much of the education students receive is limited to the culture of schools, without consideration for authentic cultures outside of education. Curricula framed by situated cognition can bring knowledge to life by embedding the learned material within the culture students are familiar with. For example, formal and abstract syntax of math problems can be transformed by placing a traditional math problem within a practical story problem. This presents an opportunity to meet that appropriate", "id": "18233207" }, { "contents": "What Do You Mean?\n\n\n\"What Do You Mean?\" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Justin Bieber for his fourth studio album \"Purpose\" (2015). The song was released on August 28, 2015, as the album's lead single by Def Jam. Written by Bieber, Jason \"Poo Bear\" Boyd and Mason Levy, the song was produced by MdL and co-produced by Bieber. \"What Do You Mean?\" is a pop and tropical house song, with its instrumentation consisting in light flourishes of panpipes,", "id": "10685633" }, { "contents": "What Do You Mean?\n\n\nwith Ariana Grande would be made available if fans pre-ordered the album on iTunes. On January 8, 2016, the official remix by Alison Wonderland was released on online. \"What Do You Mean?\" was written by Justin Bieber, Jason \"Poo Bear\" Boyd and Mason Levy. It was produced by MdL and co-produced by Bieber. It was initially speculated by the media that Skrillex produced \"What Do You Mean?\". However, a spokesperson for Bieber confirmed in an interview for \"Rolling", "id": "10685639" }, { "contents": "Zuowang\n\n\nagain on another day and said, \"I'm making progress.\" br \"What do you mean?\" br \"I have forgotten humaneness and righteousness.\" br \"Not bad, but you still haven't got it.\" br Yen Hui saw Confucius again on another day and said, \"I'm making progress.\" br \"What do you mean?\" br \"I sit and forget.\" br \"What do you mean, 'sit and forget'?\" Confucius asked with surprise.", "id": "22128547" }, { "contents": "Braille ASCII\n\n\n, Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, etc., and the Braille will appear correctly rendered as 2 dimensional, non-tactile, visual 6 dot braille characters when the font is set to SimBraille. Unicode includes a means for encoding eight-dot Braille; however, Braille ASCII continues to be the preferred format for encoding six-dot Braille. The following table shows the arrangement of characters, with the hexadecimal value, corresponding ASCII character, dot combinations, Braille Unicode glyph, and general meaning (the actual meaning may change", "id": "11130391" }, { "contents": "Prison tattooing\n\n\nunlucky. One common prison tattoo is the five dots tattoo, a quincunx usually placed on the hand, with different meanings in different cultures. Mostly seen in the UK but used elsewhere too, four dots tattooed across the knuckles stand for ACAB (All Cops Are Bastards). Or a dot on each hand in between the thumb and forefinger, one meaning going into prison and one meaning they have completed their sentence. In Ireland, a common tattoo ex-inmates give themselves is a simple dot placed under the eye using", "id": "19531915" }, { "contents": "What Do You Mean?\n\n\nKingdom, \"What Do You Mean?\" was Bieber's first number-one single. The song's music video features Bieber in bed with a young woman and getting kidnapped by masked men, as well as an appearance from actor John Leguizamo. After releasing \"Where Are Ü Now\" with Skrillex and Diplo for their project Jack Ü and achieving worldwide success and acclaim with it, Bieber announced \"What Do You Mean?\" as the first single from his then-upcoming album on July 28, 2015 on \"", "id": "10685635" }, { "contents": "What Do You Mean?\n\n\nable to figure out the opposite sex, with Bieber singing in the chorus: \"What do you mean / When you nod your head yes, but you wanna say no? / What do you mean / When you don't want me to move, but you tell me to go?.\" A remix was released on October 16, 2015, with Ariana Grande that would be available to listen to if fans had already pre-ordered the album on iTunes before November 13, 2015 (the album's release date", "id": "10685642" }, { "contents": "What Do You Mean?\n\n\nBlues\" and Pharrell Williams' \"Happy\". 'What Do You Mean?' was the ninth best-selling single of 2015 in the UK with combined sales of 988,000 copies. In Australia, \"What Do You Mean\" debuted atop the ARIA Singles Chart on September 5, becoming Bieber's first number-one single on the chart. The song spent four consecutive weeks on top of the chart, becoming the second-longest running chart-topping track for 2015 and gaining a platinum certification from the Australian Recording", "id": "10685661" }, { "contents": "What Do You Mean?\n\n\n, and was also directed and choreographed by Parris Goebel. Bieber performed \"What Do You Mean?\" live for the first time at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards on August 30, 2015. He performed the track on \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\", accompanied by The Roots and featuring a guest verse from Black Thought. Bieber also performed \"What Do You Mean?\" on \"The Today Show\" along with 5 other songs from his album \"Purpose\": \"Sorry\", \"Love Yourself", "id": "10685667" }, { "contents": "WZRD (band)\n\n\nmusic careers: \"I remember being like, 'Shit—what am I going to do? I’m going to have to go back to Cleveland, go back to my old job, stack some money and then come back.' I was talking to O-Dot about this, and they were saying that I had to be out by January 31st—the day after my fucking birthday. So I was like, 'I don’t know what I’m going to do, but if I have to go", "id": "14777984" }, { "contents": "Dots per inch\n\n\nDots per inch (DPI, or dpi) is a measure of spatial printing, video or image scanner dot density, in particular the number of individual dots that can be placed in a line within the span of 1 inch (2.54 cm). Similarly, the more newly introduced dots per centimeter (d/cm or dpcm) refers to the number of individual dots that can be placed within a line of 1 centimeter (≈ 0.393 in). Monitors do not have dots, but do have pixels; the closely", "id": "12189850" }, { "contents": "Green Dot Bystander Intervention\n\n\nand secondary schools, and communities. It develops and offers training for sexual assault and domestic violence. The method teaches students to intervene by using the 3 D's: Direct, Delegating the responsibility to others, and creating a Distraction to defuse a potentially dangerous situation. As described by Green Dot an example of this is in a situation at a party, intervening could mean that instead of calling out an inebriated student, an individual can create a distraction by \"accidentally\" spilling their drink on a potential aggressor. Dr. Dorothy", "id": "18247299" }, { "contents": "Daniel Lightwing\n\n\nbullying increased after he \"got extremely angry and jumped on top of the desk to denounce her.\" After some intensive personal instruction within a special 'one-to-one' mathematics class with another teacher, he learned that he enjoyed those classes, and stated that, \"before long, I had made my mind up that maths was what I wanted to do.\" At home, his mother, Carolyn, who was a maths and science teacher, had researched Asperger syndrome (AS) when he was 16", "id": "1337837" }, { "contents": "The Black Math Experiment\n\n\nvocals. The band was formed from the remnants of a previous band called Cosmonaut Down with Lain and Jef replacing the previous lead vocalist. The Black Math Experiment debuted at a club called Helios in Houston on December 18, 2004. The following year they put out their debut EP, \"What We Do... Is Secret\". The band rose to notoriety with its 2005 release \"Fake Words and Signs From Space\". The release's eponymous track is the band's most popular downloaded single. Notably, it also featured", "id": "1677087" }, { "contents": "Math Curse\n\n\nasks her what her problem is, and she responds, \"365 days x 24 hours x 60 minutes.\" Finally, she collapses on her bed, and dreams that she is trapped in a blackboard-room covered in math problems. Armed with only a piece of chalk, she must escape and she manages to do just that by breaking the chalk in half, because \"two halves make a whole.\" She escapes through this \"whole\", and awakens the next morning with the ability to solve any problem", "id": "19667985" } ]

[ { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\n\"Photograph\" is a song by English musician Ringo Starr that was released as the lead single from his 1973 album \"Ringo\". Starr co-wrote the song with George Harrison, his former bandmate from the Beatles. Although the two of them collaborated on other compositions, it is the only song officially credited to the pair. A signature tune for Starr as a solo artist, \"Photograph\" became an international hit, topping singles charts in the United States, Canada and Australia, and receiving gold disc certification for", "id": "16896951" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nMore Love\". On 29 November 2002, Starr performed \"Photograph\" at the Concert for George, held at London's Royal Albert Hall to mark the first anniversary of Harrison's death. According to the Concert for George website: \"Ringo Starr caught everyone with a tear in their eye with a rendition of 'Photograph', a composition he wrote with George, which seemed to sum up how everyone felt.\" Starr's appearance came towards the end of the concert, and Inglis writes that his arrival was \"", "id": "16896982" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nEngelbert Humperdinck, Camper Van Beethoven, Cilla Black and Adam Sandler are among the artists who have covered the song. Ex-Beatles Ringo Starr and George Harrison began writing \"Photograph\" on a luxury yacht in the South of France in May 1971. Starr had hired a yacht, the \"Marala\", for the duration of the Cannes Film Festival, after attending Mick Jagger's wedding in St Tropez with his wife, Maureen Starkey. The Starkeys were then joined in France by Harrison and the latter's wife, Pattie", "id": "16896955" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\na sorrowful quality, \"the effect is warming\". \"Billboard\"s album reviewer praised Perry's \"stunning production\" on \"the best Ringo album ever\", adding: \"We all know already that 'Photograph' has got to be a No. 1 single this month, right?\" Although less impressed with \"Ringo\", Alan Betrock wrote in \"Phonograph Record\": \"It's also clear when you reach 'Photograph' that Side One is the undisputed champ of the album. Jack Nitzsche has thrown", "id": "16896973" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nUS sales of 1 million – Starr's second such award, after \"It Don't Come Easy\". On release, Ben Gerson of \"Rolling Stone\" highlighted \"Photograph\" as one of the album's \"three most wonderful songs\", along with the Lennon-composed \"I'm the Greatest\" and the Harrison–Mal Evans collaboration \"You and Me (Babe)\". Gerson noted how the song's intro provided an effective \"pull on the listener\" and wrote that, while the lyrics had", "id": "16896972" }, { "contents": "List of songs recorded by Ringo Starr\n\n\nRingo Starr (b. 1940) is an English musician who gained prominence as the drummer for the Beatles. With the group, Starr occasionally performed lead vocals, usually for one song an album. Starr wrote two songs for the group, \"Don't Pass Me By\" and \"Octopus's Garden\", and is credited as co-writer for others, including \"What Goes On\" and \"Flying\". After their break-up, Starr pursued a solo career, and has recorded and performed hundreds of songs", "id": "9022459" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nsingles: hummable and familiar, yet fresh and enduring.\" In his 1977 book \"The Beatles Forever\", Nicholas Schaffner wrote of how the song's \"grand, sweeping arrangement\" was reminiscent of Harrison's \"own recent cosmic productions\". Author Elliot Huntley similarly acknowledges the extent of Harrison's influence on this and other tracks on \"Ringo\" while rueing that \"Photograph\" marks the only formal co-composition by the two ex-Beatles. Huntley describes the song as the album's \"stand-out", "id": "16896976" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\n(1998) and \"\" (2007), respectively. Further versions with his All-Starr Band have appeared on the albums \"King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band\" (2002), \"Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006\" (2008) and \"Live at the Greek Theatre 2008\" (2010), the latter with Gary Wright among the revised line-up. Starr re-recorded the song with the American band Vandaveer for his 2017 album \"Give", "id": "16896981" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nRock's Backpages (\"subscription required\"). – he has played \"Photograph\" regularly with the various incarnations of his All-Starr Band. Eschewing his drum kit for the role of lead singer, Starr often closed his shows with the song (before returning for an encore) during tours he made between 1989 and 2000. A live version appeared on the album and video \"Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band\" (1990); recorded at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, on 3 September 1989", "id": "16896979" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nbook; also titled \"Photograph\", it consists of photos from his personal collection, dating back to the 1950s and '60s. Engelbert Humperdinck and the Ray Conniff Singers each released recordings of the song in 1974. The following year, London-based recording engineer David Hentschel covered \"Photograph\", along with all the other tracks on \"Ringo\", for his album \"Sta*rtling Music\".Woffinden, Bob (12 April 1975). \"Ringo Starr: Everyone One of Us Has All We Need ...\".", "id": "16896986" }, { "contents": "Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr\n\n\n2007. The tracks from 70's and 80' presented on the compilation featured updated mixes of the songs in comparison to the Starr's 90's CD reissues of his earlier albums. All the tracks from Ringo's first compilation \"Blast From Your Past\" appeared on \"Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr\". The compilation debuted at number 26 on the UK Albums Chart on 2 September 2007. This achievement represented Starr's highest peak on that chart since 1974, when \"Goodnight Vienna\" reached number 30.", "id": "12557030" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nreissue of \"Ringo\", the album was expanded through the inclusion of three bonus tracks, the last of which was the long-unavailable \"Down and Out\". In 2009, \"Photograph\" was featured in the Judd Apatow-directed film \"Funny People\" and appeared on the accompanying soundtrack album. Following his return to touring in July 1989 – the first tour for Starr since the Beatles quit performing live in 1966Sandall, Robert (January 1991). \"Ringo Starr\". \"Q\". Available at", "id": "16896978" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nin a lot of \"his\" past influences here, including the Famous School of Phil Spector castanets, lesson No. 2.\" Betrock concluded of the song: \"'Photograph' is one of those rare pop records that grows stronger with each play, and will be covered and revived for years to come (I'll lay you 50-1 it appears on the next Andy Williams album).\"Betrock, Alan (December 1973). \"Ringo Starr: \"Ringo\"\". \"Phonograph Record\". Available at Rock", "id": "16896974" }, { "contents": "Ringo Starr\n\n\nWilliam F. Ludwig Jr. On 29 November 2002 (the first anniversary of Harrison's death), he performed \"Photograph\" and a cover of Carl Perkins' \"Honey Don't\" at the \"Concert for George\" held in the Royal Albert Hall, London. Early the following year, he released the album \"Ringo Rama\", which contained a song he co-wrote as a tribute to Harrison, \"Never Without You\". Also in 2003, he formed Pumkinhead Records with All-Starr Band member Mark", "id": "6274380" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nStarr's head poking through a large star made of silver foil. The same image, which author Bruce Spizer terms \"the Ringo starfish\", appeared on the single's face labels and on those of the \"Ringo\" album. The album's release followed in November 1973, with \"Photograph\" appearing as the third track, preceding another Harrison contribution, \"Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond)\". Opposite the printed lyrics for \"Photograph\" inside the album booklet, a lithograph by Voormann depicted a", "id": "16896968" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\n\"... about photographs / Sung by Ringo Starr / Especially in the chorus part / You always said, 'Now don't you start'.\"\" Cilla Black eventually recorded \"Photograph\", for her 2003 album \"\" – a version that \"she jumps into head first at her most soulful\", according to music critic Bruce Eder. While Starr's original recording appeared on the soundtrack to \"Funny People\", a cover by the film's leading actor, Adam Sandler, is available as an iTunes bonus", "id": "16896988" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\n. With \"Photograph\" selected as the album's lead single, Starr chose \"Down and Out\", a song written by him alone, for the B-side. Starr recorded the song in England, backed by Harrison, pianist Gary Wright and Voormann. The Harrison-produced session most likely took place in 1972, according to authors Chip Madinger and Mark Easter, during the same period as Starr and Harrison's first attempt at recording \"Photograph\". A twelve-bar blues with what Starr biographer Alan Clayson", "id": "16896965" }, { "contents": "You and Me (Babe)\n\n\n\"You and Me (Babe)\" is a song by English musician Ringo Starr, released as the final track on his 1973 album \"Ringo\". Starr's fellow ex-Beatle George Harrison wrote the song along with Mal Evans, the Beatles' longtime aide and a personal assistant to Starr during the making of \"Ringo\". The track serves as a farewell from Starr to his audience in the manner of a show-closing finale, by lyrically referring to the completion of the album. During the extended fadeout", "id": "785310" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nframed picture on a shelf or desktop, in which Starr looks dejectedly at a framed picture of a woman. In his personal life at this point, the album's arrival coincided with the failure of Starr's marriage, partly as a result of Harrison and Maureen conducting an affair. While the friendship between the two former bandmates soon recovered, Starr and Harrison would not officially write another song together after \"Photograph\". Noting the context in which Starr's song of \"beautiful sadness\" was released in the United States,", "id": "16896969" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nIn a July 2003 interview, Starr discussed his recently released tribute song to Harrison, \"Never Without You\", while acknowledging that he remained closest to Harrison out of all the former Beatles following the band's break-up. Colin Larkin, writing in his \"Encyclopedia of Popular Music\", describes \"Photograph\" as \"wonderful\" and says that the \"poignant\" Concert for George rendition \"highlighted Starr's great ability to love, and in turn, be loved\". Starr sang \"Photograph\" at the", "id": "16896984" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nClayson describes \"Photograph\" as having been a popular request on radio playlists \"for a nation still awaiting the return of many of its sons from Vietnam, following the January cease-fire\". Rodriguez comments on the precipitous timing of the single, which \"capitaliz[ed] on the year's nostalgia craze\", while news of Starr recording with each of his former bandmates during the \"Ringo\" sessions provided further impetus. In late November, the single topped America's \"Billboard\" Hot 100 for one week, Starr", "id": "16896970" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nUS sales of 1 million. Music critics have similarly received the song favourably; Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic considers it to be \"among the very best post-Beatles songs by any of the Fab Four\". The lyrics are a reflection on lost love, whereby a photograph is the only reminder of the protagonists' shared past. Starr and Harrison began writing the song in the South of France in 1971, during a period when Starr was focused on developing his acting career. They first recorded \"Photograph\" late the", "id": "16896952" }, { "contents": "Ringo (album)\n\n\n), Billy Preston, Klaus Voormann, Nicky Hopkins, Harry Nilsson, Jim Keltner, and James Booker. Additionally, all three of his former bandmates appeared on and composed material for \"Ringo\". \"Photograph\" had been written on 15 May 1971 while on a sailing holiday with his wife Maureen, Harrison and Harrison's wife Pattie Boyd, and Cilla Black. Starr and Harrison wrote the song with input from the others. The song was first recorded in late 1972 with Harrison as producer, during the sessions for", "id": "105029" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\n. In addition, Vini Poncia, Starr's new songwriting partner, and session musician Jimmy Calvert played acoustic rhythm guitar on the Los Angeles recording. Overdubs on the basic tracks recorded for \"Ringo\" took place from April to July 1973. On \"Photograph\", the additional instrumentation included a saxophone solo by Bobby Keys and percussion played by one of Harrison's Apple Records signings, brothers Lon and Derrek Van Eaton. Harrison added harmony and backing vocals, supporting Starr's lead vocal part. Jack Nitzsche, Phil Spector's", "id": "16896963" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nBoyd, for the Monaco Grand Prix. This period coincided with Starr's first success as a solo artist, with the Harrison-produced single \"It Don't Come Easy\", although he would continue to focus on his career as a film actor, beginning with a role in \"Blindman\" (1971). Another guest on the \"Marala\" was Cilla Black, singer and a friend to the Beatles since the 1960s, who recalls Starr and Harrison playing \"Photograph\" during an evening get-together, with", "id": "16896956" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nat either Apple Studio in central London, or Harrison's home studio, FPSHOT, in Oxfordshire. Starr re-recorded the song in March 1973, while working at Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles on \"Ringo\", his first solo album in the rock or contemporary pop style. He later described \"Ringo\" as an \"accidental album\", since it only came about because he was attending the Grammy Awards in Nashville, where \"The Concert for Bangladesh\" won the Grammy for Best Album of 1972. Keen", "id": "16896961" }, { "contents": "Gary Wright\n\n\n, which he and Harrison recorded in 1989, while the iTunes version added \"To Discover Yourself\", a song that the two musicians wrote together in 1971. Wright recorded the latter song on the day of Harrison's death in November 2001. He also contributed to Martin Scorsese's 2011 documentary \"\" and supplied personal reminisces and family photographs for Olivia Harrison's book of the same title. In 2010 and 2011, Wright toured again with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. Following a summer 2011 tour of Europe", "id": "10404174" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nmusical arranger, Jack Nitzsche. Starr made a promotional film for the single, shot at his and wife Maureen Starkey's home, Tittenhurst Park. \"Photograph\" has appeared on Starr's compilation albums \"Blast from Your Past\" and \"\", and live versions have featured on releases recorded with his All-Starr Band and with the Roundheads. In November 2002, a year after Harrison's death, Starr sang \"Photograph\" at the Concert for George – a performance that was an emotional highpoint of the event.", "id": "16896954" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\n\"everyone on board\" contributing ideas for the lyrics. As with Starr's two singles over 1971–72, \"It Don't Come Easy\" and \"Back Off Boogaloo\", Harrison helped write the melody, although \"Photograph\" marked the first time that he was credited as a co-writer with Starr. In her autobiography, \"Step Inside Love\", Black says she had hoped to record the song for a single later in 1971, only to be told by Starr: \"No, it's too bloody", "id": "16896957" }, { "contents": "Ringo Starr\n\n\nSir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals with the group, usually for one song on each album, including \"With a Little Help from My Friends\", \"Yellow Submarine\", \"Good Night\", and their cover of \"Act Naturally\". He also wrote and sang the Beatles' songs \"Don't Pass Me By\" and \"Octopus's", "id": "6274308" }, { "contents": "Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr\n\n\nPhotograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr (the last word visually rendered as ) is a career-spanning best-of compilation album by Ringo Starr and is the first such album since the releases of 1975's \"Blast from Your Past\" and 1989's \"\". The album was released in the UK on 27 August 2007, and in the US on 28 August. The release of the new collection coincided with the reissue of Starr's first four solo albums for EMI, in digital format, on 28 August", "id": "12557029" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\n's Backpages (\"subscription required\")./ref Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic considers \"Photograph\" a \"gorgeous collaboration\" between Starr and Harrison, a track that \"ranks ... among the very best post-Beatles songs by any of the Fab Four\". Robert Rodriguez describes it as \"an elegantly produced ballad\" and Starr's \"signature tune as a solo artist\". Rodriguez continues: \"The ersatz Wall of Sound somehow managed not to swamp the lead vocal and Harrison harmony, while embodying the best qualities of the Beatles'", "id": "16896975" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\n, and on 19 October in Britain. Starr made a promotional film for \"Photograph\", in which he mimed to the song while walking through the grounds of Tittenhurst Park, the Berkshire estate that he had recently purchased from former bandmate John Lennon. To circumvent the BBC's ban on lip-synching, Starr placed his hand over his mouth for part of the song, thereby making it impossible to tell whether he was singing or merely miming. The single's picture sleeve consisted of a photo by Barry Feinstein that showed", "id": "16896967" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\ntrack\" and \"by a country mile, the commercial high-point\" for Starr as a songwriter. Former \"Mojo\" editor Mat Snow recognises it as \"perhaps the single best song of [Starr's] career\" and the \"emotional heart\" of the album. The song provided the title to Starr's 2007 career-spanning compilation \"\", having earlier appeared on \"Blast from Your Past\" (1975), a greatest-hits collection covering his years on Apple Records. For the 1991 CD", "id": "16896977" }, { "contents": "I'm the Greatest\n\n\n\"I'm the Greatest\" is a song written by English musician John Lennon that was released as the opening track of the 1973 album \"Ringo\" by Ringo Starr. With Starr, Lennon and George Harrison appearing on the track, it marks the only time that three former Beatles recorded together between the band's break-up in 1970 and Lennon's death in 1980. Lennon wrote the song in December 1970 as a wry comment on his rise to fame, and later tailored the lyrics for Starr to sing. Named", "id": "17997162" }, { "contents": "Wings (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\n\"Wings\" is a song by Ringo Starr, originally recorded for and released as a single from the album \"Ringo the 4th\". It was co-written with Vini Poncia in 1977. Starr later re-recorded it, produced by Starr and Bruce Sugar, and released it as a single from his 2012 studio album, \"Ringo 2012\". Starr on the 2012 re-recording of \"Wings\" was for \"Ringo 2012\": The original version was released as a single in the US on 26", "id": "17877332" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\n56th Annual Grammy Awards, during which he and Paul McCartney, as the two surviving ex-Beatles, were honoured with the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award. The event took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on 26 January 2014. \"Rolling Stone\" reported on Starr's performance of the song: \"Backed by a massive full band, he bounced around the stage while old black-and-white photographs showed on a big screen behind him.\" The accompanying images were taken from Starr's recently published", "id": "16896985" }, { "contents": "List of songs recorded by the Beatles\n\n\nevery band member contributed to songwriting. Their primary songwriters were the partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who composed the majority of the group's songs; lead guitarist George Harrison wrote 22 songs, while drummer Ringo Starr wrote two songs and was credited as co-writer for four others. Lead vocals were also shared by the group, with Starr usually contributing vocals to one song per album. Between 1963 and 1966, the Beatles' songs were released on different albums in the United Kingdom and the United States, primarily", "id": "639913" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\n\"NME\". Available at Rock's Backpages (\"subscription required\"). The latter, an experimental work featuring Hentschel on ARP synthesizer, was the first release on Starr's short-lived record label, Ring O' Records. A cover version of the song by American alt rock band Camper Van Beethoven appeared on their 1993 rarities compilation \"Camper Vantiquities\". Canadian band Sloan made mention of \"Photograph\" in their 1996 single \"The Lines You Amend\", the lyrics of which refer to a song \"", "id": "16896987" }, { "contents": "The Lines You Amend\n\n\nto Ringo Starr's song \"Photograph\". The song has been praised by critics for its melodic strength, with one critic describing it as \"Beatle-esque pop\". \"Billboard\" magazine's critic suggested it was in the style of Violent Femmes. \"Rolling Stone\"'s critic wrote that the song begins sounding like \"The Ballad of John and Yoko\", but then becomes \"a likable hybrid of T. Rex and Crowded House.\" Portions of the music video were filmed in a York University lecture hall", "id": "8591027" }, { "contents": "Ringo (album)\n\n\nthe UK on 8 February, reaching No. 4. In the US, the singles from \"Ringo\" \"Photograph\" and Starr's cover of \"You're Sixteen\" both went to No. 1. On 18 February, \"Oh My My\" was released as a single only in the US, backed with \"Step Lightly\". After the singles became hits, Lennon sent Starr a telegram: \"Congratulations. How dare you? And please write me a hit song.\" The original cassette tape and", "id": "105039" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\n, it features the original All-Starr line-up of Starr, Billy Preston, Jim Keltner, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Dr. John, Joe Walsh, Nils Lofgren and Clarence Clemons. Starr also included the song in his performances on the television shows \"VH1 Storytellers\", in May 1998, and PBS's \"Soundstage\", in August 2005. Featuring backing from the Roundheads – a band led by his latter-day producer Mark Hudson – these recordings were issued on Starr's releases \"VH1 Storytellers\"", "id": "16896980" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nmight be rekindled\". Starr expresses resignation at what the future holds, in the lines \"Now you're expecting me to live without you / But that's not something that I'm looking forward to\". Musically, the song is in the key of E, with what Inglis terms an \"easy melody\" that allows for Starr's limitations as a singer. Harrison's \"distinctive composing style\" is particularly evident, according to authors Roy Carr and Tony Tyler, and Starr would later say of Harrison's role", "id": "16896959" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nmusical arranger for much of the 1960s, provided the song's string and choral arrangements, which were overdubbed at Burbank Studios on 29 June. Aside from Nitzsche's contributions, the recording incorporates aspects of Spector's Wall of Sound production through the use of multiple rhythm guitars and drums, and prominent percussion such as castanets. Leng draws parallels between the \"resonant arrangement\" on \"Photograph\" and the production that Harrison adopted for Ravi Shankar's song \"I Am Missing You\", an April 1973 recording that also featured Starr", "id": "16896964" }, { "contents": "Ringo Starr\n\n\n, they released a second single, \"Real Love\". The temporary reunion ended when Harrison refused to participate in the completion of a third song. Starr then played drums on McCartney's 1997 album \"Flaming Pie\". Among the tracks to which he contributed, \"Little Willow\" was a song McCartney wrote about Starr's ex-wife Maureen, who died in 1994, while \"Really Love You\" was the first official release ever credited to McCartney–Starkey. In 1998, he released two albums on the", "id": "6274377" }, { "contents": "Octopus's Garden\n\n\n\"Octopus's Garden\" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written and sung by Ringo Starr (credited to his real name Richard Starkey), from their 1969 album \"Abbey Road\". George Harrison, who assisted Starr with the song, commented: \"'Octopus's Garden' is Ringo's song. It's only the second song Ringo has ever written, mind you, and it's lovely.\" He added that the song gets very deep into the listener's consciousness \"...because", "id": "6068892" }, { "contents": "Ringo Starr\n\n\nRingo Starr & His All-Starr Band gave their first performance to an audience of ten thousand in Dallas, Texas. Setting a pattern that would continue over the following decades, the band consisted of Starr and an assortment of musicians who had been successful in their own right with popular songs at different times. The concerts interchanged Starr's singing, including selections of his Beatles and solo songs, with performances of each of the other artists' well-known material, the latter incorporating either Starr or another musician as drummer.", "id": "6274373" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nin their collaborations over this period: \"I only know three chords and he'd stick four more in, and they'd all think I was a genius.\" Starr continued to pursue his film career until the end of 1972, while also participating in musical projects such as Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh. Late that year, Starr and Harrison recorded an early version of \"Photograph\" during the sessions for Harrison's \"Living in the Material World\" album (1973). With Harrison producing, this recording took place", "id": "16896960" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nto find another activity to justify the flight to the US, Starr arranged to record with American producer Richard Perry during the visit. The recording engineer on \"Photograph\" was Bill Schnee, and author Simon Leng suggests that Harrison helped \"hew\" the production. Along with Starr (on drums) and Harrison (12-string acoustic guitar), the other musicians included Nicky Hopkins (piano), Klaus Voormann (bass) and Jim Keltner (drums), all of whom had participated in the sessions for \"Material World\"", "id": "16896962" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\n's first number 1 hit on that chart as a solo artist and Harrison's third there as a composer since the Beatles' break-up in 1970. \"Photograph\" was also number 1 in Canada and Australia, while in Britain it peaked at number 8. In Rodriguez's words, the single \"did a good job of setting the table\" for \"Ringo\", which also enjoyed considerable commercial success. On 28 December 1973, \"Photograph\" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, signifying", "id": "16896971" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\ngiven an extra poignancy by his choice of song\". In his preamble to the audience, Starr stated, \"I loved George, George loved me\", before mentioning that \"Photograph\" had taken on a new meaning with the passing of Harrison. This performance – with a large band that included Jeff Lynne, Eric Clapton, Dhani Harrison, Preston, Keltner and saxophonist Jim Horn – was issued on the \"Concert for George\" album (2003) and appears in David Leland's documentary film of the event.", "id": "16896983" }, { "contents": "Before You Go Tonight\n\n\nOne and Only\" is de Paul's version of a song recorded and released in 1975 by her label mates at the time, the British female vocal trio Bones. \"Before You Go Tonight\" is a de Paul love song written for Ringo Starr. De Paul said of the title track \"I wrote the song \"Before You Go Tonight\" for Ringo Starr when we were dating, but, when he had to go abroad to be a tax exile in the 70s, I could not follow him as I was", "id": "12926413" }, { "contents": "Beaucoups of Blues\n\n\nin the United States, where it reached number 35 on \"Billboard\"s Country Albums list and number 65 on the \"Billboard\" Top LPs chart. During Ringo Starr's tenure with the Beatles he had dabbled with country music: the band covered the country song \"Act Naturally\", and Starr co-wrote the country-influenced track \"What Goes On\" and wrote the country song \"Don't Pass Me By\". While playing on sessions for George Harrison's \"All Things Must Pass\", Starr – a", "id": "19088234" }, { "contents": "Never Without You\n\n\n\"Never Without You\" is a tribute song from Ringo Starr to his former Beatles bandmate George Harrison who died on 29 November 2001. The recording appeared on Starr's 2003 album \"Ringo Rama\", and was also released as a single. \"Never Without You\" was co-written by Starr, Mark Hudson and Gary Nicholson. Starr commented: \"Gary Nicholson started that song, and Mark brought it over and we realized we could tailor it. George was really on my mind then.\" In a 2003", "id": "747744" }, { "contents": "Please Please Me (song)\n\n\nit features drummer Andy White rather than Ringo Starr. The point is not addressed in the Mark Lewisohn-researched \"Anthology\" notes, although author Lewisohn's 1988 \"The Beatles Recording Sessions\" quotes session engineer Ron Richards as saying, \"Ringo didn't play drums at all that evening.\" However, recording technician Geoff Emerick later wrote that, following White's departure, he witnessed Beatles roadie Mal Evans set up Starr's kit and the group record \"Please Please Me\" with Starr on drums. The unexpected rediscovery", "id": "19146483" }, { "contents": "I Wanna Be Your Man\n\n\nfollowing compilation albums: \"Ringo Starr and His Third All-Starr Band-Volume 1\", \"King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band\", \"The Anthology... So Far\", \"Ringo Starr and Friends\", \"\", \"Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006\", and \"Live at the Greek Theatre 2008\". Keith Richards performed the song live with his group the X-Pensive Winos during their 1988 Talk is Cheap tour of the US.", "id": "21846946" }, { "contents": "VH1 Storytellers (Ringo Starr album)\n\n\nVH1 Storytellers is a live and video album by Ringo Starr recorded and released for the popular music program in 1998. Unlike his previous live recordings, this release places Starr in an intimate environment where, as per the show's requirement, he tells the genesis of the songs being performed. Recorded a month before the release of Starr's new studio album \"Vertical Man\" – and performed in promotion for it – \"VH1 Storytellers\" features Starr's contemporary musical collaborator Mark Hudson (who produced this set) and Starr's", "id": "1819686" }, { "contents": "Harrisongs\n\n\non behalf of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who were the main songwriting Beatles. Harrison and Ringo Starr had both signed contracts with Northern Songs, but neither was satisfied with their subsequent writer's royalties and the lowly status implicit in this business arrangement. In 1967, Harrison wrote \"Only a Northern Song\" about his dissatisfaction with the company. He duly let his Northern Songs contract expire in March 1968 and adopted Harrisongs for his music publishing, while Starr founded Startling Music. Harrison's 1968 solo album \"Wonderwall Music\"", "id": "7926290" }, { "contents": "Six O'Clock\n\n\n\"Six O'Clock\" is a song by English rock musician Ringo Starr from his 1973 album \"Ringo\". It was written by Starr's former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney and the latter's wife, Linda, who also participated in the recording of the song. The presence of McCartney on the track marked the first time that he and Starr had worked together since the Beatles' break-up in 1970. Their collaboration reflected an easing of the tensions that had existed between the two musicians for much of that period. Produced", "id": "785286" }, { "contents": "VH1 Storytellers (Ringo Starr album)\n\n\ncurrent band, dubbed \"the Roundheads\". Aside from songs that appeared on \"Vertical Man\", much of the set is devoted to Starr's Beatles and early solo successes with Starr relating their stories in a relaxed, and sometimes humorous, fashion. This marked the last time a Ringo Starr album was released on a pre-recorded cassette in the United States, according to journalist Peter Palmiere. However, some countries in the Far East still issue cassettes of recent Ringo Starr material including \"Ringo Rama\", \"", "id": "1819687" }, { "contents": "Angel in Disguise (McCartney–Starr song)\n\n\nStarr added a new verse.\" From Alan Clayson's biography of Ringo Starr titled \"Ringo Starr: Straight Man Or Joker?\": Among tracks short-listed were a (Jeff) Lynne original (\"Call Me\"), Rick Suchow's \"What Goes Around\" - picked as the singalong finale — a version of Elvis Presley's \"Don't Be Cruel\", and songs written by Ringo either alone, with Paul McCartney (the remaindered \"Angel In Disguise\"), or with Johnny Warman.", "id": "3738879" }, { "contents": "Vini Poncia\n\n\nalbums before the company dissolved in 1970. During the 1970s, Poncia became Ringo Starr's co-writer, and appeared on several of his solo albums: \"Ringo\" (1973), \"Goodnight Vienna\" (1974), \"Ringo's Rotogravure\" (1976), \"Ringo the 4th\" (1977), and \"Bad Boy\" (1978). He also produced albums for Melissa Manchester and Lynda Carter's 1978 album \"Portrait.\" As a songwriter, he wrote songs for Jackie DeShannon,", "id": "9511424" }, { "contents": "Eleanor Rigby\n\n\nname evoked a sense of Victoriana, and \"Pictures of Lily\" by The Who, which specifically refers to Lillie Langtry. McCartney wrote the first verse by himself, and the Beatles finished the song in the music room of John Lennon's home at Kenwood. John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Lennon's childhood friend Pete Shotton all listened to McCartney play his song through and contributed ideas. Harrison came up with the \"Ah, look at all the lonely people\" hook. Starr contributed the line \"writing", "id": "17164693" }, { "contents": "Oh My My (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\n\"Oh My My\" is a song by English musician Ringo Starr from his 1973 album \"Ringo\". It was also issued as the third single from the album, becoming a top-five hit in the United States and Canada. The recording was produced by Richard Perry and includes backing vocals by Merry Clayton and Martha Reeves. \"Oh My My\" was co-written by Starr (credited by his real name, \"Richard Starkey\") and Vini Poncia, a recurrent collaborator of Starr's during the 1970s", "id": "14081350" }, { "contents": "Sherman Brothers\n\n\nBurnette, and a chart success again in 1973 for Ringo Starr. They also wrote the title song for Doris Day's album \"Bright and Shiny\", recorded in 1960 and released a year later. The success of these songs gained the attention of Walt Disney, who eventually hired the Sherman Brothers as staff songwriters for Walt Disney Studios. The first song they wrote on personal assignment by Walt Disney was \"Strummin' Song\" in 1961. It was used in the Annette Funicello made-for-television movie called \"", "id": "14909384" }, { "contents": "Photograph (book)\n\n\nPhotograph is a photography book by Ringo Starr. The book is a collection of 240 photographs of Starr's that also serves as his autobiography through the photo captions. The title of the book is the also the title of his 1973 single \"Photograph\". The book was first published in 2013 in a deluxe 2,500-copy limited edition by Genesis Publications, and later in a mass edition in 2015. The book contains photographs of Starr and his family while growing up, and photographs he took himself during his time with the Beatles.", "id": "13160074" }, { "contents": "Snookeroo\n\n\n\"Snookeroo\" was Elton John and Bernie Taupin's contribution to Ringo Starr's 1974 album \"Goodnight Vienna\". The song, which concerns a happy-go-lucky lout from northern England, was written about Starr himself. Bernie Taupin backs this up by calling it \"a simple biographical thing\". Elton John recalled, \"Bernie wrote really simple lyrics, very Ringo type lyrics and I tried to write a simple sort of melody to it\". Elton John also plays piano on the track and provides the count", "id": "5859558" }, { "contents": "Help!\n\n\nsongs appeared on \"Beatles VI\", released in the US in June 1965. \"Bad Boy\" was not released in the UK until \"A Collection of Beatles Oldies\", and was that album's only cover song. A few songs that were recorded and intended for the film were not used because of the Beatles' suggestions. Lennon and McCartney wrote \"If You've Got Trouble\" for Ringo Starr to sing, but the song was rejected and Starr sang \"Act Naturally\" instead. \"That Means a", "id": "119349" }, { "contents": "Ringo Starr\n\n\na cover of the Platters' \"Only You (And You Alone)\", which peaked at number six in the US and number 28 in the UK, and Hoyt Axton's \"No No Song\", which was a US number three and Starr's seventh consecutive top-ten hit. The Elton John-written \"Snookeroo\" failed to chart in the UK, however. During this period Starr became romantically involved with Lynsey de Paul. He played tambourine on a song she wrote and produced for Vera Lynn,", "id": "6274361" }, { "contents": "Butlins Skegness\n\n\nPaul McCartney and John Lennon visited to meet Ringo Starr, who was playing drums with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes at the time, to offer Starr the drummer's position with The Beatles, who had just secured a recording contract. Storm's group had a summer booking at the camp, following on from the previous year. It was in 1960 whilst playing Butlin's Pwllheli camp that Richard Starkey developed his stage name Ringo Starr. The first song McCartney himself ever sang in public was \"Long Tall Sally\", at a", "id": "2343926" }, { "contents": "Blast from Your Past\n\n\nBlast from Your Past is a compilation album by English rock musician Ringo Starr, released on Apple Records in 1975. It is both Starr's first compilation LP and his final release under his contract with EMI. It was also the last album to be released on the Beatles' Apple label until it was revived in the 1990s. The album provides an overview of Starr's most successful period as a solo artist. The songs include his RIAA gold-certified singles \"It Don't Come Easy\", \"Photograph\" and", "id": "19088931" }, { "contents": "It Don't Come Easy\n\n\nBack Off Boogaloo\" in the UK as part of their Golden 45s series. Starr has frequently performed \"It Don't Come Easy\" in concert with his All-Starr Band. Starr included the song on the set list for his July–September 1989 American tour, and a performance of this song opened the 1990 album \"Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band\". It was also included on a bonus 5\" CD single released with the US limited edition deluxe CD version of \"Ringo Starr and His All", "id": "15213761" }, { "contents": "Wings (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nAugust 1977, backed with non-album track \"Just a Dream\". A live version by Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, recorded live in Atlanta, was released on the Hurricane Sandy charity compilation \"Songs After Sandy: Friends of Red Hook for Sandy Relief\". Starr gave filmmakers the chance to do an official promo video for 2012 version of \"Wings\"; the winning video was chosen by Starr himself. Starr called it \"a great little video\". In a review for Ultimate Classic Rock", "id": "17877333" }, { "contents": "Ringo (album)\n\n\nwas released as the album's lead single in the US, backed by \"Down and Out\". Starr filmed a promo clip for the song at his Tittenhurst Park residence, although the film's only screening was on a single episode of BBC TV's \"Top of the Pops\". The single was issued a month later in the UK, on 19 October. Apple Records released \"Ringo\" on 2 November in the US, and on 9 November in the UK. Helped by the international success of \"Photograph", "id": "105035" }, { "contents": "Ringo Starr\n\n\n... If there's a gap, I want to be good enough to fill it.\" In 2011, \"Rolling Stone\" readers voted Starr the fifth-greatest drummer of all time. Journalist Robyn Flans wrote for the Percussive Arts Society: \"I cannot count the number of drummers who have told me that Ringo inspired their passion for drums\". Drummer Steve Smith said: Starr said his favourite drummer is Jim Keltner, with whom he first played at the Concert for Bangladesh in August 1971. The pair subsequently", "id": "6274394" }, { "contents": "Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond)\n\n\n\"Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond)\" is a song by English musician Ringo Starr that appears on his 1973 solo album \"Ringo\". It was written by George Harrison, Starr's former bandmate in the Beatles, and was one of several contributions Harrison made to \"Ringo\". Recording for the song took place in Los Angeles in March 1973, with Richard Perry producing the session. In addition to Starr and Harrison, the musicians on the track include Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko and", "id": "20980419" }, { "contents": "Sentimental Journey (Ringo Starr album)\n\n\nStarr laying down a new vocal track for the song. Starr re-recorded his vocals for the song on the 5th. Starr recorded vocal overdubs on \"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?\" on both 9 and 18 February 1970, the track was arranged by Elmer Bernstein. On 11 February, the orchestra for \"I'm a Fool to Care\" was conducted by Voorman, who also arranged his version of the song at Starr's request. On the same day, Starr added his vocal track", "id": "19088222" }, { "contents": "Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr\n\n\n\"Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr\" stayed in the UK top 100 for three weeks. The album also had a two-week chart run in the United States, where it debuted at number 130 with 5,426 copies sold during the first week of release. The track listing and title for the iTunes release differs from the standard release. Unlike the standard CD release, the digital album contains \"Oo-Wee\" (from \"Goodnight Vienna\"), \"Have You Seen My Baby\" and an extended", "id": "12557031" }, { "contents": "Everybody Wants You\n\n\nthe Squier songs \"The Stroke\" and \"When She Comes to Me\". \"Everybody Wants You\" was one of the songs Squier has performed live with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band; one version appeared on the \"Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006\" album, along with Squier's 1984 hit \"Rock Me Tonite\". The song has also been covered by artists such as the American hard rock bands Puddle of Mudd, Damone and The Unband, whose version appeared on the soundtrack", "id": "8439639" }, { "contents": "Master's Apprentices (1971 album)\n\n\npiano on a few cuts, including \"Because I Love You\". During sessions they bumped into a Who's Who of UK music: The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Barclay James Harvest, Ringo Starr and Roy Harper. Towards the end of recording, they found themselves one song short of the optimum LP length, so at Jarratt's suggestion they wrote a new song, built up from a Latin-flavoured instrumental shuffle that Ford had been playing with. Keays wrote lyrics for the piece overnight, they cut it", "id": "1398573" }, { "contents": "Liverpool 8\n\n\n\", \"VH1 Storytellers\", \"Ringo Rama\", and \"Choose Love\"). However, the release date was pushed back to the beginning of 2008 when Hudson was replaced by Dave Stewart after a falling out with Starr. The album's production credits read, \"Produced by Ringo Starr and Mark Hudson; Re-Produced by Ringo Starr and David Stewart.\" All of the songs but one were written with the Roundheads, although Stewart also has several co-writing credits. Starr's attorney Bruce Grakal", "id": "21931268" }, { "contents": "Johnny Warman\n\n\na charity single and can briefly be seen standing next to David Gilmour in the accompanying music video. During 1991, Warman wrote \"Don't Go Where The Road Don't Go\", \"After All These Years\" and \"Runaways\" with Ringo Starr, which were included on Starr's album \"Time Takes Time\", released in 1992. He also supported Starr's All-Starr Band in London, they both included Warman's song \"Don't Go Where The Road Don't Go\" as part of their", "id": "12176258" }, { "contents": "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll\n\n\n\"A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll\" is a song written by Carl Groszman, who at the time was signed to Ringo Starr's record label, Ring O' Records. Starr released his own recording of the song on his 1976 album \"Ringo's Rotogravure\". Also issued as the album's lead single, it became his first hit as an Atlantic Records artist. Released on 20 September 1976 in advance of the album in the US, the single spent nine weeks on the \"Billboard\" charts,", "id": "5813141" }, { "contents": "Ringo (1978 film)\n\n\nRingo is a 1978 American made-for-television comedy film starring Ringo Starr as both a fictionalised version of himself and his fictional half-brother \"Ognir Rrats\" (Ringo Starr spelled backwards). It was broadcast on the US NBC network on 26 April 1978. The film features an all-star cast, including Art Carney, John Ritter, Carrie Fisher and George Harrison. Starr performs songs from his concurrent album, \"Bad Boy\", and older material. The film's story is loosely based on \"", "id": "21326637" }, { "contents": "I Am Missing You\n\n\n's first rock solo album, \"Ringo\", notably on their joint composition \"Photograph\". Author Simon Leng suggests that \"[i]t must have been a case of déjà vu for Starr\" when he attended the Shankar session, due to the similarity in Harrison's musical arrangements for \"I Am Missing You\" and the equally Spector-influenced \"Photograph\". Starr played drums on the basic track for \"I Am Missing You\", while other participants had also recently contributed to \"Ringo\": Nicky Hopkins", "id": "13136884" }, { "contents": "Paul Santo\n\n\n. Santo, working as the sound engineer, split time between recording at Starr's recording studio in London, Rocca Bella, and Hudson's Whatinthewhatthe? Studios in Los Angeles. The sessions were produced by Starr, who also made a documentary of the making of “Ringo Rama”. Santo, being an accomplished musician, also played multiple instruments on the album and co-wrote the song \"I Think Therefore I Rock and Roll\". Following the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia, Paul Santo joined an", "id": "690178" }, { "contents": "Ringo Starr\n\n\nplayed drums together on some of Harrison's recordings during the 1970s, on \"Ringo\" and other albums by Starr, and on the early All-Starr Band tours. For \"Ringo's Rotogravure\" in 1976, Starr credited himself as \"Thunder\" and Keltner as \"Lightnin'\". Starr influenced Genesis drummer Phil Collins, who said: \"I think he's vastly underrated, Ringo. The drum fills on 'A Day in the Life' are very, very complex things. You could take a great", "id": "6274395" }, { "contents": "Ringo's Rotogravure\n\n\nBlack (on which Starr also played), and later still with Leon Russell's wife Mary. Eric Clapton played guitar on the track \"This Be Called a Song\". Several unreleased tracks were recorded during the sessions: \"Where Are You Going\", \"All Right\", \"It's Hard to Be Lovers\" and a track Starr co-wrote with Nilsson, \"Party\". \"Pure Gold\" had been influenced by Starr's then-girlfriend Nancy Andrews. \"Cookin' (In the Kitchen", "id": "15428280" }, { "contents": "Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006\n\n\nRingo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006 is a 2008 live album by rock supergroup Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. It was recorded during his 2006 All-Starr Tour in Uncasville, Connecticut. In addition to Starr, his co-stars are Richard Marx, Billy Squier, Edgar Winter, Rod Argent, Hamish Stuart, and Sheila E. This particular All-Starr tour was notable for Starr's personal and professional break with longtime collaborator, Mark Hudson, who declined to participate, inciting the split.", "id": "8762717" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\ngood for you. I'm having it myself.\" The lyric to \"Photograph\" is centred around lost love, with the singer having only a single picture by which to remember his absent lover. The eponymous photograph reminds him of their former happiness together, while also enforcing the reality that \"you're not coming back any more\". Author Ian Inglis comments on the familiar subject matter in the conventions of pop songwriting, but identifies an \"unusual\" aspect in the lyrics' \"absence of any hope that love", "id": "16896958" }, { "contents": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)\n\n\nfollowing year, along with the single's B-side, \"Down and Out\", during sessions for Harrison's \"Living in the Material World\" album. The officially released version was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Richard Perry, and it incorporates aspects of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound through the presence of multiple drums and acoustic guitars, as well as an orchestra and a choir. Aside from Starr and Harrison, the musicians on the recording include Nicky Hopkins, Bobby Keys, Jim Keltner, and Spector's", "id": "16896953" }, { "contents": "Ringo (album)\n\n\nHarrison's \"Living in the Material World\" album. The song was remade five months later, produced by Perry for its appearance on \"Ringo\". Harrison and Mal Evans were sharing a living space in Los Angeles when they wrote \"You and Me (Babe)\" after Evans asked Harrison to add music to a song which he was working on. Harrison dropped by on the sessions on 10 March to see what kind of material Starr had recorded up to that point, saying that he was \"knocked out by", "id": "105030" }, { "contents": "All Those Years Ago\n\n\nThose Years Ago\" in sixth place on a list of the \"10 Best George Harrison Songs\". The track has been featured in the books \"1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download\" by Robert Dimery, and Bruce Pollock's \"The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944–2000\". Prior to Lennon's death, Harrison originally wrote the song with different lyrics for Ringo Starr to record. Although he recorded it, Starr felt the vocal was too high for his range and disliked the", "id": "2561747" }, { "contents": "The Slider\n\n\nStudios in Copenhagen, Denmark. The backing vocals by Flo & Eddie were recorded at Elektra Studios in Los Angeles, in April. Like all previous T. Rex albums, \"The Slider\" was produced by Tony Visconti. The album notes credit Ringo Starr with the front and back cover photographs. The photographs were taken the same day that Starr was filming the T. Rex documentary \"Born to Boogie\" at John Lennon's estate, Tittenhurst Park. Producer Tony Visconti, however, disputes that Starr took the photograph, stating \"", "id": "884782" }, { "contents": "Ringo (song)\n\n\nasked the two songwriters to come up with a song that fit in with his persona on that show. He also acknowledged that some teens who bought the record were probably expecting it to be about Beatles-drummer Ringo Starr (even though it was never about him), and believed that after listening to it, they would not be disappointed that the song was actually about a western outlaw. Greene also noted that recording of the album featuring \"Ringo\" began before the Beatles became popular in the United States. The album", "id": "21606391" }, { "contents": "Six O'Clock\n\n\nby Richard Perry, \"Six O'Clock\" was recorded mainly at Apple Studios in London in April 1973. Following Starr's recent collaborations with George Harrison and John Lennon in Los Angeles, the session with McCartney added to speculation in the press that the Beatles were about to reunite. An extended version of the song appeared as a bonus track on the 1992 CD release of Starr's \"Goodnight Vienna\" album. Paul McCartney wrote \"Six O'Clock\" in response to a request from Ringo Starr, his former bandmate in the Beatles", "id": "785287" }, { "contents": "Time Takes Time\n\n\nthe album, had previously worked on Starr's \"Ringo\" (1973). The material was written predominantly by outside writers, with Starr co-writing three songs. \"Time Takes Time\" also marked Starr's first alliance with Mark Hudson, who assisted with the background vocals and arrangements on some of the Ramone-produced tracks. In April 1991, Starr recorded with fellow label artist, Taj Mahal, on his album. Lynne and Starr recorded four songs between 20 and 31 May: \"Don't Go Where", "id": "3453598" }, { "contents": "Ringo the 4th\n\n\nRingo the 4th is the sixth studio album by English musician Ringo Starr, released in 1977. Its title refers to the fact that it is his fourth rock album. \"Ringo the 4th\" has a more dance-oriented context. After the commercial disappointment of \"Ringo's Rotogravure\" (1976), Starr decided to shift his formula of using his well-known musician friends (notably his fellow ex-Beatles) to write songs and appear on his albums. Instead, he intensified his partnership with Vini Poncia,", "id": "16735292" }, { "contents": "You're Sixteen\n\n\nStarr's version was released as a single in the United States on 3 December 1973, and in the UK on 8 February 1974. In January 1974, the song, taken from the album \"Ringo\", hit number one. The latter performance reunited Ringo Starr with his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney. McCartney is credited on the liner notes of the album \"Ringo\" as having played the solo on a kazoo. But reviewer Michael Verity has quoted the song's producer Richard Perry as revealing it wasn't actually a", "id": "15774821" }, { "contents": "Ringo Starr\n\n\nThe first All-Starr excursion led to the release of \"Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band\" (1990), a compilation of live performances from the 1989 tour. Also in 1990, Starr recorded a version of the song \"I Call Your Name\" for a television special marking the 10th anniversary of John Lennon's death and the 50th anniversary of Lennon's birth. The track, produced by Lynne, features a supergroup composed of Lynne, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh and Jim Keltner. The following year", "id": "6274374" } ]

[ { "contents": "Super Bowl 50 halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show took place on February 7, 2016, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California as part of Super Bowl 50. It was headlined by the British rock group Coldplay with special guest performers Beyoncé and Bruno Mars, who previously had headlined the Super Bowl XLVII and Super Bowl XLVIII halftime shows, respectively. Coldplay, Rihanna, and Katy Perry were considered as potential acts for the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show in 2015. Perry was soon confirmed as the headliner of the halftime show in November", "id": "1531552" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl 50\n\n\nacts\" would perform during the halftime show. On December 3, the league confirmed that the show would be headlined by the British rock band Coldplay. On January 7, 2016, Pepsi confirmed to the Associated Press that Beyoncé, who headlined the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show and collaborated with Coldplay on the single \"Hymn for the Weekend\" (which was removed from the setlist before the game), would be making an appearance. Bruno Mars, who headlined the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show, and Mark Ronson (Mars", "id": "3807670" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LI halftime show\n\n\nthe singer, because of her performance of the national anthem at the previous Super Bowl. On September 29, 2016, Gaga confirmed on her Instagram account that she would be performing at the halftime show. Fox Sports president and executive producer of the show, John Entz, confirmed Gaga's involvement. He added, \"[She] is one of the most electric performers of our generation, and we couldn't be happier with the choice to have her headline the Super Bowl LI Halftime Show... It is going to be", "id": "1839177" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LI halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl LI Halftime show took place on February 5, 2017 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, as part of Super Bowl LI. Lady Gaga headlined the show, performing a medley of her songs, including material from her then-most recent studio album, \"Joanne\" (2016). The National Football League (NFL) confirmed the singer would helm the LI halftime show after discussions with the singer Adele proved unfruitful. Gaga began rehearsing for the show by January 2017 and had no guest performers. Her", "id": "1839168" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LI\n\n\nhalftime show played a part in Atlanta ultimately losing the game. Teams on average are off the field for fifteen minutes during halftime, but Super Bowl halftimes are considerably longer. Unlike the Falcons it appears Bill Belichick actually incorporated the length of the show into the team's practices. Sanu's argument was discounted by the fact that Atlanta marched the ball downfield and scored a touchdown right out of halftime. The first quarter of Super Bowl LI was a scoreless defensive match with each team punting twice. The longest play from scrimmage was", "id": "6531941" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show\n\n\nfor Best Awards, Music, or Game Shows at 2014 Art Directors Guild. Nielsen ratings confirmed that the show was watched by 110.8 million viewers, thus becoming the fourth most watched halftime show in the history after Madonna's performance at the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show which was watched by 112.5 million viewers, Bruno Mars' performance at the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show which attracted 115.3 million viewers and Katy Perry's Super Bowl XLIX halftime show with 118.5 million viewers. Beyoncé's performance at the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show became the", "id": "5084950" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXVII halftime show\n\n\ninterest. After Super Bowl XXVI, where a special episode of \"In Living Color\", broadcast by future NFL broadcaster Fox during the game's halftime period successfully attracted viewers away from the Super Bowl telecast on CBS (with viewership falling by 22% over halftime), the NFL began the process of heightening the profile of the halftime show in an effort to attract mainstream viewers. Radio City Productions, who would produce the halftime show, attempted to court Michael Jackson to serve as the headline act by meeting with him and", "id": "20596207" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LI halftime show\n\n\nthe show, Gaga reached the edge of the stage, shouted \"Super Bowl 51\", dropped her microphone, and jumped off the stage catching a football. Around August 2016 media began reporting that singer Adele was in discussions with the National Football League (NFL) to perform at the Super Bowl LI halftime show, on February 5, 2017, at Houston's NRG Stadium. Pepsi Zero Sugar sponsored the show. A source from the NFL said that \"organisers are doing absolutely everything they can to try to persuade her", "id": "1839175" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LIII halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show, officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show, took place on February 3, 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, as part of Super Bowl LIII. It was headlined by American pop group Maroon 5, joined by rappers Big Boi and Travis Scott as guests. Several musicians reportedly turned down offers to perform the show due to their support for Colin Kaepernick—who has accused the NFL and its franchises of colluding against him due to his national anthem protests against", "id": "7046479" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show occurred on February 2, 2014 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey as part of Super Bowl XLVIII and was headlined by American singer Bruno Mars alongside his band The Hooligans with special guests The Red Hot Chili Peppers. The show was produced by Ricky Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton. At the time of airing the halftime show attracted the largest audience in the history of the Super Bowl, attracting 115.3 million viewers. The show was later surpassed by the following year's Super Bowl XLIX halftime show in", "id": "4546905" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl 50 halftime show\n\n\n2014. In summer 2015, many acts were being rumored as potential headliners for the 2016 halftime show including Taylor Swift, Britney Spears and One Direction. In September 2015, it was reported that Bruno Mars was set to curate the Super Bowl 50 halftime show, but the next month in October, It was reported that Maroon 5 was in talks to headline, but the band said they haven't had any conversations with the NFL about headlining, but were open to it. In late November, 2015, reports surfaced stating", "id": "1531553" }, { "contents": "List of Super Bowl halftime shows\n\n\nto feature pop music acts such as New Kids on the Block and Gloria Estefan. In an effort to boost the prominence of the halftime show to increase viewer interest, Super Bowl XXVII featured a headlining performance by Michael Jackson. After Super Bowl XXXVIII, whose halftime show featured an incident where Justin Timberlake exposed one of Janet Jackson's breasts, the halftime show began to feature classic rock acts until the return of headlining pop musicians in 2011. During most of the Super Bowl's first decade, the halftime show featured a college", "id": "16090119" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXVII\n\n\nthe time. After Super Bowl XXVI, where a special episode of \"In Living Color\", broadcast by future NFL broadcaster Fox during the game's halftime period, successfully attracted viewers away from the Super Bowl telecast on CBS (with viewership falling by 22% over halftime), the NFL began the process of heightening the profile of the halftime show in an effort to attract mainstream viewers. Radio City Productions, who would produce the halftime show, attempted to court Michael Jackson to serve as the headline act by meeting with", "id": "9755613" }, { "contents": "Fear Factor\n\n\nextended competition format. Fear Factor Super Bowl Halftime Show (Season two): Played in the normal format with \"Playboy\" Playmates. The first stunt aired as counter programming to the Super Bowl halftime show and ended right before the third quarter of the game started. The remaining two stunts were shown immediately after the game as counter programming to the Super Bowl lead-out show. Miss USA (Seasons three to five): Played in the normal format with Miss USA contestants, with the winning contestant keeping $25,000 and", "id": "1813004" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl counterprogramming\n\n\nwith People (who performed in four Super Bowl halftime shows between 1976 and 1986 and performed at the pre-game show of Super Bowl XXV in 1991). The group's halftime shows were described as being \"wholesome\" and \"inoffensive\" by critics, but were frequently derided for being dated and out of touch with modern popular culture. Super Bowl counterprogramming was first popularized by Fox. As an alternative, the then-fledgling Fox network aired a special live episode of its popular sketch comedy show \"In Living Color", "id": "17403614" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLIV\n\n\nstraight Super Bowl the NFC won the toss (the Cardinals won the toss in Super Bowl XLIII but elected to defer to the second half, giving the Steelers the ball to open the game). The Who performed at the Super Bowl XLIV halftime show. The band played a medley of their hits, consisting of \"Pinball Wizard\", \"Baba O'Riley\", \"Who Are You\", \"See Me, Feel Me\", and \"Won't Get Fooled Again\". For the first time since the Super", "id": "220785" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXVII halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl XXVII halftime show took place on January 31, 1993, at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, as part of Super Bowl XXVII. It featured American singer Michael Jackson. The halftime show was broadcast on NBC. This halftime performance increased the TV ratings by a significant amount and has been claimed to be one of the most watched events in American television history with 133.4 million viewers. Jackson's performance started the NFL's trend of signing top acts to appear during the Super Bowl to attract more viewers and", "id": "20596206" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl XLIX halftime show took place on February 1, 2015, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, as part of Super Bowl XLIX. It featured American singer Katy Perry, with singer Lenny Kravitz and rapper Missy Elliott as special guests. The halftime show was critically acclaimed and its broadcast on NBC attracted 118.5 million viewers in the United States and 120.7 million worldwide, receiving the largest ratings in the history of the Super Bowl and becoming the most watched of all-time. The halftime show was", "id": "2759835" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl counterprogramming\n\n\n, taking advantage of the then-unpopular format of Super Bowl halftime shows. The special drew 22 million viewers, prompting the NFL to book more prominent pop music acts to perform at future Super Bowl halftime shows to compete. Broadcasters who do not air original programming against the Super Bowl will typically air reruns of existing programming—sometimes as marathons, prior to and during the game; in recent years, as they all broadcast NFL games or have ties to an outlet who does—and three of them alternate airing the game", "id": "17403612" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\na crackdown on inappropriate sexual content in daytime television, and indicated that he was reviewing whether soap operas were violating the agency's indecency prohibitions. Two other major sporting events that followed the Super Bowl that year also were forced to censor their respective halftime shows following the incident. The Pro Bowl, which would be played on February 8 at Aloha Stadium in Hawaii, originally was to feature singer JC Chasez, who was a member of boy band 'N Sync as was Timberlake, sing the National Anthem before the game and perform", "id": "19109486" }, { "contents": "List of Super Bowl halftime shows\n\n\nHalftime shows are a tradition during American football games at all levels of competition. Entertainment during the Super Bowl, the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), represents a fundamental link to pop culture, which helps broaden the television audience and nationwide interest. As the Super Bowl itself is typically the most-watched event on television in the United States annually, the halftime show has been equally-viewed in recent years: the halftime show of Super Bowl XLIX featuring Katy Perry was viewed by 118.5 million,", "id": "16090116" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\ngiven about the show. It's unlikely that MTV will produce another Super Bowl halftime.\" An hour-long MTV documentary titled \"Making the Super Bowl Halftime Show\" was scheduled to premiere the following week but was canceled before it ever aired and has never been broadcast subsequently. Salli Frattini, the executive producer for MTV who had planned the entire performance, recalled a phone call from the officiating booth that was her first indication something had gone wrong. Frattini was in a truck outside of Reliant Stadium celebrating the end of", "id": "19109426" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LII halftime show\n\n\nwere featured on the field in the show's finale, \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\". The band had previously performed in the halftime show of Super Bowl XXVI. Timberlake's performance received mixed reviews. In a positive review, Bruce R. Miller of \"Sioux City Journal\" wrote \"Timberlake is a masterful live performer – which made Sunday's Super Bowl performance about the only sure bet,\" he continued commenting the performer \"did a lot of infectious dancing and managed to play with the crowd like no other", "id": "1839226" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\n, no women performed at the Super Bowl halftime show at all until The Black Eyed Peas performed in 2011. In 2012, during the halftime show for Super Bowl XLVI, rapper M.I.A. pointed up her middle finger during her performance. That incident drew comparisons with the exposure of Janet Jackson's breast in the Super Bowl halftime show eight years prior. The Associated Press asserted that people learned what M.I.A. did only when reports surfaced in the media and quoted TV critic James Poniewozik: \"I had no idea she even did it until", "id": "19109497" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl XLVII halftime show occurred on February 3, 2013, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans as part of Super Bowl XLVII and featured American entertainer Beyoncé with special guests Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams from Destiny's Child. The show was produced by Ricky Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton. It received acclaim from music critics who commented that Beyoncé once more proved her abilities during live performances. It became the then second most watched show in Super Bowl history by garnering 110.8 million viewers. The performance, and", "id": "5084935" }, { "contents": "Counterprogramming\n\n\nBowl XXVII. This pattern continued until 2005, when an incident at Super Bowl XXXVIII's halftime show where Justin Timberlake exposed one of Janet Jackson's breasts, led to a string of halftime shows with a single, headlining classic rock act (such as The Rolling Stones, Prince, and Bruce Springsteen) in an effort to prevent a repeat of the \"wardrobe malfunction\" (since Super Bowl XLV, the NFL has returned to inviting pop artists to play halftime). Despite Michael Jackson's performance helping to increase interest in", "id": "444935" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLI\n\n\none of the top seven Super Bowl halftime moments. In 2016, shortly after Prince's death, the halftime show's producer Don Mischer said that having a silhouetted camera shot of Prince was his idea, but denied it was meant to be a phallic statement. Former Colts and Dolphins head coach Don Shula presented the Vince Lombardi Trophy to the Colts after the game, and Peyton Manning was named MVP. The Bears won the coin toss and elected to receive. For the first time in Super Bowl history, the game was", "id": "1683118" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LII halftime show\n\n\n. Or his name. Or their names.\" The NFL confirmed the announcement on October 22 with a video starring Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon. This was Timberlake's third appearance in a Super Bowl halftime show. As a member of NSYNC, Timberlake appeared in the Super Bowl XXXV (2001) halftime show, and as a guest artist in the Super Bowl XXXVIII (2004), which performance featured a controversial incident where Timberlake accidentally exposed one of Janet Jackson's breasts on national television, described as a wardrobe malfunction. The", "id": "1839220" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LII halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl LII Halftime Show (officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show) took place on February 4, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of Super Bowl LII. Justin Timberlake was the featured performer, as confirmed by the National Football League (NFL) on October 22, 2017. It was televised nationally by NBC. It received four nominations at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards. The show began with Jimmy Fallon introducing Justin Timberlake, followed by a video screen depicting Timberlake performing", "id": "1839214" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XX\n\n\nhalftime show titled \"Beat of the Future\". Up with People dancers portrayed various scenes into the future. This was the last Super Bowl to feature Up with People as a halftime show, though they later performed in the Super Bowl XXV pregame show. The halftime show was dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (the first observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day had been held the previous Monday). The Patriots took the then-quickest lead in Super Bowl history after linebacker Larry McGrew recovered a fumble", "id": "9506703" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\npuppet show with them when she performs this year in New Orleans, it would rate as just the second most shocking Super Boob display. Janet's strangely ornamented right nipple is a living legend, and so is Justin Timberlake's terrified reaction.\" Music channel Fuse listed it as the most controversial Super Bowl halftime show, saying the \"revealing performance remains (and will forever remain) the craziest thing to ever happen at a halftime show. Almost immediately after the incident, the FCC received a flood of complaints from parents who", "id": "19109536" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show\n\n\n's performance at the half time show \"reconfirms her skills as a live performer, silencing anyone who might have wondered about them in the wake of a certain revelation.\" David Rooney of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" wrote: \"Continuing in the vein of Madonna in 2012, [Beyoncé] steered the Super Bowl halftime show away from dad rock to embrace girl power.\" Melinda Newman of the website HitFix commented: \"In a Super Bowl half-time performance that was as frenetic as it was fierce, [Beyoncé", "id": "5084945" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\ncolumns. Democratic senator Zell Miller of Georgia, both on the floor of the United States Senate and in an editorial on Salon.com, denounced the halftime show as what he perceived as declining morality in America. The day immediately following the Super Bowl, then-FCC chairman Michael Powell ordered an investigation into the halftime show.. Timberlake told CBS owned-and-operated station KCBS-TV in Los Angeles a few days following the Super Bowl that even his own family was offended by the mishap at the end of the halftime show", "id": "19109458" }, { "contents": "Bruno Mars\n\n\nheadline performer at the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show, which would take place on February 2, 2014. American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers served as special guests. It was the first Super Bowl halftime headlined by a performer under 30 of Puerto Rican descent. It was the most watched halftime show in the history of the Super Bowl at that time, drawing a rating of 115.3 million viewers. The viewership for the halftime show was higher than that for the game itself. At the 2014 Grammy Awards, Mars won the", "id": "4132161" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVI\n\n\nwe can do\". At the conclusion of the song, Bono opened his jacket to reveal an American flag printed into the lining. U2's halftime show captivated the audience as a poignant tribute to those who had been lost in the attacks. In 2009, SI.com ranked it as the best halftime show in Super Bowl history, while it was rated the second-greatest by \"Askmen.com\". Janet Jackson was originally selected to perform at the Halftime Show, but she instead allowed U2 to perform a tribute to the events", "id": "10379459" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LII halftime show\n\n\n70th Primetime Emmy Awards, the Super Bowl halftime show received four nominations: Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special, Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special, Outstanding Music Direction, Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special. The Super Bowl LII halftime show was seen by 106.6 million television viewers in the United States, 9% less than Lady Gaga's in 2017. It had higher average viewership than the game itself, and the decline for the halftime show was roughly", "id": "1839235" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LI halftime show\n\n\nbelieved the singer could deliver \"power, punch, performance, singing, lights\" within that time frame. Pepsi sponsored the halftime show for the fifth-consecutive year. In October 2016, Gaga told \"Entertainment Weekly\" she wanted to give \"the best show for the football fans, the ones that are watching at home\". Although indecisive about the set list, the singer wanted to play a mixture of her past and recent songs. She also confirmed that the NFL heard \"Joanne\" before its release and", "id": "1839179" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl\n\n\nthe game increased, a trend where popular singers and musicians performed during its pre-game ceremonies and the halftime show, or simply sang the national anthem of the United States or America the Beautiful emerged. Unlike regular season or playoff games, thirty minutes are allocated for the Super Bowl halftime. After a special live episode of the Fox sketch comedy series \"In Living Color\" caused a drop in viewership for the Super Bowl XXVI halftime show, the NFL sought to increase the Super Bowl's audience by hiring A-list", "id": "8017269" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show\n\n\nthe 12 minutes of free television exposure had a total value of $84 million for Madonna's enterprises and the singer did not have to pay for accommodations, travel, backup dancers, stage setup, advertising and publicity: \"Given all these benefits, playing the Super Bowl halftime show for free is more than worth the trouble. In fact, it's incredibly lucrative – and such a good deal for artists that some suspect a major change might be on the horizon\". Madonna's performance was the most-watched Super", "id": "5085586" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LII halftime show\n\n\nshow with \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\", entering the stands at the conclusion of the song. For the first time since the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show in Indianapolis in 2012, no pyrotechnics were used throughout the performance. The show relied mostly on lasers and video screens for visual effects. In July 2017, Britney Spears was rumored to be the headliner, but Pepsi quickly denied it. During August and September 2017, several publications informed that Timberlake was the frontrunner to performer at the Super Bowl LII halftime,", "id": "1839218" }, { "contents": "Bibi McGill\n\n\nwent on to become the greatest and most notable solo of McGill's career and was praised by many including Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone Magazine calling the performance a \"ready-made obligatory-Slash cameo guitar solo. Along with the Beyoncé gig itself, the Super Bowl also gave McGill even more mainstream attention. Beyoncé's halftime show became the fourth most watched halftime show with 110.8 million viewers after Madonna's Super Bowl XLVI halftime show which was watched by 112.5 million viewers, Bruno Mars' Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show with 115.3", "id": "8437316" }, { "contents": "24K Magic (album)\n\n\nwho called the album the \"next movement of Bruno\" and confirmed that the album was close to being finished in February 2016. \"Rolling Stone\" ranked Mars' third album as one of the 20 most anticipated of 2016. Mars' father confirmed the album anticipated release date to be in March and that seven songs had already been recorded, but his son's appearance at the Super Bowl halftime show led to the release being postponed for several months. This meant that he did not release his album until the Super Bowl", "id": "16994878" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show\n\n\nshe admitted that she sang the song along with a pre-recorded track during the ceremony, but confirmed that she's going to sing live during the Super Bowl halftime show, saying \"I will absolutely be singing live... This is what I was born to do, what I was born for. I've had a 16-year career. All the things I've done have prepared me for this.\" Following her performance at the halftime show, Jon Caramanica of \"The New York Times\" wrote that Beyoncé, who", "id": "5084940" }, { "contents": "Ashley Everett\n\n\nVH1 series \"Hit the Floor\", which aired in 2015. In 2008, Everett was one of two featured dancers in the music video for \"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)\", which amassed over 685 million YouTube views and became world-renowned for its dancing and choreography. Other notable performances with Beyoncé include the 2013 Super Bowl XLVII halftime show, the 2016 Super Bowl 50 halftime show, and Coachella 2018. Distinguishable on stage by her curly, red afro, she has amassed a large following", "id": "16652649" }, { "contents": "Philip Lawrence (songwriter)\n\n\nalbum, \"Letters I Never Sent\". He followed by participating in the second-largest viewed Super Bowl Halftime Show performing with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, receiving 115.3 million viewers. He returned again to the Super Bowl in 2016, performing parallel to Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Coldplay for another Halftime Show performance. Along with composing and producing hits for Bruno Mars, Lawrence has also produced/composed for Adele, Flo Rida, Lil’ Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, CeeLo Green and others. Philip appeared in the Blue", "id": "18815633" }, { "contents": "Scott Sanders (producer)\n\n\nn't Try This At Home, and inaugural anniversary gala for President Bill Clinton and the historic 1993 Super Bowl halftime show starring Michael Jackson on NBC. That Super Bowl XXVII halftime show, starring Jackson, raised NBC's halftime rating higher than the Super Bowl action before it and is credited with transforming the way the NFL presents its halftime entertaintment. In the years since, the NFL has, at every single Super Bow, followed the model Sanders & Jackson created in 1993 enlisting big-name, contemporary, broad-appeal artists", "id": "7450289" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVI\n\n\nof September 11 and due to traveling concerns following the tragedy. She performed again for the Super Bowl halftime two years later, when her highly controversial Super Bowl Halftime Show performance incident occurred. The Rams scored first midway through the first quarter, with quarterback Kurt Warner completing 6-of-7 passes for 43 yards on a 48-yard, 10-play drive to set up a 50-yard field goal by kicker Jeff Wilkins. At the time, the field goal was the third longest in Super Bowl history. While the rest of the quarter was scoreless, the", "id": "10379460" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show\n\n\npulled beneath the stage, surrounded by smoke. The show ended with \"World peace\" appearing on the ground screens with an image of the continents. According to CBS News, Madonna had been asked to perform in the 1998 and 2000 Super Bowl halftime shows but cancelled both. In January 2000 she was scheduled to perform her new single, \"American Pie\", at the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show. However, she withdrew from the commitment due to a conflict with her recording schedule. In a statement at the time", "id": "5085547" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show\n\n\n, Madonna expressed \"sincere apologies\" to the league and said: \"I look forward to the possibility of doing something with the NFL in the future.\" In late 2011 Madonna was busy with the release of her film \"W.E.\" and with recording her twelfth studio album, \"MDNA\". The singer was reportedly signed by the NFL for the Super Bowl halftime show, and in December the league confirmed that Madonna would perform in the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The game was", "id": "5085548" }, { "contents": "Puppy Bowl\n\n\nas a \"commentator\" broadcasting from a Chicago studio. In reference to the Super Bowl's halftime show with Bruno Mars, Keyboard Cat \"played\" his song \"Locked Out of Heaven\" during the halftime show. The half-time show also featured 30 kittens toppling dominoes and a kitten \"parachuting\" onto the field. To increase interactivity with fans of the show, the Puppy Bowl X online site allowed fans to play a \"Fantasy Puppy League\" (similar to fantasy football) featuring the 2014 puppies, gave", "id": "5531999" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\n\"Entertainment Weekly\" reported that Jackson was the original choice to perform at the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI; however, the NFL ultimately decided to select U2 to headline it after a group of NFL owners and officials attended the band's concert in New York City shortly after the September 11 attacks. In September 2003, the NFL announced that Jackson would be the headline performer of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show. Because the event was occurring during an election year, MTV decided that the show's theme would heavily focus", "id": "19109416" }, { "contents": "Mark Dice\n\n\nhidden in plain sight\". The Super Bowl XLVI and XLVII halftime shows allegedly featured \"secret Illuminati hand signs\", while musician Katy Perry—star of the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show—\"promotes bisexuality and appears to be some kind of Satanic Witch\". Dice published a YouTube video denouncing the Super Bowl 50 halftime show as \"gay Pride propaganda\". Dice noted the show featured the rainbow-colored message \"believe in love\" and a platform with four ramps which Dice described as a \"crucifix blasphemously placed in the centre", "id": "19564066" }, { "contents": "List of Super Bowl halftime shows\n\n\nThe show was seen by 117.5 million television viewers, making it the second-highest-rated halftime show on network broadcast. Prior to the early 1990s, the halftime show was based around a theme, and featured university marching bands (the Grambling State University Marching Band has performed at the most Super Bowl halftime shows, featuring in six shows including at least one per decade from the 1960s to the 1990s), drill teams, and other performance ensembles such as Up with People. Beginning in 1991, the halftime show began", "id": "16090118" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl II\n\n\neach other near the 50-yard line. The Grambling State University band performed the national anthem as well as during the halftime show. The same band was part of the halftime show of Super Bowl I the previous year. On Oakland's first offensive play, Ray Nitschke shot through a gap and literally upended fullback Hewritt Dixon in what was one of Nitschke's signature plays of his entire career. The hit was so vicious, it prompted Jerry Green, a \"Detroit News\" columnist sitting in the press box with fellow journalists,", "id": "9614638" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LI\n\n\n50, confirmed that she would be performing at the Super Bowl LI halftime show on her Instagram account with the message: \"It's not an illusion. The rumors are true. This year the SUPER BOWL goes GAGA!\" Fox Sports president and executive producer of the show, John Entz, confirmed Gaga's involvement adding \"[She] is one of the most electric performers of our generation, and we couldn't be happier with the choice to have her headline the Super Bowl LI Halftime Show... It is going", "id": "6531939" }, { "contents": "Bruno Mars\n\n\n, Mars (as part of The Smeezingtons) composed \"All I Ask\", a track from Adele's album \"25\". Their work with Adele brought Mars a Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the 2017 Grammy Awards. On December 2, 2015, it was announced that British rock band Coldplay would be headlining the Super Bowl 50 halftime show on February 7, 2016. Mars and Beyoncé were guest acts, marking their second time appearing on the Super Bowl halftime. They are surpassed by Gloria Estefan and", "id": "4132166" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl XLVI halftime show took place on February 5, 2012 at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana as part of Super Bowl XLVI. It featured Madonna and guests LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A. and CeeLo Green. In 2011, the National Football League (NFL) announced that Madonna would perform at the Super Bowl XLVI show. The singer collaborated with Cirque du Soleil for the show, where her longtime choreographer Jamie King was music director; King, in turn, enlisted the multimedia-show producer Moment Factory", "id": "5085539" }, { "contents": "2008 Pro Bowl\n\n\n's honor. The game was the most watched Pro Bowl since 2000, pulling in a Nielsen rating of 6.3 and a 12 share. It also marked the first ever Pro Bowl to be televised by Fox. The 2008 Pro Bowl also marked the fewest players represented by a Super Bowl winning team, with Osi Umenyiora being the lone representative of the New York Giants, winners of Super Bowl XLII. Notes: The halftime show featured a performance by the band Lifehouse, who played their songs \"Hanging by a Moment\" and", "id": "17960725" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\nlawsuit in small-claims court against Viacom for false advertising of the Super Bowl halftime show, as he, the father of three young children, claimed that pre-game advertising led him to believe that the halftime show would consist of marching bands, balloons and a patriotic celebration. The lawsuit was rejected because Stephenson should have filed a federal lawsuit or complaint to the FCC, which was already investigating the halftime show. America Online, the Internet service provider that sponsored the halftime show, demanded a refund of the approximately US$", "id": "19109473" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\nanything to Justin about it.\" Timberlake would eventually be given a “second chance”, being invited back to the Super Bowl halftime show when he was named headlining act for the Super Bowl LII halftime show in February 2018. During his performance, Timberlake again sang a portion of \"Rock Your Body,\" but stopped right before reaching the \"I'm gonna have you naked by the end of this song\" lyric, saying \"hold up! Stop!\" and smiling. Some commentators interpreted this as a", "id": "19109521" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LIII halftime show\n\n\na tribute to the show's creator, Stephen Hillenburg, who had died in November 2018. The show itself received largely negative reviews, with critics considering it to be boring and underwhelming, and arguing that the choice of Maroon 5 was intended to be \"safe\" and uncontroversial in the wake of the Kaepernick controversy. As early as September 2018, multiple sources had reported that Maroon 5 were to headline the Super Bowl LIII halftime show, but the NFL had not yet made an official announcement. In October 2018, it", "id": "7046481" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl\n\n\ntunes into the Super Bowl solely to view commercials. In 2010, Nielsen reported that 51 percent of Super Bowl viewers tune in for the commercials. The Super Bowl halftime show has spawned another set of alternative entertainment such as the Lingerie Bowl, the Beer Bottle Bowl, and others. Since 1991, the Super Bowl has begun between 6:19 and 6:40 PM EST so that most of the game is played during the primetime hours on the East Coast. br Super Bowls I–VI were blacked out in the television markets of the", "id": "8017266" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LI halftime show\n\n\ndecided to offer her the halftime performance slot. Her inspiration came from earlier halftime performances by Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, and Bruce Springsteen. Gaga remarked that she loved \"all the [past shows]\". In December 2016, Gaga launched the \"Guest of Honor\" contest with Pepsi and the NFL. This would give her fans the opportunity to see the halftime show from the stage's sidelines. The singer uploaded a video titled \"Fanifesto\", talking about the power of fandom. She explained that to win", "id": "1839180" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXIII\n\n\n3–3, the first halftime tie in Super Bowl history, and the lowest halftime score since the Pittsburgh Steelers took a 2–0 halftime lead over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IX. On their opening possession in the second half, the Bengals managed to get a sustained drive going, moving the ball 61 yards in 12 plays and taking 9:15 off the clock. Esiason, who completed only 4 of 12 passes for 48 yards in the first half, completed 3 of 4 passes for 54 yards on the drive, including a 20-yard", "id": "9615496" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLIV\n\n\nBowl XXXIV halftime show, there was no crowd of fans surrounding the halftime stage. This performance was also released as downloadable content for the Rock Band series, named \"The Who Super Bowl S-mashup\". Retailers had ordered much more New Orleans Saints merchandise prior to the game than they had ordered Colts merchandise. The NFL estimated that US$100million worth of Super Bowl merchandise would be sold. The Saints won the coin toss and chose to receive, but their first possession resulted in a punt after going three-and", "id": "220786" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show\n\n\nclothes; Mars worked a retro gold lame jacket paired with a white shirt, black trousers and a matching skinny tie. Mars made history at the Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show as the youngest artist ever to serve as the sole NFL Super Bowl Halftime headliner. He opened the show with a drum solo on a kit designed to honor his late mother, Bernadette Hernandez. The artwork was modeled after Mars' arm tattoo dedicated to his mom. During his performance of \"Just the Way You Are\" he was standing midfield,", "id": "4546910" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show\n\n\nthe stadium blackout that followed, generated more than 299,000 tweets per minute, making it the then second most tweeted moment in the history of Twitter. This would be the first Pepsi sponsored halftime show since Prince's performance in Super Bowl XLI. In October 2012, news sources confirmed Beyoncé would headline the halftime show at the Super Bowl XLVII. Beyoncé made the announcement on her website prior to the National Football League's confirmation by posting an image of her face with the date of the game stenciled into eye black. Lisa de", "id": "5084936" }, { "contents": "Up with People\n\n\n, Up with People began to make frequent appearances at the Super Bowl; the group performed in five Super Bowl halftime shows between 1976 and 1986 (with Grambling State University Marching Band being the only other group having that many returns to the Super Bowl half time show with its 6 appearances), and performed at the pre-game show of Super Bowl XXV in 1991. By the 1990s, the style of halftime performance they helped define during the 1970s and 1980s (which centered on themed, musical-style spectacles which aimed", "id": "4020102" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl I\n\n\nSuper Bowl I, Super Bowl Play Finder GB, Super Bowl Play Finder KC Note: According to NBC Radio announcer Jim Simpson's report at halftime of the game, Kansas City led 11 to 9 in first downs at halftime, 181 to 164 in total yards, and 142 to 113 in passing yards (Green Bay led 51 to 39 in rushing yards). Bart Starr completed eight of 13 with no interceptions, while Len Dawson was 11 of 15 with no interceptions. Green Bay led 14–10 at halftime. Green Bay", "id": "9614615" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show\n\n\nwardrobe malfunction. According to \"People\", \"Call it a finger malfunction? Madonna was supposed to be the center of attention during the Super Bowl halftime show Sunday, but the Queen of Pop was upstaged by her collaborator M.I.A., who flipped off the camera at one point during the performance, prompting swift apologies from the NFL and NBC.\" Madonna expressed her disappointment in an interview with host Ryan Seacrest on his talk show, \"On Air with Ryan Seacrest\". She said that it was a \"teenager ...", "id": "5085593" }, { "contents": "Youth Orchestra Los Angeles\n\n\nGloria Estefan, Gwen Stefani, and Hilary Hahn. In addition to the Hollywood Bowl, YOLA performances have taken place at Walt Disney Concert Hall, The Barbican in London, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, and Kresge Auditorium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2016, alongside Beyoncé and Bruno Mars, 50 YOLA students played the halftime show at the Super Bowl with Coldplay for an audience of 111.9 million viewers. It performed at the 2016 Ojai Music Festival, curated by Peter Sellars, and presented the world premiere of a commissioned", "id": "4425198" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl X\n\n\n.) It was also the first Super Bowl in which both participating teams had previously won a Super Bowl, as the Steelers were the defending champions and the Cowboys had won Super Bowl VI. The game was played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on January 18, 1976, one of the first major national events of the United States Bicentennial year. Both the pre-game and halftime show celebrated the Bicentennial, while players on both teams wore special patches on their jerseys with the Bicentennial logo. Super Bowl", "id": "9614921" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\n\"The Decency Wars: The Campaign to Cleanse American Culture\", which explains moral controversies in the American media over the years. The Super Bowl itself would not feature a modern act for its halftime show for the next six years, opting instead for classic rockers such as Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and The Who (McCartney, the Stones and The Who were all part of the British Invasion of the 1960s). In fact", "id": "19109496" }, { "contents": "The Formation World Tour\n\n\n, Beyoncé performed \"Formation\" during her guest appearance at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show. Immediately after the performance, a commercial aired announcing The Formation World Tour, which would kick off in Miami on April 27, with the first pre-sales going on sale just two days after the announcement on February 9, 2016. Leading up to the tour announcement, Beyoncé was praised and criticized over her new song and Black Panther-influenced costume for the Super Bowl halftime performance. As a result of this, the hashtags", "id": "20554082" }, { "contents": "List of Super Bowl halftime shows\n\n\nThese shows were considered \"family friendly\" and the time in which they took place has been described as \"the age of reactionary halftime shows. Since Super Bowl XLV, the halftime show has returned to featuring popular contemporary musicians, with the typical format featuring a single headline artist collaborating with a small number of guest acts. The NFL does not pay the halftime show performers an appearance fee, though it covers all expenses for the performers and their entourage of band members management, technical crew, security personnel, family, and", "id": "16090122" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVI\n\n\nthe NFL, Belichick held his ground and the NFL honored his request. The full team introduction demonstrated solidarity, and struck a chord with the audience in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Since the next Super Bowl game, both Super Bowl participants are introduced collectively as a team, a precedent which has continued. The halftime show featured a three-song set from Irish rock band U2, who had just completed their successful Elevation Tour. After a rendition of \"Beautiful Day\", the band played \"MLK\" and", "id": "10379457" }, { "contents": "List of Super Bowl halftime shows\n\n\nfriends. Super Bowl XXVII halftime show with Michael Jackson provided an exception, as the NFL and Frito-Lay agreed to make a donation and provide commercial time for Jackson's Heal the World Foundation. According to Nielsen SoundScan data, the halftime performers regularly experience significant spikes in weekly album sales and paid digital downloads due to the exposure. For Super Bowl XLIX, it was reported by the \"Wall Street Journal\" that league officials asked representatives of potential acts if they would be willing to provide financial compensation to the NFL in", "id": "16090123" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl counterprogramming\n\n\ncoup which helped to establish Fox's position as a major network in its own right, and made Fox one of the three cycling broadcasters of the Super Bowl itself. The NFL has continued to stay true to its goal of ensuring that the halftime show is as much of a spectacle as the game itself, which has complimented the absolute dominance of the Super Bowl in television viewership. Besides a string of halftime shows from 2005 to 2010 that featured veteran rock acts in the wake of the Super Bowl XXXVIII \"wardrobe malfunction\"", "id": "17403618" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show\n\n\n, the \"Guinness World Records\" announced that Perry's performance garnered 118.5 million viewers in the United States, and became the highest-rated halftime show in Super Bowl history. The viewership was higher than the game itself, which was viewed by an audience of 114.4 million. In 2018, \"Deadline\" reported that Perry's halftime show drew a total TV audience of 120.7 million. Following the halftime show, all three of the songs performed by Missy Elliott entered the top twenty singles list on iTunes, and later reached", "id": "2759852" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show\n\n\ncharacters in a cartoon manner, giving them a Tweedledee/Tweedledum-type persona\". Super Bowl halftime show director Hamish Hamilton later said that the Left Shark performance was inspired by a Scissor Sisters performance in the 2005 Brit Awards, where the group played \"Take Your Mama\" in front of a surreal farmyard with massive bird-like puppets. Hamilton stated that, \"We were trying to work out how we could bring a beach scene to life and so one of the references that we looked at was that Scissor Sisters", "id": "2759857" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXVIII\n\n\nThe Judds' single \"Love Can Build a Bridge\", to which everyone eventually joined in. This was the first Super Bowl halftime show in which the main stadium lights were turned off for the performance. The show included dancers with yard-long light sticks. Though the Bills had a lead at halftime, Super Bowl XXVIII would have an identical outcome to the three preceding Super Bowls and end with a Buffalo loss. Dallas kick returner Kevin Williams returned the opening kickoff 50 yards to the Buffalo 48-yard line. The Cowboys", "id": "9755666" }, { "contents": "List of Super Bowl halftime shows\n\n\nin 1971 on their \"Sticky Fingers\" album). It was the largest stage ever assembled for a Super Bowl halftime show, with 28 separate pieces assembled in five minutes by a 600-member volunteer stage crew. The group performed three songs: \"Start Me Up,\" \"Rough Justice,\" and \"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.\" The show was viewed by 89.9 million people, more than the audiences for the Oscars, Grammys and Emmy Awards combined. In the wake of the Super Bowl XXXVIII", "id": "16090126" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl counterprogramming\n\n\n\" during halftime at Super Bowl XXVI (which featured a halftime show entitled \"Winter Magic\", a Winter Olympics-themed show starring Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano, and Dorothy Hamill to tie into CBS's upcoming broadcast of the Games). The live episode featured football-themed sketches (such as \"Men on Football\"), a performance by Color Me Badd, and a clock counting down to the start of the third quarter. The episode was sponsored by Frito-Lay, who paid $2 million to", "id": "17403615" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXV\n\n\n-Spangled Banner\" by Whitney Houston during the pre-game ceremonies. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC), who broadcast the game in the U.S., did not broadcast the Super Bowl XXV halftime show (headlined by the American boy band New Kids on the Block) live. Instead, the network televised a special \"ABC News\" report anchored by Peter Jennings on the progress of the war, and then aired the halftime show on tape delay after the game. The Bills and their explosive no-huddle offense were", "id": "9755463" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl counterprogramming\n\n\n, the practice of inviting pop acts to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show has continued. The Super Bowl XLIX halftime show featuring Katy Perry was seen by 118.5 million viewers, as part of an overall telecast that was the most-watched television broadcast in American history. As all four major U.S. television networks currently have ties to the NFL and broadcast its games (CBS, Fox, and NBC alternate airing the Super Bowl yearly and air regular season games, and ABC's parent company owns ESPN, which broadcasts \"Monday", "id": "17403619" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show\n\n\nNational Football League welcomes you to the (sponsor) Super Bowl (Numeral) Halftime Show\". Set list adapted from \"Billboard\". Mars' performance received generally positive reviews from critics, while the Red Hot Chili Peppers' appearance received mixed to negative reviews. Mike Bruno of \"Entertainment Weekly\" gave a positive review of the halftime performance, complimenting Mars' \"impressive\" vocal performance and stating that \"there's no question the kid is talented\". Mars stated that the halftime show was essentially flawless; however", "id": "4546912" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\nof Facebook commenced three days following the incident, in a potential attempt to capitalize on its publicity through social networking. \"Rolling Stone\" stated Jackson's Super Bowl performance \"is far and away the most famous moment in the history of the Super Bowl halftime show\". \"PopCrush\" called the performance \"one of the most shocking moments in pop culture\" as well as a \"totally unexpected and unforgettable moment\". \"Gawker\" ranked the performance among the most recent of the \"10 Shows that Advanced Sex on", "id": "19109533" }, { "contents": "Viacom\n\n\nFreston, longtime heads of CBS and MTV Networks, respectively. In addition, the company was facing issues after MTV was banned from producing any more Super Bowl halftime shows after the Super Bowl Halftime Show controversy in 2004. After the departure of Mel Karmazin in 2004, Sumner Redstone, who served as chairman and chief executive officer, decided to split the offices of president and chief operating officer between Moonves and Freston. Redstone was set to retire in the near future, and a split was seen as a creative solution to the", "id": "13910488" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\n\"The tearing of Janet Jackson's costume was unrehearsed, unplanned, completely unintentional and was inconsistent with assurances we had about the content of the performance. MTV regrets this incident occurred and we apologize to anyone who was offended by it.\" The network also said, \"Our goal with the Super Bowl Halftime show was to produce an entertaining stage experience with a positive message about empowerment and voting. We are disappointed that this message has been overshadowed by the unfortunate incident\". A statement from CBS read, \"We attended", "id": "19109423" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LIII\n\n\n10 unanswered points for the victory, as their lone touchdown tied them with the New York Jets in Super Bowl III for the fewest touchdowns by a winning Super Bowl team. The Rams ended up as only the second losing team to not score a touchdown, joining the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI. Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman, who caught 10 passes for 141 yards, was named Super Bowl MVP. The broadcast of the game on CBS had the smallest Super Bowl audience in 10 years. The halftime show was headlined", "id": "22066481" }, { "contents": "Counterprogramming\n\n\nhalftime shows; which critics felt were dated and not representative of modern pop culture. During Super Bowl XXVI, Fox aired a live, football-themed episode of \"In Living Color\" against halftime; the special drew 22 million viewers; Nielsen estimated that CBS lost 10 ratings points during halftime as a result of the special. The success of the special alarmed the National Football League, who took steps to increase interest and viewership of the halftime show by inviting major pop musicians to perform, beginning with Michael Jackson at Super", "id": "444934" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show\n\n\nbacked by the biggest firework display in NFL Super Bowl history. Montreal-based firm PixMob provided audience lighting effects during the show: \"video ski hats\" with LEDs and an infrared receiver were distributed to attendees of the game. Lighting cues were sent to the hats using infrared signals from around the stadium, transforming the audience into \"pixels\" of a giant \"screen\". Starting with this halftime show, the halftime show logo does not appear in the introduction. As well, the opening was changed to \"The", "id": "4546911" }, { "contents": "Ashley Everett\n\n\nacting role in \"Heaven\". Two months after The Mrs. Carter Show concluded, Everett was announced as the lead Dance Captain for Jay-Z and Beyoncé's all stadium On the Run Tour (2014). Everett performed as a backup dancer for the majority of Usher's The UR Experience Tour (2014–15), however missed some shows due to filming \"Hit the Floor\". In February 2016, Everett joined Beyoncé at the Super Bowl for a second time during the Super Bowl 50 halftime show, with Beyoncé and", "id": "16652657" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl\n\n\nshot. The incident led to fines being issued by the FCC (and a larger crackdown over \"indecent\" content broadcast on television), and MTV (then a sister to the game's broadcaster that year, CBS, under Viacom) being banned by the NFL from producing the Super Bowl halftime show in the future. In an effort to prevent a repeat of the incident, the NFL held a moratorium on Super Bowl halftime shows featuring pop performers, and instead invited a single, headlining veteran act, such as Paul", "id": "8017272" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show\n\n\nsound equipment. Madonna was not paid for performing at the halftime show, which provides global exposure for an artist. The show was a success, setting a Super Bowl halftime-show record of 114 million viewers (higher than the viewership of the game itself). Keith Caulfield of \"Billboard\" reported a 17-fold sales increase for Madonna's back catalog and strong preorder sales for her upcoming releases. Critics praised the show, noting Madonna's cautious performance. However, M.I.A. extended her middle finger to the camera near the end", "id": "5085542" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXVI\n\n\nand intercepted him four times. Rypien, who completed 18 of 33 passes for 292 yards, two touchdowns and an interception, was named Super Bowl MVP. The telecast of the game on CBS was seen by an estimated 79.6 million viewers. This was the first time that a major television network successfully scheduled Super Bowl counterprogramming: Fox aired a special live football-themed episode of its popular sketch comedy show \"In Living Color\" during the halftime show. NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXVI to Minneapolis during their May", "id": "9755515" }, { "contents": "Freedom (Beyoncé song)\n\n\nRamon Rivas with the assistance of John Cranfield. Arrow Benjamin, who collaborated with Beyoncé on \"Runnin' (Lose It All)\" by musician Naughty Boy in 2015, served as the backing vocalist. Boots and Myles William were responsible for the programming while Dave Kutch mastered the song at The Mastering Palace NYC in North Holywood, California. Marcus Miller and Canei Finch played the bass and additional piano in \"Freedom\". On February 7, 2016, right after the Super Bowl halftime show in which Beyoncé performed Formation,", "id": "13753413" }, { "contents": "List of Super Bowl halftime shows\n\n\nshow; within five years, the tradition of having a theme—begun with Super Bowl III—ended, replaced by major music productions by arena rock bands and other high-profile acts. In the six years immediately following an incident at Super Bowl XXXVIII where Justin Timberlake exposed one of Janet Jackson's breasts in an alleged \"wardrobe malfunction\", all of the halftime shows consisted of a performance by one artist or group, with the musicians in that era primarily being rock artists from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.", "id": "16090121" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show\n\n\nis a Midwesterner girls dream to be performing at the Super Bowl half-time show. In over 25 years of performing that I've done, I have never worked so hard or been so scrupulous or detail-orientated or freaked out.\" The singer's plan to have 100 drummers descend from the stadium ceiling was cancelled, since the structure could not support the weight. Madonna had promised that there would be no wardrobe malfunction during the show, alluding to controversy surrounding Janet Jackson's performance in the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime", "id": "5085554" }, { "contents": "List of Super Bowl halftime shows\n\n\nas part of an overall telecast that peaked at 120.3 million at its conclusion—the most-watched television broadcast in U.S. history. The NFL announced that the Super Bowl LI halftime show, with Lady Gaga was the \"most-watched musical event of all-time,\" citing a figure of 150 million viewers based on the television audience, as well as unique viewership of video postings of the halftime show on the league's platforms, and social media interactions (a metric that was never calculated prior to 2017).", "id": "16090117" } ]

[ { "contents": "St. Petersburg International Economic Forum\n\n\nin March 2007 to deal with the organizational and technical aspects of running the forum. Anton Troyanov was appointed Director of the Foundation. The first Forum in the updated format was held in 2007, organized by the SPIEF Foundation under the leadership of the Organizing Committee. The same year a partnership between the World Economic Forum (WEF) and SPIEF was announced. On January 25, 2007, St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and World Economic Forum representatives met in Davos to sign a Memorandum of Cooperation between the WEF and the SPIEF.", "id": "11846455" }, { "contents": "Global Irish Economic Forum\n\n\nThe Global Irish Economic Forum is a biennial conference held in Dublin, Ireland. Inspired by the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, international figures from the worlds of business and culture attend the event. The first Forum was held at Farmleigh in Dublin's Phoenix Park from 18–20 September 2009, and was given widespread coverage by RTÉ. The second forum was held at Dublin Castle in 2011. The idea for the Forum was conceived by economist David McWilliams who then informed the Irish Government. The hosting of the event caused a political disagreement", "id": "12962983" }, { "contents": "Social forum\n\n\nA social forum is an open meeting place for civil society organizations and individuals opposed to neoliberalism and what its participants regard as the domination of the world by capital and imperialism. The first social forum was the World Social Forum (WSF) held in January 2001 in Porto Alegre. It was designed as a counter forum to the World Economic Forum (WEF) held in Davos at the same time. While the WSF regards the WEF as a meeting of the political and economic elite of the world, the WSF gathers social forces", "id": "12399830" }, { "contents": "International Economic Forum of the Americas\n\n\nand global issues, in the context of changing dynamics in the economy. The World Strategic Forum is the third annual event, held in Miami under the auspices of the International Economic Forum of Americas, established in 2011. Its mission is to address the major governance challenges of the new world economic order, focusing on the central role of the Americas and in the global market. The Forum was held in Palm Beach, Florida, for its first four editions. The subsequent editions, as of 2015, are held in Miami", "id": "17493196" }, { "contents": "Mongolia Economic Forum\n\n\n”, “Social Policy: Equitable Growth”, “Competitiveness: Innovation and Green Growth”. This year's forum was unique due to the fact that numerous series of discussions and debates where held before the forum under the main themes of the year as a preparation for the forum. The discussions were delivered to the scientists, businessmen, and the society and the feedbacks were applied to the main themes of the year. Mongolian Economic Forum 2012 sponsor list. The Mongolian Government, Rio Tinto, Golomt Bank, Khan Bank", "id": "12635627" }, { "contents": "Eastern Economic Forum\n\n\nEastern Economic Forum ( or ВЭФ) is an international forum held each year in Vladivostok, Russia, for the purpose of encouraging foreign investment in the Russian Far East. Eastern Economic Forum is an international forum held each year since 2015 in September, at Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, Russia, for the purpose of encouraging foreign investment in the Russian Far East. The Russian president and the Japanese premier have attended this forum since its beginning. Far East Economic Forum is sponsored by the organizing committee appointed by Roscongress, an", "id": "21460998" }, { "contents": "Yalta International Economic Forum\n\n\nThe Yalta International Economic Forum (shortened as YIEF) is an annual business event held in Yalta on the Crimea Peninsula since 2015. It is considered the fourth largest Russian economic forum, after the Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Eastern Economic Forum and the Sochi Investment Forum. The forum is sponsored by the local Government of the Republic of Crimea and the Yalta International Economic Forum Fund, all Russian sources. The YIEF sees itself as an international venue for discussing socio-economic development issues, for Russia and the world economy as", "id": "9435999" }, { "contents": "World Hindu Economic Forum\n\n\n) Mahendhiran Nair, Shri Shubash Thakrar, Shri Datuk Ramesh Kodammal, Shri Datuk V. Nadarajan, Ms. Suseela Menon, Shri M.S. Subramaniam. A special session was held on strengthening the Hindu economy in Sri Lanka. The session was organized by Shri Datuk B. Sahadevan, Shri V.K. Regu and other volunteers. The World Hindu Economic Forum for North America took place on 28 April 2013 at Dallas, Texas, which is known to the financial hub of Southern USA. It was the first forum of its kind in North America where Hindu", "id": "17357283" }, { "contents": "Ahmad Iravani\n\n\nthe Role of Faith for the year 2014-2016, as part of the World Economic Forum In 2014, Iravani was invited to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland where he delivered a speech on interfaith endeavors In 2015, he participated in the Davos Insights on Society and Security panel Iravani was also involved with the \"Global Sharpers\" talk show in discussions on how to engage youth in work. While at the World Economic Forum, Dr. Iravani was invited by Karen I. Tse, founder of International Bridges to Justice", "id": "1064471" }, { "contents": "St. Petersburg International Economic Forum\n\n\nRussia holds the rotating presidency of the G20 this year, a special Business 20 (B20) summit was held on June 20 at SPIEF 2013. The participants in this B20 summit brought concrete proposals to St. Petersburg with them – aimed at stimulating the global economy, creating jobs, and improving the world's monetary and financial system. From June 18 to 20 SPIEF hosted a Y20 youth summit, and on June 22, 2013 there was a Russia–ASEAN Business Forum. The XVIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was held from", "id": "11846497" }, { "contents": "World Economic Forum in Baku\n\n\nWorld Economic Forum in Baku – was held in Baku (Azerbaijan) on April 7-8, 2013. “Strategic dialogue on the future of the South Caucasus and Central Asia” was the theme of the forum. More than 200 representatives of business sphere, administration and civil organizations took part at the forum. General agreement about holding of the World Economic Forum in Baku was signed on January 23, 2013 in Swiss Davos, during the meeting of Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijani Republic and Klaus Schwab, executive chairman", "id": "21038363" }, { "contents": "Metal-Forum of Ukraine\n\n\nMetal-Forum of Ukraine () is the greatest international exhibition of Ukraine in the metal branch. This trade fair is held in autumn of every year on KyivExpoPlaza in Kyiv the capital of Ukraine. The conference \"Metal: Management, production, trade and consumption\" is part of the Metal-Forum. The participants discuss the economics of the metal market as well as new technologies. Ukraine is one of the top ten steel producers in the world. The Metal-Forum of Ukraine 2008 will be held from 22 to", "id": "12832776" }, { "contents": "World Economic Forum in Baku\n\n\nof the World Economic Forum. Discussion of issues on development of industrial, mineral resources, transportation, infrastructure, agriculture, finance, telecommunication and other sectors was the main goal of the World Economic Forum held in Baku, the main theme of which was “Strategic dialogue on the future of the South Caucasus and Central Asia”. Forum will be an evaluation platform of main problems and opportunities related to the future of the region and also will contribute to development of cooperation and integration in the South Caucasus and Central Asia. Program", "id": "21038364" }, { "contents": "16th World Economic Forum on Africa\n\n\nThe 16th World Economic Forum on Africa: Going for Growth was a World Economic Forum economic summit meeting held in Cape Town, South Africa, from May 31 to June 2, 2006. The summit was attended by some 650 political and business leaders from 39 countries, focusing particularly on rapidly increasing African commodity prices. It also examined issues relating to the promotion of investment, improving world opinion, combating hunger, sustainable development, and offer specific initiatives to address these and other economic issues facing part of or the entire continent.", "id": "10971435" }, { "contents": "World Branding Forum\n\n\n, and the Asia director of the World Economic Forum Frank Jurgen Richter. In 2016, it sponsored the HPAIR conference that was held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 2015, the World Branding Forum sponsored the education programme at the Museum of Brands, Packaging & Advertising, enabling the museum to provide quality learning experiences to students attending education sessions in the museum each year. In 2014, the museum had over 10,000 students attending sessions. The forum also provides a sponsorship grant to the Oxford Union, the debating society", "id": "19725389" }, { "contents": "Mongolia Economic Forum\n\n\n“Infrastructure” and had 15 different set of sessions. The highlight of the forum was round table meetings between delegates from the World Economic Forum in civil chamber of the Presidential Office, themes of the roundtable discussions were “Responsible mining”, “Transparency in extraction production”, and “Together against corruption”. Another beneficial aspect of the forum was that the “Invest Mongolia” forum was held together with the Mongolian Economic Forum. Mongolian Economic Forum 2011 sponsor list. The Mongolian Government, Peabody, Golomt Bank, Bodi", "id": "12635625" }, { "contents": "Yaw Osafo-Marfo\n\n\nFinance and Economic Planning during the Kufuor Administration. He held this position until January 2005. At the Ministry of Finance he oversaw the dramatic turnaround of the Ghanaian economy. In November 2001, he was named Finance Minister of the year with his Canadian counterpart Paul Martin by the World Economic Forum and Finance Minister of the year 2001, Africa, by \"Banker Magazine\", a \"Financial Times\" publication. Between 2005 and 2006 he was Minister of Education and Sports, where he commenced the implementation of major education sector reforms", "id": "17736337" }, { "contents": "Mongolia Economic Forum\n\n\nFinancial Group, MNB, Mongolian Economy Magazine, Bloomberg TV Mongolia, Mobinet, Mongolian Artists Organization. The Mongolian Economic Forum 2014 was held on the 24th and 25 March 2014 under the auspices then Prime Minister N. Altankhuyag under the slogan “Made in Mongolia”. The forum covered 34 different breakout sessions. The main discussions went around “Scenarios for Mongolia” and “Development policy and Planning”. During the “Scenarios for Mongolia” discussion, delegates from “The World Economic Forum” (Well known for Davos World Economic", "id": "12635630" }, { "contents": "World Coffee Producers Forum\n\n\nwas held and the final declaration from this year's forum is as follows: In the city of Campinas, Brazil, on July 10 and 11, 2019, the second forum of coffee-producing countries was held, and considering: 1. That the first Forum raised worldwide awareness to the need for economic sustainability in global coffee supply. However, there has not been effective engagement from the other sectors in the coffee value chain to improve coffee producers’ remuneration. 2. That research by professor Jeffery Sachs from Columbia University", "id": "12600887" }, { "contents": "World Economic Forum\n\n\nhouse of representatives (Nationalrat) also agreed to increase police and military expenditures to CHF 39 million while the Kanton of Graubünden is contributing 2.25 million, the same amount the WEF is paying for security costs. Since the annual meeting in January 2003 in Davos, an \"Open Forum Davos\", co-organized by the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches, is held concurrently with the Davos forum, opening up the debate about globalization to the general public. The Open Forum has been held in the local high school every year,", "id": "8046739" }, { "contents": "Samir Brikho\n\n\n-founder of the StepChange Foundation. Brikho was the 2009 Chair of the World Economic Forum's Engineering and Construction Board, has held the role of chair of the World Economic Forum’s Disaster Resource Partnership and is currently co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Infrastructure & Urban Development Industries Committee. Brikho was chair of the UK Energy Excellence Strategy Board, from May 2008 to May 2010, which was tasked by the UK Government with demonstrating the UK's world-leading position in energy. Samir was also a director of", "id": "2576210" }, { "contents": "Presidency of Ilham Aliyev\n\n\nIn June 2015, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the opening ceremony of the European Games with the invitation of Ilham Aliyev, in Baku. In January 2016, the World Economic Forum was held in Davos, Switzerland with attending of Ilham Aliyev . Within the framework of the forum the president held a number of meetings, and also took part in the session on the topic \"New Energy Balance\". In January 2018, Ilham Aliyev made another visit to Davos to participate in the World Economic Forum, within the framework", "id": "2692328" }, { "contents": "World Science Forum\n\n\nfifth World Science Forum was held between 17 and 19 November 2011 in Budapest, it focused on \"The changing landscape of science\". The World Science Forum aims at being the \"Davos of Science\" and achieving the same global strategic impact on science and science policy as the World Economic Forum does in the field of global economic policy. By the end of the 20th century, science and knowledge became essential parts of Mankind's everyday lives. Scientific knowledge is not only the result of Humanity's inherent curiosity and scientific endeavor", "id": "18448757" }, { "contents": "Thant Myint-U\n\n\nchairman of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council for South East Asia. He has held visiting fellowships at Harvard University, the International Peace Institute in New York, and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, was for many years a research associate of the Cambridge Centre for History and Economics, and is a research associate of the Cambridge Centre for South Asian Studies. In addition to \"The River of Lost Footsteps\" and \"Where China Meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia\", he is", "id": "6534882" }, { "contents": "International Economic Forum of the Americas\n\n\n(WTO) in 1994 and the beginnings of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the world was ready to construct a global market that would benefit of every countries. A desire emerged to create an independent international forum in Montreal, to identify and understand the impact of all these developments on the global economic system. The IEFA now hosts four annual events: the Conference of Montreal, the Toronto Global Forum, the World Strategic Forum, held in Miami and The Conference of Paris. These conferences and forums have welcomed", "id": "17493194" }, { "contents": "Ambrosetti Forum\n\n\nThe Ambrosetti Forum organized by The European House – Ambrosetti, a consulting firm – is an annual international economic conference held at Villa d'Este, in the Italian town of Cernobbio on the shores of Lake Como. Since its inception in 1975, the Forum has brought together heads of state, ministers, Nobel laureates and businesspeople to discuss current challenges to the world's economies and societies. The Forum presents forecasts of the economic and geo-political outlooks for the world, Europe and Italy. The forum also analyzes the main scientific and", "id": "6297354" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Rémillard\n\n\nNicholas Rémillard (born March 22, 1976) is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Economic Forum of the Americas (IEFA), which hosts three annual economic forums, the Conference of Montreal, the Toronto Global Forum and the World Strategic Forum, which is held in Miami, Florida. Nicholas Rémillard graduated with a Law degree from Ottawa University in 2001, and was then appointed Deputy Manager of the International Economic Forum of the Americas. In 2007, Nicholas Rémillard launched the Toronto Forum for Global Cities, now", "id": "17342564" }, { "contents": "The Russia Forum\n\n\nand 134 investment funds. Key speakers at the Forum included: Held from February 3 to 5 in Moscow, The Russia Forum 2010 was attended by some two thousand participants and delegates from 63 different countries. Twenty-five panel discussions and Forum sessions were devoted to the most important issues relevant to the post-crisis world and the opportunities being created under the new economic paradigm where emerging markets were the early leaders in the recovery. The Forum also served as a platform for one-on-one meetings between more than 100", "id": "13076699" }, { "contents": "Anti-globalization movement\n\n\nSocial Forum (WSF) in 2001 was an initiative of , Chico Whitaker, and Bernard Cassen. It was supported by the city of Porto Alegre (where it took place) and the Brazilian Worker's Party. The motivation was to constitute a counter-event to the World Economic Forum held in Davos at the same time. The slogan of the WSF is \"Another World Is Possible\". An \"International Council\" (IC) was set up to discuss and decide major issues regarding the WSF, while the local", "id": "2751588" }, { "contents": "International Economic Forum of the Americas\n\n\n: the Conference of Montreal, the Toronto Global Forum, the World Strategic Forum and the Conference of Paris. The International Economic Forum of the Americas was founded in 1995, when Gil Remillard, a former Minister of Justice of Quebec, held an inaugural Conference of Montreal, on June 20–22, 1995. At the time, the globalization of the economies was beginning to emerge at an increased rate. With the fall of communism, the success of the \"Uruguay round\" in 1989, the creation of the World Trade Organization", "id": "17493193" }, { "contents": "Alice Gast\n\n\nrelease of the council's long-awaited strategy to improve American competitiveness and spur economic recovery through increased manufacturing. In 2012, the Council on Competitiveness held a two-day conference at Lehigh, titled “Leveraging the Talent Development Process to Drive Innovation.” The conference was sponsored by the council, Lehigh, and Air Products. Professor Gast is Chair of the World Economic Forum Global University Leaders' Forum (GULF) and is also a member of the Advisory Board for the World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution", "id": "2550015" }, { "contents": "World Economic Forum in Baku\n\n\nof the World Economic Forum in Baku consisted of 6 sessions: A voting-survey about the future of the South Caucasus and Central Asia was carried out during the forum. According to the results, 62,3% of participants voted for integration of regions, 22% for fragmentation and 15,7% for polarization. On April 7, 2013, the first day of the forum, a seminar called “Media and communication with public for a global youth project” was held. Paulette Hebert – representative of “Around the Rings” sport", "id": "21038365" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Rémillard\n\n\nheld under the appellation Toronto Global Forum. This Forum is an organization presenting annual conferences on global economic issues, with an emphasis on the relations between the Americas and the other continents. Since 2010, he is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Economic Forum of the Americas. In 2011, he founded the Palm Beach Strategic Forum, now called the World Strategic Forum, an organization presenting annual conferences in Miami to foster exchanges of information and to promote free discussion on major current economic issues. Nicholas Rémillard also serves", "id": "17342565" }, { "contents": "St. Petersburg International Economic Forum\n\n\nin Brazil, Russia, India and China — countries which in recent years have become world leaders in terms of economic growth — as well as trends and prospects for the development of Russia's economy. The ceremonial presentation of the Global Energy Awards was followed by a discussion on the most critical problems in the energy sector. The Lenexpo Exhibition Centre, which has all the necessary infrastructure for top-level plenary sessions, roundtables and exhibitions, became the new SPIEF venue. The Forum was held on June 8–10, 2007. The", "id": "11846478" }, { "contents": "Kenneth Arredondo\n\n\nbusiness growing more than 50%. Arredondo is a member of CA's Global Senior Leadership Team. He has also been involved in diplomatic and international relations missions on behalf of CA. In 2008, Arredondo participated in the World Economic Forum of Latin America in Cancún. In 2009, he also participated in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Rio de Janeiro, and in 2010 he spoke at the World Economic Forum in Cartagena, Colombia where he participated in a debate on the competitiveness of Latin America in the global", "id": "4364815" }, { "contents": "Kharkiv National University of Economics\n\n\nEconomic Development (2001), the Ukrainian-Russian Investment Forum (2003), the International economic Forum \"Regional Cooperation\" (2003), Environmental Forum (2004, 2006), International Tourism Forum \"Kharkiv: Partnership in Tourism\" (2010) and others. Every year the University held or provides a platform for about ten scientific conferences. The acts as a publisher or cofounder of three scientific journals. \"\"Economics of Development\"\" (\"\" ISSN 1683-1942) is a quarterly peer-reviewed", "id": "20395881" }, { "contents": "World Ecological Forum\n\n\nForum is committed to creating environmental and economic balance in order to achieve sustainable growth, welfare and social justice for all. The World Ecological Forum 2010 was held at Wisby Strand Congress & Event on 1–2 July 2010. The Summit focused on fighting climate change and boosting green technology. The \"World Ecological Forum Innovation Race\" is a competition that aims to find and promote green innovations. The competition is open to entrepreneurs, employees and students who may participate as individuals or in groups. The \"World Ecological Forum Global Impact Award", "id": "3250372" }, { "contents": "Women's rights\n\n\nof Social Affairs, and now part of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Since 1975 the UN has held a series of world conferences on women's issues, starting with the World Conference of the International Women's Year in Mexico City. These conferences created an international forum for women's rights, but also illustrated divisions between women of different cultures and the difficulties of attempting to apply principles universally. Four World Conferences have been held, the first in Mexico City (International Women's Year, 1975), the", "id": "15116044" }, { "contents": "Gender inequality in India\n\n\nfactors. Where data is unavailable or difficult to collect, World Economic Forum uses old data or makes a best estimate to calculate the nation's Global Gap Index (GGI). According to the Global Gender Gap Report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2011, India was ranked 113 on the Gender Gap Index (GGI) among 135 countries polled. Since then, India has improved its rankings on the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Index (GGI) to 105/136 in 2013. When broken down into components", "id": "199875" }, { "contents": "World Economic Forum\n\n\nof 2018 Future Investment Initiative (nicknamed \"Davos in the desert\") organised by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia. The WEF was founded in 1971 by Klaus Schwab, a business professor at the University of Geneva. First named the \"European Management Forum\", it changed its name to the World Economic Forum in 1987 and sought to broaden its vision to include providing a platform for resolving international conflicts. In the summer of 1971, Schwab invited 444 executives from Western European firms to the first European Management Symposium held", "id": "8046700" }, { "contents": "The Russia Forum\n\n\nThe Russia Forum was an annual event held in Moscow, hosted by Troika Dialog from 2008 to 2013. From 2012, The Russia Forum was jointly presented by Sberbank of Russia and Troika Dialog. Sometimes referred to as the \"Russian Davos\" (World Economic Forum in Davos), not only because the event in Switzerland is held a few days before the forum in Moscow, but also because of the high-profile nature of the speakers and scale of the industry leading agenda and high-level discussion attracted to The Russia", "id": "13076691" }, { "contents": "Economic Forum in Krynica\n\n\nKrynica Economic Forum - an annual international meeting of economic and political elites held in the first half of September at the ski and spa resort of Krynica-Zdrój in southern Poland. The Forum was founded by Zygmunt Berdychowski in 1992 and it is organised by the Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies in Warsaw. Within 25 years of its history the Krynica Economic Forum has evolved from a small conference, with about 100 participants, to one of the biggest and most recognisable meetings of the political and business leaders of Central and Eastern Europe,", "id": "19250501" }, { "contents": "Non-governmental organization\n\n\nthis trend, NGOs have developed to emphasize [[Humanitarianism|humanitarian issues]], [[developmental aid]] and [[sustainable development]]. A prominent example of this is the [[World Social Forum]], which is a rival convention to the [[World Economic Forum]] held annually in January in [[Davos, Switzerland|Davos]], [[Switzerland]]. The fifth World Social Forum in [[Porto Alegre]], [[Brazil]], in January 2005 was", "id": "2537630" }, { "contents": "Hydrogen Council\n\n\n, zero-emission energy vector. The Hydrogen Council holds an annual CEO Event, where CEOs and C-suite representatives of member organisations meet to reflect on work of the previous year and to brainstorm strategies to accelerate the Council’s mission going forward. To date, three CEO Events have taken place. The first was held at the World Economic Forum in Davos (2017), the second at the COP 23 in Bonn, Germany (2017), and most recently in San Francisco, USA (2018). The", "id": "9148325" }, { "contents": "Boao Forum for Asia\n\n\nThe Boao Forum for Asia (BFA; ) is a non-profit organisation that hosts high-level forums for leaders from government, business and academia in Asia and other continents to share their vision on the most pressing issues in this dynamic region and the world at large. BFA is modelled on the World Economic Forum held annually in Davos, Switzerland. Its fixed address is in Bo'ao, Hainan province, China, although the Secretariat is based in Beijing. The forum, sometimes known as the “Asian Davos”,", "id": "1813358" }, { "contents": "Sharm El Sheikh\n\n\n, including the 4 September 1999 agreement to restore Palestinian self-rule over the Gaza Strip. A second summit was held at Sharm on 17 October 2000 following the outbreak of the second Palestinian intifada, but it failed to end the violence. A summit was held in the city on 3 August 2005 on developments in the Arab world, such as the situation in the Arab–Israeli conflict. Again in 2007, an important ministerial meeting took place in Sharm, where dignitaries discussed Iraqi reconstruction. The World Economic Forum on the", "id": "21828719" }, { "contents": "Malvika Iyer\n\n\nto the Chennai Hub of the Global Shapers Community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. She joined the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development's Working Group on Youth and Gender Equality and in March 2017 she was invited to deliver a speech at the United Nations in New York. In October 2017, she was invited to Co-Chair the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit held at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi. Iyer received the Nari Shakti Puraskar, the Highest Civilian Honor for Women for outstanding", "id": "20790162" }, { "contents": "World Travel and Tourism Council\n\n\ncouncil reports one year and ten year forecasts for these impacts. This research is used by major publications including \"Forbes\" and \"Bloomberg News\". It also supplies country indicators for the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report, a report published by the World Economic Forum that ranks selected nations according to the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index. The WTTC organises a global summit each year, usually held in April, with a regional summit held sometime in the third quarter, with up to 1,000 individuals attending each year. Summit attendance is", "id": "3319717" }, { "contents": "Ray O. Johnson\n\n\ncurrently serves as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Space Security. In 2013, Johnson participated in four World Economic Forum Annual Meeting sessions: Manufacturing for Growth - Strategies for Driving Growth and Employment, where he led a discussion on advanced manufacturing; Cyber Resilience, where he led a Critical Infrastructure Protection group; Hyperconnected World Cross-Industry CEO Session, where the need for a dynamic resilience of billions of people, process, and things was discussed; Panel Member of the Future of Space session,", "id": "21722306" }, { "contents": "World Social Forum\n\n\nglobalization and neoliberalism. It has also been suggested that the beginnings of the World Social Forum originated in the Battle for Seattle November 1999, where anti-globalization activists protested a meeting of the World Trade Organization's latest trade negotiations. One of the originators of the World Social Forum, Oded Grajew, of the Ethos Institute for Business and Social Responsibility, said in an interview with InMotion Magazine in 2004, \"Then I had the idea. Why not create the World Social Forum, as we have the World Economic Forum,", "id": "2699892" }, { "contents": "St. Petersburg International Economic Forum\n\n\nvaries each year, many events are offered only once, with the notable exception of traditional private official receptions hosted by the Governor and the Organizing Committee. At the same time, in 2007 the Forum launched what would become traditional annual open-air concerts on Palace Square in St. Petersburg , performed by some of the world's most famous artists and designed to highlight SPIEF's social significance. Concerts held on Palace Square as part of SPIEF: In 2014, Palace Square did not host a concert dedicated to the Forum. Instead", "id": "11846512" }, { "contents": "World Economic Forum\n\n\n1990s the foundation, along with the G7, World Bank, World Trade Organization, and International Monetary Fund, came under heavy criticism by anti-globalization activists who claimed that capitalism and globalization were increasing poverty and destroying the environment. Ten thousand demonstrators disrupted the World Economic Forum in Melbourne, obstructing the path of two hundred delegates to the meeting. Repeatedly, demonstrations are held in Davos \"(see Anti-WEF protests in Switzerland, January 2003)\" to protest against what have been called the meetings of \"fat cats", "id": "8046734" }, { "contents": "Chesley Sullenberger\n\n\nof integrity. He presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2011, as well as the Swiss Economic Forum that same year. He was also the 2010 Tournament of Roses Parade's Grand Marshal. In 2011, as part of a fundraising effort, Sullenberger flew to the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the aircraft he landed on the Hudson River is on exhibit. In December 2010, Sullenberger was appointed an Officer of France's Legion of Honour. With coauthor Jeffrey Zaslow, Sullenberger wrote the 2009", "id": "3758325" }, { "contents": "Foreign relations of Macau\n\n\nstatus of Macau SAR, the first \"Economic Co-operation Forum between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries\" was held by the Central Government of the People's Republic of China with the Macau SAR Government being the event coordinator. It is mainly for the economic co-operation and development of the both sides and is non-political. The \"Economic Co-operation Forum between Chinese and Portuguese-speaking Countries\" will be held every three years and the first was in Macau in October 2003. The Association of the", "id": "8669980" }, { "contents": "Boao Forum for Asia\n\n\nwas driven by the People's Republic of China and founded by 26 Asian and Australasian states on 27 February 2001. The organisation held its first meeting from 12–13 April 2002. Discussions at the BFA focus on economics, integration, cooperation, society and the environment. In the past the forum also addressed China's entry into the World Trade Organization, as well as Southeast Asia's economic crisis during the 1990s. The geopolitical strategy 'China's peaceful rise' was a topic of discussion for the forum in 2004. In addition", "id": "1813360" }, { "contents": "James X. Zhan\n\n\n. He initiated the establishment of the UNCTAD World Investment Forum in 2008. Dr. Zhan is Trade and Investment Council member of the World Economic Forum, and chief strategist for the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies. He is also chief editor of the journal Transnational Corporations. He has held a number of advisory positions with academic institutions, including Cambridge University, Columbia University, Oxford University and the University of Geneva. He has published extensively on trade and investment-related economic and legal issues, including in leading academic journals. He", "id": "4620049" }, { "contents": "Nadine Hani\n\n\nthe NYSE, and has done investigative reports from major Arab cities especially Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She has also covered and reported from major international events and conferences, including the International Monetary Fund and World Bank 2006 meetings held in Singapore, the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008, 2009 and 2011 in Davos, and the Euromoney 2006 conference \"Building the Future\" in Riyadh. Hani is often asked to moderate high profile conferences such as the panels at the World Economic Forum, and the \"Leaders in Dubai\". During", "id": "5577311" }, { "contents": "St. Petersburg International Economic Forum\n\n\nThe St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF; ) is an annual Russian business event for the economic sector, which has been held in St. Petersburg since 1997, and under the auspices of the Russian President since 2005 . Each year, more than 10,000 people from over 120 different countries take part. The Forum brings together the chief executives of major Russian and international companies, heads of state, political leaders, prime ministers, deputy prime ministers, departmental ministers, and governors. The key purpose of the Forum is to provide", "id": "11846448" }, { "contents": "St. Petersburg International Economic Forum\n\n\n. Sergei Mironov was made Co-chairman of the Organizing Committee, which he held until his departure from the Council of the Federation in mid-2011. The Forum was then restructured under the auspices of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development. Since 2006, SPIEF had been held at the Lenexpo Exhibition Complex, situated on Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg. Prior to this, the Forum was held at the Tauride Palace, the headquarters of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the CIS. The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Foundation was established", "id": "11846454" }, { "contents": "World Forum for Democracy\n\n\nthe internet and the impact of the economic crisis on democracy. The Forum was inaugurated by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. Other speakers included Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman and Egyptian activist Nawal El Saadawi. The second World Forum (\"Re-wiring Democracy: connecting institutions and citizens in the digital age\") was held between 23 and 29 November 2013 and addressed the impact of new information and communication technologies on democratic practices. The discussions on the initiatives presented at the Forum were organized in 21 \"labs\"", "id": "22109009" }, { "contents": "BCIM Forum\n\n\nits first with the objective to create a platform where major stakeholders could meet and discuss issues in the context of promoting economic growth and trade in the BCIM region; identify specific sectors and projects which would promote greater collaboration among the BCIM nations; and strengthen cooperation and institutional arrangements among the concerned key players and stakeholders to deepen BCIM ties. Over the years, the Kunming initiative developed into what came to be popularly known as the BCIM Forum. Successive BCIM Forums were held annually making a seminal contribution in raising awareness about the potential", "id": "18861557" }, { "contents": "St. Petersburg International Economic Forum\n\n\n– the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre. The XXI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was held on June 1–3, 2017. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the Forum as the Guest of Honour, and also addressed the Forum. This was the first time that an Indian Prime Minister had attended the Forum. also attending was the President of Moldova Igor Dodon, and the Chancellor of Austria Christian Kern. The XXII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was held on May 25-26, 2018. Attending was the President of France Emmanuel", "id": "11846502" }, { "contents": "World Resources Forum\n\n\n, that year's conference was followed by the World Resources Forum, where politicians and scientists had the opportunity to discuss new economic frameworks promoting the sustainable use of resources. The innovative two site conference concept saved considerable amounts of CO2, so the conclusion of a scientific paper, published in Elsevier's Telematics and Informatics Journal. At the Davos meeting, WRF attendees adopted a declaration that calls for western economies to massively reduce their material inputs and for the world to dramatically increase resource productivity. They also agreed that, because the price", "id": "13590590" }, { "contents": "Summer Palace Dialogue\n\n\nFinancial and Economic Affairs. The forum extends for two days. Participants spend the first day in private discussions and then convene a half-day public session to summarize their observations, analyses, and conclusions with the press and a broader audience. The Summer Palace Dialogue is scheduled annually in mid-September in Beijing, right before the Summer World Economic Forum in Dalian. The third annual Summer Palace Dialogue was held on September 12–13, 2011. Other than the forum, SPD sends a delegation of Chinese economists who participated in the", "id": "12107000" }, { "contents": "World Hindu Economic Forum\n\n\nmobiles, and other modern facilities. When we go back in time to recollect the age of torture, destruction, suppression and humiliation that our forefathers underwent, we should derive inspiration from the fact that when our ancestors worked and survived in such difficult times and conditions, so what stops us from excelling in these technologically advanced times?\" Third Annual conference of World Hindu Economic Forum was held at New Delhi with theme \"Thriving Economy, Prospering Economy\". WHEF 2014 was one of the 7 parallel conferences of first ever World", "id": "17357273" }, { "contents": "Mongolia Economic Forum\n\n\n, TDB, Bodi Group, Newcom Group, Mobicom, Oyu Tolgoi, Petrovis LLC, Peabody Energy, Khas Bank, Tenger Insurance, World Bank, Eurasia Capital, ADB, IFC, Standard Chartered, Ulaanbaatar Railways. The Mongolian Economic Forum 2013 was held on the 4th and 5 March 2013 under the auspices Prime Minister N. Altankhuyag under the slogan “Mongolian Brand”. The discussion were held within the range of the theme “Mongolian Brand”, which identified and gave numerous of critical ideas to diversify the economy from its", "id": "12635628" }, { "contents": "Wharton India Economic Forum\n\n\nmission as to \"engage the world's attention on India's enormous potential and the limitless possibilities the country offers\". Government & Policy Industry Finance Media & Entertainment Sports Other The 16th annual Wharton India Economic Forum was held on January 9, 2012 in Mumbai, India. This was the first time the WIEF was held in India. The speakers included: Keynote Speakers Milind Deora opted out for an unspecified reason. Media and Entertainment Panelists Women's Empowerment Panelists Private Equity/Venture Capital Panelists Finance Panelists Entrepreneurship Panelists In 2013,", "id": "19528567" }, { "contents": "Charles-Édouard Bouée\n\n\nthis he became specialised in economical questions on Asian markets and is often considered by the press. Bouée spoke about Green Recovery at Forum For Asia Annual Conference 2010 in the China World Tower 2 in Beijing. In addition, Charles-Edouard Bouée was one of the speakers at the World Economic Forum and on Global Entrepreneur Summit Forum 2009. Charles-Edouard Bouée is married and has two children. He is living in Paris (France) and Shanghai (China), where he was honored with the \"2012 Shanghai Magnolia Gold", "id": "7311739" }, { "contents": "The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought\n\n\nwas the establishment of The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought in order by Ayatollah Khamenei in 1990 in Tehran. This world forum recognizes these Islamic Sects: The Hanafi, Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali from Sunnis Sects, Twelver and Zaidiyyah from Shias Sects. Also, this forum recognizes Ibadi. The annual international conference is held every year in Islamic Unity Week. So far, twenty-five Islamic Unity conferences are held by forum. The last annual conference was held on January 7 to 10 2015. Sixty nine", "id": "8720809" }, { "contents": "Colette Mathur\n\n\nColette Mathur, a French writer and Indologist, is the president of the EuroIndia Centre, a non governmental organization promoting interaction between various organizations in India and Europe, through networking. She is the Director - South Asia at the World Economic Forum, the Switzerland-based non-profit organization for public-private cooperation. Born in Brussels, Mathur did her college studies at University of Geneva and worked as a public relations officer in Brussels before joining the World Economic Forum in 1979. She has held several posts at the WEF", "id": "20554484" }, { "contents": "World Economic Forum\n\n\nthe cost for \"Strategic Partner\" from CHF 500,000 ($523,000) to CHF 600,000 ($628,000). The flagship event of the World Economic Forum is the invitation-only annual meeting held at the end of January in Davos, Switzerland, bringing together chief executive officers from its 1,000 member companies, as well as selected politicians, representatives from academia, NGOs, religious leaders, and the media in an alpine environment. The winter discussions ostensibly focus around key issues of global concern (such as the globalization, capital", "id": "8046712" }, { "contents": "World Economic Forum\n\n\nsustainable, now is being used as an educational blueprint in other countries including Rwanda. The Environmental Initiative covers climate change and water issues. Under the Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, the U.K. government asked the World Economic Forum at the G8 Summit in Gleneagles in 2005 to facilitate a dialogue with the business community to develop recommendations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This set of recommendations, endorsed by a global group of CEOs, was presented to leaders ahead of the G8 Summit in Toyako and Hokkaido held in July 2008. The Water", "id": "8046725" }, { "contents": "Globalization\n\n\nuse different resources than previously used before in other social movements. One of the most infamous tactics of the movement is the Battle of Seattle in 1999, where there were protests against the World Trade Organization's Third Ministerial Meeting. All over the world, the movement has held protests outside meetings of institutions such as the WTO, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the World Economic Forum, and the Group of Eight (G8). Within the Seattle demonstrations the protesters that participated used both creative and", "id": "2397040" }, { "contents": "Michelle Rempel\n\n\nApproximately a year later, a government bill addressing the same concerns was tabled by Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould. In 2010 Rempel was named one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women in the \"Future Leaders\" category by the Women's Executive Network. In November 2014 Rempel was named one of Calgary's Top 40 Under 40 by \"Avenue\" magazine. In 2016 Rempel was selected as one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders for that year. The World Economic Forum calls the Forum of Young Global", "id": "7797717" }, { "contents": "Watershed management\n\n\nwater movement to prevent soil transport. The 2nd World Water Forum held in The Hague in March 2000 raised some controversies that exposed the multilateral nature and imbalance the demand and supply management of freshwater. While donor organizations, private and government institutions backed by the World Bank, believe that freshwater should be governed as an economic good by appropriate pricing, NGOs however, held that freshwater resources should be seen as a social good. The concept of network governance where all stakeholders form partnerships and voluntarily share ideas towards forging a common vision can", "id": "17634723" }, { "contents": "Toronto Global Forum\n\n\nThe Toronto Global Forum (TGF) is an annual economic event organized by the International Economic Forum of the Americas since 2007. The Toronto Global Forum is a not-for-profit organization presenting annual conferences on global economic issues. The TGF mission is to promote open debate and dialogues on national and international issues. Each year, the event welcomes heads of state, Fortune 500 CEOs, international organizations, central bank governors, civil society, etc. to foster free discussion between world leaders. The forum brings together more than", "id": "15865668" }, { "contents": "DuterteNomics\n\n\nalso refers to the series of forums where Duterte's economic team pitches the administration's plan to help the country become a high-middle-income economy by 2022. The policy was unveiled on April 18, 2017, by the Department of Finance and the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), in cooperation with the Center for Strategy, Enterprise and Intelligence (CenSEI) in a forum held at Conrad Manila in Pasay. A second forum was held on April 25, 2017. DuterteNomics was also pitched abroad, particularly at", "id": "11711822" }, { "contents": "José María Figueres\n\n\n). He was later elected Chairman of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force (ICT). While leading the ICT Task Force, in mid-2000 Figueres was appointed Managing Director of the World Economic Forum, and independent international organization dedicated to improving the state of the world by bringing together world leaders to establish alliances that can influence industry, regional and global agendas. Three years later he was appointed the first CEO of the World Economic Forum. His responsibilities included coordinating the prestigious annual meeting of the Forum in Davos,", "id": "4020075" }, { "contents": "Magid Abraham\n\n\ncompany where he remains president and CEO. comScore was selected as a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum before the forum’s annual conference in Davos in 2007. In 2010 comScore was promoted by the World Economic Forum. In January 2008, Abraham joined the board of directors of Milo.com, a company founded by his son Jack which existed through about 2012. In 2015, Abraham became a lecturer at Stanford University. In 2016 ARF gave him a lifetime achievement award. In June 2016 he became executive chairman of Upskill", "id": "10114057" }, { "contents": "Intelligent Community Forum\n\n\nThe Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) is a non-profit policy research organization, focusing on job creation and economic development in the broadband economy. It highlights the economic effects of broadband, community-based best practices, and annual Intelligent Community Awards. The Intelligent Community Forum is a think tank that studies the economic and social development of the 21st-century community. Whether in industrialized or developing nations, communities are challenged to create prosperity, stability and cultural meaning in a world where jobs, investment and knowledge increasingly depend on", "id": "12074613" }, { "contents": "Alaa Talbi\n\n\nand Economic Rights - FTDES, Talbi is a board member in several international organisations such as the Tunisian Social Forum, the Maghreb Social Forum, the African Social Forum, Social Forum for Free Media, and the World Social Forum. A month after the assassination of Chokri Belaid in 2013, Talbi was part of the organising committee of the World Social Forum that was maintained in Tunis. The forum gathered more than 30 000 attendees from all over the world in support to Tunisia and about 1100 Tunisian organisations. Although the year of", "id": "10676392" }, { "contents": "Jaime Nack\n\n\nstudy for best practices in producing sustainable events. In April 2011, Nack received a federal appointment to serve a three-year term on the National Women's Business Council, a bi-partisan federal advisory council created to serve as an independent source of advice and counsel to the President, Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues of importance to women business owners. The same year, Nack was also named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. The convention was held in Denver, Colorado,", "id": "16271273" }, { "contents": "Conference of Montreal\n\n\n, the world was ready to construct a global market that would benefit to every countries. A desire emerged to create an independent international forum in Montreal, to identify and discuss the impact of all these developments on the global economic system. A first conference was organized on June 20–22, 1995. The IEFA now hosts four annual events: the Conference of Montreal, the Toronto Global Forum (founded in 2007), the World Strategic Forum, held in Miami (founded in 2011), as well as the Conference of Paris", "id": "15865664" }, { "contents": "Matthieu Ricard\n\n\nwhich serve over 300,000 beneficiaries every year in the fields of health care, education and social service. He is also active for the preservation of the Himalayan cultural heritage (www.shechen.org). Since 1989, he has acted as the French interpreter for the Dalai Lama. Ricard has spoken on many international forum, including the World Happiness Forum, the United-Nations (as part of the Gross National Happiness resolution proposed by Bhutan), conferences held in Sydney, London, San Francisco and Singapore, the Global Economic Symposium, The", "id": "2493039" }, { "contents": "Evans Wadongo\n\n\nwon the Outstanding Social Entrepreneur in Africa at the Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship held in Mauritius in 2013. Wadongo was named Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the Schwab Foundation for 2011. The awards ceremony was held in Cape Town, South Africa, during the World Economic Forum for Africa. He was also among \"20 Men Who Will Shape the Next 20 Years\" by UK's Esquire magazine in 2011, and an Unreasonable Institute Fellow in 2011. SDFA-Kenya is also a SEED award winner for 2011. Wadongo was a", "id": "7378896" }, { "contents": "Syafinaz Selamat\n\n\nas international prestigious events, including private functions, fashion shows and product launches. Some of her international shows include the closing ceremony of World Economic Forum in Davos(Switzerland) in the year 2007, special appearance in World Expo in Zaragoza(Spain) in the year 2008, SEA Games in Vientiane(Laos) in the year 2009, Islamic Fashion Week in Monte Carlo(Monaco) in the year 2010 before Prince Albert, and in World Islamic Economic Forum in Kazakhstan in year 2011. Syafinaz also made a performance alongside Rosnan Rahman, Zainal Abidin and Jaclyn Victor", "id": "6236289" }, { "contents": "World Forestry Congress\n\n\nThe World Forestry Congress (WFC) is the largest and most significant gathering of the world's forestry sector and it has been held every six years since 1926 under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), organized by the government of the host country. It is a forum for the sharing of knowledge and experience regarding the conservation, management and use of the world's forests, and covers such issues as international dialogue, socio-economic and institutional aspects, and forest policies. The", "id": "1592003" }, { "contents": "Singapore Forum\n\n\nThe Singapore Forum, also known as Singapore Economic Forum (SEF), was re-established in 2019 as a high-level Asia Pacific plus G12 nations annual event held in Singapore – typically in the last week of February (date may vary in accordance with Chinese New Year). The forum brings together policy makers, Ivy League academics and S&P Global 100 executives for up to three days to discuss the key financial, geo-economic and social issues that will define the \"Asian Century\": notably the growing convergence", "id": "19105183" }, { "contents": "The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought\n\n\ncountries attend in this conference. Except annual conferences, many conferences are held by forum for specific ceremonies. For example Holding the commemoration for Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr in April 2015. Many books are published by publication of forum in three subjects: According to the forum statute: This forum have hierarchical structure: The members of General Assembly are chosen among scholars, thinkers and Islamic religious leaders around the world for six year by the Supreme Council. The assembly is held every two years. According to the statute, The", "id": "8720810" }, { "contents": "African Social Forum\n\n\nThe African Social Forum is an African social movement opposed to neo-liberal economic policies in Africa and what they see as the exploitation of the African continent in a framework of neo-liberal globalisation. The idea for the African Social Forum originated at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre (Brazil) from 25 to January 30, 2001, upon the recognition that of the 14,000 representatives, only 50 were from Africa. The first Forum was held in 2002 in Bamako, Mali, with 45 countries represented. The Bamako Declaration", "id": "17811192" }, { "contents": "Regional Forum on Environment and Health in Southeast and East Asian Countries\n\n\nThe Regional Forum on Environment and Health in Southeast and East Asian Countries is a global framework for action provided by Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development; the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation of 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development; the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations and the recommendations of the fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific (held at Seoul, South Korea in March 2005) on enhancing the environmental sustainability of economic growth. The second Ministerial Regional Forum was held 14–16", "id": "11639752" }, { "contents": "Mongolia Economic Forum\n\n\nCommerce, German Mongolian Business Association. It has been decided that “The Mongolian Economic Forum 2018” will be hosted in 2 stages. On the 28th of March, 2018 the forum discussions were held under the subject of “Spring discussions between the private sector and the Government” with the slogan “lets join forces”. During the forum the Mongolian government introduced their “3 pillared development strategy” to the public and discussions were held on the recently introduced new tax bill. The main event was held on the 21st and", "id": "12635636" }, { "contents": "Russian Internet Forum\n\n\nRussian Internet Forum (RIF) is the annual conference where people who feel they build the Runet meet. Those include members of Russian telecom and software industries, representatives of various Internet businesses and state institutions such as Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications (FAPMC), Ministry for Economic Development and Trade, Ministry for Communications and Informatization of the Russian Federation. The event is held every year in March or April since 1997 and usually lasts 3 days. The main site for it is the rest home complex \"Lesnye Dali\"", "id": "18328705" }, { "contents": "Women's Forum for the Economy and Society\n\n\n’s Forum Meetings around the world, in the five Daring Circles has generated long-term positive impact throughout the year on global issues most affecting women and where the leadership of women is paramount. ·      The Daring Circles are workgroups that build on existing research compiled in time by the Women’s Forum. They draw on the collaborative expertise of its partners to reveal innovative views and insights, and generate positive societal and economic outcomes. The Daring Circles incorporates partners’ expectations, priorities and desired outcomes in 5 key areas: ·      Rising", "id": "873676" }, { "contents": "World Water Forum\n\n\n, management and financing models, and their impact on poverty, social, cultural and economic development and the environment. The ministerial declaration identified the following key challenges: meeting basic water needs, securing food supply, protecting ecosystems, sharing water resources, managing risks, valuing water and governing water wisely. The 3rd World Water Forum, held in Kyoto, Shiga and Osaka, Japan in March 2003, assembled a huge number and variety of stakeholders as compared to previous editions of the forum. In addition, the debate was furthered", "id": "12110990" }, { "contents": "Wolfgang Lehmacher\n\n\narticles and whitepapers, mainly covering innovative transportation and logistics topics. Lehmacher has participated at numerous speaking events, a number of which have been held by the World Economic Forum. These include The Fallout: A New Global Corporate Landscape, Transforming Urban Transportation, The Asian Consumer: A Sustainability Champion in the Making? and Urbanization: The Unstoppable Global Trend. Other notable speaking events include the Global Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh,the Boao Forum in China, The Economist World in Dubai, INK in association with TED, TPM Conferences,", "id": "17832702" }, { "contents": "Ray O. Johnson\n\n\nthe international collaboration required to mitigate future effects. He served on the Space Security Council during the 2010 World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda where over 600 of the foremost global experts from business, government, academia, and civil society worked together to address the key issues on the global, regional, and industry agendas. During the 2011 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, he served on The Science Agenda in 2011 session, where he represented industry. The panel discussed the trends and norms facing the global science agenda. Johnson", "id": "21722304" }, { "contents": "World Social Forum\n\n\nAborigines. The tenth edition of the World Social Forum was another decentralized affair, with about 35 national, regional and local forums taking place across the world. In Porto Alegre, the flagship space for the WSF, events and speakers were held from January 25–29, entitled \"FSM 10 Years: Greater Porto Alegre\". The big event held in Porto Alegre was the International Seminar \"10 Years Later: Challenges and proposals for another possible world\", which featured over 70 intellectuals from around the world. One of the notable", "id": "2699908" }, { "contents": "World Strategic Forum\n\n\nThe World Strategic Forum is an annual economic event organized by the International Economic Forum of the Americas since 2011. The World Strategic Forum is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to address the major governance challenges and to foster dialogues on national and global issues by bringing together heads of state, the private sector, international organizations and civil society. It also attempts to foster exchanges of information, to promote free discussion on major current economic issues and facilitate meetings between world leaders. The Forum brings together more than 1,400", "id": "17591668" }, { "contents": "G. Sanjeeva Reddy\n\n\nDr Reddy represented India in Conferences, Summits, Forums, Meetings held at U.S., Russia, China, Nepal, Denmark, Philippines, United Kingdom, South Korea, Indonesia, France, Belgium, Australia, Singapore, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Canada, Etc. in connection with trade union issues. He attended ILO Conferences in Geneva and Bangkok many times. He was a member of Indian Delegation for World Summit for Social Development at Copenhagen. He attended World Economic Forum held at New", "id": "7253351" } ]

[ { "contents": "Redwood Mountain Grove\n\n\nRedwood Mountain Grove is the largest grove of giant sequoia (\"Sequoiadendron giganteum\") trees on earth. It is located in Kings Canyon National Park and Giant Sequoia National Monument on the western slope of California's Sierra Nevada. The grove contains the world's tallest giant sequoia (). The Hart Tree and Roosevelt Tree grow in the grove and are two of the 25 largest trees by volume in the world. The largest tree is the General Sherman Tree in the Giant Forest grove to the southeast. The Redwood Mountain Grove", "id": "20203713" }, { "contents": "North Coast (California)\n\n\nArmstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve in the south to the massive forests of Humboldt Redwoods State Park along the Avenue of the Giants in the north. Redwoods are also found in many other State and local parks, most of which are located along Highway 101 throughout the far North Coast. Other larger redwood parks include Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park and Redwood National and State Parks. In total, the redwood parks of the North Coast contain the vast majority of all remaining", "id": "20577933" }, { "contents": "California Motion Picture Corporation\n\n\nPeters. The movie saw limited nationwide distribution and was judged a hit by viewers who were impressed by the wild California scenery: giant redwood trees, winding roads hugging rocky bluffs and the Russian River Michelena's dominant portrayal of the title role was also an appeal. Journalist Josephine Clifford McCracken wrote of her in the June 1915 issue of \"Overland Monthly\": One CMPC shooting location was on family property near Boulder Creek, California where Middleton's father had established a timber holding now known as the Middleton Tract. Other filming locations", "id": "9567493" }, { "contents": "Weott, California\n\n\nin existence. Weott is located close to Giant Tree, a tall redwood, and the Dyerville Giant, a tall redwood that toppled in 1991. Due to a lack of water storage capacity, Weott sometimes suffers from water rationing in the summers. The 2010 United States Census reported that Weott had a population of 288, 100% of whom lived in households. The population density was 144.2 people/km². The racial makeup of Weott was 87.5% White, 4.5% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 1.0% from", "id": "5396361" }, { "contents": "Save the Redwoods League\n\n\ndirector of the California Division of Beaches and Parks, later known as the California State Parks system. In 1954 the League helped acquire the South Grove of giant sequoias to be added to Calaveras Big Trees State Park. In 1960, the Avenue of the Giants Parkway was founded in Humboldt Redwoods State Park preceded by a 40-year land acquisition process by the League. In 1968, after years of lobbying Redwood National Park was established by Congress. In the 1970s and 80s, the League continues to protect land for redwood parks. Notable", "id": "16363257" }, { "contents": "General Sherman (tree)\n\n\nGeneral Sherman is a giant sequoia (\"Sequoiadendron giganteum\") tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, in the U.S. state of California. By volume, it is the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth. While the General Sherman is the largest currently living tree, it is not the largest historically-recorded tree. The Crannell Creek Giant, a coast redwood (\"Sequoia sempervirens\") near Trinidad, California, is estimated to have been 15 to 25% larger than", "id": "5494348" }, { "contents": "Save the Redwoods League\n\n\nSeptember 27, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown declared October 2018 as “California Redwoods Month,\" recognizing redwoods as a \"globally significant treasure\" and encouraging people to \"support organizations working to ensure a healthy future for our redwood forests.\" An interactive timeline of the history of redwoods and Save the Redwoods League can be found on their website. The League’s Vibrant Forests Plan attempts to provide a science-based conservation strategy for the remaining coast redwood and giant sequoia ecosystems. Conservation decisions made by the League are guided", "id": "16363261" }, { "contents": "Roosevelt (tree)\n\n\nThe Roosevelt tree is the largest giant sequoia (\"Sequoiadendron giganteum\") in Redwood Mountain Grove, which is itself the largest grove of giant sequoias on Earth, which are endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California. It is located in Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Forest, at . The tallest giant sequoia on earth () is also located in this grove, along with the Hart tree which is just smaller than the Roosevelt tree. The Hart tree is tall, with a volume of . The Roosevelt tree,", "id": "11667639" }, { "contents": "Sequoia sempervirens\n\n\nlogging and clearing began by the 1850s, this massive tree occurred naturally in an estimated along much of coastal California (excluding southern California where rainfall is not sufficient) and the southwestern corner of coastal Oregon within the United States. The name sequoia sometimes refers to the subfamily Sequoioideae, which includes \"S. sempervirens\" along with \"Sequoiadendron\" (giant sequoia) and \"Metasequoia\" (dawn redwood). Here, the term redwood on its own refers to the species covered in this article, and not to the other two", "id": "15145160" }, { "contents": "Beatriz Michelena\n\n\n. She is wooed by four men but prefers a fifth played by British heartthrob House Peters. The movie saw limited nationwide distribution and was judged a hit by viewers who were impressed by the wild California scenery: giant redwood trees, winding roads hugging rocky bluffs and the Russian River Michelena's dominant portrayal of the title role was also an appeal. Journalist Josephine Clifford McCracken wrote of her in the June 1915 issue of \"Overland Monthly\": One CMPC shooting location was on family property near Boulder Creek, California where Middleton's", "id": "13114947" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 101 in California\n\n\nplacement of the highway near giant Coast Redwoods led to increased awareness of the destruction of the redwoods after decades of extensive logging, which ultimately led to the establishment of Redwood National Park in 1968. The original highway segment through Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park is now a scenic alternate similar to Avenue of the Giants, named Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway in honor of the fourth director of the National Park Service and executive director of the Save-the-Redwoods League North of the town of Klamath just inside Del Norte County, the", "id": "3418340" }, { "contents": "Redwood National and State Parks\n\n\nof northern California for at least 20 million years and are related to tree species that existed 160 million years ago. The native range of coast redwood is from the northern California coast north to the southern Oregon Coast. The tree is closely related to the giant sequoia of central California, and more distantly to the dawn redwood which is indigenous to the Sichuan–Hubei region of China. Coast redwoods are the tallest trees on Earth; as of September 2006, the tallest tree in the park was Hyperion at , followed by Helios", "id": "991895" }, { "contents": "Miranda, California\n\n\nplace name and family name. Miranda means \"admirable.\" Miranda was known as jacobsen's Valley until the post office was established. Another account states that Etta Coombs chose the name \"Miranda\" for the post office she started. The town of Miranda is a five-minute walk from the south fork of the Eel River, and is located amidst giant redwood trees. Miranda is located on the Avenue of the Giants between Myers Flat to the north and Phillipsville to the south. Besides the post office, the town", "id": "4600357" }, { "contents": "Sausal Creek (Alameda County, California)\n\n\ngrew on the creek's banks in what is now downtown Oakland, California. Also, large Coast redwoods (\"Sequoia sempervirens\") grew on the ridge where Skyline Boulevard now runs. Sausal Creek was named Arroyo del Bosque by Father Juan Crespí during the Pedro Fages Expedition in 1772. Later the Sausal watershed became part of the Rancho San Antonio land grant to Sergeant Luis Maria Peralta in 1820. By 1841 Peralta's descendants were selling the giant redwoods and by 1850 there were at least ten sawmills operating in the watershed.", "id": "11715355" }, { "contents": "Daba Mountains\n\n\nDaba Mountains (Chengkou County); Shennongjia Mountain Nature Reserve (), in Hubei (Shennongjia Forestry District). The Dawn Redwood (\"Metasequoia glyptostroboides\") is a deciduous conifer endemic to the Daba Shan, whose nearest living relatives are the Coast Redwood and Giant Sequoia of California. Redwoods formerly ranged across the northern hemisphere, but were thought to be extinct outside California until stands of Dawn Redwood were discovered in the Daba Shan in the 1940s. Plants of the Daba Mountains Presently, terraced agriculture is expanded in the Daba", "id": "4873066" }, { "contents": "Hart (tree)\n\n\nThe Hart tree is a named Giant sequoia (\"Sequoiadendron giganteum\") tree within the Redwood Mountain Grove, in the Sierra Nevada and Fresno County, California. The Redwood Mountain Grove is protected within Kings Canyon National Park and the Giant Sequoia National Monument. It was once claimed to be the fourth largest Giant sequoia in the world, but is now considered the 24th largest. It has a volume of around . The nearby Roosevelt tree is the largest tree in the grove, with a volume of over . The tree was", "id": "11569185" }, { "contents": "Sequoia Crest, California\n\n\nof Sequoia Crest contains more than 150 Giant Sequoias scattered throughout the subdivision. The Stagg Tree, the largest Giant Sequoia Redwood on private land, is accessible to visitors at the intersection of Alder Drive and Redwood Drive. Before California became a state the Yokuts Indians made summer camp in nearby Hossack Meadow. The one-square-mile section that includes Sequoia Crest was created as a “school section” first purchased for $1.25 an acre under the “Timber and Stone Act of 1878”. School sections were sections of land", "id": "135040" }, { "contents": "Cupressaceae\n\n\nwere jointly designated the state tree of California and are famous California tourist attractions. Redwood National and State Parks and several parks including Giant Sequoia National Monument protect almost half the remaining stands of Coast Redwoods and Giant sequoias. Bald cypress is the state tree of Louisiana. Bald cypress, often festooned with Spanish moss, of southern swamps are another tourist attraction. They can be seen at Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida. Bald cypress \"knees\" are often sold as knick knacks, made into lamps or carved to make folk art", "id": "8449274" }, { "contents": "Redwood Heights, Oakland, California\n\n\nMexicans in the Mexican–American War in 1848, the Peralta family fought in court to keep their lands, represented by a Yankee lawyer who promised to help them. Meanwhile, more than one hundred men in nine lumber mills logged the giant redwoods above what is now Skyline Boulevard. The majestic redwoods reached so high that they could be seen shipside from the bay. Working by hand, it took two men perched on a board wedged in a notch in the trunk, a whole day of hacking away at one giant to", "id": "15658480" }, { "contents": "Sequoiadendron giganteum\n\n\nThis is resulting in some interest in cultivating giant sequoia as a very high-yielding timber crop tree, both in California and also in parts of western Europe, where it may grow more efficiently than coast redwoods. In the northwest United States, some entrepreneurs have also begun growing giant sequoias for Christmas trees. Besides these attempts at tree farming, the principal economic uses for giant sequoia today are tourism and horticulture. Giant sequoia is a very popular ornamental tree in many areas. It is successfully grown in most of western and", "id": "5613033" }, { "contents": "Redwood Valley Rancheria\n\n\nThe Redwood Valley Rancheria (also called Redwood Valley Reservation) is the land reservation where the Native American community known as \"The Redwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians\" resides. It is located northeast of the town of Redwood Valley in Mendocino County, California. The reservation spans on the northeastern side of the Russian River Valley. The terrain is forested and mountainous with some river and streams. The area is in a mild and transitional climate between coastal and interior valleys. Rainfall averages per year. The reservation land was purchased by", "id": "15448013" }, { "contents": "Phillipsville, California\n\n\nPhillipsville (formerly, Kettintelbe, Philippsville, and Phillips Flat) is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located on the South Fork of the Eel River north of Garberville, at an elevation of 289 feet (88 m). It is the southernmost town on the Avenue of the Giants. Near the town is the Chimney Tree. This is a redwood tree that resembles a chimney. The ZIP Code is 95559. The community is inside area code 707. The population was 140 at the", "id": "5396342" }, { "contents": "Avenue of the Giants Marathon\n\n\nThe Avenue of the Giants Marathon is held annually in May along the Avenue of the Giants in Humboldt Redwoods State Park in Humboldt County, California, United States. The course, consisting of two out-and-back legs, is almost entirely under the canopy of redwood trees. Half marathon and 10K races are run concurrently. The event, one of four larger annual races organized by the Six Rivers Running Club, was first run in 1972. In 2011, more than 2300 runners participated. A sister event,", "id": "8869428" }, { "contents": "Stephan Endlicher\n\n\n. Endlicher described many new plant genera, including the genus \"Sequoia\", and also its only extant species \"Sequoia sempervirens\" (California coast redwood). Although Endlicher never offered an explanation for the name, later writers speculated that he must have been inspired by the achievements of the American Cherokee Indian linguist Sequoyah. John Davis credited Endlicher with naming the new species of Sierra redwood \"Sequoyah gigantea\" in 1847, the present day \"Sequoiadendron giganteum\" (California giant redwood), to honor Sequoyah's invention of the", "id": "2562499" }, { "contents": "Del Norte County, California\n\n\nNorte County comprises the Crescent City, CA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The rural county is notable for forests containing giant Coast Redwoods, with some attaining heights over . This northernmost county on the California coast also has scores of unique plants and flowers, dozens of species of coastal birds and fish, rocky primitive beaches and sea stacks, pristine rivers, and historic lighthouses. Del Norte is also known among Bigfoot enthusiasts as the location of the famous Patterson–Gimlin film, as well as being the location of some of the forest scenes", "id": "2303920" }, { "contents": "Redwood Creek (San Mateo County)\n\n\nRedwood Creek is a perennial stream located in San Mateo County, California, United States which discharges into South San Francisco Bay. The Port of Redwood City, the largest deepwater port in South San Francisco Bay, is situated on the east bank of Redwood Creek near its mouth, where the creek becomes a natural deepwater channel. The creek and city name, the latter first known as Red Woods City (1854), was named because of the nearby coast redwood (\"Sequoia sempervirens\") forest and lumbering industry. In", "id": "17205084" }, { "contents": "Ferndale, California\n\n\nFerndale is a city in Humboldt County, California, United States. Its population was 1,371 at the 2010 census, down from 1,382 at the 2000 census. The city contains dozens of well-preserved Victorian storefronts and homes. Ferndale is the northern gateway to California's Lost Coast and the city, which is sited on the edge of a wide plain near the mouth of the Eel River, is also located near the extensive preserves of Coast Redwood forests. Before American settlement, Ferndale was a glade of giant ferns reaching more", "id": "16575352" }, { "contents": "Redwood Shores, California\n\n\nRedwood Shores is a waterfront community in Redwood City, California. It is located along the western shore of San Francisco Bay on the San Francisco Peninsula in San Mateo County. Redwood Shores is the home of several major technology companies, including Oracle Corporation, Electronic Arts, Nintendo, Qualys, Crystal Dynamics and Shutterfly. Redwood Shores is located roughly halfway between San Francisco and San Jose, and is bordered by Belmont and San Carlos to the southwest. Foster City lies to the northwest and Bair Island to the southeast; both are", "id": "5801798" }, { "contents": "Save the Redwoods League\n\n\nwith over 2,000 signatures to the U.S. Forest Service requesting that President Theodore Roosevelt establish a national redwood park. Newton B. Drury and the League were instrumental in uniting and forming the California State Park system with the passage of two bills in the California State Legislature that were signed into law by Governor C.C. Young on May 25, 1927. Major League acquisitions and projects the League supported in the 1930s included the 9,400-acre Rockefeller Forest addition to Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Calaveras North Grove of giant sequoias for Calaveras Big Trees State Park, and", "id": "16363255" }, { "contents": "Redwood National and State Parks\n\n\nThe Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) are a complex of several state and national parks located in the United States, along the coast of northern California. Comprising Redwood National Park (established 1968) and California's Del Norte Coast, Jedediah Smith, and Prairie Creek Redwoods State Parks (dating from the 1920s), the combined RNSP contain , and feature old-growth temperate rainforests. Located entirely within Del Norte and Humboldt Counties, the four parks, together, protect 45% of all remaining coast redwood (\"", "id": "991877" }, { "contents": "Save the Redwoods League\n\n\nwith the National Park Service and California State Parks called Redwoods Rising, the League is working to restore tens of thousands of acres in Redwood National and State Parks, including in the heavily-logged Mill Creek watershed in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. Approximately one-third of giant sequoia groves were partially or heavily logged. Restoration of these forests, helping them to achieve more old-growth characteristics, is an important component of their conservation. The League provides numerous educational programs and resources to help K-12 students learn about redwoods forests", "id": "16363266" }, { "contents": "Redwood National and State Parks\n\n\nthe town of Smith River, California. Scenes for \"\" as well as the movie \"Outbreak\" were filmed at the nearby Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park and at Patrick's Point State Park. Redwood National Park headquarters is located in Crescent City, California, with a service office located in Arcata and an operations center located in Orick, California. Lack of money has precluded major improvements, however, and timber companies have replanted much of the logged area with non-native tree species. Coastline areas, including dunes and", "id": "991891" }, { "contents": "Avenue of the Giants\n\n\nThe Avenue of the Giants is a scenic highway in Northern California, United States, running through Humboldt Redwoods State Park. It is a former alignment of U.S. Route 101, and continues to be maintained as a state highway as State Route 254 (SR 254). The southern entrance to the Avenue is just north of Garberville, and the northern entrance is 15 miles south of Fortuna. The highway is notable for the Coast Redwoods that overshadow the road and surround the area. It is from these towering trees that the Avenue", "id": "12555343" }, { "contents": "Lost Monarch\n\n\nand is located among other giant redwoods called \"The Grove of Titans\" in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, although its exact location has not been revealed to the public out of concern that excessive human foot traffic may upset the ecosystem or lead to vandalism. The tree is estimated to contain of wood volume, and is surrounded by other coastal redwoods known as some of the largest of the species. Of the surrounding redwood trees, some have names from the discoverers, such as El Viejo del Norte, Screaming Titans, Eärendil", "id": "6245589" }, { "contents": "California Floristic Province\n\n\nThe California Floristic Province (CFP) is a floristic province with a Mediterranean-type climate located on the Pacific Coast of North America with a distinctive flora similar to other regions with a winter rainfall and summer drought climate like the Mediterranean Basin. This biodiversity hotspot is known for being the home of the Sierran giant sequoia tree and its close relative the coast redwood. In 1996, the Province was designated as a biodiversity hotspot allowing it to join ranks among 33 other areas in the world with a large number of endemic species.", "id": "21740448" }, { "contents": "Zayante, California\n\n\nand California came under control of the Mexican government. In the 1830s, Mission Santa Cruz and other California missions were secularized by the Mexican government; only to seriously decline and, in some cases, fall into ruin. The very last of the Zayante people was a woman who lived for many years beside Zayante Creek. When she died in 1934, she was buried somewhere among the giant redwoods in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. Her grave, like her people, is lost now. The Lompico area became part of Rancho", "id": "18610750" }, { "contents": "Ryan Scoma\n\n\nRyan Scoma (born September 12, 1987 in Redwood City, California), was a professional baseball player in the San Francisco Giants organization for three years, and following his release, he signed with the Rockland Boulders. After one season he signed with the Winnipeg Goldeyes an American Association team. Scoma was born in Redwood City, California. He lived and played little league in San Carlos, California. He attended Carlmont High School. After high school he attended the College of San Mateo and later attended UC Davis. The", "id": "8826357" }, { "contents": "Redwood National and State Parks\n\n\nin one group of villages remained; by 1919, virtually all members of the Chilula tribe had either died or been assimilated into other tribes. The miners logged redwoods for building; when this minor gold rush ended, some of them turned again to logging, cutting down the giant redwood trees. Initially, over of the California and southwestern coast of Oregon were old-growth redwood forest, but by 1910, extensive logging led conservationists and concerned citizens to begin seeking ways to preserve the remaining trees, which they saw being logged", "id": "991884" }, { "contents": "Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park\n\n\nPrairie Creek Redwoods State Park is a state park, located in Humboldt County, California, near the town of Orick and 50 miles (80 km) north of Eureka. The 14,000 acre (57 km²) park is a coastal sanctuary for old-growth Coast Redwood trees. The park is jointly managed by the California Department of Parks and Recreation and the National Park Service as a part of the Redwood National and State Parks. These parks (which includes Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park,", "id": "8781721" }, { "contents": "Redwood Grove\n\n\nThe Redwood Grove of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, which is located in Santa Cruz County in Northern California, is a grove of Coast Redwoods with member trees extending into the 1400- to 1800-year-old range. This grove is notable because it allows for the use of self-guided tours of the flat, loop trail which is easily accessible (within of a vehicle parking lot). Dozens of large, old Redwood trees are located within a few feet of the walking trail. Coast Redwoods, (\"Sequoia sempervirens\"", "id": "9310205" }, { "contents": "Sequoiadendron giganteum\n\n\nSequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia; also known as giant redwood, Sierra redwood, Sierran redwood, Wellingtonia or simply big treea nickname also used by John Muir) is the sole living species in the genus \"Sequoiadendron\", and one of three species of coniferous trees known as redwoods, classified in the family Cupressaceae in the subfamily Sequoioideae, together with \"Sequoia sempervirens\" (coast redwood) and \"Metasequoia glyptostroboides\" (dawn redwood). Giant sequoia specimens are the most massive trees on Earth. The common use of the", "id": "5613007" }, { "contents": "Humboldt Redwoods State Park\n\n\nHumboldt Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, United States, containing Rockefeller Forest, the world's largest remaining contiguous old-growth forest of coast redwoods. It is located south of Eureka, California, near Weott in southern Humboldt County, within Northern California, named after the great nineteenth-century scientist, Alexander von Humboldt. The park was established by the Save the Redwoods League in 1921 largely from lands purchased from the Pacific Lumber Company. Beginning with the dedication of the Raynal Bolling Memorial Grove, it has", "id": "8777062" }, { "contents": "Cecil Andrus\n\n\nCongressional passage of the Redwood National Park Expansion Act in 1978. which added to Redwood National Park in California, in a major expansion to preserve remnants of the giant redwood forests there. In 1979, when President Carter asked for the resignations of his entire Cabinet during an administration retreat at Camp David, the resignation of Andrus was not accepted. Andrus stayed on as Secretary of the Interior for the remainder of Carter's presidency, and returned to Idaho after Carter's term ended in January 1981. Andrus wrote in his memoir about", "id": "21663754" }, { "contents": "Redwoods of the Otway Ranges\n\n\n. Around the turn of the century, Nicholas John Caire named and photographed many of Victoria's remaining giant trees. In the forest behind Apollo Bay in the West Barham River stands a small patch of about 80 mountain ash trees that are thought to be about 400 years old which have survived bushfires, storms and landslides. Currently, the world's tallest living tree is also a Coast Redwood, \"Sequoia sempervirens\", named the Hyperion, that was discovered in California in 2006 in a remote section of the Redwood National Park", "id": "3221102" }, { "contents": "Newton B. Drury\n\n\nScenic Parkway is the long four lane highway through Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Humboldt County, California, which was completed in 1993, honoring his efforts in the creation of Redwood National and State Parks. As a result of CalTrans move of US Route 101 outside the eastern edge of the park, Old Growth Redwoods within the park will not ever be removed to widen the road. This road, though shorter, is similar in quality to the Avenue of the Giants in Southern Humboldt County. Drury Peak in the Mount San", "id": "7560010" }, { "contents": "Lathrop House (Redwood City, California)\n\n\nof the original investors in the San Francisco to San Jose railroad. This wealth allowed his wife, Mary C. Lathrop and him, to buy up many parcels of land in Redwood City, one of which they constructed the house upon in 1863. It was originally located where the Fox Theatre is now constructed, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City. The house was constructed in the Gothic Revival style was becoming more popular at the time with tall gables and arches pierced by quatrefoil designs. More specifically it was designed in the Steamboat Gothic", "id": "5945667" }, { "contents": "Sequoia High School (Redwood City, California)\n\n\nSequoia High School was established in 1895 and is a high school in downtown Redwood City, California, United States. Today, it's one of the few schools to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme within the San Francisco Bay Area. Sequoia High School is part of the Sequoia Union High School District. The school grounds include a Japanese tea garden which was built in 1929 by students, and it includes a number of historical trees; the Giant Sequoia, Monkey-puzzle tree, Australian Tea tree, Ginkgo", "id": "10792079" }, { "contents": "Parc de Bourran\n\n\nand beehives. Twenty-four tree species, many imported from North America, are catalogued in the topoguide: alder, white hickory, European hornbeam, Atlas cedar, California incense-cedar, Lebanon cedar, Himalayan cedar, shingle oak, Bourgogne oak, norther red oak, evergreen oak, American sweetgum, bald cypress, common ash, common beech, common yew, southern magnolia, dawn redwood, Caucasian elm, London plane, white willow, giant redwood, coastal redwood, purple beech. A labeling system with both", "id": "3309947" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 101 in California\n\n\nthe Redwood Highway portion of US 101 are not as prevalent as along the Los Angeles-San Francisco route. A notable segment of the old US 101 alignment is SR 254, also known as the Avenue of the Giants, in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. The freeway bypassing this scenic route, surrounded by towering Coast Redwoods, was completed in 1960. Several bridges along the segment of highway running along the Eel River were destroyed during the Christmas flood of 1964. Construction on a freeway segment bypassing Willits began in 2013. The", "id": "3418360" }, { "contents": "Eureka, California\n\n\ncan pose a tsunami threat to coastal areas. Eureka is located at (40.790022, −124.162752). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and or 35.07% is water. Eureka is situated within California's Redwood Empire region which includes Pacific Ocean coast, Humboldt Bay, and several rivers in addition to Redwood National and State Parks and Humboldt Redwoods State Park. The location of Eureka on U.S. 101 is north of San Francisco and ) north and west of Sacramento", "id": "16575307" }, { "contents": "Redwood Creek (Marin County)\n\n\nthe Green Gulch Farm and Muir Beach where he created pasture by constructing drainage channels, levees, a dam and a large drainage channel along Redwood Creek. In 1967, Wheelwright donated the Muir Beach area to the California State Parks who built a large parking lot in the current location by the beach. In 1972, Wheelwright sold the Green Gulch Farm to Zentatsu Richard Baker who transformed the ranch into the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center. Redwood Creek provides a critical spawning and rearing habitat for coho or silver salmon (\"Oncorhynchus kisutch", "id": "15384649" }, { "contents": "Scotts Valley, California\n\n\nthe former headquarters of Borland. Scotts Valley is also near Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, and Roaring Camp Railroads. The town is surrounded by coast redwood forests. The city of Santa Cruz lies to the south. A relatively large municipal skateboard park, where pro skateboarder Eric Costello died in October 2005 due to improper helmet use, is near Skypark, the site of a former airport, in central Scotts Valley. Two hotels operate in Scotts Valley: a Best Western hotel is located near the", "id": "17474398" }, { "contents": "Stratosphere Giant\n\n\nThe Stratosphere Giant was once considered the tallest tree in the world. It was discovered in July 2000 in Humboldt Redwoods State Park by Chris Atkins, measuring 112.34 meters (368.6 ft) tall. The tree has continued to grow and measured 113.11 m (371.1 ft) in 2010. It is a specimen of the species \"Sequoia sempervirens\", the Coast Redwood. It is surrounded by a large number of trees of almost equal size. To avoid damage by tourism, the tree's exact location was not disclosed to the", "id": "14744035" }, { "contents": "Picea sitchensis\n\n\nthe Carmanah Giant, at tall, is the tallest tree in Canada), and in Olympic National Park, Washington and Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California (United States); two at the last site are just over 96 m tall. The Queets Spruce is the largest in the world with a trunk volume of , a height of , and a dbh. It is located near the Queets River in Olympic National Park, about from the Pacific Ocean. Sitka spruce is a long-lived tree, with individuals over", "id": "16244533" }, { "contents": "Orick, California\n\n\nthe parks. The majority of redwood burl art shops on highway 101 in Orick are closed or privately maintained. Four shops are still open. A rodeo is held each year still in mid-July. Redwood National Park Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor Center is located on US Highway 101 just before reaching Orick, California. The Redwood National Park Southern Operation Center (SOC) is located directly in town on US Highway 101 across the road from the local market and US Post Office. In the state legislature, Orick is in ,", "id": "21082116" }, { "contents": "Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve\n\n\n800 years old. In addition to coast redwood forest, the preserve includes Douglas fir forest and oak woodland. Fauna include mountain lions, black-tailed deer, coyotes, bobcats, song sparrows, mallard ducks, bullfrogs, western pond turtles, Townsend's big-eared bats, California myotis bats, Mexican free-tailed bats, Steller's jays, Santa Cruz black salamanders, California giant salamanders, red-shouldered hawks, belted kingfishers, and many migratory bird species. Most of the preserve lies in the watersheds of", "id": "16723610" }, { "contents": "Visceral Games\n\n\nVisceral Games (formerly EA Redwood Shores) was an American video game development studio owned by Electronic Arts. The studio is best known for the \"Dead Space\" series. In 1998, Electronic Arts (EA) moved from San Mateo, California to a new corporate headquarters building that they had constructed in Redwood Shores, California. In this move, they founded a studio at this location, named EA Redwood Shores, which operated under the general \"EA Games\" division. EA Redwood Shores' initial title was \"\"", "id": "18475226" }, { "contents": "Del Norte Titan\n\n\nin the same park, is actually larger with more wood volume than Del Norte Titan, if basal stems are included. The fourth largest coastal redwood is in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park called Iluvatar. Del Norte Titan was discovered in 1998 along with other giant coast redwoods in the Grove of Titans. The grove (unofficially named) is located in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. The tree is estimated to contain of wood. Some information about the grove was published by Richard Preston. Del Norte Titan is part of the Grove", "id": "1089575" }, { "contents": "Redwood Mountain Grove\n\n\nat the Redwood Canyon Trailhead, via the dirt Forest Service Route 14S75 off the Generals Highway. They give visitors walking/hiking access to see giant sequoia trees within 'wilderness' natural habitats and views of the surrounding canyons and mountains. In Redwood Canyon along Redwood Creek, the grove's understory is dense with other native plant species. The Sugar Bowl is an unusual pure giant sequoia grove on top of Redwood Mountain. The grove contains many types of plant life, with the most significant being the giant sequoias. Within the", "id": "20203715" }, { "contents": "Humboldt Redwoods State Park\n\n\nalmost pure redwood forest, but the forests on the slopes also contain Douglas-fir. Over 100 of the 137 known trees over tall—all coast redwoods—occur in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. It is home to the 4th-tallest measured living redwood, the Stratosphere Giant, which was measured at in 2004. Stratosphere Giant was the tallest known living redwood until the discovery of three taller trees in Redwood National Park; the tallest, Hyperion, measuring in September 2006. Before the discovery of Hyperion, the tallest redwood", "id": "8777066" }, { "contents": "Fortuna, California\n\n\nold. The Avenue of the Giants offers views of the area's redwoods, and carries visitors through a number of groves. Stops include Founders Grove, the Visitor Center near Weott and several locations that provide trail access. The area sees summers that are not as foggy as Eureka and Arcata to the north, and run a few degrees warmer. The 2010 United States Census reported that Fortuna had a population of 11,926. The population density was 2,461.4 people per square mile (950.3/km²). The racial makeup of Fortuna", "id": "16575421" }, { "contents": "Avondale House\n\n\n(now moored in Boston Harbor) during the War of 1812. The woodlands were renewed in 1904 when the estate was sold to the government. The house was used as a forestry school and the grounds planted with a great variety of trees, the most successful being conifers from the Pacific coast of North America. The grounds now boast specimens of giant redwoods from California and Sitka spruce from British Columbia. The ruins of Parnell’s old sawmill and Parnell’s well are located on the site. One of the site's attractions", "id": "3898734" }, { "contents": "Union Cemetery (Redwood City, California)\n\n\nUnion Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Woodside Road (CA 84) near El Camino Real in Redwood City, San Mateo County, California. The cemetery was named a California Historical Landmark #816 in 1967, then added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Founded in 1859, this is the site of the first American burial ground in San Mateo County, and was originally located just outside the town limits of Redwood City. The cemetery officially closed in 1918, but it was used for many years after that", "id": "1059182" }, { "contents": "Lathrop House (Redwood City, California)\n\n\nThe Lathrop House, also known as the Lathrop-Connor-Mansfield House, was built in Redwood City, California and is one of the San Francisco Peninsula's oldest mansions. Mary C. Lathrop, wife of Benjamin G. Lathrop, bought the land for the 11 room house in and construction was completed in . The museum has historically existed in three locations, within a few blocks radius in Redwood City. Benjamin Gordon Lathrop was the first clerk, recorder, and assessor of San Mateo County, California, as well as one", "id": "5945666" }, { "contents": "Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park\n\n\nGrizzly Creek Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, USA, harboring groves of coast redwoods in three separate units along the Van Duzen River. It is located south of Eureka, California, then another east of Fortuna on State Route 36. The small park was created by a donation from Owen R. Cheatham, founder of Georgia-Pacific Corporation, who wanted to preserve the stand of redwoods in perpetuity. Originally established in 1943, the park has grown to . Cheatham Grove , west of the main unit, was", "id": "11952580" }, { "contents": "Malibu Grand Prix\n\n\nits corporate property (cars, games) from the facility, which promptly closed. The site has been largely paved over and has been used for a truck-driving school. In 2002, Palace Entertainment purchased the three remaining Malibu Grand Prix locations. These locations are located in Redwood City, California, Norcross, Georgia, and San Antonio, Texas. Palace operates additional locations in Los Angeles, California and Dallas, Texas. The Redwood City, CA location closed on August 18, 2013 and the San Antonio location closed", "id": "5137305" }, { "contents": "Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park\n\n\nJedediah Smith Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving old-growth redwoods along the Smith River. It is located along U.S. Route 199 approximately east of Crescent City. The park is named after explorer Jedediah Smith, and is one of four parks cooperatively managed as Redwood National and State Parks. The park was established in 1939 and designated part of the California Coast Ranges International Biosphere Reserve in 1983. The park was named after explorer Jedediah Smith, who was the first American to travel, by", "id": "5617560" }, { "contents": "Chris Maumalanga\n\n\nChristian Netane Maumalanga (born December 15, 1971) is a former American football defensive tackle. He played college football at Kansas. He was drafted in the 4th round (128th overall) of the 1994 NFL draft by the New York Giants. Maumalanga was born in Redwood City, California and attended Bishop Montgomery High School where he was named All-State in both football and track. Maumalanga attended Kansas where he was a four-year letter winner while majoring in business. As a sophomore, he recorded the first safety", "id": "11832531" }, { "contents": "Bluebell Arboretum\n\n\nit includes cultivars of \"Cornus kousa\" (Chinese dogwood), \"Liquidambar styraciflua\" (American sweetgum), \"Liriodendron\" (tulip tree) and various \"Betula\" (birch) species, as well as other woody plants from many different genera. The arboretum includes a 2007 planting of 75 \"Sequoiadendron giganteum\", the well-known giant redwood from the mountains of Southern California, and this area of the arboretum is intended to become a redwood grove in the future. Britain's first \"Singing Sequoia\"", "id": "5980114" }, { "contents": "Humboldt Redwoods State Park\n\n\never measured was the Dyerville Giant, also in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. It was high when it fell in March 1991. It was estimated to be 1,600 years old. The Dyerville Giant can be seen on Founders Grove Nature Trail, which honors the creators of Save the Redwoods League. Also in this grove is Founders Tree, which is tall with circumference of . The Avenue of the Giants offers visitors a drive through Humboldt Redwoods State Park with eight stops along an auto tour of park highlights. The park has over of", "id": "8777067" }, { "contents": "University of Redwood\n\n\nUniversity of Redwood is a fictitious college claiming to be located in Oregon in the United States. It can be confused with Reed College in Portland, Oregon, or the College of the Redwoods in Eureka, California. The Redwood website copies the Reed website, except it substitutes the institution's name. However, on at least the About page, the copiers failed and at one point left the Reed name intact. The street address and phone numbers for Reed's Cooley Art Gallery remain intact on the Redwood site. At one", "id": "13895982" }, { "contents": "Metasequoia\n\n\nits rediscovery in 1944, the dawn redwood has become a popular ornamental, with examples found in various parks in a variety of countries. Together with \"Sequoia sempervirens\" (coast redwood) and \"Sequoiadendron giganteum\" (giant sequoia) of California, \"Metasequoia\" is classified in the Cupressaceae subfamily Sequoioideae. \"M. glyptostroboides\" is the only living species in its genus, but three fossil species are known. Sequoioideae and several other genera have been transferred from the former family Taxodiaceae to Cupressaceae based on DNA analysis. \"", "id": "18974508" }, { "contents": "Raynal Bolling\n\n\nsize statue of Bolling that was cast in bronze by the Gorham Foundry of Rhode Island for permanent display near the town commons of Greenwich, Connecticut. The Indiana limestone background of the memorial shows aircraft in combat in low relief. Bolling is honored at the Memorial Church of Harvard University and by \"Bolling Grove,\" a redwood grove on the Avenue of the Giants, paralleling Highway 101 along the south Fork of the Eel River in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California. Bolling Field, District of Columbia, now a part of", "id": "8332208" }, { "contents": "Avenue of the Giants\n\n\nthe rest of the house adjoins the rear of the tree in a more traditional style. The Eel River is the third largest river in California. It carves deep canyons down great mountains, through flat valleys, and past majestic and ancient redwood forests. The Avenue of the Giants follows the South Fork of the river, but also features the branching of the South and Main forks to its north. The Avenue of the Giants was part of U.S. Route 101 until a freeway bypass completed on August 27, 1960, assuming the", "id": "12555349" }, { "contents": "Long Meadow Grove\n\n\nLong Meadow Grove, also known by some as Redwood Meadow Grove, is a giant sequoia grove in California which offers a half mile interpretive trail, Trail of 100 Giants, through majestic mature sequoias. The grove is part of the southern section of Giant Sequoia National Monument and is administered by the U.S. Forest Service. It is fairly easy to get to by car on Western Divide Highway (County Route SM107). It is best to visit in the summer when the road is open, or in the winter by snowmobile.", "id": "236792" }, { "contents": "Redwood City School District\n\n\nRedwood City School District (RCSD) is the public elementary school district serving Redwood City, California. As of 2016–2017 school year, the district serves over 8,900 students in 16 schools. Elementary Schools (grades K-8) Elementary Schools (grades K-5) Middle Schools (grades 6-8) The first school building in Redwood City was called Redwood City Grammar School (also known as the Redwood City Public School) which was opened in September 1895 and located on Broadway Street across from the courthouse. In the early years of the", "id": "2169178" }, { "contents": "SyntheSys Research\n\n\nHills area of Redwood City owned by Bob Haya. Rob Verity and Kirk Handley, each a former co-worker of Tom Waschura's, developed hardware modules, while Tom Waschura developed the system design and Jim Waschura developed the software. Bob Haya is credited with coming up with the name \"BitAlyzer.\" The company was incorporated as SyntheSys Research because DesignWare was not available for use. The first patent was filed on Error Location Analysis technology. The company moved to a small business park in Redwood City, California, where", "id": "3703870" }, { "contents": "Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History\n\n\ncollection of Indian artifacts to the City of Santa Cruz under the condition that a museum be established to store and display it. Pilkington was a forester and agriculturist and was the first warden at California Redwood Park, what is now called Big Basin Redwoods State Park. The Crafts House, home of the Museum from 1930 to 1954, was located behind the present museum where the amphitheater is now. The Santa Cruz Art League used the basement. In 1930 the Pilkington collection was set up at the Crafts House in Tyrrell Park in", "id": "8662964" }, { "contents": "Sequoia sempervirens\n\n\nOregon border. The largest (and tallest) populations are in Redwood National and State Parks (Del Norte and Humboldt Counties) and Humboldt Redwoods State Park (Humboldt County, California), with the majority located in the much larger Humboldt County. The southern boundary of its range is the Los Padres National Forest's Silver Peak Wilderness in the Santa Lucia Mountains of the Big Sur area of Monterey County, California. The southernmost grove is in the Southern Redwood Botanical Area, just north of the national forest's Salmon Creek trailhead", "id": "15145170" }, { "contents": "Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park\n\n\nHenry Cowell Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, USA, preserving mainly forest and riparian areas in the watershed of the San Lorenzo River, including a grove of old-growth coast redwood. It is located in Santa Cruz County, primarily in the area between the cities of Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley, near the community of Felton and the University of California at Santa Cruz. The park includes a non-contiguous extension in the Fall Creek area north of Felton. The park was established in 1954. The", "id": "6043272" }, { "contents": "Redwood City, California\n\n\nof Redwood City is the only deepwater port on San Francisco Bay south of San Francisco. Redwood City is the location of the San Mateo County Jail, for both women and men. The Hetch Hetchy water pipeline runs through Redwood City and supplies a vast majority of the surrounding area with low grain (+/− 3 grains) rated water. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of , of which is land and (43.91%) is water. A major watercourse draining much of Redwood City", "id": "17419756" }, { "contents": "Outside: From the Redwoods\n\n\nOutside: From the Redwoods is the second live album released by soft rock singer Kenny Loggins. Released August 1993, it is the recording of his June 1993 concert held \"outside\" at a venue located within a stand of giant redwood trees. The album features reworked versions of many of Loggins' songs, both from his solo work and his earlier work in Loggins and Messina. Michael McDonald gives a guest performance on a reworked version of their classic co-written, \"What a Fool Believes\", and R&B singer", "id": "2308318" }, { "contents": "Humboldt Redwoods State Park\n\n\nof the Giants, also mostly located within or near park boundaries. The original inhabitants of the area were the Sinkyone. In the 1850s white settlers began felling the redwoods, seeking to clear the land for homes and pasture. About 20 years later the timber industry moved into the region, and railways and roads were routed through the area for accessibility to the trees. In 1918 after realizing how much of the old-growth forests closer to San Francisco had been harvested, Boone and Crockett Club members formed the Save the Redwoods", "id": "8777064" }, { "contents": "Lester L. Westling Jr.\n\n\nCalifornia since 1975. After serving as lay vicar and seminarian intern at a number of locations in California, Westling was ordained Deacon June 13, 1955, in Bakersfield, California, to serve as curate at St. Peter's Parish in Redwood City, California, where he was ordained priest January 7, 1956. He became vicar of Good Shepherd Mission in (West) Berkely, California, in 1957. Following this early work in the United States, in January 1960 he continued his ministry overseas in the Republic of the Philippines", "id": "4841832" }, { "contents": "Llanarth, Monmouthshire\n\n\nrestored, and for over a century catered to Anglican worshippers. Just over a century later, in 2013, the church was declared redundant, owing to the unsustainable cost of necessary repairs. The Llanarth estate and its forestry are notable for their numerous coast redwood and giant redwood conifer specimens, which were likely planted in the 19th century following sapling transportation from California. Llanarth is surrounded by farmland and forestry which is managed by the Trustees of Llanarth Estate. Within the estate's forestry and land holdings are designated riding bridleways and routes", "id": "20212729" }, { "contents": "Mainau\n\n\nits 500 different types of rare and valuable broad-leaved trees and conifers, which was created in 1856 by grand duke Friedrich I. Among those is one of Germany's \"oldest\" dawn redwood trees (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). The tree, which originated from China, was planted on the island in 1952, when it was just 70 centimeters tall. Particularly mighty are some exemplars of the giant redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum). Their seeds came from California in 1853 and were planted on the island in 1864, which makes them", "id": "8248490" }, { "contents": "Valley of the Giants (film)\n\n\nValley of the Giants is a 1938 American Technicolor adventure film directed by William Keighley, written by Seton I. Miller and Michael Fessier, and starring Wayne Morris, Claire Trevor, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale Sr., Donald Crisp, and Charles Bickford. It is based on the novel \"The Valley of the Giants\" by Peter B. Kyne. The film was released by Warner Bros. on September 17, 1938. Bill Cardigan (Wayne Morris) owns a large portion of the California Redwoods. Howard Fallon (Charles Bickford)", "id": "11466435" }, { "contents": "Sequoia sempervirens\n\n\ntallest living organism. The previous record holder was the Stratosphere Giant in Humboldt Redwoods State Park at (as measured in 2004). Until it fell in March 1991, the \"Dyerville Giant\" was the record holder. It, too, stood in Humboldt Redwoods State Park and was high and estimated to be 1,600 years old. This fallen giant has been preserved in the park. As of 2016, no living specimen of other tree species exceeds . Numerous historic reports exist of Redwood trees 350 to 400 feet high, a", "id": "15145194" }, { "contents": "North Fork Kaweah River\n\n\nThe North Fork Kaweah River is a -long tributary of the Kaweah River in Tulare County, California. The river starts at the confluence of Dorst Creek and Stony Creek, near Dorst Creek Campground in Sequoia National Park. It flows west and is joined by Redwood Creek, which drains Redwood Mountain Grove, the largest grove of giant sequoias on earth. The river then turns south, flowing through a remote canyon, forming the western boundary of the park as far as Yucca Creek, which flows from Crystal Cave in Sequoia National Park", "id": "14628929" }, { "contents": "Anderson Canyon\n\n\n. The project involved around 3 miles of overhead power lines, built in the 1950s, to be removed and installation of an underground replacement line traveling 4,000 feet high. Anderson Canyon is an upland redwood forest. Characteristic species include coastal redwood, California bay, tanbark oak, big-leaf maple, and western sword fern. Wildlife species that may occur in this community include ensatina, Pacific slender salamander, Pacific giant salamander, western-screech owl, Allen’s hummingbird, purple martin, acorn woodpecker, Steller’s jay,", "id": "20701497" }, { "contents": "Orick, California\n\n\n1930s connected all the way from San Francisco to Oregon. Tourists arrived to see the giant redwoods. After World War II, Orick became a lumber and timber mill town in response to the post-war demand for timber. The business boomed for about fifteen years until closed by the consolidation of mills in larger towns and foundation of the Redwood National Park. On October 1, 1927, a circus elephant named \"Big Diamond\" collapsed five miles north of Orick after freeing ten \"Honest Bill Animal Show\" trucks mired in", "id": "21082104" }, { "contents": "Sacramento Mountain Lions\n\n\nCalifornia Redwoods in October 2009. (Early trademark filings had suggested the UFL would name the team the \"San Francisco Rockfish,\" a name that was dumped before any public announcement.) In the league's 2009 season, the Redwoods played were originally slated to play all of its home games at AT&T Park in San Francisco, including the first-ever UFL game. Due to a conflict with the San Francisco Giants, the UFL's first game was instead played in Las Vegas. Poor attendance in San Francisco led to", "id": "465780" }, { "contents": "Redwood High School (Larkspur, California)\n\n\nfilled, two roads were cut through from Magnolia Avenue out to the new school, and a playing field and parking lot were included. The first students who were to attend the new high school chose the name of the newspaper and sports teams: the Giants became their mascot in reference to the nearby redwood trees. School publications followed the tree theme: the Bark became the school's newspaper, and the Log the school's year book. The colors red and gray were a source of much contention, but were finally accepted", "id": "6132874" }, { "contents": "Redwood High School (Visalia)\n\n\nRedwood High School (usually abbreviated as RHS) is a secondary school in Visalia, California, United States. The public high school serves students from the north central section of the city. The school serves grades 9 through 12. It is one of four traditional, comprehensive high schools administered by the Visalia Unified School District. Its current enrollment numbers 2374 students. The school is located at 1001 West Main St Visalia, California 93291. Green Acres Middle School feeds into Redwood. Three private schools in the city, Visalia Christian", "id": "6091703" }, { "contents": "Redwood High School (Larkspur, California)\n\n\nRedwood High School is a public secondary school located in the city of Larkspur, Marin County, California, approximately 11 miles north of San Francisco. Redwood High is part of the Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD). The school serves the cities of Belvedere, Corte Madera, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Ross, and Tiburon. The school houses the TUHSD headquarters. By 1957, the school age population of the Tamalpais Union High School District had grown too large for Tamalpais High School and Sir Francis Drake High School", "id": "6132872" }, { "contents": "Iluvatar (tree)\n\n\nIluvatar is a redwood tree in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Northern California that has been confirmed to be at least in diameter at breast height, and in height. Measured by Stephen C. Sillett, it is the world's third-largest coast redwood, the largest being Lost Monarch. Iluvatar is located among a group of trees called Atlas Grove. The location is unpublished. Atlas Grove, including Iluvatar, is a carefully studied area of forest. Just measuring Iluvatar required five climbers for over 20 days. Iluvatar has 134", "id": "21911645" }, { "contents": "Patrick J. Gallagher\n\n\nin marketing with SeaWorld amusement parks. In 1976, while working at Marine World amusement park in Redwood City, California, Gallagher was hired by San Francisco Giants owner Bob Lurie as the team's marketing director. While with the Giants, Gallagher created several notable marketing campaigns such as the Croix De Candlestick (a button given to any fan who braved the elements and remained for an extra inning night game), Crazy Crab, and the Ball Dudes. Gallagher served as Senior Vice President, Business Operations and ultimately President, Giants", "id": "2188623" }, { "contents": "Geography of California\n\n\nCalifornia is a U.S. state on the western coast of North America. Covering an area of , California is geographically diverse. The Sierra Nevada, the fertile farmlands of the Central Valley, and the arid Mojave Desert of the south are some of the major geographic features of this U.S. state. It is home to some of the world's most exceptional trees: the tallest (coast redwood), most massive (Giant Sequoia), and oldest (bristlecone pine). It is also home to both the highest (Mount Whitney", "id": "14995407" }, { "contents": "Leggett, California\n\n\nLeggett (formerly, Leggett Valley) is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It is located on the South Fork of the Eel River northwest of Laytonville, at an elevation of 984 feet (300 m). It is home to some of the largest trees in the world. Nearby Smithe Redwoods State Reserve and the Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area are noted for their forests of Coastal Redwoods. The population was 122 at the 2010 census. Leggett is served by California's State Route 1, whose", "id": "11831639" }, { "contents": "California County Routes in zone G\n\n\nUnder the name West Alpine Road, the road descends west of Skyline Boulevard to a turn-off that leads to Portola Redwoods State Park, where the original Page (saw)mill is located. Other than a commemorative sign, no artifacts remain at the mill site, which is accessible only by Slate Creek Trail from either Portola Redwoods state park or from Skyline Boulevard (SR 35). This route was designated in 1962. G3 is currently signed its entire length. It was originally known as Mayfield-Pescadero Road. County Route", "id": "12012489" } ]

[ { "contents": "List of footballers in England by number of league appearances\n\n\nThe following is a list of retired footballers who have made at least 500 domestic league appearances in English league football. This includes the appearances and goals of former players of the Premier League, English Football League or its predecessors. Peter Shilton has made the most appearances, and is the only player to have played in over one thousand games. John Burridge made appearances for 20 different clubs, while over 25 players have made their appearances for only one team. Frank Womack is the only outfield player who failed to score a goal", "id": "8855053" }, { "contents": "Jermain Defoe\n\n\ngoals, and is currently the seventh-highest goalscorer in Premier League history as well as the sixth highest goalscorer in Tottenham's history. Defoe also holds the Premier League record for the most goals scored as a substitute, with 22, as of 11 January 2014. On 19 November 2016, Defoe scored his 150th Premier League goal, becoming the joint tenth-highest goal scorer in Premier League history. Defoe made his England debut in 2004 and has made 57 appearances, scoring 20 goals, including three appearances and a goal", "id": "13143121" }, { "contents": "Gary MacDonald (footballer)\n\n\nGary MacDonald (born 25 October 1979) is an English footballer who plays as a defender, and was most recently a player/assistant manager of Hungerford Town. He has made over 150 appearances in the Football League and the Conference Premier. MacDonald began his career with Portsmouth but made no first-team appearances and joined non-league club Havant & Waterlooville. He joined Football League One club Peterborough United in February 2001 but struggled to break into the first-team, making 21 league and cup appearances in two years.", "id": "6760602" }, { "contents": "Yuriy Logvinenko\n\n\nYuriy Anatoliyevich Logvinenko (; born 22 July 1988) is a Kazakh football player who plays for Astana in the Kazakhstan Premier League. He is a member of the Kazakhstan national football team. Born in Aktyubinsk (now Aktobe), Logvinenko began his career with FC Aktobe and has only played for the club. The defender set the club record for most Premier League appearances, surpassing Samat Smakov, in August 2013. As of October 2013, Logvinenko has made twenty appearances for the Kazakhstan national football team. During the Euro 2016 qualifying", "id": "9980566" }, { "contents": "Andy King (footballer, born 1988)\n\n\nAndrew Philip King (born 29 October 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Leicester City and the Wales national team. He is Leicester's all-time top scoring midfielder and all-time most capped international. He has made over 375 appearances across all competitions for Leicester, where he has spent his entire senior career (excluding loans). He won the League One, Championship and Premier League in 2009, 2014 and 2016 respectively, making him the first and only player to win", "id": "7699681" }, { "contents": "Premier League Playmaker of the Season\n\n\nThe Premier League Playmaker of the Season is an annual English football award, presented to the player who has made the most assists (the last pass made before a goal scored) in the Premier League. For sponsorship purposes, it is known as the Cadbury Playmaker of the Season since its inception during the 2017–18 season. The Premier League was founded in 1992, when the clubs of the First Division left the Football League and established a new commercially independent league that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. In 2018, the", "id": "13834663" }, { "contents": "Robert Huth\n\n\nRobert Huth (, ; born 18 August 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He is a three-time Premier League winner and has made the most Premier League appearances (322) by a German player. Huth was signed for Chelsea from the youth system of German club 1. FC Union Berlin in 2001 by Claudio Ranieri. He struggled to establish himself in the Chelsea first team and with the likes of John Terry, William Gallas and Ricardo Carvalho ahead of him in the pecking", "id": "3619041" }, { "contents": "2000–01 FA Premier League\n\n\nof the official Premier League match ball, a contract that has since been extended multiple times, with the most recent renewal made in November 2018 to the end of the 2024-25 season. UEFA Cup places went to Leeds United, Chelsea, Ipswich Town, and Aston Villa, who qualified via the Intertoto Cup. None of the top six clubs in the Premier League had an English manager. The most successful English manager in the 2000–01 Premier League campaign was Peter Reid, whose Sunderland side finished seventh, having spent most", "id": "7317034" }, { "contents": "Jimmy Bullard\n\n\nmanager of Isthmian League Premier Division side Leatherhead. He left the club at the end of the season. Wigan Athletic Individual In 2014 Bullard released his autobiography \"Bend It like Bullard\" which told the story of his footballing career and became a best-seller. Bullard has made a number of appearances as a pundit for BT Sport and the BBC most noticeably in the 2014 FA Cup final between Arsenal and Hull City, the latter who Bullard had previously played for. In addition Bullard has made multiple television appearances on \"Soccer", "id": "8289922" }, { "contents": "Havant & Waterlooville F.C.\n\n\nthis has increased to include two more reserve teams, playing in the Hampshire and Sussex College leagues. Nathan Ashmore, who left to join Gosport Borough, was the first player to be promoted from the academy team to the first team in the 2008–09 season. Caretakers Records for league and all cups, appearance totals are starting + substituteShown are all who have made more than 100 appearances, or scored more than 25 goals\"*= still at club\" FA Cup Conference South Isthmian Football League Premier Division Southern Football League Premier Division Southern Football League", "id": "14982694" }, { "contents": "David James (footballer, born 1970)\n\n\nJames kept his 142nd Premier League clean sheet in a goalless draw with Aston Villa, breaking the record of 141 previously held by David Seaman. At the end of 2006–07, James was named Portsmouth's player of the season. James has made the most league appearances of any goalkeeper since the formation of the Premier League over fifteen seasons, in addition to conceding the most goals. On 30 January 2008, in a league match against Manchester United, he became the third player (after Gary Speed and Ryan Giggs) to cross", "id": "571684" }, { "contents": "Andros Townsend\n\n\n, with the club now under a new manager, André Villas-Boas, who replaced Redknapp in the summer. He made his Premier League debut with a late substitution appearance on 16 September. Although appearing a further four times in the Premier League, these were all still late substitute appearances. Outside the league he made a further five appearances, once in the League Cup and FA Cup respectively, and three times in the Europa League. He scored his third Tottenham goal in the League Cup, a fine individual effort in", "id": "3342047" }, { "contents": "Conall Murtagh\n\n\nConall Francis Murtagh (born 29 June 1985) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for Bala Town. He has made over seventy appearances in the Scottish League, the Football League and the Football Conference. He has made 226 appearances in the Welsh Premier League scoring 17 goals. He has played in Europe competitions on five seasons representing Bala Town in Europe in three seasons 2012–13, 2014–15 and 2015–16, Rhyl in 2010 and the Champions League with TNS. He also represented Northern Ireland at all age groups to under-21 level and has", "id": "9500854" }, { "contents": "Dzmitry Rawneyka\n\n\nDzmitry Vasilevich Rawneyka (; ; born 13 May 1980) is a former Belarusian professional footballer. He is currently af part of the coaching staff of Belarus. Born in Grodno, Rawneyka began playing football in FC Neman Grodno's youth system. He joined the senior side and made his Belarusian Premier League debut in 1998. He had a spell in the Russian Premier League with FC Torpedo Moscow and FC Rotor Volgograd but has spent most of his playing career with Neman Grodno. Rawneyka has made eight appearances for the Belarus national football team", "id": "13999154" }, { "contents": "Sam Aiston\n\n\nSamuel James Aiston (born 21 November 1976) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder He made over 200 appearances in the Premier League and the Football League, particularly for Sunderland, Chester City, Shrewsbury Town, Tranmere Rovers, Northampton Town and Wrexham. Aiston began his career at Newcastle United in 1994 but made no appearances for the club before joining Sunderland in 1995, where he made over 20 first-team appearances, most as substitute. He was loaned to Chester City, Stoke City and Shrewsbury Town", "id": "3614133" }, { "contents": "Delimir Bajić\n\n\nLeague runners-up Saham SC. He made 5 appearances in the 2014–15 Oman Professional League. After Saham, he again played for Mladost Velika Obarska, again Radnik Bijeljina and FK Zvijezda 09. Since July 2018, Bajić has been playing for FK Borac Banja Luka in the First League of the Republika Srpska. With Borac, he won the 2018–19 First League of RS title and got promoted back to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. His older brother, Branimir Bajić is a retired footballer who most of his career spent", "id": "21010924" }, { "contents": "Roderick Briffa\n\n\nmost successful season as a Birkirkara player. He helped the club claim the Maltese Premier League title, making 23 appearances and scoring five goals. Roderick’s last season with Birkirkara was the 2006–07 season. During the season Briffa made 15 appearances and scored two goals, as Birkirkara finished in 3rd position in the Maltese Premier League. Despite a reasonable previous season with Birkirkara, big cutbacks were made at the club, with Roderick heading the exit list; he joined fellow Maltese Premier League side Sliema Wanderers in July 2007, just in", "id": "17814127" }, { "contents": "FIFA 10\n\n\nPremier League, which is not featured in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions. Unlike previous versions of \"FIFA\", the Netherlands is included as a fully licensed national team. Due to promotion/relegation and other league expansions, there are 46 teams that were not included in \"FIFA 09\", including 25 that have never appeared in a \"FIFA\" game before. \"FIFA 10\" has 41 teams in its international division. The most notable exclusion is Japan (who made it into the round of 16", "id": "17774002" }, { "contents": "Geography of rugby league\n\n\nlisted here for brevity. Canada currently has two domestic competitions, Ontario and British Columbia, with British Columbia being the premier competition with also the most teams. British Columbia Rugby League (BCRL) also has a provincial team known as the BC Bulldogs. In 2012, the BC Bulldogs competed against Utah Avalanche from Salt Lake who currently play in the AMNRL. The game was contested over two legs, home and away, with BC taking both games. The BC Bulldogs also made an appearance at the Las Vegas Remembrance Cup and", "id": "14504300" }, { "contents": "Gareth Barry\n\n\nGareth Barry (born 23 February 1981) is an English professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion. A former England international, Barry has made 653 Premier League appearances for Aston Villa, Manchester City, Everton and West Bromwich Albion, the highest number of appearances in the Premier League. Barry moved to Aston Villa from Brighton & Hove Albion as a youngster, and spent 12 years at the club. He captained Aston Villa and is eighth in their all-time list of appearances,", "id": "13204192" }, { "contents": "Fraser Kerr\n\n\nFraser Kerr (born 17 January 1993) is a Scottish footballer, who plays as a centre back for Hartlepool United. Kerr has represented his country at levels from under-16 to under-21. Kerr began his professional career at Premier League side Birmingham City in 2011, having progressed through the club's youth ranks. He never made an appearance for the club, and spent the 2012–13 season on loan to Scottish Premier League side Motherwell, where he made 19 appearances. He was released by Birmingham City in July 2013, having returned from", "id": "5142159" }, { "contents": "Myanmar National League\n\n\nexpand once again. In the past, professional football competition in Myanmar has only existed in a limited form. All premier leagues up to this point have been made up of Yangon-based football clubs, most of which were affiliated with government Ministries. It was only after 1996, when the Premier League () was relaunched as the Myanmar Premier League that non-government clubs were invited to join the league. Still, the league was based only in Yangon, and never caught the imagination of Burmese football fans, who", "id": "11974161" }, { "contents": "Morgan Gibbs-White\n\n\nMorgan Anthony Gibbs-White (born 27 January 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers. He has represented England at under-16 through under-21 level. Gibbs-White joined Wolverhampton Wanderers aged 8 and has played for the club's academy at all age groups. He made his first team debut, aged 16, as a substitute in a 2–0 win over Premier League side Stoke City in the FA Cup 3rd round on 7 January 2017. He made his first league appearance on", "id": "8179420" }, { "contents": "Maynor Figueroa\n\n\nMaynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez (born 2 May 1983) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a centre back or left back for the Houston Dynamo in MLS. He currently plays for the Honduras national football team, where he serves as captain. He spent most of his career at Wigan Athletic, where he made 179 Premier League appearances and won the 2013 FA Cup. Figueroa has made over 100 international appearances since 2003, including at three CONCACAF Gold Cups, two FIFA World Cups and the 2012 Olympics. Born in Jutiapa", "id": "4044416" }, { "contents": "Emmerson Boyce\n\n\n1–0, securing Premier League survival on the last day of the season for a second time. Boyce was the only Wigan player to play in both the Stoke game and the match against Sheffield United in 2007. In August 2011, Boyce signed a new two-year contract at the club. On 25 February 2012, he made his 146th Premier League appearance in a 0–0 draw against Aston Villa, making him the club's record holder for most appearances in the Premier League. On 21 April, he scored his fifth league", "id": "939428" }, { "contents": "List of Fulham F.C. players (25–99 appearances)\n\n\n-two current squad members, who have made between 25 and 99 appearances for Fulham, ordered by the years in which they played for the club and then alphabetically by surname. The figure for league appearances and goals comprise those in the Southern Football League, the Football League and the Premier League. Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Southern Football League, Football League (including play-offs), Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Football League Trophy, UEFA Intertoto Cup, UEFA Cup and UEFA", "id": "3303059" }, { "contents": "Scott Jamieson\n\n\nScott Alexander Jamieson (born 13 October 1988) is an Australian soccer player who plays for Melbourne City in the A-League. Jamieson was born in Auburn, Sydney. He has previously played for the Blacktown City in the New South Wales Premier League and has also attended Westfields Sports High School before signing for English Premier League side Bolton Wanderers. In the summer of 2007 he made an appearance for Wanderers in their pre-season defeat against Hibernian. He ended a three-year stint in England with Bolton on 6 June", "id": "11830249" }, { "contents": "Jamie Cureton\n\n\nJamie Cureton (born 28 August 1975) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Isthmian League Premier Division club Bishop's Stortford. He began his career at Norwich City in 1994, and after the club's relegation from the Premier League at the end of the season, has spent the majority of his career in England's lower leagues, apart from a season at South Korean side Busan I'Cons in 2003. One of only 29 footballers in the world to have made over 1,000 competitive appearances, his career has", "id": "910234" }, { "contents": "Thomas McGauley\n\n\nThomas McGauley is an Irish footballer currently player manager for Newmains United in Scotland's semi pro Junior league. Thomas is a defender who has spent the most part of his career at Home Farm, a club which later became Dublin City. Thomas was at Whitehall from the age of 18 until he was almost 27. During that time, he made almost 200 appearances and scored 20 goals for the club, and helped them to the First Division crown in 2003. His first season with Home Farm was spent in the Premier League", "id": "13108525" }, { "contents": "Samat Smakov\n\n\nSamat Smakov (; Russian: Самат Смаков; born 8 December 1978 in Semey) is a retired Kazakhstani footballer who played as a defender. Smakov started his career in his home town Semey playing for FC Elimay, and has since played for different teams, including FC Rostov in Russian Premier League. He is a four-time champion of Kazakhstan with four different clubs. Having strong leadership qualities, he has captained most of his teams. He held FC Aktobe's club record for most Premier League appearances, before being surpassed by", "id": "11928074" }, { "contents": "Mohamed Koffi\n\n\n4 goals in 10 appearances. He made his first appearance in the 2012–13 Egyptian Premier League on 21 February 2013 in a 3–0 loss against one of Egypt's top most clubs, Zamalek SC and scored his only goal of the 2012–13 Egyptian Premier League season on 9 May 2013 in a 2–1 win over the same club, Zamalek SC. In another unfinished season of the Egyptian Premier League which was suspended due to security reasons following the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état, he scored 1 goal in 8 appearances. He scored 28 goals in", "id": "14172021" }, { "contents": "Former Sarawak FA players\n\n\nat Sarawak FA between 1996 to 2006, is the current holder of scoring records in both league and all competitions. The player with the most appearances in all competitions is Roslan Ismail, having made his debut in 1982. The list includes all Sarawak FA players who in competitive matches since 1979 in any semi-pro competition – Malaysia Super League, Malaysia Premier League, Malaysia FA Cup, malaysia Cup, Borneo Cup and Malaysia Charity Shield as well as Asian matches in the AFC Champions League. Substitute appearances are included but wartime", "id": "9713541" }, { "contents": "Carl Muggleton\n\n\nCarl David Muggleton (born 13 September 1968) is an English professional football goalkeeper who made over 550 appearances in the Football League and Scottish Premier League for a number of clubs, most notably Leicester City, Stoke City, Celtic, Chesterfield and Mansfield Town. Muggleton began his career in 1986 as an apprentice at Leicester City, where he made 54 first-team appearances in all competitions in seven years. He also had loan spells at Chesterfield, Blackpool, Hartlepool United, Stockport County, Liverpool, Stoke City and Sheffield United", "id": "17378362" }, { "contents": "Peter Kolawole\n\n\nPeter Kolawole (born 19 November 1990) is a Nigerian football forward who most recently played for FK Sloboda Užice in the Serbian First League. Kolawole played with Turan Tovuz in the Azerbaijan Premier League two seasons between 2009–2011. He joined Nogoom El Mostakbal and played with them the seasons 2013–14 and 2014–15 of the Egyptian Second Division, finishing 5th and 6th respectively, thus failing to archive promotion to Egyptian highest level. He then moved to Aswan SC and made 3 appearances during first half of the 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League. Aswan was", "id": "6508661" }, { "contents": "Matthew Rees (footballer)\n\n\na brief spell with Newport County, joined Welsh Premier League side Port Talbot Town in December 2004. To date, Rees has made over 150 appearances for the club, becoming the club's all-time record Welsh Premier appearance holder in December 2009, and was named Welsh Premier League player of the month for September 2006. He joined Carmarthen Town in June 2012 after the liquidation of Neath and went on to make 73 appearances for the club, scoring 1 goal. In August 2013 he joined Afan Lido. Rees made his", "id": "4270579" }, { "contents": "Nana Welbeck\n\n\nNana Addo Welbeck-Maseko (born 24 November 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He most recently played for FK Mladost Doboj Kakanj in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In December 2009, Welbeck signed a five-year deal with Serie B team Brescia. Welbeck made the first team in 2011, and has made 4 senior appearances. Welbeck's debut came on May 22, 2011 in a 2–2 draw against Fiorentina, coming on for the final 30 minutes of the Serie A season", "id": "7059878" }, { "contents": "Heðin á Lakjuni\n\n\nHeðin á Lakjuni (born 19 February 1978) is a Faroese international footballer, who plays as a full-back and a winger for KÍ Klaksvík. Lakjuni started his career with KÍ Klaksvík and had spells with B36 Tórshavn, HB Tórshavn, and NSÍ Runavík. He has won the Faroe Islands Premier League 3 times, and the Faroe Islands Cup 4 times. Since April 2015 he holds the record for most league appearances in the Faroe Islands Premier League. After making his debut for the Faroe Islands in 1999, Lakjuni has", "id": "8004623" }, { "contents": "British Asian\n\n\nbeen on the pitch for fifteen seconds after coming on as a substitute. Aston Villa defender, Neil Taylor is also of Indian descent. Currently in the Premier League, Hamza Choudhury, a British Footballer whose parents are of Bangladeshi descent, plays for Leicester City, making him the first player of Bangladeshi descent to play in the Premier League, and has also made appearances for the England Under-21 Team. Just as in South Asia, the most popular sport among the British Asian community is cricket; as much as third of the", "id": "17753449" }, { "contents": "Malcolm Licari\n\n\nand scoring 19 goals. Malcolm went into the 2001–02 season as one of Pietà Hotspurs most valuable players, and his performances helped Pietà Hotspurs to another 7th-place finish in the Maltese Premier League. During the season Licari made 22 appearances and scored 12 goals. The 2002–03 season proved to be Malcolm's last as a Pietà Hotspurs player, he helped the club to a 5th-place finish in the Maltese Premier League, making 23 appearances and scoring five goals. Malcolm Licari left Pietà Hotspurs and joined fellow Maltese Premier League", "id": "350557" }, { "contents": "Gabriel Agbonlahor\n\n\nGabriel Imuetinyan Agbonlahor (born 13 October 1986) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played in the Premier League and Football League for Aston Villa, Watford and Sheffield Wednesday. He is a product of Aston Villa's Academy, and made his first-team debut in 2006 following loans to Football League clubs Watford and Sheffield Wednesday. Since then, he made over 300 Premier League appearances for the club. With 73 goals, he is Aston Villa's all-time leading Premier League goalscorer,", "id": "3763657" }, { "contents": "2008–09 Premier League\n\n\nfinished as the season's top scorer. Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar collected the Premier League Golden Glove award for the first time. He kept a total of 21 clean sheets in 33 appearances, including a record run of 11 consecutive clean sheets (1,311 minutes) from Stoke City on 15 November 2008 to West Bromwich Albion on 27 January 2009. The Premier League Fair Play Award is merit given to the team who has been the most sporting and best behaved team. Fulham won this, ahead of London neighbours Chelsea", "id": "1699906" }, { "contents": "Zamir Selamat\n\n\nMuhammad Zamir bin Selamat (born 9 June 1989) is a Malaysian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Penang in the Malaysia Premier League. Zamir previously played for Harimau Muda, Johor Darul Ta'zim, PKNS and Perak. Zamir rejoined PKNS at the end of 2016 after his contract with Perak expired. On 4 February 2017, Zamir made his first appearance for the club in a 5–3 win over Selangor in Malaysia Super League match. He has made 11 league appearances for the club before been released at the end of the season", "id": "19645119" }, { "contents": "Nazirul Naim\n\n\nabsorbed into the Harimau Muda B programme squad when he was 17 years old. They were competing in the Malaysia Premier League. Earlier he was part of the Bukit Jalil Sports School team who has won the President Cup in 2010. The following year Nazirul started playing for Harimau Muda A. They were competing in the Malaysia Super League as he made 14 league appearances during his season debut. In 2012, the team joined Singaporean S.League. Nazirul made 17 appearances in the 2012 S.League season. On 25 March 2013, Nazirul signed a", "id": "498781" }, { "contents": "Ivan Woods\n\n\ntitle for the 2004–05 season. During the season, Ivan made 14 appearances and scored eight goals. The 2005–06 was Woods first full season with Sliema Wanderers, and although the club finished in second position in the Maltese Premier League, he made 28 appearances and scored 16 goals. For the 2006–07 season, Woods made 26 appearances and scored 20 goals, but Sliema Wanderers again finished in second position in the Maltese Premier League, some way behind eventual champions Marsaxlokk, who won the title by an 11-point gap. Woods and Sliema", "id": "350747" }, { "contents": "Jon Parkin\n\n\nJonathan Parkin (born 30 December 1981) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker. While never making a Premier League appearance, Parkin has played extensively in all Football League divisions, and (excluding loan spells) made more than 50 league appearances for each of four clubs: York City, Macclesfield Town, Preston North End and Fleetwood Town, plus over 50 non-League appearances for Forest Green Rovers. Born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Parkin progressed through the youth system of his hometown club Barnsley as a", "id": "3708822" }, { "contents": "Oyunbaataryn Mijiddorj\n\n\nOyunbaatar Mijiddorj (; born 22 August 1996) is a Mongolian footballer who plays for the Khangarid FC of the Mongolian Premier League, and the Mongolian national team. Mijiddorj has played for Khangarid FC of the Mongolian Premier League since 2010. He was the league's top scorer for the 2016 season with 29 goals in 18 appearances. He also received the award for top forward in the league that year. In July 2017 he joined Mongolian side Ulaanbaatar City FC along with fellow national team player Murun Altankhuyag. Mijiddorj made his senior international", "id": "3336852" }, { "contents": "Adrian Moody\n\n\nAdrian Moody (born 29 September 1982) is an English former footballer, who played as a defender. Whilst he mostly played in the Welsh Premier League, he made appearances in the English Football League with Wrexham. After making his way up through Wrexham's Youth Team, Moody made his Wrexham debut at the age of 18 away at Reading. He would make a total of four League appearances for the club. After leaving Wrexham, Moody would move to Welsh Premier League club Rhyl for a year, before then moving to", "id": "557139" }, { "contents": "Adam Mitchell (footballer, born 1993)\n\n\nAdam Mitchell (born 18 October 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays for Spennymoor Town, as a winger. He began his career at Premier League side Sunderland, for whom he made one professional appearance. Mitchell began his career as a schoolboy with Premier League side Sunderland. He signed a scholarship deal in 2010 and made 54 appearances and scored 11 goals for the youth team during the 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons. He made his reserve team debut towards the end of the 2010/11 season and made nine appearances and scored one", "id": "2262537" }, { "contents": "List of Real Zaragoza players\n\n\nhas also made a mark in European competitions, winning the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (predecessor to the UEFA Europa League) in 1964 and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1995. Xavier Aguado holds the record for most overall appearances, having played 473 times between 1990 and 2003. He also has the most league appearances, with 383, ahead of Juan Señor, who has made 304 appearances from 1981 to 1990. Santiago Aragón is third with 303 appearances from 1992 to 2003 for the club. Marcelino is the all", "id": "17313602" }, { "contents": "List of Manchester United F.C. players (1–24 appearances)\n\n\ntitles, along with 12 FA Cups and five League Cups. They have also been crowned champions of European football on three occasions by winning the European Cup. The club was one of 22 teams in the Premier League when it was formed in 1992. They experienced the most successful period in their history under the management of Alex Ferguson, who guided the team to 13 league titles in 21 years. Since Manchester United's first competitive match, 916 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club. Many of", "id": "12700142" }, { "contents": "Elvis Džafić\n\n\nElvis Džafić (born 19 December 1990) is a Slovenian professional football goalkeeper who plays for FK Sarajevo in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Džafić started of his career at NK Svoboda Ljubljana where he played for the youth team and later on for the seniors as well. In 2010, Džafić signed for Slovenian PrvaLiga club NK Olimpija Ljubljana. He made 64 league appearances for Olimpija in the rowspan of four seasons, the most being in the 2011–12 season making 33 league appearances. He left Olimpija in 2014. After leaving", "id": "2455962" }, { "contents": "Nwankwo Kanu\n\n\nAlbion and Portsmouth. Kanu won a UEFA Champions League medal, a UEFA Cup medal, three FA Cup Winners Medals and two African Player of the Year awards amongst others. He is one of few players to have won the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, UEFA Cup and an Olympic Gold Medal. He made the third-most substitute appearances in Premier League history, appearing from the bench 118 times, and is regarded as one of the best players in African football history. He is also a UNICEF Goodwill", "id": "21291835" }, { "contents": "Steve Bezzina\n\n\nValletta finished in fifth position in the Maltese Premier League. For the 2006–07 season, Bezzina looked to help Valletta improve on their previous league position, as he made 23 appearances, but again failed to score, Valletta did however manage to improve their league finish, as they recorded a fourth-place finish. The 2007–08 season proved to be Steve's most successful at Valletta, as the club won the Maltese Premier League title, with Bezzina again making 23 appearances, but failing to score. Bezzina went into the 2008–09 season", "id": "7244154" }, { "contents": "David Button\n\n\nPremier League debut on 29 December 2018 in a 1-0 home win against Everton where he made some crucial saves in a good win for the Albion. Button went on to make 3 more Premier League appearances and 1 FA Cup appearance whilst he covered for Maty Ryan who was competing for Australia in the Asian Cup. Button made regular appearances for England at U16, U17, U19 and U20 level between 2003 and 2009. He appeared in England's group games at the 2005 European U17 Championship and 2008 European U19 Championship,", "id": "3354168" }, { "contents": "Neil Barrett (footballer)\n\n\nNeil William Barrett (born 24 December 1981) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Isthmian League Premier Division club Metropolitan Police. He has played in the Football League for Portsmouth, and in the Scottish Premier League for Dundee and Livingston. Barrett started his career in the youth system of Chelsea, before joining Portsmouth in 2001. He made over 20 appearances in his first season with Portsmouth, but having not played over a season-and-a-half he moved to Dundee on loan.", "id": "6760627" }, { "contents": "Sammy Ameobi\n\n\nsubstitute from open play in the history of the Premier League. Former Newcastle striker Michael Owen, tipped Ameobi to become one of the Premier League's \"most exciting players\". However, despite being highly regarded at the club, he struggled to establish himself in the first team. He made 58 league appearances during his seven year spell with Newcastle, however, the majority were made as a substitute. Having not featured for Newcastle in over a month, manager Alan Pardew confirmed that Ameobi had been made available for loan and", "id": "11056254" }, { "contents": "List of footballers with 100 or more UEFA Champions League appearances\n\n\nSince the UEFA Champions League's formation at the start of the 1992–93 season, a total of 38 players have managed to make at least 100 appearances in the competition. The first player to hit the landmark was Raúl, who did so in February 2006 while the most recent member of the \"100 club\" is Manuel Neuer, who played his 100th match in March 2019. The player with the most appearances is Iker Casillas, who has played 177 times in the Champions League. The table below does not include appearances made", "id": "7423461" }, { "contents": "Abubakar Moro\n\n\nAbubakar Moro (born 17 August 1991) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for FK Donji Srem in the Serbian SuperLiga Moro Abubakar has played for several Ghanaian teams and has been playing as a Midfielder at Hearts of Oak in the Ghana Premier League where he made 84 appearances and scored 1 goal between 2010 and 2013, although he played with Hearts of Oak between 2009 and 2014. Moro became part of the 2011–12 Ghanaian Premier League team of the season. In September 12, 2014, he arrived to Serbia and signed a", "id": "16347818" }, { "contents": "Garry Thompson (footballer, born 1959)\n\n\nGarry Lindsey Thompson (born 7 October 1959) is an English former professional footballer and manager who made over 480 appearances in the Football League, most notably for Coventry City, West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa. After his retirement as a player, Thompson moved into coaching and management. A forward, Thompson had a long playing career and club level, making 487 appearances and scoring 124 goals in the Premier League and throughout the Football League. His peak years were earlier in his career with Coventry City, for whom he scored", "id": "1374554" }, { "contents": "Luis Suárez\n\n\n29 September, Suárez made his first Premier League appearance of the season, scoring twice as Liverpool defeated Sunderland 3–1 at the Stadium of Light. On 5 October, Suárez made his first appearance of the season at Anfield, where he scored Liverpool's opening goal in a 3–1 win against Crystal Palace. On 26 October, he scored his fourth Premier League hat-trick, his first at Anfield, in a 4–1 defeat of West Bromwich Albion. According to the BBC, he has scored a hat-trick every 20.3 Premier", "id": "14398611" }, { "contents": "Terence Scerri\n\n\n. Hibernians went on to finish one place better than the previous season, in 3rd position. Scerri made 21 appearances and scored eight goals during the season. The 2004–05 season, saw the Scerri and Cohen strike partnership at their most devastating, between them netting 33 times. Hibernians went on to another 3rd-place finish in the Premier League, Scerri made 25 appearances and scored 12 goals. Terence continued to show his impressive form into the 2005–06 season. Terence helped Hibernians secure a 4th-place finish in the Premier League", "id": "3820386" }, { "contents": "Andrew Crofts (footballer)\n\n\nof English football, to Football League One, the third tier. In the 2005–06 season, he made the most appearances of any player in the Gillingham squad, missing only one of the team's 46 matches in League One. Although the team struggled in the league, finishing in the lower half of the table, they defeated Premier League team Portsmouth in the League Cup, with Crofts scoring the winning goal. The following season, he again made over 40 appearances and also scored eight goals, his best total for an", "id": "12785497" }, { "contents": "Gary McSheffrey\n\n\nGary McSheffrey (born 13 August 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker or left winger. Since 2018, he has been part of the under-18s coaching team at Doncaster Rovers, one of his former clubs as a player. He made more than 450 appearances in the Football League and Premier League, including 247 for Coventry City, where he became the youngest player ever to play in the Premier League. He went on to play for Stockport County, Luton Town, Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest and", "id": "10178181" }, { "contents": "Matt Heath\n\n\nMatthew Philip Heath (born 1 November 1981) is an English footballer who plays for Tadcaster Albion. Heath has previously played in the Premier League for Leicester City and in the Football League for Stockport County, Coventry City, Leeds United, Colchester United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Southend United. He famously scored from a header via a corner against Burnley in 2007. Heath began his career at his hometown club Leicester City in 2001. He made sixty appearances for the club, scoring six goals and gaining Premier League experience during", "id": "16098379" }, { "contents": "Steve Baker (footballer, born 1978)\n\n\nSteven Richard Baker (born 8 September 1978 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire) is an English footballer who played as a defender for Middlesbrough, Huddersfield Town, Darlington and Hartlepool United. Baker made his debut for Middlesbrough in the 1997-98 campaign, and went on to make five league appearances that season as they were promoted to the Premier League. The following season he made just two Premier League appearances. He suffered two cruciate ligament injuries in the space of three years. Baker also represented the Republic of Ireland under-21 team over", "id": "13612518" }, { "contents": "Daniel Odafin\n\n\nyear contract with Tishreen SC. He made 18 appearances for the Latakia-based club in the 2008–09 Syrian Premier League. In 2009, he moved to Al-Hasakah where he signed a one-year contract with another Syrian Premier League club, Al-Jazeera SC Hasakah. He scored 1 goal in 20 appearances in the 2009–10 Syrian Premier League. He moved back to Latakia in 2010 and signed a one-year contract with Hutteen SC. He made 12 appearances in the 2010–11 Syrian Premier League. In 2011, he", "id": "4342177" }, { "contents": "Adriana Taranto\n\n\nAdriana Taranto (born 1999) is an Australian football (soccer) player, who plays for Melbourne Victory in the Australian W-League. She has also played for Galaxy United FC in the Victorian Women's Premier League. Taranto has represented Australia on the Australia women's national under-17 soccer team. Taranto signed with Melbourne Victory in 2015. She made her debut on 17 October 2015 in a match against Perth Glory. She made seven appearances for the team during the 2015–16 W-League season. Victory finished in ninth place", "id": "17948590" }, { "contents": "Melissa Taranto\n\n\nMelissa Taranto (born 1999) is an Australian soccer player, who plays for Melbourne Victory in the Australian W-League. She has also played for Galaxy United FC in the Victorian Women's Premier League. Taranto has represented Australia on the Australia women's national under-17 soccer team. Taranto signed with Melbourne Victory in 2015. She made her debut on 25 October 2015 in a match against Melbourne City. She made ten appearances for the team during the 2015–16 W-League season. Victory finished in ninth place during the regular", "id": "17948592" }, { "contents": "Workington Comets\n\n\nWorkington Comets is a speedway club based in Workington, Cumbria. Their track is at Derwent Park Stadium, which they share with Workington Town Rugby League Football Club. The club's most notable rider is Carl Stonehewer, who still holds the record for the most Comets appearances and remains the only Premier League rider to qualify for the Speedway Grand Prix series. In October 2018 the Comets won the SGB Championship for the first time in their history. In the same month the Comets made it a treble win with Knockout Cup and Championship", "id": "4282605" }, { "contents": "Julien Ngoy\n\n\nhe has seen at his academy. In the summer of 2013, Ngoy signed with English club Stoke City of the Premier League. In April 2014, he won the Generation Adidas Cup with Stoke City U17s. Ngoy made his professional debut for Stoke in a 3–1 Premier League defeat at Arsenal on 10 December 2016. He made a total of six substitute appearances for Stoke in 2016–17. Ngoy was named as the Premier League 2 Player of the Month for March 2017. On 31 January 2018, Ngoy joined League One club Walsall", "id": "4427029" }, { "contents": "Grant Thomson\n\n\nGrant Thomson (born 1979) is a Scottish actor who is perhaps most well known for his roles in \"Still Game\" for BBC Scotland, bear hugging David Beckham in the Sky Sports advert for the 2016/17 Premier League football season, and appeared in \"Made of Honor\" for Columbia Pictures. Born in Falkirk, Grant was raised in the village of Brightons which is 3 miles east of the town. Grant has a diverse background in television, theatre and film. Upon leaving Graeme High School, he enrolled on the", "id": "15219454" }, { "contents": "Jamie Hand\n\n\nJamie Hand (born 7 February 1984) is an English former professional footballer who is now a scout for Port Vale. A \"tough-tackling, no-nonsense\" midfielder, he made around 400 appearances in a 14-year career in football, and played in the English Football League (First Division and League Two), Scottish Premier League, Isthmian League, Conference (Premier, North and South), Southern League and Northern Premier League. He began his career at Watford, making his first-team debut in January", "id": "17018725" }, { "contents": "Bryan Robson\n\n\nfaced competition from other players within the United squad and the press reported that Alex Ferguson was hoping to sign a new, younger midfielder, although no such addition took place in 1992. Robson still captained the club in most of his first-team appearances, but Steve Bruce was captaining the side when Robson was absent. Robson made just 14 league appearances during the 1992–93 season, which was the first season of the new Premier League. The club's regular central midfielders for this season were Paul Ince (who had been at", "id": "550171" }, { "contents": "List of Manchester United F.C. records and statistics\n\n\nattendance records, both at Old Trafford, their home since 1910, and Maine Road, their temporary home from 1946 to 1949, are also included in the list. The club currently holds the record for the most Premier League titles with 13, and the highest number of English top-flight titles with 20. The club's record appearance maker is Ryan Giggs, who made 963 appearances between 1991 and 2014, and the club's record goalscorer is Wayne Rooney, who scored 253 goals in 559 appearances between 2004 and 2017", "id": "19754691" }, { "contents": "Alisson\n\n\nAlisson Ramses Becker (born 2 October 1992), known as Alisson Becker () or simply Alisson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Liverpool and the Brazil national team. He has been praised for his crucial saves, positioning and distribution, and is widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world, and by some as the best shot-stopper in the Premier League. Alisson began his career at Internacional, where he made over 100 appearances and won the Campeonato Gaúcho", "id": "4385882" }, { "contents": "Matt Jones (footballer, born 1980)\n\n\nMatthew Jones (born 1 September 1980 in Llanelli, Wales) is a former Welsh international football player. He made his professional debut in the premier league for Leeds Utd and played his last professional game for his home town club Llanelli in the Welsh Premier League. He has played centre-midfield for most of his career, though sometimes appeared at right back. He formerly played for Leeds United and Leicester City with an early ending loan spell at Nottingham forest. Matt is now coaching at the Swansea City football academy where he", "id": "14330874" }, { "contents": "St Ives Town F.C.\n\n\n2004–05 after a third-placed finish. They reached the Fifth Round of the FA Vase in 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2009–10, and reached the Quarter Finals in 2011–12. They won promotion to the Southern Football League after finishing second in the United Counties League Premier Division in 2012–13. They also produced Conor Washington who now plays at Queens Park Rangers and has made several appearances for Northern Ireland. In the 2015–16 season, the club earned promotion to the Southern League Premier Division via the play-offs, defeating AFC Rushden & Diamonds", "id": "499729" }, { "contents": "Premier League Darts\n\n\nthe Premier League had been extended to 2010. The tournament has had six title sponsors since it was formed in 2005. They are 888.com (2005, 2011), Holsten (2006–2007), Whyte and Mackay (2008–2010), McCoy's (2012–2013) and Betway (2014–2017). Unibet was the sixth when they took over for the 2018 tournament. Since the tournament made its debut in 2005, Phil Taylor made an appearance in every Premier League competition until his retirement following the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship. Raymond van", "id": "7265330" }, { "contents": "David Murphy (footballer, born 1984)\n\n\nDavid Paul Murphy (born 1 March 1984) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the English and Scottish Leagues. Born in Hartlepool, County Durham, Murphy played as a left back. Murphy started his professional career at Premier League side Middlesbrough in 2001, and remained at the club for three years, making sixteen appearances. During his time at Middlesbrough, he also had a loan spell with Division Two side Barnsley in 2004, where he made ten appearances. He left Middlesbrough for Scottish Premier", "id": "5261785" }, { "contents": "Matej Rapnik\n\n\nMatej Rapnik (born 24 February 1990) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays for Dravograd. Playing as a defender, he has captained Slovenia from under-15 level up to under-19 level and played for the under-21s. Rapnik began his career with Bravo in the Ljubljana League in the Slovenian Regional League, the fourth tier of the Slovenian league system. In July 2007 he signed for Scottish Premier League side Heart of Midlothian where he impressed for the reserve side and made the bench on several occasions but never made a first team appearance.", "id": "1264453" }, { "contents": "Paul Telfer (footballer)\n\n\nPaul Norman Telfer (born 21 October 1971) is a Scottish former professional footballer. Telfer made over 300 league appearances in the Premier League for Coventry City and Southampton between 1995 and 2005, whilst with Coventry he was capped once by Scotland and had also previously played over 150 times for Luton Town. In 2005, he signed for Scottish Premier League side Celtic where he made 57 appearances in two seasons in his native country. He has since gone on to feature for Bournemouth and Leeds United before finishing his career with non-", "id": "9623748" }, { "contents": "Paul Robinson (footballer, born December 1978)\n\n\nPaul Peter Robinson (born 14 December 1978) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-sided defender. Also capable of playing at centre-back, he represented five clubs in the Premier League and Football League between 1996 and 2018. Robinson began his professional career at Division Two side Watford in 1996, and made 252 appearances for the club, before moving to Division One side West Bromwich Albion in October 2003. He made 238 appearances for West Brom, before joining Premier League side Bolton Wanderers in July", "id": "3643671" }, { "contents": "Jon Cade\n\n\nJonathan Cade (born 27 January 1981) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Huntingdonshire. He was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Cade made a single List A appearance for the side, during the C&G Trophy in August 2001, against Gloucestershire Cricket Board. From the lower order, he scored 6 runs. Cade played for East Anglia Premier League side Ramsey in 2002, and has played for Essex Premier League side Wanstead since 2005, with", "id": "21723703" }, { "contents": "Suzanne Grant\n\n\nSuzanne Winters (née Grant) (born 17 April 1984) is a former Scottish footballer, who played as striker. She made 104 appearances for the Scotland national team between 2000 and 2013, making her international debut aged 16 despite not playing for a senior women's team. Her twin sister, Shelley Grant, has also played for Scotland. Grant played in the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) for Glasgow City, Hibernian, Celtic and Motherwell and in the FA Women's Premier League (FA WPL) for", "id": "6730490" }, { "contents": "Stuart Mills\n\n\nStuart Mills (born 7 April 1990) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays, as a right winger, for Blantyre Victoria in the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region. He has previously played in the Scottish Premier League for Hamilton Academical. Born in Glasgow, Mills began his career at Hamilton Academical, making his professional debut on 4 April 2009, against Celtic, in the Scottish Premier League. He made two more appearances for the Accies, before leaving the club to sign for junior side Kirkintilloch Rob Roy. In", "id": "7738689" }, { "contents": "Sean Thornton\n\n\nSean Thornton (born 18 May 1983) is a former professional footballer currently playing for Athboy Celtic F.C. in the NEFL League. He made 11 appearances in the Premier League for Sunderland in the 2002–03 season and has made over 200 appearances in the Football League, mostly for Sunderland, Doncaster Rovers and Leyton Orient. Thornton began his career with Football League Second Division club Tranmere Rovers in 2001, for whom he made 13 appearances in the 2001–02 season, scoring once against Wigan Athletic. He was out of contract in summer 2002 and", "id": "4672582" }, { "contents": "Ross Atkins\n\n\nRoss Michael Atkins (born 3 November 1989) is an English football goalkeeper who plays for Northern Premier League Premier Division side Mickleover Sports. Born in Derby Atkins came up through the youth system at Championship club Derby County and was sent out on loan to Conference North side Southport on loan on 30 October 2008, he made 5 appearances for Southport, 4 of them in the league (3 starts + 1 substitute appearance), with a Conference League Cup appearance. Atkins was named in the matchday squad for the first time as", "id": "14696366" }, { "contents": "List of AFC Wimbledon records and statistics\n\n\nthe Combined Counties Premier League up until the Conference National) as well as in all major Non–League cup competitions (including the Combined Counties League Premier Challenge Cup, the Isthmian League Cup and the Conference League Cup) in descending order. The statistics only incorporate appearances made by players prior to AFC Wimbledon gaining promotion to the Football League in 2011. In instances where two players have the same total number of appearances, league appearances shall be given precedence when determining ranking. The figure in parentheses is the number of appearances made", "id": "1340579" }, { "contents": "Nico Pasquotti\n\n\nNico Pasquotti (born 18 October 1995) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Cavalry FC as a forward. In 2016, Pasquotti made twelve appearances for USL Premier Development League side Calgary Foothills, scoring one goal. That fall he attended the University of Lethbridge, where he made fourteen appearances and scored one goal. In 2017, Pasquotti made another thirteen appearances for Foothills. In 2018, Pasquotti made thirteen league appearances, scoring three goals. In the playoffs that year, he appeared in four playoff matches and scored the", "id": "13138134" }, { "contents": "Craig Forrest\n\n\nCraig Lorne Forrest (born 20 September 1967) is a Canadian former professional soccer player and sports commentator. As a player, he was a goalkeeper from 1985 until 2002, playing his entire career in England. He made Premier League appearances for Ipswich Town, Chelsea and West Ham United, whilst also spending time on loan in the Football League with Colchester United. He holds the unfortunate record of letting in the most goals in a Premier League game when Ipswich were beaten 9–0 by Manchester United in March 1995. He made 56", "id": "13341111" }, { "contents": "Gareth Sciberras\n\n\nhighest finish in their history, as they finished in 3rd position in Maltese Premier League, with Gareth making 12 appearances, but failing to score any goals. The 2006–07 season proved to be the most successful season in Gareth's career. During the season, Sciberras made 25 appearances, and scored two goals, as Marsaxlokk were crowned as champions of the Maltese Premier League for the first time in the club's history. For the 2007–08 Marsaxlokk were to some degree victims of their own success, following the previous season's triumph", "id": "18221760" }, { "contents": "Malcolm Licari\n\n\nposition in Maltese Premier League, with Malcolm making 22 appearances and scoring four goals. The 2006–07 season was Malcolm's fourth season with Marsaxlokk and proved to be the most successful season in his career. During the season, Licari made 26 appearances, and scored one goal, as Marsaxlokk were crowned as champions of the Maltese Premier League for the first time in the club's history. For the 2007–08 Marsaxlokk were victims of their own success, and following the previous season's triumph, many of the club's star players moved", "id": "350559" }, { "contents": "Lewis Dark\n\n\nmaking five early-season appearances, he departed the club in mid-September 2014. Dark re-signed for Isthmian League Premier Division club Grays Athletic in mid-September 2014. He made eight appearances before departing in January 2015. Dark signed for Isthmian League Premier Division strugglers Witham Town in January 2015. He made 22 appearances in Town's unsuccessful attempt at retaining their Premier Division status and left at the end of the 2014–15 season. In May 2015, Dark joined Isthmian League Premier Division club VCD Athletic. He left", "id": "16726710" }, { "contents": "Kevin Ellison (footballer)\n\n\nKevin Ellison (born 23 February 1979) is an English professional footballer who plays for Morecambe. A winger, he has represented thirteen clubs during his career, making in excess of 550 appearances in the Football League and playing once in the Premier League. Born in Liverpool, Ellison started his career in non-league football, playing for Southport, Chorley, Conwy United and Altrincham. In February 2001 he joined Leicester City for a £50,000 fee. At Leicester he made his only appearance as a late substitute against Manchester United", "id": "1534903" }, { "contents": "Walton Casuals F.C.\n\n\n, most notably through chairman Tony Gale – who made 277 appearances for the club over a seven-year period and writes a column for the website. Walton Casuals' most successful season came in 2004–05, when they won the Combined Counties League Premier Division title. Recording 138 points and a goal difference of 99, the Stags suffered just four draws and four league defeats all season. In the same season, the club record their biggest ever victory with a 10–0 win over Chessington United. The club scored at least five times", "id": "15689495" }, { "contents": "David Worrell\n\n\nDavid Worrell (born 12 January 1978) is an Irish footballer who played as a right back. Born in Dublin, he played in the Scottish Premier League for Dundee United, and the Football League for Plymouth Argyle and Rotherham United. Worrell signed for Blackburn from Shelbourne in January 1995 but had not made a first team appearance before he moved to Dundee United in March 1999. The right back made nineteen league appearances for the Scottish club before moving to Plymouth Argyle and went on to make over 150 league and cup appearances for", "id": "4815632" }, { "contents": "Premier League 10 Seasons Awards\n\n\nmost league appearances (352). Football is the most watched sport in England, and the Premier League along with the FA Cup are the two most prestigious English club football competitions. In 1991, league football in England underwent a major change, when the 22 teams in the First Division, the then top division of The Football League system, resigned en-masse to form the Premier League. Constituted as the Football Association Premier League Ltd, it remained as an official Football Association (The FA) competition at the top", "id": "11856447" }, { "contents": "Daniel Odafin\n\n\nAhed. He made 20 appearances in the 2013–14 Lebanese Premier League. He was also voted as the 2013–14 season's best midfielder in the country. In 2014, he moved to Iraq, where he signed a short-term contract with Iraqi Premier League club, Al-Zawra'a SC. He made 6 appearances for the Karkh-based club in the 2014–15 Iraqi Premier League. On 26 January 2015, he signed a six-month contract with 2013–14 Oman Professional League winners, Al-Nahda Club. He made his Oman", "id": "4342180" }, { "contents": "Diego Gutiérrez Zuñiga\n\n\nDiego Nicolas Gutiérrez Zuñiga (Born February 18, 1997) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Valour FC in the Canadian Premier League. On November 6, 2015 Gutiérrez made his league debut for Palestino against Deportes Antofagasta. In the 2015–16 season, Gutiérrez made five league appearances as well as two appearances in the Copa Chile. In the 2017 and 2018 seasons Gutiérrez saw less playing time, making only one league appearance each season and two appearances in the 2017 Copa Chile. Gutiérrez signed a multi-year deal for Canadian", "id": "5539014" }, { "contents": "Robbie Clark\n\n\nRobert Jack Clark (born 30 April 1991 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England), is a footballer, who is who plays for Östersunds Fotbollsklubb. He spent time on loan in 2009 at Northern Premier League outfit Boston United only making two appearances. He made his debut on 19 September 2009 against Whitby Town at York Street, coming on as a substitute for Danny Sleath. Clark started his next league game against Buxton. He then spent a month-long loan at Northern Premier League side Brigg Town. He made", "id": "9330474" } ]

[ { "contents": "Manish Gupta (politician)\n\n\nManish Gupta is an Indian politician who was the Minister for Power in the Government of West Bengal. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. In the 2011 Vidhan Sabha election of West Bengal he historically defeated his former boss- the then incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who remained the MLA of this constituency for twenty-four years by a huge margin of 16777 votes. He served under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee as the Chief Secretary of West Bengal before he retired as an IAS officer. He also", "id": "10927202" }, { "contents": "List of chief ministers of West Bengal\n\n\nThe Chief Minister of West Bengal is the chief executive of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's \"de jure\" head, but \"de facto\" executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly", "id": "11469449" }, { "contents": "1993 Kolkata firing\n\n\nof West Bengal in 2011, and in May 2011, the state government formed a judicial commission, headed by Sushanto Chattopadhyay, a former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, to inquire into the police firing. Most of the politicians of the time deposed statements with the commission, including Biman Bose, state chief of the West Bengal Communist Party of India, and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former West Bengal chief minister, who was then Information and Cultural Affairs minister in the Jyoti Basu-led state Government of West Bengal, and also", "id": "8710096" }, { "contents": "Politics of West Bengal\n\n\n, due to health reasons, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee became the Chief Minister of West Bengal who continued in office until 13 May 2011. In the run-up to the 2011 elections, the state witnessed several violent clashes between the workers of the opposition parties and the ruling left party cadres. In the 2011 Assembly Election, the Trinamool Congress- Indian National Congress alliance won by a huge margin with Mamata Banerjee becoming the first woman chief minister of West Bengal after 34 years of Communist rule. In the 2016 Election, Congress and Left Front", "id": "11027972" }, { "contents": "List of chief ministers of West Bengal\n\n\n. Given the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. In August 1947, the British Indian province of Bengal was partitioned into the Pakistani province of East Bengal and the Indian state of West Bengal. Since then West Bengal has had eight chief ministers, starting with Prafulla Chandra Ghosh of the Indian National Congress (INC) party. His five-month stint as Prime Minister of West Bengal—as the office was known until January 1950—was succeeded by the", "id": "11469450" }, { "contents": "First Mamata Banerjee ministry\n\n\nThe Council of Ministers of West Bengal is the collective decision-making body of the Government of West Bengal, composed of the Chief Minister and 34 Cabinet Ministers, the most senior of the government ministers. The Cabinet is the ultimate decision-making body of the executive within the Westminster system of government in traditional constitutional theory. The Union Council of Ministers of the Government of West Bengal was formed after the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election held in six phases in 2011: on 18 April, 23 April, 27 April,", "id": "12215141" }, { "contents": "Mamata Banerjee\n\n\nin as chief minister of West Bengal on 20 May 2011. As the first female chief minister of West Bengal, one of her first decisions was to return 400 acres of land to Singur farmers. \"The cabinet has decided to return 400 acres to unwilling farmers in Singur,\" the chief minister said. \"I have instructed the department to prepare the papers for this. If Tata-babu (Ratan Tata) wants, he can set up his factory on the remaining 600 acres, otherwise we will see how to", "id": "5958740" }, { "contents": "Ministry of Minority Affairs & Madrassah Education (West Bengal)\n\n\nThe Ministry of Minority Affairs & Madrassah Education of West Bengal is a Bengal government ministry. It is a ministry responsible for catering the aspirations of the Minorities of the State, specially in the field of Development and Welfare. The ministerial team is headed by the Cabinet Minister for Minority Affairs & Madrassah Education, who may or may not be supported by Ministers of State. Civil servants are assigned to them to manage the ministers' office and ministry. The current head of the ministry is Mamata Banerjee who is also the Chief Minister", "id": "4201976" }, { "contents": "Mamata Banerjee\n\n\nof total 293, who has been elected as Chief Minister West Bengal for the second term. All India Trinamool Congress won with an enhanced majority contesting alone and became the first ruling party to win without an ally since 1962 in West Bengal. In October 2016, the West Bengal government banned the Durga Puja festival immersion after 4:00 pm. Durga Puja was to take place on 12 October and Muharram on 13 October. This was seen by a section of the West Bengal population as another example of the \"Muslim Appeasement\" policy", "id": "5958747" }, { "contents": "Gautam Sanyal\n\n\nGautam Sanyal is an Indian career civil servant who currently serves as Principal Secretary to Government of West Bengal, since June 2015. In June 2016, he was re-appointed as Principal Secretary and his tenure co-terminus with that of Chief Minister of West Bengal. He previously served as Secretary to Chief Minister of West Bengal from 2011 to 2015. He also previously served as Joint Secretary to Government of India. He is a 1978 batch Central Secretariat Service officer. Sanyal joined the Central Secretariat Service in 1976 after qualifying through", "id": "19638253" }, { "contents": "Anil Biswas (politician)\n\n\nof \"Marxbadi Path\" (The Road of the Marxist), the theoretical quarterly in West Bengal. He was known to be a deft strategist and the brain behind the party's important decisions in West Bengal politics. In one of his genius decisions, he influenced the party to name Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee as Chief Minister of West Bengal replacing Jyoti Basu before the 2000 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections. This was a strategically shrewd decision because people of West Bengal was frustrated by the same Chief Minister for more than 20 years. It", "id": "6264819" }, { "contents": "List of chief ministers of West Bengal\n\n\nall-India record until 2018, when he was surpassed by Sikkim's Pawan Kumar Chamling. Basu's successor Buddhadeb Bhattacharya continued Communist rule in West Bengal for another decade, when the Left Front was defeated in the 2011 election by the Trinamool Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA). Sworn in on 20 May 2011, Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee is West Bengal's incumbent chief minister, the first woman to hold the office. In September 2012 her party quit the UPA, and went on to contest the 2016 election", "id": "11469452" }, { "contents": "East Bengal\n\n\nestablished East Bengal as a province of the newly formed Dominion of Pakistan in August 1947. Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin, a former Prime Minister of Bengal, was the first Chief Minister of East Bengal after partition. Nazimuddin was a senior leader of the Muslim League and a close confidante of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Sir Frederick Chalmers Bourne was the first Governor of East Bengal. Partition resulted in making many Hindus to leave East Bengal while Muslims from different parts of the Indian subcontinent migrated to East Bengal. The East-West", "id": "16063219" }, { "contents": "Prafulla Chandra Ghosh\n\n\nPrafulla Chandra Ghosh (\"প্রফুল্ল চন্দ্র ঘোষ\"; 1891–1983) was the first Chief Minister of West Bengal, India. He was the Chief Minister in two West Bengal governments, first in the Indian National Congress government from 15 August 1947 to 14 August 1948, then in the Progressive Democratic Alliance Front government from 2 November 1967 to 20 February 1968. Education: Presidency College, Calcutta.Chemistry, B.Sc (Gold Medalist). Occupation: First ASA master, British India, of Indian origin. He also exchanged scientific views", "id": "17896083" }, { "contents": "Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee\n\n\nBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee (born 1 March 1944) is an Indian politician and was former member of the consultancy of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 2000 to 2011. He was the MLA of Jadavpur constituency for twenty-four years until 13 May 2011, when he was historically defeated by the former Chief Secretary of his own government, Manish Gupta, by 16,684 votes in the 2011 West Bengal election. He is the second West Bengal Chief Minister to lose an election from", "id": "11504992" }, { "contents": "Sanjay Mitra (civil servant)\n\n\ncollector of the North 24 Parganas district in the West Bengal government, and as the Union Road Transport Secretary, joint secretary in the Prime Minister's Office and as a deputy secretary in the Ministry of Rural Development in the Indian government. Mitra also served as a consultant to the United Nations Development Programme. Mitra was appointed as the Chief Secretary of West Bengal by the Chief Minister of West Bengal in September 2012. He assumed the office of the chief secretary of the state on 30 September 2012 and demitted it on 27 December", "id": "19066341" }, { "contents": "Politics of West Bengal\n\n\nenclave of Chandannagar, which had passed into Indian control after 1950, was integrated into West Bengal. Portions of Bihar were subsequently merged with West Bengal. During Roy's Chief Minister-ship very few manufacturing industries were set up in the state. In 1954, when Dr. B. C. Roy was the Congress chief minister, a massive food crisis overtook the state. There was a near-famine condition in Bengal. After the state legislative elections held in 1967, the CPI(M) was the main force behind the United Front government", "id": "11027979" }, { "contents": "History of West Bengal\n\n\nsigned the Instrument of Accession with India. In 1955, the former French enclave of Chandannagar, which had passed into Indian control after 1950, was integrated into West Bengal. Portions of Bihar were subsequently merged with West Bengal. During Roy's Chief Minister-ship very few manufacturing industries were set up in the state. In 1954, when Dr. B. C. Roy was the Congress chief minister, a massive food crisis overtook the state. There was a near-famine condition in Bengal. After the state legislative elections held in", "id": "3708702" }, { "contents": "Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering & Technology\n\n\n,Governor of West Bengal Sri Keshari Nath Tripathi, Former Minister of Human Resource Development Smt Smriti Zubin Irani and in absence of Chief Minister of West Bengal Smt Mamata Banerjee Former Minister of Tourism Government of West Bengal Sri Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury inaugurated and the First Building Block of GkCIET Permanent Campus at Narayanpur Malda and also uplifted the 2 years Diploma Module Students to 2 years Degree (Btech) modules in Electrical Engineering ,Mechanical Engineering and Food Technology. Two new Stream Sericulture and Textile Engineering and Chemical Engineering was also started and admission were", "id": "14890136" }, { "contents": "First Mamata Banerjee ministry\n\n\nwith 17 New Face. This is a list of members of the Council of Ministers of the Government of West Bengal after the 2016 state assembly election. All ministers are based in offices of their respective Ministries in Kolkata. All Cabinet members are mandated by the constitution to be members of the Vidhan Sabha of West Bengal. In a departure from the norm the Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, did not join the cabinet as a member of the Vidhan Sabha. There are three categories of ministers, in descending order of rank:", "id": "12215147" }, { "contents": "Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur\n\n\nInstitute of Technology and consulting from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign along with affiliated secondary institutions. The report urged that work should start with the speedy establishment of major institutions in the four-quarters of the country with the ones in the east and the west to be set up immediately. On the grounds that West Bengal had the highest concentration of industries at the time, Bidhan Chandra Roy, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, persuaded Jawaharlal Nehru (India's first prime minister) to establish the first institute in", "id": "6003105" }, { "contents": "2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\n\n\nThe West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001 was held in Indian state of West Bengal to elect 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Left Front led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 196 seats, a majority. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was reelected as Chief Minister. Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of All India Trinamool Congress, took charge as Leader of the Opposition. !style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" class=\"unsortable\"| !style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align=center|Political Party !style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" |No. of candidates !style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9", "id": "11346529" }, { "contents": "C. G. Somiah\n\n\n(Chief Secretary of West Bengal) on behalf the West Bengal State. Home Minister Buta Singh and West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu stood as witnesses. In October 1988, Somiah was made the Central Vigilance Commissioner. When he was part of the home ministry, he rejected the suggestion to ban the religious right of the Coorgs (Kodavas) and the people of Coorg (Kodagu) to possess guns. This religious right is similar to that of the Sikhs to hold the kirpans. Somiah was as renowned for his modesty as", "id": "20270565" }, { "contents": "Democratic Youth Federation of India\n\n\nits youth wing. DYFI identifies itself to be an independent organisation, however a number of leaders of the CPI(M), including former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee who was a former secretary of Bengal fraction, and a founder Central Committee member of DYFI, Manik Sarkar - the former chief minister of Tripura - was a vice president of the organisation, and M. Vijayakumar who was the speaker of Kerala legislative assembly was once former all-India president of DYFI. DYFI is a member of World Federation of Democratic Youth. The", "id": "18498829" }, { "contents": "Sarsuna College\n\n\nof knowledge enlighten, purify and discipline human soul\". 19 February 2000 by Chief Minister of West Bengal, Sri Jyoti Basu 22 February 2003 Inaugurated by Chief Minister of West Bengal,Sri Jyoti Basu The logo of the college symbolises a pen on an open book partially encircled by the first line of one of Rabindranath Tagore’s well known song, Aguner Parashmani Chhoyaon Praane (আগুনের পরশমণি ছোঁয়াও প্রাণে). This logo is a graphic representation of the college motto Let the divine fire of knowledge enlighten, purify and discipline human soul", "id": "4740939" }, { "contents": "First Mamata Banerjee ministry\n\n\npolitics are the All India Trinamool Congress, the Indian National Congress, the Left Front alliance. Following the West Bengal State Assembly Election in 2011, the All India Trinamool Congress and Indian National Congress coalition under Mamata Banerjee of the All India Trinamool Congress was elected to power (getting 225 seats in the legislature). West Bengal had been ruled by the Left Front for the past 34 years, making it the world's longest-running democratically elected communist government. There are Total 41 Ministers with excluding Chief Minister of West Bengal", "id": "12215146" }, { "contents": "Paharia Express\n\n\nThe Paharia Express is an express train connecting Indian cities Siliguri and Digha. This is the first direct train service originating from New Jalpaiguri to Digha Flag Station. This train connects North and South of West Bengal touching Bihar and West Bengal state capital Kolkata. The meaning of word Paharia is The people of the hills. This train was inaugurated by the then Railway Minister India and now Chief Minister of West Bengal Ms. Mamata Banerjee on 5 October 2009. This train comprises 1 Composite [1A+3A], 1 AC 3-Tiers, 8 Sleeper", "id": "22082647" }, { "contents": "Mirik\n\n\n, the West Bengal tourism department began the process of acquiring 335 acres of land from the neighboring Thurbo tea estate. The work of developing this land into a tourist spot began in 1974 when Siddhartha Shankar Ray was the chief minister of West Bengal. The tourist spot, which included the newly built lake and the Day Centre, was inaugurated by the next chief minister of West Bengal, Jyoti Basu, in April 1979. With the flourishing of tourism, Krishnanagar developed on the other end of the lake with hotels and restaurants catering", "id": "9779203" }, { "contents": "List of works by C. Rajagopalachari\n\n\nChakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist, politician, writer, politician and leader of the Indian National Congress who served as the last Governor-General of India. He served as the Chief Minister or Premier of the Madras Presidency, Governor of West Bengal, Minister for Home Affairs of the Indian Union and Chief Minister of Madras state. He was the founder of the Swatantra Party and the first recipient of India's highest civilian", "id": "18242860" }, { "contents": "Prime Minister of Bengal\n\n\nwas succeeded by a Muslim League ministry led by Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin. An unpopular conservative, the Nazimuddin ministry lasted till 1945, when governor's rule was imposed. The next election saw H. S. Suhrawardy lead the Muslim League to a majority. Suhrawardy sought an undivided Bengal with support from Hindu leaders and the British governor; but faced challenges like the Noakhali riots and Direct Action Day. When Bengal was partitioned, the office was succeeded by the Chief Minister of West Bengal and the Chief Minister of East Bengal. All three Bengali", "id": "18134841" }, { "contents": "Left Front (West Bengal)\n\n\nto resign as Chief Minister. Buddhadev Bhattacharya was sworn in as new Chief Minister on 6 November 2000. In the 2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election the Left Front won 199 out of 294 seats, having received 17,912,669 votes along with its RJD and JD(S) allies (49% of the votes in the state). For the first time since 1977 CPI(M) did not hold an absolute majority of its own in the assembly. CPI(M) had fielded 210 candidates, CPI 13, AIFB 34, RSP 23, RCPI 2", "id": "652667" }, { "contents": "Ajoy Chakrabarty\n\n\n(2011), Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (Delhi, 1999–2000), Kumar Gandharva National Award (1993) and the Best Male Playback Singer Award (Bengali Film \"Chhandaneer\" 1990) (\"For bringing the rare depth of emotion, adorned by his command on the classical idiom\") and National Tansen Samman 2015 - by the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He has also received felicitations from both the former and present Chief Ministers of his own State, West Bengal. In 2012, Chief Minister of West Bengal,", "id": "18617484" }, { "contents": "List of places named after C. Rajagopalachari\n\n\nChakravarthi Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist, politician, writer, statesman and leader of the Indian National Congress who served as the last Governor-General of India. He served as the Chief Minister or Premier of the Madras Presidency, Governor of West Bengal, Minister for Home Affairs of the Indian Union and Chief Minister of Madras state. He was the founder of the Swatantra Party and the first recipient of India's highest civilian", "id": "16415054" }, { "contents": "Ongole\n\n\nthe eminent freedom fighter, later Chief Minister of the composite Madras State and the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh State, late Andhra Kesari Sri Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu], who was born at Vinodarayuni palem, a hamlet of Kanuparthi village of Naguluppala Padu Mandal of this district. Ongole is located at 15.5°N 80.05°E. It has an average elevation of 10 m (33 ft) AMSL and is situated on the plains. The city is around 15.54miles (25 km) to the west of the Bay of Bengal on", "id": "21253563" }, { "contents": "Government of West Bengal\n\n\nThe Government of West Bengal also known as the State Government of West Bengal, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of West Bengal and its 23 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of West Bengal, a judiciary and a legislative. Like other states in India, the head of state of West Bengal is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government. His or her post is largely ceremonial. The Chief Minister", "id": "19826715" }, { "contents": "Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies\n\n\nResource Development Minister Shri Arjun Singh, Prof. Nurul Hasan, the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, Shri Jyoti Basu, the Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, Dr. Najma Heptullah, and the then Minister for Higher Education of the Government of West Bengal, Shri Satyasadhan Chakraborty. Prof. Barun De, formerly first Director, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, was given the responsibility of organising the event. Prof. Nurul Hasan, was the Founder-President of the institute's society and the executive council. Professor Satish", "id": "15807427" }, { "contents": "Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar\n\n\nSudarshan Ghosh Dastidar is an Indian politician and the Minister for Environmental Affairs in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Mahisadal constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election. His wife, Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, a gynecologist, has been involved in active politics under the stewardship of Trinamool Congress leader and Chief Minister of West Bengal, Ms. Mamata Banerjee. She is an elected member of the 15th, 16th and 17th Lok Sabha from Barasat in West Bengal and the Deputy Leader of the", "id": "2937226" }, { "contents": "First swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi\n\n\ninvited to attend the event. Among them, the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah (INC) and Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy (INC) could not attend the ceremony due to their prior engagements though they gave their best wishes. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J. Jayalalithaa (AIADMK), whose party had won the third highest number of seats in the election also declined to attend the event, while the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Bannerjee (AITC), decided to send Mukul Roy and", "id": "2214680" }, { "contents": "1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\n\n\nLegislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1987. Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1991. Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1987. The election was mainly a clash between the Left Front led by Chief Minister Jyoti Basu and the Indian National Congress(I) led by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The former held the state government and the latter the national government. The election was won by the Left Front, for the third time", "id": "1812193" }, { "contents": "2002 West Bengal cyclone\n\n\nas many as 600 were estimated to have been missing, though 250 people swam back to Digha, where most of them received treatment at either a medical clinic or a hospital. According to the Chief Minister of West Bengal, 111 people were still missing offshore West Bengal by late on November 12. Forty-nine fatalities were confirmed offshore India, while two deaths occurred inland in West Bengal. Later, the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters raised the death toll to 124. Prime Minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia urged", "id": "20341890" }, { "contents": "Sree Chaitanya College\n\n\nSree Chaitanya College is a college in Habra in the state of West Bengal. It offers Undergraduate and Post Gradduate courses arts and sciences. It is affiliated to West Bengal State University. The college was established in 1956, for providing higher education to local students. Habra Siksha Parishad took initiative with the help of the then Chief Minister, late Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy for the purpose. This project was given a proper shape by the Minister in the D.r Roy's Cabinet, Mr. Tarun Kanti Ghosh, who was also an MLA", "id": "1585205" }, { "contents": "Bangur Institute of Neurosciences\n\n\nwas one of the first administrative actions taken by Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee. Even after the surprise visit of the Chief Minister, the situation did not improve. According to a report published in \"The Telegraph (Calcutta)\" on June 2012, \"A year and a fortnight after chief minister Mamata Banerjee suspended Shyamapada Ghorai from the post of Bangur Institute of Neuroscience (BIN) director – one of her first administrative actions since assuming office – little has changed at the state-run hospital. Worse,", "id": "10020266" }, { "contents": "Altamas Kabir\n\n\na minister in the first non-Congress government in West Bengal in 1967 with Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee as the Chief Minister of West Bengal. He studied in the eminent Mount Hermon School, Darjeeling and Calcutta Boys' School of Calcutta. Impressed by one of his argumentative article on social issues and their solutions, a teacher at Calcutta Boys' School advised him to pursue a career in law. After graduating with history from Presidency College, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta, he studied law. His uncle Humayun Kabir was Bengali", "id": "9542493" }, { "contents": "West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences\n\n\nof India as the Chancellor. This set-up provides an aura of exclusivity and rare stature to these National Law Schools in India. It may be noted that all other National Law Schools have the Chief Justice of the respective state High Courts as their Chancellors. Other eminent personalities without whose help and active intervention the university could not have been founded, include Sh. Jyoti Basu, a former Chief Minister of West Bengal who was a Middle Temple barrister; Sh. Somnath Chatterjee, a former Speaker of the Lok Sabha,", "id": "15710784" }, { "contents": "Kolkata Book Fair\n\n\nBolivia. The book fair was inaugurated by Ms Magela Baudoin, a noted litterateur and novelist of the Focal Theme Country, Bolivia, in the presence of our Honored Chief Guest, Honorable Chief Minister of West Bengal, Smt. Mamata Banerjee and other dignitaries. The 39th International Kolkata Book Fair 2015 was inaugurated on 27 January at 4:00pm, Tuesday by the Honorable Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banarjee. The fair is held between 28 January and 8 February from 1PM to 8PM. The focal theme of the 2015 fair is Great", "id": "3405665" }, { "contents": "1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\n\n\n') was the key slogan of the Congress(I) campaign. The star campaigner of Congress(I) was Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who was flown in from Delhi and toured the state. At the time Gandhi enjoyed significant popularity, especially amonsgt urban upper-middle class sectors. Gandhi was accompanied by West Bengal Congress(I) chief Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi on the campaign trail. Striking a populist tone, Gandhi promised development in West Bengal and to create a million new jobs. The Congress(I) campaign, whilst being boosted by Gandhi, suffered", "id": "1812195" }, { "contents": "2017 West Bengal floods\n\n\nthe state government. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee visited flood-hit areas in Amta and Udaynarayanpur in Howrah. She accused the DVC of releasing water indiscriminately. The Mamata Banerjee government sought help from the armed forces for the first time when eight districts in south Bengal were hit by flood. The air force pressed into service a helicopter to rescue 39 people who were trapped inside a two-storey house at Pratappur village in the Ghatal sub-division of West Midnapore district. NDRF on 06.08.2017 team conducted rescue and relief operation at Ghatal", "id": "17305256" }, { "contents": "Railway budget of India\n\n\ntelecast took place on 24 March 1994. Lalu Prasad Yadav, who remained Railways Minister from 2004 to May 2009, presented the railway budget 6 times in a row. In 2009, under his tenure a budget was passed. In the year 2000, Mamata Banerjee (later Chief Minister of West Bengal) became the first female Railway Minister. In 2002, she became the first female to present the Railway budget and is the only woman to do so for two different governing coalitions (NDA and UPA). In 2014 budget", "id": "9873988" }, { "contents": "Dinesh Trivedi\n\n\nfrom West Bengal as AITC candidate. In the 2009 elections he contested for the Trinamool Congress party and won from Barrackpore to join the lower house in the Parliament. He joined the cabinet as the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare in 2009. In 2011, he offered to resign as a minister in support of Anna Hazare. In 2011, after Mamata Banerjee quit as the railway minister to become the Chief Minister of West Bengal, he was elevated as the Cabinet Minister for Railways. As the Railway minister, he", "id": "7367596" }, { "contents": "Pather Panchali\n\n\nIndir Thakrun did not die.\" Bidhan Chandra Roy, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, was requested by an influential friend of Ray's mother to help the production. The Chief Minister obliged, and government officials saw the footage. The Home Publicity Department of the West Bengal government assessed the cost of backing the film and sanctioned a loan, given in installments, allowing Ray to finish production. The government misunderstood the nature of the film, believing it to be a documentary for rural uplift, and recorded the loan as", "id": "9389756" }, { "contents": "List of Members of Left Front Ministry in West Bengal in 2006\n\n\nMembers of the Left Front Ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal as in May 2006 were as follows: Chief Minister 1. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee - Chief Minister; Home (Police), Information and Cultural Affairs, Science and Technology Cabinet Ministers 2. Nirupam Sen - Industry, Public Undertakings & Industrial Reconstruction, Planning & Development 3. Dr Surjya Kanta Mishra - Health & Family welfare, Rural Development, Panchayat 4. Mohammed Amin - Labour 5. Asim Dasgupta - Finance 6. Subhas Chakraborty - Transport, Sports, Hooghly", "id": "3194332" }, { "contents": "National Science Centre, Delhi\n\n\n, the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum was opened in Bangalore in 1962. These Museums were inspired by the vision of Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy, the first Chief Minister of West Bengal and was encouraged by pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, who always had a soft corner for scientific temper. Dr. Amalendu Bose, a young chemistry graduate at that time, was recruited by Dr.B.C.Roy to commission the first Museum at Calcutta. Thereafter several smaller centres came up, but for over two decades, there", "id": "7096366" }, { "contents": "Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council\n\n\n) at 10 A.M. The signatories to this tripartite agreement were: C.G. Somaih, Union Home Secretary (on the behalf of the Central Government of India), R.N. Sengupta, the State Chief Secretary (on the behalf of the Government of West Bengal) and Subhash Ghisingh (on the behalf of Gorkha National Liberation Front as the representative of the people of Darjeeling District). The Union Home Minister, Buta Singh, and the West Bengal Chief Minister, Jyoti Basu, also put their signatures on the agreement. The Darjeeling Gorkha", "id": "16153333" }, { "contents": "Sabitri Mitra\n\n\nconstituency with 64,641 votes, defeating her immediate rival, Ratna Bhattacharya of the CPI(M) by 6,217 votes. She was sworn in as the Minister for Women & Child Development and Social Welfare by the Governor on the advice of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. She is one of the 34 ministers in the Council of Ministers of West Bengal, who hold the Cabinet Minister rank. She was earlier affiliated with the Indian National Congress party but defected to the Trinamool Congress in 2011. She also served as the Vice-President of the West", "id": "12460076" }, { "contents": "Atish Chandra Sinha\n\n\nobituary reads \"A member of the Royal family of Kandi in West Bengal, he was a very active politician of the Congress party. He was a cabinet minister in the Government of West Bengal when Shri Siddhart Shankar Ray was the Chief Minister, Member of Parliament and leader of opposition in the State Assembly of West Bengal. He lived like a simple commoner without any ostentation and pride. As a tennis player, he played regularly at the club in spite of his busy political schedule. Being soft spoken, helpful, honest", "id": "21774871" }, { "contents": "History of rulers of Bengal\n\n\n– one in India, named West Bengal and the other part in Pakistan as East Bengal, later renamed to East Pakistan in 1955. In late 1954, prime minister Muhammad Ali Bogra initiated the One Unit policy which resulted in East Bengal province to be renamed to East Pakistan. On 7 October 1958, the post of Chief Minister of East Pakistan was abolished. And after the independence of Bangladesh on 16 December 1971, the Province of East Pakistan was dissolved. East Pakistan seceded from West Pakistan on 16 December 1971 after the", "id": "14844550" }, { "contents": "Krishak Sramik Party\n\n\nK. Fazlul Huq, who served as the Prime Minister of Bengal and Chief Minister of East Bengal. Two other chief ministers from the party included Abu Hussain Sarkar and Ataur Rahman Khan; the latter later served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Abdus Sattar, one of the party's leaders, later became President of Bangladesh. The Permanent Settlement established an extensive feudal system in the Bengal Presidency. Large sections of the population became tenant farmers of landlords (zamindars). Many of the landlords were wealthy Hindus who enjoyed the patronage", "id": "2383133" }, { "contents": "Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport\n\n\nand Dhanbad & Bokaro in Jharkhand. It is part of the country's first private sector Aerotropolis, being developed by Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited (BAPL). The airport was officially inaugurated on 19 September 2013 by West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee. Durgapur Airport or Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport as the passenger movements for the year 2017-2018 is the 3rd busiest airport of West Bengal and the 83rd busiest airport of India. The project was conceived in 2006-07 during the Left Front government. The State Government also has", "id": "1606912" }, { "contents": "1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\n\n\nin a row. The governing Left Front denied tickets to 62 sitting legislators. In many cases CPI(M), the dominant force in the Left Front, was seeking to rejuvenate the legislature and fielded 35 student leaders as new candidates. The star campaigner of the Left Front was Chief Minister Jyoti Basu of CPI(M), who had pledged to visit all constituencies where CPI(M) had fielded candidates. During the campaign Basu claimed that the Delhi government discriminated against West Bengal in allocation of resources. 'Natun Bangla' ('New Bengal", "id": "1812194" }, { "contents": "Federal Front\n\n\nThe Federal Front is an Indian political alliance of regional parties formed in the run-up to the 2019 general election led by Mamata Banerjee's All India Trinamool Congress and K. Chandrashekar Rao's Telangana Rashtra Samithi. A united \"Federal Front\" of regional parties was proposed in March 2018 by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao. Talks and discussions among the parties concluded in the United India rally, held on 19 January, 2019, in Kolkata, West Bengal. Among the leaders gathered were", "id": "7881939" }, { "contents": "First Mamata Banerjee ministry\n\n\n3 May, 7 and 10 May 2011. The results of the election were announced on 13 May 2011 and led to the formation of the 15th Vidhan Sabha. Mamata Banerjee took oath as the 11th Chief Minister of West Bengal on 20 May 2011, followed by the oath-taking ceremonies of the present 'Council of Ministers'. According to Article 163 of the Indian Constitution, This means that the Ministers serve under the pleasure of the Governor and he/she may remove them, on the advice of the Chief Minister", "id": "12215142" }, { "contents": "Mamata Banerjee\n\n\nMamata Banerjee (Bengali: born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who has served as the 8th and current Chief Minister of West Bengal since 2011 being the first woman to hold the office. She founded the party All India Trinamool Congress (AITC or TMC) in 1998 after separating from the Indian National Congress, and became its chairperson. She is often referred to as Didi (meaning: \"elder sister\" in Hindi and Bengali). Banerjee has previously served twice as the Minister of Railways, the first woman", "id": "5958717" }, { "contents": "Techno India University\n\n\nTechno India University is a private university in Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal in India. Its campus is in the Salt Lake City. It was inaugurated on 7 August 2012, by the chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee. Techno India University, West Bengal encourages student admission in Engineering through West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination, JEE-Main and Techno National Joint Entrance Examination (TNJEE). TNJEE is an Online Entrance Examination for Graduates, Post-Graduates and Doctorate level admissions. For maintaining the quality of", "id": "10350215" }, { "contents": "West Bengal\n\n\nWest Bengal was ruled by the Left Front for 34 years (1977–2011), making it the world's longest-running democratically elected communist government. Banerjee was re-elected as Chief Minister in the 2016 election in which Trinamool Congress won an absolute majority. The state has one autonomous region, the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration. As of 2017, West Bengal is divided into 23 districts. Each district is governed by a district collector or district magistrate, appointed by either the Indian Administrative Service or the West Bengal Civil Service. Each", "id": "15231640" }, { "contents": "Left Front (West Bengal)\n\n\n, as it had offered 52% of the seats in the pre-electoral seat sharing talks with the Janata Party. On 21 June 1977 the Left Front formed a government with Jyoti Basu as its Chief Minister. The first cabinet meeting of the Left Front government orders the release of political prisoners The Socialist Party joined the Left Front after the 1977 elections. Prior to the arrival of the Left Front government, the political environment of West Bengal was chaotic, and the new cabinet struggled to establish order. The first years of", "id": "652644" }, { "contents": "IISCO Steel Plant\n\n\nat a cost of over 16,000 crores. As of 2015, it was the single largest investment in West Bengal till then. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, laid the foundation for the green field modernisation and expansion of IISCO Steel Plant at Burnpur on 24 December 2006. Others present on the occasion included Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, chief minister of West Bengal, Ram Vilas Paswan, union minister for chemicals & fertilisers and steel, and Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, union minister for information & broadcasting. After expansion and modernisation, it was inaugurated by", "id": "234301" }, { "contents": "List of female Indian chief ministers\n\n\nSixteen women have served as the chief minister of an Indian state. Currently, one is in office — Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal. Of the thirteen states to have been headed by a female chief minister, only three—Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh—have had two woman chief ministers. Five of the woman chief ministers belonged to the Indian National Congress, four to the Bharatiya Janata Party and two to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. In the Republic of India, a chief minister is the head", "id": "15822257" }, { "contents": "List of Speakers of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly\n\n\nSabha. Once the election is over, the person who is presiding declares the chosen candidate to be Speaker of the Assembly, without latter motions being voted upon. Once the final tally of votes is declared, the Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition escort the Speaker elect to the Chair. His speech, in which he thanks the Assembly, marks the start of the tenure of the new Speaker. The Speaker of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha has to be an MLA. The current speaker, Biman Banerjee, is the", "id": "17515353" }, { "contents": "Politics of West Bengal\n\n\nMarxist), won 243 seats thereby gaining a majority. The first Left Front government was established with Jyoti Basu as the Chief Minister. The massacre in Marichjhanpi, which took place under CPI(M) rule in Bengal between January 26 and May 16, 1979, relates to the forcible eviction of refugees who had fled from East Pakistan thereby leading to the death of a sizable population among them. After leading the Left Front government for consecutive five terms, Jyoti Basu retired from active politics and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was appointed as his successor.", "id": "11027984" }, { "contents": "History of West Bengal\n\n\nstate legislature, the Left Front, headed by Communist Party of India (Marxist), won 243 seats thereby gaining a majority. The first Left Front government was established with Jyoti Basu as the Chief Minister. The massacre in Marichjhanpi, which took place under CPI(M) rule in Bengal between January 26 and May 16, 1979, relates to the forcible eviction of refugees who had fled from East Pakistan thereby leading to the death of a sizable population among them. After leading the Left Front government for consecutive five terms, Jyoti", "id": "3708707" }, { "contents": "Panchanan Chakraborty\n\n\nand later the unveiling of the statue of Panchanan Chakrabarty was attended by Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, the then Information and Broadcasting Minister of Government of West Bengal [he also became the Chief Minister later] under the Chief Minister-ship of Jyoti Basu who as a learner of Politics spent his initial years at the residence of Panchanan Chakrabarty. He is survived by- Dr. Asim Pada Chakrabarti, and grandsons Anirban Chakrabarti, Aniruddha Chakrabarti, and great grandson and daughter namely Armaan Anirban Chakrabarti and Ria Rajkumari Chakrabarti. \"How terrible the virility of this", "id": "5943746" }, { "contents": "Gautam Sanyal\n\n\ntenure to the post was made co-terminous with that of the Chief Minister. He is the first non Indian Administrative Service officer in West Bengal and the first retired civil servant to hold the position of Secretary in the Chief Ministers Office. He also became the first non IAS officer in history to hold the position of Principal Secretary in State governments of India. In 2011, a news blog declared him as the new poster boy of India’s civil services. The Indian Express and The Financial Express rate him as top state", "id": "19638255" }, { "contents": "National Ganga River Basin Authority\n\n\nProtection Act, 1986, which also declared Ganges as the \"National River\" of India. The Prime Minister is the chair of the Authority. Other members include the cabinet ministers of ministries that include the Ganges among their direct concerns and the chief ministers of states through which the Ganges River flows. The Chief Ministers as members are from the states through which Ganges flow viz. Uttarakhand, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, among others. The first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority was held on 5", "id": "13518379" }, { "contents": "Left Front (West Bengal)\n\n\nJyoti Basu as Chief Minister and two under Buddhadev Bhattacharya. The CPI(M) is the dominant force in the alliance. In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election the Left Front failed to gain a majority of seats and left office. As of 2016 Biman Bose is the Chairman of the West Bengal Left Front Committee. The Left Front has its roots in various past platforms of collaboration of West Bengal left parties and anti-Indian National Congress forces. Such examples were the United Left Front, the People's United Left Front and", "id": "652638" }, { "contents": "IISCO Steel Plant\n\n\nNarendra Modi, Prime Minister, at Burnpur on 10 May 2015. Others present on the occasion included Keshari Nath Tripathi, governor of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West Bengal, Narendra Singh Tomar, union minister of state for steel and mines, Vishnudeo Sai, union minister of state for urban development and Babul Supriyo member of parliament from Asansol. IISCO Steel plant has state-of-the-art facilities at Burnpur. The main units are described below: Coke Ovens: Coke Oven Battery No. 10", "id": "234302" }, { "contents": "Sovandeb Chattopadhyay\n\n\nSobhandeb Chattopadhyay is an Indian politician representing Trinamool Congress and is the first elected MLA of the party, elected in 1998.He was the founder president of INTTUC the labour wing of his party All India Trinamool Congress. He was the Government Chief Whip of his first TMC govt. in the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha from 2011 to 2016. On May 27, 2016 he took charge as the Hon'ble Minister of Power & Non Conventional Energy, Government of West Bengal. A boxer in his younger days, he is a veteran trade union leader", "id": "12639053" }, { "contents": "Rangarajan Kumaramangalam\n\n\norganiser of the undivided Communist Party of India. His mother Kalyani Mukherjee was the niece of Ajoy Mukherjee, sometime Chief Minister of West Bengal, and of Biswanath Mukherjee, husband of the communist ideologue and parliamentarian Geeta Mukherjee. Ranga was deeply involved in student politics right from the earliest stages, as one of the founding members and the first president of the National Students Union of India (NSUI). It was no less a person than Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, whose great personal favourite he was, who called him to take", "id": "10131390" }, { "contents": "Nandan (Kolkata)\n\n\nIn April 2011, the false ceiling of a Nandan auditorium crashed down. Right after the incident, the West Bengal government decided to refurbish Nandan, starting the renovation work with the construction of a new false ceiling for Nandan I. For the first phase of the renovation project, West Government gave to the Nandan authorities. The restoration works completed weeks before the 2011 Kolkata International Film Festival. Ex Chief Minister of West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has a long relation with Nandan. In 1980 he laid the foundation stone of the theatre. After", "id": "21470730" }, { "contents": "List of chief ministers of West Bengal\n\n\n14-year reign of colleague Bidhan Chandra Roy, whose death in 1962 led to Prafulla Chandra Sen serving out the remainder of his term. A period of political instability followed—West Bengal witnessed three elections, four coalition governments and three stints of President's rule between 1967 and 1972—before Siddhartha Shankar Ray of the INC served a five-year term. The landslide victory of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front in the 1977 election began Jyoti Basu's 23-year continuous reign as chief minister. The length of his tenure was an", "id": "11469451" }, { "contents": "University of Burdwan\n\n\nof Burdwan to the government of West Bengal after the zamindari system ended in the 1950s. The then chief minister of West Bengal, Bidhan Chandra Roy took the initiative of establishing a university at the premises of the palace of the maharaja. Thus the university was established in 1960. Sukumar Sen (ICS) was the first vice-chancellor. The university began with the humanities division, with science and engineering courses included afterwards. The university had jurisdiction over Purulia district, Birbhum district, Paschim Bardhaman district, Bankura district, Burdwan", "id": "11278207" }, { "contents": "Mira Datta Gupta\n\n\n) as Member of the state legislative assembly of Bengal, later renamed West Bengal. She was offered the post of Deputy Minister in the Cabinet of 1952 of the then Chief Minister, Bidhan Chandra Roy, which she declined. Mira's reputation grew with her increasing involvement in the revolutionary movement. She was associated with Indian revolutionary groups, such as Anushilan, Jugantar and Bengal Volunteers. As a member of Bengal Volunteers she was the editor of the women's section of its magazine – \"Benu\". While, initially she", "id": "11360501" }, { "contents": "1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\n\n\nthe GNLF 3, UCPI 1 and 1 independent. Ahead of the 1991 elections, the Indian National Congress brought back former Chief Minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray into the party and appointed him head of the West Bengal party unit. Whilst the Indian National Congress was keen to exploit Ray's popularity, the CPI(M) organ \"Ganashakti\" published articles on daily basis reminding voters of Ray's role during the Emergency. The Indian National Congress was suffering from internal divisions in West Bengal at the time of the election. The West Bengal state", "id": "1812358" }, { "contents": "Communist Party of India (Marxist)\n\n\nwith the religious minorities who have suffered a lot under the National Democratic Alliance's leadership. The CPI(M) led coalitions lost the assembly elections in Kerala and West Bengal. In Kerala, CPI(M) led Left Democratic Front coalition with 68 seats lost to Indian National Congress led United Democratic Front's 72 seats in a neck to neck fought assembly elections. In West Bengal, CPI(M) alliance with 62 seats suffered a setback after 34 years of continuous rule, losing to Trinamool Congress alliance's 226 seats. Its Chief Minister candidate who", "id": "18025281" }, { "contents": "Mishti Hub\n\n\nMishti Hub () is an MSME enterprise established by the Government of West Bengal to promote different types of sweets of Indian state of West Bengal. One can have sweets made by renowned manufacturers and also by traditional manufactures from different parts of Bengal, in one place, under one roof, its only one of its kind in the state of West Bengal. It is located near Gate No.3 in Eco Park, New town. Mishti Hub, is another one of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's brain child, developed by HIDCO.", "id": "621070" }, { "contents": "Tribhuvan Narain Singh\n\n\nhence, became the first Chief Minister to be appointed without being a member of either house of the state legislature.Ram Prakash Gupta is only the second person to become chief minister of Uttar Pradesh after Tribhuvan Narain Singh (in October 1970) without being a member of either house of the state legislature. He also served as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and as Union Minister of Industry and Steel. Singh later served as Governor of West Bengal from the late 1970s until 1981. Tribhuvan Narain Singh worked in Tehsil and", "id": "13828535" }, { "contents": "Jyoti Basu\n\n\nof West Bengal. Jyoti Basu led a number of agitations against the State Government and earned enviable popularity as a politician particularly among the students and youth. Beside organising the movements of the Railway Labourers, he led a movement by the teachers demanding a hike in salary. When the Communist Party of India split in 1964, Basu became one of the first nine members of the Politburo of the newly formed Communist Party of India (Marxist). In 1967 and 1969, Basu became Deputy Chief Minister of West Bengal in the United", "id": "15125827" }, { "contents": "National Institute of Technology, Durgapur\n\n\nThe National Institute of Technology Durgapur (abbreviated NIT Durgapur or NIT DGP) is a public engineering institution located in Durgapur, West Bengal, India. Formerly known as the Regional Engineering College, Durgapur (REC Durgapur), it is among the first 8 Regional Engineering Colleges established in India and was founded in 1960 by the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, Bidhan Chandra Roy. Today it is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology in India and has been recognised as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India", "id": "2366762" }, { "contents": "Ajoy Mukherjee\n\n\nAjoy Kumar Mukherjee (15 April 1901 – 27 May 1986) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served three short terms as the fourth And sixth Chief Minister of West Bengal. He hailed from Tamluk, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. Born in 1901, he was one of the leaders of Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar (Tamrlipta National Government), which came into effect on 17 December 1942 during the Quit India Movement, a programme of civil disobedience launched in India in 1942. He was greatly influenced by Swami Vivekananda.", "id": "18252518" }, { "contents": "Bidhan Chandra Roy\n\n\nBidhan Chandra Roy MRCP, FRCS; (1 July 1882 – 1 July 1962) was an eminent Indian physician, educationist, philanthropist, freedom fighter and politician who served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1948 until his death in 1962. Bidhan Roy is often considered the Maker of Modern West Bengal due to his key role in the founding of several institutions and five eminent cities, Durgapur, Kalyani, Bidhannagar, Ashokenagar and Habra. He is one of the few people in history to have obtained F.R.C.S. and M.R.C.P. degrees", "id": "18711024" }, { "contents": "Sushil Kumar Dhara\n\n\n, Dhara won several elections, which included the Mahishadal seat of West Bengal Assembly in 1962, 1967 and 1969. In 1962, he was the winner of the Assembly poll as a Congress candidate. He also created the Bangla Congress in 1966. In 1967, Prafulla Sen was defeated at Arambagh by another Gandhian Ajoy Mukherjee, who became chief minister of West Bengal after Prafulla Chandra Sen. Architect of Ajoy Mukherjee's victory at Arambagh was Narayan Ch Ghosh the then student's leader there. Dhara had inspired students of Arambagh unfolding his", "id": "5549525" }, { "contents": "Influence and legacy of Swami Vivekananda\n\n\nChief Minister of Tamil Nadu told, Vivekananda inspired her to enter politics. She said: Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal was inspired by Vivekananda's writings which she said helped her in the difficult times of her political career. Banerjee stated: In the course of the several movements that I led, there would be moments of doubt. There were some who were critical of me and even I wondered that there were so many people who had pinned their hopes on me. What if I were to fail them", "id": "3235628" }, { "contents": "Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012\n\n\ntotal of 11 from his team. The state of West Bengal set up a grand felicitation involving Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee and Governor of West Bengal M K Narayanan . The Cricket Association of Bengal gifted the 17 members of the team with gold chain each and mementos. A victory parade for the team members was also organized on 28 May beginning from Hazra, Writers Building to the Eden Garden stadium where ten thousand spectators came to cheer for the team during a one-hour celebration that was compared to the India's", "id": "3734607" }, { "contents": "Rajesh Kumar (IPS)\n\n\nSpecial Duty in the West Bengal Resident Commissioner’s Office in the rank of Additional Director General of Police. In 2016, after the triumphant return of Ms. Mamata Banerjee as Chief Minister in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Kumar was recalled to the State and appointed as the Additional Director General of Police in-charge of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). In 2017, he was transferred as the ADG in the West Bengal Pollution Control Board before being appointed as the 41st Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, by the", "id": "10747430" }, { "contents": "University of Burdwan\n\n\nthat was at lNational Institute of Technology, Durgapur since its inception. This college was inaugurated in 2001 by the then chief minister of West Bengal Sri Buddhadeb Bhattacharya. UIT is approved by the government of West Bengal and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). UIT is a National Board of Accreditation (NBA) Accredited Institute. Admission in this college is done through the merit list and centralised counseling by West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board.Now This is a Nacc accredited 'A' grade institute by The university of", "id": "11278214" }, { "contents": "Kalyani, West Bengal\n\n\n, whose buildings were built on or over the runways. After World War II, the American military left the base, and the airfield and hangars went into disuse. Development of modern Kalyani is credited to former Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy. After Independence of India, in 1950, the master plan of the town was developed and the foundation stone for the town was laid by the then Governor of West Bengal, Kailashnath Katju, on 24 February 1951. This town was built in a short time", "id": "7400035" }, { "contents": "Girish Mancha\n\n\nGirish Mancha is a theatre auditorium located in Bagbazar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The auditorium was inaugurated on 1 July 1986 by Chief Minister of West Bengal (at that time) Jyoti Basu. The auditorium was named after Girish Chandra Ghosh. The design of the auditorium was done by Public Works Department and they also do the maintenance work of this auditorium. This auditorium is under the administrative central of the Information and Cultural Affairs Department Government of West Bengal. This auditorium is regularly used by different theatre groups. Girsih", "id": "8960198" }, { "contents": "2019 India doctors' strike\n\n\njunior doctors. The Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated that the bail prayers of the arrested were rejected. The incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee alleged that the protests are the result of a conspiracy between the Left Front and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She stated that she held the BJP responsible and accused BJP party leader and Union Home Minister, Amit Shah of \"creat[ing] confusion and communal tension in the state\". The state BJP chief, Dilip Ghosh then alleged that the Chief Minister is not", "id": "17008698" }, { "contents": "Gerontocracy\n\n\nare virtually unknown. In the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the government headed by M. Karunanidhi the state's chief minister who is 87 years old, is another real-world example of gerontocracy. In another Indian state, West Bengal, Shri Jyoti Basu, was 86 years old when he stepped down from the office of chief minister of the state. But he continued to remain a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) until a few months before his death in January 2010 and was consulted", "id": "13049084" }, { "contents": "New Town, Kolkata\n\n\nIndia) with the help of Government of West Bengal according to a proposal submitted by Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister of West Bengal). New Town was enabled with 10.5 km of Wi-Fi Zone along the Main Arterial Road from Haldiram, near Kolkata airport to Salt Lake Sector V, which also make it India's first Wi-Fi road connectivity. The stretch has already been declared as a green corridor. New Town is located at . The township is located in the Barasat Sadar subdivision of North 24 Parganas district.", "id": "10736504" }, { "contents": "Bidhan Sarani\n\n\nBidhan Sarani (formerly known as Cornwallis Street) is a principal North-South thoroughfare in north part of Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It was named after the first Chief Minister of West Bengal, Bidhan Chandra Roy. The road starts from Shyambazar five-point crossing and roughly extends to Mahatma Gandhi Road crossing, after which the street continues as College Street. Bidhan Sarani encompasses the neighbourhoods of Shyambazar, Hatibagan, Hedua, Shimla, Thanthania and College Street. The three-mile long Maratha", "id": "11341722" } ]

[ { "contents": "Got My Mind Set on You\n\n\n\"Got My Mind Set on You\" (also written as \"(Got My Mind) Set on You\") is a song written and composed by Rudy Clark and originally recorded by James Ray in 1962, under the title \"I've Got My Mind Set on You\". An edited version of the song was released later in the year as a single on the Dynamic Sound label credited to James Ray with Hutch Davie Orchestra & Chorus. In 1987, George Harrison released a cover version of the song as a", "id": "15605654" }, { "contents": "Got My Mind Set on You\n\n\nfor 1988. The single's B-side is \"Lay His Head\", a remixed version of the unreleased song from Harrison's originally intended \"Somewhere in England\" album. The 12-inch version of the single also adds an extended version of \"Got My Mind Set on You\". In the UK, the single spent four weeks at number two. It was kept off the number 1 spot by T'Pau's \"China in Your Hand\". The song was included in the Harrison compilation albums \"Best of Dark", "id": "15605657" }, { "contents": "Got My Mind Set on You\n\n\nHorse 1976–1989\" (1989) and \"\" (2009). A live version was recorded for his \"Live in Japan\" (1992) album. In 2010, AOL radio listeners chose \"Got My Mind Set on You\" as one of the \"10 Best George Harrison Songs\", appearing at number 4 on the list. Two music videos were released for the single, both directed by Gary Weis. The first features Alexis Denisof trying to win the heart of a girl in an amusement arcade. While the", "id": "15605658" }, { "contents": "South Carolina on My Mind\n\n\nmy heart sings this Carolina love song I've got South Carolina on my mind Remembering all those sunshine Summertimes, And the beauty of the Autumn when the leaves turn to gold Touches my heart and thrills my soul to have South Carolina on my mind, With those clean snow-covered mountain Wintertimes And the white sand of the beaches and those Carolina peaches, I've got South Carolina on my mind I've got South Carolina on my mind I've got South Carolina On my mind South Carolina Code of Laws 1-1", "id": "5640154" }, { "contents": "Songs by George Harrison\n\n\ntogether with a live version of his Beatles track \"For You Blue\". This last song was recorded during Harrison's controversial 1974 North American tour, when his singing was marred by the effects of laryngitis; it remains the only vocal performance from that tour to have been made available outside of concert bootlegs. While \"Lay His Head\" was issued as the B-side to his 1987 single \"Got My Mind Set on You\", the \"Songs by George Harrison\" EP remains the sole official release for this", "id": "14823765" }, { "contents": "The Beatles (TV series)\n\n\nin the mind, you know.\" Sing Alongs: Good Day Sunshine / Rain** 35. And Your Bird Can Sing / Got To Get You Into My Life: The Beatles and a couple of hunters hunt for a rare bird called a green double-breasted tropical woosted that can sing anything, including \"Hound Dog\" and \"She Loves You\"; The Beatles are in India, learning how to escape from their bodies from Swami Rivers. It works, but the problem is that the souls' bodies", "id": "1426352" }, { "contents": "Got You on My Mind (song)\n\n\n\"Got You on My Mind\" is a song written by Howard Biggs and Joe Thomas. The lyrics commence: \"Got you on my mind feeling kinda sad and low / Wonderin' where you are / wonderin' why you had to go / Tears began to fall ev'rytime I hear your name.\" The song was recorded by John Greer and the Rhythm Rockers 1951, for whom it was a hit, and then covered by Hawkshaw Hawkins 1952, Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra 1952, Jim Reeves early 1950s, Varetta", "id": "9622569" }, { "contents": "Got My Mind Set on You\n\n\ngirl looks at Harrison and his band in a movie viewer, the young man tries to win a toy ballerina for the girl. The second video, inspired by the then-recently released comedy horror film \"Evil Dead II\", depicts Harrison playing a guitar while seated in a study. As the song progresses, furniture and knick-knacks (including a stuffed squirrel, sentient chainsaw, a statue, and mounted stag and warthog), begin to sing or dance along with the song. In the middle of the", "id": "15605659" }, { "contents": "Got You on My Mind (Jean Shepard album)\n\n\n1960. This was one of Shepard's first albums not to be recorded on the west coast in California. Instead, sessions for the album were held at the Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Ken Nelson, a renowned west coast country figure, produced \"Got You on My Mind\" and was a producer of Shepard's previous sessions on the Capitol label. Background musicians (personnel) for \"Got You on My Mind\" consisted of The Nashville A-Team. These musicians played on many Nashville", "id": "8400392" }, { "contents": "Jay Ferguson (Canadian musician)\n\n\ndrums. Some of his more famous songwriting contributions, each of which he sings lead vocals on, are \"I Hate My Generation\" from the album \"Twice Removed\", \"The Lines You Amend\" from \"One Chord to Another\", \"Who Taught You to Live Like That?\" from the album \"Never Hear the End of It\", \"Witch's Wand\" from the album \"Parallel Play\", \"You've Got A Lot On Your Mind from the album \"Commonwealth\" and \"", "id": "15412620" }, { "contents": "Reflection (Fifth Harmony album)\n\n\nby Will.i.am and Britney Spears, mainly during the song's breakdown. The sixth track, \"Everlasting Love\", is influenced by '90s R&B; the group sings over piano notes and chattering percussion. The following track, \"Like Mariah\" samples Mariah Carey's \"Always Be My Baby\". It also features guest vocals by rapper Tyga. The group sings the chorus: \"Your loving takes me higher/You set my heart on fire/When you touch my body/Got me singing like\" with Carey", "id": "14469656" }, { "contents": "Got to Get You Off My Mind\n\n\n\"Got to Get You Off My Mind\" is a 1965 soul single written and performed by Solomon Burke. The single was produced by Jerry Wexler, and was the most successful of Burke's long career, becoming his highest-charting single on both the R&B and pop singles charts. \"Got to Get You Off My Mind\" was number one on \"Billboard\"'s R&B Singles chart for three weeks and made the Top 40 on the pop singles chart. Burke recorded the song, one of four, during a", "id": "10600987" }, { "contents": "Got You on My Mind (Jean Shepard album)\n\n\nGot You on My Mind is the third studio album released by American country artist, Jean Shepard. The album was issued in February 1961 on Capitol Records and was produced by Ken Nelson. The album would be one of a series of albums Shepard would record for the Capitol label during the sixties. Although the album did not spawn singles, it was one of country music's first records by a female artist. \"Got You on My Mind\" was recorded in three separate studio sessions between April 4 and April 11,", "id": "8400391" }, { "contents": "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind\n\n\nindicating that they were trying to be more like AC/DC than previously. Although the single for the song was released under the title of \"On My Mind,\" the album cover has the song's title printed as \"(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind.\" It is alleged that Bernard Fanning implicitly wrote the lyrics as a tribute to former radio and television personality John Burgess. The album's artwork is of a painted ship entitled \"On My Mind\". The design style of the cover", "id": "19032319" }, { "contents": "You Got My Mind Messed Up\n\n\nYou Got My Mind Messed Up is a 1967 album by James Carr. Although Carr is not as well known as his contemporaries such as Otis Redding or Aretha Franklin, \"You Got My Mind Messed Up\" has been cited as one of the top soul music albums of all time. Allmusic gave it 5 stars from two different reviewers. On the 2002 re-release Mojo magazine stated \"This is undoubtedly one of the greatest soul albums of all time.\" . After Carr's death in 2001, Kent Records re", "id": "3685439" }, { "contents": "Biddu\n\n\n\" was ranked No. 21 on the list. Also in 1975, he produced the album \"Can You Hear Me Ok?\" and single \"I Got My Lady\" for John Howard. Around the same time, a friend introduced Biddu to Tina Charles, a singer who had had some success singing lead vocals for the group 5000 Volts. The first single they worked together, \"You Set My Heart on Fire\", clinched a recording deal with CBS. In 1976, the second single \"I Love to", "id": "16520108" }, { "contents": "Person of Interest (song)\n\n\nNear the end of the song, Black sings \"Can't deny, you're implicated/In the mayhem in my mind/What has got me so frustrated/You should be mine, you should be mine\" \"Person of Interest\" received mixed to negative reviews from music critics. \"Entertainment Weekly\" admitted that the song \"could totally pass as a throwaway Selena Gomez or early Miley Cyrus track, so she’s got that going for her in the teen-pop realm.\" James Montgomery of MTV News", "id": "4465161" }, { "contents": "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind\n\n\n\"(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind\" (also known simply as \"On My Mind\") is the first single from the fifth studio album by Powderfinger, released on 10 November 2003 by Universal Music. It was released as a single in 2003 and reached #9 on the Australian music chart, the band's third highest charting single to date. After two albums of Powderfinger releasing singles that were either acoustic anthems (such as \"My Happiness\") or ballads (\"The Metre\" or", "id": "19032317" }, { "contents": "Blood Mountain (album)\n\n\n, contains a secret \"fan letter\" from Josh Homme, who provided guest vocals on the album. At minute 21:25, he says: \"Dear Mastodon: My name is Joshua. I'm a big fan from Southern Cal. Really diggin' on your new scene. That's why I hope you don't mind when I got your new demos for your new CD, I had to sing parts on them and send them to you as a tribute. I hope you're not mad about me also uploading them", "id": "18989777" }, { "contents": "Chicago X\n\n\nin particular, were uncomfortable with this turn of events. Band members who normally were not vocalists received vocal credits on this album. The album is notable for the lead vocal debut of trombonist James Pankow. Different band singers tried \"You Are On My Mind\", but Pankow felt they were not nailing it the way he heard it, so producer Guercio said, \"You sing it,\" and that effort landed on the final album. \"You Are On My Mind\" was the third single for the album,", "id": "7646954" }, { "contents": "Got You on My Mind\n\n\nby Galison and Peyroux. The instrumentation is also varied, with Galison himself playing six different instruments. Some of the songs are early demo recordings of songs Peyroux later released on \"Careless Love\". Tha album has a controversy-ridden history. In late 2005 it became known that Peyroux and her record label had been sued for $1 million by her former boyfriend and musical collaborator Galison, who asserted he had produced and co-created \"Got You on My Mind\". According to Galison, in 2003 Peyroux told", "id": "18751738" }, { "contents": "Dorian Gray (UK singer)\n\n\nDorian Gray is the stage name of Tony Ellingham, an English pop singer who had a UK Top 40 hit with \"I've Got You on My Mind\" in 1968. Sang first with popular Gravesend band 'The Casuals', educated at St Georges School Gravesend Kent. He was born in Gravesend, Kent. After leaving the music industry for a while, he started the band Unit Five in 1974. \"I've Got You on My Mind\" has appeared on compilation albums, including \"BBC Sounds of the", "id": "8295084" }, { "contents": "Relationship between Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda\n\n\nwith strangers, foolish mind? Why do you so forget your own?/poem When Narendra finished singing, Ramakrishna suddenly became emotional, grasped Narendra's hands and took him into the northern porch of the Kali temple and with tears in his eyes said to him — Ah! you have come so late. How unkind of you to keep me waiting so long! My ears are almost seared listening to the cheap talk of worldly people. Oh, how I have been yearning to unburden my mind to one who will understand my thought!", "id": "3526946" }, { "contents": "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue\n\n\ntrack, \"Mama, You Been on My Mind\" (recorded as \"Daddy, You Been on My Mind\"), and \"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall\". Baez sings \"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue\" in a falsetto voice, but retains the power of Dylan's version. Baez has continued to perform the song at live concerts well into the modern era. Others who have covered the song include Columbia Records contemporary Dion DiMucci (who recorded the song one half year prior", "id": "14053223" }, { "contents": "Blue Mink\n\n\nby Albert Hammond) anonymously on the Deacon Records budget compilation album \"Pick of the Pops\". In April, Cook and Greenaway played briefly in Currant Kraze, and together they continued to write songs such as \"You've Got Your Troubles\", \"I've Got You on My Mind\" and \"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing\". Other side projects included: involvement with Parker's band The Congregation; Herbie Flowers' contributions to Lou Reed's \"Transformer\" album; and the involvement of", "id": "21455659" }, { "contents": "Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind Stayed On Freedom)\n\n\ngot to walk, walk You've got to walk, walk You've got to walk with your mind on freedom You've got to talk, talk You've got to talk, talk You've got to talk with your mind on freedom Oh, oh, oh you got to walk walk, talk talk Reverend Wesby of Aurora, Illinois, created this revamp of an old gospel song \"I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on Jesus\" while spending time in Hinds County jail during the freedom rides. The", "id": "872022" }, { "contents": "On My Mind (Ellie Goulding song)\n\n\nor we want to be with someone we shouldn't be with. Though denied by Goulding, \"On My Mind\" was described by many critics as an answer song to Ed Sheeran's \"Don't\" (2014). According to Horton, while in \"Don't\", Sheeran sings, \"Don't fuck with my love\", Goulding responds in \"On My Mind\", \"You don't mess with love/You mess with the truth\". \"Q\" described it as a \"guitar", "id": "20414521" }, { "contents": "Bill Nye the Science Guy\n\n\nto sing it to give it a bit more R&B kind of sound. Then I sent those versions to Jim and Erren, and they said, 'Why have you got them on it? We want your voice. It’s funnier.' I thought, 'My voice is funnier??? Good thing I’m not touchy about my singing!' So we kept my voice on there.\" Set to a house beat, Greene enlisted rappers to repeat the word \"Bill!\" as a percussive shout.", "id": "16356671" }, { "contents": "Frances Taylor\n\n\n. Those three are on my mind.\" The refrain says \"But I breathe yet and for some the sky is bright. I cannot give up hoping for a morning light. And so I ask the killers: 'Do you sleep at night?' Those three are on my mind.\" \"Broadside\" reported that Taylor first wrote the lyrics as a poem in 1965 and Seeger later set it to music. Seeger told \"Sing Out!\" magazine in 1995 that \"Frances Taylor sent these words to", "id": "20113823" }, { "contents": "Bunny Sigler\n\n\n'll Be Loving You\", and released a duo album with Barbara Mason. In 1977, he moved to the Gold Mind label, set up by MFSB musician Norman Harris and distributed by Salsoul Records. There, he had his biggest R&B hit, reaching #8 in early 1978 with \"Let Me Party With You (Party, Party, Party)\". He also continued to work with Instant Funk on their breakthrough hit \"I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)\", and with", "id": "22214192" }, { "contents": "Read My Lips (Ciara song)\n\n\nthe old school seasoning and the modernized way. He has it all in one. That’s what makes him very special.\" Lyrically, \"Read My Lips\" is a double entendre-filled cunnilingus ode, with the singer singing, \"So we're staying in tonight, everybody is going out, can we sit this one out, baby? I got something else in mind, close the blinds, dim the lights and you better bring your appetite.\" The singer also intones, \"you’re the only", "id": "9650377" }, { "contents": "Got You on My Mind\n\n\nGot You on My Mind is a jazz album by William Galison and Madeleine Peyroux, recorded in 1999, and later compiled into an album by Galison alone in 2003. Seven of its eleven tracks are by the two collaborators, the remainder are by Galison alone. The album is made up of a wide variety of material, ranging from jazz standards like Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields' \"The Way You Look Tonight\" to pop songs like John Lennon's \"Jealous Guy\"; and containing two originals by Galison and one", "id": "18751737" }, { "contents": "Amused to Death\n\n\nsinging and melodic sense since his days with Floyd.\" Waters told \"Classic Rock\": \"My view is that I've been involved in two absolutely classic albums – \"The Dark Side of the Moon\" and \"The Wall\" [...] And if you haven't got \"Amused to Death\", you haven't got the full set. So this album – the live one, which pulls together songs from all three albums – hopefully redresses the balance.\" On 19 September 2013, Waters told BBC", "id": "1581955" }, { "contents": "Horace Andy\n\n\n\"Just Say Who\", \"Don't Try To Use Me\", \"You Are My Angel\", \"Zion Gate\", \"I've Got to Get Away\", and a new version of \"Something on My Mind\". In 1977, Andy moved to Hartford, Connecticut, with his first wife, Claudette, where he recorded for Everton DaSilva, including the \"In The Light\" album and its associated dub album, and singles such as \"Do You Love My Music\" and \"Government", "id": "7782616" }, { "contents": "You Got Style\n\n\nthat you blow my mind/Think I'll make you mine, yeah\". After the first chorus, she amends her view to think that \"But once we meet I'll probably see you're no good to be true/Just another cute fool\", but still wants to get to know him anyway. Following the second verse is a rap in Lithuanian by Viktoras Diawara, who describes a similar situation from the perspective of a man (\"You glance at me, my heart starts to beat/You paralyse", "id": "21460510" }, { "contents": "Larry Norman discography\n\n\nYour Love\" ! scope=\"row\" | \"I'm Gonna Write a Song About You\" ! scope=\"row\" | \"I'm in the Mood for Love\" ! scope=\"row\" | \"I'm Not Crying Anymore\" ! scope=\"row\" | \"I've Got to Learn to Live Without You\" ! scope=\"row\" | \"I've Got You on My Mind\" ! scope=\"row\" | \"I've Searched All Around\" ! scope=\"row\" | \"If God Is My Father\" ! scope=\"row\" | \"If I Got", "id": "2099997" }, { "contents": "Remember My Name\n\n\nthe 1920s-1930s nightclub scene and Broadway, appearing in the musicals Shuffle Along and Showboat with the London cast. Hunter, who was 82 at the time, was in the midst of a musical reemergence when the film was released having left show business for twenty years, after the death of her mother, to become a nurse. Soundtrack: 1 Workin' Man 2 You Gotta Reap What You Sow 3 Love I Have for You 4 I've Got a Mind to Ramble 5 Remember My Name 6 My Castle's Rockin'", "id": "925766" }, { "contents": "Rudy Clark\n\n\nand No. 2 UK hit for George Harrison in 1987. \"Got My Mind Set On You\" was a No. 1 hit in 18 countries in the same year. Clark was a close friend of singer Bobby Darin, who owned TM Music/Trio, the music company that employed Clark. Clark and Darin collaborated on several hits, including \"Do the Monkey\". Clark wrote the Top 10 pop classic \"It's in His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)\", recorded by Betty Everett in 1964", "id": "14298345" }, { "contents": "Got You on My Mind (Jean Shepard album)\n\n\nrecording sessions during the late 1950s and early 1960s, including many of Shepard's. Songs chosen for the album were a variety of new material and covers of songs by other music artists. Included in the record were cover versions of George Jones's \"Waltz of the Angels\", Buck Owens' \"Under Your Spell Again\", and the folk song \"Big Midnight Special\". \"Got You on My Mind\" was officially released a year after it was recorded in February 1961. It became Shepard's third studio", "id": "8400393" }, { "contents": "Party (Beyoncé song)\n\n\na get-together for two persons. West rhymes about \"swag sauce\" and \"swagu\" in the introductory lines, \"You a bad girl, your friends bad too / You got the swag sauce, you're drippin' Swagu\", before passing the torch to Beyoncé, who begins to sing the first verse slowly and steadily, \"I may be young but I'm ready / To give you all my love / I told my girls you can get it / Don't slow it down, just let", "id": "7592514" }, { "contents": "Got to Get You Off My Mind\n\n\nrecording session on January 22, 1965. The song was written by Burke, his second wife Delores (by then mother of 11 of his children) and his mother Josephine Burke Moore. It was started on 11 December 1964, just hours after Burke heard that his friend Sam Cooke had been murdered. Burke explained the origin of \"Got to Get You Off My Mind\": “It was written in California the night of Sam Cooke’s death. I learned of Sam Cooke’s death after leaving him two hours prior", "id": "10600988" }, { "contents": "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)\n\n\n\"I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)\" is a song recorded by the disco band Instant Funk in 1979. Released from their self-titled debut album, the song spent three non-consecutive weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart (interrupted by \"He's the Greatest Dancer\" by Sister Sledge). It also enjoyed success on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart, peaking at number twenty. The single also peaked at number one on the disco chart. It", "id": "8549597" }, { "contents": "Cruel World (song)\n\n\nlong (6:39). It was written and composed by Del Rey and Blake Stranathan, and produced by Dan Auerbach. The song features \"apocalyptic\" lyrics, and opens with Del Rey singing \"I shared my body and my mind with you / But that's all over now / Did what I had to do / Cause its so far past me now.\" \"Cruel World,\" is of what feels like a sad, reverb-drenched daydream. The song sets the stage for the rest of the album", "id": "20892056" }, { "contents": "Instant Funk\n\n\nWith You\". The Gold Mind label folded, and Instant Funk's new cut \"I Got My Mind Made Up\" was transferred to the Salsoul label, which pushed the record heavily to all of the disco clubs. The remix of this song by club DJ Larry Levan and engineer Bob Blank quickly became the talk of Manhattan. \"I Got My Mind Made Up\" hit #1 on both the R&B and disco charts and #20 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1979. The", "id": "9730037" }, { "contents": "I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby On My Mind\n\n\nin 1974. The album included a cover version of Hank Williams's \"Why Don't You Love Me\" (which would eventually be released as a single), as well as \"Searching (For Someone Like You).\" In addition, the album also included two songs by Don Gibson: \"Praying Hands\" and \"Loving You (Has Changed My Whole Life).\" Two additional religious songs were included on the album: Billy Graham's \"Sunshine Blue\" and Eddy Raven's \"You'll See", "id": "3480713" }, { "contents": "Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989\n\n\n\"Best of Dark Horse\". The compilation includes his hit singles \"Crackerbox Palace\" (1977), \"Blow Away\" (1979), \"All Those Years Ago\" (1981), \"Got My Mind Set on You\" (1987) and \"When We Was Fab\" (1988), and two other songs that had placed on one of \"Billboard\" magazine's US singles charts: \"Love Comes to Everyone\" (1979) and \"Wake Up My Love\" (1982).", "id": "916919" }, { "contents": "Pachara Chirathivat\n\n\nFrench indie band Tahiti 80. Chirathivat writes most of the lyrics in his songs. He stated: \"I feel most comfortable singing my own lyrics. If you sing your own song, nobody else can do it better than you.\" Besides singing, he also plays the keyboards and guitar. In 2014, he provided support for a 12-year-old boy named Mon, who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Chirathivat initially got a call from the Make-A-Wish Foundation to grant Mon's dying wish of", "id": "9337341" }, { "contents": "Ramblin' on My Mind\n\n\n. Johnson composed two songs to this melody, \"Ramblin' on My Mind\" and \"When You Got a Good Friend\", with different musical approaches and different guitar tunings, although both were in the key of E. For \"Ramblin' on My Mind\" he used an open tuning that allowed him to combine a boogie shuffle on the bass strings with bottleneck triplets on the treble strings. These slide triplets were the model for Elmore James's guitar accompaniment to \"Dust My Broom\". The song was recorded by", "id": "4460549" }, { "contents": "Ivory Joe Hunter\n\n\nspent the day together, singing \"I Almost Lost My Mind\" and other songs together. Hunter commented, \"He is very spiritually minded... he showed me every courtesy, and I think he's one of the greatest.\" Presley recorded several of his songs, including \"I Need You So\", \"My Wish Came True\" and \"Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby\". Later, Presley would record \"I Will Be True\" and \"It's Still Here\" in May, 1971.", "id": "20012204" }, { "contents": "Superman (1978 film)\n\n\nliked that the film did not take itself too seriously and that it had a theatrical camp feel to it. Kidder was supposed to sing \"Can You Read My Mind?\", the lyrics to which were written by Leslie Bricusse, but Donner disliked it and changed it to a composition accompanied by a voiceover. Maureen McGovern eventually recorded the single, \"Can You Read My Mind?\" in 1979, although the song did not appear on the film soundtrack. It became a mid-chart hit on the \"Billboard", "id": "5309531" }, { "contents": "Roger Greenaway\n\n\n\"Something Tells Me (Something Is Gonna Happen Tonight)\" (Cilla Black); \"I've Got You On My Mind\", \"When You Are a King\", \"My Baby Loves Lovin'\" (White Plains); \"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress\", \"Gasoline Alley Bred\", (The Hollies); \"You've Got Your Troubles\", \"Freedom Come, Freedom Go\" (The Fortunes); \"Banner Man\", \"Melting Pot\", \"Good", "id": "15825743" }, { "contents": "Still on My Mind\n\n\nStill on My Mind is the fifth studio album by English singer Dido, released on 8 March 2019 through BMG. It is her first studio album since 2013's \"Girl Who Got Away\". The teaser single \"Hurricanes\" was released on 12 November 2018. The official lead single \"Give You Up\" was premiered 22 January 2019 on BBC Radio 2. Dido will tour in support of the album from May 2019, making it her first tour in 15 years. Dido wrote and recorded the album in England with", "id": "13528073" }, { "contents": "The Poor (American band)\n\n\nwhich was released on the Loma label in October, 1966 and was produced by Barry Friedman, who had worked with Buffalo Springfield and Paul Butterfield. Freidman would produce their next two singles, including their follow-up \"She's Got the Time, She's Got the Changes,\" written by Tom Shipley and Michael Brewer, b/w \"Love is Real\" and \"My Mind Goes High\" b/w \"Knowing You, Loving You,\" which both were released on the York label in 1967.", "id": "8594341" }, { "contents": "New Life (Monica album)\n\n\nsinging \"as long as I know you got that love for me, I'll be g.o.o.d.\" \"Man Who Has Everything\" is Caribbean-tinged track about how money can't buy love. It has a reggae-inspired arrangement. On \"Big Mistake,\" Monica sings about heartbreak and moving beyond over finger snapping and a cappella backing vocals, assuring \"make no mistake, you won't my mistake no more.\" \"Take a Chance\" featuring rapper Wale depicts both parties of a love story in", "id": "1130354" }, { "contents": "Weird Al Yankovic\n\n\n\". Other satirical songs include \"Achy Breaky Song\", which refers to the song \"Achy Breaky Heart\", \"(This Song's Just) Six Words Long\", which refers to the repetitious lyrics in \"Got My Mind Set on You\", and \"Perform This Way\", set to Lady Gaga's \"Born This Way\" that drew inspiration from Lady Gaga's outlandish but confident attitude. Yankovic is the sole writer for all his songs and, for \"legal and personal reasons\", does", "id": "21567464" }, { "contents": "All We Got Iz Us\n\n\ntitle one day at the studio. At that time niggas was on the knees, crying, praying almost like 'I love you my nigga' and that's how All We Got Iz Us album came about. That album was pain. Now you got to run around with a Mac-12 in your trunk, bulletproof vest, mad money niggas, you think that niggas going to kill you, so this is was our frame of mind.\" \"All We Got Iz Us\" this name was chosen because it is much", "id": "5374569" }, { "contents": "Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison\n\n\nremastered form, and the collection includes a 28-page booklet featuring previously unseen and rare photos together with an essay by music historian Warren Zanes. The album includes all of Harrison's songs that reached number 1 on America's \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart, including \"My Sweet Lord\", \"Isn't It a Pity\", \"Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)\" and \"Got My Mind Set on You\", as well as other international number 1 singles such as \"What Is Life", "id": "10763099" }, { "contents": "Only in My Mind\n\n\n\"Only in My Mind\" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in September 1985 as the second single from the album \"Have I Got a Deal for You.\" The song peaked at number 5 on the \"Billboard Magazine\" country music chart after its release. It is still the only single ever released that was solely written by McEntire. \"Only in My Mind\" was recorded at the MCA studio located in Nashville, Tennessee. The song was the only", "id": "8176283" }, { "contents": "Trouble in Mind (George Jones album)\n\n\nTrouble in Mind is a George Jones album released on the United Artists label in 1966. \"Trouble in Mind\" and \"Worried Mind\" had previously been released on the LP \"George Jones Sings Bob Wills\" in 1962, while \"I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep\" and \"Take These Chains from My Heart\" were included on \"My Favorites of Hank Williams\", also released in 1962. George Bedard of AllMusic wrote: \"One of his best albums, there are sappy vocal choruses on some of", "id": "2595403" }, { "contents": "The Dark Horse Years 1976–1992\n\n\nfeatured additional bonus tracks. Despite the title of the set, not every track from Harrison's Dark Horse years appears. The song \"Lay His Head\", which was the B-side to \"Got My Mind Set on You\", and the two tracks that Harrison recorded for the compilation \"Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989\" – \"Cockamamie Business\" and \"Poor Little Girl\" – are all omitted from \"The Dark Horse Years\". \"Cheer Down\", which was Harrison's contribution to the 1989", "id": "4214241" }, { "contents": "Rudy Clark\n\n\nRudy Clark (born 1935) is an American songwriter. He was most active from the early 1960s through the early 1970s. He has more than 250 copyrights listed by BMI. Clark wrote songs for James Ray (and indeed may have discovered the singer), including Ray's moody 1962 R&B and regional pop hit \"If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody\", later a hit for Freddie and the Dreamers, as well as \"Got My Mind Set on You\", which became a No. 1 US", "id": "14298344" }, { "contents": "James Ray (singer)\n\n\nJames Ray (1941 – c. 1964), born James Jay Raymond, was an African American R&B singer of the early 1960s best known for the hit single \"If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody\", which went to number 10 on the US \"Billboard\" R&B chart. and number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. He also recorded the original version of \"Got My Mind Set on You\", later a number-one hit for George Harrison. Born in Washington, D.C., Ray", "id": "3391562" }, { "contents": "Cloud Nine (George Harrison album)\n\n\nMust Hear Before You Die\". Less impressed, Daniel Brogan of the \"Chicago Tribune\" opined: \"\"Cloud Nine\" plods hopelessly. Most of the blame must fall on Harrison, though producer Jeff Lynne's influence is far too prevalent ... The album is occasionally redeemed by the deft guitar interplay between Harrison and Eric Clapton, as well as the perky single 'Got My Mind Set on You.'\" In a five-star review for the \"Houston Chronicle\", J.D. Considine wrote: \"Forget the", "id": "7866556" }, { "contents": "Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989\n\n\nyou can hear 'Poor Little Girl' and 'Cockamamie Business', making it essential for completists.\" The vinyl release omitted \"Gone Troppo\" and reversed the order of \"Crackerbox Palace\" and \"Cloud 9\". \"Got My Mind Set on You\" closed side one and \"Cloud 9\" opened side two. The cassette release matched the fifteen-song CD track listing. In this format, \"Crackerbox Palace\" closed side one and \"Cloud 9\" opened side two. Musicians on new recordings", "id": "916928" }, { "contents": "I've Got My Baby on My Mind\n\n\n\"I've Got My Baby on My Mind\" is a single by American country music artist Connie Smith. Released in November 1974, the song reached #13 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles chart. The song was issued onto Smith's 1975 studio album called \"I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby On My Mind\". \"I've Got My Baby on My Mind\" was Smith third top twenty hit single issued under Columbia Records. Also, the song peaked at", "id": "14771742" }, { "contents": "Got to Get You into My Life\n\n\n\"'Got to Get You into My Life' was one I wrote when I had first been introduced to pot ... So [it's] really a song about that, it's not to a person.\" Many lyrics from the song suggest this: \"I took a ride, I didn't know what I would find there / Another road where maybe I could see some other kind of mind there.\",'\"What can I do? What can I be? When I'm with you, I want to stay", "id": "9772320" }, { "contents": "Autobiography (Ashlee Simpson album)\n\n\nan extensive list of thank-yous in the album's liner notes, Simpson includes Benji and Joel Madden of the band Good Charlotte, with whom she worked on the song \"Harder Everyday\", which was released as an international bonus track. The title track, which was also the theme song to her MTV reality series \"The Ashlee Simpson Show\", opens the album by introducing Simpson, who sings \"got stains on my t-shirt, and I'm the biggest flirt\" and \"if you want my", "id": "13824141" }, { "contents": "Lose My Mind (Dean Lewis song)\n\n\n\"Lose My Mind\" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Dean Lewis. Released in July 2017 as the third single from his debut extended play \"Same Kind of Different\" (2017). Lewis explained: \"\"Lose My Mind\" could be my favourite song on the EP, it's about how you feel when you are on the verge of losing someone and you feel like you can't live without them. It's like the first night without that person who has been there for you. I", "id": "16128410" }, { "contents": "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)\n\n\nwas recognizably sampled by De La Soul in their track \"A Rollerskating Jam named 'Saturdays'\". Throughout the years 'I Got My Mind Made Up' has been remixed to varying degrees of success in the clubs. In 1990 the song was remixed by Freshline Allstars and Hithouse. In 1995 the song was remixed by Johnny Vicious. In 1997 the song was remixed by Alex Neri. In 1998 the song was remixed by Succi and in 2003 the song was remixed by Thunderpuss. The original production of this song was", "id": "8549598" }, { "contents": "Only in My Mind\n\n\ntrack on McEntire's, \"Have I Got a Deal for You\" that was singlehandedly written by McEntire. From the viewpoint of a female narrator, the song's storyline explains the conversation between a woman and man. The woman's husband asks if she has ever cheated on him, and she answers, \"only in my mind,\" knowing that truthfully, she has cheated on him. Unlike her previous releases, \"Only in My Mind\" received mixed reviews from many music critics. William Ruhlmann of \"Allmusic", "id": "8176284" }, { "contents": "So You Want to Write a Fugue?\n\n\n). poem\"So you want to write a fugue? You've got the urge to write a fugue You've got the nerve to write a fugue So go ahead and write a fugue that we can sing Pay no heed to what we've told you Give no mind to what we've told you Just forget all that we've told you And the theory that you've read For the only way to write one Is just to plunge right in and write one So just forget the rules and write one Have a try,", "id": "2770322" }, { "contents": "Right Here Right Now (Jordin Sparks album)\n\n\nChainz. With production from Jonas Jeberg, who also produced Sparks' 2008 single \"One Step At A Time\", the song is an ode to all of the Instagram stalkers that don’t show their love in the form of the likes. It’s also a call to action for those people. Sparks sings \"Baby, on the low / You stay on my page cause I guess I’m your favorite / But you won’t let it show, no way / If you like what you see then you got", "id": "10552409" }, { "contents": "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel\n\n\n… And boy I got your lovin' on my mind,\" while on \"Inseparable\", Mariah sings about true love alongside a thumbing bass. \"It's a Wrap\" has Mariah making sure a cheatin' ex knows it's over for good, while \"Up Out My Face\" shares lyrical similarities, with Mariah issuing a sassy kiss-off: \"I thought we had something special/ That we had something good/ But I should've had another mechanic under my hood,\" she sings. The song's \"", "id": "22045101" }, { "contents": "Bye Bye (Mariah Carey song)\n\n\nup high / We will never say bye / Mamas, daddies, sisters, brothers, friends and cousins / This is for my peoples who lost their grandmothers / Lift your hands to the sky / Because we won't ever say bye bye\". As Carey sings the second chorus, she reverts to the singular conversation with her deceased father, however now revisiting 2005, \"And you never got a chance to see how good I've done / And you never got to see me back at No. 1\",", "id": "19880990" }, { "contents": "Shel Talmy\n\n\nSheldon Talmy (born August 11, 1937) is an American record producer, songwriter and arranger, best known for his work in London, England, with the Who and the Kinks in the 1960s, with a role in many other English bands including Cat Stevens and Pentangle. Talmy arranged and produced hits such as \"You Really Got Me\" by the Kinks, \"My Generation\" by the Who, and \"Friday on My Mind\" by the Easybeats. He also played guitar or tambourine on some of his productions", "id": "18181307" }, { "contents": "In My Place\n\n\nweakest moment, you know you've got something extraordinary. Currently storming the charts a la 'Yellow', 'In My Place' is another surprisingly simple song, carried by Jonny Buckland's chiming guitar and Chris Martin’s heartfelt vocals. It really shouldn't amount to much, but Coldplay make it work very well. When Martin sings, \"Please, please, please/Come back and sing to me,\" he totally sells it, and you buy it. And why not? The song's lovely.", "id": "2704983" }, { "contents": "Got to Get You into My Life\n\n\nsong for AllMusic, Thomas Ward writes: \"McCartney's always been a great vocalist, and this is perhaps the best example of his singing on \"Revolver\". One of the overlooked gems on the album.\" Scott Plagenhoef of \"Pitchfork\" considers \"Revolver\" to be McCartney's \"maturation record\" as a songwriter in the same way that \"Rubber Soul\" had been for Lennon in 1965. He highlights \"Got to Get You into My Life\" as one of McCartney's \"most demonstrative songs\"", "id": "9772323" }, { "contents": "That's My Girl\n\n\n\"You've been down before/You've been hurt before/You've got up before/You'll be good to go. good to go.\" Normani then rap-sings in the bridge: \"Destiny said it, you got to get up and get it/Get mad independent, don't you ever forget.\" Adam R. Holz from website Plugged In Online, described \"That's My Girl\" as an \"empowerment anthem that emphasizes the importance of women working hard, taking charge of their lives and not letting", "id": "15686918" }, { "contents": "Jim McGorman\n\n\nplays piano and sings. My dad, though, really got me going with music. He showed me the beauty of chord changes. Mom was more of a \"word writer.\" I got my love of lyrics from her. I guess you could say I'm very fortunate to have talented and supportive parents. - Started playing piano at six, drums at eight, guitar at 12, and I've been singing since I was born.\"\" McGorman cites a number of popular music influences, including soul music", "id": "20211988" }, { "contents": "That's My Girl\n\n\nminor, and written in common time with a moderate tempo of 101 beats per minute. Lyrically the song expresses a message of female empowerment. Its instrumentation includes \"brassy horns, heavy bass, and an electronic drumroll\". The song opens with Brooke singing the first verse: \"Who's been working so damn hard?/ You got that head on overload,\" before praising \"that flawless body\", accompanied by horn samples. The pre-chorus is introduced by Jauregui who sings backed by Cabello harmonizing around her voice,", "id": "15686917" }, { "contents": "I Have Questions\n\n\nrooms / Staring straight up at the wall / Counting wounds and I am trying to numb them all / Do you care? / Why don't you care?\" Singing the second verse, Cabello wonders how someone could cut her so deeply: \"Number one, tell me who you think you are / You got some nerve trying to tear my faith apart / Number two, why would you try and play me for a fool? / I should have never ever ever trusted you.\" The song continues with drum", "id": "6096735" }, { "contents": "William Talman (actor)\n\n\nPerry Mason\" TV series. He then said, \"You know, I didn't really mind losing those courtroom battles, but I'm in a battle now I don't want to lose at all. Because if I lose it, it means losing my wife and those kids you just met. I've got lung cancer... So take some advice about smoking and losing from someone who's been doing both for years... If you don't smoke, don't start. If you do smoke, quit!...", "id": "13911908" }, { "contents": "I Wanna Go\n\n\nher fifth studio album \"Blackout\" (2007). In the lyrics, Spears sings about losing inhibitions, as evident in lines such as \"I-I-I wanna sho-o-ow/All the dir-ir-irt/I got (sic) running through my mind.\", while playfully apologizing for her need for sexual release. Jon Caramanica of \"The New York Times\" stated that she sings about \"the scrum that surrounds her\" in \"Lately people got me all tied up", "id": "16638066" }, { "contents": "You Got My Attention\n\n\nYou Got My Attention is the first studio album by contemporary Christian-soul musician Dara Maclean, released on July 5, 2011 on iTunes and nationwide on July 12, 2011 by Fervent Records. Allmusic's William Ruhlman told about the album that it \"turns out to translate as blue-eyed soul singing, for the most part.\" \"CCM Magazine\"'s Grace S. Aspinwall said outside of the songs \"Free\", which was the song they liked, and \"Suitcases\" the album contains \"moments of soul", "id": "4638533" }, { "contents": "Keith Jack\n\n\nBarrowman said: \"That was brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, son! You have a voice of gold.\" Tyler commented: \"When I hear you sing now, you knock me for six.\" Denise van Outen described Keith as a \"Young John Barrowman\", while Bill Kenwright called Keith's talents \"frightening\". The panel was particularly impressed with his performances of \"Love Is All Around\", \"Always on My Mind,\" \"Could It Be Magic\" and \"For Once in My Life", "id": "9948225" }, { "contents": "Last Thing on My Mind (Bananarama song)\n\n\nZealand. The music video for \"Last Thing On My Mind\" was directed by Phil Griffin. The video, which was filmed in Cuba, features Lee picking up all the band members in his convertible. When they sing the chorus, each member is singing a scene is similar to ABBA's Mamma Mia. The final scenes of the video are set around a pool where the band perform the full dance routine. Album version - \"Step One\" CD single - Europe CD single - France CD single - UK and", "id": "4814992" }, { "contents": "Nancy Reagan\n\n\nStrauss said to her, \"When you first came to town, Nancy, I didn't like you at all. But after I got to know you, I changed my mind and said, 'She's some broad!'\" Reagan responded, \"Bob, based on the press reports I read then, I wouldn't have liked me either!\" After the presidency of Jimmy Carter (who dramatically reduced the formality of presidential functions), Reagan brought a Kennedy-esque glamour back into the White House.", "id": "1378750" }, { "contents": "Fire Under My Feet\n\n\nof vocals as she sings the lyrics \"I got fire under my feet, and I feel it in my heartbeat/ You can't put out these flames/ You can't keep me down in my seat.\" Upon its release, \"Fire Under My Feet\" generated numerous comparisons to that of Adele's 2011 single \"Rolling in the Deep\". A reviewer for MTV UK noted that the uptempo melody and the lyrics \"woah, woah, woah\" resemble elements the latters song. Three remixes of \"Fire Under My", "id": "15014726" }, { "contents": "Singing in the Spirit\n\n\nSinging in the Spirit or singing in tongues, in Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity, is the act of worshiping through glossolalic song. The term is derived from the words of Paul the Apostle in 1 Corinthians 14:15, \"I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also\". The purposes for glossolalic singing are the same as those of non-glossolalic singing, including praise, thanksgiving (1 Corinthians 14:15-", "id": "22144910" }, { "contents": "James Carr (musician)\n\n\nAfter being turned down by Stax, he made his first recordings for Goldwax Records, a small Memphis-based independent record label, in 1964. He released several singles for the label before achieving his first success in 1966, when \"You've Got My Mind Messed Up\" reached number 7 on the \"Billboard\" R&B chart and number 63 on the pop chart. He also released the successful and critically acclaimed album \"You Got My Mind Messed Up\". Carr continued to have chart entries with his later singles on", "id": "2795774" }, { "contents": "Alexis Denisof\n\n\ndirector for the BBC's \"The Other Side\", \"Romeo and Juliet\", and \"The Soul's Dark Night\". Alexis's first lead was alongside Christopher Lee in the feature film \"Murder Story\" where he played an investigative reporter. It was released in 1989. One of his first known works in television was on the arcade version of the video for \"Got My Mind Set On You\" by George Harrison. In 1995 he landed a small part in the 1995 movie \"First Knight\",", "id": "792175" }, { "contents": "Roddy Frame\n\n\nmy favourite records are, like, uh, you know: three chords and a prayer, you know? ... but when it comes down to it, you wanna hear The Elgins, singing \"Put Yourself In My Place\"; preferably from a jukebox, so it's got a nice kick to it, you know? As a promotional prelude to the release of \"Seven Dials\", Frame appeared in music magazine \"Q\", and also selected a playlist \"of favourite songs which evoke a sense of place", "id": "15137088" }, { "contents": "I Am a Child of God\n\n\ncame to my mind. … I immediately got up and began to write the words down as they had come to me. Three verses and a chorus were soon formed. I gratefully surveyed the work, drank of the message of the words, and returned to my bedroom where I knelt before my Father in Heaven to say \"Thank you!\" Randall mailed the lyrics to her friend Mildred T. Pettit in California, who wrote the accompanying music. The song was first performed at a stake Primary conference in 1957. After", "id": "20246503" }, { "contents": "I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby On My Mind\n\n\nJesus,\" as Smith was beginning to incorporate more Gospel music into her studio albums. The album was released on a 12-inch LP album, with six songs on the record's first side and five songs on its second side. \"I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby On My Mind\" spawned three singles between 1974 and 1975. The first song, \"I've Got My Baby on My Mind\" was released in November 1974, becoming a Top 20 hit in the United States", "id": "3480714" }, { "contents": "With Ur Love\n\n\nthe concept of \"swag\". \"I used to always think I was bulletproof/ But you got an AK and you're blowing through,\" Lloyd sings. Lyrically, it talks about Lloyd's feeling of \"being on top of the world\" with her lover. \"I feel like I'm on top of the world with your love,\" she insists in the chorus. Posner sings \"I don't even care if you sing my songs wrong\", referring to when Lloyd forgot the words to \"Cooler", "id": "14051537" }, { "contents": "Waiting for the Night (song)\n\n\nwith an entry diary written by Furtado to introduce the song, featuring harp, bagpipes, sounds of waves and sea gulls. In the chorus she sings: \"Day and night / Day and night / You blow my mind / Blow my mind.\" The songs ends with her father, \"Antonio Jose Furtado\", saying, \"Oh, man, that's so rock'n'roll\". According to Furtado, it was inspired by a diary she kept as a smitten sixteen-year-old on a summer vacation in", "id": "14927966" }, { "contents": "Leroy Drumm\n\n\n(This Heart You Have Broken) Today I Turned Your Picture To The Wall The Spinney Brothers The Whole World Must Be Knowin' (How Much I'm Missing You) Thank God For the Highways Various Other Artists: Leaving You And Mobile Too You Can Keep Your Nine Pound Hammer Colleen Malone Fiddler's Green I Can Make Him Whisper (I Love You) Lovin' Aint Been Easy On My Mind Born To Be A Drifter Back To Hancock County Dixie In My Eye Another Boy That Sings Like Hank Day We Learn To", "id": "16034860" }, { "contents": "Do What U Want\n\n\nDo What U Want\" to be a response to \"everyone who ever made a tart comment about her — which, by now, involves half the planet\". Gaga and Kelly alternate singing the lines \"Do what u want/ What u want with my body/ Do what u want/ What u want with my body/ Write what you want, say what you want about me/ If you want you know that I'm not sorry\". According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, \"Do What U Want\" is set", "id": "3469670" }, { "contents": "I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby On My Mind\n\n\nI Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby On My Mind is the twenty fifth studio album by American country music artist, Connie Smith. The album was released in January 1975 on Columbia Records and was produced by Ray Baker. The album spawned three singles between 1974 and 1975, which included two Top 20 hits. \"I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby On Mind\" contained eleven tracks and was produced at the Columbia Records Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee", "id": "3480712" }, { "contents": "Who's That Girl (1987 film)\n\n\na series of push-ups before going on set. Dunne observed that \"[Madonna] likes her first take best. I think my best is around fourth. She always says, 'You got it, you got it,' and she was driving me crazy just like her character would. We had to make a compromise as to which take is the best.\" Madonna wanted Foley to give her proper direction on set, but he preferred her to be her real self, rather than the persona in her", "id": "9699333" } ]

[ { "contents": "List of psychological research methods\n\n\nA wide range of research methods are used in psychology. These methods vary by the sources from which information is obtained, how that information is sampled, and the types of instruments that are used in data collection. Methods also vary by whether they collect qualitative data, quantitative data or both. Qualitative psychological research is where the research findings are not arrived at by statistical or other quantitative procedures. Quantitative psychological research is where the research findings result from mathematical modeling and statistical estimation or statistical inference. Since qualitative information can be handled", "id": "10920297" }, { "contents": "Web-based experiments\n\n\npsychology most web-based experiments are conducted in the areas of cognitive psychology and social psychology. This form of experimental setup has become increasingly popular because researchers can cheaply collect large amounts of data from a wider range of locations and people. A web-based experiment is a type of online research method. Experiments are an integral part of research, however, their integration with the Internet has been gradual. There are three main categories of experiments: The adaption of each type of experiment online faces some hurdles. Web-based", "id": "5353110" }, { "contents": "Community psychology\n\n\ncommunities, communities of interest, etc. Community psychology grounds all advocacy and social justice action in empiricism. This empirical grounding is what separates community psychology from a social movement or grassroots organization. Methods from psychology have been adapted for use in the field that acknowledge value-driven, subjective research involving community members. The methods used in community psychology are therefore tailored to each individual research question. Quantitative as well as qualitative methods and other innovative methods are embraced. The American psychological Association has sponsored two major conferences on community research methods", "id": "7897294" }, { "contents": "Center for Qualitative Psychology\n\n\nThe Center for Qualitative Psychology was founded in October 1999 in the department of educational psychology at the University of Tübingen to promote qualitative research methods in psychology. The centre is also committed to supporting qualitative methods for social research in education, sociology, philosophy, medicine, ethnography, politics, etc. Qualitative psychological research has developed a long experience from 1950 using open strategies as observation, introspection, narratives, discussion groups, interviews, etc. This kind of instruments allow to collect non structured data that need specific types of analysis as", "id": "10301954" }, { "contents": "Quantitative research\n\n\narticles published in the top two American sociology journals between 1935 and 2005 found that roughly two thirds of these articles used quantitative method. Quantitative research is generally closely affiliated with ideas from 'the scientific method', which can include: Quantitative research is often contrasted with qualitative research, which purports to be focused more on discovering underlying meanings and patterns of relationships, including classifications of types of phenomena and entities, in a manner that does not involve mathematical models. Approaches to quantitative psychology were first modeled on quantitative approaches in the physical", "id": "12266956" }, { "contents": "Quantitative research\n\n\n. In the social sciences, particularly in sociology, social anthropology and psychology, the use of one or other type of method can be a matter of controversy and even ideology, with particular schools of thought within each discipline favouring one type of method and pouring scorn on to the other. The majority tendency throughout the history of social science, however, is to use eclectic approaches-by combining both methods. Qualitative methods might be used to understand the meaning of the conclusions produced by quantitative methods. Using quantitative methods, it", "id": "12266968" }, { "contents": "Index of psychology articles\n\n\nPsychogenic amnesia - Psychogenic pain - Psychogenic polydipsia - Psychogram - Psychohistory - Psycholinguist - Psycholinguistics - Psychological abuse - Psychological adaptation - Psychological assessment - Psychological dependency - Psychological identity - Psychological manipulation - Psychological pain - Psychological repression - Psychological research methods - Research methods - Psychological resilience - Psychological Review - Psychological statistics - Psychological testing - Psychological tests - Psychological types - Psychology of combat - Psychology of learning - Psychology of Monogamy - Psychology of previous investment - Psychology of programming - Psychology of religion - Psychology of reasoning - Psychology Today - Psychology,", "id": "5109591" }, { "contents": "Psychological research\n\n\nsane in insane places\". The other method of observational research is non-participant observation. In particular naturalistic methods are methods that simply study behaviours that occur naturally in natural environments—with no manipulation by the observer. The events studied \"must\" be natural and not staged. This fact gives naturalistic observational research a high ecological validity. During naturalistic observations, researchers can avoid interfering with the behavior they are observing by using unobtrusive methods, if needed. Both types of observational methods are designed to be as reliable as possible", "id": "2892628" }, { "contents": "Educational research\n\n\nthe scientific method. The scientific method uses directed questions and manipulation of variables to systematically find information about the teaching and learning process. In this scenario questions are answered by the analysis of data that is collected specifically for the purpose of answering these questions. Hypotheses are written and subsequently proved or disproved by data which leads to the creation of new hypotheses. The two main types of data that are used under this method are qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative research uses the data which is descriptive in nature. Tools that educational researchers use", "id": "2778989" }, { "contents": "Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology\n\n\nThe Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) is a small academic organization of research psychologists who have interests in multivariate statistical models for advancing psychological knowledge. It publishes a journal, \"Multivariate Behavioral Research\". SMEP was founded in 1960 by Raymond Cattell and others as an organization of scientific researchers interested in applying complex multivariate quantitative methods to substantive problems in psychology. The two main functions of the society are to hold an annual meeting of scientific or quantitative psychology specialists and to publish a journal, \"Multivariate Behavioral Research\".", "id": "9528092" }, { "contents": "Psychological typologies\n\n\nwell developed in the clinical psychology. In the work with healthy people the use of these methods is rather narrow. Example: The program of personality measuring by A.F. Lazurski. Training qualified specialists in the field of research and diagnostics of psychological types is a particular problem. Here a whole complex of specific knowledge and skills is required. For measuring psychological types it is important to have the ability to see not separate fragments of the psychic reality but operating with the systems (cognition, motivation, values, will, emotions, self", "id": "16972244" }, { "contents": "Psychological research\n\n\nPsychological research refers to research that psychologists conduct for systematic study and for analysis of the experiences and behaviours of individuals or groups. Their research can have educational, occupational and clinical applications. Psychologists use many research methods, and categorical distinctions of these methods have emerged. Methods can be categorized by the kind of data they produce: qualitative or quantitative—and both these are used for pure or applied research. Psychology tends to be eclectic, applying knowledge from other fields. Some of its methods are used within other areas of research", "id": "2892621" }, { "contents": "European Survey Research Association\n\n\nThe European Survey Research Association (ESRA) was founded in 2005 to provide coordination in the field of Survey Research in Europe. According to the website, ESRA's main goal is to encourage communication between methodologists and researchers in substantive fields such as sociology, psychology, political science, and other disciplines employing survey data. Its main two activities are the biannual conferences on survey research, and the open access journal Survey Research Methods (SRM). Established in January 2007, Survey Research Methods (SRM) is the official journal of", "id": "13100920" }, { "contents": "Qualitative psychological research\n\n\npattern that replicates the experience, e.g. \"What did you do when you arrived? Who did you come with? What did you do then?\" However, similar methods are sometimes used by quantitative researchers. The philosophical bases of qualitative psychological research are found in phenomenology, ethnomethodology, and naturalistic behaviourism. Its research methods are derived from ethnography and anthropology. In psychology, the research methods commonly classified as qualitative include: The data collected by researchers using these techniques consist of: After collecting data, qualitative psychological researchers' goal", "id": "18195272" }, { "contents": "Experimental psychology\n\n\nsince then experiments have been an integral part of most psychological research. Following is a sample of some major areas that use experimental methods. Some of the major topics studied by cognitive psychologists are memory, learning, problem solving, and attention. Most cognitive experiments are done in a lab instead of a social setting; this is done mainly to provide maximum control of experimental variables and minimal interference from irrelevant events and other aspects of the situation. A great many experimental methods are used; frequently used methods are described on the main", "id": "5899095" }, { "contents": "Psychological research\n\n\n, but share other characteristics such as socioeconomic status, educational background, and ethnicity. For example, researchers studying developmental psychology might select groups of people who are remarkably similar in most areas, but differ only in age. Longitudinal research is a type of research method used to discover relationships between variables that are not related to various background variables. This observational research technique involves studying the same group of individuals over an extended period of time. Data is first collected at the outset of the study, and may then be gathered repeatedly", "id": "2892635" }, { "contents": "Psychological research\n\n\nobjective measurement of skills and knowledge, abilities, attitudes, personality traits, and educational achievement. Archival research can be defined as the study of existing data. The existing data is collected to answer research questions. Existing data sources may include statistical records, survey archives, previous history and written records. Cross-sectional research is a research method often used in developmental psychology, but also utilized in many other areas including social science and education. This type of study utilizes different groups of people who differ in the variable of interest", "id": "2892634" }, { "contents": "Ira Hyman\n\n\nat how memory had been tested in psychology laboratories. They hypothesized that the methods psychology researcher were using, mainly word lists, did not explain how normal autobiographical memory worked, and the results gathered using this type of research may not generalize to real world situations. They found that errors made in autobiographical memories did not relate to the complexity of an additional task, that called for the participant to remember word lists. No matter how many words the participant was asked to remember, it had no effect on how well they remembered", "id": "197008" }, { "contents": "Mobile interaction\n\n\nperform with the system, understanding of the design tools, software packages that are needed to achieve this and an understanding of software engineering tools. The following are the main disciplines involved in mobile interaction: Many of the research methods and system evaluation techniques currently used in mobile human-computer interaction research are borrowed from psychology. As well as attitude measures, performance measures that are used in mobile human-computer interaction research studies come from the area of experimental psychology. Understanding users and their needs is a key aspect in the design", "id": "302013" }, { "contents": "Social psychology\n\n\n. Regardless of which method has been chosen to be used, the results are of high importance. Results need to be used to evaluate the hypothesis of the research that is done. These results should either confirm or reject the original hypothesis that was predicted.There are two different types of testing social psychologists use in order to test their results. Statistics and probability testing define a significant finding that can be as low as 5% or less, likely to be due to chance. Replications are important, to ensure that the", "id": "7191687" }, { "contents": "Main path analysis\n\n\nstream of a literature.\" The idea was verified using a set of DNA research articles. To make the method more practical, Liu and Lu (2012) extends the method to include the key-route search. The most useful feature of the key-route search is that one is able to view the different level of main paths by adjusting the key-route numbers. Main path analysis operates in two steps. The first step obtains the traversal counts of each link in a citation network. Several types of traversal", "id": "18296691" }, { "contents": "Diary studies\n\n\nsuch as moods. There are two types of diary studies: Diary studies can also be employed together with other research techniques within a mixed method framework and is particularly useful in obtaining rich subjective data. For instance, experience sampling method or ESM combines it with questionnaires to gather data and examine people's experiences in daily life. An early example of a diary study was \"How Workingmen Spend Their Time\" (Bevans, 1913) which went unpublished by George Esdras Bevans. Diary studies originate from the fields of psychology and anthropology", "id": "1247899" }, { "contents": "Qualitative psychological research\n\n\n. Interviews are used in most types of qualitative research. Participant observation is a method particularly employed by ethnographers in the anthropological tradition. It is used to learn about the naturally occurring routines, interactions and practices of a particular group of people in their social environments, and so to understand their culture. When a researcher becomes a part of the participants in the situation under observation, it is called a \"participant observer\". Furthermore, qualitative data can be used to strengthen quantitative research designs in general and intervention research designs (", "id": "18195280" }, { "contents": "Descriptive phenomenological method in psychology\n\n\ncontext of this research method, therefore, intuition is used in order to get a sense of the lived meaning of each description so as to relate them to what is known about the phenomenon of interest in general These types of generalities are not statistical probabilities nor universally posited, but are dependent upon the lived meaning of the descriptions and the meaning of the phenomenon being studied. The phenomenological psychological attitude is to be assumed while analyzing the data in order to ensure that \"the results reflect a careful description of precisely the features of", "id": "5931861" }, { "contents": "Social psychology\n\n\nof research is usually descriptive or correlational because there is no experimental control over variables. However, new statistical methods like structural equation modeling are being used to test for potential causal relationships in this type of data. Some psychologists, including Dr. David O. Sears, have criticized social psychological research for relying too heavily on studies conducted on university undergraduates in academic settings. Over 70% of experiments in Sears' study used North American undergraduates as subjects, a subset of the population that may not be representative of the population as a whole", "id": "7191686" }, { "contents": "Cognitive science\n\n\nmind having the ability to experience or to feel a sense of self. Many different methodologies are used to study cognitive science. As the field is highly interdisciplinary, research often cuts across multiple areas of study, drawing on research methods from psychology, neuroscience, computer science and systems theory. In order to have a description of what constitutes intelligent behavior, one must study behavior itself. This type of research is closely tied to that in cognitive psychology and psychophysics. By measuring behavioral responses to different stimuli, one can understand something", "id": "5602851" }, { "contents": "Hermann Werner Siemens\n\n\nWisconsin, also published a report called \"Psychological Monographs\" on the twin method describing the difference between the identical and fraternal twins in 1924; however, Merrimen did not suggest that the difference between identical and fraternal twins could be used to explore hereditary traits and only interpreted his results as evidence for two types of twins. Siemens' work introduced the classical \"Twin Method\", which is recognized as highly influential by current Twin Studies experts in genetics. Hermann Werner Siemens was the first researcher to attempt to determine the roles of", "id": "8398069" }, { "contents": "Quantitative psychology\n\n\nespecially in educational research and psychometrics are often part of education or educational psychology departments. These programs may therefore have different names mentioning \"research methods\" or \"quantitative methods\", such as the \"Research and Evaluation Methodology\" Ph.D from the University of Florida or the \"Quantitative Methods\" degree at the University of Pennsylvania. However, some universities may have separate programs in their two colleges. For example, the University of Washington has a \"Quantitative psychology\" degree in their psychology department and a separate \"Measurement", "id": "20240042" }, { "contents": "Transpersonal psychology\n\n\nexperience; religious cults; psychopharmacology; guided imagery; breathwork; past life therapy; ecological survival and social change; aging and adult spiritual development. The research of transpersonal psychology is based upon both quantitative and qualitative methods, but some commentators have suggested that the main contribution of transpersonal psychology has been to provide alternatives to the quantitative methods of mainstream psychology. Although the field has not been a significant contributor of empirical knowledge on clinical issues, it has contributed important quantitative research to areas such as the study of meditation. One of", "id": "12091082" }, { "contents": "Victoria Clarke (psychologist)\n\n\ncentered around the intersection of topics that of qualitative methods of psychology, queer psychology, along with human sexuality and gender studies. Qualitative research is another form of thematic analysis, two fields Clarke conducts research with, as far as analysis of her research experiments. Thematic analysis covers examining and analyzing specific patterns found within pools of data. In Clarke's heavily cited journal entry \"Using thematic analysis in psychology\" she covers the topic of analysing qualitative data, in a research setting within a psychological standpoint. Clarke also gives insight into", "id": "11495872" }, { "contents": "Hormonal contraception\n\n\nhighly effective: when taken on the prescribed schedule, users of steroid hormone methods experience pregnancy rates of less than 1% per year. Perfect-use pregnancy rates for most hormonal contraceptives are usually around the 0.3% rate or less. Currently available methods can only be used by women; the development of a male hormonal contraceptive is an active research area. There are two main types of hormonal contraceptive formulations: \"combined methods\" which contain both an estrogen and a progestin, and \"progestogen-only methods\" which contain", "id": "15407339" }, { "contents": "Socionics\n\n\nstudy of intertype relationships. He have found the theory of intertype relationships a valuable contribution of Aušra Augustinavičiūtė to Jungian psychology. Philosopher L. M. Monastirsky identified the use of speculative categories as the first shortcoming of socionics. Secondly, he stated that it lacks clearly defined typing method and each socionics school defines methods of their own. At the same time Monastirsky, recognizing the potential of socionics, proposed to turn to the concept of a socionic type for carrying out some research in the field of the methodology of science. An important issue", "id": "18521825" }, { "contents": "Qualitative psychological research\n\n\nand Methods\" edited by the same two researchers. Since then a broad range of qualitative methods have been adopted by heath psychologists including discourse analysis, thematic analysis, narrative analysis and interpretative phenomenological analysis. In 2015, the American Psychological Association journal Health Psychology published a special issue on qualitative research edited by Brendan Gough and Janet A. Deatrick. Qualitative psychological research has crystallised as one of the most effective ways of gathering insight into the behaviours, attitudes and decision-making processes of consumers and customers. Most qualitative research companies in the", "id": "18195278" }, { "contents": "Mortuary archaeology\n\n\ndifferent methods that contribute to mortuary archaeology including analyzing different burial techniques between and within populations and creating a biological profile of the individual(s). There are two main methods used by bioarchaeologists to analyze the context of a burial as well as the individual that is buried. The first type of method looks at the burial and human remains context.  The next method looks at the remains in the lab to see what information can be collected from the remains. These methods help researchers understand different aspects of the culture of a group. Analyzing", "id": "10747772" }, { "contents": "Dialectology\n\n\nby traditional dialectologists. Dialect researchers typically use predominantly interview questionnaires to gather data on the dialect they are researching. These are not to be confused with what is called written questionnaires, which have had some applications in dialectology as well and which, recently, have had a comeback in linguistics more generally. There are two main types of questionnaires; direct and indirect. Researchers using for their face-to-face interviews the direct method will present the subject with a set of questions that demand a specific answer and are designed to", "id": "60492" }, { "contents": "Psychological research\n\n\nbiases. In a \"true experiment\", participants are randomly chosen to remove the chance of experimenter's bias. \"Observational research,\" (a type of non-experimental, correlational research), involves the researcher observing the ongoing behaviour of their subjects. There are multiple methods of observational research such as \"participant observations\", \"non-participant observations\" and \"naturalistic observations\". Participant observations are methods that involve a researcher joining the particular social group they are studying. For example, the social psychologist,", "id": "2892626" }, { "contents": "Robert Gifford (psychologist)\n\n\nRobert Gifford is professor of Psychology and Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada). His main research interests are environmental psychology, social psychology, and personality psychology. He has worked on nonverbal behavior and on climate change behavior barriers. Gifford is the author of 5 editions of \"Environmental Psychology: Principles and Practice\", which has also been translated into Japanese, and edited \"Research Methods for Environmental Psychology\" (2016). From 2004 to 2016, he was the editor in chief of the", "id": "18034838" }, { "contents": "Case study in psychology\n\n\nwhere replication instead of sampling is the criterion for inclusion. Like other research methodologies within psychology, the case study must produce valid and reliable results in order to be useful for the development of future research. Distinct advantages and disadvantages are associated with the case study in psychology. The case study is sometimes mistaken for the case method, but the two are not the same. One major advantage of the case study in psychology is the potential for the development of novel hypotheses for later testing. Second, the case study can provide", "id": "21162819" }, { "contents": "Observational methods in psychology\n\n\nObservational methods in psychological research entail the observation and description of a subject's behavior. Researchers utilizing the observational method can exert varying amounts of control over the environment in which the observation takes place. This makes observational research a sort of middle ground between the highly controlled method of experimental design and the less structured approach of conducting interviews. Time sampling is a sampling method that involves the acquisition of representative samples by observing subjects at different time intervals. These time intervals can be chosen randomly or systematically. If a researcher chooses to use", "id": "10258211" }, { "contents": "Russell Gray\n\n\nRussell David Gray is an evolutionary biologist and psychologist working on applying quantitative methods to the study of cultural evolution and human prehistory. He worked as a professor at the University of Auckland, located in New Zealand. Although originally trained in biology and psychology, Gray has become well known for his studies on the evolution of the Austronesian language family using computational phylogenetic methods. Gray also performs research on animal cognition. One of his main research-projects studies tool-use among New Caledonian crows. In the summer of 2014, the", "id": "8382565" }, { "contents": "Qualitative psychological research\n\n\nIn psychology, \"qualitative research\" has come to be defined as research whose findings are not arrived at by statistical or other quantitative procedures. Qualitative research is often said to be \"naturalistic\". Its goal is to understand behaviour in the natural setting. Two other goals attributed to qualitative research are understanding a phenomenon from the perspective of the research participant and understanding the meanings people give to their experience. It attempts to do this by using so-called naturalistic methods—interviewing, observation, ethnography, participant observation and focus", "id": "18195267" }, { "contents": "Egon Brunswik\n\n\nbeen employed in psychological theory and research and a description of the changes in the emphasis of these variables over time. Brunswik's theory stems as much from his analysis of the history of psychology as it does from his research. His historical as well as his theoretical analysis also led him to criticize orthodox methods of experimental design (particularly the \"rule of one variable\") and to suggest methods for avoiding what he believed to be an unfortunate artificiality inherent in classical experimental procedures. Brunswik's main field of empirical research was perception", "id": "7081315" }, { "contents": "Developmental psychology\n\n\n. Research designs are logical frameworks used to make key comparisons within research studies such as: In a longitudinal study, a researcher observes many individuals born at or around the same time (a cohort) and carries out new observations as members of the cohort age. This method can be used to draw conclusions about which types of development are universal (or normative) and occur in most members of a cohort. As an example a longitudinal study of early literacy development examined in detail the early literacy experiences of one child in each", "id": "9095874" }, { "contents": "Psychological statistics\n\n\nare useful for the same. Experimental Methods are very popular in psychology. It has more than 100 years tradition. Experimental psychology has a status of sub-discipline in psychology . The statistical methods are applied for designing and analyzing experimental data. They involve, t-test, ANOVA, ANCOVA, MANOVA, MANCOVA, binomial test, chi-square etc. are used for the analysis of the experimental data. Multivariate behavioral research is becoming very popular in psychology. These methods include Multiple Regression and Prediction; Moderated and Mediated", "id": "3952598" }, { "contents": "Feldenkrais Method\n\n\nThe Feldenkrais Method is a type of exercise therapy devised by Israeli Moshé Feldenkrais (1904–1984) during the mid-20th century. The method is claimed to reorganize connections between the brain and body and so improve body movement and psychological state. There is no good medical evidence that the Feldenkrais method confers any health benefits. It is not known if it is safe or cost-effective, but researchers do not believe it poses serious risks. The Feldenkrais Method is a type of alternative exercise therapy that proponents claim can repair impaired connections between the", "id": "12153774" }, { "contents": "Observational methods in psychology\n\n\ndifferent situations, researchers reduce the chance that the results they obtain will be particular to a certain set of circumstances or conditions. For this reason, situation sampling significantly increases the external validity of observational findings. Compared to when researchers only observe particular types of individuals, researchers using situation sampling can increase the diversity of subjects within their observed sample. Researchers may determine which subjects to observe by either selecting subjects systematically (every 10th student in a cafeteria, for example) or randomly, with the goal of obtaining a representative sample of", "id": "10258214" }, { "contents": "Health psychology\n\n\nor at a larger population level. Health psychology, like other areas of applied psychology, is both a theoretical and applied field. Health psychologists employ diverse research methods. These methods include controlled randomized experiments, quasi-experiments, longitudinal studies, time-series designs, cross-sectional studies, case-control studies, qualitative research as well as action research. Health psychologists study a broad range of health phenomena including cardiovascular disease, (cardiac psychology), smoking habits, the relation of religious beliefs to health, alcohol use", "id": "6609529" }, { "contents": "Society for Computers in Psychology\n\n\nThe Society for Computers in Psychology (SCiP) is a scholarly society founded in 1971 with the purpose of the increasing and diffusing knowledge of the use of computers in psychological research. SCiP is an organization of researchers interested in applications of computational techniques and methods in psychology. One focus over the past several years has been on aiding psychologists in using computers in their teaching and research, statistical analysis tools, web-based research, clinical applications, and computational modelling. The Society has also encouraged consideration of psychological aspects of hardware and", "id": "5187363" }, { "contents": "Qualitative psychological research\n\n\nis to examine their data in depth and in detail. Qualitative methods are, in particular, widely used as exploratory methods; the results of qualitative analysis are used to design quantitative research which tests null hypotheses derived from the qualitative observations. Those psychological researchers who prefer qualitative research argue that statistically-based research has limitations because it is less able to take into consideration the context of behaviour. Qualitative researchers have developed their own criteria for assessing reliability and validity. The work of Yvonna Lincoln and Egon Guba is an example of this", "id": "18195273" }, { "contents": "Psychological research\n\n\n, especially in the social and behavioural sciences. The field of psychology commonly uses experimental methods in what is known as experimental psychology. Researchers design experiments to test specific hypotheses (the deductive approach), or to evaluate functional relationships (the inductive approach). The method of experimentation involves an experimenter changing some influence—the \"independent variable(IV)\"— on the research subjects, and studying the effects it produces on an expected aspect—the \"dependent variable (DV)\"— of the subjects behaviour or experience. Other", "id": "2892622" }, { "contents": "Psychological statistics\n\n\nMethods, British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, Journal of Mathematical Psychology, Multivariate Behavioral Research, Psychological Assessment, Structural Equation Modeling are other useful journals. Various software packages are available for statistical methods for psychological research. They can be classified as commercial software (e.g., JMP and SPSS) and Open-Source (e.g., R). Among the free-wares, the R software is most popular one. There are many online references for R and specialised books on R for", "id": "3952600" }, { "contents": "Psychology of torture\n\n\nmethods used become torture. The standards, policies, and procedures of each country's professional psychological association may influence the participation of psychologists in administering torture, researching torture methods, and evaluating the effectiveness of the results. Kenneth Pope (2011) used direct quotes to indicate the American Psychological Association believes psychologists have a key role in eliciting information from people since interrogations require an understanding of psychological processes. Each professional association sets the standards for ethics and expected professional behavior which may influence psychologist researchers who investigate interrogation or torture and clinical psychologists", "id": "4739331" }, { "contents": "Descriptive phenomenological method in psychology\n\n\n100 dissertations that have used the Descriptive Phenomenological Method on a wide variety of psychological problems, and he has published over 100 articles on the phenomenological approach to psychology. Giorgi promotes phenomenology as a theoretical movement that avoids certain reductionist tendencies sustained by many contemporary approaches to psychological research. According to the phenomenological psychological perspective espoused by Giorgi, researchers are encouraged to \"bracket\" their own assumptions pertaining to the phenomenon in question by refraining from positing a static sense of objective reality for oneself and the participants whose experiences are being studied. This", "id": "5931857" }, { "contents": "Role-playing\n\n\nby researchers studying interpersonal behavior by assigning research participants to particular roles and instructing the participants to act as if a specific set of conditions were true. This technique of assigning and taking roles in psychological research has a long history. It has been used in the early classic social psychological experiments by Kurt Lewin (1939/1997), Stanley Milgram (1963), and Phillip Zimbardo (1971). Herbert Kelman suggested that role-playing might be \"the most promising source\" of research methods alternative to methods using deception (Kelman 1965", "id": "18537518" }, { "contents": "Psychological statistics\n\n\nPsychological statistics is application of formulas, theorems, numbers and laws to psychology. Statistical Methods for psychology include development and application statistical theory and methods for modeling psychological data. These methods include psychometrics, Factor analysis, Experimental Designs, Multivariate Behavioral Research. The article also discusses journals in the same field Wilcox, R. (2012). Psychometrics deals with measurement of psychological attributes. It involved developing and applying statistical models for mental measurements (Lord and Novik, ; etc.) The measurement theories are divided into two major areas:", "id": "3952587" }, { "contents": "Psychological typologies\n\n\n-consciousness) and taking into account their holistic character, to master the knowledge of steady variants of these systems and skills to compare their properties. The comparing and estimating the systems are more difficult in the absence of the reliable methodological base: there is not a generally accepted opinion on what to compare and how to estimate. For investigation the types it is necessary to be able to use both the qualitative and quantitative methods of empirical reality research, taking into account the following factors: 1.The scale and the complex character of research", "id": "16972245" }, { "contents": "Societal psychology\n\n\non the study of the individual's thoughts, feelings and actions, while paying little attention to the study of the environment, its culture and its institutions. Societal psychology seeks to address these issues and in so doing calls into question many of social psychology's basic assumptions. Research within the framework of societal psychology is not restricted to a few psychological methods, such as experimentation. Scholars in the field use the whole range of qualitative and quantitative social science methods and attempt to triangulate and validate their findings by different methods. The", "id": "5232913" }, { "contents": "Mannheim School of Social Sciences\n\n\nof Social Sciences is renowned for its strength in empirical and analytical research, and for using innovative quantitative techniques in its research design. The Department's main areas of focus in research and teaching consist of Sociological Theory, Comparative Sociology, Stratification Research, Economic Sociology, Social Psychology, and Quantitative Research methods. The department maintains close cooperation with the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) and the GESIS Leibiniz Institute for the Social Sciences. Since 2014 the Mannheim School of Social Sciences is the first and only European partner institution", "id": "16064795" }, { "contents": "Descriptive phenomenological method in psychology\n\n\nThe descriptive phenomenological method in psychology was developed by the American psychologist Amedeo Giorgi in the early 1970s. Giorgi based his method on principles laid out by philosophers like Edmund Husserl and Maurice Merleau-Ponty as well as what he had learned from his prior professional experience in psychophysics. Giorgi was an early pioneer of the humanistic psychology movement, the use of phenomenology in psychology, and qualitative research in psychology, and to this day continues to advocate for the importance of a human science approach to psychological subject matter. Giorgi has directed over", "id": "5931856" }, { "contents": "Field research\n\n\nrelies on participant-observation. Participant observation is a structured type of research strategy. It is a widely used methodology in many disciplines, particularly, cultural anthropology, but also sociology, communication studies, and social psychology. Its aim is to gain a close and intimate familiarity with a given group of individuals (such as a religious, occupational, or sub cultural group, or a particular community) and their practices through an intensive involvement with people in their natural environment, usually over an extended period of time. The method", "id": "838626" }, { "contents": "Industrial and organizational psychology\n\n\nO psychologists also employ psychometric methods including methods associated with classical test theory, generalizability theory, and item response theory (IRT). I/O psychologists have also employed qualitative methods, which largely involve focus groups, interviews, and case studies. I/O research on organizational culture research has employed ethnographic techniques and participant observation. A qualitative technique associated with I/O psychology is Flanagan's Critical Incident Technique. I/O psychologists sometimes use quantitative and qualitative methods in concert. OHP researchers have also combined and coordinated quantitative", "id": "15519278" }, { "contents": "Sport psychology\n\n\n-clinical sports psychologist might refer one of their clients to a clinical psychologist if it is thought that the athlete might need additional help beyond talk therapy. Listed below are broad areas of research in the field. This is not a complete list of all topics, but rather, an overview of the types of issues and concepts sport psychologists study. Recently, criticism of the quality, assumptions, and methods of sport psychology stress research has drawn increasing attention, and a flourishing academic debate has evolved regarding the quality of sport research", "id": "20837654" }, { "contents": "Observational methods in psychology\n\n\nresearch findings. If researchers wish to study how subjects normally behave in a given setting, they will want to utilize observation without intervention, also known as naturalistic observation. This type of observation is useful because it allows observers to see how individuals act in natural settings, rather than in the more artificial setting of a lab or experiment. A natural setting can be defined as a place in which behavior ordinarily occurs and that has not been arranged specifically for the purpose of observing behavior. Direct observation is also necessary if researchers want", "id": "10258216" }, { "contents": "Occupational health psychology\n\n\nIn addition, EA-OHP and SOHP began to coordinate biennial conferences schedules such that the organizations' conferences would take place on alternate years, minimizing scheduling conflicts. In 2017, SOHP and Springer began to publish an OHP-related journal \"Occupational Health Science\". The main purpose of OHP research is to understand how working conditions affect worker health, use that knowledge to design interventions to protect and improve worker health, and evaluate the effectiveness of such interventions. The research methods used in OHP are similar to those used in", "id": "745971" }, { "contents": "Jerome E. Singer\n\n\nJerome Everett Singer (1934–2010) was the founding chair of the Medical and Clinical Psychology Department at Uniformed Services University. He is best known for his contributions to the two-factor theory of emotion. He also served as one of the fourteen members on the National Research Council (NRC) committee on human performance in 1985. Singer played a role in the cognitive revival of modern psychology. His main area of expertise was the psychological and physiological effects of various types of stress. Jerome E. Singer was born in the Bronx in", "id": "14452685" }, { "contents": "Persuasive technology\n\n\nsocial impact can result in greater behavior changes than the case where the user is isolated. Halko and  Kientz made an extensive search in the literature for persuasive strategies and methods used in the field of psychology to modify health-related behaviours. Their search concluded that there are 8 main types of persuasive strategies, which can be grouped into the following four categories, where each category has two complementary approaches: Authoritative: Persuade the technology user through an authoritative agent. For example, a strict personal trainer who instructing the user to perform", "id": "7160139" }, { "contents": "Organization development\n\n\nhe try to teach organizational members a new inventory of knowledge which they then transfer to the job situation. Using theory and methods drawn from such behavioral sciences as industrial/organizational psychology, industrial sociology, communication, cultural anthropology, administrative theory, organizational behavior, economics, and political science, the change agent's main function is to help the organization define and solve its own problems. The basic method used is known as action research. This approach, which is described in detail later, consists of a preliminary diagnosis, collecting", "id": "6277154" }, { "contents": "Marketing research\n\n\nstill used today). During, the 1930s and 1940s, many of the data collection methods, probability sampling methods, survey methods, questionnaire design and key metrics were developed. By the 1930s, Ernest Dichter was pioneering the focus group method of qualitative research. For this, he is often described as the 'father of market research.' Dichter applied his methods on campaigns for major brands including Chrysler, Exxon/Esso where he used methods from psychology and cultural anthropology to gain consumer insights. These methods eventually lead to", "id": "19192722" }, { "contents": "Police psychology\n\n\nout of empirical research. This field covers the full range of investigation related activities such as: This sphere has been much abused worldwide with the spread of the use of originally Eastern methods, including gradual copying of the type of methods once associated to some areas of Asia, what characterizes the latter is the contacting of the suspect via mental means, \"thinking to\" techniques known already in Eastern Europe followed by repetition of the alleged offence continually mentally to make it start repeating itself in the mind and even begin to affect speech", "id": "13944525" }, { "contents": "Wilhelm Wundt\n\n\nmethods.\" With this statement, however, he will in no way treat psychology as a pure natural science, though psychologists should learn from the progress of methods in the natural sciences: \"There are two sciences that must come to the aid of general psychology in this regard: the development history of the mind and comparative psychology.\" The \"Grundzüge der physiologischen Psychologie\" (\"Main Features of Physiological Psychology\") on general psychology is Wundt's best-known textbook. He wanted to connect two sciences with one", "id": "15295052" }, { "contents": "Quantitative psychology\n\n\na special task force in 2006. The task force was chaired by Leona S. Aiken from Arizona State University. Quantitative psychologists generally have a main area of interest. Notable research areas in psychometrics include item response theory and computer adaptive testing, which focus on education and intelligence testing. Other research areas include modeling psychological processes through time series analysis, such as in fMRI data collection, and structural equation modeling, social network analysis, human decision science, and statistical genetics. Two common types of psychometric tests are: aptitude tests,", "id": "20240046" }, { "contents": "Filipino psychology\n\n\n\" is the core construct of Filipino Psychology. \"Kapwa\" has two categories, \"Ibang Tao\" and \"Hindi Ibang Tao\". Approaches, or \"lapit\", and methods, or \"pamamaraan\", in Filipino Psychology are different from that of Western Psychology. In Filipino Psychology, the subjects, or participants, called \"kalahok\", are considered as equal in status to the researcher. The participants are included in the research as a group, and not as individuals - hence, an \"umpukan\"", "id": "6507284" }, { "contents": "Psychology of programming\n\n\nlate 1970s and early 1980s, when researchers realized that computational power should not be the only thing to be evaluated in programming tools and technologies, but also the usability from the users. In the first Workshop on Empirical Studies of Programmers, Ben Shneiderman listed several important destinations for researchers. These destinations include refining the use of current languages, improving present and future languages, developing special purpose languages, and improving tools and methods. Two important workshop series have been devoted to psychology of programming in the last two decades: the Workshop", "id": "15375180" }, { "contents": "Indigenous psychology\n\n\nproductive. The advocacy of using social influences in South African society by Painter and Terre Blanche supports the effort to apply indigenous psychology in the area. Further application of indigenous psychology or similar methods will contribute to the field of global psychology. Three things are in common with indigenous societies including a shortage of resources, professional vs. scientific priority of psychology and the challenge of integrating psychology with culture. Indigenous psychologies practice applied psychology over research psychology. They often lack financial support and resources for research psychology. They end to focus on the", "id": "16691573" }, { "contents": "Industrial and organizational psychology\n\n\ndiverse data sources including human judgments, historical databases, objective measures of work performance (e.g., sales volume), and questionnaires and surveys. I/O researchers employ quantitative statistical methods. Quantitative methods used in I/O psychology include correlation, multiple regression, and analysis of variance. More advanced statistical methods employed in I/O research include logistic regression, structural equation modeling, and hierarchical linear modeling (HLM; also known as multilevel modeling). I/O research has also employed meta-analysis. I/", "id": "15519277" }, { "contents": "Field research\n\n\nthe field. One of the two most common methods of data analysis are thematic analysis and narrative analysis. As mentioned before, the type of analysis a researcher decides to use depends on the research question asked, the researcher's field, and the researcher's personal method of choice. In anthropology, field research is organized so as to produce a kind of writing called ethnography. Ethnography can refer to both a methodology and a product of research, namely a monograph or book. Ethnography is a grounded, inductive method that heavily", "id": "838625" }, { "contents": "Descriptive phenomenological method in psychology\n\n\nallows the researchers to attend to the descriptions of the participants without forcing the meaning of the descriptive units into pre-defined categories. An important aspect of the descriptive phenomenological method in psychology is the way by which it distinguishes itself from those approaches that are strictly interpretive. In this, Giorgi closely follows Husserl who proposes that \"being given and being interpreted are descriptions of the same situation from two different levels of discourse.\" As such, in the Descriptive Phenomenological Method there are both descriptive and interpretive moments, but the researcher", "id": "5931858" }, { "contents": "Business chess\n\n\nof strategy, as a general educational business game, method of psychological evaluation, psychological training and play therapy. Such opportunity is conditioned by team active discussion and a multistage process of group decision-making based on sociocultural evolution depending on changing conditions (game). It can be seen that the main mechanisms of Interactive Cognitive Scenario (branching and selection) resemble biological mechanisms of evolution (genetic mutation and natural selection). Business chess as a scientific model can be effectively used for researches in following areas: game theory, bifurcation", "id": "1579795" }, { "contents": "Research question\n\n\nthe researcher wants to know most and first. Therefore, the investigator must first identify the type of study (qualitative, quantitative, or mixed) before the research question is developed. Forming the research question may become an iterative process when parameters of the research process, such as field of study or methodology, do not fit the original question. Literature suggests several methods for selecting criteria in the development of a research question, two of which are the FINER and PICOT methods. The FINER method can be a useful tool for", "id": "12582803" }, { "contents": "Urban anthropology\n\n\nmain ways to go about researching urban anthropology: by examining the types of cities or examining the social issues within the cities. These two methods are overlapping and dependent of each other. By defining different types of cities, one would use social factors as well as economic and political factors to categorize the cities. By directly looking at the different social issues, one would also be studying how they affect the dynamic of the city. There are four central approaches to the anthropological study of cities. The first is the urban ecology", "id": "14135856" }, { "contents": "Straight razor\n\n\ngrinding method used for the blade; the degree of curvature, and therefore hollowness (or thinness), of the sides of the cross section of the razor blade depends on the grinding method. Finally the blades are categorised according to their width. Blades are, at first, categorised according to point, or nose, type. The following are the main types of points: The second category refers to the type of grinding method used and, since it affects the curvature of the blade cross section, includes the following two", "id": "12730624" }, { "contents": "Biological basis of personality\n\n\nthe same title. The book is a collection of current research (as of 2006) in the field contributed by many authors and edited by Turhan Canli. Recently, psychology professor Colin G. DeYoung has even named the idea as the field of 'Personality Neuroscience'. There are many experimental techniques for measuring the biology of the brain, but there are five main methods used to investigate the biological basis of personality. The biological data from these methods are commonly correlated with personality traits. These personality traits are often determined by personality", "id": "11160603" }, { "contents": "Psychology\n\n\ncursory examinations have been made. Qualitative psychological research methods include interviews, first-hand observation, and participant observation. Creswell (2003) identifies five main possibilities for qualitative research, including narrative, phenomenology, ethnography, case study, and grounded theory. Qualitative researchers sometimes aim to enrich interpretations or critiques of symbols, subjective experiences, or social structures. Sometimes hermeneutic and critical aims can give rise to quantitative research, as in Erich Fromm's study of Nazi voting or Stanley Milgram's studies of obedience to authority. Just as", "id": "3089063" }, { "contents": "Psychology\n\n\nconfound and understand the nature and origins of individual differences in behavior. Traditionally this research has been conducted using twin studies and adoption studies, two designs where genetic and environmental influences can be partially un-confounded. More recently, the availability of microarray molecular genetic or genome sequencing technologies allows researchers to measure participant DNA variation directly, and test whether individual genetic variants within genes are associated with psychological traits and psychopathology through methods including genome-wide association studies. One goal of such research is similar to that in positional cloning and its", "id": "3089022" }, { "contents": "Wilhelm Wundt\n\n\nmethods\" for chronometry in the psychology of apperception; the \"reproduction methods\" in research on memory, and the \"expression methods\" with observations and psychophysiological measurement in research on feelings. Wundt considered the methodology of his linguistic psychological investigations (Vols. 1 and 2 of Völkerpsychologie) to be the most fruitful path to adequate psychological research on the thought process. The principles of his cultural psychological methodology were only worked out later. These involved the analytical and comparative observation of objective existing materials, i.e. historical writings, language,", "id": "15295076" }, { "contents": "Helen Hall Jennings\n\n\npsychology at Columbia University and specialized in empirical research design. While working in the lab of psychologist Gardner Murphy, she met Jacob L. Moreno. Through her knowledge of quantitative research methods and statistics, Jennings worked with Moreno to develop an empirical approach to social network research. Together they studied how \"social relations affected psychological well-being” and “used quantitative methods for studying the structure of groups and the positions of individuals within groups.\" Jennings and Moreno's research at Sing Sing and the New York Training School for Girls", "id": "3911357" }, { "contents": "Couple interview\n\n\nA couple interview (or joint couple interview, or more broadly conjoint interview, joint interview or dyadic interview) is a method of qualitative research used in the social sciences, where two spouses are interviewed together. Such an interview is typically semi-structured or unstructured. Couple interviews are important in household research, often from a psychological, sociological, anthropological or social geographical perspective, and are also frequently used within health research. A couple interview is a form of joint interviewing (interviews involving two interviewees), the subject of", "id": "1761366" }, { "contents": "Qualitative psychological research\n\n\n. Therefore, this article would be focus on the research methods and how the data collected and analyzed by researchers in qualitative research. In health psychology qualitative methods have become an increasingly popular research approach to increase understanding of health and illness and how these phenomena are socially constructed in everyday life. The value of this approach was championed in 1998 by a special issue of the Journal of Health Psychology devoted to qualitative research edited by Michael Murray and Kerry Chamberlain. This was followed in 1999 by the text \"Qualitative Health Psychology: Theories", "id": "18195277" }, { "contents": "Swiss Center for Affective Sciences\n\n\nphenomena without losing the punitive profession required for a professional career between disciplines. There is an annual program called the International Summer School in Affective Sciences (ISSAS) which is available for young researchers worldwide. The summer school tries to bring together arts and emotions of students using many methods including literature, neuroscience, psychology, and musicology. The Centre's main research goals include attempting to understand affective phenomena, such as emotions and motivation, through research and analysis. Affective phenomena are complex and difficult to understand. They are described as", "id": "12323253" }, { "contents": "Occupational health psychology\n\n\nother branches of psychology. Self-report survey methodology is the most used approach in OHP research. Cross-sectional designs are commonly used; case-control designs have been employed much less frequently. Longitudinal designs including prospective cohort studies and experience sampling studies can examine relationships over time. OHP-related research devoted to evaluating health-promoting workplace interventions has relied on quasi-experimental designs and, less commonly, experimental approaches. Statistical methods commonly used in other areas of psychology are also used in OHP-related research. Statistical", "id": "745972" }, { "contents": "Experimental psychology\n\n\na controlled way (for example, researchers give different kinds of toys to two different groups of children in a nursery school). Control is typically more lax than it would be in a laboratory setting. Other methods of research such as case study, interview, opinion polls and naturalistic observation, are often used by psychologists. These are not experimental methods, as they lack such aspects as well-defined, controlled variables, randomization, and isolation from unwanted variables. Reliability measures the consistency or repeatability of an observation. For", "id": "5899068" }, { "contents": "Participant observation\n\n\nParticipant observation is one type of data collection method typically used in qualitative research and ethnography. It is a widely used methodology in many disciplines, particularly cultural anthropology, European ethnology, sociology, communication studies, human geography and social psychology. Its aim is to gain a close and intimate familiarity with a given group of individuals (such as a religious, occupational, sub cultural group, or a particular community) and their practices through an intensive involvement with people in their cultural environment, usually over an extended period of time.", "id": "5634983" }, { "contents": "Problem solving\n\n\nProblem solving consists of using generic or ad hoc methods in an orderly manner to find solutions to problems. Some of the problem-solving techniques developed and used in philosophy, artificial intelligence, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or medicine are related to mental problem-solving techniques studied in psychology. The term \"problem solving\" means slightly different things depending on the discipline. For instance, it is a mental process in psychology and a computerized process in computer science. There are two different types of problems, ill-", "id": "6823423" }, { "contents": "Floyd Henry Allport\n\n\nthree factions. A system is brought from the past, watching and sorting the system, and then the accumulated tools used to sort and or observe the system. He makes the point that institutions are not valid to blame or say they can cause things. They may be used as a description, but he wants it pointed out that they can be a hindrance to the sociological method. Social stimuli are the main factors in any experimental social psychological setting. The point is to identify the difference in the types of stimuli.", "id": "16481220" }, { "contents": "Applied psychology\n\n\na person to buy a particular product. Using the psychological research methods and the findings in human's cognition, motivation, attitudes and decision making, those can help to design more persuasive advertisement. Their research includes the study of unconscious influences and brand loyalty. However, the effect of unconscious influences was controversial Clinical psychology includes the study and application of psychology for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development. Central to its practice are psychological", "id": "16423277" }, { "contents": "Humanistic psychology\n\n\nto traditional research methods is that they are derived from and suited for the physical sciences and not especially appropriate to studying the complexities and nuances of human meaning-making. However, humanistic psychology has involved scientific research of human behavior since its inception. For example: A human science view is not opposed to quantitative methods, but, following Edmund Husserl: Research has remained part of the humanistic psychology agenda, though with more of a holistic than reductionistic focus. Specific humanistic research methods evolved in the decades following the formation of the", "id": "16036673" }, { "contents": "International Society of Critical Health Psychology\n\n\nThe International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP) is a society devoted to debate about critical ideas within health psychology and developing new ways of health psychology practice. ISCHP's members commonly make use of qualitative methods and participatory research methods to address social, political and cultural issues within health psychology. The 2019 conference was held in Bratislava. In July 1999, the First International Conference on Critical and Qualitative Approaches to Health Psychology was held in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, organised by Michael Murray. Over 120 critical health", "id": "18739156" }, { "contents": "Christian counseling\n\n\non how to integrate psychology and the Christian faith. The methods are called pragmatic eclecticism, metatheoretical eclecticism, and theoretical integration. The first method, pragmatic eclecticism, looks at the best solutions for resolving patients' problems based on previous research comparing different methods that have been used. The second method is concerned with the effectiveness of the counselor and looks at the tactics they are using that are beneficial and those that are not. The third method takes theories that are previously existing and makes that the baseline from which further research can", "id": "9595393" }, { "contents": "Subfields of psychology\n\n\nI-O) applies psychological concepts and methods to optimize human potential in the workplace. Personnel psychology, a subfield of I-O psychology, applies the methods and principles of psychology in selecting and evaluating workers. I-O psychology's other subfield, organizational psychology, examines the effects of work environments and management styles on worker motivation, job satisfaction, and productivity. Legal psychology is a research-oriented field populated with researchers from several different areas within psychology (although social and cognitive psychologists are typical). Legal psychologists", "id": "12012258" }, { "contents": "Research\n\n\nalready found it] If you don't know what you're searching for, what are you searching for?!\" The goal of the research process is to produce new knowledge or deepen understanding of a topic or issue. This process takes three main forms (although, as previously discussed, the boundaries between them may be obscure): There are two major types of empirical research design: qualitative research and quantitative research. Researchers choose qualitative or quantitative methods according to the nature of the research topic they want to investigate and", "id": "5935706" } ]

[ { "contents": "What We Do in the Shadows\n\n\n, writing that \"Some genre fans who prefer the silly to the satiric may bite, but the anemic pic isn't remotely weird or witty enough for cult immortality.\" \"What We Do in the Shadows\" grossed US$2 million in New Zealand and $3.4 million in the US. \"What We Do in the Shadows\" was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 26 November 2014 by Weltkino Filmverleih. A sequel to the film, focused on the werewolves depicted in \"What We Do in the Shadows\"", "id": "17402197" }, { "contents": "Harvey Guillén\n\n\n(2017–2018). He also appeared in the 2013 film \"The Internship\". Beginning in 2019, he plays the role of Guillermo, the vampires' human familiar, in the FX television series \"What We Do in the Shadows\". He is also set to appear in Quibi's upcoming science fiction drama series \"Don’t Look Deeper\". \"TheWrap\" included Guillén in a list of \"2019 Emmy Contenders\". Hank Steuver, in his review of \"What We Do in the Shadows\" in \"", "id": "15557516" }, { "contents": "What We Do in the Shadows\n\n\nThe film was heavily pirated. After the shutting down of a piracy website based in Mount Wellington, Auckland, the website revealed that, at 277,000 downloads, 'What We Do in the Shadows' was one of its most heavily pirated films. \"What We Do in the Shadows\" received critical acclaim and has an approval rating of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 172 reviews with an average rating of 7.8 out of 10. It is rated #68 on the website's list of Top 100 comedies of all time", "id": "17402194" }, { "contents": "What We Do in the Shadows (TV series)\n\n\nWhat We Do in the Shadows is an American comedy horror television series, based on the 2014 film of the same name written by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, that premiered on March 27, 2019, on FX. The series follows four vampire roommates living in New York City and it stars Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén, and Mark Proksch. In May 2019, FX renewed the series for a 10-episode second season to debut in 2020. \"What We Do in the Shadows\" is set", "id": "12434900" }, { "contents": "Wellington Paranormal\n\n\nWellington Paranormal is a New Zealand mockumentary comedy horror television series which first aired on 11 July 2018 on TVNZ 2. The series is a spin-off of the 2014 film \"What We Do in the Shadows\", and its lead characters—Officers Minogue and O'Leary—first appeared in the film as a pair of incurious police officers. The series was created by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, who wrote, directed and performed in \"What We Do in the Shadows\". Waititi and Clement serve as the series'", "id": "1330626" }, { "contents": "Spy Glass Blue\n\n\nmoody\", and psychedelic. Spy Glass Blue originally intended to have more of a pop based sound, like \"Sade and Seal meets Peter Murphy,\" of the goth scene Aguirre comments \"gothic is one tenth of what we do.\" According to one reviewer \"\"Shadows\" plays mind games with the listener\" with its music and deep lyrics. Lyrically it hides its deep meanings in a way that is \"sometimes hard to follow.\" An example is in the song \"Stygan\", which hides the", "id": "1177368" }, { "contents": "Love Metal\n\n\n-of \"Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights\". He elaborated, stating: \"After what we considered a disappointment with \"Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights\", because there were so many chefs in the kitchen, we wanted to be a band [...] that we control what we do, and everybody else can fuck-off.\" Valo referred to \"Love Metal\" as a \"moment of realization\" for the band, stating: \"This is what we are, and this is what we're going", "id": "4508782" }, { "contents": "Tim Crouch\n\n\nThe play, performed by children in chorus, is written in verse: 'What do we do with a boy so deprived/ Who refuses to learn or to grow or to thrive?/ WHAT DO WE DO?/ We send him to school, that's what we do.' One girl performer, interviewed for the trailer for a 2011 production in Plymouth, said, 'The play is cool because the narrators say things like 'What do you think?' And most plays they tell you what to think. Plus it rhymes,", "id": "18538393" }, { "contents": "Armageddon (convention)\n\n\nTime). TV/Movie guests: Michael Rowe, David Ramsey, Manu Bennett (Arrow), Christopher Judge (Stargate SG1), DJ Qualls, James Patrick Stuart, Jake Abel, Samantha Ferris, Steven Williams (Supernatural), John Callen, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton (The Hobbit), Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, Jonny Brugh, Ben Fransham (What We Do In The Shadows), Frazer Hines (Doctor Who). J-Pop performer: Chii Sakurabi. 18–19 October - Melbourne, Melbourne", "id": "16571545" }, { "contents": "Peter Weiss\n\n\nseveral experimental short films, followed by several socially conscious documentary shorts: \"Gesichter im Schatten\" (Faces in the Shadow, 1956), \"Im Namen des Gesetzes\" (In the Name of the Law, 1957), \"Was machen wir jetzt?\" (What Do We Do Now?, 1958). In 1959 he directed his only full length (experimental) film \"Hägringen\" \"(The Disappeared\"). In the early 1950s, Weiss had begun to write again, producing a", "id": "10096042" }, { "contents": "Taika Waititi\n\n\nSuper City\" starring Madeleine Sami, who plays five characters living in one city. In 2013, Waititi co-wrote and co-directed vampire comedy mockumentary \"What We Do in the Shadows\" with friend and fellow comedian Jemaine Clement. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014. Waititi and Clement played members of a group of vampires who live in modern-day Wellington. Waititi's fourth feature, \"Hunt for the Wilderpeople\", premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. When it was released", "id": "11498483" }, { "contents": "Castlevania: Lords of Shadow\n\n\nShadow\" at number 26 for 100 Most Anticipated Games of 2010, stating that \"This could be a megaton release.\" \"1UP.com\" top 50 most anticipated games of E3 2010 ranked \"Lords of Shadow\" at number 17. Despite the heavy anticipation, Cox noted there was still a small number of fans who did not like the game's transition to the 3D format. He stated, \"Fair enough, some people aren't going to like what we're doing and we accept that but generally what we're", "id": "11900171" }, { "contents": "Chelsea Winstanley\n\n\nChelsea Winstanley is a New Zealand film producer. She is the producer of \"What We Do in the Shadows\", among other films. Winstanley has Ngāti Ranginui and Ngai Te Rangi ancestry through her mother. She has produced short films such as \"Meathead\" and \"Night Shift\". In 2014 she produced \"What We Do in the Shadows\" with Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement. She has co-produced Merata Mita's domestic abuse documentary \"Saving Grace\", \"Te Whakarauora Tangata\", and also directs", "id": "12346588" }, { "contents": "What We Do in the Shadows (TV series)\n\n\nRotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 95%, based on 57 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, \"Delightfully absurd and ridiculously fun, \"What We Do in the Shadows\" expands on the film's vampiric lore and finds fresh perspective in its charming, off-kilter cast to create a mockumentary series worth sinking your teeth into.\" On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 80 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating \"", "id": "12434905" }, { "contents": "What We Do in the Shadows\n\n\n. The critical consensus states: \"Smarter, fresher, and funnier than a modern vampire movie has any right to be, \"What We Do in the Shadows\" is bloody good fun.\" The film also has a score of 76 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 33 critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Fearnet called the film \"a great vampire comedy\". Film School Rejects wrote a predominantly positive review, commenting that some of the film's broader moments fell flat but compared it favorably to", "id": "17402195" }, { "contents": "What We Do in the Shadows\n\n\ngotten back together with Pauline and Jackie has made her husband her new familiar. A post-credits scene shows Deacon attempting to hypnotize the audience to forget the events of the film. The film is based on a 2005 short film—\"What We Do In The Shadows: Interviews With Some Vampires\"—written and directed by Waititi and Clement, and starring Jonny Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer and Stu Rutherford in their roles of Deacon, Nick and Stu respectively. The feature film adaptation was shot in Wellington in September 2012, and was Waititi's", "id": "17402190" }, { "contents": "Only Two Can Play\n\n\noffice in 1962. It was nominated for Best Film in the 1963 BAFTA awards. In \"The New York Times\", Bosley Crowther wrote, \"ANYBODY who could do to organized labor what Peter Sellers did with his thumping performance of a union leader in the British comedy, \"I'm All Right, Jack,\" is clearly the fellow to do the same thing to sex. And we are pleased to be able to proclaim he does it in his latest side-splitter, \"Only Two Can Play\".", "id": "20678182" }, { "contents": "What We Do in the Shadows\n\n\nsimilar mockumentaries such as \"Best in Show\". The film was warmly received by UK newspapers, with \"The Guardian\"s film critic Peter Bradshaw describing it as \"the best comedy of the year\", while \"The Telegraph\"s Tim Robey found it \"desperately funny\". \"Film International\", in a positive review, commended the film for noting, with a double of Count Orlok locked in the vampires' basement, that the true vampire film tradition is repressed by the current craze. \"Variety\" was more critical", "id": "17402196" }, { "contents": "Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube?\n\n\nmore to the game than it would seem: \"There is something we haven't told everybody about when you play the cube. When you play the cube you're also doing something else. You don't realise you're doing it. [...] You're not just doing things in the cube. You don't realise it but you're doing something in something else as well at the same time.\" Peter Molyneux claimed that \"what is inside the cube is life-changingly amazing by any definition\".", "id": "6530019" }, { "contents": "Orly Cogan\n\n\nwithin the context of constantly shifting boundaries that define our relationships and our identities: What role do women want to play in society today? Who do we want to be? What kind of relationships do we want to have? Who are our role models? What are we teaching our children? American women have grown up with fairy tales in our heads, and somehow that “happily ever after” idea is instilled early on. With my own daughter I saw how strongly princesses infiltrated her play, although she had no direct", "id": "5895717" }, { "contents": "Scruff (TV series)\n\n\nPeter Ltd., That's Not For Playing With, Smells Like an Adventure, Princess Always On His Mind. What Will We Do With this Dog?: Wanted, A Home, What Will We Do With This Dog, The Course of Three Dogs, Craving for Eggs, Christmas is Almost Here! Circus Dog: Preying Around, A Circus Dog, The Circus Star, Fox Hunting, Bringing the Flock Home Staking Out Territory: A Canned Tail, The Runaway, Shackled by Fear, Staking Out Territory, Two Families", "id": "19790725" }, { "contents": "Peter Cheeseman\n\n\nwho was involved with the Victoria Theatre in the 1960s, said\"Working with Peter was a special and creative time. Great friendships were made. There was something special about what Peter made people do and made people be. The kind of spirit in which we worked, to be political and truthful, was down to Peter. He is a genius, a vagabond, a facilitator. What he has achieved is colossal and he is regarded with great respect and love.\" Peter Cheeseman died on 27 April 2010 of inanition and vascular", "id": "21495860" }, { "contents": "What We Do in the Shadows\n\n\n, was in development, but stopped due to some unresolved production issues. Originally rumoured to be titled \"What We Do in the Moonlight\", the working title was later announced as \"We're Wolves\". In May 2019 Taika Waititi said “'\"We're Wolves\"' is the film that Jemaine and I keep pretending that we’re making. Every couple of years we say, we’re making this new film called '\"We're Wolves\"' which follows the werewolves from the film,” said", "id": "17402198" }, { "contents": "Tim Crouch\n\n\nviolence. Crouch explained his intentions in an article: 'The Author is a play about what it is to be a spectator and about our responsibilities as spectators. It explores the connection between what we see and what we do. I feel strongly that we have lost a thread of responsibility for what we choose to look at.' In the play, Crouch plays 'Tim Crouch' an in-yer-face playwright who has written an abusive play, which has a destructive effect on everyone involved in it, from", "id": "18538364" }, { "contents": "Scriptural Way of the Cross\n\n\nthey said, \"What further need have we for testimony? We have heard it from his own mouth.\" \"Luke 22: 66-71\" Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. One of the maids came over to him and said, \"You too were with Jesus the Galilean.\" But Peter denied in front of everyone, saying, \"I do not know what you are talking about!\" As he went out to the gate, another girl saw him and said to those who were", "id": "2156973" }, { "contents": "Peter Jensen (bishop)\n\n\nsee by trying to get to the facts, the lifespan of practising gays is significantly shorter than the ordinary, so-called, heterosexual man. I think that seems to be the case. Now what we need to do is to look at why this may be the case and we need to do it in a compassionate and objective way.\" Jensen was questioned by a young homosexual Christian man who had contemplated suicide about what he would say to young people in that position. It was stated by a panel member,", "id": "9177015" }, { "contents": "Rhys Darby\n\n\nrole he originally played in the under the name Brian Nesbit and for playing the boss of Jim Carrey's character in \"Yes Man\", as well as roles in \"What We Do in the Shadows\", \"The Boat That Rocked\", \"\", \"A Series of Unfortunate Events\", \"\", and \"Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\". Darby was born in Auckland, and brought up in its Pakuranga suburb. He attended Edgewater College. A former soldier (signaller trained in morse", "id": "17658972" }, { "contents": "Interstate '76 Nitro Pack\n\n\nall sorts of 3D support. Anyone who played the previous release with the Direct3D patch we gave away last issue will know what to expect; if you don't have a 3D card you probably won't notice that much of an improvement, and even if you do there are still some obvious problems: shadows don't hang together too well and mountains continue to spring up from the middle distance. It's annoying, but it doesn't really matter too much because the game oozes style from every pixellated pore. For 20", "id": "380846" }, { "contents": "Heartthrob (album)\n\n\nfuture gonna look like for this band?' Some of the answers were really boring...We went through numbers: 'How much do we want to sell? What kind of venues do we want to play? What's our dream size of venue? What countries do we want to play that we haven't played before?' We took all that information and said to ourselves, 'OK, we can't make another record that sounds like what people expect from Tegan and Sara. We can make a record", "id": "10697628" }, { "contents": "Temple Hayes\n\n\nappealing,\" Hayes says. \"But we do make sure to tell people that, while the mind is a powerful way to get what you want, you may face some pain along the way. Nothing comes easy.\" The general theme of her thoughts, like that of her favorite mystic and Sufi poet Rumi is essentially the concept of unity with God, and “though sometimes in life we’re challenged as we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we need to remember it is but a shadow", "id": "3383957" }, { "contents": "Champagne Supernova\n\n\nBands like The Clash just petered out. Punk rock was supposed to be the revolution but what did it do? Fuck all. The Manchester thing was going to be the greatest movement on earth but it was fuck all. When we started we decided we weren't going to do anything for anybody, we just thought we'd leave a bunch of great songs. But some of the words are about nothing. One is about Bracket The Butler who used to be on Camberwick Green, or Chipley or Trumpton or something.", "id": "2724658" }, { "contents": "Beneath the Shadows\n\n\nof the EP presaged the musical direction the band would pursue on their next album. With the addition of keyboardist Greg Kuehn to the lineup, the band expanded in new creative directions. According to singer Jack Grisham, improved musicianship and new musical influences were also factors in T.S.O.L.'s stylistic changes: We learned to play. We wanted to try more things. We're not going to pretend we're something that we're not anymore. It's funny, [bassist] Mike Roche got mad at me for doing what I", "id": "7179829" }, { "contents": "Babylon 5\n\n\npersonal goals; the intention is not to solicit a correct answer, but to \"tear down the artifices we construct around ourselves until we're left facing ourselves, not our roles.\" The Shadows represent another authoritarian philosophy cloaked in a disguise of evolution through fire, of fomenting conflict in order to promote evolutionary progress. Characters affiliated with the Shadows repeatedly ask, \"what do you want?\" emphasising personal desire and ambition, using it to shape identity, encouraging conflict between groups who choose to serve their own glory or", "id": "4613157" }, { "contents": "Disney Dreams!\n\n\nthrough a number of Disney films. Peter's shadow is captured by Captain Hook and threatened by other Disney villains. Peter's shadow is then returned to Peter Pan and tries to defeat Captain Hook. Peter spots Tinker Bell and tells her to put the magic of the Second Star where it belongs. At the end, Peter and Wendy fly off as Wendy says \"\"On s'envole\" Peter! \"On s'envole\"!\" (\"We fly away, Peter! We fly away!\") to the music of", "id": "4965766" }, { "contents": "Diver Down\n\n\n10 years ago. He was nervous, and we told him, 'Jan, just have a good time. We make mistakes! That's what makes it real.' I love what he did, but he was thinking back 10 years ago when he was smokin', playing jazz and stuff. He played exactly what we wanted.\" \"Dave\": \"I think when you hear Mr. Van Halen playing, you'll have an idea it's a shadow of where Eddie and Alex are now. There", "id": "2035588" }, { "contents": "Peter Norman\n\n\nin support of the Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR). After the final, Carlos and Smith had told Norman what they were planning to do during the ceremony. As journalist Martin Flanagan wrote: \"They asked Norman if he believed in human rights. He said he did. They asked him if he believed in God. Norman, who came from a Salvation Army background, said he believed strongly in God. We knew that what we were going to do was far greater than any athletic feat. He said", "id": "2286580" }, { "contents": "Peter Mazzaferro\n\n\nand less than a yard per carry. Mazzaferro said at the time, \"I'm extra proud of our defense. We play a simple 4-4 defense, which is what Notre Dame used a hundred years ago, and I love it. Our guys have it down pat and know what to do. We're not big or fancy, but we get the job done. ... This is a special team in my book.\" In the four years from 1989 to 1992, Mazzaferro's teams ran a successful", "id": "19728828" }, { "contents": "Peter Christopherson\n\n\n\". Speaking to the \"Quietus\" website in February 2014, Reznor stated: \"[Coil's] 'Tainted Love' video remains one of the greatest music videos of all time ... If it's not immediately obvious: \"Horse Rotorvator\" was deeply influential on me. What they did to your senses. What they could do with sound. What Jhonn was doing lyrically ... Peter was a lovely guy. We had a respectful relationship.\" This from Peter \"Sleazy\" Christopherson himself: \"I worked as", "id": "11999148" }, { "contents": "Ross Mirkarimi\n\n\nin the neighborhood in which you live), as complex as it is, was emblematic of what certainly concerned me, that we continue to drive back in the shadows the very idea of what we're all congregated here for, and that is to mainstream the issue so that marijuana should not be criminalized and medical cannabis should not be criminalized, and that we should do everything we can to build that kind of resiliency, to shore up even in the face of adversity, that while there's any attempt at pushback or", "id": "20174162" }, { "contents": "Trophy Kids (2013 film)\n\n\nTrophy Kids is a 2013 film directed by Christopher Bell. It depicts a number of families where parents push their children excessively in sport. From the director of the film \"Bigger, Stronger, Faster*\" comes an intense look at the overbearing parents in sports. The film asks the question \"Do we want what's best for our children? Or do we just want them to be the best?\" Parts of this film were used in the premier of Peter Berg's HBO series State of Play. The documentary", "id": "17870987" }, { "contents": "Select Committee on Overseas Trade\n\n\npre-empting the publication of the Report by releasing a statement: \"This report needs to be set in perspective if we are not to get a totally biased and misleading view of the performance and prospects of our economy\". The Shadow Chancellor, Roy Hattersley, responded by saying the \"select committee's view of what will happen to this country if we do not act before the oil runs out confirms exactly what we have been saying in speech after speech for years\". In his Mansion House speech for 1985 the", "id": "1009052" }, { "contents": "Ramon Deleon Guerrero\n\n\nfacing today are right in front of us. It's telling us how to solve it. We've been playing politics all the time. Politics, everything is politics. We cannot solve this problem by playing politics. We have to go straightforward. We just cannot play this game anymore.\" Speaking about incumbent office holders who were seeking the governorship in 2009, \"How many candidates are running for governor who are in office. What more can they promise? People are suffering. What else can they do", "id": "19497094" }, { "contents": "What We Do in the Shadows\n\n\nA documentary crew follows four vampire roommates—Viago, Vladislav, Deacon, and Petyr— who share a flat in the Wellington suburb of Te Aro, and have granted protection to the crew (who are wearing crucifixes) for the duration of the filming. All of the vampires are at least several centuries old, and hold special powers such as levitation and the ability to transform into animals (including vampire bats). Viago is a 379-year-old dandy from the 18th century, who originally traveled to New Zealand in the", "id": "17402179" }, { "contents": "What We Do in the Shadows\n\n\n1910s in search for the love of his life Katherine; Vladislav is a 862-year-old known as “Vladislav the Poker,” who is haunted by memories of “The Beast” that he has fought on many occasions; and Deacon is a 183-year-old former Nazi and the “young rebel” of the group who was bitten by Petyr – an 8,000 year old vampire who resembles Count Orlok and behaves like a feral animal. Each night, Viago, Vladislav, and Deacon take the bus into town and prowl the", "id": "17402180" }, { "contents": "Timeline of tuition fees in the United Kingdom\n\n\nencourage more students from poor backgrounds into university than is presently the case and, crucially, that when people pay back for their university tuition, they only do it when they can afford to do it and that people who earn more pay a bit more back than others. I think that is a fair and sustainable approach and that is what we are looking for in the Browne report today.\" For Labour, the shadow Business Secretary John Denham said that the report deserved \"careful study\" and said that it was \"", "id": "17246216" }, { "contents": "The La De Das\n\n\nwhat we were doing and they got in all the latest English R&B records for us. We were listening to Zoot Money, John Mayall, Manfred Mann, The Animals, all that sort of stuff and trying to create that sound. We were different from groups like The Underdogs who just played 12-bar blues all night; we tried to be a lot more imaginative about what we did ... We had no idea what we were earning on tour, we just spent what we wanted and ploughed the rest back into the band.", "id": "18802796" }, { "contents": "Henriette von Schirach\n\n\nCapelle and Dr. Peter van de Bovenkamp tell how Henriette von Schirach in 1943 was invited to the Netherlands by friends in the German occupation forces. A transcript is played in the programme in which she explains \"I heard screaming outside the hotel late at night so went out to investigate. I saw Jewish women and children being bundled into transportation to be deported. I then asked a German soldier what they were doing to which he replied, \"What Hitler is doing in Holland is wrong, we are making enemies of the Dutch", "id": "16340403" }, { "contents": "Shadow Gallery\n\n\n, Shadow Gallery responded to a question on their Facebook page regarding a new album with: \"There is movement, creation, there is collaboration, preparation- words spin into music freely given, voices for the stories told, passion to share with strokes so tender, so bold - a new dream born of old. Days pass but we do not count, we are forever past the age of doubt. We will rise. We will rise. You whisper time and who will follow you?...We are working on it.", "id": "10319709" }, { "contents": "Moby Dick (1956 film)\n\n\nallegedly due to Huston's bullying attitude and attempts to tell Bradbury how to do his job, despite Bradbury being an accomplished writer. Bradbury's novel \"Green Shadows, White Whale\" includes a fictionalized version of his writing the screenplay with John Huston in Ireland. Bradbury's short story \"Banshee\" is another fictionalized account of what it was like to work with Huston on this film. In the television adaptation of the story for \"The Ray Bradbury Theater\" the Huston character was played by Peter O'Toole and the Bradbury surrogate", "id": "9671164" }, { "contents": "What the Bleep Do We Know!?\n\n\nas a cult. In mid-2005, the filmmakers worked with HCI Books to expand on the film's themes in a book titled \"What the Bleep Do We Know!?—Discovering the Endless Possibilities of Your Everyday Reality\". HCI president Peter Vegso stated that in regard to this book, \"What the Bleep is the quantum leap in the New Age world,\" and \"by marrying science and spirituality, it is the foundation of future thought.\" On August 1, 2006 \"What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole - Quantum", "id": "11015506" }, { "contents": "What We Do in the Shadows\n\n\nJackie – who (much to Deacon’s chagrin) has been turned into a vampire by Nick. “The Beast” is soon revealed to be Vladislav’s ex-girlfriend Pauline, who has gone through multiple violent breakups with Vladislav. When Pauline realizes that Stu and the camera crew are human, the other party guests threaten to kill and feed on them. The flatmates are soon joined by Vladislav, who fights with Pauline’s New boyfriend Julian to protect the humans. Julian almost kills Vladislav, but Stu saves him by", "id": "17402187" }, { "contents": "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases\n\n\nthe original radio series scripts. Adams's own notes on the casting of Peter Jones (\"who can we get to do a Peter Jonesey voice?\"), Stephen Moore (\"Stephen would find the character immediately and would make it really excellent\"), Mark Wing-Davey (\"He played a guy [in \"The Glittering Prizes\"] who took advantage of people and was very trendy\"), David Tate (\"He was one of the backbones of the series. We had him there every", "id": "9159618" }, { "contents": "Mary Magdalene\n\n\nto describe the Gnostic cosmology in depth, revealing that she is the only one who has understood Jesus's true teachings. Andrew challenges Mary, insisting, \"Say what you think about what she said, but I do not believe the savior said this. These teachings are strange ideas.\" Peter responds, saying, \"Did he really speak with a woman in private, without our knowledge? Should we all listen to her? Did he prefer her to us?\" Andrew and Peter's responses are intended to demonstrate", "id": "738457" }, { "contents": "Taika Waititi\n\n\nWhat We Do in the Shadows\" (2014) with Jemaine Clement. In 2017, he directed the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film \"\", in which he also played the character Korg, a role he went on to reprise in \"\" (2019). Waititi is from the Raukokore area of the East Coast region of the North Island of New Zealand and grew up there and in Wellington, and attended Onslow College for secondary school. His father is Māori of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and his mother is", "id": "11498477" }, { "contents": "Taika Waititi\n\n\nearly in his career. He won a local film award for his work as one of the students in the successful low-budget Dunedin film \"Scarfies\" (1999) and had smaller roles in the road movie \"Snakeskin\" (2001) and the TV series \"The Strip\" (2002–03). Waititi played Thomas Kalmaku in 2011 superhero film \"Green Lantern\", and took large roles in two of his own films: 2010's \"Boy\", and 2014's \"What We Do in the Shadows\"", "id": "11498479" }, { "contents": "Psychic vampire\n\n\nsynonyms in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union as part of an occult revival. The 2019 American comedy horror television series \"What We Do in the Shadows\" includes a character, Colin Robinson, who is an \"energy vampire\". Sociologists such as Mark Benecke and A. Asbjorn Jon. have identified a subculture of people who present themselves as vampires. Jon has noted that enthusiasts of the vampire subculture emulate traditional psychic vampires in that they describe 'prey[ing] upon life-force or 'pranic' energy'.", "id": "17812108" }, { "contents": "That Eye, the Sky\n\n\nan orthodox third person approach. I really wish we had come up with more humour. The film was made by the company of Fred Schepisi who later claimed the film was bad: Because the director didn't know what he was doing or what side he was on. You've got to take a side. He went on an exploration. An exploration is all right but you've got to do it from a point of view. Actor Peter Coyote stated: \"That Eye, the Sky\" was masterfully made into", "id": "15771470" }, { "contents": "Rudy Bozak\n\n\n. Years later, Bozak recounted this story about the Conn electronic organ project: \"The general sales manager, who was a pianist and played organ, sat down and played the thing and said it was great, just what we were looking for. A week later he was invited back into the laboratory and sat down and played the instrument again. He didn’t play ten or fifteen bars when he said, This goddamn thing doesn’t sound right. What did you guys do to it?’ We said we had", "id": "5478498" }, { "contents": "Bobby Bonner\n\n\nthe Rochester Red Wings. Bonner was called up by the Orioles' in May 1981 to replace an injured Lenn Sakata. Orioles' general manager Hank Peters and Tom Giordano chose to call him up over Cal Ripken, Jr., the choice of Earl Weaver and the Orioles' coaching staff. Weaver remarked in an interview, \"Bonner can play and our minor league people know what they're doing. But it seems to me if we need a guy like Ripken, who can hit the ball out of the park, he", "id": "11459104" }, { "contents": "Airbag (song)\n\n\nGuitarist Jonny Greenwood said, \"'Airbag' is a classic example of Colin and Phil saying, 'Let's make it sound like DJ Shadow.' But unfortunately – or fortunately – it does not, because we missed again. It's that thing of lumbering around in the dark, but still being excited by what we do. We're discovering these things for the first time rather than getting the pros in to show us how to do it.\" In 2016, Thom Yorke auctioned the original draft of lyrics", "id": "19414558" }, { "contents": "2022 FIFA World Cup controversies\n\n\nlater added that: \"we [FIFA] don't want any discrimination. What we want to do is open this game to everybody, and to open it to all cultures, and this is what we are doing in 2022\". After rumors and allegations that Qatar would introduce \"medical screening tests\" to \"detect\" and ban homosexuals from entering the country, LGBT activist Peter Tatchell said \"FIFA now has no option but to cancel the World Cup in Qatar\". However, no such screening test exists.", "id": "3217032" }, { "contents": "Shadows of the Sun\n\n\nDue to logistics, we had to wait almost two years until that one got released, and in the interim we had amassed a huge array of influences. We were out of our teens and our outlook was becoming more complex.\" \"One of the original ideas for this album was to have no percussion whatsoever. We ended up having to use it but we limited it as much as we could. We usually have some sort of mental picture of what we're going to do and set out all sorts of guidelines", "id": "6454417" }, { "contents": "Nightingale Floors\n\n\nwhere you’re using mixed media. We do demos of stuff, and then we tracks the songs formally and take pieces of the demos and put them into the final product. One of the songs on the record, 'Without Pain,' is actually the demo, and so we wanted to bring the rawness back to what we do. We wanted to sound like how we actually play, and not the highly edited version. That’s not us, that’s not who we are. We’re not slick.", "id": "8254573" }, { "contents": "Matt Berry\n\n\n\"Harry Hill in Professor Branestawm Returns\" on BBC One. In 2018, he provided the voice of Prince Merkimer in Matt Groening's animated series \"Disenchantment\" on Netflix. In 2019, Berry appeared in the FX TV adaptation of the film \"What We Do in the Shadows\", where he plays Laszlo, one of three vampires living in Staten Island. The series was renewed for a second season in May 2019. Berry has provided many voiceovers for both radio and television advertising, including Absolute Radio, Volvic,", "id": "14526779" }, { "contents": "Rhys Darby\n\n\n2013 as part of a World Vision team of celebrities that included Olympian Mahé Drysdale and musician Boh Runga. On 8 November 2013, Darby made an appearance and performed some standup comedy in his capacity as second guest on the \"Late Show with David Letterman\". He portrayed Anton in the 2014 release comedy horror film \"What We Do in the Shadows\". As of July 2014, Darby and his family reside in Los Angeles, California. In February 2016, he played character Guy Mann in the third episode (\"", "id": "17658981" }, { "contents": "Natasia Demetriou\n\n\nNatasia Demetriou is a British stand-up comedian, actress and screenwriter. She is best known for her role in the 2019 TV adaptation of the film \"What We Do in the Shadows\", where she plays Nadja, one of three vampires living in Staten Island. Demetriou is of Cypriot descent on her father's side. Demetriou's debut show, \"You'll Never Have All of Me\", won the \"Skinny\" Debutant Award at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She was a longtime member of sketch comedy", "id": "9922447" }, { "contents": "Peter L. Pond\n\n\nare not always politic or even polite, but he is so totally devoted to serving the Cambodian people, particularly the Cambodian children, I think he must be forgiven ... His adopted son Arn Chorn-Pond said of Pond, \"Peter [is] very lonely himself ... People do not understand what he do. They think he wants something, but Peter don't want anything. What he does is from his heart. It is pure help. This guy is so simple we don't understand. It is so simple", "id": "14375950" }, { "contents": "The Organ (band)\n\n\nthere, but whenever we'd play in the States it would be to nobody. So we worked really, really hard to get a label in the States and when we finally had label interest there, and a label we wanted to sign to, our Canadian record label, who own our record, wouldn't let us go with what we wanted to do. It felt like we'd been busting our asses for however long, and we felt like we had no control. So what was going to happen? We", "id": "2020697" }, { "contents": "Me and You and Everyone We Know\n\n\nBrad William Henke) who works in the shoe store with Richard. He does not say much, but he keeps leaving signs on his window about what he would do to each of them. As a result of this relationship, Heather and Rebecca ask Peter if they can practice oral sex on him, so that he can tell them which of the two does it better; so they do. He says both were exactly the same. The daughter of a neighbor peeks in the window, sees what is happening, and", "id": "20402174" }, { "contents": "Who Dat (J. Cole song)\n\n\nschool's part. We don't allow that kind of language in our school. Why would we allow our students to do something like this?\" On September 7, 2011, a remix was released titled \"Who Datt Pt. 2\" featuring Spencer Datt (SD) and Childish Gambino. The song appears on the Hot 97 radio personality Peter Rosenberg's mixtape \"What's Poppin' Volume One\". Rosenberg revealed on his website that Spencer Datt, an aspiring rapper, was his brother-in-law who", "id": "15694477" }, { "contents": "Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)\n\n\nas \"a creator, inventor and innovator\" who watches \"the ordinary people, no matter what [their] occupation is.\" He goes on to say that \"everybody's a celebrity, and we've all got personality and individuality. We all read lines, and we all act a part, we all need a script and an audience to play to. No matter what you do, or who you are, everybody's a star.\" He also claims that he \"can turn the most ordinary man", "id": "511473" }, { "contents": "What We Do in the Shadows\n\n\nbefore being attacked by Petyr. Nick survives the attack and is turned into a vampire. Two months later, the vampires accept Nick into their group and bond with his human friend Stu – a computer analyst who shows them how to use modern technology such as YouTube (to watch sunrises) and cameras (so they can see themselves without mirrors). Viago uses the internet to hunt down Katherine, who is now a 96-year-old widow living in a rest home in Wellington. He also finds and briefly reconnects with Philip", "id": "17402183" }, { "contents": "Harvey Guillén\n\n\nHarvey Guillén (born May 3, c. 1990) is an American actor who is best known for his role as the human familiar Guillermo in the 2019 television series \"What We Do in the Shadows\". Guillén is set to star in season 2. Guillén has appeared in recurring roles in television series such as Alistair Delgado on \"Huge\" (2010), Cousin Blobbin on \"The Thundermans\" (2013–2018), George Reyes in \"Eye Candy\" (2015), and Benedict Pickwick on \"The Magicians\"", "id": "15557515" }, { "contents": "List of All Creatures Great and Small episodes\n\n\n, 'What?' The director asked why we were laughing and we couldn't say because we didn't know. Any time we tried to do this scene, we burst out laughing every time Peter came into the room, even before he talked about this sick animal.\" After his recent experience with Dolly, Siegfried has become somewhat shy around horses. James has to deal with the unfriendly Ralph Beamish, an arrogant horse owner who continually ignores his advice. The vets have to deal with an outbreak of Foot and", "id": "16534142" }, { "contents": "Defender of the Crown\n\n\nthat \"Peter Greene or I would do a sketch of generally what we wanted for each cover. I went to Western Costume in Hollywood, which for many decades was the giant in the costume industry there, and rented costumes for the types of \"look\" we had settled on for each cover. We hired models and brought them into Peter's large photo studio, where we set them up in the costumes I had rented, posed as closely as possible to the way we wanted them to be illustrated.\" The", "id": "22126663" }, { "contents": "Nobody Speak\n\n\n. Shadow commented on the video, saying that they wanted to make a \"positive, life-affirming video that captures politicians at their election-year best. We got this instead.\" Killer Mike also commented on the video, saying that \"It's such a dope video ... it's what I really wish Trump and Hillary would just do and get it over with.\" The video was directed by Sam Pilling and features cameo appearances of Shadow, El-P, and Killer Mike. It was filmed at", "id": "10366075" }, { "contents": "Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts\n\n\nalbum's length. After releasing the minimalistic \"Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow\" in 2008, Hammock wanted to create an album with \"a very full atmosphere\"\\. \"It wasn't like an intentional reaction to \"Maybe\" rather it felt like a natural progression of what we wanted to do at the time\", the band commented. \"As an artist, that's the voice you have to follow.\" The band described \"Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts\" as \"[their] most", "id": "16094593" }, { "contents": "What We Do in the Shadows\n\n\n, Nick returns to the flat with Stu and Anton’s pack. Stu reveals that he survived the attack and transformed to a werewolf that night, escaping the local police – who blamed the death of the cameraman on a local pet dog. With Stu’s urging, the pack is allowed to visit the flat and reconciles with the vampires – and Nick’s banishment is rescinded. Viago also decides to reconnect with Katherine, whom he turns into a vampire and rekindles his romance with. Scenes during the credits reveal that Vladislav has", "id": "17402189" }, { "contents": "Mark Proksch\n\n\nMark Edward Proksch (born July 19, 1978) is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for acting in \"The Office\", \"Better Call Saul\" and \"What We Do in The Shadows\" television series, and as a fictionalized version of himself in the On Cinema universe. He first rose to prominence when he portrayed the character \"K-Strass\", a parody of a yo-yo master who became an internet sensation after appearing on local news shows. Proksch had the alias of", "id": "6365879" }, { "contents": "Illegally Yours\n\n\ncome out in July 31, 1987. However, during a test screening, reportedly half the audience walked out and the release date was pushed back to May 1988. Associate producer Peggy Robertson said \"We went in knowing the film wasn't ready. Peter knew what was missing and had accommodated for it, but the audience didn't... Peter tried [to make the July release date] but it boiled down to, `Do you want it quick or do you want it good?' We just finished filming in", "id": "5733342" }, { "contents": "Mr Floppy\n\n\nto \"imagine a nightmarish apocalypse where the fearful question on humanity's lips is 'What shall we do? / What shall we do? / When 100,000 Morrisseys come marching over the hill?'\". In mid-1990, they signed to Waterfront, who reissued \"100,000 Morrisseys\". Late in 1990 they issued a six-track extended play, \"Firm and Fruity\", which had been recorded in that October at Whirled Records Studios. For a \"Firm and Fruity\" track, \"Stir Fry Baby\",", "id": "13437070" }, { "contents": "Corneille Ewango\n\n\nwhat we are doing. I hope to build a new herbarium for protected-area flora – I'm thinking that this prize is an opportunity to finish that herbarium. For a long time, we have been working in the shadows, but now we see it coming into the light.” In 2011 Ewango won the Future for Nature Award, which recognizes outstanding international species protection efforts and includes a prize of €50,000 (about $73,000). The award was presented at the Future for Nature Foundation Conference at Burgers’", "id": "4834148" }, { "contents": "Working on a Dream Tour\n\n\nso many shows and were going to come back around one more time, so we were like, 'OK, what can we do that we haven't done? Let's try to play some of the albums.' There were some people who were starting to do it, it sounded like a good idea, and my audience fundamentally experienced all my music in album form. People took \"Born to Run\" home and played it start to finish 100 times; they didn't slip on a cut in the middle", "id": "7137516" }, { "contents": "What We Do in the Shadows\n\n\n: his old servant, who placed the wrong postage on Viago’s coffin and extended his journey to New Zealand – leaving Katherine the time to find a new love before Viago could arrive. Despite being able to get his new friends into more popular bars and clubs, Nick struggles to adapt to life as a vampire: he confides in an interview that he can no longer eat chips without vomiting blood, and misses daytime television. Nick is also held in contempt by Deacon, who resents Nick’s newfound popularity and his careless", "id": "17402184" }, { "contents": "La Sanie des siècles – Panégyrique de la dégénérescence\n\n\nI had kicked him out of the band. Neige never had any influence on my music in the slightest way possible; I write everything and I tell people what they must do over MY riffs. This was exactly what happened with Neige, ask him! [...] To claim that Neige is an important figure in PN is the same as saying that the person who plays the triangle in SOPOR AETERNUS AND THE ENSEMBLE OF SHADOWS is the main man in SOPOR.\"\" PN plays a guitar-based style of black", "id": "7908801" }, { "contents": "Matilda (novel)\n\n\nillustrator Quentin Blake imagined what Matilda might be doing as a grown up woman today. He drew images of her undertaking various possible roles, including an explorer, an astrophysicist, running the British Library, and others. While stating it would be nice to know what Matilda would do as a woman, author Cressida Cowell states, \"Why does a part of us not want to know what Matilda has become? Somewhere in our heart of hearts we never want Matilda to grow up – we want her to be like Peter Pan", "id": "12580441" }, { "contents": "Hail to the Thief\n\n\nstudio. For some songs, he returned to the method of cutting up words and arranging them randomly he had employed for \"Kid A\" and \"Amnesiac\". Greenwood said: \"We didn't really have time to be stressed about what we did. We got to the end of the second week before we even heard what we did on the first two days, and didn't even remember recording it or who was playing things. Which is a magical way of doing things.\" The approach protected against the", "id": "21825553" }, { "contents": "Ellen Feld\n\n\nfor younger children: \"Shadow: The Curious Morgan Horse,\" \"Justin Morgan and the Big Horse Race,\" \"Blackjack: The Magical Morgan Horse,\" \"What Can I Do? A Donkey-Donk Story,\" and \"What Does A Police Horse Do?\" The first three books are 32-page full-color hardcover books for readers aged 5 to 7. \"Shadow\" is a fictional story about a young foal who goes on an adventure, \"Justin Morgan\" is a historical fiction book about", "id": "422311" }, { "contents": "Emilia (Sítio do Picapau Amarelo)\n\n\nAmarelo\" novel series, this has been analysed in the way he depicts Aunt Nastácia. In \"Peter Pan\", while Mrs. Benta tells J. M. Berry's novel to her grandsons, Aunt Nastácia complains about \"missing pieces\" of her own shadow. It is later revealed by the Viscount that Emília was, literally, cutting of the woman's shadow with a scissor, leaving everyone to what the doll simply smiled with superiority, after spending a considerable part of the novel questioning about Nastácia's beliefs and her color.", "id": "2008313" }, { "contents": "What We Do in the Shadows\n\n\nstreets of Wellington for people to kill. Because they cannot enter buildings without invitation, and must stay in the flat during the day to avoid sunlight, the three have not adapted to 21st century life. The vampires also regularly encounter and trade insults with a group of werewolves, led by Anton, as part of an ancient rivalry between werewolves and the undead. One night, Deacon meets his human servant (familiar), Jackie, who runs errands for the vampires and cleans up the gore left behind by their feeding", "id": "17402181" }, { "contents": "What We Do in the Shadows\n\n\n. A married mother, Jackie hopes to attain immortality – but is frustrated that Deacon will not turn her into a vampire as promised. Deacon requests that Jackie bring virgins to the flat so that the vampires can feed on them. She lures a woman who insulted her in primary school and Nick, her ex-boyfriend from when they were 12, to the flat. While the vampires are disappointed that neither are actually virgins, they attempt to kill them anyways. The woman is killed, while Nick briefly manages to escape", "id": "17402182" }, { "contents": "Team Thor\n\n\nconnections among the Avengers team members, Nick Fury and Thanos, who he describes as \"the purple man in the floating chair\", lastly Thor and Bruce Banner meet at a cafe, where Banner receives a phone call from Tony Stark and does not appear to want to talk to Thor. The short was produced in Australia and was made with a mockumentary style, the same type of style Taika Waititi had done previously with the film \"What We Do in the Shadows\". Filming of the short began about one month", "id": "6444534" }, { "contents": "What the Bleep Do We Know!?\n\n\nPortland, Oregon, \"What the Bleep Do We Know!?\" presents a viewpoint of the physical universe and human life within it, with connections to neuroscience and quantum physics. Some ideas discussed in the film are: In the narrative segments of the film, Marlee Matlin portrays Amanda, a photographer who plays the role of everywoman as she experiences her life from startlingly new and different perspectives. In the documentary segments of the film, interviewees discuss the roots and meaning of Amanda's experiences. The comments focus primarily on", "id": "11015485" }, { "contents": "The House of Flowers (TV series)\n\n\nchildren Paulina, Elena, and Julián. \"The House of Flowers\" explores some cultural idiosyncrasies of the Mexican people, including casual racism and homophobia. Cisgender actor Paco León, who plays trans woman María José Riquelme, said, “What we wanted to do and what was important for us to do was, take this character out of the stereotypical perception, in a sense that would create a healthy dialogue about LGBTQ issues by providing a positive portrayal of a trans woman, and we hope María José did that.\"", "id": "15372836" }, { "contents": "Chad Smith\n\n\na record deal. We started playing, and right away we just hit it off musically. I was like, ‘Man, this is a blast! These guys are great!’ ... We were just doing what we do. We just jammed, which is what we still do today. It's very similar.” After a successful worldwide tour in support of \"Mother's Milk\" the band released their debut for Warners, 1991's \"Blood Sugar Sex Magik\" which was hugely successful upon its release peaking", "id": "1193387" }, { "contents": "Peter Phillips (conductor)\n\n\nwritten for the Times Literary Supplement, the Times, the Guardian, the Musical Times, the Royal Academy Magazine, the BBC Music Magazine and the Evening Standard. He has written three books: \"English Sacred Music 1549–1649\" (Gimell, 1991); \"What We Really Do\" (Musical Times: 1st edition 2003); \"What We Really Do\" (Musical Times: 2nd edition 2013). Phillips is a keen follower of cricket and a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club. He is also a member", "id": "13686516" }, { "contents": "Effective altruism\n\n\nformed around the groups Giving What We Can and GiveWell. It has since been growing in size. The Internet forum LessWrong also played a role in the development of the movement. Effective altruism conferences have been held since 2013. In 2015, Peter Singer published \"The Most Good You Can Do\", a book on effective altruism. The book describes the philosophy and social movement of effective altruism and argues in favor of it. In the same year William MacAskill published his book \"Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can", "id": "21513709" }, { "contents": "Dag Nasty\n\n\nwill be the next one we do. I've spoken with Colin and Roger and they want to do it with Peter next time. Maybe a year from now, who knows? Whenever people are available. The one thing about Peter is that he's a really good lyricist. That's always been his strong point\" In October 2012 Dag Nasty announced a reunion show in Washington DC with their original singer, Shawn Brown. On December 28, 2012 the original Dag Nasty line up played the Black Cat in support of", "id": "9587177" }, { "contents": "Nickelodeon (film)\n\n\n, we were very haughtily told that he thought the script was a piece of [garbage]. I'd been around long enough to know that I should take that as a bad sign. I remember coming out of the meeting, saying, 'David, why should we make the movie with someone who hates our script?' And all David said was, 'Hey, he's a genius.' ... What he filmed had nothing to do with the original script. I know it meant a lot to Peter", "id": "9367413" }, { "contents": "Terrence McNally\n\n\nthe League of American Theatres and Producers he remarked, \"I think theatre teaches us who we are, what our society is, where we are going. I don't think theatre can solve the problems of a society, nor should it be expected to ... Plays don't do that. People do. [But plays can] provide a forum for the ideas and feelings that can lead a society to decide to heal and change itself.\" McNally was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, to Hubert and Dorothy (", "id": "483549" } ]

[ { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)\n\n\nHerman to present a new opportunity for Arizona. \"Grey's Anatomy\" was renewed for a 14th season on February 10, 2017. It premiered on September 28, 2017, with a two-hour premiere. Ellen Pompeo announced that she would be directing several episodes in the 14th season. On April 28, 2017, veteran writer Krista Vernoff announced that she would return to the show as a writer after leaving the show after the seventh season. On January 11, 2018, ABC released a six-episode web series", "id": "6046743" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 1)\n\n\nTV set on. People are looking for shows they can watch with other household members. And just as \"Desperate Housewives\" reaches a broad audience - younger, older, male, female - so does \"Grey's Anatomy\".\" The season finale was watched by 22.22 million viewers, and was ranked the ninth in viewership. The first season of \"Grey's\" received mostly positive reviews from the critics. In regard to the first season, \"New York Daily News\" named \"Grey's Anatomy\" a", "id": "4470896" }, { "contents": "If Tomorrow Never Comes (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\n\"If Tomorrow Never Comes\" is the sixth episode of the first season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\", which first aired on American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on Sunday May 1, 2005. The episode was written by Krista Vernoff and was directed by Scott Brazil. The interns are speechless when a woman comes in with a large, record-breaking tumor, but unfortunately for the woman, her outlook isn't good. Derek and Meredith's jobs are at risk now that Bailey knows about", "id": "19194482" }, { "contents": "A Change Is Gonna Come (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\nthe fourth season. On casting Leigh as Lexie, \"Grey's Anatomy\" creator Shonda Rhimes stated, \"We met with a lot of young actresses, but Chyler stood out. She had a quality that felt right and real to me. It felt like she could be Meredith's sister, but she had a depth that was very interesting.\" Leigh offered her insight on her first days working with the main cast of the series, \"It was like coming into somebody else's group or circle. It was", "id": "5906537" }, { "contents": "Teddy Altman\n\n\ncast on Television,\" she wrote, adding: \"I feel fortunate and grateful to have worked with such an amazing team at GA [Grey's Anatomy]. [I] am going to miss everyone!! And to the GA [Grey's Anatomy] fans, you guys rock! I am sure S9 [season nine] will be great!\" On June 20, 2017, it was announced that Raver would be reprising her role as Teddy Altman for a guest arc during the show's 14th season.", "id": "16957825" }, { "contents": "Marti Noxon\n\n\nto help out. In September 2006, Noxon joined the ABC medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\" for its third season, as consulting producer. In February 2007, Noxon co-wrote the third-season \"Grey's Anatomy\" episode \"Some Kind of Miracle\" with series creator Shonda Rhimes. In April 2007, Noxon left \"Grey's Anatomy\" to become executive producer and showrunner for \"Grey's\" spinoff \"Private Practice\", which she did for one season. In late 2007, Noxon served as", "id": "14026215" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 13)\n\n\nher abusive husband. Meanwhile, Nathan Riggs (Martin Henderson) continues to pursue Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) after their recent sexual encounter, though Meredith has trouble letting go of her late husband, Derek Shepherd. Maggie Pierce (Kelly McCreary) admits to Meredith that she has a crush on Nathan, unaware of Nathan and Meredith's blossoming relationship, and asks him out, only to be rejected. Maggie is later faced with a bigger issue when she discovers that her adoptive mother has cancer and has come to Grey-", "id": "17729536" }, { "contents": "Kevin McKidd\n\n\nproduced. His role in \"Rome\" led to McKidd's casting in the medical drama series \"Grey's Anatomy\" as Dr. Owen Hunt. He made his directorial debut in the series's seventh season, directing the episode \"Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)\". He won the award for \"Best Performance in a Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline\" at the 14th Prism Awards for his work in \"Grey's Anatomy\". He played the role of Poseidon, god of the seas,", "id": "3510828" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 2)\n\n\ndon't watch \"Grey's Anatomy\", anymore, because the super hot blond chick can make an earth-shattering, fatal decision and she doesn't get canned.\" Regarding the second season, Kevin Carr from \"7M Pictures\" said \"Rhimes really just put \"Scrubs\", \"E.R.\", \"Sex and the City\" and even a dash of \"The Love Boat\" in a blender and poured out \"Grey's Anatomy\".\" Also in regard to the second season, Christopher Monfette", "id": "4470970" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 2)\n\n\nwithin the first season with the episode \"Bring the Pain\" as the season one finale. According to Rhimes, after airing the ninth episode of the show, the ratings, the timeslots and the really great audience meant that they have to end the season with that episode, and the cliffhanger with the coming of Derek's estranged wife fit perfectly. The season received positive critics and reception, and this season performed better than the previous one. Due to the success of the first season, \"Grey's Anatomy\" took", "id": "4470974" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 6)\n\n\nshow does a big traumatic event like \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the shooter gave the show license for heightened drama with five major characters being shot over the two hours. It was emotional, expertly paced and had me in tears for most of the finale.\" \"Entertainment Weekly\" wrote, \"At any rate, now you can at least see where it all began. And while you’re still pondering how Grey's can still be so damn good sometimes,\" The season was one of the least acclaimed", "id": "14076483" }, { "contents": "Now or Never (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\nour proudest day here. T.R. got to come out, and I got to say to him that it wouldn't affect his character'. The idea that a gay actor can't play a straight man is insulting.\" Creator Shonda Rhimes gave exclusive interview to Michael Ausiello of \"Entertainment Weekly\" on May 15, 2009 and talked about Knight’s alleged unhappiness. About his character's absence from the season and the final scene between George O'Malley and the show's protagonist Meredith Grey Rhimes said - When asked of TR asked", "id": "5720952" }, { "contents": "A Change Is Gonna Come (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\n\"A Change Is Gonna Come\" is the fourth season premiere of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the 62nd episode of the overall series. The premiere focused on the aftermath of the main characters' promotion to residency, following the conclusion of their internship. The episode was the first not to feature Isaiah Washington, portraying Preston Burke, due to his being fired from the series at the conclusion of the third season. The installment marked Chyler Leigh's promotion to series regular status, following", "id": "5906523" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 10)\n\n\nkey demographic, \"Grey's Anatomy\" ranked 5th. The last time a season of \"Grey's Anatomy\" was ranked 5th in the 18-49 key demographic was Season 1. The highest ranking for the 18-49 key demographic was 3rd for Seasons 3, 4, and 5. Last season, \"Grey's Anatomy\" was ranked 10th. For the 2013-2014 primetime TV schedule, \"Grey's Anatomy\" was the #1 drama in the 18-49 key demographic. The tenth season of", "id": "2893432" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 1)\n\n\nreceiving high ratings remained in the time slot for the remainder of the season. ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson commented on the scheduling decision: \"Ultimately we decided that, without having adequate lead time or marketing dollars to devote to moving either show so late in the season, we'd continue to let 'Grey's' build on its tremendous momentum through May.\" Prior to broadcast, it was announced that the show's title would change from \"Grey's Anatomy\" to \"Complications\", although ultimately this did not come", "id": "4470888" }, { "contents": "Flowers Grow Out of My Grave (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\n\"Flowers Grow Out of My Grave\" is the sixth episode of the fifteenth season of the American medical drama television series \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the 323rd overall episode, which aired on ABC on November 1, 2018. The episode was written by Kiley Donovan and directed by Nicole Rubio. The episode shows the celebration of the Day of the Dead at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. This episode features deceased characters from previous seasons such as George O'Malley, Lexie Grey, Ellis Grey, Derek Shepherd and Mark Sloan.", "id": "1265386" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 12)\n\n\nThe twelfth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\" was ordered on May 7, 2015, by ABC. It premiered on September 24, 2015, in the United States on ABC. The twelfth season includes the show's 250th episode, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, which is the fifth episode in the season. The season is produced by ABC Studios, in association with Shondaland Production Company and The Mark Gordon Company; the showrunners being Stacy McKee and William Harper. The season commenced airing with", "id": "20216437" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\nthat even strong chemistry and good acting cannot save a show that suffers from the inevitable recycled plot.\" In contrast to the moderately negative feedback the third and fourth seasons received, Alan Sepinwall of \"The Star-Ledger\" said of the fifth season: \"Overall, it feels more like the good old days than \"Grey's Anatomy\" has in a long time.\" Misha Davenport from the \"Chicago Sun-Times\" said season five \"hits on all the things the show does so well\",", "id": "7747513" }, { "contents": "Good Mourning (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\ncan say that Grey's is headed in a new direction, nor do I think the writers are making much of an effort to bring the series back to the greatness that was its earlier seasons. That said, this is Grey's Anatomy and with that comes the usual drama, sex, love and whacky medical mysteries thrown in the mix to keep things moving. If that's what you’re looking for, I think you'll enjoy the season premiere just fine.\" Glenn Diaz of BuddyTV noted that the special foreshadowed", "id": "17398133" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\nlike they've been closeted for the last few years. I'd love to move Grey's Anatomy even higher on the ranking, but I'll have wait until the 11th season comes to Netflix.\" The show was criticized for its handling of a controversy: The Grey’s Anatomy scandal revolved around actor Isaiah Washington using a homophobic slur on set. Mainstream media coverage scapegoated this scandal as “black masculinity for perpetrating homophobia, thus containing both sexual and racial difference in the name of tolerance.” The show was further condemned", "id": "7747522" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\noff's showrunner. The new show was introduced Season 14, Episode 13, when a house fire brings the firefighters to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. In July 2017, it was announced that Jaina Lee Ortiz was the first actress cast in the spin-off series. In September 2017 it was announced that Jason George, who has played Dr. Ben Warren since season 6, would be leaving Grey's Anatomy to move to the spin-off. He continued to be a series regular on Grey's Anatomy until the spin-", "id": "7747558" }, { "contents": "Toni Graphia\n\n\n\", \"Alcatraz\", \"Grey's Anatomy\", and \"Outlander\". Graphia's work as screenwriter and producer was cited when R&D TV, in association with NBC Universal Television Studios, won the 2005 Peabody Award for the 2005 season of \"Battlestar Galactica\", noting \"...plotlines that are deeply personal and relatable, while never compromising their affinity and passion for science fiction.\" Graphia is based out of Los Angeles, California and has been openly lesbian since February 2006 after coming out in a \"public", "id": "1684198" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 3)\n\n\n, including interviews with cast members Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pompeo and Elizabeth Reaser, listed under the titles of \"Making Rounds With Patrick Dempsey\", \"One on One with Ellen Pompeo\" and \"Prescription for Success: Making Jane Doe a Star\", respectively. The region 1 release featured footage from behind the scenes, under the title of \"In Stitches: Season 3 Outtakes\" and unaired scenes from nine episodes, including the season premiere and the finale, under the name of \"Dissecting Grey's Anatomy\".", "id": "3029009" }, { "contents": "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\n\"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner\" is the fifth episode of the twelfth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the 250th episode overall. It aired October 22, 2015 on ABC in the United States. The episode was written by Mark Driscoll and directed by executive producer Debbie Allen. On its initial airing the episode was watched by 8.96 million viewers and opened up to positive reviews from television critics. The episode focuses on the dinner party Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), Dr.", "id": "1660785" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\nfor its critical reaction to Washington, while ignoring America’s larger heteronormative and heterosexist culture. Critics included \"Grey's Anatomy\" in top ten lists for five of its fourteen seasons; these are listed below in order of rank. \"Grey Anatomy\" has been considered an impact on culture by \"Entertainment Weekly\" executive editor, Lori Majewski, with her writing: \"\"Grey's Anatomy\" isn't just a show, it's a phenomenon. When [the] final shows air, every place in New York", "id": "7747523" }, { "contents": "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\nIt's probably strange to say this about a very unconventional episode of Grey's Anatomy, but that was kind of the best episode ever, right? But it's more difficult to describe why it all works as well as it does. It's partially due to the fact that this is the first time we've seen these doctors as a whole group encounter their grief over Derek together — sure, we got truncated scenes in the three-part Derek deathtravaganza, but nothing as sustained as this. Watching all the doctors", "id": "1660800" }, { "contents": "A Change Is Gonna Come (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\na little daunting in the beginning. But I have had such a great time.\" \"A Change Is Gonna Come\" was the first episode in two years not to feature the character of Montgomery, due to her portrayer, Walsh, leaving the series in order to launch the \"Grey's Anatomy\" spin-off, medical drama \"Private Practice.\" However, the character continued to be prominent throughout the run of the series, appearing sporadically as a guest star in the following seasons. Also introduced in", "id": "5906538" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\nat Grey Sloan Memorial. Dr. Herman selects Arizona Robbins in a fetal surgery fellowship and becomes her mentor. Herman plays in a twelve-episode arc before departing after episode fourteen. Season 11 begins with new surgical residents coming to the hospital. Maggie Pierce is head of cardio, and she and her half-sister Meredith start to build a relationship, as she also does with her father Dr. Webber. Callie and Arizona's relationship falls through after they realized they want different things. April and Jackson learn that their baby has", "id": "7747489" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 3)\n\n\n's Anatomy\" received the Women in Film Lucy Award, which honors those whose work in television has positively influenced attitudes toward women. The second season of \"Grey's Anatomy\" ended with an average of 19.440 million viewers per episode and a 6.9 rating share for in the 18–49 demographic, determining the series to finish in the fifth place out of all the 100 television shows in the season. Due to its high ratings, the series received a full third season renewal for the fall prime time line up. In response to", "id": "3029000" }, { "contents": "The Perishers (band)\n\n\n.\" Their song 'My Heart' has been played on Saturn Sedan commercials as well as a second-season episode of the ABC Family series \"Kyle XY\". Another song, 'Trouble Sleeping', was played in a promotional spot for \"Grey's Anatomy\"; the song 'Come Out of the Shade' was featured in an episode of the show. In 2010 the band broke up when the lead vocalist, Ola Klüft, left the group in order to perform under the name A Lanky Swede -", "id": "412421" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\nABC that Ellen Pompeo's contract had been renewed through season 16. Not only does the contract renewal insure that Pompeo will return as Meredith Grey, but it makes her a producer of \"Grey's Anatomy\" and a co-executive producer of Station 19. The deal will make Pompeo the highest-paid actress currently on a dramatic TV series, with her making $575,000 per episode and over $20 million yearly. On March 8, 2018, it was announced that series regulars Jessica Capshaw and Sarah Drew would not", "id": "7747450" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 11)\n\n\n\" and \"How To Get Away with Murder\". The remaining 16 episodes will air after the winter break, beginning on January 29, 2015. Not even a week after the Season 10 finale episode aired, the \"Grey's Anatomy\" team of writers began collaborating on ideas for Season 11 storylines. Shonda Rhimes tweeted that they were hard at work in the writing room, but would have the month of June off before coming back in full swing to write actual episodes. After the 4th of July weekend, Rhimes", "id": "19717803" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\nfourth season, which aired from September 27, 2007 to May 22, 2008, and ultimately consisted of 17 episodes. The fourth season had a reduced number of episodes, due to the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, which caused production to cease from February to April, leaving the show with no writing staff during that time. At the beginning of the fourth season, the show aired its final special entitled \"Come Rain or Shine\", created to transition viewers from \"Grey's Anatomy\" to \"Private Practice", "id": "7747547" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 13)\n\n\nfirst season; Dr. Meredith Grey, Dr. Alex Karev, Dr. Miranda Bailey and Dr. Richard Webber. McCreary went more into the storyline as she commented that \"After such a long period of time and so many new people coming in and out, they remain the foundational characters of the show. We're gonna be spending some more time with them to check in with where they are.\" In another interview, McCreary talked about the love-triangle drama that will unfold between Meredith, Maggie and Nathan, to which", "id": "17729549" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 11)\n\n\n11.08 million). This is much lower than Season 10, which was ranked 15th. In the 18–49 key demographic, \"Grey's Anatomy\" ranked 13th (the lowest ranking in the series' history). The highest ranking for the 18–49 key demographic was 3rd for Seasons 3, 4, and 5. Last season, \"Grey's Anatomy\" was ranked 5th. For the 2014-2015 primetime TV schedule, \"Grey's Anatomy\" was the #5 drama in the 18–49 key demographic. The first half", "id": "19717808" }, { "contents": "Time Has Come Today (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\n\"Time Has Come Today\" is the first episode of the third season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the show's 37th episode overall. Written by Shonda Rhimes and directed by Daniel Minahan, the episode aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on September 21, 2006. The episode primarily focuses on Dr. Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl) coping with the unexpected death of her fiancé, Denny Duquette (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), while dealing with the decision to", "id": "11709049" }, { "contents": "New York (Snow Patrol song)\n\n\nLondon studio. The song was featured in the \"Suddenly\" episode of \"Grey's Anatomy\", which aired on 5 January 2012. Snow Patrol performed it live on 9 January 2012 on American late-night talk show \"Late Show with David Letterman\". This song was also featured in Season 4 Episode 10 of The Vampire Diaries. Jon Young from Spin wrote that the somber \"New York\" calls out, \"Come on / Come out / Come here,\" to a faraway lover with persuasive fervor.", "id": "21009016" }, { "contents": "Time Has Come Today (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\naftermath\", stated Rhimes, in response to her decision to continue the storyline from where the previous season left off. Rhimes also described the prominence which Grey's underwear has in the first episode of the season, noting how they are \"a key element\" in the development of her character: \"Meredith never put them back on. She rushed out to deal with Izzie and left Derek who was asking what that meant, and she never had a chance to put those panties back on.\" Prior to the episode", "id": "11709061" }, { "contents": "You're My Home (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\na nice moment of sisterly bonding and dancing it off with Meredith at the end of the episode. If I continue with Grey’s Anatomy next season, it will largely be because of my interest in seeing what the writers do with Amelia and Maggie and by extension, Meredith.\" \"Entertainment Weekly\" gave a mixed to positive review to the episode stating, \"This(the episode) felt like… well, a regular old episode. And that’s not what I expect out of a Grey’s season finale. This is", "id": "2623232" }, { "contents": "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\nwas written by Mark Driscoll and directed by executive producer Debbie Allen. The table read occurred on September 3, 2015, with filming starting a few days later on September 8, 2015. The cast of \"Grey's Anatomy\" had a special celebration for the 250th episode of the show with several actors sharing the celebration on Twitter on September 15, 2015. Jessica Capshaw revealed that the episode included her favorite scene so far in the season. \"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner\" was originally broadcast on October 22,", "id": "1660797" }, { "contents": "Desperate Housewives (season 3)\n\n\nfive more million viewers than \"Listen to the Rain on the Roof\". Although the episode attracted less viewers than \"Grey's Anatomy\" \"Time Has Come Today\", the episode outperformed \"\", which would eventually become one of the most-watched series of the 2006–2007 season. The lowest-rated episode was the nineteenth, watched by 15.91 million viewers, receiving a 5.6 rating. It was the second most watched episode of an ABC series in the certain week, only after \"Grey's Anatomy\" \"", "id": "3496695" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 12)\n\n\nFebruary 3–4, 2016 in the same time-slot as \"Grey's Anatomy\" and \"Scandal\". On March 3, 2016, ABC announced that \"Grey's Anatomy\" was renewed for a 13th season. Regarding the death of Dr. Derek Shepherd, showrunner Shonda Rhimes commented on how future seasons would be affected by the death as she said: \"Now, Meredith and the entire \"Grey’s Anatomy\" family are about to enter uncharted territory as we head into this new chapter of her life. The possibilities", "id": "20216456" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 4)\n\n\nThe season aired as a lead-out to \"Ugly Betty\", then in its second season, which aired on Thursday nights at 8:00 ET. \"Grey's Anatomy\" averaged 15.92 million viewers in its fourth season, ranking tenth in viewership. The highest-rated episode of the season was the season premiere, with 20.93 million viewers tuning in and a 7.3 rating, ranking the third for the week. The episode showed a decrease in ratings compared to the previous season premiere, which had almost five more million viewers", "id": "14893923" }, { "contents": "A Change Is Gonna Come (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\ntwelfth in \"Entertainment Weekly\" \"Most Memorable Cases of \"Grey's Anatomy\"\". Eileen Lulevitch, entertainment reviewer for \"TV Guide\", was generally favorable of the episode, writing, \"Watching the season premiere tonight was like welcoming an old friend back into your home. It was so easy to slip back into Grey's world and get caught up in all of the amazing moments that make this show so much fun to watch. And while I expected the night to start off on a somber note,", "id": "5906552" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 10)\n\n\nMatthew's (Justin Bruening) wedding. Issues arise when April realizes that her faith, and Jackson's lack of faith, is going to be a huge problem when raising their children. Jackson, after some time apart from April and finding out that she's pregnant, tells her that he wants to go to church with her and his family. After losing the Harper Avery Award, Cristina receives offers from many institutions asking her to speak about her research. One of those offers comes from a hospital in Zürich, Switzerland", "id": "2893418" }, { "contents": "List of Grey's Anatomy characters\n\n\n\"Grey's Anatomy\" is an American television medical drama series created by Shonda Rhimes, broadcast by ABC. The show features an ensemble cast of regular characters, with nine main characters in its first season. Since the first season, many characters have left the show or have been written out, and new main characters have been written in and out of the series. Following is a list of characters who have appeared over the various seasons since the drama's premiere. The following listings reflect each character's status at the", "id": "1244536" }, { "contents": "Good Mourning (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\n\"Good Mourning\" is the first episode of the sixth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the show's 103rd episode overall. It was written by Krista Vernoff and directed by Ed Ornelas. The episode was originally broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on September 24, 2009. In \"Good Mourning\", the physicians are seen dealing with the revelation that a dead John Doe is their beloved co-worker Dr. George O'Malley (T.R. Knight),", "id": "17398113" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 12)\n\n\nyears to come. It is powerful, vibrant brand with incredibly passionate audiences\" Debbie Allen was promoted to executive producer for the twelfth season, and directed multiple episodes for the season while still recurring on camera as Dr. Catherine Avery. Production began on May 21, 2015, when Rhimes announced on Twitter that the writers were in full swing mapping the twelfth season. A promotional poster was released on September 16, 2015. The season included the 250th episode named \"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner\", being the fifth episode", "id": "20216453" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 4)\n\n\nThe fourth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\", commenced airing in the United States on September 27, 2007 and concluded on May 22, 2008. The season continues the story of a group of surgeons and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital, describing their professional lives and the way they affect the personal background of each character. Season four had twelve series regulars with ten of them returning from the previous season, out of which eight are part of the original cast from the first season", "id": "14893892" }, { "contents": "Addison Montgomery\n\n\npregnant. She had an abortion as she was still in love with Derek, and when Mark cheated on her, she moved to Seattle. The character Addison first appears in the season one finale of Grey's Anatomy, arriving at Richard's behest. She tries to reconcile with Derek, despite his relationship with Meredith Grey, but he is still angry with her, and there is a period of antagonism between them. Addison's presence, however, does reinvigorate their relationship, and ultimately leads to Derek choosing Addison over Meredith", "id": "9822791" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 3)\n\n\nnumerous fan complaints regarding scheduling during the previous seasons, the American Broadcasting Company decided to do major changes in the season. After two seasons of airing as a lead-out to fellow ABC series \"Desperate Housewives\", the network decided to move \"Grey's Anatomy\" to 9:00 ET in the Thursday night time slot, dominated by \"\", where the series began airing as a lead-in to \"Ugly Betty\", which aired in the time slot from its first season, until the conclusion of the third", "id": "3029001" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\nmany dramas. \"Grey's Anatomy\" is often filmed using the \"walk and talk\" filming technique, popularized on television by series such as \"St. Elsewhere\", \"ER\", and \"The West Wing\". \"Greys Anatomy\" follows the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings at the fictional Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital (formerly Seattle Grace Hospital, Season 1–6, Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital, Season 6–9, and then Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital, Season 9–present), as the interns", "id": "7747455" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\nthird season. On the selection of Leigh for the role of Lexie, Rhimes said: \"Chyler stood out ... It felt like she could be Meredith's sister, but she had a depth that was very interesting.\" Dr. Erica Hahn (Brooke Smith), who first appeared on \"Grey's Anatomy\" in the second season, returned as a series regular in the fourth season. Shortly after the announcement that Smith would be a regular member of the cast, \"Entertainment Weekly\" Michael Ausiello, reported that her", "id": "7747442" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 9)\n\n\nits connection with the audience. Robert Bianco of \"USA Today\" noted that after 9 seasons, \"There's still life left in Grey's.\" \"What Culture\" gave a positive review for the season, \"Grey's Anatomy has developed into a fine example of how a TV show can mature beyond its initial purpose.\" \"Toronto Star\" called it \"a solid return to form\". \"TV Fanatic\" gave a largely positive review to the season, \"Grey's Anatomy always knows how to", "id": "263178" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\nto help the lawsuit. The doctors who were on the plane won the lawsuit, but the pay out bankrupts the hospital. They all club together and buy Seattle Grace Mercy West, with the help of the Harper Avery Foundation, and they become the Board of Directors, once being called the \"Grey-Sloan 7\". One of the changes they implement is renaming the hospital to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. Robbins cheats on Torres with a visiting facial reconstruction surgeon. \"Grey's Anatomy\" then concluded its 10th season", "id": "7747469" }, { "contents": "Private Practice (TV series)\n\n\n, that season six and the show would end with the thirteenth episode. Throughout the series' run, \"Private Practice\" had a handful of crossovers with its sister show, \"Grey's Anatomy\". Note: This episode took place while \"Private Practice\" was on an extended hiatus due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. In February, \"Grey's Anatomy\" and \"Private Practice\" did their first extensive crossover storyline. The 3-episode arc started on Grey's Anatomy when Addison, Naomi Bennett (", "id": "2910299" }, { "contents": "Kim Raver\n\n\nAudrey Boudreau (née Raines) for the twelve-episode \"\". In 2015, she had a guest-appearance on the eleventh season premiere of \"Bones\". In 2017, Raver recurred on the fifth season of \"Ray Donovan\" and also returned as Dr. Teddy Altman on \"Grey's Anatomy\" for its 14th season. In the same year, Raver was cast in the recurring role of Andrea Frost on the second season of the ABC political drama \"Designated Survivor\". In May 2018, it was", "id": "4289867" }, { "contents": "Tim Myers\n\n\nshows including \"Entwined\" in Grey's Anatomy Season 7, \"A Magical Season\" Grey's Anatomy Season 6, \"Momma's Boy\" Grey's Anatomy Season 3, \"A New World\" Off The Map season 1, \"A Place We Used To Know\" Army Wives season 1, \"Get Together\" Suburgatory Season 1, \"La La Love\" Hart of Dixie Season 1, \"Money\" Castle Season 3, \"Simply Wonderful\" Ugly Betty Season 4, \"The Lucky Ones\" Ugly Betty", "id": "19055493" }, { "contents": "Meredith Grey\n\n\ncontract to keep her in the starring role on the series for the thirteenth season. According to a report in \"Deadline Hollywood\", Pompeo was earning $300,000 per episode under the new deal. On January 17, 2018, it was announced by ABC that Ellen Pompeo's contract had been renewed through season 16. Not only does the contract renewal secure Pompeo's return as Meredith Grey, but it also makes her a producer of Grey's Anatomy and a co-executive producer of the spin-off series. The", "id": "9681398" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 5)\n\n\nthe show she was offered the drug interleukin-2, in reality the drug is never recommended to patients when melanoma has spread to the brain, as it can cause bleeding and strokes. Brawley explained that such patients would instead be offered radiosurgery. Conversely however, Tim Turnham, executive director of the Melanoma Research Foundation, praised \"Grey's Anatomy\" for bringing about greater public awareness of melanoma, stating: \"We welcome the national spotlight \"Grey's Anatomy\" has created for melanoma and its efforts to encourage viewers to learn more", "id": "12574784" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 13)\n\n\nMurphy in a recurring role for the 13th season. On October 17, 2016 ABC confirmed that Marika Dominczyk had been cast in a guest stint as Eliza Minnick. On January 31, 2017, it was announced that Jerrika Hinton would be departing the series regular cast this season. \"Grey's Anatomy\" was renewed for a 13th season by ABC on March 3, 2016. \"TVLine\" announced that the 13th season will begin airing on September 22, 2016. Production began on May 25, 2016, when Rhimes announced", "id": "17729545" }, { "contents": "Goodbye (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\n\"Goodbye\" is the second episode of the sixth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the show's 104th episode overall. It was written by Krista Vernoff and directed by Bill D'Elia. The episode was originally broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on September 24, 2009. In \"Goodbye\", the staff at Seattle Grace Hospital come to terms with the death of their colleague Dr. George O'Malley (T.R. Knight). Further storylines include Dr. Richard Webber", "id": "4806676" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 11)\n\n\nshare in the 18–49 demographic. The premiere episode \"I Must Have Lost it on the Wind\", was the season's most viewed episode. \"When I Grow Up\" was the season and series' least viewed episode, with 6.64 million viewers and a 1.9/7 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic. The season finale was the series lowest watched season finale with 8.33 million viewers and 2.2/8 in the 18–49 rating demo. \"Grey's Anatomy\", in its eleventh season, ranked 36th overall in total viewers (", "id": "19717807" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 4)\n\n\n. The season aired in the Thursday night timeslot at 9:00 EST. In addition to the regular seventeen episodes, a clip-show narrated by the editors of \"People\" recapped previous events of the show and made the transition from \"Grey's Anatomy\" to \"Private Practice\", a spin-off focusing on Dr. Addison Montgomery and aired on September 19, 2007, before the season premiere. The season was officially released on DVD as a five-disc boxset under the title of \"Grey's Anatomy: Season", "id": "14893893" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 9)\n\n\nMay 10, 2012. In June 2012, ABC set the premiere date of \"Grey's Anatomy\" to September 27, 2012, and it would remain in the Thursday at 9:00pm timeslot that it has had since the third season. In October 2012 it was reported that this season would have the same episode count as season eight, meaning it would have a total of 24 episodes. Shonda Rhimes revealed that the season nine finale would not revolve around a 'disaster' episode. \"Grey's Anatomy's\" ninth season", "id": "263175" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 9)\n\n\nstar in an episode in the spring, as TVLine reported in January 2013. It was announced by \"E! Online\" on March 29, \"One Tree Hill\" alumni Hilarie Burton will be cast in a recurring role as a specialist in an investigation going on in the hospital. Her character is to arrive on the 22nd episode of the season. However, this later turned out to be untrue as Hilarie Burton ended up portraying a specialist doctor named Lauren Boswell. \"Grey's Anatomy\" was renewed by ABC on", "id": "263174" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\n\", and its premiere episode followed the second part of the season debut of \"Dancing with the Stars\", and provided a lead-in to fellow freshman series \"Dirty Sexy Money\". \"Pushing Daisies\", a third new series for the evening, rounded out the lineup as a lead-in to \"Private Practice\". The series ended its run in January 2013 after six seasons. \"Grey's Anatomy\" had five crossover storylines with \"Private Practice\". There have also been several instances where", "id": "7747556" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 6)\n\n\nit was a little gift. And when he tells Izzie he's done, he's not bitter or angry, he's just done.\" The writing of the two-part season six finale, caused struggle to Rhimes. She elaborated on this: \"Grey's Anatomy\" sixth season opened up to 17.04 million viewers with a 6.7/17 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic. Although the rating was a 1% decrease from season five's opener, it managed to rank first for its time-slot and the", "id": "14076474" }, { "contents": "Boston Legal\n\n\na second season, although ABC chose not to screen the final five episodes of Season 1 until April 24, 2005, to allow greater exposure of mid-season series \"Grey's Anatomy\" to a larger audience. The success of \"Grey's Anatomy\" placed \"Boston Legal\" on hold until autumn 2005, when it returned for an extended season of 27 episodes. Both Rhona Mitra and Monica Potter left the series during the hiatus, while Julie Bowen was cast as Denise Bauer. Ryan Michelle Bathe and Justin Mentell", "id": "7592001" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 8)\n\n\nother, and within moments, she dies. Mere seconds later, Meredith arrives too late, and is devastated by her sister's death. They soon realize that Mark has severe internal injuries. The season ends with the 5 remaining surgeons in peril, lost in the woods and not knowing when or if help will come. The season received mostly positive reviews. Tanner Stransky of \"Cinema Blend\" gave a fresh review to the season, \"Juxtaposed against that nightmare that launched season 8's two-hour season premiere was", "id": "10441465" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 5)\n\n\ntheir point of view on the fourth season, several had opinions on the fifth season. Alan Sepinwall from the \"Newark Star-Ledger\" said \"Overall, it really feels more like the good old days than \"Grey's\" has in a long time\" referring to season five. Also regarding season five, Misha Davenport from \"Chicago Sun-Times\" said \"Tonight's premiere hits on all the things the show does so well. There is romance, heartbreak, humor and a few moments that will move", "id": "12574781" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 4)\n\n\nWriters Guild of America strike, which caused the production to cease from February to April, leaving the show with no writing staff during that time. Since the show had only produced ten episodes before the winter-holiday hiatus, and aired another one after the break ended, the show decided to complete the season with six new episodes, and returned on April 24, 2008. Only seventeen episodes were produced out of the twenty-three originally conceived for the season. After Kate Walsh's transition the \"Grey's Anatomy\"", "id": "14893897" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 11)\n\n\nof the season opened to critical acclaim with many calling it the best season in the past few years, the second half however, garnered mixed reviews. With Season 11 being the first in \"Grey's Anatomy\" history to be without Cristina Yang, \"TV.com\" wrote, \"So, the question I had heading into \"Grey's Anatomy\"'s Season 11 premiere was just how much Cristina's absence would be felt. And at the end, I have to say-while the lack of Yang was definitely noticeable", "id": "19717809" }, { "contents": "Eyes Open\n\n\nCars\", was featured on the second-season finale of the ABC prime time hit drama \"Grey's Anatomy\" on 15 May 2006. A \"Grey's Anatomy\"-themed video of the song can be seen at the ABC website. The seventh track, \"Make This Go On Forever\", was later used in the third season of \"Grey's Anatomy\", at the end of the episode entitled \"Walk on Water\" and later in 2018 it was featured in the fourteenth season of the show, during an", "id": "20255801" }, { "contents": "Our Endless Numbered Days\n\n\nSunset Soon Forgotten\" were featured in the 2004 dramedy \"In Good Company\". \"Each Coming Night\" is featured in Miley Cyrus's 2009 film \"The Last Song\". \"Naked As We Came\" is featured at the end of the 4th episode of the 2nd season of \"The L Word\", when Jenny has her hair cut by Shane. \"Naked As We Came\" is also featured in the 9th episode of the first season of \"Grey's Anatomy\", when Cristina and Izzie plan a", "id": "17446683" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)\n\n\nsad goodbyes before heading to New York, but is giddy to be closer to Callie who is recently single. Series regular Jerrika Hinton does not appear for the first time since her introduction at the start of the 9th season, after it was announced she landed a starring role in Alan Ball's new HBO drama series \"Here and Now\". Hinton had previously been in talks of leaving the show at the end of the 12th season when she was cast in the Shondaland comedy pilot \"Toast\", but ABC passed on", "id": "6046738" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\nwas pitched to ABC Entertainment, who gave the green light. The show was picked up as a mid-season replacement for \"Boston Legal\" in the 2005 television season. Francie Calfo, executive vice president of development at ABC Entertainment, commented that ABC was looking for a medical show that was unlike the others airing at the time. She pointed out: Rhimes initially conceived \"Grey's Anatomy\" as a statement against racism. She worked to create a show featuring a racially diverse cast that allowed viewers to relate to", "id": "7747427" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\n. Premiering on September 25, 2005 and concluding on May 15, 2006, the season consisted of 27 episodes. The first five episodes of the second season were originally scheduled to air during the first, but the network decided to close the first season of \"Grey's Anatomy\" on the same night as \"Desperate Housewives\" finale. During the second season, \"Grey's Anatomy\" produced two specials recapping the events of recent episodes, narrated by Bailey, entitled \"Straight to the Heart\" and \"Under Pressure", "id": "7747545" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 8)\n\n\nexactly what the show does portray rather accurately (most of the time)- the relationship drama.\" Verne Gay of \"Newsday\" acknowledged the following for the show stating, \"Grey's has had a good season and has an intensely loyal fan base to prove it.\" \"TV Fanatic\" reviewing the episode \"Free Falling\" wrote, \"This episode set the season in motion, and from the looks of it, it's going to be good.\" Carrie Raisler of \"The A.V. Club\" gave a negative", "id": "10441466" }, { "contents": "Beautiful Doom\n\n\nAnatomy\" centers around a group of physicians struggling to balance their professional lives with their personal lives. In the episode Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) relives the memories of her half-sister Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh) who died in the season eight finale plane crash when a patient with similar crush injuries comes into the hospital. The episode also focuses on Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) who deals with the death of her Minnesota mentor Dr. Craig Thomas (William Daniels) in the middle of surgery. Meredith in spite of", "id": "7398159" }, { "contents": "George O'Malley\n\n\nto him that it wouldn't affect his character' because he was concerned he was going to come out and George would suddenly be gay. ... The idea that a gay actor can't play a straight man is insulting.\" In December 2008, reports speculated that Knight requested to be released from his contract and that \"they were working out the details\" at that time. In June 2009, after the conclusion of the fifth season of \"Grey's Anatomy\", it was confirmed that Knight would not be returning", "id": "9822689" }, { "contents": "George O'Malley\n\n\n\"Grey's Anatomy\" contract. In 2009, after the conclusion of the fifth season, it was confirmed that Knight would not be returning for the show's sixth season. The actor stated the reason for his departure was due to a \"breakdown in communication\" with Rhimes, his character's lack of screen time, as well as his decision to come out as openly gay. Knight received generally positive reviews for his performance as O'Malley, and garnered a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 59th", "id": "9822674" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)\n\n\nsigns of a heart attack. She winds up at Seattle Presbyterian Hospital, where the doctors take her concerns less than seriously. They see in her chart a history of OCD and believe that is the underlying issue, since the tests they are running are coming back negative. Bailey calls on Maggie to save her, and after she does, Bailey decides to support Ben’s decision to become a firefighter, as she realizes life is too short to do anything than what makes you happy. With the medical research contest, funded", "id": "6046726" }, { "contents": "Private Practice (TV series)\n\n\n's surgery is successful. Despite no characters crossing over, Addison receives a phone call from Derek about Mark's passing, which happens at the start of Grey's Anatomy's ninth season. In April 2014 Amelia returned to Grey's Anatomy for the last four episodes of the tenth season. She became a series regular for Season 11. \"Private Practice\" initially received mixed reviews. Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the show a score of 45 based on 25", "id": "2910304" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 10)\n\n\nJimmy are able to reconcile their differences, Jimmy dies due to a botched surgery. Sticking with the interns who become residents this season, Dr. Ross teams up with Dr. Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) to work on her research, heart conduits. Cristina receives a Harper-Avery Nomination, but as the majority of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital is owned by the Harper Avery Foundation, Cristina does not win. Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), with the help from Dr. Stephanie Edwards (Jerrika Hinton), is also busy", "id": "2893414" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 11)\n\n\nto our ‘McDreamy.’\" \"Grey's Anatomy\" was renewed for an eleventh season by ABC on May 8, 2014. On May 13, 2014, ABC announced their new schedule, as well as a new timeslot for \"Grey's Anatomy\". The show remained on Thursday night, but it was moved to 8:00 PM E.T. to make room for ShondaLand Production Company's new TV series, \"How to Get Away with Murder\". Even though Paul Lee, the president of ABC, moved \"Grey", "id": "19717800" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\n22, 2011 with a two-hour episode, and ended on May 17, 2012. \"Grey's Anatomy\" was renewed for a ninth season, which premiered on September 27, 2012 and ended on May 16, 2013. \"Grey's Anatomy\" was renewed for a tenth season on May 10, 2013 and premiered on September 27, 2013 with a two-hour episode, and ended on May 15, 2014. On May 8, 2014, ABC renewed the series for an eleventh season that aired from", "id": "7747550" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)\n\n\nthe project. Renewing her contract for another three seasons as Dr. Arizona Robbins after the eleventh season, Jessica Capshaw returned for the 14th season. On June 20, 2017, it was announced that Kim Raver would reprise her role as Dr. Teddy Altman for a guest arc. In August 2017, it was announced that Abigail Spencer would replace Bridget Regan as Megan Hunt for a multi-episode arc this season. After recurring in the previous season as the controversial character, Eliza Minnick, it was announced in August 2017 that Marika", "id": "6046739" }, { "contents": "Fear (Of the Unknown) (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\n\" and also praised the exit for Tessa Ferrer's character saying, \"Leah too got a nice exit, walking out of the hospital to find what she’s good at\" Many sources, including Rachel Simon of \"Bustle\" and Nicole Pomarico of \"Wetpaint\", claimed that Sandra Oh's performance during her tenth and final season on Grey's Anatomy is worthy of an Emmy nomination. Simon stated \"She made us care about Grey’s in a way we hadn’t in years, bringing us into Cristina’s life", "id": "18793941" }, { "contents": "Death and All His Friends (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\nin the six seasons of Grey’s Anatomy. The second hour of the Grey’s Anatomy Season 6 season finale, Death and All His Friends, is even more intense than the first.\" \"HitFix\" also lauded the episode and wrote, \"In every sense, these two episodes where Shonda Rhimes, directors Stephen Cragg and Rob Corn, and the entire cast and crew of the show \"Going For It\". There was no opportunity for suspense, or tears, or anger, or horror, or some good", "id": "4400073" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 2)\n\n\nof a second, when we changed the body with the actor.\" The second season had ten roles receiving star billing, out of whom nine were returning from the first season. All the actors who appear as series regulars portray physicians from the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital, specialized in surgery. Ellen Pompeo acted as Meredith Grey, the protagonist and the narrator of the series, a surgical intern who struggles to balance the difficulties of the competitive career she has chosen, with her troubled personal background. Sandra Oh portrayed highly competitive", "id": "4470952" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 3)\n\n\n. At the 2007 Satellite Awards, Ellen Pompeo won the award Best Actress in Drama Series, while T.R. Knight was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film and Chandra Wilson for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film. At the 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards, the series' regular cast received a nomination for Outstanding Cast in Drama Series. Katherine Heigl and Patrick Dempsey were nominated at the 2007 Teen Choice Awards. Also in 2007, the female cast and crew of \"Grey", "id": "3028999" }, { "contents": "Invest in Love\n\n\n\"Invest in Love\" is the eighth episode of the sixth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the show's 110th episode overall. Written by Stacy McKee and directed by Jessica Yu, the episode was originally broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on November 5, 2009. \"Grey's Anatomy\" centers around a group of young doctors, training to be seasoned professionals. In this episode, Dr. Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw) is stunned when her", "id": "18823009" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\nperformances by Sara Ramirez. Lexie Grey, having initially been criticized, became a critics' favorite in the series. Alex Keen of \"The Trades\" wrote that Lexie's \"presence and confidence have increased quite a bit ... and actress, Chyler Leigh, does a fantastic job of making this progression feel seamless. Since the series has defused the tension between Little Grey and Big Grey (aka Meredith), Lexie has clear sailing through the season and steals the show as one of the best current characters on the series.", "id": "7747508" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\navailable include shirts, sweatshirts, kitchenware, homeware, and bags, with the \"Grey's Anatomy\" logo on it. Also available are custom unisex scrubs and lab coats in a variety of colors and sizes, designed by Barco. The merchandise released by the company is available for purchase at the \"Grey's Anatomy\" official website, and US$1 from every purchase is donated to Barco's Nightingales Foundation. Five volumes of the \"Grey's Anatomy Original Soundtrack\" have been released . For the first two seasons,", "id": "7747568" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 10)\n\n\nAt its best, Grey's Anatomy is about everyday bravery, sacrifice, and courage. At its worst, it's a melodramatic, moralizing soap opera. Both sides are on display as the show heads confidently into its 10th season.\" \"The Loop\" also acknowledged the return to form giving a positive review, \"After a shaky start to its tenth season...Grey's Anatomy has picked up the pace over the past two episodes and is once again showing a great deal of promise that it can revive itself after", "id": "2893434" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy (season 1)\n\n\nGuild Awards in 2005, for her portrayal of Cristina Yang during \"Grey's Anatomy\"s first season. The season also resulted in a number of awards nominations: At the 2005 Directors Guild of America Awards, Peter Horton received a nomination for the Best Directing in a Drama Series, for his work on \"A Hard Day's Night\". He was nominated for the same award and episode at the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards, which also saw \"Grey's Anatomy\" nominated for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series, and Oh", "id": "4470902" }, { "contents": "Flight (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\nwrote, \"Wow…just wow. \"Grey's Anatomy\" has once again managed to shock with its season finale.\" While she appreciated the \"realism and authenticity that \"Grey's\" is known for\", she found the episode was \"almost too much\" as it was \"extremely gory and difficult to watch, initially because of the grisly wounds\" but later because of the \"heavy and emotional things that transpired\". She thought Pompeo gave one of her best performances when her character learned that her", "id": "17448255" }, { "contents": "Grey's Anatomy\n\n\n's \"best ensemble in years\". Regarding season three, Bill Carter of \"The New York Times\" called \"Grey's Anatomy\" \"television's hottest show\", adding: \"[No show] is expected to challenge \"Grey's Anatomy\" for prime-time pre-eminence.\" Contrasting with Carter's view, Monfette of \"IGN\" said that it speedily found itself \"mired in the annoying and absurd\", adding: \"This third season may very well represent a case of over-", "id": "7747511" }, { "contents": "You're My Home (Grey's Anatomy)\n\n\nloss in the death of Derek, stepped up to the plate on behalf of others. When one considers how this character has grown over eleven seasons, it really is amazing. Kudos to Ellen Pompeo for her fine work. She's actually done the impossible, because I actually care what happens to Meredith Grey in season twelve.\" \"TV Equals\" wrote, \" I’m not exactly a fan of doctors breaking out in tears in the operating room, but I liked how Maggie and Amelia’s respective conflicts culminated in", "id": "2623231" } ]

[ { "contents": "The Hunger Games (novel)\n\n\ndeath. The book received critical acclaim from major reviewers and authors. It was praised for its plot and character development. In writing \"The Hunger Games\", Collins drew upon Greek mythology, Roman gladiatorial games, and contemporary reality television for thematic content. The novel won many awards, including the California Young Reader Medal, and was named one of \"Publishers Weekly\"s \"Best Books of the Year\" in 2008. \"The Hunger Games\" was first published in hardcover on September 14, 2008, by Scholastic, featuring", "id": "4394934" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Pains\n\n\nThe Hunger Pains is a 2012 New York Times bestselling novel by \"The Harvard Lampoon\" and a parody of Suzanne Collins's \"The Hunger Games\". It was first published on February 7, 2012 through Touchstone Books, and a cinematic book trailer was released in March of the same year. On the morning of Super Fun Day, Kantkiss Neverclean and her hunting partner Carol Handsomestein hunt a cow from beyond the fence before they participate in the selection ceremony. In District 12 this is the \"nose game\", in", "id": "19893674" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games (novel)\n\n\nshe finds that the Christian image of the Bread of Life is used throughout \"The Hunger Games\"; in the story, Peeta gives Katniss a loaf of bread, saving the girl and her family from starvation. After writing the novel, Collins signed a six-figure deal for three books with Scholastic. First published as a hardcover in the United States on September 14, 2008, \"The Hunger Games\" had a first printing of 50,000 copies, which was bumped up twice to 200,000 copies. By February 2010,", "id": "4394954" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games\n\n\nwere both \"New York Times\" best sellers, and \"Mockingjay\" topped all US bestseller lists upon its release. By the time the film adaptation of \"The Hunger Games\" was released in 2012, the publisher had reported over 26 million \"Hunger Games\" trilogy books in print, including movie tie-in books. \"The Hunger Games\" universe is a dystopia set in Panem, a North American country consisting of the wealthy Capitol and 12 districts in varying states of poverty. Every year, children from the", "id": "17067477" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games (novel)\n\n\na cover designed by Tim O'Brien. It has since been released in paperback and also as an audiobook and ebook. After an initial print of 200,000, the book had sold 800,000 copies by February 2010. Since its release, \"The Hunger Games\" has been translated into 26 languages, and publishing rights have been sold in 38 territories. The novel is the first in \"The Hunger Games\" trilogy, followed by \"Catching Fire\" (2009) and \"Mockingjay\" (2010). A film adaptation, directed", "id": "4394935" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games (novel)\n\n\nsold over 17.5 million copies. The novel is the first in \"The Hunger Games\" trilogy; it is followed by sequels \"Catching Fire\" (2009) and \"Mockingjay\" (2010). In March 2012, during the time of \"The Hunger Games\" film's release, Scholastic reported 26 million \"Hunger Games\" trilogy books in print, including movie tie-in books. \"The Hunger Games\" (and its sequels) have sold exceptionally well in ebook format. Suzanne Collins is the first children", "id": "4394956" }, { "contents": "Catching Fire\n\n\nmagazine rated it the eighth Best Book of 2009. It also won the \"Publishers Weekly\" 2009 award for Best Book of the Year. Lionsgate announced that \"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire\" was to be released on November 22, 2013, as a sequel to the film adaptation of \"The Hunger Games\". In April 2012, it was announced that Gary Ross, director of \"The Hunger Games\", would not return due to a \"tight\" and \"fitted\" schedule. Francis Lawrence was officially", "id": "70572" }, { "contents": "Hafsah Faizal\n\n\nare often wrongfully entwined with stories about the Middle East. She first got the idea to write the novel at 17, when she first came into contact with the young adult novel scene, due to being a book blogger. Faizal was inspired by \"The Hunger Games\" and \"Lord of the Rings\", asking herself the question \"what if the games were set in a fantasy world?\" and using that as the basis for her story. \"We Hunt the Flame\" was published by Farrar, Straus &", "id": "15103585" }, { "contents": "Scholastic Corporation\n\n\nand \"Hunger Games\" book series. Scholastic is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books and print and digital educational materials for pre-K to grade 12. In addition to \"Harry Potter\" and \"The Hunger Games\", the company is known for its school book clubs and book fairs, classroom magazines such as \"Scholastic News\", and popular book series: \"Clifford the Big Red Dog\", \"Goosebumps\", \"The Magic School Bus\", \"Captain Underpants\",", "id": "4388491" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games (novel)\n\n\nand honors. It was named one of \"Publishers Weekly\" \"Best Books of the Year\" in 2008 and a \"The New York Times\" \"Notable Children's Book of 2008\". It was the 2009 winner of the Golden Duck Award in the Young Adult Fiction Category. \"The Hunger Games\" was also a \"2008 Cybil Winner\" for fantasy and science-fiction books along with \"The Graveyard Book\", one of \"School Library Journal\"s \"Best Books 2008\", and a \"Booklist Editors", "id": "4394964" }, { "contents": "Tim O'Brien (illustrator)\n\n\nin the September 29, 2008 issue of the magazine. Between 2008 and 2010, O'Brien was commissioned by Scholastic Publishing to illustrate each cover of \"The Hunger Games\" trilogy, by Suzanne Collins, including \"The Hunger Games\" \"mockingjay\" logo. The images were then used again for promotional posters when the film distributor Lionsgate turned the best selling books into a film franchise. At the end of the films official theatrical trailer, the ring and bird by the artist are seen ablaze. O'Brien closely collaborated on the designs", "id": "11831777" }, { "contents": "Suzanne Collins\n\n\nalso wrote a rhyming picture book, \"When Charlie McButton Lost Power\" (2005), illustrated by Mike Lester. In September 2008, Scholastic Press released \"The Hunger Games\", the first book of a trilogy by Collins. \"The Hunger Games\" was partly inspired by the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Another inspiration was her father's career in the Air Force, which gave her insight to poverty, starvation, and the effects of war. The trilogy's second book, \"Catching Fire\"", "id": "19838492" }, { "contents": "The Hunger of Sejanoz\n\n\nThe Hunger of Sejanoz is a gamebook by Joe Dever. It is the twenty-eighth book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series. It was the last book to be released in the New Order series for the next eighteen years as the 29th book of the series, \"The Storms of Chai\", was published in 2016. In a game book, the reader makes choices to effect the outcome of the story. Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat", "id": "17839802" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games (novel)\n\n\nbut pointed out that \"poor copyediting in the first printing will distract careful readers–a crying shame\". Rick Riordan, author of the \"Percy Jackson & the Olympians\" series, claims it is the \"closest thing to a perfect adventure novel\" he has ever read. Stephenie Meyer (author of the \"Twilight\" series) endorsed the book on her website, saying, \"I was so obsessed with this book ... \"The Hunger Games\" is amazing.\" \"The Hunger Games\" received many awards", "id": "4394963" }, { "contents": "Mockingjay\n\n\nMockingjay is a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Suzanne Collins. It is the last installment of \"The Hunger Games\", following 2008's \"The Hunger Games\" and 2009's \"Catching Fire\". The book continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, who agrees to unify the districts of Panem in a rebellion against the tyrannical Capitol. The hardcover and audiobook editions of \"Mockingjay\" were published by Scholastic on August 24, 2010, six days after the ebook edition went on sale. The book sold 450,000 copies", "id": "8857235" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games\n\n\nThe Hunger Games is a trilogy of young adult dystopian novels written by American novelist Suzanne Collins. The series is set in \"The Hunger Games\" universe, and follows young Katniss Everdeen. The novels in the trilogy are titled \"The Hunger Games\" (2008), \"Catching Fire\" (2009), and \"Mockingjay\" (2010). The novels have all been developed into films starring Jennifer Lawrence, with the film adaptation of \"Mockingjay\" split into two parts. The first two books in the series", "id": "17067476" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games\n\n\nlike \"The Hunger Games\" because the Games are not just entertainment but also a reminder to the districts of their rebellion. On a tired night, Collins says that while she was channel-surfing the television, she saw people competing for some prize and then saw footage of the Iraq War. She described how the two combined in an \"unsettling way\" to create her first ideas for the series. \"The Hunger Games\" is the first book in the series and was released on September 14, 2008. \"", "id": "17067485" }, { "contents": "Suzanne Collins\n\n\n, was released in September 2009, and its third book, \"Mockingjay\", was released on August 24, 2010. Within 14 months, 1.5 million copies of the first two \"Hunger Games\" books were printed in North America alone. \"The Hunger Games\" was on \"The New York Times\" Best Seller list for more than 60 weeks in a row. Lions Gate Entertainment acquired worldwide distribution rights to a film adaptation of \"The Hunger Games\", produced by Nina Jacobson's Color Force production company.", "id": "19838493" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire\n\n\nThe New Yorker\" argued that the premise \"doesn't make a lot of sense\". He praised the \"impressive\" first act and Jennifer Lawrence, for \"project[ing] the kind of strength that Katharine Hepburn had when she was young.\" Denby found the second act \"attenuated and rhythmless\" and criticised the \"incoherent\" finale that \"will send the audience scurrying back to the book to find out what’s supposed to be going on\". \"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire\" earned $424,668,047 in", "id": "3077021" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1\n\n\nThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction adventure film directed by Francis Lawrence with a screenplay by Peter Craig and Danny Strong. It is the first of two films based on Suzanne Collins' novel \" Mockingjay\", the final book in \"The Hunger Games\" trilogy, and the third installment in \"The Hunger Games\" film series, produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik and distributed by Lionsgate. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth", "id": "4180502" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games\n\n\nwar where the people of Panem try to get back on their feet and figure out how to go on within their new reality. The book is slated to be released on May 19, 2020. All three books have been favorably received. Praise has focused on the addictive quality, especially of the first book, and the action. John Green of \"The New York Times\" compared \"The Hunger Games\" with Scott Westerfeld's \"The Uglies\" series. \"Catching Fire\" was praised for improving upon the first", "id": "17067499" }, { "contents": "The Hunger and Other Stories\n\n\nThe Hunger and Other Stories is the first collection of short stories by American writer Charles Beaumont, published in April 1957. A British edition was published in 1964 under the title \"Shadow Play\". In 2013 Valancourt Books released the first new edition in nearly 50 years. Anthony Boucher praised Beaumont for his portrayal of \"an eery uncertain world of unexpected terrors and betrayals,\" although he faulted the story selection in \"The Hunger\" for including \"a few items weak in either concept or execution\"; Boucher concluded,", "id": "7546692" }, { "contents": "The Storms of Chai\n\n\nThe Storms of Chai is a game book in the Lone Wolf series by Joe Dever. It is part of the New Order series which details the adventures of one of Lone Wolf's disciples in the New Kai Order and not Lone Wolf himself. The book is set in MS 5102, 18 years after the ending of book 28, \"The Hunger of Sejanoz\". After encountering problems with a number of publishers, author Joe Dever announced on 1 April 2016 that he would self-publish the book. It was published", "id": "100489" }, { "contents": "List of The Hunger Games characters\n\n\nthe Second Quarter Quell) 24 years prior to the first book. He comes from The Seam, like Katniss and Gale, as he is described with similar physical characteristics: dark hair and olive skin although in the Hunger games movies he is portrayed with blond straight hair and blue eyes. When he was 15, Haymitch was reaped for the Second Quarter Quell, wherein four, instead of the normal amount of two tributes from each district. He became an ally to a girl named Maysilee Donner, the original owner of Katniss", "id": "21215719" }, { "contents": "Fictional world of The Hunger Games\n\n\nsuch as Glimmer, and Katniss states in the first book she thinks it's \"ridiculous.\" In \"The Hunger Games\", during the 74th Hunger Games, both tributes from District 1 (Marvel and Glimmer) join the \"Career\" pack. Glimmer is eventually killed by tracker jackers (mutant wasps), which were dropped on the Careers by Katniss. Marvel is killed by Katniss after he kills Rue. In \"Catching Fire\", the tributes from District 1 are siblings Cashmere and Gloss, who are killed", "id": "1939609" }, { "contents": "List of The Hunger Games characters\n\n\nThe following is a list of characters in \"The Hunger Games\" trilogy, a series of young adult science fiction novels by Suzanne Collins that were later adapted into a series of four feature films. The actors who portray these characters are given in List of The Hunger Games cast members. Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist and narrator of the series. She is 16 years old at the beginning of the first book and is quiet, independent, and fierce. She has long dark hair, olive skin, and gray eyes,", "id": "21215705" }, { "contents": "Gwen Shamblin Lara\n\n\nfill emotional needs instead of food. Overeating is equated with greed. A core principle of The Weigh Down Diet, when people feel an urge to snack but are not experiencing physiological hunger, Gwen encourages participants to read the Bible instead. Since the release of her first book, Gwen has written a number of books including \"Rise Above\" and a self-published devotional book titled \"Exodus\". Controversy arose when Gwen began to teach that the doctrine of the Trinity was not Biblical. She stated that she believes Jesus", "id": "2111864" }, { "contents": "The House of Hunger\n\n\nThe House of Hunger (1978) is a novella/short story collection by Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987), his first published book. It was published three years after he left university. Sometimes subtitled \"Short Stories\", this work is actually a collection of one novella of 80-odd pages (\"House of Hunger\") and nine satellite short stories. The small group of texts in its entirety reflects the author’s vision of (mainly township) life in Rhodesia (specifically, the period of Ian Smith’s", "id": "10342939" }, { "contents": "Heroes Against Hunger\n\n\nHeroes Against Hunger is a 1986 all-star benefit comic book for African famine relief and recovery. Published by DC Comics in the form of a \"comic jam,\" or exquisite corpse, the book starred Superman and Batman. Spearheaded by Jim Starlin and Bernie Wrightson, all proceeds from the comic went to hunger relief in Africa. \"Heroes Against Hunger\" came about in response to the devastating 1983–85 famine in Ethiopia. The concept was nearly identical to the earlier benefit comic, \"Heroes for Hope\", published by", "id": "21584555" }, { "contents": "A Hunger Artist\n\n\n\"A Hunger Artist\" (German: \"Ein Hungerkünstler\") is a short story by Franz Kafka first published in \"Die neue Rundschau\" in 1922. The story was also included in the collection \"A Hunger Artist\" (\"Ein Hungerkünstler\"), the last book Kafka prepared for publication, printed by \"Verlag Die Schmiede\" after Kafka's death. The protagonist, a hunger artist who experiences the decline in appreciation of his craft, is an archetypical creation of Kafka: an individual marginalized and victimized by", "id": "15114706" }, { "contents": "Aqua Teen Hunger Force\n\n\n-O-Thon\", a mobile game based on the series, was published and released by Macrospace games in 2004. In 2005 Oberon Games released \"Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Studio Shakedown\" for PC. \"Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am\", a golfing/kart racing/fighting game, was developed by Creat Studios and published by Midway Games, and released for PlayStation 2 on November 5, 2007. An online Flash game based on the series entitled \"The Worst Game Ever\" was", "id": "6104666" }, { "contents": "Battle Royale (film)\n\n\n\" The reporting article noted that New Line still had not secured remake rights – its spokeswoman claimed \"no news\" when asked about progress on any deal. \"Maclean's\" pointed out that the 2008 novel \"The Hunger Games\", and its subsequent 2012 film adaptation, have similar themes. Although \"Hunger Games\" author Suzanne Collins maintains that she \"had never heard of that book until [her] book was turned in\", \"The New York Times\" reports that \"the parallels are striking enough that", "id": "9546383" }, { "contents": "Peeta Mellark\n\n\nPeeta Mellark is a fictional character from \"The Hunger Games\" trilogy by Suzanne Collins. He is portrayed by actor Josh Hutcherson in \"The Hunger Games\" film series. Peeta is the male tribute representing District 12 in the 74th annual Hunger Games, alongside female tribute Katniss Everdeen (portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence). Together, they defy the rule that the Games must have one victor, unintentionally inciting a rebellion against the authoritarian government of Panem. Peeta is first introduced at the reaping for the 74th Hunger Games, when he", "id": "11570557" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games (film series)\n\n\n, Katniss Everdeen teams up with her closest friends and allies, including Peeta, Gale, and Finnick, for the ultimate mission. Together, they leave District 13 to liberate the citizens of war-torn Panem and assassinate President Snow. List indicator(s) All the \"Hunger Games\" films finished first at the North American box office during both their opening and second weekend. In North America, \"The Hunger Games\" film series is the second highest-grossing film series based on young adult books, after the Harry Potter", "id": "3346632" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games (novel)\n\n\nthe book had sold 800,000 copies, and rights to the novel had been sold in 38 territories worldwide. A few months later, in July, the book was released in paperback. \"The Hunger Games\" entered the \"New York Times\" Best Seller list in November 2008, where it would feature for over 100 consecutive weeks. By the time the film adaptation of \"The Hunger Games\" was released in March 2012, the book had been on \"USA Today\"s best-sellers list for 135 consecutive weeks and has", "id": "4394955" }, { "contents": "Humble Bundle\n\n\nthe bundles became more frequent and expanded to include games from established developers, AAA publishers, games for Android-based devices, bundles promoting game jams, and bundles featuring digital copies of music, books and comic books. Bundles are presently offered on a more regular basis, with a persistent storefront for individual game sales. The Humble Bundle offerings support a number of charities, including Action Against Hunger, Child's Play, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, , the American Red Cross, WaterAid and the Wikimedia Foundation. By the end", "id": "9864711" }, { "contents": "Catching Fire\n\n\nCatching Fire is a 2009 science fiction young adult novel by the American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in \"The Hunger Games trilogy\". As the sequel to the 2008 bestseller \"The Hunger Games\", it continues the story of Katniss Everdeen and the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. Following the events of the previous novel, a rebellion against the oppressive Capitol has begun, and Katniss and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark are forced to return to the arena in a special edition of the Hunger Games. The book was", "id": "70555" }, { "contents": "The Jewish Hospital in Warsaw\n\n\nhunger, some of the results were published in 1946 in the book \"Hunger Disease. Clinical research on hunger carried out in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942\". The Holy Spirit Hospital and the Treasury Hospital were moved to the abandoned pavilions of the Jewish Hospital. In June 1941, when the German-Soviet war broke out, both hospitals were evicted and a German military hospital was established in their place. After the end of the war, the Holy Spirit Hospital was moved back into the abandoned pavilions and later renamed the", "id": "12909544" }, { "contents": "Gwen Shamblin Lara\n\n\nThe Weigh Down Diet\". First published in March 1997, this diet “advises using spirituality to avoid overeating and has sold more than 1.2 million copies.” The publisher Doubleday reported selling four hundred thousand copies in less than a year. In this book, Gwen expounds on her theory that there are two very different needs in each person: a need for food and an emotional need. According to her, people should only eat when they feel real, physical hunger and stop when full; prayer and Bible reading will", "id": "2111863" }, { "contents": "Fictional world of The Hunger Games\n\n\nassumed outcome of another war. In the films, there is little to no mention of nuclear weapons. District 1 specializes in producing luxury items such as jewelry. Children living there take pride in representing District 1 in the Games and are often among the group of tributes nicknamed \"Careers\", who illegally train for the Games from a young age so when they volunteer they have a higher chance of winning. Katniss refers to them as \"the Capitol's lap dogs\" in the first book. Once the Games begin,", "id": "1939607" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2\n\n\nThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is a 2015 American dystopian science fiction adventure film directed by Francis Lawrence, with a screenplay by Peter Craig and Danny Strong. It is the fourth and final installment in \"The Hunger Games\" film series, and the second of two films based on the novel \"Mockingjay\", the final book in \"The Hunger Games\" trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik, and distributed by Lionsgate, the film features an ensemble cast that includes Jennifer Lawrence,", "id": "4180557" }, { "contents": "The House of Hunger\n\n\n, being beaten up by thugs and policeman alike and struggling with alcoholism, as it is of the Rhodesia it describes... The 'hunger' of the book’s title does not refer only to the literal starvation which was ravaging post-independent Zimbabwe at the time. Rather it implies a more far reaching and metaphorical hunger of the soul – the vacuous yearning and emptiness within the national consciousness, aspiring for more but held back by poverty and corruption.\" First published to critical acclaim in 1978 (Heinemann African Writers Series,", "id": "10342941" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games (film series)\n\n\nJennifer Lawrence's performance. \"The Hunger Games\" is the 20th highest-grossing film franchise of all time, having grossed over US$2.97 billion worldwide. Following the release of Suzanne Collins' novel \"The Hunger Games\", on September 14, 2008, Hollywood film studios began looking to adapt the book into film. In March 2009, Color Force, an independent studio founded by producer Nina Jacobson, bought the film rights to the book. She then sought out production company Lionsgate to help her produce the film.", "id": "3346617" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games (film series)\n\n\n(2012). Gary Ross directed the first film (\"The Hunger Games\"), and despite initially stating otherwise on April 10, 2012, Lionsgate announced that Ross would not return to direct the sequel. On April 19, 2012, it was confirmed that Francis Lawrence would direct the sequel instead, and on November 1, 2012, it was confirmed that he would return and direct the final two films in the series, based on the novel \"Mockingjay\". Suzanne Collins began adapting the first book to film", "id": "3346622" }, { "contents": "Katniss Everdeen\n\n\npopulated district in the dystopian fictional autocratic nation of Panem. In the course of the first book, \"The Hunger Games\", Katniss volunteers to replace her sister, Primrose \"Prim\" Everdeen, after she is reaped (chosen) to compete in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death. Katniss, following an alliance with Rue, a young tribute from District 11 who reminded Katniss of Prim but died in the arena, joins up with fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark. The pair compete in the Games", "id": "11294577" }, { "contents": "Jennifer Lawrence\n\n\nempowered the film. With worldwide earnings of $350 million, \"X-Men: First Class\" became Lawrence's highest-grossing film at that point. In 2012 she played Katniss Everdeen in \"The Hunger Games\", an adaptation of the first book in author Suzanne Collins' \"Hunger Games\" trilogy. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, the series tells the story of the teenage heroine Everdeen as she joins rebel forces against a totalitarian government after winning a brutal televised annual event. Despite being an admirer", "id": "16367708" }, { "contents": "Reality Hunger\n\n\nReality Hunger: A Manifesto is a non-fiction book by American writer David Shields, published by Knopf on February 23, 2010. The book is written in a collage style, mixing quotations by the author with those from a variety of other sources. The book's manifesto is directed toward increasing art's engagement with the reality of contemporary life through the exploration of hybrid genres such as prose poetry and literary collage. In \"Vanity Fair\", Elissa Schappell called \"Reality Hunger\" \"a rousing call to arms for", "id": "12048133" }, { "contents": "The 5th Wave (novel)\n\n\nThe 5th Wave is a young adult science fiction novel written by American author Rick Yancey. It was published on May 7, 2013 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. The novel is the first in \"The 5th Wave\" trilogy, followed by \"The Infinite Sea\". The story follows 16-year-old Cassie Sullivan as she tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of alien invasions that have decimated the Earth's population. Critics have compared the book favorably to \"The Hunger Games\" and \"The Road", "id": "15608701" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Angel\n\n\ndenote the mechanical and distanced aspects of self-awareness of breathing that the prison experience engendered. According to Ruth Klueger this book offers a new direction in German literature, that of fiction by a second hand participant in the camps, whether Gulag or Internment or Concentration or Extermination. Translation rights have been sold in several countries including Poland and Sweden. The working title of \"Everything I Possess I Carry With Me\", based on the first sentence of the book, was suggested by the German publisher when it sold translation rights", "id": "21503484" }, { "contents": "Gregor and the Code of Claw\n\n\nGregor and the Code of Claw is a children's novel by author Suzanne Collins, best known for her \"Hunger Games\" trilogy. It is the fifth and final book of \"The Underland Chronicles\", and was published in 2007. Scholastic has rated the book's \"grade level equivalent\" as 4.5 and the book's lexile score as 730L, making it reading-level-appropriate for the average fourth to sixth grader. The novel has been praised especially as a conclusion to \"The Underland Chronicles\". In", "id": "18396290" }, { "contents": "Wang Ruowang\n\n\nhe published an autobiographical novel, \"Hunger Trilogy\", which included a semi-fictional account of his time in both Kuomintang and Communist political prisons. In the book, Wang recalled how the Communists' political prisons had been much more cruel than Kuomintang political prisons. The book angered many Party officials by asserting that, although Chiang's and Mao's dictatorships used hunger as a weapon against their political opponents, Mao was more systematic and ruthless. \"Hunger Trilogy\" is the most well-known of Wang's books to", "id": "18501226" }, { "contents": "Fictional world of The Hunger Games\n\n\nis up to the Gamemakers. In the first novel, the Gamemakers told the tributes that the feast would provide them with something they direly needed. It is implied that there are no official rules for the Games except for not stepping off the plate until the conclusion of the sixty-second countdown. In the first novel, Katniss mentions that there is an unspoken rule against cannibalism in the Games. This rule came to be after the 71st Hunger Games, when a District 6 tribute named Titus resorted to cannibalism in the arena", "id": "1939666" }, { "contents": "Fictional world of The Hunger Games\n\n\n, is able to command fierce loyalty from her soldiers who follow her orders in preference to those of Alma Coin, the president of District 13. Paylor later becomes President of Panem after Katniss assassinates Coin. In the 74th Hunger Games, the male tribute from District 8 died at the Cornucopia at the hands of Marvel. The female tribute was attacked by the Careers on the first night and \"finished off\" by Peeta when her death did not occur immediately, as indicated by cannon blast. In the 75th Hunger Games,", "id": "1939631" }, { "contents": "Fictional world of The Hunger Games\n\n\n\"The Hunger Games\") and choose one male and one female name at random, selecting the two tributes who are to compete. However, any other citizen of the same sex aged 12 to 18 can volunteer to become a tribute, taking the place of the child originally reaped (as Katniss did for Prim in \"The Hunger Games\"). In Districts 1 and 2 (and 4 in the book), most children spend years training specifically for the Games and then volunteer to compete, in spite of the", "id": "1939655" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1\n\n\n$337.1 million at the North American box office making it the third-highest-grossing film in \"The Hunger Games\" franchise, the second-highest-grossing film of 2014 (behind \"American Sniper\"), the fourth-highest-grossing science fiction film based on a book, the fourth-highest-grossing young-adult adaptation. and the 36th-highest-grossing film in North America. It is also the first film to cross the $300 million mark without 3D or IMAX since \"Indiana", "id": "4180546" }, { "contents": "Seeds of Hope Publishers\n\n\n“Christians Concerned about Hunger.” That year the editors published a \"Seeds Reader\" on Women and Hunger, which won the prestigious Hunger Media Award given by World Hunger Year. In 1983, the Seeds folks created, with Alternatives for Simple Living, \"All Tied Up,\" one of the first weekend huger education retreats in the United States. The next year, working with an ecumenical coalition of denominational hunger programs, Seeds published \"A Guide to World Hunger Organizations,\" by Lou Knowles. In 1985,", "id": "6396614" }, { "contents": "Papercutz (publisher)\n\n\n. Targets of the series have included \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\", the Harry Potter books, \"Twilight\", \"Percy Jackson & the Olympians\", \"The Hunger Games\", and \"The Walking Dead\". In July 2010, Papercutz began publishing \"The Smurfs\" comics, translated by Joe Johnson. Debuting with a special preview comic that contained the story \"The Smurfnapper,\" Papercutz has released a large number of \"Smurfs\" graphic novels to date. The success of \"The Smurfs\"", "id": "8771810" }, { "contents": "Hunger of Memory\n\n\nHunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez is a 1982 autobiography by Chicano intellectual Richard Rodriguez, first published by David R. Godine. Mexican-American Rodriguez starts school in Sacramento, California understanding only 50 words of English. He completes his University studies in London. While on his academic journey, he becomes alienated from the culture of his birth, while assimilating into the world of academia. The book addresses affirmative action and bilingual education, among other themes. The book has been studied as a critical work of American minority", "id": "13206610" }, { "contents": "Joe Dever\n\n\nRed Fox ceased publishing the \"Lone Wolf\" series in 1998 after book 28, \"The Hunger of Sejanoz\", citing fading interest in the interactive gaming genre, despite hundreds of requests for the reprinting of several \"Lone Wolf\" books that had gone out of print. It would be the last original Lone Wolf book for the next 18 years. Between 1990–2011, four scripts were developed of \"Lone Wolf\" for a potential film release, but did not proceed beyond the pre-production phase. In 1999,", "id": "13079205" }, { "contents": "Visappu\n\n\nVisappu (\"Hunger\") is a collection of short stories by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer published in 1954. The collection includes Basheer's first story \"Ente Thankam\" (My Darling) which is titled \"Thankam\" in the book. This story originally appeared in the Ernakulam-based newspaper \"Jayakesari\" in the year 1937. The other stories include \"Visappu\" (Hunger), \"Marunnu\" (Medicine) and \"Pishachu\" (Devil). \"Visappu\" is considered as a modern classic in south Asian", "id": "5311770" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games (novel)\n\n\n' Choice\" in 2008. In 2011, the book won the California Young Reader Medal. In the 2012 edition of Scholastic's \"Parent and Child\" magazine, \"The Hunger Games\" was listed as the 33rd-best book for children, with the award for \"Most Exciting Ending\". The novel is one of the top 5 best selling Kindle books of all time. However, the novel has also been controversial with parents; it ranked in fifth place on the American Library Association's list of frequently challenged", "id": "4394965" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games (novel)\n\n\nbooks for 2010, with \"unsuited to age group\" and \"violence\" being among the reasons cited. Similarities of \"The Hunger Games\" to Koushun Takami's 1999 novel \"Battle Royale\" have been noted. Collins stated that she \"had never heard of that book or that author until my book was turned in. At that point, it was mentioned to me, and I asked my editor if I should read it. He said: 'No, I don't want that world in your head.", "id": "4394966" }, { "contents": "Isaac Marion\n\n\n\" called \"The New Hunger\" was published by Zola Books as an eBook. Marion has stated that the Warm Bodies series will ultimately be four books, with the first true sequel, \"The Burning World\", released on February 7, 2017. To promote the release of THE BURNING WORLD, Marion co-directed a book trailer with Micah Knapp, which premiered on Hypable. Marion also has one short story published, \"Jerry Lives Forever,\" with the literary nonprofit organization Tethered By Letters. On November 13", "id": "5992727" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games (film series)\n\n\nseries, earning over $1.4 billion. Worldwide, it is the third highest-grossing film series based on young-adult books after the film series of \"Harry Potter\" and \"The Twilight Saga\", respectively, having grossed over $2.9 billion. In North America, it is the eighth highest-grossing film franchise of all time. Worldwide, it is currently the 20th highest-grossing film franchise of all time. Each installment of the Hunger Games series received generally positive reviews from critics. The first two", "id": "3346633" }, { "contents": "Danny Morrison (Irish republican)\n\n\nthe treatment of gay men by the RUC. His latest original work, \"Rebel Columns\" was published in 2004 followed by \"Hunger Strike\", which features contributions, poems and stories from Christy Moore and Ulick O'Connor, with an international view of the hunger strikes from an Iranian man originally published in \"The Blanket\". \"The Belfast Telegraph\" reviewer wrote that his third book, \"The Wrong Man\" (1997), \"should come to be regarded as one of the most important books of the Troubles", "id": "903096" }, { "contents": "Video games and charity\n\n\na few dollars of each sale going to a designated charity. As the bundles became more successful, Humble Bundle's approach expanded to include other bundles, such as mobile games, console games, and digital books, as well as establishing its own company, created publishing support for indie games and establishing a dedicated storefront, where a portion of each purchase goes to a selected charity. By 2017, the various activities of Humble Bundle have raised over across 50 different charities, including Action Against Hunger, Child's Play, the", "id": "301162" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games\n\n\ndistrict are then rewarded with food, supplies, and riches. The purposes of the Hunger Games are to provide entertainment for the Capitol and to remind the districts of the Capitol's power and lack of remorse, forgetfulness, and forgiveness for the failed rebellion of the current competitors' ancestors. Each book in \"The Hunger Games\" trilogy has three sections of nine chapters each. Collins has said this format comes from her playwriting background, which taught her to write in a three-act structure; her previous series, \"", "id": "17067482" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games (film)\n\n\namong other disparate interpretations, some viewers saw \"The Hunger Games\" as a Christian allegory. Jeffrey Weiss of Real Clear Religion, published in the \"Star Tribune\" has remarked on what he saw as the intentional absence of religion in \"The Hunger Games\" universe, and has commented that while the stories contain no actual religion, people are \"find[ing] aspects that represent their own religious values\" within it. Charles McGrath, writing for \"The New York Times\", said that the film will remind viewers of", "id": "17067407" }, { "contents": "Hawkmoon (role-playing game)\n\n\nSandy Petersen, and with a cover by Frank Brunner, and was published in 1986 by Chaosium as a boxed set including a 52-page book, a 48-page book, a 16-page book, a map, a pamphlet, and dice. Campbell-Robson was just 20 years old when \"Hawkmoon\" was published, and is acknowledged as an industry trailblazer as one of the very first female lead designers of a roleplaying game. The \"Hawkmoon\" game became popular in France, where it was translated into French for the first time", "id": "21498143" }, { "contents": "Francis Willughby's Book of Games\n\n\nFrancis Willughby's Book of Games is a book published in 2003 that printed for the first time a transcription of a seventeenth-century manuscript written by Francis Willughby that was held in the library of the University of Nottingham. The modern edition was edited by Jeffrey L Forgeng, Dorothy Johnston, and David Cram and was published by Ashgate Publishing Company with . The manuscript was left incomplete when Willughby died at the age of 36, but even in its unfinished state it provides an unrivalled insight into the sports and games of his period", "id": "2445022" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games\n\n\ndistricts are selected via lottery to participate in a compulsory televised battle royale death match called The Hunger Games. The novels were all well received. In August 2012, the series ranked second, exceeded only by the \"Harry Potter\" series in NPR's poll of the top 100 teen novels, which asked voters to choose their favorite young adult books. On August 17, 2012, Amazon announced \"The Hunger Games\" trilogy as its top seller, surpassing the record previously held by the \"Harry Potter\" series. ,", "id": "17067478" }, { "contents": "Yang Jisheng (journalist)\n\n\nhis sources to prevent the Chinese government from dismissing it. It was widely acclaimed as being the definitive account of the Great Famine. He begins the book, I call this book Tombstone. It is a tombstone for my [foster] father who died of hunger in 1959, for the 36 million Chinese who also died of hunger, for the system that caused their death, and perhaps for myself for writing this book. The book was published in Hong Kong and is banned in mainland China. In 2012 translations into French", "id": "18701026" }, { "contents": "Black Boy\n\n\nthe book to his agent, he had changed the title to \"American Hunger.\" The first fourteen chapters, about his Mississippi childhood, are compiled in \"Part One: Southern Night,\" and the last six chapters, about Chicago, are included in \"Part Two: The Horror and the Glory.\" In January 1944, \"Harper and Brothers\" accepted all twenty chapters, and was for a scheduled fall publication of the book. \"Black Boy\" is currently published by HarperCollins Publisher as a hardcover,", "id": "13370710" }, { "contents": "Schlock Mercenary\n\n\nbeginning of the archive, but at the 1001st strip, when the strip was relaunched. The first 1,000 strips were published later in books 1 and 2. Announced book titles are as follows: The books were renumbered to allow for the release of \"The Tub of Happiness\". Originally, they used Roman numerals, with \"Under New Management\" as the first book. In 2012, Living Worlds Games published \"Schlock Mercenary: Capital Offensive\", a board game based upon the webcomic, to positive reviews from reviewers", "id": "2026118" }, { "contents": "Studio C\n\n\n. How To Pick Up Chicks (With Marcus)br Starring Jason Gray as Marcus, this series pokes fun at inexperienced Youtubers and guys trying to hit on girls. Humor results in inaccurate information, misspelled words, and obnoxious flirting. There have been three \"How To Pick Up Chicks\" segments. The Hunger Games Musicalbr Based on The Hunger Games series of books and movies, The Hunger Games Musical is three music videos each sung from the perspective of a different character. The songs are sung by Mallory Everton as Katniss Everdeen,", "id": "14277589" }, { "contents": "The Day of the Pelican\n\n\nThe Day of the Pelican is a children's novel by Katherine Paterson, first published by Clarion Books on October 19, 2009. The story follows a fictional family named the Lleshi. The Lleshis are an Albanian family living in Kosovo, which is in the midst of a war to oust their Serbian oppressors. The family suddenly finds themselves homeless refugees in the middle of a violent war. After enduring much hardship, including hunger, illness and a dangerous journey to escape their situation, they are surprised when a church group brings", "id": "3282094" }, { "contents": "Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body\n\n\nHunger: A Memoir of (My) Body is a 2017 memoir by Roxane Gay. \"Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body\" was published on June 13, 2017 by HarperCollins in New York, NY. Roxane Gay has described Hunger as being \"by far the hardest book I've ever had to write.\" The parentheses that encompass the word \"my\" in the title signifies the physical barrier of weight-gain that Gay has built for herself in response to her emotional trauma, and also \"", "id": "10237270" }, { "contents": "Gone (novel series)\n\n\nfage) (derived from Gaia, a Greek personification of the Earth, and \"phage\", from the Greek φαγεῖν \"\" \"to devour\" or \"worm\"). The first novel in this series, titled \"Gone\", was published in 2008. The second book, \"Hunger\", was released a year later, followed by the third book, \"Lies\", on May 4, 2010. The fourth book, \"Plague\", was released on April 5, 2011. The fifth", "id": "9939433" }, { "contents": "David Leadbetter (golf instructor)\n\n\nErnie Els (1990–2008). He was ranked second to Butch Harmon on the 2005-2006 edition of \"Golf Digest's\" list of the \"50 Greatest Teachers\" in the United States. Leadbetter has published several books and produced numerous instructional videos and DVDs. His latest book is The A Swing, The Alternative Approach to Great Golf. Leadbetter also appears in the 1992 video game \"David Leadbetter's Greens\". In December 2017, he questioned the hunger of the top male pros due to the money involved in", "id": "21940957" }, { "contents": "Fictional world of The Hunger Games\n\n\ngame is discontinued after the second rebellion, following the fall of President Snow and the ascendancy of Commander Paylor. Thus, there are a total of 1,800 district citizens who were reaped as tributes from the start to the end of the games (the 50th Hunger Games had double the number, while the 75th reaped the victors from the previous games). Also, every 25 years starting after the first Hunger Games, a special Games is held with a unique alteration of the rules. For example in the 50th Hunger Games,", "id": "1939653" }, { "contents": "Ehrgeiz\n\n\ndrop a food item which will fill the hunger bar slightly, and supply the player with one of the previously mentioned nutrients. Eating while the hunger bar is full will increase the maximum size of their stomach (though the actual size of the bar on the screen remains the same, the number of units represented is greater). This effect also applies when drinking health potions while the HP meter is full. There are several recipe books hidden throughout the Quest portion of the game's dungeon. Wine trading is available after getting", "id": "1629538" }, { "contents": "Susan George (political scientist)\n\n\nagribusiness representatives dominated the proceedings (quote from the interview: \"no one who counted took the real reasons for hunger--power and control in the wrong hands--into account.\") In 1976 her first book was published: \"How the Other Half Dies: The Real Reasons for World Hunger\". In 1984 she had an active role in organizing the World Food Assembly, a meeting held in Rome, Italy. From 1990 to 1995 she served on the board of conservation group Greenpeace International, as well as that", "id": "6057800" }, { "contents": "Roger Thurow\n\n\nEurope and Africa. After writing a series on famine in Africa, Thurow and Scott Kilman, fellow Wall Street Journal colleague, were finalists for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting. In 2009 Thurow and Kilman authored the book \"Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty\". They received Action Against Hunger's Humanitarian Award for this book in 2009. Thurow's second book, \"The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change\", was published", "id": "17696604" }, { "contents": "The Hunger of Sejanoz\n\n\nthe Autarch Sejanoz of Bhanar brought to the palace in Pensei. Xo-lin must be rescued and brought to sanctuary in the distant city of Tazhan across the Lissanian Plain. \"The Hunger of Sejanoz\" was the last of Dever's Lone Wolf books to be published before a hiatus of over ten years. The book is rare and sells for hundreds of dollars where copies exist. Also, the omission of 50 extra sections is controversial, as most Lone Wolf books have 350 sections and this one only 300. It is", "id": "17839804" }, { "contents": "Erica Simone Turnipseed\n\n\nErica Simone Turnipseed is an African American novelist. Turnipseed earned her B.A. and M.A degrees in anthropology from Yale University and Columbia University respectively. Her debut novel \"A Love Noire\" won the Atlanta Choice Award Author of the Year from the Atlanta Daily World. She published her second novel \"Hunger\" in 2006. Complementing Turnipseed's first two novels is \"A Love Noire/Hunger: The Soundtrack\". In addition, Turnipseed was nominated for Breakout Author of the Year for the African American Literary Awards Show Open Book Award", "id": "11566079" }, { "contents": "Nicolas Sarkis\n\n\nby Thomson Reuters. Sarkis is also a Trustee of Action Against Hunger (Action Contre La Faim). Sarkis is also an author and writer. He published his first investment book in September 2012, titled \"Fear and Greed: Investment Risks and Opportunities in a Turbulent World\". The book received acclaim from a number of investment publications, including the Financial Times and also nominated for the Goldman Sachs Best Business Book of the Year Award. The book received mainly positive reviews. MoneyWeek referred to the book as \"a useful", "id": "2999033" }, { "contents": "Fritz Perls\n\n\n, \"Ego, Hunger, and Aggression\" (published in 1942 and re-published in 1947). Laura Perls wrote two chapters of the book, although when it was re-published in the United States she was not given any recognition for her work. Fritz and Laura Perls left South Africa in 1946 and ended up in New York City, where Fritz Perls worked briefly with Karen Horney, and Wilhelm Reich. After living through a peripatetic episode, during which he lived in Montreal and served as a cruise ship", "id": "20202087" }, { "contents": "Variant (novel)\n\n\nsplattered by a 6 mm water soluble paint-pellet would sting to the high heavens, it doesn’t seem to carry the template of threat that THE HUNGER GAMES has already laid down for all other books to haplessly follow.\" The reviewer ended the review with \"Once readers reach its subsequent sequels, those paint pellets may just end up being replaced with something a little more lethal—and original.\" 2011 Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2011 2011 Association for Mormon Letters Award for Best Young Adult Novel—WON 2011", "id": "8856053" }, { "contents": "Zero Hunger Political Culture and Antipoverty Policy in Northeast Brazil\n\n\nZero Hunger: Political Culture and Antipoverty Policy in Northeast Brazil is a book by anthropologist Aaron Ansell published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2014. The book traces the interactions between an activist state (the Workers' Party or Partido dos Trabalhadores) and a historically impoverished segment of the nation, offering an alternative to clientelism and universalism through the introduction of \"intimate hierarchies,\" which note the unofficial relationship and exchanges between politicians and their constituencies that maintain aspects of agricultural life in Northeast Brazil. The book won the 2015", "id": "20596121" }, { "contents": "The Hunger Games (film)\n\n\nticket sales, \"The Hunger Games\" broke the record for first-day advance ticket sales on Fandango on February 22, 2012, topping the previous record of \"\". The sales were reported to be 83 percent of the site's totals for the day. According to first tracking, unaided awareness for \"The Hunger Games\" was 11%, definite interest was 54%, first choice was 23% and total awareness was 74%. In the week leading up to its release, the film sold-out", "id": "17067399" }, { "contents": "Black Boy\n\n\nWright's lifetime as magazine articles, but the six chapters were not published together until 1977, by \"Harper and Row\" as \"American Hunger.\" In 1991, the Library of America published all 20 chapters, as Wright had originally intended, under the title \"Black Boy (American Hunger)\" as part of their volume of Wright's \"Later Works\". The Book-of-the-Month-Club played an important role in Wright's career. It selected his 1940 novel, \"Native Son", "id": "13370712" }, { "contents": "Trick arrows\n\n\nto them because they were banned from having firearms after being caught moonshine running. Trick arrows were also featured in the book \"Mockingjay\", the third book in \"The Hunger Games\" series, when both the heroine, Katniss Everdeen, and her friend Gale Hawthorne use special arrows against the Capitol including fire arrows and explosive arrows designed by their scientist colleague, Beetee. In the \"Thief\" computer game series, the main character Garret employs several different types of arrow to alter the environment or to assist in gameplay;", "id": "19555843" }, { "contents": "List of accolades received by The Hunger Games film series\n\n\n\"The Hunger Games\" film series consists of four science-fiction adventure films based on \"The Hunger Games\" novels by the American author Suzanne Collins. The four films, entitled \"The Hunger Games\", \"\", \"\" and \"\", were released serially worldwide between March 2012 and 2015. The first one was directed by Gary Ross, while the other three were directed by Francis Lawrence. Distributed by Lionsgate and produced by Nina Jacobson, it stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth as the", "id": "8928123" }, { "contents": "Ente Thankam\n\n\n\"Ente Thankam\" (My Darling) is a short story written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. It is his first published work. Originally published in the now-defunct newspaper \"Jayakesari\" in 1937, it was later published in the collection \"Vishappu\" (\"Hunger\", 1954, Current Books) under the name \"Thankam\". A path-breaker in Malayalam romantic fiction, it had its heroine a dark-complexioned hunchback. After doing menial jobs in cities such as Ajmer, Peshawar, Kashmir and Calcutta", "id": "5310819" }, { "contents": "Utopia (book)\n\n\n. It was the first book to use a made up world, a “Utopia” in its framing. This spawned books and stories that have continued to dominate the industry of storytelling to this day. Books like “The Hunger Games,” and “Divergent” can all trace their origins back to Thomas More's most famous work (Getty 321). More wrote this story to make a point about collectivism, whether in defense or as a criticism of. It could be argued, however, that Utopia's greatest", "id": "8523337" }, { "contents": "Grace Stone Coates\n\n\nhome. Historian Lee Rostad knew Coates when she lived in Martinsdale and wanted to make sure her legacy was not forgotten. After Coates's death, she took it upon herself to collect as many letters and unpublished work as she could find and publish them. \"Grace Stone Coates: Honey Wine and Hunger Root,\" was her biography, published in 1985. Rostad published two other books about Coates, one a collection of poetry, \"Food of Gods and Starvelings,\" and a collection of letters and unpublished poems,", "id": "9951320" }, { "contents": "Fictional world of The Hunger Games\n\n\nthat is revealed in \"Catching Fire\". In the book, it is revealed that half of the tributes of the game are part of a conspiracy to break Katniss from the arena and transport her to District 13 to become the face of the rebellion. Before the start of the 75th Hunger Games, there are a total of 59 out of 75 victors who are still alive, the rest having died of natural causes. A total of 18 of 24 victors die during the events of \"Catching Fire\". Furthermore,", "id": "1939685" }, { "contents": "Bill Pere\n\n\nthe industry. He uses music for social activism, fighting hunger and poverty, and was named a \"Hunger Fighting Hero\" by Wakefern Foods in 2009, and was featured on a special edition Cheerios box. In 2009 Pere released his book \"Songcrafters' Coloring Book: The Essential Guide to Effective and Successful Songwriting\", which presents 30 years of research and insights into the nature of songwriting. This is an outgrowth of a series of articles by Pere on songwriting and the music industry, published in the 1980s and 1990s", "id": "19153340" }, { "contents": "The Hunger (book)\n\n\nThe Hunger is a book by Lincoln Townley is a memoir published by Simon & Schuster 22 May 2014. The book is about the life of writer and prolific figurative artist Lincoln Townley during his time in London's Soho during 2009 to 2012 where he ran strip clubs and organised private sex parties for City bankers spending his downtime painting very explicit oil paintings in his flat in Old Compton Street. Townley is a prolific contemporary figurative artist and reformed alcoholic living between Cheshire and London and is married to award winning actress Denise Welch and is", "id": "16001130" }, { "contents": "George McGovern\n\n\nFood Prize laureates for their efforts to curb hunger in the world and in particular for their joint program for school feeding and enhanced school attendance. By 2009 McGovern had moved to St. Augustine Beach, Florida. McGovern's seventh book (as author, co-author, or contributing editor) issued in the first decade of the 2000s, \"Abraham Lincoln\", was published by Times Books and released at the close of 2008. Throughout 2009, McGovern embarked on a book tour, including a prominent visit to the Nixon Presidential", "id": "16323518" } ]

[ { "contents": "IEEE 802.11a-1999\n\n\ntheir 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n and 802.11ac versions to provide wireless connectivity in the home, office and some commercial establishments. Wi-Fi 2 is an unofficial retronym for 802.11a. The 802.11a amendment to the original standard was ratified in 1999. The 802.11a standard uses the same core protocol as the original standard, operates in 5 GHz band, and uses a 52-subcarrier orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) with a maximum raw data rate of 54 Mbit/s, which yields realistic net achievable throughput in the", "id": "11387928" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11n-2009\n\n\nsometimes devices/systems that support 802.11n standard (or draft version of the standard) are being referred to as MIMO (Wi-Fi products), especially before the introduction of the next generation standard. The purpose of the standard is to improve network throughput over the two previous standards—802.11a and 802.11g—with a significant increase in the maximum net data rate from 54 Mbit/s to 600 Mbit/s (slightly higher gross bit rate including for example error-correction codes, and slightly lower maximum throughput) with the use", "id": "3406465" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11g-2003\n\n\n802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n and 802.11ac versions to provide wireless connectivity in the home, office and some commercial establishments. Wi-Fi 3 is an unofficial retronym for 802.11g. 802.11g is the third modulation standard for wireless LANs. It works in the 2.4 GHz band (like 802.11b) but operates at a maximum raw data rate of 54 Mbit/s. Using the CSMA/CA transmission scheme, 31.4 Mbit/s is the maximum net throughput possible for packets of 1500 bytes in size and a", "id": "11388125" }, { "contents": "Wireless LAN\n\n\nspecification with ATM influences accomplished February 2000. Neither European standard achieved the commercial success of 802.11, although much of the work on HiperLAN/2 has survived in the physical specification (PHY) for IEEE 802.11a, which is nearly identical to the PHY of HiperLAN/2. In 2009 802.11n was added to 802.11. It operates in both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands at a maximum data transfer rate of 600 Mbit/s. Most newer routers are able to utilise both wireless bands, known as dualband. This allows data communications to avoid", "id": "14607603" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11\n\n\nsuch as the U.S. 900 MHz ISM band. Legacy 802.11 with direct-sequence spread spectrum was rapidly supplanted and popularized by 802.11b. 802.11a, published in 1999, uses the same data link layer protocol and frame format as the original standard, but an OFDM based air interface (physical layer). It operates in the 5 GHz band with a maximum net data rate of 54 Mbit/s, plus error correction code, which yields realistic net achievable throughput in the mid-20 Mbit/s. It has seen widespread worldwide implementation", "id": "14895244" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11\n\n\n. In practice, 802.11b typically has a higher range at low speeds (802.11b will reduce speed to 5.5 Mbit/s or even 1 Mbit/s at low signal strengths). 802.11a also suffers from interference, but locally there may be fewer signals to interfere with, resulting in less interference and better throughput. The 802.11b standard has a maximum raw data rate of 11 Mbit/s, and uses the same media access method defined in the original standard. 802.11b products appeared on the market in early 2000, since 802.11b", "id": "14895246" }, { "contents": "Xirrus\n\n\nlist in 2011. Xirrus again occupied the number 2 spot on the list in 2012. Xirrus was founded in 2004 by Dirk Gates, Patrick Parker, and Steve DeGennaro. The company began marketing the Wi-Fi Array products in early 2005. In 2005 Xirrus sold Wireless Arrays that met the 802.11a/b/g network standard. In late 2008 Xirrus presented a new access point module that meets 802.11n standards, and provides up to 300Mbit/s data rate per radio. The cryptographic module Xirrus's 802.11a/b/", "id": "15373581" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11\n\n\nhardware, and therefore is encumbered with legacy issues that reduce throughput by ~21% when compared to 802.11a. The then-proposed 802.11g standard was rapidly adopted in the market starting in January 2003, well before ratification, due to the desire for higher data rates as well as reductions in manufacturing costs. By summer 2003, most dual-band 802.11a/b products became dual-band/tri-mode, supporting a and b/g in a single mobile adapter card or access point. Details of making b and", "id": "14895249" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11a-1999\n\n\nprotocols that allow transmission and reception of data at rates of 1.5 to 54Mbit/s. It has seen widespread worldwide implementation, particularly within the corporate workspace. While the original amendment is no longer valid, the term \"802.11a\" is still used by wireless access point (cards and routers) manufacturers to describe interoperability of their systems at 5.8 GHz, 54 Mbit/s (54 x 10 bits per second). 802.11 is a set of IEEE standards that govern wireless networking transmission methods. They are commonly used today in", "id": "11387927" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11n-2009\n\n\ninstalling an 802.11n network should strive to select routers and wireless clients with the most antennas possible (one, two, three or four as specified by the 802.11n standard) and try to make sure that the network's bandwidth will be satisfactory even on the 20 MHz mode. Data rates up to 600 Mbit/s are achieved only with the maximum of four spatial streams using one 40 MHz-wide channel. Various modulation schemes and coding rates are defined by the standard and are represented by a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS", "id": "3406475" }, { "contents": "High-speed multimedia radio\n\n\n. 802.11a channels 132, 136 and 140 are only available for unlicensed use in ETSI regions. The following images show the overlapping relationship of the Part 15 unlicensed bands and the Part 97 licensed bands. The images are not to scale. 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g 5.8 GHz 802.11a The 802.11a amateur radio band consists of twelve \"non-overlapping\" channels in the 5.650–5.925 GHz (5 cm) band. The 802.11a standard uses OFDM or \"Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing\" to transmit data and therefore is not classified as spread-", "id": "10507449" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11\n\n\nthat merged 8 amendments (802.11a, b, d, e, g, h, i, j) with the base standard. Upon approval on March 8, 2007, 802.11REVma was renamed to the then-current base standard IEEE 802.11-2007. 802.11n is an amendment that improves upon the previous 802.11 standards by adding multiple-input multiple-output antennas (MIMO). 802.11n operates on both the 2.4 GHz and the 5 GHz bands. Support for 5 GHz bands is optional. Its net data rate ranges from", "id": "14895251" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11g-2003\n\n\nemploy a back-compatible mode for 802.11b clients called 54g LRS (Limited Rate Support). The modulation scheme used in 802.11g is orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) copied from 802.11a with data rates of 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 54 Mbit/s, and reverts to CCK (like the 802.11b standard) for 5.5 and 11 Mbit/s and DBPSK/DQPSK+DSSS for 1 and 2 Mbit/s. Even though 802.11g operates in the same frequency", "id": "11388128" }, { "contents": "OQO\n\n\nMbit/s are currently supported. The product is available SIM-free and network unlocked, allowing customers maximum flexibility in selecting their preferred wireless operator and data plan. Users of the model e2 have their choice of connectivity options, including tri-band wide-area wireless, WiFi 802.11a/b/g and Bluetooth 2.0. The OQO model 02 and OQO model e2 come with a VIA C7-M ULV processor (1.6 GHz, 1.5 GHz, or 1.2 GHz), up to 1 GB of RAM, up to a", "id": "9003384" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11\n\n\nnot interfere with and must tolerate interference from primary or secondary allocations (users) of this band, such as amateur radio. In June 2003, a third modulation standard was ratified: 802.11g. This works in the 2.4 GHz band (like 802.11b), but uses the same OFDM based transmission scheme as 802.11a. It operates at a maximum physical layer bit rate of 54 Mbit/s exclusive of forward error correction codes, or about 22 Mbit/s average throughput. 802.11g hardware is fully backward compatible with 802.11b", "id": "14895248" }, { "contents": "Comparison of wireless data standards\n\n\nstandard is the net bit rate provided by the physical layer in the fastest transmission mode (using the fastest modulation scheme and error code), excluding forward error correction coding and other physical layer overhead. The theoretical maximum throughput for end user is clearly lower than the peak data rate due to higher layer overheads. Even this is never possible to achieve unless the test is done under perfect laboratory conditions. The typical throughput is what users have experienced most of the time when well within the usable range to the base station. The", "id": "17040104" }, { "contents": "HiperLAN\n\n\nThose are UMTS back bone network, ATM and IP networks. Also it works as a network at home like HiperLAN/1. HiperLAN/2 uses the 5 GHz band and up to 54 Mbit/s data rate. The physical layer of HiperLAN/2 is very similar to IEEE 802.11a wireless local area networks. However, the media access control (the multiple access protocol) is Dynamic TDMA in HiperLAN/2, while CSMA/CA is used in 802.11a/n. Basic services in HiperLAN/2 are data, sound, and video transmission. The emphasis is", "id": "8566484" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11ah\n\n\nof devices under an access point. The protocol supports machine to machine (M2M) markets, like smart metering. Data rates up to 347 Mbit/s are achieved only with the maximum of four spatial streams using one 16 MHz-wide channel. Various modulation schemes and coding rates are defined by the standard and are represented by a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) index value. The table below shows the relationships between the variables that allow for the maximum data rate. GI (Guard Interval) : Timing between", "id": "21404172" }, { "contents": "CoaXPress\n\n\ndata (e.g. an industrial digital camera) is connected with one or more coaxial cables to a 'host' that receives the data (e.g. a frame grabber board in a computer). The CoaXPress standard 1.0 supports bit rates up to 6.25 Gbit/s per coaxial cable from the 'device' to the 'host'. The number of cables is not limited by the standard. Some recent CoaXPress cameras and frame grabbers use four coaxial cables providing a maximum image data rate of about 2.4 GB/s. The older", "id": "11968365" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11\n\n\n802.11 in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands. The inventors initially intended to use the technology for cashier systems. The first wireless products were brought to the market under the name WaveLAN with raw data rates of 1 Mbit/s and 2 Mbit/s. Vic Hayes, who held the chair of IEEE 802.11 for 10 years, and has been called the \"father of Wi-Fi\", was involved in designing the initial 802.11b and 802.11a standards within the IEEE. In 1999, the Wi-Fi Alliance was formed as a", "id": "14895241" }, { "contents": "Hatim Zaghloul\n\n\nHatim Zaghloul (, Egyptian Arabic, born February 7, 1957) Ph.D., M.Sc., B.E.E. is best known for his inventions, together with his long-time friend, Dr. Michel Fattouche of Wideband Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (WOFDM), and Multi-code Direct-sequence Spread Spectrum (MCDSSS). WOFDM is the foundation for the IEEE 802.11a/g/n technologies whereas MCDSSS helped increase the data rates of code division multiple access (CDMA) technologies as in the CDMA2000 standard. Currently, Dr. Zaghloul is", "id": "14624938" }, { "contents": "Wireless USB\n\n\nreplacement systems which can carry USB. The result is that the name \"Certified Wireless USB\" was adopted to allow consumers to identify which products would be adherent to the standard and would support the correct protocol and data rates. There is also USB over IP, which may use IP-based networking to transfer USB traffic wirelessly. For example, with proper drivers the host side may use 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi (or wired Ethernet) to communicate with the device side. , Media", "id": "6336258" }, { "contents": "Comparison of wireless data standards\n\n\nonce two such nodes get too far apart they can no longer communicate. Other systems are designed to form a wireless mesh network using one of a variety of routing protocols. In a mesh network, when nodes get too far apart to communicate directly, they can still communicate indirectly through intermediate nodes. The following standards are included in this comparison. When discussing throughput, there is often a distinction between the peak data rate of the physical layer, the theoretical maximum data throughput and typical throughput. The peak bit rate of the", "id": "17040103" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11p\n\n\ninterference. They only apply to OFDM transmissions in the 5 GHz band used by the IEEE 802.11a physical layer. IEEE 802.11p standard typically uses channels of 10 MHz bandwidth in the 5.9 GHz band (5.850-5.925 GHz). This is half the bandwidth, or double the transmission time for a specific data symbol, as used in 802.11a. This allows the receiver to better cope with the characteristics of the radio channel in vehicular communications environments, e.g. the signal echoes reflected from other cars or houses. The 802.11p Task Group was", "id": "2367151" }, { "contents": "CD and DVD writing speed\n\n\nmaximum playtime that the Red Book (audio CD standard) specifies for a digital audio CD (CD-DA); although now, most recordable CDs can hold 80 minutes worth of data. The DVD and Blu-ray discs hold a higher capacity of data, so reading or writing those discs in the same 74-minute time-frame requires a higher data transfer rate. Almost all modern CD/DVD burning software supports a selection of speeds at which the writeable disc can be written. However, the option a user chooses", "id": "6414560" }, { "contents": "ST506/ST412\n\n\nST412 interface are 5 million transitions per second maximum on data lines, 16 heads, 4 drive units and a cable length. The standard channel code for the ST412 (and ST506) is MFM with one data bit per transition for a data rate of 5 Mbit/s. The ST412HP RLL variant averages 1.5 data bits per transition for a data rate of 7.5 Mbit/s In the ST506 interface, the drive connects to a controller card with two ribbon cables carrying signals, while a third cable provides power. The two", "id": "4081875" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11a-1999\n\n\nmid-20 Mbit/s. The data rate is reduced to 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9 then 6 Mbit/s if required. 802.11a originally had 12/13 non-overlapping channels, 12 that can be used indoor and 4/5 of the 12 that can be used in outdoor point to point configurations. Recently many countries of the world are allowing operation in the 5.47 to 5.725 GHz Band as a secondary user using a sharing method derived in 802.11h. This will add another 12/13 Channels to the overall 5 GHz", "id": "11387929" }, { "contents": "Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing\n\n\nphone lines and coaxial cables) is based on a PHY layer that specifies OFDM with adaptive modulation and a Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) FEC code. OFDM is extensively used in wireless LAN and MAN applications, including IEEE 802.11a/g/n and WiMAX. IEEE 802.11a/g/n, operating in the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands, specifies per-stream airside data rates ranging from 6 to 54 Mbit/s. If both devices can use \"HT mode\" (added with 802.11n),", "id": "2761930" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11\n\n\nor large) and with a specific data rate (10 kbit/s – 100 Mbit/s). Markers for traffic profiles of common applications are included as well. These figures assume there are no packet errors, which if occurring will lower transmission rate further. 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n-2.4 utilize the spectrum, one of the ISM bands. 802.11a, 802.11n and 802.11ac use the more heavily regulated band. These are commonly referred to as the \"2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands\" in most sales literature.", "id": "14895268" }, { "contents": "High-speed multimedia radio\n\n\nspectrum. Because of this 802.11a hardware is not subject to the power rules in FCC Part 97 § 97.311 and the maximum allowable output power is 1500 watts (W) PEP. The 802.11b amateur radio band consists of eight \"overlapping\" channels in the 2.390–2.450 GHz (13 cm) band. The 802.11b specification uses Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) to transmit data and is subject to the rules of FCC Part 97 § 97.311. Therefore, the maximum allowable power output in the USA is 10 W PEP. The 802.11", "id": "10507450" }, { "contents": "List of interface bit rates\n\n\nsuch as a hard drive enclosure. Accordingly, this page lists both the internal ribbon and external communications cable standards together in one sortable table. Most of the listed rates are theoretical maximum throughput measures; in practice, the actual effective throughput is almost inevitably lower in proportion to the load from other devices (network/bus contention), physical or temporal distances, and other overhead in data link layer protocols etc. The maximum goodput (for example, the file transfer rate) may be even lower due to higher layer protocol", "id": "14909475" }, { "contents": "Xpress Transport Protocol\n\n\nquality of service in satellite communications is sometimes lacking. XTP addresses these issues in a variety of ways such as a Selective Retransmission algorithm that deals with loss recovery. This works by the receiver detecting missing data packets and transmitting a list of those missing packets to the sender, who then is able to quickly resend missing packets as needed. As stated, XTP also provides rate control in which the maximum bandwidth can be specified as well as what size burst data can be accepted. XTP also offers a reliable multicast protocol, and", "id": "8256923" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11n-2009\n\n\nwidth from 20 MHz in previous 802.11 PHYs to transmit data, and provides twice the PHY data rate available over a single 20 MHz channel. It can be enabled in the 5 GHz mode, or within the 2.4 GHz mode if there is knowledge that it will not interfere with any other 802.11 or non-802.11 (such as Bluetooth) system using the same frequencies. The MIMO architecture, together with wider-bandwidth channels, offers increased physical transfer rate over 802.11a (5 GHz) and 802.11g (2.4 GHz). The", "id": "3406469" }, { "contents": "Traffic collision\n\n\nis no one rate that is superior to others in any general sense. The rate to be selected depends on the question being asked – and often also on what data are available. What is important is to specify exactly what rate is measured and how it relates to the problem being addressed. Some agencies concentrate on crashes per total vehicle distance traveled. Others combine rates. The U.S. state of Iowa, for example, selects high collision locations based on a combination of crashes per million miles traveled, crashes per mile per year", "id": "16243734" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11a-1999\n\n\nthe European Union, it had to wait longer for approval. European regulators were considering the use of the European HIPERLAN standard, but in mid-2002 cleared 802.11a for use in Europe. In the U.S., a mid-2003 FCC decision may open more spectrum to 802.11a channels. 802.11a products started shipping late, lagging 802.11b products due to 5 GHz components being more difficult to manufacture. First generation product performance was poor and plagued with problems. When second generation products started shipping, 802.11a was not widely adopted in the consumer space primarily because the", "id": "11387933" }, { "contents": "R/K selection theory\n\n\none of two generalized directions: \"r\"- or \"K\"-selection. These terms, \"r\" and \"K\", are drawn from standard ecological algebra as illustrated in the simplified of population dynamics: formula_1 where \"N\" is the population, \"r\" is the maximum growth rate, \"K\" is the carrying capacity of the local environment, and \"dN/dt\", the derivative of \"N\" with respect to time \"t\", is the rate of change in population with time. Thus", "id": "10168040" }, { "contents": "High Speed Packet Access\n\n\n) in base station. The upgrade to HSDPA is often just a software update for WCDMA networks. In general, voice calls are usually prioritized over data transfer. The following table is derived from table 5.1a of the release 11 of 3GPP TS 25.306 and shows maximum data rates of different device classes and by what combination of features they are achieved. The per-cell per-stream data rate is limited by the \"maximum number of bits of an HS-DSCH transport block received within an HS-DSCH TTI\" and", "id": "8301421" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.15.4\n\n\nand signal management functions. It operates on one of three possible unlicensed frequency bands: The original 2003 version of the standard specifies two physical layers based on \"direct sequence spread spectrum\" (DSSS) techniques: one working in the 868/915 MHz bands with transfer rates of 20 and 40 kbit/s, and one in the 2450 MHz band with a rate of 250 kbit/s. The 2006 revision improves the maximum data rates of the 868/915 MHz bands, bringing them up to support 100 and 250 kbit/s as", "id": "8441788" }, { "contents": "Evolved High Speed Packet Access\n\n\nCell and MIMO 2x2 each multiply the maximum data rate by 2, because multiple independent transport blocks are transmitted over different carriers or spatial streams, respectively. The data rates given in the table are rounded to one decimal point. Dual-Carrier HSUPA, also known as \"Dual-Cell HSUPA\", is a wireless broadband standard based on HSPA that is defined in 3GPP UMTS release 9. Dual Cell (DC-)HSUPA is the natural evolution of HSPA by means of carrier aggregation in the uplink. UMTS licenses are often issued as", "id": "9400165" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11a-1999\n\n\nrange characteristics nearly identical to those of 802.11b), and by making technology that can use more than one band a standard. Dual-band, or dual-mode Access Points and Network Interface Cards (NICs) that can automatically handle a and b/g, are now common in all the markets, and very close in price to b/g- only devices. Of the 52 OFDM subcarriers, 48 are for data and 4 are pilot subcarriers with a carrier separation of 0.3125 MHz (20 MHz/64). Each of", "id": "11387935" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11h-2003\n\n\ncoexistence problems in those bands, the IEEE has started the 802.11h Working Group to make recommendations for better future coexistence. It solves problems like interference with satellites and radar using the same 5 GHz frequency band. DFS ensures that channels containing radar are avoided by an Access Point (AP) and energy is spread across the band to reduce interference to satellites. TPC ensures that the average power is less than the regulatory maximum to reduce interference to satellites. The IEEE 802.11h standard provides an additional 11 channels to the 802.11a standard’s 12", "id": "649510" }, { "contents": "Metadata registry\n\n\nmetadata registry typically has the following characteristics: Because metadata registries are used to store both semantics (the meaning of a data element) and systems-specific constraints (for example the maximum length of a string) it is important to identify what systems impose these constraints and to document them. For example the maximum length of a string should not change the meaning of a data element. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published standards for a metadata registry called ISO/IEC 11179 and also ISO15000-3 and ISO15000", "id": "10396278" }, { "contents": "IEEE-488\n\n\nNational Instruments introduced a backward-compatible extension to IEEE 488.1, originally known as HS-488. It increased the maximum data rate to 8 Mbyte/s, although the rate decreases as more devices are connected to the bus. This was incorporated into the standard in 2003 (IEEE 488.1-2003), over HP's objections. In 2004, the IEEE and IEC combined their respective standards into a \"Dual Logo\" IEEE/IEC standard IEC 60488-1, \"Standard for Higher Performance Protocol for the Standard Digital Interface for", "id": "2141342" }, { "contents": "Internet in the United Kingdom\n\n\nin fact misleading because, in a departure from previous practice, it actually refers to the gross ATM data rate. The maximum data rate available at the IP level is 7.15 Mbit/s; the maximum TCP payload rate – the rate one would actually see for file transfer – would be about 7.0 Mbit/s.) The actual downstream data rate achieved on any given Max line is subject to the capabilities of the line. Depending on the stable ADSL synchronisation rate negotiated, BT's ‘20CN’ system applied a fixed", "id": "21176148" }, { "contents": "Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants)\n\n\nand debris and allowed the hot air to heat the guns more efficiently. Early production aircraft were fitted with a ring and bead gunsight, although provision had been made for a reflector sight to be fitted once one had been selected. In July 1938, the Barr and Stroud GM 2 was selected as the standard RAF reflector gunsight and was fitted to the Spitfire from late 1938. These first production Mk Is were able to reach a maximum speed of at , with a maximum rate of climb of 2,490 ft/min at .", "id": "6333610" }, { "contents": "Internet in the United Kingdom\n\n\nrate limit from one of the following data rates: 160 kbit/s, 250, 500, 750 kbit/s, 1.0 Mbit/s, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2.0 Mbit/s, then in 500 kbit/s steps up to 7.0 Mbit/s, then a final maximum rate of 7.15 Mbit/s. On 13 August 2004 the ISP \"Wanadoo\" (formerly \"Freeserve\" and now \"EE\" in the UK) was told by the Advertising Standards Authority to change the way that", "id": "21176149" }, { "contents": "Internet in the United Kingdom\n\n\nknown as BT ADSL Max and BT ADSL Max Premium in March 2006. BT made the \"Max\" product available to more than 5300 exchanges, serving around 99% of UK households and businesses. Both Max services offered downstream data rates of up to 7.15 Mbit/s. Upstream data rates were up to 400 kbit/s for the standard product and up to 750 kbit/s for the premium product. (Whilst the maximum downstream data rate for IPStream Max is often touted as 8 Mbit/s, this is", "id": "21176147" }, { "contents": "Blu-ray\n\n\ninitial data rate of 36 Mbit/s is more than adequate to record high-definition broadcasts from any source (IPTV, cable/satellite, or terrestrial). BD Video movies have a maximum data transfer rate of 54 Mbit/s, a maximum AV bitrate of 48 Mbit/s (for both audio and video data), and a maximum video bit rate of 40 Mbit/s. This compares to HD DVD movies, which have a maximum data transfer rate of 36 Mbit/s, a maximum AV", "id": "13412590" }, { "contents": "Low-voltage differential signaling\n\n\npositive emitter-coupled logic (PECL). The ANSI/TIA/EIA-644-A (published in 2001) standard defines LVDS. This standard originally recommended a maximum data rate of 655 Mbit/s over twisted-pair copper wire, but data rates from 1 to 3 Gbit/s are common today on high quality transmission mediums. Today, technologies for broadband digital video signal transmission such as LVDS are also used in vehicles, in which the signal transmitted as a differential signal helps for EMC reasons. However, high-quality", "id": "20045039" }, { "contents": "Archos Jukebox series\n\n\nits line out source, which was ideal for portable DJs. The Jukebox 6000, and its successor the Jukebox Studio (see below), used standard USB 1.1 technology, transferring data at a maximum rate of 1 MB per second. These models transfer data at a comparably slow rate compared with succeeding Archos devices using the USB 2.0 standard. This device was released Saturday, December 9, 2000 and discontinued as of Friday, May 16, 2003. It weighs 350 g. The Jukebox is historically notable for shipping with a user", "id": "8390784" }, { "contents": "Throughput\n\n\nis often phrased as either \"which device will get my data there most effectively for my needs?\", or \"which device will deliver the most data per unit cost?\". Systems designers are often interested in selecting the most effective architecture or design constraints for a system, which drive its final performance. In most cases, the benchmark of what a system is capable of, or its \"maximum performance\" is what the user or designer is interested in. When examining throughput, the term \"maximum throughput\"", "id": "12398405" }, { "contents": "Fiber Distributed Data Interface\n\n\n/s. The single ring can extend the maximum distance; a dual ring can extend . FDDI had a larger maximum-frame size (4,352 bytes) than the standard Ethernet family, which only supports a maximum-frame size of 1,500 bytes, allowing better effective data rates in some cases. Designers normally constructed FDDI rings in a network topology such as a \"dual ring of trees\". A small number of devices, typically infrastructure devices such as routers and concentrators rather than host computers, were \"dual-attached", "id": "19097192" }, { "contents": "DDR3 SDRAM\n\n\nup to 64 times the memory clock speed. With data being transferred 64 bits at a time per memory module, DDR3 SDRAM gives a transfer rate of (memory clock rate) × 4 (for bus clock multiplier) × 2 (for data rate) × 64 (number of bits transferred) / 8 (number of bits/byte). Thus with a memory clock frequency of 100 MHz, DDR3 SDRAM gives a maximum transfer rate of 6400 MB/s. The DDR3 standard permits DRAM chip capacities of up to", "id": "5649006" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11g-2003\n\n\nband as 802.11b, it can achieve higher data rates because of its heritage to 802.11a. Of the 52 OFDM subcarriers, 48 are for data and 4 are pilot subcarriers with a carrier separation of 0.3125 MHz (20 MHz/64). Each of these subcarriers can be a BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM or 64-QAM. The total bandwidth is 22 MHz with an occupied bandwidth of 16.6 MHz. Symbol duration is 4 microseconds, which \"includes\" a guard interval of 0.8 microseconds. The actual generation and decoding of orthogonal components is done", "id": "11388129" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11s\n\n\nThey are commonly used today in their 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n and 802.11ac versions to provide wireless connectivity in the home, office and some commercial establishments. 802.11s extends the IEEE 802.11 MAC standard by defining an architecture and protocol that supports both broadcast/multicast and unicast delivery using \"radio-aware metrics over self-configuring multi-hop topologies.\" 802.11s inherently depends on one of 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n or 802.11ac carrying the actual traffic. One or more routing protocols suitable to the actual", "id": "9319813" }, { "contents": "RS-422\n\n\nlength increases. Figure A.1 in the annex plotting this stops at 10 Mbit/s. The maximum cable length is not specified in the standard, but guidance is given in its annex. (This annex is not a formal part of the standard, but is included for information purposes only.) Limitations on line length and data rate varies with the parameters of the cable length, balance, and termination, as well as the individual installation. Figure A.1 shows a maximum length of 1200 meters, but this is with a", "id": "19255060" }, { "contents": "Maximum engineering data rate\n\n\nMaximum engineering data rate (MEDR) is a term primarily used by telephone companies to refer to the maximum data throughput \"supportable\" over targeted copper wire. MEDR is actually a \"theoretical\" measure of the amount of data throughput a line can handle, but does not necessarily refer to the amount of data available to the customer at the end of said copper wiring. The data throughput that can actually be presented to the end user is measured by AIDR or \"As Is Data Rate\". MEDR automatically assumes that the", "id": "6584917" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11h-2003\n\n\nIEEE 802.11h-2003, or just 802.11h, refers to the amendment added to the IEEE 802.11 standard for Spectrum and Transmit Power Management Extensions. It solves problems like interference with satellites and radar using the same 5 GHz frequency band. It was originally designed to address European regulations but is now applicable in many other countries. The standard provides Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) and Transmit Power Control (TPC) to the 802.11a PHY. It has been integrated into the full IEEE 802.11-2007 standard. IEEE 802.11 is a set of IEEE", "id": "649508" }, { "contents": "Long-range Wi-Fi\n\n\nlength from 2.5 km to 19 km. In most standard Wi-Fi routers, the three standards, a, b and g, are enough. But in long-range Wi-Fi, special technologies are used to get the most out of a Wi-Fi connection. The 802.11-2007 standard adds 10 MHz and 5 MHz OFDM modes to the 802.11a standard, and extend the time of cyclic prefix protection from 0.8 µs to 3.2 µs, quadrupling the multipath distortion protection. Some commonly available 802.11a/g chipsets", "id": "20565352" }, { "contents": "WDC 65C51\n\n\nexternal clock rate. The receiver rate may be selected under program control to be either the Transmitter rate or at 1/16 times the external clock rate. The ACIA has programmable word lengths of 5, 6, 7 or 8 bits; even, odd or no parity 1, 1½ or 2 stop bits. The ACIA is designed for maximum programmed control from the microprocessor (MPU) to simplify hardware implementation. Three separate registers permit an MPU to easily select the W65C51N operating modes, data checking parameters and determine operational status. The", "id": "9308452" }, { "contents": "Microsoft Lumia 950\n\n\n. The Lumia 950 supports 4G LTE technology with maximum transfer speeds of 300 Mbit/s (150 Mbit/s for the dual-SIM version). Other wireless connectivity options include dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi hotspot, NFC, Bluetooth 4.1, and wireless screen projection via Miracast. Physical connectors include a 3.5 mm audio jack, as well as a USB-C connector for charging and data transfer. The latter supports USB OTG, enabling the", "id": "22095142" }, { "contents": "Sigmaquad\n\n\nSigmaQuad - Quad Data Rate SRAM is a type of static RAM computer memory that can transfer up to four words of data in each clock cycle. Like Double Data-Rate (DDR) SDRAM, SigmaQuad SRAM transfers data on both rising and falling edges of the clock signal. This requires more wires between the memory device and the memory controller, but doubles the theoretical maximum data transfer rate. SigmaQuad SRAM uses two clocks, one for read data and one for write data. This helps to eliminate problems caused by the propagation", "id": "19208338" }, { "contents": "Data signaling rate\n\n\nIn telecommunication, data signaling rate (DSR), also known as gross bit rate, is the aggregate rate at which data pass a point in the transmission path of a data transmission system. The \"maximum user signaling rate\", synonymous to gross bitrate or data signaling rate, is the maximum rate, in bits per second, at which binary information can be transferred in a given direction between users over the telecommunications system facilities dedicated to a particular information transfer transaction, under conditions of continuous transmission and no overhead information.", "id": "19096266" }, { "contents": "Digital cinema\n\n\nprojectors and vice versa. Smaller resolutions in one direction are also supported (the image gets automatically centered). Later versions of the standard added additional playback rates (like 25 fps in SMPTE mode). For the sound component of the content the specification provides for up to 16 channels of uncompressed audio using the \"Broadcast Wave\" (.wav) format at 24 bits and 48 kHz or 96 kHz sampling. Playback is controlled by an XML-format Composition Playlist, into an MXF-compliant file at a maximum data rate", "id": "8935012" }, { "contents": "Surveyor 3\n\n\npersistence had been selected to match the nominal maximum frame rate. One frame of TV identification was received for each incoming TV photo, and the picture was displayed in real-time at a rate compatible with that of the incoming image. These data were recorded on a video magnetic-tape recorder. The camera returned 6315 pictures between April 20 and May 3, 1967, including views of the spacecraft itself, panoramic lunar surveys, views of the mechanical surface digger at work, and of an April 24 eclipse of the Sun", "id": "2356045" }, { "contents": "AIDR\n\n\nAIDR or As-Is Data Rate is a term primarily used by telephone companies to represent the level of available data throughput that can actually be provided to an end-user over copper wiring. AIDR, as opposed to MEDR (\"Maximum engineering data rate\") is an actual measure of what an end-user can be provided measured in kilobytes per second—in other words, an AIDR of 3000 means that the end user in question can receive up to 3000 kilobytes per second of download speed. Unlike MEDR,", "id": "6584935" }, { "contents": "Serial port\n\n\nnot be dropped; however, any data sent will be received on the other end as nonsense. Serial ports use two-level (binary) signaling, so the data rate in bits per second is equal to the symbol rate in baud. A standard series of rates is based on multiples of the rates for electromechanical teleprinters; some serial ports allow many arbitrary rates to be selected. The port speed and device speed must match. The capability to set a bit rate does not imply that a working connection will result.", "id": "1125692" }, { "contents": "Greedy source\n\n\nA greedy source is a traffic generator that generates data at the maximum rate possible and at the earliest opportunity possible. Each source always has data to transmit, and is never in idle state due to congestion avoidance or other local host traffic shaping. One new data-packet is generated when the transmission of previous packet is completed, meaning that the sender side queue is never congested. A greedy session is a time-limited packet flow or data stream at maximum possible rate. A greedy source traffic generation simulation model, or", "id": "18707593" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11a-1999\n\n\nRF system gain which counteract the disadvantage of a higher band of operation. The increased number of usable channels (4 to 8 times as many in FCC countries) and the near absence of other interfering systems (microwave ovens, cordless phones, baby monitors) give 802.11a significant aggregate bandwidth and reliability advantages over 802.11b/g. Different countries have different regulatory support, although a 2003 World Radiotelecommunications Conference improved worldwide standards coordination. 802.11a is now approved by regulations in the United States and Japan, but in other areas, such as", "id": "11387932" }, { "contents": "Surveyor 5\n\n\nwere scanned each 3.6 seconds. Each 600-line picture required nominally 1 second to be read from the vidicon and utilized a 220 kHz bandwidth for transmission. The television images were displayed on a slow scan monitor coated with a long persistency phosphor. The persistency was selected to optimally match the nominal maximum frame rate. One frame of TV identification was received for each incoming TV frame and was displayed in real time at a rate compatible with that of the incoming image. These data were recorded on a video magnetic tape recorder and on 70", "id": "12572615" }, { "contents": "Principle of maximum entropy\n\n\nto be ergodic to justify treatment as a statistical ensemble. In ordinary language, the principle of maximum entropy can be said to express a claim of epistemic modesty, or of maximum ignorance. The selected distribution is the one that makes the least claim to being informed beyond the stated prior data, that is to say the one that admits the most ignorance beyond the stated prior data. The principle of maximum entropy is useful explicitly only when applied to \"testable information\". Testable information is a statement about a probability distribution whose", "id": "21043098" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11b-1999\n\n\n802.11b has a maximum raw data rate of 11 Mbit/s and uses the same CSMA/CA media access method defined in the original standard. Due to the CSMA/CA protocol overhead, in practice the maximum 802.11b throughput that an application can achieve is about 5.9 Mbit/s using TCP and 7.1 Mbit/s using UDP. 802.11b products appeared on the market in mid-1999, since 802.11b is a direct extension of the DSSS (Direct-sequence spread spectrum) modulation technique defined in the original standard. The Apple iBook", "id": "11388073" }, { "contents": "RS-422\n\n\ntermination and the annex discusses the fact that many applications can tolerate greater timing and amplitude distortion, and that experience has shown that the cable length may be extended to several kilometers. Conservative maximum data rates with 24AWG UTP (POTS) cable are 10 Mbit/s at 12 m to 90 kbit/s at 1200 m as shown in the figure A.1. This figure is a conservative guide based on empirical data, not a limit imposed by the standard. RS-422 specifies the electrical characteristics of a single balanced signal. The standard", "id": "19255061" }, { "contents": "Inverse Multiplexing for ATM\n\n\nInverse Multiplexing for ATM (IMA) is a standardized technology used to transport ATM traffic over a bundle of T1 or E1 lines, which is called an \"IMA Group\". This allows for gradual increase in data link capacity where implementing a higher capacity solution like T3/E3 or SONET/SDH is not deemed feasible. The maximum number of lines in an IMA Group is 32, bringing the total data rate to roughly 64 Mbit/s. The standard specification was initially approved by The ATM Forum in July 1997,", "id": "20413135" }, { "contents": "3G\n\n\nITU does not actually clearly specify minimum required rates, nor required average rates, nor what modes of the interfaces qualify as 3G, so various data rates are sold as '3G' in the market. In market implementation, 3G downlink data speeds defined by telecom service providers vary depending on the underlying technology deployed; up to 384kbit/s for WCDMA, up to 7.2Mbit/sec for HSPA and a theoretical maximum of 21.6 Mbit/s for HSPA+ (technically 3.5G, but usually clubbed under the tradename", "id": "2691078" }, { "contents": "NVM Express\n\n\n, which improved in speed over time. For example, within about 5 years of mass market mainstream adoption (2005–2010) many SSDs were already held back by the comparatively slow data rates available for hard drives—unlike hard disk drives, some SSDs are limited by the maximum throughput of SATA. High-end SSDs had been made using the PCI Express bus before NVMe, but using non-standard specification interfaces. By standardizing the interface of SSDs, operating systems only need one driver to work with all SSDs adhering to the", "id": "15021705" }, { "contents": "Bus rapid transit\n\n\nrail in the tunnel moved busses back to surface streets. A BRT system can be measured by a number of factors. The BRT Standard was developed by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) to score BRT corridors, producing a list of rated BRT corridors meeting the minimum definition of BRT. The highest rated systems received a \"gold\" ranking. The latest edition of the standard was published in 2016. Other metrics used to evaluate BRT performance include: Based on this data, the minimum headway and maximum current", "id": "18764341" }, { "contents": "DDR SDRAM\n\n\n/ 8 (number of bits/byte). Thus, with a bus frequency of 100 MHz, DDR SDRAM gives a maximum transfer rate of 1600 MB/s. Note: All above listed are specified by JEDEC as JESD79F. All RAM data rates in-between or above these listed specifications are not standardized by JEDEC—often they are simply manufacturer optimizations using tighter-tolerance or overvolted chips. The package sizes in which DDR SDRAM is manufactured are also standardized by JEDEC. There is no architectural difference between DDR SDRAM designed", "id": "8991941" }, { "contents": "Category 2 cable\n\n\nCategory 2 cable, also known as Cat 2, is a grade of unshielded twisted pair cabling designed for telephone and data communications. The maximum frequency suitable for transmission over Cat 2 cable is 4 MHz, and the maximum bandwidth is 4 Mbit/s. Cat 2 cable contains 4 pairs of wires, or 8 wires total. Official TIA/EIA-568 standards have only been established for cables of Category 3 ratings or above. Though not an official category standard established by TIA/EIA, Category 2 has become the de facto", "id": "13053448" }, { "contents": "Cordless telephone\n\n\n2.4 GHz band are increasingly being used for a host of other devices, including baby monitor, microwave oven, Bluetooth, and wireless LAN; thus, it is likely that a cordless phone will suffer interference from signals broadcast by those devices, and also may itself generate interference. It is also possible for a cordless phone to interfere with the 802.11a wireless standard, as the 802.11a standard can be configured to operate in the 5.8 GHz range. However, this can easily be fixed by reconfiguring the wireless LAN device to work in", "id": "5314838" }, { "contents": "Coastal management\n\n\nadjacent to structures, beach width, volume and rates of historical change. A variety of data sources are available for examining shoreline position. However, the availability of historical data is limited at many coastal sites and so the choice of data source is largely limited to what is available for the site at a given time. Shoreline mapping techniques have become more automated. The frequent changes in technology prevented the emergence of one standard mapping approach. Each data source and associated method have capabilities and shortcomings. In the event that a study", "id": "2091666" }, { "contents": "RS-422\n\n\nor non-terminated transmission lines, point to point, or multi-drop. In contrast to EIA-485, RS-422/V.11 does not allow multiple drivers but only multiple receivers. Revision B, published in May 1994 was reaffirmed by the Telecommunications Industry Association in 2005. Several key advantages offered by this standard include the differential receiver, a differential driver and data rates as high as 10 Megabits per second at 12 meters (40 ft). Since the signal quality degrades with cable length, the maximum data rate decreases as cable", "id": "19255059" }, { "contents": "Parallel SCSI\n\n\nis possible to achieve a data rate of 20 MB/s. Subsequent extensions to the SCSI standard allowed for faster speeds: 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, 160 MHz and finally 320 MHz. At 320 MHz x 16 bits there is a theoretical maximum peak data rate of 640 MB/s. Due to the technical constraints of a parallel bus system, SCSI has since evolved into faster serial interfaces, mainly Serial Attached SCSI and Fibre Channel. The iSCSI protocol doesn't even have a physical definition at all", "id": "9086760" }, { "contents": "OQO\n\n\n120 GB hard drive, with the option of a 32 GB or 64 GB solid-state drive, has Bluetooth 2.0 (with Enhanced Data Rate), tri-mode WiFi (802.11a/b/g) and optional 3G mobile broadband (EV-DO in the US, UMTS/HSDPA internationally). OQO Atom-based \"model 2+\" was unveiled at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco labeled as \"OQO MID\" as a \"technology demonstration.\" The model 2+ has been formally", "id": "9003385" }, { "contents": "MV Agusta F4 series\n\n\nand the combustion chamber is fitted with radially-set valves. In track set-up, claimed maximum power is rated at @  13,600 rpm, with a peak torque of @  9,300 rpm. In standard road-legal set-up, maximum power still rated at . The F4 Claudio uses dual exit titanium SC-Project racing exhaust system with a dedicated control unit. There is a wide range of electronics with four maps on offer, which can be selected instantaneously via the racing push-buttons. The braking system includes", "id": "4380839" }, { "contents": "David James Skellern\n\n\nDavid Skellern is an Australian electronic engineer and computer scientist credited, along with colleagues, for the first chip-set implementation of the IEEE 802.11a wireless networking standard. He is credited with a number of important technology innovations. developed with colleagues which include John O'Sullivan, Terence Percival and Neil Weste, and in particular the first chip-set implementation of the IEEE 802.11a wireless networking standard. This innovation has been described as a revolution in world communications, allowing high speed wireless communications. Skellern was appointed to the Order of Australia in", "id": "6317458" }, { "contents": "LTE in unlicensed spectrum\n\n\nLTE in unlicensed spectrum (LTE-Unlicensed, LTE-U) is a proposed extension of the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) wireless standard intended to allow cellular network operators to offload some of their data traffic by accessing the unlicensed 5 GHz frequency band. LTE-Unlicensed is a proposal, originally developed by Qualcomm, for the use of the 4G LTE radio communications technology in unlicensed spectrum, such as the 5 GHz band used by 802.11a and 802.11ac compliant Wi-Fi equipment. It would serve as an alternative", "id": "3272366" }, { "contents": "Cordless telephone\n\n\nspectrum, or 802.11a/b/g standards-based wireless LAN technology. The wireless phone handset must connect to a wireless access point or base station that supports the same technology. Also required is a call management function and a gateway to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). This may or may not be integrated in the base-station. A Voice over IP service can be used by phones that use wireless data access points, thus using a broadband Internet connection to defer the connection to the PSTN to a", "id": "5314842" }, { "contents": "Qualcomm Atheros\n\n\nPHY rates for smartphones and portable consumer electronics. Qualcomm Atheros also offers legacy WLAN designs for 802.11a/g. PAS/PHS In March 2005, Atheros introduced the AR1900, the world’s first single-chip solution for PHS (personal handyphone system), which was widely deployed in China, Japan and Taiwan at the time. PHS, or personal access system (PAS) as it is known in China, was a digital TDMA-TDD technology operating at 1.9 GHz providing high-quality voice, advanced data services,", "id": "19167054" }, { "contents": "Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9\n\n\nof five bit rates, one of four data formats, and one of four operating modes could be selected. The five bit rates were 512, 256, 64, 16, and 8 bit/s. Three of the four data formats contained primarily scientific data and consisted of 32 seven-bit words per frame. One scientific data format was for use at the two highest bit rates. Another was for use at the three lowest bit rates. The third contained data from only the radio propagation experiment. The fourth data", "id": "9199941" }, { "contents": "Entropy rate\n\n\nproperty of stochastic sources; this is the asymptotic equipartition property. The entropy rate may be used to estimate the complexity of stochastic processes. It is used in diverse applications ranging from characterizing the complexity of languages, blind source separation, through to optimizing quantizers and data compression algorithms. For example, a maximum entropy rate criterion may be used for feature selection in machine learning . Since a stochastic process defined by a Markov chain that is irreducible, aperiodic and positive recurrent has a stationary distribution, the entropy rate is independent of the", "id": "15194847" }, { "contents": "Selection algorithm\n\n\nyields the optimal under an independence condition; it is also optimal itself as an algorithm with the number of computations being linear in the length of input. The simplest example is the secretary problem of choosing the maximum with high probability, in which case optimal strategy (on random data) is to track the running maximum of the first \"n\"/\"e\" elements and reject them, and then select the first element that is higher than this maximum. One may generalize the selection problem to apply to ranges within a list, yielding the", "id": "8847401" }, { "contents": "Clock rate\n\n\n. For a given CPU, the clock rates are determined at the end of the manufacturing process through actual testing of each processor. Chip manufacturers publish a \"maximum clock rate\" specification, and they test chips before selling them to make sure they meet that specification, even when executing the most complicated instructions with the data patterns that take the longest to settle (testing at the temperature and voltage that runs the lowest performance). Processors successfully tested for compliance with a given set of standards may be labeled with a higher clock", "id": "6872886" }, { "contents": "DOCSIS\n\n\ndownstream and 64-QAM for upstream on DOCSIS 3.0, and 4096-QAM modulation for OFDM/OFDMA (first downstream/upstream methods) on DOCSIS 3.1, although real-world data rates may be lower due to variable modulation depending on SNR. Higher data rates are possible but require higher order QAM schemes which require higher downstream modulation error ratio (MER). DOCSIS 3.1 was designed to support up to 8192-QAM/16,384-QAM, but only support of up through 4096-QAM is mandatory to meet the minimum DOCSIS 3.1 standards. For DOCSIS 3.0, the theoretical maximum", "id": "6375547" }, { "contents": "Digital Video Broadcasting\n\n\nstandard. ETSI adopted the standard on 9 September 2009. The DVB-T2 standard gives more robust TV reception and increases the possible bit rate by over 30% for single transmitters (as in the UK) and will increase the maximum bit rate by over 50% in large single-frequency networks (as in Germany and Sweden). DVB has established a 3D TV group (CM-3DTV) to identify \"what kind of 3D-TV solution does the market want and need, and how can DVB play an active part", "id": "16080086" }, { "contents": "VIDC20\n\n\nexternal data. The output is then converted by three 8-bit DACs, one each for red, green and blue colour. Output is then used to drive the display output device with a maximum of 16 million possible colours. The VIDC20 chip can handle any pixel rate up to 110 MHz, with the clock selected from one of three sources, which can then be further divided by a factor between 1 and 8. It also contains a phase comparator which allows for a single clock to generate all the required frequencies for any display", "id": "2605553" }, { "contents": "E-UTRA\n\n\nWith 3GPP Release 10, which is referred to as LTE Advanced, three new categories have been introduced, and four more with 3GPP Release 11. Note: Maximum data rates shown are for 20 MHz of channel bandwidth. Categories 6 and above include data rates from combining multiple 20 MHz channels. Maximum data rates will be lower if less bandwidth is utilized. Note: These are L1 transport data rates not including the different protocol layers overhead. Depending on cell bandwidth, cell load (number of simultaneous users), network configuration", "id": "17254578" }, { "contents": "Multi-rate symmetric digital subscriber line\n\n\nMulti-rate symmetric DSL (MSDSL or MDSL) is a proprietary, non-standardized symmetric digital subscriber line technology with a maximum distance of . It is capable of multiple transfer rates, as set by the Internet service provider, typically based on the service and/or price. Eight data rates are available, ranging from 160 kbit/s to 2.32 Mbit/s. MSDSL uses either 2B1Q or carrierless amplitude phase modulation (CAP) transmission with a capacity of up to 2.32 Mbit/s. The bandwidth is generally split between", "id": "14547437" }, { "contents": "Hard disk drive performance characteristics\n\n\nmaximum or burst rate because it does not have the benefit of any cache or buffer memory in the drive. The internal rate is further determined by the media rate, sector overhead time, head switch time, and cylinder switch time. Data transfer rate (read/write) can be measured by writing a large file to disk using special file generator tools, then reading back the file. A current widely used standard for the \"buffer-to-computer\" interface is 3.0 Gbit/s SATA, which can send", "id": "20935629" }, { "contents": "IEEE 802.11y-2008\n\n\nIEEE 802.11y-2008 is an amendment to the IEEE 802.11-2007 standard that enables data transfer equipment to operate using the 802.11a protocol on a co-primary basis in the 3650 to 3700 MHz band except when near a grandfathered satellite earth station. IEEE 802.11y is only being allowed as a licensed band. It was approved for publication by the IEEE on September 26, 2008. In June 2007 the a \"light licensing\" scheme was introduced in 3650–3700 MHz band. Licensees pay a small fee for a nationwide, non-exclusive license", "id": "5021874" } ]

[ { "contents": "Substitute good\n\n\nA substitute good is a good that can be used in place of another. In consumer theory, substitute goods or substitutes are products that a consumer perceives as similar or comparable, so that having more of one product makes them desire less of the other product. Formally, \"X\" and \"Y\" are substitutes if, when the price of \"X\" rises, the demand for \"Y\" rises. Potatoes from different farms are an example: if the price of one farm's potatoes goes up, then", "id": "570784" }, { "contents": "Final good\n\n\nA consumer good or final good is any commodity that is produced or consumed by the consumer to satisfy current wants or needs. Consumer goods are ultimately consumed, rather than used in the production of another good. For example, a microwave oven or a bicycle that is sold to a consumer is a final good or consumer good, but the components that are sold to be used in those goods are intermediate goods. For example, textiles or transistors can be used to make some further goods. When used in measures of national", "id": "17916472" }, { "contents": "Used good\n\n\n\" (recycled wool), most of which is produced in Northern India today, unused clothing can be recycled into fibres that are spun into yarn for reuse in 'new' used goods. United States taxpayers can deduct donations of used goods to charitable organizations. Both Goodwill Industries and the Salvation Army websites have lists of items with their estimated range of values. Another way that people transfer used goods is by giving them to friends or relatives. When a person gives an item of some value that they have used to someone", "id": "13934138" }, { "contents": "Incoterms\n\n\nseller delivers the goods, cleared for export, at a named place (possibly including the seller's own premises). The goods can be delivered to a carrier nominated by the buyer, or to another party nominated by the buyer. In many respects this Incoterm has replaced FOB in modern usage, although the critical point at which the risk passes moves from loading aboard the vessel to the named place. It should also be noted that the chosen place of delivery affects the obligations of loading and unloading the goods at that place", "id": "20664103" }, { "contents": "Substitute good\n\n\nsubstitutability\" of one good for another is always a matter of degree. One good is a perfect substitute for another only if it can be used in exactly the same way. In that case the utility of a combination is an increasing function of the sum of the two amounts, and theoretically, in the case of a price difference, there would be no demand for the more expensive good. In microeconomics, two types of substitutes are being distinguished, gross substitutes and net substitutes. Good formula_1 is said to be gross", "id": "570791" }, { "contents": "Private good\n\n\nA private good is defined in economics as \"an item that yields positive benefits to people\" that is excludable, i.e. its owners can exercise private property rights, preventing those who have not paid for it from using the good or consuming its benefits; and rivalrous, i.e. consumption by one necessarily prevents that of another. A private good, as an economic resource is scarce, which can cause competition for it. The market demand curve for a private good is a horizontal summation of individual demand curves. Unlike public goods,", "id": "11551959" }, { "contents": "Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan\n\n\n\" is a shipping simulation game, where the player's goal is to make as much money as possible. The player makes profit by buying goods in one port and then selling them in another. Players can also use money to bribe customs officials into allowing them to offload illicit goods that are worth more money. The game takes place over a one, five, or ten year period depending on the player's choice at the beginning of the game. Money is used to upgrade the player's ship, bribe bartenders into", "id": "20305848" }, { "contents": "Best coding practices\n\n\nauthorship can be reliably tracked by using such tools rather than by using comments. Also, if complicated logic is being used, it is a good practice to leave a comment \"block\" near that part so that another programmer can understand what is exactly happening. Unit testing can be another way to show how code is intended to be used. Use of proper naming conventions is considered good practice. Sometimes programmers tend to use X1, Y1, etc. as variables and forget to replace them with meaningful ones, causing confusion", "id": "18293796" }, { "contents": "Positional good\n\n\npositional good can be defined as a good of which a certain amount of positive consumption by one agent is matched by an equally negative amount of consumption by another agent. That is, in the case of positional goods, individuals' consumption levels have opposite signs. However, in the case of certain positional goods, such as Olympic medals, one may talk of new positional products created out of nothing; such products do not result in negative externalities, especially if even last place at the Olympics is viewed as prestigious enough to", "id": "21701681" }, { "contents": "Giruwari\n\n\n, people can go to Rampur Palpa by walk and it generally takes about a one-day walk. In the same token, there is good road between Jhyalbas and Danda. Danda is the place which is located in Mahendra Highway. Jhyalbas has the similar environment of Khaseuli Butwal. Air movement after 6 PM to 6 AM is very good and smooth so that people enjoy its environment. People who visit Jhyalbas in summer really feels good because of its environment and can sleep whole night with its unique environment. Another good point", "id": "14380707" }, { "contents": "Mitzvah goreret mitzvah\n\n\nThe Hebrew phrase mitzvah goreret mitzvah, averah goreret averah (Hebrew: מצווה גוררת מצווה; עברה גוררת עברה.) \"one good deed will bring another good deed, one transgression will bring another transgression,\" (\"Sayings of the Fathers\" 4:2) expresses the belief in Judaism that following one commandment leads to another. The saying is found in the mishnah in \"Pirkei Avot\" 4:2. There are several ways in which such an effect can take place. One can be as a result of inspiration, in which", "id": "17314716" }, { "contents": "Carrying pole\n\n\npoint of sale. A vendor fills the baskets with goods, normally fruits and vegetables, a small stool, plastic bags, and a scale, and selects a roadside location in a place with plenty of foot traffic. There, they sell their goods. Often, they move from one place to another depending on sales. The carrying pole has distinct advantages over the vending cart, the other main manual conveyance of goods in East Asia. The carrying pole can be transported within a motorized vehicle. It is common in China", "id": "8926345" }, { "contents": "Fungibility\n\n\neasily exchanged for money or another good. A good is fungible if one unit of the good is substantially equivalent to another unit of the same good of the same quality at the same time and place. Notably, money is fungible: one US$10 banknote is interchangeable with any other genuine banknote like it. It is also interchangeable with two $5s, ten $1s, or any other combination of banknotes and coins adding up to $10. Similarly, different issues of a government bond, which may have been issued", "id": "379111" }, { "contents": "Bill of sale\n\n\nA bill of sale is a document that transfers ownership of goods from one person to another. It is used in situations where the former owner transfers possession of the goods to a new owner. Bills of sale may be used in a wide variety of transactions: people can sell their goods, exchange them, give them as gifts or mortgage them to get a loan. They can only be used: Bills of sale exist at common law quite independently of any legislation. In England and Wales, they are regulated by two", "id": "18643066" }, { "contents": "Archaeology of trade\n\n\ncirculation and consumption of goods provide another way that ancient trade and exchange can be studied. Production concerns the activity by which ideas are materialized in utilitarian and ritual goods. In archaeology, production is most often associated with either the sources of specific materials or labor specialization. Circulation is the flow of products from the source or the place of manufacture toward locations with sufficient demand for that product. Consumption is the acquisition and use of products. These three components of the commodity chain may be studied separately or in tandem. Sourcing involves", "id": "3581892" }, { "contents": "Technological utopianism\n\n\nwe simply can't be parted even for the greater good. While many Techno-Utopians would like to believe that digital technology is for the greater good, it can also be used negatively to bring harm to the public. Other critics of a techno-utopia include the worry of the human element. Critics suggest that a techno-utopia may lessen human contact, leading to a distant society. Another concern is the amount of reliance society may place on their technologies in these techno-utopia settings. These criticisms are sometimes", "id": "4893948" }, { "contents": "Multi-objective optimization\n\n\na budget constraint, representing the trade-offs that the consumer is faced with. Another example involves the production possibilities frontier, which specifies what combinations of various types of goods can be produced by a society with certain amounts of various resources. The frontier specifies the trade-offs that the society is faced with — if the society is fully utilizing its resources, more of one good can be produced only at the expense of producing less of another good. A society must then use some process to choose among the possibilities on", "id": "17850184" }, { "contents": "John Finnis\n\n\nthat within the list there is no hierarchal order, as the basic goods are considered impossible to compare or measure. Finnis believes the goods are equally self-evident. Each of the basic goods can be considered the most important, as none of them can be reduced to simply a mechanism of achieving another. While technically the goods can be treated as superior to one another Finnis provides that each good is still fundamental where no priority value exists. Philosopher Stephen Buckle sees Finnis's list of proposed basic goods as plausible, but", "id": "20144004" }, { "contents": "Substitute good\n\n\nas compared to the demand for cereal generally. The fact that one good is substitutable for another has immediate economic consequences: insofar as one good can be substituted for another, the demands for the two kinds of good will be interrelated by the fact that customers can trade off one good for the other if it becomes advantageous to do so. An \"increase\" in price (ceteris paribus) will result in an \"increase\" in demand for its substitute goods. If two goods have a high substitutability, the change in", "id": "570789" }, { "contents": "Positional good\n\n\nactions can potentially impede improvements in living standards and innovation. Technological advance itself is possible in part because wealthy individuals are willing to be first purchasers of new and untested goods (e.g., early cellphone models in the early 1990s). There is a certain experimentation and risk that accompany luxury goods, and if they are found to be useful they may eventually be mass-produced and made affordable to the common person: one era's luxuries are another's commonplace goods. In short, the negative positional externality can be compensated by", "id": "21701668" }, { "contents": "Crown (dentistry)\n\n\nGingival retraction refers to the displacement of the free gingivae. For crowns with margins which are supragingival, there is no need for gingival retraction, provided there is good moisture control. For crown preparations which have subgingival margins, tissue control is necessary at the preparation stage and impression stage to ensure visibility, good moisture control and ensure enough bulk of impression material can be placed to accurately record the marginal areas. Options available are: Another method to expose the margins of a subgingival preparation is to use electrosurgery or crown lengthening surgery.", "id": "14940661" }, { "contents": "Intra-industry trade\n\n\nunremarkable” as existing classifications place goods of heterogeneous factor endowments in a single industry. However, evidence shows that even when industries are disaggregated to extremely fine levels IIT still occurs, so this argument can be ignored. Another potential explanation is provided by Flavey & Kierzkowski (1987). They produced a model that tried to get rid of the idea that all products are produced under identical technical conditions. Their model showed that on the demand side goods are distinguished by the perceived quality of that good and high quality goods are produced", "id": "322682" }, { "contents": "Seven Kingdoms II: The Fryhtan Wars\n\n\ngoods to the people. Markets may sell finished goods directly to towns nearby. A market has a maximum carrying capacity of 500 units of each type of good. If a market is full in one stock, or lacking in another, it is possible to exchange goods between markets so that neither one is deficient. This is facilitated through caravans, that appear as lone camels in the game. Caravans are slow but can carry up to 200 units at a time, hence when used in large numbers, can be very efficient", "id": "11861508" }, { "contents": "Computer chess\n\n\nbe a good move; these are typically tried first in variant positions (since a move that refutes one position is likely to refute another). Opening books aid computer programs by giving common openings that are considered good play (and good ways to counter poor openings). Many chess engines use pondering to increase their strength. Of course, faster hardware and additional processors can improve chess-playing program abilities, and some systems (such as Deep Blue) use specialized chess hardware instead of only software. Another way to examine", "id": "19155104" }, { "contents": "Charles Spearman\n\n\nseen in one situation should be transferred to another. . . . On weighing the evidence, many of us used to say that this G appears to measure some form of mental energy. But in the first place, such a suggestion is apt to invite needless controversy. This can be avoided by saying more cautiously that G behaves as if it measured an energy. In the second place, however, there seems to be good reason for changing the concept of energy to that of \"power\" (which, of course", "id": "9917628" }, { "contents": "Trombiculosis\n\n\nalso useful. Because they are found in grass, staying on trails, roads, or paths can prevent contact. Dusting sulfur is used commercially for mite control and can be used to control chiggers in yards. The dusting of shoes, socks and trouser legs with sulfur can be highly effective in repelling chiggers. Another good strategy is to recognize the chigger habitat to avoid exposure in the first place. Chiggers in North America thrive late in summer, in dry tall grasses and other thick, unshaded vegetation. Insect repellents containing one", "id": "20993477" }, { "contents": "Grey market\n\n\nconfirmed a ruling in the case of R v C and Others that the sale of grey goods can be met by criminal sanctions under section 92 of the UK Trade Marks Act 1994, with a potential penalty of up to 10 years' imprisonment. Grey market goods are goods sold outside the authorized distribution channels by entities which may have no relationship with the producer of the goods. This form of parallel import frequently occurs when the price of an item is significantly higher in one country than another. This commonly takes place with electronic", "id": "10220217" }, { "contents": "Credit (Repossession) Act 1997\n\n\non the Post Possession Notice. After this period the creditor can sell the goods, unless the goods a perishable where the creditor can sell the goods straight away, otherwise the creditor cannot claim any repossession shortfall from the debtor. The creditor must use all reasonable efforts to obtain the best price for the sale of the repossessed goods, and if the goods are being sold by either public auction or public tender, the creditor must give the debtor reasonable notice of the time and place of the proposed auction, plus any reserve", "id": "2216905" }, { "contents": "Cleric (Dungeons & Dragons)\n\n\ndomain makes clerics more adept at casting healing spells. There are many other domains like \"animal\" or \"good\". Clerics differ from other spellcasters in that they can use an unprepared healing spell (or harming spell, for evil aligned clerics) in lieu of another spell of the same level. For example, Good-aligned clerics can transform a prepared (non-domain) spell into a healing spell of the same level (for example, a Chaotic Good cleric can transform \"Protection from Evil\", a", "id": "11409461" }, { "contents": "The Good Book (book)\n\n\ncan be referenced numerically. The volume's final book features a version of the Ten Commandments (The Good 8:11): These come with the post-thought that the reader \"at least, sincerely try\" and an addendum in (The Good 8:12), \"Add to these ten injunctions, this: O friends, let us always be true to ourselves and to the best in things, so that we can always be true to one another.\" The book received a variety of different reviews. The book was", "id": "2227237" }, { "contents": "Rivalry (economics)\n\n\nIn economics, a good is said to be rivalrous or rival if its consumption by one consumer prevents simultaneous consumption by other consumers, or if consumption by one party reduces the ability of another party to consume it. A good is considered non-rivalrous or non-rival if, for any level of production, the cost of providing it to a marginal (additional) individual is zero. A good can be placed along a continuum ranging from rivalrous to non-rivalrous. The same characteristic is sometimes referred to as jointness", "id": "14904754" }, { "contents": "Major appliance\n\n\nor special plumbing and ventilation arrangements that may be permanently connected to the appliance. This limits where they can be placed in a home. Many major appliances are made of enamel-coated sheet steel which, in the middle 20th century, was usually white. The term white goods in contrast to brown goods, is also used, primarily where British English is spoken, although definitions for the term \"white goods\" can differ. Many appliances nowadays would be considered brown goods, some being connected to the Internet. In the", "id": "10353604" }, { "contents": "Export\n\n\n\" the goods on another country at prices that are \"too low\", for example, pricing the good lower in the export market than in the domestic market of the country of origin. In dumping the producer sells the product at a price that returns no profit, or even amounts to a loss. The purpose and expected outcome of a tariff is to encourage spending on domestic goods and services rather than imports. Tariffs can create tension between countries. Examples include the United States steel tariff of 2002 and when China placed", "id": "10691072" }, { "contents": "Pay it forward\n\n\ndescribed as an obligation to do three good deeds for others in response to a good deed that one receives. Such good deeds should accomplish things that the other person cannot accomplish on their own. In this way, the practice of helping one another can spread geometrically through society, at a ratio of three to one, creating a social movement with an impact of making the world a better place. The Pay it Forward Movement and Foundation was founded in the USA helping start a ripple effect of kindness acts around the world", "id": "10835601" }, { "contents": "Societal marketing\n\n\nof the society of which they are a part\". Social marketing uses more traditional commercial techniques and strategies, focusing on persuasion, to achieve goals for the greater social good. Its campaigns can either encourage merit goods, as for example fund raising for not-for-profit organizations or dissuade the use of demerit goods promoting society's well being, as non-smoking campaigns or promote the use of seat belts. Another characteristic of social marketing is that is planned to influence individual behaviour to improve well-being. It", "id": "14235761" }, { "contents": "Demand\n\n\ncomplementary good would have a negative coefficient in the demand function. For example, Q = a - P - P where Q is the quantity of automobiles demanded, P is the price of automobiles and P is the price of gasoline. The other main category of related goods are substitutes. Substitutes are goods that can be used in place of the primary good. The mathematical relationship between the price of the substitute and the demand for the good in question is positive. If the price of the substitute goes down the demand for", "id": "7554010" }, { "contents": "Transloading\n\n\nto its ultimate destination without ever leaving the truck. If this is specified as two shipments, then the goods are transshipped, but no transloading has taken place. The modern distinction between transloading and transshipment was not well codified in the period of the mid-19th through mid-20th centuries, when discussions of break of gauge often used the word \"transshipment\" for what today's careful usage would call transloading, or for any combination of transloading and transshipment. Transloading can occur at any place. A truck can pull up to another truck or", "id": "4989488" }, { "contents": "Participle\n\n\nof the corresponding tenses. Here are the masculine nominative singular forms for a thematic and an athematic verb: Like an adjective, it can modify a noun, and can be used to embed one thought into another. In the example, the participial phrase \"tòn eû stratēgḗsonta\", literally \"the one going to be a good general,\" is used to embed the idea \"eû stratēgḗsei\" \"he will be a good general\" within the main verb. The participle is very widely used in Ancient Greek, especially", "id": "5460535" }, { "contents": "Passing off\n\n\nIn common law countries such as the UK, Australia and New Zealand, passing off is a common law tort which can be used to enforce unregistered trade mark rights. The tort of passing off protects the goodwill of a trader from misrepresentation. The law of passing off prevents one trader from misrepresenting goods or services as being the goods and services of another, and also prevents a trader from holding out his or her goods or services as having some association or connection with another when this is not true. A cause of action", "id": "7141894" }, { "contents": "Environmental good\n\n\nand external factors like pollution that can damage environmental goods indefinitely are some of the challenges in protecting environmental goods. There have been many efforts to place an economic value on environmental goods, but no consensus yet exists on the method of valuation. The challenges in the way of obtaining these economic values include the free-rider problem, difficulties in assigning ownership, and the non-divisibility of environmental goods. Assigning a willingness to pay to environmental goods is one method that economists use to try to assess their value. Small scale", "id": "6380830" }, { "contents": "Antoinism\n\n\nlove and prayer, and has various uses: it can act as a divine power that regenerates the whole person, destroy evil and heal. It is believed that Antoine can transmit the good fluid and that the temple platform is the place of the most number of fluids. As good fluids are supposed to be transferable, the Antoinist dress used during the worship is often placed on the bed of a suffering person to help his recovery; similarly, some faithful put a request on a paper in a box under the platform so", "id": "6167832" }, { "contents": "Ethical movement\n\n\naccordance with \"ethical principles\" is central to what it takes to live meaningful and fulfilling lives, and to creating a world that is good for all. Practitioners of Ethical Culture focus on supporting one another in becoming better people, and on doing good in the world. The Ethical movement was an outgrowth of the general loss of faith among the intellectuals of the Victorian era. A precursor to the doctrines of the ethical movement can be found in the South Place Ethical Society, founded in 1793 as the South Place Chapel on", "id": "11665869" }, { "contents": "Metallography\n\n\n, can be improved with PL. If it is difficult to get a good interference film with good coloration, the colors can be improved by examination in PL using a sensitive tint (ST) filter. Another useful imaging mode is differential interference contrast (DIC), which is usually obtained with a system designed by the Polish physicist Georges Nomarski. This system gives the best detail. DIC converts minor height differences on the plane-of-polish, invisible in BF, into visible detail. The detail in some cases can", "id": "6058714" }, { "contents": "European intellectual property law\n\n\nit contains the right of the owner to forbid any application of the mark that may impose an influence on the guarantee of origin. The origin guarantee deemed to be a significant function of the mark aims at ensuring that the origin of the trademarked goods can be clearly known to the consumer or end user, freeing them from any possibility of distinguishing the goods from the products of another place of origin. In addition, it can determine that a trademarked product sold to it has not been subjected to third-party intervention without performing", "id": "8840374" }, { "contents": "Substitute good\n\n\nof goods as either substitutes or complements. Substitute goods are goods which, as a result of changed conditions, may replace each other in use (or consumption). A substitute good, in contrast to a complementary good, is a good with a positive cross elasticity of demand. This means a good's demand is increased when the price of another good is increased; both in the same direction. Conversely, the demand for a good is decreased when the price of another good is decreased. If goods A and B", "id": "570786" }, { "contents": "The Compact\n\n\n. One's trash is another's treasure. Compacters use Freecycle.org or freegle http://www.ilovefreegle.org/ where they post what they want and what they are giving away so that they can avoid buying new and still get the goods they want. Craigslist.org is another source of used goods. Many people following the Compact also join a Yahoo! Group for continued conversation and support. Members of the Compact frown upon material consumerism. However, they are allowed to use services such as movies, theaters, museums, massages, haircuts, and music downloads.", "id": "7781991" }, { "contents": "The Good Place\n\n\na better and more ethical person. William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, and Manny Jacinto co-star as other residents of \"The Good Place\", together with D'Arcy Carden as Janet, an artificial being who knows all the information in the universe and can produce any item out of thin air, abilities which she uses to help the inhabitants. \"The Good Place\" received positive reviews upon its debut and has since garnered critical acclaim. It has been praised for its acting, writing, originality, setting, and", "id": "16210414" }, { "contents": "Five themes of geography\n\n\nthemes continue to be used as an educational approach in many educational outlets. Five Themes: Every point on Earth has a location. Location can be described in two different ways: A place is an area that is defined by everything in it. All places have features that give them personality and distinguish them from other places This theme describes how people interact with the environment, and how the environment responds, with three key concepts: Movement is the travel of people, goods, and ideas from one location to another, or", "id": "16437467" }, { "contents": "Cargo net\n\n\nthe corners of the net around the cargo. This results in a balanced and secure load which can be safely hoisted. Goods are transferred from one place to another in the construction industry using cargo nets. When used to transfer cargo by helicopter, they are referred to as \"underslung\" cargo nets. Cargo nets are used by the military, and in the shipping industry, to secure loads to prevent them from shifting during transport, as well as to deter theft. As part of obstacle courses, cargo nets are used", "id": "5413984" }, { "contents": "Watch glass\n\n\ndrying is required, a watch glass is often used in cases where a particular type of solid needs to be separated from its comparatively volatile solvent. The solid is spread on a watch glass and, often time, a folded filter paper is placed above to keep out airborne particles from contaminating the product. To maximize the drying rate, a watch glass can be placed inside a fume hood to provide good air circulation for an adequate amount of time. Another technique used in chemistry laboratories to increase the drying rate is passing a", "id": "20292063" }, { "contents": "Good governance\n\n\nincluded the following; identify safe and principle risks, test must be compliant with relevant regulations, future applications and impacts, and mechanisms put in place to review these in the light of new information, and that the stakeholders must be regarded and taken into account. Before research can be conducted in the field of geoengineering it must be scrutinized using good governance to ensure testing isn't harmful to the environment and to detail all the possible risks that may occur. Three institutions can be reformed to promote good governance: the state,", "id": "2038116" }, { "contents": "The Good Place\n\n\nto fix the system. The group escapes to the Good Place's mail room and appeal to the committee that runs the Good Place but their bureaucracy hinders them from effectively changing anything. Michael tries to convince Gen that because good deeds have more and more unintended bad consequences, it's impossible to earn enough points to get into the Good Place. To test Chidi's theory that humans can improve if external factors are removed, a new neighborhood in the Medium Place is built which will be populated with four new test subjects as", "id": "16210424" }, { "contents": "Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States\n\n\nThe Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), also referred to as the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (HTSA), is the primary resource for determining tariff (customs duties) classifications for goods imported into the United States. It can also be used in place of Schedule B for classifying goods exported from the United States to foreign countries. The Harmonized Tariff Schedule classifies a good based on its name, use, and/or the material used in its construction and assigns it a ten-digit classification", "id": "13480012" }, { "contents": "Bioceramic\n\n\n. Among these ceramics, we can cite silicon carbide, titanium nitrides and carbides, and boron nitride. TiN has been suggested as the friction surface in hip prostheses. While cell culture tests show a good biocompatibility, the analysis of implants shows significant wear, related to a delaminating of the TiN layer. Silicon carbide is another modern-day ceramic which seems to provide good biocompatibility and can be used in bone implants. In addition to being used for their traditional properties, bioactive ceramics have seen specific use for due to their", "id": "5319099" }, { "contents": "Purchasing\n\n\nprovide the goods or services. Another method of decreasing administrative costs associated with repetitive contracts for common material, is the use of company credit cards, also known as \"Purchasing Cards\" or simply \"P-Cards\". P-card programs vary, but all of them have internal checks and audits to ensure appropriate use. Purchasing managers realized once contracts for the low dollar value consumables are in place, procurement can take a smaller role in the operation and use of the contracts. There is still oversight in the forms", "id": "12771284" }, { "contents": "Good moral character\n\n\napplicant. Good moral character is the opposite of moral turpitude, another legal concept in the United States used in similar instances. Good moral character is usually considered to be present when a person has several positive moral findings and has no-to-minimal negative moral findings. Positive evidence of good moral character can include letters of recommendation, pursuing education, working seven days a week, owning one’s home, attending church every Sunday, marrying one’s high-school sweetheart, having strong ties to one’s nuclear family,", "id": "10491745" }, { "contents": "Household goods\n\n\nHousehold goods are goods and products used within households. They are the tangible and movable personal property placed in the living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, family rooms, great rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, recreation rooms, hallways, attics, and basements and other rooms of a house. Examples of household goods include air conditioners, baby items, baking dishes, beds/bedframes, blankets, bedding, linens, towels, blenders, mixers, bookcases, books, bureaus, dressers, wardrobes, cabinets, can openers,", "id": "13384182" }, { "contents": "Kanjō\n\n\nthe original and is therefore \"alive\" and permanent. The process is used often, for example during Shinto festivals (\"Matsuri\") to animate temporary shrines called and their \"mikoshi\". The \"kami\" Inari has been subjected to the \"kanjō\" process more often than any other \"kami\", and is therefore a good example of its use. The transfer does not necessarily take place from a shrine to another: the new location can be a privately owned object or an individual house. The case", "id": "6495926" }, { "contents": "Turing's proof\n\n\nfound two “cars with bad tires.” We can now say with certainty that “Some cars have bad tires”. Or we could say: “It’s not true that ‘All the cars have good tires’”. Or: “It is true that: ‘not all the cars have good tires”. Let us go to another lot. Here we discover that “All the cars have good tires.” We might say, “There’s not a single instance of a car having a bad", "id": "18641023" }, { "contents": "Social dilemma\n\n\nthe members give something for the common good but individuals benefit from “free riding” if enough others contribute. Public goods are defined by two characteristics: non-excludability and non-rivalry—meaning that anyone can benefit from them and one person's use of them does not hinder another person's use of them. An example is public broadcasting that relies on contributions from viewers. Since no single viewer is essential for providing the service, viewers can reap the benefits of the service without paying anything for it. If not", "id": "14876918" }, { "contents": "Taxation in Bulgaria\n\n\nactual receipt of goods which are dispatched or transported to the territory of the country from that of another MS, where the supplier is a taxable person who is registered for VAT purposes in another MS. Cases of non-intra-European Union acquisitions are listed in Art.13 (4). 3. Imports: introduction of non-European Union goods - import of goods and placing goods in free circulation after outward processing. As import of goods is also considered any other event resulting in a customs duty. Art. 66 VATA", "id": "8539717" }, { "contents": "Science of value\n\n\nThe science of value, or value science, is a creation of philosopher Robert S. Hartman, which attempts to formally elucidate value theory using both formal and symbolic logic. The fundamental principle, which functions as an axiom, and can be stated in symbolic logic, is that \"a thing is good insofar as it exemplifies its concept\". To put it another way, \"a thing is good if it has all its descriptive properties.\" This means, according to Hartman, that the good thing has a name,", "id": "17391176" }, { "contents": "Sundanese people\n\n\nwestern part of Central Java. Sundanese migrants can also be found in Lampung and South Sumatra, and to lesser extent in Central Java and East Java. The name \"Sunda\" derives from the Sanskrit prefix \"su\"- which means \"goodness\" or \"possessing good quality\". An example is \"suvarna\" (lit:\"good color\") used to describe gold. \"Sunda\" is also another name for Hindu God Vishnu. In Sanskrit, the term \"Sundara\" (masculine) or \"Sundari\" (feminine) means", "id": "20089916" }, { "contents": "Trademarks Act, 2004\n\n\napplicant must have a \"bona fide\" intention for which the trademark is to be used in relation to goods or services. The application may contain a declaration claiming the priority of an earlier national or regional application filed by the applicant or the predecessor in title of the applicant. An application for registration can be refused on several grounds such as where the trademark is a trade name, it is incapable of distinguishing the goods or services of one enterprise from the goods or services of another enterprise or devoid of distinctive character, it", "id": "8329823" }, { "contents": "Counterpart fund\n\n\nin the foreign currency, to pay for the goods. This makes importing far easier as the unstable currencies in developing nations are often of little international value. Agreements are also usually signed so that these imports can only come from the nation that gave the aid, benefiting the donor's export industry. Another method is for goods to be donated to a developing nation's government and for them to then sell the goods to the population, and use the proceeds to set up a fund. The recipient government is also then left", "id": "8464041" }, { "contents": "Payment\n\n\nA payment is the trade of value from one party (such as a person or company) to another for goods, or services, or to fulfill a legal obligation. Payment can take a large variety of forms. Barter, the exchange of one good or service for another, is a form of payment. The most common means of payment involve use of money, cheque, or debit, credit or bank transfers. Payments may also take complicated forms, such as stock issues or the transfer of anything of value or", "id": "13051097" }, { "contents": "Concurrent use registration\n\n\nconsidered a violation of such laws for companies to agree to divide up geographic territories for the sale of goods, concurrent use agreements dividing up trademark territories are specifically provided for by Congress. Furthermore, even with such an agreement in place, a company can still sell competing products in the trademark territory of another company, so long as the intruding party sells that product under a different mark. The availability of concurrent use registration is not commonly invoked, even where the applicant might stand an excellent chance of demonstrating the existence of geographically", "id": "3153610" }, { "contents": "Microscanner\n\n\nrequired and therefore of great interest. Magnetic actuators offer very good linearity of the tilt angle versus the applied signal amplitude, both in static and dynamic operation. The working principle is that a metallic coil is placed on the moving MEMS mirror itself and as the mirror is placed in a magnetic field, the alternative current flowing in the coil generate Lorentz force that tilts the mirror. Magnetic actuation can either be used for actuating 1D or 2D MEMS mirrors. Another characteristics of the magnetically actuated MEMS mirror is the fact the low voltage", "id": "4889850" }, { "contents": "Complementary good\n\n\ndemanded of the other. When two goods are complements, they experience joint demand. For example, the demand for razor blades may depend upon the number of razors in use; this is why razors have sometimes been sold as loss leaders, to increase demand for the associated blades. All goods can be substitutes for one another, but the same is not true for complements, because this would violate an inequality. If x and y are rough complements in an everyday sense, then we would expect a consumer to be willing", "id": "16792892" }, { "contents": "Four Dissertations\n\n\nof what Good and Evil are. Good, being pleasure. Evil, being pain. He then begins to analyze emotion as a reasoning faculty of the human mind. He argues that not only can emotions mix, they can also destroy one another. He also argues that our imagination and sentiments combine to create an impression of something/someone. For example, you see your grade on a test and it is good, you then attribute that good grade to having a good teacher, and even maybe an interest in the", "id": "7465223" }, { "contents": "Effective demand\n\n\n. Another example involves spillovers from credit markets to the goods market. If there is credit rationing, some individuals are constrained in the amount of funds they can borrow to finance goods purchases (including consumer durables and houses), so their effective demand for goods, as a function of this constraint, is less than their notional demand for goods (the amount they would buy if they could borrow all they want to). Firms can also exhibit effective demands or supplies that differ from notional demands or supplies. They too can", "id": "12450474" }, { "contents": "Kavrepalanchok District\n\n\nTalu Dada view Tower, Gosainthan, Banepa, Khopasi, Pasthali, Balthali, Ladkeshwar Mahadev, Nepalthok, Patlekhet, Phulbari, Dapcha and many more. Koshipari (i.e. east of Dolalghat/Sunkoshi River) has very good prospect in tourism field. There are lots of adventurous places. This place can be uplifted as home-stay also. Though the road network is still under development and a good paved road is lacking, Koshipari can certainly be used as the cycling spots. Once the condition of road is well constructed,", "id": "8483039" }, { "contents": "Freight bicycle\n\n\nrack on the front, and can carry as much as that way. Cycle rickshaws are used for the short range transport of both people and goods while tricycles with boxes or platforms are used to transport goods. A cargo tricycle with an open or flat platform might be used for low value goods or for trips where the rider is always with the goods. A fabric cover can be added to provide weather protection. Tricycles can also be fitted with a lockable weatherproof box, usually of aluminium construction, for valuable goods and where", "id": "4388063" }, { "contents": "Rivalry (economics)\n\n\nand can no longer be eaten by others. Non-tangible goods can also be rivalrous. Examples include the ownership of radio spectra and domain names. In more general terms, almost all private goods are rivalrous. In contrast, non-rival goods may be consumed by one consumer without preventing simultaneous consumption by others. Most examples of non-rival goods are intangible. Broadcast television is an example of a non-rival good; when a consumer turns on a TV set, this does not prevent the TV in another", "id": "14904756" }, { "contents": "Jewish Defense League\n\n\n... the Jew can look to no one but another Jew for help and that the true solution to the Jewish problem is the liquidation of the Exile and the return of all Jews to Eretz Yisroel – the land of Israel.\" The JDL elaborates on this fundamental principle by insisting upon an \"immediate need to place Judaism over any other 'ism' and ideology and ... use of the yardstick: 'Is it good for Jews?'\" The JDL argues that, outside of Jews, there are historically no people corresponding", "id": "16599630" }, { "contents": "Stanley Hauerwas\n\n\nthere may be times in our lives where suicide may seem rational, mere existence allows us to enjoy certain joys, such as helping another, or healing the sick, that should be enough to sustain our commitment to living. According to Hauerwas, a \"good death is a death that we can prepare for through living because we are able to see that death is but a necessary correlative to a good life.\" A long life may give a person more of a chance to have a good death because he may be", "id": "5544456" }, { "contents": "Economy of Second Life\n\n\n567 million, about 25% of the entire U.S. virtual goods market. Gross Resident Earnings are $55 million US Dollars in 2009 – 11% growth over 2008. The basis of this economy is that residents (that is, \"users\", as opposed to Linden Lab) can buy and sell services and virtual goods to one another in a free market. Services include camping, working in stores, custom content creation, and other services. Virtual goods include buildings, vehicles, devices of all kinds, animations,", "id": "7568485" }, { "contents": "Ann Plato\n\n\n, established the Ann Plato Fellowship in her honor in 1988. \"A good education is that which prepares us for our future sphere of action and makes us contented with that situation in life in which God, in his infinite mercy, has seen fit to place us, to be perfectly resigned to our lot in life, whatever it may be.\" –Ann Plato \"A good education is another name for happiness\" –Ann Plato \"Although there are many nations, and many stations in life, yet he watches", "id": "7860105" }, { "contents": "Consignment\n\n\nConsignment is the act of consigning, the act of giving over to another person or agent's charge, custody or care any material or goods but retaining legal ownership until the material or goods are sold. That may be done for the purpose of shipping the goods, transferring the goods to auction or intending the goods to be placed on sale in a store (a consignment store). The verb \"\"consign\"\" means \"to send\" and therefore the noun \"\"consignment\"\" means \"sending goods to", "id": "948477" }, { "contents": "Container (board game)\n\n\n. At the time of production, the player pays the player to his right a union contribution, and must place his newly produced goods in his factory store priced at between 1 and 4 currency units. Once containers are produced, another player—not the same player—may use an action during his turn to buy some or all of the containers, placing them on his dockside store priced as he chooses at between 2 and 6 currency units. Players can initially only keep one container in their dockside store, and must", "id": "3000652" }, { "contents": "Velampatti\n\n\nVelampatti is a village in the Tiruchirappalli district of India. This village placed on 25 km twords Namakkal to Thuraiur road near Pavithuram Village , The mail business of the Village is Agriculture , Nature of the Village is looks good as it resides next Killi Kills You can reach #MettuVilaram (place in Kolli Hills) from Velampatti by Trucking and will be a good experience . We used to conduct Jallikatti on every Tamil Month #Thai (January) Now days We do conduct #Games during Pongal Festival You can reach The Village from", "id": "8723925" }, { "contents": "Heuristic (computer science)\n\n\nis a good enough solution, theory says there are better solutions (and even can tell how much better in some cases). Another example of heuristic making an algorithm faster occurs in certain search problems. Initially, the heuristic tries every possibility at each step, like the full-space search algorithm. But it can stop the search at any time if the current possibility is already worse than the best solution already found. In such search problems, a heuristic can be used to try good choices first so that bad paths", "id": "8483888" }, { "contents": "Freight transport\n\n\nthe manufacturer to the door of the recipient. Common trading terms used in shipping goods internationally include: Door-to-door shipping is a service provided by many international shipping companies. The quoted price of this service includes all shipping, handling, import and customs duties, making it a hassle-free option for customers to import goods from one jurisdiction to another. This is compared to standard shipping, the price of which typically includes only the expenses incurred by the shipping company in transferring the object from one place to another", "id": "8689394" }, { "contents": "Invidia\n\n\n. The experience of \"invidia\", as Robert A. Kaster notes, is invariably an unpleasant one, whether feeling \"invidia\" or finding oneself its object. \"Invidia\" at the thought of another's good may be merely begrudging, Kaster observes, or begrudging and covetous at the same time: \"I can feel \"dolor\" [\"pain, sorrow, heartache\"] at seeing your good, just because it is your good, period, or I can feel that way because the good is yours and", "id": "15816763" }, { "contents": "Single-channel architecture\n\n\n, the central controller can make a good estimation of which APs would and would not interfere with each other, and regulate them when a possible interference scenario occurs. Another potential advantage of single-channel architecture is the reduced planning required. Since every AP will use the same channel, there is no channel planning required (except to initially decide which channel is to be used). Since the controller works to eliminate any interference, it doesn't matter where the APs are placed, as long as there is adequate signal coverage", "id": "7679955" }, { "contents": "Mechanical filter\n\n\ngood for longitudinal modes of vibration. It can also be used on resonators with other modes of vibration if the motion can be mechanically converted into a longitudinal motion. The transducer consists of a layer of piezoelectric material sandwiched transversally into a coupling rod or resonator. Another kind of piezoelectric transducer has the piezoelectric material sandwiched in longitudinally, usually into the resonator itself. This kind is good for torsional vibration modes and is called a torsional transducer. It is possible to achieve an extremely high \"Q\" with mechanical resonators. Mechanical resonators", "id": "7527521" }, { "contents": "Intermediate good\n\n\nwould mean double counting, as the final product only should be counted, and the value of the intermediate good is included in the value of the final good. The value-added method can be used to calculate the amount of intermediate goods incorporated into GDP. This approach counts every phase of processing included in production of final goods. Characterization of intermediate goods as physical goods can be misleading, since, in advanced economies, about half of the value of intermediate inputs consist of services. Intermediate goods generally can be made and", "id": "7277987" }, { "contents": "Capital good\n\n\nsometimes) decommissioning . In terms of economics, capital goods are tangible property. A society acquires capital goods by saving wealth that can be invested in the means of production. People use them to produce other goods or services within a certain period. Machinery, tools, buildings, computers, or other kinds of equipment that are involved in production of other things for sale are capital goods. The owners of the capital good can be individuals, households, corporations or governments. Any material used to produce capital goods is also considered", "id": "6565868" }, { "contents": "Anchor\n\n\nrestraining stern movement in tidal conditions or in waters where vessel movement needs to be restricted, such as rivers and channels. A Killick anchor is a small, possibly improvised, anchor. Charts are vital to good anchoring. Knowing the location of potential dangers, as well as being useful in estimating the effects of weather and tide in the anchorage, is essential in choosing a good place to drop the hook. One can get by without referring to charts, but they are an important tool and a part of good anchoring gear", "id": "1341222" }, { "contents": "Capital good\n\n\na capital good. People buy capital goods to use as static resources to make other goods, whereas consumer goods are purchased to be consumed. For example, an automobile is a consumer good when purchased as a private car. Dump trucks used in manufacturing or construction are production goods, because companies use them to build things like roads, dams, buildings, and bridges. In the same way, a chocolate bar is a consumer good, but the machines that produce the candy are production goods. Some capital goods can be", "id": "6565869" }, { "contents": "Intelligence analysis management\n\n\nsource network. A good analyst either knows someone, or “knows someone who knows someone,” at another office or organization who can get the information they need. A good analyst will use these contacts to develop more leads in the process. In the commercial world, these contacts are managed with CRM, ERM, or social networking software. Agency policies and practices create five kinds of constraints that prevent the DI from acquiring new IT and using it effectively. In 2008, the US intelligence community A-Space may have", "id": "2379295" }, { "contents": "Restaurant\n\n\nFood Guide,\" published by the Fairfax Newspaper Group in Australia, is the Australian guide listing the best places to eat. Chefs Hats are awarded for outstanding restaurants and range from one hat through three hats. The \"Good Food Guide\" also incorporates guides to bars, cafes and providers. \"The Good Restaurant Guide\" is another Australian restaurant guide that has reviews on the restaurants as experienced by the public and provides information on locations and contact details. Any member of the public can submit a review. Nearly all major", "id": "6788795" }, { "contents": "Consumer choice\n\n\nThe diagram below shows the demand curve for good Y as its price varies. Alternatively, if the price for good Y is fixed and the price for good X is varied, a demand curve for good X can be constructed. Another important item that can change is the money income of the consumer. The income effect is the phenomenon observed through changes in purchasing power. It reveals the change in quantity demanded brought by a change in real income. Graphically, as long as the prices remain constant, changing income will create", "id": "8096322" }, { "contents": "Streaming data\n\n\nAnother of connectivity is network externality. This means that the value of a good to a user increases with the number of other users (installed base) of the same or similar good. Data streaming technology can utilize network externalities, because it brings together supply and demand of large networks of creators and consumers. This is very much the case at popcorn time, a service where people can stream latest movies on demand. These streams work better when people have used their content. The latter has to do with the fact that", "id": "3714865" }, { "contents": "Kuje Science Primary School\n\n\nand private sector partnership can achieve,\"\" said Dr Christian Voumard, UNICEF Representative in Nigeria. \"\"It is the largest project funded by Change for Good in Africa and is yet another example of how private sector funds can be put to very good use within the public domain,\"\" he added. Basic amenities which are not available to many schools in the country include an electricity generator, a supply of clean water, and separate toilets for boys and girls. The school also has a library and a computer", "id": "5114818" }, { "contents": "Culture of the Isle of Man\n\n\nmean \"good morning\" and \"good afternoon\" respectively. The Manx language uses \"afternoon\" in place of \"evening\". Another frequently heard Manx expression is meaning \"time enough\", which is supposed to represent a stereotypical \"mañana\" view of the Manx attitude to life. Manx English, or Anglo-Manx, is the historical local dialect of English, but its use has decreased. It has many borrowings from the Manx language. Early strata of Anglo-Manx contain much of Gaelic and Norse origin", "id": "13821284" }, { "contents": "Armala\n\n\n9 waterfall and temple of different god and goddesses 4. Armala kot: - a high hill with almost 1640m. a good place for view point. Siddha temple and kot having their own cultural and historical specialties is here. 5. Chokodanda: - a high hill with a height of almost 2640 m. Ages ago it is a place where religious people used to go for meditation. Old people predict that part of Kathmandu valley can be seen from this place with good quality telescope in clean weather. 6. Tande-", "id": "13239054" }, { "contents": "Used good\n\n\nbuying used goods like secondhand hardware versus new hardware. Quality secondhand goods can be more durable than equivalent new goods. Secondhand goods may have faults which are not apparent even if examined; purchasing sight unseen, for example, from an Internet auction site, has further unknowns. Goods may cause problems beyond their value; for example, furniture may have not easily seen bedbugs, which may cause an infestation which is difficult and expensive to eradicate. Faulty electrical and mechanical goods can be hazardous and dangerous. This is especially a big", "id": "13934134" }, { "contents": "All-rounder\n\n\nplayer to be considered an all-rounder and use of the term tends to be subjective. The generally accepted criterion is that a \"genuine all-rounder\" is someone whose batting or bowling skills, considered alone, would be good enough to win him/her a place in the team. Another definition of a \"genuine all-rounder\" is a player who can through both batting and bowling (though not necessarily both in the same match), consistently \"win matches for the team\" (i.e., propel", "id": "10525408" }, { "contents": "Hettenleidelheim\n\n\nFrom 1895 to 1990, there was a railway link to Ebertsheim connecting with the \"Eistalbahn\" (another railway between Grünstadt and Enkenbach); passenger service was ended as early as 1954, and until the line was permanently closed, it was used only for goods transport. The railway to Grünstadt can nowadays be reached by bus, which goes to Eisenberg station. As seat of the \"Verbandsgemeinde\", Hettenleidelheim is home to this body’s administration. Hettenleidelheim has its own primary school; secondary schools are available in neighbouring places", "id": "20720921" } ]

[ { "contents": "Oswald J. Smith\n\n\n\"Lord, use me...\" \"What must I do?\" He prayed to be a victorious, Spirit-filled man of prayer, a surrendered man of the word, and of one purpose. From the Bible, Smith found the qualifications which he lists in his book \"The Man God Uses.\" Prayer was a major component. In the book Smith says, \"Prevailing prayer, prayer of travail such as Jesus knew, will lead to God being glorified in your ministry.\" Besides his work in", "id": "8384090" }, { "contents": "Lord's Prayer\n\n\n. The Anglican Book of Common Prayer adds it in some services but not in all. Older English translations of the Bible, based on late Byzantine Greek manuscripts, included it, but it is excluded in critical editions of the New Testament, such as that of the United Bible Societies. It is absent in the oldest manuscripts and is not considered to be part of the original text of –. The Catholic Church has never attached it to the Lord's Prayer, but has included it in the Roman Rite Mass as revised", "id": "18791808" }, { "contents": "Prayer rope\n\n\n. There may be prostrations after each prayer or after a certain number of prayers, depending upon the particular rule being followed. Not only is the Jesus Prayer used, but Eastern Christians also have many \"breath prayers\". Contrary to thought, they are not to be said using spiritual breathing, as that can only be determined by a spiritual father. Breath prayers continuously repeated on the prayer rope may include: Lord Have Mercy, Come Lord Jesus, Lord I Believe...Help My Unbelief, Lord Save Me, etc", "id": "16382190" }, { "contents": "Jesus Prayer\n\n\nthe very invocation of Jesus name. The Jesus Prayer combines three Bible verses: the Christological hymn of the Pauline epistle Philippians (verse 11: \"Jesus Christ is Lord\"), the Annunciation of Luke (verse 35: \"Son of God\"), and the Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican of Luke , in which the Pharisee demonstrates the improper way to pray (verse 11: \"God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even", "id": "17019074" }, { "contents": "Lord's Prayer\n\n\nthe elements of the prayer have counterparts in the Jewish Bible and Deuterocanonical books: the first part in (\"Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and beautiful habitation ... For you are our Father ...\") and (\"I will vindicate the holiness of my great name ...\") and (\"I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations ...\"), the second part in (\"Saviours shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau, and the", "id": "18791848" }, { "contents": "Matthew 6:14–15\n\n\nMatthew 6:14–15 are the fourteenth and fifteenth verses of the sixth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. These verses come just after the Lord's Prayer and explain one of the statements in that prayer. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: The World English Bible translates the passage as: For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 6:14-15. The Lord's Prayer is appended by two verses on forgiveness. Allison notes a similar", "id": "7099720" }, { "contents": "Bible translations into Athabaskan languages\n\n\n14, 15., Phil. i. 2., St. Matt. iii. 2., Isa. xl. 3., St. Luke ii. 10, 11., Psa. li. 3., Psa. li. 9., St. Luke xv. 18, 19., II. Cor. xiii. 14. and the Lord's prayer were translated into Deg Xinag by John Wight Chapman, Paul Hasyan and Isaac Fisher and printed in an Anglican prayer book \"Order for daily Morning Prayer,", "id": "13186137" }, { "contents": "Jesus Prayer\n\n\nby which men can experience the Divine. The energies are \"unbegotten\" or \"uncreated\". They were revealed in various episodes of the Bible: the burning bush seen by Moses, the Light on Mount Tabor at the Transfiguration. \"Palamas […] taught that the ascetic endeavor of fasting and prayer, particularly the practice of the Jesus Prayer according to the teachings of the hesychastic Fathers, prepares one to receive the grace-filled light of the Lord, which is like that which shone on Mt. Tabor at the", "id": "17019076" }, { "contents": "The Lord protects the simple\n\n\nThe Lord protects the simple is a phrase from a verse in the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism, the phrase has both a plain meaning and another meaning due to rabbinic exegesis. In Psalm 116, verse six states: \"The Lord protects the simple, I was brought low and he saved me.\" () According to the plain meaning of this verse, the Psalmist is expressing confidence and gratitude to the divine. This verse (and Psalm) are recited in the liturgical thanksgiving prayer, the Hallel. In the", "id": "13245513" }, { "contents": "Reinhard Bonnke\n\n\nagain at the age of nine after his mother spoke with him about a sin that he had committed. He left for missionary work Africa at the age of 10 and says that he had the experience of Baptism in the Holy Spirit. After war service, his father had become a pastor. Bonnke studied at The Bible College of Wales in Swansea, where he was inspired by the director Samuel Rees Howells. In one meeting after Howells spoke of answered prayer, Bonnke prayed, \"Lord, I also want to be a", "id": "11034350" }, { "contents": "Tetragrammaton\n\n\nthe Name\" is used; and this handle itself can also be used in prayer. The Masoretes added vowel points (niqqud) and cantillation marks to the manuscripts to indicate vowel usage and for use in ritual chanting of readings from the Bible in Jewish prayer in synagogues. To they added the vowels for \"\" (\"My Lord\"), the word to use when the text was read. While \"HaShem\" is the most common way to reference \"the Name\", the terms \"HaMaqom\" (lit", "id": "18252660" }, { "contents": "La Luz del Mundo\n\n\nmembers are expected to be prepared with their Bibles, hymn books and notebooks and to be consecrated. Members of La Luz del Mundo believe that the Bible is the only source of Christian doctrine. It is used as the main source of ministers' and lay persons' talks during prayer meetings. Through organizational arrangements, such as Sunday school, church authorities attempt to maintain uniformity of teachings and beliefs throughout all congregations. The Bible is the only historical reference used by church members during religious services. Members can find cited Bible verses", "id": "5223305" }, { "contents": "History of the Lord's Prayer in English\n\n\nThe Lord's Prayer has been translated and updated throughout the history of the English language. Here are examples which show the major developments: The text of the Matthean Lord's Prayer in the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible ultimately derives from first Old English translations. Not considering the doxology, only five words of the KJV are later borrowings directly from the Latin Vulgate (these being \"debts\", \"debtors\", \"temptation\", \"deliver\", and \"amen\"). Early English translations", "id": "21686366" }, { "contents": "Scottish Reformation\n\n\nBible and the sermon, which was often longer than an hour, although many parishes, which had no minister, would have had only a \"readers service\", of psalms, prayers and Bible readings. The Geneva Bible was widely adopted. Protestant preachers fleeing Marian persecutions in England had brought with them Edward VI's second Book of Common Prayer (of 1552), which was commended by the Lords of the Congregation. Knox too initially supported it, however, before leaving Geneva, and with the encouragement of Calvin,", "id": "10164163" }, { "contents": "Rhea County, Tennessee\n\n\nprayer known as the Lord's Prayer as it appears in the sixth Chapter of the Book of Matthew in the King James version of the Bible; to sing hymns and other religious songs; and to inquire of the pupils as to their attendance or non-attendance at Sunday School,\" where Sunday School attendance remained compulsory in Tennessee at the time, though that law was apparently—to some teachers chagrin—no longer being enforced. The court there held that \"precluding\" teachers from doing so violated the \"State\"", "id": "8621290" }, { "contents": "School prayer\n\n\nbe excused from them. The procedure to be followed in such cases was outlined in the regulations, which follow in full:Division (15)—Scripture Readings (Section 167) 15.01 Where a teacher sends a written notice to the Board of School Trustees or official trustee by whom he is employed that he has conscientious objections to conducting the. ceremony of reading prescribed selections from the Bible and reciting the Lord’s Prayer (as provided by Section 167 of the Public Schools Act), he shall be excused from such duty, and in", "id": "1995791" }, { "contents": "School prayer\n\n\nCourt, the Public Schools Acts requirement that in British Columbia all public schools were to be opened with the Lord’s Prayer and a Bible reading. The argument was similar to the \"Zylberberg\" case and the result was the same: The offending words in the \"Public Schools Act\" were removed as being inconsistent with freedom of conscience and religion guarantees in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Further following the \"Zylberberg\" case to strike down use of the Lord’s Prayer in schools, the British Columbia Supreme Court", "id": "1995797" }, { "contents": "Richard Marquis\n\n\nand the second a remarkable and complex word-cane of the entire \"Lord's Prayer\". Murrine cane can be stretched out to any desired diameter, so that the wording in the prayer can be easily readable, or reduced to the size of a pinhead. For several years, Marquis included \"Lord's Prayer\" murrine of various sizes in his work. Following his M.A., Marquis maintained his headquarters in Berkeley. Over the ensuing years, he operated several studios, some in partnership with other artists, where he", "id": "14503662" }, { "contents": "Sidney Psalms\n\n\nmerely translating the bible into English but is also translating it into a work of art. Also, even slight differences in phraseology can be interpreted as conveying an entirely new meaning. Sidney translates the phrase \"O LORD, [art] a shield for me\" to \"Yet, Lord, Thou art my shield\". The use of the pronoun \"thou\" directly addresses God in prayer and therefore creates a more personal bond between David and God. Also, Sidney referring to God as \"my shield\" as opposed", "id": "15380559" }, { "contents": "Prince Far I\n\n\ndeep bass voice and talking over style, preferring to describe himself as a \"chanter\" rather than a \"toaster\", he became a popular reggae musician, styling himself \"The Voice of Thunder\". His first album, \"Psalms For I\", featuring the Lord's Prayer and various psalms, was dedicated to the illiterate who could not read the Bible for themselves. He then worked with Joe Gibbs on the second album, \"Under Heavy Manners\", before being signed by Virgin Records for their \"Frontline", "id": "3988888" }, { "contents": "Matthew 6:9\n\n\nMatthew 6:9 is the ninth verse of the sixth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This verse is the opening of the Lord's Prayer, one of the best known parts of the entire New Testament. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: The World English Bible translates the passage as: The verse opens with an instruction to pray in the manner that follows. This opening makes clear that this is not a prayer to be given", "id": "12146715" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Agus\n\n\n; but they were resolved either to reproach you or undo you.”’ Another great lord, when speaking to him about the hard terms of conformity, said: ‘I confess I should scarcely do so much for the Bible as they require for the Common Prayer’—meaning doubtless, explains Palmer, ‘subscribing assent and consent to all and every thing in our present translation, or copy of the original. What wise man would do it?’ He has been identified with Benjamin Agas, native of Wymondham, Norfolk, who", "id": "8200798" }, { "contents": "Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union\n\n\nwide and within colleges. A committee of eight students, known as the Exec organise CICCU. Two reps in each college lead college events and meetings. There are weekly meetings in almost every college during term time — these include Bible study, prayer and praise. The college groups then meet together as a whole for Bible Teaching and prayer each week. The CICCU organises weekly talks, explaining what Christians believe, and discussion groups (Christianity Explored courses). The college groups organise termly events in the colleges where people can come", "id": "15091702" }, { "contents": "Bible-Presbyterian churches (Singapore)\n\n\nChua wrote in his book, Tow in \"John Sung My Teacher\" in fact wrote that at the same Bethel Mission in Shanghai where three hundred people were slain by John Sung's message, these people went forward in deep sorrow of their sins without anyone speaking in tongues and the only tongue present ... was praise and singing with choruses of \"Chey Mei Tze, Chey Mei Tze\" = Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord! in Shanghainese.\" Earlier, in March 1931, in the Nanchang Pentecost at a prayer", "id": "6105590" }, { "contents": "Episcopal Church (United States)\n\n\nof \"low church\". Typical parish worship features Bible readings from the Old Testament as well as from both the Epistles and the Gospels of the New Testament. Some latitude in selecting Bible readings is allowed, but every service includes at least a passage from one of the Gospels, as well as the praying of the Lord's Prayer. In the Eucharist or Holy Communion service, the Book of Common Prayer specifies that bread and wine are consecrated for consumption by the people. A valid communion is made in either species,", "id": "8237688" }, { "contents": "Tetragrammaton\n\n\nwhere the divine name occurs in the Old Testament only: Translations where the divine name occurs in the New Testament: Translations where the divine name occurs in the New Testament as well as in the Old Testament: The Eastern Orthodox Church considers the Septuagint text, which uses Κύριος (Lord), to be the authoritative text of the Old Testament, and in its liturgical books and prayers it uses Κύριος in place of the Tetragrammaton in texts derived from the Bible. In the Catholic Church, the first edition of the official Vatican", "id": "18252674" }, { "contents": "George Müller\n\n\nthe fog. The captain followed him down, claiming it would be a waste of time. After Müller prayed a very simple prayer, the captain started to pray, but Müller stopped him; partly because of the captain's unbelief, but mainly because he believed the prayer had already been answered. Müller said, \"Captain, I have known my Lord for more than fifty years and there is not one instance that I have failed to have an audience with the King. Get up, Captain, for you will find", "id": "3566031" }, { "contents": "King James Version\n\n\nGospel readings – though the Prayer Book Psalter nevertheless continues in the Great Bible version. The case was different in Scotland, where the Geneva Bible had long been the standard church bible. It was not until 1633 that a Scottish edition of the Authorized Version was printed – in conjunction with the Scots coronation in that year of Charles I. The inclusion of illustrations in the edition raised accusations of Popery from opponents of the religious policies of Charles and William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury. However, official policy favoured the Authorized Version, and", "id": "16892445" }, { "contents": "Gender in Bible translation\n\n\nis translated as \"Lord of Hosts\". \"YHVH Elohe tzevaot\" would be \"Lord God of Hosts\". Among non-Orthodox Jews, there is a growing tendency to avoid the gender-in-English-language debate, and to simultaneously reclaim the vocabulary of Hebrew itself, by not translating these names in English prayers. An example of a traditional translation is: An alternative translation is: Many prayers use one or more of the names for God many times within the same paragraph. The first time it", "id": "16446293" }, { "contents": "Prayer in the Hebrew Bible\n\n\nis recorded in the Torah and Hebrew Bible occurs when Abraham pleads with God not to destroy the people of Sodom, where his nephew Lot resides. He bargains with God not to destroy the city if there are fifty good men within, and eventually lowers to total to ten. God sends two angels to the city, which is ultimately destroyed with \"burning sulfur\" when they cannot find the ten requisite good people. When Abraham is an old man, he makes his head servant, who while not named specifically,", "id": "6059539" }, { "contents": "Matthew 6:13\n\n\nMatthew 6:13 is the thirteenth verse of the sixth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament, and forms part of the Sermon on the Mount. This verse is the fifth and final one of the Lord's Prayer, one of the best known parts of the entire New Testament. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: The English Standard Version translates the passage as: The doxology which concludes the Lord's Prayer is generally considered to be a later addition to the text and is usually omitted", "id": "12146753" }, { "contents": "Lord's Prayer\n\n\n, \"Deliver us from evil.\" For more information on this doxology, see Doxology, below. When Reformers set out to translate the King James Bible, they assumed that a Greek manuscript they possessed was ancient and therefore adopted the phrase \"For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever\" into the Lord's Prayer. Later scholarship demonstrated that the manuscript was actually a late addition based on Eastern liturgical tradition. Other English translations are also used. Though uses the term \"debts\", the", "id": "18791810" }, { "contents": "Serenity Prayer\n\n\nfollows: poemO God and Heavenly Father, Grant to us the serenity of mind to accept that which cannot be changed; courage to change that which can be changed, and wisdom to know the one from the other, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen./poem Some twelve-step recovery programs use a slightly different version: poemGod grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference./poem The earliest recorded reference to the prayer is a", "id": "18788521" }, { "contents": "The Paratrooper's Prayer\n\n\nor success, or even health. All those things are asked of You so much Lord, that you can't have any left to give. Give me instead Lord what You have left. Give me what others don't want. I want uncertainty and doubt. I want torment and battle. And I ask that You give them to me now and forever Lord, so I can be sure to always have them, because I won't always have the strength to ask again. But give me also the courage,", "id": "19340925" }, { "contents": "The Soft Parade (song)\n\n\nsanctuary, I must find a place to hide\" referencing his then-current problems like the Miami and New Haven arrests. Afterwards, the beat picks up and the song progressively gets faster, and features a psychedelic pop section, followed by an upbeat, soft section before going into a wild blues rock part that ends the song. The new, 2006 remastered album reinstates an intro before the 'Petition The Lord With Prayer' section where Morrison laments that he's \"troubled immeasurably\" by the eyes of an unnamed subject", "id": "16068862" }, { "contents": "Bible translations into Cornish\n\n\nTranslations of parts of the Bible into Cornish have existed since the 17th century. The early works involved the translation of individual passages, chapters or books of the Bible. The first full translation of the Bible into the Cornish language was published in 2011. The New Testament and Psalms in another translation went on-line in 2014. Two chapters of St. Matthew's Gospel survive from the hand of William Rowe (aka William Kerew) of Sancreed (fl. 1650–1690). There are ten versions of the Lord's Prayer from", "id": "20332914" }, { "contents": "Thomas Aikenhead\n\n\nI was from finding the verity I desired...\" Aikenhead may have read this letter outside the Tolbooth, before making the long walk, under guard, to the gallows on the road between Edinburgh and Leith. He was said to have died Bible in hand, \"with all the Marks of a true Penitent\". Thomas Babington Macaulay said of Aikenhead's death that \"the preachers who were the poor boy's murderers crowded round him at the gallows, and... insulted heaven with prayers more blasphemous than anything he had uttered", "id": "21106898" }, { "contents": "Congressional Prayer Room\n\n\ncannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that 'except the Lord build the House they labour in vain that build it.' I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the Builders of Babel . . . I therefore beg leave to move— that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and", "id": "17603418" }, { "contents": "Etty Hillesum\n\n\nas the bad.\" In touch with the equilibrium of a bigger picture she is aware of, she continuously draws from this place to find meaning in her current reality. On 7 September 1943, several months before her murder, she threw a postcard with her final words out of a train: \"Opening the Bible at random I find this: ‘The Lord is my high tower'. I am sitting on my rucksack in the middle of a full freight car. Father, Mother, and Mischa are a few", "id": "12002065" }, { "contents": "Bible translations into Welsh\n\n\nWelsh translation of William Salesbury\") In 1563 a law was passed in the name of Queen Elizabeth I, which instructed the Anglican Bishops in Wales and Hereford to arrange for the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer to be translated into Welsh. The work was accomplished by Richard Davies, Bishop of St David's, his cantor Thomas Huet, and William Salesbury. They worked at the Bishop's palace in Carmarthen, where they translated the New Testament from Greek. The First Epistle to Timothy, Hebrews, James, and", "id": "12124983" }, { "contents": "School prayer in the United States\n\n\nNew York State Court and in the New York Court of Appeals, prompting Engels to petition the US Supreme Court in the \"Engel v. Vitale\" case in 1962. With its 8–1 vote to make public recitation of the Regents' Prayer in public schools unlawful, the U.S. Supreme Court made its first-ever decision on prayer in public schools. It made its second in 1963—the \"Abington School District v. Schempp\" ruling, which made the corporate reading of the Bible and recitation of the Lord's Prayer unlawful in public schools", "id": "10952405" }, { "contents": "Ecumenical Miracle Rosary\n\n\nand \"The Great Commission\" (see below) rather than the Glory Be. It ends with the Jesus Prayer. \"Sweet Jesus, I love you with all my heart and all my soul, Help me to serve my family, and everyone else I meet today.\" This prayer attempts to capture what is written in scripture concerning Jesus' Greatest Commandment. It can be found in Matthew 22:34-40. \"Oh my lord, I know that you are always with me, help me to obey your commandments", "id": "3880909" }, { "contents": "Buckland-in-the-Moor\n\n\nbut says it was thought to have pre-Christian Celtic origins. The church is made of stone quarried on the moor. The face of the clock spells out \"My Dear Mother\". The baptismal font is Norman, and decorated with leaves and stars. Nearby there is a viewpoint called Buckland Beacon where you can also find the 10 Commandment Stones(1282 ft) In 1927 The Lord of Buckland Manor, Mr Whitley, learnt that parliament had rejected a proposed revision of the Book of Common Prayer using Jesus' Two Commandments instead", "id": "14074218" }, { "contents": "Vesting Prayers\n\n\nwondrous works. O Lord, I have loved the beauty of Thy house, and the place where Thy glory dwelleth. Destroy not my soul with the ungody, nor my life with men of blood, in whose hands are iniquities; their right hand is full of bribes. But as for me, in mine innocence have I walked; redeem me, O Lord, and have mercy on me. My foot hath stood in uprightness; in the congregations will I bless Thee, O Lord.\" After the bishop finishes", "id": "620677" }, { "contents": "Bible translations into Native American languages\n\n\ncatechism and hymnal\" included a few selections from the Bible, specifically the ten commandments, the Lord's prayer, Matt 5:3-10 (the Beatitudes), John 14, 1 Timothy 1:16, John 3:16, and John 11:25, 26. Alfred James Hall, working together with William Brotchie translated portions of the Bible into the Kwak'wala language. Matthew was published in 1882 by the British and Foreign Bible Society. John was published in 1884, Luke in 1894, Acts in 1897 and Mark in 1900. All were published", "id": "12321828" }, { "contents": "Daily Office (Anglican)\n\n\nMendelssohn, Edward Elgar, and Arvo Pärt. Evening Prayer sung by a choir (usually called 'choral Evensong') is particularly common. In such choral services, all of the service from the opening responses to the anthem, except the lessons from the Bible, is usually sung or chanted. Settings of the opening responses and the section from the Kyrie and Lord's Prayer up to the end of the collects are suitable for both Morning and Evening Prayer and are usually known by the title 'Preces and Responses';", "id": "17662338" }, { "contents": "Reformed worship\n\n\nPrayer, a Hail Mary, a sermon, a remembrance of those who had died the previous week, another Lord's Prayer and Hail Mary, the Apostle's Creed, the Decalogue, confession, and absolution. Martin Bucer, the reformer of Strasbourg, believed that proper worship must be conducted in obedience to the Bible, and for this reason he sought to eliminate many of the dramatic ceremonies which were part of the liturgy of the church. He limited worship to preaching, almsgiving, the Eucharist, and prayer. John", "id": "21431567" }, { "contents": "Origen\n\n\n\", composing at least books six through ten. In the first of these books, Origen compares himself to \"an Israelite who has escaped the perverse persecution of the Egyptians.\" Origen also wrote the treatise \"On Prayer\" at the request of his friend Ambrose and his \"sister\" Tatiana, in which he analyzes the different types of prayers described in the Bible and offers a detailed exegesis on the Lord's Prayer. Not only Christians, but also pagans took a fascination with Origen. The Neoplatonist philosopher Porphyry heard", "id": "2762010" }, { "contents": "Vesting Prayers\n\n\nsaying: \"I will wash my hands in innocency; so will I compass Thine altar, O Lord,\" \"That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and tell of all Thy wondrous works.\" \"LORD, I love the habitation of Thy house, and the place where Thy glory dwelleth.\" \"Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;\" \"In whose hands is craftiness, and their right hand is full of bribes.\" \"But", "id": "620665" }, { "contents": "John Baskett\n\n\n12mo New Testament of 1742. He died on 22 June of that year. His sons Thomas and Robert printed the Old Testament in 1743. The name of Thomas alone appears on bibles after 1744, and the imprint so continued down to 1769. He issued editions of the Prayer Book between 1746 and 1757. We find that 'Mark Baskett and the assigns of Robert Barker' printed two quarto bibles at London in 1761 and 1763, and a folio prayer-book, 1760. With the name of Mark Baskett is connected", "id": "6582281" }, { "contents": "Lord's Prayer\n\n\nfull Bible would be translated into the respective languages. Since the 16th century, collections of translations of the prayer have often been used for a quick comparison of languages. The first such collection, with 22 versions, was \"Mithridates, de differentiis linguarum\" by Conrad Gessner (1555; the title refers to Mithridates VI of Pontus who according to Pliny the Elder was an exceptional polyglot). Gessner's idea of collecting translations of the prayer was taken up by authors of the 17th century, including Hieronymus Megiserus (1603)", "id": "18791843" }, { "contents": "Conservatism in the United States\n\n\nban Bible reading and the Lord's Prayer from those schools as an affront. The Supreme Court ruled that prayer organized by the school was not \"voluntary\" since students were coerced or publicly embarrassed if they did not follow along. Nevertheless the conservatives continued to call for \"voluntary\" school prayer and repeatedly attacked the Supreme Court on this issue (and on other issues; especially abortion.) The evangelicals had long been avid supporters of the public schools. Now they had to reconsider their place in both schools and society as", "id": "3788776" }, { "contents": "Catechesis\n\n\ninstituted throughout his diocese. Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg was another popular preacher who followed the tradition of Gerson by preaching on the basics of the faith. During the Protestant Reformation, the Reformers insisted that the Lord's Prayer and other forms be memorized in the vernacular languages of the people, rather than in Latin as was the practice among Roman Catholics. They wanted individuals to be able to fully understand the prayers. (Similarly, worship services were conducted in vernacular languages and Bibles and prayer books printed in vernacular editions.) The", "id": "5207337" }, { "contents": "John 17\n\n\nJohn 17 is the seventeenth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It portrays a prayer of Jesus Christ addressed to His Father, placed in context immediately before His betrayal and crucifixion, the events which the gospel often refers to as His glorification. Methodist theologian Joseph Benson calls this prayer \"Our Lord’s Intercessory Prayer\", because \"it is considered as a pattern of the intercession he is now making in heaven for his people\". The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but", "id": "6911260" }, { "contents": "Bible translations into Faroese\n\n\n. In 1892, Fríðrikur Petersen published the Lord's Prayer in Faroese in the church magazine. Victor Danielsen of the Plymouth Brethren was the first person who completed the Faroese translation of the Bible. Referencing various translations available in Europe, he published the New Testament in 1937, and the Old Testament in 1949. His translation is said to be solid and normal. In 1961, the Church of the Faroe Islands published the translation of the Bible, from the original Hebrew and Greek texts. It was based on the New Testament", "id": "15235852" }, { "contents": "Myles Coverdale\n\n\nGreat Bibles were actually printed in London so an edition of the Matthew Bible that had been re-edited by Coverdale started to be used. The laity were also intended to learn other core items of worship in English, including the Creed, the Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments. In February 1539, Coverdale was in Newbury communicating with Thomas Cromwell. The printing of the London edition of the Great Bible was in progress. It was finally published in April of the same year. John Winchcombe, son of \"Jack", "id": "18427271" }, { "contents": "Bible translations into Ilocano\n\n\nchart below), clarified Biblical expression, appendixes, and many more. Although the complete Bible was published only in 1909, some fragments of the Bible were translated as soon as the arrival of the Spaniards in the Islands. In 1620, the very first book in Ilocano was published by Rev. Fr. Francisco Lopez. The book was entitled \"Doctirna Cristiana en la Lengua Española e Yloca\" which was aimed to be used for catechism. The Book contained a translation of the Lord's Prayer (entitled \"Amami\")", "id": "6811222" }, { "contents": "Mark Kelly\n\n\nObama also spoke. The attack on his wife brought Kelly closer to God and gave him a newfound awareness regarding prayer. Kelly said that prior to the attack, \"I thought the world just spins and the clock just ticks and things happen for no particular reason.\" Kelly said that, in Tucson, as he found himself wandering in makeshift memorials and shrines, filled with Bibles and angels that \"You pray where you are. You pray when God is there in your heart.\" Kelly offered the final prayer of", "id": "21563787" }, { "contents": "Church of God in Christ\n\n\nGeneral Mother\" of the church. Finding two groups of women in the church, one group praying known as the Prayer Band, the other group studying and teaching the Word known as the Bible Band, she combined the two under the name of the Prayer and Bible Band. She organized the sewing circle and after meeting Elder Searcy, she encouraged the women to support mission work through the Home and Foreign Mission bands. As the church continued to grow, she created women auxiliaries including the Purity Class and the Sunshine Band.", "id": "5408531" }, { "contents": "Prayer in the Catholic Church\n\n\nmeanings in sacred writings. It can be taken in a sense that is synonymous with praise; thus the Psalmist, \"I will bless the Lord at all times; praise shall be always in my mouth.\" The prayer of blessing expresses praise and honor to God and is man's response to God's gifts. Adoration is the first attitude of man acknowledging that he is a creature before his Creator. Praise is the form of prayer which recognizes most immediately that God is God. It lauds God for his own sake", "id": "15330826" }, { "contents": "School prayer\n\n\nreading of the passage of Scripture shall be followed by the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer, but otherwise the schools shall be conducted on strictly secular and non-sectarian principles. The highest morality shall be inculcated, but no religious dogma or creed shall be taught. 1948, c.42, s.167 The compulsory nature of the Bible reading and prayer recitation was slightly modified by regulations drawn up by the Council of Public Instruction. These regulations provided that either a teacher or student who has conscientious ground for objecting to the religious observances may", "id": "1995790" }, { "contents": "Kelly Willard\n\n\nHe made the way for our prayers, praises, worship and intercession to become like that incense unto the Lord, a sweet-smelling savor ... Even with all that I have been through, nothing has changed my relationship with The Lord or the call that He placed on my life at a young age. If anything, I have gained more wisdom through the things (even mistakes) that I have suffered, and am more dependent on Him than ever before. I can testify of God's ultimate faithfulness to His children", "id": "6457211" }, { "contents": "Christian prayer\n\n\nPrayer is an important activity in Christianity, and there are several different forms of \"Christian prayer\". \"Christian prayers\" are diverse: they can be completely spontaneous, or read entirely from a text, like the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. The most common prayer among Christians is the \"Lord's Prayer\", which according to the gospel accounts (e.g. ) is how Jesus taught his disciples to pray. \"The Lord's Prayer\" is a model for prayers of adoration, confession and petition in Christianity.", "id": "19744410" }, { "contents": "William Williams (bishop)\n\n\nleading the CMS missionaries in further translation of the Bible and other Christian literature. In July 1827 the first Māori Bible was printed comprising three chapters of Genesis, the 20th chapter of Exodus, the first chapter of the Gospel of St John, 30 verses of the 5th chapter of the Gospel of St Matthew, the Lord's Prayer and some hymns. In 1833 further parts of the Maori Bible were published. The Church Missionary Press was established in Paihia. After 1844 the Rev. Robert Maunsell also worked with Williams on the translation", "id": "1269078" }, { "contents": "Bible translations into Oceanic languages\n\n\nRobert Maunsell worked with William Williams on the translation of the Bible. William Williams concentrated on the New Testament; Maunsell worked on the Old Testament, portions of which were published in 1827, 1833 and 1840 with the full translation completed in 1857. In July 1827 William Colenso printed the first Māori Bible comprising three chapters of Genesis, the 20th chapter of Exodus, the first chapter of the Gospel of St John, 30 verses of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of St Matthew, the Lord’s Prayer and some hymns.", "id": "20733168" }, { "contents": "Brandan Robertson\n\n\nevangelical perspective. Robertson's Revangelical Movement continued to cause controversy at Moody Bible Institute, specifically related to Robertson's writing and interviews focused on the topic of homosexuality. In 2013, Robertson began attending a \"healing prayer\" ministry at Moody Bible Institute, at the recommendation of a number professors, in an effort to \"heal\" his disordered sexuality. After a year of prayer ministry, Robertson graduated from Moody Bible Institute and moved to Washington, D.C. where he continued to write on the topic of sexuality. In 2013,", "id": "8299237" }, { "contents": "First It Giveth\n\n\n, and I think at first you can draw inspiration and then eventually, it negates any inspiration.\" \"The Lord Gave, and the Lord Hath Taken Away\" is a bible quotation found in the book of Job (Job 1:21). It has become altered to a popular idiom generally used out of Job's context, \"The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away\" (2). This in turn became, \"First it giveth, then it taketh away.\" The music video for \"First", "id": "17468735" }, { "contents": "Ndau dialect\n\n\nsome speakers have a bilabial nasal click where neighboring dialects have /mw/, as in \"mwana\" 'child'. The mutual intelligibility of Ndau with other Shona varieties is fairly high, but some speakers of other Shona varieties may find it difficult to understand. Differences and similarities can be measured by examining a Ndau version of Lord's Prayer: \"Baba edu ari mudenga, ngariremeredzwe zina renyu. UMambo hwenyu ngahuuye. Kuda kwenyu ngakuitwa munyika kudai ngomudenga. Tipei nege kurya kwedu kwatinotama nyamashi. Tirekererei ndaa dzedu kudai tisu takarekerera avo", "id": "12047250" }, { "contents": "Prayer in the Hebrew Bible\n\n\nPrayer in the Hebrew Bible is an evolving means of interacting with God, most frequently through a spontaneous, individual, unorganized form of petitioning and/or thanking. Standardized prayer such as is done today is non-existent, though beginning in Deuteronomy, the Bible lays the groundwork for organized prayer, including basic liturgical guidelines, and by the Bible's later books, prayer has evolved to a more standardized form, although still radically different from the form practiced by modern Jews. Individual prayer is described by the \"Tanakh\" two ways", "id": "6059536" }, { "contents": "Kurai Onrum Illai\n\n\nperiod or yuga. kirangi (கிரங்கி) means descending. So it means descending in the time of Kali yuga. No complaints have I My lord, None. Lord of the Written Word, My light, my sight, My very eyes No complaints, None. Though you stand Where I behold you not My light, my very eyes, Protector of all earthlings I know you sustain me Lord of the Venkata Hill so pure You meet my hunger, my thirst My hope, my prayer You keep me from harm,", "id": "9448472" }, { "contents": "Prayer\n\n\n, most of Hassidism, the Vilna Gaon, and Jacob Emden. Christian prayers are quite varied. They can be completely spontaneous, or read entirely from a text, like the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. The most common prayer among Christians is the Lord's Prayer, which according to the gospel accounts (e.g. ) is how Jesus taught his disciples to pray. The Lord's Prayer is a model for prayers of adoration, confession and petition in Christianity. In medieval England, prayers (particularly the \"paternoster\")", "id": "5196913" }, { "contents": "Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson\n\n\nfor us to pray,\" so I got the Bible someone had given her (up to that time I did not care anything about the Bible) and read a few verses, and down we went to prayer. No doubt I was very awkward, but I was sincere. I meant everything I said. Wife had been a Christian for some time, and could pray, but it was my first experience in that way. Nothing much was accomplished that night, but I never let up until I got a real", "id": "16403901" }, { "contents": "Angel Baby (1961 film)\n\n\nto a tent revival where Paul is preaching. Paul heals her muteness, urging her on to say \"God\" at first, then \"Lord God\" and a prayer of thankfulness. The next day, Angel believes that God has called her, so she decides to follow Paul and work in his ministry. She is given speaking lessons and a great deal of attention. Paul's wife, Sarah, is a bit jealous. Paul's preaching method includes having provocatively costumed women perform the parts of temptresses in the bible", "id": "13031692" }, { "contents": "Names of God in Judaism\n\n\n70 , most modern Jews never pronounce YHWH but instead read Adonai (\"My Lord\") during prayer and while reading the Torah and as HaShem (\"The Name\") at other times. Similarly, the Vulgate used \"\" (\"The Lord\") and most English translations of the Bible write \"the \" for YHWH and \"the God\", \"the Lord \" or \"the Sovereign \" for Adonai YHWH instead of transcribing the name. The Septuagint may have originally used the Hebrew letters themselves amid its", "id": "10557770" }, { "contents": "Darby Bible\n\n\nDarby Bible's New Testament indicate where \"Lord\" (\"Kurios\" in Greek) in the scripture text probably refers to \"Jehovah\". The 1961 Modified Notes Edition of the Darby Bible includes the 1871 New Testament Preface, which says in part: \"All the instances in which the article is wanting before Kurios are not marked by brackets; but I give here all the passages in which Kurios, which the LXX employ for Jehovah, thence transferred to the New Testament, is used as a proper name; that", "id": "12045976" }, { "contents": "Life of Soul\n\n\nmanaging to stretch the precepts to subsume the evangelical virtues (idiosyncratically listed), the works of mercy, the seven deadly sins, and even the Lord's Prayer, is probably unique, as is its identification of works (as expressed in the two gospel precepts) and faith (as expressed in the creed) with the \"drink\" and \"bread\" that nourish the life of soul. The other notable feature of the tract is its extreme reliance on the Bible to carry its argument. The Bible is cited frequently", "id": "2199005" }, { "contents": "Oswald Chambers\n\n\nconcerts and movies for Bible classes, they predicted the exodus of soldiers from his facilities. \"What the skeptics had not considered was Chamber's unusual personal appeal, his gift in speaking, and his genuine concern for the men.\" Soon his wooden-framed \"hut\" was packed with hundreds of soldiers listening attentively to messages such as \"What Is the Good of Prayer?\" Confronted by a soldier who said, \"I can't stand religious people,\" Chambers replied, \"Neither can I.\" Chambers irritated", "id": "20811664" }, { "contents": "Edwin Dodgson\n\n\nwas no church. He noted that the daily worship had a good attendance, \"with an average congregation of 20 adults plus children\" and the same year he noted \"I have been able to supply everyone on the island who can read with a Bible, Prayer book and hymn book\". However, Dodgson was to lose his optimism. In 1884 he notes \"Only three of the children show the smallest improvement in intelligence. I attribute this to the unnatural state of isolation in which they are living. It is", "id": "22217016" }, { "contents": "Prayer of Humble Access\n\n\n1552 the prayer appears immediately after the proper preface and Sanctus of the Eucharistic Prayer. It retains this position in the 1662 BCP. In subsequent revisions by various national churches, and in the proposed 1928 English BCP revision, the prayer was moved to after the Lord's Prayer and before the Agnus Dei, after which the consecrated elements are administered. The Prayer of Humble Access is based on two passages from the New Testament. One is St Matthew 8:8: \"The centurion replied, Lord, I do not deserve to have", "id": "822640" }, { "contents": "Prayer in the Hebrew Bible\n\n\n. The first of these is when prayer is described as occurring, and a result is achieved, but no further information regarding a person's prayer is given. In these instances, such as with Isaac, Moses, Samuel, and Job, the act of praying is a method of changing a situation for the better. The second way in which prayer is depicted is through fully fleshed out episodes of prayer, where a person's prayer is related in full. Many famous biblical personalities have such a prayer, including every", "id": "6059537" }, { "contents": "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep\n\n\n“Evening Prayers”, featuring the lyrics “Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I die, before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.” In 'A nightmare of Elm Street 4: Dream Master' A rhyme based on this prayer was used to defeat Freddy American metalcore band Ice Nine Kills use another version of this rhyme in the bridge of their song \"Communion of the Cursed\", on the album \"Every Trick In The", "id": "5772492" }, { "contents": "School prayer\n\n\n. In 1944, the government of British Columbia amended the \"Public Schools Act\" to provide for compulsory Bible reading at the opening of the school day, to be followed by a compulsory recitation of the Lord’s Prayer. This amendment appeared as section 167 of the \"Public Schools Act\", and read as follows: 167. All public schools shall be opened by the reading, without explanation or comment, of a passage of Scripture to be selected from readings prescribed or approved by the Council of Public Instruction. The", "id": "1995789" }, { "contents": "The Book of Common Worship of 1932\n\n\ncan see no force in the thoughtless opposition of such a book which is represented by the rather irreverent phrase, 'canned prayers.' The Bible and the service books of Calvin, Knox and the other reformers, all contain written forms of prayer. All our hymns are written. Yet no one is foolish and crude enough to protest against 'canned praise.' The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man is acceptable though it be written.\" The 1932 book was a revision and an expansion of the 1906 book,", "id": "5872264" }, { "contents": "Tetragrammaton\n\n\nwording used in prayers. The Septuagint, with its use of Κύριος to represent the Tetragrammaton, was the basis also for Christian translations associated with the West, in particular the Vetus Itala, which survives in some parts of the liturgy of the Latin Church, and the Gothic Bible. Christian translations of the Bible into English commonly use \"\" in place of the Tetragrammaton in most passages, often in small capitals (or in all caps), so as to distinguish it from other words translated as \"Lord\". Translations", "id": "18252673" }, { "contents": "St Bonaventure's\n\n\nthis lesson I may learn to come to your truth. St Bonaventure, Pray For Us Amen The Peace Prayer Of St Francis Lord, Make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be", "id": "21638602" }, { "contents": "Lewis Garnsworthy\n\n\ninfluence in Canada's \"comfortable\" society, saying that it had more authority in places like South Africa where it was the victim of persecution. He rejected the suggestion that the church could rebrand itself in the manner of American televangelists, saying \"I don't think you can sell religion like soap.\" In 1988, he accepted a court ruling that ended compulsory recitations of the Lord's Prayer in Ontario public schools. In 1983, Garnsworthy and Community and Social Services Minister Frank Drea signed an agreement for the Government of", "id": "8556652" }, { "contents": "Gordon Hugenberger\n\n\n, and it is no better than immorality that is heterosexual. He concludes from the Bible, \"We have a Lord who loves us, everyone of us, just as we are. We also have a Lord who loves us too much to leave us as we are.\" Dr. Hugenberger has also published the book \"The Lord's Prayer: A Guide for the Perplexed\" (Park Street Church, 1999), and numerous articles in journals such as the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Southern Medical Journal", "id": "10198530" }, { "contents": "Lord's Prayer\n\n\nnot let us be led (by ourselves, by others, by Satan) into temptations\". Since it follows shortly after a plea for daily bread (i.e., material sustenance), it is also seen as referring to not being caught up in the material pleasures given. A similar phrase appears in and in connection with the prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane. Joseph Smith, the founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in a translation of the Holy Bible which was not completed before his death", "id": "18791832" }, { "contents": "Turn! Turn! Turn!\n\n\na large portion of the Bible is set to music, other examples being the Melodians' \"Rivers of Babylon\", Sister Janet Mead's \"The Lord's Prayer\", U2's \"40\", Sinead O'Connor's \"Psalm 33\" and Cliff Richard's \"The Millennium Prayer\". The song was published in illustrated book form by Simon & Schuster in September 2003, with an accompanying CD which contained both Seeger's and the Byrds' recordings of the song (). Wendy Anderson Halperin created a set of", "id": "18989245" }, { "contents": "Ronald Reagan\n\n\n\". Ronald Reagan wrote that his mother \"always expected to find the best in people and often did.\" She attended the Disciples of Christ church regularly and was active, and very influential, within it; she frequently led Sunday school services and gave the Bible readings to the congregation during the services. A strong believer in the power of prayer, she led prayer meetings at church and was in charge of mid-week prayers when the pastor was out of town. She was also an adherent of the Social Gospel", "id": "5786399" }, { "contents": "Douay–Rheims Bible\n\n\nfor the Douay-Rheims for the Latin text. This is possible only because the Douay-Rheims, alone among English Bibles, and even in the Challoner revision, attempted a word-for-word translation of the underlying Vulgate. A noted example of the literalness of the translation is the differing versions of the Lord's Prayer, which has two versions in the Douay-Rheims: the Luke version uses 'daily bread' (translating the Vulgate \"quotidianum\") and the version in Matthew reads 'supersubstantial bread'", "id": "1021580" }, { "contents": "Lamentations 5\n\n\nLamentations 5 is the fifth (and the last) chapter of the Book of Lamentations in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, part of the Ketuvim (\"Writings\"). This chapter contains the elegies of the prophet Jeremiah as a humble prayer, presenting to the Lord their great misery (Lamentations 5:1-15), confessing their sins (Lamentations 5:16-18) and imploring deliverance (Lamentations 5:19-22). The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into", "id": "13468110" }, { "contents": "William Tyndale\n\n\n, he was convicted of heresy and executed by strangulation, after which his body was burnt at the stake. His dying prayer was that the King of England's eyes would be opened; this seemed to find its fulfillment just one year later with Henry's authorization of the Matthew Bible, which was largely Tyndale's own work - missing sections supplemented with translations by John Rogers and Miles Coverdale. Following this came the Great Bible and then the Bishop's Bible, authorized by the church of England. Hence, the work of", "id": "17000091" }, { "contents": "Conscience\n\n\ncan sometimes (as with the conflict between William Tyndale and Thomas More over the translation of the Bible into English) lead to moral quandaries: \"Do I unreservedly obey my Church/priest/military/political leader or do I follow my own inner feeling of right and wrong as instructed by prayer and a personal reading of scripture?\" Some contemporary Christian churches and religious groups hold the moral teachings of the Ten Commandments or of Jesus as the highest authority in any situation, regardless of the extent to which it involves responsibilities", "id": "14970567" }, { "contents": "Melton Constable Hall\n\n\n's, which is small and unusual, nestles under trees (yews, firs and oaks) and can be reached by a drive lined with rhododendrons. It contains Norman work and many memorials to the Astley family who bear the title Lord Hastings. Sir Jacob Astley fought in the English Civil War and his prayer is still quoted by many: \"Lord, I shall be very busy this day. I may forget Thee but do Thou not forget me\". North of the church and the hall there stands a tower known", "id": "20099032" }, { "contents": "Great Bible\n\n\nLatin. (The added sentence can also be found, with minor verbal differences, in the Douai-Rheims New Testament.) These inclusions appear to have been done to make the Great Bible more palatable to conservative English churchmen, many of whom considered the Vulgate to be the only legitimate Bible. The psalms in the Book of Common Prayer of 1662 continue to be taken from the Great Bible rather than the King James Bible. In 1568, the Great Bible was superseded as the authorised version of the Anglican Church by the", "id": "10146580" }, { "contents": "Bolivarian propaganda\n\n\n, during which Chávez, the freedom fighter Simón Bolívar and Jesus Christ merge into one person.\" Since Chávez's death, controversies surrounding his adoration have arisen including the recitation of the Committee on Communication and Propaganda of PSUV-Táchira's modified version of The Lord's Prayer at a PSUV gathering that was focused on Chávez. CNN reported that Christians in Venezuela were offended, saying that \"the words of a prayer found in the books of \"Matthew\" and \"Luke\" in the Bible should not be changed for political", "id": "17598242" }, { "contents": "Anglicanism\n\n\napostolic faith is revealed in Holy Scripture and the Catholic creeds and interpret these in light of the Christian tradition of the historic church, scholarship, reason, and experience. Anglicans celebrate the traditional sacraments, with special emphasis being given to the Eucharist, also called Holy Communion, the Lord's Supper or the Mass. The Eucharist is central to worship for most Anglicans as a communal offering of prayer and praise in which the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ are proclaimed through prayer, reading of the Bible, singing,", "id": "861875" }, { "contents": "Matthew 6:10\n\n\nMatthew 6:10 is the tenth verse of the sixth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This verse is the second one of the Lord's Prayer, one of the best known parts of the entire New Testament. This verse contains the second and third petitions to God. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: The World English Bible translates the passage as: For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 6:10. The opening of this", "id": "12146721" }, { "contents": "Efficacy of prayer\n\n\nThe efficacy of prayer relates to the outcome of prayer requests. This topic concerns many fields such as theology, philosophy, history, medicine, and psychology. Numerous religious traditions have complex understandings of the nature, function and expectations of prayer. For instance, Judaic and Christian traditions have diverse interpretations of prayers as requests for miraculous outcomes and as requests for relatively mundane outcomes. Some religious communities question whether the efficacy of prayer can be reliably measured or be meaningful since sacred texts such as the Bible present diverse situations and teachings such", "id": "11906010" } ]

[ { "contents": "Lipgloss (TV series)\n\n\nmeets a beautiful princess, Ava, whom he falls for. The finale shows the love teams ending up with each other: Abby and Jake, Louise and Brent, Ava and Edge. \"Lipgloss\" closely resembled the hit American TV show \"Gossip Girl\", prompting people to label it as a rip-off of the iconic series. Many said that the show's plot imitated that of \"Gossip Girl\" — \"Gossip Girl\" spread the gossip about the main characters, the website administrator does the same in", "id": "15017915" }, { "contents": "List of Gossip Girl characters\n\n\n's ex-boyfriend and is a member of the prominent Whitney family. In \"The Goodbye Gossip Girl\", Jonathan was mistakenly identified as \"Gossip Girl\" when the presiding room was silenced and Serena texted her,\"Now I know who you are.\" It turns out that he had hacked Gossip Girl's website. In season three, Jonathan was absent for a few episodes - he was with his grandparents - when he returned, he and Eric challenged Jenny's authority over the school by sitting higher on \"the steps\"", "id": "9830910" }, { "contents": "List of Gossip Girl characters\n\n\nas cocaine, pills and ether which was used to drug Serena. At one time, he started to sell sleeping pills to Eric. To get revenge on Ben, when the latter has threatened him to stay away from Serena and her family, he befriends Eric and comes up with a scheme to send Ben back to jail, unsuccessfully. As he has used Eric for his intent, he ends his fake friendship with Eric. Dan and Nate, thinking that Eric is in the embassy with Damien, went for him.", "id": "9830916" }, { "contents": "List of Gossip Girl characters\n\n\nthan her and her cronies, this resulted in Eric being splattered with yogurt. That night, at a party, (\"They Shoot Humphreys, Don't They?\") Jonathan is egged by Jenny's cronies, angering Eric, who plots to ruin Jenny's Cotillion. But when Jonathan learns of Eric's scheming with Blair, he breaks up with him. In season four, Jonathan tries (unsuccessfully) to reconcile with Eric. Portrayed by Elizabeth Hurley in season five, Diana Payne is a sexy, smart,", "id": "9830911" }, { "contents": "The Goodbye Gossip Girl\n\n\nof Serena's war with Gossip girl and Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen) faces the prospect of becoming Queen when Blair's minions rebel against her make a bidding war on who will be the next Queen Bee. Serena is excited that, come her high school graduation later that day, she will no longer have to deal with \"Gossip Girl\", an anonymous blogger who revealed the sensational details of her and her classmates' lives throughout high school. She and Blair recall that Gossip Girl does not report on college happenings and", "id": "21312604" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\ntheir fall line-up. As the storylines progressed, the role of \"Gossip Girl\" is slightly decreased. She continues to run her blog, but she keeps the ultimate information for herself, sending it in the final episode as the last blast, where Serena decides to find out who \"Gossip Girl\" really is, but ultimately fails. The season finale ended with a well-received kiss between Blair and Chuck. The third season focuses on Blair, Dan and Vanessa getting into New York University along with movie", "id": "5982132" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl (season 1)\n\n\nwomanizing player and 'bad boy' Chuck Bass. Originally only a guest star, Jessica Szohr starred as Dan's childhood best friend, Vanessa Abrams. Szohr gained a contract to the main cast list in the fourteenth episode. Kristen Bell voiced \"Gossip Girl\", whose gossip commentary blog is widely visited by the youths of the Upper East Side social scene. Numerous supporting characters were given expansive and recurring appearances in the progressive storyline, including Connor Paolo who portrayed Serena's brother, Eric van der Woodsen, who had been", "id": "14247213" }, { "contents": "The Little Mermaid Jr.\n\n\nto kiss Ariel (\"Kiss the Girl\"). Just before they kiss, Flotsam and Jetsam give the boat an \"electric shock\" and swim away. As the second day ends, Ariel wishes she had more time and could tell Eric everything, Triton worries about where his daughter has gone, Sebastian is concerned that Ariel's time as a human is almost up, and Eric still dreams of finding the girl who saved him even though he does not want to lose Ariel. Sebastian returns to the sea and tells", "id": "9224498" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\nThe show has received numerous award nominations, winning 18 Teen Choice Awards. The CW officially renewed \"Gossip Girl\" for a sixth and final season on May 11, 2012. The final season, consisting of 10 episodes, premiered on October 8, 2012 and ended on December 17, 2012. Following a mysterious disappearance, Serena Van der Woodsen suddenly returns to the Upper East Side from boarding school to visit her suicidal brother, Eric. Shock spreads across the Upper East Side as the first sightings of her spread across the", "id": "5982123" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl (novel series)\n\n\nread Harlequin romances.\" Holley created a new ALA book list to encourage teens to consult a list of recommendations for \"both avid and reluctant readers, who are looking for books like Cecily von Ziegesar's \"Gossip Girl\" series. 'The books on this list are perfect for when your readers have finished with every \"Gossip Girl\" title in your library and are clamoring for another book like the Gossip Girl...'\" The television adaptation of the novel series, also titled \"Gossip Girl\", was picked up", "id": "4324000" }, { "contents": "Eric van der Woodsen\n\n\nhe sleeps with routinely.\" On a trip to Sun Valley, Erik and Serena’s best friend Blair Waldorf dated briefly. Very close to his sister, Erik threw her a giant sweet sixteenth birthday bash and drove her up to Hanover on her first day of school there. Aside from his brief appearances, Erik remained a relatively quiet secondary character throughout the series, however he did have a bigger part in the \"Gossip Girl\" prequel, \"Gossip Girl: It Had to Be You\". In contrast to the", "id": "20730331" }, { "contents": "Pilot (Gossip Girl)\n\n\nwhere an egotistical sex-addicted Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) is attempting to rape her. Dan punches Chuck and he and Serena leave in disgust, hand-in-hand with Jenny tagging along. The apparent reason for Serena's abrupt return is revealed to be her younger brother Eric (Connor Paolo), who unsuccessfully tried to commit suicide but is now living in a psychiatric institution. Not even \"Gossip Girl\" is aware of this. In addition, the past affair between Dan and Jenny's father Rufus (", "id": "8558858" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\nArchibald appears successful and is rumored to be running for Mayor of New York. The show ends with the wedding of Serena van der Woodsen and Dan Humphrey. It's a small ceremony, in what looks like Blair and Chuck's home together, where Lily is with Serena and Eric's father, William, and Rufus seems to be happy with another woman (musician Lisa Loeb, who guest-starred in the first season) along with Dorota, Nate, Jack Bass and Georgina (who are now together), Jenny", "id": "5982148" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl (season 6)\n\n\n. Former \"Skins\" star Sofia Black D'Elia was seen filming scenes with Lively for the then-upcoming sixth season. She played the role of Sage Spence, Steven's daughter. Former \"Gossip Girl\" guest stars Tamara Feldman and Yin Chang were reported to return to the show for its final season as Poppy Lifton and Nelly Yuki, respectively. Taylor Momsen and Connor Paolo reprised their roles as Jenny Humphrey and Eric van der Woodsen for the series finale, who had not been seen since their departures in season 4.", "id": "21403396" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\n, who went on an indefinite hiatus during the season while retaining regular billing, and Jessica Szohr both left the show. Throughout the series' run, Connor Paolo consistently declined to elevate his recurring role of Eric van der Woodsen to regular status, citing personal reasons for his decision. After becoming a regular on the ABC series \"Revenge\", Paolo confirmed his departure from \"Gossip Girl\" in August 2011. As the show progressed, numerous recurring guest stars appeared in the show. Michelle Trachtenberg signed on to portray Georgina", "id": "5982156" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\nSparks. The role had previously been offered to Mischa Barton who declined the role. Francie Swift and Sam Robards took the parental roles of Anne and Howard Archibald, respectively. Caroline Lagerfelt portrayed Celia \"CeCe\" Rhodes, Serena and Eric's grandmother and Lily's mother. Sebastian Stan made several appearances as Carter Baizen throughout the show's first three seasons. Primarily filming in New York, \"Gossip Girl\" has been declared by \"New York Magazine\" as the \"Most Restauranty Show Since \"Sex and the City\"", "id": "5982157" }, { "contents": "The Debarted (Gossip Girl)\n\n\n(Sarah Steele) to turn Jenny's minions against her. In the end, Jenny outwits him, and he tells Kira that they will try again soon. When Jenny and Eric see each other at the hospital after Serena's accident, they apologize and call a truce. Meanwhile, Dan and Vanessa attempt to navigate their newly complicated friendship. Dan seeks a new potential relationship with one of Vanessa's friends, Winna. He cannot bring himself to hook up with Winna, and he is forced to leave her when", "id": "11151975" }, { "contents": "Georgina Sparks\n\n\nBlair has done to her. She is caught inside the church by Rufus and Lily who have her thrown out, but not before she ends up recording Blair's confession of love to Chuck before the wedding commences. Georgina leaves the video in Chuck's hands. After 'Gossip Girl' plays the video, Georgina is confronted by Dan, Nate and Serena, but Georgina denies any involvement and accuses each of them of sending the video, before promptly leaving. Georgina is seen to be posting a blast on the Gossip Girl", "id": "5663025" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\nproducer. On April 24, 2012, it was announced that he would leave the show at the end of the fifth season to be the new showrunner of NBC's now-cancelled musical series \"Smash\". To fill in Safran's void, co-executive producer Sara Goodman was promoted to executive producer for the sixth season. Alexandra Patsavas who worked with Schwartz on \"The O.C.\" was in charge of the music. Eric Daman was at the head of the costume department; he previously had assisted Patricia Field on", "id": "5982152" }, { "contents": "Dan Humphrey\n\n\none of the good guys, due to his selflessness regarding Blair's happiness. While Blair and Chuck are whisking away in a limo, planning on running away together and raising Blair's unborn baby as Chuck's child, they both end up in a serious, life-threatening car accident when paparazzi tail them continuously after Charlie sends Gossip Girl a blast, informing her on Chuck and Blair's whereabouts. The accident causes Serena, who is alongside Nate and Dan, to be more furious at Gossip Girl than ever before,", "id": "11732182" }, { "contents": "Eric van der Woodsen\n\n\ngay, and that they were involved. Asher denies this, but Blair sends a Gossip Girl blast with Eric and Asher's emails. He and Lilly later reconcile. During summer 2008, Eric is staying with his sister and grandmother in The Hamptons. He receives a call from Jenny who tells him, she needs help to get in the Vitamin White Party. She apologizes to him about the incident with Asher and they become friends again. Eric introduces Tinsley Mortimer to Jenny to extend her contacts in the fashion industry. After", "id": "20730338" }, { "contents": "Boy A (film)\n\n\nthe knife. He grabs the girl and drags her under a bridge. When Philip drops the knife, Eric picks it up, and follows them under the bridge. The girl is killed, although the film shows neither who kills her nor how. Eric (dubbed as Boy A during the trial) and Philip are remanded into custody at secure units. Philip ends up dead, assumed to be suicide, but Eric believes that he may have been killed by youth offenders. Eric is later released and is guided by rehabilitation", "id": "19004797" }, { "contents": "List of Gossip Girl characters\n\n\nseason, but Rufus asks her to leave after a former lover attempts to contact her at the Brooklyn loft. She and Rufus ultimately end their marriage. Portrayed by Caroline Lagerfelt in seasons one, two, three, four and five, Celia Catherine \"CeCe\" Rhodes is Lily and Carol's mother and Scott, Chuck, Serena, and Eric's grandmother. She is the ex-wife of Rick Rhodes. She lives in Montecito, California and visits Lily, Serena and Eric in New York City a few times every", "id": "9830850" }, { "contents": "List of Gossip Girl characters\n\n\nand manipulative cougar. She first meets Nate Archibald in Los Angeles at a party at her home (while Nate claims the house is his) and end up in bed together. She soon ends up in New York and launches her own online journals: 'The NY Spectator.' We next find out her goal is to take down the infamous blog and media social rumor site in New York - 'Gossip Girl.' Until their secret relationship reaches its breaking point, Nate and Diana find themselves attempting to make each other", "id": "9830912" }, { "contents": "The Wrong Goodbye (Gossip Girl)\n\n\nwhile Serena goes to Montecito, Charlie departs for Miami, Chuck and Nate decide to travel together, and Lily (Kelly Rutherford) tells the family that her house arrest will end by autumn. Dan decides to spend summer in The Hamptons with Eric (Connor Paolo) and tells Rufus (Matthew Settle) that he has moved on from writing. Vanessa has Dan's novel published and leaves for Spain. While in California, Serena runs into a man who has been trying to convert one of her favorite novels into a movie", "id": "12640317" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\nLaura Harring). The season focused hugely on Jenny Humphrey's development and downward spiral. She spends a good part of the season alienating herself from Eric, her former best friend, and chasing after Nate, who has his heart set on Serena. At the end of the season, due to her one night stand with Chuck Bass, and new drug dealing habit, Jenny's father and Lily send her to Hudson, New York, to live with her mother. Other story lines include: Blair and Chuck's attempt", "id": "5982136" }, { "contents": "Chuck Versus the Intersect\n\n\npositive reviews from critics, with several praising the casting of the series, especially that of Zachary Levi. Eric Goldman of IGN gave the episode a rating of 9 out of 10, writing, \"Schwartz and Fedak's script for the \"Chuck\" pilot is very strong, deftly mixing action and humor. Where Schwartz's other new series, \"Gossip Girl\", could use more of the humor he brought to \"The O.C.\", Chuck does a great job capturing the wit and self-awareness Schwartz's previous", "id": "828408" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\nand Eric. A brief shot of The Spectator reveals that Lola Rhodes and Olivia Burke are now starring in a film about Ivy Dickens, based on her best-selling autobiography. The \"Gossip Girl\" book series was originally supposed to be adapted into a film starring Lindsay Lohan with head \"Gilmore Girls\" creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. When the film project did not get off the ground, Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz took over the project to create a television series. As of October 2006, Schwartz was working on", "id": "5982149" }, { "contents": "List of Gossip Girl characters\n\n\nwho assumes Nelly is still one of Blair's minions until the show goes badly, and Nelly writes it up as a disaster. However, she eventually gives a stellar review of Blair's line, contributing to Blair's success in the fashion industry. In Season 6 episode 3, she equivocally displays her affections for Dan at a bar, only to be overlooked for a tall, red-headed woman with whom Dan leaves the bar. Portrayed by Matt Doyle in seasons two, three and four, Jonathan Whitney is Eric", "id": "9830909" }, { "contents": "The Goodbye Gossip Girl\n\n\nMichelle Graham of \"Film School Rejects\" praised the finale and reviewed the entirety of the second season. \"“The West Wing” once called the swearing in of a certain Vice President “a triumph of the middling” and that’s definitely what this season has felt like.\" Graham commended the writer's usage of the characters searching for the identity of Gossip Girl, stating \"The idea of discovering the identity of Gossip Girl was tantalizing, especially as it really does have to be someone featured on the show’s", "id": "21312613" }, { "contents": "Metropolismania\n\n\n• Ambitious Trendy Guy • Amiable Old Man Who Likes to Help Others • Amiable Old Woman Who Likes to Help Others • Athletic Guy Who Likes to Check Out Girls • Boy (usually in the 6–10 years old range) • Girl (usually in the 6–10 years old range) • Girl With Heavy Make Up • Gossip Queen • Gossip Who Rules The Playground • Guy Who Likes To Give You Advice • Mellow Girl Who Can Forecast Weather • Middle-Aged Man With Business Smile • Middle-Aged Man Who Likes Riddles •", "id": "7618777" }, { "contents": "The It Girl (novel)\n\n\nshe is eager to dump him for the more worldly Eric Dalton. Dalton invites her to his parents' home and she quickly spills her embarrassing life story but to her delight, Dalton finds her life story endearing. Seeing this relationship could take a turn for the romantic, Brett breaks up with Jeremiah via voice mail. Later that night, the first party of the year is held in one of the dorms and Jenny is blissfully unaware of the gossip already swirling about her: Jenny is a stripper from New York City who", "id": "15700283" }, { "contents": "Eric Daman\n\n\nand manufacturer of cut crystal and related luxury products. The Daman collection appeared as the subject of a series of Swarovski-produced webisodes that were entitled \"The Daman Chronicles\" and premiered online at Cambio.com in June, 2012. In July 2012, American daily newspaper the \"New York Times\" described Daman's costume design work for \"Gossip Girl\" as being as much a part of the creation of a character as the show's writers. Daman design work has contributed to \"Gossip Girl\" fictional characters Blair Waldorf,", "id": "10843355" }, { "contents": "Connor Paolo\n\n\nlast appearance was in the sixth season. In 2010, he starred in the vampire apocalypse film \"Stake Land\" directed by Jim Mickle. In April 2011, Paolo joined the cast of ABC's dramatic series \"Revenge\". In August 2011, Paolo stated that he would be taking on the new series \"Revenge\" full-time and his character Eric van der Woodsen on \"Gossip Girl\" would no longer appear on the show. He, however, returned to \"Gossip Girl\" for a brief appearance during", "id": "15359792" }, { "contents": "The Debarted (Gossip Girl)\n\n\nhe crashes his car. In order to avoid being seen with Serena, Tripp calls 911 and leaves the scene. When Nate arrives, Serena tells him that Tripp was driving. He hunts his cousin down, who begs for news on Serena's condition. Nate punches Tripp, and Maureen makes him leave with her. Serena survives the crash, and Nate sleeps in her hospital room all night. Back in New York, Eric (Connor Paolo) continues to sabotage Jenny's reign as queen. He teams up with Kira", "id": "11151974" }, { "contents": "Member Berries\n\n\nhim and Clinton, only to be thwarted by the fact that Abrams' reboot simply allows people to choose whether to sit, stand or kneel to honor America. Kyle Broflovski and the victimized girls strongly suspect that Eric Cartman is responsible for the messages, but cannot prove it. Cartman also denies being Skankhunt42, although he does not help his case by attempting to host a girls' stand-up comedy session in the gym and pretending to have been attacked by the girls afterward. At the end of the episode it", "id": "13463133" }, { "contents": "List of Gossip Girl: Acapulco episodes\n\n\n\"\" is a Mexican television series which premiered on August 5, 2013 in Mexico on Golden Premier and ended on September 6, 2013 after 25 episodes. \"Gossip Girl: Acapulco\" is the Mexican adaptation of \"Gossip Girl\", and is produced by El Mall and Warner Brothers International Television. Pedro Torres serves as executive producer. The first season summarises original \"Gossip Girl\" seasons 1 and 2, as the producer wanted to have a more dramatic and intense storyline. On January 14, 2014 it was announced", "id": "18624115" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\n. Afterward, a recap of events relevant to the upcoming narrative is shown, which ends again with the home page of the website, only this time with a picture from other character(s) with a text about a recent event connected with the picture. The narrator is Gossip Girl, voiced by actress Kristen Bell. She begins the recap with the sentence, \"Gossip Girl here, your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan's elite,\" and ends the recap with whispered voices saying \"Where has she", "id": "5982164" }, { "contents": "I Will Be (song)\n\n\nat number 83. The music video for \"I Will Be\" was shot in New York City on 18 December 2008, and features \"Gossip Girl\" actor Chace Crawford as one of the characters. A reporter for \"People\" explained how the inclusion of Crawford in the video came to fruition, writing that \"Chace went to London a couple months ago for meetings and to promote Gossip Girl. He went to a party and ended up meeting Leona. [They] hit it off and talk every once in a", "id": "2571270" }, { "contents": "Fake Empire Productions\n\n\n's Fake Empire logo is a sketch pad with key features of the show drawn onto the pad with the name Fake Empire underneath. The new logo was first used on September 13, 2010 after the end credits of \"Gossip Girl\", making \"Gossip Girl\" the first Fake Empire produced series to feature the logo. The pictures that are drawn onto the sketch pad for the end of \"Gossip Girl\"'s logo are sketches of a cell phone, a New York City cab, a pair of heel shoes (", "id": "16834446" }, { "contents": "List of Ice Age characters\n\n\nbegins to warm up to them. Katie and Meghan are teenage woolly mammoths who are two of the first-rate members of the Valley's popular crew. Katie and Meghan are always in agreement with what Steffie says, and they do everything that Steffie does or asks. To Steffie, Katie is likely more important than Meghan, as they sometimes leave Meghan alone. Katie is known as the gossip girl of the Brat Pack. Sid is surprised by the return of his dysfunctional relatives who had abandoned him in the first film", "id": "2576492" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\nand label Romeo & Juliet Couture had partnered to create \"Gossip Girl\"s official clothing line inspired by lead characters Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf. The launch of the fashion line took place on September 26, 2011, the same day as the premiere of the fifth season. Cosmetics online retailer Birchbox and \"Gossip Girl\" have teamed up to create a special Birchbox edition filled with beauty products inspired by the show. The products were chosen by \"Gossip Girl\" makeup department head, Amy Tagliamonti, and hair department head", "id": "5982193" }, { "contents": "Sherri Saum\n\n\nGossip Girl\", CBS's \"Unforgettable\", ABC's \"Body of Proof\" and \"Revenge\". In 2011, Saum was cast as the lead character of the ABC drama pilot \"Grace\" (written by Krista Vernoff), opposite Abigail Spencer and Eric Roberts, but the show was not picked up. In 2012, Saum was cast along with Teri Polo in the lead roles of the Jennifer Lopez-produced drama series \"The Fosters\" for ABC Family. The series premiered on June 3, 2013", "id": "9908272" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl (season 4)\n\n\nannounced that \"Gossip Girl\" author Cecily von Ziegesar would be making a cameo for the season finale. Season four begins with Serena and Blair enjoying their summer in Paris, until the unexpected appearance of Chuck Bass, who is using a false name and cozying up to a new girl. Blair has to decide if she wants to fight for Chuck or spend her energy trying to rule Columbia University. Serena needs to choose between Nate and Dan, but Dan is a bit busy coping with his new role as \"dad\"", "id": "10174393" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\nhad supposedly created Gossip Girl to gain more power and had been the one \"pulling the strings the whole time\" as mentioned by Serena in the finale. However, there was much speculation and controversy regarding this decision. Penn Badgley, who played Dan, stated in an interview that he himself found it funny that they had decided to make him be Gossip Girl as there were too many loopholes in the show for this to make sense. There were times during the show where he would be alone and read a Gossip Girl", "id": "5982179" }, { "contents": "Serena van der Woodsen\n\n\nlife in order to take down Gossip Girl. Later, Nate and Serena discover a list of sources for Gossip Girl, which would be the silver bullet in Diana's campaign against Gossip Girl. They struggle over whether or not to use it and ultimately decide it would be too damaging to release. The list is leaked anyway and the two accuse each other before Blair discovers that it was Louis who leaked Gossip Girl's list of sources. Charlie encourages Serena to start dating in order to motivate her for her blog and she", "id": "20402259" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\nBarring an unexpected brand reboot or another stab at a spinoff, we're afraid the end is near. XOXO.\" AOL TV ranked \"Gossip Girl\" the 20th Best School Show of All Time and the 4th TV's Biggest Guilty Pleasure. The show was declared the tenth highest rated show for the first ten years of IMDb.com Pro (2002-2012). There was much controversy around Dan being revealed as Gossip Girl in the season finale. Dan had always struggled to be an insider among the Upper East Side and", "id": "5982178" }, { "contents": "The Goodbye Gossip Girl\n\n\nmuch that she unleashes her entire stockpile of tips, which concern events that have happened throughout the series but have thus far remained secret. Tempers flare as the secrets are revealed and everyone confronts each other. Chuck and Blair turn their anger onto Serena, who had set the trap that had provoked Gossip Girl's wrath. Upset, Serena texts Gossip Girl to meet her alone face-to-face at a bar, threatening to reveal her true identity to everyone. Gossip Girl calls her bluff and arranges for the whole class", "id": "21312607" }, { "contents": "Eric Daman\n\n\nEric Daman is a costume designer, fashion model, television personality, and author from New York City. Known for costume design and fashion styling on the American television series \"Sex and the City\" and \"Gossip Girl\" as well as designs for various products. Eric Daman was born on August 21, 1970 in Monroe, Michigan, to Douglas and Maryann Daman. When he was 18, Daman began his undergraduate education at Wabash College, a small, private, liberal arts college for men, located in Crawfordsville,", "id": "10843348" }, { "contents": "The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl\n\n\nDiary of a Call Girl\" have different personalities from their literary counterparts. N is described as \"the hub of all gossip\", whereas Ben in \"Secret Diary of a Call Girl\" does not seem to share this trait. The manager is described as rather nice, and Belle appears to have a pleasant enough relationship with her, however Stephanie, Belle's madam in \"Secret Diary\", is a cynical woman who often argues with Belle. The Boy appears to have no television equivalent. The closest character to", "id": "16171462" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl: Thailand\n\n\nGossip Girl: Thailand () is a Thai teen drama television series produced by Kantana Group and InTouch, based on the American television series \"Gossip Girl\". The first and only season aired on Channel 3 from July 16 to November 19, 2015, for 18 episodes. Filming started on March 17, 2015, at Swissôtel Nai Lert Park Hotel and ended in early October. An uncut version was uploaded on Kantana Group's YouTube channel on December 30, 2015. Serena Wijitranukul returns to Bangkok following her mysterious disappearance:", "id": "19433488" }, { "contents": "The Little Mermaid (musical)\n\n\ngone and vows to change if she were to return, Sebastian is concerned that Ariel's time as a human is almost up, and Eric still dreams of finding the girl who saved him even though he does not want to lose Ariel (\"If Only (Quartet)\"). Sebastian returns to the sea and tells an angry King Triton about Ariel's deal with Ursula. On Ariel's last day as a human, Grimsby has arranged a contest for all foreign princesses to sing for Eric, so he may choose", "id": "20714597" }, { "contents": "The Wrong Goodbye (Gossip Girl)\n\n\nthe secret behind Charlie's behavior. Georgina Sparks (Michelle Trachtenberg) unexpectedly turns up at the event looking for trouble. Jessica Szohr makes her final appearance as Vanessa Abrams; her exit was noted as her highlight of season 4, with many critics praising Szhor's acting in her phone conversation with Dan. This episode also marks Connor Paolo's final appearance as Eric van der Woodsen until the series finale. After discovering that Charlie has not been taking her medication, Serena and Vanessa reluctantly team up to find her. Chuck,", "id": "12640311" }, { "contents": "Jenny Humphrey\n\n\nhappy\". Rufus says the only thing that needs to return to normal is Jenny. Eric is hurt by Jenny's attempt to leave the family, and says that if she wants out, no one is forcing her to stay. Jenny hits rock bottom after sending Gossip Girl a picture of Dan and Serena in bed together, jeopardizing Dan and Nate's friendship, Dan and Vanessa's relationship, and breaking up Nate and Serena's relationship. Blair confronts Jenny, telling her, “Nate loves Serena, Dan loves Vanessa", "id": "1043989" }, { "contents": "List of Gossip Girl characters\n\n\nThey did not find them but they have found the ambassador. They told him his son is a drug dealer and he was cut off from his father inheritance. He starts to blackmail Eric with the information he knows about the affidavit Lily forged against Ben. Eric was to deal drugs for Damien, so that the latter could keep a low profile with his father. Damien has acquired a check of $100,000 by Eric. As he exits the Van der Woodsens' building he was stopped and death threatened by Ben to stay", "id": "9830917" }, { "contents": "The End of the Affair?\n\n\nmarry Louis if it makes her this unhappy. A woman sees Dan and Blair together and immediately calls Chuck who comes to spy on Blair. Serena and Nate are busy planning a party when Nate discovers that people have been sending tips to Serena instead of Gossip Girl. He tells her to publish some of them if she doesn't want people going back to Gossip Girl or someone worse. Dan tells Blair he's tired of lying to people about them hanging out but Blair convinces him not to think about it. Chuck sees", "id": "12591419" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\nthe new episode back a week and re-airing the previous episode, \"Dirty Rotten Scandal\". On December 17, 2012, the series broadcast its finale on U.S. television on the CW network. Actress Kristen Bell, the narrator of the series during all seasons makes a cameo as herself (but is not revealed as Gossip Girl). Several former \"Gossip Girl\" cast members appear in the finale, including Jessica Szohr, who played Vanessa Abrams, and Katie Cassidy, who played Juliet Sharp. Former series regulars", "id": "5982145" }, { "contents": "Margaret Colin\n\n\nWork\", and several early episodes of \"Chicago Hope\". She played Lisa Wiseman on the 1999 series \"Now and Again\", with Eric Close and Dennis Haysbert. In 2003, she appeared in an episode of \"\" titled \"Tortured\", playing a mother/bakery owner who was later arrested for abetting a murder. From 2007 to 2012, Colin played the recurring role of Eleanor Waldorf, mother of Blair Waldorf, on the teen drama television series \"Gossip Girl\". In the pilot episode,", "id": "16259577" }, { "contents": "Lalaine\n\n\nin the Disney Channel Original Movie \"You Wish!\" as Abby Ramirez in 2003. Lalaine portrayed Chloe, a young Slayer-In-Training who commits suicide, on the television series \"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\". In 2009, she appeared in the film \"Royal Kill\" along with Eric Roberts and Pat Morita. In 2010, Lalaine also appeared in \"Easy A\" starred by Emma Stone in a small role as a gossiping girl. In July 2011, Lalaine was featured in a Shane Dawson video titled", "id": "21036241" }, { "contents": "Juliet Sharp\n\n\n, he recruits Vanessa and discovers that Juliet is poor and has set up a facade of being a wealthy Upper East Sider, living in a rather small apartment outside of the Upper East Side. On October 12, 2012, it was reported that Cassidy would reprise her role as Juliet in the \"Gossip Girl\" series finale. Her brief cameo featured her, once suspected of being Gossip Girl herself, reacting with astonishment to the revelation of Gossip Girl's true identity. During the fourth season premiere, \"The A.V. Club", "id": "16912706" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl (novel series)\n\n\n, Cecily von Ziegesar, experiences at Nightingale-Bamford School and on what she heard from friends. The first novel, \"Gossip Girl\", was released in April 2002; the eleventh novel of the series was released in May 2007, with a prequel novel following in October 2007. Another follow-up novel, in which the characters return home from college for the holidays, was released in hardback format in November 2009. The original novel became the inspiration for the \"Gossip Girl\" teen drama television series, created", "id": "4323993" }, { "contents": "Gone Maybe Gone\n\n\nNew York City after being rejected by Blair and Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) and does drugs with a stranger in a train. Dan decides to expose the real world of the Upper East Side in his new book and teams up with Georgina Sparks (Michelle Trachtenberg) while Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) tries to unmask Gossip Girl. Lily Bass (Kelly Rutherford) annuls her marriage to Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle) in order to get back with Bart Bass (Robert John Burke) who recently resurfaced. Ivy Dickens (", "id": "4751452" }, { "contents": "Serena van der Woodsen\n\n\nadds to her fame as she becomes a local celebrity. On the day of graduation, Gossip Girl sends a blast that further ruins Serena and her friends' reputations. Declaring war on Gossip Girl, Serena finds herself the center of blame when a ticked-off Gossip Girl decides to drop every unreleased piece of gossip she had in store, creating further divide within the group. Sending a text to Gossip Girl, Serena calls a bluff that she knows Gossip Girl's identity, only for Gossip Girl to escape and warning everyone", "id": "20402242" }, { "contents": "Juliet Sharp\n\n\nJuliet Sharp is a recurring character who exclusively appeared in the \"Gossip Girl\" television adaptation. The character was created by \"Gossip Girl\" producer Stephanie Savage and is portrayed by actress Katie Cassidy. The series portrays her as a scheming and secretive but caring woman who develops into a formidable antagonist as her agenda against Serena van der Woodsen progressed. The actions of character has drawn comparisons to another villain of \"Gossip Girl\", Georgina Sparks, and received positive reviews for her inclusion in the series. Juliet only appears during", "id": "16912704" }, { "contents": "Eric van der Woodsen\n\n\nago. Due to his mother's engagement to billionaire Bart Bass, he develops a close friendship with Chuck Bass, whom he soon sees as a brother. He tries to warn Jenny about her new boyfriend Asher Hornsby (Jesse Swenson) but she mistakes this for Eric being in love with her. In the same episode, Dan and Georgina Sparks see Asher making out with someone outside of school. The news becomes public on Gossip Girl, and Jenny denies the rumor by saying she lost her virginity to Asher, which Eric", "id": "20730336" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl (season 3)\n\n\nmillion of viewers tuning in each week, with a 1.1 rating in Adult 18–49. Spotted: Our beloved Upper East Siders, all grown up. Though high school may be behind most of them, you can be sure a future of love, scandal and, of course, secrets awaits. Based on the best-selling series of young-adult novels by Cecily von Ziegesar, this drama is told through the eyes of an all-knowing blogger—Gossip Girl—who, via constant, avidly read text messages,", "id": "20896416" }, { "contents": "List of Gossip Girl characters\n\n\nwith Chuck, who takes her up on the offer at the end of \"The Kids Are Not Alright\". They have a short sexual relationship which ends when Chuck is told by Russell that Bart Bass was responsible for the death of Raina's mother, Avery. He explained that Bart was having an affair with Avery over twenty years ago, and that Bart purposefully trapped her in an apartment fire when she decided to go back to Russell. He tells Chuck that he has led Raina to believe that her mother abandoned them", "id": "9830933" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl (season 5)\n\n\nreprised his role as writer Jeremiah Harris. Aaron Tveit, who previously portrayed Nate's cousin Tripp van der Bilt in the third season, returned to the show for a multi-episode arc. Michelle Trachtenberg reprised her role as Georgina Sparks, who was last seen in the fourth season finale. She made her first appearance during the show's 100th episode. Also returning was William Baldwin as Serena and Eric's father, William van der Woodsen, for the season's 17th episode, which aired in February 2012. It was", "id": "12397527" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\nConnor Paolo (Eric van der Woodsen) and Taylor Momsen (Jenny Humphrey), each appear also with one line a piece. Season 6 begins with Chuck and Blair who part ways after making a pact that they will unite once they both achieve their individual goals. Chuck goes on his way to try to regain Bass Industries from his father who stole it from him while Blair tries to find herself and her individuality by taking over her mother's company at her mother's request. Serena pursues a relationship with someone older and", "id": "5982146" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\nbeen?\" and \"Serena.\" Then, the voice of Gossip Girl says, \"And who am I? That's one secret I'll never tell! You know you love me… XOXO, Gossip Girl.\" During each episode, there is always a social event taking place, whether small or large. Joshua Safran explained, \"We structure it [the show] so that every week, the episode leads to an event. I feel like it is much like a procedural.\" All of the", "id": "5982165" }, { "contents": "List of Little Britain characters\n\n\nis a teenage girl who is intended to be a parody of chavs living in the West Country at the time Matt Lucas was studying at the University of Bristol. When challenged about something, she comes up with gossip that has nothing whatsoever to do with whatever problem she is in at the time, although she claims to be \"getting there\". She also speaks very quickly which, together with the gossip she comes up with, usually confuses or agitates the person in question. She dresses in a dirty, pink-", "id": "3616160" }, { "contents": "Misbehaving Husbands\n\n\nBlythe. Trying to get away from work, he ends up being seen with a mannequin, which he is trying to get repaired. A friend of his wife who sees it, think it’s a blonde girl Henry is having an affair with. Others call the police, reporting a murdered woman. Henry gets picked up by the police and kept for interrogation until the wee hours of the morning; but his troubles are just starting. Effie has overheard the gossip spread amongst her party guests; and seeing Henry come home", "id": "2915390" }, { "contents": "List of Gossip Girl characters\n\n\nKemble in season three. She is hired by William van der Woodsen to seduce Rufus in order to break up him and Lily. Luke Kleintank portrays Elliot Leichter, Eric's bisexual love interest, in seasons three and four. Jessica, portrayed by Alice Callahan in seasons three, four and five, is one of Blair's new minions at Columbia. Clémence Poésy portrays Eva Coupeau in the first four episodes of season four. She saved Chuck from dying when he was shot in Prague. They start a relationship and she changes", "id": "9830941" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl (season 5)\n\n\n's \"Revenge\", did not return to the show as Eric van der Woodsen stating, \"I'm done. You should never go back in life. Only forward.\" In an interview with \"Elle\" magazine on August 16, 2011, Momsen stated that she had quit the series to focus fully on her music career. Hollywood stuntwoman Zoë Bell was slated to appear on the show and made her debut in the season premiere. \"New York\" magazine noted the appearance of American novelist Jay McInerney, who", "id": "12397526" }, { "contents": "Susie Castillo\n\n\nMi TRL on MTV Tr3s in September 2006. She is now pursuing acting full-time. She also played the role of Mercedes Hernandez in the TBS show Tyler Perry's House of Payne in a select number of episodes in season 5. She also signed on as the brand ambassador for Charlotte Russe (retailer) and \"Gossip Girl\" stylist, Eric Daman, who is going to help her design her own line influenced by her Latino heritage. In 2007, Castillo became a spokeswoman for Neutrogena. Castillo's work for", "id": "21224947" }, { "contents": "Chuck Bass\n\n\nWaldorf, who is his main romantic interest throughout the series. In the TV series, he is also step-brother to Serena and Eric van der Woodsen. Chuck Bass is introduced by author Cecily von Ziegesar in her \"Gossip Girl\" series of teen novels, the first of which was published in 2002. In the novels, Chuck is a relatively minor character, and has a series of flings with male and female characters across the course of the series. He got his name, Chuck Bass, from his signature", "id": "8604588" }, { "contents": "Meg Griffin\n\n\nshe has been recruited \"unknowingly\" into a suicidal religious cult, and later recruited again unwittingly into her school's Lesbian Alliance (\"Brian Sings and Swings\"). However, Meg does have a moderate number of friends, the best of whom being a group of girls who are often seen with her during occasions such as her slumber parties and gossiping about boys. In later episodes, these girls, known by the names Beth, Patty, Collette, Esther, and Ruth, are characterized as being highly unpopular and", "id": "17229576" }, { "contents": "The It Girl (novel)\n\n\nHe joins Jenny and the two admit their feelings for each other. After the match, Brett meets up with Dalton who rebuffs her advances, much to her dismay. The next day, the girls are forced to play a scrimmage, despite being hungover and tired from the party. Tensions between Callie and Brett rise and the two almost get into a full on fight over who sold Tinsley out. Quickly, the two realize Tinsley took all the blame and make up. Practice quickly ends and Brett receives a message from Eric", "id": "15700291" }, { "contents": "Summer, Kind of Wonderful\n\n\nthere’s definitely something enjoyable in seeing her boss get dissed by a famous model.\" \"BuzzSugar\" commended how the storylines were \"tidied up\" so fast. In contrast to positive criticism, Amber Charleville of \"Firefox News\" considered that \"despite the fresh locale and the ever snappy voiceover of Gossip Girl\", she found that \"most of the characters were up to their same, stale tricks\" but praised Blake Lively's performances, saying that she knows that Serena isn't perfect, \"but she does", "id": "11638996" }, { "contents": "Gossip Center\n\n\nevents, and forums. Gossip Center was created in March 2003 by a network of girls located in Los Angeles, New York City, and the Midwest who were passionate about celebrity gossip. It originally operated under the URL of celebrity-gossip.net, but this was changed when Brand Technologies acquired Gossip Girls in 2006. Over the years, it has participated in the Glam Media Network and now syndicates video to its entertainment section along with other providers such as E! Online and TV Guide. NBC24, the NBC affiliate in Northwest Ohio,", "id": "16665888" }, { "contents": "Gold Diggers of Broadway\n\n\nstar who is reduced to selling cosmetic soap. They gossip about how they all want a man with plenty of money, so they do not end up the same way. Businessman Stephen Lee (Conway Tearle) angrily forbids his nephew Wally (William Bakewell) to marry Violet, one of the showgirls. A corpulent lawyer friend, Blake (Albert Gran), advises him to befriend the showgirl first before making a decision. The showgirls are friends who stick together, and the most raucous girl called Mabel (Winnie Lightner)", "id": "10990299" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\nwho happens to have a 17-year-old daughter, Sage who will do anything to try to split them up. Nate focuses on trying to get the Spectator to become successful and dates Sage. Meanwhile, Dan focuses on completing his second book with Georgina's help. In the end after a surprising turn of events Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) and Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) get married. In the final moments the series speeds forward five years later where Chuck and Blair are revealed to have had a child and Nate", "id": "5982147" }, { "contents": "Hi, Society\n\n\nthe hotel lobby, Lily looking on at Dan and Serena, CeCe taking pills (confirming that her illness is genuine), and Chuck leaving Manhattan. This episode marks the first appearance of Caroline Lagerfelt as CeCe Rhodes. Sebastian Stan reprises his role as Carter Baizen after his first appearance in the fourth episode of the first season, \"Bad News Blair\". When asked to design and produce a dress for the Cotillion episode of \"Gossip Girl\", costume designer Eric Daman told \"New York Magazine\", Eric Daman", "id": "11638794" }, { "contents": "The Goodbye Gossip Girl\n\n\n\"The Goodbye Gossip Girl\" is the 43rd episode of the CW television series, \"Gossip Girl\". It was also the twenty-fifth and final episode of the show's second season. The episode was written by Joshua Safran and directed by Norman Buckley. It originally aired on Monday, May 18, 2009 on the CW. \"The Goodbye Gossip Girl\" opens with graduation at Constance Billard and St. Jude's. Everything seems to be going smoothly until Gossip Girl sends a devastating e-mail blast that humiliates", "id": "21312602" }, { "contents": "Serena van der Woodsen\n\n\nand Blair. After her grandmother's death and shocking news of her will, Serena starts a vendetta against Ivy (who received the major part of CeCe's estate), trying to win back her family fortunes. In a surprising turn of events, she gets a package from former Gossip Girl, Georgina Sparks, containing a computer and the means necessary to become the next Gossip Girl. Serena accepts. After losing the reins to Gossip Girl and her unintentional role in exposing Blair's diary to the Upper East side, Serena", "id": "20402269" }, { "contents": "The Goodbye Gossip Girl\n\n\ninsider; Chuck: coward; Blair: weakling; and Serena: \"After today, you are officially irrelevant.\" Although Dan is unperturbed, the others are furious and seek revenge by trying to uncover Gossip Girl's identity. After they deduce that she is most likely one of the graduates, and Serena sends a text to Gossip Girl's tip line. Jonathon's cellphone rings, but he proves that he is not Gossip Girl and has merely hacked into her storage of tips. The attempted outing angers Gossip Girl so", "id": "21312606" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl\n\n\ninfluence and impact on the economy of the city. \"\"Gossip Girl\" has made New York a central character. While \"Gossip Girl\" is drawing fans in with its plot twists, the show also attracts many of them to visit New York, contributing to our incredible 50.5 million visitors last year. In fact, the economic impact of \"Gossip Girl\" and other television shows and films that are made in New York really can be felt directly in all five boroughs. The 100th episode of \"Gossip Girl\"", "id": "5982183" }, { "contents": "Westrobothnian\n\n\nof water,” while the form is used to form nouns denoting residents of placenames ending in , such as “inhabitants of (a village.) Some traditional use of genitive does occur; e.g. “the neighbour’s estate.” Vocative is by nature typically restricted to nouns referring to living beings; e.g. “girl!”, “girls!”, “boy!”, “boys!”, “sheep!”, “Eric!”, “John!”, “mom!”, “", "id": "7431230" }, { "contents": "Gossip Girl (season 4)\n\n\nthey end their fighting after Jenny posts on \"Gossip Girl\" the reason why she left town. In the next episode, at Blair's 20th birthday party they kiss and have sex. Both Nate and Dan still have feelings for Serena, but don't know what to make of her mixed signals. Most of Juliet's plan is revealed by the end of the first half of the season, with some elements set to carry over. Juliet also recruits two main characters to help take Serena down. Blair and Dan team", "id": "10174396" }, { "contents": "Eric van der Woodsen\n\n\nEric van der Woodsen (spelled Erik in the novels) is a fictional character from the book series \"Gossip Girl\" and the television series of the same name, in which he is portrayed by Connor Paolo. Erik is described as similar to every van der Woodsen: tall, thin, and blonde. The younger brother of Serena van der Woodsen, Erik van der Woodsen is not featured in the books very often. A junior at Brown University, Serena has said he has \"at least six or seven different girlfriends", "id": "20730330" }, { "contents": "The Goodbye Gossip Girl\n\n\ngiven to the girl who brings the juiciest piece of gossip to the current reigning clique, whose current ruler is Blair. Although at first uninterested, Jenny decides to enter in hopes of dismantling the high school's hierarchy after winning. Blair initially makes things especially difficult for Jenny, even after Jenny hesitates to reveal a certain winner about Blair. Following the revelatory Gossip Girl blast, which ruins Jenny's secret, a softened Blair approaches Jenny in the bathroom and offers her a new winning secret about the clique. Jenny refuses,", "id": "21312609" }, { "contents": "Black Light Attack!\n\n\nreveal her \"friend Tom... Tom Selleck\" her mustache, to which Jenna agrees. Later, Liz walks by the staff with the mustache in her face. Jenna thanks Liz for this, and as a result, Jenna accepts the role of the mother on \"Gossip Girl\". Knowing that Liz will not break off with Danny, Jack tells Danny he knows about the two. He lies to Danny by telling him he cares for Liz, hoping that Danny will end it with Liz, which he does. After", "id": "1828508" }, { "contents": "Olive Sloane\n\n\ncritically acclaimed Boulting Brothers-directed \"Seven Days to Noon\", as Goldie Phillips, the woman who helps the desperate Professor Willingdon (Barry Jones). The character of Goldie was written as an ageing ex-chorus girl - brassy, excessively made-up and cheaply and gaudily dressed, whiling away her days gossiping and tippling in local public houses. Although not explicitly stated, the script strongly implied that Goldie relied on casual prostitution to make ends meet. With the open and unquestioning way in which she offered assistance and", "id": "5972047" }, { "contents": "List of Gossip Girl characters\n\n\nto a man who tells that the real owners of the apartment will be back in the next day. Her glamorous, impenetrable façade and dismissive approach to love actually hides a sensitive, caring nature and as the season progresses, she declares to having genuine feelings for Nate. But after her brother attacks Nate's father in jail for Juliet's attempt at forgoing their plans, she calls Nate, and ends their relationship for the sake of Howard's safety. After she hangs up, Serena's professor Colin then enters the room", "id": "9830923" }, { "contents": "Pilot (Gossip Girl)\n\n\n\" costume designer Eric Daman, who cited Serena's French striped t-shirt, leather jacket, and attire in the Pilot opening as one of Serena's most iconic outfits and one of his eleven favorite looks from the series. \"Entertainment Weekly's\" Meeta Agrawal places Blake Lively's Serena van der Woodsen amongst the wearers of the 20 Knockout Dresses of the 2000s. Her Tory Burch designed dress that she wore while she waited for Dan at The New York Palace Hotel marble staircase earned her the 2nd spot on the list", "id": "8558861" }, { "contents": "The Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate\n\n\nGossip Girl blast while with Eric, Serena runs into a frazzled Dan who blurts out that he loves her. Serena tells him that she's not pregnant, and goes to find Blair. It's revealed that Serena bought the test for her because Blair mentioned that her period was late. Blair refuses to take the test since everything is going so well in her life. Including her reinforced relationship with Nate. Dan tells Rufus about what happened between him and Serena, and he says that it's a good thing it was", "id": "8739656" }, { "contents": "Girl Talk (magazine)\n\n\ndone in bright yellow. The subheading categories include: “Home, Win, Fun, Gossip, Cringe, Games, Videos and Girl Talk Art.” \"Girl Talk Art\" links to another publication under the \"Girl Talk\" category, which is marketed towards girls who are more interested in creative endeavors with an emphasis on art, rather than celebrity gossip and popular culture. There is an option for users to subscribe to an email list, which will then have them receive an email newsletter biweekly with information that will", "id": "13296042" }, { "contents": "Elephant (2003 film)\n\n\nup and can offer no consolation to his devastated son as they see the school burning and hear gunshots and screams. The two boys separate, continuing their killing spree. Alex enters the bathroom where three popular girls named Brittany, Jordan and Nicole are, presumably shooting all three. The school principal, Mr. Luce, cornered by Eric in a hallway, begs Eric to lower his weapon and talk to him, but Eric yells, \"I ain't putting \"shit\" down!\" and fires at him. He does", "id": "8676334" }, { "contents": "Dan Humphrey\n\n\n's distaste for their relationship. When Gossip Girl intentionally exposes Blair's secrets on Gossip Girl, Dan comes to terms with Blair's feelings for Chuck, as well as Serena's attempts to sabotage their relationship. In the finale, Dan, having been left by Blair for Chuck, teams up with Georgina in order to write his follow up to \"Inside\". This time, however, he pledges to write the novel \"he should have written from the beginning.\" Georgina, with her own score to settle with", "id": "11732201" }, { "contents": "Jenny Humphrey\n\n\nJennifer Tallulah Humphrey is one of the characters in both the \"Gossip Girl\" and \"The It Girl\" series of novels by Cecily von Ziegesar. She is portrayed by Taylor Momsen in the \"Gossip Girl\" television adaptation on The CW. Jennifer Humphrey is the daughter of Rufus Humphrey, an editor of Beat poets who has never been published himself, and Jeanette Humphrey, who ran off with a European aristocrat. She has an older brother, Dan Humphrey, an aspiring writer. Jenny is a student at the Constance", "id": "1043968" } ]

[ { "contents": "X-23\n\n\nZar and his allies, the Savage Land Mutates, to prevent the Hauk'ka from destroying human civilization by exerting control over the weather-manipulating X-Man, Storm. X-23 is empowered by the cosmic Uni-Power to become Captain Universe. She quickly learns that A.I.M. is seeking the Uni-Power in hopes of using it against their enemies. She agrees to help the Uni-Power, and travels with a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent called the Scorpion to a secret A.I.M. hideout. There, they discover information on the Uni-Power", "id": "15853021" }, { "contents": "Lara McSpadden\n\n\nLara McSpadden (born 2 April 1999) is an Australian basketball player, who currently plays for the Sydney Uni Flames in the WNBL. McSpadden will begin her professional career, in her home state of New South Wales, with the Sydney Uni Flames for the 2016–17 season. There she will play under Cheryl Chambers and alongside the likes of Belinda Snell. McSpadden made her international debut at the 2015 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship for Women in New Zealand with the U17 Sapphires, where she helped them qualify for the world championship the following", "id": "12562602" }, { "contents": "Sarah Graham (basketball)\n\n\nSarah Graham (born 22 August 1989) is an Australian basketball player who currently plays for the Sydney Uni Flames in the Women's National Basketball League. Graham began her professional career in 2007, for the Dandenong Rangers. After a move to the Logan Thunder, she would later to go on to receive the WNBL Rookie of the Year Award. Graham then moved to the Sydney Uni Flames for a one season stint, before returning to the Thunder until the team folded. She then travelled west and signed with the West Coast", "id": "11450941" }, { "contents": "Titania (Marvel Comics)\n\n\n's device from her, she cowers from Spider-Man, but when he makes her realize that she had been fighting him the whole time, she finally overcomes her fear and resumes attacking. However, at this time, Spider-Man is temporarily bonded with the Uni-Power, making him Captain Universe. This grants him the power to render Titania unconscious in one massive energy discharge. She is freed on the way to the Vault by Graviton, who also collects the Trapster and the Brothers Grimm. All had been", "id": "19676743" }, { "contents": "Belinda Snell\n\n\nshe was coached by Karen Dalton. In 2005/2006, Snell played for the WNBL's Sydney Uni Flames. She played for the Sydney Uni Flames in 2011/2012. In an October 2011 game against the Logan Thunder, she scored 23 points, sinking 5 of her 6 attempted three-pointers. She was named to the WNBL's All-Star Five. She missed at least one game in the WNBL pre-season. The team started off the season 7–0. Snell has played professional basketball in Italy, Russia, Spain and", "id": "12615784" }, { "contents": "Nicole How\n\n\nNicole How (born 11 October 1991) is a Malaysian-born British professional basketball player who played for the Sydney Uni Flames in the Women's National Basketball League. How, growing up playing in New South Wales and in the Waratah League, made her WNBL debut with the Sydney Uni Flames in 2014 alongside the likes of Leilani Mitchell and Katie-Rae Ebzery. She was then re-signed for the 2015–16 season. How pledged her allegiance to Great Britain and made her international debut in 2014 in the EuroBasket qualifying tournament", "id": "5037391" }, { "contents": "Axe Cop\n\n\nbad guys from other planets. Axe Cop has gathered a loyal team. His first ally is Flute Cop, who goes on to become Dinosaur Soldier (upon exposure to dinosaur blood) and changes into other forms in other episodes. Axe Cop gained other allies which included but are not limited to Ralph Wrinkles, Sockarang, Leaf Man, Baby Man, The Wrestler, Uni-Man, Uni-Baby, Wexter, Presty, Best Fairy Ever, Bat Warthog Man, Army Chihuahua, Gray Diamond, Liborg, and Water", "id": "5908765" }, { "contents": "Superhjältejul\n\n\nthe superheroes come. When Uni Sax continues with her TV-program, she says \"stupid\" and Supersnällasilversara, who hears it when she watches the program with the children and Stålhenrik, becomes angry and transformed to Supersurasunksara and forces Stålhenrik to come with her to Barnverket, where they find Uni and her little box with finger dolls, which are the same as Uno, is a proof. Supersurasunksara takes away Uno from Uni's finger and puts him in the box so it is impossible to find him, but when Uni", "id": "1352964" }, { "contents": "Natalie Porter\n\n\nyear, she was named the Robyn Maher Defensive Player of the Year, and a member of the WNBL All-Star Five. She was with the team again in 2004, remaining as captain. Porter played for the Sydney Uni Flames in 2006, where she earned the Sydney Uni Players' Player award. In a February 2007 game against the Canberra Capitals, she scored 19 points. In the season's Grand Final that her team lost, she scored 15 points against the Canberra Capitals. In 2007/2008, Porter played for", "id": "17722632" }, { "contents": "Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut!\n\n\ndestroy the Juggernaut. During the fight, Spider-Man realizes that the Uni-Power's true task for Nguyen is to repair the damage to the tectonic plates under New York that was caused when Juggernaut was digging his way out of concrete, but when he determines to continue attacking the Juggernaut, the Uni-Power transfers from Nguyen to Marko, who repairs the damage but chooses to spare Nguyen on Spider-Man's request. Nguyen goes on to write a book about his experience surviving the Juggernaut. The story is", "id": "19653493" }, { "contents": "Natalie Porter\n\n\nNatalie Porter (born 16 December 1980) is an Australian basketball player who played for the Australian national team and became an Olympic medalist. In her home country, she has played for four different top-level teams including the Dandenong Rangers, Townsville Fire, Sydney Uni Flames and Canberra Capitals. In 2000, she was drafted by the Women's National Basketball Association. She has also played basketball in Italy. She has been a member of the Australia women's national basketball team (the Opals), and won a silver", "id": "17722630" }, { "contents": "Uni (mythology)\n\n\nUni was the supreme goddess of the Etruscan pantheon and the patron goddess of Perugia. Uni was identified by the Etruscans as their equivalent of Juno in Roman mythology and Hera in Greek mythology. She formed a triad with her husband Tinia and daughter Menrva. Uni appears in the Etruscan text on the Pyrgi Tablets as the translation of the Phoenician goddess Astarte. Livy states (Book V, \"Ab Urbe Condita\") that Juno was an Etruscan goddess of the Veientes, who was adopted ceremonially into the Roman pantheon when Veii was", "id": "19146778" }, { "contents": "Uni (mythology)\n\n\nsacked in 396 BC. This seems to refer to Uni. She also appears on the Liver of Piacenza. In the Etruscan tradition, it is Uni who grants access to immortality to the demigod Hercle (Greek: Heracles, Latin: Hercules) by offering her breast milk to him. Uni was likely worshipped as a fertility deity and mother figure by the people of northern Etruria, Italy. In 2016 an ancient Etruscan stone slab dated to the 6th century BC, was found at the Etruscan archaeological site Poggio Colla, located", "id": "19146779" }, { "contents": "Rohanee Cox\n\n\nRohanee Cox (born 23 April 1980) is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Sydney Uni Flames of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She has previously played for the Australian Institute of Sport, Perth Lynx, Townsville Fire and West Coast Waves. She was one of the first Australian aboriginals to represent Australia in basketball at the Olympics and won a silver medal with the Opals at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has also previously played in the State Basketball League for the Willetton Tigers, and", "id": "13314256" }, { "contents": "Kristen Veal\n\n\n, shaved Veal's head as part of a fund raiser for the Leukemia Foundation. Veal played for the Logan Thunder in 2008, their first year of existence. The year before joining the newly created Thunder, she played for the Sydney Uni Flames who lost the league championship in the Grand Finals match against Adelaide. During the 2010/2011 season for the Thunder, she was team's captain and played in all 22 games during the regular season. She averaged 10.5 points a game, 6.9 rebounds, 5.8 assists, and 2.5 steals", "id": "18751299" }, { "contents": "Hannah Martin (field hockey)\n\n\nHannah Martin (born 30 December 1994) is an English international field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for England and Great Britain. She plays club hockey in the Investec Women's Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton. Martin has also played for Uni of Birmingham and Ipswich. She was educated at Ipswich School. Her brother is England & GB Men's Hockey Player Harry Martin. Martin made her senior International debut against South Africa in February 2017. She has also played for England U-16 (2009-10)", "id": "14503309" }, { "contents": "Lily Owsley\n\n\nLily Isabelle Owsley, (born 10 December 1994) is an English international field hockey player who plays as a forward for England and Great Britain. Owsley plays club hockey in the Investec Women's Hockey League Premier Division for Uni of Birmingham. She won gold competing for Great Britain at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She competed for England in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal. She was selected for the 2018 Commonwealth Team but had to withdraw due to injury. Owsley won Euro", "id": "21438838" }, { "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team\n\n\nknocking out UNI's quarterback Pat Grace three times. Justin Sorensen put all seven kickoffs into the end zone. With the exception of three big plays, UNI's offense struggled against BYU's defense, but UNI capitalized on the turnovers in the third quarter to earn both of its touchdowns. UNI quarterback, Pat Grace, broke through for a 69-yard gain that resulted in a field goal. The play after recovering a BYU fumble, UNI ran a reverse with wide receiver, Victor Williams, making a 76-yard touchdown pass. UNI", "id": "2251437" }, { "contents": "Casey Samuels\n\n\nCasey Samuels is an Australian basketball player who currently plays for Sydney Uni Flames in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). Samuels was born in Westmead, New South Wales on 2 August 1994. Samuels is a guard. She played WNBL's Australian Institute of Sport team during the 2011/2012 season. In a 14 December 2011 game against the Canberra Capitals, she was the team's leading scorer with 19 points. In an 8 February 2012 game against the Canberra Capitals, she scored 10 points in the second half.", "id": "1343253" }, { "contents": "Legendsong Saga\n\n\nsly and hateful to her enemies, but to those she wishes to keep on side, she is all charm, much like the Draaka during her speeches. Kalide The sadistic younger son of Coralyn, who she wishes to place on the throne as Holder, since she can control him easily. Asa Court emissary Unys Coralyn's stepdaughter, whom she hopes to marry Kerd in order to ensure ties with Vespi. Despite Unys' obvious dislike for Kerd, she does not ever seem to dispute the arrangement. Feyt The blonde myrmidon", "id": "19729722" }, { "contents": "Megadimension Neptunia VII\n\n\nand breaks Noire out of jail. The two return to K-Sha, who becomes increasingly jealous of Noire's close relationship with her sister. Steamax, under the name 'Jiro', meets Uni for the first time and takes a liking to her. After a mysterious voice persuades K-Sha to remove Uni from their relationship, K-Sha challenges Uni to a fight to the death at the golden tower, with Noire being the prize. At the tower, K-Sha reveals the truth that she is", "id": "11750366" }, { "contents": "Barry White\n\n\nmillion selling single as a writer and producer. This single also reached #12 in the UK chart. White's voice can clearly be heard in this piece as he plays the lover who answers the phone call of the female lead. Soon after, Regan left Uni for 20th Century Records. Without Regan, White's relationship with Uni soured. With his relationship with Uni over and Love Unlimited contract-bound with the label, White was able to switch both his production deal and the group to 20th Century Records. They", "id": "11648632" }, { "contents": "Natalie Hurst\n\n\nGrand Final in 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2008/2009 and 2009/2010. They were runners up in 2000/2001. In the 2008/2009 game, she was named the Grand Final MVP. In the preliminary final against the Sydney Uni Flames for the 2009/2010 campaign, she scored 18 points with 15 of them coming from five three-pointers. During the 2006/2007 regular season, Hurst averaged 8.9 points per game. She played in a game against the Sydney Uni Flames in October 2007 that her team lost 112-102. In a", "id": "18751233" }, { "contents": "Uni-Ufugusuku\n\n\nUni-Ufugusuku (鬼大城), or Ufugusuku Kenyu (大城賢雄) (fl. 15th century), was a martial arts master and Ryukyuan general who served the Ryukyu Kingdom. \"Uni\" is an Okinawan cognate of the Japanese \"oni,\" which means ogre. He received this nickname because he was about tall. He was the personal attendant of King Shō Taikyū's daughter, and lived in Katsuren Castle when she married the Aji Amawari. During the Aji's infamous grab for power in 1458, Ufugusuku took the", "id": "2502941" }, { "contents": "Sydney Uni Baseball Club\n\n\nat the majority of other clubs in Sydney Baseball. Students of The University of Sydney open themselves to the opportunity to apply for scholarships, while representing the Club. Students who are accepted into The University of Sydney and play baseball for Sydney Uni Baseball Club are assisted in their application for Elite Athlete Scholarships. Sydney Uni Sport and Fitness Scholarship holders are eligible to receive Financial Assistance which may range from $1,000 to $10,000 per annum, Representative Travel Grants of up to $2000, Personal Development, Tutoring, Academic Representation and", "id": "3938104" }, { "contents": "2014 Rugby Championship\n\n\n\"(CUBA)\" and Javier Rojas \"(Uni. Tucumán)\" and Winger Ramiro Moyano \"(Lince R.C.)\" On 15 July, Marcos Ayerza was added to the squad to provide further options in the front row. On 10 September, Benjamín Macome was promoted to the main squad as cover for Tomás Lavanini, who was unable to play in the fourth round. Australia 32-man squad for the Championship was announced on 23 July. Although Henry Speight has been named in the squad, he is not eligible to", "id": "15012997" }, { "contents": "Ida Hoff\n\n\nto win the confidence of the great internist, Hermann Sahli, who in 1911 appointed her his senior assistant and then as a senior doctor. As matters turned out, her career with the Uni-Clinic was a brief one. Her appointment at the Sahli's medical Uni-Clinic nevertheless represented a double breakthrough. She was both female and Jewish. Hoff did not engage in Jewish religious practices, but she made no attempt to hide her Jewish provenance and stood out uncompromisingly in opposition to any antisemitic manifestations that she encountered.", "id": "6046423" }, { "contents": "Pyramid of Unas\n\n\ngiven you birth.Horus has become content about his father, Atum has become content about his years, the eastern and western gods have become content about the great thing that has happened in his embrace—the god's birth. It is Unis: Unis, see! It is Unis: Unis, look! It is Unis: hear! It is Unis: Unis, exist! It is Unis: Unis, raise yourself from your side!Do my command, you who hate sleep but were made slack. Stand up,", "id": "6520049" }, { "contents": "Sydney Uni Baseball Club\n\n\nright is also the 84-year-old trophy that Uni Games Baseball teams compete for each year. The trophy was originally awarded to the combined University team that played against the touring American Army Team in 1925, after sweeping the tourists in a best of three series. It has since been awarded annually to the Inter Varsity/Uni Games champion since early 40's. The Club MVP award speaks for itself, recognising the most valuable player in the club, who is usually always the 1st grade MVP also. The award is named", "id": "3938099" }, { "contents": "Yang Sung-hsien\n\n\nYang Sung-hsien (, born October 6, 1977) is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions of Chinese Professional Baseball League. He currently plays as left fielder for the Lions. Yang was banned from playing in CPBL for protesting the Chinatrust Whales' management in 2003. The ban was lifted in 2005 with the helps of Uni-President Lions, La New Bears, and Chinatrust Whales under a new general manager; the three organization contested the 2003 decision of the league, and successfully", "id": "5657167" }, { "contents": "Juggernaut (comics)\n\n\nthe Juggernaut to a secure facility. Spider-Man sneaks into the facility to ask the Juggernaut who did this to him. Then, a new Captain Universe breaks into the room and claims he's there to slay the Juggernaut. Spider-Man learns that Captain Universe is a man named William Nguyen who wants revenge on Juggernaut for ruining his life during his previous fight with Spider-Man over Madame Web. When he insists on trying to kill Juggernaut instead of fixing the tectonic plates beneath New York City, the Uni-", "id": "17826042" }, { "contents": "Alex Wilson (basketball)\n\n\nAlex Wilson (born 21 March 1994) is an Australian professional basketball player who plays for the Sydney Uni Flames in the Women's National Basketball League. She was a well known player and outstanding junior representative from South Australia. She also played for the Townsville Fire after representing the Adelaide Lightning in 2010/11 and training with the Australian Institute of Sport after gaining national attention as a 16-year-old. Wilson, a guard, was a key player in the Australian Gems team that claimed bronze at the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championships,", "id": "20967574" }, { "contents": "The Druids of Stonehenge (band)\n\n\ntheir name to the Druids of Stonehenge as their sound began to reflect the influence of psychedelia. In 1968 the newly renamed relocated to the West Coast and signed with Uni Records, a Universal/MCA subsidiary. The band's lineup now included Elliot Randall, who replaced Tracy on guitar. He had previously played with Randall's Island and would go on to play with Seatrain. For Uni they cut the single, \"A Garden Where Nothing Grows\" b/w \"Painted Woman,\" which reflected the influence of psychedelia", "id": "7758232" }, { "contents": "Molly Lewis (basketball)\n\n\nWales. In 2005, Lewis was playing for the Australian Institute of Sport's WNBL team. She played in a preseason game for the team against the Canberra Capitals. She also played for the team during the 2006/2007 season. Lewis played for the Sydney Uni Flames for three seasons. She first joined the team for the 2007/2008 season. For the Capitals, Lewis wears number 9 and plays forward. She signed a one-year contract with the Capitals to play for them during the 2011/2012 season. She got the contract because", "id": "18577535" }, { "contents": "Lo Ching-lung\n\n\nLo Ching-lung (; born 20 August 1985) is a Taiwanese baseball player who most recently played with the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. Lo was signed out of high school by the Colorado Rockies for $1.4 million. He debuted as a professional in 2002 with the Casper Rockies, going 5–5 with a 4.95 ERA and .290 opponent average as the young man on the staff. \"Baseball America\" rated him as the number 13 prospect in the Pioneer League, between Jonathan Broxton and Ubaldo Jiménez", "id": "12451667" }, { "contents": "Megadimension Neptunia VII\n\n\n-crossing console (assumed to be a Dreamcast). The party chase after and defeat Steamax, but are forced to join forces with him to stop a brainwashed Warechu and B-Sha who are attacking Planeptune, though Steamax escapes with the Dreamcast after the battle. \"Noire:\" Noire returns to Lastation with her sister Uni only to find she is a wanted criminal. Noire is forced to leave Uni behind and run from her pursuers until she collapses from exhaustion at the capital. Fortunately, Noire is rescued and nursed", "id": "11750364" }, { "contents": "Uni-Systems\n\n\nroof, Uni-Systems also designed and installed the Squeeze Play feature, and the custom ornamental train that runs along an outfield wall at the stadium. Minute Maid Park gave credence to Uni-Systems as a successful provider of retractable roof mechanization systems, and the firm has become involved in numerous projects. Along with the design and installation of retractable roofs, Uni-Systems helps develop custom control systems for operating mechanized components. In the case of Reliant Stadium, Uni-Systems worked with General Electric to control the bi-", "id": "11501601" }, { "contents": "Uni-President Lions\n\n\nThe Uni-President Lions () is a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerates, whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team. The Lions play their home games at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium in Tainan City. The team was first established as amateur Uni-President Baseball Team () in 1989 for the purpose of training and preparation for eventual professionalization in the next year. The", "id": "17250409" }, { "contents": "Uni-President Lions\n\n\nand Uni-President barely met the minimum requirement after Brother baseball team lent players to Uni-President. The team then participated and performed modestly in two amateur series in 1989. The team was professionalized on January 1, 1990, following the establishment of CPBL. Uni-President chose Lions as its mascot, and hence the team was renamed Uni-President Lions. The Lions played the opening game of CPBL on March 17, 1990 with Brother Elephants in the now demolished Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium, defeated the Elephants, and", "id": "17250412" }, { "contents": "Play Me: The Complete Uni Studio Recordings...Plus!\n\n\nPlay Me: The Complete Uni Studio Recordings...Plus! is a box set of Neil Diamond's recordings for Uni Records. This anthology contains all of the tracks from: The \"Plus!\" part of the collection contains live tracks from: In addition to all of the album and bonus tracks, \"Play Me\" contains the CD debuts of \"Broad Old Woman (6 A.M. Insanity)\" (B-side of \"Two-Bit Manchild\"), and the live single version of \"\"Cherry Cherry", "id": "3677742" }, { "contents": "Brigitte Ardossi\n\n\nat the Belconnen Basketball Centre. She was expected to provide some assistance to Marianna Tolo and allow Carly Wilson to play her normal position more regularly. During the pre-season, the Capitals coach, Carrie Graf, has characterised her play as assertive and confident. She played in the first game of the season for the Canberra Capitals when they played the Sydney Uni Flames. On 1 October 2011, she was mentioned in a column in the Sydney Morning Herald. In an early December game against the West Coast Waves, she", "id": "18925254" }, { "contents": "Molly Lewis (basketball)\n\n\nMolly Lewis (born 28 October 1989) is a basketball player from Australia. She has played for the Australian Institute of Sport, Sydney Uni Flames and Canberra Capitals in Australia's WNBL. Lewis is originally from Tasmania. She is tall. She did not play basketball during the 2010/2011 season because she felt like it was an obligation. She has a brother and a sister. While playing for Sydney, she attended the Australian College of Physical Education and studied physical education. Lewis played her junior basketball in Tasmania and New South", "id": "18577534" }, { "contents": "Mikaela Dombkins\n\n\nthat season, she had an injury to her foot. In an October 2005 game against the Perth Lynx, she scored 24 points. In a December 2005 game against the Capitals, she scored 11 points. While playing for the team, she ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament. During the 2006/2007 WNBL season, Dombkins played for the Sydney Uni Flames. She played two positions for the team, guard and forward. During a game in February 2007 against the Capitals, she earned a technical in a game because she appeared like", "id": "17722653" }, { "contents": "Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut!\n\n\nCan Stop the Juggernaut\" called \"Something Can Stop the Juggernaut\" appears in \"Amazing Spider-Man\" #627–629. In this arc, Spider-Man discovers an unconscious Juggernaut, and his subsequent attempt to find out what did this to Juggernaut reveals that he was attacked by the latest incarnation of Captain Universe. The current heir to the Uni-Power is revealed to be William Nguyen, a man whose life was ruined during Spider-Man's battle with the Juggernaut, who believes that it is his duty to", "id": "19653492" }, { "contents": "Robyn Maher\n\n\nRobyn Maher (born 6 October 1959) is a retired female basketball player from Australia, who played for the Sydney Uni Flames. A three-time Olympian she was a member of the national women's team that won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2006, Maher was inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame. In October 2018, she was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Maher is married to former Opals coach Tom Maher. Her brother is a former Victorian", "id": "10921812" }, { "contents": "Belinda Meuldijk\n\n\nshe played the character Uni in the Pipo TV series \"Pipo en het Grachtengeheim\". She had a minor part in the Wim T. Schippers' movie \"Volk en Vaderliefde\" (1976), and got her big break in the 1977 Paul Verhoeven film \"Soldier of Orange\". She played in a few more TV movies and series including, again, a Pipo series (\"Pipo in West-Best\", 1980), and in the soap opera \"Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden\". Also she played", "id": "14324978" }, { "contents": "Sydney Uni Rugby League Club\n\n\nSydney Uni Rugby League Club is a rugby league team currently playing in the NSW Tertiary Student Rugby League and the Sydney Shield competitions. There used to be a team representing the University of Sydney who played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership from 1920–1937, then in the NSWRL Second Division and Metropolitan League competitions from 1963 to 1976. The movement at the University of Sydney to be involved in the new game of rugby league began in 1919 with a number of players (including seven University Blues from the 1918 season)", "id": "16581232" }, { "contents": "Carly Boag\n\n\nCarly Boag (born 4 September 1991) is an Australian basketball player, who currently plays for the Sydney Uni Flames in the WNBL. Boag played college basketball for the Minot State Beavers in Minot, North Dakota, participating in NCAA Division II. Boag began her professional career in Pleyber-Christ, France, for the 2014–15 season with Leon Tregor Basket 29 in Ligue Féminine de Basketball 2. Boag began her WNBL career in her home state of New South Wales, with the Sydney Uni Flames in 2015. Boag has re", "id": "4773400" }, { "contents": "Kao Kuo-ching\n\n\nKao Kuo-ching (; born 6 October 1978) is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for Uni-President Lions of Chinese Professional Baseball League as first baseman. He is also the Lions' captain since the season of 2007. He has also played for the Taiwan national baseball team in 2008 Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament. He refused to sigh a long-term contract with Uni-President Lions, having the confidence that he will perform better next season. Before 2013 season, he claimed that he did not regret about", "id": "5657516" }, { "contents": "Monica Rappaccini\n\n\ncreated the Uni-Alias, an artificial variant of Captain Universe's Uni-Power. Decades later Monica's granddaughter Varina Goddard, a Senior Scientist in the future A.I.M., used the Uni-Alias as a power source for the Death's Head robot in her attempt to assassinate the United Nations Secretary General. Monica appears in the 2015 Marvel novel \"Ant-Man: Natural Enemy\" by Jason Starr. Here, Monica captures a shrunken Hank Pym and was going to make him her pet, but later attempts to kill", "id": "21561300" }, { "contents": "AXIS (comics)\n\n\nhe is met with a blow that takes his head clean off only for Iron Man to reveal that he is controlling the armor remotely. Teen Abomination is stunned by the revelation long enough for Iron Man to incapacitate him with a uni-beam. In the aftermath, She-Hulk lectures Iron Man about using too much force, and vocally disapproves of his callous behavior. From his swimming pool, Tony sends a remote recall signal and the armor returns to the lab. Pepper Potts comes to the pool and tells Tony that", "id": "18121784" }, { "contents": "Michelle Cosier\n\n\njunior basketball with Victoria's Bairnsdale Bullets. Cosier has played for three clubs in Australia's WNBL. Cosier played for the Dandenong Rangers during the 2000/2001, 2001/2002 and 2002/2003 seasons. In the first two years, she played in one play off game each season for the team. Cosier played for the Sydney Uni Flames from 2003 to 2008. Her 2005/2006 season was cut short after an injury and she only played in 10 games that season. Cosier wears number 30 for the Capitals, where she plays guard. Her nickname on", "id": "17722626" }, { "contents": "Jane Hammond\n\n\nwhere she was a resident in 1997 and faculty in 2005. 2011 FLAG Art Foundation, New York - USA Galerie Lelong, New-York - USA The Detroit Institute of the Arts, Michigan - USA 2010 Galerie Lelong, Paris - FRANCE 2009 Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego – ETATS UNIS Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver – ETATS UNIS Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne– ETATS UNIS 2008 Galerie Lelong, New York – ETATS UNIS 2007 McNay Art Museum, San Antonio – ETATS UNIS 2005 Galerie Lelong, New York –", "id": "20555030" }, { "contents": "Alicia Poto\n\n\n, Karen Dalton. There were problems with the Czech Republic deal so she ended up not playing for them. That season, she ended up playing for Novosibirsk, a Siberian team. In 2010/2011, she played for the French team Montpellier. Her team won French Cup and made it to the semi-finals in the national league. Poto had a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and played for the AIS WNBL team in 1996. Poto was a member of the Sydney Uni Flames during the 2006/2007,", "id": "18751264" }, { "contents": "The Gauntlet and Grim Hunt\n\n\nchanges into Spider-Man now that his powers are back. He saves Scorpion from the Hood and she manages to deliver the suit. When Peter gets back to his and Michelle's apartment, the two agree to a truce. \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #627 through #629 is titled \"Something Can Stop the Juggernaut\", which is a reference to the story \"Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut!\" and serves as a sequel to that story. A new Captain Universe is created by the Uni-", "id": "14642623" }, { "contents": "Captain Universe\n\n\n, \"Captain Universe/Daredevil\", \"Captain Universe/X-23\", \"Captain Universe/Invisible Woman\" and \"Captain Universe/Silver Surfer\". The Uni-Power made a brief appearance in \"Nextwave\", he also made a \"cameo\" as Cosmic Spider-Man for the variant cover of \"Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man\" #3 and played an important part in the Death's Head 3.0 saga chronicled in Amazing Fantasy. Captain Universe made his return in \"Annihilation Conquest: Star-Lord", "id": "20852478" }, { "contents": "Uni-Systems\n\n\nbegan extensive work within the aerospace industry including the design and installation of hangar doors, landing gear elevator platforms, empennage stands, and the firm’s patented Uni-Dock. Clients of Uni-Systems in the aerospace industry include American Airlines, SkyVenture, Boeing, Canadian Air, the United States Air Force, and El Al Israel Airlines. In 2014 Cyril Silberman sold the engineering department to Bart Riberich, President of Uni-Systems, LLC, who then created the new company Uni-Systems Engineering. Uni-Systems,", "id": "11501599" }, { "contents": "2006 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs\n\n\n4,755 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City WP: Hansel Izquierdo (1-0) LP: Billy Sylvester (0-1)br HRs: Uni-President - Chen Chia-wei (陳家偉) (1)br Attendance: 5,392 The Taiwan Series was played between the La New Bears and the Uni-President Lions. October 21 @ Kaohsiung La New Bears 4 Uni-President Lions 3 (11 innings) October 22 @ Douliou - La New Bears 6 Uni-President Lions 5 October 24 @ Sinjhuang La New Bears 5 Uni", "id": "21324383" }, { "contents": "Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball\n\n\nThe Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball team represents the University of Northern Iowa, located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. UNI is currently a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. On March 4, 2017, Tanya Warren became the all-time wins leader in Northern Iowa women's basketball history. She reached her 184th career win with a victory over Missouri State. The school has several statewide and national rivalries. In Iowa, typically UNI plays two, if not three of its Iowa neighbors", "id": "21934776" }, { "contents": "Hannah Buckling\n\n\nHannah Buckling (born 3 June 1992 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian water polo centre back. She attended the Wenona Girls School and is currently attending the University of Sydney while working on a Bachelor of Science. She started playing water polo as a twelve-year-old. She played club water polo for the Sydney Northern Beaches Breakers and as a junior player represented New South Wales in national competitions and Australia in international competitions. She plays for the Sydney Uni Lions in the National Water Polo League. As s", "id": "2915788" }, { "contents": "Monica Rappaccini\n\n\nmade Scientist Supreme of this \"true\" A.I.M. As A.I.M. leader, Monica rarely did field work, preferring to act through agents and proxies. When she led an A.I.M. attack on the United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, it was thwarted by her estranged 19-year-old daughter, who had since joined forces with S.H.I.E.L.D. and became the costumed heroine Scorpion. Rappaccini eluded capture and soon attempted to harness the malfunctioning Uni-Power, but her plans were thwarted by Scorpion and several heroes who bonded with the Uni-", "id": "21561293" }, { "contents": "Molly Lewis (basketball)\n\n\nAlison Lacey decided to not play basketball for the Capitals during the season. Michelle Cosier's pre-season injury was an opportunity for the Capitals to get a better look at Lewis. She played in a pre-season game against the Sydney Uni Flames that Canberra lost. This was the first real opportunity the team's coaches had to see her play with the team. In an October 2011 game for the Capitals, she scored 11 points against the Rangers. In a December 2011 game against the Bulleen Boomers, she fouled", "id": "18577536" }, { "contents": "UNIS Flyers\n\n\nThe UNIS Flyers are a ice hockey club located in Heerenveen, Netherlands. The team competes in the BeNe League and also takes part in the Dutch Cup. Home games are played in the ice hockey arena which forms part of the Thialf complex. The UNIS Flyers were founded in 1967 and played their first season in the Eredivisie in 1971-72. The Flyers set the Eredivisie record for the most consecutive championships with 7 between 1976 and 1983. Heerenveen is the smallest Dutch city currently represented in the BeNe League (although the", "id": "6236999" }, { "contents": "Carly Wilson\n\n\nappearance against the Bulleen Boomers. Wilson played for the Canberra Capitals during the 2010–11 season. In an October 2010 game against Adelaide, she scored 19 points. In another October game, she scored 25 points. She was one of the major reasons the team won an October game against the Sydney Uni Flames. One week in October, she was named the Capitals Player of the Week. She played in the Preliminary Final game against the Bendigo Spirit in a game the Capitals won 83 – 78. She was one of the", "id": "17722680" }, { "contents": "Cindy Lima\n\n\nMadeira, where she remained for one year. She spent the following eight seasons in Spain: four at Celta de Vigo Baloncesto, two at Mann Filter and two at CB San José León. She played in a variety of clubs from 2009 onwards: Latvia's TTT Riga, Cyprus's KV Imperial and Spain's Ros Casares Valencia just in the 2009-2010 season. She played for French team Aix en Provence in 2011-12. The following season Lima played for Turkish Tarsus Beledeyesi and Hungarian Uni Gyor. The 2013", "id": "11008762" }, { "contents": "Karen Holvik\n\n\nKaren Holvik is an American classical soprano and voice teacher. Holvik was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the daughter of Karl Holvik (1921–2003), clarinetist, conductor, and Professor of Music at the University of Northern Iowa from 1947 to 1984, and Martha Holvik (1920–2014), violinist, violist, pianist and soprano, who also taught at UNI and founded the UNI Suzuki School in 1976. She gained a master's degree and Performer's Certificate in Opera at the Eastman School of Music, and settled in New", "id": "2734811" }, { "contents": "Varsity Series (Nottingham)\n\n\nUni won both women's and men's matches to lead the series 2-1. Although Uni looked set to win the Rugby League match, Trent held on and delivered a stunning comeback to win the match 8-14 and tie the series 2-2. In front of a 7,000 capacity crowd, Uni took an early 3-0 lead in the ice hockey. Trent gained one goal back in the first play, before two quick goals in the final play looked to take the match to extra time. However", "id": "10553653" }, { "contents": "Sydney Uni Baseball Club\n\n\nstarting first-basemen in the Sydney Uni team of the century and currently the Chairman of Baseball Australia. The Neil Barrowcliff Gold Glove Award was also introduced in 2009 to commemorate the career of former state and Australian representative Neil Barrowcliff. Neil played 12 seasons for NSW at Claxton Shield level and represented Australia on 3 occasions. Neil was selected in the Sydney Uni team of the century as a starting outfielder and was the guest speaker at our centenary dinner back in 2004. Sydney Uni Baseball Club offers opportunities which are simply not available", "id": "3938103" }, { "contents": "Uni-Mind\n\n\nThe Uni-Mind is a fictional group mind appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Uni-Mind and the Eternals were the creation of Jack Kirby. The Eternals first performed the Uni-Mind ceremony at the time of the Great Cataclysm that sank Atlantis. Following the death of their father Kronos, Zuras and A'lars initiate the first Uni-Mind ritual, after they attained cosmic powers, to determine who shall lead the Eternals of Titanos as the Prime Eternal. Zuras was selected, and A'lars left Earth", "id": "18738995" }, { "contents": "Alicia Poto\n\n\nAlicia Poto (born 28 March 1978) is an Australian basketball player. She has played in the Women's National Basketball League for the Australian Institute of Sport and Sydney Uni Flames. After a contract with a Czech basketball team fell through, she played basketball in Siberia. She is a member of the Australia women's national basketball team and won a medal with them at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was considered for the 2008 and 2012 national teams to compete at the Olympics but did not make the final squads selected for", "id": "18751262" }, { "contents": "Jean-François Hodoul\n\n\nand Hodoul after a chase during which Hodoul had almost all of \"Uni\"s guns thrown overboard in an attempt to lighten her to gain speed. Captain Edward O. Osborne, of \"Arrogant\", reported that \"Uni\" had left Mauritius with 250 men, and that she had 216 on board when captured, the rest being away on prizes. When the British first sighted \"Uni\" she had been in company with another ship, and a brig. Osborne set out after the ship, which turned out to be \"", "id": "6534647" }, { "contents": "Varsity Series (Nottingham)\n\n\nand won the game 16-11. With only 5 matches remaining, Uni retained the Varsity Championship for 2013, also doing so before the Easter break. After the holidays, and with only pride to play for, Trent gave an impressive performance at Meadow Lane for the football. The women's match ended 1-0 to Trent who just outplayed their opponents. For the men's match, Trent continued their momentum to take the game in the second-half, scoring two goals and resigning Uni to another defeat in", "id": "10553656" }, { "contents": "Superhjältejul\n\n\nNina (Frida Röhl) and Tuss (Anna Blomberg), are 3 villains in Gjerta's gang. They hate music etc. and want to stop it. Frigolit Fragile is a villain in Gjerta's gang. He has a house of cards-museum where children who like running destroy the houses of cards. Frigolit doesn't want them to run and wants to wake them up in midnight. He's played by Bernard Cauchard. Uni Sax is a villain in Gjerta's gang. She wants all people to do and", "id": "1352946" }, { "contents": "The Jazz Man\n\n\nHarlem. One of his legs is shorter than his other leg, and he spends most of his time listening to the Jazz Man instead of going to school. Zeke's Mother - She works many hours and often comes home tired. She dances when she is happy. Zeke's Father - He is unemployed. Tony - One of the men who plays music with the Jazz Man. He is Italian and plays the trumpet. Ernie - An African American man who plays the saxophone and plays with the Jazz Man sometimes.", "id": "21980005" }, { "contents": "Kristen Veal\n\n\nKristen Veal (born 24 July 1981) is an Australian basketball player. She won three Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) championships as a member of the Canberra Capitals, and has also played for the Sydney Uni Flames and the Logan Thunder. She was drafted in the first round of the WNBA draft, and was the youngest player to ever play in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She has represented Australia as a member of the Australia women's national basketball team (the Opals). Veal", "id": "18751294" }, { "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League season\n\n\nThe 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) season began on March 17 in Kaohsiung County when the defending champion La New Bears played host to the Uni-President Lions. The season concluded in late October with the Uni-President Lions defeating the La New Bears in Game 7 of the Taiwan Series. Six teams, the La New Bears, Uni-President Lions, Sinon Bulls, Chinatrust Whales, Brother Elephants and Macoto Cobras will contest the CPBL, the highest level of professional baseball played in Taiwan. The season is", "id": "14637471" }, { "contents": "2011 Chinese Professional Baseball League season\n\n\nThe 2011 Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) season began on March 19 in Kaohsiung County when the defending champion Lamigo Monkeys played host to the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions. The season concluded in late October with the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions defeating the Lamigo Monkeys in Game 7 of the Taiwan Series. Four teams, the Lamigo Monkeys, Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, Sinon Bulls and Brother Elephants will contest the CPBL, the highest level of professional baseball played in Taiwan. The season is divided into two halves, with", "id": "198910" }, { "contents": "Nicole Bacharan\n\n\nnumerous organizations, including \"L'Alliance française\", the French American Foundation, \"l'Association France-Amérique\", \"l'Association France-Etats Unis\". From 1997 to 2002, she taught a seminar in English at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris on contemporary America (The New American Dream). She is also a member of the scientific committee of the Blois Historical Association and the History-Science Commission on Man and Society at the National Book Center. Novels, with Dominique Simonnet : The President of French Republic awarded her", "id": "2543155" }, { "contents": "Marta Xargay\n\n\nplaying basketball from a young age in clubs in her hometown Girona, entering the youth levels of Uni Girona CB at 14 and making it to the senior team and the Spanish second tier. In 2009 she signed for CB Avenida from Salamanca, where in the following six seasons she won two leagues, three cups and one EuroLeague. During 2015 and 2016 she played both in the WNBA with Phoenix Mercury and the European season with USK Praha, where she won the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Czech League. Due to her commitment", "id": "2657856" }, { "contents": "Baseball at the Australian University Games\n\n\nBaseball at the Australian University Games has been part of the Australian University Games program since the 2004 games. The games are held in the last week of September during mid-Semester break. The reigning champions and most successful team is The University of Sydney who are members of the Sydney Uni Baseball Club. The first university baseball was established by the Sydney Uni Baseball Club when it formed in 1899. By 1904, it was playing in the New South Wales Baseball Association Second Grade. The next earliest reports of university baseball was", "id": "19743964" }, { "contents": "Carolyn Swords\n\n\nCarolyn Swords (born July 19, 1989) is an American basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She previously played for PF Umbertide in Italy and currently plays for the Sydney Uni Flames in Australia. Source Swords was selected the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft (15th overall) by the Chicago Sky. She has played overseas in Istanbul and in Italy with PF Umbertide. Swords signed with the New York Liberty on February 2, 2015. On January 30th,", "id": "15007852" }, { "contents": "Megadimension Neptunia VII\n\n\nThe four CPUs manage to safely explore the wormhole by navigating an extra-dimensional maze, followed from a distance by a worried Nepgear and Uni. After noticing an incoming monster hoard which Neptune recognizes from Zero Dimension, she stops their advance by destroying the passageway with an explosive. Suddenly, Uzume appears and summons Dark Purple, who then abducts the four CPUs. Nepgear and Uni witness the event and return to Histoire to plan a rescue mission. Histoire reveals that the CPUs were taken to the Zero Dimension but the party should", "id": "11750377" }, { "contents": "Amber Merritt\n\n\nIn the Western Stars' 56–36 semi-final victory against the Sydney Uni Flames, she played an important role. The Western Stars played in the league's third place match, where she led it in scoring with 34 points as they defeated Sydney 63–54. She finished the season as the WNWBL Season Top Scorer, Merritt was the Western Stars' captain for the 2013 season, and led the team to its first WNWBL championship, defeating the Sachs Goldcamp Bears in the final 43–40 despite being 11 points down at three-quarter", "id": "10128337" }, { "contents": "Lyn Fullston\n\n\n) Fullston began her cricket career while at teacher's college, where peers and friends encouraged her to have a go. She started playing for Adelaide College of Advanced Education in 1977. She moved on to captain/coach at Flinders Uni in 1982 and then to Eencee in the same role in 1988, before as a club they joined forces with Port Adelaide Cricket Club in 1994, where she played and coached until retiring in 2007. Under her eye Port became one of the most successful women’s clubs in South Australia,", "id": "1483606" }, { "contents": "Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana\n\n\nrecording equipment, and composed and edited the songs herself using computer software, while sometimes exchanging the arranged songs with Uni Inoue. She recorded one musical instrument in one room of her house while recording the ensemble parts (string section, etc.) in another room. Seiji Kameda who had been involved in the production and arrangement of her previous two studio albums did not participate in this work. Instead, Sheena arranged this album with audio engineer Uni Inoue. Toshiyuki Mori orchestrated each of the recorded songs and arranged the whole \"", "id": "10947796" }, { "contents": "Uni knot\n\n\nalso called the Duncan loop, after Norman Duncan who developed it independently as a fishing knot in the early 1960s. The knot was popularized as the uni knot by Vic Dunaway, an editor at the Miami Herald, in a 1970 fishing book. Currently, in American English the knot is known as the Uni-knot referring to its ability to work with mono-filament or fluorocarbon fishing lines. However, in British English it is commonly known as the Grinner Knot. The Uni knot is used by popular television host,", "id": "8079428" }, { "contents": "Kelly Wilson\n\n\nKelly Wilson (born 1 January 1985) is an Australian professional Basketball player who plays for the Canberra Capitals in the Women's National Basketball League. Wilson made her professional debut with the AIS in 2002. After a strong showing in her debut season, she took home WNBL Rookie of the Year and found herself on the roster of the Sydney Uni Flames the following year. A short stint with them followed by another brief period with the Townsville Fire, Wilson moved to the Bendigo Spirit for their second season, alongside Kristi Harrower", "id": "8854690" }, { "contents": "Rachael Vanderwal\n\n\nLiga Femenina in Spain for the past five seasons from 2014-2019. She has played for Gernika Bizkaia, Mann-Filter, Uni Ferrol and currently Gernika, Bizkaia again. She made her Great Britain Senior debut in 2010 against Portugal. She has played with the senior team ever since, participating in Eurobasket 2011, the London Olympics 2012, Eurobasket 2013, Eurobasket Qualifiers 2014, Eurobasket 2015, Eurobasket Qualifiers 2016, and most recently Eurobasket Qualifiers 2018. She received her 50th cap in the London Olympics against Brazil. Currently", "id": "14558884" }, { "contents": "Uni-Norths Owls\n\n\nThe Uni-Norths Owls is a rugby union club located on the campus of the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The club was a result of the merger of ANU and University of Canberra rugby clubs in 1998, with Northern Suburbs joining in 2001. The club's colours are navy, gold and green. The Uni-Norths home playing fields and clubhouse, known as ‘The Barn’, are located on the grounds of the Australian National University and are within a few minutes walk", "id": "2044138" }, { "contents": "Marianna Tolo\n\n\nthe Sydney Uni Flames. She played in the Preliminary Final game against the Bendigo Spirit in a game the Capitals won 83–78. She was one of the team's three leading scorers with 20 points. According to Tolo, she \"was running on fumes toward the back end of last season.\" She was the team's season MVP this season, with 8.4 rebounds and average 13.4 points a game. At the end of the season, she was named a member of the WNBL All Star Five. During the team's", "id": "17722660" }, { "contents": "Celestial (comics)\n\n\neach physically unique and were the ones who easily took down their brethren. Soon afterwards it appeared that these Dark Celestials are in league with the Horde of bugs pouring out of the center of the planet and with Loki. In an attempt to learn more about the Celestials, Iron Man and Doctor Strange visited the Eternals, only to find them all dead or dying from self-inflicted wounds. Ikaris was found barely alive and used his last words to reveal to Iron Man that the Uni-mind was the only thing that", "id": "8432851" }, { "contents": "Uni-President Lions\n\n\n, and Lin could only secure a few players and was far below the 15 players minimum requirement of the amateur league. Lin then turned down the offer, leaving Uni-President searching for a replacement for the manager position. Uni-President eventually contacted Cheng Kuen-chi () and offered him the position. Cheng, a former coach of Taipower who was respected by many players, accepted the offer and became the first manager for Uni-President. Cheng then used his connection to convince players to join the team,", "id": "17250411" }, { "contents": "The Crusaders (Los Angeles band)\n\n\nguitar on this album. In 1969 Charity was signed to Uni Records, managed by Barry Kaye, who also produced their only single: \"Never Change Your Mind\" (written by Oxman), backed by \"I Still Love You\" (Uni 55159). Their only album \"Charity Now\" (Uni 73061), which was released in 1969 by Uni Records, contained songs written by members of The Love Exchange, although they \"never received royalties for anything, though we wrote half of, what I admit", "id": "19730239" }, { "contents": "Superhjältejul\n\n\nknows that Uno has a spot of jam on his face, she knows that people aren't the same, they are unique. She and the superheroes broadcast a funny TV-program and Uni brings the clothes and toys back to the children, but Gjerta, who now is alone, makes a machine which she can use to speak with Supersurasunksara's own voice. When she says that Stålhenrik is a coward, who is not strong and can't fly, he becomes angry and sad and goes away from Supersurasunksara. She", "id": "1352965" }, { "contents": "Leonor Rodríguez\n\n\n-09 seasons. At 18 she moved abroad to play in the NCAA for the Florida State Seminoles, averaging 14.9 PPG in her last year. Back in Europe, she signed for one of the Spanish top teams, Perfumerías Avenida, winning one Spanish League and two Cups in three seasons. She spent one season at Uni Girona CB before signing for Polish team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków in 2017. Source Rodríguez started playing with Spain's youth teams at 15, winning a total of seix medals from 2006 to 2011.", "id": "2077406" }, { "contents": "Thena\n\n\npublicly declared herself to be an Eternal. After Kro called a truce, he showed her Ransak the Reject, a genetically stable Deviant. Thena was convinced by the Deviant Karkas to grant both of them sanctuary and take them under her protection. She then participated in the Uni-Mind. With Karkas and the Reject, she battled Zakka and Tutinax. She met and became an ally of Thor, and then battled Athena of Olympus, during a battle between the Olympian gods and Eternals. She then formed the Uni-Mind", "id": "18738623" }, { "contents": "Superhjältejul\n\n\nthen Supersurasunksara destroys a house and shows how to build it up and Stålhenrik fixes the problem. Now Gjerta only has Uni Sax left in the gang of villains. In a TV-program, Uni Sax says that she wants everyone to be the same as herself and goes to the children's homes and forces them to give her their clothes and toys and use new clothes and her finger dolls, which are exactly the same as Uni's clothes and her finger doll, called Uno. Then the children shout for help and", "id": "1352963" }, { "contents": "Gabby Williams\n\n\nGabrielle Lisa Williams (born September 9, 1996) is an American-French professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted 4th overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2018 WNBA Draft. In 2019, she played for Spar Citylift Uni Girona (Catalonia, Spain) and won the Spanish League Championship. Williams played forward for the UConn women's basketball team, and won back to back national championships in 2015 and 2016. Williams is the daughter of Matthew and", "id": "14122089" }, { "contents": "Wendron\n\n\n\" on the Merther Uny estate, on Polglaze Hill, by the left-hand side of the road from St. Wendron to Constantine. Formerly there was a road leading down to Merther Uny old churchyard, the entrance to which was close to the cross; but all traces of this road have now disappeared. A tradition is still believed in the neighbourhood that a man lies buried beneath the cross. The monolith is known locally as 'Meruny Cross'.\"--\"The cross occupies its original site, near the south side of the entrance", "id": "3881536" }, { "contents": "Captain Universe\n\n\nprepare for a mission that will halt the Phalanx's technophage virus from spreading further. Gabriel lost the Uni-Power after finding a cure for a Phalanx airborne virus and joined Star-Lord in battling the Phalanx. He was subsequently killed by the Phalanx select Blastaar during an attack on the Phalanx Babel Spire. During \"The Gauntlet\" storyline, a new Captain Universe makes himself known when he arrives on Earth with plans to kill Juggernaut. Spider-Man learns that Captain Universe is a man named William Nguyen who wants revenge", "id": "20852488" } ]

[ { "contents": "Hossein Shahshahani\n\n\nand subsequently traveled to Najaf where he pursued for seven years his education in advanced Islamic law and jurisprudence. He worked with several Islamic scholars, including Mirza Hossein Naini. This qualified him to be mujtahid who was recognized as an Islamic scholar competent in interpreting Islamic law independently. Upon returning to Iran in 1921, initially he taught jurisprudence at the Advanced School of Trade (Madrasse-e Aali-e Tejarat) in Tehran. He was then invited by Ali-Akbar Davar, the founder of Iran's modern legal code,", "id": "13095740" }, { "contents": "Aziz Suryal Atiya\n\n\nAziz Suryal Atiya (; July 5, 1898 – September 24, 1988) was an Egyptian Coptologist who was a Coptic historian and scholar and an expert in Islamic and Crusades studies. Atiya was the founder of the Institute of Coptic Studies in Cairo in 1950s, and was also the founder of the Middle East Center, University of Utah. His library, The Aziz Atiya Library for Middle East Studies at University of Utah, is considered the fifth largest such collection in North America and is recognized internationally as a major research library in", "id": "15829605" }, { "contents": "Religious pluralism\n\n\nfall in Love, and you will not be separated again. Ahmadis recognize many founders of world religions to be from God, who all brought teaching and guidance from God to all peoples. According to the Ahmadiyya understanding of the Quran, every nation in the history of mankind has been sent a prophet, as the Quran states: \"And there is a guide for every people\". Though the Quran mentions only 24 prophets, the founder of Islam, Muhammad states that the world has seen 124,000 prophets. Thus other than", "id": "6789553" }, { "contents": "Apostasy in Islam\n\n\n. Its laws and officials do not recognize conversion from Islam to another religion. In contrast, conversion from another religion to Islam is recognized, and the government publishes through mass media an annual list of foreign residents who have converted to Islam. The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) is the British branch of the Central Council of Ex-Muslims, who represent former Muslims who fear for their lives because they have renounced Islam. It was launched in Westminster on 22 June 2007. The Council protests against Islamic", "id": "19362099" }, { "contents": "Jacob Emden\n\n\nspread throughout the earth. Whereas the nations before them worshipped idols, denied God's existence, and thus did not recognize God's power or retribution, the rise of Christianity and Islam served to spread among the nations, to the furthest ends of the earth, the knowledge that there is One God who rules the world, who rewards and punishes and reveals Himself to man. Emden praised the ethical teachings of the founder of Christianity, considering them as being beneficial to the Gentiles by removing the prevalence of idolatry and bestowing upon", "id": "21165707" }, { "contents": "Zahiri\n\n\nIslam, others have characterized it as a fifth school of thought (\"madhhab\") of Sunni Islam, and still retains a measure of influence and is recognized by contemporary Islamic scholars. In particular, members of the Ahl-i Hadith movement have identified themselves with the Ẓāhirī school of thought. While those outside the school of thought often point to Dawud al-Zahiri (815–883/4 CE) as the \"founder\" of the school, followers of the school themselves tend to look to earlier figures such as Sufyan al-", "id": "4044087" }, { "contents": "Abdul Malik Mujahid\n\n\nChicago's radio talk-show program \"Radio Islam\". Abdul Malik Mujahid, a local Chicago Muslim leader and founder of \"Soundvision\" and \"Radio Islam\", was recognized here at an annual event in 2016 for his achievements by the Chicago Muslim community organization, \"The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago\". Mujahid has been active with the interfaith movement since the 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions was revived. He has addressed the Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Barcelona, Spain and Melbourne", "id": "19024967" }, { "contents": "Mona Abul-Fadl\n\n\nof a Western-Islamic intellectual encounter. The value of Abul Fadl’s scholarship in bridging Islamic and Western intellectual epistemologies was first recognized by the founder of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Isma‘il Raji al-Faruqi and his wife, Lois Lamya’ al-Faruqi. They proceeded to recruit Abul Fadl to become a IIIT fellow, but their efforts did not materialize until after their assassination. Abul Fadl’s research in IIIT culminated in a manuscript which has yet to be published, \"Where East Meets West", "id": "8932739" }, { "contents": "Aleksandr Dugin\n\n\nlater Eurasia Movement, was launched in April 2001 to promote the \"Eurasian idea.\" Dugin was reported as the group's founder. He said the movement would stress cultural diversity in Russian politics, and oppose \"American style globalisation, and would also resist a return to communism and nationalism.\" It reportedly included Islamic and Jewish religious leaders in the founding, \"who described the Eurasian movement as a counter to the religious fundamentalism which they said had taken root all over the country.\" It was officially recognized by the", "id": "3490206" }, { "contents": "Wali (Islamic legal guardian)\n\n\nguardian is the man's adherence to justice, not his political position. The Hanafi school of Islamic law is unique among \"madhhab\" (school of jurisprudence) in recognizing the validity of a marriage where the woman acts on her own behalf and is not represented by a male wali. According to the founder of the Malaki school of fiqh, Malik ibn Anas, there are two kinds of custody or guardianship – \"khassa\" (specific) and \"`amma\" (general). Specific guardianship belongs to the patriarchal", "id": "13900059" }, { "contents": "Twelver\n\n\nthe end of the Safavid era (1736), the Usuli School of thought was attacked by the Akhbari (traditionalist) trend whose founder was Mulla Muhammad Amin al-Astarabadi. Astarabadi attacked the idea of Ijtihad and called the Usulies as the enemies of religion. He recognized the hadith as the only source for the Islamic law and the understanding of the Quran. Muhammad Baqir Behbahani, as the founder of a new stage in Shia Jurisprudence, took a new practical method. He attacked the Ikhbaries and their method was abandoned by", "id": "6620506" }, { "contents": "Grand Magal of Touba\n\n\nThe Grand Magal of Touba is the annual religious pilgrimage of the Senegalese Mouride Brotherhood, one of the four tariqa (Islamic Sufi orders) of Senegal. On the 18th of Safar, the second month of the Islamic calendar, pilgrims gather in the holy Mouride city of Touba to celebrate the life and teachings of Cheikh Amadou Bamba, the founder of the brotherhood. The Grand Magal has been recognized as \"one of the most popular pilgrimages in the world,\" with over 3 million participating in 2011. The pilgrimage dates back", "id": "2860421" }, { "contents": "Burhan Shahidi\n\n\nBurhan's role in the Xinjiang government lessened. Burhan was a co-founder and the first chairman of the Islamic Association of China. In this capacity, he became an able diplomat in the PRC's outreach to the Islamic world. In February 1956, he led a cultural and religious delegation on a tour of Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Syria and Lebanon. As a direct result of his diplomatic work, Egypt under President Gamal Abdel Nasser in May 1956 became the first country in Middle East to recognize the PRC and", "id": "9421435" }, { "contents": "Kejawèn\n\n\noften sharp divisions between orthodox kyais, who merely instructed in Islamic law, with those who taught mysticism and those who sought reformed Islam with modern scientific concepts. As a result, the Javanese recognize two broad streams of religious commitment: This distinction between \"the High Islam or scripturalist, shari`a-oriented Islam of the `ulama\" and \"living local Islam\" or \"Folk Islam\" or \"popular Islam\" is not restricted to Java, but can be found in other Islamic countries as well. Ernest Gellner has developed", "id": "7060603" }, { "contents": "Judicial system of Iran\n\n\nAghajari), defaming Islam, conversion from Islam, attempting to lead others away from Islam, among other reasons. As such, the legal definition of apostasy is subject to the individual interpretation of the judge. The traditional definition of apostasy only applies to those who are born into one of the legally recognized religions - Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism. The Baha'i faith, for example, is not legally recognized, and the adherents of that religion are considered apostate by virtue. \"Also see religious minorities in Iran", "id": "20748793" }, { "contents": "Islam and Sikhism\n\n\nthey practise on a daily basis, this is mandatory. Sikhism has an ambivalent attitude towards miracles and rejects any form of discrimination within and against other religions. Sikhism does not believe in rituals, but is permissive of traditions. Sikhism rejects asceticism and celibacy. The Sikhism founder Guru Nanak adopted the Indic ideas on rebirth, and taught the ideas of reincarnation. Adi Granth of Sikhism recognizes and includes spiritual wisdom from other religions. Islam warns against wrongful innovation (bid‘ah) to what is revealed in the Quran and the Hadiths.", "id": "19751675" }, { "contents": "Muslim supporters of Israel\n\n\nnecessary to make a foundational position statement regarding the state of Israel. We stand in support of the existing unqualified recognition of the state of Israel behind internationally recognized borders\". The group's founder, M. Zuhdi Jasser, a former Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy, said that Muslims need to recognize Israel as a state, to stand against radical Islamist groups by name, not by theory, tactic, or condemning terrorism, but by name—Hamas, Al Qaeda and other groups. Jasser calls political Islamism \"the", "id": "5272275" }, { "contents": "Apostasy in Islam\n\n\nto the modern age in the rejection of the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam as apostates by mainstream Sunni and Shia sects of Islam, because Ahmadis consider Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of Ahmadiyya, as a modern-day Prophet. There are disagreements among Islamic scholars, and Islamic schools of jurisprudence, as to who can be judged for the crime of apostasy in Islam. Some in Shafi'i fiqh such as Nawawi and al-Misri state that the apostasy code applies to a Muslim who Maliki scholars additionally require that the person in question has", "id": "19361942" }, { "contents": "Faizrakhmanist\n\n\nThe Faizrakhmanist movement, known in the media as the \"catacomb sect\", is a sect of Islam based in Tatarstan in Russia. Adherents describe themselves only as \"Muammmin\" (\"believers\"). The sect is named after its founder, Faizrakhman Sattarov, a Russian Muslim who calls himself a prophet. The sect is considered illegitimate by mainstream Russian Muslim clergy because orthodox Islam holds that there are no prophets after Muhammad. Sect founder Faizrakhman Sattarov, who was at one time a mufti, presented himself as a prophet", "id": "16822547" }, { "contents": "Usman dan Fodio\n\n\n, which led to the creation of those three Islamic states. In his turn, the Shehu inspired a number of later West African jihads, including those of Seku Amadu, founder of the Masina Empire, El Hadj Umar Tall, founder of the Toucouleur Empire (who married one of dan Fodio's granddaughters), and Modibo Adama, founder of the Adamawa Emirate. Dan Fodio was a Fulani descendant of a torodbe family that was well established in Hausaland. He was well educated in classical Islamic science, philosophy, and theology", "id": "19360811" }, { "contents": "Kumul Rebellion\n\n\nUnited Kingdom provided no backing or assistance to the East Turkestan Republic. The designated terrorist organization Turkistan Islamic Party's magazine \"Islamic Turkistan\" Arabic: (تركستان الإسلامية) Uyghur: (ئىسلامى تۈركىستان) Issue #12 included a photo of the founders of the First East Turkestan Republic including Sabit Damulla Abdulbaki which was titled \"Men who marked history in their blood\" (رجال سطروا التاريخ بدمائهم) (1933–1352) featuring the caption \"Founders of an independent islamic state in the Hijri year 1352 in East Turkestan\" (مؤسسوا دولة", "id": "5226747" }, { "contents": "Sabit Damolla\n\n\nNovember 12, 1944. The designated terrorist organization Turkistan Islamic Party's magazine \"Islamic Turkistan\" Arabic: (تركستان الإسلامية) Uyghur: (ئىسلامى تۈركىستان) Issue #12 included a photo of the founders of the First East Turkestan Republic including Sabit Damulla Abdulbaki which was titled \"Men who marked history in their blood\" (رجال سطروا التاريخ بدمائهم) (1933–1352) featuring the caption \"Founders of an independent islamic state in the Hijri year 1352 in East Turkestan\" (مؤسسوا دولة إسلامية مستقلة عام 1352هـ في تركستان الشرقية)", "id": "7756789" }, { "contents": "Islam in Europe\n\n\nand jizya. Rather Arnold explains Islam's spread by quoting 17th-century author Johannes Scheffler who stated: Islam piqued interest among European scholars, setting off the movement of Orientalism. The founder of modern Islamic studies in Europe was Ignác Goldziher, who began studying Islam in the late 19th century. For instance, Sir Richard Francis Burton, 19th-century English explorer, scholar, and orientalist, and translator of \"The Book of One Thousand and One Nights\", disguised himself as a Pashtun and visited both Medina and Mecca", "id": "17837374" }, { "contents": "Religion in Egypt\n\n\nto any other faith is not recognized officially, though issues have also occurred for those converting to Islam. The government also discriminates against Islamic religious minority groups, most notably Shi'a Muslims, who face open official discrimination, including being barred from admission to Al-Azhar University. In 2006 Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court made a clear legal distinction between \"recognized religions\" (i.e., Islam, Christianity, and Judaism) and all other religious beliefs. This ruling effectively delegitimizes and forbids practice of all but the three Abrahamic religions,", "id": "17996491" }, { "contents": "Islamic ethics\n\n\nhuman rights. In addition to the category of civil and political rights (covered in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights), Islamic law also recognized an additional category: social, economic and cultural rights. This latter category was not recognized in the Western legal tradition until the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 1966. The right of privacy, which was not recognized in Western legal traditions until modern times, was recognized in Islamic law since the beginning of Islam. In terms of women's rights, women", "id": "5955247" }, { "contents": "Union of Islamic Communities of Spain\n\n\nnetwork was Fares Kutayni, who was with his daughter Hayfa Kutayni, director of the Union of Islamic Communities of Spain. Fares Kutayni was described as a \"close relative\" of Riay Tatary Bakry, founder of UCIDE and President of the Islamic Commission of Spain, who is tied to the Muslim Brotherhood. UCIDE representatives include: The Union is headquartered at the offices of the Islamic Community of Madrid, Abu-Bakr Mosque (Madrid). UCIDE also adopts the regional organization of the State, coordinated from its regional offices with", "id": "19683794" }, { "contents": "Islamic schools and branches\n\n\nwidely recognized in the Muslim world. In recent times, followers of the classical Sunni schools of jurisprudence and \"kalam\" (rationalistic theology) on one hand and Salafis, who follow a literalist reading of early Islamic sources, on the other, have laid competing claims to represent orthodox Sunni Islam. Anglophone Islamic currents of the former type are sometimes referred to as \"traditional Islam\". Shia Islam is the second-largest denomination of Islam, comprising 10–20% of the total Muslim population. Although a minority in the Muslim", "id": "9066238" }, { "contents": "Sharia in the Philippines\n\n\nCourt for the Bangsamoro region. The high court shall have exclusive appelate jurisdiction over sharia districts within the autonomous region. The Code of Muslim Personal Laws covers marriage done under Islamic rites. The same also recognizes divorce contrary to the Family Code of the Philippines which does not recognize divorce, baring most non-Muslim Filipinos from legally ending their marriage. Divorce between a non-Muslim and a Muslim is also recognized such as the divorce case of a Christian woman and a Muslim man who were married under Islamic rites which was upheld", "id": "12010786" }, { "contents": "Darul Islam rebellion\n\n\nThe Darul Islam rebellion was a war waged between 1949 and 1962 by the Islamic State of Indonesia, commonly known as Darul Islam, to establish an Islamic state in Indonesia. The rebellion began when Sekarmadji Maridjan Kartosuwirjo, a nationalist who had resisted the Dutch during the Indonesian National Revolution, refused to recognize the new Republic of Indonesia. Instead, he proclaimed the establishment of the Islamic State of Indonesia on August 7, 1949. Kartosuwirjo led Darul Islam's war against the Indonesian government for 13 years before he was captured by the", "id": "15014429" }, { "contents": "Faisal Islamic Bank of Sudan\n\n\nFaisal Islamic Bank of Sudan is an Islamic bank in Sudan. The bank describes itself as having \"Islamic orientation\" and \"Sudanese features\". The Indian site \"Siasat Daily\" describes it as Sudan’s \"largest lender\", and one that as of 2016 \"favours low-risk, short-term loans and quick returns\". According to the bank, it was founded in May 1977, by \"86 Sudanese and Saudi founders as well as other nationals of some Islamic States\" who \"prescribed and paid", "id": "11811408" }, { "contents": "Islam and Mormonism\n\n\nIslam declares that all of those who remain faithful to Islam and achieve Jannah (Heaven, or \"Paradise\" as it is often called) will be reunited with their families there, or at least so many of them as have remained equally faithful to their religion and achieved the same reward. Islamic theology recognizes as many as 124,000 prophets. The Quran identifies 25 prophets by name, starting with Adam and ending with Muhammad. Five of these are considered particularly important in Islam: Of these five, four are equally revered in", "id": "4419140" }, { "contents": "Idris I of Morocco\n\n\nIdris I (), also known as \"Idris ibn Abdillah\", was the founder of the Idrisid dynasty in part of northern Morocco in alliance with the Berber tribe of Awraba. He ruled from 788 to 791. He is credited with founding the dynasty that established Moroccan statehood and is regarded as the \"founder of Morocco\". He was the great-great-great-grandson of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. Idris was the great-grandchild of Hasan, who was the son of Fatimah and grandson of the Islamic", "id": "19654835" }, { "contents": "Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran\n\n\njudges the discretion \"to deliver his judgment on the basis of authoritative Islamic sources and authentic fatwa (rulings issued by qualified clerical jurists).\" The founder of the Islamic Republic, Islamic cleric Ruhollah Khomeini, who was a grand Ayatollah, ruled \"that the penalty for conversion from Islam, or apostasy, is death.\" At least two Iranians – Hashem Aghajari and Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari – have been arrested and charged with apostasy (though not executed), not for converting to another faith but for statements and/or activities deemed", "id": "3616331" }, { "contents": "Islam in Russia\n\n\nand branches. Recognized under the law and by Russian political leaders as one of Russia's traditional religions, Islam is a part of Russian historical heritage, and is subsidized by the Russian government. The position of Islam as a major Russian religion, alongside Orthodox Christianity, dates from the time of Catherine the Great, who sponsored Islamic clerics and scholarship through the Orenburg Assembly. The history of Islam and Russia encompasses periods of conflict between Muslims and the Orthodox majority, as well as periods of collaboration and mutual support. Robert Crews", "id": "17328857" }, { "contents": "Freedom of religion in Europe by country\n\n\nMinistry of Justice. The state recognizes the Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina as the sole supreme institutional religious authority for all Muslims, including immigrants and refugees, as well as for Bosniaks and other Muslim nationals living outside the country who accept the Islamic Community's authority. According to the law, no Islamic group may register with the Ministry of Justice or open a mosque without the permission of the Islamic Community. Some unregistered groups practice Islam independently of the Islamic Community. Such groups are predominantly Salafi in theological orientation. Observers reported", "id": "7251085" }, { "contents": "Hassan Hathout\n\n\nFaculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Professor of History of Medicine, Co-Founder and member of the Board of Trustees of the Islamic Organization of Medical Sciences, Member of the Ethics Committee for Obstetrics and Gynecology, CIOMS, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, Director of Outreach, Islamic Center of Southern California, and Co-Founder of the Interfaith Council of Southern California, Los Angeles. Hathout published books include: \"Reading the Muslim Mind\", \"Thus Shall I Stand Before God\" (English version of original Arabic", "id": "14316092" }, { "contents": "Marriage in Islam\n\n\ncompleted simultaneously with the civil marriage and is followed immediately by the wedding reception.” There is ongoing debate about whether or not Sharia law should be recognized in western countries like the United States and Australia that would allow for the Nikkah to be recognized as a legally valid marriage. There are also other elements to the Islamic marriage rituals that have difficulty being acknowledged in courts, according to the study, including the Mahr, or the dowry. Women who are denied their dowry do not have a clear path to legal contestation in", "id": "16854415" }, { "contents": "Mahdi\n\n\n. These have included Muhammad Jaunpuri, founder of the Mahdavia sect; the Báb (Siyyid Ali Muhammad), founder of Bábism; Muhammad Ahmad, who established the Mahdist State in Sudan in the late 19th century; Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya movement; and Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi. Shi'ites have alternate views on which descendant of the Islamic \"Nabi\" (Prophet) Muhammad is the Mahdi. Twelvers, who form the majority of Shi'ites today, believe that Muhammad al Mahdi who is the son of the 11th", "id": "3449695" }, { "contents": "Md. Tafazzul Islam\n\n\nMd. Tafazzul Islam (born 8 February 1943) is a Bangladeshi who served as the 17th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. Islam was born to Majeda Khatun and Momtazuddin Ahmed, a retired Superintendent of Police. His wife, Humaira Islam, is the founder executive director of Shakti Foundation, an NGO dedicated to empowering disadvantaged women. Islam graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in history from the University of Dhaka, continuing to complete his Masters' in the same subject and then his LLB. Later he completed his Bar vocational", "id": "10154793" }, { "contents": "Bilal Philips\n\n\nAbu Ameenah Bilal Philips, (born Dennis Bradley Philips, 1946) is a Canadian Muslim teacher, speaker, author, founder and chancellor of the Islamic Online University, who lives in Qatar. He appears on Peace TV, which is a 24-hour Islamic satellite TV channel. He considers himself a Salafi who advocates a traditional, literal form of Islam. J.M. Berger, describes him as an example of a preacher and opinion leader of the Muslim world \"who clearly believes and preaches in often stirring terms that Western civilization exists in", "id": "9935769" }, { "contents": "Mehdi Haeri Yazdi\n\n\nMehdi Haeri Yazdi (1923 in Qom, Iran – 1999 in Tehran, Iran) ( ; ; ) was a prominent Shia Islamic cleric in Iran and the first son of Sheikh Abdul Karim Haeri Yazdi, the founder of Qom Seminary and teacher of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who became the leader of the Iranian Revolution and founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mahdi Ha'iri yazdi was son of the late Ayatollah Ha'iri great Shiite authority and great discipline of the late and lamented Ayatollah Boroujerdi. he was one of the masters of theology", "id": "20946524" }, { "contents": "Islam in Saudi Arabia\n\n\nwho attacked and sacked Mecca in 930. In 1744, in the desert region of Nejd, Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Al Saud dynasty, joined forces with the religious leader Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab was the founder of the Wahhabi movement, a strict puritanical form of Sunni Islam. This alliance formed in the 18th century provided the ideological impetus to Saudi expansion and remains the basis of Saudi Arabian dynastic rule today. The first \"Saudi state\" established in 1744 in the", "id": "8549525" }, { "contents": "Islam in Djibouti\n\n\nAccording to article 23 of the Family Code, a non-Muslim man may marry a Muslim woman only after converting to Islam. Non-Islamic marriages are not legally recognized by the government, which only recognizes marriages performed in accordance with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs or the Ministry of the Interior. There are approximately 40 private Islamic schools nationwide, which are managed by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs and the Ministry of Education. The public schools remain secular, although the Ministry of Islamic Affairs instituted a program in which religious leaders", "id": "18057253" }, { "contents": "History of medieval Tunisia\n\n\nthe only state maintaining Almohad traditions, and was recognized in Friday prayer by many states in Al-Andalus and in Morocco (including the Merinids). Diplomatic relations were opened with Frederick II of Sicily, Venice, Genoa, and Aragon. Abu Zakariya the founder of the Hafsids became the foremost ruler in the Maghrib. For an historic moment, the son of Abu Zakariya and self-declared caliph of the Hafsids, al-Mustansir (r.1249-1277), was recognised as Caliph by Mecca and the Islamic world (", "id": "16688977" }, { "contents": "Mir Damad\n\n\nboth eternal and temporal origination. He influenced the revival of al-falsafa al-yamani (Philosophy of Yemen), a philosophy based on revelation and sayings of prophets rather than the rationalism of the Greeks, and he is widely recognized as the founder of the School of Isfahan, which embraced a theosophical outlook known as \"hikmat-i ilahi\" (divine wisdom). Mir Damad’s many treatises on Islamic philosophy include \"Taqwim al-Iman\" (\"Calendars of Faith\", a treasure on creation and divine", "id": "1817033" }, { "contents": "Hassan Cissé\n\n\nhe returned to assume the imamate in Medina Baye in Kaolack, Senegal. He was fluent in Arabic, French, Hausa, English, and Wolof, his native language. In addition to serving as Imam of Medina Baye, Shaykh Hassan Cisse was the Founder and former Chairman of the African American Islamic Institute (AAII), a non-governmental organization (NGO) with the highest consultative status recognized by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. The mission of AAII is to develop a capability for sustainable human and", "id": "6269553" }, { "contents": "Turan Dursun\n\n\nTuran Dursun (1934 – 4 September 1990) was a Turkish author and atheist who was a notable critic of Islam. Dursun, a former Muslim cleric and scholar of Shia Islam, became an atheist during his study of the history of monotheistic religions. Influenced by the 9th-century Persian skeptic philosopher Ibn al-Rawandi, Dursun wrote a number of books about religion which included interpretations of Islamic texts, heavily criticizing Islam and the founders of its major branches. Dursun was frequently threatened by Islamic fundamentalists, and on 4 September", "id": "5904876" }, { "contents": "Noah in Islam\n\n\nNûh ibn Lumik ibn Mutushalkh (), known as Noah in the Old Testament, is recognized in Islam as a prophet and apostle of God (Arabic: \"\"). He is an important figure in Islamic tradition, as he is one of the earliest prophets sent by God to mankind. According to Islam, Noah's mission was to warn his people, who were plunged in depravity and sin. God charged Noah with the duty of preaching to his people, advising them to abandon idolatry and to worship only God and", "id": "17113125" }, { "contents": "Mufti\n\n\nrange of subjects. The generation of Companions was in turn replaced in that role by the generation of Successors (\"tabi'un\"). The institution of \"ifta\" thus developed in Islamic communities under a question-and-answer format for communicating religious knowledge, and took on its definitive form with development of the classical theory of Islamic law. By the 8th century CE, muftis became recognized as legal experts who elaborated Islamic law and clarified its application to practical issues arising in the Islamic community. The legal theory of the", "id": "5251628" }, { "contents": "Islam and democracy\n\n\n-appointed figures (in whom ultimate political authority rests), Muslims have not only the right, but also the obligation to establish an \"Islamic state\". To that end they must turn to scholars of Islamic law (fiqh) who are qualified to interpret the Quran and the writings of the imams. Once in power and recognizing the need for more flexibility, Khomeini modified some earlier positions, insisted the ruling jurist need not be one of the most learned, that \"Sharia\" rule was subordinate to interests of Islam", "id": "7316226" }, { "contents": "Arab League–Iran relations\n\n\nIn many cases diplomatically inimical Arab nations became more cooperative with Iran, while some formerly supportive nations decreased their support. Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the revolution, founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and its first Supreme Leader, declared that, \"The concept of monarchy totally contradicts Islam.\" Therefore, Arab leaders developed a hostile attitude towards the Islamic Republic of Iran. Khomeini's idea of supporting the \"mustazafeen\" (those who are wronged or oppressed) – as opposed to the \"mustakbareen\" (those who", "id": "1834962" }, { "contents": "Islam and hip hop in the United States\n\n\nout with his solo debut album \"Black on Both Sides\". The first words spoken on this album, “Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem\" translate to \"In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful.” His father who was a member of Nation of Islam, and he became a part of the community of Imam Warithdeen Muhammad, son of Elijah Muhammad, the founder of Nation of Islam. \"I got my first exposure to Islam when I was 13,\" he said", "id": "11816267" }, { "contents": "Liberal and progressive Islam in North America\n\n\nAIFD) is an American Muslim think tank formed in 2003 by a small group of Muslim professionals in Phoenix, Arizona. The group's founder is Zuhdi Jasser who is also the group’s president and chief spokesman. AIFD advocates for the separation of religion and state and confronts the ideologies of political Islam and openly counters the belief that the Muslim faith is inextricably rooted to the concept of the Islamic state. Jasser and a group of American Muslims founded the group with the goal of demonstrating the compatibility of Islam with democracy and American", "id": "249121" }, { "contents": "Jamia Khair-ul-Madaris\n\n\nJamia Khair-ul-Madaris is located in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. It is one of the Islamic seminaries in the South Asia. It was founded by an Islamic scholar, a saint and a teacher of Islamic learning Maulana Khair Muhammad Jalandhari on 19th of Shawal, 1349 AH (9 March 1931, AD) at Jalandhar (now in Indian Punjab), under the patronage of Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi who was an Islamic revivalist, a sage of his time and the spiritual preceptor of the founder of the Jamia.", "id": "6011307" }, { "contents": "Islam and hip hop in the United States\n\n\nthe 1980s who derived his name from the Tribe of Shabazz. Lakim Shabazz was significantly influenced by Islam, specifically the teachings of the Nation of Islam and the Five Percent Nation. His raps also reflect these beliefs, perhaps most obviously in the song “Black is Back.” A pro-black anthem, the song encourages African-Americans to recognize their greatness and fight for societal dominance. Shabazz encourages turning to the teachings of the Nation of Islam for empowerment in guidance, as is emphasized in the following verses: “", "id": "11816258" }, { "contents": "Islam and secularism\n\n\nbe obliged to recognize the organic law of the empire and abide by it. As seen above, these arguments about separability of religious and political authorities in the Islamic world were greatly connected with the presence of the Caliphate. Therefore, the abolishment of the Caliphate by Turkish government in 1924 had considerable influence on such arguments among Muslim intellectuals. The most controversial work is that of Ali Abd al-Raziq, an Islamic Scholar and Shari’a judge who caused a sensation with his work \"Islam and the Foundations of Governance (Al-", "id": "18330463" }, { "contents": "Karaite Judaism\n\n\naccepted, or that Philo's philosophy was not entirely used in the founding of the Karaites (although some influences remain possible). Early 20th-century scholars Oesterley and Box suggested that Karaism formed in a reaction to the rise of Islam. The new religion recognized Judaism as a fellow monotheistic faith, but claimed that it detracted from its belief by deferring to rabbinical authority. Anan ben David (, c. 715 – 795 or 811?) is widely considered to be a major founder of the Karaite movement. His followers were", "id": "4505437" }, { "contents": "Sharia\n\n\nwhat he is learning. There are differences between Islamic and Western legal systems. For example, sharia classically recognizes only natural persons, and never developed the concept of a legal person, or corporation, i.e., a legal entity that limits the liabilities of its managers, shareholders, and employees; exists beyond the lifetimes of its founders; and that can own assets, sign contracts, and appear in court through representatives. Interest prohibitions imposed secondary costs by discouraging record keeping and delaying the introduction of modern accounting. Such factors,", "id": "9259338" }, { "contents": "Muslim world\n\n\n), founder of the Averroism school of philosophy, whose works and commentaries affected the rise of secular thought in Europe. He also developed the concept of \"existence precedes essence\". Another figure from the Islamic Golden Age, Avicenna, also founded his own Avicennism school of philosophy, which was influential in both Islamic and Christian lands. He was also a critic of Aristotelian logic and founder of Avicennian logic, developed the concepts of empiricism and tabula rasa, and distinguished between essence and existence. Yet another influential philosopher who had", "id": "17727649" }, { "contents": "Freedom of religion in Africa by country\n\n\nmarry a Muslim woman only after converting to Islam. Non-Islamic marriages are not legally recognized by the government, which only recognizes marriages performed in accordance with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs or the Ministry of the Interior. There are approximately 40 private Islamic schools nationwide, which are managed by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs and the Ministry of Education. The public schools remain secular, although the Ministry of Islamic Affairs instituted a program in which religious leaders visit the secular schools for an hour to answer religious questions in non-mandatory", "id": "7098607" }, { "contents": "Women in Islam\n\n\nwomen in Islam are different from inheritance laws for non-Muslim women under common laws. The Islamic teaching of going out of one's way to treat women equitably in financial dealings is exemplified by a story featuring Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā (700-767) – the founder of the Ḥanafī School of Law, who in his earlier life was a textile merchant in a garrison town – and a woman who came to his store offering to sell Abū Ḥanīfa a silk garment. The author and investment banker", "id": "4026704" }, { "contents": "Freedom of religion in Jordan\n\n\n. Such individuals must request one of the recognized courts to hear their personal status cases. Shari'a is applied in all matters relating to family law involving Muslims or the children of a Muslim father, and all citizens, including non-Muslims, are subject to Islamic legal provisions regarding inheritance. According to the law, all minor children of male citizens who convert to Islam are considered to be Muslim. Adult children of a male Christian who has converted to Islam become ineligible to inherit from their father if they do not also convert", "id": "7731596" }, { "contents": "Occultation (Islam)\n\n\nThe Occultation ( \"ghayba\") in Shia Islam refers to a belief that the messianic figure, or Mahdi, who in Shi'i thought is an infallible male descendant of the founder of Islam, Muhammad, was born but disappeared, and will one day return and fill the world with justice and peace. Some Shia, such as the Nizari, do not believe in the idea of the Occultation. The groups that do believe in it differ on the succession of the Imamate, and therefore which individual is in Occultation. The", "id": "20569824" }, { "contents": "Ahmed Subhy Mansour\n\n\nCoalition, a nonprofit organization of American Muslims and Arabs who feel that religious violence and terrorism have not been fully rejected by the Muslim community. The Coalition seeks to eliminate broad base support for Islamic extremism and terrorism, to strengthen secular democratic institutions in the Muslim world by supporting Islamic reformation efforts, and to promote a modern secular interpretation of Islam which is peace-loving, democracy-loving, and compatible with other faiths and beliefs. Mansour is the founder and the Interim President of Center for Islamic Pluralism. In May and", "id": "12132251" }, { "contents": "Forty Hadith of Ruhullah Khomeini\n\n\nForty Hadith () is a 1940 book written by Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It describes his personal interpretations of forty traditions attributed to Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, and The Twelve Imams. The book was originally a pamphlet that Khomeini used to teach to his students at the Feyziyeh School in Qom Seminary. Islamic scholars, motivated by a tradition from the prophet of Islam, Muhammad, which promises Divine Rewards for scholars who collect forty traditions, compile hadith narrations in groups of forty.", "id": "12448939" }, { "contents": "Khurshid Ahmad (scholar)\n\n\nKhurshīd Ahmad (; b. 23 March 1932) , is a Pakistani economist, philosopher, politician, and an Islamic activist who helped to develop Islamic economic jurisprudence as an academic discipline and one of the co-founders of The Islamic Foundation in Leceister, UK. A senior conservative figure, he has been long-standing party worker of the Islamic-socialist Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), the far-left political party, where he successfully ran for Senate in the general elections held in 2002 on a platform of", "id": "14664088" }, { "contents": "Ali Shariati\n\n\ndifferences between them - Shariati was a leftist while Qutb was a conservative. According to Mahmoud Taleghani, Ali Shariati was a thinker who created a school for revolution. The school guided young people to revolutionary action. Beheshti believes that Shariati’s work was fundamental to Islamic revolution. According to Hamid Enayat, Shariati was not only a theorist but also an adherent of Islamic radicalism. Enayat believes that Shariati can be considered the founder of Islamic socialism. Enayat considers him to be one of the most beloved and popular individuals in Islamic radicalism", "id": "791301" }, { "contents": "Revisionist school of Islamic studies\n\n\nthe Quran has been restricted ever since. In her work \"Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam\" Patricia Crone gave a general examination of the credibility of Islamic traditions. This examination is much cited in literature yet discusses only a few aspects of Muhammad's biography meant to be exemplary for the nature of all the Islamic traditions. Concerning the encounter of the young Muhammad with Jews who recognize him as a prophet, and other stories, Patricia Crone writes: \"\"\"These stories are no different from those on Muhammad's", "id": "10118383" }, { "contents": "Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University\n\n\nJuly 8, 1945, when the Islamic High School was built in Jakarta. During the revolution the Islamic High School was moved to Yogyakarta, and reopened on April 10, 1946. In November 1947 a committee was formed to discuss improvements to the High School, and an agreement to establish the Indonesian Islamic University was reached on March 10, 1948. The university had four faculties: religion, law, economics, and education. The government recognized the nationalist groups who had participated in the revolution by constructing the University of Gadjah", "id": "17880051" }, { "contents": "Conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into mosques\n\n\nin Islam. The Ka'aba thus became known as the Masjid al-Haram, or Sacred Mosque, the holiest site in Islam. Mosques were regularly established on the places of Jewish or Christian sanctuaries associated with Biblical personalities who were also recognized by Islam. The Caliph Umar initially built a small prayer house, which laid the foundation for the later construction of the Al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount, the most sacred site in Judaism, possibly by the Umayyads. The Dome of the Rock was also built on the Temple", "id": "630143" }, { "contents": "InfoCom Corporation\n\n\nwho served as InfoCom vice-president, was one of the founders and chairman of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development. Ghassan was the founder of the Texas-based chapter of the Council on American Relations (CAIR), a Muslim advocacy group directly related to the Muslim Brotherhood in the U.S., and a co-founder of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development. Ghassan was also one of the founders of the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP), as association that has been accused of raising money", "id": "9723781" }, { "contents": "Coordination of Islamic Colleges\n\n\ncolleges including 32 woman-only seminaries affiliated to the CIC. The CIC gave shape to integrated Islamic courses for boys and girls, designed by combining both Islamic and secular streams of education . The CIC’s programme for boys includes preparatory, undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Islamic studies and a recognized Bachelor’s degree in a secular discipline. The PG programme consists of seven departments under three faculties namely Theology, Islamic Sharia and Language and Culture. The programme for girls combines preparatory and undergraduate courses in Islamic studies with a recognized Bachelor’s", "id": "8372532" }, { "contents": "Terror-Free Oil Initiative\n\n\nNebraska, in January 2007. In February 2010 the station closed. TFO spokesman Joe Kaufman is also the founder of a group called Americans Against Hate, a conservative civil rights organization and terrorism watchdog group. Kaufman is a prominent critic of the Islamic advocacy organization Council on American-Islamic Relations. Terror-Free Oil purchased its gas from Sinclair Oil Corporation, who buy oil from all areas of the world on the New York Mercantile Exchange. After critics questioned the buying methods of the group, founder Joe Kaufman, was forced", "id": "18614329" }, { "contents": "Black nationalism\n\n\nas a hate group, stating: \"Its theology of innate black superiority over whites and the deeply racist, antisemitic and anti-LGBT rhetoric of its leaders have earned the NOI a prominent position in the ranks of organized hate.\" Louis Farrakhan currently leads the group. Elijah Muhammad was famously known as the successor of Wallace Fard, the founder of the Nation of Islam. He was born in Georgia on October 7, 1897. He led the group from 1934 to 1975, being very well recognized as one of the", "id": "10813644" }, { "contents": "Programming the Nation?\n\n\n, free people to making a consensus or a decision that was a responsible decision.\" Taylor says marketing is founded on manipulation and influence. Amy Goodman is a progressive American broadcast journalist, columnist, author, and investigative reporter. She is the principal host and co-founder of the independent global news program, Democracy Now!. Goodman has received many awards for her accomplishments such as the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, George Polk Award, and the Islamic Community Award for Journalism. Her books are nationally recognized and have", "id": "12912895" }, { "contents": "LGBT in Islam\n\n\nsevere among Sunni schools, insisting on capital punishment for anal sex in all cases, while the other schools generally restrict punishment to flagellation with or without banishment, unless the culprit is \"muhsan\" (Muslim free married adult), and Hanafis often suggest no physical punishment at all, leaving the choice to the judge's discretion. The founder of the Hanafi school Abu Hanifa refused to recognize the analogy between sodomy and \"zina\", although his two principal students disagreed with him on this point. The Hanafi scholar Abu Bakr", "id": "15519471" }, { "contents": "Al-Qaeda\n\n\n. Batterjee was designated as a terror financier by the US Department of the Treasury in 2004, and Julaidan is recognized as one of al-Qaeda's founders. Documents seized during the 2002 Bosnia raid showed that al-Qaeda widely exploited charities to channel financial and material support to its operatives across the globe. Notably, this activity exploited the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) and the Muslim World League (MWL). The IIRO had ties with al-Qaeda associates worldwide, including al-Qaeda's deputy Ayman al", "id": "1729119" }, { "contents": "Majid Khadduri\n\n\nMajid Khadduri (Arabic: مجيد خدوري) (September 27, 1909 – January 25, 2007) was an Iraqi–born academic. He was founder of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Middle East Studies program. Internationally, he was recognized as a leading authority on a wide variety of Islamic subjects, modern history and the politics of the Middle East. He was the author of more than 35 books in English and Arabic and hundreds of articles. Khadduri was born in Mosul, Iraq in 1909 where he", "id": "17849830" }, { "contents": "Dhaka International University\n\n\nsupports the initiative of the Government of Bangladesh. It is now operated as a government-approved university under the Non-Government University Acts of 1992 and 1998. It is operated as a non-profitable institution and offers strict academic disciplines. The late Alhaj Prof. Dr. A.B.M Mafizul Islam Patwari is recognized by the Government of Bangladesh as the founder of the university. The academic year of some degrees of DIU comprises two semesters. Each semester consists of 26 weeks. & the academic year of some degrees of DIU comprises three semesters", "id": "9687678" }, { "contents": "Southern Sudan Federal Party\n\n\n. The founders called the party the Southern Federal Party, Federal Party and the Federalist Party. The party constitution laid out principles that included calling for an equal federation of northern and southern states, with English and Arabic given equal recognition. The state would be secular, with Islam and Christianity recognized as the two major religions but respecting other religions. The south would have a separate civil service, educational system and army. The Federal Party formed a united front with the Anti-Imperialist Front (AIF). The incumbent prime", "id": "9743914" }, { "contents": "Carl Keyes\n\n\nCarl Keyes is an American, internationally recognized, founder of several non-profit organizations, who has missappropriated funds meant for victims of Hurricane Katrina and 9/11. Colin Powell, the US Senate and the President of the United States formally recognized his first response efforts after the World Trade Center attacks and Hurricane Katrina as Carl Keyes' efforts were inserted into the Congressional Record of the United States. Carl Keyes is Founder and Managing Director of AID for the World and Aid for America and has expanded his relief efforts to include people who", "id": "4721754" }, { "contents": "Armenians in Turkey\n\n\ngroups- Armenian Christians, Crypto Armenians, and Muslim Armenians. Christian Armenians are in most cases part of the recognized minority, but can also include Crypto Armenians who are not legally recognized as Armenian but identify as both Armenian and Christian, and Armenian immigrants to Turkey. Crypto Armenians are Armenians who are legally identified as Turks and are either Christian and openly recognize their identity, hide their identity and either practice Crypto-Christianity or Islam, Openly identify as Armenian but are Muslim, or don't know about their ethnicity at all.", "id": "9740344" }, { "contents": "Goripalayam Mosque\n\n\nfruitfully. The two rulers were brothers who ruled the northern part of Madurai after coming from Oman during the 13th century to spread Islam after hearing about the travel of Qutb Sulthan Syed Ibrahim Shaheed Badusha of Erwadi and his victory in south India followed by the established Islamic rule in Madurai and Ramanathapuram provinces. Kazi Syed Tajuddin Radiyallah, the founder of Kazimar Big Mosque and who lived in Kazimar Street was government Kazi (Islamic legal advisor and jury) to the Sultans. The descendants of Kazi Syed Tajuddin are still living in Kazimar Street", "id": "13436781" }, { "contents": "Abdullah Ahmad (cleric)\n\n\nAbdullah Ahmad (1878 - 1933) was an Islamic cleric (ulama) and reformist hailed from Padang Panjang, West Sumatra. He is a founder of Islamic mass organization based in West Sumatra, Sumatera Thawalib. He also founded the Islamic magazine \"Al-Munir\", the first Islamic mass media in the Indonesian archipelago. Together with Abdul Karim Amrullah, he became one of the first Indonesians who received the honorable degree from Al-Azhar University in Cairo. Abdullah was born to Haji Ahmad, a renowned Minangkabau ulama and", "id": "13066513" }, { "contents": "Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī\n\n\nSayyid Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (), also known as Sayyid Jamāl ad-Dīn Asadābādī () and commonly known as Al-Afghani (1838/1839 – March 9, 1897), was a political activist and Islamic ideologist who travelled throughout the Muslim world during the late 19th century. He is one of the founders of Islamic Modernism as well as an advocate of Pan-Islamic unity in Europe and Hindu-Muslim unity in India, he has been described as being less interested in minor differences in Islamic jurisprudence", "id": "5512591" }, { "contents": "Faruk Imam Muhammad\n\n\n, Alhaji Muhammad imam, was an Arabic scholar, a renowned and respected Islamic jurist and teacher who migrated from the bida emirate in the mid-1900s and pursued a lifelong mission of teaching and Islamic missionary work. The father settled in Ankpa Town, in Kogi State. Faruk's guardian, Sheikh Yusuf Abdallah also a renowned Islamic scholar served as a principal advisor to several District Heads across the Kogi Native Authority during the colonial era, for decades Mallam faruk teacher was the founder Arabic and Islamic Studies Centres (Mash'had then Ma'ahad) was", "id": "7550794" }, { "contents": "Ladakh\n\n\nduring this period. Between the 1380s and early 1510s, many Islamic missionaries propagated Islam and proselytised the Ladakhi people. Sayyid Ali Hamadani, Sayyid Muhammad Nur Baksh and Mir Shamsuddin Iraqi were three important Sufi missionaries who propagated Islam to the locals. Mir Sayyid Ali was the first one to make Muslim converts in Ladakh and is often described as the founder of Islam in Ladakh. Several mosques were built in Ladakh during this period, including in Mulbhe, Padum and Shey, the capital of Ladakh. His principal disciple, Sayyid Muhammad", "id": "9070474" }, { "contents": "Islamic economics\n\n\nthat Islam recognizes and upholds the individual's right to private ownership. The Qur'an extensively discusses taxation, inheritance, prohibition against stealing, legality of ownership, recommendation to give charity and other topics related to private property. Islam also guarantees the protection of private property by imposing stringent punishments on thieves. Muhammad said that he who dies defending his property was like a martyr. Islamic economists classify the acquisition of private property into involuntary, contractual and non-contractual categories. Involuntary means are inheritances, bequests, and gifts. Non-", "id": "10921383" }, { "contents": "Rufaida Al-Aslamia\n\n\nRufaida Al-Aslamia (also transliterated Rufaida Al-Aslamiya or Rufaydah bint Sa`ad) () (born approx. 620 AD; 2 BH) was an Islamic medical and social worker recognized as the first female Muslim nurse and the first female surgeon in Islam. Among the first people in Madina to accept Islam, Rufaida Al-Aslamia was born into the Bani Aslam tribe of the Khazraj tribal confederation in Medina, and initially gained fame for her contribution with other Ansar women who welcomed the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, on arrival", "id": "15817140" }, { "contents": "Islamization\n\n\nIslamic identity\" as often shared by Muslim immigrants and their children who live in non-Muslim countries: The increased integration of world societies as a result of enhanced communications, media, travel, and migration makes meaningful the concept of a single Islam practiced everywhere in similar ways, and an Islam which transcends national and ethnic customs. This does not necessarily imply political or social organizations: Global Muslim identity does not necessarily or even usually imply organized group action. Even though Muslims recognize a global affiliation, the real heart of Muslim", "id": "3437239" }, { "contents": "Islamic–Jewish relations\n\n\n's view, Adam was the first Muslim (in the sense of believing in Allah and surrendering to Allah's commands). Islam also shares many traits with Judaism (as well as with Christianity), like the belief in and reverence for common prophets, such as Moses and Abraham, who are recognized in all three Abrahamic religions. Judaism and Islam are known as \"Abrahamic religions\". The first Abrahamic religion was Judaism as practiced in the wilderness of the Sinai peninsula subsequent to the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt and", "id": "19191560" }, { "contents": "Mohsin Qara'ati\n\n\nMohsin Qara'ati (Persian: محسن قرائتی) is an Iranian Shia cleric who was born in 1945 in the city of Kashan, and his father was Ali Naqi (Qara'ati). Mohsin Qara'ati who is commonly known as \"Ayatollah Qara'ati\" or \"Hujjat al-islam Qara'ati,\" was appointed as the representative of Sayyid Ruhollah Khomeini (the founder and previous leader of Islamic Republic of Iran) at the \"literacy movement organization\" in Iran in 1981. Mohsin Qara'ati who is also known as \"Haj Aqa Qara'ati (Persian", "id": "18684278" }, { "contents": "Ahmed Subhy Mansour\n\n\ncontributors. Mansour said: \"I visited this mosque one time with my wife. I found their Arabic materials full of hatred against America. I recognized they were Wahhabis.\" The Islamic Society of Boston sued him over his attacks on anti-American and anti-Semitic statements he said he read and heard inside the society's mosque. He is also a founder and board member (since October 2004) of Citizens for Peace and Tolerance. Mansour is also a board member (since September 2004) of the Free Muslims", "id": "12132250" }, { "contents": "Pondok Pesantren Walibarokah Burengan Banjaran Kediri\n\n\nsit with the founder of Pondok Pesantren Walibarokah Burengan Banjaran Kediri namely KH Nur Hasan Al Ubaidah said that clerics were mastering Hadith (gives meaning and description) as much as 49 types of Hadith that the set consists of 6 hadith which are usually categorized as kutubussitah (the level of validity is recognized all except the Shiite sect of Islam and some sects that deny the legitimacy of the hadith of the Prophet) and the rest are various hadith complement. The books of hadith kutubussitah consists of a set of hadith compiled by Buchori,", "id": "19454718" }, { "contents": "Arnold van Gennep\n\n\nbest known for his work regarding rites of passage ceremonies and his significant works in modern French folklore. He is recognized as the founder of folklore studies in France. He went to Paris to study at the Sorbonne, but was disappointed that the school did not offer the subjects he wanted. So he enrolled at the École des langues orientales to study Arabic and at the École pratique des hautes études for philology, general linguistics, Egyptology, Ancient Arabic, primitive religions, and Islamic culture. This scholarly independence would manifest itself for", "id": "8114836" }, { "contents": "Ezboni Mondiri\n\n\ngraduates from the south decided to found a party to advocate policies needed by the south. The founders called the party the Southern Federal Party, Federal Party and the Federalist Party. The party constitution laid out principles that included calling for an equal federation of northern and southern states, with English and Arabic given equal recognition. The state would be secular, with Islam and Christianity recognized as the two major religions but respecting other religions. The south would have a separate civil service, educational system and army. Father Saturnino Lohure Hilangi", "id": "9051883" }, { "contents": "The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought\n\n\nwas the establishment of The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought in order by Ayatollah Khamenei in 1990 in Tehran. This world forum recognizes these Islamic Sects: The Hanafi, Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali from Sunnis Sects, Twelver and Zaidiyyah from Shias Sects. Also, this forum recognizes Ibadi. The annual international conference is held every year in Islamic Unity Week. So far, twenty-five Islamic Unity conferences are held by forum. The last annual conference was held on January 7 to 10 2015. Sixty nine", "id": "8720809" }, { "contents": "Religion in Iran\n\n\n), is prohibited and may be punishable by death. Article 23 of the constitution states, \"the investigation of individuals' beliefs is forbidden, and no one may be molested or taken to task simply for holding a certain belief.\" But another article, 167, gives judges the discretion \"to deliver his judgment on the basis of authoritative Islamic sources and authentic fatwa (rulings issued by qualified clerical jurists).\" The founder of the Islamic Republic, Islamic cleric Ruhollah Khomeini, who was a grand Ayatollah, ruled", "id": "3605690" }, { "contents": "Pacifism\n\n\nGhulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, said that in contrary to the current views, Islam \"does not allow the use of sword in religion, except in the case of defensive wars, wars waged to punish a tyrant, or those meant to uphold freedom\". Ahmadiyya claims its objective to be the peaceful propagation of Islam with special emphasis on spreading the true message of Islam by the pen. Ahmadis point out that as per prophecy, who they believe was the promised messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad,", "id": "5130142" }, { "contents": "Ardabil\n\n\nwho died in 1334. The Shaykh was a Sufi leader, who trained his followers in Islamic mystic practices. After his death, his followers remained loyal to his family, who became increasingly powerful. In 1501, one of his descendants, Shah Isma'il, seized political power. He united Iran for the first time in several centuries and established the Shi'i form of Islam as the state religion. Isma'il was the founder of the Safavid dynasty, named after Shaykh Safi al-Din. The Safavids, who ruled without a break", "id": "10629606" } ]

[ { "contents": "Air Bud: World Pup\n\n\nwill not only be playing on his soccer team, but also has a golden retriever named Molly, who Buddy also finds attractive. Emma invites Josh to a party at her house and Tom arrives dressed up like a British soldier and looking quite silly wearing a kilt. At the same time, things work out between Buddy and Molly and they become infatuated on the second floor in Emma's house, all the while, Josh's sister, Andrea Framm (Caitlin Wachs) and her best friend, Tammy (Chantal Strand)", "id": "18875910" }, { "contents": "Air Bud: World Pup\n\n\nAir Bud: World Pup (also known as Air Bud 3 in most other countries) is a 2000 made-for-video American comedy film, and the third film in the \"Air Bud\" series. It was the first Air Bud movie to be filmed without Buddy, the canine star of the first two films; Buddy died after production of the previous film, \".\" \"World Pup\" was the first film in the \"Air Bud\" series not to be released theatrically in the U.S., opting", "id": "18875908" }, { "contents": "Air Bud: World Pup\n\n\nto only be released on video; however, it was played in Philippine theaters for a limited time. Teenager Josh Framm's mother, Jackie, has just married her veterinarian boyfriend, Dr. Patrick Sullivan (Dale Midkiff). Josh and his best friend, Tom Stewart (Shayn Solberg), just made their school's soccer team when their coach reveals that their team will become co-ed. Josh meets Emma Putter, an attractive, wealthy girl who just moved to Fernfield from England after her mother's death, who", "id": "18875909" }, { "contents": "Air Bud: World Pup\n\n\nthe roster, leading Josh's soccer team to the state championship against the Spartans. However, trouble ensues when Buddy and Molly's six newborn puppies are kidnapped by a man called Snerbert (Martin Ferrero), who wants to sell them for whippets. Once they are caught by Josh, Andrea and Emma, Snerbert's assistant, Webster (Don McMillan), the butler Emma's father, Geoffrey (Duncan Regehr), hired to help care for Molly during her pregnancy, threw Snerbert under the bus by revealing the motive", "id": "18875913" }, { "contents": "Air Bud: World Pup\n\n\nfor the kidnapping: Snerbert wanted to get rich, while Webster just wanted a puppy, something he always wanted since childhood. Webster subsequently offers to drive Andrea, Josh, Emma and Buddy to the stadium, which the Timberwolves were losing because Emma, Josh and Buddy were missing, while an army of dogs stayed behind to make sure Snerbert didn't try to go anywhere. The Timberwolves subsequently win the championship thanks to a game-winning goal by Buddy. Shooting took place in Vancouver. The soccer field and red brick", "id": "18875914" }, { "contents": "Air Bud: Golden Receiver\n\n\nit the first \"Air Bud\" film to have been designated that rating in the United States. This film was released to VHS on December 15, 1998, and was later released to DVD in 2000. Walt Disney Home Video continued its line of \"Air Bud Special Edition\" DVDs with the release of \"Air Bud: Golden Receiver Special Edition\" on February 2, 2010. The special edition includes a play-by-play action exclusive Sports Channel by the Buddies (the pups of Air Bud), led", "id": "18150323" }, { "contents": "Chantal Strand\n\n\nworking on many projects including \"The Outer Limits\", \"The Commish\", \"The Charlie Horse Music Pizza\", \"Life-Size\", \"Air Bud: World Pup\", \"Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch\", and \"Air Bud: Spikes Back\" throughout her elementary and high school years. In 2010, Strand graduated from Capilano University with an Associate of Arts degree and then transferred to the University of British Columbia, graduating in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Strand completed a", "id": "18608945" }, { "contents": "Chantal Strand\n\n\nChantal Strand (born October 15, 1987) is a Canadian voice actress, actress, singer, stunt performer, and writer. She is best known for her roles as Holly in \"The Charlie Horse Music Pizza\", Sarah's Sister in \"Life-Size\", Kelly in \"Barbie in The Nutcracker\", and Tammy in \"Air Bud: World Pup\". At a young age, Strand started off doing stunts on \"Look Who's Talking Now\" with her twin sister, Michelle. Strand began", "id": "18608944" }, { "contents": "Air Bud: World Pup\n\n\n, want to scope out what's really going on at the party. Molly quickly has puppies with Buddy. Next, it is discovered that Buddy also has the uncanny ability to play soccer. However, the soccer committee decided on the recommendation of chairman Jack Stearns to ban the Timberwolves from the soccer league all because they had Buddy on their team. The Timberwolves were given two options: either remove Buddy from their team or remove their team from the league (either way, the Springbrook Spartans, the team Jack serves as", "id": "18875911" }, { "contents": "DHX Media\n\n\nBud Entertainment (founded by Robert Vince) distribute the Air Bud library of 15 films, including the newest Air Bud production Pup Star. On May 10, 2017, DHX announced that it had acquired the entertainment division of Iconix Brand Group for $345 million. The purchase gave DHX rights to the \"Strawberry Shortcake\" franchise and, more prominently, an 80% majority stake in Peanuts Worldwide. On October 2, 2017, the company announced that it was evaluating strategic alternatives, including a potential sale, following a review", "id": "11141966" }, { "contents": "Obba Babatundé\n\n\nin animated movies and games include Lando Calrissian in \"\", \"\", \"\", and \"Disney Infinity 3.0\" as well as Conroy in \"Rocket Power.\" In the animated feature \"The Wild Thornberrys Movie\", Babatundé voiced the character of Boko, and in the 2016 Air Bud Entertainment movie \"Pup Star\", he played the soul-singing Basset Hound, Big Ears. Babatundé was co-producer and director of \"Oscar's Black Odyssey\", co-producer of \"Dorothy Dandridge:", "id": "16927674" }, { "contents": "Air Buddies\n\n\n. At school, Noah and Henry collect every boy and girl's profile sheets and photos. After deciding which children who would make good owners, the family decides to call them the next day. Grim and Denning arrive at Buddy's home, only to see Buddy and Molly at the same time, thinking there are two air buds or they are mates. The next morning, the pups decide to run away. Grim and Denning follow them, and manage to catch Budderball by luring him with a doughnut. The other", "id": "21269253" }, { "contents": "Air Bud: World Pup\n\n\ncoach of, would have rectified their 3-1 loss to the Timberwolves). Knowing Buddy was the star player, they naturally quit the league. When Jack's son, Spartans all-star captain Steve Stearns, learns that the Timberwolves have been banned from the league, he's outraged and confronts his father, leading to Jack calling Timberwolves coach Montoya and informing him that, after careful consideration, the committee had a change of heart and the Timberwolves were back in the league. Buddy has a uniform and is on", "id": "18875912" }, { "contents": "Authority Always Wins\n\n\ndoesn't care about the laws of the pack. Terry frightens and concerns Arlene with his PTSD symptoms. Andy and Jason discover Debbie's vehicle. Andy finds a vial of V and initially pockets it before turning it over to Jason. Frustrated at all the noise Emma is making when she is meant to be sleeping Luna goes into her room to find Emma has turned into a wolf pup. The following songs appear in the episode: \"True Blood\" was the number one cable program on the night it aired with 4.417", "id": "6271299" }, { "contents": "Robert Vince\n\n\nthe \"Air Buddies\" franchise films, \"Santa Pups\", \"Santa Paws\", \"Chestnut\", \"Spymate\", \"MVP: Most Valuable Primate\", \"Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch\", \"MVP: Most Vertical Primate\" and \"MXP: Most Xtreme Primate\". Before Vince launched his directing career, he ran Keystone Entertainment, where he produced, co-wrote and directed more than 33 films, primarily in partnership with Disney, Miramax and Warner Bros. Vince has two sons and", "id": "2126464" }, { "contents": "Dog Eat Dog (band)\n\n\nvocals), Brandon Finley (drums) and Roger Haemmerli (guitar). Bassist Dave Neabore had joined Bergenfield, New Jersey band Mucky Pup before the recording of Mucky Pup's second album, \"A Boy In A Man's World\". Soon after the album's 1989 release, guitarist Dan Nastasi quit Mucky Pup to help form the band Non-Fiction with former members of the band Hades and to briefly join Murphy's Law. Sean Kilkenny was a friend of Mucky Pup's who would occasionally play guitar with the", "id": "13875708" }, { "contents": "Bud Bowl\n\n\nThe Bud Bowl was a stop motion animated Super Bowl advertising campaign first aired in 1989, and sporadically during the 1990s. It served as an advertisement for Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser family of beers. It featured anthropomorphized Budweiser bottles playing a football game against Bud Light bottles. Bud Bowl I was aired in 1989 during the telecast of Super Bowl XXIII. It was originally created in the D'arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Account Service Dept by Tom Gooch and Rich Lalley who were looking for a way to strategically be involved with the Super", "id": "5426752" }, { "contents": "Air Bud: Golden Receiver\n\n\nAir Bud: Golden Receiver (also known as Air Bud 2) is a 1998 American-Canadian sports comedy film and the sequel to \"Air Bud\". The film was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is also the last of the \"Air Bud\" films to be released theatrically. Outside the United States the film was often titled \"Air Bud 2\". This film is dedicated in memory of the original Air Bud (Air Buddy), who died of Synovial sarcoma – a rare form", "id": "18150316" }, { "contents": "Air Bud: Spikes Back\n\n\nAir Bud: Spikes Back (also known as Air Bud 5) is the fifth and final film in the original \"Air Bud series\". The film series itself was followed by a spin-off series: the \"Air Buddies\" franchise. This was the only \"Air Bud\" movie not to include Kevin Zegers. It was released on June 24, 2003 as a direct to video sequel. In Disney's fifth installment to the franchise, Buddy finds that he also has the uncanny ability to play volleyball.", "id": "19082357" }, { "contents": "List of JAG characters\n\n\nevery member of the SEAL team, and made a public apology to the world. He also once reported on the injury of Bud even before Bud's wife Harriet was informed of the full details, causing ADM Chegwidden to slightly lose his cool. Played by Dan Lauria. Seasons 2–8, 5 episodes. Harm's direct supervisor while he was attached to the CIA, an easy-going guy who once flew for Air America during the 1960s and '70s, and seems to find working for the CIA well suited to his", "id": "7237952" }, { "contents": "Dilly Dilly\n\n\nguy who was banished to the Pit of Misery, returns to offer the king and queen Bud Light Orange and Bud Light Lime. In May 2018, Bud Light released a series of Dilly Dilly themed ads to promote the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In July 2018, Bud Light had a summer concert called Downtown Dilly Dilly at Elmwood Park in Roanoke, Virginia featuring country music singer Josh Turner. In September 2018, the television ad \"A Royal Affair\" was aired but without using the \"Dilly Dilly\" phrase. Bud", "id": "20465040" }, { "contents": "Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups\n\n\nDorothy and Blue that Mrs. Claus met try to bring the Christmas spirit back forever. They do this by airing on the radio and convincing everyone to act like normal. Carter wishes for the Christmas spirit to last forever all over the world. The pups are then able to reverse the wish. Noble gives back Eddy his magic crystal collar, and then the Santa Pups, Eli, Eddy, and Mrs. Claus heading back to the North Pole. The film ends with the Santa Pups, Eddy and Eli singing what the True", "id": "17909596" }, { "contents": "Air Bud (series)\n\n\nThe Air Bud film series (also known as Air Buddies or Disney Buddies) is an American film franchise based on a sports-playing Golden Retriever named Buddy, portrayed by Air Buddy. The franchise began in 1997 with the theatrical release of \"Air Bud\", followed by the theatrical release of \"\" in 1998. The rest of the films in the series were released in direct-to-video form. The \"Air Buddies\" or \"Disney Buddies\" spin-off series began in 2006 with the release", "id": "18227892" }, { "contents": "Polytechnic University of the Philippines\n\n\nknown to assist those who need fast and rapid response communications within the university and nearby areas. PUP's varsity teams compete in the National Capital Region Conference of the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association. The university's basketball team also played at the National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities in 2013. The athletic teams of PUP are called the Mighty Maroons. Its volleyball and basketball teams plays at the PUP Gymnasium and Sports Center. Softball is played at the PUP Oval field, which was recently rehabilitated in 2013.", "id": "10629366" }, { "contents": "Emma Crewe\n\n\ncharming delicacy in most of the pictures of Miss Emma Crewe; though I think, in her \"Flora at play with Cupid,\" … she has rather overstepped the modesty of nature, by giving the portrait an air of voluptuousness too luxuriously melting.\" She married in 1809 Foster Cunliffe-Offley. Following the death of her father, Emma became the guardian of her youngest niece Annabella Hungerford Crewe, the daughter of her only brother, John Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe, who was estranged from the family. Emma and", "id": "16068706" }, { "contents": "Coyote\n\n\nUnlike wolf pups, coyote pups begin seriously fighting (as opposed to play fighting) prior to engaging in play behavior. A common play behavior includes the coyote \"hip-slam\". By three weeks of age, coyote pups bite each other with less inhibition than wolf pups. By the age of four to five weeks, pups have established dominance hierarchies, and are by then more likely to play rather than fight. The male plays an active role in feeding, grooming, and guarding the pups, but abandons them", "id": "6815542" }, { "contents": "The Avengers (1998 film)\n\n\nPeel is a clone), Steed determines Father is working with de Wynter. Father and Emma Peel's clone captures and gases Emma unconscious but are confronted by Mother, who is then incapacitated. de Wynter, controlling Prospero and the weather, confronts the world's leaders. He boasts that he controls the weather, and they will have to buy the weather from him, will pay a lot for it, and will have until midnight to pay. Father and Peel's clone take Emma to a hot air balloon, where", "id": "2980488" }, { "contents": "San Diego Buds\n\n\nThe San Diego Buds were a team tennis franchise in TeamTennis. The team was founded in 1981, as the San Diego Friars, a namesake of the original team that played in World Team Tennis from 1975 through 1978. The Buds were owned by Dr. Phil Young. The team changed its name before the 1984 season. The Buds played their home matches at the San Diego Sports Arena. The Buds won the 1984 and 1985 TeamTennis championships before folding following the 1985 season. World Team Tennis suspended operations after the 1978 season,", "id": "15438642" }, { "contents": "Slicked-up Pup\n\n\nsuffer the consequences by tearing him limb from limb (\"Understand?\"). Tom grudgingly agrees to look after the pup and ensure that the pup stays clean until Spike returns, except for Jerry, who of course is being ready to (as always) sabotage this. As Tom sits down on the same wooden platform that Tyke is lying on, one of the wooden planks catapults Tyke into the air, and Tom narrowly saves Tyke from falling into the same muddy puddle. Tom overhears Jerry's laughter and chases after", "id": "16670745" }, { "contents": "Animal roleplay\n\n\noptions that occur in the scene and should be discussed by the participants (pup / handler, beta / alpha, etc.) ahead of time so expectations are not misinterpreted. \"Training\" may take place in order to teach commands or tricks if both participants desire such interactions. There are numerous groups across the world involved in puppy play, with a number in the United States. The San Francisco K9 Unit was the first public puppy social group in the United States formed back in November 2004 by Pup Spunky and Pup", "id": "643257" }, { "contents": "Noel Agazarian\n\n\nJacqueline Marie-Louise le Chevalier. They had six children, four boys (three of whom later joined the Royal Air Force) and two girls, one of whom, Monique Agazarian, later served as a pilot in the Air Transport Auxiliary. The four siblings' interest in aviation may have been sparked by their mother, who bought a World War I surplus Sopwith Pup fighter for £5 at a Croydon auction, and parked it in the back garden of the family house for use as a plaything by her children.", "id": "13087511" }, { "contents": "Bud Mahurin\n\n\nColonel Walker Melville \"Bud\" Mahurin (December 5, 1918 – May 11, 2010) was a United States Air Force officer and aviator. During World War II, while serving in the United States Army Air Forces, he was a flying ace. Mahurin was the first American pilot to become a double ace in the European Theater. He was the only United States Air Force pilot to shoot down enemy planes in both the European and Pacific Theaters and the Korean War. During World War II he was credited with 20.75", "id": "18196493" }, { "contents": "Live!Girls! present Dogtown\n\n\n, one of the greatest love affairs the world has ever known begins to stir in the library. Written by Sunderland twin sisters Emma and Beth Kilcoyne, and starring Emma Kilcoyne and Sam Battersea, who perform in a number of guises, the series is based on their live act, \"Live! Girls!\", which played in Edinburgh to rave reviews. Emma Kilcoyne plays Eenie Thompson, the 73-year-old arsonist dwarf; Bill Taddler, the misguided and overbearing geography teacher; and Denise Taylor, the put-upon", "id": "19596538" }, { "contents": "Emma's Theatre\n\n\nEmmas Theatre is an animated television series that airs on Playhouse Disney in the United States. The program aims to introduce toddlers to different cultures and to expose them to different places and countries through short stories. The show is distributed by Decode Entertainment, a DHX Media Company. This show was replaced by Doc McStuffins for Disney Junior on March 23, 2012. A little girl plays with a puppet theatre in her room, taking viewers on an adventure to a different place in the world in each episode. Through short stories,", "id": "5869395" }, { "contents": "Dilly Dilly\n\n\nDay. It featured a court magician who is asked to turn things into cases of Bud Light. The second ad in the trilogy \"Ye Olde Pep Talk\" aired for the AFC and NFC Championship games. For Super Bowl LII, Bud Light aired \"Ye Olde Pep Talk\" as well as debuting the third one in their trilogy titled \"The Bud Knight\". Bud Light also released web videos for each of the teams participating in the AFC and NFC Championships. In March 2018, during the Loyola Ramblers men's", "id": "20465038" }, { "contents": "Sea lion\n\n\n. Those pups who were treated had much better growth rates than those who did not. Overall parasites and hookworms are killing off enough pups to place them in endangerment. Parasites affect sea pups in various areas of the world. Reproductive success reduces immensely, survival methods, changes in health and growth have also been affected. Diet is an important factor in the well-being of any animal’s life. Gene expressions are being used more often to detect the physiological responses to nutrition, as well as other stressors. In a", "id": "14853218" }, { "contents": "Air Buddies\n\n\nAir Buddies is a 2006 straight-to-DVD comedy film. It is the sixth film in the \"Air Bud\" series and the first in the direct-to-video spin-off series \"Air Buddies\", which follows the life of a lonely teenager and his dog who has the uncanny ability to play every sport. This movie changes the primary focus of the series from Buddy, an adult golden retriever, to his puppies. It also radically alters the character of the series by making virtually all of", "id": "21269250" }, { "contents": "Emma (play)\n\n\nEmma (or Emma: A Play in Two Acts about Emma Goldman, American Anarchist, its full title) is a play by historian and playwright Howard Zinn (1922–2010). It was first performed in 1976. The play dramatizes events from the life of Emma Goldman. Zinn wrote the play using Goldman's autobiography, correspondence between Goldman and fellow anarchist Alexander Berkman (Emma's lover, who also became a character in the play), and other research. As Zinn describes her in his introduction, \"She seemed to", "id": "19244274" }, { "contents": "Sopwith Pup\n\n\nThe Sopwith Pup was a British single-seater biplane fighter aircraft built by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It entered service with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service in the autumn of 1916. With pleasant flying characteristics and good manoeuvrability, the aircraft proved very successful. The Pup was eventually outclassed by newer German fighters, but it was not completely replaced on the Western Front until the end of 1917. Remaining Pups were relegated to Home Defence and training units. The Pup's docile flying characteristics also made it ideal", "id": "11772974" }, { "contents": "Geoffrey Hemming\n\n\nFlight Lieutenant Geoffrey William Hemming (3 April 1898 – 26 February 1926) was a British World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. Hemming was commissioned as probationary flight sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Air Service on 5 July 1916, and posted to . He joined No. 4 Naval Squadron just after its second formation in December 1916. It was equipped with Sopwith Pups, and based at Ostend, Belgium. On 12 May 1917 Hemming piloted Pup No. N6177 to victory over a Siemens-Schuckert D.I", "id": "18635573" }, { "contents": "James Alpheus Glen\n\n\nJames Alpheus Glen DSC (23 June 1890 – 7 March 1962) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, officially credited with 15 victories. Four of these victories occurred in a Sopwith Pup he named \"Mildred H.\" after his girlfriend at the time (he later married an American actress). The Golden Age Air Museum in Bethel, Pennsylvania, has a flying reproduction of his Pup. \"Flt. Lieut. James Alpheus Glen, R N.A.S. For exceptional gallantry and skill as a fighting pilot and flight leader.", "id": "4648012" }, { "contents": "Emma de Guzman\n\n\nFurthermore, the golden dust collectively amounts on its own, saved on a white sheet where de Guzman sits during her apparition. On November 4, 1995, during one of Emma's trances to which she allegedly claims to experience the Passion of Jesus Christ, Emma drew out five small, thornless, rose buds out of her chest, filled with blood and bodily mucus. Later accounts of the videotaped event claims a hole on her chest, which later closed. Followers of Emma also attest to her various letters written in Ancient", "id": "21090019" }, { "contents": "Wendell \"Bud\" Hurlbut\n\n\nWendell \"Bud\" Hurlbut (1918–2011) was a designer, builder, entrepreneur, and one of the first creators of theme parks in the United States. Hurlbut was born in Watertown, South Dakota, the only child of Ray and Emma Hurlbut. The family moved to Whittier, California, where Ray managed a successful oil tool company. Bud worked in a printing company, worked as a pattern maker for Vultee Aircraft, and was a mechanical engineer for F.A. Nemec Combustion Engineers in Whittier, before getting into the amusement park", "id": "6732267" }, { "contents": "Animal roleplay\n\n\nRowdy. In 2008, Brue Pierce, one of the members of the SF K9 Unit along with assistance from several other members and volunteers, organized and produced the largest public pup and handler social event called \"Woof Camp\" at the International Mr. Leather weekend in Chicago, Illinois with Brue Pierce retiring the event in 2016. Pup Pride Australia has participated, since 2015, in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and has featured in an Australian TV documentary aired by the Special Broadcasting Service. In kitten play, a person", "id": "643258" }, { "contents": "The World's Greatest Athlete\n\n\n\"World's Greatest Athlete\" will annoy several powerful people who are used to getting their way. Nanu's innocence, Archer's scheming, Jackson's ineptitude, Gazenga's outraged wisdom, and the Machiavellian plotting of the villains all play roles in the action as the film heads toward the final track meet. The atmosphere of American competition does indeed threaten Nanu, but he is saved from disintegration by love interest Jane Douglas. Jane and Nanu's budding relationship angers rival Leopold Maxwell, whose attempts to sabotage the budding star build", "id": "8451718" }, { "contents": "Bud Day\n\n\nGeorge Everette \"Bud\" Day (24 February 1925 – 27 July 2013) was a United States Air Force officer, aviator, and veteran of World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War. He was also a prisoner of war, and recipient of the Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross. , he is the only person to be awarded both the Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross. He was posthumously advanced to the rank of brigadier general effective March 27, 2018, as directed by the 2017 National Defense", "id": "11697566" }, { "contents": "California sea lion\n\n\npups for up to a day. Pups left on shore tend to gather in nurseries to socialize and play. When returning from a trip, females call their pups with distinctive calls to which the pups will reply in kind. A mother and pup can distinguish each other's calls from those of other mothers and pups. At first, reunions largely depend on the efforts of the mothers. However, as pups get older, they get more involved in reunions. Older pups may sometimes join their mothers during their foraging trips.", "id": "14852683" }, { "contents": "PUP (band)\n\n\nuncertainty, they decided on the name PUP. The name is an acronym of a quote by Babcock's grandmother, who said that playing in a rock band was a \"pathetic use of potential.\" The band officially announced their new name via social media on April 16, 2013. The upcoming album's release date was set for October 8, 2013. From September to the end of November 2013, PUP joined Hollerado and the Zolas on a 24-stop tour across Canada to promote the album. Upon its release, the", "id": "13259965" }, { "contents": "Assistance dog\n\n\nlife is normally spent in socialization rather than formal training. Large formal organisations often use puppy foster parents during the pups first year and the pup grows up in a normal family environment surrounded by the sights, sounds and smells of the type of environment they will later work in, learning to be clean and toilet trained, confident and happy. Owner Trainers raise their pups themselves, so the dog lives with the same person who will later be their handler, but will also focus on giving the puppy confidence, play experiences and", "id": "21647205" }, { "contents": "Emma Russack\n\n\nEmma Russack is an Australian singer and songwriter who grew up in Narooma, New South Wales, where she graduated from high school in 2005. She currently lives in Melbourne. In 2004, when she was 16, she won the contest \"Fresh Air\" of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for young talents with her song \"Used to this\". By 2008, she was already known on YouTube, where she had posted eight covers, as well as two songs of her own, playing the guitar. For some time (", "id": "21382753" }, { "contents": "Animal roleplay\n\n\n\"handler\", \"trainer\", \"master\", or in the case of someone who also identifies as a pup, an \"alpha\". Not all \"pups\" or \"dogs\" are \"alpha\", some consider themselves \"beta\" or \"omega\", and as in the canine world hierarchy, \"beta\" can refer to someone who has both dominant and submissive or service oriented tendencies depending on the situation where \"omega\" generally indicates a more submissive, passive, service oriented and playful", "id": "643254" }, { "contents": "Emma Trevayne\n\n\nEmma Trevayne is a British (expatriate American) speculative fiction author. Trevayne's debut novel \"Coda\" released in May 2013. A young adult cyberpunk novel, the narrative follows Anthem, an eighteen-year-old boy who lives in a world where music is a drug dispensed by the Corp. Anthem plays a two-faced role within the society. He's a conduit — feeding the power grid by hooking and being drained daily — and he's a rebel — playing music in a tucked away spot with home made", "id": "3414513" }, { "contents": "Sea otter\n\n\n). Twins occur in 2% of births; however, usually only one pup survives. At birth, the eyes are open, ten teeth are visible, and the pup has a thick coat of baby fur. Mothers have been observed to lick and fluff a newborn for hours; after grooming, the pup's fur retains so much air, the pup floats like a cork and cannot dive. The fluffy baby fur is replaced by adult fur after about 13 weeks. Nursing lasts six to eight months in Californian", "id": "11721438" }, { "contents": "Mucky Pup\n\n\n1988. In 1989, the band released their second album, \"A Boy in a Man's World\". The album featured a re-recorded version of \"U-Stink-But-I-♥-U\", for which the band shot their first music video. MTV played the video two times. \"A Boy In A Man's World\" also featured cover art by friend and future DC and Marvel comic book artist, Nelson DeCastro, who had previously created T-shirt art for the band as well", "id": "3431701" }, { "contents": "Mickey's Circus\n\n\nlast sea lion, the pup intervenes and steals the fish. The resulting tug-of-war ends in the sea lions fighting over the fish. The next act is playing the organ pipe, but the sea lion can't do it right. The pup interferes and plays the tune \"Yankee Doodle\" instead, but the crowd cheers anyway. The pup distracts Donald to the point where Donald loses his temper, tries to attack the pup, and gets stuck in a drum. The next thing Donald knew, the", "id": "19306912" }, { "contents": "List of Grimm characters\n\n\nmythical grimms. Because of this, Bud behaves subserviently towards Nick, offering to fix things and giving Nick gifts. It is only after Nick calls upon Bud for help in a murder case that Bud realizes Nick is a good person. The two become friends, although he is still somewhat jittery when he and Nick meet. Bud played an important role in stopping a wesen lawyer who used his pheromones to manipulate juries to favor his clients. Sergeant Franco (played by Robert Blanche) is a police officer who works in the", "id": "15909963" }, { "contents": "Sopwith Pup\n\n\nlate March. The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) quickly ordered two more prototypes, then placed a production order. Sopwith was heavily engaged in production of the 1½ Strutter, and produced only a small number of Pups for the RNAS. Deliveries commenced in August 1916. The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) also placed large orders for Pups. The RFC orders were undertaken by sub-contractors Standard Motor Co. and Whitehead Aircraft. Deliveries did not commence until the beginning of 1917. A total of 1,770 Pups were built by", "id": "11772977" }, { "contents": "Pinniped\n\n\npose threats to the safety of pups. In terrestrially breeding species, pups may get crushed by fighting males. Subadult male South America sea lions sometimes abduct pups from their mothers and treat them like adult males treat females. This helps them gain experience in controlling females. Pups can get severely injured or killed during abductions. Pinnipeds can produce a number of vocalizations such as barks, grunts, rasps, rattles, growls, creaks, warbles, trills, chirps, chugs, clicks and whistles. Vocals are produced both in air", "id": "14853351" }, { "contents": "Emma Beamish\n\n\nEmma Alice Beamish (born 29 November 1982) is a former Irish international cricketer who represented the Irish national team between 2003 and 2012. Beamish was born in Dublin. She made her international debut at the 2003 IWCC Trophy, playing One Day International (ODI) matches against the Netherlands and Scotland. Against Scotland, she scored 40 runs from fifth in the batting order, which was to be the highest score of her career. At the 2005 World Cup in South Africa, Beamish played in five of her team's six", "id": "10221353" }, { "contents": "Plant hormone\n\n\ndormancy. It mediates changes within the apical meristem, causing bud dormancy and the alteration of the last set of leaves into protective bud covers. Since it was found in freshly abscissed leaves, it was thought to play a role in the processes of natural leaf drop, but further research has disproven this. In plant species from temperate parts of the world, it plays a role in leaf and seed dormancy by inhibiting growth, but, as it is dissipated from seeds or buds, growth begins. In other plants, as", "id": "16234460" }, { "contents": "Tessa Allen\n\n\nAllen shot many commercials including a Jif Peanut Butter commercial called \"Sleepover\" which has been reported to be seen on air until late 2005, early 2006. Allen was next seen on a TV show as a guest star on \"'s\" 2002-2003 season 1 finale playing Emma Kaye, a little girl who was abducted by a child molester. The episode aired in May 2003. Allen continued to film many commercials and then in February 2004, she landed a small part on \"General Hospital\" playing Molly Farrell,", "id": "49530" }, { "contents": "Take Two (novel)\n\n\ntwins that Emma tutors, Mason Case-Babbit, loses his gecko, so Payton must look for it, due to Emma having a phobia of small reptiles. Emma then takes over Payton's role, but everyone, except for Tess, who tells the twins that she knew after the play, thinks it's Payton. Emma gets over her fear of geckos and searches the basement herself after realizing how important the play is to Payton, and Payton goes on stage. After the play, Payton and Emma meet Nick's", "id": "21971091" }, { "contents": "Simani\n\n\n. It is believed that the name \"Simani\" is derived from someone asking Bud who was playing that night at the local Legion, Bud replied, \"Sim and I\". By the time the music began that night, the name was already set. Bud Davidge and Sim Savory both knew each other growing up - Sim was in Belleoram and Bud was in Bay du Nord. Sim was a natural and gifted musician and was always playing in bands. In 1970, after living and working in St.John's", "id": "5655706" }, { "contents": "Brown fur seal\n\n\nsummer and autumn. When a mother returns from sea to feed her pup, she emits a loud call which attracts all the nearby pups, but she only responds to her pup. She possibly can recognize her pup by smell. When left alone, pups gather in groups and play during the evening. Pups are usually weaned at 4–6 months old. This species is an inquisitive and friendly animal when in the water, and often accompanies scuba divers. They swim around divers for periods of several minutes at a time, even", "id": "100419" }, { "contents": "Emma Fessey\n\n\nEmma Fessey (born 5 November 1996) is an Australian national representative rower. She is an Australian champion and was a medallist at the 2018 World Rowing Championships. Fessey was raised on a cattle and sheep property north of Brewarrina, New South Wales where her family were graziers. Her primary schooling was via the School of the Air. Her secondary education was at Loreto Normanhurst where she took up rowing. Her senior rowing club has been from the UTS Haberfield Rowing Club under coach David Gely who had also been her school coach", "id": "7661159" }, { "contents": "Bud Talbott\n\n\nNelson Strobridge \"Bud\" Talbott (June 10, 1892 – July 6, 1952) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach of the Dayton Triangles of the \"Ohio League\" and later a charter member of the National Football League (NFL). Talbott joined the United States Army in 1917 and served in World War I, World War II and the Korean War, rising to the rank of brigadier general. He retired as the deputy director of procurement and production at Air Material Command", "id": "2498805" }, { "contents": "Bud Selig\n\n\nAllan Huber \"Bud\" Selig (; born July 30, 1934) is an American baseball executive who currently serves as the Commissioner Emeritus of Baseball. Previously, he served as the ninth Commissioner of Baseball. He initially served as the acting commissioner beginning in 1992 before being named the official commissioner in 1998. Selig oversaw baseball through the 1994 strike, the introduction of the wild card, interleague play, and the merging of the National and American Leagues under the Office of the Commissioner. He was instrumental in organizing the World Baseball", "id": "4308112" }, { "contents": "Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch\n\n\nAir Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (also known as Air Bud 4) is a 2002 Direct-To-Video American film, and the fourth film in the \"Air Bud\" series. Josh is off to his first year of college and Buddy has stayed behind with Josh's little sister, Andrea, and the rest of the family. Jackie and Patrick have recently welcomed Josh and Andrea's half brother Noah. Andrea, attempting to fit in with her junior high classmates, decides to join the baseball team. Along", "id": "19082343" }, { "contents": "Air Buddy (dog)\n\n\nBuddy appeared three times on the \"Letterman Show\". After starring on Full House, he was cast as Buddy in the 1997 Disney movie \"Air Bud\". Air Bud tells the story of a golden retriever abandoned by his alcoholic abusive owner. In the movie, he moved in with a boy named Josh Framm who was depressed after his father died in a plane crash. He appeared on the Kids' Choice Awards in 1998, where he was nominated for a Blimp Award for the movie. Prior to his death", "id": "16035675" }, { "contents": "Air Bud\n\n\nAir Bud is a 1997 American-Canadian comedy film that sparked the franchise centered on the real-life dog Air Buddy, a cross-bred Golden Retriever, who shoots basketball hoops and appears as Buddy. The film was financially successful, grossing $4 million in its opening weekend and totaling $27.8 million in its run against an estimated $3 million budget. Norm Snively, an alcoholic and bumbling clown, and his Golden Retriever are doing a show at a child's birthday party. After the dog causes havoc at", "id": "20090201" }, { "contents": "Bud Roberts\n\n\nBud assists Special Agent Gibbs in the death investigation of one of his JAG officers. The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Bud Roberts, as seen in the \"NCIS\" episodes \"Rogue\" and \"Dark Secrets\". Bud Roberts and A.J. Chegwidden (played by John M. Jackson) are thus far the only two characters from the regular \"JAG\" cast who have appeared in \"NCIS\" as the same character they played in the parent show. Chegwidden also recurs on the spinoff show \"\"", "id": "3709459" }, { "contents": "Galápagos sea lion\n\n\n, when the pups are weaned from their mother’s milk and become dependent on their own hunting skill. The lasting interaction of mother–offspring pairs is a central social unit in most mammalian groups, including these sea lions. The cow will nurture a pup for up to three years. In that time, the cow and the pup will recognize each other's bark from the rest of the colony. Within the colony, sea lion pups live together in a rookery. Pups can be seen together napping, playing, and", "id": "11950757" }, { "contents": "New Zealand sea lion\n\n\nmost threatened sea lion in the world. The species' status is largely driven by the main breeding population at the Auckland Islands, which declined by ~50% between 2000 and 2015. The 2013 sea lion pup production count on the Auckland Islands showed the number of pups born on the islands has risen to 1931, from the 2012 figure of 1684 (dead pups are also counted, since the annual pup count is used to assess the population of breeding females, but not future births when the counted pups mature). The", "id": "702225" }, { "contents": "Polytechnic University of the Philippines\n\n\nNon-varsity student sports clubs that compete with other area universities include the PUP Ultimate, which played at the 2011 University FriXbee Championship held at the University of the Philippines Diliman. The university's official volleyball team also played at the 2nd Conference of the 12th Season of Shakey's V-League and was known as the PUP Lady Radicals; avoiding the usage of the name Mighty Maroons because of its resemblance to the name of rival team UP Fighting Maroons. The team was the replacement for the De La Salle Lady Spikers who", "id": "10629367" }, { "contents": "Bud Somerville\n\n\nWorld Championship, defeating Sweden's Jan Ullsten 11-4 in the final. Somerville won his last U.S. championship in 1981. He once again won a medal at the 1981 Air Canada Silver Broom. He won a silver after losing to Switzerland's Jürg Tanner, 2-1 in the final. Somerville also played in the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics, when curling was a demonstration sport. He finished fourth place in 1988, and won a bronze medal in 1992. 1995 would mark his last World Championship appearance, when", "id": "19869872" }, { "contents": "Cliff Townshend\n\n\n. Later he played at such venues as the Stork Club and with the Billy Wiltshire Band. In 1939 World War II was declared in England, and in 1940 Cliff enlisted in the Royal Air Force. Before ending up with The Squadronaires, he played in a number of small bands as part of his duties, as the RAF high command recognized the high morale value of popular music. During the early days of the war, he met Betty Dennis (3 November 1923 - December 2010) the daughter of Emma and Maurice", "id": "4343320" }, { "contents": "Emma Approved\n\n\nEmma Approved is an American multi-platform web series starring Joanna Sotomura and Brent Bailey based on Jane Austen’s \"Emma\". The show is a follow-up to \"The Lizzie Bennet Diaries\" and is the third production out of web series company and YouTube channel, Pemberley Digital. In the series, Emma Woodhouse is reimagined as a lifestyle coach and matchmaker who is filming herself for the future documentary about her life. \"Emma Approved\" aired twice weekly on Pemberley Digital's YouTube channel starting October 7, 2013", "id": "14509868" }, { "contents": "Physically unable to perform\n\n\nPhysically unable to perform (PUP) is a roster designation used in the National Football League for players who suffer from football-related injuries during the preseason. Players on the PUP list may participate in team meetings, and take advantage of the training and medical facilities, but cannot practice with the team. There are two separate PUP lists: a preseason PUP list and a regular-season PUP list. A player who, as a result of football-related injuries, is unable to take part in training camp practices", "id": "10981279" }, { "contents": "Marley & Me: The Puppy Years\n\n\nthem, along with an Australian Shepherd dog named Dundee, who was also part of the competition. The evil man is Henkle, Hans's helper. He locks the four of them away with two big German Shepherds, Trouble and Chipper, who were pretending they were going to eat the pups. The pups get scared, but the shepherds say that they were only messing with them. They help the pups escape by using a sort of seesaw which the pups made: one pup would be on one side while one of", "id": "3052166" }, { "contents": "Bud Moore (NASCAR owner)\n\n\nWalter Maynard \"Bud\" Moore Jr. (May 25, 1925 – November 27, 2017) was a NASCAR car owner who operated the Bud Moore Engineering team. A decorated veteran of World War II, he described himself as \"an old country mechanic who loved to make 'em run fast\". Moore served in World War II as a member of the United States Army. A machine gunner, he participated in the Normandy landings as part of the 4th Infantry Division, landing on Utah Beach. After Normandy, he went", "id": "9027826" }, { "contents": "Emma Frost\n\n\nas well as being upset about Scott choosing Jean over her. Deadpool visits a world where Emma Frost runs an orphanage for girls that includes child versions of Jean Grey and Rogue. Here she is pursued romantically by this world's Professor Xavier, who runs an orphanage for troubled kids. During a dance hosted by the two orphanages, Xavier tries but fails to win Emma's affection. In a world where \"everything that can go wrong will go wrong,\" Emma Frost is the high priestess/manageress of the Church of", "id": "13431335" }, { "contents": "Emma Nicol\n\n\nEmma Nicol (1800 – 2 November 1877) was a British actress who became known for playing older women in Edinburgh as her mother had before her. In 1800 Emma Nicol was born, she was the first of four daughters of Sarah Bezra Nicol and her husband who were to become actresses. Emma's father was a printer and by 1807 her mother was playing old woman roles at the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh as \"Mrs.Nicol\". In the following year her mother had her first benefit performance where her daughter made", "id": "3143242" }, { "contents": "Polytechnic University of the Philippines\n\n\nunit (Since 1979) for undergraduate students. Students may opt out of the subsidy and choose to pay the full tuition instead. PUP has a reputation for student activism against tuition fee hikes. PUP's athletic team is known as the Mighty Maroons and plays in the National Capital Region Conference of the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA). The team also played in the National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (NAASCU) in 2013. Its official volleyball team, the PUP Lady Radicals, played in", "id": "10629320" }, { "contents": "Dilly Dilly\n\n\nStadiums and arenas for various sporting events have also made the \"Dilly Dilly Cam\" a regular spot during game breaks, highlighting random home team fans who raise bottles of Bud Light. At Super Bowl LIII, Bud Light aired a Dilly Dilly commercial where the Bud Light King receives a gigantic barrel of corn syrup; believing that it was misdelivered because Bud Light does not use corn syrup as an ingredient, they attempt to deliver it to Coors Light and Miller Lite instead. Corn syrup is used as a fermenting aid, where", "id": "20465042" }, { "contents": "Ralph W. 'Bud' Leavitt Jr.\n\n\nwas manager of the union – and quit the next day. \"He didn't like getting all covered with dirt and sweat anywhere but on the athletic field,\" said Bud's cousin Alden Leavitt. Following his one-day career in the industrial world, Leavitt went looking for other employment. He landed his first newspaper job at age 17 when he began writing for \"The Bangor Daily Commercial\" in 1934. At the outbreak of World War II, Leavitt joined the Army Air Corps as a civilian employee. Following", "id": "17179505" }, { "contents": "Bud Ogden\n\n\nCarlos C. \"Bud\" Ogden, Jr. (born December 29, 1946) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Although Ogden played for two seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, he is best remembered for his college career at Santa Clara. As a forward, Bud Ogden led Santa Clara to its best years in its program's history while playing alongside his younger brother, Ralph. He played for the Broncos from 1966–67 to 1968–69, and was an integral part of an", "id": "19330474" }, { "contents": "Billy and the Boingers Bootleg\n\n\nbook on the A-side of a flexi disc. The second-place winner, \"U-Stink-But-I-♥-U,\" was on the B-side. \"U-Stink-But-I-♥-U\" was performed by New Jersey hardcore band Mucky Pup who also rerecorded the song for their second album, \"A Boy In A Man's World\". The track remains the band's signature song and is still played live to close out their shows. The cover artwork contains parodies", "id": "4431343" }, { "contents": "Begging in animals\n\n\nmeerkats preferred to provision speakers playing back recordings of two pups begging alternately to recordings of the same two pups begging simultaneously. This indicates that meerkat pups avoid some of the costs of direct competition incurred by an escalation of begging as other pups beg, by begging in gaps between the bouts of others or avoiding littermates. Banded mongoose (\"Mungos mungo\"): Banded mongooses live in large family groups of 5–75. Females give birth in synchrony, producing large communal litters which remain in dens for 3–4 weeks. When pups emerge", "id": "20086140" }, { "contents": "Thomas Aldridge\n\n\nplaying the role of Grantaire. He was also part of the original London cast of the Cole Porter musical \"High Society\", which starred Jerry Hall, at the Shaftesbury Theatre, after appearing in the UK tour. Also in the West End, he appeared alongside Sheridan Smith and Michael Medwin in the 2006 season at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park playing Francis Flute in \"A Midsummer Night's Dream\", Curtis in \"The Taming of the Shrew\" and Pup in \"Babe\". Aldridge played the", "id": "11538762" }, { "contents": "Crosley\n\n\nin 1942, and hoped to put them to use in war-time production of miniature vehicles. One vehicle prototype was the 1942–1943 Crosley CT-3 \"Pup,\" a lightweight, single-passenger, four-wheel-drive vehicle that was transportable and air-droppable from a C-47 Skytrain. Six of the , 2-cylinder Pups were deployed overseas after undergoing tests at Fort Benning, Georgia, but the project was discontinued due to several weak components. Seven of 36 Pups built are known to survive. Civilian car production resumed at", "id": "19283598" }, { "contents": "List of Meerkat Manor meerkats\n\n\ntribute to her at the end of the series. A note was also posted to the Friends of the Kalahari Meerkat website; it was subsequently removed along with all other post season updates, at the request of Animal Planet, but was restored after the fourth series finished airing. Born in the third series, male pup Axel was abandoned by Lola, from the Zappa during one of their unsuccessful attacks on the Whiskers burrow. Mitch found the pup and rather than kill the pup as one would normally expect, he took the", "id": "7355256" }, { "contents": "Niagara Central Dorothy Rungeling Airport\n\n\nof the Royal Canadian Air Cadets who have training and administration space in the airports former meeting place of Welland Fire Company Number 1. The Southern Ontario Gliding Centre (SOGC) of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets also utilize the airport for spring and fall familiarization flights for the cadets. In 1995, various members of Fonthill Branch 613 of the Royal Canadian Legion lobbied to have the airport renamed \"Bud Kerr Welland Airport\" in recognition of a local World War II Spitfire fighter pilot, but were unsuccessful. In 2015 the airport was", "id": "5282790" }, { "contents": "Shannon Woodward\n\n\ndebut came in 2005 when she played Emma Sharp, the daughter of a Texas Ranger assigned to protect a group of cheerleaders who witnessed a murder in the action comedy \"Man of the House\". In 2007, Woodward got her big break in the series \"The Riches\", which aired for two seasons (2007–2008) on cable network FX. She played the role of Di Di Malloy, the teen daughter and middle child in an American family of Irish Travellers. After \"The Riches\" ended, Woodward played the", "id": "15781880" }, { "contents": "Jessica Ridley\n\n\nJessica Ridley is a Canadian singer/songwriter who won \"Bud United presents The Big Time\", a reality show that aired in North America on ABC and its affiliates internationally. Jessica Ridley was born in Calgary, Alberta and grew up in the bedroom community of Airdrie, Alberta. She plays the piano, guitar and mandolin. Although Jessica had performed in school plays as a youngster, she didn't believe that a future in professional music was an option until a music producer happened to catch her singing in church one week", "id": "15806352" }, { "contents": "Emma Albani\n\n\nLondon and sang the solo role at her final service. In spring 1908, the veteran Albani toured the English provinces as part of a company containing two budding talents: pianist Marie Novello, who two years later would become one of Theodor Leschetizky's last students, and John McCormack, who only months before had made his own Covent Garden debut. Albani gave her last public performance on 14 October 1911. That same year she released a book, \"Forty Years of Song\". The book was effectively a memoir, recounting", "id": "18859962" }, { "contents": "Numbered Men\n\n\n, he accepts his fate and settles down into prison life to make the best of it. Gray is friends with Bud Leonard (played by Raymond Hackett), a young man who can not stand prison for he is in love with Mary Dane (played by Bernice Claire) and misses her terribly. To make matters worse, while Hackett is in prison, the man who framed him, played by Lou Rinaldo (played by Maurice Black), is making a play for Mary. When she tempts Bud to escape he", "id": "14875663" }, { "contents": "Scooby-Doo\n\n\nof Scooby-Doo\" aired in December 1985, and after its reruns were removed from the ABC lineup the following March, no new \"Scooby\" series aired on the network for the next two years. Hanna-Barbera reincarnated the original \"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!\" cast as elementary school students (a common trope in 1980s children's TV) for a new series titled \"A Pup Named Scooby-Doo\", which debuted on ABC in 1988. \"A Pup Named Scooby-Doo\"", "id": "16636018" }, { "contents": "ITV Play\n\n\n\" aired everyday between in the early evening (and on Mondays at 9pm) it was hosted by either Tim Dixon, Emma Lee or Lawrie Jordon until 30 July 2006. It was replaced with \"The Common Room\". The series was produced by ITV Productions (Granada) in Manchester. \"This Morning Puzzlebook\" was a quiz show with large cash prizes first broadcast on ITV Play, then later as part of the daytime magazine programme \"This Morning\". Presenters included Zö Christien, Tim Dixon, Emma Lee", "id": "4958702" }, { "contents": "Rhina ancylostoma\n\n\nthe aquatic world\". It is a popular subject of public aquariums and fares relatively well, with one individual having lived for seven years in captivity. In 2007, the Newport Aquarium in Kentucky initiated the world's first captive breeding program for this species. Newport Aquarium announced in January 2014 that the female, \"Sweet Pea\", had become pregnant and given birth to seven pups. By February 2014, all seven pups had died. On January 7, 2016, Sweet Pea gave birth to nine shark pups which were", "id": "2881995" }, { "contents": "Kate Beckinsale\n\n\n's \"Emma\", playing Emma to Mark Strong's Mr Knightley and Samantha Morton's Harriet Smith. \"You shouldn't necessarily like Emma,\" Beckinsale has said of her character. \"You do love her, but in the way the family of a young girl could be exasperated by her outrageous behaviour and still love her.\" The programme was aired in autumn 1996, just months after Gwyneth Paltrow had starred in a film adaptation of the same story. Caryn James of \"The New York Times\" felt that", "id": "2111596" } ]

[ { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\nand Itachi dies at the climax of the battle from an illness. Sasuke then meets Tobi, Itachi's superior, who reveals that Itachi killed the Uchiha clan under orders from Konohagakure and spared Sasuke out of love rather than contempt. Sasuke rejoins Hebi — which he renames Taka — and declares his intention to destroy his former village in retribution. Due to his brother's death, Sasuke's Sharingan has evolved into a , giving him powerful new techniques. After he agrees to work temporarily for Tobi's terrorist organization, Akatsuki,", "id": "19934476" }, { "contents": "Itachi Uchiha\n\n\nto see if Itachi was hiding something. After Itachi's death, the two actors noted that in the end Itachi served as a good older brother to Sasuke. English actor Crispin Freeman was pleased with voicing Itachi regardless of how many times he revisited the series. Itachi is a member of the Uchiha Clan from the village of Konohagakure and the elder brother of Sasuke Uchiha. He grew up as the child prodigy of the Uchiha clan, establishing milestones for not only Sasuke, but also for future Uchiha to live up to.", "id": "12167883" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\nhis clan's inherited ability to see through illusions — which allows him to learn imperceptible movements at a superhuman rate. It is revealed later that Sasuke is the sole survivor of the once-powerful Uchiha clan of Konohagakure. He, at the age of seven, survived the massacre of his clan perpetrated by his brother, Itachi, who spared Sasuke's life because he did not consider him worth killing. Sasuke seeks strong fighting opponents to reassure himself his power is growing. During a ninja examination meant to improve their ranks,", "id": "19934473" }, { "contents": "List of Samurai Deeper Kyo characters\n\n\nin the battle, Taihaku told her to stop fighting. Taihaku then allowed her to escape. She then rejoins with the group, her body wounded, stating that Kyo's body is on Taishiro's hand. When the group split into four she advanced with Sasuke to fight against the Jūnishinshō. She witnessed Sasuke fight his old friend, Makora (Kotaro), and the real Indara. After Makora brutal death by Indara, she cried and said that Makora once said to her that the creatures that Mibu Clan creates are like", "id": "8821478" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\nand a black cape over a lilac vest. Sasuke is a silent character who tries to gain more power and kill his older brother, Itachi, for betraying and murdering their clan. He cares about his teammates and saves them on numerous occasions, but he severs all of his bonds later in Part I, believing this will strengthen him. Sasuke is moved when Naruto Uzumaki wants him to make peace with the village; he considers Naruto his only friend. Sasuke becomes more kindhearted by the end of the series, but he", "id": "19934471" }, { "contents": "Samurai Spy\n\n\nperiod between the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 and the Siege of Osaka in 1614. Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, but the peace is threatened. It follows Sarutobi Sasuke (Kōji Takahashi), a spy for the Sanada Clan. Sasuke, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, Sasuke is caught between two rival groups of spies, those working for the Tokugawa Shogunate and those supporting the Toyotomi", "id": "13381977" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\nJapanese version truer to the character. Sasuke is introduced in Part I as a young, spiky-black-haired pre-teen wearing a blue shirt with an image of a fan that represents his clan on its back. He also wears short white pants and a Konohagakure headband. Early in the series, Orochimaru brands Sasuke with a Cursed Seal that, when activated, covers his body with black marks and later gives him gray skin, white hair, and claw-like wings. In Part II, he is normally", "id": "19934469" }, { "contents": "List of Samurai Deeper Kyo characters\n\n\nanime\" and possibly the \"manga\". It is a battle which is believed to have ended in Yukimura's loss. Sasuke was involved in most of Yukimura's plots, but was ultimately left out of Yukimura's deception of the Mibu clan as Yukimura needed even Sasuke to believe he'd betrayed his friends in order for the Mibu to believe it as well. Sasuke originally wielded a Muramasa blade which was physically identical to Kyo's Tenrou (one of the four masterpieces that Muramasa forged), but when that Muramasa was", "id": "8821488" }, { "contents": "Samurai Spy\n\n\nClan. Tokugawa Ieyasu's clan was in the strategically superior position after having won the Battle of Sekigahara but had engendered much hatred among samurai who had become rōnin after the Battle. The Tokugawa spies are led by Sakon Takatani (Tetsurō Tamba) and Tatewaki Koriyama (Eiji Okada) and the Toyotomi by Shigeyuki Koremura (Eitaro Ozawa) and his lieutenant Takanosuke Nojiri (Kei Satō). The story begins when Sasuke is approached by another Toyotomi spy Mitsuaki Inamura (Mutsuhiro Toura), who tells Sasuke that Tatewaki means to betray Tokugawa", "id": "13381978" }, { "contents": "Itachi Uchiha\n\n\nto push Sasuke to his limits. In doing so, Orochimaru is drawn out from Sasuke's body, and Itachi seals him away with his Totsuka blade before finally succumbing to his mysterious illness. As his final act, Itachi implants his Amaterasu technique within Sasuke, meant as a protective measure that will kill Tobi in case he ever tries to approach Sasuke and reveal the truth of their clan's slaughter. Unfortunately, having knew where Itachi's loyalties truly lie, Tobi survived and reveals the truth of Itachi's actions to Sasuke", "id": "12167890" }, { "contents": "Sarutobi Sasuke\n\n\n1966 (the last one also known as \"Ninja Spy\"). He is also the lead character in the musical film \"Brave Records of the Sanada Clan\". Toei Animation's second full-length movie was \"Shônen Sarutobi Sasuke\", dealing with Sasuke's childhood, which was followed by a TV series. This film was also the first time when both Sasuke and anime were introduced to the western audience (in 1961 as \"Magic Boy\"), although all the references to him being a ninja were", "id": "6903132" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\none of the story's antagonists, Kishimoto called him and Naruto yin and yang because of their differences and complementary natures. During this period, he was asked whether Sasuke was good or evil; he replied that Sasuke was neither and called him a \"very pure person\". He said although some of Sasuke's actions such as following his clan's ideas were positive, his self-centeredness tended to cause problems with others. Since the beginning of the story's serialization, Kishimoto planned to conclude the series with a fight", "id": "19934454" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\nannoys him, he smiles when he repeats it before leaving Konohagakure. Naruto's Japanese voice actress, Junko Takeuchi, said Sasuke's line addressed to Sakura, \"see you next time... thank you\", revealed his feelings for her. Sugiyama stated that by the end of the series, Sasuke realized how much he had hurt Sakura's feelings and apologized to her after his final fight against Naruto because of this. While recording for \"Boruto: Naruto the Movie\", Sugiyama expected to see a bond between Sasuke and", "id": "19934466" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\ndeparture from Konohagakure. In \"Behind the Scenes of Uchiha\", a feature about Sasuke and Itachi's backstory, Sugiyama said he had become emotional during the recording sessions of the sixth season of (\"Naruto: Shippuden\"), in which Sasuke learns the truth about his brother's role in the massacre of the Uchiha clan. Sugiyama thought Sasuke's line, \"you are annoying\", summed up the character's feelings toward Sakura and indicated a change in their relationship each time it was said; although she initially", "id": "19934465" }, { "contents": "Sasuke (TV series)\n\n\nown edition of \"Sasuke\", which aired on August 9, 2012 at 8:10 pm, after the National Day Parade. It started airing August 15, 2012, and has its own winner going to Japan to take on the \"Sasuke\" course. Season 1 was won by 22-year-old SAF's Naval Officer, Isaiah How Jia Jie. He placed 9th in the First Stage but managed to beat 21-year-old NUS student, Jenson Ngoh by 0.1 seconds in the season's 20 meter Rope Climb in the Second", "id": "20321074" }, { "contents": "Itachi Uchiha\n\n\nUchiha is first mentioned by Sasuke Uchiha in the manga, Masashi Kishimoto had not planned out the character's backstory. The only idea he had was to attribute to Itachi some violent action that would have Sasuke wanting to kill him. However, when Itachi was introduced, Kishimoto had the idea to make Itachi Konoha's secret agent who killed his clan under their orders. Itachi was originally conceived as the leader of Konoha's Special Assassination and Tactical Squad, dubbed the , which would have been a 70-man group divided into four teams", "id": "12167881" }, { "contents": "Itachi Uchiha\n\n\nbrother, Itachi slaughters his entire clan.. After creating the misconception that he murdered their family in cold blood to give Sasuke the mindset to become strong enough to kill him once he is capable, Itachi leaves the village, although he warns Danzo not to harm Sasuke. Meeting up with Konoha's Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, who promises to do what he can to look after Sasuke, Itachi reveals his intentions to continue to protect the village from the shadows. Soon after perceiving them as a threat to Konoha, Itachi joins the", "id": "12167886" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\nrevenge\". According to academic Amy Plumb, Kishimoto's references to Japanese mythology in \"Naruto\", including the heraldic symbol of Sasuke's clan — a fan known as an \"uchiwa\" — added layers to the story and Sasuke's ability to 'blow away' the Nine-Tailed Fox's influence on Naruto resembled the mythological use of the fan to dispel evil. Beatriz Peña viewed Sasuke's antagonism in the series as a result of the war theme often shown throughout the story, with the Uchihas having been slaughtered", "id": "19934498" }, { "contents": "Sanada Ten Braves\n\n\n. In , Sarutobi Sasuke appears as a playable character under the name of \"Sasuke\". In \"Sengoku BASARA\" (戦国BASARA), Sarutobi Sasuke (猿飛 佐助) is portrayed as a loyal ninja serving the Takeda Clan (mainly Sanada Yukimura). In the \"Sengoku BASARA\" anime second season, \"Sengoku BASARA Two\" (戦国BASARA 弐, \"Sengoku BASARA Ni\"), three unnamed ninja who wear outfits with the Takeda crest similar to Sasuke's were seen in some episodes, possibly referring to the other", "id": "14762536" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\nHatake's best-known fighting techniques — originally had a different name that Kishimoto forgot. He found the name \"Chidori\" and its variant, the \"Lightning Blade\", appropriate. Kishimoto considered Sasuke his most challenging character to design and draw. He lacked a clear idea of how his face should look, saying Sasuke seemed older than Naruto, his contemporary, and felt this inconvenience was a result of his inexperience in drawing characters who were mature beyond their years. Sasuke's hair, which was originally short to save", "id": "19934460" }, { "contents": "Naruto\n\n\nthe history of Konoha, including the circumstances that led to his clan's downfall, he decides to protect the village and rejoins Naruto and Sakura to thwart Madara and Obito's plans. However, Madara's body ends up possessed by Kaguya Otsutsuki, an ancient princess who intends to subdue all humanity. A reformed Obito sacrifices himself to help Team 7 stop her. Once Kaguya is sealed, Madara dies as well. Sasuke takes advantage of the situation and takes control of all the Tailed Beasts, as he reveals his goal of", "id": "8096574" }, { "contents": "Boruto Uzumaki\n\n\ndevelopment, his relationship with his father, and how heartwarming it becomes in the movie. Alexandria Hill from \"Otaku USA\" enjoyed Boruto's fight against the film's villain and his team-up with Naruto and Sasuke. Chris Zimmerman from DVD Talk noted how the writers fairly conceived Boruto's poor relationship with his father and how it improves during the climax of the film. Rebecca Silverman from Anime News Network praised how the writers manage to develop Boruto's angst without coming across as \"teen whining\" and how Sasuke Uchiha", "id": "2139354" }, { "contents": "Itachi Uchiha\n\n\n, Itachi heads out to stop Kabuto and encounters Sasuke, with his younger brother wanting to know the truth once it is over. After a long battle, Itachi is pushed to use Izanami to trap Kabuto in an eternal time-loop in his own mind, to have him break his jutsu. His soul beginning to fade, Itachi uses his Sharingan to project his memories to Sasuke to reveal the full story of the events leading to the Uchiha Clan Massacre. Telling his brother that he does not have to forgive him,", "id": "12167892" }, { "contents": "Jiraiya (Naruto)\n\n\nhelp him learn how to control Kurama. When his teacher, Hiruzen, who has resumed his duty as the Third Hokage since Minato's death, dies during an invasion by Orochimaru, Jiraiya is offered the position of Hokage. Despite this, Jiraiya thinks his inability to prevent Orochimaru from becoming a criminal makes him unworthy of the responsibility and instead offers to search for Tsunade so that she can take the position instead — a task he eventually succeeds on. After Naruto's flawed attempt to retrieve Sasuke Uchiha, Jiraiya decides to take", "id": "8092572" }, { "contents": "Sasuke (TV series)\n\n\nthe crowd after completing each obstacle. He is No. 3 on G4's Craziest Contestant poll. 46-year-old Katsuhide Torisawa is a former weightlifter who has competed in every single Shin-\"Sasuke\" tournament (except \"Sasuke\" 22), starting with \"Sasuke\" 18. He always displays his strength before his run; he has brought a barbell and lifted it over his head multiple times, ripped off his shirt, and crushed an apple and full cans of beer with one hand, and also snapped a baseball bat in", "id": "20320995" }, { "contents": "Naruto\n\n\n's superiors to destroy his clan to prevent a coup. He accepted it on the condition that he would be allowed to spare Sasuke. Saddened by this revelation, Sasuke joins the Akatsuki to destroy Konoha in revenge. As Konoha ninjas defeat several Akatsuki members, the Akatsuki figurehead leader, Nagato, kills Jiraiya and devastates Konoha, but Naruto defeats and redeems him, earning the village's respect and admiration. With Nagato's death, Tobi, disguised as Madara Uchiha (one of Konoha's founding fathers), announces that he", "id": "8096571" }, { "contents": "The Great Sasuke\n\n\ninto \"Ninja Warrior\" for the United States, the translators ignored his wrestling background and called him \"The Great Ninja Warrior\". Sasuke is also part of the rock band Crazy Crew with Ricky Fuji and Ken45°. On February 19, 2009, Sasuke was arrested for assault after kicking a 36-year-old man and grabbing him by the shirt collar. Sasuke was reported to be angry because his picture was being taken with a cellphone camera. The incident happened on a JR Joban Line train at Minamisenju Station. However", "id": "4260118" }, { "contents": "Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring\n\n\nclan — and thus sought the village's aid. Shortly after their departure, Sarada and Chocho are confronted by Sasuke's enemy. Naruto saves the girls, forcing the boy to retreat. The Hokage takes the girls with him to Sasuke's location and Sarada awakens her Sharingan at the thought of meeting him. Shortly afterward, the boy's father, Shin Uchiha, faces Naruto and Sasuke and immobilizes both of them. Despite this, he is defeated by Sakura, after which a creature controlled by Shin teleports him and Sakura", "id": "21168277" }, { "contents": "Sarada Uchiha\n\n\n's existence shows the connection between him and Sakura. Karin later explains that she was Sakura's midwife when Sasuke and Sakura were travelling together. Before leaving again, Sasuke shows Sarada how much he loves her by giving her the same gesture he once gave Sakura, the forehead poke, and promises to come home soon. Having admired Naruto and his dedication to his village, Sarada makes it her goal to become the next Hokage one day. Sarada is also a supporting character in the film \"\" (2015), where", "id": "16022716" }, { "contents": "The Great Sasuke\n\n\nthe NWA World Middleweight Championship vacated by old rival Ultimo Dragon. Although the tournament was promoted by Ultimo's Toryumon Japan promotion, Sasuke took the title to his base at Michinoku and styled himself a \"traveling world champion\" in the style of NWA World Heavyweight Champions from the 1960-80s. In 2001, Sasuke had a feud in Michinoku Pro against a returning Dick Togo and his sable, Far East Connection. In 2004, Sasuke became a regular wrestler for Hustle, where he played a lieutenant role to \"Hustle Captain", "id": "4260112" }, { "contents": "Orochimaru (Naruto)\n\n\ntrack down Sasuke. Later, when Sasuke attempts to kill Naruto, Orochimaru stays his hand by pointing out the boy's use in taking down the Akatsuki and thus lessening the number of enemies he has. Eventually, Sasuke uses his Sharingan to void Orochimaru's technique and retains control of his body while trapping Orochimaru's soul within him. The suppression, in turn, gives Sasuke access to many of Orochimaru's abilities in the process. During Sasuke's later fight with Itachi, Sasuke is left too weak to continue suppressing Orochimaru", "id": "10139216" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\nleft arm in the \"Naruto\" finale was also covered by his clothes. Sasuke is voiced by Noriaki Sugiyama in Japanese media. At the beginning of the anime's first part, Sugiyama had difficulty voicing Sasuke because he knew little about his personality; he began to understand the character at the point in the story where Sasuke encounters his brother, Itachi Uchiha. Sugiyama read the manga and became particularly interested in Sasuke's development when the character left Konohagakure; he wanted to revoice some scenes from the anime, including Sasuke's", "id": "19934464" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\nhe finds records on the Otsutsuki clan which include some of its members that came to his world, learning that Kara's leader Jigen is somehow connected to Kaguya. Sasuke appears in the first four original video animations (OVAs) produced for the series. In the first episode, he helps Naruto and Konohamaru find a four-leaf clover; in the second, he joins Naruto's team for a mission; he participates in a tournament in the third; and he works with Team 7 in the fourth. One OVA presents", "id": "19934483" }, { "contents": "List of Samurai Deeper Kyo characters\n\n\nHishigi, the other being Sasuke. Hishigi mentions that her brother (Sasuke) will destroy his laboratory. At the end of the manga, the reason why the Sendai Aka no Ou keeps her around is because she has the antibody to the death diseases (the cure and hope of the Mibu people). Sakuya is a very powerful woman within the clan who has won the loyalties of many people, including Sanada Yukimura. She can predict the future, as she is a seer. Her brother, Shiina Nozumi, being", "id": "8821587" }, { "contents": "Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2\n\n\nsecond chapter follows Naruto's team in their failed attempt to take former ally Sasuke Uchiha from the criminal Orochimaru. The following two chapters focus on Konohagakure member Shikamaru Nara as his team again battles new members from Akatsuki. The next chapter has Sasuke betraying and defeating Orochimaru while forming his own ninja team to track down his older brother, Itachi, who murdered his entire clan years ago. The last two chapters follow Pain, the acting leader of Akatsuki, as he kills his teacher, Jiraiya, and Naruto trains to avenge his", "id": "16500550" }, { "contents": "Sasuke (TV series)\n\n\nagain in \"Sasuke\" 32; he timed out on the Lumberjack Climb. He competed again in \"Sasuke\" 33, where he completed the First Stage, and timed out at the Reverse Conveyor. In \"Sasuke\" 34, he surprisingly failed the last steps on the Quad Steps, his foot slipping to the left. He eventually timed out on the Warped Wall in \"Sasuke\" 35. In \"Sasuke\" 36, when he reach the Reverse Conveyor, he used his legs to support himself on the sides", "id": "20320981" }, { "contents": "Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4\n\n\nNaruto and Sasuke, the two ninjas awake new powers inherited from the Sage of the Six Paths. The duo then defeats Madara who is instead backstabbed by his partner Zetsu to turn him to Sage's mother, Kaguya. With the help of Kakashi and Sakura Haruno, Naruto and Sasuke manage to seal Kaguya though Obito dies in the battle trying to protect Kakashi. In the aftermath, Naruto and Sasuke engage in a final battle to decide the villages' status quo. Amazed by Naruto's decision, Sasuke gives up and leaves", "id": "13552256" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Inari Shrine\n\n\nTradition holds that Sasuke Inari Shrine was created by Minamoto no Yoritomo. While in exile in Izu, Yoritomo was visited in a dream by an old man from the Hidden Village of Kamakura who instructed Yoritomo of the timing to begin battling his enemies. When Yoritomo succeeded and became \"shōgun\", he created this shrine in gratitude. An alternative to this story has an Inari Fox messenger appearing in Yoritomo's dream. According to Kamakura Historian Shimizu Ginzō, the hidden village that was adjacent to the shrine was the dwelling of a", "id": "7510343" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\nand tortured instead. Shaken by the experience he decides to leave Team 7 and Konohagakure to become stronger. Thinking Orochimaru's training will make him more powerful, Sasuke becomes an outlaw. Naruto follows him and they fight when Sasuke refuses to return; Sasuke wins, spares Naruto's life, and continues to Orochimaru's hideout. After two-and-a-half years of training, Sasuke absorbs Orochimaru before he can possess his younger body. Following this, Sasuke forms Team Hebi to find Itachi. Itachi and Sasuke fight", "id": "19934475" }, { "contents": "List of Naruto characters\n\n\nthe series. He is initially portrayed as being solely responsible for the killing of his entire clan and family, sparing only his brother, Sasuke Uchiha, with the explanation that he was testing his abilities. Around the time of his death his villainous role is downplayed; not only is he revealed to offer help to Obito Uchiha in killing the clan, though it is revealed in part two that he performed the massacre under the orders of Konoha's leadership so as to prevent an Uchiha coup d'état. In the Japanese anime,", "id": "8059192" }, { "contents": "List of Sotho-Tswana clans\n\n\nKing Mothupi ~ The life of Mothupi Clan Founder = Mothupi Clan = \"The Adventures of Mothupi\" is a short story about a teenage boy's tragic events and how he beat the odds and become a successful young man and an adult. At only 16 years old and without any mortal guidance, Mothupi had to make decisions that would affect and map out his entire life. His contended peaceful life was thrown upside down when his father, mother, sisters, uncle and cousins were brutally murdered by a mob in Komati village", "id": "6501566" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\nonce having him learn to use his father's . When the Otsutsuki members abduct Naruto during the Chunin Exam, Sasuke is accompanied by Boruto as he and the Kage — the leaders of the ninja villages — travel to Momoshiki's planet to save Naruto. Sasuke then aids Naruto and Boruto in defeating Momoshiki, who absorbs Kinshiki to increase his power. After Momoshiki's defeat, Sasuke notices the enemy has placed a seal on Boruto and tells the teenager to seek his help if necessary. Sasuke later travels to an Otsutsuki site where", "id": "19934482" }, { "contents": "Bahdal ibn Unayf al-Kalbi\n\n\nclan. He married off his daughter Maysun to Mu'awiyah I, a member of the clan and governor of Islamic Syria. According to historians Henri Lammens and Patricia Crone, Bahdal derived his prominence from this marriage though he did not play a political role himself. It is not known when Bahdal was born, but he died at an old age in the mid-650s, likely before the Battle of Siffin between the partisans of the Banu Umayya and Caliph Ali in 657. He died a Christian, and at least one of his sons", "id": "1191878" }, { "contents": "Itachi Uchiha\n\n\n, specializing in assassination and other illicit operations. However, this idea was scrapped in favor of the current Itachi working for the Akatsuki. From all the Akatsuki characters Kishimoto designed, Itachi is his favorite based on his backstory. Itachi's Japanese voice actor, Hideo Ishikawa, often talked with Sasuke's Japanese actor, Noriaki Sugiyama, about their characters. When the two characters first confronted, both Ishikawa and Sugiyama found Itachi's massacre of the Uchiha clan hard to believe and started to read the \"Naruto\" manga in order", "id": "12167882" }, { "contents": "The Mammoth Hunters\n\n\nstay, and became aware of the fact that the Clan are human (as opposed to other animals, as is the common opinion of most of his people). Also within the Lion Camp is a six-year-old boy named Rydag who, like Ayla's lost son Durc, is half Clan and half Other. He was adopted by the headman's mate, Nezzie, when his mother died giving birth to him. He cannot speak, having the same vocal limitations as the Clan, but he also", "id": "2584549" }, { "contents": "Gui Youguang\n\n\nqualified to take prefecture examination when he was 14. He came first in this examination when he was 20 years old. However, until 1540 Gui failed the provincial exam. He became \"Juren\" ranked second at age 35. Meantime, his first wife who came from Wei () clan died. Then he married to a woman came from Wang () clan of Anting which was once prosperous. Since the clan was on the decline, a younger descendant sold the local mansion treasured by the other members as heritage to", "id": "9279191" }, { "contents": "List of Naruto characters\n\n\ncan have Sasuke once they win the war against the Ninja Alliance. However, during the second day of the Fourth Great Ninja War, Itachi manages to break free of Kabuto's control and force him to end the Reanimation Jutsu with Sasuke's help. The ordeal of being subjected to Itachi's Izanami genjutsu has Kabuto re-evaluate himself of how to live his life, coming to the conclusion that he should save Sasuke's life. In the war's aftermath, kept under surveillance by the Hidden Leaf, Kabuto returned to", "id": "8059158" }, { "contents": "List of Samurai Deeper Kyo characters\n\n\nstrike an enemy. Thunder Flower Storm brings many lightning bolts down around Sasuke and his enemy. Thunder Net or Lightning's web traps Sasuke's enemies in a web of lightning which never lets go. Thunder Tail connects Sasuke's lightning to his sword allowing him to kill an enemy with a physical strike. Sasuke's ultimate technique is Kirin which creates a lightning winged Pegasus that burns all it touches when it returns to heaven. Also, it was seen in one of Sasuke's battles that he has the same red eyes as", "id": "8821490" }, { "contents": "List of Naruto characters\n\n\nas an adult he is voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch. His scorpion-like puppet body, Hiruko, is voiced by Yutaka Aoyama in the Japanese version and in the English version by JB Blanc. is one of the co-founders of the Hidden Leaf Village along with Hashirama Senju, the two later revealed to be reincarnations of their clans' founding ancestors Indra and Asura prior to Sasuke and Naruto. Madara is a cynical and vengeful man who holds grudges against the Senju Clan for slaughtering his brothers in the War. He", "id": "8059207" }, { "contents": "Toyotomi clan\n\n\nvirtual ruler of most of Japan, Hideyoshi created a new clan name \"Toyotomi\" in 1584, and achieved the unification of Japan in 1589. When Hideyoshi died in 1598, his son Toyotomi Hideyori was only five years old. Five regents were appointed to rule until his maturity, and conflicts among them began quickly. In 1600, Tokugawa Ieyasu deposed Hideyori and took power after winning the Battle of Sekigahara. In 1614, Hideyori came into conflict with the Tokugawa clan, leading to Tokugawa Ieyasu's Siege of Osaka from 1614", "id": "1056730" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\nfrom the spirit of the Sage of the Six Paths Hagoromo Otsutsuki, the Founder of Shinobi. Team 7 fights and seals an ancient being called Kaguya Otsutsuki — Hagoromo's mother — who created the Ten-Tails. Sasuke then fights Naruto alone to settle their village's future; when he loses his left arm, Sasuke surrenders and reconciles with Naruto. Sasuke then destroys Akatsuki's illusion placed on mankind with his Rinnegan. He is pardoned for his crimes by Kakashi — the current Hokage — and decides to travel the world in", "id": "19934478" }, { "contents": "Samurai Spy\n\n\nthe road Sasuke notices a beautiful women with an older man who they had seen in town but Mitsuaki is attacked outside of town and Sasuke comes to his rescue, but later at an inn in the next town, Mitsuaki is assassinated. Sasuke finds him dead and is chased as the murderer since he comes out of the room. He escapes but soon meets the beautiful woman who entices him to come to her room, and when she turns up dead Sasuke is suspected. Sasuke decides he must find the true killer or killers", "id": "13381980" }, { "contents": "O'Sullivan\n\n\nisland and part of Bantry. He died the following year and was succeeded by his son, another Sir Owen. The O'Sullivans and other clans provided shelter to 12-year-old Gerald FitzGerald when troops sought to capture him, being the last heir to the Earlship of Desmond. In the late 1590s, it was the Sullivan Mor clan and their close allies the McSweenys that bore the brunt of the fighting with the English forces. Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare, now chieftain of the O'Sullivan Beare clan, held back from the fighting until", "id": "14964468" }, { "contents": "List of Samurai Deeper Kyo characters\n\n\nshadow forces and hide under them. His attack, Kageochi, makes an opponent drown in his own shadow. Nevertheless, he was finally defeated by Sasuke after realizing that Sasuke did not want to kill him. They made a pact of becoming good friends when they were still living in Aokigahara. Once he learned the truth, Kotarou protected Sasuke from Indara's attack which ultimately killed him. In the anime, Makora lives and joins Sanada Yukimura and Sasuke's forces in their fight against Benitora and his forces. Fake Mekira:", "id": "8821521" }, { "contents": "Naruto\n\n\nand a half years later, Naruto returns from his training with Jiraiya. The Akatsuki starts kidnapping the hosts of the powerful Tailed Beasts. Team 7 and other Leaf ninja fight against them and search for their teammate Sasuke. The Akatsuki succeeds in capturing and extracting seven of the Tailed Beasts, killing all the hosts except Gaara, who is now the Kazekage. Meanwhile, Sasuke betrays Orochimaru and faces Itachi to take revenge. After Itachi dies in battle, Sasuke learns from the Akatsuki founder Tobi that Itachi received an order from Konoha", "id": "8096570" }, { "contents": "Angelo La Barbera\n\n\nCommission, but disagreement on how to handle it, and old hostility towards the La Barberas, led to a bloody conflict, between clan’s allied with the Greco’s, headed by Salvatore Greco \"Ciaschiteddu\", and clan’s allied with the La Barberas. What sparked a series of attacks and counter-attacks was the killing of Di Pisa on December 26, 1962. The Grecos suspected Salvatore and Angelo La Barbera of the attack, although the one behind it was in fact another mafioso, Michele Cavataio, as he", "id": "14976368" }, { "contents": "At The Edge of Thim\n\n\ncalled Ali are present. There is dancing and conversation. Herbert calls for a “final dance” before exiting stage. Several lines later, it is revealed that Herbert has died. The scene begins with a Ghost, who is speaking to a sleeping George. The Old Man enters, who is the gravedigger, and speaks briefly to the Ghost about the Palla clan's traditional resting place. Lydia enters and speaks to briefly to the gravedigger about Herbet, and how his life in the city has affected his ties to his", "id": "12891281" }, { "contents": "Ginga Legend Weed\n\n\n, disappearing himself in the process, while Ōu soldier Sasuke gets separated from Rigel and others. With the Ōu Mountains in complete disarray, new threats arrive to exploit its weaknesses. Three sons of the Irish Wolfhound Kamakiri, a platoon leader for Hōgen, wish to avenge their father's death. Kurohabaki Masamune, the leader of the Kurohabaki Clan of ninja dogs, aims to take over Ōu and strengthen his army. He is the adoptive son of the former Kurohabaki leader, Terumune, and was previously denied leadership of the clan", "id": "777742" }, { "contents": "List of The Story of Saiunkoku characters\n\n\nand Ryūki often confides his feelings for Shūrei to him. In spite of his youth, Riōu Jr. is a very mature, albeit mysterious, individual from the Hyōu clan. He deeply appreciates the love and care that Shūrei shows him and, when Ren dies, he reflects upon how Shūrei's kindness allowed him to experience the things that Ren wanted for him. First seen during the plague in Sa province, he follows his father's orders and goes on missions for him. He later takes Shūrei to the Hyōu Clan and", "id": "14317038" }, { "contents": "Sasuke (TV series)\n\n\nfor themselves on mostly the Shin-Sasuke editions of the course. \"Shin Sedai\" or New Stars became famous since \"Sasuke\" 17, after Shunsuke Nagasaki made it to the Final Stage. There was a brief hiatus before the term was re-popularized in \"Sasuke\" 22 when Yuuji and Kanno made it to the Third Stage. Membership in the New Stars has included the following: † – Kanno touched part of the frame with his foot and climbed along the side of the platform, thereby going off the", "id": "20320951" }, { "contents": "Manggūltai\n\n\nManggūltai (, 1587 – 11 January 1633) was a Manchu noble and an important military and political leader in the early years of the Qing dynasty. He helped Hong Taiji consolidate his power by handing over his Plain Blue Banner to Taiji's. He died when he was 45 to 46 years old in 1633. Manggūltai was born in the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan as the fifth son of Nurhaci, the founder of the Qing dynasty. His mother was one of Nurhaci's primary consorts, who was from the Fuca clan.", "id": "14698578" }, { "contents": "Boruto Uzumaki\n\n\nare illustrated smaller due to the author's intent to show a more rebellious take on Boruto. Due to the staff of the \"Naruto\" anime referring to Naruto and Sasuke as \"legendary characters\", anime developers Pierrot aim to carefully portray Boruto and his friends, the \"new generation\", as the new protagonists. They also seek to have them developed as the previous generation. However, Kishimoto is concerned about how Boruto and his friends could reach Naruto and Sasuke's strength as he finds it repetitive. Ikemoto stated", "id": "2139339" }, { "contents": "Siad Barre\n\n\nMohamed Siad Barre was born on October 6, 1919, near Shilavo, a town in the predominately Somali-populated Ogaden region of the Ethiopian Empire, into the Somali Marehan Darod clan and the sub-clan of Rer Dini. Barre's parents died when he was ten years old, and after receiving his primary education in the town of Luuq in southern Italian Somalia moved to the capital Mogadishu to pursue his secondary education. In 1935, Barre enrolled in the Italian colonial police as a Zaptié despite being ineligible as he was", "id": "11206453" }, { "contents": "List of Naruto characters\n\n\nexplains that he needs to care for their village. Boruto also admires his father's rival and friend Sasuke, seeking his training in order to surpass his father, later being accepted as his student . In \"\", and its retellings, Boruto joins the Chunin Exams along with his best friend Shikadai and their teammates while attempting to cheat his way through the exams. But when Naruto gets abducted by Momoshiki, Boruto makes peace with his father and helps him and Sasuke defeat the Otsutsuki. While deciding to take Sasuke's path", "id": "8059096" }, { "contents": "Sasuke (TV series)\n\n\nmade his victory, there are many competitors who has been the same age as Morimoto and train with him. Morimoto Generations has been introduced in \"Sasuke\" 36 when Tada and Araki finally made it to the Third Stage. Membership in the Morimoto Generations has included the following: World-class athletes, including Olympians, have attempted \"Sasuke\": Several Japanese athletes have competed in \"Sasuke\" over the years, including professional team handball player Daisuke Miyazaki, who was featured in the 20th, 21st, 22nd and 26th", "id": "20320953" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\ngave Sasuke a new, young-adult design with sharper facial features. In contrast with the older Naruto, who cut his hair, Sasuke's hairstyle grew longer to cover part of the character's face. In the original concept, the hair hid Sasuke's mysterious left eye — the . According to Kishimoto, he decided to give the character a large hood because Sasuke concealed his identity during the events of the film. Sasuke's design was specifically created to support his actions; the area that showed Sasuke had lost his", "id": "19934463" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\nwhen one character progressed he ensured the other did as well. Kishimoto wanted Naruto and Sasuke to seem like brothers and rivals, building on a mutual experience of childhood loneliness. Although Sasuke does not regard Naruto as a worthy opponent at first, he is surprised by Naruto's growth and becomes fiercely competitive. In the Part I finale, their rivalry leads to a fight and they grow further apart. Kishimoto said he did not want Sasuke to recognize Naruto as an equal until later in Part II. When plot developments made Sasuke", "id": "19934453" }, { "contents": "The Great Sasuke\n\n\nfor the greater good. This led to the creation of Mu no Taiyo, a \"shinshūkyō\" cult-themed stable, with Sasuke posing as the messianic leader of the group under a new mask modified to resemble the Brahmans. It marked the first time Sasuke had turned heel in many years. In 1999, Sasuke performed on \"Sasuke\", the popular Japanese obstacle course competition. In the Third Competition, he got stuck at the Rolling Log and timed out on the Hill Climb. When the name SASUKE was translated", "id": "4260117" }, { "contents": "Orochimaru (Naruto)\n\n\nhow during the fight between the two a flashback showed Orochimaru's backstory in Konoha, which helped in expanding his character. His apparent redemption to follow Sasuke in later parts of the story was criticized by writer Jason Thompson during a review of the manga. On the other hand, Bryce Coulter from the Fandom Post found Orochimaru's change based on Sasuke's new interest intriguing due to the future possibilities of becoming Konohagakure's ally. Ramsey Isler from IGN still praised the relationship between Orochimaru and his ally Kabuto Yakushi as the former often", "id": "10139230" }, { "contents": "Itachi Uchiha\n\n\nstory\". However, Jason Van Horn criticised the first battle between Itachi and Sasuke, as \"good\" but not \"as epic as it should've been\". His last fight with Sasuke before dying was considered \"epic\" by Casey Brienza from ANN. She found to be \"a battle of minds\" since, even after Itachi's death, Sasuke changes his mind about him when he learns about his past. She also anticipated the impact of Itachi's past revelations on the future storyline of \"Naruto\"", "id": "12167899" }, { "contents": "Sasuke (TV series)\n\n\nvery far into the First Stage. Despite this, he seems to be a fan favorite. In the 20th competition's preview special, he welcomed the G4 American Ninja Challengers to his bar, served them his special octopus meal, and showed off his physical skills to them. He is No. 4 on G4's Craziest Contestant poll. His best performance was in \"Sasuke\" 26, where he managed to make it to the Rolling Escargot. He got further than in \"Sasuke\" 19, when he timed out", "id": "20320993" }, { "contents": "Itachi Uchiha\n\n\n. Despite disliking how the anime \"Shippuden\" used Itachi's light novel as part of the series, Chris Beveridge from the Fandom Post enjoyed Itachi's impact on both Sasuke and Naruto. Writer Jason Thompson highly praised his visual tortures, due to the effect it has on the victims, reminding him of the antagonist from Kiyoshi Kurosawa's film \"Cure\" notable for its horror scenes. Nevertheless, he criticized Itachi's death scene as a result of his disease rather than being killed by Sasuke, taking all the blame from", "id": "12167900" }, { "contents": "Izzat (1937 film)\n\n\nthat Balaji should not become the Patil following his death. The letter is intercepted by Balaji. The old chief dies, making Balaji the new Patil. The story then focuses on the animosity that develops between the two clans. Balaji usurps the Bhils land and makes them work for him. Maruti, the chief of the Bhils and Kanhayia's (Ashok Kumar) father asks the Bhils to leave. The clash between the two clans turns Kanhaiya into a bandit, who is then hunted by the Marathas. When Balaji tries to", "id": "14869212" }, { "contents": "List of Samurai Deeper Kyo characters\n\n\nhis motivation behind his betrayal is revealed. Later, he saves Sasuke from death and dies from mortal wounds beyond the healing capacity of his regeneration. After Bikara died, Shindara looked after Antera and acted as her parent keeping her at his side at all times. The Mibu hide the true Indara, Haira, Mekira, and Kubira as they are merciless, blood-thirsty monsters. Members of the Jūnishinshō, their places were taken by others when they were forced into hiding, deep within the lands of the Mibu. Mekira", "id": "8821527" }, { "contents": "Polish heraldry\n\n\nMiddle Ages demonstrates how some elements of the Polish nobility did emerge from former Slavic rulers that were included in the ranks of the knightly class under the terms of the chivalric law () and . Because Polish clans () have different origins, only part of the s\"zlachta\" can be traced all the way back to the traditional old clan system based on kinship. The clans that could show kinship belonged to a House (), such as the House of Odrowąż. Later, when different Houses created different surnames for each property", "id": "2295448" }, { "contents": "Di Lauro clan\n\n\nthe Secondigliano Alliance. The clan's \"old guard\" lost its power, and some of Di Lauro's former faithful allies formed a rival alliance (\"Scissionisti di Secondigliano\") and started a bloody power struggle in 2004, known as the Scampia feud. In the early 2000's, the clan's drug revenue from their sellers were reckoned by Italian investigators to be worth about €200 million per year. In the time of the reign of Paolo Di Lauro, Secondigliano, the clan's stronghold, became the largest", "id": "21477816" }, { "contents": "Year of Sorrow\n\n\nvisited Ta'if to look for help and invite the inhabitants to Islam, but was rejected. On the way back to Mecca, he petitioned several prominent Meccans to ask for protection. Chief Mut'im ibn 'Adi, from the Banu Nawfal clan, acceded to his request, escorted Muhammad into the city and announced the clan's protection of Muhammad. Khadija, Muhammad's first and only wife for the 25 years up to her death, died in 619 CE when she was about 65 years old. Muhammad was almost 50 at this", "id": "17290408" }, { "contents": "Shikamaru Nara\n\n\ncommented on Shikamaru's character. IGN stated that Shikamaru was one of their favorite characters in the series, and referred to him as \"the poster child for any card-carrying member of Generation X\" due to his general lack of enthusiasm and his unwillingness to utilize his potential. In a review of episode 110, IGN praised how Shikamaru managed to transcend his lazy nature in order to take on the mantle of a leader when assigned to lead a team in order to retrieve Sasuke Uchiha and agreed that the decision to make", "id": "12377011" }, { "contents": "Masashi Kishimoto\n\n\nmembers from the Uchiha clan except Sasuke. This is later revealed in volume 43 of the manga. Another one was the revelation that the late Minato Namikaze would be Naruto's father. When Kishimoto had the idea that Minato would be Naruto's father, he started adding hints of that to the reader such as giving the Hokage mountain from Konohagakure spiky hair similar to Naruto's. In the making of the film \"\" Kishimoto paid tribute to several movies, the most notable being the 1996 film \"The Rock\" and the", "id": "20587804" }, { "contents": "Youkai Army Corps\n\n\nthe Kakurangers when Junior sends them to support the Shuten Doji brothers. They later enact a scheme by Junior to take out the Kakurangers one-by-one starting with Sasuke. With Dr. Yugami providing radio silence to render the Kakuranger unable to contact his team, the Flower Kunoichi-Gumi trick Sasuke into discarding his Doron Changer to easily kill him. However, Muteki Shogun intervened by giving Sasuke his Blazing Shogun Sword to force the kunoichi to retreat. After Junior's death, the Flower Kunoichi-Gumi serve under Daimaoh.", "id": "16874065" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\n. Kishimoto had read a variety of manga to obtain ideas for the creation of an effective rivalry between two characters, which he incorporated into Naruto and Sasuke's relationship. He was also inspired by his relationship with his twin brother, Seishi Kishimoto; since childhood, Masashi had worried about Seishi when he faced failure and had tried to help him. To contrast Sasuke with Naruto, Kishimoto made him less emotional and depicted him as a \"cool genius\"; he felt he had created an ideal rivalry in the pair, and", "id": "19934452" }, { "contents": "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations\n\n\nOtsutsuki—the threat of whom Sasuke spoke—appear and abduct Naruto so they can use Kurama, a tailed beast sealed inside his body, to revitalise the dying Divine Tree from the dimension they came from. Boruto joins Sasuke and the four Kages—the leaders of other ninja villages—to rescue Naruto. The battle ends when Momoshiki, sacrificing Kinshiki to increase, is defeated by Boruto and his father with Sasuke's help. But Momoshiki survived long enough to realize Boruto's full potential while warning him of future tribulations.", "id": "5763718" }, { "contents": "Judith of Bavaria (died 843)\n\n\nto the 41 year old King Louis occurred in 819, when she was around 22 years old. Judith was the daughter of the noble Saxon Heilwig and Count Welf I, and belonged to the ancestor of the kin-group known to historians as the Welfs. Though the Welf clan was noble, they were not part of the '\"Imperial Aristocracy'\" (\"Reichsaristokratie\") that dominated high office throughout the Carolingian empire. The Welf clan's leaders, having lost influence in their home region of Alemannia (present", "id": "4598354" }, { "contents": "List of Warriors characters\n\n\nStoneteller often feels overwhelmed by his responsibilities and can be prone to making rash decisions. Later in \"Sign of the Moon\", he dies of old age. A dark grey tom with amber eyes, Crag was one of the cats that found the Clans when they were lost on the mountains on the Great Journey. In \"Sign of the Moon\" he becomes the new Teller of the Pointed Stones after his predecessor dies. He is a brother of Brook and Talon. These are characters first mentioned in \"Dark River", "id": "9577390" }, { "contents": "Orochimaru (Naruto)\n\n\nin the \"Weekly Shonen Jump\" popularity polls, commonly placing in the top twenty characters. However, in the last popularity poll, he was out of the top thirty characters. Merchandise based on Orochimaru has also been released, including action figures, plush dolls, and key chains. AnimeCentral listed him as tenth best villain in anime owing to his objectives and methods, most notably how he scares Sasuke Uchiha the first time seeing him despite Sasuke's strength. In the book \"Listverse.com's Ultimate Book of Bizarre Lists:", "id": "10139223" }, { "contents": "The Great Sasuke\n\n\nthe same approach against Delfín in their battles, which eventually led to his departure from MPW to form Osaka Pro Wrestling due to both kayfabe and real dissatisfaction with the angle. Sasuke continued his war on MPW until 1999, when he was forcefully turned face again after Jinsei Shinzaki \"exorcized the evil out of him.\" Now devoid of talent due to the absence of wrestlers who had left with Delfín and other ventures, MPW was left in ruins, a situation the now heroic Sasuke vowed to mend. In 1999 he won", "id": "4260111" }, { "contents": "Sasuke (TV series)\n\n\nwhen he tried to get to the red sandbag. A.B.C-Z member competed in \"Sasuke\" 31; he timed out at the Lumberjack Climb. Then, he competed again on \"Sasuke\" 32. He completed the new obstacle Tie Fighter and Double Pendulum, but he failed to reach the top of the Warped Wall. In \"Sasuke\" 33, he cleared the First Stage for the first time. He failed Salmon Ladder Up. In \"Sasuke\"34, he cleared the First Stage once again and this time failed", "id": "20320985" }, { "contents": "Sasuke Uchiha\n\n\naround the character Naruto Uzumaki. Discussing the series' future, his editor advised him to add a rival character for the protagonist Naruto and he created Sasuke. The character's first name came from Sanpei Shirato's manga \"Sasuke\" and Sarutobi Sasuke, a fictional ninja character in Japanese children's stories. To introduce Sasuke, Kishimoto wrote a chapter that was set before the formation of his ninja squad, Team 7. The idea was scrapped and Sasuke was introduced with Team 7, retaining the same traits and rivalry with Naruto", "id": "19934451" }, { "contents": "Naruto\n\n\nkidnap Naruto, he joins Orochimaru, hoping to gain from him the strength needed to kill Itachi. The story takes a turn when Sasuke leaves the Konoha village and when Tsunade finds out, she sends a group of ninja, including Naruto, to retrieve Sasuke, but Naruto is unable to persuade or force him to come back. Naruto and Sakura do not give up on Sasuke: Naruto leaves Konoha to receive training from Jiraiya to prepare himself for the next time he encounters Sasuke, while Sakura becomes Tsunade's apprentice. Two", "id": "8096569" }, { "contents": "Sarada Uchiha\n\n\nChris Homer of \"The Fandom Post\" also commented that Sarada is more of a \"reserved\" character based on her personality. Cherami Leigh's role as Sarada's English voice also represented a reason for positive responses due to how suitable she was for her. Multiple writers have commented about Sarada's relationship with Sasuke. McNulty found Sarada's characterisation an interesting contrast to Boruto's due to how both dealt with parenting issues across their arcs. While McNulty disliked the romance between Sasuke and Sakura in the original series because she felt", "id": "16022727" }, { "contents": "Clan Carnegie\n\n\nDuchess of Lauderdale. The Clan Carnegie were Jacobites. The fourth Earl took no part in opposing the Glorious Revolution of 1688 but afterwards shunned the royal court. His son, the fifth Earl, followed the \"Old Pretender\" during the Jacobite rising of 1715 and as a result was attained by an Act of Parliament and his estates were forfeited to the Crown. The fifth Earl died in 1730 and all of his children had died young, as was the high rate of infant mortality at the time. He was succeeded by", "id": "15356106" }, { "contents": "Sasuke (TV series)\n\n\nthe first time. In the Second Stage, he failed the Double Salmon Ladder. In \"Sasuke\" 28, he timed out on the Rope Ladder. He advanced to the Second Stage in \"Sasuke\" 29 and 30, but failed the Swap Salmon Ladder. 65-year-old Minoru Kuramochi, known as \"the Octopus\" because he usually brings an octopus with him, is the owner of the Edokko Izakaya octopus bar in Tokyo and is one of the oldest competitors. He has competed several times, never making it", "id": "20320992" }, { "contents": "Itachi Uchiha\n\n\non the sidelines until learning that Sasuke has finally severed his ties to Orochimaru, having absorbed him and now being strong enough to settle matters. Prior to his fight with Sasuke, Itachi meets with Naruto and, after questioning his intentions to save Sasuke, ensures the youth's safety with a crow with Shisui's as a countermeasure against Sasuke if he gains his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and attempts to attack Konoha. Sasuke ultimately tracks him down and they engage in their final battle, during the course of which he uses his Mangekyo Sharingan", "id": "12167889" }, { "contents": "Sakura Haruno\n\n\n\", Sakura was voiced by Chie Nakamura. Early in the first series, the actors were told by Kishimoto that Sakura would end up marrying Sasuke. Nonetheless, most of them started having doubts as during the first anime, Sasuke abandoned his teammates. As a result, by the second series, Nakamura was often asked by other people if her character would instead end up with Naruto. When Sakura married Sasuke in the end, Nakamura was happy because Sakura stayed true to her feelings. In an interview, Kate Higgins,", "id": "19934425" }, { "contents": "Sasuke (TV series)\n\n\nseeded qualifier Chris Wilczewski and five-time \"Sasuke\" veteran Brian Orosco all saw their \"Sasuke\" dreams come to an end at boot camp. Of the ten who advanced to \"Sasuke\", nine easily cleared the First Stage. The only exception was Dreschel, who injured his knee landing on the Halfpipe Attack, and despite a valiant attempt at the Warped Wall, was unable to put any weight on his leg and stated on his Facebook that he will not be available for \"Sasuke\" 28. The high", "id": "20321046" }, { "contents": "List of Naruto characters\n\n\nThe series' storyline follows the adventures of a group of young ninja from the village of Konohagakure (Village Hidden in the Leaf). The eponymous character of the first series is Naruto Uzumaki, an energetic ninja who wishes to become Hokage, the leader of Konohagakure and holds a monster called the Nine Tails in his body. During the early part of the series, Naruto is assigned to Team 7, in which he meets his rival Sasuke Uchiha, a taciturn and highly skilled \"genius\" of the Uchiha clan; Sakura", "id": "8059077" }, { "contents": "Sanada Yukimura (Sengoku Basara)\n\n\nthat Masamune originally acts more mature, he is more like Yukimura when both are fighting. Their personalities then fitted each other to form a rivalry. Yamamoto compared the rivalry between the two protagonists to that of sportsmen as both Yukimura and Masamune enjoy fighting. \"Sengoku BASARA 4\" did not have much interaction between the two characters, but the updated version was given a scenario where they interact. Another relationship important to Yukimura, is the Takeda clan ninja, Sarutobi Sasuke. While a ninja is meant to be disposable, Yukimura", "id": "2823667" }, { "contents": "Kigeli IV Rwabugiri\n\n\nweakened the state and opened a window for German direct colonization in 1897. After Kigeli IV died, his son Rutalindwa was declared king. The new mwami's queen mother, however, was not his biological mother but was another wife of Kigeli IV; Kanjogera of the Bega clan. Rutalindwa's birth mother was from a politically weak clan, the Abakono. The Nyiginya Clan, to which the old and new mwami belonged, was also weak at this particular time because Kigeli IV had killed chiefs from this lineage of clans who", "id": "14600601" }, { "contents": "Cao Xiu\n\n\nbattles against Wei's rival state, Eastern Wu. He died in 228 shortly after the Wei defeat at the Battle of Shiting. Cao Xiu was a distant younger relative of Cao Cao. When the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out in the late Eastern Han dynasty, the Cao clan left their ancestral home in Qiao County (譙縣; present-day Bozhou, Anhui) and went in different directions throughout the Han Empire to avoid getting caught up in the chaos. When Cao Xiu was around 10 years old, his father died", "id": "14945975" }, { "contents": "Kakurangers\n\n\nhuman form by Sasuke's Shinobi Scroll to find him as he arrives to Nasukogen, tending to his wounds after he was attacked by Junior. However, wanting to experience being human, Reika ends up going on a detour to Rindo Lake Family Farm while trying to get Sasuke to lighten up. But when mortally wounded by Ittanmomen while trying to get a bunny to safety, Reika directs Sasuke to the scroll's location before dying and reverting to her true form as she dissolves. Reika is portrayed by Reiko Chiba, who previously", "id": "16873946" } ]

[ { "contents": "New Birth Missionary Baptist Church\n\n\nNew Birth Missionary Baptist Church is a megachurch in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, near Lithonia. It has embraced a Pentecostal theology not typically found in African-American Baptist churches. The church was founded in 1939 in Scottdale as Travelers Rest Baptist Church. In 1983, it moved to Decatur and adopted its current name. Eddie Long took over as pastor in 1987. At the time, the church had only 300 members. Since his installation, membership has grown to 25,000. In 2002, New Birth was chosen to host", "id": "21260443" }, { "contents": "Eddie Long\n\n\nEddie Lee Long (May 12, 1953 – January 15, 2017) was an American pastor who served as the senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a megachurch in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, from 1987 until his death in 2017. When Long started as pastor for New Birth Church, there were 300 church members, which grew to 25,000. During this time, Long was a subject of a Senate investigation, concerning whether he personally profited from his church's tax-exempt status, which eventually ended without", "id": "12304555" }, { "contents": "Annie Armstrong\n\n\nas her Savior under the preaching of Dr. Richard Fuller at Seventh Baptist Church (now Seventh Metro Church). It was there that she had a \"born again\" experience and was equipped to be a missionary. Later, she was among 100 Seventh Baptist Church members who established Eutaw Place Church (now Woodbrook Baptist Church). The church was pastored by Richard Fuller, the third president of the Southern Baptist Convention, who was heavily involved in missionary activities. She worked with various Baltimore missionary organizations ministering to orphans, African", "id": "1197553" }, { "contents": "American Baptist Home Mission Society\n\n\n, 137 German Baptist congregations existed. The missionary spirit of the German churches resulted in new ministries with Bohemians, Poles, Slavonians, and Hungarians. Missionary work with Scandinavians soon followed. Captain G.W. Schroeder, a Swedish sea captain, was converted at Mariner's Temple in New York and returned to Sweden to birth the Baptist church there. He also married the daughter of the pastor of Mariner's Temple, Mary Steward. From the Baptist church in Sweden, Gustaf Palmquist came to the United States and founded the first Swedish Baptist", "id": "12186575" }, { "contents": "Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association\n\n\nOrganized in 1951 as the Interstate and Foreign Missionary Baptist Associational Assembly of America, this group is now known as the Interstate and Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association of America. Their purpose is to encourage fellowship among Missionary Baptist churches that practice ministerial support by freewill offerings. Since they do not believe in stipulated salaries for pastors and missionaries, they are also known as \"Faithway Baptists\". Churches of this association originally fellowshipped with the American Baptist Association. A split in the \"American Baptist Association\" (organized 1924) resulted in", "id": "20047353" }, { "contents": "Solomon Adeniyi Babalola\n\n\nassociation. Miss Victoria Titiloye Alao was leader of various Women's organizations in her churches - growing up in Ara and teaching in Olla, and she was Young Peoples' Leader for the Zion Baptist Association. Babalola pastored the Dunkwa Baptist Church, now the First Baptist Church, Dunkwa-on-Offin. Pastor Babalola was also Travelling Pastor across the region. Mrs. Babalola leveraged the wide experience of her youthful activities within the Nigerian Women's Missionary Union to organize similar programs across the assigned missionary territory. On departure from Ghana in", "id": "13399798" }, { "contents": "Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association\n\n\nOrganized in 1951 as the Interstate and Foreign Missionary Baptist Associational Assembly of America, this group is now known as the Interstate and Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association of America (IFLMBA). Its purpose is to encourage fellowship among Missionary Baptist churches that practice ministerial support by freewill offerings. Since they do not believe in stipulated salaries for pastors and missionaries, they are also known as \"Faithway Baptists\". Churches of this association originally fellowshipped with the American Baptist Association. A split in that Association (organized 1924) resulted in the", "id": "14923696" }, { "contents": "First Baptist Church of Manila\n\n\nOrmeo and Pastor Samuel Ormeo began working among Filipinos in California. Pastor Ed became pastor of the Filipino church in West Covina, California, the Christian Fellowship Bible Church. This church had been very hospitable to visiting pastors and missionaries from the Philippines including those from the AFBCP who many years ago had not been in fellowship with him. Pastor Samuel Ormeo, who pastors the Community Missionary Baptist Church in Glendale, Los Angeles, California had set up missions partnership through scholarship assistance to deserving students at Doane. His church also has been", "id": "4855373" }, { "contents": "Christianity in Houston\n\n\nTexas are the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention. As of 2012 Second Baptist Church Houston, led by Homer Edwin \"Ed\" Young, is the largest Baptist church in the U.S. The oldest Black Baptist church in Houston is the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, historically a part of the Fourth Ward and now in Downtown Houston. Jack Yates once served as the pastor of this church. Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church, a black church, was originally established in the Fourth Ward in 1872 but moved", "id": "19563196" }, { "contents": "First Baptist Church of Manila\n\n\nThe First Baptist Church of Manila, also known as FBCM or FirstBap, is a church established by the pioneering of the United States missionaries in the early 1900s. The church had, at first, U.S. missionaries for its pastor, but consequently, with the independence of the Philippines on July 4, 1946, the church had its first Filipino pastor, the late Pastor Antonio Ormeo. FBCM's current Senior Pastor who took Pastor Ormeo's place is Pastor Ebenezer T. Nacita. Dr. Raphael Thomas founded FBCM on May 4, 1928", "id": "4855354" }, { "contents": "John Mason Peck\n\n\nwhom he met in Litchfield. In 1811 the couple moved from Connecticut to Greene County, New York, near her family's home. Shortly after the birth of their first son, they joined the Baptist Church, in a mission from the New Durham, New Hampshire church. Peck taught school and soon also served as pastor at the Baptist churches in Catskill and Amenia, New York. He became interested in missionary work after meeting Luther Rice, and went to Philadelphia to study under William Staughton while awaiting assignment. There,", "id": "9206312" }, { "contents": "Paul S. Morton\n\n\nJunior Progressives and served as Director of the Youth Choir in his father's church. Bishop Morton graduated from the J. C. Patterson Collegiate Institute, then attended St. Clair College, where he excelled in music. In 1972 Morton moved to New Orleans, Louisiana and to the Greater St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church (now known as Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church) under the pastorate of Reverend Percy Simpson, where he became an Assistant Pastor. Soon after arriving in New Orleans Morton attended and graduated from Union Baptist College and Theological", "id": "2276712" }, { "contents": "WorldVenture\n\n\nAs a result, criticism of Christianity began to grow. From this conflict, a group of churches split to form a mission organization which would send missionaries that adhered to conservative beliefs based on the Bible’s teachings and accuracy. The Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society was created in Chicago, Illinois in 1943 by a group of Baptist pastors and other concerned conservatives. The new organization’s mission was to assist Biblically-based churches in the sending, funding and care of Christian missionaries. The organization now has over 500 missionaries serving in", "id": "19874349" }, { "contents": "Religion in Atlanta\n\n\nin the area. These churches have several seminaries that form the Interdenominational Theological Center complex in the Atlanta University Center. Megachurches in the area include pastor Andy Stanley's North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, which Forbes magazine ranked as the third largest church in the United States, and the First Baptist Church of Woodstock, with 14,000 members. Primarily African American megachurches in Metro Atlanta include Creflo Dollar's World Changers Church International in College Park claiming nearly 30,000 members, Eddie Long's New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia with 25,000 members", "id": "13739448" }, { "contents": "William Jernagin\n\n\n1892, two years after his pastoral licensing, the 23 year old Jernagin was called to preach at a number of Mississippi Baptist Churches including: New Prospect Baptist Church in Meridian, Mississippi, Mount Moriah Baptist Church, and Scooba Baptist Church in Okolona, Mississippi. The year of 1896 was a busy one for Jernagin who worked to unite a number of churches, among them: Missionary Union Baptist Church, First Baptist Church in Winona, Mississippi, Second Baptist Church, First Baptist Church in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, First Baptist", "id": "9718626" }, { "contents": "Second Saint Siloam Missionary Baptist Church\n\n\nThe Second St. Siloam Missionary Baptist Church is an historic Baptist church located in Brewton, Alabama, United States. On November 5, 1909, a group of worshipers gathered in the Congregational Church at the corner of St. Joseph and Evergreen avenues to organize the Second St. Siloam Missionary Baptist Church. On June 10, 1910, the congregation dedicated the new church, which is located on the corner of East and North streets. The church's first pastor was Rev. Williams Franklin. The church features a unique design, with the interior", "id": "11443947" }, { "contents": "Eddie Long\n\n\nCouncil for Higher Education Accreditation or United States Department of Education, the two institutions responsible for recognizing educational accrediting institutions in the United States Following his dismissal from Ford, he moved to Atlanta to study theology and became the pastor of a small Jonesboro, Georgia church. In 1987 he became the pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, which at the time had around 300 members. Under Long, membership grew to 25,000. The church may be considered part of the Bapticostal movement. Long married Dabara S. Houston in 1981 and they", "id": "12304558" }, { "contents": "Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church\n\n\nof 2011, Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church is led by its 11th pastor, Rev. A. C. Cobb. “Like many Black churches across the nation, Mt. Moriah is facing an aging congregation and tackling the job of finding younger members\". The church has a congregation of approximately 150 members, of which a large portion is over age 50. In the year 2013 Reverend A.C. Cobb retired as pastor due to age and health reasons. In 2015, God blessed Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church with its 12th pastor, Reverend Weaver", "id": "9544773" }, { "contents": "Douglass, Memphis, Tennessee\n\n\nLiving God’, www.church-living-god.org on February 4, 2009. They have continued their affiliation and ministry partnership with St. Paul Douglass Missionary Baptist Church. Alvin and Pastor Maggie Campbell opened the ‘Church of the Living God’ (Missionary Baptist) in memory of Pastor Maggie's great-great grandfather Rush-Plummer where Women in Ministry Leadership receive specialized training and Official Ordination with a goal to plant more churches to continue to edify the Word of God. Missionary Baptist Association established In September 2010, Pastor Maggie Campbell established the “Missionary", "id": "17854359" }, { "contents": "Bernice King\n\n\nmembers of the King Center staff, who aided her in urging the community to not act out with violence. On December 11, 2004, King participated in a march against same-sex marriage in Atlanta. This action was in contrast to the advocacy of her mother, Coretta, and her older sister Yolanda, both longtime, outspoken supporters of gay rights. She was joined by senior pastor at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Eddie Long, who said in a written statement that the march was not \"to protest same-", "id": "8392812" }, { "contents": "Anthony Munroe\n\n\nthe fraternity. Munroe has served on the Board of Directors of Health Choice Network as a Member, Treasurer and now Secretary; Advisor to The Miami Fellows Program; Scottdale Child Development Center, Decatur, GA; and the Community Advisory Board of the Brooklyn Medical Center – New York University. He served on the Columbia University Joseph Mailman School of Public Health's Alumni Executive Advisory Board. He is a member of the New Birth Cathedral Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia and attends his local church, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church,", "id": "15374047" }, { "contents": "Baptist Church of Mizoram\n\n\nThe Baptist Church of Mizoram (BCM) is a Protestant church of the Baptist denomination of Mizoram state in northeast India. As of 2018, BCM has 173,988 members in 677 local churches along with 159 Pastors and 3,174 Elders in 84 Pastorates and 15 Area Baptist Councils. It is the second biggest church in Mizoram after the Mizoram Presbyterian Church Synod. The church was founded by Baptist English missionaries Rev. JH Lorrain (Pu Buanga) and FW Savidge (Sap Upa) in 1894. Its headquarters at Serkawn is a missionary station and", "id": "11199819" }, { "contents": "Baptist Convention of Angola\n\n\n, Portugal, Denmark and Brazil who, up to that point had led the evangelistic spread of Christianity among the Baptist churches. As a result of the lack of trained nationals (no Angolan Baptist pastor had formal training in theology or as pastors) for the conduct of evangelism, the denomination did not exceed 27 churches between 1970 and the end of 1980. This situation began to change in the mid-1980s with the return to Angola of American and Brazilian missionaries and with the consequent initiation of a Mobile Bible Institute (directed by missionary", "id": "10577000" }, { "contents": "Immanuel Baptist Church (Yangon, Burma)\n\n\nImmanuel Baptist Church is in central Yangon at the corner of Mahar Bandoola Garden Street and Mahar Bandoola Road opposite Yangon City Hall. The church is one of the oldest Baptist churches in Yangon. Built in 1885 by an American missionary, the church was destroyed during World War II but rebuilt in 1952. Until 1965, the pastor of the church was sent by the American Baptist International Ministries, which at that time was called the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. One of the founders of that missionary organisation was Adoniram Judson, who", "id": "13068840" }, { "contents": "Bethlehem Baptist Church (Minneapolis)\n\n\ntypical downtown Minneapolis church. Most congregants lived in suburbs and commuted, including the pastor. The average age of the now 300-person congregation was 75 years old when the pulpit became open. The church decided to take a chance and bring in John Piper, who had never pastored. He had been teaching Bible at the denominational college, Bethel College. In 1983, Pastor Steller had a missionary epiphany, recognizing how the church’s theology connected to world missions reaching unreached people, and a missions movement was born. The average age", "id": "15536771" }, { "contents": "Eddie Long\n\n\nFamilies. Rev. Timothy McDonald suggested a link between Long's anti-gay activity and the grant saying \"If you look at the black pastors who have come out with the faith-based money, they're the same ones who have come out with campaigns on the gay marriage issue.\" On January 31, 2012, a video was released depicting a ceremony at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church wherein Messianic Jewish preacher Ralph Messer presented a Torah scroll to Long, wrapped him in it, and symbolically elevated him to a position", "id": "12304565" }, { "contents": "Mojola Agbebi\n\n\nSociety) in 1880 and became a Baptist around 1883. He played a prominent role in the March 1888 establishment of the Native Baptist Church (now the First Baptist Church) in Lagos, which was the first indigenous church in West Africa. Agbebi was a part of Ebenezer Baptist Church, Lagos, which was formed as result of a dispute within the First Baptist Church when American missionary Rev. W. J. David fired Rev. Moses Ladejo Stone, the native pastor. David rebuffed requests for an explanation by a delegation and by the church", "id": "11334642" }, { "contents": "Walmer Road Baptist Church\n\n\nthe first four years and then they relocated to new facilities at 110 College Street in 1898. The vision of the founders was to train laypeople as Sunday School teachers, pastors' assistants, and as city, home and foreign missionaries. Initially the training program was two years. In 1912 it became the Toronto Bible College and is now the Tyndale University College and Seminary. During Howard Bentall's time as pastor in the 1950s, a vision for a lay training institute was once again revived and beginning in September 1955 the Baptist", "id": "19638622" }, { "contents": "Nineteenth Street Baptist Church (Washington, D.C.)\n\n\non the ministerial staff for more than thirty-five years and served as the Assistant Pastor for 17 years, assumed the role of Interim Pastor until 2016. On October 22, 2016, the membership of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church elected Reverend Dr. Darryl D. Roberts to the position of Pastor-Elect. He delivered his first sermon as Senior Pastor at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church on January 1, 2017. Prior to leading the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, Dr. Roberts served as Senior Pastor of Mount Welcome Missionary Baptist Church in", "id": "14231124" }, { "contents": "Jack Yates\n\n\n. Yates later purchased an area in the Freedmen's Town area of the Fourth Ward. Yates became the pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, in 1868. The church was Houston's first African-American Baptist church. Yates established Houston Academy, a school for African-American children. Antioch Missionary Baptist Church helped to purchase land for Emancipation Park in Houston while Yates was the pastor. Yates left the church and founded Bethel Baptist Church in 1891. He founded College Park Cemetery, which facilitated the burials of freed-persons", "id": "17517232" }, { "contents": "Bud Calvert\n\n\nBud R. Calvert is an American independent Baptist pastor, author, and conference speaker. He founded the Fairfax Baptist Temple (a fundamental Christian church in Fairfax, Virginia) and its associated school, the Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy. He currently serves the church in the role of Pastor Emeritus and \"travels throughout the United States and around the world preaching in missions conferences, helping to start churches, encouraging missionaries and pastors, and training men who are preparing for the ministry.\" In a joint resolution of the Virginia State House", "id": "10338984" }, { "contents": "John Ongman\n\n\nJohn Ongman (November 15, 1844 – February 28, 1931) was a Swedish Baptist pastor and founder of the Örebro Missionary Society and Örebro Missionary School. He also was the first pastor of the First Swedish Baptist Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota and also a pastor of the First Swedish Baptist Church in Chicago. He was an energetic evangelist and influential leader of the Swedish Baptists both in America and Sweden. He started his service as a full-time preacher in 1866 and in 1868 he emigrated to Chicago, USA.", "id": "1688018" }, { "contents": "Joseph Costa (evangelist)\n\n\na Southern Baptist missionary working in Lebanon at the time, he planted a church in the Ras Beirut area of the city of Beirut. In 1959, he was ordained as the pastor of the new church. Having finished his sophomore year at Haigazian College, he then went to the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary to pursue a diploma in theology. He was elected president of the Lebanese Baptist Convention in 1963-1965. In 1970, on the thirteenth anniversary of his selection as pastor of the Ras Beirut Baptist Church, he resigned", "id": "18519006" }, { "contents": "William Bullein Johnson\n\n\n. One of their eight children who reached maturity, Francis C. Johnson, became a Southern Baptist missionary to China in 1846. After preaching in several churches from 1804 to 1806, Johnson was appointed pastor of the Baptist church at Euhaw near Beaufort, South Carolina. In October 1809 he baptized five new converts in the Congaree River in Columbia, SC. Later that day he organized First Baptist Church Columbia with these 5 new converts and 7 other local Baptists, under the leadership of Jonathan Maxcy, first president of the University of", "id": "14086136" }, { "contents": "William Boyd Stewart\n\n\nposition at the Canadian Literary Institute in Woodstock. Stewart re-entered the ministry at First Baptist Church Brantford, Ontario beginning August 1863 to May, 1869. During his pastorate Americus Vespucius Timpany (the first missionary of the Baptists in Canada) was ordained for the missionary work in Kakinada, India in October, 1867. During 1869 Stewart was called to be assistant pastor of Bond Street Baptist Church in Toronto, Ontario but immediately assumed the full pastorate upon the death of Thomas Ford Caldicott. He served in the capacity of Pastor", "id": "22059659" }, { "contents": "National Missionary Baptist Convention of America\n\n\nheld the week after the first Sunday. The headquarter of the church is generally considered to travel with the President. The convention was led by Dr. Nehemiah Davis from his election in September 2013 until his death on March 1, 2017. Davis had been the pastor of the Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church of Fort Worth, TX. Presidents are selected every four years. In September 2018 Dr. Anthony E. Sharp, I., pastor of the Tabernacle of Praise Missionary Baptist Church of Dallas, was elected as the 7th President of the", "id": "2495830" }, { "contents": "New Landmark Missionary Baptist Church\n\n\nLake St. The Church board consisted of Deacon Lawler as chairman of Deacons, an organized Missionary Society, Sunday school, and the Willing Worker Club. In 1952 Rev. Grant Tilford resigned as pastor. In February 1953, after serving as acting pastor, Rev. Dr. Joseph Sylvester was ordained and called to serve as pastor. In 1953, LMBC bought an empty lot space on the corner of Wilcox and Washtenaw as a site for a new “church home”. The building process was finished a year later and on November 28,", "id": "5529879" }, { "contents": "Leonard Grimes\n\n\nNew Bedford, Massachusetts and in Boston. In November 1848 he was ordained as pastor of the Twelfth Street Baptist church. He was pastor of the Twelfth Baptist Church for 27 years. Grimes actively opposed the Fugitive Slave Act, and his church became known as \"The Fugitives Church.\" He became an important figure in national church organizations and at the American Baptist Missionary Society Convention at Philadelphia in 1858 he, along with Theodore Doughty Miller, William Spellman, and Sampson White, pushed the organization to oppose slavery. They voted", "id": "18811574" }, { "contents": "Ben M. Bogard\n\n\n, where he founded \"The Baptist Commoner\". In 1917, he merged \"The Baptist Commoner\" with the \"Arkansas Baptist\" to create \"The Baptist and Commoner.\" In 1920, he assumed his final pastorate at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Little Rock, where he remained until retirement in 1947. At the time, no Missionary Baptist pastor earned more than the $100 gross monthly salary paid to Bogard by Antioch Church. During the 1920s, Bogard joined the Ku Klux Klan, which targeted in that phase", "id": "17843053" }, { "contents": "First Baptist Church (South Perry Street, Montgomery, Alabama)\n\n\nby Lee Compare, who had been sent out to do missionary work among the Creek Indians in Tallassee, east of Montgomery. The current building was constructed between 1905 and 1923 and is based on the Florence Cathedral. In April 1965- by now an all-white church, in light of the ongoing struggle for civil rights, the pastor, J.R. White, and the church's deacons proposed an 'open door policy' to the First Baptist Church congregation. Although originally rejected, the proposal was subsequently accepted, and has been", "id": "2319744" }, { "contents": "Hillhead Baptist Church\n\n\n. During the 1930s, Hillhead Baptist Church maintained connections with eminent and larger churches in the United Kingdom and overseas. A third minister from Hillhead Baptist Church was elected to the Baptist Union of Scotland presidency. One of London's largest churches invited the pastor of Hillhead Baptist Church to be their pastor in 1938. The church played a prominent role in national Baptist Union meetings and community organisations such as the YWCA. In the 1930s, as the Sino-Japanese war escalated, Hillhead Baptist Church took active interest in Baptist missionaries affected", "id": "10671814" }, { "contents": "KJAY\n\n\nmusic in English on Sunday. Many of the current religious programs on KJAY have been on 1430 AM for decades, such as \"From the Throne of God\" with Pastor Elsie Horton; St. Paul's Missionary Baptist Church with Dr. Ephraim Williams; St. John's Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Darryl B. Heath; Shiloh Baptist Church with Pastor Anthony Sadler, Sr. Around 2000, KJAY began airing Hmong and Russian programs Monday through Saturday. Among recent program changes include playing World/International music during the 20-watt nighttime period. The", "id": "5322368" }, { "contents": "St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist Church\n\n\n, over the sponsorship of a statewide missionary program, lead some members to establish what would become the St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist Church. The new congregation initially met near the intersection of Springhill Avenue and Broad Street, but by 1859 they had purchased the property on Dearborn Street. The first pastor for the church was the Reverend Joshua Hawthorn, a white Baptist minister. Hawthorn left in 1860. He was followed by the Reverend Charles Leavens, the congregation's first African American minister. The congregation sent organizers all over the state", "id": "8226015" }, { "contents": "Baptist Bible Fellowship International\n\n\nreports from domestic churches, and light theological treatises. It is written by BBFI officers, pastors and missionaries and is the official voice of the BBFI. The current editor is Randy Harp who was preceded by Keith Bassham. The current national structure of the BBFI consists of pastors rather than congregations. Affiliation is open to any Baptist pastor of a supporting Baptist church believing in and adhering to twenty articles of faith, outlined in a small booklet available from the Mission Office. Official recognition of that affiliation is contingent upon financial support of", "id": "19421643" }, { "contents": "Woodlawn Baptist Church and Cemetery\n\n\ntogether with other freedmen, the Freedmen's Bureau, and a few whites, founded the Woodlawn Colored Baptist Church. (It is now known as Woodlawn Missionary Baptist Church.) He was called as the pastor there and served for the next 56 years, to the end of his life. He consistently encouraged education among his congregation. In 1866 Smith and Winfield helped establish the Freedman School in the county seat of Brownsville. It later developed into twelve grades. Smith was a community leader, organizing five other black Baptist churches", "id": "2127535" }, { "contents": "Adam Clayton Powell Jr.\n\n\nPowell Sr. had become a prominent Baptist minister, serving as a pastor in Philadelphia, and being called as the lead pastor at a Baptist church in New Haven. Powell Sr. had worked his way out of poverty and through Wayland Seminary, a historically black college, and postgraduate study at Yale University and Virginia Theological Seminary. In the year of his son's birth in New Haven, Powell Sr. was called as the pastor of the prominent Abyssinian Baptist Church in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. He led", "id": "13307103" }, { "contents": "New Birth Missionary Baptist Church\n\n\nevent was attended by four Presidents (George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter). The church has also been marred by controversy, with four individuals filing separate lawsuits in DeKalb County Superior Court, Georgia alleging that Bishop Long used his pastoral influence to coerce them into a sexual relationship with him when they were teenagers. On January 15, 2017, Bishop Eddie Long died from an aggressive form of cancer according to a statement released by the church. The church then announced Stephen A. Davis,", "id": "21260446" }, { "contents": "Antioch Missionary Baptist Church\n\n\nthe pastor of this church. As of 2003 the church has a \"Jesus Saves\" sign. Rod Davis of the \"San Antonio Express-News\" said that the presence of the sign, which \"still makes a footnote to the downtown skyscrapers,\" was \"evidence that the oldest African American Baptist church (1875) in the city thrives as well as it did when the Rev. Jack Yates, a former slave, served as its first pastor.\" According to the church, the original pews, made by", "id": "8082141" }, { "contents": "Ben M. Bogard\n\n\ndispatches missionaries not through an associational body like the SBC authorizes but through individual churches. In 1899, Bogard came to Arkansas. For his first four years there, he was the pastor of First Baptist Church in Searcy in White County near the capital city of Little Rock. Between 1903 and 1909, he was the pastor of First Baptist Church in Argenta, now North Little Rock in Pulaski County. Then he preached independently in revivals and crusades in seven states. In 1914, he moved to Texarkana in Miller County, Arkansas", "id": "17843052" }, { "contents": "Jerry Sutton\n\n\nDr. Jerry Sutton is a Southern Baptist pastor, historian, and administrator. His theology is best described as conservative and evangelical. He earned a PhD in church history from the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served at Two Rivers Baptist Church, in Nashville, Tennessee for twenty-two years and retired on August 3, 2008. The church averaged approximately 2,000 in average weekly attendance over the course of his pastorate. In 1999, he led the Summit for the New Millennium which was designed to coordinate missionary efforts and church support", "id": "13189235" }, { "contents": "First Baptist Church of Sutton\n\n\nnow between the West Milbury and Sutton Roads and serves as the home of the Sutton Historical Society. Shortly after Rev. Marsh's passing, the church was partially dissolved due to the wars in America, but the members reorganized the church in 1785 and elder Ebenezer Lamson was chosen as the new pastor until he was voted out following his admission in beliefs of teachings that were against orthodox theology. In 1792, Rev. William Batchellor who was the pastor of First Baptist, organized the Second Baptist Church/Manchaug Baptist Church in South Sutton", "id": "20531770" }, { "contents": "Rome Baptist Church\n\n\n, the international missionary agency of the Southern Baptist Convention, purchased the building in 1920, and deeded it to the Italian Baptist Union in 1994. The building consists of a first floor sanctuary seating more than 200, classrooms for Sunday school and meeting rooms on the second floor, and a third floor apartment for the pastor. Twelve people met in the worship room at Piazza San Lorenzo on 12 August 1962, the first meeting of the congregation now known as Rome Baptist Church. The church was officially organized on 10 March 1963", "id": "1778394" }, { "contents": "Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church\n\n\nChapel A.M.E. Church who used its money to improve its present structure and purchase additional property\". The new building allowed the church and its programs to flourish. Between 1941 and 1946, under the leadership of Rev. L. A. Pelham (Mount Moriah’s eighth pastor), the church began conducting regular mass every Sunday. New church programs developed over the years which further increased community involvement in the church, such as the Young Adult Choir (organized in 1959) and the Junior Women Missionary Society (organized in 1971). As", "id": "9544772" }, { "contents": "Christopher D. Price\n\n\nChristopher D. Price (born May 3, 1976 in San Diego, California) is an American conservative Baptist pastor, theologian, and writer. He is currently serving as Lead Pastor of Northside Baptist Church in Garland, Texas. Price's academic qualifications include prerequisite studies at Angelina College and Jacksonville College. He also earned a Bachelor's degree in Religion from Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary in 2006 and a Master's Religion from Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary in 2007. Price was licensed for ministry at Calvary Baptist Church, Crockett,", "id": "18436919" }, { "contents": "St. John's Baptist Church (Miami, Florida)\n\n\nsits on 13th Street and 3rd Avenue. The church then became known as St. John Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. Drake served as pastor until his death in February 1951. Succeeding Rev. Drake was Rev. Thedford Johnson, who was serving as Assistant Pastor. Under his pastorate, a two-story building at 1148 NW 3rd Avenue was built as a parsonage; the Fellowship Hall was built, the Children's Center(formerly known as the Tot Center) was established, an apartment unit was purchased, the sanctuary was air-conditioned, the", "id": "19540491" }, { "contents": "New Birth Missionary Baptist Church\n\n\nOn August 15, 2004 the church opened a branch called \"New Birth Memphis\" in Memphis, Tennessee. The church has since closed and New Birth Memphis no longer exists. Then in the future years, there were more churches such as New Birth Metro, New Birth Knoxville, New Birth Oakland, and New Birth California. In 2006, the church was chosen by the family of Martin Luther King, Jr. to host and officiate the funeral for Mrs. Coretta Scott King, wife of the late civil rights pioneer. The", "id": "21260445" }, { "contents": "Andrew Fuller\n\n\nAndrew Fuller (6 February 17547 May 1815) was an English Particular Baptist minister and theologian. Known as a promoter of missionary work, he also took part in theological controversy. Fuller was born in Wicken, Cambridgeshire, and settled at Kettering, Northamptonshire. During his life, Fuller pastored two congregations — Soham (1775–1782) and Kettering (1782–1815), which is now the Fuller Baptist Church, He died on 7 May 1815 at Kettering. Fuller is best known in connection with the foundation of the Baptist Missionary Society,", "id": "8754093" }, { "contents": "Gennady Abramov\n\n\nthan 2,500. However, Abramov was hoping to raise money to build a Far East spiritual center in Khabarovsk with a 600-seat auditorium, with facilities to train pastors and Sunday school teachers from all parts of the Far East. Churches in the region were reporting steady growth, with 423 baptisms in 1991. In a 1997 interview, visiting Southern Baptist missionary Wayne Kenniston, who works closely with Abramov, said that \"Four years ago there may have been 24 Baptist churches in the far east of Russia. Now there are more than", "id": "13392867" }, { "contents": "Jesse Freeman Boulden\n\n\n, Olivet Baptist Church, where Boulden served until 1863. Boulden then resigned and Richard DeBaptiste became its new pastor in 1863. That year he returned to Philadelphia, but when news reached him that St. Louis pastor and friend of Boulden J. R. Anderson had died, he moved to St. Louis, Missouri and took the pastorship at Anderson's church. In February 1864, Boulden attended the Wood River Baptist Association meeting at Brooklyn, Illinois and advocated for increased Baptist missionary work among slaves freed behind the advance of the Union Army during", "id": "3191034" }, { "contents": "First Baptist Church (Hammond, Indiana)\n\n\nHyles-Anderson College, a non-accredited institution established for the training of pastors and missionaries, and two K-12 schools, called City Baptist Schools (for children of the bus route of the church) and Hammond Baptist Schools (for children of the members of the church). John Wilkerson is the senior pastor at First Baptist Church. First Baptist Church was founded in November 1887 by Allen Hill of Jennings County, Indiana. Its first meeting was on November 14, 1887 with 12 members on the 28th. However,", "id": "6464214" }, { "contents": "George Liele\n\n\nGeorge Liele (also spelled Lisle or Leile, 1750–1820) was an African American and emancipated slave who became the founding pastor of First Bryan Baptist Church and First African Baptist Church, in Savannah, Georgia (USA). He became the first American missionary, leaving in 1782 for Jamaica; this is thirty years before Adoniram Judson left for Burma. He became the first Baptist missionary in Jamaica. Liele was born into slavery in Virginia in 1752, but was taken to Georgia. As an adult he was converted by Rev. Matthew", "id": "3604352" }, { "contents": "New Landmark Missionary Baptist Church\n\n\nNew Landmark Missionary Baptist Church is located on the Westside of Chicago, Illinois. The pastor is Minister Cy Fields. The church is made up of hundreds of members. The members unite every Sunday for morning worship and praise. The beginning took place in January, 1946. The first meeting was held in the living room of Deacon Sample Lawler on 2934 W. Fulton St. in Chicago. The meeting began to progress and then were held in the home of Mrs. Ella McCarthy. These meetings soon grew to become prayer services held by", "id": "5529877" }, { "contents": "New Birth Missionary Baptist Church\n\n\nthe live recording of Dorinda Clark-Cole, and was chosen by the family of rapper and R&B superstar Lisa Left Eye Lopes to host the funeral for the rapper, who was killed in a car accident in La Ceiba, Honduras. In 2003, New Birth planted a branch called \"New Birth Charlotte\" in Charlotte, North Carolina. That church no longer exists, and has since sold its building. Mecklenburg County records show the church defaulted on its payments to Evangelical Christian Credit Union for a $10 million loan.", "id": "21260444" }, { "contents": "Amy Butler (minister)\n\n\nWesley Theological Seminary. Following her graduation from Wesley Theological Seminary, Butler served as a missionary in New Orleans, Louisiana through the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. She then served on the staff of Lindy's Place, a transitional home providing care for some of New Orleans' most underprivileged members. Butler then became Associate Pastor of Membership and Mission at St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church, also in New Orleans. In 2003, Butler became Senior Minister of Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, DC, the founding church of the Northern Baptist Convention,", "id": "4897418" }, { "contents": "History of African Americans in Houston\n\n\nMississippi to establish churches. The oldest Black Baptist church in Houston is the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, historically a part of the Freedmen's Town of Fourth Ward and now in Downtown Houston. Jack Yates once served as the pastor of this church. The city's first black Catholic church was St. Nicholas, located in the Third Ward. The Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church in the Fifth Ward, Houston's second black Catholic church, was officially founded in June 1929. In the 1920s, prior to the construction of Our", "id": "7680725" }, { "contents": "Douglass, Memphis, Tennessee\n\n\nMaggie in the margin of the birth certificate form followed by a dash[-] next to the name Judith, which led to her first name to this day as Maggie-Judith. Her mother Evelyn Fluker-Williams and her father Willie [Plummer] Trout Jr. never changed it. Pastor Maggie Campbell has been a member of St. Paul ‘Douglass’ Missionary Baptist Church since birth. She was baptized at the church at the approximate age of 12 years. She was trained by her grandmother and members of her family in Evangelism since", "id": "17854356" }, { "contents": "Bell Shoals Baptist Church\n\n\n8,000 members and four other campuses. One of their campuses, Bell Shoals Baptist Apollo Beach, started with 12 members and now has over 400 members. John Russell was the first pastor of this church. Before coming to Bell Shoals, he preached at West Haven Baptist Church in Tennessee. He went to Troy State University, Samford University, and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. The next pastor, Forrest Pollock, was killed in a plane crash on May 12, 2008. His son Preston, who was 13 years old", "id": "9214927" }, { "contents": "Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention\n\n\n, the Olivet Baptist Church was constituted in Honolulu out of the work which was started by layman, Joseph Tyssowski. Southern Baptist missionary, Victor Koon, was called as the pastor of Olivet. Twenty-four representatives (called messengers) from 5 churches (Wahiawa, Olivet, Nuuanu, Calvary and Waimea) met at the Baptist Bible School of Hawaii on July 12, 1943 and organized the Association of Baptist Churches of Hawaii. The work spread to the other islands. A group of Christians meeting as the Missionary Bible Church", "id": "9668776" }, { "contents": "Centenary Baptist Church, Clock Tower, Secunderabad\n\n\nOther pastors in the country, including Rev. Fr. George Soares-Prabhu (1929-1995) and Rev. Fr. D. S. Amalorpavadass (1932-1990), also died in similar accidents. The church was established on 14 November 1875 by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society led by The Rev. W. W. Campbell, ABM, a Baptist missionary. The first member of the congregation was Richard B. Clayburn, who was baptized on 5 December 1875. The first native Pastor Bezwada Paul, STBC was appointed in 1895. The foundation", "id": "19454668" }, { "contents": "Diocese of Medak of the Church of South India\n\n\nin establishing of churches in areas northward of Hyderabad City winning of new converts to the fold of Christianity. Meanwhile, efforts were made by visionary Pastors to form the Church of South India for which missionary societies came forward for negotiations who included Anglicans, Baptists, Congregationalists, Lutherans, and Wesleyan Methodists. However, the talks towards Church Union did not go well with the laymen hailing from the Baptists and the Lutherans in spite of efforts by their Clergy led by Professor Muthyala Theophilus, CBCNC and William Powlas Peery, AELC to join", "id": "18880358" }, { "contents": "Rowland Croucher\n\n\nBaptist ministry in New South Wales. He worked for the InterVarsity Fellowship (1968-1970) (now the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students (AFES)); then pastored churches in Australia: Narwee and Central Baptist Church - both in Sydney - and Blackburn Baptist Church in Melbourne, which became a \"megachurch\" in the late 1970s, with seven pastors, a salaried staff of 25 and 1,000 attending; plus several interim ministries. He was then, briefly, pastor at First Baptist Church, Vancouver, Canada. From", "id": "14235280" }, { "contents": "Baptist Union of Southern Africa\n\n\nWork in Kariega, about 16 miles from Grahamstown, began in 1834. A German settlement around 1860 brought the first German Baptist work led by Carsten Langheim. A German pastor, Carl H. Gutsche, baptized J. D. Odendall, who founded the first Dutch-speaking Baptist church in South Africa in 1886. The \"Baptist Union\" was founded in 1877 by four English-speaking churches and one German-speaking church. The \"South African Baptist Missionary Society\" was formed in 1892. Black Baptist churches united to form the", "id": "5952246" }, { "contents": "Alma Hunt (Baptist leader)\n\n\nAlma Hunt (October 5, 1909 – June 14, 2008) was executive secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention Woman's Missionary Union from 1948 to 1974. Hunt was born in Roanoke, Virginia. She was an ordained minister of the Rosalind Hills Baptist Church where she vocally opposed the Southern Baptist Convention's prohibition of women in the role of church pastors or military and prison chaplains. Hunt graduated in 1941 from State Teacher's College (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. In 1947, she earned a master of", "id": "21910973" }, { "contents": "Tripura Baptist Christian Union\n\n\nunion was formed under the leadership of Rev. M.J. Eade in December 1938 in Lakshmilunga, a village six miles from Agartala. TBCU was supported and funded from the beginning by the New Zealand Baptist Missionary Society (NZBMS) and they provided most of the staff till the 1960s. Since then TBCU has now become an independent indigenous self-supporting church organisation. Rev. M.J. Eade was appointed as the first General Secretary of the Tripura Baptist Christian Union. Rev. Lalhuala Darlong was the first national General Secretary. TBCU employs many pastors and evangelists", "id": "1121990" }, { "contents": "Episcopal Baptists\n\n\n. The union is headed by a bishop. The Église Épiscopale Baptiste is a Baptist denomination in Democratic Republic of the Congo. It began with evangelical missionaries who accepted the Baptist doctrines and organized this denomination retaining the episcopal polity. The Church became autonomous in 1956. In 2007 there were ten bishops, and 105,000 baptized members in 110 territorial parishes. Most of them were in the nine provinces of DRC and some in Angola and Zambia. The pastor are under supervision from the bishops, who assign them a church. The EPB", "id": "16885794" }, { "contents": "Baptist Bible Fellowship International\n\n\n, Texas (later Arlington Baptist College). In May 1950, Norris had Vick removed from the school presidency. After Vick officially resigned from the WBF, he and Noel Smith, W. E. Dowell Sr., R. O. Woodworth, Fred Donnelson, and other pastors met in the Texas Hotel and laid groundwork for a new fellowship. The organizational meeting for what would become BBFI was held in 1950 at the Central Baptist Church in Denton, Texas. Approximately 100 pastors and missionaries were among the founders of the new Baptist group", "id": "19421638" }, { "contents": "First Baptist Church of Manila\n\n\nin partnership with the missionaries of PABWE in Thailand these past many years.to the church One of the instruments of the reconciliation was Dr. Earnest Gordon Wray. He retired from ABWE in 1965 after serving as Director of Doane Baptist Seminary several terms from 1946. He remained an inspiration to Filipino pastors and missionaries who visited the United States and the students who studied in the United States. His attitude toward the problems he knew were happening in the Philippines as a result of the split in 1965 had been fair, balanced and restorative. He", "id": "4855374" }, { "contents": "Saint Joseph Cathedral, Bucharest\n\n\neffective pastoral care for the faithful six new parishes: \"Blessed Redeemer\", \"Sacred Heart of Jesus\", \"Peter and Paul\", Baneasa \"Assumption\", \"Birth of Saint John the Baptist\" and \"Holy Guardian Angel\". Now Cathedral parish is a small territory in the downtown area. Cathedral Parish does not have (from August 21, 1958) own rectory so that priests live in the archbishop's palace. The first priest mentioned first as a missionary and then as parish administrator, parish and", "id": "20402952" }, { "contents": "Association of Fundamental Baptist Churches in the Philippines\n\n\nwriter William Doane). Out of this meeting came a new agency for sending and supporting missionaries - the \"Association of Baptists for Evangelism in the Orient\" (now Association of Baptists for World Evangelism). Dr. Thomas returned to the Philippines in 1928, settling in Manila. The first church established by ABEO and Thomas was the First Baptist Church of Manila. World War II brought much devastation to Baptist missionary work in the Philippines, and much reorganization was required. The \"Association of Fundamental Baptist Churches\" was formed in", "id": "9810969" }, { "contents": "Solomon Adeniyi Babalola\n\n\nTitiloye Babalola, although she was actually consecrated into ministry in 1965). Rev. Dr. Babalola pastored Laka Baptist Church from 1962 to 1965. Pastor Babalola had his longest pastorate of 17 years at the Oke-Ado Baptist Church, Ibadan - one of the leading churches of the Nigerian Baptist Convention. During this period, Rev. Mrs. V.T. Babalola worked as a Field Worker of the Nigerian Women's Missionary Union and served across the remote towns and villages of the Yoruba states of southwestern Nigeria. She worked in the mostly northwestern Yorubaland (", "id": "13399802" }, { "contents": "ATLAH World Missionary Church\n\n\nATLAH World Missionary Church (formerly Bethelite Missionary Baptist Church) is a Christian church and ministry located in Harlem, New York. James David Manning is the chief pastor. The church campus is the site of the unaccredited ATLAH Theological Seminary, where classes are offered on preaching and prophecy. The church also has a studio that Manning uses for his Internet radio program \"The Manning Report\". The church's YouTube channel has over 72,000 subscribers as of March 2018. The church was founded and organized in Harlem on June 6,", "id": "11579296" }, { "contents": "St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church\n\n\nThe St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Boise, Idaho is a historic Baptist church founded in 1909, and its building at 124 Broadway Avenue which was built in 1921. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. In 1982 it was deemed \"historically significant as one of two churches still in existence in Idaho with a predominantly black congregation\", when the congregation was about 150. The church was built by church members, including William Riley Hardy, its first pastor. It is described as \"", "id": "14400883" }, { "contents": "Isaac T. Tichenor\n\n\nspent three years on his plantation in Shelby County, Alabama. In 1871, he became pastor at the First Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, but resigned shortly after. He also served as a pastor in Kentucky and Mississippi. From 1872 to 1881, he served as President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now known as Auburn University. In 1882, he became President of the Southern Baptist Home Missionary Board in Atlanta, Georgia. He died on December 2, 1902, and is buried in Westview Cemetery", "id": "7426775" }, { "contents": "Tarkington Prairie, Texas\n\n\nTexas on a reservation furnished by the government.\" The 1870s continued to be lean years for Oak Shade Baptist Church. The Reconstruction period that followed the Civil War put a tremendous hardship on early settlers. The 1870s also brought about the birth of a new church in the area - Rural Shade Baptist Church. The addition of this second church in the community affected Oak Shade Baptist Church because many of its members pulled their membership from the church to move to the new church. In 1881, after being without a pastor for", "id": "20350754" }, { "contents": "Germantown Baptist Church\n\n\n. Dr. Story retired in 1997 and later served as Pastor of First Baptist Church in Counce near Pickwick, Tennessee. Ken has since retired from there. He's now at Crump Baptist in Crump,Tennesse. Dr. Sam Shaw served as Pastor of Germantown Baptist from 1998 to 2006 during which time the congregation continued to grow considerably in finances and human resources. Shaw had previously served as Pastor of First Baptist Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His preaching style was sincere and charismatic and brought numerous new programs to the church, through", "id": "19350966" }, { "contents": "Isabel Crawford\n\n\non Easter of 1903 with a congregation of 64 people. The new church had no pastor, but they wanted to celebrate the Eucharist, so Crawford told them to elect one of their own to perform the service, and they chose Lucius Aitsan. The denominational mission board and the nearest baptist missionary pastor disapproved of this move. However, they continued to hold their own services when the visiting pastor was not available. In 1904, the congregation was censured by the Oklahoma Indian Baptist Association for having \"deviated from the orderly practice", "id": "6578897" }, { "contents": "Southern Baptist Convention\n\n\n's statement of faith, the \"Baptist Faith and Message\", is not binding on churches or members due to the autonomy of the local church (though SBC employees and missionaries must agree to its views as a condition of employment or missionary support). Politically and culturally, Southern Baptists tend to be conservative. Most oppose the use of alcohol as a beverage, homosexual activity, and abortion with few exceptions. Generally, Baptists recognize only two scriptural offices: pastor-teacher and deacon. The Southern Baptist Convention passed a", "id": "410369" }, { "contents": "A. B. Masilamani\n\n\nof India. Masilamani is a third-generation Christian. Reverend Abel Bellary, the grandfather of Masilamani, was a Hindu from a priestly class. Both the Catholic and the Protestant missions spearheaded the missionary activity. It was the Protestant Canadian Baptist Mission and American Baptist Mission (now Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches), through which Abel Bellary became a Christian taking the name 'Abel' as his Christian name, retaining 'Bellary' as his surname. Bellary was ordained and served as a Baptist pastor. Later, the family", "id": "17429506" }, { "contents": "Southern Baptist Convention\n\n\nchurches and denominations in the early 19th century that were independent of white-dominated organizations. In the Reconstruction Era, missionaries both black and white from several northern denominations worked in the South; they quickly attracted tens and hundreds of thousands of new members from among the millions of freedmen. The African Methodist Episcopal Church attracted the most new members of any denomination. White Southern Baptist churches lost black members to the new denominations, as well as to independent congregations organized by freedmen. During the Civil Rights Movement, most Southern Baptist pastors", "id": "410326" }, { "contents": "J. I. Richardson\n\n\nJ. I. Richardson was a Baptist Pastor who served as a missionary in India through the Canadian Baptist Ministries. Richardson came to India in 1945 and after more than a decade and half he was elected President of Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars in 1958 In the continuing year, Richardson was replaced by Rev. A. B. Masilamani. After a period of missionary service in India, Richardson returned to Canada and in 1961 became Dean of Carey Hall at the University of British Columbia. In addition to his responsibilities as Dean of Carey Hall", "id": "20365231" }, { "contents": "Lott Cary\n\n\ncannot receive the credit due to either. I wish to go to a country where I shall be estimated by my merits, not by my complexion; and I feel bound to labor for my suffering race.' His work in Liberia was supported by the First Baptist Church of Richmond, the American Baptist Foreign Missions Society, and the African Baptist Missionary Society of Richmond, of which he was a co-founder. Cary became the first black American missionary to Africa. In the new colony, Cary served as pastor", "id": "20011503" }, { "contents": "John Gano\n\n\nthen the College of New Jersey) but left before graduating. Gano was ordained as pastor of the Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Baptist Church on May 29, 1754. In 1760, he became the founding pastor of what became two years later the First Baptist Church in the City of New York, now located at the intersection of Broadway and 79th Street. Gano served as pastor of the New York Church until 1787, however, he made long itinerant trips evangelizing throughout the thirteen colonies, asserting \"I... had a", "id": "6156618" }, { "contents": "American Baptist Home Mission Society\n\n\nMrs. Judson's \"Memoirs\" and the American Baptist Magazine. In Grand Rapids, he baptized Native Americans, was a founder of the LaGrange Association, was a pastor and church planter, and, later in life, was a fundraiser for the American Bible Union. When the churches of Michigan were numerous enough to be self-sufficient, ABHMS shifted resources to missionary work with the foreign population, the Detroit Baptist City Mission Society, and loans and gifts for the building of church edifices. In 1833, 91 missionaries were", "id": "12186554" }, { "contents": "Rome Baptist Church\n\n\nwith 15 charter members. Organization efforts were led by Rev. William C. Ruchti, the pastor, and his wife, Helen, missionaries sent to Rome by the Foreign Mission Board. Ruchti served as church pastor until June 1985 when he was replaced by Rev. Kenneth Lawson, assisted by his wife Irene. Lawson served until May 1998, after which the church relied on volunteer pastors and missionaries for several years. In April 2001 Rev. David Hodgdon and his wife Cathy arrived from Buena Vista, Colorado, to serve as pastor and wife", "id": "1778395" }, { "contents": "Nineteenth Street Baptist Church (Washington, D.C.)\n\n\nHarkins as Pastor-Elect. He preached his first sermon at Nineteenth Street Baptist Church on August 31, 1997. Harkins, who received his B.S. from Boston University, a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary of New York, and a Doctorate from United Seminary, was the senior pastor at New Hope Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas and had served as assistant minister at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York. He is married to Juli Anne Davis Harkins. During his pastorate, Derrick Harkins was involved in social activism at", "id": "14231121" }, { "contents": "Baptist Union of Southern Africa\n\n\nThe Baptist Union of Southern Africa is a Baptist Christian denomination in South Africa. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Roodepoort. The Korea Baptist Convention has its origins in the first Baptist churches in Salem, Eastern Cape and in Grahamstown founded in 1823 by William Miller, an English Baptist pastor. The first ordained Baptist preacher to travel to South Africa was William Davies, who was sent by the Baptist Missionary Society in England. He arrived in 1832 and ministered in Grahamstown for a short period.", "id": "5952245" }, { "contents": "Arizona Southern Baptist Convention\n\n\nThe pastor of the new church was C. M. Rock, who came from Asheville, North Carolina. On March 27, 1921 with Rock as their pastor, a group of people left the Calvary Baptist Church to form the First Southern Baptist Church, as a protest against the Northern Convention's stances on open communion, alien immersion, and interdenominational comity. In August of the same year, this new church joined the Southwestern Baptist Association of New Mexico. On September 21, 1928, Rock led the formation of the Baptist General", "id": "9668639" }, { "contents": "Alabama Baptist Convention\n\n\nreceived the right to vote through the national amendment to the constitution. In 1972 the convention elected its first woman vice-president, Miriam Jackson, then dean of women at Jacksonville State University and recording secretary for the Alabama Baptist Executive Board. The church accepted and supported separate churches for African Americans. The St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist Church in Mobile was established in 1853, and the first three pastors were white, but in 1865 the title was transferred to the first African-American pastor, Rev. Charles Leavens. In 1874", "id": "13171033" }, { "contents": "David Christopher Davies (missionary)\n\n\nDavid Christopher Davies, known as Christy Davies (1878–1958) was a Welsh missionary, and representative of the Baptist Missionary Society (B.M.S.). His parents were John and Elizabeth Davies of Clydach, Glamorganshire. He attended a local Calfaria Baptist Church where his father was the church treasurer, and a deacon. The church pastor was T. Valentine Evans (father of Sir (David) Emrys Evans). Christopher began his career helping in his family's grocery store. He then worked for a while as a tailor's apprentice in", "id": "15122967" }, { "contents": "John Taylor (Baptist preacher)\n\n\nWelch, who knew him, wrote a biography of the preacher, saying Taylor had left Gallatin because of differences with his congregation. He helped found a Baptist church in Frankfort. Next he helped establish one at Buck Run in 1818, where he was invited to pastor. Instead, he chose to preach there regularly for several years. Many religious historians have identified Taylor's leading role in the disputes over the Missionary/Anti-missionary movement that arose among Protestant churches in the United States in the 1820s. In his booklet", "id": "17071797" } ]

[ { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show\n\n\nis perfectly suited for empty Super Bowl half-time spectacle\". Like previous performers, Madonna was not paid for the show. According to Zack O'Malley Greenburg of \"Forbes\", \"Typically, the entertainers for the Super Bowl do not get a cash payment ... This is the kind of exposure that entertainers would give their right arm for; they could do 20 Leno and Letterman appearances and still not reach that [kind of] audience\". Greenburg wrote that with 30-second commercial spots commanding over $3 million apiece,", "id": "5085585" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show\n\n\n's performance at the half time show \"reconfirms her skills as a live performer, silencing anyone who might have wondered about them in the wake of a certain revelation.\" David Rooney of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" wrote: \"Continuing in the vein of Madonna in 2012, [Beyoncé] steered the Super Bowl halftime show away from dad rock to embrace girl power.\" Melinda Newman of the website HitFix commented: \"In a Super Bowl half-time performance that was as frenetic as it was fierce, [Beyoncé", "id": "5084945" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLIV\n\n\nstraight Super Bowl the NFC won the toss (the Cardinals won the toss in Super Bowl XLIII but elected to defer to the second half, giving the Steelers the ball to open the game). The Who performed at the Super Bowl XLIV halftime show. The band played a medley of their hits, consisting of \"Pinball Wizard\", \"Baba O'Riley\", \"Who Are You\", \"See Me, Feel Me\", and \"Won't Get Fooled Again\". For the first time since the Super", "id": "220785" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LIII halftime show\n\n\na tribute to the show's creator, Stephen Hillenburg, who had died in November 2018. The show itself received largely negative reviews, with critics considering it to be boring and underwhelming, and arguing that the choice of Maroon 5 was intended to be \"safe\" and uncontroversial in the wake of the Kaepernick controversy. As early as September 2018, multiple sources had reported that Maroon 5 were to headline the Super Bowl LIII halftime show, but the NFL had not yet made an official announcement. In October 2018, it", "id": "7046481" }, { "contents": "Up with People\n\n\n, Up with People began to make frequent appearances at the Super Bowl; the group performed in five Super Bowl halftime shows between 1976 and 1986 (with Grambling State University Marching Band being the only other group having that many returns to the Super Bowl half time show with its 6 appearances), and performed at the pre-game show of Super Bowl XXV in 1991. By the 1990s, the style of halftime performance they helped define during the 1970s and 1980s (which centered on themed, musical-style spectacles which aimed", "id": "4020102" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl commercials\n\n\n), or from individual network affiliates that are broadcasting it. As the 2018 Winter Olympics marked the first time since 1992 that the Winter Olympics and Super Bowl were shown by the same network in a single year, NBC offered advertisers the opportunity to purchase packages of time for their ads covering both Super Bowl LII and the Olympics. NBC stated that doing so would allow advertisers to amortize their expenses through additional airplay during the Olympics. Slightly fewer spots were sold for Super Bowl LIII than the previous game, leading to a noted", "id": "8406241" }, { "contents": "Puppy Bowl\n\n\nTurbo the tortoise suffered a wardrobe malfunction (inspired by the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime-show controversy) during the half-time entertainment. Silkie chickens served as cheerleaders, and a skunk helped referee the show. The 2017 \"Puppy Bowl XIII\" featured three special-needs dogs: Doobert, who is deaf; Lucky, who had her right front leg amputated; and Winston, who is both sight- and hearing-impaired. An hour-long \"pre-game show\", scheduled to air an hour prior to", "id": "5532005" }, { "contents": "Half-time\n\n\ndo not change and both teams occupy the same locations on the field of play, though there is frequent rotation of players in the ordinary course of play. Half-time for spectators offers the opportunity to visit the toilet, get some food or drink, or just exercise cramped limbs, without the fear of missing any of the action. A half-time show may be put on for the spectators to keep their attention, most famously in the case of the American football Super Bowl. As many spectators at the ground", "id": "17069434" }, { "contents": "2018–19 NFL playoffs\n\n\nsixth Super Bowl in 18 years (2001, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016), and tied the Pittsburgh Steelers with the most Super Bowl wins. The Rams won their only Super Bowl in 1999, which was coincidentally hosted by Atlanta, and extended their drought to 20 years. This was the Patriots' 11th Super Bowl appearance (ninth under Brady and Belichick) and the Rams' fourth. The first half was the lowest scoring half (three points) since Super Bowl IX (two points). In the", "id": "3479018" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl counterprogramming\n\n\n, taking advantage of the then-unpopular format of Super Bowl halftime shows. The special drew 22 million viewers, prompting the NFL to book more prominent pop music acts to perform at future Super Bowl halftime shows to compete. Broadcasters who do not air original programming against the Super Bowl will typically air reruns of existing programming—sometimes as marathons, prior to and during the game; in recent years, as they all broadcast NFL games or have ties to an outlet who does—and three of them alternate airing the game", "id": "17403612" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show\n\n\nshe admitted that she sang the song along with a pre-recorded track during the ceremony, but confirmed that she's going to sing live during the Super Bowl halftime show, saying \"I will absolutely be singing live... This is what I was born to do, what I was born for. I've had a 16-year career. All the things I've done have prepared me for this.\" Following her performance at the halftime show, Jon Caramanica of \"The New York Times\" wrote that Beyoncé, who", "id": "5084940" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show\n\n\nmight expect her to give all her luvin', provide a ray of light and be in vogue with her music\". Before the show, Madonna expressed concern about the physical and time constraints of the event. \"I have eight minutes to set up my stage, 12 minutes to put on the greatest show on Earth, and I have seven minutes to take it down. So, that football field is clean for the second half of the game\", she said. \"How do you do that? This", "id": "5085553" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show\n\n\nis a Midwesterner girls dream to be performing at the Super Bowl half-time show. In over 25 years of performing that I've done, I have never worked so hard or been so scrupulous or detail-orientated or freaked out.\" The singer's plan to have 100 drummers descend from the stadium ceiling was cancelled, since the structure could not support the weight. Madonna had promised that there would be no wardrobe malfunction during the show, alluding to controversy surrounding Janet Jackson's performance in the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime", "id": "5085554" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLIV\n\n\nboth teams scored touchdowns on their initial possessions of the second half; the only other time occurred in Super Bowl XIV. Hartley would bring the Saints to within one point of tying the game at 17–16, with his third field goal, launched from 47 yards away. In doing so he became the first kicker in Super Bowl history to score three field goals of 40 or more yards in one game. This was the first one-point lead after the third quarter in Super Bowl history and second closest game after three quarters", "id": "220795" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLI\n\n\nthe Super Bowl\" year in review (narrated by Tom Selleck). This was followed by \"The Phil Simms All-Iron Team\", and a four-and-a-half-hour \"Super Bowl Today\" pre-game show followed by game coverage at 6:25 PM. Other contributors to the pre-game show included Katie Couric, anchor of the \"CBS Evening News\", Armen Keteyian, CBS News Chief Investigative Correspondent, Randy Cross, who reported from Iraq where U.S. military forces played a touch", "id": "1683101" }, { "contents": "Records for safeties in football\n\n\nbetween Super Bowl XXV to Super Bowl XLIII. The shortest time between Super Bowl safeties is sixteen seconds of game time, between the final play from scrimmage in Super Bowl XLVII and the first play from scrimmage in Super Bowl XLVIII. No safety has ever been scored in the third quarter in any Super Bowl. In what had been a defensive struggle for most of the first half of Super Bowl IX between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings, the only score in the first half came on a second quarter safety by the Steelers", "id": "10187920" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show\n\n\nwhich American pop star Katy Perry was headliner. The performance generated 2.2 million tweets, due to clamoring for tickets to Mars' Moonshine Jungle Tour. The Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show received two 2014 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program and Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special. Bruno Mars was confirmed as the lead half time performer for Super Bowl XLVIII in September 2013 during a Fox NFL Sunday broadcast held live in Times Square in New York City. The NFL's entertainment", "id": "4546906" }, { "contents": "List of Super Bowl lead-out programs\n\n\nSuper Bowl XXXVII was dampened by an unusually-long 40-minute post-game show (with a performance by Bon Jovi prior to the trophy presentation), which pushed the start time past 11:00 p.m. ET. Although a series high, the episode was one of the lowest-rated Super Bowl lead-outs. It is common for affiliates in the home markets of the competing teams to delay the lead-out show further, until after additional local post-game coverage (though in 2018, despite the Philadelphia Eagles's win", "id": "7808236" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XI\n\n\nNFL minimum number of attempts to be recognized. The minimums are shown (in parenthesis). Turnovers are defined as the number of times losing the ball on interceptions and fumbles. Source: \"Note: A seven-official system was not used until 1978\" In their four Super Bowls, the Vikings never led once, so onlookers never saw what the Vikings might do with a lead in a Super Bowl game. Minnesota also never scored any points in the first half. Turnovers robbed the club from a score on three", "id": "9615000" }, { "contents": "Andalusia\n\n\nIsla. Prominent Andalusian rock groups include Triana and Medina Azahara. The duo Los del Río from Dos Hermanas had international success with their \"Macarena\", including playing at a Super Bowl half-time show in the United States, where their song has also been used as campaign music by the Democratic Party. Other notables include the singer, songwriter, and poet Joaquín Sabina, Isabel Pantoja, Rosa López, who represented Spain at Eurovision in 2002, and David Bisbal. The portrayal of Andalusia in film is often reduced to", "id": "2543331" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LII halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl LII Halftime Show (officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show) took place on February 4, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of Super Bowl LII. Justin Timberlake was the featured performer, as confirmed by the National Football League (NFL) on October 22, 2017. It was televised nationally by NBC. It received four nominations at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards. The show began with Jimmy Fallon introducing Justin Timberlake, followed by a video screen depicting Timberlake performing", "id": "1839214" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XII\n\n\nin the last 34 Super Bowls. In 2015, on the occasion of Super Bowl 50, \"Slate\" webpage writer Justin Peters watched all the games over a two-month period. He considered Super Bowl XII to be the worst Super Bowl ever. Morton was a large part of the reason for Peters, who felt the Broncos' quarterback was lucky to have only been intercepted four times in the first half, and a total output that amounted to only one completion for positive yardage that was not followed by an immediate", "id": "9615051" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXVI\n\n\nand intercepted him four times. Rypien, who completed 18 of 33 passes for 292 yards, two touchdowns and an interception, was named Super Bowl MVP. The telecast of the game on CBS was seen by an estimated 79.6 million viewers. This was the first time that a major television network successfully scheduled Super Bowl counterprogramming: Fox aired a special live football-themed episode of its popular sketch comedy show \"In Living Color\" during the halftime show. NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXVI to Minneapolis during their May", "id": "9755515" }, { "contents": "2018 NFC Championship Game\n\n\n’s because he has to do it now because he’s at the Super Bowl and he does his annual press conference\". In Goodell's annual Super Bowl interview on January 30, he admitted that officials were \"human,\" but they had missed that call. While his answer did little to quell players' frustrations, it certainly did nothing for Saints fans, who effectively boycotted the Super Bowl. The game received a 26.1 television rating in New Orleans, the lowest of any market and by far the lowest ever in", "id": "5402000" }, { "contents": "List of highest scoring NFL games\n\n\nsecond half Chiefs touchdown, the Colts rallied back for a 28-point comeback, the second largest comeback in NFL playoff history. The highest-scoring Super Bowl was Super Bowl XXIX on January 29, 1995, in which the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers defeated the AFC champion San Diego Chargers 49–26 for a combined 75 points. This Super Bowl win was the only win for Steve Young in his career. The second highest-scoring Super Bowl was Super Bowl LII on February 4, 2018, in which the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles", "id": "1352725" }, { "contents": "Sports-related curses\n\n\nthe Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots, and 3 consecutive NFC Championship Game losses from 2001-2003. The Eagles broke the alleged curse in 2018 by defeating the New England Patriots by a score of 41–33 in Super Bowl LII. The Super Bowl curse or Super Bowl hangover is a phrase referring to one of three things that occur in the National Football League (NFL): Super Bowl participant clubs that follow up with lower-than-expected performance the following year; NFL teams that do not repeat as Super Bowl champions", "id": "21631375" }, { "contents": "2018–19 NFL playoffs\n\n\nThe 2018–19 NFL playoffs began on Saturday, January 5, 2019, after the 2018 season, and concluded with the New England Patriots becoming champions by defeating the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII on Sunday, February 3, 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. For the first time in NFL history, both conference championship games went to overtime. Indianapolis, who had started the year 1–5 and still managed to make the playoffs, buried the Texans with 276 yards and 21 points in the first half.", "id": "3478922" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show\n\n\nsong was chosen \"for reasons separate and coincidental from Mars’ previously announced Half Time gig\". During rehearsals there were some disagreements between Mars and the NFL, regarding the singer's performance. The latter wanted to show the audience wearing light-up bracelets to which Mars concurred \"If you take that camera off me, you're doing yourself a disservice. And what happened? They spent all this money on these things, and it didn't work.\" Fortunately, Mars and his band rehearsed a lot and it", "id": "4546908" }, { "contents": "List of Pittsburgh Steelers seasons\n\n\nteams in ; the same team also became the first sixth-seed to win the Super Bowl. The Steelers are 6–2 in Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl IX, Super Bowl X, Super Bowl XIII, Super Bowl XIV, Super Bowl XL, Super Bowl XLIII and losing Super Bowl XXX and Super Bowl XLV. As of the start of the 2018 season, the Steelers franchise are second all-time in playoff appearances, with 31, which is the most among active AFC franchises, as well as the most since", "id": "16043839" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XVIII\n\n\nBowl XIII after winning Super Bowl XII). The Redskins would be joined by the Green Bay Packers in 1998 (won Super Bowl XXXI, lost Super Bowl XXXII), the Seattle Seahawks in 2015 (won Super Bowl XLVIII, lost Super Bowl XLIX), and the New England Patriots in 2018 (won Super Bowl LI, lost Super Bowl LII). Sources: NFL.com Super Bowl XVIII, Super Bowl XVIII Play Finder LA, Super Bowl XVIII Play Finder Was Completions/attempts Carries Long gain Receptions Times targeted The following", "id": "9615316" }, { "contents": "2014 Baltimore Ravens season\n\n\nGame against their divisional rival Pittsburgh Steelers, the Ravens were ultimately defeated in the AFC Divisional Round by the eventual Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, and had failed to upset them on the road for the first time since the Ravens' 2012 Super Bowl winning-season. Until 2018, this was the last time the Ravens made the playoffs, and was their first time doing so in the post-Ray Lewis era. During the first preseason game vs the 49ers the Ravens won the third \"Harbowl\", as coach", "id": "17211038" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LVI\n\n\nexchange for Super Bowl LV, so that both Super Bowl LVI and the 2022 Winter Olympics will be televised by NBC. As with Super Bowl LII, which fell prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics, NBC will be able to maximize its advertising revenue by encouraging sponsors to buy time for both events; the network estimated that it would take in a combined revenue of $1.4 billion from advertising sales for the two events in 2018. CBS will also be able to follow up its Super Bowl with another high-profile sporting event", "id": "12992945" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XIX\n\n\n. With Marino and Montana, the game became the first Super Bowl in which the starting quarterbacks of each team both threw for over 300 yards. In addition, the two teams combined for 851 total offensive yards, which at that time was a Super Bowl record. But after trailing 10–7 in the first quarter, the 49ers would end up taking the game in dominating fashion, scoring three touchdowns in the second quarter, and 10 unanswered points in the second half. Montana, who was named the Super Bowl MVP, completed", "id": "9615319" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXII\n\n\nthey signed on to televise \"Sunday Night Football\", and their last Super Bowl broadcast until 2009 (Super Bowl XLIII). This was also the last time Channel 4 in the UK would show the Super Bowl – and their last NFL coverage until 2010 – after they had been showing the event since 1983 (Super Bowl XVII). Only Sky Sports would show it live until Five joined them in 2003 (Super Bowl XXXVII). It also marked the last Super Bowl until 2007 for CTV in Canada after airing the", "id": "9755885" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXVII\n\n\nNFL.com Super Bowl XXVII, Super Bowl XXVII Play Finder Dal, Super Bowl XXVII Play Finder Buf Completions/attempts Carries Long gain Receptions Times targeted The following records were set in Super Bowl XXVII, according to the official NFL.com boxscore and the ProFootball reference.com game summary. Turnovers are defined as the number of times losing the ball on interceptions and fumbles. Source: For the first (and to date only) time in Super Bowl history, officials changed shirts at halftime, going from short sleeves in the first half to long sleeves", "id": "9755631" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVI\n\n\nwe can do\". At the conclusion of the song, Bono opened his jacket to reveal an American flag printed into the lining. U2's halftime show captivated the audience as a poignant tribute to those who had been lost in the attacks. In 2009, SI.com ranked it as the best halftime show in Super Bowl history, while it was rated the second-greatest by \"Askmen.com\". Janet Jackson was originally selected to perform at the Halftime Show, but she instead allowed U2 to perform a tribute to the events", "id": "10379459" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl 50 halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show took place on February 7, 2016, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California as part of Super Bowl 50. It was headlined by the British rock group Coldplay with special guest performers Beyoncé and Bruno Mars, who previously had headlined the Super Bowl XLVII and Super Bowl XLVIII halftime shows, respectively. Coldplay, Rihanna, and Katy Perry were considered as potential acts for the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show in 2015. Perry was soon confirmed as the headliner of the halftime show in November", "id": "1531552" }, { "contents": "Abe Vigoda\n\n\nappeared live on \"The Today Show\". He said he was doing well, joked about previous reports of his death and announced he had just completed a voice-over for an H&R Block commercial to air during the Super Bowl. Vigoda and Betty White, both 88 years old at the time, appeared in \"Game\", a Snickers commercial that debuted during Super Bowl XLIV on February 7, 2010. The synopsis made fun of the advanced age of the actors. The Super Bowl Ad Meter poll respondents rated the", "id": "2026093" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl commercials\n\n\nClint Eastwood. The commercial recounted the automotive industry crisis of 2008–10, set to scenes showing Americans in despair, but then in hope. The narration of the ad equated the emergence from the crisis to the second half of a football game, explaining that \"All that matters now is what’s ahead: how do we come from behind? How do we come together? And how do we win? Detroit’s showing us it can be done. And what’s true about them is true about all of us. This", "id": "8406271" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl 50 halftime show\n\n\nThere, Martin revealed to Mars that he wanted for him to perform \"Uptown Funk\" with Beyonce. Despite this, Mars still didn't think it was a good idea and asked the former to talk to Beyonce to see what was her opinion on that. Martin videotaped him and Mars, while the former sang a song to Beyoncé so that she would come to do the Super Bowl with both of them. Beyonce response was receptive to the idea. At that time, Mars and Beyoncé were both doing a diet and", "id": "1531555" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVII\n\n\nSuper Bowl rings (Haley was also with the 49ers for Super Bowls XXIII and XXIV, and later earned rings when the Dallas Cowboys won Super Bowls XXVII, XXVIII, and XXX). The Raiders became the first team to appear in Super Bowls under four head coaches. John Rauch coached them in Super Bowl II, John Madden (who himself called Super Bowl XXXVII on ABC), coached them in Super Bowl XI and Tom Flores coached them in Super Bowl XV and XVIII. The teams combined for the most second half", "id": "9506194" }, { "contents": "Puppy Bowl\n\n\nas a \"commentator\" broadcasting from a Chicago studio. In reference to the Super Bowl's halftime show with Bruno Mars, Keyboard Cat \"played\" his song \"Locked Out of Heaven\" during the halftime show. The half-time show also featured 30 kittens toppling dominoes and a kitten \"parachuting\" onto the field. To increase interactivity with fans of the show, the Puppy Bowl X online site allowed fans to play a \"Fantasy Puppy League\" (similar to fantasy football) featuring the 2014 puppies, gave", "id": "5531999" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show occurred on February 2, 2014 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey as part of Super Bowl XLVIII and was headlined by American singer Bruno Mars alongside his band The Hooligans with special guests The Red Hot Chili Peppers. The show was produced by Ricky Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton. At the time of airing the halftime show attracted the largest audience in the history of the Super Bowl, attracting 115.3 million viewers. The show was later surpassed by the following year's Super Bowl XLIX halftime show in", "id": "4546905" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI\n\n\nThe Patriots won the toss, the first AFC team to do so in the Super Bowl in 15 years. Because the coin toss landed on heads, the pizza chain Papa John's offered free pizza to millions of Americans who participated in a promotional contest. Word had leaked as early as October 2011 that Madonna would be the performer for the Super Bowl halftime show, with M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj performing as well; all three are featured on Madonna's new single \"Give Me All Your Luvin'\" which was performed as", "id": "2666343" }, { "contents": "Greg Gumbel\n\n\nshow. Along similar lines, Gumbel said of Rush Limbaugh, \"I find him someone whose words and opinions I can do without.\" Gumbel is the third man to serve as both host and play-by-play announcer for Super Bowls (the first two were Dick Enberg and Al Michaels respectively). He hosted Super Bowls XXVI, XXX, and XXXII before calling Super Bowls XXXV and XXXVIII. Jim Nantz became the fourth man to do so after he called Super Bowl XLI for CBS. During his tenure as", "id": "3324687" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\nanything to Justin about it.\" Timberlake would eventually be given a “second chance”, being invited back to the Super Bowl halftime show when he was named headlining act for the Super Bowl LII halftime show in February 2018. During his performance, Timberlake again sang a portion of \"Rock Your Body,\" but stopped right before reaching the \"I'm gonna have you naked by the end of this song\" lyric, saying \"hold up! Stop!\" and smiling. Some commentators interpreted this as a", "id": "19109521" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl I\n\n\nits own announcers: Ray Scott (doing play-by-play for the first half), Jack Whitaker (doing play-by-play for the second half) and Frank Gifford provided commentary on CBS, while Curt Gowdy and Paul Christman were on NBC. While Rozelle allowed NBC to telecast the game, he decreed it would not be able to use its cameramen and technical personnel, instead forcing it to use the feed provided by CBS, since the Coliseum was home to the NFL's Rams. Super Bowl I", "id": "9614594" }, { "contents": "Trey Burton\n\n\nreceptions in the Eagles' NFC East Championship clinching 43–35 victory at the Los Angeles Rams. He received more playing time with Zach Ertz inactive after suffering a concussion. In Super Bowl LII against the New England Patriots, Burton threw a touchdown pass on a trick play to quarterback Nick Foles with 34 seconds remaining in the first half. The Eagles went on to win the Super Bowl 41–33. On March 14, 2018, Burton signed a four-year, $32 million contract with the Chicago Bears. On September 9,", "id": "18058447" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLII\n\n\nopen or close without any restrictions. The first time this was employed was in Super Bowl XXXVIII at Reliant Stadium; the roof was open for pregame and halftime shows and closed during the game. Because there was rain in the forecast for Super Bowl XLII, the roof was closed for the entire day's activities. During a February 6, 2007 ceremony with Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, the NFL and the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee unveiled the slogan \"Who Wants It More?\" along with its mascot \"Spike the Super", "id": "5966225" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl 50 halftime show\n\n\nthat multiple acts would perform during the halftime show. Coldplay was confirmed as the lead half time performer for Super Bowl 50 on December 3, 2015, one day before the release of their seventh studio album \"A Head Full of Dreams\". It was later confirmed that Beyoncé and Bruno Mars would join Coldplay as special guests. Chris Martin called Mars to ask him to perform with Coldplay; however, Mars declined the offer. Nevertheless, the singer of Coldplay invited Mars to his studio in Malibu where he was working.", "id": "1531554" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXVII\n\n\nSuper Bowl after posting an 11–5 regular season record, but entered the playoffs as a wild card after losing tiebreakers. The Cowboys were making their sixth Super Bowl appearance after posting a 13–3 regular season record. It was the first time that the two franchises had played each other since 1984. The Cowboys scored 35 points off of a Super Bowl-record nine Buffalo turnovers, including three first half touchdowns. Bills backup quarterback Frank Reich, who replaced injured starter Jim Kelly in the second quarter, threw a 40-yard touchdown on the", "id": "9755570" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show\n\n\n, Madonna expressed \"sincere apologies\" to the league and said: \"I look forward to the possibility of doing something with the NFL in the future.\" In late 2011 Madonna was busy with the release of her film \"W.E.\" and with recording her twelfth studio album, \"MDNA\". The singer was reportedly signed by the NFL for the Super Bowl halftime show, and in December the league confirmed that Madonna would perform in the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The game was", "id": "5085548" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LI halftime show\n\n\nthe show, Gaga reached the edge of the stage, shouted \"Super Bowl 51\", dropped her microphone, and jumped off the stage catching a football. Around August 2016 media began reporting that singer Adele was in discussions with the National Football League (NFL) to perform at the Super Bowl LI halftime show, on February 5, 2017, at Houston's NRG Stadium. Pepsi Zero Sugar sponsored the show. A source from the NFL said that \"organisers are doing absolutely everything they can to try to persuade her", "id": "1839175" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl VI\n\n\nin Super Bowl LIII. The game was close in the first half, with the Cowboys only leading 10–3 at halftime. But Dallas opened the third quarter with a 71-yard, 8-play touchdown drive, and then Dallas linebacker Chuck Howley's 41-yard interception return in the fourth quarter set up another score. Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach, who completed 12 out of 18 passes for 119 yards, threw 2 touchdown passes, and rushed 5 times for 18 yards, was named the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player. This was the last Super", "id": "9614745" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LII\n\n\n, including most total yards combined (673). This was also the first time two quarterbacks had thrown for over 200 yards in the first half of a Super Bowl, with Brady throwing for 276 yards and Foles 215. The Patriots received the second-half kickoff and Brady led New England 75 yards in eight plays. Gronkowski, who caught only one pass for nine yards in the first half, caught five passes for 68 yards on the drive, the last a 5-yard touchdown reception to make the score 22–19. The", "id": "17786102" }, { "contents": "Joe Theismann\n\n\nplayer to do commentary on a Super Bowl telecast while still an active player at the time (the first was Jack Kemp when he helped call Super Bowl II for CBS). Theismann served as a color commentator on regional CBS NFL coverage in 1986 and 1987, then worked on ESPN's \"Sunday Night Football\" telecasts from 1988-2005, and on their \"Monday Night Football\" coverage in 2006. In addition to covering football, Theismann hosted the first half of the first season of \"American Gladiators\" in 1989", "id": "973918" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XIII\n\n\nas the \"home\" team in Super Bowl XXVII, while the Redskins would do so in Super Bowl XVII and, ironically, the Steelers (who always wear their black jerseys in home games) did in Super Bowl XL due to the team's success on the road that season. The only other teams to wear white jerseys as the designated home team in a Super Bowl were the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 and the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII. This was the first Super Bowl played on grass to", "id": "9615075" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl\n\n\nthe game may be shown publicly; for example, the league says Super Bowl showings are prohibited in churches or at other events that \"promote a message\", while venues that do not regularly show sporting events cannot show the Super Bowl on any television screen larger than 55 inches. Some critics say the NFL is exaggerating its ownership rights by stating that \"any use is prohibited\", as this contradicts the broad doctrine of fair use in the United States. Legislation was proposed by Utah Senator Orrin Hatch in 2008 \"", "id": "8017301" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVI\n\n\n, responded, \"Of course you can go. How many times do you win the Super Bowl?\" The game heralded the Patriots dynasty, being the first of nine Super Bowl appearances under the duo of head coach Belichick and quarterback Brady. The Patriots finished the 2002 NFL season 9–7, missing the playoffs. But they went on to win Super Bowl XXXVIII, Super Bowl XXXIX, thus winning three Super Bowls in four years. Then, they won their fourth, fifth, and sixth Super Bowls (Super Bowl XLIX", "id": "10379474" }, { "contents": "Bernard \"Buddy\" Diliberto\n\n\nthe Superdome to the French Quarter ending on Bourbon Street to celebrate the Saints' first trip to the Super Bowl. Over 87,000 people were in attendance. In reference to his Super Bowl promise, a picture of Buddy D wearing a dress was posted in an edition of the \"Times-Picayune\", shortly after the Saint's Super Bowl victory. New Orleans radio and tv show host, Kaare Johnson, who worked with Buddy for several years in talkradio, broadcasts his daily show from the “Buddy Diliberto Studios”.", "id": "4933964" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXVII\n\n\nthe time. After Super Bowl XXVI, where a special episode of \"In Living Color\", broadcast by future NFL broadcaster Fox during the game's halftime period, successfully attracted viewers away from the Super Bowl telecast on CBS (with viewership falling by 22% over halftime), the NFL began the process of heightening the profile of the halftime show in an effort to attract mainstream viewers. Radio City Productions, who would produce the halftime show, attempted to court Michael Jackson to serve as the headline act by meeting with", "id": "9755613" }, { "contents": "Coaching tree\n\n\nmedia outlets, such as ESPN. In 1998, half of the active head coaches in the National Football League could be traced to Bill Walsh and Tom Landry. Of those fifteen coaches, four (plus Walsh and Landry) had coached a Super Bowl winning team. 20 years later, in 2018, an ESPN article showed visually how 28 of the 32 coaches who would serve as NFL head coaches in the upcoming season were connected to head coaches Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick. The only team that wasn't profiled in this", "id": "5889805" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LIV\n\n\nfour finalists that would compete to host either Super Bowl LIII in 2019 or Super Bowl LIV. NFL owners voted on these cities in May 2016, with the first round of voting determining who would host Super Bowl LIII, and the second round deciding the site for Super Bowl LIV. The league had also originally announced in 2015 that Los Angeles would be eligible as a potential Super Bowl LIV site if there is a stadium in place, and a team moved there by the start of the 2018 season. The league opened the", "id": "22066534" }, { "contents": "State Farm Stadium\n\n\n2016 College Football Playoff National Championships, Super Bowl XLII in 2008, the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl XLIX in 2015, and will host Super Bowl LVII in 2023. It was one of the stadiums for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the Copa América Centenario in 2016. It hosted the NCAA Final Four in 2017 and will do so again in 2024. The University of Phoenix acquired the naming rights in September 2006, shortly after the stadium had opened under the name Cardinals Stadium and retained the rights until September 2018 when State", "id": "18339541" }, { "contents": "Brian Teta\n\n\nBowl-winning quarterback 10 years in a row, dating back to Tom Brady after Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005. Teta would run down to the field at the end of the game to book the quarterback, often going up to the player himself to ask them personally. In an interview with the New York Post in 2012, Teta spoke about turning The Late Show into a Super Bowl institution: “After the game the guy who wins is the hero of the moment and can do anything in the world. Lucky for", "id": "10604125" }, { "contents": "Fox Broadcasting Company\n\n\nairing for fifteen seasons, ending an era of one of the most successful shows in U.S. television history. In February 2017, Fox broadcast Super Bowl LI, which also featured the first ever overtime in Super Bowl history. The broadcast attracted a U.S-all-time high total of 172 million viewers on peak conclusion, marking the first time that any U.S. television broadcast exceeded the 170-million viewership mark. On July 27, 2018, in a deal first announced December 2017, and completed March 20, 2019, 21st Century Fox", "id": "2303596" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLIII\n\n\n35 seconds left. Holmes, who caught nine passes for 131 yards and a touchdown, including four receptions for 73 yards on that final game-winning drive, was named Super Bowl MVP. He became the sixth wide receiver to win the award, half of whom are Steelers (Lynn Swann and Hines Ward). The NBC television network broadcast attracted an average U.S. audience of 98.7 million viewers, making it the most watched Super Bowl in history at that time. Tampa was selected for the game site on May 25,", "id": "6405555" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XVI\n\n\nand Lynn Swann were the first to do so in Super Bowl XIII. Fuller gained 35 yards on 4 punt returns. Ross recorded a Super Bowl record 11 receptions for 104 yards and 2 touchdowns (the most ever by a tight end in a Super Bowl) and he was tied for the most receptions in a Super Bowl with Jerry Rice (who tied Ross' record in the Super Bowl rematch), Deion Branch, and Wes Welker until Demaryius Thomas broke that record in Super Bowl XLVIII with 13 catches. Anderson finished", "id": "9615234" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVIII\n\n\non a safety, a kickoff return for a touchdown (12 seconds into the second half), and an interception return for a touchdown. The Broncos were held to almost 30 points below their scoring average. Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, a five-time NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) award winner, threw two interceptions in the first half. Seahawks linebacker Malcolm Smith, who returned one of those interceptions 69 yards for a touchdown, recovered a fumble and made nine tackles, was named Super Bowl MVP. In the", "id": "12128426" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LI\n\n\nbroken records. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who also broke single-game Super Bowl records with 43 completed passes, 62 pass attempts, and 466 passing yards, was named Super Bowl MVP for a record fourth time. Fox's broadcast of the game averaged around 111.3 million viewers, slightly down from the 111.9 million viewers of the previous year's Super Bowl, while the total number of viewers for all or part of the game hit a record number of 172 million. Average TV viewership for the halftime show,", "id": "6531896" }, { "contents": "2011 New York Giants season\n\n\nthe 11th time that there was a rematch in a Super Bowl. In doing so, the 2011 Giants became the first team with fewer than 10 wins (9 wins – 7 losses) in the regular season to win a Super Bowl. Furthermore, Super Bowl XLVI marked just the second time in Super Bowl history that opening score of the title game occurred with a safety when Justin Tuck pressured Tom Brady, and he was called for intentional grounding; the first instance was Super Bowl IX, when Pittsburgh registered a safety on", "id": "11369978" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XIII\n\n\nwho was named Super Bowl MVP, completed 17 out of 30 passes for Super Bowl records of 318 passing yards and 4 touchdown passes. Bradshaw eclipsed Bart Starr's Super Bowl record for passing yards in the first half with 253 yards in the air as the Steelers led 21–14 at intermission. His 75-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter also tied Johnny Unitas in Super Bowl V for the longest pass in a Super Bowl. The Cowboys were able to stay close, only trailing 21–17 at the end of the third quarter, but", "id": "9615056" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXII\n\n\nrecords. Williams, who was named the Super Bowl MVP, completed 18 of 29 passes for a Super Bowl record 340 yards and four touchdowns, with one interception. He also became the first player in Super Bowl history to pass for four touchdowns in a single quarter, and four in a half. Williams became the first African American starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl. NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXII to San Diego on May 24, 1984 during their May 23–25, 1984 meetings in Washington, D.C. This", "id": "9615418" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXII\n\n\nSuper Bowl and the first since the Raiders in Super Bowl XV. The Packers, who entered the game as the defending Super Bowl XXXI champions after posting a 13–3 regular season record, were the first team favored to win by double digits to lose a Super Bowl since Super Bowl IV. The game was close throughout much of the contest. The Broncos converted two turnovers to take a 17–7 lead in the second quarter before the Packers cut the score to 17–14 at halftime. Green Bay kept pace with Denver in the second half", "id": "9755867" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LIV\n\n\nconstruction timetable, would require a waiver of league policy to host Super Bowl LIV, as the league does not allow stadiums in their first year of existence to host the Super Bowl to ensure that stadium construction delays and unforeseen problems do not jeopardize the game. In May 2016, the league granted this waiver and confirmed that Los Angeles was still in consideration for Super Bowl LIV. Los Angeles has hosted the Super Bowl seven times, most recently in 1993 with Super Bowl XXVII; that game, along with the four prior Super", "id": "22066536" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl counterprogramming\n\n\nwith People (who performed in four Super Bowl halftime shows between 1976 and 1986 and performed at the pre-game show of Super Bowl XXV in 1991). The group's halftime shows were described as being \"wholesome\" and \"inoffensive\" by critics, but were frequently derided for being dated and out of touch with modern popular culture. Super Bowl counterprogramming was first popularized by Fox. As an alternative, the then-fledgling Fox network aired a special live episode of its popular sketch comedy show \"In Living Color", "id": "17403614" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl XLIX halftime show took place on February 1, 2015, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, as part of Super Bowl XLIX. It featured American singer Katy Perry, with singer Lenny Kravitz and rapper Missy Elliott as special guests. The halftime show was critically acclaimed and its broadcast on NBC attracted 118.5 million viewers in the United States and 120.7 million worldwide, receiving the largest ratings in the history of the Super Bowl and becoming the most watched of all-time. The halftime show was", "id": "2759835" }, { "contents": "Loren Toews\n\n\nplayed as a linebacker for 11 seasons. While playing for the Steelers, Toews attended the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Business and obtained his MBA degree in 1981. Toews was a four-time Super Bowl participant and a four-time winner. He started in Super Bowl XIII and Super Bowl XIV. In Super Bowl IX, though, he replaced an injured Andy Russell for most of the second half. As an accomplished linebacker, he was able to contribute to the win. Toews retired from professional football at", "id": "20757241" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\nsign up\". The incident also coined the phrase \"wardrobe malfunction\", which was later added to the \"Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary\". Following the incident, CBS parent company Viacom, and their co-owned subsidiaries MTV and Infinity Broadcasting, enforced a blacklist of Jackson's singles and music videos on many radio formats and music channels worldwide. As of 2018, neither Jackson nor Timberlake are banned from the halftime show. Timberlake later performed at Super Bowl LII on February 4, 2018. In 2002,", "id": "19109415" }, { "contents": "Eli Manning\n\n\nXLII. He and his brother Peyton are the only brother combination to play at quarterback in the Super Bowl and the only set of brothers to win Super Bowl MVP, doing so in successive years. For winning Super Bowl MVP, he was given his choice of any 2008 model Cadillac, and Manning chose an Escalade Hybrid. The Wednesday following the Super Bowl he appeared on the \"Late Show with David Letterman\". Manning and the Giants opened the 2008 season with a win over their division rivals, the Washington Redskins,", "id": "21981073" }, { "contents": "WWE Heat\n\n\nfrom NXT during the Super Bowl LIII halftime show. Though the majority of title changes would take place on \"Raw\", \"SmackDown!\", or pay-per-view events, the WWF Championship changed hands on a special \"Halftime Heat\" that aired during the half-time of Super Bowl XXXIII on January 31, 1999 when Mankind defeated The Rock in an empty arena match to win the title. This special episode received the highest rating of \"Sunday Night Heat\" with a rating of 6.6. Additionally", "id": "18832867" }, { "contents": "Doug Baldwin\n\n\nfootball, because your analytical skills ain’t up to par yet. You need to slow down and go back and not do it half-assed and put some effort into it, because you’re saying some stuff that didn’t really make sense... That dude who said that we were appetizers, he told me to Google him, and I did Google him, but I didn’t see any Super Bowl appearances, and I also saw two losses in conference championships. I have a Super Bowl ring, and I would", "id": "4301920" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show\n\n\nworking under the pretext that we can be doing this in snow or rain ... In a normal indoor environment we have seven minutes to install the stage and get it camera ready. That can be stretched to nine minutes. It's the same time frame for this. According to setup coordinator Douglas Cook, the rehearsals enabled them to reduce the setup time to under five minutes. Cook, who had worked on previous halftime shows, understood the details and guided the team. Drawings of the performances depicted what was expected for each", "id": "5085560" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LII\n\n\nSuper Bowl LII was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2017 season. The National Football Conference (NFC) champion Philadelphia Eagles defeated the American Football Conference (AFC) and defending Super Bowl LI champion New England Patriots, 41–33, to win their first Super Bowl and their first NFL title since 1960. The game was played on February 4, 2018, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was the second time that a Super Bowl was played", "id": "17786037" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XX\n\n\nyards of total offense. Meanwhile, Chicago gained 236 yards and scored 23 points themselves. After the Patriots received the second-half kickoff, they managed to get one first down, but then had to punt after Grogan was sacked twice. Camarillo, who punted four times in the first half, managed to pin the Bears back at their own 4-yard line with a then-Super Bowl record 62-yard punt. But the Patriots' defense still had no ability to stop Chicago's offense. On their very first play, McMahon", "id": "9506714" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLV\n\n\ncomment on instant replay reviews, while Pam Oliver and Chris Myers served as sideline reporters. The pre-game show featured the \"Fox NFL Sunday\" crew of host Curt Menefee and a group of analysts with extensive Super Bowl experiences of their own: Terry Bradshaw (4 time Super Bowl winning QB with the Pittsburgh Steelers), Howie Long (one-time Super Bowl winning defensive end with the then-Los Angeles Raiders), Michael Strahan (one-time Super Bowl winning defensive end with the NY Giants) and", "id": "13314858" }, { "contents": "Jack Ryan (TV series)\n\n\nfirst seven minutes of the pilot episode. On January 30, 2018, the Super Bowl trailer for the series was released online, five days before the football event and marking the first time that Prime Video has released a Super Bowl ad for one of its original shows. In a statement, Amazon Studios' head of marketing Mike Benson said, \"Given the colossal scope and scale of the series coupled with the popularity of Tom Clancy’s novels, we knew Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan would be a natural fit for Prime", "id": "4001082" }, { "contents": "1976 NFL season\n\n\nretired after working the 1976 AFC championship game, and Markbreit was promoted to referee for 1977, where he later became the first (and as of 2018, only) man to serve as the referee for four Super Bowls (XVII, XXI, XXVI and XXIX). Another distinguished new official was Bob McElwee, who was promoted to referee in 1980. McElwee was the referee in Super Bowl XXII, Super Bowl XXVIII and Super Bowl XXXIV. Norm Schachter retired after officiating Super Bowl X, his third after previously serving as", "id": "17323769" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXVI\n\n\nninth team to go scoreless in the 1st half of a Super Bowl, after the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III; the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowls IV, VIII, IX, and XI; the Redskins in Super Bowl VII, the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII; and the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI. All eight of the previous teams ended up losing the game. The Redskins then increased their lead to 24–0 just 16 seconds into the second half after linebacker Kurt Gouveia intercepted Kelly's pass on the first", "id": "9755558" }, { "contents": "Wing Bowl\n\n\nPhiladelphia Eagle and WIP Host Hugh Douglas and WIP Personality Marc Farzetta. The \"Wingoffs\" began in 2005 when 610 WIP decided to spoof the Big 5 Philadelphia area universities basketball teams. The winner of these \"Wingoffs\" gain automatic entry into the Wing Bowl. WIP announced on October 30, 2018 that event was being canceled after 26 years because the time for doing so felt right after the Eagles won Super Bowl LII. According to WIP program director Spike Eskin, \"When Wing Bowl started ... a large part of it", "id": "17296893" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXI\n\n\n\"The New York Times\" reported on January 29, 1997 that Patterson had been working with bungee cords that were being handled by volunteers who had received little training. The bungee-jumping portion of the halftime show was removed. A title-graphic commemorating Patterson and acknowledging her death was displayed during the TV broadcast of the Super Bowl. The Packers outgained the Patriots 323 yards to 257 and intercepted quarterback Drew Bledsoe four times. Packers defensive lineman Reggie White set a Super Bowl record with three sacks, including back-to", "id": "9755847" }, { "contents": "Malcolm Jenkins\n\n\nfirst round bye and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. The Eagles advanced to the Super Bowl after defeating the Atlanta Falcons 15-10 in the NFC Divisional Round and the Minnesota Vikings 38–7 in the NFC Championship Game. On February 4, 2018, Jenkins started in Super Bowl LII recorded four solo tackles and a pass deflection as the Eagles defeated the New England Patriots 41–33. The victory in Super Bowl LII marked Jenkins' second Super Bowl victory and became the second time he helped a team achieve their first Super Bowl", "id": "15046064" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl 50\n\n\nseven sacks tied a Super Bowl record set by the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XX. Manning was sacked five times by the Panthers, giving this game highest total (12) of combined sacks in Super Bowl history. Kony Ealy tied a Super Bowl record with three sacks, and is the only such player to do so and record an interception. Jordan Norwood's 61-yard punt return set a new record, surpassing the old record of 45 yards set by John Taylor in Super Bowl XXIII. Denver was just 1-of-14 on third", "id": "3807686" }, { "contents": "Minnesota Youth Symphonies\n\n\nOrchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In 1972, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Society ended its sponsorship of the St. Paul Youth Orchestra, and Ralph Winkler established a new youth orchestra, the Minnesota Youth Symphony. MYS toured Romania in 1973, becoming the first American youth orchestra to tour in a communist country. In 1992, the MYS Symphony Orchestra became the first orchestra to perform in the Super Bowl's half-time show, when Super Bowl XXVI was played at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome", "id": "2314576" }, { "contents": "Michael Jackson\n\n\nMichael\". During his trip to Ivory Coast, Jackson was crowned \"King Sani\" by a tribal chief. He thanked the dignitaries in French and English, signed documents formalizing his kingship, and sat on a golden throne while presiding over ceremonial dances. In January 1993, Jackson performed at the Super Bowl XXVII halftime show in Pasadena, California. The NFL sought a big-name artist to keep ratings high during halftime following dwindling audience figures. It was the first Super Bowl whose half-time performance drew greater audience", "id": "4687493" }, { "contents": "Bruce Vilanch\n\n\nof everything. There's a lot of mileage involved in writing for the Academy Awards, you go through a lot of hoops.\" When asked if he could see himself doing the job for another 21 years, he replied: \"Absolutely. It's the greatest show on Earth. It's like asking somebody, 'Hey, would you like to play in the Super Bowl next year?' Did anybody get into football not to play in the Super Bowl? Does anybody get into show business not to do the", "id": "12146956" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XIX\n\n\nteam, as the defenses of both teams took over for the rest of the game – especially the 49ers' defense, who intercepted Marino twice. Overall, San Francisco gained a Super Bowl-record 537 yards, breaking the Oakland Raiders' record of 429 yards in Super Bowl XI, while limiting Miami to 314, with just 25 rushing yards. San Francisco's 38 points also tied a Super Bowl record set by the Raiders in Super Bowl XVIII. The 49ers' 288 offensive yards in the first half also tied the", "id": "9615360" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl 50\n\n\nacts\" would perform during the halftime show. On December 3, the league confirmed that the show would be headlined by the British rock band Coldplay. On January 7, 2016, Pepsi confirmed to the Associated Press that Beyoncé, who headlined the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show and collaborated with Coldplay on the single \"Hymn for the Weekend\" (which was removed from the setlist before the game), would be making an appearance. Bruno Mars, who headlined the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show, and Mark Ronson (Mars", "id": "3807670" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXIX\n\n\n, and this was the only time during the show's run that the 49ers advanced to a Super Bowl aired on ABC). A week earlier, the \"Seinfeld\" episode \"The Label Maker\" involved Jerry trying to give away his tickets to the game. He eventually decided to go, but unfortunately was stuck sitting next to Newman. Thirty-second television advertisements for Super Bowl XXIX averaged $1.15 million in costs, the first time that Super Bowl ads exceeded the $1 million mark. This Super Bowl aired", "id": "9755718" }, { "contents": "U2\n\n\nNorth American tour, grossing US$109.7 million, the second-highest figure ever for a North American tour at the time; in total, the tour grossed US$143.5 million globally from 2.18 million tickets sold. \"Spin\" named U2 the \"Band of the Year\" for 2001, saying they had \"schooled bands half their age about what a rock show could really accomplish\". On 3 February 2002, U2 performed during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVI. In a tribute to those who died in the September", "id": "7893495" } ]

[ { "contents": "Superbowl of Wrestling\n\n\nThe Superbowl of Wrestling was an event held in the 1970s. It was one of the first professional wrestling \"Supercards\". The first Superbowl of Wrestling was held in Cleveland, Ohio at Municipal Stadium on August 12, 1972. Three rings were set up, side by side, and often more than one match would be going on at a time. Attendance figures have been estimated as high as 20,000 and as low as 5,000. No reliable sources seem to agree on a number. Here are partial results of the show", "id": "22210739" }, { "contents": "The One After the Superbowl\n\n\n\"Try to think of the new shows that were premiered after recent Super Bowls and name one that's still around. What we decided to do this year was not to unveil a new show but give people an extra-special version of a show they already like a lot.\" \"The One After the Superbowl\" is the most-watched episode in the history of \"Friends\", with a total of 52.9 million viewers tuned in after the Super Bowl ended. The episode generated a 29.5 Nielsen rating and a", "id": "8642777" }, { "contents": "The One After the Superbowl\n\n\nshow business and is currently filming a movie in New York. Meanwhile, Joey has to contend with a mentally ill stalker (Brooke Shields) who delusionally thinks that Joey is actually Dr. Drake Ramoray, the character he plays on \"Days of Our Lives\". Despite this, Joey goes on a date with her. She dumps him when she suspects \"Drake\" is cheating on her with another woman (actually another character in the soap opera). Phoebe dates a man (Chris Isaak) who hired her to perform", "id": "8642768" }, { "contents": "The NFL Today\n\n\nthe day's sports news, including scores and highlights at halftime. The program's hosts were Jack Whitaker (who was brought into the studio after quite a few years serving as a play-by-play announcer for the network's NFL broadcasts) and Lee Leonard. The program broke ground in a number of ways: it was the first live pre-game show, the first to show halftime highlights of other games televised by CBS, and the first to wrap-up as a post-game show. CBS", "id": "9975028" }, { "contents": "Halftime show\n\n\nbear while Jim Thorpe would kick long-distance field goals), dancing, and demonstrations of native culture. Although the halftime show was in part designed to bring an additional draw to mask the fact that the Indians did not put much effort into the actual game, his halftime show was mostly the same from game to game, and the novelty wore off after two years. A modern halftime show can consist of cheerleading performances, majorette routines, marching bands playing music, or other spectacular performances. Halftime shows are particularly well", "id": "16400717" }, { "contents": "Mango Groove\n\n\nhave never stopped performing but we are very selective of the shows we do.… The essence of Mango Groove is… the live show.\" Early in their career, the band played six sold-out shows at the Sun City Superbowl at Sun City, North West, and six more at the Standard Bank Arena in Johannesburg. After the release of \"Hometalk\" in November 1990, the band and six dancers toured South Africa and the Frontline States from December 1990 to January 1991. (A concert video was also", "id": "19544156" }, { "contents": "Jacob McQuaide\n\n\nJacob McQuaide (born December 7, 1987) is an American football long snapper for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2011. McQuaide played college football at Ohio State. McQuaide was the right guard on the back to back to back St Antoninus Jaguars Western Football Conference Champions from 2000-2003. He is the first graduate of his alma mater, Elder High School, to play in a Superbowl (Superbowl LIII). McQuaide", "id": "11948888" }, { "contents": "1995 Sugar Bowl (December)\n\n\n. The game's halftime show featured both school marching bands and a musical ensemble featuring music by The Beatles. Various high school marching bands also participated in the show, which was produced by Bowl Games of America. Following halftime, Virginia Tech received the ball to begin the second half. Texas' kickoff was fielded by Antonio Banks, who returned it to the Tech 41-yard line. On the first play of the half, Thomas was tackled for a loss of two yards on a running play up the middle. After an", "id": "5404262" }, { "contents": "Leonard Betts\n\n\n, John Moore listed Betts as one of his \"Top 10 X-Files Baddies\", writing that \"Fox had the Superbowl[sic], the Superbowl happens on a Sunday, Fox decides to run the show in the prime slot after the big game... [...] So, did, they soft-pedal things in order to grab a wider audience? Er... no. Instead they decided to feature a cancer-eating living tumour that could re-grow his own limbs at will. That's why I love", "id": "239616" }, { "contents": "The One After the Superbowl\n\n\n47 percent audience share, making it the highest-rated episode of any show ever (scripted or otherwise) to debut after the Super Bowl. The advertising rates for \"The One After the Superbowl\" averaged $600,000 for 30 seconds of commercial time. This was one of the largest advertising rates ever for a sitcom at the time. The episode's director, Michael Lembeck, won the 1996 Emmy Award in the \"Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Comedy Series\" category for this episode, the only Emmy won", "id": "8642778" }, { "contents": "Halftime show\n\n\nA halftime show is a performance given during the brief period between the first and second halves, or the second and third quarters, of a sporting event. Halftime shows are not given for sports with an irregular or indeterminate number of divisions (such as baseball or boxing), or for sports that do not have an extended period of stoppage in play. Ice hockey games consist of three periods, so there are in effect two halftimes at a hockey game: the first intermission is between the first and second periods, and", "id": "16400715" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LI\n\n\nhalftime show played a part in Atlanta ultimately losing the game. Teams on average are off the field for fifteen minutes during halftime, but Super Bowl halftimes are considerably longer. Unlike the Falcons it appears Bill Belichick actually incorporated the length of the show into the team's practices. Sanu's argument was discounted by the fact that Atlanta marched the ball downfield and scored a touchdown right out of halftime. The first quarter of Super Bowl LI was a scoreless defensive match with each team punting twice. The longest play from scrimmage was", "id": "6531941" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl 50 halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show took place on February 7, 2016, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California as part of Super Bowl 50. It was headlined by the British rock group Coldplay with special guest performers Beyoncé and Bruno Mars, who previously had headlined the Super Bowl XLVII and Super Bowl XLVIII halftime shows, respectively. Coldplay, Rihanna, and Katy Perry were considered as potential acts for the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show in 2015. Perry was soon confirmed as the headliner of the halftime show in November", "id": "1531552" }, { "contents": "Eddie Wohl\n\n\n/American Idol judge Kara Dioguardi. He has produced records featuring performances by Bruce Springsteen, Robby Krieger, Roger Daltrey, Chino Moreno, Jakob Dylan, Josh Homme, Chris Shiflett, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Dimebag Darrell. As a composer, Wohl has received six Emmy Awards for his work on the NBC San Diego, Washington DC Olympics, and news promos. Some other TV appearances of his music include Superbowl XLVII, The CBS Superbowl Pre-Game show, “CBS Super Bowl 50th Anniversary” spots the NFL on", "id": "433147" }, { "contents": "Chris Isaak\n\n\nof the Lambs\" (1991), \"That Thing You Do!\" (1996), \"A Dirty Shame\" (2004), and \"The Informers\" (2008). Isaak starred in \"The Chris Isaak Show\" (2001–04) playing himself and featuring actual members of his band along with actors and celebrity guests. He guest-starred on \"The One After the Superbowl, Part One,\" the Super Bowl XXX edition of the television sitcom \"Friends\"; and on the HBO miniseries,", "id": "8789860" }, { "contents": "2013 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nCleveland \"(Play-by-play)\"; Blaine Fowler and Jarom Jordan \"(Halftime and Bridge Show)\" Series History: Santa Clara leads series 34-28br Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Steve Cleveland \"(Play-by-play)\"; Blaine Fowler and Jarom Jordan \"(Halftime)\" Series History: BYU leads series 5-1 br Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler \"(Play-by-play)\"; Steve Cleveland and Jarom Jordan \"(Halftime)\"; Blaine", "id": "5633585" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXVII halftime show\n\n\ninterest. After Super Bowl XXVI, where a special episode of \"In Living Color\", broadcast by future NFL broadcaster Fox during the game's halftime period successfully attracted viewers away from the Super Bowl telecast on CBS (with viewership falling by 22% over halftime), the NFL began the process of heightening the profile of the halftime show in an effort to attract mainstream viewers. Radio City Productions, who would produce the halftime show, attempted to court Michael Jackson to serve as the headline act by meeting with him and", "id": "20596207" }, { "contents": "Thunder of the East Marching Band\n\n\ngame show. The band then goes to its section in the stadium, next to the student section and plays typical game tunes along with some of its halftime show. At halftime, the band performs its show facing the home crowd on the west side of the stadium. After the performance, the band returns to the stands to again join the crowd cheering on the Bulls. After the game, the band performs its halftime show facing the east side of the stadium, consisting mostly of students. The band travels to away", "id": "17157908" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl 50\n\n\nacts\" would perform during the halftime show. On December 3, the league confirmed that the show would be headlined by the British rock band Coldplay. On January 7, 2016, Pepsi confirmed to the Associated Press that Beyoncé, who headlined the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show and collaborated with Coldplay on the single \"Hymn for the Weekend\" (which was removed from the setlist before the game), would be making an appearance. Bruno Mars, who headlined the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show, and Mark Ronson (Mars", "id": "3807670" }, { "contents": "Franklin Field\n\n\n, 1968 game against the Minnesota Vikings, a Christmas show was planned for halftime. The Eagles had entered the game 2–11, and fans were none too pleased with Eagles quarterback Norm Snead, owner Jerry Wolman, and especially coach Joe Kuharich: many fans came to the game wearing \"Joe Must Go\" buttons. Unfortunately, the man meant to play Santa was unable to make it to Franklin Field due to the bad weather. In lieu of the original halftime show, a 19-year-old fan named Frank Olivo (who", "id": "11919941" }, { "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl\n\n\nthe game that he would not be able to listen to the performance. Also featured during the halftime show were a group of high school marching bands, who played Stevie Ray Vaughan's \"Crossfire\" while ZZ Top's stage was disassembled. Following the halftime show, the FOX truck broadcasting the game experienced a power outage. As Fox crews worked to get the power restored, the second half was delayed by three minutes. Kansas, which had won the pre-game coin toss, received the ball to open the second", "id": "13695922" }, { "contents": "The One After the Superbowl\n\n\n\"The One After the Superbowl\" is a double-length episode of the American television sitcom \"Friends\"' second season. The episode premiered on NBC on January 28, 1996, as the lead-out for NBC's telecast of Super Bowl XXX. The main storyline of the episode follows Ross, who learns that his former pet monkey Marcel had been employed for a film being shot in New York City, and then tries to get a role in said film as a ploy to reunite with the monkey. Citing", "id": "8642764" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\na crackdown on inappropriate sexual content in daytime television, and indicated that he was reviewing whether soap operas were violating the agency's indecency prohibitions. Two other major sporting events that followed the Super Bowl that year also were forced to censor their respective halftime shows following the incident. The Pro Bowl, which would be played on February 8 at Aloha Stadium in Hawaii, originally was to feature singer JC Chasez, who was a member of boy band 'N Sync as was Timberlake, sing the National Anthem before the game and perform", "id": "19109486" }, { "contents": "Sun City (South Africa)\n\n\non the United Nations' blacklisted artists. Following the criticism, Queen strongly defended their decision, citing the fact that they had insisted they played only to desegregated audiences. They also donated to a school for the deaf and blind to prove their philanthropic values. In the late 1980s, Queen's song \"We Will Rock You\" was used as the sound track to Sun City's 60-second video promo, which was shown as commercial on SABC-TV and also when opening shows in Sun City's \"Superbowl\" auditorium.", "id": "4089636" }, { "contents": "Puppy Bowl\n\n\nas a \"commentator\" broadcasting from a Chicago studio. In reference to the Super Bowl's halftime show with Bruno Mars, Keyboard Cat \"played\" his song \"Locked Out of Heaven\" during the halftime show. The half-time show also featured 30 kittens toppling dominoes and a kitten \"parachuting\" onto the field. To increase interactivity with fans of the show, the Puppy Bowl X online site allowed fans to play a \"Fantasy Puppy League\" (similar to fantasy football) featuring the 2014 puppies, gave", "id": "5531999" }, { "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl\n\n\nstopped the clock, but Kansas managed to earn a first down and run out the clock after Tech used its allotted three timeouts. Heading into halftime, Kansas still had the lead and the momentum, but a Virginia Tech touchdown had cut the Jayhawks' lead to just 10 points, 17–7. The halftime show of the 2008 Orange Bowl was headlined by American blues rock band ZZ Top, who played their song \"Sharp Dressed Man\". The band was a favorite of Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing, who expressed regrets prior to", "id": "13695921" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXVII\n\n\nthe time. After Super Bowl XXVI, where a special episode of \"In Living Color\", broadcast by future NFL broadcaster Fox during the game's halftime period, successfully attracted viewers away from the Super Bowl telecast on CBS (with viewership falling by 22% over halftime), the NFL began the process of heightening the profile of the halftime show in an effort to attract mainstream viewers. Radio City Productions, who would produce the halftime show, attempted to court Michael Jackson to serve as the headline act by meeting with", "id": "9755613" }, { "contents": "Counterprogramming\n\n\nBowl XXVII. This pattern continued until 2005, when an incident at Super Bowl XXXVIII's halftime show where Justin Timberlake exposed one of Janet Jackson's breasts, led to a string of halftime shows with a single, headlining classic rock act (such as The Rolling Stones, Prince, and Bruce Springsteen) in an effort to prevent a repeat of the \"wardrobe malfunction\" (since Super Bowl XLV, the NFL has returned to inviting pop artists to play halftime). Despite Michael Jackson's performance helping to increase interest in", "id": "444935" }, { "contents": "Fear Factor\n\n\nextended competition format. Fear Factor Super Bowl Halftime Show (Season two): Played in the normal format with \"Playboy\" Playmates. The first stunt aired as counter programming to the Super Bowl halftime show and ended right before the third quarter of the game started. The remaining two stunts were shown immediately after the game as counter programming to the Super Bowl lead-out show. Miss USA (Seasons three to five): Played in the normal format with Miss USA contestants, with the winning contestant keeping $25,000 and", "id": "1813004" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVI\n\n\nwe can do\". At the conclusion of the song, Bono opened his jacket to reveal an American flag printed into the lining. U2's halftime show captivated the audience as a poignant tribute to those who had been lost in the attacks. In 2009, SI.com ranked it as the best halftime show in Super Bowl history, while it was rated the second-greatest by \"Askmen.com\". Janet Jackson was originally selected to perform at the Halftime Show, but she instead allowed U2 to perform a tribute to the events", "id": "10379459" }, { "contents": "Counterprogramming\n\n\nhalftime shows; which critics felt were dated and not representative of modern pop culture. During Super Bowl XXVI, Fox aired a live, football-themed episode of \"In Living Color\" against halftime; the special drew 22 million viewers; Nielsen estimated that CBS lost 10 ratings points during halftime as a result of the special. The success of the special alarmed the National Football League, who took steps to increase interest and viewership of the halftime show by inviting major pop musicians to perform, beginning with Michael Jackson at Super", "id": "444934" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show\n\n\nfor Best Awards, Music, or Game Shows at 2014 Art Directors Guild. Nielsen ratings confirmed that the show was watched by 110.8 million viewers, thus becoming the fourth most watched halftime show in the history after Madonna's performance at the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show which was watched by 112.5 million viewers, Bruno Mars' performance at the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show which attracted 115.3 million viewers and Katy Perry's Super Bowl XLIX halftime show with 118.5 million viewers. Beyoncé's performance at the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show became the", "id": "5084950" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\npuppet show with them when she performs this year in New Orleans, it would rate as just the second most shocking Super Boob display. Janet's strangely ornamented right nipple is a living legend, and so is Justin Timberlake's terrified reaction.\" Music channel Fuse listed it as the most controversial Super Bowl halftime show, saying the \"revealing performance remains (and will forever remain) the craziest thing to ever happen at a halftime show. Almost immediately after the incident, the FCC received a flood of complaints from parents who", "id": "19109536" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show\n\n\nshe admitted that she sang the song along with a pre-recorded track during the ceremony, but confirmed that she's going to sing live during the Super Bowl halftime show, saying \"I will absolutely be singing live... This is what I was born to do, what I was born for. I've had a 16-year career. All the things I've done have prepared me for this.\" Following her performance at the halftime show, Jon Caramanica of \"The New York Times\" wrote that Beyoncé, who", "id": "5084940" }, { "contents": "Harvard University Band\n\n\ncompletion of the halftime show at The Game. The Band \"Prop Crew\" is part of the Harvard Band and is an integral part of the band's spirit and performance. Prop crew members do not play instruments but generally assist with putting on the halftime show (often acting as extras in the performances) and playing \"Bertha.\" Prop Crew also protects Bertha at games when it is not being given away by errant Band freshman. The attire for Prop Crew members is a white jump suits with \"HARVARD BAND\"", "id": "11122068" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LIII halftime show\n\n\na highlight of the show by several news outlets. However, fans of the animated show had a mixed reaction, with many expressing disappointment on social media that Maroon 5 did not play the song \"Sweet Victory\" as requested by the online petition. Fifty-five complaints were sent to the FCC over the halftime show, due to a sequence in which Levine removed his shirt. The complaints, however, alleged that it was a double standard for CBS to be fined for briefly showing a female breast on-air during", "id": "7046494" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LIII halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show, officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show, took place on February 3, 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, as part of Super Bowl LIII. It was headlined by American pop group Maroon 5, joined by rappers Big Boi and Travis Scott as guests. Several musicians reportedly turned down offers to perform the show due to their support for Colin Kaepernick—who has accused the NFL and its franchises of colluding against him due to his national anthem protests against", "id": "7046479" }, { "contents": "Dori Monson\n\n\nDori Monson (born October 2, 1961) is a libertarian American radio personality who hosts the \"Dori Monson Show\", an afternoon talk radio show in Seattle, Washington, on KIRO-FM. He also hosts the pre-game, post-game, and halftime shows on the Seahawks Radio Network. Monson, who is of Icelandic heritage, was raised in Ballard, a Scandinavian ethnic enclave in Seattle. He graduated from Ballard High School. As a student at the University of Washington he was the play-", "id": "14442333" }, { "contents": "NFL on Westwood One Sports\n\n\nFootball\" ending Esiason's 18 year reign in the \"Monday Night Football\" booth, with Harlan continuing as play-by-play announcer. However, Esiason called the opening game of the 2018 season (Falcons-Eagles) as his final game for the network. The \"Monday Night Football\" pregame and halftime shows are conducted differently from usual pregames, as there is no other game action to recap. Jim Gray presides over both the pregame and halftime shows, which are more feature driven and often feature guest commentators", "id": "12129737" }, { "contents": "WMMS\n\n\n-market specifically for ALT 99.1. WMMS has served as the FM flagship station for the Cleveland Cavaliers Radio Network since 2014, sharing network flagship status with AM sister station WTAM. On-site, play-by-play announcer John Michael calls games alongside color analyst Jim Chones, a former Cavaliers center. In studio, WTAM sports director Mike Snyder hosts \"The Tip-Off Show\", \"The Halftime Report\", and \"The Nightcap Recap\" – the network pregame, halftime, and postgame shows, respectively", "id": "9562647" }, { "contents": "List of Super Bowl halftime shows\n\n\nThe show was seen by 117.5 million television viewers, making it the second-highest-rated halftime show on network broadcast. Prior to the early 1990s, the halftime show was based around a theme, and featured university marching bands (the Grambling State University Marching Band has performed at the most Super Bowl halftime shows, featuring in six shows including at least one per decade from the 1960s to the 1990s), drill teams, and other performance ensembles such as Up with People. Beginning in 1991, the halftime show began", "id": "16090118" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\ngiven about the show. It's unlikely that MTV will produce another Super Bowl halftime.\" An hour-long MTV documentary titled \"Making the Super Bowl Halftime Show\" was scheduled to premiere the following week but was canceled before it ever aired and has never been broadcast subsequently. Salli Frattini, the executive producer for MTV who had planned the entire performance, recalled a phone call from the officiating booth that was her first indication something had gone wrong. Frattini was in a truck outside of Reliant Stadium celebrating the end of", "id": "19109426" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\ntheir members would file indecency complaints with the FCC and the council supported the Commission's decision to investigate the halftime show immediately. In addition, the FCC received nearly 540,000 complaints from Americans, with the PTC claiming responsibility for around 65,000 of them. In its appeal to the Third Circuit Court, CBS disputed how many of the complaints were filed by individual, non-organized viewers. Columnists L. Brent Bozell III (who also founded the Parents Television Council) and Phyllis Schlafly also expressed criticism of the halftime show in their weekly", "id": "19109457" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl II\n\n\neach other near the 50-yard line. The Grambling State University band performed the national anthem as well as during the halftime show. The same band was part of the halftime show of Super Bowl I the previous year. On Oakland's first offensive play, Ray Nitschke shot through a gap and literally upended fullback Hewritt Dixon in what was one of Nitschke's signature plays of his entire career. The hit was so vicious, it prompted Jerry Green, a \"Detroit News\" columnist sitting in the press box with fellow journalists,", "id": "9614638" }, { "contents": "Hugo (mascot)\n\n\nafter the stunt used the wrong fire extinguisher and could not put out the fire. Eventually the arena filled with smoke, and the floor became covered with slippery chemicals which proved difficult to remove from the playing surface. It took a 19-minute delay to finally make the arena floor suitable for play again; NBA Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Stu Jackson canceled the halftime show in response. Later, Jackson would fine the Hornets organization for the mishap. During the halftime show, Charles Barkley dared Hugo to do the act after the", "id": "13713273" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\nlawsuit in small-claims court against Viacom for false advertising of the Super Bowl halftime show, as he, the father of three young children, claimed that pre-game advertising led him to believe that the halftime show would consist of marching bands, balloons and a patriotic celebration. The lawsuit was rejected because Stephenson should have filed a federal lawsuit or complaint to the FCC, which was already investigating the halftime show. America Online, the Internet service provider that sponsored the halftime show, demanded a refund of the approximately US$", "id": "19109473" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LI halftime show\n\n\nbelieved the singer could deliver \"power, punch, performance, singing, lights\" within that time frame. Pepsi sponsored the halftime show for the fifth-consecutive year. In October 2016, Gaga told \"Entertainment Weekly\" she wanted to give \"the best show for the football fans, the ones that are watching at home\". Although indecisive about the set list, the singer wanted to play a mixture of her past and recent songs. She also confirmed that the NFL heard \"Joanne\" before its release and", "id": "1839179" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LII halftime show\n\n\nwere featured on the field in the show's finale, \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\". The band had previously performed in the halftime show of Super Bowl XXVI. Timberlake's performance received mixed reviews. In a positive review, Bruce R. Miller of \"Sioux City Journal\" wrote \"Timberlake is a masterful live performer – which made Sunday's Super Bowl performance about the only sure bet,\" he continued commenting the performer \"did a lot of infectious dancing and managed to play with the crowd like no other", "id": "1839226" }, { "contents": "List of Super Bowl halftime shows\n\n\nto feature pop music acts such as New Kids on the Block and Gloria Estefan. In an effort to boost the prominence of the halftime show to increase viewer interest, Super Bowl XXVII featured a headlining performance by Michael Jackson. After Super Bowl XXXVIII, whose halftime show featured an incident where Justin Timberlake exposed one of Janet Jackson's breasts, the halftime show began to feature classic rock acts until the return of headlining pop musicians in 2011. During most of the Super Bowl's first decade, the halftime show featured a college", "id": "16090119" }, { "contents": "Oorang Indians\n\n\nrecord (5–8 overall). Rather than retiring to the locker room at halftime, the Oorang Indians showed Lingo's Airedales to the crowd. It was debatable, though, whether the Indians were there to play football or give Airedale exhibitions at halftime. In addition to the exhibitions with the dogs, the Indians, including Thorpe, participated in helping the Oorang Airedales perform tricks for the crowd. However, it was their halftime entertainment that made them such a huge attraction in the early 1920s. There were shooting exhibitions with the", "id": "9985288" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl 50 halftime show\n\n\nMartin \"seemed overwhelmed\" by the size of the event, and that despite being a \"personable and energetic performer\", an \"awful lot\" of Martin's energy \"went into jumping\". Bianco praised Beyoncé's appearance and stated that she \"stole the show\". Wendy Geller of Yahoo! also complimented Beyoncé's and Mars' appearances, but criticized the montage of previous halftime performances, describing it as \"confusing rather than touching\" and stating that the performance was \"definitely a cold play\". Following", "id": "1531562" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XII\n\n\nended up filling the time period with an impromptu look at how the game would be produced. As in their previous Super Bowl; CBS used the Frank Sinatra song \"Winners\" to play over the closing montage. This game was featured in the \"All in the Family\" episode \"Superbowl Sunday\". Archie Bunker rented a big screen TV at his bar \"Archie's Place\" and sold ham sandwiches for $1.50. Later, two crooks (who were incognito throughout the episode) steal from and humiliate the patrons", "id": "9615031" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LIII halftime show\n\n\na tribute to the show's creator, Stephen Hillenburg, who had died in November 2018. The show itself received largely negative reviews, with critics considering it to be boring and underwhelming, and arguing that the choice of Maroon 5 was intended to be \"safe\" and uncontroversial in the wake of the Kaepernick controversy. As early as September 2018, multiple sources had reported that Maroon 5 were to headline the Super Bowl LIII halftime show, but the NFL had not yet made an official announcement. In October 2018, it", "id": "7046481" }, { "contents": "Georgia Redcoat Marching Band\n\n\nmore elaborate halftime shows during the 1960s and 70s. In 1959, Phyllis Dancz formed the \"Georgettes,\" a dance line that performs alongside the band during the pre-game and halftime shows. Later on, the Bulldog Banners, later to be called the Georgia Flag Line, was formed to add color and motion to the halftime show. Perhaps the most prolific time of the Redcoats in terms of the halftime shows was during the 1970s. Some of the most memorable shows performed by the Redcoats were the \"Six Flags", "id": "19572647" }, { "contents": "Blue Band\n\n\none away game per season, and there is also a small 15-person pep band that travels to the other away games. The band learns a new halftime show for every home game to add a variety of music to the band's repertoire, as well as adding variety to halftime performances. Saturday performances start by marching over to the Bryce Jordan Center in parade formation to Parade Order. When the band reaches the Bryce Jordan Center, the band plays its Pregame and Halftime music at an event known as Tailgreat, a pre-", "id": "4543535" }, { "contents": "Won't Get Fooled Again\n\n\nwith close-up aerial video footage of the World Trade Center buildings playing behind them on a huge digital screen. In February 2010, the group closed their set during the halftime show of Super Bowl XLIV with this song. While the Who have continued to play the song live, Townshend has expressed mixed feelings for it, alternating between pride and embarrassment in interviews. Who biographer John Atkins described the track as \"the quintessential \"Who's Next\" track but not necessarily the best.\" Several live and alternative versions of", "id": "776331" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl 50 halftime show\n\n\nthe abusive status quo.\" Black Lives Matter activist and professor Melina Abdullah praised Beyoncé and other artists who \"are willing to raise social consciousness and use their artistry to advance social justice.\" In attempt to address her own controversy, Beyoncé explained, \"I have so much admiration and respect for officers and the families of officers who sacrifice themselves to keep us safe. But let's be clear: I am against police brutality and injustice.\" The halftime show became the fourth highest ever watched show in the United States", "id": "1531565" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXIX\n\n\nhalftime show was titled \"Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye\" and was produced by Disney to promote their Indiana Jones Adventure attraction at Disneyland that opened later that year. The show featured actors playing Indiana Jones and his girlfriend Marion Ravenwood who were raiding the Vince Lombardi Trophy from the Temple of the Forbidden Eye. The show also had performances by singers Tony Bennett and Patti LaBelle, jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, and the Miami Sound Machine. The show ended with everybody singing \"Can You Feel The Love Tonight\"", "id": "9755724" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVIII\n\n\nmilitary flyover timed with the last note of the song. On September 8, 2013, the league announced that Bruno Mars would perform at halftime. On January 10, 2014, it was announced that Red Hot Chili Peppers would be joining Mars as halftime show performers. The show opened with a children's choir singing a chorus from \"Billionaire.\" Afterward, Mars appeared, playing a drum solo. Mars then performed the songs \"Locked Out of Heaven\", \"Treasure\", \"Runaway Baby\", \"Give", "id": "12128469" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show\n\n\nthe 12 minutes of free television exposure had a total value of $84 million for Madonna's enterprises and the singer did not have to pay for accommodations, travel, backup dancers, stage setup, advertising and publicity: \"Given all these benefits, playing the Super Bowl halftime show for free is more than worth the trouble. In fact, it's incredibly lucrative – and such a good deal for artists that some suspect a major change might be on the horizon\". Madonna's performance was the most-watched Super", "id": "5085586" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show occurred on February 2, 2014 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey as part of Super Bowl XLVIII and was headlined by American singer Bruno Mars alongside his band The Hooligans with special guests The Red Hot Chili Peppers. The show was produced by Ricky Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton. At the time of airing the halftime show attracted the largest audience in the history of the Super Bowl, attracting 115.3 million viewers. The show was later surpassed by the following year's Super Bowl XLIX halftime show in", "id": "4546905" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl counterprogramming\n\n\nwith People (who performed in four Super Bowl halftime shows between 1976 and 1986 and performed at the pre-game show of Super Bowl XXV in 1991). The group's halftime shows were described as being \"wholesome\" and \"inoffensive\" by critics, but were frequently derided for being dated and out of touch with modern popular culture. Super Bowl counterprogramming was first popularized by Fox. As an alternative, the then-fledgling Fox network aired a special live episode of its popular sketch comedy show \"In Living Color", "id": "17403614" }, { "contents": "List of Super Bowl halftime shows\n\n\nThese shows were considered \"family friendly\" and the time in which they took place has been described as \"the age of reactionary halftime shows. Since Super Bowl XLV, the halftime show has returned to featuring popular contemporary musicians, with the typical format featuring a single headline artist collaborating with a small number of guest acts. The NFL does not pay the halftime show performers an appearance fee, though it covers all expenses for the performers and their entourage of band members management, technical crew, security personnel, family, and", "id": "16090122" }, { "contents": "Halftime show\n\n\nthe second intermission comes between the second and third periods. The intermissions are usually given over to contests involving randomly selected audience members. The invention of the halftime show is generally credited to Walter Lingo. Lingo was the owner of a dog kennel and sponsored an all-Native American football team, the Oorang Indians, to tour the country and promote the kennel. In addition to playing football, the Indians would provide various forms of entertainment, including exhibiting the dogs, players demonstrating their prowess. (Nick Lassa once wrestled a", "id": "16400716" }, { "contents": "Alan Chez\n\n\n, and the Very Special Christmas Concert. Al was also in the famous New Jersey shore band, La Bamba and the Hubcaps. Recently, he has performed in numerous halftime shows with the University of Virginia Cavalier Marching Band in its second and third years (2005 and 2006) as well as in the halftime show for the 2007 Konica Minolta Gator Bowl, being featured alongside student soloists for Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood and Rhythm of the Night. He also played the National Anthem for the Drum Corps World Semi-finals", "id": "20944068" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show\n\n\nIn preparation for her performance, she watched videos of previous halftime show performances by Diana Ross, Beyoncé, Madonna, and Michael Jackson. Having spent months working on the show, Perry wanted it to be \"a whole different show\" from her Prismatic World Tour, which she was still embarking on. She also met with previous halftime performer Bruno Mars to seek advice on how to prepare for the performance. The halftime show utilized high quality video projection and lighting design. GlowMotion Technologies created 616 light globes, which appeared at", "id": "2759839" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\n\"The Decency Wars: The Campaign to Cleanse American Culture\", which explains moral controversies in the American media over the years. The Super Bowl itself would not feature a modern act for its halftime show for the next six years, opting instead for classic rockers such as Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and The Who (McCartney, the Stones and The Who were all part of the British Invasion of the 1960s). In fact", "id": "19109496" }, { "contents": "2012 California Golden Bears football team\n\n\nlast California victory coming in 2010 at Memorial Stadium. The California athletic department has scheduled the official rededication of the stadium during halftime with a stadium-wide card stunt and a combined halftime show with the University of California Marching Band and the UCLA Bruin Marching Band. This will be the first combined show with the two bands in decades. The stadium, which was originally dedicated as a memorial to the lives of Californian who lost their lives in World War I, will be officially rededicated in memory of all of the Californians who", "id": "4740475" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show\n\n\nwardrobe malfunction. According to \"People\", \"Call it a finger malfunction? Madonna was supposed to be the center of attention during the Super Bowl halftime show Sunday, but the Queen of Pop was upstaged by her collaborator M.I.A., who flipped off the camera at one point during the performance, prompting swift apologies from the NFL and NBC.\" Madonna expressed her disappointment in an interview with host Ryan Seacrest on his talk show, \"On Air with Ryan Seacrest\". She said that it was a \"teenager ...", "id": "5085593" }, { "contents": "Michigan Marching Band\n\n\nare no minimum or maximum requirements for challenges, and some members may not be challenged every week. Challenges are typically held after rehearsal on Fridays for the following game. Challenges consist of a halftime marching audition while playing a musical excerpt from the weekly show, followed by performing a portion of the pre-game show. Results are posted the following Monday. Students who do not make the performance block, called reserves, spend the week rehearsing marching fundamentals on an adjacent practice field while the performance block learns the show to prepare", "id": "20772035" }, { "contents": "Halftime show\n\n\nhalftime show, balladeer Gordon Lightfoot received overwhelming approval, while teen-pop singer Justin Bieber was booed throughout his performance. Many football historians believe halftime shows originated with the Oorang Indians of the early National Football League. The team was a marketing ploy by Walter Lingo to sell and promote his airdales. He would lure audiences to his games with the promise of an outrageous halftime show, instead of the promise of a good football game. The team was called the Indians because they were made up entirely of Native Americans, and", "id": "16400721" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\ncolumns. Democratic senator Zell Miller of Georgia, both on the floor of the United States Senate and in an editorial on Salon.com, denounced the halftime show as what he perceived as declining morality in America. The day immediately following the Super Bowl, then-FCC chairman Michael Powell ordered an investigation into the halftime show.. Timberlake told CBS owned-and-operated station KCBS-TV in Los Angeles a few days following the Super Bowl that even his own family was offended by the mishap at the end of the halftime show", "id": "19109458" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl XLIX halftime show took place on February 1, 2015, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, as part of Super Bowl XLIX. It featured American singer Katy Perry, with singer Lenny Kravitz and rapper Missy Elliott as special guests. The halftime show was critically acclaimed and its broadcast on NBC attracted 118.5 million viewers in the United States and 120.7 million worldwide, receiving the largest ratings in the history of the Super Bowl and becoming the most watched of all-time. The halftime show was", "id": "2759835" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show\n\n\nCaramanica of \"The New York Times\" felt that Perry \"benefited far more\" from Elliott's appearance than Kravitz, adding that Elliott's songs \"easily doubled the energy onstage\". At the 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 12, 2015, the halftime show won the awards for Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special and Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program or Special. The halftime show was also nominated for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program. Two days after the halftime show", "id": "2759851" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show\n\n\n, the \"Guinness World Records\" announced that Perry's performance garnered 118.5 million viewers in the United States, and became the highest-rated halftime show in Super Bowl history. The viewership was higher than the game itself, which was viewed by an audience of 114.4 million. In 2018, \"Deadline\" reported that Perry's halftime show drew a total TV audience of 120.7 million. Following the halftime show, all three of the songs performed by Missy Elliott entered the top twenty singles list on iTunes, and later reached", "id": "2759852" }, { "contents": "Jim Plunkett\n\n\nJames William Plunkett (born December 5, 1947) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for sixteen seasons. He achieved his greatest success during his final nine seasons with the Oakland Raiders franchise, whom he helped lead to two Super Bowl victories. Jim plunkett is one of only two quarterbacks to win atleast two superbowls as the starting quarterback and not throw a interception. A Heisman Trophy winner during his collegiate career at Stanford, Plunkett was selected by the New England Patriots as the", "id": "1843844" }, { "contents": "The One After the Superbowl\n\n\nof slapstick\" in the episode. They called Roberts \"a fine guest-star\", while Van Damme was \"embarrassing\". Pergament said \"The One After the Superbowl\" \"had its moments\", but he thought it felt more like an episode of \"Seinfeld\" than an episode of \"Friends\". The \"Houston Chronicle\"s Ann Hodges gave the episode a more negative review, commenting that the \"Friends\" writers \"dropped the ball\" with it: \"Women's underwear, three-way-", "id": "8642785" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\nthe 12-minute halftime performance, which they initially thought was a success. \"We were like, 'Uh, we’re playing that back right now'\", Frattini said. \"There was lots of chaos in the truck, and we played it back and we were like, 'Oh, s[hit]. What just happened?'\" Alex Coletti, another MTV producer, said he could not find Jackson after the performance. \"I tried to get in touch to make sure she was okay\", he said", "id": "19109427" }, { "contents": "Spirit of Gold Marching Band\n\n\nunique halftime show for every home game, performing from variety of musical genres and eras. Recent performances have featured music from Lady Gaga, The Blues Brothers, Tower of Power, the Backstreet Boys, and Bon Jovi. The last halftime performance of the year is traditionally a completely student-run, student-organized show. During the spring semester, a 50-piece pep band is formed for performances at Vanderbilt's men's and women's basketball games played in Memorial Gym. The basketball band performs music similar to that which the", "id": "13597350" }, { "contents": "Ohio State University Athletic Band\n\n\nof the lacrosse game, and the other half during the second half of the game. Because of the decision to add a lacrosse game directly before the Spring Game, it was decided to add a pre-game and halftime show to the lacrosse game as well. The first lacrosse game played at Ohio Stadium to include a pre-game and halftime show was in 2008 when OSU hosted the U.S. Air Force Academy. The Spring Football Game has been an Ohio State tradition for many years. This pits the football team against", "id": "14654284" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show\n\n\ncharacters in a cartoon manner, giving them a Tweedledee/Tweedledum-type persona\". Super Bowl halftime show director Hamish Hamilton later said that the Left Shark performance was inspired by a Scissor Sisters performance in the 2005 Brit Awards, where the group played \"Take Your Mama\" in front of a surreal farmyard with massive bird-like puppets. Hamilton stated that, \"We were trying to work out how we could bring a beach scene to life and so one of the references that we looked at was that Scissor Sisters", "id": "2759857" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl counterprogramming\n\n\n, taking advantage of the then-unpopular format of Super Bowl halftime shows. The special drew 22 million viewers, prompting the NFL to book more prominent pop music acts to perform at future Super Bowl halftime shows to compete. Broadcasters who do not air original programming against the Super Bowl will typically air reruns of existing programming—sometimes as marathons, prior to and during the game; in recent years, as they all broadcast NFL games or have ties to an outlet who does—and three of them alternate airing the game", "id": "17403612" }, { "contents": "University of New Hampshire Wildcat Marching Band\n\n\nPercussion Instructor and a Color Guard Instructor. In addition, the Wildcat Marching Band typically fields a staff of Graduate assistants — graduate students from the UNH Department of Music — who help as drill technicians, arrange music for halftime shows, and assist with rehearsals and performances. The WMB has traditionally fielded three Drum Majors of equal rank. However, for the 2012 season, there will be a designated \"head\" drum major, who will conduct the band from center podium during halftime shows, while one or two \"assistant\"", "id": "5920483" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show\n\n\n's performance at the half time show \"reconfirms her skills as a live performer, silencing anyone who might have wondered about them in the wake of a certain revelation.\" David Rooney of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" wrote: \"Continuing in the vein of Madonna in 2012, [Beyoncé] steered the Super Bowl halftime show away from dad rock to embrace girl power.\" Melinda Newman of the website HitFix commented: \"In a Super Bowl half-time performance that was as frenetic as it was fierce, [Beyoncé", "id": "5084945" }, { "contents": "100th Grey Cup\n\n\nthe Royal Canadian Mint, was executed by Governor General of Canada David Johnston, as was the ceremonial kickoff. The CFL unveiled an \"all-Canadian, all-star lineup\" of musical acts to perform the pre-game and halftime shows at the game. Burton Cummings, former lead singer of 1960s–1970s rock band The Guess Who, performed \"O Canada\", and country artist Johnny Reid performed as part of the pre-game show. The halftime show featured pop artists Justin Bieber and Carly Rae Jepsen, along", "id": "9768659" }, { "contents": "List of Super Bowl halftime shows\n\n\nHalftime shows are a tradition during American football games at all levels of competition. Entertainment during the Super Bowl, the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), represents a fundamental link to pop culture, which helps broaden the television audience and nationwide interest. As the Super Bowl itself is typically the most-watched event on television in the United States annually, the halftime show has been equally-viewed in recent years: the halftime show of Super Bowl XLIX featuring Katy Perry was viewed by 118.5 million,", "id": "16090116" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LII halftime show\n\n\n70th Primetime Emmy Awards, the Super Bowl halftime show received four nominations: Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special, Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special, Outstanding Music Direction, Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special. The Super Bowl LII halftime show was seen by 106.6 million television viewers in the United States, 9% less than Lady Gaga's in 2017. It had higher average viewership than the game itself, and the decline for the halftime show was roughly", "id": "1839235" }, { "contents": "Melvin Ingram\n\n\n\" He also said that \"I was taught you've got to speak stuff into existence. If you want to do something, you've got to say you're going to do it and then you've got to go do it.\" In the end, Ingram and the Chargers failed to make it to the Superbowl when they lost to the eventual Superbowl champion New England Patriots by a score of 41-28 in the divisional round of the playoffs. On June 17, 2019, Ingram predicted that the Chargers would", "id": "20521279" }, { "contents": "The One After the Superbowl\n\n\noff amusing, emotionally tinged moments even opposite a monkey.\" DVD Talk's Earl Cressey named the episode one of the highlights of the second season of \"Friends\". Hal Boedeker of \"The Orlando Sentinel\" praised \"The One After the Superbowl\" for being better than most episodes of \"Friends\" and \"pleasantly off-the-wall and in keeping with the \"Friends\" spirit.\" The authors of \"Friends Like Us: The Unofficial Guide to Friends\" wrote that there are \"some lovely moments", "id": "8642784" }, { "contents": "Lisa the Greek\n\n\nDuff Bowl advertisement that airs during the Super Bowl halftime show is a reference to the Bud Bowl advertisements for Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser family of beers. In addition to the football references, the episode parodies the 1979 film \"Apocalypse Now\". Homer tells Moe, who keeps his wallet in his shoe, \"I used to hate the smell of your sweaty feet. Now it's the smell of victory,\" a play on a line from the film. In a commercial for his new television show, celebrity Troy", "id": "6341300" }, { "contents": "Candlepin bowling\n\n\nto renew the show in April 1980, production moved that fall to WXNE, Channel 25, which taped the show at an actual bowling alley, the Wal-Lex Lanes in Waltham, Massachusetts. Host Bob Gamere stayed on for a while after the station switch, but after he left, WXNE hired former Boston Red Sox star Rico Petrocelli as the new host. \"Candlepin Doubles\" was a revamped version of \"Candlepin Superbowl\", focusing primarily on all-male and all-female matches, as compared to Super", "id": "14655427" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy\n\n\n, no women performed at the Super Bowl halftime show at all until The Black Eyed Peas performed in 2011. In 2012, during the halftime show for Super Bowl XLVI, rapper M.I.A. pointed up her middle finger during her performance. That incident drew comparisons with the exposure of Janet Jackson's breast in the Super Bowl halftime show eight years prior. The Associated Press asserted that people learned what M.I.A. did only when reports surfaced in the media and quoted TV critic James Poniewozik: \"I had no idea she even did it until", "id": "19109497" }, { "contents": "Bibi McGill\n\n\nwent on to become the greatest and most notable solo of McGill's career and was praised by many including Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone Magazine calling the performance a \"ready-made obligatory-Slash cameo guitar solo. Along with the Beyoncé gig itself, the Super Bowl also gave McGill even more mainstream attention. Beyoncé's halftime show became the fourth most watched halftime show with 110.8 million viewers after Madonna's Super Bowl XLVI halftime show which was watched by 112.5 million viewers, Bruno Mars' Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show with 115.3", "id": "8437316" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show\n\n\nThe Super Bowl XLVII halftime show occurred on February 3, 2013, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans as part of Super Bowl XLVII and featured American entertainer Beyoncé with special guests Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams from Destiny's Child. The show was produced by Ricky Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton. It received acclaim from music critics who commented that Beyoncé once more proved her abilities during live performances. It became the then second most watched show in Super Bowl history by garnering 110.8 million viewers. The performance, and", "id": "5084935" }, { "contents": "Tapestry of Nations\n\n\nwas the Sage of Time, who was represented as a stilt walker in an elaborate costume featuring alchemy symbols, gold trim on a white robe, a staff, and a headpiece resembling a sun with a face. The Puppets included: The parade (or a variant of this) was also the theme for the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000. Both the parade and the halftime show were directed by Gary Paben. Footage of the parade can still be seen on the Earth Globe in . In 2001, the", "id": "10630914" }, { "contents": "2011 Orange Bowl\n\n\nadvanced to the Stanford 20-yard line where, with time running out, they sent in kicker Chris Hazley. He completed a 37-yard field goal in the final play from scrimmage in the first half, making the game a one-point affair, 13–12. For the game's halftime show, the Orange Bowl hosted American alternative rock band Goo Goo Dolls. Reviews criticized the performance for awkward staging and brevity, as the group performed only two songs. Middle school and high school dance squads also participated in the halftime show, performing", "id": "15379478" }, { "contents": "The Marching Tar Heels\n\n\ntwo smaller bands and plays at all men's basketball home games, as well as sending a pep band to tournament games. The band is currently under the direction of Jeffrey Fuchs. Several traditions have amassed over the years which include: The Marching Tar Heels regularly play these songs at athletic events. Other songs that may be heard on gameday by the Marching Tar Heels are as follows. The Marching Tar Heels have covered many different genres of music during their halftime performances. Generally, a new halftime show is presented at each", "id": "11267200" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team\n\n\nface Louisville as part of the ACC–Big Ten Challenge. The Spartans, who played without starting guard Matt McQuaid who suffered a thigh bruise late against Texas, struggled against Louisville. Without McQuaid, Cassius Winston played the majority of the game at the point and, at times, showed fatigue. He would eventually foul out with about four minutes remaining in the game. MSU trailed by six at halftime, but narrowed the lead and eventually took the lead in the second half. However, missed free throws, nine in", "id": "5368794" }, { "contents": "Ohio State University Marching Band\n\n\nThe pregame block seen at every home game consists of 192 members, while halftime shows consist of 195 members. The other 36 members are alternates. These are members of the band who challenge the regular members every week for a spot in the gameday block. The alternates also understudy the week’s halftime show with the squad leader in case someone gets sick or injured before the performance. Alternates have a chance to perform with the regular band members during performances of Double Script Ohio, as well as during pre-game shows on", "id": "20310774" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LI halftime show\n\n\ndecided to offer her the halftime performance slot. Her inspiration came from earlier halftime performances by Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, and Bruce Springsteen. Gaga remarked that she loved \"all the [past shows]\". In December 2016, Gaga launched the \"Guest of Honor\" contest with Pepsi and the NFL. This would give her fans the opportunity to see the halftime show from the stage's sidelines. The singer uploaded a video titled \"Fanifesto\", talking about the power of fandom. She explained that to win", "id": "1839180" } ]

[ { "contents": "They Think It's All Over (TV series)\n\n\nmade called \"Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over\". They combined elements of the show with \"Have I Got News for You\" and \"Never Mind the Buzzcocks\", with Angus Deayton as host. In 2002 and 2004, as part of the BBC's Sport Relief broadcasts, one-off special programmes were made called \"They Think It's All A Question of Sport\". They combined elements of the show with \"A Question of Sport\", with Stephen Fry as host. Kenneth Wolstenholme was unhappy with", "id": "10872295" }, { "contents": "Tamera\n\n\nThe Institute for Global Peacework is a network of peaceworkers and peace initiatives around the world who want to cooperate to create a nonviolent future. It coordinates all the different projects in Tamera and serves as the “base camp” for all external activities. It also hosts an annual “Summer University” that brings these different people and projects together in a “think tank.” Verlag Meiga publishes books, literature, and essential thoughts to disseminate the knowledge and experience of over thirty years of research into the development of the “plan", "id": "16499256" }, { "contents": "Think Tank (game show)\n\n\nhost asked a question to one contestant at a time, and the Think Tank's answers were revealed. At least one member had the correct answer. Each contestant received two turns. In the second round, each member was assigned two questions that they had answered correctly. The contestant in control chose a member, who asked one of their questions. Each contestant received three turns; once a member had been chosen twice, they had to sit out the rest of the round. The host asked three questions to all contestants", "id": "7116129" }, { "contents": "Jack Kemp\n\n\nNew York district until well into his eighth term in Congress. Kemp was a critic of association football, known as soccer in the United States. In 1986, during a House floor debate over whether the United States should host the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Kemp proclaimed: \"I think it is important for all those young out there—who someday hope to play real football, where you throw it and kick it and run with it and put it in your hands—[that] a distinction should be made that football is democratic", "id": "16337051" }, { "contents": "Nick Hancock\n\n\nchance to meet him when Cook appeared on \"Room 101\". Hancock enjoyed hosting \"They Think It's All Over\" - especially when guests got in hot water: \"\"Chris Eubank was slagging off Kiwi rugby star Jonah Lomu, who's 6 ft 5 in and about 18 1/2 stone. I knew Jonah was backstage, about to come on for our 'feel the sportsman' round. It was a very pleasing moment!\"\" In 1998 he starred (alongside Andy Smart) in a documentary/comedy", "id": "18703402" }, { "contents": "Mike Tirico\n\n\nThursday and Friday, and he hosted all on the coverage on NBC proper over the weekend. Tirico served as a studio host and contributor for NBC's broadcasts of the 2016 Summer Olympics from Rio de Janeiro in August. Richard Deitsch of \"Sports Illustrated\" suggested that Tirico could potentially succeed Bob Costas as the primetime host of NBC's Olympics coverage. NBC Sports chairman Mark Lazarus explained following the 2014 Winter Olympics that the division had begun to \"think about what life after Bob might be, whether post-Rio, post", "id": "9593707" }, { "contents": "Free University of Berlin\n\n\nat Free University of Berlin. Over the course of one week, international renowned scientists and Nobel laureates come together and discuss current problems in all fields of studies. The annual \"Einstein Lectures Dahlem\" hosted by the university and several external institutions since 2005 are dedicated to Albert Einstein, who was the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physics for more than 15 years. It is an colloquium which presents fields in science which were influenced by Einstein's thinking. Free University of Berlin is consistently ranked among Germany's top ten", "id": "12844737" }, { "contents": "They think it's all over\n\n\nThey Think It's All Over\". The song contains the phrase \"They think it's all over. Well is it now?\" in its chorus and includes several references to the 1966 FIFA World Cup. In Neil Marshall's \"Dog Soldiers\" the last words that the character Cooper says are, \"You think it's all over? It is now.\" The quotation was also used as the title of the BBC's satirical sports quiz show \"They Think It's All Over\", which appeared on", "id": "14292163" }, { "contents": "Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre\n\n\nSoftware Centre (NAIS). EPCC has hosted a variety of supercomputers over the years, including several Meiko Computing Surfaces, a Thinking Machines CM-200 Connection Machine, and a number of Cray systems including a Cray T3D and T3E. EPCC manages a collection of HPC systems including ARCHER (the UK’s national high-end computing system) and a variety of smaller HPC systems. These systems are all available for industry use on a pay-per-use basis. Current systems hosted by EPCC include: Recent systems hosted by EPCC include", "id": "9995249" }, { "contents": "The Paradise Project\n\n\nThe Paradise Project is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 that is, \"dedicated to celebrating and connecting diverse independent free thinkers who are deeply spiritual about science and nature.\" The organization hosts pantheism.com and aims to spread awareness about pantheism through social media, meetings, meditation gatherings, and book borrowing programs. It hosts a Facebook fan page about pantheism with over 300,000 fans and group pages with over 15,000 members. In addition, the organization works to create artistic displays and spiritual centers for free thinking non-dogmatic individuals", "id": "11174463" }, { "contents": "Situation puzzle\n\n\nhost had in mind, in particular explaining whatever aspect of the initial scenario was puzzling. These puzzles are inexact and many puzzle statements have more than one possible fitting answer. The goal however is to find out the story as the host has it in mind. Critical thinking and reading, logical thinking, as well as lateral thinking may all be required to solve a situation puzzle. The term \"lateral thinking\" was coined by Edward De Bono to denote a creative problem-solving style that involves looking at the given situation", "id": "384057" }, { "contents": "Hugh Dennis\n\n\nlike \"Outnumbered\", was co-written by Andy Hamilton. Besides his regular television work, Dennis is a panellist on \"Mock the Week\" and has appeared in every episode since its inception. He is a regular guest on various BBC-broadcast comedy panel game shows such as \"They Think It's All Over\", \"Would I Lie To You?\", \"QI\" and has guest hosted \"Have I Got News for You\". In 2011, Dennis hosted the short-lived improvisational comedy", "id": "20017101" }, { "contents": "Christopher Walken\n\n\n) (who carries a doll that also has a pompadour); Nathan (Fred Armisen), a gay relative for whom \"flamboyance\" means dressing all in black and running his finger around the rim of a cosmo glass; Uncle Richard (Darrell Hammond) and Aunt Martha (Kristen Wiig), who think that \"The Deer Hunter\" was hilarious, and who are hosts of a Nigerian foreign exchange student named Oleki (Kenan Thompson). When he came to live with them, Oleki—who has absorbed all", "id": "5645345" }, { "contents": "New Think Festival\n\n\nthe festival hosted 40 different organizations at the King Hussein Business Park and the Children's Museum Jordan in Amman that aimed to inspire their audience to be visionary and think differently about the world through workshops and presentations. The organizations that participated included environmental, business, medical and educational groups. NewThink initiative was first held in 2009. Later it developed into the festival which started in 2012 with an average yearly attendance of 14,000 teens and university students from all over Jordan. Activities included programs about leadership, entrepreneurship, culture, arts,", "id": "17184774" }, { "contents": "Lee Mack\n\n\nLee Gordon McKillop (born 4 August 1968), known by his stage name Lee Mack, is an English comedian and actor. He is known for writing and starring in the sitcom \"Not Going Out\", for being a team captain on the BBC One comedy panel show \"Would I Lie to You?\", hosting the Sky One panel show \"Duck Quacks Don't Echo\" and for presenting the panel show \"They Think It's All Over\". He has been guest host on \"Have I Got", "id": "11627882" }, { "contents": "Red Nose Day 2011\n\n\nThe full list of panel shows are listed below: \"Room 101\", with Nick Hancock returning as host after 14 years, was originally supposed to have come between \"They Think It's All Over\" and \"Call My Bluff\", but was axed after the show ran behind. Paul Merton was advertised to reprise his role as regular team captain on \"Have I Got News For You\" but due to illness was replaced by Clive Anderson. Jason Manford was advertised to host \"Have I Got News For You", "id": "3364058" }, { "contents": "Tool Academy (American TV series)\n\n\npartner must choose whether or not to stay with him/her. The last contestant remaining wins a $100,000 prize. The show is currently hosted by reality television show host, Jordan Murphy, alongside relationship counselor Trina Dolenz who help the contestants with their relationship problems and decides who is expelled. The nine men, all of whom have been nominated by their respective girlfriends, initially think they are taking part in a competition for the title of \"Mr. Awesome.\" However, shortly after arriving they find out the truth:", "id": "959394" }, { "contents": "Dakota Johnson\n\n\nI'm proud of [the movie]. I completely disagree with people who think Ana's weak. I think she's actually stronger than \"he\" is. Everything she does is her choice. And if I can be an advocate for women to do what they want to do with their bodies and not be ashamed of what they want, then I'm all for that.\" On February 15, 2015, Johnson appeared on \"Saturday Night Live\"s 40th anniversary special and hosted \"SNL\" on February 28,", "id": "10570579" }, { "contents": "Tracey Ullman's State of the Union characters\n\n\nof a handicapped child who is obsessed with Harry Potter, and she is a historical reenactment actress. Appearances: Season 2 Location: The Mayo Clinic, Minnesota Host of \"So You Think You Can Die\", a parody of \"So You Think You Can Dance.\" Appearances: Season 3 Location: Memphis, Tennessee Worker in souvenir shop. Appearances: Season 1 Location: Undisclosed location in Arizona Owner of \"Dignity Village\", a community for women 35 and over, \"never to be seen in public again", "id": "10726088" }, { "contents": "Visual thinking\n\n\n, another 45% uses both visual/spatial thinking and thinking in the form of words, and 25% thinks exclusively in words. According to Kreger Silverman, of the 30% of the general population who use visual/spatial thinking, only a small percentage would use this style over and above all other forms of thinking, and can be said to be true \"picture thinkers\". Thinking in mental images is one of a number of other recognized forms of non-verbal thought, such as kinesthetic, musical and", "id": "14490285" }, { "contents": "Come and Have a Go If You Think You're Smart Enough\n\n\nCome and Have a Go If You Think You're Smart Enough, also known as The National Lottery: Come and Have a Go If You Think You're Smart Enough for series 2, was a BBC National Lottery game show broadcast on BBC One from 3 April 2004 to 25 June 2005. The programme was originally hosted by Nicky Campbell for the first series until Julian Clary took over to host the show for the second series. The rights to the programme are being contested in the High Court in London by Robin George le", "id": "14564911" }, { "contents": "Life Partners\n\n\ntheir relationship, while Paige begins to feel that Sasha is childish as Paige hates the girls Sasha dates and does not think much of her lack of direction. At a barbecue that Paige and Tim host, they try to set up Sasha with a woman they think of as kind and reliable. When Sasha blows her off, Paige and Sasha have a falling-out and stop speaking to one another. Sasha gets fired from her job over her poor performance. She later runs into Tim who is also having a difficult time", "id": "8509888" }, { "contents": "Your Face or Mine?\n\n\nYour Face or Mine? is a British comedy game show that originally aired on E4 from 2 September 2002 to 23 May 2003. It was hosted by Jimmy Carr and June Sarpong. On 24 November 2016, it was announced that Comedy Central would be reviving the show with 22 new episodes over the course of two series with Carr and Katherine Ryan as co-hosts. The revived show began on 17 May 2017. Two contestants, usually, a couple, had to choose who they think are the most attractive of two", "id": "1960299" }, { "contents": "All Over the Workplace\n\n\nAll Over the Workplace is a British children's factual television series is a spin off of \"All Over the Place\" hosted by Alex Riley and narrated by Ed Petrie (who is the host of \"All Over the Place\"). The show is produced by CBBC Productions for CBBC and follows Riley taking two children (known as 'Rookies') to experience various jobs in the United Kingdom. Two series of 10 episodes each have been aired. Series 1 began on 7 March 2016, and series 2 began on", "id": "14811466" }, { "contents": "Kirsty Gallacher\n\n\nFrom 2000 until 2004, Gallacher hosted the Sky1 show \"Kirsty's Home Videos\", a satellite equivalent of ITV's \"You've Been Framed!\" in which viewers send in home videos to be screened. In 2002, she presented the morning show \"\", and in 2004 began the show \"Simply the Best\". Gallacher presented the All Star Cup on Sky1 in 2005 and on ITV in 2006. She has made guest appearances on \"They Think It's All Over\" and \"A Question of Sport", "id": "17080080" }, { "contents": "Disney Think Fast\n\n\nsame day the Wii version of the game was released in Europe). While the game does contain over 5,000 questions, most people criticised the questions for being too simple and repetitive, some based on Pixar films, which has caused mixed reviews. The game borrows its elements from the \"Scene It?\" DVD game franchise and is hosted by Genie from the film \"Aladdin\" who introduces and gives results for each round. Each game contains 15 rounds and takes about 30–40 minutes to play. \"Disney Think Fast\"", "id": "22149027" }, { "contents": "Comic Relief\n\n\nm for charitable causes. The Spice Girls song \"Who Do You Think You Are\" became the official Comic Relief single of this event and sold 672,577 copies. The telethon was hosted by Father Ted Crilly (Dermot Morgan) and Father Dougal McGuire (Ardal O'Hanlon), characters from the sitcom \"Father Ted\". The 1999 Red Nose Day was held on 12 March and raised over £35m. Perennial hosts Jonathan Ross and Lenny Henry were joined by Davina McCall, Chris Evans, Ben Elton, Jack Dee and", "id": "14584949" }, { "contents": "Rece Davis\n\n\nannounced Davis signed a multi-year contract with the network through 2021 that included taking over as host of the \"College GameDay\" football road show in 2015 for Chris Fowler, who had hosted the show since 1990. The deal also sees Davis discontinue his \"ESPN College Football Thursday Primetime\" duties but continue his weekly basketball play-by-play role. Davis said of his work at ESPN, \"I don't think of my job as being hard. I know I'm the luckiest guy around. I get", "id": "17041102" }, { "contents": "The Weekend (2016 film)\n\n\nvisit family over the weekend, the boys attempt to come up a way to spend all the money in just three days. They first go on a wild shopping spree, buying designer clothes and dining in an upscale restaurant. When Malcolm's car is too small to hold all their purchases, they rent a new car. Thinking back to how angry he was to be denied entry to the earlier party, Derrick suggests they host their own party – one so extravagant and unforgettable that nobody will ever disrespect them again. The", "id": "15958123" }, { "contents": "Muir Island Saga\n\n\na strike on Muir Island using resources provided by Val Cooper. X-Factor lands on the island and quickly neutralizes its defenses. Back at the base, Professor X is attacked directly by the Shadow King, using his host body Jacob Reisz, who thinks he has control of all those present, including Cooper. She reveals herself to be a disguised Mystique and kills Reisz. Shadow King quickly shifts to a new host, Legion. As X-Factor and the freed X-Men reach Polaris, Legion sets off an", "id": "11392646" }, { "contents": "Pilipinas, Game Ka Na Ba?\n\n\ndefending winner selects one and the question would be coming from that certain category. Each would be given 20 seconds to think and they would take turns in answering, depending on how many correct answers the host needs. If a contestant gives an answer that is wrong, say an answer repeatedly or do not answer at all, the contestant or defending winner will be eliminated and shall take a step back. The player who gives all correct answers will receive an additional P30,000 while the last player who answers correctly will move on to", "id": "16580050" }, { "contents": "Samantha Carter\n\n\nI don't think that she's lost integrity. I don't think that her feelings for O'Neill are any less. I think she's just placed them in a different box, if you will. It was weird, I have to say, for her to hand her heart over to somebody else. But it's baby steps for her, and this is all new for her. And I think it's ultimately O'Neill who says, 'You have to move on.' And it's her father, too", "id": "12018308" }, { "contents": "Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates\n\n\nwhere the brothers are meeting women. After letting the brothers think Mike saved Tatiana's life, they all go on a date. Tatiana, posing as a school teacher, flirts with Mike but has no intention of having sex with him. Alice, who is pretending to be a hedge fund manager, thinks sleeping with Dave is just what she needs to get over her ex-fiance, who left her at the altar. Thinking their family will like these girls, the brothers invite them to Hawaii. In Hawaii,", "id": "20970997" }, { "contents": "What America Thinks\n\n\nWhat America Thinks is a syndicated American television show. It was hosted by opinion pollster and political commentator Scott Rasmussen from 2012 to 2013, and is currently hosted by Alex Boyer. WCBS-TV is the anchor station. The program, which is syndicated on over 120 stations, is produced by Telco Productions and Rasmussen Reports. The program features discussions of current events and public opinion with a guest panel. Guests have included Scott Walker, Howard Dean, and Rand Paul. An episode of the show, titled \"What New", "id": "6823295" }, { "contents": "Public image of Mitt Romney\n\n\nto whether King was present at this march. In an interview with \"Newsweek,\" Romney said, \"I don't think I defined religious liberty ... it includes all, all forms of personal conviction. ... The people who don't have a particular faith have a personal conviction. I said all forms of personal conviction. And personal conviction includes a sense of right and wrong and any host of beliefs someone might have. Obviously in this nation our religious liberty includes the ability to believe or not believe.\" Contrasting", "id": "17419269" }, { "contents": "Atlas Network\n\n\nExperience is an annual international conference hosted by Atlas. Atlas runs an annual Liberty Forum which brings together think tank staff from around the world. Atlas directly operates two training programs, the Think Tank MBA and Think Tank Leadership Training. The Think Tank MBA is a two-week program held near Washington, DC designed for leaders of think tanks and other public organizations. Over the course of the program students develop and refine a strategic plan for their organization or program. The course includes seminars, classroom exercises, a day-", "id": "21420040" }, { "contents": "Think tank\n\n\nseveral think tanks that are established and operate under the auspices of Universities, such as: All major political parties in the Netherlands have state-sponsored research foundations that play a role in shaping policy. The Dutch government also has its own think tank: the Scientific Council for Government Policy. The Netherlands furthermore hosts the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael, or Clingendael Institute, an independent think tank and diplomatic academy which studies various aspects of international relations. There is a large pool of think-tanks in Poland on a wide", "id": "16439247" }, { "contents": "Skeptics with a K\n\n\n] not about just saying 'no' to things, it's about thinking about them. And we use the American spelling – skeptic – because, in the States, the word isn't as strongly linked to cynicism. It's not seen as being as negative as it is over here.\" On April Fools' Day 2010, \"SwaK\" released a spoof episode titled \"Skeptics with a C\", in which the hosts departed from their regular skeptical analysis, and suddenly accepted all paranormal and pseudoscientific claims with", "id": "8774107" }, { "contents": "Aaron Dwight Stevens\n\n\nbest in the end. I do not expect to be tried until next Spring, when I expect I shall be hung, as I think all the rest will. Slavery demands that we should hang for its protection, and we will meet it willingly, knowing that God is Just, and is over all. There seems to be no mercy for those who are willing to help those who have none to help them. My heart feels like bleeding to think how many thousands are worse off in this land than I am", "id": "19136775" }, { "contents": "They think it's all over\n\n\ncase Wolstenholme re-recorded it with the slightly different words \"Well, some of the crowd are on the pitch. They think it's all over. Well it is now\". The British band The Dentists called their first album \"Some People Are on the Pitch They Think It's All Over It Is Now\" in Wolstenholme's honour; the LP begins with a sample of Wolstenholme's original commentary. Track #3 on British folk metal act Skyclad's EP \"Jig-a-Jig\" is called \"", "id": "14292162" }, { "contents": "Reactions to the Duke lacrosse case\n\n\nFeinstein, who in March 2006 had demanded the revocation of the scholarships of every Duke men's lacrosse team member, and who (against the findings of the Coleman report) continued to describe the team as \"out-of-control\", added \"I don't think I've been proven wrong.\" Nancy Grace, who had been particularly vocal in her support for Nifong's prosecution, took the night off for the show following the Attorney General's dismissal of all charges, with Jane Velez-Mitchell guest hosting", "id": "8999514" }, { "contents": "They Think It's All Over (TV series)\n\n\nteam captain David Gower were team captains from 1995 until they announced their retirement from the show in 2003. They were replaced as team captains by former England football goalkeeper David Seaman and former England cricketer Phil Tufnell. Former footballer Ian Wright took over from David Seaman in autumn 2004. From October 2005, Boris Becker replaced Tufnell and Lee Mack took over from Hancock as host. Occasionally, a team captain was unable to appear on the show due to other commitments so guest captains were drafted in. Six times World Snooker Champion Steve", "id": "10872291" }, { "contents": "A Tale of Two Cities (Lost)\n\n\nthe third season with the idea of \"us versus them\"; Carlton Cuse, a showrunner, explained, \"And who is us? And who is them? I mean I think we all tend to objectify people who we don't know much about and I think that's the audience's view of The Others right now -- they are bad, they are the malevolent force on the island. But over the course of the stories we're going to be telling this season on the show we expect the audience's", "id": "21798621" }, { "contents": "The Generation Game\n\n\nthere were many proposals as to who should take over, with Bill Cotton having a brief discussion with his favoured choice Cilla Black, who wouldn't consider the move and other names mentioned included Jimmy Tarbuck and Kenneth Williams. However, he felt he did not want the new programme to be comparable to Forsyth's \"Generation Game\" (he did not want the audience to be able to compare the two shows to think that Bruce was better or that the new host was better), so he cast Larry Grayson to take", "id": "13495826" }, { "contents": "So You Think You Can Dance Australia\n\n\nYou Think You Can Dance Australia implying it would be returning soon, but Ten were yet to release details on when. In February 2012 rumors began to emerge in the Australian media press that former \"Australia's Next Top Model\" host Sarah Murdoch had been approached to take over hosting duties for a revival of the show as Natalie Bassingthwaighte has moved on to a judging position for Australia's iteration of music talent show The X-Factor. The show was also rumored to be returning to its original network, Channel Ten.", "id": "12101459" }, { "contents": "Polistes sulcifer\n\n\nhost workers into thinking they are still hungry. Since food supply during the larval stage dictates which caste a wasp will become, this manipulation of host workers is essential to \"P. sulcifer\" because all larvae need to emerge as reproductives. In order for \"P. sulcifer\" to have offspring, it must invade the nest of its host and exploit its colony. This invasion of a colony is called usurpation, and it is done in a very systematic way. After a long hibernation, the overwintering females, all fertilized queens", "id": "582253" }, { "contents": "List of awards and nominations received by Beyoncé\n\n\npresented their awards show, De Jimmies (JIM Awards in English), in a variety of musical and other media categories. Beyoncé has received two awards from four nominations. The Kingsizegala is an annual music award hosted by the Swedish music magazine Kingsize Magazine. Winners are determined by public voting. Beyoncé has received one award. Kinsale Shark Awards is an International Festival that rewards Creative Thinking. Over the last fifty years The Kinsale Sharks has attracted thousands of delegates from advertising communities all over the world. Beyoncé received one award.", "id": "13479458" }, { "contents": "They Think It's All Over... It Is Now\n\n\nNovember 1999 that they were due to split up, following one last concert tour. The band's final show before disbanding took place on 4 May 2000 at Dingwalls in London, featuring an opening acoustic set followed by a regular \"electric\" set. \"They Think It's All Over... It Is Now\" features eleven of the fifteen electric songs and eight of the twelve acoustic songs. The album was the first release by Thunder following the band's breakup. \"They Think It's All Over... It Is Now", "id": "8329312" }, { "contents": "Dominic Holland\n\n\n\"Lafter Hours\" with Harry Hill. He was a team captain for two series of \"Bring Me the Head of Light Entertainment\" for Channel Five – with Graham Norton hosting in 1998. In 1999 and 2000, Holland appeared twice as a guest on \"Have I Got News for You\", \"They Think It's All Over\", and in 2000 \"The Royal Variety Performance\". He has appeared on \"Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive\". He has been a regular panellist on the daytime debate show", "id": "14413566" }, { "contents": "Sympulse\n\n\nits participants. They host events like: \"SIMUNC\", the \"Symbiosis International Model United Nation Conference\", is a personalized version of Model United Nations. SIMUNC compels students to act responsibly, think critically, and make wise decisions It is, in essence, a simulation of the UN and its committees, with contemporary, historical, and, frequently, futuristic perspectives. Students are given an opportunity to converge from all over the world in a dynamic environment to deliberate on global issues, acting as delegates representing the various", "id": "2009560" }, { "contents": "Lee Mack\n\n\n\", and also has his own radio show on BBC Radio 2 called \"The Lee Mack Show\", which features varying celebrities co-hosting the show. Mack was a cast member for ITV's \"The Sketch Show\" and featured in the American version of the same name. In 2005, Mack presented \"They Think It's All Over\", a sports based comedy panel game, formerly presented by Nick Hancock. However, it proved to be the show's final series. In 2007 he appeared on \"", "id": "11627886" }, { "contents": "Jennifer Marlowe\n\n\n, but not quite. In the episode \"Ask Jennifer,\" she takes over as the host of a call-in advice show, using her intelligence and knowledge to give easy, offhand answers to all her callers' questions, but she doesn't think enough about the potential consequences of the advice she gives, and when a woman is beaten by her controlling husband as a result of taking her advice to stand up to him, a distraught and guilt-ridden Jennifer quits the show. An episode that reveals some", "id": "13288378" }, { "contents": "Ithaka Darin Pappas\n\n\ngoes and jumps on a skateboard. And he’s holding his own skating around in Venice Beach… You just wouldn’t think of the quintessential architect of a lot of the gangster rap energy being able to get on a skateboard and do his thing at that point in time. This was like ’89.\" In February 2015, the F+ Gallery in Santa Ana, California (founded by Micah Kersh) hosted an all-insect art exhibit entitled \"Aliens Of AkahtiLândia\". The exhibit featured over forty original sculptures,", "id": "20019618" }, { "contents": "Fred MacAulay\n\n\nmorning show from 1997–2015, and for BBC TV he hosted one series of the talk show \"McCoist and MacAulay\" (with retired footballer Ally McCoist), two seasons of \"Life According to Fred\" and BBC Scotland's coverage of \"Children in Need\" initially with \"Hazel Irvine\" in 1998 and 1999 and subsequently \"Jackie Bird\" from 2000 - 2002. He has appeared as a guest on comedy quiz programmes \"They Think It's All Over\", \"I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue\"", "id": "5385469" }, { "contents": "Andy Parsons\n\n\nwriters. He has also appeared as a guest on \"They Think It's All Over\", \"QI\", and BBC Radio 5 Live's \"Fighting Talk\". Parsons left \"Mock the Week\" in October 2015 after nine series as a regular panelist, missing only five episodes. He, like the other regular panellists on \"Mock the Week\", kept the same seat throughout the series, Parsons being the one on host Dara Ó Briain's left. He has also presented The \"PMQ\" show", "id": "9757974" }, { "contents": "Joey Adams\n\n\nsay, \"With friends like that, who needs enemies?\" He made numerous television appearances over the years, including on \"The Ed Sullivan Show\" and Howard Stern's 1990s TV shows, and was in the films \"Singing in the Dark\" (1956, of which he was also executive producer), \"Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title\" (1966), and \"Silent Prey\" (1997). For many years, he hosted a radio talk show on WEVD in New", "id": "16077862" }, { "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final\n\n\nOne person who did criticise the referee was Thierry Henry, stating: \"I was kicked all over the place. I expected the referee to do his job. I don't think he did\". There was much discussion after the match over whether Henry would remain with Arsenal or move to Barcelona, whom he had been linked with a move to over the past months. Arsène Wenger was asked post match if Henry would leave, to which the Arsenal manager replied: \"I don't know. I don't think", "id": "2011314" }, { "contents": "Think Tank (Australian TV series)\n\n\nThink Tank is an Australian television quiz show based on the British program of the same name. It premiered on the ABC on 5 February 2018 and is hosted by Paul McDermott. The Think Tank is made up of people from across Australia with various backgrounds and occupations as well as sharing an interest in quizzing. There are thirteen people in the Think Tank, who make up a panel of eight in each show. Before the show, the Think Tank answered quiz questions under strict conditions to determine which eight are in the tank", "id": "21895910" }, { "contents": "Tamer Nafar\n\n\nknown as Conflict Over Gaza: People, Politics, and Possibilities. During Nafar's performance he said “This is my antisemitic song,” and \"I need your help. I cannot be anti-Semitic alone.\" He later went on to say \"Don't think of Rihanna when you sing this, don't think of Beyonce - think of Mel Gibson.\" Gibson is an actor and filmmaker who has said \"the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.\" UNC's Interim Chancellor", "id": "12782831" }, { "contents": "They Think It's All Over (TV series)\n\n\nThey Think It's All Over is a British comedy panel game with a sporting theme produced by Talkback and shown on BBC1. The show's name is taken from Kenneth Wolstenholme's famous 1966 World Cup commentary quotation, \"they think it's all over...it is now!\" and the show used the phrase to sign off each episode. In 2006 the show's run ended after 11 years on air. The show was originally presented by comedian Nick Hancock. Retired England football team captain Gary Lineker and former England cricket", "id": "10872290" }, { "contents": "Think Tank (game show)\n\n\nThink Tank is a BBC quiz show that aired on BBC One from 21 March to 16 December 2016 and was hosted by Bill Turnbull. Three contestants took part in each episode, as did an eight-member panel known as the \"Think Tank.\" The competition consisted of four rounds; the questions in the first three were chosen from hundreds that had been asked to the Think Tank beforehand, with all members answering individually. Correct answers in these three rounds were worth £200 each. During the first round, the", "id": "7116128" }, { "contents": "The Elder Scrolls\n\n\n\". Although the team had dropped all arena combat from the game, all the material had already been printed up with the title, so the game went to market as \"The Elder Scrolls: Arena\". According to Peterson, \"I think Vijay was the guy who tacked on the surtitle \"The Elder Scrolls.\" I don't think he knew what the ... it meant any more than we did, but the opening voice-over was [changed to \"It has been foretold in the Elder Scrolls ...", "id": "16258560" }, { "contents": "Twisted Metal\n\n\nrevolve around the eponymous \"Twisted Metal\": a vehicular combat tournament hosted once a year. In almost all of the games, the host is a man called \"Calypso\"; however, in the series' fourth installment, perennial contestant Sweet Tooth briefly takes over. The general goal is to destroy all opponents; apart from the other contestants, unique vehicles seemingly designed by the host themselves may stand in the competitors' path. The winner is brought before the tournament host, who will grant the contestant a single wish", "id": "3163578" }, { "contents": "Tomorrow's Pioneers\n\n\nuse of our character to disseminate that kind of message.\" He explained the initial quiet by saying, \"I just didn't think it would have any effect... I think it should have been obvious how the company felt about the subject.\". Nahoul (; also rendered as Nahul or Nahool) is a costumed bumblebee character with a high-pitched voice who co-hosted \"Tomorrow's Pioneers\" with Saraa following Farfour's martyrdom during an Israeli interrogation. The decision to use a bee as the second host was", "id": "16977957" }, { "contents": "New England Studios\n\n\nand television projects since its opening. In addition to film and television projects, NE Studios hosts many commercial productions. 2018 \"A Snow White Christmas\" Fear Bay SMILF S2 – \"provided Grip PKGs\" Jungle Land – \"provided all Electric PKGs\" Little Women – provided a\"ll Grip PKGs\" Untitled Chris Keyeser/Hamelins 2017 \"Castle Rock\" Follow Back GhostLight - provided all Electric and Grip PKGs DH2 EQ2 I’m Not Your Daughter Slender Man Spruces and Pines Who Do You Think Would Win? - provided all Electric PKGs", "id": "19659072" }, { "contents": "Visual thinking\n\n\nis the ability to visualize special patterns and mentally manipulate them over a time-ordered sequence of spatial transformations. Spatial visualization ability is the ability to manipulate mentally two- and three-dimensional figures. Spatial-temporal reasoning is prominent among visual thinkers as well as among kinesthetic learners (those who learn through movement, physical patterning and doing) and logical thinkers (mathematical thinkers who think in patterns and systems) who may not be strong visual thinkers at all. Eidetic memory (photographic memory) may co-occur in visual thinkers", "id": "14490291" }, { "contents": "Cash Machine\n\n\nto know how they relate to the house I'm buying.' So we found out which way they were coming in, got the gear over the fence and set it up thinking that any minute now, we'll be out of here and it will be all over. But I think the people who saw us - a band set up and playing music - though they must have permission otherwise it's too ridiculous, so they left us to get on with it. So we got what we needed then quickly got", "id": "12109493" }, { "contents": "Political positions of Sarah Palin\n\n\n. For some years there, it had not been legalized. I look on the national scene and think, 'Wow, of all things to be fighting over and battling over.' Especially when it comes to medical marijuana, I think, 'Hmm. It's just not my baby.'\" On October 31, 2008, Palin told reporter Greta Van Susteren that closing the borders should be the first priority in dealing with illegal immigration. She rejects amnesty for illegal immigrants who have violated federal law. Palin did", "id": "3830697" }, { "contents": "They Think It's All Over (TV series)\n\n\nsportsperson, broadcaster or comedian. The show was originally produced for BBC Radio 5, where it was hosted by Des Lynam. The devisers, Simon Bullivant and Bill Matthews, started work on a TV version in 1993 but it was two years before it made it to air. Des Lynam did record a pilot in early 1994 but decided not to do the already commissioned series, which was then put on hold. In 1999 and 2001, as part of the BBC's Comic Relief broadcasts, one-off special programmes were", "id": "10872294" }, { "contents": "Art Dubai\n\n\nthe British Museum and founder of the curatorial think tank Archaeology of the Final Decade. Art Dubai presented its first edition of Residents, a 4-week residency programme hosted by the fair, in March 2018. Through this programme-cum-gallery section, multidisciplinary gallery artists from all over the world are invited to the UAE to create new works, in fully equipped Dubai and Abu Dhabi studio spaces, inspired by their experiences in the UAE. The artists’ selection of works are displayed in a special exhibition area at the fair.", "id": "12115535" }, { "contents": "Pea galaxy\n\n\nfield of B~39 μG, and more generally a figure of greater than B~30μG for all the GPs. This is compared to a figure of B~5μG for the Milky Way. The present understanding is of magnetic field growth based on the amplification of seed fields by dynamo theory and its action over a galaxy's lifetime. The observations of GPs challenge that thinking. Given the high star-forming rates of GPs generally, they are expected to host a large number of Supernovae. Supernovae accelerate electrons to high energies, near to the speed", "id": "13810962" }, { "contents": "The Red Elephant Foundation\n\n\nParticipants from all over the world will be engaged in sessions facilitated by trained facilitators using a curriculum grounded in values of peace education, dialogue, writing and some dynamic thinking. Although based on a curriculum, the sessions give participants room, autonomy and encouragement to explore their spontaneity creatively. The Feminifesto Podcast is hosted by Kirthi Jayakumar and Vaishnavi Pallapothu. A podcast that chronicles women's voices and narratives in the domains of International Relations, Peacebuilding, Development, Public Health, Humanitarian Work and Politics, the duo has featured Cynthia Enloe", "id": "17721598" }, { "contents": "Alabama Crimson Tide\n\n\nThe gymnastics squad also hosts an annual fundraiser for breast cancer, where the crowd is encouraged to \"Think Pink\" and support the cause by turning out in pink clothing. As of the 2009 fundraiser, the effort had raised in excess of $750,000. Gymnastics meets have an average attendance of over 13,000 at Coleman Coliseum. Meets against the team's arch-rival, the University of Georgia Gymdogs, often sell out. Alabama holds seven of the eleven NCAA records for the largest gymnastics crowds of all time, including an", "id": "17939734" }, { "contents": "Nick Hancock\n\n\nabout the Iranian national football team called \"The Outsiders\". In 1999 he also appeared in \"Great Railway Journeys of the World\", travelling from Guantanamo to Pinar del Rio. Hancock provided the narration for the 1998 six-part BBC documentary \"Pleasure Beach\", following the running of the Blackpool amusement park. After passing on the hosts duties for both \"Room 101\" and \"They Think It's All Over\", Hancock took a sabbatical to enjoy family life and his children. He has made one-", "id": "18703403" }, { "contents": "Act Your Age (radio series)\n\n\nAct Your Age is a panel game on BBC Radio 4 hosted by Simon Mayo. The series, created by Ashley Blaker (the original radio producer of Little Britain) and Bill Matthews (co-deviser of They Think It's All Over), was first broadcast on 27 November 2008. The show features three teams of stand-up comedians from different generations: \"The Up-And-Comers\", featuring younger comedians, captained by Jon Richardson; \"The Current Crop\", featuring comedians popular at the moment", "id": "2019407" }, { "contents": "Dawkins vs. Gould\n\n\n\" (p. 150) However, Dawkins thinks that relationships between organisms and their enemies, such as predator-prey, or parasite-host relationships, are locked into a permanent arms race, and such lineages generate progressive change. \"Both predator and prey will become absolutely more efficient in hunting and avoiding hunters, though their relative success with respect to one another may not change at all over time.\" (p. 151) Thus progress is real though partial and intermittent. \"Partial because it is generated only when selective", "id": "3820239" }, { "contents": "Convergent thinking\n\n\nclassroom: The idea of convergent thinking has been critiqued by researchers who claim that not all problems have solutions that can be effectively ranked. Convergent thinking assigns a position to one solution over another. The problem is that when one is dealing with more complex problems, the individual may not be able to appropriately rank the solutions available to them. In these instances, researchers indicate that when dealing with complex problems, other variables such as one’s gut feeling or instinctive problem solving abilities also have a role in determining a solution to", "id": "6191523" }, { "contents": "So You Think You Can Dance (Belgium and the Netherlands, season 2)\n\n\nThe second season of So You Think You Can Dance in the Benelux aired in fall of 2009. It followed an initial production in the Netherlands in 2008, with the second season now expanding in scope to include Belgium. Dutch channel RTL4 continued to broadcast the show in the Netherlands, while Belgian station VTM was the Flemish broadcaster. With the departure of the first season's host, singer EliZe, the presentation duties for the show fell to new co-hosts An Lemmens and Dennis Weening, who have remained with the production", "id": "7497208" }, { "contents": "Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)\n\n\naiding him by reinforcing him with a battalion force of Black Host warrior angels who are able to quickly slaughter the Hand ninjas with ease. Freed from the curse, Blaze rides off into the distance on his motorcycle. During the \"Fear Itself\" storyline, Johnny Blaze becomes more agitated about his curse and is then approached by a mysterious figure known as Adam who claims he can help Blaze be rid of the Ghost Rider once and for all. Blaze was ambivalent to the man's gesture, thinking there was a catch to", "id": "19874099" }, { "contents": "Myra MacPherson\n\n\nfor the vast number of women in sports media, including MacPherson’s daughter, Leah Siegel, who became a three-time Emmy award-winning ESPN producer. She had practically grown up in the sports box with her legendary sports writer father Morrie (Mo) Siegel. Decades before, Morrie had introduced her mother to a host of sports characters and hangers on, including New York restaurateur Toots Shor who told MacPherson at an all-male-except-her dinner, \"We're not interested in what you think,", "id": "21522386" }, { "contents": "Invasive Procedures (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)\n\n\nMeanwhile, Commander Sisko deals with Verad, who now has the memories of all the Dax hosts, including Curzon Dax, who was a very close friend and mentor to Sisko. He implores the Trill to set things right, but he sees that Verad intends to let Jadzia die. Meanwhile, Mareel, who Verad had befriended early in life, begins to realize how much the man has changed since he received the symbiont, and begins to think the joining may have been a bad idea. However, she remains loyal to", "id": "20179143" }, { "contents": "All the Small Things\n\n\n\"It's a Trap!\", Han Solo (Peter Griffin) can be heard singing the song after C-3PO (Glenn Quagmire) states the Ewoks \"Seem to think I'm some sort of god.\", to which Peter exclaims \"And they seem to think I'm Sum 41!\" before proceeding to enthusiastically sing the first line of \"All the Small Things\", much to the chagrin of Luke Skywalker (Chris Griffin). The song proved influential on the pop punk genre, with a host of", "id": "10383488" }, { "contents": "Tim Wonnacott\n\n\nlike Strictly. For an old geezer like me, who comes along in his 64th year and he’s slightly portly, and he thinks he’s a bit over the hill, this last month, with this delightful teacher, has taken me to a very special place\". On 16 September 2015, it was reported that he was no longer to host \"Bargain Hunt\" for personal reasons, after a disagreement with producers. Wonnacott was born in Barnstaple, north Devon, England, the younger son of local auctioneer Major", "id": "21622442" }, { "contents": "Generosity: An Enhancement\n\n\nAmzwar is a student in his class who is perpetually upbeat despite growing up through the horrors of the Algerian Civil War. Her pseudonym in Kurton's study is \"Jen\", which is what she is known as on the Internet. Thomas Kurton is the charismatic entrepreneur behind Truecyte, a genetics lab. He thinks he can find a \"happiness\" gene. Candace Weld is a school psychologist. She is skeptical regarding a \"happiness\" gene. Tonia Schiff is the host of a popular science show called \"Over The", "id": "9105904" }, { "contents": "Bene Gesserit\n\n\nare able to effect Hellica's defeat, galvanizing many dissenters into finally joining Murbella's cause against the unknown enemy, now revealed to be the resurrected thinking machines thought destroyed 15,000 years before. In the 2007 sequel, \"Sandworms of Dune\", the thinking machines have unleashed decimating viruses on planet after planet, while Face Dancers infiltrate human civilization in their own insidious plot to take over the universe. The New Sisterhood's fleet of warships succumbs to Face Dancer sabotage, but is saved from thinking machine attack by a host of", "id": "13127052" }, { "contents": "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking\n\n\nsubconscious, intuition, even the paranormal. \"Blink\" devotes a significant number of pages to the so-called theory of mind reading. While allowing that mind-reading can \"sometimes\" go wrong, the book enthusiastically celebrates the apparent success of the practice, despite hosts of scientific tests showing that claims of clairvoyance rarely beat the odds of random chance guessing. Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman, author of \"Thinking, Fast and Slow\" which speaks to rationality's advantages over intuition, says: Malcolm Gladwell does not", "id": "21435758" }, { "contents": "St Jerome's Laneway Festival\n\n\nband opened up on the Laneway festival all the way back before they released their first record, so this had significant meaning for us and them. It was also a year where we also focused heavily on Australian / NZ talent, demonstrating to the world that artists from this region are continually standing up alongside their international pals. The festival also presented for the first time an Australian hip hop outfit and we could think of no act more appropriate than A.B Original who also hosted the festival. Strong crowds turned out for all shows", "id": "7355219" }, { "contents": "Steven Brust\n\n\nwords. In other words, I happen not to think that full-plate armor and great big honking greatswords are cool. I don't like 'em. I like cloaks and rapiers. So I write stories with a lot of cloaks and rapiers in 'em, 'cause that's cool. Guys who like military hardware, who think advanced military hardware is cool, are not gonna jump all over my books, because they have other ideas about what's cool. Brust elaborated, \"The novel should be understood as a", "id": "11648664" }, { "contents": "AppleMasters\n\n\nAppleMasters was a group of selected people from all over the world who used and endorsed the Apple Macintosh computer. According to Apple, AppleMasters were \"an international group of educators, artists, designers, writers, producers, architects, inventors, scientists, business leaders, humanitarians, musicians, athletes, and others who think different.\" Members would be invited to events and workshops to explore creative new ways to use emerging Apple technology - like digital video or CD-ROMs. Later as part of Apple's \"Think Different", "id": "12519154" }, { "contents": "List of So You Think You Can Dance finalists\n\n\nThis is a list of contestants who have appeared on the American television program \"So You Think You Can Dance\" and progressed to the live performance show stage of the competition. The \"All-Stars\" dance pool, introduced in season 7, is composed of notable past \"SYTYCD\" finalists who partner with new contestants for some of their routines. These non-competing dancers perform mainly in the genres that are their expertise and may perform only once or several times over the course of a season. With the exception", "id": "15380185" }, { "contents": "Who Does She Think She Is\n\n\n, Angela Williams and Janis Mars Wunderlich, ranging in age from 27 to 65 from all over the United States as they chart a path to create their individual type of art while balancing the demands of motherhood and societal expectations. By following the lives of these five artists, the film explores the intersections of motherhood and creativity, partnering and independence, economics and art, parenting and work. \"Who Does She Think She Is?\" looks at “the under-representation of mothers in the arts and other creative fields.", "id": "15606862" }, { "contents": "Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck\n\n\nhigh viewership ratings prompted the network to order a revival of the series. Two pilots were taped on February 13, 2002: one with original \"Press Your Luck\" host Peter Tomarken and the other hosted by Todd Newton. Newton was ultimately chosen to host the show. Tomarken explained that he was asked to change his style of hosting, saying, \"It was terribly hurtful and I think I was doomed before I did [the audition]. I remember being told, 'No, no. Be nice. Be", "id": "5965562" }, { "contents": "Seizure of Megaupload\n\n\nfrom them without warning and that the government has taken no steps to help them. We think it's important that these users have their voices heard as this process moves forward.\" Teaming up with Carpathia Hosting, the EFF and Carpathia Hosting have started up a website (www.megaretrieval.com) to take an inventory of the innocent users affected by the seizure of Megaupload. Leaseweb, a Dutch hosting company and Megaupload's former hosting provider, subsequently deleted all of its Megaupload user data, consisting of petabytes of data and backups from mostly", "id": "8747103" }, { "contents": "Kim Dotcom\n\n\ninnocence.\" Commenting on his business activities in Hong Kong, he said: \"Hong Kong, what an awesome place to do business and to host my new phantom persona. I should write a book about doing business in Hong Kong, that's how good it is.\" Dotcom also wrote: \"I made mistakes when I was young and I paid the price. Steve Jobs was a hacker and Martha is doing well after her insider trading case. I think over a decade after all of this happened it should", "id": "13659537" }, { "contents": "Spider-Man in novels\n\n\nthe serum as a byproduct of studies designed to eliminate violent behavior. Meanwhile, an experiment is being run to try to kill the Carnage symbiote without killing Casady, its host. Catrall shows up because he thinks that he can destroy the serum in the firewall that is holding Casady. Catrall accidentally frees Carnage without destroying the serum. Carnage fights with Spider-Man, but escapes before he can be defeated. Spider-Man looks all over New York, finds Catrall, and finds out about the experiments that led to the", "id": "1507643" }, { "contents": "Nick Hancock\n\n\nNick Hancock is an English actor and television presenter. He hosted the sports quiz \"They Think It's All Over\" for 10 years. He also formerly presented \"Room 101\" (1994–1999) on TV, as well as its earlier radio version (1992–1994). Taking a sabbatical from show business, from 2005 he began working for a friend's mortgage brokerage. He left the position in February 2007, although no reason for his departure was made public. Hancock grew up with three elder sisters, with father Ken", "id": "18703398" }, { "contents": "Geneva Bible\n\n\nversions all did. It wasn't until the King James Version that those verses were placed with chapter 4 as opposed to chapter 3: In 1604, the year after he claimed the throne of England in 1603, King James I hosted and presided over a conference pertaining to matters religious, the Hampton Court Conference. While the Geneva Bible was the preferred Bible of Anglican and Puritan Protestants during the Elizabethan Age, King James I disliked the Geneva Bible and made his views clearly known at the conference: \"I think that of", "id": "8756951" }, { "contents": "Sustainable Development Goals\n\n\npopulation of all continents have been as high as US$200 billion. The World Bank says that estimates need to be made country by country, and reevaluated frequently over time. The Rockefeller Foundation asserts that \"The key to financing and achieving the SDGs lies in mobilizing a greater share of the $200+ trillion in annual private capital investment flows toward development efforts, and philanthropy has a critical role to play in catalyzing this shift.\" Large-scale funders participating in a Rockefeller Foundation-hosted design thinking workshop (June 2017", "id": "9036912" }, { "contents": "So You Think You Can Dance (British TV series)\n\n\nshow. \"So You Think You Can Dance\" is hosted by British entertainer Cat Deeley, also the host of the U.S. version since season 2. In the initial televised audition phase of the show, contestants dance in front of the judges – Nigel Lythgoe, Louise Redknapp, Arlene Phillips and Sisco Gomez – in the hope of getting through to the \"choreography camp\" round. After a further selection process, the judges decide who they would like to perform during the live finals of the competition, during which the public", "id": "12847055" }, { "contents": "The Invisible Host\n\n\nChristie's much more famous tale, 1939's \"Ten Little Indians\", bears striking similarities to this novel. Predating Christie's text by almost a decade, \"The Invisible Host\" tells the story of eight people who are summoned to a deserted, well-appointed New Orleans penthouse by an anonymous invitation. Once there the guests, who are all known to each other, are served a superb dinner. Shortly thereafter, they are accused by a voice over the radio that they are all going to die before the", "id": "17814101" } ]

[ { "contents": "Proof of Life (The Bill)\n\n\n\"Proof of Life\" is a two-part episode of the long-running Thames Television series \"The Bill\" to celebrate its 25th birthday. It featured a major crossover with the German police drama SOKO Leipzig. \"\"Proof of Life\"\" takes place after lead-up episodes where DC Terry Perkins went undercover for a taxi firm which the police believed were dealing illegal drugs, but, in fact, they were the middlemen of a kidnapping of a German national. After the investigations in London, the German", "id": "8165075" }, { "contents": "Cinematic style of Abbas Kiarostami\n\n\npointed to Hou Hsiao-hsien as one. He said, \"Tarkovsky's works separate me completely from physical life, and are the most spiritual films I have seen — what Fellini did in parts of his movies, bringing dream life into film, he does as well. Theo Angelopoulos' movies also find this type of spirituality at certain moments. In general, I think movies and art should take us away from daily life, should take us to another state, even though daily life is where this flight is launched", "id": "4016637" }, { "contents": "The Best Two Years\n\n\nThe Best Two Years is a 2003 dramedy film written and directed by Scott S. Anderson. It is based on the stage play \"The Best Two Years of My Life\", also by Anderson. It portrays the experience of four LDS missionaries living in an apartment in the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. The stage play had one setting, the apartment of the missionaries. The movie does expand upon the play's setting, with some filming taking place in the Netherlands, but much of the movie still takes place in", "id": "166675" }, { "contents": "Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger\n\n\n. The event of the movie takes place between episode 16 and 17. is the main theatrical release for \"Gokaiger\" where the Gokai Galleon crew deal with revived enemies under the captain of a ghost ship. It was released on August 6, 2011, alongside the film for \"Kamen Rider OOO\". The event of the movie takes place between episode 23 and 24. The film was released in theaters on January 21, 2012. This is the first \"Vs. Series\" crossover film that does not feature another", "id": "13816414" }, { "contents": "Tonight (Emcee N.I.C.E. song)\n\n\nTeam Entertainment\" based in Atlanta, Georgia.br br The story a mini-movie takes place in Atlanta, Georgia where Emcee N.I.C.E. does a live radio interview with prominent radio personality Lil Bankhead at hip-hop station Streetz 94.5 FM holding a night of your life contest for the tenth caller. The tenth caller \"Tasha\" played by actress/model \"Brittney Nicole\" calls in, wins the competition and invites her \"party girls\" co-stars \"Carly Daminga & Kita Hunt.\" Emcee N.I.C.E. with a party bus", "id": "10101147" }, { "contents": "KIL (film)\n\n\nhim in an unknown manner. He does not know who the LAB contractors (assassins) are or when and where the execution will take place. Akil resumes his normal life until he begins to fall in love with a girl he meets, Zara (Cristina Suzanne). Akil frequently meets with Zara before he realizes he was being followed by a LAB contractor. Akil then gets his first bonus (after four years of work) from his boss. Akil brings Zara to watch a movie titled \"World Without Tomorrow\",", "id": "8309350" }, { "contents": "The Good Night\n\n\nThe Good Night is a 2007 fantasy comedy-drama film written and directed by Jake Paltrow. The film stars his sister Gwyneth Paltrow, Penélope Cruz, Martin Freeman, Danny DeVito, Simon Pegg and others. The movie takes place in London and New York City, where a former pop star (Freeman) who now writes commercial jingles for a living experiences a mid-life crisis. The movie was released on the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The movie follows a man's search for perfection in a world where life rarely", "id": "3802615" }, { "contents": "Life of Pi (film)\n\n\nmovie is visually amazing, inventive, and it works on you in ways you're not really aware of. It takes you on a journey, and unless you've read the book – which I hadn't – you have no idea where that journey is going. It does what good 3-D is supposed to do, which is, it allows you to forget you're watching a 3-D movie. According to French journalist Marjolaine Gout, the film is \"a philosophical tale where Noah's Ark metamorphoses into \"The Raft of", "id": "12267335" }, { "contents": "Evelyn Underhill\n\n\nGod, and takes place in the world of the senses, \"by means\". [78] The Interior life embraces a vision of spiritual reality, where the self's contacts with the Divine take place \"without means\". [78] The Superessential life transcends the intellectual plane, whereby the self does not merely behold, but rather has fruition of the Godhead in life and in love, at work and at rest, in union and in bliss. [78, 86, 87] The analogy with the", "id": "9464690" }, { "contents": "Thomas Hargrove\n\n\nMarch To Freedom in 2001. The book contains an transcription of his notes (where legible) as well as scanned copies of some pages and his \"proof of life\" ransom Polaroid. The book was used as the premise for the Taylor Hackford movie \"Proof of Life\", in which the Hargrove-inspired character was played by David Morse. Following his release and return to the USA, Hargrove became a kidnapping and anti-terrorism consultant. He conducted training courses at the U.S. Joint Special Operations University and USAF Special", "id": "16544715" }, { "contents": "Sheriff Personal Injury Court\n\n\nwith the Personal Injury Court that proceeds to proof will take the form of a jury trial. The jury will consist of 12 people, and can decide a verdict by majority decision. If the pursuer and defender both agree, then the proof can take place before a sheriff sitting alone as a judge in summary proceedings. The first jury trial to take place in the Personal Injury Court was in the case of \"Peter Allan v Plexus Corp (UK) Limited\", where the defender had attempted to have the case taken", "id": "20611267" }, { "contents": "Alcohol proof\n\n\n() = 175° proof, and a spirit containing 40% ABV will have 40×() = 70° proof. The proof system in the United States was established around 1848 and was based on percent alcohol rather than specific gravity. 50% alcohol by volume was defined as 100 proof. Note that this is different from 50% volume fraction (expressed as a percentage); the latter does not take into account change in volume on mixing, whereas the former does. To make 50% ABV from pure alcohol", "id": "11368560" }, { "contents": "Turing's proof\n\n\n: This reinforces the second clue. Turing's original attempt at the proof uses the expression Earlier in the paper Turing had previously used this expression (p. 138) and defined N(u) to mean \"u is a non-negative integer\" (\"ibid\".) (i.e. a Gödel number). But, with the Bernays corrections, Turing abandoned this approach (i.e. the use of N(u)) and the only place where \"the Gödel number\" appears explicitly is where he uses F^(n). What does this", "id": "18641042" }, { "contents": "Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers\n\n\nentire kitchen, and neither of them can eat dinner that night. The novel takes place, roughly, over a period of three years. Part One begins when Lovey is in the sixth grade and she and her best friend Jerry are watching a Shirley Temple movie. Lovey comments on how there is always a happy ending in movies, but never in real life – especially in her own life where she is pure Japanese, and not pretty like the haoles and hapa children in her class. And so she and Jerry constantly", "id": "4671709" }, { "contents": "Heinzenberg\n\n\nis a very small place, Heinzenberg does not have much of a club life, but it does have its \"Kultur- und Heimatverein Heinzenberg e.V.\", the culture and local history club. Running through Heinzenberg is \"Bundesstraße\" 421, which leads to \"Bundesstraße\" 41 at Simmertal, where a turn to the left takes one to Bad Sobernheim and Bad Kreuznach to the east, and a turn to the right takes one to Kirn and Idar-Oberstein to the west. North of Heinzenberg, \"Bundesstraße\"", "id": "10901249" }, { "contents": "Cher\n\n\ncomedy horror \"The Witches of Eastwick\". In Norman Jewison's romantic comedy \"Moonstruck\", she played an Italian widow in love with her fiancé's younger brother. The two latter films ranked among the top ten highest-grossing films of 1987, at number ten and five, respectively. \"The New York Times\"' Janet Maslin wrote \"Moonstruck\" \"offers further proof that Cher has evolved into the kind of larger-than-life movie star who's worth watching whatever she does.\" For that", "id": "2820738" }, { "contents": "Casa Loma\n\n\n. TV show \"Hemlock Grove\" was also filmed there as well as \"\" and related \"Shadowhunters\" Exterior shots of the building were used in the Gothic TV Show, Strange Paradise. It is also the filming location of the TV movie \"re-imagining,\" \"\", where scenes that take place at Dr. Frank N. Furter's castle and the movie theatre where the audience participation and Ivy Levan's performance of \"Science Fiction Double Feature\" take place were filmed (a movie theatre marquee was placed at", "id": "1477048" }, { "contents": "Voucher\n\n\nterm is also commonly used for school vouchers, which are somewhat different. Vouchers are used in the tourism sector primarily as proof of a named customer's right to take a service at a specific time and place. Service providers collect them to return to the tour operator or travel agent that has sent that customer, to prove they have given the service. So, the life of a voucher is as below: This approach is most suitable for free individual tourist activities where pre-allocation for services are not necessary, feasible", "id": "12423656" }, { "contents": "Scenario planning\n\n\nfuture. For the same reasons, though, a lack of such proof applies to almost all long-range planning techniques. In the absence of proof, but taking account of Shell's well documented experiences of using it over several decades (where, in the 1990s, its then CEO ascribed its success to its use of such scenarios), can be significant benefit to be obtained from extending the horizons of managers' long-range forecasting in the way that the use of scenarios uniquely does. In the 1970s, many", "id": "18977201" }, { "contents": "Conditional proof\n\n\nA conditional proof is a proof that takes the form of asserting a conditional, and proving that the antecedent of the conditional necessarily leads to the consequent. The assumed antecedent of a conditional proof is called the conditional proof assumption (CPA). Thus, the goal of a conditional proof is to demonstrate that if the CPA were true, then the desired conclusion necessarily follows. The validity of a conditional proof does not require that the CPA be actually true, only that \"if it were true\" it would lead to the", "id": "6549662" }, { "contents": "Halting problem\n\n\nthat in the actual proof, the computable function \"halts\" does not directly take a subroutine as an argument; instead it takes the source code of a program. The actual proof requires additional work to handle this issue. Moreover, the actual proof avoids the direct use of recursion shown in the definition of \"g\". The concept above shows the general method of the proof; this section will present additional details. The overall goal is to show that there is no total computable function that decides whether an arbitrary program", "id": "9751040" }, { "contents": "Brouwer–Heyting–Kolmogorov interpretation\n\n\na proof of the formula formula_22, no matter what P is. The law of non-contradiction formula_23 expands to formula_24: Putting it all together, a proof of formula_24 is a function formula_8 that converts a pair \"a\",\"b\" – where formula_30 is a proof of \"P\", and formula_31 is a function that converts a proof of \"P\" into a proof of formula_19 – into a proof of formula_19. There is a function formula_8 that does this, where formula_42, proving the law of non-contradiction,", "id": "11929701" }, { "contents": "Life of Jesus in the New Testament\n\n\nevent as taking place forty days later. Acts 1:9–12 specifies the location of the Ascension as the \"mount called Olivet\" near Jerusalem. states that Jesus: :\"showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God\". After giving a number of instructions to the apostles In , and (where Jesus as taken up in glory) the Ascension is spoken of as an accepted fact, while Hebrews 10:12 describes Jesus as", "id": "15065077" }, { "contents": "Spiro Xega\n\n\nand tapestries. From where he took the basics of form and color? From our evidences it is clear that he took them from three methods: models and photography, iconography and nature. He did not study about iconography but he left proof of 15 icons in the Art Museum, Korça. Portraits and especially those taken in original are the first creations of his life. These take an important place in the rich creativity of the paint not only for their spitting image but also their expression. He painted coeval, relatives and", "id": "8074202" }, { "contents": "Birth certificate\n\n\n. The short certificate, titled 'CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH', shows the child's full name, sex, date, and place of birth. It does not give any detail(s) of the parent(s); therefore it is not proof of parentage. A short birth certificate is issued, free of charge, at the time of registration. Both versions of a certificate can be used in the verification of identity by acting as a support to other information or documentation provided. Where proof of parentage is required only a full certificate", "id": "972021" }, { "contents": "Kizhakku Vaasal\n\n\nKizhakku Vaasal () is a 1990 Tamil-language romance film directed by R. V. Udayakumar. The film stars Karthik, Revathi and Khushbu in the lead roles. It was a mega hit and ran for over 175 days in theatres. The film takes place in a village after which the movie is titled. Thaayamma leads a cloistered life and does not visit anyone. She is worshipped as a holy lad upon whom the god comes down to give them orders periodically. Thaayamma was an orphan and is found by Janagaraj, who", "id": "16881489" }, { "contents": "Star Wars Battle Pod\n\n\n. There is one scenario that does not follow the storyline of the movies but sets its own path (Vader's Revenge). This scenario takes place immediately after the destruction of the first Death Star where the player plays as Darth Vader who is trying to prevent the Rebels from escaping with a piece of the Death Star with the ability to eliminate Han Solo in the process. Another version of the game adds a scene from \"The Force Awakens\", where the player pilots a T-70 X-Wing to engage First Order", "id": "2638439" }, { "contents": "Common value auction\n\n\n-bid auction, there is a SBNE with formula_33, i.e., each bidder bids 2/3 of his/her signal. PROOF: The proof takes the point-of-view of Xenia. We assume that she knows that Yakov bids formula_17, but does not know formula_18. We find the best response of Xenia to Yakov's strategy. Suppose Xenia bids formula_19. There are two cases: All in all, Xenia's expected gain (given her signal X and her bid Z) is: where formula_24 is the conditional", "id": "21702029" }, { "contents": "Witchcraft (film series)\n\n\neighth movie, but is resurrected in the ninth movie. He does not appear during the tenth movie, which is set in London, England and follows Lt. Lutz as she assist Interpol with a case, although he is referenced. Keli is Spanner's Girlfriend in many of the movies, and they are engaged sometime between the tenth and the eleventh movie, but she disappears and is not referred to after the 11th movie. The 14th-16th movies form a connected trilogy. The 16th film takes place in the \"real\"", "id": "4551255" }, { "contents": "The Questor Tapes\n\n\nandroid. The cynical Darrow believes that this is proof that humanity does not deserve Questor's help. Questor convinces him otherwise. Deciding to sacrifice his own life for Questor's sake, Darrow takes the transmitter and leaves, telling the military commander that not only Vaslovik had gone insane, but also that the android has escaped, and to send in jet fighters when the beacon signal is picked up. He then takes off in the jet that Questor and Robinson had used, turning on the transmitter as he goes so that they", "id": "14790151" }, { "contents": "Mad Men\n\n\nin March 1960, that's really what I wanted it to be around. ... That's the largest change in the entire world. Seriously, it's just astounding. Especially if you look at the movies from the 50s. Once it was acceptable to talk about this idea that teenagers were having sex, which they have been doing, obviously, since time immemorial, there were all these movies like \"Blue Denim\" and \"Peyton Place\" ... [T]he central tension in every movie that does not take place on", "id": "14733243" }, { "contents": "Deduction theorem\n\n\nin place of the much longer axiomatic proof. First, we write a proof using a natural-deduction like method: Second, we convert the inner deduction to an axiomatic proof: Third, we convert the outer deduction to an axiomatic proof: These three steps can be stated succinctly using the Curry–Howard correspondence: The deduction theorem described above holds in some versions of paraconsistent logic. Usually the classical deduction theorem does not hold in paraconsistent logic. However, the following \"two-way deduction theorem\" does hold in", "id": "14420453" }, { "contents": "Weil conjectures\n\n\ngeneral \"R\"\"f\" does not take pure sheaves to pure sheaves. However it does when a suitable form of Poincaré duality holds, for example if \"f\" is smooth and proper, or if one works with perverse sheaves rather than sheaves as in . Inspired by the work of on Morse theory, found another proof, using Deligne's \"l\"-adic Fourier transform, which allowed him to simplify Deligne's proof by avoiding the use of the method of Hadamard and de la Vallée Poussin. His proof generalizes the classical calculation of", "id": "11959050" }, { "contents": "The Penguins of Madagascar\n\n\nviewers, setting a new record as the most-watched premiere. Although the series occasionally alludes to the rest of the franchise, \"The Penguins of Madagascar\" does not take place at a precise time within it. McGrath, who is also the co-creator of the film characters, has said that the series takes place \"not specifically before or after the movie, I just wanted them all back at the zoo. I think of it as taking place in a parallel universe\". At the end of 2010", "id": "13506949" }, { "contents": "Ted Mosby\n\n\n. while his friends are horrified, Ted finds this romantic and ignores the warning signs. In \"Weekend at Barney's\", Jeanette breaks up with Ted; she takes virtually everything he says and does as proof that he is cheating on her. Barney tries to set up Ted with other women to get his mind off Jeanette, although Jeanette finds him at the bar and they get back together. However, this does not last long: Jeanette finds Barney’s playbook in Ted’s apartment and destroys the place, locking", "id": "5145978" }, { "contents": "Argument\n\n\nmoral or economical judgement\", but the connection between the two. An argument always uses the connective because. An argument is not an explanation. It does not connect two events, cause and effect, which already took place, but a possible individual action and its beneficial outcome. An argument is not a proof. A proof is a logical and cognitive concept; an argument is a praxeologic concept. A proof changes our knowledge; an argument compels us to act. Argument does not belong to logic, because it is", "id": "2467270" }, { "contents": "Pern\n\n\npeople and Irish Tinkers, they disdain hold life, choosing instead to live on the road, traveling from place to place. They tend to live in tightly knit family groups and are fiercely loyal to their group and way of life. They are extremely distrustful of outsiders and do not often take in strangers, especially ex-holders, without some proof of trust. Many are Traders (see below) and help organize trading caravans which travel from hold to weyr. A Gather is a periodic, day-long event,", "id": "12954922" }, { "contents": "Yuga Purusha\n\n\nYuga Purusha is an Indian 1989 Kannada language film directed by D. Rajendra Babu. The film stars Ravichandran and Khushboo in the lead. It is a remake of Bollywood movie \"Karz\". The music for the film was composed by Hamsalekha. The movie is about reincarnation, where a man is murdered by his newly wedded wife in his past life for the sake of acquiring the man's property. After taking a new birth, the man takes revenge against his past life's wife. Like other Ravichandran movies released during the", "id": "14266925" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nVan Doren Stern said in a 1946 interview, \"Incidentally, the movie takes place in Westchester County. Actually, the town I had in mind was Califon, N.J.\" The historic iron bridge in Califon is similar to the bridge that George Bailey considered jumping from in the movie. Both James Stewart (from Indiana, Pennsylvania) and Donna Reed (from Denison, Iowa) came from small towns. Stewart's father ran a small hardware store where James worked for years. Reed demonstrated her rural roots by winning an impromptu", "id": "14755974" }, { "contents": "Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life\n\n\nbrings together neuroscience, evolutionary and genetic theory to examine what happens as we age and why humans crave life after death. Dawkins begins by explaining that this episode is not about whether God exists or not. Instead, it addresses this question: what, if anything, can take God's place? He asks, what does an atheist like himself do in the face of death? To find out, he travels to Varanasi, India, where pilgrims bring over 40,000 corpses to be burned, and where Hindus aspire to die", "id": "12977130" }, { "contents": "Police Academy (TV series)\n\n\ntheme for the movies is used, uncredited, over the closing credits. The animated series takes place chronologically between the and films. Thirteen characters are re-created for this animated version, including a team of Academy graduates led by Carey Mahoney, a likeable rogue bachelor boy, who unconsciously—and consistently—does his best to make life miserable for Captain Harris and his knucklehead assistant Sgt. Proctor. Mahoney's friends include the aptly named Moses Hightower, sound effects master Larvell Jones, trigger-happy Eugene Tackleberry, sweet", "id": "5916749" }, { "contents": "Kaluli people\n\n\ntown hall as it does a residence.” The longhouse is where they have community meetings, meals, and more indoor activities as a community that does not take place outside. When a member of the longhouse is married, their \"roommates\" contribute to the bride price. After two to three years, the longhouse decomposes, and the residents move and build another community in another area. Everyday life of the Kaluli people has been characterized by ethnolinguists as overtly centered on verbal interaction (in comparison to middle-class Anglo", "id": "13065939" }, { "contents": "I-Mockery\n\n\n\"\"The Greatest Moments in Horror Movie History\"\". As further proof of his Halloween fanaticism, Barr also founded ZombieWalk.com as a place where zombie walks and flash mobs could be organized. He also organized Richmond, Virginia's first annual Zombie Walk in 2005. He also plans on eventually filming an independent zombie movie. I-Mockery held large petitions on the web to get Comedy Central to release \"Upright Citizens Brigade\" and \"Strangers with Candy\" on DVD. While both shows were canceled after only 3 seasons", "id": "20694779" }, { "contents": "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody\n\n\n's tour bus, the shop where Maddie demanded London give her inhaler, an art museum, a dance club, an alley with a garbage container, a pizza restaurant, Theo's home, the \"Risk It All\" studio, the Cluck Bucket, an aptitude company, and the restaurant where Wayne \"dates\" London. There are even two episodes that take place in Hollywood, which includes a movie studio, LAX, a beach, Sunset Blvd, Hollywood Blvd, and the Tipton Los Angeles. The show's", "id": "9034640" }, { "contents": "Where's Charley?\n\n\nwas directed by David Butler. Some scenes in the movie were filmed in Oxford, England (where the story takes place), yet the movie makes almost no attempt to take advantage of these authentic locations. The film's cast starred Ray Bolger, Allyn Ann McLerie and Horace Cooper repeating their stage roles, and Robert Shackleton as Jack Chesney, Mary Germaine as Kitty Verdun, and Howard Marion-Crawford as Sir Francis Chesney. The movie ends with each of the principal cast members taking a curtain call. As of 2018", "id": "12350666" }, { "contents": "Princess Doe\n\n\ncleaned his vehicle. Afterward, he threatened his wife, claiming if she did not attend her job, he would \"take her life\" as he did to the girl he brought home. However, a lack of corroboration meant that Arthur Kinlaw was not charged. Speirs stated that Kinlaw \"claimed responsibility for her death. But I have no physical evidence to confirm that, and without the identity of Princess Doe, I have no way of connecting the dots so to speak, putting her in a place where he could", "id": "21200428" }, { "contents": "New York Transit Museum\n\n\ncontinued to be used as a set for movies, most notably the 1974 film \"The Taking of Pelham One Two Three\", and the entrance at Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street was reopened for shoots. To this day, the station and its connecting tunnels are still used for movie shoots. The 2009 film \"The Taking of Pelham 123\", a remake of the 1974 movie, was also filmed there. More recently, the museum appeared in the \"Life on Mars\" episode \"The Simple Secret of the Note", "id": "18706697" }, { "contents": "Resolution proof compression by splitting\n\n\na proof smaller than the original. Note that applying Splitting in a proof formula_1 using a variable formula_2 does not invalidates a latter application of the algorithm using a differente variable formula_7. Actually, the method proposed by Cotton generates a sequence of proofs formula_8, where each proof formula_9 is the result of applying Splitting to formula_10. During the construction of the sequence, if a proof formula_11 happens to be too large, formula_12 is set to be the smallest proof in formula_13. For achieving a better compression/time ratio, a heuristic", "id": "12786844" }, { "contents": "Analytic proof\n\n\nwork encouraged a more abstract reading of when a demonstration could be regarded as analytic, where a proof is analytic if it does not go beyond its subject matter (Sebastik 2007). In proof theory, an analytic proof has come to mean a proof whose structure is simple in a special way, due to conditions on the kind of inferences that ensure none of them go beyond what is contained in the assumptions and what is demonstrated. In proof theory, the notion of analytic proof provides the fundamental concept that brings out the", "id": "14818221" }, { "contents": "Seven in Heaven\n\n\nfinds June's address and is tackled by her outside her home. She was hiding in a tree from men that attacked her after she left the closet. Jude explains they are in another dimension but June does not believe him. He suggests she look around her home for proof, where she finds family photos she does not remember taking, and her sister, who in her dimension is at boarding school, in her bedroom. Her sister attacks her and attempts to smother her to death with a pillow. Jude hears the", "id": "15627572" }, { "contents": "List of incomplete proofs\n\n\nThis page lists notable examples of incomplete published mathematical proofs. Most of these were accepted as correct for several years but later discovered to contain gaps. There are both examples where a complete proof was later found and where the alleged result turned out to be false. This section lists examples of proofs that were published and accepted as complete before a gap or error was found in them. It does not include any of the many incomplete attempted solutions by amateurs of famous problems such as Fermat's last theorem or the squaring of the", "id": "15167137" }, { "contents": "Proof of Life\n\n\n-bitten charisma. It's a part Bogart once would have played—the amoral tough guy who rises to the moral occasion—and Crowe gives it just the right note of gravel-voiced masculinity. But neither Crowe, Ryan nor the topical subject keeps \"Proof of Life\" from feeling recycled. For all the up-to-the-minute research, the movie still gives off the musty scent of Hollywood contrivance. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 39% based on 117 reviews;", "id": "7197340" }, { "contents": "New Apostolic Church\n\n\ntime. The New Apostolic Church does not consider the broad theory of evolution to be a suitable explanation for the creation of life, because this theory does not take into consideration the presence of God as the Creator. However the Church does not consider scientific insights on evolution to be in contradiction to the statements of the Bible. The Church is careful to distinguish between evolutionary theory and evolution itself. While the theory in scientific terms does describe the laws according to which evolution takes place, it does not give any explanation as to", "id": "10942034" }, { "contents": "American Crime (TV series)\n\n\nnominations, including another for Outstanding Limited Series, with Huffman and Taylor being both nominated for Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie and King receiving a second win for Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie. The first season takes place in Modesto, California, where a war veteran becomes the victim of a home invasion gone wrong and the lives of four people are forever changed after each one is connected to the crime. The second season takes place in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the co-captains of a private school's", "id": "21521406" }, { "contents": "Knowledge society\n\n\ntechnologies and mobile devices offers individuals a means to connect anywhere anytime where digital technologies are accessible. Tools of ICT have the potential to transform education, training, employment and access to life-sustaining resources for all members of society. However, this capacity for individuals to produce and use data on a global scale does not necessarily result in knowledge creation. Contemporary media delivers seemingly endless amounts of information and yet, the information alone does not create knowledge. For knowledge creation to take place, reflection is required to create awareness,", "id": "11333693" }, { "contents": "Salamo Arouch\n\n\n1989 dramatic reenactment of his early life. He accompanied filmmakers several times on an emotional return to the concentration camp where large portions of the film were actually produced. The film takes some artistic liberties with the biographical details of his life, including the renaming of his wife and placing her in his story prior to internment. After the movie came out, another Jewish boxer from Salonika, Jacques \"Jacko\" Razon, sued Arouch and the filmmakers for more than $20 million claiming that they had stolen his story and that Arouch", "id": "8945723" }, { "contents": "Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger\n\n\nWorld, while Bado, an old acquaintance of Yamato's family, later uses the sixth and final Champion's Proof to join the fight as Zyuoh Bird. The Zyuohgers made their debut appearance in \"\", released in Japanese theaters on January 23, 2016. was released in Japanese theaters on August 6, 2016, double-billed with the film for \"Kamen Rider Ghost\". The event of the movie takes place between Episode 22 and 23. , is a feature film featuring a crossover between \"Zyuohger\" and", "id": "13264959" }, { "contents": "E-baby\n\n\nto involve substantial conflict and tension with each displaying their worst selves, to the point where Nellie shouts at one point \"I'm the one who's carrying this baby!\" eliciting the cold reply \"Yes. And I'm the one who's paying,\" from Catherine. In a play where money is generally not the issue, we are still reminded that surrogacy does raise issues of the commodification of human life and that differences in socioeconomic status cannot be entirely set aside. Scenes take place either in person in", "id": "19987668" }, { "contents": "List of Hollyoaks characters (2010)\n\n\nWarren where she is reunited with Theresa. While in the hospital, she takes a turn for the worse and is moved to intensive care and placed on life support. Theresa blames herself for everything. Calvin then appears to Carmel as a ghost holding Kathleen-Angel saying she is safe. In the hospital, the doctor decides to take out Kathleen-Angel's breathing tube to see if she can breathe unaided and she does. On Christmas Day 2012, Kathleen-Angel is seen sitting next to Theresa at the McQueen dinner", "id": "6362681" }, { "contents": "Attrill\n\n\nAttrill is a surname. You will find several versions of the Attrill origins on the internet. Most of which are based on speculation and assumptions. I have concluded that there could be more than one origin of the name. The most plausible theory is that the Isle of Wight Attrill is derived from a very small place called Rill on the Island. When surnames were first used they often referred to the place where that person lived such as John At Rill. There is no absolute proof of this but it does tie in", "id": "16461373" }, { "contents": "Thoondil\n\n\nin Sriram’s happily married life to Anjali (Sandhya). Anjali is a cheerful girl whose only sorrow in life is that she does not have a child, and when she finally has a baby after four years of marriage to Sriram, Divya comes into her life and takes the baby away, saying that it is her baby. What happens after that forms the climax of the movie. Soundtrack was composed by Abhishek Ray. \"Rediff\" wrote \"All in all, a supposedly suspense-filled love story that is", "id": "1861610" }, { "contents": "Renigunta (film)\n\n\nRenigunta is a 2009 Indian Tamil action crime thriller film written and directed by R. Panneerselvam and starring Johnny. Renigunta speaks about young criminals and explores the reasons that instigate them to commit crime. The movie was a sleeper hit success. The movie takes its name from the city of Renigunta, Andhra Pradesh where part of the action takes place. It was dubbed into Telugu and released in Andhra Pradesh in 2012. The film was remade in Kannada as \"Mandya to Mumbai\" (2016). The movie begins in Madurai where", "id": "14990150" }, { "contents": "IP (complexity)\n\n\nIn computational complexity theory, the class IP (which stands for Interactive Polynomial time) is the class of problems solvable by an interactive proof system. It is equal to the class PSPACE. The result is a famous example where the proof does not relativize. The concept of an interactive proof system was first introduced by Shafi Goldwasser, Silvio Micali, and Charles Rackoff in 1985. An interactive proof system consists of two machines, a prover, \"P\", which presents a proof that a given string \"n\" is", "id": "16969140" }, { "contents": "The Robber Bridegroom (musical)\n\n\nGoat to follow Rosamund back into the indigo field and kill her, taking a scrap of her new dress as proof. Rosamund, donning her new dress, goes back to the woods to look for herbs, per Salome's request, and woes her empty, loveless life as Goat follows her (\"Nothin' Up\"). There, she meets The Bandit Of The Woods who requests that she completely undress and give him her dress. Rosemund does so willingly, asking if he wishes for anything else, but he", "id": "3438605" }, { "contents": "Proof of Life\n\n\nseveral associates are then inserted by helicopter and raid the weakened ELT base. They overcome the camp's soldiers, free Peter and another hostage, and then fly back to the city, where Alice happily reunites with her husband. Thorne and Alice share a final intimate moment before the latter departs with Peter on an immediate flight to the U.S. Although the producers wanted to film in Colombia, due to the dangers that guerrillas posed in that country at the time, the movie was mainly filmed in Ecuador. Tecala's geographic and urban", "id": "7197333" }, { "contents": "Alternatives to evolution by natural selection\n\n\nalternative mechanisms of evolutionary change but instead deny that evolutionary change has taken place at all. Not all forms of creationism deny that evolutionary change takes places; notably, proponents of theistic evolution, such as the biologist Asa Gray, assert that evolutionary change does occur and is responsible for the history of life on Earth, with the proviso that this process has been influenced by a god or gods in some meaningful sense. Where the fact of evolutionary change was accepted but the mechanism proposed by Charles Darwin, natural selection, was denied", "id": "4640056" }, { "contents": "Florida State University\n\n\nWhite Stripes, Modest Mouse, The National, Girl Talk, Spoon, Soundgarden, She Wants Revenge, Cold War Kids, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Death Cab for Cutie. All shows that take place at Club Downunder are free for FSU students. The Askew Student Life Center is home to the Student Life Cinema. It features five to six nights a week playing movies, documentaries, indies, foreign films, and restored cinema movies. Movies are selected by an all-student committee and are free to all currently enrolled", "id": "9866861" }, { "contents": "Underwater ice hockey\n\n\nhemisphere to do what he loves. He takes his love all over the world, from the North Pole: Greenland and Iceland to Antarctica where he continues to push the limits of the human body. All of these achievements are proof that anyone can take a childhood dream and make a successful career out of it. While there have been no serious injuries documented in underwater ice hockey, the game does pose serious health risks. Medical teams are prepared on the surface to treat apnea divers the minute they surface in case of any", "id": "8303805" }, { "contents": "Proof sketch for Gödel's first incompleteness theorem\n\n\n\". We now define the formula , where is a free variable. The formula itself has a Gödel number as does every formula. This formula has a free variable . Suppose we replace it with , the Gödel number of a formula , where is a free variable. Then, corresponds to \"there is no proof of \", as we have seen. Consider the formula . This formula concerning the number corresponds to \"there is no proof of \". We have here the self-referential feature that is crucial to", "id": "10054930" }, { "contents": "Pons asinorum\n\n\nhis proof can be simplified somewhat by drawing the auxiliary lines to the sides of the triangle instead, the rest of the proof proceeding in more or less the same way. There has been much speculation and debate as to why, given that it makes the proof more complicated, Euclid added the second conclusion to the theorem. One plausible explanation, given by Proclus, is that the second conclusion can be used in possible objections to the proofs of later propositions where Euclid does not cover every case. The proof relies heavily on", "id": "14038496" }, { "contents": "Integral of inverse functions\n\n\nof formula_1 are: where formula_17 is an arbitrary real number. In his 1905 article, Laisant gave three proofs. First, under the additional hypothesis that formula_1 is differentiable, one may differentiate the above formula, which completes the proof immediately. His second proof was geometric. If formula_19 and formula_20, the theorem can be written: The figure on the right is a proof without words of this formula. Laisant does not discuss the hypotheses necessary to make this proof rigorous, but it can be made explicit with the help of", "id": "17402173" }, { "contents": "Uniform Firearms Act\n\n\nand the intention to exercise that control. The burden of proof of the fact that a person carried a firearm outside of his place of abode or fixed place of business without a license rests with the Commonwealth. Where the Commonwealth cannot prove that a person carried a concealed weapon, it may nonetheless prove that the firearm was carried without a license as that offense does not require intent. UFA establishes mandatory, statewide procedures for issuing a license to carry firearms. No municipality may establish their own rules regarding firearms, and changes", "id": "10325487" }, { "contents": "Skellig Islands\n\n\ndue to the clear water, an abundance of life, and underwater cliffs down to 60 meters (200 feet). The final scene of \"\" was shot on Skellig in July 2015, with additional filming taking place there in September 2015 for the following film in the series, \"\". The remains of the Skellig Michael monastery appear in the film, representing an ancient Jedi temple. Earlier, the Skellig Islands served as a location in the Werner Herzog 1976 movie \"Heart of Glass\", where the islands feature", "id": "9133369" }, { "contents": "Plasticine\n\n\narmature, and it does not melt under hot studio lighting. Plasticine is used in long jump and triple jump competitions to help officials determine if the competitors are making legal jumps. A 10 cm wide 'indicator board' is placed beyond and slightly above the take-off line. The edges of this are chamfered and edged with plasticine. If an athlete leaves a mark in the plasticine, it is considered proof that the jump was a foul, and the attempt is not measured. Plasticine is used rather than sand,", "id": "5348551" }, { "contents": "I'm with Lucy\n\n\n. She doesn't connect with Doug, but she does get him to come out of his shell by the end of the date. She takes Bobby to several places that put him completely out of his element and then he takes her to a baseball card show where she discovers a different side of him. Her date with Gabriel essentially becomes a one-night stand when she realizes he isn't what she wants in life. She becomes serious with Luke, but an incident at a restaurant in which he is rude to", "id": "3533053" }, { "contents": "Liminality\n\n\n. Jungians have often seen the individuation process of self-realization as taking place within a liminal space. 'Individuation begins with a withdrawal from normal modes of socialisation, epitomized by the breakdown of the persona...liminality'. Thus \"what Turner's concept of social liminality does for status in society, Jung...does for the movement of the person through the life process of individuation\". Individuation can be seen as a \"movement through liminal space and time, from disorientation to integration...What takes place in the dark", "id": "7674588" }, { "contents": "Ultra Series\n\n\nchannel. The \"Ultraman\" manga, which began in 2011, has sold more than 2.8million copies as of 2018. At the Tokyo Comic Con on December 7, 2017, Tsuburaya Productions revealed that an anime adaptation of the manga was planned for release in 2019. It was released by Netflix. Although the different Ultra series and movies take place in different continuities, that does not mean that they take place in different canons. A major plot aspect of the Ultra Series is the multiverse, which is a collection of countless", "id": "19891570" }, { "contents": "Life cycle thinking\n\n\nto mitigate their environmental impact. One of the goals of life cycle thinking is to avoid burden shifting. This is to make sure that reducing the environmental impact at one stage in the life cycle does not increase the impact at other places in the cycle. For example, plug in electric cars reduce the amount of gasoline burned but they increase the amount of electricity used which is usually generated by other polluting energy sources such as coal. Life cycle thinking can also demonstrate the benefits to technological innovation. For example, movies can", "id": "4890038" }, { "contents": "Forestry law\n\n\n. This effectively shifts the burden of proof to the defendant. A third device is the use of evidentiary presumptions, which similarly shifts the burden of proof to the defendant. In many countries the contrast between what forestry law prescribes and what actually happens on the ground is both stark and obvious. Even where the law is strong, illegal behavior by both public and private actors often continues. Some explanations for this are that forest departments lack the financial and human resources to monitor and control forest activities, which often take place in", "id": "12356503" }, { "contents": "Winter's Bone\n\n\nlater, the Milton women who beat Ree come to her house and offer to take her to \"[her] daddy's bones\". The women place a sack on her head and drive her to a pond, where they row to the shallow area where her father's submerged body lies. They tell Ree to reach into the water and grasp her father's hands so they can cut them off with a chainsaw; the severed arms will serve as proof of death for the authorities. Ree takes the hands to the", "id": "5711365" }, { "contents": "Burden of proof (philosophy)\n\n\nagit\", a translation of which in this context is: \"the necessity of proof always lies with the person who lays charges.\" The party that does not carry the burden of proof carries the benefit of assumption of being correct, they are presumed to be correct, until the burden shifts after presentation of evidence by the party bringing the action. An example is in an American criminal case, where there is a presumption of innocence by the defendant. Fulfilling the burden of proof effectively captures the benefit of assumption,", "id": "10181131" }, { "contents": "Christian Science practitioner\n\n\nChrist operating to heal and save.\" As \"persuader\", Tutt writes, the practitioner's \"healing ministry is convincing proof of the power of the Christ to reform the repentant, taking away the sins of worldliness and opening the portals of spiritual life. He is most persuasive in the spiritual thought he thinks and in the consequent spiritual life he leads.\" Practitioners are required to maintain the confidentiality of their patients' private communications. In cases where the patient's recovery is \"chronic\" or if the practitioner fails", "id": "14718130" }, { "contents": "What Does It Take (Dave Days song)\n\n\n\"What Does It Take\" is a song by American singer Dave Days. It served as the third and final single from his 2010 EP \"Dinner and a Movie\". It is one of Dave's most recognizable songs, and was also played on Disney Channel's So Random!. The song's music video is set in a high school, where Dave realizes he has gotten the lead part in the school play. Amanda Lynn (Days' interest in the video) sees she has gotten the second lead,", "id": "2460666" }, { "contents": "Manila by Night\n\n\n's events take place in the course of several nights, involving various protagonists and the city itself. The movie’s original title is \"Manila by Night\", but was later renamed to \"City After Dark\". Former first lady Imelda Marcos asked it to be changed and banned for export. Marcos believes that the movie \"maligns her city\". The said movie was Ishmael Bernal’s masterpiece. The characters are unique and realistic. The whole movie celebrates the night life in the streets of Manila, with the characters", "id": "19009375" }, { "contents": "Navy Wife\n\n\nNavy Wife is a 1956 comedy film directed by Edward Bernds (who also directed \"Three Stooges\" and \"Bowery Boys\"), and starring Joan Bennett, Gary Merrill, Shirley Yamaguchi. The screenplay was written by Kay Lenard, based on the novel \"Mother Sir\" by Tats Blain. The film was produced by Walter Wanger, who was Bennett's husband in real life. This movie takes place in post-war Japan, where Peg Blain (Bennett) and daughter Debby (Judy Nugent) join Peg's", "id": "12457524" }, { "contents": "Leni Riefenstahl\n\n\nshe is \"visited\" by herself as a young woman portrayed by Valeria Kozhevnikova at three stages/turning points in her life: as a dancer (1924), an actress (1929) and a director (1940). The 2017 video game \"\" (which takes place in an alternate 1961 where the Nazis won World War 2) features a supporting character heavily implied to be Leni Riefenstahl. Named Lady Helena, this female director is responsible for making the vast majority of the propaganda movies said to be playing (", "id": "17699051" }, { "contents": "Scream 2\n\n\nSpelling was cast based on a sarcastic remark by Campbell's character in \"Scream\" that she would be played by Spelling in a movie based on her life. Craven remarked that she was a \"good sport\" about the joke and happy to take part. Principal photography for \"Scream 2\" took place over a nine-week period beginning in June 1997 and on a budget of $24 million. Atlanta, Georgia and Los Angeles were used to represent the state of Ohio, where the fictional Windsor College is situated", "id": "18975571" }, { "contents": "Burnt Offerings (Hamilton novel)\n\n\n\" refers to a location within the novel itself. In this case, \"Burnt Offerings\" is a vampire-themed theme restaurant where some of the events of the novel take place. (The fictional restaurant is itself named after the real-world 1976 haunted house movie, \"Burnt Offerings\".) As in the previous novels, \"Burnt Offerings\" requires Anita to balance her romantic life with her roles as supernatural police consultant, vampire executioner, zombie animator, human servant and lover to the vampire Master of the", "id": "21121596" }, { "contents": "And Then There Were None\n\n\nplace where revelations about the ‘dark side’ of the English would be appropriate\". Light goes on to say that \"Christie's location [the island] is both more domesticated and privatised, taking for granted the construction of racial fears woven into psychic life as early as the nursery.\" Speaking of the \"widely known\" 1945 movie, Stein added that \"we’re merely faced with fantastic amounts of violence, and a rhyme so macabre and distressing one doesn’t hear it now outside of the Agatha Christie context", "id": "21715817" }, { "contents": "A Movie Star Has To Star in Black and White\n\n\nmovie set, therefore it is perceived as a production within a theater production. We see Kennedy's feminist take on theater as she uses a non-masculine plot structure. Meaning it does not follow the basic linear plot structure. A masculine plot structure refers to a story with and intro, a conflict, a climax, a solution and a resolve. The first, most obvious example of prejudice in Hollywood is the fact that Clara is African American, while all of the Hollywood actors that portray scenes from her life are", "id": "13022343" }, { "contents": "List of films with post-credit scenes\n\n\nMany films since the 1980s and earlier have featured mid- and post-credit scenes, also known as credit cookies. Such scenes often include humour, plot revelations or hints for sequels. Since the late 2000s, Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero movies commonly employ post-credit scenes. Note: While the Marvel Cinematic Universe film \"The Incredible Hulk\" technically does not have an end-credits scene, the final scene directly before the credits (where Tony Stark approaches Gen. Ross) is structured like many similar scenes that do take place", "id": "10201405" }, { "contents": "15 and 290 theorems\n\n\nsquare theorem. By the 15 theorem, to verify this, it is sufficient to check that every positive integer up to 15 is a sum of 4 squares. (This does not give an alternative proof of Lagrange's theorem, because Lagrange's theorem is used in the proof of the 15 theorem.) On the other hand, is a positive definite quadratic form with integral matrix that takes as values all positive integers other than 15. The 290 theorem says a positive definite integral quadratic form is universal if it takes the", "id": "11593806" }, { "contents": "Halobacterium\n\n\nin \"Halobacterium\". Of the archaea, halobacteria are viewed as being involved in the most lateral genetics (gene transfer between domains) and a proof that this transfer does take place. \"Halobacterium\" species are rod-shaped and enveloped by a single lipid bilayer membrane surrounded by an S-layer made from the cell-surface glycoprotein. They grow on amino acids in aerobic conditions. Although \"Halobacterium\" NRC-1 contains genes for glucose degradation, as well as genes for enzymes of a fatty acid oxidation pathway, it", "id": "14295720" }, { "contents": "Kudrun\n\n\nhave been composed is around 1240; the author has to have known the \"Nibelungenlied\" and the text portrays the relationship between kings and vassals in a manner suggestive of Emperor Frederick II's \"Statutum in favorem principum\". Although the story takes place on the North Sea, the author of the poem does not seem well acquainted with maritime geography; further proof that he was not familiar with the ocean comes from his portrayal of Kudrun washing clothes in the sea. This accords with the linguistic analysis of the poem, which", "id": "7618970" }, { "contents": "Irrational number\n\n\n, i.e., do not contain a subsequence of digits, the repetition of which makes up the tail of the representation. For example, the decimal representation of the number starts with 3.14159, but no finite number of digits can represent exactly, nor does it repeat. The proof that the decimal expansion of a rational number must terminate or repeat is distinct from the proof that a decimal expansion that terminates or repeats must be a rational number, and although elementary and not lengthy, both proofs take some work. Mathematicians do not", "id": "15683460" }, { "contents": "Mortal Kombat\n\n\nKasanoff then unsuccessfully kept attempting to make the third film over the years, before losing all rights to the franchise. In 2010, director Kevin Tancharoen released an eight-minute \"Mortal Kombat\" short film titled \"\", made as a proof of concept for Tancharoen's pitch of a reboot movie franchise to Warner Brothers. Tancharoen later confirmed that while the short is entirely unofficial, it does feature the writing of Oren Uziel, who was rumored to be writing the screenplay for the third \"Mortal Kombat\" movie. In", "id": "16452768" }, { "contents": "Jacques Rigaut\n\n\n' the Wisp\" by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle. The movie \"The Fire Within\" from Louis Malle is based on this book. The movie \"Oslo, August 31st\" directed by Joachim Trier, released in 2011, is also largely based on \"Will O' the Wisp\" although the narrative takes place in contemporary Norway. The Granada-based Spanish indie pop band Lori Meyers has a song entitled \"La Vida de Jacques Rigaut\" (The Life of Jacques Rigaut) with its lyrics relating with his life.", "id": "7011545" }, { "contents": "Baby Face Morgan\n\n\nthe life he led, is a small-town delivery boy. The two henchmen misinterpret his account of taking collections and leaving pineapples as proof he uses hand grenades to support his extortion racket and brings him back to Doc. Doc immediately sees that Edward and his cousin Ollie (Chick Chandler) are naive youngsters but decides to use Edward's name as a unifying element. However, Doc ensures that the gangsters never meet Edward nor does Edward meet the criminals or know what business they are in. Doc sets Edward and Ollie", "id": "2970693" }, { "contents": "Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman\n\n\nas Darcy's first cousin, childhood friend and, to all intents and purposes, younger brother. He is the younger son of the Earl of Matlock and Lady Matlock (Jane Austen did not title them Matlock. Proof needed for where this originated.) (the title is blanked in Austen's description). His older brother holds the title of Viscount D'Arcy. Fitzwilliam does not get on with his older brother, remembering his times visiting Pemberley as the best of his life. He is generally in need of money,", "id": "9532010" }, { "contents": "A Futile and Stupid Gesture (film)\n\n\nwith studio executives continue, Kenney writes \"Caddyshack\". He does not like his work and embarrasses himself drunk and high at a press conference promoting the film. Chevy Chase takes Kenney to Hawaii to beat cocaine, but cocaine wins instead. In 1980, at age 33, Kenney's body is found at the bottom of a Hawaiian cliff. As he has narrated his life's story through the movie, Kenney is displeased to see everyone sad at his funeral. The movie ends with Beard starting a food fight at his", "id": "10544567" } ]

[ { "contents": "Mississippi Highway 450\n\n\nMississippi Highway 450 (MS 450) is a highway in western Mississippi. Its western terminus is at MS 1 south of Benoit. The route travels east to its eastern terminus at U.S. Route 61 (US 61) and US 278. It was designated in 1956, starting at MS 1 south of Scott, and ending at Choctaw. Starting in 1962, the section near Stringtown was rerouted significantly. The last realignment was in 1974, where the section near Stringtown was straightened, and US 61 moved east of Choctaw. MS", "id": "19068925" }, { "contents": "Exit number\n\n\n). One reason for starting with a number higher than 1 is that the maintaining agency expects that the highway will be extended. For example, Ontario Highway 400 starts at 20 because it was expected that the southern end of the highway would extend to downtown Toronto (which was never built). Another reason to use a higher number is that the freeway is branching off from another freeway. An example is British Columbia Highway 5, which branches off British Columbia Highway 1 and starts at 170. In areas that use the", "id": "10305796" }, { "contents": "Idaho State Highway 69\n\n\noriginally started in Kuna following its existing route to Meridian. But instead of ending at Interstate 84 as it currently does, the highway continued north to its former junction with the historic alignment of US-30 which followed Franklin Road to the west, Main Street through town and then Fairview Avenue to the east. Highway 69 briefly followed historic US-30 eastward to the Eagle Highway which is now known as Eagle Road (also now known as State Highway 55). The highway then ended in central Eagle at its northern junction with State Highway 44", "id": "6288678" }, { "contents": "New Brunswick Route 127\n\n\nRoute 127 is an East/West provincial highway in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The Highway starts out in Lawrence Station, New Brunswick at the intersection of Route 3 The road travels mainly south for almost 60 km through mostly rural communities. The road does pass Rickets Island and runs along the Canada/US border as is the main route into St Andrews where the road name changes to Bayview Drive and Mowat Drive. In St Andrews the highway takes a sharp almost U-Turn before finally ending in the community of", "id": "4850246" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 1 in Virginia\n\n\nlane divided highway at Spotsylvania Parkway, which leads to Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center. The U.S. Highway is joined by US 17 (Mills Drive) south of their five ramp partial cloverleaf interchange with I-95, where US 17 joins the Interstate to bypass Fredericksburg. US 1 continues with four lanes to Four Mile Fork, where the highway meets the northern end of SR 208 (Courthouse Road) and the southern end of US 1 Bus. (Lafayette Boulevard), which serves the Fredericksburg Historic District and the Fredericksburg Unit of Fredericksburg and", "id": "11147299" }, { "contents": "Puerto Rico Highway 506\n\n\nPuerto Rico Highway 506 (PR-506) is a two-lane tertiary highway in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The road runs south to north, joining PR-52, where it starts, to PR-14, where it ends. Its length is 2.0 km. The road is entirely within Barrio Coto Laurel. Until 2012 the road ran south to north starting at the easternmost edge of Mercedita Airport at PR-1 and Camino Buyones, heading north and intersecting with PR-52 and continuing north to intersect with PR-14 where it ended. In that year, however", "id": "1432901" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 1 in Florida\n\n\n. South of Jacksonville, this was both the Atlantic Highway and the eastern division of the Dixie Highway; the route from Jacksonville northwest into Georgia was a Jacksonville–Macon, Georgia Dixie Highway connector. With the Overseas Highway completed in 1938, US 1 was extended from Miami over the Overseas Highway (SR 4A) to Key West shortly afterward, where it still ends today. The section of US 1 between Miami and Jacksonville has been replaced by I-95 for most through traffic. In Florida, where signs for U.S. Highways formerly", "id": "8541167" }, { "contents": "Oklahoma State Highway 50\n\n\njunction with US-64, where it terminates. State Highway 50 was first commissioned on March 2, 1927, running from State Highway 47 in Mooreland (later SH-15, present-day US-412) to US-64 and the original State Highway 1 north of Freedom. Between January 1, 1929, and March 1, 1930, the highway was extended west along US-64, then north along a segment of old SH-1, passing through Lookout and ending at the Kansas state line. On November 1, 1954, State Highway 34 was extended to", "id": "21843109" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 113\n\n\n, Maryland, where it connects Pocomoke City with Snow Hill and Berlin. US 113 is one of three major north–south highways in Sussex County, Delaware, where it connects Selbyville and Georgetown with Milford. While US 113 does not pass through Ocean City or the Delaware Beaches, the U.S. Highway intersects several highways that serve the Atlantic seaboard resorts, including US 50, Maryland Route 90 (MD 90), US 9, and DE 1. US 113 is a four-lane divided highway for its whole length except", "id": "21139084" }, { "contents": "Indiana State Road 140\n\n\n2,536 vehicles travel the highway on average each day. The lowest traffic count is at the southern end of SR 140, where 641 vehicles travel the highway on average each day. SR 140 was first designated by September 1932. The original routing started at the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, now Hoosier Youth Challenge Academy, and ran north to US 40 much as it does today. Between 1935 and 1937, SR 140 was reconstructed to be a high level of road, with a hard driving surface. Since its paving", "id": "20612874" }, { "contents": "Arkansas Highway 295\n\n\nUS 412). The route runs north from County Road 4035 at Brannon in the Ozark National Forest to Highway 16 at Crosses, where it terminates. The route does not intersect any other state highways. Highway 295 begins at Highway 16 at Combs and runs northeast until state maintenance ends and the highway continues as County Road 5445. The route parallels Greasy Creek during its entire length and does not intersect any other state highways. Highway 295 begins at County Road 5395 at Japton and runs northwest. The route passes through Georgetown before", "id": "21842631" }, { "contents": "Virginia State Route 120\n\n\n, I-66, US 50, and US 29. SR 120 is a part of the National Highway System for its entire length. SR 120 begins at an intersection with US 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway) at the south end of Crystal City, just north of the city of Alexandria––though Glebe Road actually continues three blocks east of US 1 where it ends at Potomac Avenue. The state highway heads west as a four-lane divided highway through the Arlington County sewage treatment facility. West of the facility, SR 120 parallels the", "id": "17209586" }, { "contents": "Virginia State Route 2\n\n\n. At the north end of downtown, the state highway intersects Broaddus Avenue, which heads west as SR 207 Business and east as US 301 Business. SR 2 leaves town as the Fredericksburg Turnpike. On this only stretch of the state highway that does not run concurrently with another highway, the highway passes along the western edge of Fort A.P. Hill and through the hamlets of Villboro, Locks Corner, and Corbin. SR 2 becomes Sandy Lane Drive upon entering Spotsylvania County, where its solo existence ends at its intersection with US", "id": "3307775" }, { "contents": "Texas State Highway Spur 302\n\n\nSpur 302 serves as an east–west highway through Greenville, Texas. It starts at U.S. Highway 69 (US 69) and US 380 at the west end and ends at Interstate 30 (I-30) and U.S. Highway 67 at the east end. The highway, mostly known as Lee Street, goes through downtown as a one-way pairing of streets, where Lee Street goes eastbound and Washington Street goes westbound. Spur 302 was designated on March 29, 1956 as Loop 302, going from US 67 in Greenville,", "id": "13957076" }, { "contents": "M-1 highway (Montenegro)\n\n\nM-1 highway () is a Montenegrin roadway. The M-1 highway runs along the complete Montenegrin coast from its western border with Croatia all the way east to border with Albania. It goes through all the coastal cities in Montenegro (i.e. Herceg Novi, Kotor, Budva, Bar, Ulcinj). It is the starting point of all the highways that start at the coastline and go north like M1.1, M-2, M-8 and M12 and intersects with M-11 in Boka Bay, where M-11 can be used to shorten the distance by with", "id": "8556077" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 11W\n\n\nof Blountville. Just west of Bristol, the U.S. Highway meets I-81 at a seven-ramp cloverleaf interchange. The movement from southbound US 11W to northbound I-81 is made via a ramp just south of where I-81 enters Virginia. US 11W continues east as State Street into the city of Bristol, where the highway meets the northern end of SR 126 (Blountville Highway). The U.S. Highway meets the state line at an oblique angle where the highway intersects US 421 (Gate City Highway) and SR 1, which heads east", "id": "1639855" }, { "contents": "M-199 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nDaggett in Menominee County. This highway was decommissioned in 1939. The current M-199 was once part of M-17 starting around July 1, 1919. When the US Highway System was created on November 11, 1926, the highway was incorporated into US 12. The Albion area was bypassed by a freeway (now I-94) at the end of the 1950s, and Michigan Avenue was turned over to local control. The current highway routing was transferred to state control on October 1, 1998, and the M-199 designation was subsequently assigned to", "id": "318098" }, { "contents": "Oklahoma State Highway 87\n\n\nof highway that was realigned to approach a new girder bridge that replaced an old through truss bridge was built with shoulders). The highway crosses no major rivers, but does bridge Walnut Bayou. SH-87 ends at the Arkansas state line, where it becomes Arkansas Highway 108. SH-87 is shown on the Oklahoma state highway map as concurrent with US-259 to at least Idabel. However, this is an error, as the highway is only signed from US-259 to the Arkansas state line, and is shown on ODOT's internal control section", "id": "2080617" }, { "contents": "Yonge Street\n\n\nof Highway 11 has incorrectly become synonymous with Yonge Street. No segment of the highway anywhere north of Barrie ever actually bore the name. However, the Guinness Book of World Records recognized this claim as late as 1999. Provincial downloading separated Yonge Street from Highway 11 during the 1990s. As a result, Highway 11 does not start until Crown Hill just outside Barrie, several kilometres north of where the name \"Yonge Street\" ends. The Guinness Book of World Records no longer lists Yonge Street as the longest street in the", "id": "3145966" }, { "contents": "Indiana State Road 244\n\n\nUS 52. In 2015 the highest traffic count is at the just east of SR 3, where 2,757 vehicles travel the highway on average each day. The lowest traffic count is east of Milroy, where 782 vehicles travel the highway on average each day. SR 244 was first designated in 1931. The original routing started at SR 29, now Michigan Road, and ran east through rural Shelby and Rush Counties to US 52 much as it does today. The highway had an interchange with I-74 added between 1960 and 1961.", "id": "11063572" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 70 in North Carolina\n\n\nthe Sea Level community and into Atlantic, where US 70 ends at School Drive, at , the road ends at Little Port Brook. Established as an original U.S. Route (1926), US 70 was assigned along the Great Central Highway, in concurrency with NC 10, between Asheville and Beaufort; northwest of Asheville, US 70 shared concurrency with US 25/NC 20 (Dixie Highway) to the Tennessee state line. The original routing of US 70 connects the same cities as it does today through North Carolina, with", "id": "4096486" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Highway 5\n\n\nSC 121 (Albright Highway); then going northwesterly again in, overlapping with SC 901 (Heckle Boulevard). SC 5 exits out of Rock Hill solo again towards York; where there, it joins SC 161 and bypasses northeasterly around the city. Continuing on its northwesterly direction, it reaches its final destination of Blacksburg, where it connects with US 29 before ending at I-85 (exit 102) and SC 198. Speeds along the highway does not exceed , in both urban and rural areas. The highway provides a direct", "id": "22182861" }, { "contents": "List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (1–99)\n\n\nwith FM 1072, it heads eastward to FM 168 at Hart Camp. It then crosses US 87 in Cotton Center, and performs an analogous operation (being concurrent to a highway and then ending the concurrency) on its way to FM 400, and from there to FM 789, and from there to FM 378, and finally eastward to US 62 in Floydada, where the highway ends. When the highway was created, it ran from a junction with US 84 to Amherst. On March 18, 1944, the highway", "id": "15946825" }, { "contents": "Maryland Route 24\n\n\nconcurrency with US 1 on the Bel Air Bypass, MD 24 is known as Rock Springs Avenue from US 1 to Forest Hill, where the highway becomes Rocks Road for the remainder of its length to the Pennsylvania state line. The state highway is a part of the main National Highway System between I-95 and the northern end of its concurrency with US 1 in Bel Air. MD 24 is also classified as an intermodal connector from MD 755 to I-95 and as a National Highway System principal arterial from Aberdeen Proving Ground to MD 755", "id": "1903768" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 1 in Virginia\n\n\nCochran, the highway intersects SR 46 (Christanna Highway) just south of the Christanna Campus of Southside Virginia Community College. US 1 expands to a four-lane divided highway; the southbound lanes pass under a narrow former railroad bridge. The highway has a diamond interchange with I-85, then passes through the southern edge of the town of Alberta, where the U.S. Highway meets the eastern end of SR 136 (Church Street). East of Alberta, US 1 becomes three lanes and passes through the adjacent communities of Warfield and", "id": "11147281" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 1 in Virginia\n\n\ndistrict. US 1 and US 301 enter the independent city of Colonial Heights along Boulevard, a four-lane street with center turn lane. The highways pass along the western edge of the residential Chesterfield Highlands Historic District before intersecting SR 144 (Temple Avenue), which joins the U.S. Highways. The three highways pass under CSX's North End Subdivision, then cross Swift Creek into Chesterfield County, where SR 144 splits northwest onto Harrowgate Road at Pickadat Corner. US 1 and US 301 continue along four-lane Jefferson Davis Highway", "id": "11147288" }, { "contents": "M-52 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nwhere it terminated. The remainder of the modern highway routing is either not part of the state trunkline system, or it is parts of other highways at this time, M-92 or M-47. In 1954, M-92 was extended southward to end in Clinton at the same intersection with US 112 where M-52 terminated. By July 1, 1960, M-92's southern end was shifted westward, terminating west of Clinton at US 112 on a new roadway south of Manchester. M-52 was extended around 1962 north between M-50 and US 12 (the", "id": "15803115" }, { "contents": "Mississippi Highway 465\n\n\nMississippi Highway 465 (MS 465) is a highway in the southern region of the Mississippi Delta. The highway starts at U.S. Route 61 (US 61) near Redwood. It travels westward towards the Mississippi River, and then northwards to the village of Eagle Bend. The highway then traverses on the Mississippi River levee on a one-lane road. Later, MS 465 leaves the levee, continues northward, and soon ends at MS 1. The highway was built around 1956, as a gravel road from US 61 in", "id": "4881480" }, { "contents": "Maine State Route 236\n\n\n, and Shapleigh Road in Kittery, near the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. It follows Shapleigh Road and Rogers Road to the Kittery Traffic Circle, where it connects to US 1, US 1 Bypass, and Old Post Road. The rotary marks the southern end of the Dow Highway. SR 236 has partial interchanges with US 1 Bypass and I-95, then continues northwest along the former right-of-way of the B&M Railroad until intersecting SR 4 in South Berwick at the northern end of the Dow Highway. SR 236 is cosigned", "id": "7931948" }, { "contents": "Captain Cook Highway\n\n\nCaptain Cook Highway is a short Queensland highway that starts in Cairns and ends in Mossman, where it joins Mossman-Daintree Road, which continues to Daintree. Captain Cook Highway is used by many tourists to travel to Port Douglas north of Cairns. Apart from being a vital link between two tourist locations, Captain Cook Highway is a scenic highway that winds alongside the coast of the tropical seaside rainforest heading towards Port Douglas and Daintree National Park. The highway commences at the northern end of the A1 Bruce Highway, in Cairns.", "id": "10455749" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 1 in Virginia\n\n\nto the west and a large residential and commercial development built on what was formerly Potomac Yard to the east. Metroway merges with the main streams of US 1 traffic, which expand to three lanes each way as the highway approaches the northern city limit at Four Mile Run. The U.S. Highway leaves Alexandria for Arlington County and has an intersection with the southern end of SR 120 (Glebe Road). US 1—again bearing the name Richmond Highway—continues through the urban village of Crystal City, where the highway has a trumpet interchange", "id": "11147310" }, { "contents": "Texas State Highway Loop 541\n\n\nLoop 541 is a loop route through Kendleton in the U.S. state of Texas. The highway begins at I-69/US 59 northeast of Kendleton, intersects with FM 2919 and abruptly comes to an end at a turnaround and an unnamed road. The highway does not reconnect with I-69/US 59 at its southwest end. Loop 541 runs parallel with the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. Loop 541 is best described from north to south because its southern terminus does not connect with any major road. The highway begins at a I-69/US", "id": "22058452" }, { "contents": "Iowa Highway 1\n\n\nCounty Road F16, which provides access to Lake MacBride State Park. southwest of Mount Vernon, Iowa 1 turns to the northeast, entering Linn County and crossing the Cedar River before entering Mount Vernon, where it intersects US 30. At First Street, Iowa 1 crosses the Lincoln Highway. On the northern edge of Mount Vernon, Iowa 1 crosses a major Union Pacific Railroad line. Iowa 1 continues north towards Martelle, where it enters Jones County. northeast of Martelle, Iowa 1 ends at a partial cloverleaf interchange with US", "id": "10569580" }, { "contents": "British Columbia Highway 1A\n\n\nstarts in the south at the intersection of Highway 1 and Mount Sicker Road, the Highway follows Mount Sicker Road and Chemainus Road east for to an intersection with Crofton Road, which provides access to the community of Crofton. Chemainus Road and Highway 1A turns northwest, and goes for through Chemainus to the intersection with Roland Lane, where it subsequently turns west to meet the Trans-Canada Highway on the south end of Ladysmith. This route was the original \"Island Highway\" prior to the opening of the existing Trans-Canada", "id": "8472975" }, { "contents": "Wyoming Highway 59\n\n\nWyoming Highway 59 is a long north–south state highway that runs from Douglas to the Montana–Wyoming State Line, where the roadway continues as Montana Highway 59. Wyoming Highway 59 begins its southern end at an intersection with I-25 BUS/US 20 BUS/US 26 BUS/US 87 BUS (W. Yellowstone Highway), the northern terminus of Wyoming Highway 94 (Esterbrook Road), and exit 140 of Interstate 25 in Douglas. Highway 59 then intersects Wyoming Highway 93 just north of its start. Past WYO 93", "id": "12231395" }, { "contents": "Virginia State Route 144\n\n\nand turns north to run concurrently with US 1 and US 301 along the city's main north–south thoroughfare, Boulevard. SR 144, US 1, and US 301 follow Boulevard north through Colonial Heights, where the five-lane highway with center turn lane passes under CSX's North End Subdivision. The highways enter Chesterfield County by crossing Swift Creek into Chesterfield County and become Jefferson Davis Highway. SR 144 splits northwest from the U.S. Highways to follow two-lane Harrowgate Road through a suburban area to Chester. There,", "id": "18040408" }, { "contents": "Mississippi Highway 822\n\n\nMississippi Highway 822 (MS 822) is a short highway near Vicksburg, Mississippi. The route starts at a frontage road and travels east along an old alignment of U.S. Route 80 (US 80). MS 822 then ends near Boniva, where state maintenance ends. The highway was designated in 1998, after US 80 was realigned onto Interstate 20 (I-20). All of the route is located in Warren County. In 2013, Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) calculated as many as 16,000 vehicles traveling west of Maxwell", "id": "11601293" }, { "contents": "List of former state highways in Indiana (1–199)\n\n\nThis is a list of former state highways in Indiana with route numbers from 1 through 199. For a full list of former state highways in Indiana, see the List of former state highways in Indiana. State Road 6 followed the same route as US 6 does today. It was signed before US 6 was signed in Indiana. State Road 21 followed the same route as US 35 does today. SR 21's first segment was decommissioned in 1965. The second part of SR 21 followed SR 19 from Amboy to Peru;", "id": "2115460" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 1/9\n\n\n, the route passes over a New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway line, where it is briefly a divided highway. Turning north, the road passes more suburban areas before continuing into Ridgefield. In Ridgefield, US 1/9 becomes a divided highway prior to intersecting Route 93. The median ends after this intersection, and the road turns northeast into mostly residential neighborhoods with a few businesses, intersecting the western terminus of Route 5. Past Route 5, US 1/9 continues into Palisades Park, where it reaches an interchange with US 46", "id": "7208256" }, { "contents": "South Luzon Expressway\n\n\n. The Skyway starts on the ramps past Buendia Flyover. Osmeña Highway crosses over Arnaiz Avenue, and soon crosses over EDSA at the Magallanes Interchange. The concurrency with the Pan-Philippine Highway starts at that interchange. Past Magallanes Interchange, the highway features 5 lanes, with 1 lane designated as motorcycle lanes until it comes near Nichols Interchange, where the toll road starts. Past the Sales Interchange, motorcycles below 400cc are prohibited from using the tolled expressway. The part of Osmeña Highway north of Magallanes Interchange is maintained by the", "id": "17503922" }, { "contents": "14 Street W (Calgary)\n\n\ncity west of downtown. It starts at the intersection of 38 Avenue SW as 14 Street SW and travels north where it crosses the Bow River on the Mewata Bridge and becomes 14 Street NW. It continues north past SAIT and North Hill Centre, crossing 16 Avenue NW (Highway 1) and John Laurie Boulevard. It continues along the eastern edge of Nose Hill Park, ending in the community of Hidden Valley north of Country Hills Boulevard. 14 Street W used to be part of Highway 1A between 9 Avenue SW and 16", "id": "5891206" }, { "contents": "Oklahoma State Highway 63\n\n\nfor , where they meets State Highway 2 and the two highways concur with it. The SH-1/2/63 concurrency heads south for six miles (10 km). West of Buffalo Valley, SH-2 splits off to the south as SH-1/63 head east. In Talihina, the highways meet US-271, which SH-1 joins. SH-63 heads east alone, passing through Whitesboro and Muse. In Big Cedar, it crosses U.S. Highway 259. It then enters Ouachita National Forest and ends at the state line. Arkansas Highway 8 continues on to Mena. State", "id": "2044624" }, { "contents": "Mississippi Highway 438\n\n\nMississippi Highway 438 (MS 438) is a state highway in western Mississippi. The route starts at MS 1 in Wayside and travels eastward. The road travels through farmland and intersects U.S. Route 61 (US 61) and its old alignment near Arcola. MS 438 continues eastward and ends at Sunflower River Road and Kinlock Road on the Washington–Sunflower county line near Kinlock. The route was constructed around 1950, connecting from MS 1 to US 61. The route was extended to the Washington–Sunflower county line by 1958,", "id": "21655167" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 1 in North Carolina\n\n\n, paralleling I-85 into Virginia. US 1 through North Carolina generally follows the Fall Line between the Piedmont and the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Though the highway is commonly known as \"Highway 1\" or \"U.S. 1\" throughout the state, the highway does have other known names it uses locally in areas. The general route of US 1 in North Carolina was first part of the Capital Highway, an auto trail organized in 1909 to encourage counties along the route to improve the road between Washington and Atlanta. It differed from US", "id": "1243514" }, { "contents": "New York State Route 293\n\n\nNew York State Route 293 (NY 293) is a state highway located entirely within eastern Orange County, New York, in the United States. The highway starts at U.S. Route 6 (US 6, known as the Long Mountain Parkway) in Woodbury, and heads to the northeast, ending at an intersection with US 9W and NY 218 in the community of Highlands. It does not pass through any notable populated areas as most of the land around it is protected either as state parkland or US military reservation. However,", "id": "11933214" }, { "contents": "New Zealand State Highway 57\n\n\nand Ashhurst is then used to take traffic from State Highway 3 to the Pahiatua Track. From Aokautere, the highway proceeds straight on the southern banks of the Manawatu River to the western end of the Manawatu Gorge. Two kilometres southeast of the town of Ashhurst, and one kilometre from the western end of the Manawatu Gorge, State Highway 57 meets State Highway 3 and terminates. SH 57 once started in central Levin, turning right off SH 1 Oxford Street into Queen Street East, then turning left onto Arapaepae Road. The", "id": "663778" }, { "contents": "British Columbia Highway 1\n\n\nto Kamloops. Highway 5 merges onto the Trans-Canada from the south at this point, returning the freeway to Highway 1. The 1/97/5 concurrency proceeds east for on a freeway through the western part of Kamloops to where Highway 5 diverges north. Highways 1 and 97 leave Kamloops to the east later. The highway continues east for another to Monte Creek, where the freeway ends and Highway 97 diverges south from Highway 1. For the next east, Highway 1 takes a winding two-lane route through the communities of Pritchard", "id": "3040664" }, { "contents": "Oklahoma State Highway 156\n\n\nState Highway 156, abbreviated SH-156, is a highway maintained by the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Spanning through the north-central part of the state, it connects the town of Marland, Oklahoma to US-60/US-77/US-177 in the north to US-77 in the west. It is the former alignment of US-77. Starting at US-77, the highway goes east for until reaching Marland, where it turns northward. later, after crossing from Noble County into Kay County, it ends at US-60/US-77/US-177 west of Ponca", "id": "12762872" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 301 in Virginia\n\n\ncontinues west to 2nd Street, where US 301 receives the northern end of its alternate route, SR 36 continues west along Bollingbrook Street, and US 301 joins US 1 on 2nd Street to leave Petersburg by crossing the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge over the Appomattox River. US 301 and US 1 pass through the city of Colonial Heights as Boulevard, a five-lane road with center turn lane. The U.S. Highways are joined by SR 144 (Temple Avenue) south of the highways' crossing of CSX's North End", "id": "10925869" }, { "contents": "Connecticut Route 142\n\n\nRoute 142 is a state highway in Connecticut that serves as an alternate route of US 1, passing through the village of Short Beach on the Branford shoreline. It starts at US 1 in East Haven and ends at US 1 in Branford, running for . Route 142 begins as Hemingway Avenue at an intersection with US 1 in East Haven. It heads south, intersecting with Route 100 (Main Street) in the downtown area, and then turns eastward about later along Short Beach Road. This intersection also marks the western end", "id": "11793343" }, { "contents": "Florida's Turnpike\n\n\nunsigned SR 821) continues from the southern end of the mainline for another to US Highway 1 (US 1) in Florida City. The slogan for the road is \"The Less Stressway\". The mainline opened in stages between 1957 and 1964, while the extension was completed in 1974. The turnpike runs through Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, where it parallels I-95, and through Orlando, where it crosses I-4. Florida's Turnpike is one of the busiest highways in the country. The main section", "id": "16355251" }, { "contents": "Indiana State Road 115\n\n\nNHS is a network of highways that are identified as being most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation. In 2016 the highest traffic count is at the southern end of SR 115, where 1,612 vehicles travel the highway on average each day. The lowest traffic count is at the northern end of SR 115, where 1,347 vehicles travel the highway on average each day. SR 115 was first designated in late 1932. The original routing started at US 24 (now Old 24) and ran north through rural", "id": "20612687" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 127\n\n\nheld every August, was started to demonstrate that the older U.S. Highway System has something to offer that the Interstate Highway System does not. In Michigan, US 127 tripled in length in 2002 at the expense of its parent, US 27. In Tennessee, US 127 traverses rural areas of the Cumberland Plateau in eastern Middle Tennessee and western East Tennessee. The route officially begins in the northern Chattanooga suburb of Red Bank at an interchange with US 27, where it overlaps Tennessee State Route 8. From there it runs primarily northwest", "id": "12979830" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 8\n\n\nnorth into the city where it ends at US 2. US 8 in Michigan is long; in this segment, the road passes by the Dickinson County fairgrounds and Norway Speedway. Starting in 1918, the Wisconsin Highway Commission erected highway numbers along state-maintained roadways. The highway across the state from St. Croix Falls to Armstrong Creek was numbered WIS 14 at that time. The remainder of what is now US 8 was unnumbered secondary highways, and WIS 14 continued north of Armstrong Creek to Florence. When Michigan numbered its highway", "id": "18253945" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 1 in Florida\n\n\nintersects CR 515 again, with US 1 resuming its status as the Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway. US 1 continues north to Titusville, first intersecting with State Road 405, with east SR 405 leading to NASA Parkway and the main entrance of the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island. Still in Titusville, it intersects State Road 50. Now in central Titusville, US 1 intersects SR 405 again, and State Road 406, where the Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway ends on US 1 and proceeds onto east SR 406", "id": "8541148" }, { "contents": "Texas State Highway Loop 541\n\n\na paved road goes a short distance past the turnaround before turning sharply to the northwest at a railroad crossing. Once beyond the railroad, the road becomes gravel and connects with Ben Williams Drive. Contrary to the Texas Department of Transportation highway designation file, Loop 541 does not connect with I-69/US 59 at its southwestern end. I-69/US 59 may be accessed in both directions from entrance ramps at FM 2919. On April 14, 1980, Loop 541 was designated to start at US 59 about southwest of Kendleton in", "id": "22058454" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 1 in Virginia\n\n\nfringe of Lorton, where it meets the northern end of SR 242 (Gunston Road). At Pohick Creek, the highway expands to six lanes and heads east and passes the Pohick Church, then reduces to a four-lane undivided highway to pass through Fort Belvoir. Within the military property, US 1 crosses Accotink Creek, meets the southern end of SR 286 (Fairfax County Parkway), and passes under an overpass of a road within the base. East of Fort Belvoir, the highway passes the historic plantation Woodlawn", "id": "11147306" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 1 in Virginia\n\n\nleaving Ashland, US 1 crosses to the west side of CSX's RF&P Subdivision and crosses over the South Anna River. North of the Little River, the route passes through Doswell, where it meets the western end of SR 30 (Kings Dominion Boulevard). US 1 crosses over the Piedmont Subdivision, which is operated for CSX by the Buckingham Branch Railroad, west of the Doswell Diamond, then briefly expands to a divided highway to cross the North Anna River into Caroline County. US 1 continues as Jefferson Davis Highway and", "id": "11147297" }, { "contents": "Mississippi Highway 617\n\n\nMississippi Highway 617 (MS 617) is a short highway in southern Mississippi. Its southern terminus is in the Port of Pascagoula. The route then travels north for nearly and ends at U.S. Route 90 (US 90). The road was constructed in 1973, and an interchange was added at US 90 around 1993. MS 617 was designated on July 1, 2002, and no significant changes were made since. All of the divided highway is located in Pascagoula, Jackson County. MS 617 starts near parking lots in an", "id": "12110703" }, { "contents": "North Carolina Highway 200\n\n\nNorth Carolina Highway 200 (NC 200) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway runs north–south from the South Carolina state line near the community of JAARS, to US 601 near Concord. NC 200 traverses , starting at the South Carolina state line, through the city of Monroe, and the towns of Stanfield and Locust, before ending at US 601 near Concord. For its length, it is a two-lane rural highway except in Monroe where it is a four-", "id": "799955" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Highway 527\n\n\nand Interstate 95 (I-95) but does not pass through any incorporated municipalities in this county. It then cuts through the eastern panhandle of Sumter County, again not passing through any incorporated towns. It does intersect US 378 at the approximate midpoint through this county. SC 527 as it enters Lee County heads in a more northerly course where it intersects U.S. Routes 76 and 401. The highway ends in the unincorporated community of Wisacky, south of Bishopville at SC 341. One unsigned special route of SC 527 exists; SC 527", "id": "2593198" }, { "contents": "M-69 (Michigan highway)\n\n\nthe western end of the highway, halfway between Bark River and Hyde, west of Escanaba. In 1919, M-69 started at the state line south of Crystal Falls. It ran north through Crystal Falls, where it intersected M-12, to end in Covington at an intersection with M-28. This roadway was redesignated with the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. US 2 replaced M-69 south and M-12 west of Crystal Falls. US 102 replaced M-69 north of Crystal Falls, and the latter designation was reused on the section of", "id": "1214343" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 2\n\n\nlatter took a direct path along Route 18, while the former was assigned to Route 25 to Wells River, where it overlapped proposed US 5 north to St. Johnsbury. There, where the Roosevelt Highway turned southeast to Portland, Route 2 continued east along Route 15 to Bangor and Route 1 to Calais, then heading north on Route 24 to end in Houlton. By the time the U.S. Highway system was finalized in late 1926, one relatively minor change had been made to US 2; it was swapped with US 1 between", "id": "6565613" }, { "contents": "Puerto Rico Highway 183\n\n\nPuerto Rico Highway 183 (PR-183) is a main highway which begins in the downtown/business area of Caguas, near Puerto Rico Highway 1 and ends in Puerto Rico Highway 198 in Las Piedras. Measuring near 25 kilometers, it is real rural parallel road of Puerto Rico Highway 30, though it goes significantly south of the latter (through San Lorenzo) and the only municipality it does not go through which PR-30 does in Humacao. PR-183 can be accessed by two connectors from PR-30; PR-203 from Gurabo to San Lorenzo,", "id": "20574195" }, { "contents": "Stewart–Cassiar Highway\n\n\na new bridge, the highway's Yellowhead junction was relocated to a point on Highway 16 just south of the site of Kitwanga. Highway 37 was then extended south to Kitimat in 1986, using a stretch of road that was previously designated Highway 25. At the north end, the highway briefly stretches into Yukon, becoming Yukon Highway 37. Highway 37 starts its 874 km (543 mi) journey in the south at Kitimat. 59 km (37 mi) north, Highway 37 reaches Terrace, where it merges onto the", "id": "11237267" }, { "contents": "List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (400–499)\n\n\nAriola to Lumberton where it intersects US 69/US 287 and ends at U.S. Route 96. The easternmost of the highway was designated Urban Road 421 from June 27, 1995 to November 15, 2018, when this portion was changed back to FM 421. FM 421 was designated on June 13, 1945 as a spur of US 69/US 287 with a length of . On November 23, 1948, the highway was extended to SH 326 as it does today. ON July 15, 1949, the length was trimmed", "id": "8005092" }, { "contents": "Alappuzha district\n\n\nRoad is the arterial State Highway in the Travancore region of Kerala state. It is designated as SH 1 by the Kerala Public Works Department. It passes through Chengannur town of Alappuzha district and helps it to connect with other parts of Kerala. State Highway 5 (Kerala) is another State Highway that starts in Kayamkulam and ends at Pulimukku junction. The highway is 42.5 km long. State Highway 6 (Kerala) starts in Kayamkulam and ends in Thiruvalla. This highway has 30.8 km length. State Highway 10 (Kerala)", "id": "18597397" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 67 in Texas\n\n\nwith US highways 84, 183, and 377. The overlap with US 377 starts in Brownwood and ends in south east Stephenville. US 67 leaves Stephenville and travels to Glen Rose, the location of Dinosaur Valley State Park. US 67 then travels to Cleburne, where the western half of the bypass is a 4 lane freeway and the eastern half is a two-lane highway. US 67 travels through the towns of Keene, Alvarado, and Venus before entering Midlothian, where a freeway begins that travels all the way to", "id": "9243679" }, { "contents": "Missouri Route 84\n\n\nRoute 84 is a state highway in the Missouri bootheel. The route starts at Arkansas Highway 90 (AR 90) over the St. Francis River on the Arkansas–Missouri state line. The road travels eastward to Kennett, where it becomes concurrent with U.S. Route 412 (US 412). East of Kennett, the concurrent routes travel eastward on a divided highway to Hayti Heights, where the concurrency ends. Route 84 travels through Hayti Heights and Hayti, and it crosses Interstate 55 (I-55) and US 61. The route", "id": "80895" }, { "contents": "Alberta Highway 1A\n\n\nand 8 a.m. in order to protect wildlife. Highway 1 can be used as an alternate route. Starting from the west end of Highway 1A: The second of the 1A routes, known as the Bow Valley Trail, begins in Canmore, off of the Trans-Canada Highway at exit 91. It formerly began at the Trans-Canada Highway at exit 86 and passed through Canmore; however, ownership of the section was transferred to the Town of Canmore. The roadway still carries the name \"Bow Valley Trail\".", "id": "18062064" }, { "contents": "M-40 (Michigan highway)\n\n\ntrunkline was designated by July 1, 1919 along with the rest of the original state highway system along a route that is different that of today. South of Paw Paw, the original M-40 reached Niles and even the Indiana state line for a time. The northern end was extended in stages to Holland. The southern end was shifted in the 1970s, resulting in the current routing. M-40 starts at an intersection with US 12 in rural Cass County. Running north through farm fields, the highway rounds Bar Lake and into the", "id": "10575817" }, { "contents": "North Carolina Highway 145\n\n\nNorth Carolina Highway 145 (NC 145) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It runs from the South Carolina state line to U.S. Route 74 (US 74) entirely in Anson County. A two-lane rural highway, it traverses , starting at the South Carolina state line, going through the town of Morven where it intersects US 52, and ending at US 74 just north of Pee Dee community. Established in 1961, NC 145 was a renumbering of NC 85. The route has", "id": "17413307" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Highway 336\n\n\nSouth Carolina Highway 336 (SC 336) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It serves to connect Ridgeland with nearby U.S. Route 321 (US 321) and SC 462. SC 336 is a two-lane rural highway predominantly throughout its route. Starting at US 321 in Tillman, it goes east into downtown Ridgeland, then continuing east to SC 462 in Old House where it ends. Its routing east of Interstate 95 (I-95) takes a series of turns, making the highway's routing", "id": "12362157" }, { "contents": "Alaska Route 1\n\n\nGlennallen. A short concurrency north along AK-4 takes AK-1 to the Tok Cut-Off, which it follows northeast to its end at the Alaska Highway (AK-2) at Tok. The majority of AK-1 is part of the Interstate Highway System; only the route between Homer and Soldotna does not carry an unsigned Interstate designation. The entire length of A-3 follows AK-1 from the Kenai Spur Highway in Soldotna to the turn in downtown Anchorage; there A-1 begins, running to Tok along AK-1. (A-1 continues to the Yukon border along", "id": "20306684" }, { "contents": "Georgia State Route 109\n\n\n). At this intersection, the highway turns left to cross over West Point Lake. It enters LaGrange and intersects US 29/SR 14. In the main part of town, the three routes meet US 27/SR 1/SR 219. At this intersection US 29/SR 14 depart to the north, along US 27/SR 1/SR 219 north. On the east end of town, it has an interchange with Interstate 85 (I-85). Then, it crosses over, but does not interchange", "id": "21362756" }, { "contents": "National Highway 1 (Myanmar)\n\n\nNational Highway 1 (NR1), literally \"The Road to Mandalay \") is an important south-north flowing highway of central Burma and the busiest road in the country. It connects Yangon to Meiktila where it joins the National Highway 4 going east and then NR1 continues north to Mandalay. The highway begins in western Yangon at Pyay Road and then continues north to Meiktila where it joins the National Highway 4 at approximately . The highway then continues north and ends at central Mandalay, where it joins the National Highway 3 at .", "id": "21064610" }, { "contents": "Warning sign\n\n\n\"hidden driveway\" intersecting the road ahead. (Compare with bridges, overpasses, viaducts). brbrbr These signs indicate when a multilane highway is being narrowed, when a passing lane is ending, or where the road is widening or a passing lane starting. Another type of sign is used to indicate central \"two-way\" left turning lane in center of roadway. Warning signs may also warn of \"Highway ends\", where the road changes class or type. brbrbr In the United States and Canada, there", "id": "9464797" }, { "contents": "Oxley Highway\n\n\nThe Oxley Highway is a rural highway in New South Wales, Australia. It starts at Nevertire where it joins the Mitchell Highway. It links Nevertire, Warren, Gilgandra, Coonabarabran, Gunnedah, Carroll, Tamworth, Bendemeer, Walcha, Yarrowitch, Ellenborough, Long Flat, and Wauchope and ends at Port Macquarie on the coast of the Tasman Sea. The Oxley Highway starts from the Mitchell Highway at Nevertire before journeying to the Castlereagh Highway at Gilgandra, from where it is duplexed with the Newell Highway to Coonabarabran, thence to", "id": "17983877" }, { "contents": "Alberta Highway 16A\n\n\nProvincial Park, and Entwistle. Starting from the west end of Highway 16A: Running for , the Parkland Highway (Highway 16A) runs parallel to Highway 16, located to the north. The highway starts west of Stony Plain, Alberta near the hamlet of Carvel. Parkland Highway is a central thoroughfare through the bedroom communities of Stony Plain and Spruce Grove. At Acheson it intersects with Highway 60. Highway 16A enters Edmonton along Stony Plain Road, splits into one-way streets where eastbound traffic follows 100 Avenue, before ending", "id": "2846073" }, { "contents": "Ports to Plains Corridor\n\n\nand ends in Denver, Colorado. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 made the Ports-to-Plains Corridor National Highway System High Priority Corridor 38 in 2005. The High Priority designation, which applies to 80 routes or groups of routes nationally, does not create any additional design requirements and does not have a separate federal funding source. The Ports-to-Plains Corridor starts at the Mexico–United States border at a bridge crossing in Laredo, Texas, where it meets and runs concurrent with I-35, a", "id": "20190087" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Highway 3\n\n\nas an original state route, running from Columbia to Sumter, Florence, and Mullins before crossing the North Carolina state line where US 76 does today. In 1927, the route was renumbered as various US highways. The current version of SC 3 was established in 1928 as a renumbering of the closing SC 1. It originally ran from Allendale to Dixiana. In 1938, the northern terminus was extended about 3 miles north to West Columbia. In 1939, however, it was pushed back south to Dixiana. In that same", "id": "4443790" }, { "contents": "North Carolina Highway 62\n\n\nthe highway goes right through the middle of the Alamance Battleground (the area will be marked with several colored flags and monuments). After crossing I-40/I-85, NC 62 does a zig-zag through downtown Burlington. Continuing north of town, it goes through the communities and towns of Pleasant Grove, Jericho, and Yanceyville, before reaching the town of Milton. After crossing the Dan River, it enters the Commonwealth of Virginia; where it continues for before ending on US 58/US 360, east of Danville,", "id": "9266506" }, { "contents": "List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (1–99)\n\n\nIn the town of Elysian Fields, FM 451 ends as FM 31 heads into Panola County. The highway intersects US 79 in De Berry. The road has a small concurrency with FM 123 in Carthage. Further south, FM 2517 makes a four-way intersection there, where a few miles to the east FM 3359 is formed. The highway ends at the Texas-Louisiana state line, where it becomes LA 765. FM 31 was designated on April 29, 1942 from US 59 in Marshall to Elysian Fields. On", "id": "15946814" }, { "contents": "Alberta Highway 11A\n\n\nHouse it is also known as 52 Avenue, and runs concurrent with Highway 752. Extending north past Highway 11, Highway 11A becomes Highway 756 as an entrance to Crimson Lake Provincial Park, extending east past Highways 11 and 22, Highway 11A becomes Highway 598. Starting from the north end of Highway 11A: Highway 11A:06 is a rare alternate route (lettered highway), in that it does not intersect its parent route, Highway 11. It follows Township Road 390 from Highway 20 in Sylvan Lake to Highway 2A in Red", "id": "2258874" }, { "contents": "Washington State Route 432\n\n\nLongview–Kelso branch of PSH 12 traveled east from an intersection with the Ocean Beach Highway, signed as PSH 12 and U.S. Route 830 (US 830), onto Nichols Boulevard around Lake Sacajawea and Tennant Way in Longview and crossed the Cowlitz River to Kelso, where the highway ended at an intersection with the Pacific Highway, signed as PSH 1 and US 99. In 1952, the highway was proposed as U.S. Route 830 Alternate shortly after the completion of the Longview Wye on US 99 (now I-5). The Longview", "id": "8636570" }, { "contents": "Florida State Road 10\n\n\nonly signed section of SR 10 is in Jacksonville and Atlantic Beach. Signage begins at the interchange with Interstate 95 and U.S. Highway 1, where US 1 splits to the south. There is a signed concurrency east to the split with US 90. Where US 90 and SR 10 split, SR 10 is known as Atlantic Boulevard, while US 90 is known as Beach Boulevard (unsigned State Road 212) to Jacksonville Beach. About a mile (2 km) before the east end of SR 10, at the east end", "id": "17030808" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 1 in Virginia\n\n\nits junction with SR 123 (Gordon Boulevard). The highway then crosses the Occoquan River into Fairfax County. US 1 continues as Richmond Highway through a partial interchange with I-95 at the southern end of Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway. The interchange includes ramps from northbound US 1 to northbound I-95, southbound US 1 to southbound I-95, northbound I-95 to northbound US 1, and southbound I-95 to southbound US 1. At the north end of the interchange, US 1 passes under the RF&P Subdivision rail line and passes through the eastern", "id": "11147305" }, { "contents": "Alaska Route 1\n\n\nSoldotna to the junction with the Seward Highway north of Seward, where it meets the north end of AK-9. There it turns north and follows the Seward Highway to its end in Anchorage, and follows the one-way pairs of Ingra and Gambell Streets and 6th and 5th Avenues, continuing east on 5th Avenue to the beginning of the Glenn Highway. AK-1 follows the entire length of the Glenn Highway, passing the south end of the George Parks Highway (AK-3) near Wasilla and meeting the Richardson Highway (AK-4) near", "id": "20306683" }, { "contents": "Oklahoma State Highway 141\n\n\nkm) before resuming its easterly course. The highway continues east for about more, passing south of Pine Mountain. The highway then turns northeast to pass through the town of Gans, where it crosses a railroad track. Northeast of town, the road turns to the east once again before coming to an end at US-64. SH-141 first appeared on the 1959 official state map, implying that it was commissioned the previous year. At this time, SH-141 had the same extent as it does today, but was completely gravel,", "id": "12028707" }, { "contents": "Alberta Highway 772\n\n\n, the roadway is designated as Highway 772 to its intersection with Highway 574, south of Madden. After this intersection, Highway 772 becomes Highway 574 for to the north end of Madden, at which point Highway 574 turns east towards Crossfield. In addition to being a numbered highway, Rocky View County has named the entirety of Highway 772, as well as the following of Highway 574, as Symons Valley Road. Symons Valley Road is signed as Highway 772 from 144 Avenue, but does not officially start until just south of", "id": "6624160" }, { "contents": "17 Avenue SE (Calgary)\n\n\ncity of Chestermere, where it becomes Chestermere Boulevard. It ends at the Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) interchange, where it continues east as Range Road 243. 17 Avenue SE is the original alignment of Highway 1 through eastern Calgary. In 1949, Highway 1 was rerouted to follow 16 Avenue  N, bypassing downtown Calgary and Forest Lawn, and 17 Avenue SE designated as Highway 1A. The section of Highway 1A west of Deerfoot Trail was dropped in the 1970s, resulting in Highway 1A being a short alternate route into", "id": "6006564" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 1/9 Truck\n\n\na four-lane divided highway called the St. Paul's Viaduct that runs to the north of the Pulaski Skyway and passes through industrial sectors, crossing over a Conrail railroad line and County Route 646. A short distance later, US 1-9 Truck comes to the Tonnele Circle with US 1-9 and Route 139, where it ends. The East Coast Greenway runs along the north side of the highway. What is now U.S. 1-9 Truck between Newark and Jersey City was originally the Newark Plank Road; in", "id": "8376055" }, { "contents": "Interstate 70 in Maryland\n\n\nstarted from Exit 1 at MD 144 east of Frederick and went to Exit 4 at New Design Road. The next section of US 40 and future I-70 to be upgraded was east of Hancock. US 40 was reconstructed as a divided highway from Tonoloway Creek at the eastern end of Hancock parallel to the Potomac River to the community of Millstone at what is now the southern terminus of MD 615 in 1961. This piece of highway became the first completed section of highway in Maryland to be marked as I-70 in 1962. In 1964", "id": "5209124" }, { "contents": "M-34 (Michigan highway)\n\n\n. When the state highway system was signed around July 1, 1919, M-34 started in Jonesville at an intersection with M-23 along the present-day alignment of M-99. The highway ran to Adrian along its present route and continued southeasterly along present-day US 223 through Blissfield, where it terminated at the Ohio state line near Sylvania, Ohio. In 1924, the western terminus of the highway was extended to Homer where it terminated at M-60. Just a few years later, in 1926, the western terminus was truncated,", "id": "16558273" }, { "contents": "Puerto Rico Highway 1\n\n\nends in San Juan. The route connects important cities such as Salinas, Cayey, and Caguas. In Ponce, PR-1 intersects PR-2 and PR-52. One of the major roads in Ponce that PR-1 does not intersect is PR-10, which is accessible via an alternate route (PR-5506) through Mercedita Airport. A sign on PR-1 alerts drivers on where to get off to access PR-10. PR-1 passes through a small portion of the central town of Cidra, merely off the border with Cayey; the exit from PR-52 to Guavate is less", "id": "95522" }, { "contents": "Array slicing\n\n\n, where the indices always start at zero, the dope vector of an array with \"d\" indices has at least 1 + 2\"d\" parameters. For languages that allow arbitrary lower bounds for indices, like Pascal, the dope vector needs 1 + 3\"d\" entries. If the array abstraction does not support true negative indices (as for example the arrays of Ada and Pascal do), then negative indices for the bounds of the slice for a given dimension are sometimes used to specify an offset from the end of the", "id": "11419755" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 1 in New York\n\n\nJersey City, New Jersey, through New York City and lower Westchester, to Greenwich, Connecticut. Old NY 1 was incorporated into the new US 1. However, because New York city did not post route numbers, US 1 ended at the 42nd Street Ferry landing in Weehawken (where the old Lincoln Highway crossed into the city) and resumed again at the Bronx–Westchester boundary. By 1928, the Holland Tunnel opened and the end of US 1 on the New Jersey side was moved there. For several years,", "id": "6948034" }, { "contents": "South Carolina Highway 51\n\n\nroad that starts at US 21 near Fort Mill and ends at the North Carolina state line, where it continues on as NC 51 through Pineville. The route is entirely two-lane, expanding to four lanes at the state line. Established as a new primary routing in 1926; the original routing ran from SC 40 (today as US 701) along Choppee Road (today as S-22-4) and Hemingway Highway (today as SC 261) to Hemingway then onto Florence, ending at SC 41 (today as US", "id": "9677788" }, { "contents": "U.S. Route 1 in Virginia\n\n\nand the western end of SR 235 (Mount Vernon Memorial Highway), which leads to Mount Vernon. US 1 crosses Dogue Creek and meets the eastern end of SR 235 (Mount Vernon Highway) just west of Little Hunting Creek. US 1 expands to six lanes as it curves north through Hybla Valley and Groveton. On the southern edge of Huntington, the U.S. Highway has a tangent intersection with Kings Highway, which heads north as SR 241. US 1 veers northeast and expands to eight lanes at Huntington Avenue and maintains", "id": "11147307" }, { "contents": "State highways in California\n\n\n. Under the code, the state assigns a unique \"Route X\" to each highway, and does not differentiate between state, US, or Interstate highways. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is tasked with patrolling all state highways to enforce traffic laws. California's highway system is governed pursuant to Division 1 of the California Streets and Highways Code. Since July 1 of 1964, the majority of \"legislative route numbers\", those defined in the Streets and Highways Code, match the \"sign route numbers\".", "id": "9339509" } ]

[ { "contents": "Kobe Bryant\n\n\nwere eventually dropped and a civil suit was settled out of court. After the Lakers lost the 2004 NBA Finals, O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat and Bryant became the cornerstone of the Lakers. He led the NBA in scoring during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. In 2006, he scored a career-high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second most points scored in a single game in league history behind Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game in 1962. Bryant was awarded the regular season's Most Valuable Player Award (", "id": "12519270" }, { "contents": "Joe Fulks\n\n\nper game. The following season on December 18, 1948, Fulks again set a single game scoring record when he scored 47 points, making 18 field goals and 11 free throws, in Philadelphia's 99–71 loss to the New York Knickerbockers. For the fourth and final time, Fulks set a new single-game scoring record when he scored 63 points on February 10, 1949. It remained the most in an NBA game until Elgin Baylor scored 64 points in a 1959 game. Fulks' 63-point outburst came during a Warriors", "id": "12696353" }, { "contents": "Kobe Bryant\n\n\nmonth of January, Bryant averaged 43.4 points per game, the eighth highest single month scoring average in NBA history and highest for any player other than Chamberlain. By the end of the 2005–06 season, Bryant set Lakers single-season franchise records for most 40-point games (27) and most points scored (2,832). He won the league's scoring title for the first time by averaging 35.4 points per game, becoming just the fifth player in league history to average at least 35 in a season. Bryant finished in fourth", "id": "12519311" }, { "contents": "List of highest-scoring NBA games\n\n\ndefeating the Nuggets 186–184. An NBA-record four players scored over 40 points in the game, including the Nuggets' Kiki Vandeweghe with a game-high 51. The two teams also set several other NBA records, including the most points scored by one team (186 points), the most points scored by a losing team (184), the most field goals by two teams (142), most field goals by one team (74) and most assists by two teams (93). The highest-", "id": "14814082" }, { "contents": "McNichols Sports Arena\n\n\nhosted the Detroit Pistons in a regular season contest. Nugget players Kiki Vandeweghe and Alex English scored 51 and 47 points respectively, while Piston Isiah Thomas also scored 47 points, with teammate John Long scoring 41 in a 186-184 triple-overtime Detroit win over the Nuggets. The game, still to date, is the highest-scoring game in NBA history, and also holds the record for the most players to score 40 or more points in a single game. Most people believe the altitude contributed to the players ability", "id": "2837790" }, { "contents": "Bob Dandridge\n\n\n98 playoff games and was a 4-time NBA all star. His dunk in Game 7 of the 1978 Finals sealed the Bullets championship victory. Dandridge scored more points in the NBA Finals in the 1970s than any other player, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He scored a total of 450 points in four NBA Finals played, playing a total of 23 games, garnering an average of over 19 points a game, most notably scoring 109 points in the 1979 NBA Finals, which was the most on his Washington Bullets team. In", "id": "12073025" }, { "contents": "Joe Fulks\n\n\n. Fulks again led the league's in scoring average during the 1947–48 season at 22.1 points per game, but lost the scoring title to Max Zaslofsky, who had more total points. Fulks had a career best 26.0 points per game average in the 1948–49 season. Fulks led the NBA in free throw percentage during the 1950–51 season. Fulks set the BAA/NBA single game scoring record four different times. On December 3, 1946, in just his eighth game as a professional, Fulks became the league's record holder for", "id": "12696351" }, { "contents": "NBA 2K\n\n\nSeveral games in the series feature a mode which allows the player to hold a slam dunk contest. Several games in the series have featured game modes that are exclusive to that particular game. \"NBA 2K11\" featured the Jordan Challenge mode, in which players are tasked with recreating some of Michael Jordan's most memorable feats, such as scoring 69 points in a single game. \"NBA 2K12\" featured the NBA's Greatest mode, where the player can play with past NBA players, such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,", "id": "11581117" }, { "contents": "J. R. Smith\n\n\nSmith led Cleveland in steal-to-turnover ratio (1.37) and scored 10 or more points 50 times and 20 or more points 11 times. During Cleveland's playoff run, Smith started in all 21 games, averaging 11.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 34.8 minutes per game. He made a franchise playoff-record 65 3-pointers, which were also the fourth-most threes made by any NBA player in a single postseason. Smith scored in double figures in each of the last five games of the NBA", "id": "13575590" }, { "contents": "Vincent Askew\n\n\nfinal time in 1997–1998 season. Askew was described as a 6-foot-6 do-everything team player who played in the post and the perimeter and was a steady defensive stopper who built a reliable jumper late in his career. The most he has ever scored in an NBA game is 21 points. In his NBA career, Askew played in 467 games and scored a total of 3,313 points. He averaged 7.1 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists in 20 minutes per game. Askew is the only player to be named Most Valuable Player", "id": "15524742" }, { "contents": "Dar Tucker\n\n\nMost Improved Player in 2011. For the 2011–12 season, he played Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket of France. He returned to Aix Maurienne for 2013–14. On March 16, 2015, he was acquired by the Reno Bighorns of the NBA Development League, returning to the team for a second stint. On March 28, he tied the NBA D-League's single-game scoring record when he scored 58 points in a game against the Texas Legends and averaged 34.6 points, 10.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists per contest in 8 games", "id": "12268235" }, { "contents": "James Harden\n\n\nin his team debut, posting 37 points, a career-high 12 assists, six rebounds, four steals and one block in a 105–96 win over the Detroit Pistons. He became just the fourth NBA player in the last 25 years to post those totals in a single game and matched the third-highest point total for any NBA player in his team debut (most for Rockets debut). Two days later, he scored 45 points against the Atlanta Hawks. His 82 total points were the most scored by a player", "id": "7892339" }, { "contents": "Splash Brothers\n\n\nThompson each scored 50 points in a game, just the seventh time it had occurred on the same team in an NBA season, and the first time since 1994–95. They both started in the 2015 NBA All-Star Game, becoming the first teammates to be the starting guards in an All-Star Game since 1975. Curry received the most All-Star fan votes of any player for his second straight All-Star start. Coming off NBA single-quarter records of 37 points and nine three-pointers during a", "id": "3499757" }, { "contents": "1961–62 Philadelphia Warriors season\n\n\nWilt Chamberlain, who set the NBA single-game scoring record. The next leading scorer for Philadelphia was Al Attles with 17 points. The Knicks leading scorer was Guerin with 39 points. In that game, Chamberlain also broke five other NBA scoring records, of which four still stand. \"Note: GP= Games played; MIN=Minutes; FG= Field Goals; FT= Free Throws; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; AVG = Average\" (2) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (3) Syracuse Nationals:", "id": "5331116" }, { "contents": "List of career achievements by Wilt Chamberlain\n\n\nThis article concerns the career achievements of Basketball Hall-of-Famer Wilt Chamberlain, who holds numerous NBA records in scoring, rebounding and durability. Among others, he is the only player in NBA history to average 40 and 50 points in a season, score 100 points in a single game, and grab over 2,000 rebounds in a single season. He also won seven scoring, nine field goal percentage, and 11 rebounding titles in addition to an assist title. With an assortment of fadeaway jump shots, his favorite one", "id": "19156264" }, { "contents": "Danny Granger\n\n\nbegan in 2009–10, with incentives that could have pushed the total closer to $65 million. In 2008–09, Granger became the first player in NBA history to lift his scoring average at least five points per game in three consecutive seasons, and the first Indiana player to average more than 25 points per game in more than 30 years. He ranked fifth in the NBA with 25.8 points and was named the NBA's Most Improved Player. His average was the highest by an Indiana player since Billy Knight's single-season team", "id": "15536047" }, { "contents": "Panagiotis Giannakis\n\n\nof 113–114. The game is memorable in the history of Greek pro club basketball, because in the game, Giannakis scored 73 points, and Galis scored 62 points, achieving the 2nd and 4th most points scored in a single game of the Greek League basketball championship. In 1982, Giannakis was selected by the Boston Celtics, with the 205th pick of the 1982 NBA draft. On August 3, 1984, Giannakis transferred to the Greek club Aris Thessaloniki, after the club paid a transfer fee contract buyout to Ionikos Nikaias for", "id": "18927185" }, { "contents": "Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game\n\n\nmore interested in personal stardom than winning. Although Chamberlain won two NBA championships and was the NBA's all-time leading scorer and rebounder when he retired, he was mostly remembered as the man who had single-handedly scored 100 points in a game. Chamberlain publicly embraced the 100-point game in his final years. On a radio show commemorating the game's 31st anniversary in 1993, he said, \"As time goes by, I feel more a part of that 100-point game.\" He explained that growing up on the", "id": "19156212" }, { "contents": "Mark Eaton\n\n\nJabbar his 31,421st point and the NBA's all-time scoring record. Eaton's third season (1984–85) was spectacular. He blocked 456 shots, shattering the NBA record for most blocked shots in a single season set during the 1973–74 season by Elmore Smith who had blocked 393 shots for the Los Angeles Lakers. Eaton averaged 5.56 blocks per game, more than double the league's second ranked blocker (Houston's Hakeem Olajuwon with 2.68 blocks per game). In addition, Eaton averaged 11.3 rebounds per game, ranking fifth", "id": "12677303" }, { "contents": "Los Angeles Lakers\n\n\n27.4) while Bryant has the highest points scored in a single game (81). Baylor, Bryant and West hold the top five single season scoring averages, with Bryant occupying the numbers one (35.4) and four (31.6) spots, while Baylor has the second (34.8), and third (34.0), and West the fifth (31.3). The Lakers hold several NBA records as a team including most consecutive games won overall (33) and most consecutive road games won (16) both of which", "id": "21535099" }, { "contents": "Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game\n\n\nWilt Chamberlain set the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by scoring 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169–147 win over the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962, at Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It is widely considered one of the greatest records in basketball. Chamberlain set five other league records that game including most free throws made, a notable achievement, as he was regarded as a poor free throw shooter. The teams broke the record for most combined points in", "id": "19156164" }, { "contents": "Wilt Chamberlain\n\n\nwith the Lakers. Chamberlain holds numerous NBA records in scoring, rebounding, and durability categories. He is the only player to score 100 points in a single NBA game or average more than 40 and 50 points in a season. He won seven scoring, eleven rebounding, nine field goal percentage titles and led the league in assists once. Chamberlain is the only player in NBA history to average at least 30 points and 20 rebounds per game in a season, which he accomplished seven times. He is also the only player", "id": "16018782" }, { "contents": "2004–05 San Antonio Spurs season\n\n\nbehind the arc, not scoring a single 3-point basket, the Spurs made 11 3-pointers, including 4 each by Manu Ginóbili and Bruce Bowen, who did not score a point in game 1. Ginobili finished the game with a game-high 27 points, while Tim Duncan finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Antonio McDyess was the high scorer for Detroit, scoring 15 points off the bench. The 2-0 lead proved a daunting challenge to Detroit, historically. In the history of the NBA, in the 153", "id": "20121356" }, { "contents": "Zach LaVine\n\n\nKarl-Anthony Towns, and Andrew Wiggins became the first trio of NBA teammates under age 21 to score at least 20 points in the same game. On January 27, he scored 35 points against the Oklahoma City Thunder, just two points shy of his career high. His 35 points set a franchise record for a bench player and set the highest scoring total by a non-starter in the league in 2015–16. He tied Minnesota single-game records with a shooting percentage of 82.4 (14 for 17) and most", "id": "20967589" }, { "contents": "Denver Nuggets\n\n\nSpurs bounced back to sweep the next four, as the Nuggets were eliminated in the first round in five games for the fourth straight year. On March 16, 2008, the Nuggets scored 168 points in a 168–116 home win over Seattle SuperSonics. It was the third-most points scored for a regulation game in NBA history (The Nuggets and the Pistons hold the spot for most combined points scored in a game which was over 360 points total.) They finished the 2007–08 NBA season with exactly 50 wins as well as", "id": "21534283" }, { "contents": "Brian Heaney\n\n\nAll-Canadian in 1969. He set a single-game scoring record of 74 points. He was drafted by the Baltimore Bullets in the 19 round of the 1969 NBA draft from Acadia University. Heaney was the first CIAU player to play in the NBA and along with Jim Zoet, are the only two U Sports players to have played in an NBA game. He split the 1969-70 season between the Bullets, scoring a total of 30 points in the NBA, and the Sunbury Mercuries of the Eastern League.", "id": "19659476" }, { "contents": "Walter Bond\n\n\n. He scored 590 points in 1 season with the Dallas Mavericks, 273 points in two seasons with Utah Jazz, and 10 points in one season with the Detroit Pistons On November 10, 1992, in just his second professional game in the NBA, he scored a career high 25 points as a Maverick against the Minnesota Timberwolves. His single game scoring stats declined for the rest of his 151 NBA games. He also played professionally in Italy for Cirio Avellino (Serie A2, Jan-Jun '98). Walter is", "id": "17966196" }, { "contents": "Lamar Cardinals and Lady Cardinals\n\n\nLamar he recruited 2 players, Clarence Kea and B.B. Davis, who would become all-Americans for Lamar, while Clarence would go on to play professionally in the NBA. The 1979 Cardinal Basketball team set records when it beat Portland State University 141–84; at the time, that game set an NCAA record for points in a single game. During the game, Mike Olliver set the single game scoring record at Lamar with 50 points; that record stood until January 4, 2011, when reserve guard Mike James scored 52 points", "id": "8758295" }, { "contents": "Marcus Posley\n\n\nbecome the player to score the most points in a single game in Division-I basketball for the season. St. Bonaventure finished the 2015-16 season as co-champions of the Atlantic 10 regular season, sharing honors with Dayton and VCU After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Posley was selected from the Sioux Falls Skyforce in Round 2 with Pick 22 in the 2016 NBA Development League Draft. In 47 games, he went on to average 9.7 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists per game. On July 29", "id": "17305804" }, { "contents": "George Yardley\n\n\nin scoring, averaging 27.8 points per game, and tallied 2001 points, just enough to make him the first NBA player to score 2000 points in a season. That year, Yardley also set NBA records for most free throws attempted (808) and most free throws made (655), and was named to the All-NBA First Team for the only time in his career. Following a sixth All-Star season in 1959–1960, in which he averaged 20.2 points per game, George Yardley retired from basketball at the", "id": "20833485" }, { "contents": "2017 NBA All-Star Game\n\n\nThe 2017 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 19, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Smoothie King Center. It was the 66th edition of the event. The West won the game 192-182. The MVP of the game was Anthony Davis, who scored 52 points, the most ever scored by a player in an All-Star Game. It was initially planned to be held at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, home of the Charlotte Hornets. If the game had", "id": "854270" }, { "contents": "Wilt Chamberlain\n\n\ncomebacks in NBA Finals history. In Game 6, Chamberlain scored 45 points, grabbed 27 rebounds and almost single-handedly equalized the series in a 135–113 Lakers win, and with Reed out, the Knicks seemed doomed prior to Game 7 in New York. However, the hero of that Game 7 was Willis Reed. He famously hobbled up court, scored the first four points, and inspired his team to one of the most famous playoff upsets of all time. The Knicks led by 27 at halftime, and despite scoring", "id": "16018875" }, { "contents": "List of National Basketball Association single-game scoring leaders\n\n\nThis is a complete listing of National Basketball Association players who have scored 60 or more points in a game. This feat has been accomplished 71 times in NBA history. Twenty-six different players have scored 60 or more points in a game, while just six players have joined the 70 point club. Only five players have scored 60 or more points on more than one occasion: Wilt Chamberlain (32 times), Kobe Bryant (6 times), Michael Jordan (5 times), Elgin Baylor (4 times)", "id": "964973" }, { "contents": "Wilt Chamberlain\n\n\nbreaking the previous regular-season records. He needed only 56 games to score 2,102 points, which broke the all-time regular season scoring record of Bob Pettit, who needed 72 games to score 2,101 points. Chamberlain broke eight NBA records, and was named NBA MVP and Rookie of the Year that season, a feat matched only by fellow Hall-of-Famer Wes Unseld in the 1968–69 NBA season. Chamberlain capped off his rookie season by winning the 1960 NBA All-Star Game MVP award with a 23-point,", "id": "16018816" }, { "contents": "Pete Maravich\n\n\ngames, and 50 or more in 4 games. His 68-point masterpiece against the Knicks was at the time the most points ever scored by a guard in a single game, and only two players at any position had ever scored more: Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor. Baylor was head coach of the Jazz at that time. Maravich earned his third all-star game appearance and was honored as All-NBA First Team for the second consecutive season. The following season, injuries to both knees forced him to miss 32 games", "id": "20269580" }, { "contents": "Carl Braun (basketball)\n\n\nthe last with the New York Knicks. Braun led the Knicks in scoring during his first seven seasons. He did not play during the 1950-1951 or 1951-1952 seasons due to military service. He was named to the All-NBA Second Team in 1948 and 1954. In 1948 he set a then NBA single game scoring record, recording 47 points. He ended his career in 1962, after one season with the Boston Celtics. Braun played in five NBA All-Star Games and scored 10,625 points in his", "id": "16877128" }, { "contents": "History of the Los Angeles Lakers\n\n\nshots (2.88 bpg) in 51 games. The Lakers defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1997 NBA Playoffs. O'Neal scored 46 points in Game 1 against the Trail Blazers, marking the highest single-game playoff scoring output by a Laker since Jerry West scored 53 against the Celtics in 1969. Despite a NBA-record 7-for-7 three-point shooting performance from Horry in game 2, the Lakers lost the next round four games to one to the Utah Jazz. In the following 1997–98 season, the", "id": "19664597" }, { "contents": "Dave Bing\n\n\nexplosive guard, he functioned as the playmaker distributing the ball, but also did more shooting and scoring than most others who had this position. At one time a joke about him and his backcourt partner, Jimmy Walker, was that it was a shame they could only play the game with one ball at a time. In 1966, after being selected 2nd overall in the 1966 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons, Bing scored 1,601 points (20.0 points per game), and won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award while", "id": "10800522" }, { "contents": "Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game\n\n\nit to Wilt.\" Attles was a defensive specialist who rarely scored, yet went 8–8 from the field and hit his single free throw. He later lamented, \"In the game where I literally couldn't miss, Wilt had to go out and score 100.\" The Warriors and Knicks combined for a record 316 points. Philadelphia fell short of the Boston Celtics' then-record of 173 points in a game. It was not uncommon for late-season NBA games to feature little defense. Celtics guard Bob Cousy", "id": "19156200" }, { "contents": "Pat Frink\n\n\nwas drafted by the Cincinnati Royals in the third round (27th pick) of the 1968 NBA draft. He played one season for the Royals, appearing in 48 games and averaging 2.1 points per game in 1968–69. He scored a career single-game best 17 points on January 9, 1969 against the Seattle SuperSonics. An ankle injury kept him out of the next season, and his NBA career was over. One of his teammates was legendary hall-of-famer Oscar Robertson who, despite playing with Frink for only", "id": "20643116" }, { "contents": "2015 NBA Finals\n\n\ngo along with 12 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Through 3 games, James scored 123 points, the most points scored by any player in the first three games of any NBA Finals series, surpassing Rick Barry's 122 from the 1967 NBA Finals. Dellavedova scored 20, a playoff career high. Curry led the Warriors with 27 points, 17 of which came in the fourth quarter. This win marks the first time that the Cavaliers held a lead in a Finals series in their franchise history, as well", "id": "17563265" }, { "contents": "Eddie Johnson (basketball, born 1959)\n\n\nEdward Arnet Johnson (born May 1, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association and a year in the Greek Basket League midway through his career. With nearly 1,200 games in the NBA, he is notable for having scored the second most career points of a player to never play in an NBA All-Star game, behind Jamal Crawford. As of the 2018-19 season, he is ranked 52nd in all-time points scored, along with being the fifth", "id": "12205110" }, { "contents": "Tom Van Arsdale\n\n\nOmaha Kings, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Atlanta Hawks, and the Phoenix Suns. Van Arsdale, a three-time All-Star, was consistently over his career one of the best free throw shooters in the NBA. He retired from play in 1977. Van Arsdale still holds the NBA record for most career games played without a playoff appearance. Van Arsdale played 929 games without making a single playoff appearance. Van Arsdale is also the highest scoring player (14,232 career points) in NBA history without a playoff appearance.", "id": "20557883" }, { "contents": "NBA All-Star Celebrity Game\n\n\nincludes two NBA legends, Jason Williams, and Baron Davis, as well as Lindsay Whalen and Candace Parker of the WNBA. The game ended up being the second most lopsided game in Celebrity Game history to date. The East Team's 88 points were the most ever scored by one team, and their 29-point margin of victory was the second largest ever. Even though last year's MVP and the East Team player Win Butler scored 22 points and 11 rebounds, his teammate Brandon Armstrong won the 2017 All-Star Celebrity Game", "id": "13659890" }, { "contents": "List of National Basketball Association franchise career scoring leaders\n\n\nthe Utah Jazz, the most points by a player for a single franchise. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, is the Milwaukee Bucks leader with 14,211 points. He scored more points with the Los Angeles Lakers (24,176), where he ranks third in Lakers' history. Kobe Bryant leads the Lakers, scoring the most points in the NBA while playing for only one team in an entire career. Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks is second behind Bryant in scoring while playing for only", "id": "21113734" }, { "contents": "Dolph Schayes\n\n\nset an NBA consecutive free throw record in a single game with 18. In 1957–58 he again led the league in minutes-per-game (40.5), and averaged a career-high 24.9 points per game, second in the league, while averaging 14.2 rebounds per game (fourth in the NBA). Schayes led the NBA in free throw percentage three times: in 1958 (.904), 1960 (.892) and 1962 (.896). In 1959, he scored a career-high 50 points in a", "id": "11918065" }, { "contents": "History of the Golden State Warriors\n\n\nfirst season, he was named NBA Rookie of the Year, the NBA All-Star Game MVP, and the league's regular season MVP after averaging 37.6 points per game and 27.0 rebounds per game. In his second season, he set still-standing records when he averaged 27.2 rebounds per game and grabbed 55 rebounds in a single game. On March 2, 1962, in a Warrior game played on a neutral court in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Chamberlain scored 100 points against the New York Knicks, a single-game", "id": "15792659" }, { "contents": "NBA Finals\n\n\n, clinching their second championship. In 1993, Jordan was matched against close friend Charles Barkley, who was the league's reigning MVP of the Phoenix Suns. The Bulls won the first two games in Phoenix, 100–92 and 111–108. The Suns, rallying behind Barkley, won Game 3, 129–121 in Chicago in triple overtime. The Bulls won Game 4, 111–105, with Jordan scoring 55 points and tying Rick Barry for the second-most points in an NBA Finals game. The Suns won Game 5, 108–98, sending", "id": "19119491" }, { "contents": "List of career achievements by Michael Jordan\n\n\n: 866, to Consecutive points scored in a game: 23, vs. Atlanta Hawks, April 16, 1987 Seasons scoring 2,000 or more points: 11 (, –, –) Oldest player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring: () Oldest player in NBA history to score 50 points in a game: (51 points, vs. New Orleans Hornets, ) Oldest player in NBA history to score 40 points in a game: (43 points, vs. New Jersey Nets, ) Fewest games played to reach", "id": "21832539" }, { "contents": "Danny Manning\n\n\nuntil their loss to the Soviet Union in a semi-final game. Manning failed to score even a single point in that game, and afterward called it \"one of the biggest disappointments of my life.\" Manning was drafted with the first overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1988 NBA draft. He played only 26 games as a rookie after a torn anterior cruciate ligament required him to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery, but he returned for the 1989–1990 season. His most productive NBA season was 1992–1993, when he", "id": "20709327" }, { "contents": "Anthony Morrow\n\n\n86-for-184 for a .467 percentage. Morrow re-joined the Warriors for the 2009 NBA Summer League, where he scored 47 points for the Warriors in a game against the New Orleans Hornets – setting the record for the most points scored by an individual in a game at the NBA Summer League. In the 13th game of the 2009–10 NBA season, Morrow set a new career high with 6 three-pointers in a victory over the Dallas Mavericks. On July 13, 2010, Morrow was traded to the New Jersey Nets for", "id": "1260782" }, { "contents": "Jayson Tatum\n\n\nscore 25 or more points in a playoff game since Larry Bird during the 1980 NBA Playoffs, also against the 76ers. After posting 21 points in a Game 2 victory, he became the youngest player ever to score at least 20 points in four straight playoff games at the age of , surpassing Kobe Bryant who accomplished that feat during the 1999 NBA Playoffs at the age of . After leading the Celtics with 24 points in a Game 3 overtime win in Philadelphia, he became the first Celtics rookie to score 20 points in five", "id": "8594362" }, { "contents": "Željko Rebrača\n\n\nin which he averaged 6.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game, as a member of the Detroit Pistons. His career NBA averages were 5.9 points per game and 3.2 rebounds per game, in 15.3 minutes per game. Rebrača was plagued with heart problems. Those problems caused him to miss many games in his NBA career, including most of the first half of the 2005–06 NBA season. Rebrača had NBA career highs of 24 points (scored on April 10, 2002), and 16 rebounds (set on January 29, 2005", "id": "18285292" }, { "contents": "Micheal Ray Richardson\n\n\ngames. Richardson was First team All-Big Sky Conference as a sophomore, junior and senior. Today, Richardson still shares the Montana single game scoring record of 40 points, and holds the single game record for field goals of 18 and the single season scoring average record of 24.2. Richardson is third on the Montana career assists list (372), second in career scoring (1,827 points) and ninth in career rebounding. The New York Knicks drafted Richardson with the fourth overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft, and", "id": "9564880" }, { "contents": "Willis Reed\n\n\nselected Reed in the second round, with the eighth overall selection, in the 1964 NBA draft. Reed quickly made a name as a fierce, dominating and physical force on both ends of the floor. In March 1965, he scored 46 points against the Los Angeles Lakers, the second-highest single game total ever by the Knicks' rookie. For the 1964–65 season, he ranked seventh in the NBA in scoring (19.5 points per game) and fifth in rebounding (14.7 rebounds per game). He also began", "id": "3675289" }, { "contents": "Devin Booker\n\n\n21st career 30+ point game, setting the third-most 30-point games in NBA history before turning 21 years old, behind LeBron James (57) and Kevin Durant (28). On November 6, he scored 18 points in a 98–92 loss to the Brooklyn Nets to reach 3,000 career points and the fourth-youngest player in NBA history to score 3,000 points, behind LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Carmelo Anthony. On November 13, a 36-point game and 26th 30-point in his career tied Steve Nash for 15th", "id": "3582253" }, { "contents": "Delaware Blue Coats\n\n\nrecord). Sean Kilpatrick scored 45 points, Jordan McRae set the all-time D-League single-game scoring record with 61 points, Christian Wood scored 45 points, and Russ Smith broke McRae's record and scored 65 points. McRae and Kilpatrick were selected as All-Stars, and both along with Wood received NBA call-ups. With three of their top four players now in the NBA, the 87ers went through a rough stretch from a 17–13 start to finish 21–29. They were however aided by former", "id": "4891754" }, { "contents": "Tony White (basketball)\n\n\nthird all-time leading scorer for Tennessee with 2,219 points. He appeared in 127 games averaging 17.5 points per game. He also holds the school record for most points scored in a single game with 51. White was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 10th pick in the 2nd round of the 1987 NBA Draft. In his only season (1987–88) he played 2 games for the Bulls, registering no statistics. He split the remainder of the season with the New York Knicks and the Golden State Warriors. He played", "id": "13782705" }, { "contents": "List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders\n\n\nIn basketball, points are accumulated through free throws or field goals. The National Basketball Association's (NBA) scoring title is awarded to the player with the highest points per game average in a given season. The scoring title was originally determined by total points scored through the 1968–69 season, after which points per game was used to determine the leader instead. Players who earned scoring titles before the 1979–80 season did not record any three-point field goals because the three-point line had just been implemented in the NBA at", "id": "4987711" }, { "contents": "1983–84 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team\n\n\ngame in the 1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament to . Over the course of the season, Wayman Tisdale established the current Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball single-season scoring average (27.0) and single-game points (61) records. The following is a summary of the team's performance in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament: The following players were drafted in the 1984 NBA Draft: The following players were varsity letter-winners from this team who were drafted in the NBA Draft in later years", "id": "386299" }, { "contents": "1981 NBA Finals\n\n\ntheir own, holding the Rockets to 71 points, the lowest output for an NBA team in a Finals game since the Syracuse Nationals scored 71 in the 1955 NBA Finals (which was, incidentally, the year the shot clock was introduced). Reid continued his air-tight defense on Bird, holding him to another eight points, while scoring 19 himself. The star of this game was Mike Dunleavy, Sr., who had 28 points. Malone would add 24 points and 22 rebounds as the Rockets tied the series", "id": "4938786" }, { "contents": "Bernard King\n\n\nfouls on Dallas Mavericks defenders, including Mark Aguirre, who fouled out. King shot 20 for 28 from the field with 10 free throws in the 105–98 win over the Mavericks. The next season, on Christmas Day, 1984, King lit up the New Jersey Nets for 60 points in a losing effort, becoming just the tenth player in NBA history to score 60 or more points in a single game. King had scored 40 points by halftime, and finished the game with 19 of 30 shooting from the field and 22", "id": "16877368" }, { "contents": "Scott Skiles\n\n\n, 1990, when Skiles racked up 30 assists in Orlando's 155-116 victory over the Denver Nuggets at Orlando Arena, breaking Kevin Porter's NBA single-game assists record (29). His well more than doubling scoring and nearly doubling his assists marks from the previous year earned him the NBA Most Improved Player Award. The next year, 1991–92, was a bit of a backslide, dropping to 14.1 points and 7.3 assists in 31.7 minutes in 75 games, with games started, field goals made, field goal", "id": "15082787" }, { "contents": "1953 NBA All-Star Game\n\n\na tight contest with plenty of lead changes in the first three quarters. In the fourth quarter, West's Bob Davies scored eight successive points to give the West a lead. The West outscored the East 22–20 in the fourth quarter to win the game by four points. However, the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award went to Minneapolis Lakers center George Mikan who scored a game-high 22 points and 16 rebounds for the West. Boston Celtics' Ed Macauley led the East with 18 points while Syracuse Nationals'", "id": "21780853" }, { "contents": "Dave Sorenson\n\n\nHis career scoring average of 21.1 points per game ranks fifth, his career 9.9 rebounds per game ranks sixth. He was drafted in the second round (26th overall) of the 1970 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. His rookie season of 1970-71 was his most productive, as the power forward posted career-high per-game averages of 24.6 minutes played, 11.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists. On December 19, 1970, he posted a career single-game high of 34 points against the Buffalo", "id": "12631753" }, { "contents": "Kevin McHale (basketball)\n\n\npoints in a game. The 98 points in consecutive games is still a Celtics' record. Nine days after McHale had scored 56 points, Larry Bird established a new Celtics' single-game scoring mark by pouring in 60 points versus the Atlanta Hawks. Boston captured its second straight Eastern Conference title but was upended in the NBA Finals in six games by the rival Lakers. McHale led the Celtics in scoring (26.0) and rebounding (10.7) versus the Lakers, including an impressive outing in the series's sixth game", "id": "12442599" }, { "contents": "LeBron James\n\n\n20, James scored 56 points against the Toronto Raptors, setting Cleveland's new single-game points record. With final averages of 27.2 points, 7.4 rebounds, 7.2 assists, and 2.2 steals per game, he was named to his first All-NBA Team. Despite a 30–20 record to start the year, the Cavaliers again failed to make the playoffs, finishing the season 42–40. At the 2006 All-Star Game, James led the East to victory with 29 points and was named the NBA All-Star Game", "id": "10647782" }, { "contents": "David Robinson\n\n\nphilanthropic initiatives. Robinson is also co-owner of a Jaguar Land Rover Dealership in San Juan, Texas. Robinson scored 40 or more points 22 times in the regular season and once in the playoffs. Fourth (and most recent) player in NBA history to record a quadruple-double in a game: San Antonio Spurs (115) vs. Detroit Pistons (96), Fourth player in NBA history to score 70 or more points in a game: 71, at Los Angeles Clippers, One of two players in NBA", "id": "281877" }, { "contents": "Shane Battier\n\n\n2012 NBA Finals, Battier scored 58 points in five games, and won his first NBA Championship. His 11.6 points per game exceeded his 4.8 average in the 2011–12 regular season, and he made 15–26 three-point shots. His 57.7 three point shooting percentage in the 2012 NBA Finals is the highest three point shooting percentage ever recorded by a player who made 15 or more three-pointers in an NBA Finals series. During the 2012–13 regular season, Battier and the Heat won 27 consecutive games, establishing the NBA's second", "id": "7751902" }, { "contents": "John Havlicek\n\n\nis the Celtics' all-time leader in points and games played, scoring 26,395 points (20.8 points per game, 16th all-time in points scored in the NBA), and playing in 1,270 games (30th all-time). He became the first player to score 1,000 points in 16 consecutive seasons, with his best season coming during the 1970–71 season when he averaged 28.9 points per game. The Celtics won the 1974 NBA Championship and Havlicek was named NBA Finals MVP. In the second overtime of game five", "id": "4947430" }, { "contents": "2001 NBA All-Star Game\n\n\nWest dominated the first 39 minutes behind its superior size. Iverson sparked the comeback scoring 15 of his 25 points in the final nine minutes of the game. Stephon Marbury also helped the East by hitting two three-pointers in the final 53 seconds, including one with 28 seconds left, which proved to be the game-winner. Kobe Bryant scored the most points for the West squad (19 points), which led by as much as twenty-one points before the team squandered the lead. Bryant, the NBA", "id": "10277244" }, { "contents": "Kevin Durant\n\n\nfirst pair of teammates to each score at least 40 points in a single game since 1996, doing so in a win over the Orlando Magic on October 30. On April 11, Durant scored 34 points against the Lakers, setting an NBA record for consecutive games scoring 20 or more points with 64. For the year, Durant averaged 28.2 points, 8.2 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1.2 blocks per game, leading the Thunder to 55 wins and the third seed in the West. In Game 2 of the first round", "id": "7776650" }, { "contents": "Carmelo Anthony\n\n\nthe third time in his career. Anthony plays the small forward position, but he is also capable of playing power forward. His scoring prowess is considered his best asset with his ability to take over any game on the offensive end; he shares the NBA record for second most points scored in one quarter with 33, and holds the New York Knicks single-game franchise scoring record with 62. On offense, Anthony is recognized for being a prolific scorer with a variety of crafty offensive moves. Listed at and , he", "id": "17274739" }, { "contents": "George McCloud\n\n\nduring the 1995-96 season as a member of the Mavericks, appearing in 79 games and averaging 18.9 ppg while setting the NBA record for most 3-point attempts in a season. In his NBA career, McCloud played in 766 games and scored a total of 6,925 points. McCloud was a productive three point shooter throughout his career. At NBA All-Star Weekend in 1996, he appeared in the Three-point Shootout but lost in the semifinal round. McCloud has the second-highest total for three-point attempts in", "id": "11330146" }, { "contents": "1992–93 Dallas Mavericks season\n\n\nHarper led them in scoring averaging 18.2 points per game. The 1992–93 Mavericks also had by far the worst average point differential in the history of the NBA at -15.2 points per game – over three points worse than the 1972–73 76ers who won only nine games, and over five points worse than the 2015–16 76ers who won ten. For this reason, NBA historian Kyle Wright declared in 2007 that the 1992–93 Mavericks must rank as, at least relative to their opponents, \"the\" worst team in the history of the NBA.", "id": "10963374" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Golden State Warriors season\n\n\nplayer to win since Wilt Chamberlain in the 1959–60 NBA season, when the franchise was still located in Philadelphia. He also broke his own NBA record for made three-pointers in a season of 272, he finished with 286. On January 23, 2015, Klay Thompson broke the NBA record for most points scored in a quarter with 37; he finished the game with a career high 52 points. On April 15, head coach Steve Kerr won his 63rd game with the Warriors and broke the NBA record for most wins", "id": "3615110" }, { "contents": "2017 NBA Finals\n\n\nin a Finals game, en route to scoring 86 points for the first half, which was the most points scored in a half. They also hit 13 three-pointers in the first half, which broke the Finals record for most threes in a half set last game by the Warriors. The Cavaliers finished the game with 24 three-pointers, which easily broke the Finals record for the most threes in a game set by the Warriors in Game 2. Both the Cavaliers and Warriors combined to score a total of 154", "id": "9011305" }, { "contents": "2013 NBA Finals\n\n\nshot under the basket and a follow-up tip-in attempt. James went on to hit a 17-foot jumper that secured the victory. Wade scored 23 points and had 10 rebounds, and Battier scored 18 points on six 3-pointers to offset scoreless nights by Bosh and Allen. James tied Tommy Heinsohn's record set in 1957 for most points in an NBA Finals Game 7 win, and won his second straight NBA Finals MVP. The Heat became the fifth team to win the NBA title by coming back from a 3–2 series", "id": "17321800" }, { "contents": "Scott Skiles\n\n\nhe also earned the 1990–91 NBA Most Improved Player Award. In 1982, Skiles led Plymouth High School to the Indiana State Championship, scoring 39 points to lead the Pilgrims past the Gary Roosevelt Panthers in double overtime. During the 1982 season Skiles led the state in scoring, averaging 30.2 points per game. He set several records during high school, including most points in a home game (53) and most points in an away game (56). He left Plymouth as the school's all-time career scoring leader", "id": "15082782" }, { "contents": "2015 NBA All-Star Game\n\n\nWestbrook scored 41 points and was named the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player. He scored 27 points in 11 minutes in the first half, setting an All-Star record for points in a half. He finished one point shy of the All-Star game record set by Wilt Chamberlain (42) in 1962. Rookie Zach LaVine won the Slam Dunk Contest to become the youngest champion (19) since an 18-year-old Kobe Bryant in 1997. He became a crowd favorite after his first dunk, which", "id": "2810044" }, { "contents": "Splash Brothers\n\n\nthe first two players in NBA history to make at least 200 three-pointers in five consecutive seasons. Curry broke the NBA record for most three-pointers made in a single game with 13, breaking the previous of 12 he held jointly with Kobe Bryant and Donyell Marshall. In 2017–18, the duo each made 200 three-pointers again to extend their record for consecutive seasons with 200 made. In Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals against Houston, Thompson scored 35 points and shot 9-of-14 on three-pointers and Curry", "id": "3499766" }, { "contents": "Anthony Davis\n\n\nMemphis Grizzlies. Davis joined Shaquille O'Neal and Chris Webber as the only NBA players with 50 points and 20 rebounds in a game since 1983. Davis also became just the 20th player in NBA history to score at least 59 points in a game, and became the youngest player in NBA history to score 59 points in a game, and the second youngest (behind Bob McAdoo) to record 50 points and 20 rebounds in a game. The 59 points was an NBA-wide season high at the time. The total was", "id": "9542391" }, { "contents": "LeBron James\n\n\ndecisive seventh game in Boston, James scored 45 points and Paul Pierce scored 41 in a game the Associated Press described as a \"shootout\". At the conclusion of the 2008–09 season, James finished second in NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award voting and made his first NBA All-Defensive Team, posting 23 chase-down blocks and a career-high 93 total blocks. He also became only the fourth postmerger player to lead his team in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks in a single season", "id": "10647788" }, { "contents": "Jim McCaffrey (basketball)\n\n\nJames McCaffrey is a former American basketball player who played collegiately at Holy Cross and was a 6th round selection in the 1986 NBA draft. A native of Rutland, Vermont, he was named one of Sports Illustrated's 50 Greatest Sports Figures from the State of Vermont. A prolific scorer at Rutland High School, McCaffrey scored 1,111 points in two varsity seasons, and guided the Red Raiders to back-to-back state title game appearances at Patrick Gym. McCaffrey scored 55 points in single game in 1981, which is fifth", "id": "10451566" }, { "contents": "Bernard King\n\n\nand was selected twice to the All-NBA First Team and four times to the NBA All-Star Game. In 1977–78, his rookie season, he set a New Jersey Nets franchise record for most points scored in a season with 1,909, at 24.2 points per game. He would later surpass this record with his 2,027-point season in 1983–84, earning the first of his back-to-back All-NBA First Team selections. King played for the Utah Jazz in the 1979–80 season and averaged 9.3 points per game in", "id": "16877365" }, { "contents": "2017 NBA Finals\n\n\nboth James and Irving, Cleveland finished the game a dismal 12-of-44 from three-point range, compared to the Warriors 16-of-33 performance on three point shots. The Cleveland Cavaliers led wire-to-wire as they avoided a Finals sweep by Golden State to rout the Warriors 137–116, ending Golden State's NBA postseason record winning streak at 15 games to start the 2017 playoffs. The game was notable for shattering a number of NBA Finals records. The Cavs scored 49 points in the first quarter, the most points of any period", "id": "9011304" }, { "contents": "Staples Center\n\n\nsecond-highest number of points scored in a single game in NBA history, second only to Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point performance. Of the team's five NBA championships since moving to the venue, the Lakers have celebrated their and victories at Staples Center with series-winning victories at home. Prior to the 2006–07 NBA season, the lighting inside Staples Center was modified for Lakers games. The lights were focused only on the court itself (hence the promotional \"Lights Out\" campaign), reminiscent of the Lakers' early years", "id": "1015545" }, { "contents": "2013 NBA All-Star Game\n\n\nshots by LeBron James late in the game, part of a late run to secure the game for the West. Kevin Durant led all scorers with 30 points and became the first player in NBA history to score 30+ points in three consecutive All-Star games, while Bryant had nine points and eight assists. Carmelo Anthony led the East with 26 points and 12 rebounds. James, who shot well during the latter part of the season's first half, shot only 7-for-18 while scoring 19 points. Andre Drummond was unable", "id": "8655047" }, { "contents": "List of career achievements by Michael Jordan\n\n\ncategories (points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks) for the last 3 rounds of the 1997 Playoffs Only player in NBA history to lead a team to the championship with only one teammate averaging double figures in scoring Most Valuable Player awards: 6 (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998) Scoring 20 or more points in all games, career: 35 games One of seven players to lead a team in 4 out of 5 categories for an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player awards: 3 (1988", "id": "21832561" }, { "contents": "Dominique Wilkins\n\n\nreach that plateau. On the day of the injury, Wilkins was named a reserve on the Eastern Conference All-Star Team. His 28.1 scoring average was his highest in five years, and the 52 points he scored in a double-overtime game on December 7 against the New York Knicks were the most by an NBA player that season. Wilkins was honored by several sports publications the next season as the NBA Comeback Player of the Year. He scored an average of 27.7 points per game in the first month of the", "id": "21334494" }, { "contents": "Center (basketball)\n\n\naward. Stronger than any player of his era, he was usually capable of scoring and rebounding at will. Although he was the target of constant double- and triple-teaming, as well as fouling tactics designed to take advantage of his poor free-throw shooting, he set a number of records that have never been broken. Most notably, Chamberlain is the only player in NBA history to average more than 50 points in a season and score 100 points in a single game (both in 1961–62 as a member of the", "id": "6524327" }, { "contents": "2016 NBA Finals\n\n\nwith 19 points, while drilling four threes. Harrison Barnes also contributed 18 points in 33 minutes of play. The Warriors defeated the Cavaliers 108–97 in Game 4 to take a 3–1 series lead. After averaging just 16 points in the first three games of the series, Curry scored 38 and was 7 of 13 on three-pointers. The Warriors made 17 three-pointers, then an NBA record for a single Finals game. They made only 16 two-point field goals, the first time in Finals history a team", "id": "1533080" }, { "contents": "Jamal Crawford\n\n\n, thus joining Dell Curry as the only NBA players, since starting lineups were recorded, with 11,000 career points as reserves. On April 9, 2019, in a 120–109 season-finale loss to the Dallas Mavericks, Crawford scored 51 points, one of his career-highs. It was his fourth 50-point game and his first since December 2008; it was also his first game in three years with over 30 points. At 39 years and 20 days old, Crawford broke two single-game NBA records: oldest player", "id": "2610811" }, { "contents": "Dirk Nowitzki\n\n\nthe semifinals. In the Conference Finals, they faced the Oklahoma City Thunder and their All-NBA duo of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. In Game 1, Nowitzki scored 48 points and set an NBA record of 24 consecutive free throws made in a game as well as a record for most free throws in a game without a miss. In Game 4, with Dallas leading the series 2–1, Nowitzki scored 40 points to rally his team from a 99–84 fourth-quarter deficit to a 112–105 overtime victory. Dallas won the", "id": "14368943" }, { "contents": "Oliver Lafayette\n\n\nthe Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association and appeared in one game with the team in which he scored 7 points. According to research by STATS LLC, those 7 points are an NBA record for most points scored in a career of exactly one game played. Upon playing with the Celtics, Lafayette became the 23rd former Houston Cougar to play in the NBA. On October 13, 2010, Lafayette signed with Partizan Belgrade in Serbia, but the contract was terminated in November. In December 2010, Lafayette practiced with the Fort", "id": "2758358" }, { "contents": "List of career achievements by Michael Jordan\n\n\n(246/6), vs. Phoenix Suns, 1993 NBA Finals Points, 6-game series: 246, vs. Phoenix Suns, 1993 NBA Finals (41.0 ppg) Consecutive games scoring 40 or more points: 4, vs. Phoenix Suns, to Consecutive games scoring 20 or more points: 35, to Scoring 30 or more points in all games, any championship series: 6 games, vs. Phoenix Suns, 1993 NBA Finals Points, half: 35, first half, vs. Portland Trail Blazers, Field goals made, 6-game series: 101", "id": "21832550" }, { "contents": "1971 ABA Playoffs\n\n\nmet them in the finals. Game 3 of the Eastern Finals saw 287 total points scored. This was the most points scored in any ABA playoff game, and would be the most points scored in a playoff game in either the NBA or ABA until 1992. 13,260 fans attended Game Seven of the ABA championship series between the Utah Stars and Kentucky Colonels at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 18, 1971. After the Stars won 131-121 the fans stormed the floor and mobbed the court for", "id": "16889300" }, { "contents": "Alphonso Ford\n\n\nI history to average 25 points per game in four straight seasons. With 3,165 career points scored in the NCAA Division I, he is 5th on the all-time scoring list, behind only Pete Maravich, Freeman Williams, Lionel Simmons, and Chris Clemons. Ford played just 70 games in the 1994–95 NBA season, for the Philadelphia 76ers, who selected him 32nd overall in the 1993 NBA draft. Before that, he had played six games for the Seattle SuperSonics, in 1993–94. During both the 1993–94 and 1994–95 NBA", "id": "11074253" }, { "contents": "James Harden\n\n\nin assists with 3,347, passing Allen Leavell's 3,339. On January 30, in a 114–107 win over the Orlando Magic, Harden became the first player in NBA history to score 60 points as part of a triple-double, finishing with 10 rebounds and 11 assists for his third triple-double of the season. Harden scored 18 points in the fourth quarter to eclipse the 57 points Calvin Murphy scored in 1978 to break Houston's single-game scoring record. It was his fourth 50-point game of the season and bested", "id": "7892370" }, { "contents": "Kevin Durant\n\n\nto a Conference Finals match-up versus the Dallas Mavericks, losing in five games. On February 19 of the lockout-shortened 2011–12 season, Durant recorded his first career 50-point game, scoring 51 points against the Denver Nuggets. At the All-Star Game, he scored 36 points and was awarded the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award. He finished the year with a scoring average of 28 points per game, representing his third straight scoring title. Behind his play, the Thunder won 47 games and", "id": "7776643" } ]

[ { "contents": "Propylene carbonate\n\n\neffect on graphite. Propylene carbonate can also be found in some adhesives, paint strippers, and in cosmetics. It is also used as plasticizer. Propylene carbonate is also used as a solvent for removal of CO from natural gas and synthesis gas where HS is not also present. This use was developed by El Paso Natural Gas Company and Fluor Corporation in the 1950s for use at the Terrell County Gas Plant in West Texas, now owned by Occidental Petroleum. Propylene carbonate product may be converted to other carbonate esters by transesterification as", "id": "21069284" }, { "contents": "Natural gas\n\n\nAmerica, where the term gasoline is often shortened in colloquial usage to \"gas\". Natural gas was discovered accidentally in ancient China, as it resulted from the drilling for brines. Natural gas was first used by the Chinese in about 500 BCE (possibly even 1000 BCE). They discovered a way to transport gas seeping from the ground in crude pipelines of bamboo to where it was used to boil salt water to extract the salt, in the Ziliujing District of Sichuan. The discovery and identification of natural gas in the", "id": "2203962" }, { "contents": "Grid energy storage\n\n\nbalancing in the energy grid. Using the existing natural gas system for hydrogen, fuel cell maker Hydrogenics and natural gas distributor Enbridge have teamed up to develop such a power to gas system in Canada. Pipeline storage of hydrogen where a natural gas network is used for the storage of hydrogen. Before switching to natural gas, the German gas networks were operated using towngas, which for the most part consisted of hydrogen. The storage capacity of the German natural gas network is more than 200,000 GW·h which is enough for several months of", "id": "5619457" }, { "contents": "Hydrogen storage\n\n\n200bn cheaper than rewiring British homes to use electric heating powered by lower-carbon sources. Excess power or off peak power generated by wind generators or solar arrays can then be used for load balancing in the energy grid. Using the existing natural gas system for hydrogen, Fuel cell maker Hydrogenics and natural gas distributor Enbridge have teamed up to develop such a power to gas system in Canada. Pipeline storage of hydrogen where a natural gas network is used for the storage of hydrogen. Before switching to natural gas, the German gas", "id": "10868586" }, { "contents": "Gas reinjection\n\n\nGas reinjection is the reinjection of natural gas into an underground reservoir, typically one already containing both natural gas and crude oil, in order to increase the pressure within the reservoir and thus induce the flow of crude oil or else sequester gas that cannot be exported. This is not to be confused with gas lift, where gas is injected into the annulus of the well rather than the reservoir. After the crude has been pumped out, the natural gas is once again recovered. Since many of the wells found around the", "id": "10500751" }, { "contents": "Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act\n\n\nenergy source often used for heating, cooking, and electricity generation. It is also used as fuel for vehicles and as a chemical feedstock in the manufacture of plastics and other commercially important organic chemicals. Natural gas is found in deep underground rock formations or associated with other hydrocarbon reservoirs in coal beds and as methane clathrates. Petroleum is another resource and fossil fuel found in close proximity to, and with natural gas. Most natural gas was created over time by two mechanisms: biogenic and thermogenic. Biogenic gas is created by methanogenic", "id": "7114694" }, { "contents": "Natural gas in Alaska\n\n\npipelines are to Kenai where the gas is primarily used to fuel commercial fertilizer production and a liquified natural gas (LNG) plant and to Anchorage where the gas is consumed largely for domestic uses. ConocoPhillips and Marathon operate the LNG terminal under a series of two-year-long licenses issued by the U.S. Department of Energy under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act. When these companies applied for another two-year extension of the license, various Alaskan entities, including the local fertilizer plant opposed the application on the grounds that", "id": "9669444" }, { "contents": "Petroleum industry in Nigeria\n\n\nunreliable, but AG wasted during flaring is estimated to cost Nigeria US $2.5 billion on a yearly basis. Companies operating in Nigeria harvest natural gas for commercial purposes, however most prefer to extract it gas from deposits where it is found in isolation as non-associated gas. It is costly to separate commercially viable associated gas from oil, hence gas is flared to increase crude production. Gas flaring is discouraged by the international community as it contributes to climate change. In fact, in western Europe 99% of associated gas", "id": "6005226" }, { "contents": "Natural gas\n\n\nresource and fossil fuel found in close proximity to and with natural gas. Most natural gas was created over time by two mechanisms: biogenic and thermogenic. Biogenic gas is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, landfills, and shallow sediments. Deeper in the earth, at greater temperature and pressure, thermogenic gas is created from buried organic material. In petroleum production gas is sometimes burnt as flare gas. Before natural gas can be used as a fuel, most, but not all, must be processed to remove impurities", "id": "2203960" }, { "contents": "Petroleum reservoir\n\n\n. The largest natural gas field is South Pars/Asalouyeh gas field, which is shared between Iran and Qatar. The second largest natural gas field is the Urengoy gas field, and the third largest is the Yamburg gas field, both in Russia. Like oil, natural gas is often found underwater in offshore gas fields such as the North Sea, Corrib Gas Field off Ireland, and near Sable Island. The technology to extract and transport offshore natural gas is different from land-based fields. It uses a few,", "id": "7916551" }, { "contents": "Environmental issues in the Niger Delta\n\n\nStatistical data associated with gas flaring are notoriously unreliable, but Nigeria may waste US$2 billion per year by flaring associated gas. Flaring is done as it is costly to separate commercially viable associated gas from the oil. Companies operating in Nigeria also harvest natural gas for commercial purposes but prefer to extract it from deposits where it is found in isolation as non-associated gas. Thus associated gas is burned off to decrease costs. Gas flaring is generally discouraged as it releases toxic components into the atmosphere and contributes to climate change.", "id": "519048" }, { "contents": "Industrial gas\n\n\nnatural gas in a Nitrogen Rejection Unit; a process that can also be used to produce helium from natural gas where natural gas fields contain sufficient helium to make this economic. The larger industrial gas companies have often invested in extensive patent libraries in all fields of their business, but particularly in cryogenics. The other principal production technology in the industry is Reforming. Steam reforming is a chemical process used to convert natural gas and steam into a syngas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide with carbon dioxide as a byproduct. Partial oxidation and autothermal", "id": "3778741" }, { "contents": "Hydraulic fracturing in the United States\n\n\nGas Resources Management found that the Kline's pre-drilling water sample showed methane was present in August 2012 before gas wells were drilled near their home. The report further states the gas was microbial in origin and not thermogenic like gas produced from gas wells. Research done by the ODNR found that naturally occurring methane gas was present in the aquifers of Nelson and Windham Townships of Portage County, Ohio. A 2014 study of households using groundwater near active natural gas drilling in Washington County, Pennsylvania found that upper respiratory illnesses and skin", "id": "307969" }, { "contents": "Hydraulic fracturing in the United States\n\n\naccounted for 9% of all US greenhouse gas emissions. Natural Gas and Petroleum Systems are the largest contributor, providing 29% of the emissions. Natural gas drilling companies are beginning to incorporate technologies called green completion to minimize methane leakage. The indirect effects of the increase in the supply of natural gas from fracking have only recently started to be measured. A 2016 study of air pollution from coal generation in the US found that there may have been indirect benefits from fracking through the displacement of coal by natural gas as an energy", "id": "307971" }, { "contents": "Liquefied natural gas\n\n\nto make up the bulk of LNG that is shipped. Natural gas was considered to be economically unimportant wherever gas-producing oil or gas fields were distant from gas pipelines or located in offshore locations where pipelines were not viable. In the past this usually meant that natural gas produced was typically flared, especially since unlike oil no viable method for natural gas storage or transport existed other than pipelines which required the immediate use by end users of the same gas. This meant that natural gas markets were historically entirely local and any production", "id": "10000675" }, { "contents": "Hydrogen vehicle\n\n\n, is 80%... four times more efficient than current hydrogen fuel cell vehicle pathways.\" A December 2009 study at UC Davis found that, over their lifetimes, PHEVs will emit less carbon than current vehicles, while hydrogen cars will emit more carbon than gasoline vehicles. Internal combustion engine-based compressed natural gas(CNG), HCNG or LNG vehicles (Natural gas vehicles or NGVs) use methane (Natural gas or Biogas) directly as a fuel source. Natural gas has a higher energy density than hydrogen gas. NGVs using", "id": "16276061" }, { "contents": "Natural gas\n\n\nabout . It was also reported that the gas field could hold a potential of natural gas. ENI said that the energy is about. The field was found in the deep waters off the northern coast of Egypt and ENI claims that it will be the largest ever in the Mediterranean and even the world. Research conducted by the World Pensions Council (WPC) suggests that large US and Canadian pension funds and Asian and MENA area SWF investors have become particularly active in the fields of natural gas and natural gas infrastructure, a trend", "id": "2204037" }, { "contents": "Southern Company Gas\n\n\nand transporting of natural gas. Nicor Enerchange is Sequent Energy Management's Illinois- based brand for providing Commercial and Industrial customers’ natural gas procurement services. Founded in 1998, Nicor Enerchange is a wholesale natural gas supplier to the Midwest market. Jefferson Island Storage & Hub (JISH) is a salt dome natural gas facility and is located near Erath, Louisiana (Vermillion and Iberia parishes). At JISH, two underground salt caverns are used to store gas before it is put into pipelines and sent to residential and commercial customers.", "id": "21803975" }, { "contents": "Economy of China\n\n\nthe year. Consequently, China imported oil to compensate for the supply reduction and surpassed the US in September 2013 to become the world's largest importer of oil. The total extent of China's natural gas reserves is unknown, as relatively little exploration for natural gas has been done. Sichuan accounts for almost half of the known natural gas reserves and production. Most of the rest of China's natural gas is associated gas produced in the Northeast's major oil fields, especially Daqing oilfield. Other gas deposits have been found in", "id": "8407220" }, { "contents": "Energy Triangle\n\n\nThe Energy Triangle is a natural gas extraction plan between the three allied countries Cyprus, Israel and Greece. The three countries agreed to use the gas fields Tamar, Leviathan, and Aphrodite; found in 2009, 2010, and 2011 respectively. About 40 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas were found between Cyprus and Israel, giving both countries an upper hand in the trading business within the region. Europe requires 19 tcf of natural gas a year and the Cypriot government believes that its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)", "id": "15050880" }, { "contents": "Indiana gas boom\n\n\nThe Indiana gas boom was a period of active drilling and production of natural gas in the Trenton Gas Field, in the US state of Indiana and the adjacent northwest part of Ohio. The boom began in the early 1880s and lasted into the early 20th century. When the Indiana natural gas belt was discovered, the citizens were unaware of what they had found. Nearly a decade passed without action to recover the resource. Once its significance was realized, further exploration showed the Indiana gas belt was the largest deposit of natural gas", "id": "17779848" }, { "contents": "Oklahoma Natural Gas\n\n\nOklahoma Natural Gas is the largest natural gas distributor in the state of Oklahoma. Originally founded in 1906, it is one of the oldest corporations in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Natural Gas is a regulated public utility which serves 871,000 customers, employing 1,100 employees. It operates 19,200 miles of service lines, pipelines and other natural gas properties. Oklahoma Natural Gas is a division of ONE Gas, Inc. Oklahoma Natural Gas has offices located across the state with a division office in downtown Oklahoma City. ONE Gas is a successor to the company founded", "id": "8528758" }, { "contents": "Alternative fuel vehicle\n\n\nWorld War II. High-pressure compressed natural gas, mainly composed of methane, that is used to fuel normal combustion engines instead of gasoline. Combustion of methane produces the least amount of CO of all fossil fuels. Gasoline cars can be retrofitted to CNG and become bifuel Natural gas vehicles (NGVs) as the gasoline tank is kept. The driver can switch between CNG and gasoline during operation. Natural gas vehicles (NGVs) are popular in regions or countries where natural gas is abundant. Widespread use began in the Po", "id": "8043200" }, { "contents": "Natural gas\n\n\nday F–T plant went into operation in Qatar. Natural gas can be \"associated\" (found in oil fields), or \"non-associated\" (isolated in natural gas fields), and is also found in coal beds (as coalbed methane). It sometimes contains a significant amount of ethane, propane, butane, and pentane—heavier hydrocarbons removed for commercial use prior to the methane being sold as a consumer fuel or chemical plant feedstock. Non-hydrocarbons such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen, helium", "id": "2203968" }, { "contents": "Helium\n\n\nsmall amounts in mineral springs, volcanic gas, and meteoric iron. Because helium is trapped in the subsurface under conditions that also trap natural gas, the greatest natural concentrations of helium on the planet are found in natural gas, from which most commercial helium is extracted. The concentration varies in a broad range from a few ppm to more than 7% in a small gas field in San Juan County, New Mexico. For large-scale use, helium is extracted by fractional distillation from natural gas, which can contain as", "id": "12885036" }, { "contents": "Air source heat pumps\n\n\nuse electricity rates.) The study found that in Ottawa a CC-ASHP cost 124% more to operate than the natural gas system. However, in areas where natural gas is not available to homeowners, 59% energy cost savings can be realized relative to heating with fuel oil. The report noted that about 1 million residences in Canada (8%) are still heated with fuel oil. The report shows 54% energy cost savings for CC-ASHPs relative to electric baseboard resistance heating. Based on these savings,", "id": "13684903" }, { "contents": "LNG storage tank\n\n\nA liquefied natural gas storage tank or LNG storage tank is a specialized type of storage tank used for the storage of Liquefied Natural Gas. LNG storage tanks can be found in ground, above ground or in LNG carriers. The common characteristic of LNG Storage tanks is the ability to store LNG at the very low temperature of -162 °C (-260 °F). LNG storage tanks have double containers, where the inner contains LNG and the outer container contains insulation materials. The most common tank type is the full containment tank", "id": "21275655" }, { "contents": "Miami County, Kansas\n\n\n1882, a large deposit of natural gas was discovered in rural Miami County, east of Paola. By 1886 a pipeline was completed to the town's square, where it illuminated lamps there. By 1887, Paola had its street lamps lighted with lamps using natural gas. Other fields of natural gas were discovered throughout Miami County by 1887, and for a time, the area around Paola was considered to be a gas belt. In the summer of 1887, a Natural Gas Jubilee was held, which was a celebration for", "id": "11194771" }, { "contents": "Natural-gas condensate\n\n\nuse of the fuel. Most were also equipped with thermosiphon cooling systems that used no water pumps. Natural convection allowed the water to flow up and out of the engine block and into the top of the radiator, where it cooled and dropped and fell to continue the cycle. Woody Guthrie's autobiographical novel \"Seeds of Man\" begins with Woody and his uncle Jeff tapping a natural gas pipeline for drip gas. The gas also has a mention in \"Badlands,\" the Terrence Malick movie. It was sold commercially at", "id": "21376822" }, { "contents": "Bintulu\n\n\nalso planning to open Floating LNG (FLNG) offshore Bintulu, which is used specifically to harvest natural gas from small and isolated gas fields. Transportation of natural gas from the neighouring state of Kimanis, Sabah, to the LNG complex at Bintulu is facilitated by a pipeline known as the \"Sabah Sarawak Gas Pipeline\". Currently, 45% of Malaysian natural gas is found at Central Luconia off the coast of Bintulu. The largest importers of Malaysia LNG productions are Japan (62%), Korea (17%),", "id": "19097548" }, { "contents": "Natural gas prices\n\n\ndrilling have increased these estimates of recoverable reserves to many hundreds of trillion cubic feet. Hydraulic fracturing has reduced the Henry Hub spot price of natural gas considerably since 2008. The increased shale gas production leads to a shift of supply away from the south to the northeast and midwest of the country. A recent study found that, on average, natural gas prices have gone down by more than 30% in counties above shale deposits compared to the rest of the US, highlighting that natural gas markets have become less integrated due to", "id": "21482399" }, { "contents": "Natural gas\n\n\nnatural gas. Natural gas dispensed in a residential setting can generate temperatures in excess of making it a powerful domestic cooking and heating fuel. In much of the developed world it is supplied through pipes to homes, where it is used for many purposes including ranges and ovens, gas-heated clothes dryers, heating/cooling, and central heating. Heaters in homes and other buildings may include boilers, furnaces, and water heaters. Both North America and Europe are major consumers of natural gas. Domestic appliances, furnaces, and", "id": "2204003" }, { "contents": "Landfill gas utilization\n\n\nand compression are common in primary processing. Secondary treatment systems employ multiple cleanup processes, physical and chemical, depending on the specifications of the end use. Two constituents that may need to be removed are siloxanes and sulfur compounds, which are damaging to equipment and significantly increase maintenance cost. Adsorption and absorption are the most common technologies used in secondary treatment processing. Pipelines transmit gas to boilers, dryers, or kilns, where it is used much in the same way as natural gas. Landfill gas is cheaper than natural gas and", "id": "10269457" }, { "contents": "Gas cracker\n\n\nA gas cracker is any device that splits the molecules in a gas or liquid, usually by electrolysis, into atoms. The end product is usually a gas. A hydrocracker is an example of a gas cracker. In nature, molecules are split often, such as in food digestion and microbial digestion activity. A gas cracker device splits the molecule at a rate much greater than that normally found in nature. In science and industry, gas crackers are used to separate two or more elements in a molecule. For example,", "id": "13437217" }, { "contents": "Northwest District Explosion\n\n\ngas company, after he hit and dislodged a natural gas line. NW Natural responded to fix the leak but decided to call the Portland Fire & Rescue because they found \"dangerously high levels of natural gas\". A limited amount of firefighters (3 engines and 1 truck) showed up and Battalion Chief Scott Beyers made the call to evacuate the businesses and residences near the intersection where the leak occurred. The blast which occurred around 9:38AM follow reports of strong gas odor. Eight were injured in total. Three firefighters and two", "id": "13467959" }, { "contents": "Natural gas\n\n\nis a non-renewable hydrocarbon used as a source of energy for heating, cooking, and electricity generation. It is also used as a fuel for vehicles and as a chemical feedstock in the manufacture of plastics and other commercially important organic chemicals. Natural gas is a major cause of climate change, both in itself when leaked and also due to the carbon dioxide it produces when burnt. Natural gas is found in deep underground rock formations or associated with other hydrocarbon reservoirs in coal beds and as methane clathrates. Petroleum is another", "id": "2203959" }, { "contents": "Liquefied natural gas\n\n\nfed from a natural gas pipeline, and are located close to the location where the LNG will be used. This proximity decreases transportation and LNG product costs for consumers. It also avoids the additional greenhouse gas emissions generated during long transportation. The small-scale LNG plant also allows localized peakshaving to occur—balancing the availability of natural gas during high and low periods of demand. It also makes it possible for communities without access to natural gas pipelines to install local distribution systems and have them supplied with stored LNG. There are", "id": "10000742" }, { "contents": "Sculpture\n\n\nother plastics have been used as well. Andy Goldsworthy makes his unusually ephemeral sculptures from almost entirely natural materials in natural settings. Some sculpture, such as ice sculpture, sand sculpture, and gas sculpture, is deliberately short-lived. Recent sculptors have used stained glass, tools, machine parts, hardware and consumer packaging to fashion their works. Sculptors sometimes use found objects, and Chinese scholar's rocks have been appreciated for many centuries. Stone sculpture is an ancient activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the", "id": "6917779" }, { "contents": "NW Natural\n\n\nNW Natural, formerly Northwest Natural Gas Company, is an American publicly traded utility headquartered in Portland, Oregon, United States. Primarily a natural gas distributor, the company services residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Western Oregon and Southwest Washington in the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1859, the company has approximately 680,000 customers and revenues of nearly one billion in US dollars annually. Portland Gas Light Company began as the first gas company in the Pacific Northwest in 1859, based on a perpetual charter by the territorial government. The", "id": "13424092" }, { "contents": "Foster Natural Gas/Oil Report\n\n\nThe Foster Natural Gas/Oil Report, formerly known as the Foster Natural Gas Report and Foster Associates Report, is a U.S.-based weekly newsletter published by Foster Associates, Inc. It was founded in Washington, D.C. on March 23, 1956 by J. Rhoades Foster and a group of economists. Its editor-in-chief is Edgar D. Boshart. The report publishes news about issues and events relevant to the regulated natural gas and oil market in North America. Topics of interest include production, marketing, transportation, distribution and end use", "id": "3887911" }, { "contents": "History of the petroleum industry in Canada (natural gas)\n\n\ntime this process sweetened natural gas. The second Canadian sweetening plant followed a year later in Turner Valley, and used the same process. The first gas found at Turner Valley had been sweet but the Royalite #4 discovery of 1924, from a deeper horizon, was sour. Royalite built the Turner Valley sweetening plant in order to sell its gas to Canadian Western Natural Gas for distribution. The technology of the day did not render the hydrogen sulphide harmless. Instead, the producer disposed of the substance by burning it and dispersing", "id": "17172634" }, { "contents": "Resource recovery\n\n\n(MSW) has been found to be more environmentally effective, than landfill, incineration or pyrolysis. Life cycle analysis (LCA) was used to compare different technologies. The resulting biogas (methane) though must be used for cogeneration (electricity and heat preferably on or close to the site of production) and can be used with a little upgrading in gas combustion engines or turbines. With further upgrading to synthetic natural gas it can be injected into the natural gas network or further refined to hydrogen for use in stationary cogeneration fuel", "id": "9621203" }, { "contents": "Buena Vista Oil Field\n\n\nsince. Most of the oil produced from the Buena Vista field is medium crude, with specific gravity of approximately 18 to 36 API. One of the geologic units, the \"Mya Gas\", discovered in 1909, produces only natural gas; its year of peak production was 1919. The discovery well for the field was in this unit, and it was the abundant presence of natural gas that convinced drillers to keep looking, as where gas was found, typically oil would be as well. While much of the field", "id": "9579427" }, { "contents": "American Gas Association\n\n\nThe American Gas Association (AGA), founded in 1918, is an American trade organization representing over 200 natural gas supply companies and others with an interest in the manufacturing of gas appliances as well as the production of gas. About 92% of the 70 million natural gas customers in the US receive their gas from AGA members. The association contains two divisions, operations and engineering, and public affairs. These two divisions work together to handle finance, corporate affairs, communications, and membership departments to deliver timely and relevant information", "id": "19880810" }, { "contents": "Energy in Belgium\n\n\nnatural gas. Where in 2000 gas only accounted for 23% it was up to 33%(including blast furnace gas) of gross electricity generated in 2010. Natural gas power plants are less polluting and have a short start-up time, Fluxys is the main operator in natural gas transmission. Several power stations use a combined cycle including: Drogenbos, , Tessenderlo. Building permits are processed for plants in Seneffe and Visé. At the start of 2012, there were 498 operational wind turbines in Belgium, with a capacity of 1080 MW", "id": "21481857" }, { "contents": "Natural gas\n\n\nand repressurize the mid-stream natural gas as the gas travels. Typically, natural gas powered engines require natural gas to operate at the rotational name plate specifications. Several methods are used to remove these higher molecular weighted gases for use by the natural gas engine. A few technologies are as follows: Natural gas is a major source of electricity generation through the use of cogeneration, gas turbines and steam turbines. Natural gas is also well suited for a combined use in association with renewable energy sources such as wind or solar and", "id": "2203998" }, { "contents": "Cheniere Energy\n\n\nCheniere Energy, Inc. is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) company headquartered in Houston, Texas. In February 2016 it became the first US company to export liquefied natural gas. As of 2018 it is a Fortune 500 company. The company was founded in 1996 by Charif Souki, an immigrant from Lebanon. Initially an oil-and-gas exploration company, Souki shifted its focus in the early 2000s to developing liquified natural gas terminals, beginning with a terminal in Sabine Pass, Louisiana in March 2005. The company faltered", "id": "3503417" }, { "contents": "Economy of Egypt\n\n\nis used for many purposes. Egypt's mineral and energy resources include petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, gold and iron ore. Crude oil is found primarily in the Gulf of Suez and in the Western Desert. Natural gas is found mainly in the Nile Delta, off the Mediterranean shore, and in the Western Desert. Oil and gas accounted for approximately 7% of GDP in fiscal year 2000/01. Export of petroleum and related products amounted to $2.6 billion in the year 2000. In late 2001, Egypt's benchmark", "id": "9379958" }, { "contents": "Marcellus natural gas trend\n\n\nboom. It has also been found that companies are not hiring local workers, instead hiring experienced crews from Texas and Oklahoma for the high-paying work on drilling rigs. Marcellus gas production has lowered the price of natural gas in the Mid-Atlantic states of the US, which previously were almost entirely dependent on gas pipelined in from the US Gulf Coast. From 2005 through 2008, wholesale gas prices at Mid-Atlantic states were $0.23 to $0.33 per million BTU above prices of the main Gulf Coast trading point", "id": "1929889" }, { "contents": "History of the petroleum industry in the United States\n\n\n1836. The US natural gas industry started in 1821 at Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York, when William Hart dug a well to a depth of into gas-bearing shale, then drilled a borehole further, and piped the natural gas to a nearby inn where it was burned for illumination. Soon many gas wells were drilled in the area, and the gas-lit streets of Fredonia became a tourist attraction. On August 27, 1859, George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake made the first successful use of a drilling", "id": "12946080" }, { "contents": "Natural gas prices\n\n\notherwise available in a simple commodity market where the only transactions available are to purchase or sell the underlying product. For instance, options and other derivative transactions are very common, especially in the OTC market, as are \"swap\" transactions where participants exchange rights to future cash flows based on underlying index prices or delivery obligations or time periods. Participants use these tools to further hedge their financial exposure to the underlying price of natural gas. The demand for natural gas is mainly driven by the following factors: Weather conditions can significantly", "id": "21482380" }, { "contents": "Solar thermal enhanced oil recovery\n\n\nespecially relevant for Oman, which is aggressively pursuing EOR – for example at the Mukhaizna field, which is operated by Occidental Petroleum. Oman built a natural gas export terminal, but since its oil production peaked in 2000, the country redirected the gas for used in its EOR operations. The scarcity of gas in Oman means the price there is around $10 an mcf. Oman currently uses a significant amount of its natural gas for EOR. A report published by Ernst & Young in January 2014 found that full-scale deployment", "id": "8102731" }, { "contents": "Environmental impact of electricity generation\n\n\ncar will be powered by hydroelectricity and be harmless. Electric cars by themselves are neither beneficial or harmful, it depends how your region generates electricity. Homeowners can get 90% efficiency using natural gas to heat their home. Heat pumps are very efficient and burn no natural gas, shifting the environmental impacts from homeowners to electric utilities. Switching from natural gas to electricity in Alberta Canada burns natural gas and coal at about a 40% efficiency to supply the heat pump. In Quebec Canada where electric resistance heating is common, the", "id": "413620" }, { "contents": "Ideal gas\n\n\ngas is calculated from the corresponding equation of state (see thermodynamic potential): where is the Gibbs free energy and is equal to so that: The thermodynamic potentials for an ideal gas can now be written as functions of , , and as: where, as before, The most informative way of writing the potentials is in terms of their natural variables, since each of these equations can be used to derive all of the other thermodynamic variables of the system. In terms of their natural variables, the thermodynamic potentials of a", "id": "17957805" }, { "contents": "Bolivian gas conflict\n\n\ntold the crowd that the government's energy-related revenue would jump US$320 million to US$780 million in 2007, continuing a trend where revenues had expanded nearly sixfold between 2002 and 2006. The central issue was Bolivia's large natural gas reserves and the prospect for their future sale and use. The Bolivian gas reserves are the second largest in South America after Venezuela, and exploration after the privatization of the national oil company YPFB showed that proven natural gas reserves were 600% higher than previously known. The cash-poor", "id": "19733459" }, { "contents": "Shale gas\n\n\ntwo to five times as much water as natural gas plants. Where 520–1040 gallons of water are required per MWh of coal, gas-fired combined cycle power requires 130–500 gallons per MWh. The environmental impact of water consumption at the point of power generation depends on the type of power plant: plants either use evaporative cooling towers to release excess heat or discharge water to nearby rivers. Natural gas combined-cycle power (NGCC), which captures the exhaust heat generated by combusting natural gas to power a steam generator, are", "id": "6337624" }, { "contents": "Natural-gas processing\n\n\nNatural-gas processing is a complex industrial process designed to clean raw natural gas by separating impurities and various non-methane hydrocarbons and fluids to produce what is known as \"pipeline quality\" dry natural gas. Natural-gas processing begins at the well head. The composition of the raw natural gas extracted from producing wells depends on the type, depth, and location of the underground deposit and the geology of the area. Oil and natural gas are often found together in the same reservoir. The natural gas produced from oil", "id": "1830426" }, { "contents": "Sulfolane\n\n\n. The first large scale commercial use of sulfolane, the sulfinol process, was first implemented by Shell Oil Company in March 1964 at the Person gas plant near Karnes City, Texas. The sulfinol process purifies natural gas by removing HS, CO, COS and mercaptans from natural gas with a mixture of alkanolamine and sulfolane. Shortly after the sulfinol process was implemented, sulfolane was found to be highly effective in separating high purity aromatic compounds from hydrocarbon mixtures using liquid-liquid extraction. This process is widely used in refineries and the", "id": "1359916" }, { "contents": "Natural gas\n\n\ncan enhance extraction rates from other wells. In regions with a high natural gas demand (such as the US), pipelines are constructed when it is economically feasible to transport gas from a wellsite to an end consumer. In addition to transporting gas via pipelines for use in power generation, other end uses for natural gas include export as liquefied natural gas (LNG) or conversion of natural gas into other liquid products via gas to liquids (GTL) technologies. GTL technologies can convert natural gas into liquids products such as gasoline", "id": "2203966" }, { "contents": "Westport Innovations\n\n\nWestport Innovations (, ) is a company that develops alternative fuel, low-emissions technologies to allow engines to operate on clean-burning fuels such as compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen and biofuels such as landfill gas. Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where the company was founded, Westport also has facilities in France, Sweden, Italy, China, Australia and the United States. Westport is best known for its technology that allows the diesel engine to operate on", "id": "16112406" }, { "contents": "Messoyakha Gas Field\n\n\nThe Messoyakha gas field is a natural gas field located in the north of the West Siberian Basin in the Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, where there are many large fields, and where the presence of gas hydrates has been documented. The Messoyakha gas field is often used as an example of production of \"in-situ\" gas hydrates. There is conflicting evidence as to whether the gas hydrates are being produced currently with some research indicating that the production data demonstrates their production. Other research suggest that the gas hydrates are not", "id": "2330932" }, { "contents": "Southern Company Gas\n\n\nnatural gas to more than 1.6 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers in 200 communities throughout the state of Georgia. Additional services include: Chattanooga Gas provides retail natural gas sales and transportation services to approximately 62,000 customers in Hamilton and Bradley counties in Tennessee. It was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1988, Atlanta Gas Light acquired Chattanooga Gas Company. Nicor Gas was founded in 1955 and it is the largest natural gas distributor in northern Illinois, serving 2.2 million residential, commercial and industrial customers", "id": "21803971" }, { "contents": "Floating production storage and offloading\n\n\n's largest ship. It was converted into an FSO for offshore use before being scrapped. At the other end of the LNG logistics chain, where the natural gas is brought back to ambient temperature and pressure, specially modified ships may also be used as floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs). A LNG floating storage and regasification unit receives liquefied natural gas (LNG) from offloading LNG carriers, and the onboard regasification system provides natural gas exported to shore through risers and pipelines. In addition to the historical records already mentioned", "id": "3549649" }, { "contents": "Oil sands\n\n\nnatural gas and exporting more natural gas to Eastern Canada to replace Alberta gas, the Alberta government is using its powers under the NAFTA and the Canadian Constitution to reduce shipments of natural gas to the US and Eastern Canada, and divert the gas to domestic Alberta use, particularly for oil sands fuel. The natural gas pipelines to the east and south are being converted to carry increasing oil sands production to these destinations instead of gas. Canada also has huge undeveloped shale gas deposits in addition to those of the US, so natural", "id": "7259119" }, { "contents": "Peak gas\n\n\nfollow gas discoveries. Despite the reported fall in new-field discoveries, world proved reserves of natural gas have continued to grow, from 19 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 1960, 45 bcm in 1970 and 84 bcm in 1980, to a record high 200 bcm in 2012. A researcher for the US Energy Information Administration pointed out that after the first wave of discoveries in an area, most oil and natural gas reserve growth comes not from discoveries of new fields, but from extensions and additional gas found within existing", "id": "14860508" }, { "contents": "Natural gas\n\n\nthese gases include heptane, pentane, propane and other hydrocarbons with molecular weights above methane (). The natural gas transmission lines extend to the natural gas processing plant or unit which removes the higher molecular weighted hydrocarbons to produce natural gas with energy content between . The processed natural gas may then be used for residential, commercial and industrial uses. Natural gas flowing in the distribution lines is called mid-stream natural gas and is often used to power engines which rotate compressors. These compressors are required in the transmission line to pressurize", "id": "2203997" }, { "contents": "Scripps Energy & Materials Center\n\n\nsociety uses daily. The Roy A. Periana group recently published an article in the multidisciplinary journal \"Science\" that describes the use of main group, lead and thallium trifluoroacetate salts that convert a natural gas stream (comprising methane, ethane, and propane) to the respective trifluoroacetate esters, which include methyltrifluoroaceate, ethyltrifluoroacetate, ditrifluoroacetateethyleneglycol, propyl-2-trifluoroacetate, and 1,2-difluoroaceatatepropylglycol. It was found that the system readily led to the rapid oxidation of the natural gas stream at 180 °C and was capable of reacting with a mixed gas stream or each", "id": "5632390" }, { "contents": "Natural gas in the United States\n\n\ngas generated 34.5 percent of US electricity, versus 29.8 percent for coal. Unlike the other sectors of natural gas consumption, the electrical power industry uses more natural gas in the summer, when electricity demand is increased by air conditioning, and when natural gas prices are at seasonal lows. The increased use of natural gas for electricity is driven by three factors. First, pressure on utilities to decrease greenhouse gas emissions has favored the substitution of coal generation by natural gas generation, which, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory,", "id": "19546114" }, { "contents": "Fredonia Gas Light Company\n\n\nThe Fredonia Gas Light Company, founded in 1858, was the first natural gas company in the United States. It was founded by a group of entrepreneurs after William Hart, considered the \"father of natural gas\" in the U.S., drilled in 1821 the first natural gas well in America along a creek in Fredonia, New York. The well was approximately deep; by contrast, modern wells are over deep. The well was actually a big hole dug with shovels. The pipeline to transport the gas was made from hollowed", "id": "5665282" }, { "contents": "Marcellus Formation\n\n\nare still found grouped in an undifferentiated map unit (Dmn). Tioga metabentonite or K-bentonite–stratigraphic unit about thick that consists of several discrete, relatively thin volcanic ash falls–is also included at the base of the Marcellus in eastern Pennsylvania. In 1843 it was described without being named by Hall, and more than 100 years passed before it was eventually named for the natural gas field in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, where it was encountered when drilling gas wells. It is a regional stratigraphic marker, used by", "id": "16901303" }, { "contents": "Gas lighting\n\n\neffect. Early lighting fuels consisted of olive oil, beeswax, fish oil, whale oil, sesame oil, nut oil, and similar substances. These were the most commonly used fuels until the late 18th century. Chinese records dating back 1,700 years note the use of natural gas in the home for light and heat via bamboo pipes to the dwellings. The ancient Chinese of the Spring and Autumn period made the first practical use of natural gas for lighting purposes around 500 B.C. where they used bamboo pipelines to transport and carry both", "id": "12031324" }, { "contents": "Electricity sector in India\n\n\ninto synthetic natural gas by using Fischer–Tropsch process at low pressure and high temperature. Coal gas can also be produced by underground coal gasification where the coal deposits are located deep in the ground or uneconomical to mine the coal. Synthetic natural gas production technologies have tremendous scope to meet the SNG requirements of gas-based power stations fully using the locally available coal (or imported coal in short run). Dankuni coal complex is producing syngas which is piped to the industrial users in Calcutta. Many coal based fertiliser plants which", "id": "19394534" }, { "contents": "Hydrogen economy\n\n\ndioxide and water to methane, (see natural gas) using electrolysis and the Sabatier reaction. The excess power or off peak power generated by wind generators or solar arrays is then used for load balancing in the energy grid. Using the existing natural gas system for hydrogen Fuel cell maker Hydrogenics and natural gas distributor Enbridge have teamed up to develop such a power to gas system in Canada. A natural gas network may be used for the storage of hydrogen. Before switching to natural gas, the UK and German gas networks were", "id": "20281" }, { "contents": "Shale gas in the United States\n\n\ncompletions are much deeper (up to 8,000 feet). The thickness of the Barnett varies from 100 to , but most economic wells are located where the shale is between 300 and thick. The success of the Barnett has spurred exploration of other deep shales. In 2007, the Barnett shale (Newark East) gas field produced of gas, making it the second-largest source of natural gas in the United States. The Barnett shale currently produces more than 6% of US natural gas production. In April 2015, Baker", "id": "878447" }, { "contents": "Compressed natural gas\n\n\nis a liquid and CNG is a supercritical fluid. CNG has a lower cost of production and storage compared to LNG as it does not require an expensive cooling process and cryogenic tanks. However, CNG requires a much larger volume to store the energy equivalent of gasoline or petrol and the use of very high pressures (3000 to 4000 psi, or 205 to 275 bar). As a consequence of this, LNG is often used for transporting natural gas over large distances, in ships, trains or pipelines, where the gas", "id": "14760875" }, { "contents": "Indiana gas boom\n\n\ndiscovered until then. In addition to the massive quantity of natural gas, in the 1890s developers discovered that the field also contained the first giant oil reserve found in the US, with an estimated one billion barrels of oil. The resource was rapidly tapped for use. Because the gas was being wasted in use, the Indiana General Assembly attempted to regulate its use. In a series of cases, the Indiana Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the law. The poor understanding of oil and gas wells at the time led to", "id": "17779849" }, { "contents": "Natural-gas processing\n\n\nprocessed at that collection point for removal of free liquid water and natural gas condensate. The condensate is usually then transported to an oil refinery and the water is disposed of as wastewater. The raw gas is then pipelined to a gas processing plant where the initial purification is usually the removal of acid gases (hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide). There are many processes that are available for that purpose as shown in the flow diagram, but amine treating is the process that was historically used. However, due to a range of", "id": "1830433" }, { "contents": "Shale gas\n\n\nShale gas is natural gas that is found trapped within shale formations. Shale gas has become an increasingly important source of natural gas in the United States since the start of this century, and interest has spread to potential gas shales in the rest of the world. In 2000 shale gas provided only 1% of U.S. natural gas production; by 2010 it was over 20% and the U.S. government's Energy Information Administration predicts that by 2035, 46% of the United States' natural gas supply will come from shale gas.", "id": "6337571" }, { "contents": "Southern California Gas Company\n\n\nhuge reservoir of natural gas. Since natural gas had twice the heating value of manufactured gas, the company took the bold step to convert its system to natural gas and build pipelines throughout the state. Natural gas was soon found throughout the country, and demand for the fuel was rapidly growing. To meet customer demand, the company began storing gas in large holding tanks. In 1941, the company introduced a new system to the Southwest United States: underground storage of natural gas. By 2016, the company had four separate", "id": "13634667" }, { "contents": "Marcellus natural gas trend\n\n\n, the Henry Hub. The US Energy Information Administration reported in 2012 that Marcellus production had lowered regional gas prices to nearly par with Henry Hub, and in October 2013, reported that future markets were predicting Appalachian gas prices to dip to $0.30 below Henry Hub in 2016. Unexpectedly, Henry Hub average price for natural gas in 2016 averaged $2.36 per million BTU. A June 2011 New York Times investigation of industrial emails and internal documents found that the financial benefits of unconventional shale gas extraction may be less than previously thought", "id": "1929890" }, { "contents": "Leak\n\n\nthe outleaking gases with sensors which can detect that gas, for example - special sensing instruments for detecting natural gas. U.S. federal safety law now requires natural gas companies to conduct testing for gas leaks upstream of their customer's gas meters. Where liquids are used, special color dyes may be added to help see the leakage. Other detectable substances in one of the liquids may be tested, such as saline to find a leak in a sea water system, or detectable substances may even be deliberately added to test for leakage.", "id": "20675424" }, { "contents": "BP\n\n\nBP owns a 30% share of oil and gas assets operated by Reliance Industries, including exploration and production rights in more than 20 offshore oil and gas blocks, representing an investment of more than US$7 billion into oil and gas exploration in the country. BP has major liquefied natural gas activities in Indonesia, where it operates the Tangguh LNG project, which began production in 2009 and has a capacity of 7.6 million tonnes of liquid natural gas per year. Also in that country, the company has invested in the exploration and", "id": "908946" }, { "contents": "Gasometer, Vienna\n\n\nThe Gasometers in Vienna are four former gas tanks, each of 90,000 m³ storage capacity, built as part of the Vienna municipal gas works \"Gaswerk Simmering\" in 1896–1899. They are located in the 11th district, Simmering. They were used from 1899 to 1984 as gas storage tanks. After the changeover from town gas to natural gas between 1969 and 1978, they were no longer used and were shut down. Only the brick exterior front walls were preserved. The structures have found new residential and commercial use in modern times", "id": "7337631" }, { "contents": "Blue Flame\n\n\noperation, it permits natural gas use as a liquid, gas, or both with a two-stage combustion start. The oxidizer flow is established first, then LNG enters a heat exchanger where it vaporizes and is brought to combustion temperature. The gas is then injected into the combustion chamber with the oxygen provided by the hydrogen peroxide. A stable flame front is established and the remaining liquified natural gas (LNG) is injected to bring the engine to full power. Nominal engine running time was 20 seconds at full thrust of", "id": "5349706" }, { "contents": "Marine propulsion\n\n\nmerchant vessels (notably Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and coal carriers) where the cargo can be used as bunker fuel. New LNG carriers (a high growth area of shipping) continue to be built with steam turbines. The natural gas is stored in a liquid state in cryogenic vessels aboard these ships, and a small amount of 'boil off' gas is needed to be constantly withdrawn in order to maintain the pressure and temperature inside the vessels within operating limits. The 'boil off' gas provides the fuel for", "id": "9363084" }, { "contents": "Natural gas in the United States\n\n\nnatural gas in the US. Electricity generated by natural gas has been by far the fastest-growing source of electricity in the US since the 1990s. Natural gas became the second-largest source of US electricity in 2006, when it surpassed nuclear power. In late 2015, natural gas surpassed coal as the largest source of electricity generated in the United States. In the decade 2005 to 2015, electricity generated by natural gas increased by 574 billion kilowatt-hours, more than triple the increase of the second-fastest-", "id": "19546112" }, { "contents": "Project Plowshare\n\n\ntests had indicated that the produced natural gas would be too radioactive for safe use; the Rio Blanco test found that the three blast cavities had not connected as hoped, and the resulting gas still contained unacceptable levels of radionuclides. By 1974, approximately $82 million had been invested in the nuclear gas stimulation technology program. It was estimated that even after 25 years of production of all the natural gas deemed recoverable, only 15 to 40 percent of the investment would be recouped. Also, the concept that stove burners in California", "id": "15306418" }, { "contents": "HCNG\n\n\nHCNG or H2CNG (hydrogen compressed natural gas) is a mixture of compressed natural gas and 4–9 percent hydrogen by energy. It may be used as a fuel gas for internal combustion engines and home appliances. (regarding the acronyms in the above emissions chart: AVL = Average Levels?br CNG = Compressed Natural Gasbr HCNG = Hydrogen and CNG blendbr NOX = Nitrogen Oxidesbr NMHC = Non-Methane Hydrocarbons?br CH4 = Methanebr THC = Total Hydrocarbons?br CO = Carbon Monoxide) HCNG dispensers can be found at Hynor (Norway) Thousand palms and Barstow", "id": "11602827" }, { "contents": "Gas vesicle\n\n\nto be the most efficient with protein use and use the largest maximum vesicle diameter that will withstand the pressure the organism could be exposed to. In order for natural selection to have affected gas vesicles, the vesicles' diameter must be controlled by genetics. Although genes encoding gas vesicles are found in many species of haloarchaea, only a few species produce them. The first Haloarchaeal gas vesicle gene, GvpA was cloned from Halobacterium sp. NRC-1. 14 genes are involved in forming gas vesicles in haloarchaea. The first gas vesicle gene", "id": "19168362" }, { "contents": "Sea foam\n\n\npesticide use can enter the sea surface and be incorporated into foam. The pollutants present can also affect the persistence of the foam produced. Crude oil discharged from tankers, motor oil, sewage, and detergents from polluted runoff can create longer-lasting foams. In one study, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a persistent organic pollutant, were found to amass in sea foams. Natural gas terminals have been cited as contributors to the production of modified foams due to the process of using seawater to convert natural gas to liquified natural", "id": "14010345" }, { "contents": "Energy policy of the United States\n\n\nin a high-efficiency generator, such as a CHP. In the generation and delivery of electrical power, system losses along the delivery chain are pronounced. Of five units of energy going into most large power plants, only about one unit of energy is delivered to the consumer in a usable form. A similar situation exists in gas transport, where compressor stations along pipelines use energy to keep the gas moving, or where gas liquefaction/cooling/regasification in the liquiefied natural gas supply chain uses a substantial amount of energy", "id": "8143316" }, { "contents": "Electro-optical sensor\n\n\nCommon applications are smartphones where sensors are used to adjust screen brightness, and smartwatches in which sensors are used to measure the wearer's heartbeat. Optical sensors can be found in the energy field to monitor structures that generate, produce, distribute, and convert electrical power. The distributed and nonconductive nature of optical fibres makes optical sensors perfect for oil and gas applications, including pipeline monitoring. They can also be found in wind turbine blade monitoring, offshore platform monitoring, power line monitoring and downhole monitoring. Other applications include the civil", "id": "10591917" }, { "contents": "Hydraulic fracturing in the United States\n\n\nhydraulic fracturing in the US had driven US gas prices down to 29% of natural gas prices in Europe, and to one-fifth of natural gas prices in Japan. Lower natural gas prices in the US have encouraged the replacement of coal- with gas-fired power plants, but have also discouraged the switch to renewable sources of energy. Facing a supply glut and consequent further price drops in 2012, some large US gas producers announced plans to cut natural gas production; however, production rates rose to all-time highs", "id": "307932" }, { "contents": "Gas to liquids\n\n\nUnion's annual gas consumption, a resource that could be useful using GTL. Gas-to-liquids processes may also be used for the economic extraction of gas deposits in locations where it is not economical to build a pipeline. This process will be increasingly significant as crude oil resources are depleted. Royal Dutch Shell produces a diesel from natural gas in a factory in Bintulu, Malaysia. Another Shell GTL facility is the Pearl GTL plant in Qatar, the world's largest GTL facility. SASOL has recently built the Oryx GTL", "id": "4325423" }, { "contents": "Environmental toxicants and fetal development\n\n\nenvironmental toxins in pregnancy: In a rural Colorado study of natural gas development, maternal residence within a 10-mile radius of natural gas wells was found to have a positive association to the prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs) and neural tube defects (NTDs). Along with this finding, a small association was found between mean birth weight and the density and proximity to the natural gas wells. Maternal exposure through natural gas wells may come in the form of benzene, solvents, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and other", "id": "14694501" }, { "contents": "Energy in Egypt\n\n\nplaced at or more than . Since the early 1990s, significant deposits of natural gas have been found in the Western Desert, in the Nile Delta and offshore from the Nile Delta. Domestic consumption of natural gas has also risen as a result of thermal power plants converting from oil to natural gas. Egypt's production of natural gas was estimated at in 2013, of which almost was domestically consumed. Natural gas is exported by the Arab Gas Pipeline to the Middle East and in the future potentially to Europe. When completed,", "id": "16909972" }, { "contents": "Natural gas prices\n\n\nelectric generators may switch from using natural gas to using cheaper coal or fuel oil. This fuel switching then leads to a decrease for the demand of natural gas, which usually tends to drop its price. North American natural gas injections (positive) represent additional demand and compete with alternative uses such as gas for heating or for power generation. Natural gas storage levels significantly affect the commodity’s price. When the storage levels are low, a signal is being sent to the market indicating that there is a smaller supply cushion and", "id": "21482389" }, { "contents": "Natural gas\n\n\nin dangerous quantities if flow rates are high enough. However, considering the tens of millions of structures that use the fuel, the individual risk of using natural gas is very low. Natural gas heating systems may cause carbon monoxide poisoning if unvented or poorly vented. In 2011, natural gas furnaces, space heaters, water heaters and stoves were blamed for 11 carbon monoxide deaths in the US. Another 22 deaths were attributed to appliances running on liquified petroleum gas, and 17 deaths on gas of unspecified type. Improvements in natural", "id": "2204027" }, { "contents": "Easton, Maryland\n\n\nnear the Easton Airport. Easton Utilities provides natural gas to over 4,500 customers, with natural gas purchased from the Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company. The town's natural gas supply is piped from the Gulf of Mexico via an interstate pipeline to Federalsburg, where of steel and plastic mains then deliver it to customers in Easton. The town, which has owned the natural gas utility since 1923, formerly delivered gas to customers by burning coal at a plant on West Street, but converted to natural gas in 1966. Easton Utilities is", "id": "21951525" }, { "contents": "IGS Energy\n\n\nGas Distribution Companies, helped found Ohio's choice program. Three years later, in 1989, he founded Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. (IGS Energy), in Dublin, Ohio, with his son, Scott. The privately held company began as a commercial and industrial wholesale supplier of Ohio-produced natural gas. By 1992, IGS Energy expanded its focus to include natural gas retail marketing directly to end-users. IGS Energy has an A+ rating with the BBB. Following the deregulation of residential natural gas service in 1997", "id": "12036319" } ]

[ { "contents": "Kendra Haste\n\n\nmenagerie was moved to Regents Park, to become what is today the London Zoo. Using research from the Tower of London archives, Haste returned the animals to their original locations around the Tower. Haste's Waterloo \"Elephant\" was originally commissioned by the London Underground as part of its Platform for Art programme and set up at the Gloucester Road tube station. After the success of Haste's \"Underground Safari\" pieces, the London Underground purchased the African elephant sculpture and installed it near the ticket hall of a new Jubilee line", "id": "121386" }, { "contents": "Kellie Castle\n\n\nby King James. This room may be the first in Scotland where plaster decoration was used ‘in the London style’ in preference to the painted beams and boarded ceilings that were generally fashionable in the early 17th century. Incorporated in the ceiling is the date \"1617\" and monogram \"T V F\" for Thomas Viscount Fenton,which title the King awarded Thomas Erskine in 1606. Originally a simple tower house, the lower section of what now constitutes the northwest tower is the oldest part of the castle, dating from", "id": "5810313" }, { "contents": "Wapping Hydraulic Power Station\n\n\nThe Wapping Hydraulic Power Station (built 1890) was originally run by the London Hydraulic Power Company in Wapping, London, England. Originally it operated using steam, and was later converted to use electricity. It was used to power machinery, including lifts, across London. The Tower Subway was used to transfer the power, and steam, to districts south of the river. The surviving complex consists of the engine house, boiler house, water tanks, accumulator tower, reservoir, boiler master's house, seven 1950s throw", "id": "4314839" }, { "contents": "Constable of the Tower\n\n\nof London's Jewry. Until 1899, the Constable also held the office of Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets. The Tower Hamlets was an area of SE Middlesex that urbanised as inner East London and included the area of the eponymous modern borough and most of what is now the London Borough of Hackney. This was an unusual arrangement as Lord Lieutenancy powers were usually exercised at county level; they enabled the Constable to raise local forces to supplement the Tower garrison at times of increased tension, or for use in the field.", "id": "17065492" }, { "contents": "Great Tower Street\n\n\nGreat Tower Street, originally known just as Tower Street, is a street in the City of London, the historic nucleus and modern financial centre of London. It forms an eastern continuation of Eastcheap starting at Idol Lane, and leads towards Byward Street and Tower Hill. On Byward Street, opposite Great Tower Street, is the historic church All Hallows-by-the-Tower. A public house called the Czar's Head used to stand at No. 48, so named because Peter the Great used to drink there when", "id": "14615601" }, { "contents": "Croydon transmitting station\n\n\nThe Croydon transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility on Beulah Hill in Upper Norwood, London, England (), in the London Borough of Croydon, owned by Arqiva. It was established in 1955 and initially used a small lattice tower. The present tower is high and was built in 1962. It was originally used to broadcast the London ITV signal on VHF Band III. When UHF broadcasting began, the nearby Crystal Palace transmitting station was used. VHF television was discontinued in 1985, and the Croydon transmitter was not", "id": "12144511" }, { "contents": "Coins of the pound sterling\n\n\nwas in London, initially at the Tower of London, and then at premises nearby in Tower Hill in what is today known as Royal Mint Court. In the 1970s production was transferred to Llantrisant in South Wales. Historically Scotland and England had separate coinage; the last Scottish coins were struck in 1709 shortly after union with England. Coins were originally hand-hammered — an ancient technique in which two dies are struck together with a blank coin between them. This was the traditional method of manufacturing coins in the Western world from", "id": "18051523" }, { "contents": "Tower Hill\n\n\nTower Hill is a complex city or garden square northwest of the Tower of London, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets just outside the City of London boundary yet inside what remains of the London Wall — a large fragment of which survives toward its east. It was an extra-parochial area with moniker Great Tower Hill. According to Tower Hamlets Borough Council, it is for official purposes apart of St Katharine Docks. For centuries the hill hosted public executions, particularly of attainted peers and today it is notable for being the", "id": "20290753" }, { "contents": "Liberties of the Tower of London\n\n\nThe Liberties of the Tower, or the Tower Liberty, was a liberty around and including the Tower of London. It was outside the jurisdiction of the City of London and the County of Middlesex, with its own county government. The area of the liberty expanded in 1686. It became part of the County of London in 1889, and was dissolved in 1894. The liberty originally consisted of the area inside the walls of the Tower of London (also known as Tower Within) and immediately outside it (known as Old", "id": "16416477" }, { "contents": "Carpenters Estate\n\n\nThe Carpenters Estate is located in Stratford, Newham, East London, adjacent to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The estate is formed of low rise social housing and three tower blocks. The estate has been continually earmarked for demolition and redevelopment. Carpenters Estate is located in the northwest corner of the London Borough of Newham. The estate's name originates from The Worshipful Company of Carpenters, an ancient London livery company, which in the late 19th century bought what was farmland in West Ham for industrial development. Many of London's", "id": "21332553" }, { "contents": "Evelina London Children's Hospital\n\n\ntheir child had died in premature labour. It was established in a purpose-built hospital in Southwark Bridge Road, Southwark, opposite what was originally the headquarters of the London Fire Brigade at 94 Southwark Bridge Road. It was brought under the management of Guy's Hospital in 1947 and became part of the National Health Service in 1948. In 1976 the original hospital building was closed, and the children's wards were moved to the newly built Guy's Tower. In 1999 a decision was made to re-establish Evelina Children", "id": "5477261" }, { "contents": "Royal Arsenal\n\n\ncommunity use. The Royal Arsenal had its origins in a domestic warren at Tower Place in Old Woolwich. Tower Place was a Tudor mansion built in the 1540s for Martin Bowes, a wealthy goldsmith and merchant, later Lord Mayor of London. The house with its octagonal tower stood nearby Gun Wharf (the original site of Woolwich Dockyard where the \"Henry Grace à Dieu\" had been built around 1515). After the Dockyard moved west in the 1540s, Gun Wharf was acquired by the Board of Ordnance and mainly used for", "id": "14739303" }, { "contents": "Tower Subway\n\n\nLondon, have since been replaced by telecommunication cables. A small round entrance building survives at Tower Hill near the Tower of London's ticket office, a short distance to the west of the main entrance to the Tower. This is not the original entrance, but was built in 1926 by the London Hydraulic Power Company, with a ring of lettering giving the original date of construction and naming the LHPC. The entrance on the south bank of the Thames was demolished in the 1990s, and a new one has been built in", "id": "21580243" }, { "contents": "South Bromley, Tower Hamlets\n\n\nTower Hamlets London Borough Council by Rajib Ahmed (Labour) and Ohid Ahmed (Aspire) since 2015. The historical Bromley Hall is an early Tudor period manor house that was first built in what was then just Bromley around 1485, it is thought to be the oldest brick house in London. It is owned by Leaside Regeneration who is proposing to use the ground floor for a permanent exhibition on the hall, the manor and the Tudors. They hope to also provide a meeting room, presentation materials and access to elements of", "id": "8802268" }, { "contents": "Tower of London\n\n\nMost of Henry's work survives, and only two of the nine towers he constructed have been completely rebuilt. Between the Wakefield and Lanthorn Towers, the innermost ward's wall also serves as a curtain wall for the inner ward. The main entrance to the inner ward would have been through a gatehouse, most likely in the west wall on the site of what is now Beauchamp Tower. The inner ward's western curtain wall was rebuilt by Edward I. The 13th-century Beauchamp Tower marks the first large-scale use of", "id": "12608591" }, { "contents": "Aragon Tower\n\n\nAragon Tower on the in Deptford, is one of London's tallest privately owned residential towers at 92 metres with 29 floors. It contains 158 residential apartments ranging from 2 to 3 bedrooms, with the original floors being dual aspect maisonettes of the scissor section design. Originally completed in 1962 (along with Eddystone Tower and Daubeny Tower on the Pepys Estate) at a height of 26 floors, Aragon Tower underwent a rebuild in 2006. Previously built and owned by the local authority, the London Borough of Lewisham, the riverside tower", "id": "17969125" }, { "contents": "Bow porcelain factory\n\n\nThe Bow porcelain factory (active c. 1747–64 and closed in 1776) was an emulative rival of the Chelsea porcelain factory in the manufacture of early soft-paste porcelain in Great Britain. The two London factories were the first in England. It was originally located near Bow, in what is now the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, but by 1749 it had moved to 'New Canton', sited east of the River Lea, now in the London Borough of Newham Designs imitated imported Chinese and Japanese porcelains and the wares being", "id": "20153461" }, { "contents": "Thomas Shirley (died 1612)\n\n\n, or blamed for what might technically be seen as allowing an 'escape'. The Commons had the Warden placed in the Tower of London and sent the sergeant-at-arms of the Commons, who was carrying the mace, to the Fleet Prison to set Shirley free. However, the Warden's wife proved equally obdurate, and the sergeant-at-arms had to report that his mission had been a failure. The Warden had originally been able to move around within the Tower, but now the Commons made", "id": "15728750" }, { "contents": "St Botolph's Church, Boston\n\n\nwas completed. In what is still a matter of debate, there are a number of believed origins of this nickname that at first applied to the tower and is now frequently used to describe the whole church. What is certain is the real roots have long since faded from memory. The first is that the tower took so long to build it resembled a stump during the construction phase. Seventy years was not, however, a particularly long time for a tower of such height to be built. Many similarly tall structures would", "id": "12191859" }, { "contents": "Grenfell Tower fire\n\n\n, with ten bedrooms between them. The lower four storeys were originally used for non-residential purposes. Later, two lower floors were converted to residential use, bringing the total to 129 apartments, housing up to 600 people. The original lead architect for the building, Nigel Whitbread, said in 2016 that the tower had been designed with attention to strength following the Ronan Point partial collapse of 1968 \"and from what I can see could last another hundred years.\" Like many other tower blocks in the UK, Grenfell", "id": "9772876" }, { "contents": "Tiny Tower\n\n\nto contain a special character. This character usually looks or acts like what would be expected relative to the given floor they came with. There is also the addition of various Casinos, instead of just the one in the original, simply named \"Casino\". Lastly, in addition to Coins and Tower Bux, there are also Poker Chips. These are used as payment to play the Casino's various games. \"Tiny Death Star\" is a game by NimbleBit that is a spin-off from the original Tiny Tower", "id": "5372795" }, { "contents": "WBZ-TV\n\n\ncontrol and its self-supporting tower over the building were in use at sign-on. The WBZ stations would not move into what was then known as the Westinghouse Broadcasting Center until June 17, 1948, when the building was opened. The station was knocked off the air on August 31, 1954, when Hurricane Carol destroyed its transmitter tower. A temporary transmitter was installed using a short, makeshift tower at the studio site and later on the original tower of WEEI-FM (now WODS) in Malden. In", "id": "19920536" }, { "contents": "White Tower (Tower of London)\n\n\n– examples remain, in the south wall at gallery level. The White Tower was terraced into the side of a mound, so the northern side of the basement is partially below ground level. The purpose of each room is interpreted based primarily on its design. As a result, there can be some ambiguity in what individual chambers were used for. Each floor was divided into three chambers, the largest in the west, a smaller room in the north-east, and the chapel taking up the entrance and upper floors", "id": "18278401" }, { "contents": "Fitzrovia News\n\n\nThe Fitzrovia News is a free community newspaper produced by volunteers living and working in Fitzrovia, London, United Kingdom. It is an example of what has been called hyperlocal media or community journalism. It is notable because it is \"one of the country's oldest community newspapers\". It is published by the central London charity the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association, which produces the news site and quarterly newspaper as part of its charitable activities. The \"Fitzrovia News\" was originally called \"The Tower\" and was started by a group", "id": "6723906" }, { "contents": "Traitors' Gate\n\n\nThe Traitors' Gate is an entrance through which many prisoners of the Tudors arrived at the Tower of London. The gate was built by Edward I, to provide a water gate entrance to the Tower, part of St. Thomas's Tower, which was designed to provide additional accommodation for the royal family. In the pool behind Traitors' Gate was an engine that was used for raising water to a cistern on the roof of the White Tower. The engine worked originally by the force of the tide or by horsepower and eventually", "id": "1697463" }, { "contents": "Gary Connery\n\n\n2012 London Olympics. He has performed 880 skydives and 450 BASE jumps. He has jumped from locations such as the Eiffel Tower, Nelson's Column, the London Eye, London's Tower Bridge, and from inside the Millennium Dome. Connery jumped through the centre of the Eiffel Tower on a rainy day with winds gusting at 25 mph (40 km/h). On 9 May 2003 Connery jumped off Nelson's Column at Trafalgar Square in Central London in what was described as a \"death-defying protest stunt\"", "id": "9548709" }, { "contents": "World Trade Center site\n\n\nthe site. The ship, believed to be a Hudson River sloop, was found just south of where the Twin Towers used to stand, about 20 feet below the surface. The area that was cleared for construction of the original World Trade Center complex was previously occupied by various electronics stores in what was called Radio Row. These streets and stores were demolished in the 1960s to make way for the World Trade Center. At the time of their completion the \"Twin Towers\"—the original 1 World Trade Center (the North Tower)", "id": "18614647" }, { "contents": "Artist and the Author\n\n\nalso this contradiction of his will compel me, in justice to myself, to give in a work I am preparing for the press a full, true, and particular account of all the professional transactions between Mr. Ainsworth and myself, in which I shall prove, beyond all fear of contradiction, that I am also the sole originator of what is called 'Ainsworth's \"Tower of London\",' as well as another work bearing his name, but the ideas and suggestions of what were given to him by, Sir", "id": "14530010" }, { "contents": "Royal Mint\n\n\n70% of its total sales. Formed over 1,100 years ago, the mint was historically part of a series of mints that became centralised to produce coins for the Kingdom of England, all of Great Britain and eventually most of the British Empire. The original London mint from which the Royal Mint is the successor, was established in 886 AD and operated within the Tower of London for approximately 800 years before moving to what is now called Royal Mint Court where it remained until the 1960s. As Britain followed the rest of the", "id": "893559" }, { "contents": "Roanoke Building\n\n\nthe original cornice, the top rank of arches disappeared. The building uses dark terra cotta with italianate designs. The vaulted ceiling and marble wall lobby contribute to what is described as a classical entrance and lobby. The Palladian entrance uses contrasting white varigated and black marble. In 1925, the building was built to its current 35 story height by the addition of an adjacent tower to the east of the Madison street frontage. The entire building contains . The 36-story tower was added east of the original structure on the site of the", "id": "15880985" }, { "contents": "A13 road (England)\n\n\nstart at Aldgate Pump; but now begins at the junction with the A11 at what used to be the Aldgate one way system in east London and heads eastwards through the boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking & Dagenham and Havering before reaching the Greater London boundary. At the London end, \"Commercial Road\" and \"East India Dock Road\" form one of two main arteries through the historic East End (the other being the A11 \"Whitechapel Road\"). The A13 route is a relatively recent addition to London", "id": "11705759" }, { "contents": "Alpha Square\n\n\nAlpha Square is a mixed-use development approved for the Isle of Dogs, London, just south of the financial district Canary Wharf. Original plans for the development were withdrawn by the developer in 2015 following a recommendation to refuse the scheme by Tower Hamlets Development Committee. Revised plans were submitted in 2015 which were rejected by Tower Hamlets Council in February 2016. The then Mayor of London Boris Johnson called in the scheme in early 2016 which gave him the authority to reject or allow the proposals. It was approved on 27 April", "id": "13819976" }, { "contents": "The Exchange Building\n\n\nThe Exchange Building is a residential building in London named after the original purpose of the building, which was to be a Telephone Exchange for British Telecom. In the end BT never used the building instead using a building immediately behind in Jerome St - 1928 by the Office of Works. The Exchange Building is located on the A1202 Inner London Arterial Ring Road at 132 Commercial Street in Tower Hamlets. The Exchange Building stands opposite the Peabody building and is tall, with 8 storeys. The building features the original metal and glass window", "id": "140789" }, { "contents": "Tower Millennium Pier\n\n\nTower Millennium Pier is a pier on the River Thames, in London, UK. It is operated by London River Services and served by various river transport and cruise operators. The pier is close to Tower Bridge and is situated immediately adjacent to the southwest corner of the Tower of London. The pier is used by the river bus route RB1 from Embankment to Woolwich (operated by MBNA Thames Clippers) and Westminster-Greenwich tourist boats (operated by City Cruises). Private-charter entertainment boats also use Tower Pier. Tower", "id": "7338424" }, { "contents": "Ravens of the Tower of London\n\n\nJane Grey in 1554, purportedly \"pecking the eyes from the severed head\" of the queen. In his article \"How Ravens Came to the Tower of London\", American author Boria Sax came to the conclusion that \"the ravens were originally brought in to dramatise the alleged site of executions at the Tower\". One legend attributes the start of the tradition of keeping ravens with clipped wings in the Tower of London to Charles II and to his royal astronomer John Flamsteed, although there are versions of the legend that differ", "id": "13173942" }, { "contents": "Drumburgh Castle\n\n\nDrumburgh Castle is a medieval pele tower in the village of Drumburgh, in Cumbria, England. A pele tower was originally built on this site, near the village of Burgh, by Robert le Brun in 1307, on the site of a former tower that had been part of Hadrian's Wall. The construction used red sandstone masonry from the wall for its construction. Thomas Dacre rebuilt the castle in 1518, producing what contemporaries described as \"neither castle nor tower but a house of strength\". The house was altered again", "id": "4309228" }, { "contents": "Tower 42\n\n\nTower 42 is a skyscraper in the City of London. It is the fifth-tallest in the City and thirteenth-tallest in Greater London. Its original name was the National Westminster Tower (commonly known as the NatWest Tower), having been built to house NatWest's international headquarters. Seen from above, the shape of the tower resembles that of the NatWest logo (three chevrons in a hexagonal arrangement). The tower, designed by Richard Seifert and engineered by Pell Frischmann, is located at 25 Old Broad Street in", "id": "16276568" }, { "contents": "Colliers Wood\n\n\nfirst of London's Cycle Superhighways opened, with a continuous bicycle lane known as CS7 originating in Southwark Bridge, in the centre of London, and terminating in Colliers Wood. The route was originally intended to continue to South Wimbledon. White British is the largest ethnic group as of the 2011 census at 38%, followed by 19% Other White. Colliers Wood is visually dominated by the \"\"Colliers Wood Tower\"\". Originally named the \"\"Lyon Tower\"\", it was originally occupied as the headquarters of", "id": "3008537" }, { "contents": "List of Keepers of the Records in the Tower of London\n\n\nThis is a list of Keepers of the Records in the Tower of London. The position was medieval in origin, and ended in 1838 with the creation of the London Public Record Office. In the 16th century the distinction was made between Chancery Rolls from the reign of Richard III onwards, which were under the direct control of the Master of the Rolls, and earlier Rolls that were kept in the Tower of London, with a designated Keeper. The Masters of the Rolls wished to keep at least a theoretical control over the", "id": "14360343" }, { "contents": "White Tower (Tower of London)\n\n\nwell as a stronghold, latrines were built into the walls, and four fireplaces provided warmth. The main building material is Kentish rag-stone, though some local mudstone was also used. Although little of it survives, Caen stone was imported from northern French Republic to provide details in the Tower's facing, much of it replaced by Portland stone in the 17th and 18th centuries under the direction of architect Inigo Jones. As most of the Tower's windows were enlarged in the 18th century, only two original – albeit restored", "id": "18278400" }, { "contents": "Egg London\n\n\n2017 Egg London won DJ Magazine's \"Best of British\" award for 'Best Large Club'. The club was founded by Laurence Malice and opened in May 2003. Originally a Victorian warehouse, the building was purchased by Malice in 1997, where it was first used as the headquarters for his original brainchild, Trade. The name Egg is a reference to rebirth. \"What Came First\" is a new label dedicated to electronic music which was set up by the people behind Egg London club venue in 2016. What", "id": "19999177" }, { "contents": "London Zoo\n\n\nLondon Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828, and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study. In 1831 or 1832, the animals of the Tower of London menagerie were transferred to the zoo's collection. It was eventually opened to the public in 1847. Today, it houses a collection of 673 species of animals, with 19,289 individuals, making it one of the largest collections in the United Kingdom. The zoo is sometimes called Regent's", "id": "20107428" }, { "contents": "Millbank Tower\n\n\nMillbank Tower is a high skyscraper in the City of Westminster at Millbank, by the River Thames in London. The tower was constructed in 1963, and has been home to many high-profile political organisations, including the Labour and Conservative parties, and the United Nations. The tower was constructed in 1963 for Vickers and was therefore originally known as Vickers House or the Vickers Tower. It was designed by Ronald Ward and Partners and built by John Mowlem & Co. It is a landmark on the London skyline, standing beside the", "id": "15585163" }, { "contents": "Mazawattee Tea Company\n\n\nshopping area with restaurants and small shops used mainly by visitors to the Tower of London; in the centre of the floor is a fine circular bronze plaque commemorating the origin of the spot. The church of All Hallows by the Tower was also badly damaged in 1940 but was rebuilt later, so at last it has its original view to the east. At New Cross, the bombing was so bad that the factory was virtually wrecked yet some parts remain. The words \"Elizabeth Industrial Estate\" can be spotted from trains from", "id": "17173205" }, { "contents": "Forncett\n\n\nForncett Industrial Steam Museum houses a collection of large stationary steam engines which are occasionally demonstrated to the public. Included in the collection is a 150 hp Vickers Armstrong cross-compound pumping engine originally used to open Tower Bridge in London. It was the 'third' steam engine, installed as a wartime precaution against air-raid damage, and was removed to Forncett in 1974. The two original engines remain on display at Tower Bridge. Other exhibits include a Gimson and Company beam engine, and examples of Corliss engines, vertical", "id": "9393161" }, { "contents": "Marsham Towers\n\n\nThe Marsham Towers were three towers at the corner of Marsham Street and Great Peter Street in Westminster, London. They served as the headquarters of the Department of the Environment. The redevelopment of the site was long planned. The site was originally a gas works and had first included two gas holders (built 1875), renovated in World War 2 for use as bomb shelter 'citadels' - the North Rotunda and the South Rotunda. A new 'steel-framed building' was also added in 1940–41. Both rotundas were", "id": "11720064" }, { "contents": "Tower of London\n\n\nwhich accommodates the apse of the chapel. As the building was intended to be a comfortable residence as well as a stronghold, latrines were built into the walls, and four fireplaces provided warmth. The main building material is Kentish rag-stone, although some local mudstone was also used. Caen stone was imported from northern France to provide details in the Tower's facing, although little of the original material survives as it was replaced with Portland stone in the 17th and 18th centuries. As most of the Tower's windows were", "id": "12608582" }, { "contents": "Tower of London\n\n\nenlarged in the 18th century, only two original – albeit restored – examples remain, in the south wall at the gallery level. The tower was terraced into the side of a mound, so the northern side of the basement is partially below ground level. As was typical of most keeps, the bottom floor was an undercroft used for storage. One of the rooms contained a well. Although the layout has remained the same since the tower's construction, the interior of the basement dates mostly from the 18th century when the", "id": "12608583" }, { "contents": "Tower of London (The Goodies)\n\n\nbit wide. Bill replies that he does not know what they (the Goodies) do. Tim comments that they were \"going to do...good to...people\" — to which Bill responds \"\"How wet!\"\". The Goodies are almost immediately summoned to the Tower of London, where they meet the Chief Beefeater in the kitchens of the Tower (renovated from a disused torture chamber). He tells them that somebody is stealing the Beefeaters' beef and, as a result, the Beefeaters are starving", "id": "4469388" }, { "contents": "Deal, Kent\n\n\nthe site of the yard there is now a building originally used as a semaphore tower linked to London, and later used as a coastguard house, then as a timeball tower, which remains today as a museum of time and communication. The Deal Maritime and Local History Museum is housed in an historic complex of light-industrial buildings in St George's Road, dating from 1803. It contains a series of displays and artefacts, narrating the town's maritime, industrial, domestic and leisure history. By the time Dickens came", "id": "19438899" }, { "contents": "169th (3rd London) Brigade\n\n\nfirst being the 17th London Regiment (Tower Hamlets Rifles), previously the 17th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) and, more recently, 17th London Regiment (Tower Hamlets Rifles). The other replacement battalion was the 18th London Regiment (London Irish Rifles). Both battalions were originally from 141st (5th London) Infantry Brigade from the now disbanded 47th Division. The battalion was previously known as 18th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles).", "id": "783755" }, { "contents": "Tower of London in popular culture\n\n\nThe Tower of London has been represented in popular culture in many ways. As a result of 16th and 19th century writers, the Tower has a reputation as a grim fortress, a place of torture and execution. One of the earliest traditions associated with the Tower was that it was built by Julius Caesar; the story was a popular amongst writers and antiquaries. The earliest recorded attribution of the Tower to the Roman ruler dates to the mid-14th century in a poem by Sir Thomas Gray. The origin of the myth is uncertain", "id": "18346828" }, { "contents": "Shot (pellet)\n\n\nmetals. Lead shot was originally made by pouring molten lead through screens into water, forming what was known as \"swan shot\", and, later, more economically mass-produced at higher quality using a shot tower. The \"Bliemeister method\" has supplanted the shot tower method since the early 1960s. Producing lead shot from a shot tower was pioneered by William Watts of Bristol who adapted his house on Redcliffe Way by adding a three-storey tower and digging a shaft under the house through the caves underneath to achieve", "id": "11323909" }, { "contents": "Artist and the Author\n\n\nProving that the Distinguished Author, Mr. W. Harrison Ainsworth, is 'labouring under a singular delusion' with respect to the origin of \"The Miser's Daughter\", \"The Tower of London\", etc.\" The pamphlet says: I am therefore \"compelled\" in \"self-defence\", to place certain facts before the public, to prove beyond the fear of \"contradiction\", that what I have asserted \"is the truth\", and that it is Mr. Ainsworth who \"is labouring under a", "id": "14530012" }, { "contents": "West Ham Power Station\n\n\n1947, who completed a new West Ham 'B' Power Station to the south of the original station in 1951. This had two prominent concrete cooling towers. The A Station used the original wooden cooling towers. As well as burning coal the \"B\" Station burnt coke blended with coal in its chain grate boilers. The coke was supplied from the adjacent Bromley Gas works. The railway sidings linked to the North London Line at Stephenson Street. Having been taken over by the CEGB in the late 1950s, the B", "id": "12922507" }, { "contents": "London Borough of Croydon\n\n\nCroydon, formerly the NLA Tower, Britain's 88th tallest tower, close to East Croydon station, is an example of 1970s architecture. The tower was originally nicknamed the \"Threepenny bit building\", as it resembles a stack of pre-decimalisation Threepence coins, which were 12-sided. It is now most commonly called The Octagon, being 8-sided. Lunar House is another high-rise building. Like other government office buildings on Wellesley Road, such as Apollo House, the name of the building was inspired by the US moon", "id": "7477812" }, { "contents": "Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall\n\n\nLondon. No further record exists of the Chapel's use until 1442 when the local clergy reported to the Bishop of London that it had been expanded slightly, with a small tower above the porch with a bell in it. However, they did not know of its origins and it was unusable, having been burnt. It was repaired and returned to regular use alongside the parish church in Bradwell-on-Sea until at least the Tudor period (16th century) before falling into disuse as a church again and being used", "id": "5512396" }, { "contents": "Château de Gevrey-Chambertin\n\n\nthe original buildings are the drawbridge (considering that one of the towers and the drawbridge system are lacking), the big square tower, and the living quarters next to the drawbridge. Several remnants of the wall allow one to have an idea of what the castle used to look like. Among the many works done since 1791, the date of sale of the castle as a national estate and until the end of the 19th century, the conversion of the middle floor of the square tower was probably the cause of the destruction", "id": "7139946" }, { "contents": "Tower of London\n\n\ndates from the reign of Edward I. Blocked battlements (also known as crenellations) in the south side of Legge's Mount are the only surviving medieval battlements at the Tower of London (the rest are Victorian replacements). A new moat was dug beyond the castle's new limits; it was originally deeper in the middle than it is today. With the addition of a new curtain wall, the old main entrance to the Tower of London was obscured and made redundant; a new entrance was created in the south-west", "id": "12608598" }, { "contents": "Nightingale Estate\n\n\nThe Nightingale Estate is located in Lower Clapton and is in the London Borough of Hackney, North East London, next to Hackney Downs. The estate originally consisted of six 22 story tower blocks, but was redeveloped between 2003-2006 and replaced with mostly low-rise. Only one of the towers \"Seaton Point\" still remains. The original six , 22 story Nightingale Estate blocks were approved and built in 1968 by the then Greater London Council. These were: In the late 1980s/early 1990s, the flats fell", "id": "15223164" }, { "contents": "Ravens of the Tower of London\n\n\n, wild ravens were common throughout Britain, even in towns, the tower being within their natural range. When they were exterminated from much of their traditional range, including London, they could only exist at the tower in captivity and with official support. The Tower ravens are tended to by an official Ravenmaster. Local legend puts the origin of the captive raven population at the time of King Charles II (reigned 1660–85). Some of the ravens at the tower were specially bred in Somerset. The earliest legends that connects the", "id": "13173939" }, { "contents": "Civic Club, Charters Towers\n\n\nCivic Club is a heritage-listed club house at 36 Ryan Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1900. It is also known as Londoners' Club. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. The Civic Club was constructed in 1900 as clubrooms providing recreational facilities for members of the Londoners' Club, which had its origins in informal meetings at the North Australian Hotel, Charters Towers, in 1877. Discovered in late 1871, Charters Towers became", "id": "161340" }, { "contents": "London Borough of Hackney\n\n\nLondon constituency in the European Parliament. The constituent parts of the borough are Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington. Originally Ancient Parishes, these areas have had consistent boundaries since the mediaeval period. Parishes in Middlesex were grouped into ‘Divisions’, with Stoke Newington part of the Finsbury Division and Hackney and Shoreditch part of the Tower Division. The Tower Division was noteworthy in that the men of the area owed military service to the Tower of London. The Ancient Parishes provided a framework for both civil (administrative) and ecclesiastical (", "id": "10289997" }, { "contents": "Towers of London (band)\n\n\nLondon posted dates for a 'Back to Basics' tour. An acoustic set with Donny and Dirk Tourette was arranged for their first gig in early October. However, their next scheduled appearance at Rockfest was cancelled, due to problems beyond the bands' control. 13 years on from their debut album ‘Blood Sweat & Towers’ the Towers Of London have reformed with the original line up with promise of a new album which is said to be released in 2019. They are also documenting all on their YouTube channel ‘365", "id": "13301048" }, { "contents": "Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park\n\n\nTower Hamlets Cemetery Park is a local nature reserve and historic cemetery in Mile End in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets within the East End of London. It is open 24 hours a day. The cemetery opened in 1841 and closed for burials in 1966, since which and other land has been added to the park, including \"Scrapyard Meadow\". It is regarded as one of the seven great cemeteries of the time (now known as the \"Magnificent Seven\"). It was originally named The City of London and", "id": "17793236" }, { "contents": "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (soundtrack)\n\n\nThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on December 10, 2002. It was composed, orchestrated, and conducted by Howard Shore, and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Voices, and the London Oratory School Schola. \"\" comes in a regular and a limited edition, the latter containing the additional track \"Farewell to Lórien\". \"The Two Towers\" won the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album. In 2006, Reprise Records released a multi-", "id": "20968259" }, { "contents": "Fort Beaufort\n\n\nthe 6th Xhosa War (1834–1835), Governor Sir Benjamin d'Urban authorised construction of a fort at the site of the original blockhouse. The new buildings included a military hospital, guard houses, infantry barracks, and officers' quarters. In 1839, the British commenced work on what is probably the world's only inland Martello tower, a small, circular Napoleonic era design hitherto used only in coastal defences. The tower was completed in 1846. Today, the original howitzer remains mounted on the roof on a traversing carriage that gives", "id": "3292918" }, { "contents": "North Quay, London\n\n\nNorth Quay is an approved office development, consisting of three towers on the north side of Canary Wharf in London. The developer is Canary Wharf Group and the architect is Cesar Pelli. The original plan was for three towers of 18, 38 and 40 floors. In 2017, new plans were submitted for a development of four towers of 30 to 67 floors. In March 2003 Norquil Ltd submitted a planning application to Tower Hamlets for two towers and a central link building at land known as Shed 35 North Quay, Aspen Way", "id": "4137728" }, { "contents": "Tower Hill tube station\n\n\nof the Roman London Wall which once surrounded the historic City of London. A small section of this wall is visible above the track at the far Eastern end of the Westbound platform, near the ceiling. The station was built on the site of the former Tower of London station that closed in 1884. The present Tower Hill station opened in 1967 and replaced a nearby station with the same name but which was originally called Mark Lane, that was slightly farther west. Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but the typical off", "id": "8207883" }, { "contents": "Ravens of the Tower of London\n\n\nof the Druidic scholar, poet, and forger Iolo Morganwg, who convinced the family that their castle in Glamorgan had been the original residence of the raven-god Bran, actually an early king. The Earls may have thought of the ravens as avatars of Bran, and wished to assert a spiritual claim over the Tower. Geoffrey Parnell, the official Tower of London historian and a member of the Royal Armouries staff, also believes that the allegedly ancient history of captive ravens at the Tower is just a legend that was created", "id": "13173948" }, { "contents": "White Tower (Tower of London)\n\n\nhad switched sides, and now supported Parliament; together with the London citizenry, they blockaded the Tower. With permission from the King, Byron relinquished control of the Tower. Parliament replaced Byron with a man of their own choosing, Sir John Conyers. By the time the English Civil War broke out in November 1642, the Tower of London was already in Parliament's control. By 1657 the entire building apart from the chapel was being used to store gunpowder. Storing both gunpowder and government records in the White Tower was not", "id": "18278390" }, { "contents": "Old Artillery Ground\n\n\nThe Old Artillery Ground is an area of land in Spitalfields, London formerly designated one of the Liberties of the Tower of London and Crown Land. Originally the outer precinct of the Priory and Hospital of St Mary Spital, it was converted to an Artillery Ground in 1538, under Henry VIII, for the use of 'The Fraternity or Guild of Artillery of Longbows, Crossbows and Handguns', also known as 'The Fraternity of St George'. This group were later known as the Honourable Artillery Company and used the ground", "id": "11054671" }, { "contents": "London Borough of Tower Hamlets\n\n\nas the Lord Lieutenant of Tower Hamlets. The Hamlets of the Tower paid taxes for the militia in 1646. The London Borough of Tower Hamlets forms the core of the East End. It lies east of the ancient walled City of London and north of the River Thames. Use of the term \"East End\" in a pejorative sense began in the late 19th century, as the expansion of the population of London led to extreme overcrowding throughout the area and a concentration of poor people and immigrants in the districts that made it", "id": "11133773" }, { "contents": "Tower of London\n\n\nthe vacant post-medieval structures. In the First and Second World Wars, the Tower was again used as a prison and witnessed the executions of 12 men for espionage. After the Second World War, damage caused during the Blitz was repaired, and the castle reopened to the public. Today, the Tower of London is one of the country's most popular tourist attractions. Under the ceremonial charge of the Constable of the Tower, and operated by the Resident Governor of the Tower of London and Keeper of the Jewel House", "id": "12608575" }, { "contents": "Romanesque architecture in Spain\n\n\nare what are called \"Turres signorum\". In many cases they were built as defence towers, especially in border territories experiencing military conflict, and the location of the tower depended on what was being defended. Thus the tower of the church of the Silos monastery was located to defend the monastery, the tower of the San Pedro de Arlanza monastery was a very important defence for the entire area. The military aspect of these Romanesque towers evolved and changed over time so that at present it is difficult to guess at their original", "id": "7709461" }, { "contents": "Devon Mansions\n\n\nDevon Mansions are a set of five residential mansion block buildings situated along the south side of Tooley Street in Bermondsey, London. The buildings are located within the London Borough of Southwark and are included in both the Tower Bridge and Tooley Street Conservation Areas. During the Victorian era, the area between Tooley Street and the River Thames to the east of what is now Tower Bridge, was one of the largest warehouse complexes in London. Completed in 1873, these warehouses housed huge quantities of tea, coffee, spices and other commodities", "id": "17975103" }, { "contents": "Legal Quays\n\n\n, St Katherine's, Tower Hill, Rotherhithe, Southwark and London Bridge should be \"no more used as loading or discharging places for merchandise\". Twenty existing quays with a frontage of , all located on the north bank of the Thames between London Bridge and the Tower of London, were designated as Legal Quays. In order of their position between London Bridge and the Tower of London, they were: To cope with the volume and complexity of trade in London, particular quays were required to specialise in particular cargoes.", "id": "6973684" }, { "contents": "White Tower (Tower of London)\n\n\nin Europe to paint prestigious buildings white. He also added decoration to the chapel in the keep, adding stained glass, statues, and paintings. Activity at the castle in the early 14th century declined relative to previous periods. Though the Tower of London was still occasionally used as a residence, by the 1320s the chapel in the White Tower was used to store records. This marked the beginning of the castle's diminishing role as a royal residence. The records were briefly removed from the White Tower in 1360 to accommodate the", "id": "18278382" }, { "contents": "St Pancras Cruising Club\n\n\n, between St Pancras Station and St Pancras Old Church, one of the oldest church buildings in London, hence the name of the district. The club, which was founded in 1958, is situated in a canal basin that was used to handle building stone. SPCC has a clubhouse with a bar. It constructed the first new dry dock in London for many decades, now the only one in the capital. In 2001 the club became the guardian of a listed water tower, originally used to refill the steam locomotives.", "id": "12175869" }, { "contents": "White Tower (Tower of London)\n\n\nwith much of its facing material replaced. In 1640 Charles I ordered that the Tower of London should be prepared for conflict. Platforms for cannons were built and 21 installed on top of the White Tower with three additional mortars. Despite the new defences the Parliamentarians captured the Tower of London without the cannon being used. In January 1642, Charles I attempted to arrest five Members of Parliament. When this failed he fled the city, and Parliament retaliated by removing Sir John Byron, the Lieutenant of the Tower. The Trained Bands", "id": "18278389" }, { "contents": "Tower Gateway DLR station\n\n\nstation with Tower Hill station, its closest London Underground connection. A narrow secondary staircase entrance at the eastern end of the platform, improved considerably in the early 2000s, descends to Mansell Street. It serves the eastern edge of the City of London financial district and development around St Katharine Docks. It was opened in 1987 as the western terminus of the initial DLR system and the station closest to central London. The underground extension to Bank, which opened in 1991, diverges from the original route between Tower Gateway and Shadwell,", "id": "8207886" }, { "contents": "Josef Jakobs\n\n\neight-man firing squad had been issued with blanks, only five live rounds were used. Following the execution, Jakobs' body was buried in an unmarked grave at St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London. The location used for Jakobs' grave has since been re-used, so the original grave site is difficult to find. Jakobs was the last person to be executed at the Tower of London, since all other German spies condemned to death in the UK during the Second World War were executed by", "id": "14800059" }, { "contents": "Tower Lifeboat Station\n\n\nThe Tower Lifeboat Station is a lifeboat station on the River Thames in London, UK, operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. It is located at Victoria Embankment on the North Bank of the Thames, next to Waterloo Bridge. The pier takes its name from the original RNLI lifeboat station which opened in 2002 further downstream at Tower Pier, next to the Tower of London. In 2006 the lifeboat station moved to its present location, Waterloo Pier the former Waterloo Police Pier. The RNLI provides a lifeboat service to boats on", "id": "10891166" }, { "contents": "Lincoln Memorial Tower\n\n\nThe Lincoln Memorial Tower or Lincoln Tower is a Gothic revival tower in Lambeth, London, housing small meeting rooms, that was opened in 1876 in memory of Abraham Lincoln, and paid for partly by Americans. Once part of a complex of nineteenth century philanthropic institutions sited alongside a Congregational chapel, it is all that now remains of the original design. It is located at the corner of Westminster Bridge Road and Kennington Road close to Waterloo station and Lambeth North tube station in London, and is today a listed building associated with", "id": "9170016" }, { "contents": "Balfron Tower\n\n\ndecade\". Balfron Tower was designed by architect Ernő Goldfinger and is associated with the Brutalist style of 1960s architecture. Goldfinger himself was pleased with the design and moved into flat 130, on the 25th floor, for two months in 1968. He and his wife threw champagne parties to find out what the residents liked and disliked about his design. He applied what he learnt to his design for the similar and more famous Trellick Tower in West London. Goldfinger's studio later added Glenkerry House on the same estate, complementing Balfron", "id": "5227239" }, { "contents": "List of tallest buildings in London, Ontario\n\n\nLondon is the largest city in Southwestern Ontario. In London, there are 16 buildings that stand taller than 70 metres (230 ft). The tallest building in the city is the 24-storey, One London Place. This is the tallest office building in Ontario outside of Toronto and Ottawa. Originally there were plans to construct a twin tower called Two London Place; however, due to the recession of the early 1990s, this structure was never built. The second-tallest building in the city is City Centre Tower South,", "id": "14087248" }, { "contents": "Wardenclyffe Tower\n\n\ntower was demolished on orders of the United States Government with claims German spies were using it as a radio transmitter or observation post, or that it was being used as a landmark for German submarines. Tesla was not pleased with what he saw as attacks on his patriotism via the rumors about Wardenclyffe, but since the original mortgages with Boldt as well as the foreclosure had been kept off the public record in order to hide his financial difficulties, Tesla was not able to reveal the real reason for the demolition. George Boldt decided", "id": "19302772" }, { "contents": "Jelling stones\n\n\na tree and pierced by a spear. In 1955, a plaster cast of this stone was made for a festival in London. It is now located in the grounds of the Danish Church in London, 4 St. Katherines Precinct, Regents Park, London. The copy is painted in bright colors, like the original. Most of the original paint has flaked away from the original stone, but enough small specks of paint remained to tell us what the colors looked like when they were freshly painted. A copy is also located", "id": "180110" }, { "contents": "The Goodsyard\n\n\nboth oppose the development and were also unable to agree what should be built on the site, with Hackney Council wanting to focus on job opportunities and Tower Hamlets wanting large family homes. In 2015, the then London Mayor, Boris Johnson, controversially called in the scheme upon request from the developers, using a rule that lets the Mayor of London intervene in borough planning if planning decisions have not been made within 16 weeks of an application being submitted. This gave Johnson the authority to make the final decision on planning permission.", "id": "12603714" }, { "contents": "Thomas Boddington\n\n\nCompany. He worked at the Board of Ordnance based at the Tower of London from 1770, where he was the direct superior of Granville Sharp. Along with James Ware, Samuel Bosanquet and William Houlston, Boddington was involved in setting up the School for the Indigent Blind, St George's Fields, Southwark in 1799 housed in what used to be the notorious Dog and Duck tavern. Both he and his brother, Benjamin Boddington were West Indian merchants, based in 17 Mark Lane, London. He retired in 1794, whereon", "id": "8531983" }, { "contents": "4th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment\n\n\nBy the end of the year the HQ had moved to South Hackney. One of the original officers was Captain Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda, a Thames-side shipbuilder. Similarly, the 4th Tower Hamlets RVC was formed in June 1860 at St Leonard's, Shoreditch, initially with five companies, and the 6th Tower Hamlets RVC at Dalston in September 1860, with eight companies by the end of the year (many recruits probably coming from the failed 1st Tower Hamlets RVC). The 4th Tower Hamlets RVC moved its HQ to Robert", "id": "13744035" }, { "contents": "Tower House, Brighton\n\n\nregrettable aspect\" of the late-20th-century development surrounding Tower House is the creation of a wide access road which breaks the long run of original boundary walls fronting London Road. Tower House, \"Brighton's finest example of a grand Edwardian house\", is an \"imposing and richly detailed\" building which—despite being set back from the main London Road—forms a local landmark due to its tall corner tower with a large lead cupola. This has ogee curves and sits on top of an octagonal timber roof lantern.", "id": "2667951" }, { "contents": "Aragon Tower\n\n\nwho used Rolfe Judd to do the working drawings. Aragon Tower represents one of the first large-scale tower block regeneration projects within London. 14 Penthouse units were added to the top of Aragon Tower taking the building up to 29 storeys and cementing its position as one of the tallest residential towers in London at 92 metres. The three Barbican towers (Cromwell Tower, Lauderdale Tower and Shakespeare Tower) are higher at 123 metres, Ontario Tower is 104 metres, and other tall residential towers are under construction. It is situated", "id": "17969127" }, { "contents": "Guy Fawkes\n\n\n, authorising the use of the rack: \"the gentler Tortures are to be first used unto him \"et sic per gradus ad ima tenditur\" [and so by degrees proceeding to the worst]\". Fawkes was transferred to the Tower of London. The King composed a list of questions to be put to \"Johnson\", such as \"\"as to what he is\", For I can never yet hear of any man that knows him\", \"When and where he learned to speak French", "id": "12534527" }, { "contents": "Housing in the United Kingdom\n\n\nreported on what has been termed 'lights out London' .. 'where absentee owners push up property prices without contributing to the local economy'. According to a local restaurateur 'my original customers [have sold to ] non-doms who do not live in their [property]. In some apartment blocks 20% were unoccupied... It makes a big difference [to my business]'. \"The Guardian\" investigated the occupancy and the ownership of the apartments in St Georges Wharf Tower on the south bank of the", "id": "10537167" }, { "contents": "Tower division\n\n\nBn and the 1st Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer Brigade (THVRB) also joined the regiment but retained its own name. In 1881 these latter two unit became part of the East London Brigade for training and mobilisation purposes but remained part of The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) regiment. The 1st Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer Brigade (THVRB) used the White Tower as its cap badge at this time and used the Tower of London moat for training and drilling. Machine Gun elements of this unit were sent to the 2nd", "id": "17600150" }, { "contents": "Ice house (building)\n\n\nmetres away from the Jubilee line on the London Underground. Originally used for the storage of local ice taken from the River Thames in the winter months, it was taken over in the 1820s by the ice merchant William Leftwich, who used it for storing imported ice from the frozen lakes of Norway. A pair of commercial ice wells has been preserved in London, beneath what is now the London Canal Museum at King's Cross. They are around 30 feet in diameter and were originally 42 feet deep. They were built in", "id": "14924605" }, { "contents": "Potters Fields Park\n\n\nPotters Fields Park is a small public park situated in the London Borough of Southwark in London, England. The park is located immediately south-west of Tower Bridge and immediately south-east of City Hall, London. It is frequently used for food festivals and other events. The name originates from the many potters who lived and worked in the area in the 17th and 18th centuries. The land has never been a Potter's field (a burial ground for the poor), although there were churchyard cemeteries in the area", "id": "11228963" }, { "contents": "White Tower (Tower of London)\n\n\nbelieved to have originally been placed in the great hall at Palace of Placentia in Greenwich. The semi-circular projection in the south-east corner to accommodate St John's Chapel is almost unparalleled in castle architecture. The only other keep in England with a similar projection is that of Colchester Castle, the largest in England. St John's Chapel was not part of the White Tower's original design, as the apsidal projection was built after the basement walls. Due to changes in function and design since the tower's construction", "id": "18278406" }, { "contents": "Tower of London\n\n\nof the Tudor period marked the start of the decline of the Tower of London's use as a royal residence. As 16th-century chronicler Raphael Holinshed said the Tower became used more as \"an armouries and house of munition, and thereunto a place for the safekeeping of offenders than a palace roiall for a king or queen to sojourne in\". The Yeoman Warders have been the Royal Bodyguard since at least 1509. During the reign of Henry VIII, the Tower was assessed as needing considerable work on its defences. In", "id": "12608638" } ]

[ { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nZippo lighters are known, and a different but similarly recognizable \"clunk\" when the lighter is closed. This noise is produced by the spring-loaded toggling cam, a little lever that keeps the lid closed or opened securely. Unlike disposable lighters, Zippo lighters purchased new do not contain fuel. Instructions for safely fueling the Zippo are included in its packaging. Zippo also offers for sale a name brand lighter fluid. Morley Safer, in his August 5, 1965 \"CBS News\" report of the Cam Ne affair and", "id": "1286005" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nthe design and finish of the Zippo lighter. The basic mechanism of the Zippo lighter has remained unchanged, but they developed into a popular fashion accessory, with a huge variety of artistic designs produced. In 2002, Zippo expanded its product line to include a variety of utility-style multi-purpose lighters, known as Zippo MPLs. This was followed in 2005 with the Outdoor Utility Lighter, known as the OUL. These lighters are fueled with butane. In August 2007, Zippo released a new butane lighter called the Zippo", "id": "1286000" }, { "contents": "Lighter\n\n\nup with a means to insert a chimney cap with holes in it to make it more windproof. The Zippo lighter and company were invented and founded by George Grant Blaisdell in 1932. The Zippo was noted for its reliability, \"Life Time Warranty\" and marketing as \"Wind-Proof\". Most early Zippos used naphtha as a fuel source. In the 1950s, there was a switch in the fuel of choice from naphtha to butane, as butane allows for a controllable flame and has less odour. This also led", "id": "650277" }, { "contents": "Catalytic heater\n\n\nA catalytic heater is a type of heater which relies on catalyzed chemical reactions to break down molecules and produce heat. Catalytic heaters can be used wherever heat is required, producing heat at a lower, more controlled rate than unconstrained combustion. Examples of smaller and larger heaters are soldering irons, hand warmers (such as the Jon-E or Zippo) and space-heating appliances. Current small-scale space heaters are typically propane (LP) or butane fueled, whereas many older types used liquid fuel (naphtha, lighter", "id": "18100720" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\n, and also it is one of the only butane torch lighters that uses a flint and striker wheel. There is also the BLU2, which features a more square frame and eliminates the fuel gauge on the side of the original Zippo BLU. As of January 1, 2016, the BLU line of lighters are discontinued. Zippo has stated that they will continue to service all previously sold BLU lighters. In addition to its 2010 purchase of the Ronson brand in the US and Canada, Zippo also owns W. R. Case & Sons", "id": "1286015" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nwindproofing is that it is hard to extinguish a Zippo by blowing out the flame. However, if the flame is blown from the top down, it will be easily extinguished. The proper way to extinguish the lighter is to close the top half, which starves the flame of oxygen, but unlike other lighters, this does not cut off the fuel supply. One of the recognizable features of Zippo is the fact that it burns with a wick. Opening the top lid produces an easily recognizable \"clink\" sound for which", "id": "1286004" }, { "contents": "Ronson (company)\n\n\n. Zippo continues to maintain Ronson as a distinct brand identity and markets \"RONSON\" lighters and \"RONSONOL\" fuel in the US, Canada, and Mexico. In October 2010, the still-operational Ronson Aviation branch was acquired by Landmark Aviation. In North America, Zippo continues to maintain Ronson as a distinct brand identity and markets \"RONSON\" lighters and \"RONSONOL\" fuel in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Ronson International Limited, registered in Northampton, England, sells a limited range of lighters branded with", "id": "8781238" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nof products using the Zippo name, such as watches, leisure clothing and eau de cologne. This strategy is similar to the success Victorinox Swiss Army Brands Inc. has had selling watches, luggage, clothing, and fragrance. On June 5, 2012, the company manufactured its 500,000,000th lighter and celebrated its 80th anniversary. Zippo lighters, which have gained popularity as “windproof” lighters, are able to stay lit in harsh weather, due to the design of the windscreen and adequate rate of fuel delivery. A consequence of the", "id": "1286003" }, { "contents": "Mitsubishi G4M\n\n\nthe flying Zippo\" and \"the flying cigar\" because of their tendency to explode or catch on fire from any slight damage to the wing fuel tanks after being hit by aerial machine gun fire or ground-based anti-aircraft fire. Similarly, pilots of the Imperial Japanese Navy despairingly called the G4M the \"type one lighter\", the \"flying lighter\" and the \"\"hamaki\"\" (\"cigar\"). This was partially due to the fact that on many occasions, the G4M was", "id": "14194119" }, { "contents": "Solar Jetman\n\n\nWarpship. He will be given one chance and no password. This is what makes this game so difficult to complete. \"Solar Jetman\" was developed in-joint by Mancunian developer Zippo Games and Leicestershire-based Rare. Founded by brothers Ste and John Pickford, Zippo Games was known for developing \"Ironsword\", a sequel to Rare's 1987 game \"Wizards & Warriors\". Impressed by the success of \"Ironsword\", Rare purchased Zippo Games and commissioned them more development projects, a decision which was viewed unfavourably", "id": "716463" }, { "contents": "Ned's Newt\n\n\nthe can beside Newton's bowl and goes to bed. That night, Newton crawls from his bowl and gulps down several mouthfuls of Zippo. Thus, the \"too much\" warning comes true: Newton grows 6 feet tall, can talk (voiced by Harland Williams), and has the power to shapeshift. After Ned realizes this, he and Newton become the best of friends, but unfortunately, the effects of Zippo do not last forever. In fact, Newton often gets Ned into trouble, at which point the", "id": "22188023" }, { "contents": "Zippo Pine Bar\n\n\nthe NSBA Hall of Fame — Mr Zippo Pine, Zippo By Moonlight, Zips Chocolate Chip, Zippos Mr Goodbar, and Zippos Amblin Easy. His son Zippos Mr Good Bar also was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2019. In 2000, Zippos Mr Good Bar was inducted as well into the National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame. Others of his influential offspring include Melody Zipper, Flashy Zipper, Zippo Cash Bar, Zippo Jack Bar, Zippos Honeybee and Don't Skip Zip. In 1991 his offspring won World", "id": "12405435" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nBLU. A museum called \"Zippo/Case visitors center\" is located in Bradford, Pennsylvania, at 1932 Zippo Drive. This building contains rare and custom made Zippo lighters, and also sells the entire Zippo line. The museum was featured on the NPR program \"Weekend Edition\" on Sunday, January 25, 2009. The museum also contains an enormous collection of Case knives. Since the Zippo company's 60th anniversary in 1992, annual editions have been produced for Zippo collectors. From 1949 to 2002, Zippos were also", "id": "1286001" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nNow you would use a Bic. That's just the way we did it. You went in there with your Zippos. Everybody. That's why people bought Zippos. Everybody had a Zippo. It was for burnin' shit down.\" \"Zippo squad\" became a phrase of American military jargon for being assigned to burn a village. The M132 Armored Flamethrower was referred to as a \"Zippo\". Current Zippos carry a suggested retail price between US$14.95 and US$11,893.95 (for the 18k solid gold model)", "id": "1286007" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nrough-surfaced wheel against flint results in a spark that ignites the fluid in the wick. All parts of the lighter are replaceable. The Zippo lighter requires 108 manufacturing operations. Zippo released the Zippo BLU in 2007 (although there are many 2005 pre-release models). These are butane torch lighters, which Zippo has gone to great lengths to make sure are still \"identifiable as a Zippo\". Specifically, the lid and cam were \"tuned\" so that the lighter still makes the distinctive \"Zippo click\"", "id": "1286014" }, { "contents": "Personal jurisdiction in Internet cases in the United States\n\n\npurposeful availment, while websites that simply present information will not. Purposeful availment for the third type is determined by the level of interactivity and its commercial nature. The \"Zippo\" test has been cited by many courts as a standard of analysis for personal jurisdiction with regard to the Internet, but it has also undergone criticism. \"Zippo\" provides little guidance as to how much interactivity or commercialism is enough to justify purposeful availment. Furthermore, courts have given little direction as to how those factors interact. Additionally, there is", "id": "11556129" }, { "contents": "Zippo Manufacturing Co. v. Zippo Dot Com, Inc.\n\n\nZippo Manufacturing Co. v. Zippo Dot Com, Inc., 952 F. Supp. 1119 (W.D. Pa. 1997), was a decision by the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in which the Court found personal jurisdiction over a defendant providing Internet services. The case is a landmark opinion regarding Internet jurisdiction, and it is one of the most frequently cited Cyberlaw opinions. Plaintiff Zippo Manufacturing Company (\"Manufacturing\"), a Pennsylvania corporation, makes the well-known \"Zippo\" pocket lighters. Zippo Dot Com", "id": "12314863" }, { "contents": "Wizards & Warriors III: Kuros: Visions of Power\n\n\n\"Worm\" boss similar to the bosses found in \"R-Type\", where a series of smaller sprites formed a snake or worm-like enemy; however, he commented that \"it ended up in the game more like a giant floating head\". Pickford drew inspiration from the thrones in \"Super Mario Bros. 3\" in designing the final boss, Malkil. However, near the end of development, time constraints led the Pickford brothers to sell Zippo Games to Rare, in which Zippo was renamed Rare Manchester", "id": "13410876" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nmanufactured in Niagara, Canada (an operation that has since been shut down). American George G. Blaisdell founded Zippo Manufacturing Company in 1932, and produced the first Zippo lighter in early 1933, being inspired by an Austrian cigarette lighter of similar design made by IMCO. It got its name because Blaisdell liked the sound of the word \"zipper\" and \"zippo\" sounded more modern. On March 3, 1936, a patent was granted for the Zippo lighter. Zippo lighters became popular in the United States military, especially", "id": "1285997" }, { "contents": "Zippo Manufacturing Co. v. Zippo Dot Com, Inc.\n\n\n1998 on confidential terms. The zippo.com domain name now resolves to the Manufacturing company's website. The \"Zippo\" \"Sliding Scale\" has played an important role in internet jurisdiction. At least five federal appellate courts have expressly adopted the \"Zippo\" test, including the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits. However, courts have implicitly rejected the \"Zippo\" test, criticizing the level of interactivity and commercialism sufficient to justify purposeful availment. Therefore, although courts continue to cite the \"Zippo\" case", "id": "12314870" }, { "contents": "Zippo Pat Bars\n\n\nsons Zippo Pine Bar and The Invester were inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame as well as the National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame.. His grandson Zippos Mr Good Bar also was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2019.In 2000, Zippos Mr Good Bar was inducted as well into the National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame Zippo Pat Bars sired nine AQHA Champions, as well as sixteen Superior Western Pleasure Horses and four Superior Halter Horses. In 1996, Zippo Pat Bars was inducted into the NSBA Hall of", "id": "15361117" }, { "contents": "Cannonball (film)\n\n\nit is beating Coy. He is unaware that the driver is Zippo or that Linda is now riding with him, as Coy thought it safer for her to do so since Redman was after him. While with Zippo, she has found out that it was Zippo who was driving the car in which the girl was killed, not Coy. Coy took the blame because he knew the weaker Zippo would never survive in jail. Bennie's gunman shoots Zippo dead and the Trans Am crashes and explodes. Linda jumps clear, but", "id": "4294952" }, { "contents": "Zippo Pine Bar\n\n\nZippo Pine Bar (1969-1998) is the leading Western Pleasure sire of Quarter Horses. Zippo Pine Bar was a 1969 sorrel son of Zippo Pat Bars out of Dollie Pine, a daughter of Poco Pine. Poco Pine was a son of Poco Bueno. Dollie Pine's dam was a descendant of Joe Moore, a half brother to Joe Reed P-3 and himself a descendant of Traveler. Norman Reynolds bought Zippo Pine Bar as a weanling at Lloyd Geweke's dispersal sale in 1969, hoping for a halter horse. During", "id": "12405433" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nduring World War II—when, as the company's web site says, Zippo \"ceased production of lighters for consumer markets and dedicated all manufacturing to the US military\". Period Zippos were made of brass, but Zippo used a black crackle finished steel during the war years because of metal shortages. While the Zippo Manufacturing Company never had an official contract with the military, soldiers and armed forces personnel insisted that base exchange (BX) and post exchange (PX) stores carry this sought-after lighter. While it", "id": "1285998" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nhad previously been common to have Zippos with authorized badges, unit crests, and division insignias, it became popular among the American soldiers of the Vietnam War to get their Zippos engraved with personal mottos. These lighters are now sought after collector's items and popular souvenirs for visitors to Vietnam. After World War II, the Zippo lighter became increasingly used in advertising by companies large and small through the 1960s. Much of the early Zippo lighter advertising are works of art painted by hand, and as technology has evolved, so has", "id": "1285999" }, { "contents": "There Goes a...\n\n\na Spaceship (1994) Astronauts Dave & Becky visit the Kennedy Space Center to learn about outer space and different types of space shuttles. 9. There Goes a Race Car (1994) Race Car Drivers Dave & Becky learn all about different types of race vehicles, from desert racing to top fuel dragsters to NASCAR stock cars. 10. Here Comes a Roller Coaster (1995) Dave has a dream that he spends a day at Six Flags Magic Mountain and rides on all different types of roller coasters and other thrill rides", "id": "12762182" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nA Zippo lighter is a reusable metal lighter manufactured by American Zippo Manufacturing Company of Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Thousands of different styles and designs have been made in the eight decades since their introduction including military versions for specific regiments. Since its invention Zippos have been sold around the world and have been described \"a legendary and distinct symbol of America\". In 2012 the company produced the 500-millionth unit. Since its inception Zippo Lighters have been almost exclusively manufactured in the United States, with the exception of those", "id": "1285996" }, { "contents": "Roots-type supercharger\n\n\nthe Roots-type blower is very good, usually staying above 90% at all but the lowest blower speeds. Because of this, a blower running at low efficiency will still mechanically deliver the intended volume of air to the engine, but that air will be hotter. In drag racing applications where large volumes of fuel are injected with that hot air, vaporizing the fuel absorbs the heat. This functions as a kind of liquid aftercooler system and goes a long way to negating the inefficiency of the Roots design in that application", "id": "7132559" }, { "contents": "Bendix-Stromberg pressure carburetor\n\n\n. In 1936, the first Bendix-Stromberg pressure carburetor (a model PD12-B) was installed and flown on an Allison V-1710-7. The Bendix Corporation marketed three types of aircraft fuel systems under the Bendix-Stromberg name: Starting with the basics of fuel combustion, no matter what type of fuel system is used on a given engine, the carburetor's sole job is to provide exactly the correct amount of fuel into a given amount of air that is entering the engine. To be burnable, the air to fuel", "id": "4589819" }, { "contents": "Angels & Devils (Fuel album)\n\n\nHumphrey kept the instruments and amps miked up at all times, which allowed them to go back and change and/or add parts to songs that were recorded previously. According to Bell, \"Most studios, as soon as you do the drums they will tear down the drums... So with Scott’s setup, that alone adds a different level of what you can do with as far as the record goes and as far as production style goes.\" \"Angels & Devils\" is the first Fuel album where outside collaborators are credited", "id": "12613535" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\n, Zippo altered this system, changing the Roman numerals to more conventional Arabic numerals. Thus a Zippo made in August 2004 was stamped H 04. The cases of Zippo lighters are typically made of brass and are rectangular with a hinged top. On most models, the top of the case is slightly curved. Inside the case are the works of the lighter. The insert contains the spring-toggle lever that keeps the top closed, the wick, windscreen chimney, flintwheel, and flint, all of which are mounted on", "id": "1286011" }, { "contents": "Personal jurisdiction in Internet cases in the United States\n\n\ndefendant was passive in nature. This launched a separate line of reasoning with regard to jurisdiction in Internet cases focused on the specific characteristics of the web, and was cited by \"Hearst v. Goldberger\". Within the same year of the \"Bensusan\" decision, the \"Zippo Manufacturing Co. v. Zippo Dot Com\" opinion created the widely adopted \"Zippo\" Test. Cases such as \"Cybersell, Inc. v. Cybersell, Inc.\" and \"Mink v. AAAA Development L.L.C.\" followed the approach defined by \"Zippo\". However", "id": "11556132" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nCutlery Co. of Bradford, Pennsylvania, Zippo UK, Ltd. of London, England, and Zippo Fashion Italia of Vicenza, Italy. A Zippo lighter has a key role in an episode of \"Alfred Hitchcock Presents\" (aired on January 3, 1960). The 1959-1960, Season 5, Episode 15 is entitled \"Man from the South\", starring Steve McQueen, Peter Lorre, and Neile Adams. McQueen's character portrays a down-and-out small-time gambler in Las Vegas, who accepts", "id": "1286016" }, { "contents": "Causative\n\n\nsome other type of sentence, such as a sentence with a transitive verb. Tariana, however, is an exception to this rule. In the causative of a transitive verb, the new causer always becomes the new A of the sentence. What happens to the causee and the original object depend on the language. Dixon shows that there are five main types of situations: Within type (v) there are two main subtypes. Either the original A goes into the first empty slot in a hierarchy or it goes always goes", "id": "22009944" }, { "contents": "Squish (piston engine)\n\n\nchamber. This creates a different type of turbulence that goes down instead of up in the piston itself. To promote turbulence and mixing of the air–fuel mixture, the piston crown must have a recess parallel to the angle that the fuel is injected. It also requires a curve on the outer section of the piston crown. This design directs air from the squish area into the center of the combustion chamber. This is where the squished air is mixed with the fuel from the injector creating a more evenly mixed air–", "id": "4119481" }, { "contents": "Personal jurisdiction in Internet cases in the United States\n\n\n. 1119 (W.D. Pa. 1997). In \"Zippo Manufacturing v. Zippo Dot Com\", the court considered state and federal trademark infringement and trademark dilution claims. The plaintiff was Zippo Manufacturing, famous for their lighters. The defendant, Zippo Dot Com, operated a web portal and news service out of California. Dot Com offered three levels of service, the upper two of which required registration with the website and a payment of monthly fees. Dot Com had approximately 3,000 subscribers in Pennsylvania at the time the suit was commenced", "id": "11556148" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nproduced in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Since 1933, over 500,000,000 Zippo lighters have been produced. In 2009, Zippo announced plans to purchase Ronson Consumer Products Corporation, a long-time competitor in the lighter market. On February 3, 2010, the deal was finalized. In March 2011, due to significant decrease of sales from 18 million lighters a year in the mid-1990s to about 12 million lighters a year recently, combined with increasing pressure on people not to smoke, Zippo Manufacturing Co. tried offering a wider variety", "id": "1286002" }, { "contents": "Zippos Mr Good Bar\n\n\nZippos Mr Good Bar (1984-2016) is a registered American Quarter Horse with the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). He is an American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame inductee for 2019. He is known for his show career and as a top sire. He was 32 years of age in 2016 when he died. Zippos Mr Good Bar is a 1984 Roan son of Zippo Pine Bar out of Tamara Wess, a daughter of Blondy's Dude. Breeder Norman Reynolds of Lexington, Nebraska, was responsible for pairing", "id": "3130169" }, { "contents": "Illinois v. Hemi Group LLC\n\n\n.\") In \"Zippo Manufacturing Co. v. Zippo Dot Com, Inc.\", 952 F. Supp. 1119 (W.D. Pa. 1997), the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania laid out a \"sliding scale\" test for determining specific personal jurisdiction based on the level of Internet interactivity. The \"Zippo\" court noted that websites can fall under three general categories: The Seventh Circuit noted that, though sister circuits have adopted the \"Zippo\" sliding scale test, the Seventh Circuit had expressly declined to do", "id": "6016619" }, { "contents": "Air–fuel ratio meter\n\n\nand for this reason a special pulse-width controlled heater circuit is employed to control the heater temperature precisely. The ECM controls the heater circuit. The wide operating range coupled with the inherent fast acting operation of the AFR sensor, puts the system always at stoichiometry, which reduces a great deal of emissions. With this type of fuel control, the air/fuel ratio is always hovering close to 14.7:1. If the mixture goes slightly rich the ECM adjusts the pump circuit's current to maintain the set operating voltage. The", "id": "1374821" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nthe felt away from the \"cotton\" in order to refuel it. The fuel, light petroleum distillate or synthetic isoparaffinic hydrocarbon (commonly referred to as lighter fluid or naphtha), is poured into the rayon balls (sometimes called the \"cotton,\" or the \"batting\"), which absorbs it. It also contains a tube that holds a short, cylindrical flint. The tube has an interior spring and exterior cap-screw that keeps the flint in constant contact with the exterior flint-wheel. Spinning this", "id": "1286013" }, { "contents": "Zippo Pat Bars\n\n\nZippo Pat Bars (1964–1988) was a Quarter horse racehorse and showhorse who became an influential sire in the breed. Zippo Pat Bars was a son of the Thoroughbred stallion Three Bars out of a daughter of Leo named Leo Pat. He was a 1964 sorrel stallion bred by Paul Curtner. As a weanling, Curtner was offered $20,000.00 for the colt, which he turned down. Zippo Pat Bars raced for two years, starting eighteen times. He won five races and placed second four times. He earned a Race Register", "id": "15361115" }, { "contents": "Nuclear fuel\n\n\n-back on each fuel channel, pressure tube. Reprocessed uranium from Russian VVER reactor spent fuel is used to fabricate RBMK fuel. Following the Chernobyl accident, the enrichment of fuel was changed from 2.0% to 2.4%, to compensate for control rod modifications and the introduction of additional absorbers. CerMet fuel consists of ceramic fuel particles (usually uranium oxide) embedded in a metal matrix. It is hypothesized that this type of fuel is what is used in United States Navy reactors. This fuel has high heat transport characteristics and", "id": "1853926" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Cook (journalist)\n\n\nRobert Colvile called the book \"Remarkably open\", adding: \"Despite the self-deprecating bonhomie, there's a ruthless confidence to Davies.\" In a five-star review for \"Heat\" magazine, Boyd Hilton called it \"a funny, revealing insight into the workings of the genius who puts the show together.\" In another five-star review, \"SFX Magazine\" said, \"You can douse all the other books about new \"Who\" in lighter fuel and spark up your Zippo – this", "id": "11051801" }, { "contents": "Wheellock\n\n\noperation of a Zippo Lighter, where a toothed steel wheel is spun in contact with a piece of sparking material to ignite the liquid or gaseous fuel. A wheellock firearm had the advantage that it can be instantly readied and fired even with one hand, in contrast to the then-common matchlock firearms, which must have a burning cord of slow match ready if the gun might be needed and demanded the operator's full attention and two hands to operate. On the other hand, wheellock mechanisms were complex to make, making", "id": "7663421" }, { "contents": "Bender (Futurama)\n\n\nsomething, he may pull out a camera and snap a picture, adding the catchphrase \"Neat!\". He has also been shown to be able to use his eyes as cameras. In addition to drinking, he also has an affinity for cigars, which he ignites with a lighter built into his finger, although in \"Decision 3012\" he uses a Zippo. Unlike drinking alcohol for fuel, Bender tells Fry that he smokes cigars simply because they \"make [him] look cool\". Despite being a robot", "id": "20969236" }, { "contents": "Solar Jetman\n\n\nvarious planets whilst searching for pieces of the Golden Warpship. The game is presented in a horizontal side-view environment and has ranging gravitational pulls for each planet, which subjects Jetman's craft to various forms of inertia. Similar to its predecessors, Jetman must keep his craft topped up with fuel in order to progress through levels. The game was developed mostly by Mancunian developer Zippo Games under the name of \"Iota\" before being ordered to change the game into a \"Jetman\" title by Rare. Ports of the game", "id": "716458" }, { "contents": "Ronson (company)\n\n\nRonson Consumer Products Corporation was formerly based in Somerset, New Jersey, United States. It was a producer of lighters and lighter accessories. Zippo Manufacturing Company currently owns the related brands in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and continues to produce Ronson lighters and Ronsonol fuel. Ronson International Limited, located in Northampton, England, owns the Ronson brand in most other territories throughout the world. The Ronson lighter company started as The Art Metal Works in 1897 and was incorporated on July 20, 1898, by Max Hecht", "id": "8781228" }, { "contents": "Hiking equipment\n\n\noxygen involved, the easier the fire starts and the hotter it burns. Organic material must either be dry or the fire must be hot enough to dry it and burn it. Fraying organic material is more combustible as a tinder. Grain dust and granulated sugar can ignite when oxygenated over a flame. Sources of ignition include flint, carbon steel, firesteel and a sharp edge, matches, butane and Zippo, and peanut lighters, and magnifying glasses. Fuels include natural substances like dry wood, peat and coal. pitch,", "id": "9441331" }, { "contents": "Cryogenic fuel\n\n\ndesign but with a cryogenic fuel system, designated the Tu-155. Using a fuel referred to as liquefied natural gas (LNG), its first flight was in 1989. Cryogenic fuels can be placed into two categories: inert and flammable or combustible. Both types exploit the large liquid to gas volume ratio that occurs when liquid transitions to gas phase. The feasibility of cryogenic fuels is associated with what is known as a high mass flow rate. With regulation, the high-density energy of cryogenic fuels is utilized to produce thrust", "id": "8029481" }, { "contents": "Holy Trinity Academy (Drayton Valley)\n\n\nCommittee, Students Union, Yearbook Elective, Lunch Intramural Program, Lunchtime Canteen, and the new \"What Goes Around Comes Around\" project, make the core of extracurricular activities. What Goes Around Comes Around is a new team made up of kids from the school focusing on vermicompost and how it can fuel the schools new horticulture elective. Volleyball, basketball, badminton, golf and a track team are all offered at Holy Trinity. Talks of a football team have started, but most students interested play for the Frank Maddock High", "id": "7468829" }, { "contents": "Gasoline direct injection\n\n\n, at the bottom of the piston stroke, for \"scavenging\". In conventional two-strokes, a portion of the fuel/air mixture entering the cylinder from the crankcase through the intake ports goes directly out, unburned, through the exhaust port. With direct injection, only air (and usually some oil) comes from the crankcase, and fuel is not injected until the piston rises and all ports are closed. Two types of GDi are used in two-strokes: low-pressure air-assisted, and", "id": "902991" }, { "contents": "Nuclear fuel\n\n\nnitrogen required for such a fuel would be so expensive it is likely that the fuel would have to be reprocessed by pyroprocessing to enable the N to be recovered. It is likely that if the fuel was processed and dissolved in nitric acid that the nitrogen enriched with N would be diluted with the common N. Much of what is known about uranium carbide is in the form of pin-type fuel elements for liquid metal fast reactors during their intense study during the 1960s and 1970s. However, recently there has been a revived interest", "id": "1853904" }, { "contents": "Raingods with Zippos\n\n\nRaingods with Zippos is a 1999 progressive rock album by ex-Marillion vocalist Fish. It was released on the Roadrunner record label, more well-known for its heavy metal releases. \"Raingods with Zippos\" is often hailed as one of Fish's greatest solo achievements, along with his 1990 debut \"Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors\". It is the first of three Fish albums to be produced by Elliot Ness (not including the \"best of\" collection \"Kettle of Fish\" from 1998, with which Ness", "id": "11538834" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nactual wife). The lighter failed on this eighth try. In the popular television series \"Supernatural\" the protagonist brothers Sam and Dean often have to set fire to long-dead human remains, in order to end the existence of the ghost or other spirit formed from the soul of the previous inhabitant of the body. As a Zippo lighter is one of the few lighters that will remain burning without holding down a button or lever, it is common for a slow motion image of an open Zippo lighter, in flames", "id": "1286018" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\n. In 2001, according to the fall 2003 issue of \"IUP Magazine,\" a 1933 model was purchased for $18,000 at a swap meet in Tokyo, and in 2002 the company bought one valued at $12,000 for its own collection. During the 2007 75th anniversary celebrations, Zippo sold a near mint 1933 model for $37,000. All Zippo windproof lighters carry an unlimited lifetime guarantee, promoted using the trademarked phrase \"It works or we fix it for free.\" The corporate web site boasts: \"in almost", "id": "1286008" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\n75 years, no one has ever spent a cent on the mechanical repair of a Zippo lighter regardless of the lighter’s age or condition.\" In mid-1955, Zippo started year coding their lighters by the use of dots. From 1966 until 1973 the year code was denoted by combinations of vertical lines. From 1974 until 1981 the coding comprised combinations of forward slashes. In 1979 an error was inadvertently introduced into fabrication, with some lighters reading / on the left and // on the right instead of // on the left and", "id": "1286009" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\na bet for a convertible automobile from Lorre's character 'Carlos'. Betting that his Zippo lighter will light ten times in a row, or he will lose his little finger to Carlos's borrowed kitchen meat cleaver. The Zippo had worked seven times when Carlos' wife rushes in and stops the proceedings, explaining that Carlos is 'insane' and owns nothing to bet on, it is all hers now. McQueen's character then offers a light to a woman acquaintance who has been present (Neile Adams, McQueen's", "id": "1286017" }, { "contents": "Mad Men\n\n\nMen\" website also features exclusive sneak peek and behind the scenes videos, episodic and behind-the-scenes photo galleries, episode and character guides, a blog, and a community forum. Inspired by the iconic Zippo brand, the DVD box set of the first season of \"Mad Men\" was designed like a flip-open Zippo lighter. Zippo subsequently developed two designs of lighters with \"Mad Men\" logos to be sold at the company headquarters and online. The DVD box set, as well as a Blu", "id": "14733302" }, { "contents": "ABC Warriors\n\n\nwhen required. Zippo meets with his mentor \"Kroll\", and discovers that Kroll is being manipulated by Medusa into defacing the city as punishment for creating it. Detective inspector Sturn arrives with a squad of \"G men\", killing Kroll and capturing Zippo, bringing him to the police headquarters \"Der Kran\". Resisting interrogation, Zippo is sentenced to execution. Meanwhile, Blackblood leaves the warriors and links up with Volkhan and Mek-quake on the martian highway. Volkhan has now assembled a team of loyal servants each", "id": "19396509" }, { "contents": "Catch a Fire\n\n\nSlave Driver\" \"connects the present to past injustices.\" But politics are not the main theme; \"Stir it Up\", for example, is a love song. The original 1973 vinyl release, designed by graphic artists Rod Dyer and Bob Weiner, was encased in a sleeve depicting a Zippo lighter. The sleeve functioned like a real Zippo lighter case, opening at a side hinge to reveal the record within. Only the original pressing of 20,000 had the Zippo cover, subsequent pressings had an alternative cover designed by", "id": "20514323" }, { "contents": "Lara Croft\n\n\nline included wallets, watches, bathrobes, and Zippo lighters. Other third-party apparel are hiking boots, backpacks, leather jackets, and thermoses. Croft's likeness has also appeared on French postage stamps, PlayStation memory cards, and trading cards as part of a collectible card game. In October 1997, Eidos held an art exhibition titled \"Lara Goes Art\" in Hamburg, Germany to promote \"Tomb Raider II\". The exhibit featured selected artwork of the character submitted by artists and fans. Pieces included oil and", "id": "12126158" }, { "contents": "List of Preacher characters\n\n\nAt times, the Duke provides information that Jesse could not have known himself and acts as a \"deus ex machina\" in order to advance the plot line. The Duke appears one last time to Jesse just before he goes to confront Cassidy at the Alamo during the last book of the series; the Duke tells Jesse he is proud of him, then disappears. While serving in Vietnam, Jesse's father John was personally given a Zippo lighter engraved with the words \"Fuck Communism\" by the real John Wayne. This", "id": "7040240" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nPrivate First Class Reginald \"Malik\" Edwards, the rifleman 9th Regiment, US Marine Corps Danang (June 1965 – March 1966) whose profile comprises chapter one of Wallace Terry's book, \"Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans\" (1984), describe the use of Zippo lighters in search and destroy missions during the Vietnam War. Edwards stated: \"when you say level a village, you don't use torches. It's not like in the 1800s. You used a Zippo.", "id": "1286006" }, { "contents": "Zippo Pat Bars\n\n\nof Merit with the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) in 1966 with an AAA speed rating. He earned $1855.00 on the racetrack. He injured himself as a two-year-old, fracturing two vertebrae in a stall accident. The injury kept the horse out of the 1966 All American Futurity. After the end of Zippo Pat Bars's racing career, he retired to the breeding shed. He sired, among others, Zippo Pine Bar, Scarborough Fair, The Invester, and Mr Pondie Zip. His", "id": "15361116" }, { "contents": "ABC Warriors\n\n\nZippo arrives and proceeds to fight Steelhorn, eventually being able to plant an anti-virus which restores Steelhorn, who flees in shame. Horrified by his actions in the war, Steelhorn moves to a de-mobilization centre for reassignment, only to be thrown into a fusion furnace, sparking his hatred of humanity and his transformation into the mess. Zippo now awaiting execution, recalls the events leading to this situation. Prior to his capture, Zippo sprayed anti-government graffiti across the city and dealt with the oppressive police force", "id": "19396508" }, { "contents": "Phil Kline\n\n\n\", which borrow text from the Pentagon briefings of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld following the September 11 terrorist attacks and during the War in Iraq. The source for Kline’s \"Zippo Songs\" (2004), the song cycle for which he is best known, comes from U.S. government-issued Zippo lighters from the Vietnam War, on which some soldiers etched short sayings or poems. These sayings and poems, compiled into \"Zippo Songs\", therefore offers a lens into the social, spiritual, sexual, and emotional", "id": "21102576" }, { "contents": "There Goes a...\n\n\nthat he does. Also, this episode is a flashback episode when Dave and Becky remember what they did in the past. 15. There Goes the Mail (or There Goes a Mail Truck) (1996) Letter Carriers Dave & Becky learn about where the mail goes and how it is transported. 16. There Goes a Rescue Vehicle (1996) Dave and Becky learn about different types of rescue work and the vehicles they use. 17. There Goes a Garbage Truck (1997) Dave and Becky learn about garbage", "id": "12762184" }, { "contents": "Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011\n\n\nOpen Fuel Standard Act of 2011 () was a bill in the United States House of Representatives that would have required that a certain portion of light-passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. be alternative fueling vehicles capable of running on something other than just gasoline. The Open Fuel Standard Act does not dictate what types of vehicles are to be sold, only that an increasing percentage of the passenger car fleet sold in the U.S. be capable of running on non-petroleum sources - whether it be natural gas, electric, alcohol fuels", "id": "17297573" }, { "contents": "Zippo Manufacturing Co. v. Zippo Dot Com, Inc.\n\n\nalleging trademark dilution, infringement, and false designation under the Lanham Act and state law trademark dilution claims. Manufacturing's basis of the trademark claims was Dot Com's use of the word \"Zippo\" in the domain names in numerous locations in its website and in the heading of internet newsgroup messages that were posted by Dot Com subscribers. Dot Com moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The Court established a three-prong test for determining whether a court has jurisdiction over a website. Under the test, \"the", "id": "12314866" }, { "contents": "ZooTampa at Lowry Park\n\n\nto Pixie and deceased male Marty in 2010, while a deceased female named Zippo gave birth to Zareb. Both females had two more foals with Marty in 2012, but Pixie's foal died and Zippo's was named Zuri, who also soon died. Marty and Zippo died in 2012, causing Zareb to move out and Penzima to stay. In 2014, a male arrived from Tennessee named Asante, his whereabouts are currently unknown, though he is no longer at the zoo. In 2015, Penzima gave birth to Penda,", "id": "20377874" }, { "contents": "Woodpecker from Mars\n\n\nWoodpecker from Mars is the 69th animated cartoon short subject in the \"Woody Woodpecker\" series. Released theatrically on July 2, 1956, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International. A children television host chooses an audience member to test a phony rocket. He chooses Woody, who successfully gets prizes for landing it safely. He earns a life supply of Zippo Whip, a scooter, a toy laser gun, and a space helmet. Woody goes off in the city shooting his gun at people", "id": "8893034" }, { "contents": "List of Die Hard characters\n\n\nhim falling off the building. John and Holly reconcile and get back together. In Die Hard 2, McClane now has a new problem and must battle anti-special forces mercenaries led by Colonel Stuart, who take over Dulles airport and leave several planes (including his wife Holly's) circling in the air running low on fuel, while also dealing with a difficult airport police captain. Once again, the day is saved when McClane takes out Stuart and his mercy by blowing up his plane with his zippo lighter. He", "id": "6706864" }, { "contents": "Lead-cooled fast reactor\n\n\nincreases from to as it goes through the core. Uranium oxide enriched to 16.5% U-235 could be used as fuel, and refuelling would be required every 7–8 years. A prototype is planned for 2017. Another two lead cooled reactors are developed by Russians: BREST-300 and BREST-1200 The BREST-300 design was completed in September 2014. WNA mentions Russia role on boosting other countries interest in this field: According to Nuclear Engineering International, the initial design of the Hyperion Power Module will be of this type, using uranium nitride fuel encased in", "id": "12111816" }, { "contents": "OBD-II PIDs\n\n\nwhich describes the secondary air status. Any other value is an invalid response. A request for this PID returns a single byte of data which describes which OBD standards this ECU was designed to comply with. The different values the data byte can hold are shown below, next to what they mean: Service 01 PID 51 returns a value from an enumerated list giving the fuel type of the vehicle. The fuel type is returned as a single byte, and the value is given by the following table: Any other value is", "id": "8508811" }, { "contents": "Zippo Manufacturing Co. v. Zippo Dot Com, Inc.\n\n\n, which was accessible to Pennsylvania residents as well as everyone else. Dot Com had approximately 140,000 paying subscribers worldwide, and approximately two percent (3,000) of those were Pennsylvania residents. The subscribers contracted to receive Dot Com's service by visiting its website and filling out an application. Dot Com also entered into agreements with seven internet access providers in Pennsylvania to permit their subscribers to access Dot Com's USENET database, including two providers in the Western District of Pennsylvania. Zippo Manufacturing filed a five-count complaint against Dot Com", "id": "12314865" }, { "contents": "Panopticon (song)\n\n\nstyle of guitar that I like to play. Ultimately, I just sat down and wrote the song on the piano. Sometimes, when you've got a riffy song, it helps to just play the chords with no rhythm, and then you hear the 'song' in it. It's those very Paul McCartney/Wings-type chords – Broadway-type chords. What I'm most proud of from a songwriting standpoint is how it goes from D major to A minor. It goes from a very 'majorly", "id": "852579" }, { "contents": "Pellet fuel\n\n\npapers studying the climate implications of biomass began to appear which refuted the simplistic assumption of its carbon neutrality. According to the Biomass Energy Resource Center, the assumption of carbon neutrality \"has shifted to a recognition that the carbon implications of biomass depend on how the fuel is harvested, from what forest types, what kinds of forest management are applied, and how biomass is used over time and across the landscape.” In 2011 twelve prominent U.S. environmental organizations adopted policy setting a high bar for government incentives of biomass energy, including", "id": "7015912" }, { "contents": "Infamous (comics)\n\n\nAfter the general finds out what Moya did, he threatens to shut her operation down, only for Moya to kill him. David kills the last Military Conduit and goes after Cole to finish him. Moya tells the others that if anything happens to Cole, she is going to kill them herself. Meanwhile, Cole fights David and their fight cause a hole in the ship that David falls into. Moya goes after him and so does Cole. Their fight continues which is tearing the ship apart. Cole finds jet fuel and", "id": "17139911" }, { "contents": "Two Weeks in Another Town\n\n\nactors respond to him so much that Drew's representatives tell Andrus the actor will insist on his directing Drew's next film. Proud of what he has done, Andrus goes to Kruger in the hospital, delighted to report the progress he's made, only to be attacked by Clara for trying to undermine Kruger and steal his movie from him. Andrus is shocked when Kruger sides with her. An all-night descent into an alcohol-fueled rage follows. Carlotta goes along as a drunken Andrus gets behind the wheel of", "id": "2970268" }, { "contents": "Great Big War Game\n\n\nmust destroy the enemy's headquarters to win the game, through in campaign missions the objective of the mission varies. The player who goes second gets a coin advantage to counter balance the player going first. Players use troop units to shoot other units and enemy buildings. Most unit types are focused on damaging enemy units and buildings, while some types of units have different functions. For example the engineer captures buildings not owned by the current player, fleet oilers and supply trucks restore unit ammo and fuel, and jeeps, ferries", "id": "13706518" }, { "contents": "George Cardona\n\n\nwell as its physical thinness. As far as the \"substance\" of the volume goes, Szemerényi starts straight away by singling out Cardona's dictum that \"haplology is not essentially separable from regular sound change amenable to formulation in terms of what are called sound laws\". The majority of the review goes on to criticize this thesis as untenable because of its insensitivity to an essential difference between what Szemerényi contends are two different types of sound change governing the realization of haplology: 1) regular group-changes and 2) irregular", "id": "11843871" }, { "contents": "Jet fuel\n\n\ndistribution between about 8 and 16 (carbon atoms per molecule); wide-cut or naphtha-type jet fuel (including Jet B), between about 5 and 15. Jet fuels are sometimes classified as kerosene or naphtha-type. Kerosene-type fuels include Jet A, Jet A-1, JP-5 and JP-8. Naphtha-type jet fuels, sometimes referred to as \"wide-cut\" jet fuel, include Jet B and JP-4. Fuel for piston-engine powered aircraft (usually a high-octane gasoline known", "id": "20162693" }, { "contents": "Gas turbine engine thrust\n\n\nThe familiar study of jet aircraft treats jet thrust with a \"black box\" description which only looks at what goes into the jet engine, air and fuel, and what comes out, exhaust gas and an unbalanced force. This force, called thrust, is the sum of the momentum difference between entry and exit and any unbalanced pressure force between entry and exit, as explained in \"Thrust calculation\". As an example, an early turbojet, the Bristol Olympus Mk. 101, had a momentum thrust of 9300 lb", "id": "11175586" }, { "contents": "Fiction-writing mode\n\n\nsummary, scene, description, background, exposition and transition. The concept goes back at least as far as Aristotle who, in \"Poetics\", referred to narration and action as different modes or manner of representing something. For many years, fiction writing was described as having two types: narration and dialogue. Evan Marshall, in \"The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing\" (1998) noted that writers should know what they are doing at all times. He described what he called \"fiction-writing modes\"—the types of", "id": "10485452" }, { "contents": "Kak worm\n\n\nedits AUTOEXEC.BAT to make Windows launch it on startup. The worm adds these commands to AUTOEXEC.BAT: KAK works by exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which Outlook Express uses to render HTML email. The vulnerability concerns the ActiveX control \"Scriptlet.Typelib\" which is usually used to create new type libraries (\".tlb\" files). However, the control does not set any restrictions on what content goes into the type library file or what file extension it should have. Therefore, the control can be abused to create", "id": "6245335" }, { "contents": "Leicester Comedy Festival\n\n\nwith jokes such as \"\"What's the difference between a hippo and a zippo? One's really heavy and the other is a little lighter\"\" and \"\"I love playing PGA Golf, but to say I have a weak shot on the greens would be putting it mildly\"\" The 2017 UK Pun Championships saw a new location in De Montfort Hall and host in Jason Byrne. It also saw the introduction of a new layout for the show, with the \"Pun Off's\" taking place within a", "id": "9138802" }, { "contents": "Championship Cup Series\n\n\n. They also have different rules for the allowable modifications to equipment, such as how much and what types of engine work may be performed, tire types allowed, fuel types, etc. Each class is further broken down by the size of the bike, which is primarily defined by engine size/displacement. For example, within SuperSport there are categories for LightWeight, MiddleWeight, HeavyWeight, and Unlimited, each of which corresponds to a limit in engine size. The ASRA Pro Series offers a professional level of competition. Classes", "id": "1302094" }, { "contents": "Combustor\n\n\na stream of air, atomizing the fuel into homogeneous droplets. This type of fuel injector led to the first smokeless combustors. The air used is just same amount of the primary air (see \"Air flow paths\" below) that is diverted through the injector, rather than the swirler. This type of injector also requires lower fuel pressures than the pressure atomizing type. The vaporizing fuel injector, the third type, is similar to the air blast injector in that primary air is mixed with the fuel as it is injected", "id": "2445594" }, { "contents": "Ancient Israelite cuisine\n\n\nthe top; fuel was burned on the inside to heat it and the dough was pressed against the outside to bake. The pit-oven was a clay-lined excavation in the ground in which the fuel was burned and then pushed aside, and the loaves were baked on the heated surface. People also began placing a convex dome, initially earthenware and later metal, over the pit-oven and cooking the flatbreads on the dome instead of on the ash-covered surface; this type of oven is probably what was", "id": "16744344" }, { "contents": "Collectors Weekly\n\n\nCollectors Weekly is an online resource for people interested in antiques, collectibles, and vintage items. The site pairs live auctions with original content, which ranges from encyclopedic essays to multi-sourced articles that aim to illuminate the cultural history of objects. Founded in 2007 by San Francisco-based antique-telephone collector Dave Margulius, the site has since grown into a directory of more than 1,800 different types of objects people like to collect—from action figures to Zippo lighters. In 2017, Collectors Weekly was purchased by Barnebys.com.", "id": "13236671" }, { "contents": "Bridge of Ashes\n\n\n’s worst novel. He writes that Zelazny at his best “soars,” “sings,” and “glistens,” but in \"Bridge\" he is “tepid, uninspired and repetitive.” He goes on to write “This is a readable, serviceable, flawed novel, what is generally termed a yeomenlike performance.” He notes that “In comparison with his best work, this seems anemic,” and “The humor that fueled all of Zelazny’s previous work is not here. . . .”", "id": "6375030" }, { "contents": "Biomass heating system\n\n\nboiler. The types are Fully Automated, Semi-Automated, Pellet-Fired, and Combined Heat and Power. In fully automated systems chipped or ground up waste wood is brought to the site by delivery trucks and dropped into a holding tank. A system of conveyors then transports the wood from the holding tank to the boiler at a certain managed rate. This rate is managed by computer controls and a laser that measures the load of fuel the conveyor is bringing in. The system automatically goes on and off to maintain the", "id": "5765177" }, { "contents": "Rain Parade\n\n\nHoffs (who went on to lead The Bangles, the most famous of the Paisley Underground bands). The band soon added Will Glenn (keyboards and violin) and later Eddie Kalwa (drums). They self-released their debut single, \"What She's Done to Your Mind\" on their Llama label in 1982. In 1983, they released their debut album, \"Emergency Third Rail Power Trip\", on the Enigma/Zippo label. Critic Jim DeRogatis would later write in his book \"Turn on Your", "id": "16152705" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\n/ on the right, but was fixed within the year. From 1982 until June 1986 the coding was by backslash. After July 1986, Zippo began including a date code on all lighters showing the month and year of production. On the left of the underside was stamped a letter A–L, denoting the month (A = January, B = February, C = March, etc.). On the right was a Roman numeral which denoted the year, beginning with II in 1986. However, in 2001", "id": "1286010" }, { "contents": "Zippo\n\n\nan open-bottom metal box that is slightly smaller than the bottom of the outer case, and into which it slips snugly. The hollow part of the interior box encloses five rayon balls (similar to cotton balls) which are in contact with the wick. The bottom of this is covered by a piece of felt approximately 1/4 of an inch thick. Printed on the bottom of the felt (in modern Zippos, not on older models ) are the words, \"LIFT TO FILL,\" to indicate one must lift", "id": "1286012" }, { "contents": "Aircraft of the Battle of Britain\n\n\nof 100 octane fuel and discussed ways in which this could be achieved. A meeting was held on 16 March 1939 to consider the question of when the 100 octane fuel should be introduced to general use for all RAF aircraft, and what squadrons, number and type, were to be supplied. The decision taken was that there would be an initial delivery to 16 fighter and two twin-engined bomber squadrons by September 1940. However, this was based on a pre-war assumption that US supplies would be denied to Britain", "id": "19759309" }, { "contents": "Type 93/Type 100 flamethrower\n\n\nthe only difference between the two types. The fuel unit consisted of three long, diameter cylinders: two outer fuel cylinders and a central nitrogen pressure cylinder. The total fuel capacity was 12.3 liters. Fuel was a mixture of gasoline and tar. Pressure was controlled by a manually operated needle valve, one on the top of each of the two fuel cylinders. This tank assembly was fitted with straps to permit it to be carried on the operator's back like an infantry pack. The fuel hose was made of reinforced rubber", "id": "6585822" }, { "contents": "Type-1.5 superconductor\n\n\nvortex solutions exist also in models of type-I superconductivity, but the interaction between vortices is purely attractive, so a system of many vortices is unstable against a collapse onto a state of a single giant normal domain with supercurrent flowing on its surface. More importantly, the vortices in type-I superconductor are energetically unfavorable. To produce them would require the application of a magnetic field stronger than what a superconducting condensate can sustain. Thus a type-I superconductor goes to non-superconducting states rather than forming vortices. In", "id": "1671861" }, { "contents": "Matia Island\n\n\nand visitors must pack out their garbage. Pets, fires of any type, and wood collecting are not allowed on the island although there is an exception for liquid fuel campstoves. Matia offers primitive camping, picnicking, saltwater fishing, scuba diving, limited hiking and clam digging. Matia's temperatures are, like much of the Puget Sound area, heavily moderated by the abundance of water around it. Typically, the temperature rarely goes above 80 °F (26 °C) or below 30 °F (0 °C", "id": "3715459" } ]

[ { "contents": "Ravindra Kelekar\n\n\n, by Jhaverchand Meghani.[20] He received the 2006 Jnanpith Award, which was the first given to a Konkani-language writer.[10] The pinnacle of his career came with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2007.[9] A lifelong proponent of regional languages, in his acceptance speech for the Jnanpith award, he said, \"People have stopped reading books in regional languages. On the other hand, through English, we have created Bonsai intellectuals, Bonsai writers and Bonsai readers.\"[21] When the Vishwa Konkani Sahitya Academy, an", "id": "18763171" }, { "contents": "Jnanpith Award\n\n\nThe Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their \"outstanding contribution towards literature\". Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and English, with no posthumous conferral. From 1965 till 1981, the award was given to the authors for their \"most outstanding work\" and consisted of a citation plaque, a cash prize of , and a bronze replica of Saraswati, the Hindu", "id": "7486457" }, { "contents": "Gurdial Singh\n\n\nand Yashpal's \"Divya\". Singh received various awards over the course of his life, including the Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi in 1975 for the novel \"Adh Chanani Raat\", the Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1986, the Bhai Veer Singh Fiction Award in 1992, the Shiromani Sahitkar Award in 1992, the Jnanpith Award in 1999 and the Padma Shri in 1998. He shared the Jnanpith Award with Hindi language author Nirmal Verma. Singh suffered from a heart attack earlier in 2016 after which he was partially paralysed.", "id": "2254481" }, { "contents": "Telugu language\n\n\n(\"vaaduka bhasha\"), as opposed to the pure form of written Telugu used by several poets in his time. Devulapalli Krishnasastri is often referred to as the Shelley of Telugu literature because of his pioneering works in Telugu Romantic poetry. Viswanatha Satyanarayana won India's national literary honour, the Jnanpith Award for his magnum opus \"Ramayana Kalpavrukshamu\". C. Narayana Reddy won the Jnanpith Award in 1988 for his poetic work, \"Viswambara\". Ravuri Bharadhwaja won the 3rd Jnanpith Award for Telugu literature in 2013 for \"Paakudu", "id": "18051263" }, { "contents": "Jnanpith Award\n\n\nthree years, an advisory committee is constituted for each of the languages. The language of the most recent recipient's work is not eligible for consideration for the next two years. Each committee consists of three literary critics and scholars of their respective languages. All the nominations are scrutinised by the committee and their recommendations are submitted to the Jnanpith Award Selection Board (Pravara Parishad). The Selection Board consists of between seven and eleven members of \"high repute and integrity\". Each member is part of the committee for a term", "id": "7486465" }, { "contents": "Northeast India\n\n\nRamayana\" bears witness to the old heritage of written literature in Assam. Two writers from the Northeast, i.e. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya and Mamoni Raisom Goswami, have been awarded Jnanpith, the highest literary award in India till date. Hence, Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya was the first Assamese writer and from the Northeast india to receive Jnanpith Award for his Assamese novel \"Mrityunjay(1979).\" Mamoni Raisom Goswami was awarded the Jnanpith Award in the year 2000. Nagen Saikia is the first writer from Assam and the Northeast India, to have been", "id": "19396906" }, { "contents": "Ravindra Kelekar\n\n\n, which was the first given to a Konkani-language writer. The pinnacle of his career came with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2007. A lifelong proponent of regional languages, in his acceptance speech for the Jnanpith award, he said, \"People have stopped reading books in regional languages. On the other hand, through English, we have created Bonsai intellectuals, Bonsai writers and Bonsai readers.\" When the Vishwa Konkani Sahitya Academy, an offshoot of the Konkani Language and Cultural Foundation, was set up", "id": "18763160" }, { "contents": "Jnanpith Award\n\n\ngoddess of knowledge and wisdom. The first recipient of the award was the Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup who received the award in 1965 for his collection of poems, Odakkuzhal (\"The Bamboo Flute\"), published in 1950. The rules were revised in subsequent years to consider only works published during the preceding twenty years, excluding the year for which the award was to be given and the cash prize was increased to from 1981. , the cash prize has been revised to and out of twenty-three eligible languages the", "id": "7486458" }, { "contents": "Ravindra Kelekar\n\n\nAugust. He was 85. His remains were cremated with State honours at his native village of Priol. Kelekar received the Padma Bhushan (2008), the Gomant Sharada Award of Kala Academy, the Sahitya Akademi Award (1977), and the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (2007)—the highest award of the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters. He also received the 2006 Jnanpith Award, the first ever awarded to an author writing in the Konkani language, which was presented in July 2010. Kelekar was born on 7 March", "id": "18763153" }, { "contents": "Gopinath Mohanty\n\n\n’s language. However, translators have attempted to convey the richness and complexity of the original texts to readers unfamiliar with Odia. Mohanty received the Visuva Milan citation in 1950. He won the central Sahitya Akademi Award in 1955 for his novel, \"Amrutara Santana\".. It was the first Sahitya Akademi Award ever given to a creative literary work in any language or any genre. The Jnanpith Award was conferred on him in 1973 for his epic \"Mati Matala\" (The Fertile Soil). He was awarded the Soviet Land", "id": "17914711" }, { "contents": "Shrilal Shukla\n\n\nof life in rural and urban India in a satirical manner. His best known work \"Raag Darbari\" has been translated into English and 15 Indian languages. A television serial based on this continued for several months on the national network in the 1980s. It is a little-known fact that he also wrote a detective novel entitled \"Aadmi Ka Zahar\" which was serialised in the weekly magazine 'Hindustan'. Shukla received the Jnanpith Award, the highest Indian literary award, in 2011. His first major award was the", "id": "10699267" }, { "contents": "Jnanpith Award\n\n\nAll India Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad. On 2 April 1962, around 300 writers of various Indian languages were invited to Delhi for the two sessions conducted by Dharamvir Bharati in which the draft was finalised and later presented to Prasad. The first award selection committee meeting was scheduled on 16 March 1963 and Prasad was appointed as its president. However, Prasad died on 28 February 1963 and thus the scheduled meeting was chaired by Kalelkar and Sampurnanand acted as president of the committee. The first Selection Board consisted of Kalelkar", "id": "7486462" }, { "contents": "Ravindra Kelekar\n\n\nwas 85.[3][5][not in citation given] His remains were cremated with State honours at his native village of Priol.[2] Kelekar received the Padma Bhushan (2008),[6][7] the Gomant Sharada Award of Kala Academy,[7] the Sahitya Akademi Award (1976),[8] and the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (2007)—the highest award of the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.[9] He also received the 2006 Jnanpith Award,[10] the first ever awarded to an author writing in the Konkani language,[1] which was presented in July 2010.[11] Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career", "id": "18763164" }, { "contents": "Indian literature\n\n\nand \"Bandaya\". Contemporary Kannada literature has been highly successful in reaching people of all classes in society. Works of Kannada literature have received Eight Jnanpith awards, which is the highest number awarded for the literature in any Indian language. It has also received forty-seven Sahitya Academy awards. When Kodava was written, it was usually with Kannada script, sometimes with minor modifications. ... The language had no significant written literature until the twentieth century. Appachcha Kavi, a playwright, and Nadikerianda Chinnappa, a folk compiler,", "id": "11720554" }, { "contents": "Mithila Prasad Tripathi\n\n\nMithila Prasad Tripathi is a Sanskrit poet who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit for 2010 for his poetry. The Sahitya Akademi is India's national academy of letters that awards the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary award, and the Sahitya Akademi Award for each language is considered the second-highest literary award in India and the highest award for that language. He also won president award in 2017, for his work in Sanskrit Language. He was the director of Kalidasa Akademi in Ujjain from 2007 to 2010. He is", "id": "14058228" }, { "contents": "Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain\n\n\nhis college education was first in Meerut and later at Banaras Hindu University. He did his B.Sc. from Agra University. He founded Bharatiya Jnanpith on 18 February 1944 at the suggestion of many scholars who had gathered at Varanasi for All India Oriental Conference. He was the Trustee-Founder and his wife Rama Dalmia Jain was Trustee-president. Since 1965 Bharatiya Jnanpith has been awarding Annual Literary Award Jnanpith Award for the best creative Indian Literary work of a specified period. Though he belonged to a family of landlords and financiers,", "id": "14904275" }, { "contents": "Ravindra Kelekar\n\n\nof his writing. On 26 February 1975, the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, recognised Konkani as an independent language. The first Sahitya Akademi Award for a work in Konkani was won by Kelekar for his travelogue, \"Himalayant\", in 1977. The Akademi's first Translation Award in Konkani also went to Kelekar in 1990 for \"Ami Taankan Manshant Haadle\", a Konkani translation of a collection of essays in Gujarati, \"Mansaeena Diva\", by Jhaverchand Meghani. He received the 2006 Jnanpith Award", "id": "18763159" }, { "contents": "Jnanpith Award\n\n\nthe award and was honoured for the 1965 novel \"Pratham Pratisruti\" (\"The First Promise\"), the first in a trilogy. The most recent recipient of the award is English fiction writer Amitav Ghosh who was awarded for the year 2018. The Bharatiya Jnanpith, a research and cultural institute founded in 1944 by industrialist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain of the Sahu Jain family, conceived an idea in May 1961 to start a scheme \"commanding national prestige and of international standard\" to \"select the best book out of the", "id": "7486460" }, { "contents": "Krishna Sobti\n\n\nKrishna Sobti (18 February 1925 – 25 January 2019) was an Indian Hindi-language fiction writer and essayist. She won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1980 for her novel \"Zindaginama\" and in 1996, was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest award of the Akademi. In 2017, she received the Jnanpith Award for her contribution to Indian literature. Sobti is best known for her 1966 novel \"Mitro Marajani\", an unapologetic portrayal of a married woman's sexuality. She was also the recipient of the first", "id": "18510717" }, { "contents": "List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Dogri\n\n\nSahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters, to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it, as well as for translations. The Sahitya Akademi Award is the second highest literary award of India after the Jnanpith Award, and is annually conferred on writers of outstanding works in one of the twenty four major Indian languages that the Sahitya Akademi supports. The Sahitya Akademi Award to Dogri writers is awarded to Dogri writers for works in Dogri and English. The award for", "id": "18845515" }, { "contents": "Chandrashekhara Kambara\n\n\nin the year 1983 and the Sahitya Akademi Award, New Delhi, for the play \"Siri Sampige\" in 1991. Kambara received the eighth Jnanpith Award for the Kannada language, the highest literary honour conferred in India, in September 2011 for the year 2010. The prestigious award which was instituted in 1961, carries a cheque for 750,000, a citation and a bronze replica of goddess Vagdevi. The Chief Minister of Karnataka, D. V. Sadananda Gowda was among the many dignitaries who wished him on the occasion of receiving this award", "id": "844053" }, { "contents": "Jnanpith Award\n\n\naward has been presented for works in sixteen languages: Hindi (eleven), Kannada (eight), Bengali (six), Malayalam (five), Gujarati, Marathi, Odia, and Urdu (four each), Telugu (three), Assamese, Punjabi, and Tamil (two each), English, Kashmiri, Konkani, and Sanskrit (one each). The award has been conferred upon fifty-eight writers including seven women authors. In 1976, Bengali novelist Ashapoorna Devi became the first woman to win", "id": "7486459" }, { "contents": "Moortidevi Award\n\n\nBharatiya Jnanpith, a research and cultural institute founded in 1944 by industrialist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain of the Sahu Jain family, conceived an idea in May 1961 to start a scheme \"commanding national prestige and of international standard\" to \"select the best book out of the publications in Indian languages\". In November that year, Rama Jain, the Founder President of the Bharatiya Jnanpith, invited a few literary experts to discuss various aspects of the scheme. Jain, along with Kaka Kalelkar, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar", "id": "11914903" }, { "contents": "Jnanpith Award\n\n\npublications in Indian languages\". Later in November, Rama Jain, the Founder President of the Bharatiya Jnanpith, invited a few literary experts to discuss various aspects of the scheme. Jain along with Kaka Kalelkar, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Jainendra Kumar, Jagdish Chandra Mathur, Prabhakar Machwe, Akshaya Kumar Jain, and Lakshmi Chandra Jain presented the initial draft to the then President of India Rajendra Prasad who had shown interest in the scheme's implementation. The idea was also discussed at the 1962 annual sessions of the", "id": "7486461" }, { "contents": "Marathi language\n\n\nheld annually. Both events are very popular among Marathi speakers. Notable works in Marathi in the latter half of 20th century include Khandekar's Yayati, which won him the Jnanpith Award. Also Vijay Tendulkar's plays in Marathi have earned him a reputation beyond Maharashtra. P.L.Deshpande(PuLa), Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar, P.K.Atre & Prabodhankar Thackeray, were also known for their writings in Marathi in the field of drama, comedy and social commentary In 1958 the term \"Dalit literature\" was used for the first time, when the first conference of", "id": "490379" }, { "contents": "Amitav Ghosh\n\n\nreceived - together with Margaret Atwood - the Israeli Dan David Prize. Ghosh famously withdrew his novel \"The Glass Palace\" from consideration for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, where it was awarded the best novel in the Eurasian section, citing his objections to the term \"commonwealth\" and the unfairness of the English language requirement specified in the rules. Ghosh received the lifetime achievement award at Tata Literature Live, the Mumbai LitFest on November 20, 2016. He was conferred the 54th Jnanpith award in December 2018 and is the first", "id": "21060366" }, { "contents": "Kannada\n\n\nnumber of prolific and renowned poets and writers such as Kuvempu, Bendre, and V K Gokak. Works of Kannada literature have received eight Jnanpith awards, the highest number awarded to any Indian language. Besides being the official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka, Kannada language is present in other areas: There is also a considerable difference between the spoken and written forms of the language. Spoken Kannada tends to vary from region to region. The written form is more or less consistent throughout Karnataka. The Ethnologue reports \"", "id": "16803018" }, { "contents": "Modern Kannada literature\n\n\nModern Kannada literature refers to the body of literature written in the Kannada language, a language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Karnataka. The Kannada script is the writing system used in Kannada literature. In the last forty years, eight modern Kannada authors have been awarded the Jnanpith award, a prestigious private literary award in India. In addition, the Sahitya Akademi Award, the second-highest award for literature granted by the Government of India, has been conferred upon Kannada writers fifty times. The nascent beginnings of modern Kannada", "id": "21204703" }, { "contents": "Vinayaka Krishna Gokak\n\n\nVinayaka Krishna Gokak (9 August 1909 – 28 April 1992) was a major writer in the Kannada language and a scholar of English and Kannada literatures. He was the fifth writer to be honoured with the Jnanpith Award in 1990 for Kannada language, for his epic \"Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi\". Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi deals with the Vedic age and is perhaps the longest epic narrative in any language in the 20th Century. In 1961, Gokak was awarded the Padma Shri from the Government of India for \"Dyava Prithvi\". Gokak", "id": "13512665" }, { "contents": "Jnanpith Award\n\n\n, Niharranjan Ray, Karan Singh, R. R. Diwakar, V. Raghavan, B. Gopal Reddy, Harekrushna Mahatab, Rama Jain, and Lakshmi Chandra Jain and was headed by Sampurnanand. Works that were published between 1921 and 1951 were considered for the first award. The nine language committees that were formed were to submit to the board nominations along with translations of the work into Hindi or English. The final round had four authors; Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bengali), D. V. Gundappa (Kannada), Viswanatha Satyanarayana (Telugu)", "id": "7486463" }, { "contents": "Ravuri Bharadhwaja\n\n\nthrough his short stories, poetry and critical reviews. He had done several odd jobs but later worked in weeklies and also in All India Radio. He received honorary doctorates, a Central Sahitya Akademi award and ultimately the Jnanpith award. He was only the third Telugu writer to be honoured with the country's highest literary award. He was awarded the 48th Jnanpith award for the year 2012 which was announced on 17 April 2013 for his contribution to Telugu literature through many notable works. Ravuri died in Hyderabad on 18 October 2013.", "id": "13253349" }, { "contents": "O. N. V. Kurup\n\n\nAward, India's highest literary award, for the year 2007. He was the fifth Jnanpith laureate from Kerala and the second Malayalam poet to win the prestigious award. According to a statement by Bharatiya Jnanpith, the trust which presents the award, Kurup began his career as a \"progressive writer and matured into a humanist though he never gave up his commitment to socialist ideology\". He was settled at Vazhuthacaud in Thiruvananthapuram, with his wife Sarojini, who was also his student in his early days. His son Rajeev works", "id": "21786711" }, { "contents": "Moortidevi Award\n\n\nThe Moortidevi Award is an India literary award annually presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a literary and research organisation, to an author. The award is given only to Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India, and in English, with no posthumous conferral or self nomination. From 2003, the award was given to the authors for their \"contemplative and perceptive work\" and consisted of a cash prize of ₹1 lakh (US$1,600), a citation plaque, a shawl, and", "id": "11914900" }, { "contents": "U. R. Ananthamurthy\n\n\nUdupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy (21 December 1932 – 22 August 2014) was a contemporary writer and critic in the Kannada language born in Thirtahalli Taluk and is considered as one of the pioneers of the Navya movement. He is the sixth writer to be honored with the Jnanpith Award for the Kannada language, the highest literary honour conferred in India. In 1998, he received the Padma Bhushan award from the Government of India. He was the vice-chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala during the late 1980s. He was one of", "id": "20512686" }, { "contents": "Indu Jain\n\n\nFoundation and Times Relief Fund for disaster reliefs like floods, cyclones, earthquakes and epidemics. Indu Jain is also founder President of the Ladies wing of FICCI (FLO (March 2017) she is Chairperson of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Trust, which awards the Jnanpith award. Indu Jain was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government Of India in January 2016. Indu Jain was married to Ashok Kumar Jain by whom she had two sons, Samir Jain, Vineet Jain and a daughter. Her husband died on 4 February 1999 in Cleveland,", "id": "20299731" }, { "contents": "Taledanda\n\n\nTaledanda (Kannada: ತಲೆದಂಡ, Hindi: Rakt Kalyan, literally: \"Death by Beheading\") is a 1990 Kannada play written by Girish Karnad, an eminent person in Kannada literature, about the rise of the radical protest and reform movement, Lingaytism, in 12th century Karnataka. He was awarded the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award (1993) and the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada language for the play in 1994, and later awarded the Jnanpith Award for his literature work in 1998. Written in 1990 in the backdrop of mandir", "id": "9193794" }, { "contents": "List of Malayalam literary awards\n\n\nThis is a list of literary awards given for Malayalam–language. Jnanpith Award, India's most prestigious literary honour, was won by the following Malayalam authors. Other major awards and their winners are listed below. Basheer Award was instituted by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Smaraka Trust and consists of an amount of 25,000, certificate of merit and a plaque designed by C. N. Karunakaran. The award, instituted in the memory of Lalithambika Antharjanam, is given in two categories: one for Lifetime Contribution to Malayalam Literature and the other for Best", "id": "20639633" }, { "contents": "Jnanpith Award\n\n\n, and G. Sankara Kurup (Malayalam). On 19 November 1966, Kurup was presented with the citation, statue of Saraswati, and a cheque for prize of at a ceremony held at Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi. In his acceptance speech, Kurup appreciated the concept of the new award and thanked it for bringing \"integration of the diverse people of this land on a spiritual plane\". The nominations for the award are received from various literary experts, teachers, critics, universities, and numerous literary and language associations. Every", "id": "7486464" }, { "contents": "Shivaji Sawant\n\n\nKolhapur as a teacher for 20 years and afterwards as editor with Maharashtra education department's monthly magazine \"Lokshikshan\" for six years in Pune (1974–1980). He was not only a historical writer but also a political writer. Mrityunjay is a novel very famous in the Marathi compositions . It is based on Karna, one of the great warrior in the epic of Mahabharata. It was awarded with many of the prizes and awards given by the Jnanpith (Moorti Devi Award). Mrityujaya was translated in many other languages. Dr", "id": "14378353" }, { "contents": "Karnataka\n\n\nrecipient of the \"Karnataka Ratna\" award, the highest civilian award bestowed by the Government of Karnataka. Contemporary Kannada literature has received considerable acknowledgement in the arena of Indian literature, with eight Kannada writers winning India's highest literary honour, the Jnanpith award. Tulu is spoken mainly in the coastal districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada. \"Tulu Mahabharato\", written by Arunabja in the Tigalari script, is the oldest surviving Tulu text. Tigalari script was used by Brahmins to write Sanskrit language. The use of the Kannada script", "id": "17022063" }, { "contents": "Saumitra Saxena\n\n\nSaumitra Saxena (Devanāgarī: , born 1976) is a United States based poet of Indian origin. He is one of the widely read poets of Hindi language of present generation. His critically acclaimed first collection of poems in Hindi titled \"Mitra\" meaning \"a friend\" received the Bharatiya Jnanpith Navlekhan Award in 2008. The book \"Mitra\" was included in the Library of Congress in 2010 as an important contemporary piece of South Asian literature and is widely distributed across many major libraries of the world. He currently lives in", "id": "21573695" }, { "contents": "Kuvempu\n\n\nKuppali Venkatappa Puttappa (29 December 1904 – 11 November 1994), popularly known by his pen name Kuvempu, was an Indian novelist, poet, playwright, critic and thinker. He is widely regarded as the greatest Kannada poet of the 20th century. He is the first among Kannada writers to be by decorated with the Jnanpith Award. Kuvempu studied at Mysuru University in the 1920s, taught there for nearly three decades and served as its vice-chancellor from 1956 to 1960. He initiated education in Kannada as the language medium", "id": "8262568" }, { "contents": "Sitakant Mahapatra\n\n\nworks are, \"Sabdar Akash\" (1971) (The Sky of Words), \"Samudra\" (1977) and \"Anek Sharat\" (1981). He was awarded the 1974 Sahitya Akademi Award in Odia for his poetry collection, \"Sabdar Akash\" (The Sky of Words). He was awarded the Jnanpith Award in 1993 \"for outstanding contribution to Indian literature\" and in its citation the Bharatiya Jnanpith noted, \"Deeply steeped in western literature his pen has the rare rapturous fragrance of native soil\"", "id": "2945412" }, { "contents": "Ganga Sharan Singh (Sinha)\n\n\ncommonly called Ganga Babu, had acquaintance with many Hindi writers but never wrote himself. A good orator, he worked to promote Hindi as a national language. He was among the founding members of the Board of trustees of Bharatiya Jnanpith. The Kedriya Hindi Sansthan, Agra has instituted an award in his honour. The Government of India has instituted \"Ganga Sharan Singh Awards\" under \"Hindi Sevi Samman Awards\". The government of Bihar has instituted an award for literature in his name. Ganga Sharan Singh was also a member", "id": "14954740" }, { "contents": "G. Sankara Kurup\n\n\nconsidered as his major works. His autobiography was titled \"Ormmayude Olangalil\", and was published by National Book Stall. Sankara Kurup received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry in 1961 for his anthology, \"Viswadarshanam\". The Central Sahitya Akademi honored him with their annual award for poetry in 1963. He was the first winner of the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary award, when the award was instituted in 1965.. He received the prize for his anthology, \"Odakkuzhal\" (The Bamboo Flute) which was", "id": "17889224" }, { "contents": "Ali Sardar Jafri\n\n\nAugust 2000 in Mumbai. To mark his first death anniversary, the book \"Ali Sardar Jafri: The Youthful Boatman of Joy\", edited by Squadron Leader Anil Sehgal, a close associate, was published in 2001. In 1998, Jafri became the third Urdu poet to receive the Jnanpith Award (for 1997), after Firaq Gorakhpuri (1969) and Qurratulain Hyder (1989). The Bharatiya Jnanpith said, \"Jafri represents those who are fighting against injustice and oppression in society\". He was also the recipient of", "id": "12027835" }, { "contents": "Masti Venkatesha Iyengar\n\n\nMaasthi Venkatesha Iyengar (6 June 1891 – 6 June 1986) was a well-known writer in Kannada language. He was the fourth among Kannada writers to be honored with the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honor conferred in India. He was popularly referred to as \"Maasti Kannadada Aasti\" which means \"Maasti, Kannada's Treasure\". He is most renowned for his short stories. He wrote under the pen name \"Srinivasa\". He was honoured with the title \"Rajasevasakta\" by then Maharaja of Mysore Nalvadi", "id": "13698172" }, { "contents": "Sunghursh\n\n\nSunghursh is a 1968 Indian Hindi film directed and produced by Harnam Singh Rawail. It is based on a short story \"Layli Asmaner Ayna\" in Bengali language by Jnanpith Award-winning writer Mahasweta Devi, which presents a fictionalised account of vendetta within a thuggee cult in the holy Indian town of Varanasi. The film stars Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Sanjeev Kumar, Balraj Sahni, Jayant, Deven Verma, Durga Khote and Iftekhar. The music is by Naushad and lyrics for the songs are by Shakeel Badayuni. Naushad and Badayuni", "id": "298150" }, { "contents": "Yayati\n\n\nancient name \"Bharatvarsha\" was kept. Further descendants were part of the Kuru Kingdom, including Shantanu, Dhritarashtra, Pandu, Yudhishthira, Abhimanyu and Parikshit. In modern language and usage, trading conscientious behaviour for external gain is sometimes called Yayāti Syndrome. \"Yayati\", a Marathi novel by V. S. Khandekar, won him the Sahitya Akademi Award (1960), and a Jnanpith Award (1974). Playwright Girish Karnad's debut play \"Yayati\" (1961) is based on the story of King Yayāti found in", "id": "14356354" }, { "contents": "Raghuveer Chaudhari\n\n\nRaghuveer Chaudhari is a novelist, poet and critic from Gujarat, India. He has also worked as a columnist for numerous newspapers, such as \"Sandesh\", \"Janmabhumi\", \"Nirikshaka\" and \"Divya Bhaskar\". He was a teacher at the Gujarat University until his retirement in 1998. His most significant contributions have been in Gujarati language but he has also written Hindi articles. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1977, for his novel trilogy \"Uparvas\". He received Jnanpith Award, considered to be", "id": "14562365" }, { "contents": "Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya\n\n\nBirendra Kumar Bhattacharya (14 October 1924 – 6 August 1997) was an Indian writer. He was one of the pioneers of modern Assamese literature. He was the first ever Assamese writer to receive the Jnanpith Award, which was awarded to him in the year 1979 for his novel Mrityunjay(Immortal), followed by Indira Goswami in 2001. He was also a recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese in 1961 for his Assamese novel \"Iyaruingam\", which is considered a masterpiece of Indian literature. In 2005, a translation of the", "id": "1258628" }, { "contents": "Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad\n\n\nHangal and Bhimsen Joshi hail from this region), fine arts and theatre (dramatics). The city is home to many literary personalities like Girish Karnad, D.R. Bendre, Vinayaka Krishna Gokak — all Jnanpith Award winners — to name a few. The twin cities of Hubballi and Dharwad have many theaters which show films in Kannada, Hindi and English languages. Forty seats each in the streams of Computer Science, Electrical, and Mechanical engineering are available at the institute. Classes began in 15 July 2016, along with the other", "id": "15178970" }, { "contents": "Dumas Oroño\n\n\n\"La peña de los viernes\" at the Casa del Autor Nacional, days in which several Uruguayan authors participated. Oroño won the Figari Award in 2004. He also received the President of the Republic Award for the oil painting \"Carro de verdulero\" (1948), the Salon of the Interior Portrait Award (1951), the Salon of the Interior first prize for the oil \"Tatiana\" (1952), the Salon of the Interior Acquisition Award for the oil \"Paisaje de Montmartre\", and the Uruguayan Tourist", "id": "15547085" }, { "contents": "Culture of Andhra Pradesh\n\n\nNannayya derived the present Telugu script (\"lipi\") from the old Telugu-Kannada script. Emperor Krishna Deva Raya wrote and also made the famous statement: \"\"Desha Bhashalandu Telugu lessa\"\" meaning \"Telugu is the sweetest among all Indian languages\". Famous Tamil poet Mahakavi Bharathiyar wrote \"Sundhara telungunil paatisaithu\", which literally means \"create songs in beautiful Telugu\". Philosophical poems by Yogi-Vemana are quite famous. Modern writers include Jnanpith Award winners Sri Viswanatha Satya Narayana and Dr. C. Narayana Reddy.", "id": "19057529" }, { "contents": "Antonio Canales (flamenco)\n\n\n. It was the fruit of the first collaboration between Antonio Canales (choreography) and (stage direction). That same year, fulfilling an order from the National Ballet of Spain, he performed the choreography, \"Grito\", which was presented in February 1998 at the City Center in New York. In the first edition of the MAX Awards for Performing Arts, by the Autor Foundation and SGAE, Antonio Canales was awarded the prize for the best dance performance for his work \"Gitano\". On June 1998, he", "id": "1008744" }, { "contents": "Gujarati literature\n\n\nthe travails of Mahatma Gandhi himself. Highly inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's dialogue poems, Umashankar Joshi enriched the existing Gujrati literature by penning in the same manner. Two such poems are his \"Prachina\" and \"Mahaprasthan\". For his poem \"Nishith\", he received the Jnanpith Award in 1967. Pannalal Patel received the Jnanpith Award in 1985 for his novel \"Maanavi Ni Bhavaai\". The Gujarati novel was also made a household name by G.G. Joshi ('Dhumketu'), Chunilal V. Shah, Gunvantrai Acharya,", "id": "12140440" }, { "contents": "María Luisa Algarra\n\n\n1935 she received the Concursal Teatral Universitario award from the Universidad Autónoma in Barcelona for her first play, \"Judith\", which was written in Catalan, and in 1954 she earned the “máximo reconocimento en el teatro mexicano” (the maximum recognition in Mexican theatre) when she won the award at the Concurso de Grupos Teatrales del Distrito Federal (Mexico City Theatre Conference) for her play \"Los años de prueba\". It is of note that the aforementioned prize is awarded to a play that should be “de autor", "id": "15897193" }, { "contents": "Jorhat\n\n\nin Jorhat were 182,600 of which male and female were 96,806 and 85,794 respectively. With regards to the sex ratio in Jorhat, it stood at 934 females per 1000 males, according to the Census 2011 Directorate. Jorhat has produced creative writers, historians and journalists. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya, the first Assamese to win India's highest literature award, the Jnanpith Award, was from Jorhat. The six daily newspapers published in Jorhat are - \"Dainik Janambhumi\", \"Amar Asom\", \"Dainik Agradoot\" and \"Asomiya Khobor", "id": "15766953" }, { "contents": "Sahu Jain family\n\n\n), Uttar Pradesh, India. The leading members of the family have been Rai Bahadur Jagmundar Das Jain, Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain, Sahu Shreyans Prasad Jain, Sahu Ashok Kumar Jain Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain, Sahu Samir Jain, Sahu Vineet Jain, Sahu Deepak Jain and Indu Jain. Jnanpith Awards, are given by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization founded by the family. The group has also founded a few other awards that are coveted honours in the fields of fashion, movies and business in India - namely the Miss India title", "id": "3715262" }, { "contents": "Moortidevi Award\n\n\n, Malayalam (three) and Hindi (sixteen). No awards were given in 1985 and between 1996 and 1999. The award has been conferred upon twenty-nine writers including one female author: In 1991, Odia academic and writer Pratibha Ray became the first woman to win the award and was honoured for the 1985 novel \"Yajnasani\". Ray and Nirmal Verma have won both the Moortidevi as well as the Jnanpith Award. As of 2017, Bengali poet Joy Goswami is the most recent recipient of the award. The", "id": "11914902" }, { "contents": "Sally Potter\n\n\nthat the story shows the difficulties both of being a man and of a being a woman. She next directed the film, \"The Tango Lesson\" (1996), in which she also performed with renowned dancer Pablo Veron. First presented at the Venice Film Festival, the film was awarded the \"Ombú de Oro\" for Best Film at the Mar del Plata Film Festival, Argentina; the SADAIC Great Award from the Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música; as well as receiving Best Film nominations from BAFTA and", "id": "2084770" }, { "contents": "Karna\n\n\nthe meeting of Karna and Kunti before the war. Karna also has been topic of various contemporary literary works. The marathi books of \"Radheya\" (1973) authored by Ranjit Desai and \"Mrityunjay\" (1967) authored by Shivaji Sawant bring forth a fictionalized account of Karna's private and personal life. Sawant also received Moortidevi Award, instituted by Bharatiya Jnanpith, for his work and was translated into nine languages. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar in 1978 published an epic poem \"Rashmirathi\" (translation: One who rides the Chariot", "id": "13364340" }, { "contents": "Kannada literature\n\n\nthe itinerant Haridasa saints marked the high point of this era. After the decline of the Vijayanagara empire in the 16th century, Kannada literature was supported by the various rulers, including the Wodeyars of the Kingdom of Mysore and the Nayakas of Keladi. In the 19th century, some literary forms, such as the prose narrative, the novel, and the short story, were borrowed from English literature. Modern Kannada literature is now widely known and recognised: during the last half century, Kannada language authors have received eight Jnanpith awards", "id": "13932447" }, { "contents": "K. Shivaram Karanth\n\n\nKota Shivaram Karanth (10 October 1902 – 9 December 1997) was an Indian polymath, who was a novelist in Kannada language, playwright and conservationist. Ramachandra Guha called him the \"Rabindranath Tagore of Modern India, who has been one of the finest novelists-activists since independence\". He was the third writer to be decorated with the Jnanpith Award for Kannada, the highest literary honor conferred in India. His son Ullas is a conservationist. Shivaram Karanth was born on 10 October 1902, in Kota near Udupi in the", "id": "20512747" }, { "contents": "Rehman Rahi\n\n\nAbdur Rehman Rahi (born 6 May 1925, Srinagar) is a Kashmiri poet, translator and critic. He was awarded the Indian Sahitya Akademi Award in 1961 for his poetry collection \"Nawroz-i-Saba\", the Padma Shri in 2000, and India's highest literary award, the Jnanpith Award (for the year 2004) in 2007. He is the first Kashmiri writer to be awarded the Gyanpith, India's highest literary award for his poetic collection Siyah Rood Jaeren Manz( In Black Drizzle ). Rehman Rahi", "id": "11413690" }, { "contents": "Amrita Pritam\n\n\nChief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh. She is first woman recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956 for \"Sunehadey\" (poetic diminutive of the word sunehe i,e.\"Messages\"), Amrita Pritam received the Bhartiya Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary award, in 1982 for \"Kagaj te Canvas (Paper and Canvas).\" She received the Padma Shri (1969) and Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, India's highest literary award, also in 2004.", "id": "19726246" }, { "contents": "Sitakant Mahapatra\n\n\n\" positions including those of Senior Fellow of Harvard University; Honorary Fellow of International Academy of Poets, Cambridge University, and Chairman of the National Book Trust, New Delhi. He is the recipient of many awards including the Orissa Sahitya Academy Award, 1971 and 1984; Sahitya Akademi Award, 1974; Sarala Award, 1985; culminating in India's highest literary honour the Jnanpith Award in 1993. His first collection of poetry in Odia, \"Dipti O Dyuti\" was published in 1963, his second anthology, \"Ashtapadi\"", "id": "2945416" }, { "contents": "Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri\n\n\nway of Vayalar Award which he received in 2012. The Government of Kerala awarded him Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, their highest literary award in 2016. He received Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of the Government of India in 2017. He could not attend the investiture ceremony due to ill health; the award was later handed over to him by the district collector of Palakkad. He is also a recipient several other honours such as Krishna Geedhi Award, Nalappad Award, Puthezhan Award, Moorti Devi Award of Jnanpith Award Committee and Amrita", "id": "18126613" }, { "contents": "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote\n\n\n\"Pierre Menard, Author of the \"Quixote\" (original Spanish title: \"Pierre Menard, autor del \"Quijote\") is a short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. It originally appeared in Spanish in the Argentine journal \"Sur\" in May 1939. The Spanish-language original was first published in book form in Borges's 1941 collection \"El Jardín de senderos que se bifurcan\" (\"The Garden of Forking Paths\"), which was included in his much-reprinted \"Ficciones\" (1944", "id": "7328009" }, { "contents": "Ramdhari Singh Dinkar\n\n\n, although Urvashi is an exception to this. Some of his greatest works are Rashmirathi and Parashuram ki Prateeksha. He is hailed as the greatest Hindi poet of 'Veer Rasa' since Bhushan. Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi wrote that he was very popular among people whose mother-tongue was not Hindi and he was a symbol of love for one's own mother-tongue. Harivansh Rai Bachchan wrote that for his proper respect he should get four Bharatiya Jnanpith Awards – for poetry, prose, languages and for his service to Hindi", "id": "15917909" }, { "contents": "Biju Viswanath\n\n\nBiju Viswanath also Known as Biju, is an international film director, director of photography and screenwriter. His movies have been screened throughout the world. Viswanath has directed movies in English, Tamil, Italian, Irish, Swahili, Japanese, and Indian languages. His credits span multiple genres: thrillers, mystery, horror, romance and critically acclaimed dramas. Viswanath's directorial debut \"A Voyage\" is based on the works of famous Indian writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair, winner of highest literary award in India Jnanpith. The film", "id": "3107864" }, { "contents": "C. Narayana Reddy\n\n\nbeen published: Reddy won several awards for his literary work which includes the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1973 for his poetry collection \"Mantalu Manavudu\", the Jnanpith Award for \"Viswambhara\" in 1988 and was conferred with the Sahitya Academy fellowship in 2014, the highest honor of the Sahitya Academy, India's National Academy of Letters. Reddy was also awarded an honorary Kala Prapoorna by Andhra University in 1978, the Soviet Land Nehru award in 1982, and the Raja-Lakshmi Award by the Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation in 1988", "id": "12273023" }, { "contents": "Prothom Protishruti\n\n\nand Jnanpith Award (1976). The title \"Prothom Protishruti\" (First Promise) referes to the promise Satyabati, the protagonist, has made to educate her daughter Subarna and in which she failed. Critic Madhuri Chatterjee noted that the title also can be interpreted in positive terms — it could be the promise with which Satyabati leaves her household to demand answers regarding the position of women. Spanning 48 chapters, the novel has about 50 characters. Principle characters are: The novel is set in a remote village of undivided Bengal", "id": "2236535" }, { "contents": "Sanskrit literature\n\n\naward for the best creative work written that year in Sanskrit. In 2009, Satyavrat Shastri became the first Sanskrit author to win the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary award. Vidyadhar Shastri wrote two epic poems (\"Mahakavya\"), seven shorter poems, three plays and three songs of praise (\"stavana kavya\"), he received the \"Vidyavachaspati\" award in 1962. Some other modern Sanskrit composers include Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra (known as \"Triveṇī Kavi\", composer of short stories and several other genres of", "id": "16396064" }, { "contents": "Music of Spain\n\n\nfrom both regions have been able to crossover with each other. According to the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE), Spain is the largest Latino music market in the world. As a result, the Latin music industry encompasses Spanish-language music from Spain. The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the organization responsible for the Latin Grammy Awards, includes music from Spain including a category for Best Flamenco Album with voting members living in the country. Spanish singer Julio Iglesias holds the world record for being the", "id": "15459835" }, { "contents": "Sitakant Mahapatra\n\n\nof the \"new poetry\" in Odisha expressing a \"contemporary consciousness\" of Odia culture amidst an increasingly \"urbanized and technological environment.\" According to Kar, Mahapatra addresses philosophical problems of human existence with an \"awakening of a new kind of spiritual identification with the past\" in search of \"new values\" with which to make sense of a \"chaotic existence.\" 1. Orissa Sahitya Academy Award - 1971 and 1984 2. Sahitya Akademi Award - 1974 3. Sarala Award - 1985 4. Jnanpith Award,", "id": "2945420" }, { "contents": "Satya Vrat Shastri\n\n\nJnanpith award in Sanskrit language (conferred in 2009 by his disciple and Thailand's Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn). Shastri received his early education under his father, Shri Charu Deva Shastri, a renowned scholar. Thereafter, he moved to Varanasi, where he studied under Shukdev Jha and Siddheshwar Varma. He received his B.A. Hons. and MA in Sanskrit from the Punjab University, and his PhD from the Banaras Hindu University. He joined the University of Delhi soon after, where for the next forty years of his teaching career,", "id": "18111920" }, { "contents": "Malayalam novel\n\n\n) and extended it further to write a brihad akhyayika or grand narrative covering the lives of hundreds of characters and dozens of families and several generations. He was writing an entire era and entire region in his magnum opus \"Kayar\" (Coir), which procured him the Jnanpith Award. Pottekkatt was perhaps the first to experiment with the writing of an entire region; Thakazhi added the historical dimension by bringing in centuries and generations. In Kayar the life of a whole community in the village complex of Kuttanad covering two centuries and", "id": "9167196" }, { "contents": "M.V. Rajadhyaksha\n\n\nMangesh Vitthal Rajadhyaksha (Marathi: मंगेश विठ्ठल राजाध्यक्ष) (7 June 1913 – 19 April 2010) was a Marathi writer and critic. He studied at Elphinstone College in Mumbai, where he won the prestigious Wordsworth Prize for the best student in English Literature. Rajadhyaksha later taught English Literature at Elphinstone College, Gujarat College (Ahmedabad) and Rajaram College (Kolhapur). He also served on several prestigious committees, including the National Book Trust and the Jnanpith Trust that gives the Jnanpith Award. He was closely involved with \"Abhiruchi", "id": "1658988" }, { "contents": "Sumitranandan Pant\n\n\n. As the late scholar and translator of Pant, David Rubin, writes, \"In the early forties the new psychological and experimental \"schools\" were emerging. It was typical of both Nirala and Pant that they themselves anticipated these trends and, by the time the new approaches were in vogue, they had already moved on to newer areas of experimentation.\" In 1968, Pant became the first Hindi poet to receive the Jnanpith Award, considered to be India's highest accolade for literature. This was awarded to him for", "id": "15917881" }, { "contents": "Fernando Egozcue\n\n\nrecord Lejos. And in 2010 he was finalist at the XIII Max Awards of the Scenic Arts, granted by the Spanish General Society of Authors and Editors (\"Sociedad General de Autores y Editores\" – SGAE-) and the Author Foundation (\"Fundación Autor\"), in the category of “Best music composition for scenic performance” for his original score for the performance Jazzing Flamenco. Egozcue mainly performs live concerts of his own compositions and his different groups and performances have been presented in the best theatres and festivals all over", "id": "12635042" }, { "contents": "El Canta Autor Del Pueblo\n\n\nEl Canta Autor Del Pueblo is the first studio album by Regional Mexican singer Espinoza Paz. It was released on 18 March 2008, by American Show Latin / Machete Regio. Before Paz signed a deal with the major label Universal Latino, he released the album \"Amigo con Derechos\" in 2008, on a small independent label. Several of the tracks from that album are included on his major label debut \"El Canta Autor Del Pueblo\" including \"Carcacha Vieja\" (Retitled \"La Carcacha\"), \"Amigo con", "id": "4836069" }, { "contents": "Polish phonology\n\n\n\" and \"i\" sometimes represent only semivowels after another vowel, as in \"autor\" ('author'), mostly in loanwords (so not in native \"nauka\" 'science, the act of learning', for example, nor in nativized \"Mateusz\" 'Matthew'). Some loanwords, particularly from classical languages, have the stress on the antepenultimate (third-last) syllable. For example, \"fizyka\" () ('physics') is stressed on the first syllable. That", "id": "9627024" }, { "contents": "Literature from North East India\n\n\naward Jnanpith winners Dr Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya, who was also President of India's top literary body Sahitya Academy, and Dr Indira Goswami alias Mamoni Raisom Goswami were the most famous literary figures to emerge from this region. 'NELive' selected Dr Mamoni Raisom Goswami together with Homen Borgohain, Nirupama Borgohain, Mitra Phukan and Arnab Jan Deka as the '5 Contemporary Writers from Assam who made it big outside the state' and also illustrated their individual literary credentials. The younger generation of English-language writers From North-East India", "id": "7371477" }, { "contents": "Viswanatha Satyanarayana\n\n\nVenkata Sastry. Chellapilla was familiar to be known as Tirupati Venkata Kavulu duo, Diwakarla Tirupathi Sastry and Chellapilla Venkata Sastry. Viswanatha's style of poetry was classical in nature and his popular works include \"Ramayana Kalpa Vrukshamu\" (Ramayana the wish-granting divine tree), \"Kinnersani patalu\" (Mermaid songs) and \"Veyipadagalu\" (The Thousand Hoods). He worked as the first principal of Karimnagar Government College (1959–61). He was awarded the Jnanpith Award and Padma Bhushan in 1971. The parallel \"free", "id": "10239483" }, { "contents": "Indian literature\n\n\nas did the Tamil Sangam literature, and the Pāli Canon. In the medieval period, literature in Kannada and Telugu appeared in the 9th and 11th centuries respectively. Later, literature in Marathi, Odia and Bengali appeared. Thereafter literature in various dialects of Hindi, Persian and Urdu began to appear as well. Early in the 20th century, Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore became India's first Nobel laureate in literature. In contemporary Indian literature, there are two major literary awards; these are the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship and the Jnanpith Award", "id": "11720520" }, { "contents": "Sweety Nanna Jodi\n\n\nportions of Radhika and Adhitya with others was shot by director Vijayalakshmi Singh in Ajay Vincent cinematography. \"Sweety...Nanna Jodi\" also stars Jnanpith Award winner Girish Karnad and Ramya Krishna in the pivotal roles . The filming kicked off on 17 October 2012. The film was grandly launched at Kanteerava Studios, which was attended by many dignitaries of Sandalwood. V. Ravichandran tapped the clap for the opening scene and Shivarajkumar switched on the camera for the first scene. Jai Jagadish, S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu and many others had come to", "id": "17677401" }, { "contents": "Versions of Ramayana\n\n\nSri Ramayana Darshanam\" by Dr. K. V. Puttappa in Kannada and \"Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu\" by Viswanatha Satyanarayana in Telugu, both of which have been awarded the Jnanpith Award. A prose version called \"Geet Ramayan\" in Marathi by G.D. Madgulkar was rendered in music by Sudhir Phadke and is considered to be a masterpiece of Marathi literature. The popular Indian author R. K. Narayan wrote a shortened prose interpretation of the epic. In addition, Ramesh Menon wrote a single-volume edition of the Ramayana, which has received praise from scholars", "id": "19055015" }, { "contents": "Firaq Gorakhpuri\n\n\njail for 18 months. Later, he joined Allahabad University as a lecturer in English literature. It was there that he wrote most of his Urdu poetry, including his magnum opus \"Gul-e-Naghma\" which earned him the highest literary award of India, the Jnanpith Award, and also the 1960 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu. During his life, he was given the positions of Research Professor at the University Grants Commission and Producer Emeritus by All India Radio. After a long illness, he died on 3 March", "id": "12293522" }, { "contents": "S. K. Pottekkatt\n\n\nSankaran Kutty Pottekkatt (14 March 1913 – 6 August 1982), popularly known as S. K. Pottekkatt, was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature and a politician from Kerala, India. He was the author of nearly sixty books which include ten novels, twenty-four collections of short stories, three anthologies of poems, eighteen travelogues, four plays, a collection of essays and a couple of books based on personal reminiscences. he was a recipient of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel, Sahitya Akademi Award and the Jnanpith Award", "id": "16042327" }, { "contents": "G. Sankara Kurup\n\n\nG. Sankara Kurup, (3 June 1901 – 2 February 1978) better known as Mahakavi G (The Great Poet G), was an Indian poet, essayist and literary critic of Malayalam literature. Known as one of the greats of Malayalam poetry, he was the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award, the highest Indian literary honor. He served as a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha from 1968 to 1972 and received the Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1967. He was also a recipient of", "id": "17889217" }, { "contents": "Indian literature\n\n\n. Eight Jnanpith Awards each have been awarded in Hindi and Kannada, followed by five in Bengali and Malayalam, four in Odia, four in Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu and Urdu, two each in Assamese and Tamil, and one in Sanskrit. Examples of early works written in Vedic Sanskrit include the holy Hindu texts, such as the core Vedas and Upanishads. Other examples include the Sulba Sutras, which are some of the earliest texts on geometry. Ved Vyasa's \"Mahabharata\" and Valmiki's \"Ramayana\", written", "id": "11720521" }, { "contents": "Krishna Sobti\n\n\nlife.\" In 2015, she returned both, the Award, and her Fellowship, citing governmental inaction following riots in Dadri, concerns regarding freedom of speech, as well as comments made by a government minister concerning Hindi writers. She was offered the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2010, which she declined, stating that, \"As a writer, I have to keep a distance from the establishment. I think I did the right thing.\" She received Jnanpith Award in 2017 for her 'path-", "id": "18510736" }, { "contents": "Gender neutrality in languages with grammatical gender\n\n\ntraditionally used for the common case (like *\"felizas\" and *\"especialistos\" in \"*felices y felizas\" or \"*las y los especialistas y especialistos\"). Being very similar to Spanish, all considerations and almost all the examples above apply also to Portuguese. Minority languages of this group can probably use expressions with at-sign (\"biólog@\" in Galician), ligature æ (\"outoræs\" in Mirandese language and \"autor/a\" in Aragonese language). Like most other Slavic", "id": "9427837" }, { "contents": "C. K. Nagaraja Rao\n\n\nC.K. Nagaraja Rao (Kannada: ಸಿ ಕೆ ನಾಗರಾಜ ರಾವ್, 12 June 1915 – 10 April 1998) was a Kannada writer, dramatist, stage artist, director, journalist and social activist. He was the first recipient of the Moortidevi Award instituted by Bharatiya Jnanpith for his magnum opus \"Pattamahadevi Shantaladevi\" in 1983. The same work received \"Best Creative Literary Work\" award by the Karnataka Sahitya Academy in 1978. C.K. Nagaraja Rao was born on 12 June 1915 in Challakere, Chitradurga district to C.S. Krishnamurthy Rao and Smt.", "id": "15058656" }, { "contents": "Gulab Kothari\n\n\nGulab Kothari is an Indian author, journalist and editor-in-chief of Indian daily newspaper \"Rajasthan Patrika\". He is the winner of Moortidevi Award – 2011, the annual literary award presented by Bharatiya Jnanpith, for his book \"Mein Hi Radha, Mein Hi Krishna\". Kothari is known for his contributions to Vedic Studies prominent among which is \"Maanas\". Kothari received D. Litt. in philosophy from Intercultural Open University in 2002. In March 2004, Kothari was nominated as the chairman and professor of Pandit", "id": "11553591" }, { "contents": "Mamoni Raisom Goswami\n\n\nIndira Goswami (14 November 1942 – 29 November 2011), (Assamese: ইন্দিৰা গোস্বামী), known by her pen name Mamoni Raisom Goswami and popularly as Mamoni Baideo, was an Assamese editor, poet, professor, scholar and writer. She was the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1983), the Jnanpith Award (2001) and Principal Prince Claus Laureate (2008). A celebrated writer of contemporary Indian literature, many of her works have been translated into English from her native Assamese which include \"The Moth", "id": "17926695" }, { "contents": "David Autor\n\n\nDavid H. Autor (born 1967) is an American economist and professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he also acts as co-director of the School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative. Although Autor has contributed to a variety of fields in economics his research generally focuses on topics from labor economics. David Autor received a B.A. in psychology from Tufts University in 1989, followed by an M.A. and Ph.D. in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University) in 1994 and 1999", "id": "9758811" }, { "contents": "Akhlaq Mohammed Khan\n\n\ncollection titled \"Hijr ke mausam\" was released in 1978. His most celebrated work, \"Khwab Ke dar band hain\", arrived in 1987, which also won him the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu for that year. In addition, he published five collections of his poetry in Urdu script. In 2008, he became the fourth Urdu writer to win the Jnanpith Award, after Firaq, Ali Sardar Jafri, and Qurratulain Hyder. Shahryar wrote lyrics for select films, from Aligarh where he was approached by filmmakers. Muzaffar", "id": "100509" }, { "contents": "History of Allahabad\n\n\nof thousands of books, which was open to all. A noteworthy poet is Raghupati Sahay, better known under the name of Firaq Gorakhpuri. Firaq was a major Urdu poet and literary critic of the 20th century. Both Firaq and Harivansh Bachchan were professors of English at Allahabad University. Firaq Gorakhpuri and Mahadevi Varma were awarded the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in the Republic of India in 1969 and 1982 respectively. Akbar Allahabadi is one of the most well-read poets of modern Urdu Literature. Other poets from", "id": "5353055" } ]

[ { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07\n\n\nSudden Death, or else the player who is \"Dormie\" wins the match. If a hole is tied, the player who is \"Dormie\" wins, although the score does not change. The Skillzone was introduced in \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003\"; it features 3 unique areas which have 15 targets in each. The player can compete in various games in these areas for extra money to buy items from the pro shop. The three courses available are: \"Granite Pass\", \"Diablo Valley\",", "id": "14968462" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods\n\n\nwin by increasing their level of effort, but that, when facing a \"superstar\" competitor, extra exertion does not significantly raise one's level of winning while increasing risk of injury or exhaustion, leading to reduced effort. Many courses in the PGA Tour rotation (including major championship sites like Augusta National) have added yardage to their tees in an effort to reduce the advantage of long hitters like Woods; this is a strategy that became known as \"Tiger-Proofing\". Woods said he welcomed the change, in", "id": "20774691" }, { "contents": "List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins\n\n\nThis is a list of golfers who have won five or more official (or later deemed as historically significant) money events on the PGA Tour. It is led by Sam Snead credited with 82 (awarded 94 18-karat-gold medallions, for victories in PGA of America sanctioned events – all prior to the start of the PGA Tour as a separate entity in 1968), Tiger Woods with 81 and Jack Nicklaus with 73. Many players won important events early in the 20th century, well before a PGA Tour was officially established", "id": "4963775" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07\n\n\nand the other 32 are fictional which EA have designed, many fictional from previous games return in \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07\", such as Edwin Masterson, Takeharu Moto and Moa Ta'a Vatu. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07\" received \"mixed or average\" and \"generally favorable\" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. \"Detroit Free Press\" gave the X360 version a score of three stars out of four and stated that \"The one real knock is that it takes a while for the screen to load", "id": "14968476" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07\n\n\nFace/My Team section and select the option \"My Skills\" - this section shows what level the player's stats currently are, how much experience they need to advance to the next level and how much experience they have. If the player has enough experience in either a particular stat, or a combination of that stat and \"General\" experience, they are allowed to increase the stat level by one. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07\" features an extensive roster of 53 golfers, 21 of which are real,", "id": "14968475" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods\n\n\nthat adding yardage to courses did not affect his ability to win. Woods has won 81 official PGA Tour events, including 15 majors. He is 14–1 when going into the final round of a major with at least a share of the lead. Multiple golf experts have heralded Woods as \"the greatest closer in history\". He owns the lowest career scoring average and the most career earnings of any player in PGA Tour history. Woods' victory at the 2013 Players Championship also marked a win in his 300th PGA Tour start", "id": "20774692" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods\n\n\nhis putting technique and tied for second at the Honda Classic, with the lowest final round score in his PGA Tour career. After a short time off due to another leg injury, Woods won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, his first win on the PGA Tour since the BMW Championship in September 2009. Following several dismal performances, Woods notched his 73rd PGA Tour win at the Memorial Tournament in June, tying Jack Nicklaus in second place for most PGA Tour victories; a month later, Woods surpassed Nicklaus with a win at the", "id": "20774659" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14\n\n\n25 other golfers including first-timers Keegan Bradley, Bud Cauley, Stacy Lewis, and Lexi Thompson. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14\" includes 20 courses as part of the main game. Additional courses were released as downloadable content. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 features 21 officially licensed PGA Tour and LPGA Tour tournaments. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 Standard includes 20 courses as part of the main game. The Masters Historic Edition of game includes an additional six courses. Others are available via DLC. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour", "id": "10697234" }, { "contents": "PGA Tour (video game series)\n\n\nPGA Tour is a series of golf video games developed and published by Electronic Arts and later their EA Sports sub-label since 1990, the series primarily features courses featured on the U.S. PGA Tour, and other notable courses (such as those that have hosted majors). In 1998, EA began publishing their golf games with the endorsement of Tiger Woods. Following the \"Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf\" release, subsequent titles were named \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour\" and released yearly. Although EA Sports developed most games", "id": "21932364" }, { "contents": "List of tournament performances by Tiger Woods\n\n\nEuropean Tour member and therefore does not qualify to count his winnings towards the career money list. He is third on the all-time wins list. Note: Woods' 1997 Masters win is included here but not the money earned.br *Those tournaments listed above.br ^Those majors and WGCs that are also official PGA Tour events. Woods has participated in five events on the Japan Golf Tour. He has played in the Casio World Open once and the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament four times. These are the two of the most prestigious events on", "id": "8966607" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods\n\n\n, who leads with 18) and 81 PGA Tour events (second all time behind Sam Snead, who won 82). Woods leads all active golfers in career major wins and career PGA Tour wins. He is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and is only the second golfer (after Nicklaus) to have achieved a career Grand Slam three times. Woods has won 18 World Golf Championships. In May 2019, Woods was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and is the fourth golfer to receive the", "id": "20774632" }, { "contents": "Dustin Johnson\n\n\nChampionships victories, with only Tiger Woods having won more, and he is the first player to win each of the four World Golf Championship events. He is one of the longest drivers on the PGA Tour, having been ranked in the top five annually from 2008 and leading in 2015. By virtue of his 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship win, Johnson became only the third player in Tour history to win a Tour title in each of his first 12 seasons, joining Jack Nicklaus (17) and Tiger Woods (14)", "id": "14899538" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13\n\n\nTiger Woods PGA Tour 13 is a sports video game developed by EA Tiburon and published by EA Sports for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13\" features a game mode called \"Legacy Challenge,\" where players control Tiger Woods through various points of his life. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13\" used to allow players to team up with friends in an Online Country Club or to create their own. The Country Club allowed members to earn Status Points and Coins that can be used to play rounds", "id": "17876308" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12\n\n\nTiger Woods PGA Tour 12 is a sports video game developed by EA Tiburon and published by EA Sports for PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2012\" featured for the first time, The Masters tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. It also features the debut of commentary by Jim Nantz and the return of David Feherty. Professional golfers Rickie Fowler, Bubba Watson and Zach Johnson made their debuts in the game. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12\" received \"generally", "id": "20092062" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09\n\n\nTiger Woods PGA Tour 09 is a sports video game developed by EA Tiburon for the PlayStation 3, Wii (titled \"Tiger Woods PGA 09 All Play\") and Xbox 360 versions and Exient Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable versions and published by EA Sports for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Xbox 360. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09\" received \"mixed or average\" and \"generally favorable\" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. In Japan, where the PlayStation 3,", "id": "2098760" }, { "contents": "Professional golf career of Tiger Woods\n\n\nat the Buick Open—and at the age of thirty years and seven months, he became the youngest golfer to do so. He ended the year by winning six consecutive PGA Tour events, and won the three most prestigious awards given by the PGA Tour (Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Byron Nelson Awards) in the same year for a record seventh time. At the close of his first 11 seasons, Woods's 54 wins and 12 major wins had surpassed the all-time eleven-season PGA Tour total", "id": "19741011" }, { "contents": "Harold Varner III\n\n\nthe first African American golfer to advance to the PGA Tour via the Web.com Tour. In December 2016, Varner earned his first professional golf victory by winning the Australian PGA Championship, a tournament co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia and the European Tour. He is only the second American to win the Australian PGA Championship and the first since Hale Irwin won it in 1978. He also became the third black man to win on the European Tour after Vincent Tshabalala of South Africa and Tiger Woods. In May 2019,", "id": "11848231" }, { "contents": "Professional golf career of Tiger Woods\n\n\nand win by two shots over Andrés Romero and Rory Sabbatini, including a chip-in at the par-3 16th. Jack Nicklaus, the tournament's host, said \"I don't think under the circumstances I've ever seen a better shot\". Fittingly, Woods' 73rd victory also tied Nicklaus' number of PGA Tour victories. In July 2012, Woods surpassed Nicklaus' total number of PGA Tour wins (73) after winning the AT&T National in Maryland. Woods began the year with a win in his first event", "id": "19741080" }, { "contents": "Bob May (golfer)\n\n\nRobert Anthony May (born October 6, 1968) is an American professional golfer. He lost to Tiger Woods in a three-hole playoff for the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla. May attended Oklahoma State University and was a member of the 1991 Walker Cup American team before turning professional later that year. May joined the PGA Tour in 1994. He did not win on the Tour, but he finished second three times, including a playoff loss to Tiger Woods at the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla, and most recently at", "id": "5225953" }, { "contents": "Professional golf career of Tiger Woods\n\n\n, 1.60 (Steve Stricker)). Woods started the 2008 season with an eight-stroke victory at the Buick Invitational. The win marked his 62nd PGA Tour victory, tying him with Arnold Palmer for fourth on the all-time list. This marked his sixth victory at the event, the sixth time he has begun the PGA Tour season with a victory, and his third PGA Tour win in a row. The following week, he was trailing by four strokes going into the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic", "id": "19741020" }, { "contents": "PGA Tour (video game series)\n\n\nin the series internally, some SKUs have come from outside developers including the first edition, \"Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf\", which Adrenalin Entertainment developed in conjunction with EA for the PlayStation and \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001\" for the PlayStation, which was developed by Stormfront Studios. IOMO also produced versions of the game for mobile phones for the 2002, 2004, and 2005 editions. In October 2013, EA announced that it would end its relationship with Woods and replace him with another golfer for the next installment", "id": "21932365" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14\n\n\nTiger Woods PGA Tour 14 is a sports video game developed by EA Tiburon and published by EA Sports for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the last game featuring Tiger Woods in the title for the video game series. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14\" includes \"Legends of the Majors\" mode, where players are able to compete in notable tournaments from the 1870s through to the present day; equipment physics and player outfits are changed to simulate the conditions and differences of each era. LPGA events (such as the", "id": "10697231" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods\n\n\n, Woods returned to form at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, recording his 5th win of the season and 8th win at the event in its 15-year history. His second round 61 matched his record score on the PGA Tour and could easily have been a 59 were it not for some short missed birdie putts on the closing holes. This gave him a seven-stroke lead that he held onto for the rest of the tournament. Woods would never contend at the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club and would come short of", "id": "20774664" }, { "contents": "Torrey Pines Golf Course\n\n\nSunday to force the playoff and again on Monday to extend it. Woods, age 32, won while playing with a stress fracture and torn ACL. This would be his last major title until 2019. Torrey Pines is a featured golf course in the 1990 computer game \"\", \"Microsoft Golf 2.0\" (1995), \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003\", \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10\", and \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13\". Scott Peterson, now on death row for the murder of his", "id": "15923823" }, { "contents": "Professional golf career of Tiger Woods\n\n\nHe became the first golfer to win the same event three straight times on two different occasions (1999–2001) and (2005–2007). The following week, he won his second straight PGA Championship by defeating Woody Austin by two strokes. He became the first golfer to win the PGA Championship in back-to-back seasons on two different occasions: 1999–2000 and 2006–2007. He became the second golfer, after Sam Snead, to have won at least five events on the PGA Tour in eight different seasons. Woods earned his 60th", "id": "19741017" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods\n\n\nGolf Rankings, ending Woods' record streak of 264 weeks at No. 1. Woods rebounded in 2005, winning six PGA Tour events and reclaiming the top spot in July after swapping it back and forth with Singh over the first half of the year. Woods began dominantly in 2006, winning his first two PGA tournaments but failing to capture his fifth Masters championship in April. Following the death of his father in May, Woods took some time off from the tour and appeared rusty upon his return at the U.S. Open at", "id": "20774651" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003\n\n\nrealistic settings. The game also includes a tournament mode that simulates a season on the PGA Tour. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003\" received \"critical acclaim\", according to review aggregator Metacritic. \"PGA Tour 2003\" was nominated for \"Computer Gaming World\"s 2002 \"Sports Game of the Year\" award, which ultimately went to \"Madden NFL 2003\". The editors of \"Computer Games Magazine\" named \"PGA Tour 2003\" the seventh-best computer game of 2002, and wrote, \"Featuring the best", "id": "21932380" }, { "contents": "John Daly (golfer)\n\n\nneither PGA Tour or European Tour events. In both 2002 and 2003, Daly was a member of the winning PGA Tour team in the Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge event, competing against teams from the Champions Tour and the LPGA Tour. He was then added to the Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 video game in 2003. He was in the series up until 2009. Daly won the Buick Invitational in 2004, and he was also selected as PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year for 2004. Daly won the tournament in a playoff", "id": "14691237" }, { "contents": "Professional golf career of Tiger Woods\n\n\n15. The event was sold out for the first time. He went on to win at 14 under par, two strokes over Australian Greg Chalmers, marking his 38th European Tour win and his first win on the PGA Tour of Australasia. After his past marital infidelities became known, with massive worldwide media coverage which would eventually last for several months, Woods announced an indefinite break from competitive golf at the end of 2009. He apologized for his behaviour at a news conference held at PGA Tour headquarters on Feb. 19; the", "id": "19741040" }, { "contents": "2006 PGA Tour\n\n\nThe 2006 PGA Tour was the last season of the PGA Tour before the major reorganization of the season brought about by the introduction of the FedEx Cup in 2007. After being challenged by Phil Mickelson in the first half of the year, when Mickelson won his second straight major at the Masters and was on course to win the U.S. Open until the 72nd hole, Tiger Woods emphatically re-established his status as the dominant golfer of his era in the second half of the season by finishing with six consecutive wins, and took", "id": "16513705" }, { "contents": "List of golfers with most PGA Tour of Australasia wins\n\n\nin Australia with a few events held in neighbouring countries including New Zealand, China and Korea. Originally known as the Australian Tour, the tour was known simply as the Australasian Tour, or Australasian PGA Tour, until it was rebranded as the PGA Tour of Australasia. The number of wins a player can accumulate on the PGA Tour of Australia depends in part on how many years he devotes to the tour. There have always been some leading Australian players or Australian Tour members from outside Australia who have gone on to play part", "id": "21687475" }, { "contents": "John Daly (golfer)\n\n\nexemptions to gain entry to PGA Tour events. Fans and golf columnists point to the 2005 WGC-American Express Championship as the event where John Daly's post-2006 exempt status would be determined. Tied with Tiger Woods at the end of regulation play, Daly missed a short par putt on the 2nd extra playoff hole, giving Woods the victory. Had Daly instead made the par, and then had gone on to win, he would have earned a three-year PGA Tour exemption through 2008. Daly also made it to another", "id": "14691245" }, { "contents": "CyberTiger\n\n\nCyberTiger (also known as Cyber Tiger Woods Golf) is a 1999 golf video game featuring Tiger Woods, for PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color. Woods is the main opponent in the game and is the best rated player in the game. The main objective is to play in tournaments through each circuit and defeat Cyber Tiger and other golfers to win the championship as a professional in career mode. This is the first game to feature Tiger Woods as a character in video game other than \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour\"", "id": "4006486" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13\n\n\non a downloadable course or to unlock Boost Pin packs for their golfer. The Country Club web site required to provide this functionality was purposefully shut down by EA to encourage upgrade to Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 and is no longer available. The Online Country Club featured stat breakdowns to allow members to compare themselves to other members. The Country Club also offered a tournament creation feature for members to compete for the title of Club Champion. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13\" received \"generally favorable\" reviews, according to review aggregator", "id": "17876309" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004\n\n\nTiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 is a sports video game developed by EA Redwood Shores for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions, Headgate Studios for the Microsoft Windows version and Backbone Emeryville for the Game Boy Advance and N-Gage versions and published by EA Sports for GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance and N-Gage. It was the first to feature the Game Face feature, in which the player can create his or her own player. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004\" received", "id": "21932381" }, { "contents": "Vijay Singh\n\n\nWorld Golf Ranking, ending Woods' streak of 264 weeks at the top of the golf world. Singh finished the 2004 season with a career-best nine victories, 18 top-10s, and a record $10,905,166 in earnings and was named the PGA Tour's and PGA of America's Player of the Year. The former award is decided by a vote of active PGA Tour players. Despite picking up a win early in 2005, Singh lost his world number 1 ranking when Tiger Woods won the Ford Championship at Doral on 6", "id": "1678478" }, { "contents": "Rory McIlroy PGA Tour\n\n\nincluding a small number of available courses on launch, and the removal of various modes and features that had been present in previous \"PGA Tour\" games. Electronic Arts' \"PGA Tour\" franchise was placed on a hiatus following its 2013 release, \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14\"; in October 2013, EA announced that the game would also be the final installment in the series co-branded with Tiger Woods, and that he would be replaced by a new title golfer for its next edition. At EA's", "id": "4898252" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11\n\n\nTiger Woods PGA Tour 11 is a sports video game developed by EA Tiburon and published by EA Sports for PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2011\" features the Ryder Cup tournament for the first time in the game franchise's history. The game also features for the first time a 24 player online multiplayer mode allowing game players to compete in the Ryder Cup online, representing either the American or European side of the tournament. The Wii version introduces 2 new swing modes, one being Advance Plus", "id": "15941427" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005\n\n\nTiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 is a sports video game developed by EA Redwood Shores for the GameCube, Xbox and PlayStation 2 versions, Headgate Studios for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X versions, Sensory Sweep Studios for the Nintendo DS version and EA Canada for the PlayStation Portable version and published by EA Sports for GameCube, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable and Mac OS X. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005\" received \"generally favorable\" reviews on all platforms except the DS version, which", "id": "20502922" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf\n\n\nTiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf (also known as just Tiger Woods 99) is a sports video game developed by Adrenalin Entertainment and published by EA Sports for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation in 1998. In mid-1997 EA Sports signed an exclusive deal with Tiger Woods, to use his name and likeness on their line of golf games. EA Sports reportedly paid approximately $10 million (equivalent to $ million in ) for the rights, which spanned several years and multiple gaming platforms. The first 100,000 pressings of \"Tiger Woods 99\"", "id": "9157981" }, { "contents": "Vijay Singh\n\n\nmillion in PGA Tour career earnings, after Tiger Woods. His 34 career victories are the most on the PGA Tour by a non-American player and place him 14th on the all-time list. He has spent over 540 weeks ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking. Singh's longevity on the PGA Tour and his number of wins earn him a lifetime exemption on the PGA Tour. Kenny Perry, another player who found success at a late age is good friends with Singh, who calls him", "id": "1678486" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods\n\n\nAT&T National, to trail only Sam Snead, who accumulated 82 PGA tour wins. The year 2013 would bring a return of Woods' dominating play. In January, he won the Farmers Insurance Open by four shots for his 75th PGA Tour win. It was the seventh time he had won the event. In March, he won the WGC-Cadillac Championship, also for the seventh time, giving him his 17th WGC title and first since 2009. Two weeks later, he won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, winning the", "id": "20774660" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10\n\n\nwas available in a bundle with a Wii MotionPlus accessory for limited time at launch. Along with the use of the Wii MotionPlus there is a Disc Golf option in the game as well that adds a new mode to the game. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10\" received \"mixed or average\" and \"generally favorable\" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Many critics praised the PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 versions for impressive graphics and smart gameplay. The experience and upgrade system, however, led Tycho of", "id": "1175075" }, { "contents": "Greg Chalmers\n\n\nhis PGA Tour card for the 2009 season. In 2011, Chalmers won the Australian Open for the second time in his career, 13 years after he won his first. He held off late charges by John Senden and Tiger Woods to claim victory. He followed this up with a win at the Australian PGA Championship, to take the second Australian major of the year. He defeated Robert Allenby and Marcus Fraser in a sudden death playoff to take the title. These wins led him to win the PGA Tour of Australasia Order", "id": "5112245" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10\n\n\nTiger Woods PGA Tour 10 is a sports video game developed by EA Tiburon for the PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 versions and HB Studios for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable versions and published by EA Sports for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Xbox 360. The servers that supported the online mode for this game, and many others, were permanently shut down by the publishers on August 11, 2011. Users who attempt to log on see a message that says \"The EA servers are not", "id": "1175072" }, { "contents": "Race and sports\n\n\n. He himself envisions this impacting in the next ten years as they come of age and develop physically as well.\" Woods hopes minority participation will continue to increase in the future. The research surrounding descriptions employed about White and Black athletes in the media and how the stereotypes of Black athletes has affected Tiger Woods in a majority white sport, because Tiger Woods was the only Black golfer on the PGA tour, he received different comments related to black stereotypes that the other golfers on the tour did not. African American participation in", "id": "7927674" }, { "contents": "Professional golf career of Tiger Woods\n\n\nmajor championship victory, and his first when trailing after three rounds. The victory put him three shy of Jack Nicklaus' overall record. Woods' victory was also his 81st PGA Tour win, and was lauded by many as the greatest sporting comeback of all time. After the Masters win, Woods rose into the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking at number 6. The following day, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter, that he will be presenting Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for his incredible comeback", "id": "19741108" }, { "contents": "Jack Nicklaus\n\n\nto millions throughout the world\". Congressman Thomas Massie objected to a voice vote, and demanded a roll call vote. He then tried to rally opposition to the measure, but the vote passed easily over Massie's objection: 371–10. Nicklaus holds the record for PGA major championships with a total 18; Tiger Woods is in second place with 15. Nicklaus has the third most PGA Tour victories with 73, behind Sam Snead (82) and Tiger Woods (81). Nicklaus also holds the record for the most wins", "id": "11420924" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08\n\n\nTiger Woods PGA Tour 08 is a sports video game developed by EA Tiburon for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Mac OS X versions and Exient Entertainment for the Nintendo DS version and published by EA Sports for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Mac OS X. As of the North American launch, the game has been plagued with many bugs and technical problems. Known bugs include system \"freezing\"", "id": "13303312" }, { "contents": "PGA Tour (video game series)\n\n\n15 years at EA Sports. That's according to Kotaku sources, Electronic Arts reportedly planned to outsource Tiger Woods PGA Tour 15 and give the in-house team at EA Tiburon two years to make Tiger Woods PGA Tour 16 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. However, when CEO John Riccitiello resigned March 2013, this plan was dropped to save costs, the sources said. On October 2013, EA's partnership with Woods and a licensing agreement with Augusta National Golf Club reached an end. According to EA, the", "id": "21932368" }, { "contents": "PGA Tour (video game series)\n\n\nsplit is a mutual decision. The agreement with \"The Golf Club 2019\" comes after a similar long-term licensing agreement between the PGA Tour and Electronic Arts came to an end. EA had dominated electronic golf games thanks to a partnership with 15-time major tournament winner Tiger Woods. From 1999-2013 \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour\" was the top video golf game on the market. After EA and Woods ended their agreement in 2013, EA developed a similar game in 2015 in a partnership with Rory McIlroy. \"Rory", "id": "21932369" }, { "contents": "WGC Match Play\n\n\neight times, and Australia once. It is sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours and the prize money is official money on the PGA Tour, the European Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. Tiger Woods has the record number of wins with three. The winner receives a wedgwood trophy named the Walter Hagan Cup. The match play format fell out of favor in professional individual golf tournaments with the growth of television. The two major match play tournaments in the pre TV era were the PGA Championship, which converted", "id": "6042827" }, { "contents": "Professional golf career of Tiger Woods\n\n\nwavering form by maintaining he was undergoing extensive swing changes with his coach, Butch Harmon, and was hoping to do better in the future. In June 1999, Woods won the Memorial Tournament, a victory that touched off one of the greatest sustained periods of dominance in the history of men's golf. He completed his 1999 campaign by winning his last four starts —- including the PGA Championship -— and finished the season with eight wins, a feat not achieved since 1974. Woods was voted PGA Tour Player of the", "id": "19740994" }, { "contents": "American Junior Golf Association\n\n\nalumni have won 20 of the past 25 NCAA Division I Men’s Champions (1986-2010) and 20 of the past 25 NCAA Division I Women’s Champions ( 1986-2010). Additionally, many AJGA alumni have also found success at the professional level. With more than 200 AJGA alumni players combined on both PGA Tour and LPGA Tour, there has been a total of more than 400 professional victories collectively. AJGA Alumni on the PGA TOUR include: Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods,", "id": "13513509" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07\n\n\nand \"The Roof\". The various game modes each have their own rules which players must abide by. The game types are: This game mode was only introduced in \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06\", so it is one of the most recent additions. The player chooses a course and difficulty settings to play on before beginning. On each hole there are 3 hovering rings; a large green ring, a medium-sized yellow ring, and a small red ring. The player must attempt to hit their ball", "id": "14968463" }, { "contents": "Timeline of golf history (1945–1999)\n\n\n. Stewart's putt to tie at the last rolls across the lip but does not drop. Fijian Vijay Singh, a regular winner on both the European and U.S. Tours since the early 1990s, wins the PGA Championship. With a round to play, both player of the season Mark O'Meara and 1997's sensation Tiger Woods are within five shots of the lead, but Singh holds on for victory. Singh, an Indian Fijian, becomes the second golfer of Asian descent to win a men's major. Se Ri Pak becomes", "id": "15670370" }, { "contents": "Calvin Peete\n\n\nCalvin Peete (July 18, 1943 – April 29, 2015) was an American professional golfer. He was the most successful African-American to have played on the PGA Tour, with 12 wins, prior to the emergence of Tiger Woods. Peete won the 1985 Tournament Players Championship and finished the season top-5 on the PGA Tour money list three times; 1982, 1983 and 1985. Peete was born in Detroit. He played on the 1983 and 1985 U.S. Ryder Cup teams. He won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring", "id": "11594028" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14\n\n\nTiburon's developers considered the lack of support for playoffs to be a \"long overdue\" addition due to its complexity, as each men's major uses a different playoff format. Due to complex issues surrounding player licensing and outcomes for playoffs, the strokes of other players are not shown. The cover athletes for the North American version of \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14\" are Tiger Woods and Arnold Palmer. The European case features Seve Ballesteros and Rory McIlroy alongside Woods. All are playable in the game, along with over", "id": "10697233" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10\n\n\navailable at this time. Please try again later.\" \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010\" features the U.S. Open, the USGA Championship and the USGA's Rules of Golf for the first time in the franchise's history. The Weather Channel provides dynamic weather data for the game (the forecast channel on the Wii). The new \"Tournament Challenge\" mode allows players to replicate famous shots and moments from the PGA Tour's history. There are several new courses available for this version of the game, including Bethpage Black", "id": "1175073" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07\n\n\nThe game mode is designed to be as realistic as possible, with players able to view the scoreboard after each hole, which shows the scores for each round, how many holes the golfer has played in the current round and the total number of strokes they have taken. The player whose profile is being used may \"invite\" other human players into the tournaments as guests, but this is only possible in the first round, and the guests must play all four rounds, they cannot skip a round, however,", "id": "14968469" }, { "contents": "Professional golf career of Tiger Woods\n\n\nBell Canadian Open, becoming only the second man after Lee Trevino in 1971 to win the Triple Crown of Golf (U.S., British, and Canadian Opens) in one year. By the end of Woods' 2000 campaign, he had won three consecutive majors, nine PGA Tour events, and had set or tied 27 Tour records. Of the twenty events he entered, he finished in the top three fourteen times. His adjusted scoring average of 67.79 and his actual scoring average of 68.17 were the lowest in PGA Tour history", "id": "19740999" }, { "contents": "Adam Scott (golfer)\n\n\nthird places. He finished tied third at the PGA Championship, which was his best showing at a major championship. He then went on later in the year to finish tied second at the WGC-American Express Championship, finishing eight strokes behind Tiger Woods. At the end of the year, Scott won the season-ending Tour Championship by three strokes for his fourth career PGA Tour win and finished third on the PGA Tour money list for 2006. The 2007 season started for Scott with a second-place finish at the", "id": "3502172" }, { "contents": "Hal Sutton\n\n\nValero Texas Open and the prestigious Tour Championship to finish fifth on the PGA Tour money list. Other than his spectacular 1983 season, Sutton had his best year to date in 2000 by beating Tiger Woods in the final group of The Players Championship to win. He also had an additional win to that—the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic two starts later. He would go on to finish fourth on the PGA Tour money list. In 2001, Sutton made the cut in 22 of 26 events with one victory at the Shell Houston", "id": "6651115" }, { "contents": "Professional golf career of Tiger Woods\n\n\nhis third straight win at the event and his seventh consecutive win on the PGA Tour. The victory marked the fifth time he had won his first tournament of the season. With this win, he became the third man (after Jack Nicklaus and Sam Snead) to win at least five times in three different events on the PGA Tour (his two other events are the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and WGC-CA Championship). He earned his second victory of the year at the WGC-CA Championship for his third consecutive", "id": "19741013" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001\n\n\nTiger Woods PGA Tour 2001 is a sports video game developed by Headgate Studios for the Microsoft Windows version, Stormfront Studios for the PlayStation version and EA Redwood Shores for the PlayStation 2 version and published by EA Sports for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation in 2000 and PlayStation 2 in 2001. In the United States, the computer version of \"PGA Tour 2001\" sold 230,000 copies and earned $5.5 million by August 2006, after its release in November 2000. It was the country's 92nd best-selling computer game during this period", "id": "21932377" }, { "contents": "Patrick Reed\n\n\nbefore his 24th birthday since 1990, joining Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy and Sergio García. Jordan Spieth subsequently achieved that feat. Reed is the youngest winner of a WGC event, and the victory also moved him to 20th in the Official World Golf Ranking. Reed was also the first PGA Tour golfer to have three wins before playing in his first major, the 2014 Masters. Also in 2014, Reed finished 5th at the Volvo World Match Play Championship. On January 12, Reed won his fourth PGA Tour", "id": "12868431" }, { "contents": "Pebble Beach Golf Links\n\n\nAT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the First Tee Open. It has hosted six men's major championships: six U.S. Opens and a PGA Championship. It also hosted the 1988 Nabisco Championship, now known as the Tour Championship, the season-ending event on the PGA Tour. World-renowned, the course is included in many golf video games, such as the \"Links\" series and the \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour\" series. The course began as part of the complex of the Hotel del Monte, a", "id": "17786681" }, { "contents": "Taylor Smith (golfer)\n\n\nHis best finish on the PGA Tour (1996–1997) was T-2 at the 1996 Greater Vancouver Open. At the 1996 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic on the PGA Tour, Smith had tied Tiger Woods at the end of regulation play and appeared to be heading for a playoff. It was then revealed that Smith's putter had an illegal grip and he was disqualified, giving Woods his second career win. Smith had been informed about his putter on the 9th hole but was allowed to continue playing while he appealed the ruling.", "id": "5017068" }, { "contents": "List of career achievements by Tiger Woods\n\n\n\" = tiedbr NT = No Tournamentbr WD = Withdrewbr Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009. Performance summary Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia Note: This table is the European Tour's official Woods' victories on their tour, which gives Woods a total of 41 European Tour wins. Woods' worldwide tournament playoff record is 15-2, including a loss to Pádraig Harrington at the 2006 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament. Co-sanctioned with the European Tour M = Medalist DNQ = Did", "id": "5427638" }, { "contents": "Professional golf career of Tiger Woods\n\n\n71st career title at the BMW Championship. The win moved him to first place in the FedEx Cup standings going into the final playoff event. It was his fifth win at the BMW Championship (including three wins as the Western Open) and marked the fifth time he had won an event five or more times in his career on the PGA Tour. Woods finished second at The Tour Championship to capture his second FedEx Cup title. At the 2009 Presidents Cup, Woods had a spectacular performance, winning all five of his matches", "id": "19741036" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06\n\n\nTiger Woods PGA Tour 06 is a sports video game developed by EA Redwood Shores for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Xbox 360 versions, Headgate Studios for the Microsoft Windows version and Team Fusion for the PlayStation Portable version and published by EA Sports for GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360. The game features several types of play, including the development of golfers in a simulated PGA Tour environment. Among other things, the game also features a set of famous courses and players", "id": "21410242" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000\n\n\nTiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 is a sports video game developed by EA Redwood Shores for the PlayStation version, Xantera for the Game Boy Color version and Rainbow Studios for the Microsoft Windows version and published by EA Sports for PlayStation in 1999 and Game Boy Color and Microsoft Windows in 2000. The game received \"mixed or average\" reviews on all platforms according to video game review aggregator GameRankings. \"PGA Tour 2000\"s computer version received a \"Silver\" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating", "id": "21932376" }, { "contents": "Phil Mickelson\n\n\n\" Mackay as his caddy. He won many PGA Tour tournaments during this period, including the Byron Nelson Golf Classic and the World Series of Golf in 1996, the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in 1998, the Colonial National Invitation in 2000 and the Greater Hartford Open in 2001 and again in 2002. He appeared as himself in a non-speaking role in the 1996 film \"Tin Cup\", starring Kevin Costner. His 2000 Buick Invitational win ended Tiger Woods' streak of six consecutive victories on the PGA", "id": "17087107" }, { "contents": "Professional golf career of Tiger Woods\n\n\nthe extent of his knee injury. Woods called it \"My greatest ever championship – the best of the 14 because of all the things that have gone on over the past week.\" Woods' absence from the remainder of the season caused PGA Tour TV ratings to decline. Overall viewership for the second half of the 2008 season saw a 46.8% decline as compared to 2007. Called \"one of the most anticipated returns in sports\" by the Associated Press, Woods' first PGA Tour event after an eight-month", "id": "19741029" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07\n\n\nthe profile's owner (the profile whose PGA Tour Season Mode it is) can choose to \"Cut\" the guest (remove them from the tournament) before any round. Note that guests cannot receive trophies, earn FedEx Cup points or improve their PGA Tour Ranking while playing as a guest. After the second round of a tournament, only the Top 70 golfers in the tournament advance, the rest are cut. Some tournaments have specific entry requirements such as \"Top 20 PGA Tour Ranked Players Only\" - if", "id": "14968470" }, { "contents": "PGA Tour (video game series)\n\n\ngame offers five golfers: Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Retief Goosen, Annika Sörenstam, and Natalie Gulbis. For courses, it has Pebble Beach Golf Links, Old Course at St Andrews, TPC Sawgrass, The K Club, Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Fancourt Links, and TPC Boston. \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online\" was an online streaming version of the Tiger Woods franchise. Players took part in single player modes or in tournaments. Tournaments were split into weekly and daily competitions, sometimes based on events then", "id": "21932374" }, { "contents": "Woody Blackburn\n\n\ntour with the rookies. His second PGA Tour win came at the 1985 Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego Open. En route to his first and only individual PGA victory, Blackburn set the 54-hole scoring record at −18-under-par (198), which Tiger Woods tied in 2008. He also finished in a five-way tie for first at the 1981 Quad Cities Open, but lost in a playoff to Dave Barr. His best finish in a major was a tie for fortieth at the 1985 PGA Championship. Blackburn currently", "id": "4369603" }, { "contents": "Bridgestone Golf\n\n\n. Leading up to 2019, this database was used to develop the new e12 Soft and e12 Speed golf balls. Bridgestone hails as the #1 Ball-Fitter in golf due to its success with these programs. Bridgestone Golf has deals with many professional golfers who use and endorse their products, including 15-time major champion Tiger Woods, 1992 Masters champion Fred Couples and Matt Kuchar. In April 2016 Bryson DeChambeau was added to Bridgestone's lineup of Tour players. PGA, Web.com, and Champions Tour LPGA Tour https://www.bridgestonegolf.com/en-us/press-releases/2019/tiger-woods--2019-masters-victory-extends-bridgestone-golf-tour- https://www.bridgestonegolf.com/en-us/press-releases/2018/2018_winningest_year_in_bsg_tour_history https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/15/tiger-woods-signs-multiyear-deal-with-bridgestone-golf.html https://www.golf.com/gear/balls/2019/05/28/tiger-woods-golf-ball-nike/", "id": "15194853" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods\n\n\nEldrick Tont \"Tiger\" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He ranks second in both major championships and PGA Tour wins and also holds numerous records in golf. Woods is widely regarded as being one of the greatest golfers in the history of the sport, and one of the most famous athletes of all time. Following an outstanding junior, college, and amateur golf career, Woods turned professional in 1996 at the age of 20. By the end of April 1997, he had won", "id": "20774627" }, { "contents": "Justin Thomas (golfer)\n\n\n. In August 2017, Thomas won his first major, the 2017 PGA Championship, winning by two shots. At the Dell Technologies Championship, Thomas became just the fourth golfer to win five times, including a major, in a PGA Tour season since 1960 before his 25th birthday, joining Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and Jordan Spieth. After finishing runner-up to Xander Schauffele at the Tour Championship, Thomas became the FedEx Cup champion on September 24, 2017. In October 2017, Thomas won the third event of", "id": "21230879" }, { "contents": "List of tournament performances by Tiger Woods\n\n\nThis page details tournament performances pertaining to Tiger Woods. For a list of his career achievements see List of career achievements by Tiger Woods. All tournaments are PGA Tour tournaments unless otherwise stated. *Because Woods withdrew from The Players Championship after having made the cut, it counts as a cut made. *Because Woods withdrew from The Honda Classic after having made the cut, it counts as a cut made. Woods missed the entire season recovering from surgery. The WGC-Match Play is one of the annual World Golf Championships", "id": "8966604" }, { "contents": "List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins\n\n\nlist have won numerous events on other tours, in particular many of the non-Americans. Seve Ballesteros, for example, is shown with only nine PGA Tour wins, but five of them majors. He won an additional 45 European Tour events. A substantial number of players born from approximately 1930 to 1965 have won many PGA Tour Champions events, with some having significantly more wins on the senior circuit than on the regular PGA Tour (notably Hale Irwin and Gil Morgan). The PGA Tour recognized The Open Championship as", "id": "4963780" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003\n\n\nTiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 is a sports video game developed by EA Redwood Shores for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube versions and Headgate Studios for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS versions and published by EA Sports for Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS. Among the features in the game is the Tiger Challenge, in which the player is matched against real or fantasy golfers one at a time. There is also a scenario mode with 50 scenarios, challenging the players' skills in a variety of", "id": "21932379" }, { "contents": "2002 WGC-NEC Invitational\n\n\non the PGA Tour. It was Parry's only win in a World Golf Championship event, and the first WGC-NEC Invitational which Tiger Woods did not win; his winning streak was stopped at three as he finished in fourth, five strokes back. Rich Beem, winner of the PGA Championship the previous week, finished in a tie for sixth. With the win, Parry moved to 45th in the Official World Golf Ranking, up 73 spots from the previous week. Rich Beem (4), Ángel Cabrera (", "id": "21915061" }, { "contents": "2003 PGA Tour\n\n\nThe 2003 PGA Tour season was played from January 9 to November 9. The season consisted of 48 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, five, and there were seven first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below. The following table shows all the official money events for the 2003 season. \"Date\" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to", "id": "16263070" }, { "contents": "2002 PGA Tour\n\n\nThe 2002 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 4. The season consisted of 49 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, five, and there were 18 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below. The following table shows all the official money events for the 2002 season. \"Date\" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to", "id": "16263071" }, { "contents": "2000 PGA Tour\n\n\nThe 2000 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 12. The season consisted of 49 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, nine, and there were nine first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below. The following table shows all the official money events for the 2000 season. \"Date\" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names indicate the number of wins they had on the tour up to", "id": "16263073" }, { "contents": "1997 PGA Tour\n\n\nThe 1997 PGA Tour season was played from January 9 to November 2. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, four, and there were six first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below. The following table shows all the official money events for the 1997 season. \"Date\" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to", "id": "16712771" }, { "contents": "Professional golf career of Tiger Woods\n\n\na dramatic putt on the 18th hole to defeat Bart Bryant by a stroke. It was also his fifth career victory in this event. Geoff Ogilvy stopped Woods's run at the WGC-CA Championship, a tournament Woods had won in each of the previous three years. He remains the only golfer to have had more than one streak of at least five straight wins on the PGA Tour. Despite bold predictions that Woods might again challenge for the Grand Slam, he did not mount a serious charge at the 2008 Masters Tournament", "id": "19741022" }, { "contents": "Mario Golf (video game)\n\n\nto play (also known as a \"pick up and play\" game) as it makes golf very simple, because it does away with many of the complicated real-life aspects of the sport that are found in games like \"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006\". Although the game is easy to play and simple in appearance, the game's engine is very deep and there are a multitude of variables that can affect a shot, such as wind strength and direction (indicated by a Boo), rain, characters", "id": "11784887" }, { "contents": "1996 PGA Tour\n\n\nThe 1996 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to October 28. The season consisted of 44 official money events (plus one event cancelled due to weather). Phil Mickelson won the most tournaments, four, and there were 13 first-time winners. The season notably featured the first Tour win for Tiger Woods. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below. The following table shows all the official money events for the 1996 season. \"Date\" is the ending date of the tournament.", "id": "16712774" }, { "contents": "Dustin Johnson\n\n\nmost successful player in European Tour history behind Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson. Later in February 2019, Johnson won the WGC-Mexico Championship for the third time (second time in Mexico), and his sixth World Golf Championship overall. It was his 20th career PGA Tour win, which will earn him a lifetime exemption once he has completed 15 years of membership. On April 14, 2019, Johnson finished tied for second in the Masters Tournament, one stroke behind champion Tiger Woods. On", "id": "14899568" }, { "contents": "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08\n\n\nand crashing. The PSP version also has a quite interesting glitch. In PGA tour mode, during a season, certain challenges become impossible to complete due to program errors. Most notably, during a challenge in which a golfer must master challenging shots from the rough, the avatar tees off from the top of a tree and the entire course is upside down. Regardless of how hard or straight the ball is hit, the result of any swing is an out of bounds shot, making it impossible to hole out in less", "id": "13303313" }, { "contents": "2007 FedEx Cup Playoffs\n\n\ncut. The cut was 1 over-par. Phil Mickelson won by shooting −16. Tiger Woods finished tied for 2nd, two strokes behind Mickelson. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. Full leaderboard The BMW Championship was played September 6–9. 70 players were eligible to play but three of them did not enter. There was no cut for this tournament. Tiger Woods won by shooting −22. This was Tiger's 60th win on the PGA Tour. The top 30 players in the points", "id": "8744781" }, { "contents": "Professional golf career of Tiger Woods\n\n\n24th different PGA Tour tournament he won. He has collected at least three wins in a season nine times in his 12-year career. At the U.S. Open, he was in the final group for the fourth consecutive major championship, but began the day two strokes back and finished tied for second once again. His streak of never having come from behind to win on the final day of a major continued. In search of a record-tying third consecutive Open Championship, Woods fell out of contention with a second-round 75", "id": "19741015" }, { "contents": "Professional golf career of Tiger Woods\n\n\nboth PGA Player of the Year and PGA Tour Player of the Year for the 11th time. Woods made his first appearance on the 2013–14 PGA Tour at the Farmers Insurance Open. However, for the first time in his career, he missed the cut at the event. A poor showing at the Dubai Desert Classic would follow, before Woods withdrew through injury at the Honda Classic – casting doubt on his participation at the Masters. After being in visible pain throughout the WGC-Cadillac Championship, Woods was forced to withdraw from", "id": "19741086" }, { "contents": "Byron Nelson\n\n\nanyone will ever exceed the things that Byron did by winning 11 tournaments in a row in one year.\" Even more recently, Tiger Woods referred to the year as \"one of the greatest years in the history of the sport.\" Nelson's record of 113 consecutive cuts made is second only to Tiger Woods' 142. The PGA Tour defines a \"cut\" as receiving a paycheck, even if an event has no cut \"per se\". In Nelson's era, only the top 20 in a tournament", "id": "20573290" }, { "contents": "Steve Pate\n\n\nat the highest level. He did return to the PGA Tour and in 1999, he finished T-4 in the Masters, setting the record, which holds today, of seven consecutive birdies in his third round (later to be tied by Tiger Woods). Finishing 13th on the 1999 money list, Pate was named the PGA Tour's \"Comeback Player of the Year\". Pate was a member of two winning Ryder Cup teams, 1991 and 1999. As he entered his 40s, he began to split his playing time", "id": "13271625" }, { "contents": "Ángel Cabrera\n\n\nlowest-ranked golfer to win the Masters, having been ranked 69th before the tournament. Cabrera is one of three active PGA Tour members who have won both the U.S. Open and the Masters as of 2015; the others are Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth. Cabrera struggled with injuries throughout most of the 2010 season and was forced to miss a number of events after undergoing surgery. In 2011, Cabrera was in the mix to win a second Green Jacket at Augusta when he was in the final pairing on Sunday, four strokes", "id": "15467320" }, { "contents": "WGC-Mexico Championship\n\n\nthe United States, and once in England. The event was dominated by Tiger Woods who won five of the first seven editions. In 2007 the PGA Tour introduced the FedEx Cup, and moved the Tour Championship forward to mid September. As the event was historically held after this date it would have meant that it would not have formed part of the PGA Tour regular season unless it was moved. The event was reinvented with a new sponsor (CA, Inc, and later Cadillac), a new hosting month (March", "id": "4327606" } ]

[ { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nthe settlement. In 2006, Cracker Barrel paid a $2 million settlement to end a lawsuit alleging race and sexual harassment at three Illinois restaurants. Cracker Barrel stores subsequently began displaying a sign in the front foyer explaining the company's non-discrimination policy, and added to its website and menu the policy and details on how to make a complaint. Since the early 2000s, Cracker Barrel has provided training and resources to minority employees, to improve its image on diversity. These efforts involved outreach to minority employees, along with", "id": "19896651" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nCracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. is an American chain of combined restaurant and gift stores with a Southern country theme. The company was founded by Dan Evins in 1969; its first store was in Lebanon, Tennessee. The corporate offices are located at a different facility in the same city. The chain's stores were at first positioned near Interstate highway exits in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States, but has expanded across the country during the 1990s and 2000s. , the chain operates 645 stores in 44 states. Cracker Barrel", "id": "19896623" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nfocused on its restaurant and gift sales revenues. Cracker Barrel became a publicly traded company in 1981 to raise funds for further expansion. It floated more than half a million shares, raising $4.6 million. Following the initial public offering, Cracker Barrel grew at a rate of around 20 percent per year; by 1987, the company had become a chain of more than 50 units in eight states, with annual net sales of almost $81 million. The company grew consistently through the 1980s and 1990s, attaining a $1", "id": "19896628" }, { "contents": "Tennessee's 6th congressional district\n\n\nSmithville. Evins's nephew, Dan Evins, was the founder of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurant/retail chain. Cracker Barrel's headquarters are still located in Lebanon. In 1976, Evins was succeeded by Al Gore, future Vice President and son of Albert Gore, Sr. He was representing the area when much of it was moved into the present 6th District. Shortly following the redistricting into the 6th District, Gore was elected to the United States Senate. He was then succeeded by former Democratic State Chair Bart Gordon", "id": "19540866" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nBarrel established Cracker Barrel Cares Inc., an employee-funded non-profit organization that provides support to Cracker Barrel employees. Cracker Barrel has also formed a partnership with the Wounded Warrior Project, a charity for injured veterans. In attempts to rebuild its image after several race-related controversies, the firm has provided a scholarship through the National Black MBA Association, and job skills programs and sponsorships with 100 Black Men of America and the Restaurant and Lodging Association. Cracker Barrel sponsored the NASCAR Atlanta 500 race at Atlanta Motor Speedway from", "id": "19896642" }, { "contents": "Alimentation Couche-Tard\n\n\nthe Circle K brand on all of its stores in English Canada, the United States, and Scandinavia. The Couche-Tard brand has been retained in Quebec. On August 29, 2016, it was announced that they were buying 53 Cracker Barrel convenience stores in Louisiana for an undisclosed price. As in the case with most of its other acquisitions, the Cracker Barrel chain would also be converted to Circle Ks. The acquired chain stores all have gas stations, with the exception of one location, and 12 have quick-", "id": "1927103" }, { "contents": "Dan Evins\n\n\nJoseph L. Evins, before taking a position with his family's oil company. Evins co-founded Cracker Barrel in 1969 while he was working for Shell Oil. He opened the first restaurant in Lebanon, Tennessee, on Tennessee State Route 109. He borrowed $40,000 to construct the first Cracker Barrel, which turned a profit just one month after opening. Evins was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Cracker Barrel from its founding in 1969 to 2001, and as chairman of the board from 2001 until his retirement in", "id": "19269832" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\n2001, twenty-one of the restaurant's customers, represented by the same attorneys, filed a separate lawsuit, alleging racial discrimination in its treatment of guests. Regarding both accusations, Cracker Barrel officials disputed the claims and stated that the company was committed to fair treatment of its employees and customers. In 2004, an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department found evidence that Cracker Barrel had been segregating customer seating by race; seating or serving white customers before seating or serving black customers; providing inferior service to black customers, and", "id": "19896649" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nfeatured only the company's logo. By 2011, Cracker Barrel had opened more than 600 restaurants in 42 states. On January 17, 2012, company founder Dan Evins died of bladder cancer. As a Southern-themed chain, Cracker Barrel serves traditional Southern comfort food often described as \"down-home\" country cooking and sells gift items including simple toys representative of the 1950s and 1960s, toy vehicles, puzzles, and woodcrafts. Also sold are country music CDs, DVDs of early classic television, cookbooks, baking mixes", "id": "19896633" }, { "contents": "Cheerwine\n\n\nGlass\", \"Nectar of the South\", \"Betcha can't not smile.\" and, starting in March 2018, \"Uniquely Southern.\" Cheerwine is currently available in much of the southeastern United States, from West Virginia south to Florida, but is better known in the Carolinas and Virginia. Other spots to find Cheerwine are the many \"specialty soda\" stores throughout the country, as well as WinCo Foods in Washington state, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants, Sheetz convenience stores in Ohio and Pennsylvania,", "id": "15060796" }, { "contents": "Sardar Biglari\n\n\nequipment. Biglari bought 4.7 million shares of Cracker Barrel in 2011. In 2014, Harvard Business School professors Suraj Srinivasan and Tim Gray wrote a case study on Biglari and Cracker Barrel. By 2016 the investment in Cracker Barrel had gained 284% making Biglari over half a billion dollars. Biglari questioned the credentials of board member James W. Bradford in 2012. On March 14th 2019 it was reported that Biglari wants Cracker Barrel to close its Start up company Holler & Dash. On February 27, 2014, Maxim was bought by Biglari", "id": "16763345" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nwas also rejected by shareholders. Cracker Barrel has responded by claiming Biglari has a \"hidden agenda\" and a conflict of interest by holding shares in other restaurant chains such as Steak 'n Shake. Cracker Barrel has supported a wide range of charities through one-off donations, promotional events, and partnerships with charitable organizations. The chain has supported charities and causes in communities where its restaurants are located, including the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Nashville after severe flooding in 2010. In the same year, Cracker", "id": "19896641" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nin 2002. Cracker Barrel was founded in 1969 by Dan Evins, a sales representative for Shell Oil, who developed the restaurant and gift store concept initially as a plan to improve gasoline sales. Designed to resemble the traditional country store that he remembered from his childhood, with a name chosen to give it a Southern country theme, Cracker Barrel was intended to attract the interest of highway travelers. The first restaurant was built close to Interstate 40, in Lebanon, Tennessee. It opened in September 1969, serving Southern cuisine including", "id": "19896626" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nbillion market value by 1992. In 1993, the chain's revenue was nearly twice that of any other family restaurant. In 1994, the chain tested a carry-out-only store, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Corner Market, in suburban residential neighborhoods. In addition, it expanded into new markets through the establishment of more traditional Cracker Barrel locations, the majority of them outside the South, and tested alterations to its menus to adapt to new regions. The chain added regional dishes to its menus, including eggs and", "id": "19896629" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nsaid that Cracker Barrel stores have not made significant sales of retail food products beyond their restaurant menu, and asked that the Smithfield Foods deal be nullified by the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois. On November 14, 2013, in a unanimous ruling authored by Judge Richard Posner, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling by a lower District Court judge granting an injunction against the sale of Cracker Barrel's meat products to be sold in stores. The Seventh Circuit upheld the injunction based on the combined similarity", "id": "19896654" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nof controversy for its official stance against gay and lesbian employees and for discriminatory practices against African-American customers and female employees. In 2004, a U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) investigation found that Cracker Barrel discriminated against minority customers; patrons complained of racially segregated seating and service quality. In an agreement with the USDOJ, Cracker Barrel implemented non-discrimination policies and pledged to focus on improving minority representation and civic involvement, particularly in the black community. Company shareholders added sexual orientation to the company's non-discrimination policy", "id": "19896625" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\n, kitchen novelty decor, and early classic brands of candy and snack foods. Breakfast is served all day, and there are two menus: one for breakfast, the other for lunch and dinner. Since the first restaurant opened, the menu has featured Southern specialties, including biscuits, fried chicken, and catfish; seasonal and regional menu items were added during the 1980s and 1990s. In 2007, Cracker Barrel announced plans to remove artificial trans fats from its menu items. For much of its early history, Cracker Barrel decided", "id": "19896634" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nof the reality TV show, remarked in a \"GQ\" interview Robertson also made \"comments likening homosexuality to terrorism and bestiality\" in the interview, and expressed views about race which attracted criticism. On December 22, less than two days after pulling the products from its shelves, Cracker Barrel reversed its position after protests from customers. In July 1999, a discrimination lawsuit was filed against Cracker Barrel by a group of former employees, who claimed that the company had discriminated against them on the grounds of race. In December", "id": "19896648" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\ntotal board members. Its chief executive officer (CEO), Sandra Cochran, is the second woman in Tennessee to hold that office in a publicly traded company. In November 2012, Cracker Barrel licensed its name to Smithfield Foods' John Morrell Division in a deal to create a line of meat products to be sold in supermarkets and through other retail channels. In response, Kraft Foods filed a trademark-infringement lawsuit in February 2013. Kraft has sold cheese in retail stores under their Cracker Barrel brand since 1954. The corporation", "id": "19896653" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\n\"Best Family Dining\" restaurant by a nationwide \"Choice in Chains\" consumer poll in \"Restaurants & Institutions\" magazine for 19 consecutive years. Cracker Barrel restaurants are aimed at the family and casual dining market as well as retail sales. The chain also advertises to people traveling on the interstate highways, as the majority of its locations are close to highway exits. The company has promoted its cost controls to investors. The company has stated its goal to keep employee turnover low, to provide better trained staff. Since the", "id": "19896638" }, { "contents": "Hymns II (Michael W. Smith album)\n\n\nHymns II – Shine on Us is a studio album by Christian recording artist Michael W. Smith. It was released exclusively at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on January 29, 2016. This is Smith's second hymns album and second release with Cracker Barrel. In the US the album is also available digitally on iTunes and Amazon. \"Hymns II – Shine on Us\" was met with positive reviews. Caitlin Lassiter of New Release Today rated the album with four stars out of five, stating that \"With Hymns II: Shine", "id": "17311269" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nsalsa in Texas and Reuben sandwiches in New York, but continued to offer its original menu items in all restaurants. By September 1997, Cracker Barrel had 314 restaurants, and aimed to increase the number of stores by approximately 50 per year over the following five years. The firm closed its Corner Market operations in 1997 and refocused on its restaurant and gift store locations. Its then president, Ron Magruder, stated that the chain was concentrating on strengthening its core theme, offering traditional foods and retail in a country store setting,", "id": "19896630" }, { "contents": "Oyster cracker\n\n\n. Additionally, plain oyster crackers are sometimes seasoned with spices. They usually have a taste similar to saltine crackers, but far less salty. In other areas of the United States, they are among the choices for crackers with soup. They are often available in single serving packages for restaurant use. Many different companies produce oyster crackers with different combinations of shortenings and other ingredients, but retaining the same general shape and size. The origin of the term \"oyster cracker\" is unclear, but it may be that they were", "id": "12349843" }, { "contents": "Nashville Star\n\n\n\"Let me Love You\" and \"Can I\". He also has his own indie label Coffey Entertainment, LLC. Third-placer Shawn Mayer is currently releasing songs digitally, and fifth-placer Ashlee Hewitt is currently songwriting and working with close friend and fellow country singer Katie Armiger. With the release of \"Teddy Gentry's Best New Nashville\" through the Cracker Barrel music program in all 601 Cracker Barrel locations in 42 states, sixth-placer Laura Fedor becomes the first ever non-major-label-signed", "id": "21375441" }, { "contents": "Saltine cracker\n\n\n. In 1975 Keebler Co. was refused a trademark for the term because it was \"merely descriptive\". In the United States, Nabisco lost trademark protection after the term \"saltine\" began to be used generically to refer to similar crackers (see generic trademark for how this occurs). The name \"saltine\" had been placed in the \"Merriam Webster Dictionary\" in 1907 with a definition of \"a thin crisp cracker usually sprinkled with salt”. In Australia, Arnott's Biscuits Holdings still holds a trademark on the", "id": "13170767" }, { "contents": "Crown Pilot Crackers\n\n\nCrown Pilot was a brand of cracker popular in much of New England in the United States. It was manufactured by Nabisco (a subsidiary of Kraft Foods as of 2000) until it was discontinued in the first quarter of 2008. The cracker was unsalted, and closely related to the food \"hardtack\". The crackers were an important ingredient in historical recipes of clam chowder and a staple in many New England pantries. The Crown Pilot cracker is Nabisco's oldest recipe, which was acquired with their purchase of a bakery in", "id": "17047012" }, { "contents": "Ferndale Refinery\n\n\nThe Ferndale Refinery, owned by Phillips 66, has 101,000 b/d capacity, making it, as of 2015, the 64th largest in the United States, and produces predominantly transportation fuels consumed in local markets. The plant is located in the Cherry Point Industrial Zone, west of Ferndale, WA. Its secondary processing facilities include a fluid catalytic cracker, an alkylation unit, hydotreating units and a naphtha reformer. The plant follows a 10-5-3-2 crack spread, meaning that for 10 barrels of crude", "id": "12975655" }, { "contents": "Florida Cracker Horse\n\n\nThe Florida Cracker Horse is a breed of horse from Florida in the United States. It is genetically and physically similar to many other Spanish-style horses, especially those from the Spanish Colonial Horse group. The Florida Cracker is a gaited breed known for its agility and speed. The Spanish first brought horses to Florida with their expeditions in the early 16th century; as colonial settlement progressed, they used the horses for herding cattle. These horses developed into the Florida Cracker type seen today, and continued to be used by Florida", "id": "4635469" }, { "contents": "Florida cracker\n\n\n, from the northern parts of the United States and from Mexico and Latin America, the term \"Florida Cracker\" is used informally by some Floridians to indicate that their families have lived in the state for many generations. It is considered a source of pride to be descended from \"frontier people who did not just live but flourished in a time before air conditioning, mosquito repellent, and screens.\" Since the late 20th century, the Cracker Storytelling Festival has been held annually in the fall at Homeland Heritage Park in Homeland", "id": "12442561" }, { "contents": "CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries\n\n\nCBOCS West Inc. Humphries was fired from his job at Cracker Barrel for speaking out over another Black coworker being fired for his race. He originally filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. However Title VII claims first must be made to the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission and that part of the case was dismissed by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Humphries appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which reversed the earlier decision and", "id": "14282639" }, { "contents": "Logan's Roadhouse\n\n\nLogan's Roadhouse is a chain of restaurants based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States and founded in 1991 in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. There are 194 company operated and 25 franchised Logan's Roadhouse locations throughout 23 states and growing. In 1999 it became a wholly owned subsidiary of the publicly held CBRL Group, Inc (which also owns Cracker Barrel). On December 6, 2006, CBRL Group sold Logan's Roadhouse to affiliates of Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, and Black Canyon Capital", "id": "2419894" }, { "contents": "Pancake house\n\n\nin a two-mile distance. The Grand Strand, a large stretch of beaches on the East Coast of the United States that consists of over 60 miles of beach land, has been noted for having a considerable number of pancake houses. As of 2012, Cracker Barrel, whose menu is based on traditional Southern cuisine with appearance and decor designed to resemble an old-fashioned general store, operates 620 stores in 42 states. As of 2006, Denny's has 1,600 restaurants. IHOP has over 1,550 total locations in the", "id": "2641873" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nof the parties’ marks, goods, and channels of trade: \"It's not the fact that the parties' trade are so similar that is decisive, nor even the fact that the products are similar (low-cost packaged food items). It is those similarities coupled with the fact that, if [Cracker Barrel] prevails in this suit, similar products with confusingly similar trade names will be sold through the same distribution channel – grocery stores, and often the same grocery stores – and advertised together.\"", "id": "19896655" }, { "contents": "Adrianna Freeman\n\n\nGrammy-winning country music super-group Alabama, who happened to be at the studio on other business. Impressed with Freeman’s singing, Gentry invited her to record a song for \"Teddy Gentry’s Best New Nashville\", an album that he was producing for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, a restaurant chain that is popular in the South and the Midwest. Cracker Barrel customers who purchased the album voted Freeman’s song, \"Run Baby Run\", as their favorite selection on the album. Following the success of", "id": "11726604" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\non every table, and a stone fireplace with a deer head displayed above the mantel. In fact, each location has five common items: a shotgun, a cookstove, a deer head, a telephone, and a traffic light. The peg games have been present in Cracker Barrel since the opening of the first store, and continue to be produced by the same family in Lebanon, Tennessee. The decor at each location typically includes artifacts related to the local history of the area, including antique household tools, old wall", "id": "19896636" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nIn Judge Posner's estimation, these similarities – despite the differences in the parties’ respective logos and regardless of where the products are located in relation to each other in grocery stores – might lead consumers to \"think all the Kraft products bearing the 'Cracker Barrel' name were produced in association with the Defendant.\" In economics this behavior is referred to as 'traditional forward confusion.' The court further concluded the likelihood of confusion was exacerbated by the fact that both products at issue were inexpensive; thus, consumers were", "id": "19896656" }, { "contents": "Animal cracker\n\n\nseason with the innovative idea of attaching a string to hang from the Christmas tree. Until that time, crackers were generally sold only in bulk (the proverbial \"cracker barrel\") or in large tins. These small cartons, which retailed for 5 cents at the time of their release, were a big hit and are still sold today. The number and variety contained in each box has varied over the years. In total, 54 different animals have been represented by animal crackers since 1902. In its current incarnation,", "id": "7205762" }, { "contents": "Florida Cracker cattle\n\n\nand Texas Longhorn. Florida Cracker cows are one of the oldest and rarest breeds of cattle in United States. Descended from Spanish stock imported to the continent in the 16th century, Florida Crackers cows are a small, horned breed that quickly adapted to the Florida landscape and have long been prized for their resistance to parasites and other hardy traits. They weigh generally under 900 pounds (400 kg), come in many colors, and both males and females are horned. They can be dappled-grey/blue, dappled-", "id": "12962994" }, { "contents": "Mitchell House (Lebanon, Tennessee)\n\n\nwell as the porches, had to be replaced. Mike Manous was the architect who oversaw the restoration with a budget of $2 million. After the restoration the building became the home of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Corporate Headquarters (CBRL Group, Inc.). In 2013, Cracker Barrel sold the building to Sigma Pi Fraternity which currently uses the building as its international headquarters. No purchase amount was made public but the house had been listed for $1,095,000 on loopnet.com. The fraternity has a museum and meeting spaces on the", "id": "17042539" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\n's menu is based on traditional Southern cuisine, with appearance and decor designed to resemble an old-fashioned general store. Each restaurant features a front porch lined with wooden rocking chairs, a stone fireplace, and decorative artifacts from the local area. Cracker Barrel partners with country music performers. It engages in charitable activities, such as its assistance of victims of Hurricane Katrina and injured war veterans. Employees there wear a choice of either white, yellow, blue or pink shirts. During the 1990s, the company was the subject", "id": "19896624" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nwith good service and country music. The chain opened its first restaurant and gift store not located near a highway in 1998, in Dothan, Alabama. In the 2000s, in the wake of incidents including charges of racial discrimination and controversy over its policy of firing gay employees, the firm launched a series of promotional activities including a nationwide book drive and a sweepstakes with trips to the Country Music Association Awards and rocking chairs among the prizes. The number of combined restaurants and stores owned by Cracker Barrel increased between 1997 and 2000", "id": "19896631" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\n1980s, the firm has offered a formal training program with benefits for progressing through it to all of its employees. The board of directors of Cracker Barrel has repeatedly been at odds with the largest shareholder, Biglari Holdings Inc. The owner of Biglari Holdings, Sardar Biglari, controls a 19.9% share of the company, just short of the 20% needed to trigger a shareholder rights plan, more commonly termed a \"poison pill\". The poison pill was adopted after Biglari Holdings sought approval to purchase a 49.99% share of", "id": "19896639" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nthe company and join the board of directors. Biglari Holdings purchased shares of Cracker Barrel in 2011, and has often been critical of the transparency to shareholders, overspending on advertising, lack of customer value, capital funds mismanagement, and not maximizing shareholder value. Biglari has requested to be on the board of directors three times, and has been denied each time by a vote of shareholders. Biglari Holdings has also put forward a request for a one-time $20/share dividend to address perceived overly conservative capitalization, which", "id": "19896640" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nwas defeated, with 77 percent against and only 14 percent in support, along with 9 percent abstaining. It was not until 2002 that the proposals were successful; 58 percent of company shareholders voted in favor of the addition. Cracker Barrel achieved the lowest score (15 out of 100) of all rated food and beverage companies in the Human Rights Campaign's 2008 Corporate Equality Index, a measure of LGBT workplace equality. Their score for 2011 had increased to a 55. The 2011 survey noted that the firm had established a", "id": "19896646" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nnon-discrimination policy and had introduced diversity training that included training related to sexual orientation. However, the company's score for 2013 dropped to a 35 out of 100, not having obtained the points related to non-discrimination toward gender identity and health benefits for partners of LGBT employees and transgender-inclusive benefits. On December 20, 2013, Cracker Barrel announced it would no longer sell certain \"Duck Dynasty\" products which it was \"concerned might offend some of [its] guests\" after Phil Robertson, a star", "id": "19896647" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\ntesting a training plan to help employees whose first language is Spanish to learn English. , minorities made up 23 percent of the company's employees, including over 11 percent of its management and executives. Cracker Barrel is on the Corporate Advisory Board for the Texas Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and is a corporate sponsor of the NAACP Leadership 500 Summit. The company has been praised for its gender diversity, particularly on its board of directors, which includes three women out of eleven", "id": "19896652" }, { "contents": "2016 Kalamazoo shootings\n\n\nHawthorne (68) – were killed at the Cracker Barrel. All four women were friends, and Mary Jo Nye and Mary Lou Nye were sisters-in-law. Abigail Kopf (14) suffered several injuries at Cracker Barrel, including a gunshot wound to the head. At the time of her shooting, she was accompanying victim Barbara Hawthorne, a close friend whom she called her grandmother. She was initially reported dead, but later confirmed to have survived. As of February 23, she remained on a ventilator and", "id": "2290755" }, { "contents": "Alan Jackson\n\n\nof Fame in 2010. In 2017, Alan Jackson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2009, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. started to carry the \"Alan Jackson Collection\" which included a special release CD available exclusively at Cracker Barrel, cowboy style shirts and T-shirts, baseball caps, home goods (candles, kitchen goods) including an old-fashion wooden rocking chair that has a metal plate of Alan's autograph on the headrest; toys, spices and BBQ sauces/rubs and", "id": "5414263" }, { "contents": "Sunshine Biscuits\n\n\nlate 19th century, the biscuit/cracker industry was made up of small independent local bakeries preparing products and selling them in bulk. The barrels and crates of biscuits were delivered by horse and wagon, set out in the grocery store and sold to the consumer by the measure. In 1890, a group of thirty-three midwest and western bakers combined to form the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company. This consolidation was done primarily to compete with United States Baking Company, another midwest group and the New York Biscuit Company, an", "id": "11233792" }, { "contents": "Stick candy\n\n\nUnited States, where it is believed to have been developed, and is often marketed as an \"old fashioned\" candy. It is often sold in general stores and similar shops specializing in nostalgia items. The Cracker Barrel chain estimates that its stores sell a total length of of stick candy each year. Stick candy has been around since at least the fall of year 1837 when it was shown at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association alongside \"lobster candy\". Stick candy was popular with both children and adults in", "id": "14855084" }, { "contents": "The Leadership Challenge\n\n\ntheir organization. It also provides self-assessment tools for leaders to learn more about behavioral tendencies affect their leadership. The tool has been used by Cracker Barrel, the United States Treasury Department, and the American Red Cross. The book was first published in 1987. Since then, it has sold over two million copies. It has been translated into 20 languages. In 2012, the fifth edition of \"The Leadership Challenge\" was released, marking the 25th anniversary of its publication. When asked about the release of the", "id": "4684592" }, { "contents": "Songs of Love and Heartache\n\n\nSongs of Love and Heartache is the sixth greatest hits compilation album by American country artist Alan Jackson. It was released in the United States on November 2, 2009 on the Arista Nashville and Cracker Barrel labels. The release includes the greatest hits from Alan Jackson's studio albums: Here in the Real World (1989) A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love) (1992) Who I Am (1994) High Mileage (1998) When Somebody Loves You (2000) What I Do (2004)", "id": "6640825" }, { "contents": "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch\n\n\nof saloons in the United States providing a \"free\" lunch to patrons who had purchased at least one drink. Many foods on offer were high in salt (e.g., ham, cheese, and salted crackers), so those who ate them ended up buying a lot of beer. Rudyard Kipling, writing in 1891, noted how he ...came upon a bar-room full of bad Salon pictures, in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution", "id": "14340766" }, { "contents": "Cheese and crackers\n\n\na mass-produced cheese and crackers snack food that is prepared using processed cheese. Lunchables is another commercial product that includes cheese and crackers as ingredients. Fancy cheese and crackers was a cheese and crackers lunch product purveyed by Oscar Mayer in the mid-1980s that included additional foods such as lunch meat and a dessert. The term \"cheese and crackers\" was used as a minced oath in the United States in the 1920s (from \"Jesus Christ!\"), and as a slang term for testicles in the United Kingdom circa", "id": "13124374" }, { "contents": "Mitchell House (Lebanon, Tennessee)\n\n\nand an apartment were added to the building which increased its size to 11,500 square feet and it became known as MacFadden Hall. The boys who lived in the hall were known as goobers and the house was called Goober School by the students. The building would remain a junior school for fifty years, until the academy closed in 1986. After the closure of Castle Heights, the house would be abandoned for twelve years until it was purchased by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. in 1997. Cracker Barrel's founder, Dan", "id": "17042537" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nbiscuits, grits, country ham, and turnip greens. Evins incorporated Cracker Barrel in February 1970, and soon opened more locations. In the early 1970s, the firm leased land on gasoline station sites near interstate highways to build restaurants. These early locations all featured gas pumps on-site; during gasoline shortages in the mid to late 1970s, the firm began to build restaurants without pumps. Into the early 1980s, the company reduced the number of gas stations on-site, eventually phasing them out altogether as the company", "id": "19896627" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nLebanon, Tennessee. The house had been the elementary dormitory and school for Castle Heights Military Academy which both Dan Evans and his son attended. The school had closed in 1986 and the building had sat empty since then. Cracker Barrel spent two million dollars to restore the home and used it as its corporate headquarters from 1999 to 2013. In early 1991, an intra-company memo called for employees to be dismissed if they did not display \"normal heterosexual values\". According to news reports, at least 11 employees were", "id": "19896644" }, { "contents": "Georgia cracker\n\n\nof abode.\" The word was later associated with the cowboys of Georgia and Florida, many of them descendants of those early frontiersmen. Among some Georgians, the term is used as a proud or jocular self-description. Since the huge influx of new residents into Georgia from the northern parts of the United States in the late 20th century, \"Georgia cracker\" has become used informally by some white residents of Georgia of Scot-Irish and English stock, to indicate that their family has lived there for many generations.", "id": "12994656" }, { "contents": "Cheese and crackers\n\n\nfood or \"hors d'oeuvre\" consisting of crackers paired with various cheeses. In the United States it has also been served as a dessert, with the addition of ingredients such as jam, jelly, marmalade or preserves. It is also commonly served at parties in the U.S., and in the Southern United States, it is relatively common for hot chili pepper jelly to be served atop cream cheese and crackers at cocktail parties. Cheese and crackers has a relatively high amount of protein, per the cheese as an ingredient. Cheese", "id": "13124369" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nto locate its restaurants along the Interstate Highway System, and the majority of its restaurants remain close to interstate and other highways. Cracker Barrel is known for the loyalty of its customers, particularly travelers who are likely to spend more at restaurants than locals. The locations are themed around the idea of a traditional Southern U.S. general store. Items used to decorate each store are authentic artifacts, including everyday objects from the early 1900s and after. Each restaurant features a front porch lined with wooden rocking chairs, a wooden peg solitaire game", "id": "19896635" }, { "contents": "Morrie Yohai\n\n\nUnited States Navy during World War II. He pursued flight training, assuming that since he knew how to build planes he would know how to fly them. He was shifted to the United States Marine Corps and piloted planes in the South Pacific. Yohai was the president of Old London Foods, a food products company originally established in the 1920s by his father (and his cousin) as King Kone. The company had manufactured ice cream cones and would later produce cheese crackers, popcorn and Melba toast. The company was looking", "id": "7057089" }, { "contents": "CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries\n\n\nCBOCS West, Inc., v. Hedrick G. Humphries, 553 U.S. 442 (2008), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the petitioner, Hedrick Humphries, was unfairly retaliated against by CBOCS West Inc. for complaining to managers about the dismissal of another black employee for race reasons. The court found that CBOCS West Inc. had violated the Civil Rights Act of 1871 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Hendrick Humpries was a mid-level manager for a Cracker Barrel restaurant, which is owned by", "id": "14282638" }, { "contents": "2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500\n\n\nwere Rick Mast, Carl Long and Casey Atwood. The race, the fourth out of a total of thirty-six in the season, began at 1 p.m. EST and was televised live in the United States on FOX. To begin pre-race ceremonies, at 1 p.m EST, Phil Brannon, the Atlanta Motor Speedway Chaplain, gave the invocation. Then, Moby in the Morning, from local radio station WKHX-FM performed the national anthem, and television personality Willard Scott gave the command for drivers to start their", "id": "4283564" }, { "contents": "Ellsworth, Illinois\n\n\nnew town. A free lunch would be provided and Bloomington brewers Meyer and Wochner would provide the beer. Some two hundred people consumed two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred and fifty pounds of boiled ham, sixty barrels of cheese and a barrel of crackers. A. J. Wampler bought the first lot. Most lots sold at from forty to sixty-five dollars. Development of Ellsworth Many local merchants were attracted to the new town. John Campbell moved his store from Stumptown about four miles south of Ellsworth. Stumptown was soon", "id": "19796733" }, { "contents": "Saltine cracker\n\n\nfrequently included in military field rations (Meal, Ready-to-Eat, or MRE) in the United States. For some children in parts of the eastern United States, saltines are traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve. Soda crackers were described in \"The Young Housekeeper\" by Alcott in 1838. In 1876, F. L. Sommer & Company of St. Joseph, Missouri started using baking soda to leaven its wafer thin cracker. Initially called the Premium Soda Cracker and later \"Saltines\" because of the baking salt component, the", "id": "13170765" }, { "contents": "Cracking joints\n\n\ncause hand osteoarthritis, no matter how many years or how often a person cracked their knuckles. A 1990 study also concluded that there was no increased preponderance of arthritis of the hand of chronic knuckle-crackers but that habitual knuckle-crackers were more likely to have hand swelling and lowered grip strength. It claimed further that habitual knuckle-cracking was associated with manual labour, biting of the nails, smoking, and drinking alcohol and suggested it resulted in functional hand impairment. This early study has been criticized for not taking into", "id": "7354091" }, { "contents": "Christmas cracker\n\n\nCrackers in 1953. A memorial water fountain to Tom Smith and his family stands in Finsbury Square, London. A Christmas cracker is the subject of \"The Party Favor\", an oil painting by American artist Norman Rockwell. The longest Christmas cracker pulling chain consisted of 1081 people and was achieved by The Harrodian School in London on 10 December 2015. Passengers on commercial flights in and to the United States are explicitly prohibited from carrying Christmas crackers on board or in checked baggage. In the United Kingdom, rules vary by airline", "id": "8393948" }, { "contents": "2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500\n\n\nThe 2001 Cracker Barrel Old County Store 500 was the fourth stock car race of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. It was held on March 11, 2001 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, in Hampton, Georgia. The 325-lap race was won by Kevin Harvick of the Richard Childress Racing team after starting from fifth position. Jeff Gordon finished second and his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jerry Nadeau came in third. Pole position driver Dale Jarrett maintained his lead for the first six laps of the race, but Harvick, who started fifth, passed", "id": "4283558" }, { "contents": "State Street Bridge (Mason City, Iowa)\n\n\nThe State Street Bridge is a historic structure located in Mason City, Iowa, United States. The span carries East State Street over Willow Creek for . In the mid- to late-19th century, State Street was the only road into town from the east. There was a bridge at this crossing from at least 1875, but it is unknown what kind of bridges or how many served the crossing. Completed in 1903, this bridge features a barrel arch with filled spandrels. Although the original guardrails have been replaced, it is the", "id": "3130255" }, { "contents": "Wood Badge (Boy Scouts of America)\n\n\n-bought flags; introduced patrol totems and signatures; and added singing \"Back to Gilwell\" when each patrol's name was mentioned. Each member took turns as the patrol leader, and they met daily as the Patrol Leaders Council to conduct daily inspections. The staff taught course attendees basic Scout requirements and how to handle the U.S. flag. The patrols took an unsupervised patrol hike and overnight camp. Other American features included a program and a service patrol, a \"cracker barrel\" after each evening's event, a feast", "id": "13313548" }, { "contents": "Oyster cracker\n\n\nOyster crackers are small, salted crackers, typically rounds about 0.6 in (15 mm) in diameter, although a slightly smaller hexagonal variety is also prevalent. They are often served with oyster stew. They are similar in ingredients and flavor to saltine crackers. Oyster crackers are popular in the northeastern United States, where they are served as an accompaniment to soup, and in the Cincinnati area, where they are frequently served with the city's distinctive chili. In New England, oyster crackers are served in oyster stew and chowders", "id": "12349842" }, { "contents": "Ritz Crackers\n\n\nRitz Crackers® are a brand of snack cracker introduced by Nabisco in 1934. Outside the United States, the Ritz Cracker brand is made by a subsidiary of Mondelēz International. They are circular, salted lightly on one side, and have a small scalloped edge. A single serving (about 5 crackers) contains 79 calories, 1 gram of protein and 4 grams of fat, or 70 calories and 2.5 grams of fat for the whole-wheat variety. Nabisco introduced the Ritz Cracker in 1934. Looking to compete with a", "id": "12353962" }, { "contents": "Animal cracker\n\n\nOther animal-shaped crackers and cookies are popular, such as Teddy Grahams, Goldfish, Hello Panda and Koala's March. These differ from traditional animal crackers in flavor and assortment. In the late 19th century, animal-shaped crackers (or \"biscuits\" in British terminology) called \"Animals\" were imported from England to the United States. The demand for these crackers grew to the point that bakers began to produce them domestically. Stauffer's Biscuit Company produced their first batch of animal crackers in York, Pennsylvania,", "id": "7205760" }, { "contents": "Graham cracker crust\n\n\nGraham cracker crust is a style of pie crust made from crushed graham crackers. Graham crackers are a sweet American cracker made from unbleached, whole wheat graham flour. The crust is usually flavored and stiffened with butter or vegetable oil and sometimes sugar. Graham cracker crust is a very common type of crust for cheesecakes and cream pies in America. Graham cracker pie crusts are available as a mass-produced product in the United States, and typically consist of the prepared crust pressed into a disposable aluminum pie pan. Variations use crushed", "id": "16739135" }, { "contents": "Cracker (term)\n\n\nCracker, sometimes white cracker or cracka, is an ethnic slur for white people, used especially for poor rural whites in the Southern United States. It is also at times used indiscriminately and pejoratively against any person of white background. However, it is sometimes used in a neutral or positive context or self-descriptively with pride in reference to a native of Florida or Georgia (see Florida cracker and Georgia cracker). A 1783 pejorative use of \"crackers\" specifies men who \"are descended from convicts that were transported from", "id": "11498695" }, { "contents": "Wine/water mixing problem\n\n\nmatter how many cups of any sizes and compositions are exchanged, or how little or much stirring at any point in time is done to any barrel, as long as at the end each barrel has the same amount of liquid. The problem can be solved with logic and without resorting to computation. It is not necessary to state the volumes of wine and water, as long as they are equal. The volume of the cup is irrelevant, as is any stirring of the mixtures. Conservation of substance implies that the volume", "id": "8047266" }, { "contents": "Louisville Stoneware\n\n\nmany pieces on commission for company/event promotions, the best known being their pieces done to commemorate the running of the Kentucky Derby. They also did a pattern for Cracker Barrel Restaurants, Kentucky Fried Chicken and many more. The fun aspect of this stoneware is the different patterns and individual hand painted designs, from Bachelor Button, Country Flowers, hummingbirds, 12 Days of Christmas, Noah's Ark, etc. As well as some decorative pieces including castles, birdhouses, pet dishes, etc. One of the better known", "id": "11288553" }, { "contents": "Animal cracker\n\n\n. Former owner Rodney Stauffer now has his own company Rodney's Animal Crackers that also produces animal crackers. The Borden corporation also produced a brand of animal crackers, until the late 1970s. They came in a red box, which featured the famous Elsie the Cow logo. Market Square Food Company Inc. in Illinois has also produced its own brand of animal crackers since 1982. Its animal crackers are distributed by several major retailers throughout the United States and internationally. In the UK, Cadburys produce a range simply called \"Animals\"", "id": "7205771" }, { "contents": "Barrel (unit)\n\n\nIn the international oil market context, however, prices in United States dollars per barrel are commonly used, and the term is variously translated, often to derivations of the Latin/Teutonic root \"fat\" (for example \"vat\" or \"Fass\"). In other commercial connections, barrel sizes such as beer keg volumes also are standardised in many countries. Some products have a standard weight or volume that constitutes a barrel: Fluid barrels vary depending on what is being measured and where. In the UK a beer", "id": "17520240" }, { "contents": "Cheese and crackers\n\n\nCheese and crackers is a common dish consisting of crackers paired with various or multiple cheeses. It is also known as cheese and biscuits outside the United States and Canada. Historically the fare of sailors, soldiers, and pioneers, it had become a regular menu item in American restaurants and bars by the 1850s. It is prepared using various types of cheeses, and is often paired with wine. Mass-produced cheese and crackers brands include Handi-Snacks, Ritz, Jatz and Lunchables. Cheese and crackers is a common snack", "id": "13124368" }, { "contents": "Christmas cracker\n\n\nfestive hats is believed to date back to Roman times and the Saturnalia celebrations, which also involved decorative headgear. Christmas crackers are also associated with Knut's parties, held in Sweden at the end of the Christmas season. The \"Oxford English Dictionary\" records the use of \"cracker bonbons\" and the pulling of \"crackers\" from 1847. Tradition tells of how Tom Smith of London invented crackers in 1847. He created the crackers as a development of his bon-bon sweets, which he sold in a twist of", "id": "8393945" }, { "contents": "Marathon Anacortes Refinery\n\n\nby rail from North Dakota and the central U.S., and by tanker from Alaska and foreign sources. Gasoline, jet and diesel fuel are the primary products, which are supplied to end users predominantly in Washington and Oregon. Other products include heavy fuel oils, liquefied petroleum gas, and asphalt. Secondary processing facilities include a fluid catalytic cracker, an alkylation unit, hydrotreating units and a naphtha reformer. Given this configuration, the plant likely follows a 10-5-3-2 crack spread, meaning that for 10 barrels", "id": "255559" }, { "contents": "Tennessee State Route 109\n\n\nState Route 109 (SR 109) is a primary state highway in Middle Tennessee. It runs from the intersection of SR 265 and I-840 (Exit 72) near Lebanon, north through Gallatin to the Kentucky state line and US 31W. SR 109 is mentioned in several country music songs including \"Church on the Cumberland Road\" by Shenandoah and \"Goodbye Earl\" by the Dixie Chicks. The first Cracker Barrel Restaurant was opened by Dan Evins at the corner of I-40 and SR 109 in Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1969. SR", "id": "1564970" }, { "contents": "Hamadryas glauconome\n\n\nHamadryas glauconome, the pale cracker or glaucous cracker, is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Henry Walter Bates in 1864 and is found in Mexico, Central America and south to Peru. It has been recorded as a vagrant in the United States in southern Florida, Arizona and Texas. Adults have wings mottled in grey, brown and white. They are very similar in appearance to the grey cracker (\"Hamadryas februa\") and like them have small, submarginal eyespots on the underside", "id": "16363352" }, { "contents": "Simpson Safari\n\n\n\"Simpson Safari\" is the seventeenth episode of \"The Simpsons\"' twelfth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 1, 2001. When the Simpsons run out of food thanks to a bag boy strike, the family finds an old box of Animal Crackers in their attic. In the box is a golden cracker that was part of a contest conducted by the owners of Animal Crackers. Finding out that anyone that found the golden cracker would win a trip to Africa, Homer shows", "id": "20477978" }, { "contents": "History of the United Kingdom during the First World War\n\n\nuse. There were no oil wells in Britain so everything was imported. The U.S. pumped two-thirds of the world's oil. In 1917, total British consumption was 827 million barrels, of which 85 percent was supplied by the United States, and 6 percent by Mexico. The great issue in 1917 was how many tankers would survive the German u-boats. Convoys and the construction of new tankers solved the German threat, while tight government controls guaranteed that all essential needs were covered. An Inter-Allied Petroleum", "id": "20974958" }, { "contents": "Nabisco\n\n\n, said, \"You need a name,\" and from this sentence came the name \"Uneeda\". The Uneeda biscuit looked promising, but Green had to make sure it got to customers fresh, so it was the first to use the In-Er Seal package in 1898. Until then, crackers were sold unbranded and packed loosely in barrels. Mothers would give their sons a paper bag and ask them to run to the store and get the bag filled with crackers. National Biscuit Company used this as part of", "id": "10780441" }, { "contents": "33rd Regiment Alabama Infantry\n\n\nstill a threat. While on duty at Ft. McRee, the regiment had its first direct encounter with the enemy—or what it \"thought\" was the enemy, at the time. During a fierce rainstorm one night, a Federal ship endeavoring to resupply Ft. Pickens encountered difficulties and jettisoned some of its cargo (described as \"many barrels of vinegar, boxes of crackers and other things\"); sentinels from Co's B and I mistook these floating crates for an amphibious assault force approaching their position, and", "id": "6077326" }, { "contents": "Florida Cracker Horse\n\n\nand Georgia crackers, used these Spanish horses to drive cattle (eventually known as Florida Cracker cattle). The cowboys received their nickname from the distinctive cracking of their whips, and the name was transferred to both the horses they rode and the cattle they herded. Through their primary use as stock horses, the type developed into the Florida Cracker horse, known for its speed, endurance and agility. From the mid-16th century to the 1930s, this type was the predominant horse in the southeastern United States. During the American Civil", "id": "4635475" }, { "contents": "Slug barrel\n\n\na destructive device in the United States. A BATFE ruling was obtained stating that a firearm designed to fire shotgun shells that was converted to fire shotgun slugs with the addition of a rifled barrel was still a shotgun, and thus not a destructive device. Now many manufacturers offer shotguns for sale with rifled barrels already installed. Bolt action and single shot break-open designs are particularly accurate, and with modern saboted slugs designed for use only with rifled barrels, the modern slug gun offers nearly the accuracy of a typical rifle.", "id": "10975137" }, { "contents": "Cracker Barrel\n\n\nfired under the policy on a store-by-store basis from locations in Georgia and other states. After demonstrations by gay rights groups, the company ended its policy in March 1991 and stated it would not discriminate based on sexual orientation. The company's founder, Dan Evins, subsequently described the policy as a mistake. From 1992 onward, the New York City Employees Retirement System, then a major shareholder, put forward proposals to add sexual orientation to the company's non-discrimination policy. An early proposal in 1993", "id": "19896645" }, { "contents": "Mitchell House (Lebanon, Tennessee)\n\n\nEvins, was a graduate of Castle Heights and had served as chairman of the board of directors for the school while his son attended it. Evins and Cracker Barrel set about restoring the home and found the original construction drawings. The drawings did not have details for the inside of the building so the restoration crew had to use old photos they found in yearbooks and newspapers as well as memories of former students and teachers. The restoration took less than a year to complete even though many windows, panels, and ceilings, as", "id": "17042538" }, { "contents": "Burt's Bees\n\n\nsuch as Cracker Barrel. New product offerings branched into travel-sized skin care and hair care products. In 1999, with increasing demand and an increase in product offerings, including sugar and milk-based body lotions and bath products; Burt's Bees relocated to Durham among the many other enterprises located in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. An eCommerce website was launched, increasiing distribution to a much larger, nationwide scale. In 1999, Quimby bought out Shavitz's one-third stake in the company, in exchange", "id": "723945" }, { "contents": "Barrel (unit)\n\n\nA barrel is one of several units of volume applied in various contexts; there are dry barrels, fluid barrels (such as the U.K. beer barrel and U.S. beer barrel), Oil Barrels and so forth. For historical reasons the volumes of some barrel units are roughly double the volumes of others; volumes in common usage range from about . In many connections the term \"drum\" is used almost interchangeably with \"barrel\". Since medieval times the term barrel as a unit of measure has had various meanings throughout Europe,", "id": "17520238" }, { "contents": "Avoca, Florida\n\n\n’s Crossing was a few miles from Avoca. L.E. Miller had a substantial plantation farm there and housed the commissary or general store where Boots (Brogans), Jeans, mostly overalls, Georgia knits (socks) and hickory striped shirts were sold and nearly uniform wear in the area. Calico Dresses and high topped shoes were there for the women folk as well as “Homespun” cloth to make underwear and sheets. Foodstuffs of sugar, rice, grits, and soda crackers (the famous cracker barrel around a pot bellied stove", "id": "11179659" }, { "contents": "Saltine cracker\n\n\ninvention quickly became popular and Sommer's business quadrupled within four years. That company merged with other companies to form American Biscuit Company in 1890 and then after further mergers became part of Nabisco in 1898. In the early 20th century, various companies in the United States began selling soda crackers in Puerto Rico and referred to them as \"Export Soda\". Rovira Biscuit Corp. of Puerto Rico also started selling their soda crackers with the same name. The term \"Export Soda\" became a generic term in Puerto Rico for these crackers", "id": "13170766" }, { "contents": "Florida Cracker cattle\n\n\nand are very heat tolerant, which allows them to graze on low quality forages found on grasslands and in swamps in the Deep South of the United States. A good longevity allows this breed of cattle to live long, purposeful lives. The Florida Cracker cattle are very similar to another breed known as Pineywoods, however, they share a key difference in their place of origin. Pineywoods come from the Southern states including Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, while Crackers originate from Florida, hence the name. This breed of", "id": "12962996" }, { "contents": "YTCracker\n\n\nBryce Case Jr. (born August 23, 1982), otherwise known as YTCracker (pronounced \"\"whitey cracker\"\"), is a \"former\" cracker most known for defacing the webpages of several federal and municipal government websites in the United States, as well as several in private industry at the age of 17. Case later became known for his work as a nerdcore hip hop artist. Case was born in La Mirada, California, United States. He has stated in interviews that he was exposed to computers by", "id": "16621383" }, { "contents": "Phila Hach\n\n\nPhila Hach — pronounced \"File-ah Hah\" (née Rawlings, June 13, 1926 – December 2, 2015) was an American chef, restaurant owner, innkeeper, and caterer who authored 17 cookbooks, including recipe collections for the 1982 World's Fair, Opryland USA and Cracker Barrel restaurants. She has been called the \"grand dame of southern cooking\" and counted as good friends Duncan Hines and Julia Child. Hach catered functions for the United Nations, U.S. mayors and governors, military personnel and celebrities, and", "id": "9427641" }, { "contents": "Hymns (Michael W. Smith album)\n\n\nHymns is a studio album by Christian recording artist Michael W. Smith, released exclusively at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on March 24, 2014. The album consists of Smith's rendition of traditional hymns, including many that he sang at church when he was young. The album won 2014 Dove Award for \"Inspirational Album of the Year\". This was Smith's last album to be distributed by Provident before beginning his new contract with Capitol CMG. The album debuted at No. 24 on the US \"Billboard\" 200,", "id": "11447477" } ]

[ { "contents": "History of Cadbury\n\n\nCadbury's is a British multinational confectionery company owned by Mondelēz International. It is the second largest confectionery brand in the world after Mars. Cadbury is headquartered in Uxbridge, London, and operates in more than fifty countries worldwide. Its best known products include Dairy Milk chocolate. In 1824, John Cadbury began to sell tea, coffee and drinking chocolate from his premises in Birmingham. Cadbury developed the business with his brother Benjamin, and later his sons Richard and George. George developed the Bournville estate, a model village designed to", "id": "7742528" }, { "contents": "The Hershey Company\n\n\nselling candy brand in the United States with sales of $2.603 billion, and is the fourth-best-selling candy brand globally with sales of $2.679 billion—only $76 million (2.8%) of its sales are from outside the United States market. In 1988, Hershey's acquired the rights to manufacture and distribute many Cadbury-branded products in the United States (except gum and mints, which are part of Mondelēz International). In 2015, they sued a British importer to halt imports of British Cadbury", "id": "5143673" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\nCadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company wholly owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods) since 2010. It is the second largest confectionery brand in the world after Mars. Cadbury is internationally headquartered in Uxbridge, west London, and operates in more than 50 countries worldwide. It is known for its Dairy Milk chocolate, the Creme Egg and Roses selection box, and many other confectionery products. One of the best-known British brands, in 2013 \"The Daily Telegraph\" named", "id": "10159859" }, { "contents": "Cadbury Dairy Milk\n\n\nCadbury Dairy Milk is a brand of milk chocolate manufactured by Cadbury. It was introduced in the United Kingdom in 1905 and now consists of a number of products. Every product in the Dairy Milk line is made with exclusively milk chocolate. In 2014, Dairy Milk was ranked the best-selling chocolate bar in the UK. It is manufactured and distributed by the Hershey Company in the US under licence from Cadbury. In June 1905 in Birmingham, England, Cadbury made its first Dairy Milk bar, with a higher proportion of", "id": "13309988" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\ndiffered between various countries since 2006. Cadbury was a constant constituent of the FTSE 100 on the London Stock Exchange from the index's 1984 inception until the company was bought by Kraft Foods in 2010. In 1824, John Cadbury, a Quaker, began selling tea, coffee and drinking chocolate in Bull Street in Birmingham, England. From 1831 he moved into the production of a variety of cocoa and drinking chocolates, made in a factory in Bridge Street and sold mainly to the wealthy because of the high cost of production.", "id": "10159862" }, { "contents": "History of Cadbury\n\n\nimprove the living conditions of company employees. Dairy Milk chocolate, introduced in 1905, used a higher proportion of milk within the recipe compared with rival products. By 1914, the chocolate was the company's best-selling product. Cadbury merged with J. S. Fry & Sons in 1919, and Schweppes in 1969. Cadbury was a constant constituent of the FTSE 100 from the index's 1984 inception until the company was bought by Kraft Foods in 2010. In 1824, John Cadbury began selling tea, coffee, and drinking chocolate", "id": "7742529" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\nselling product. Cadbury, alongside Rowntree's and Fry, were the big three British confectionery manufacturers throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Cadbury was granted its first Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria in 1854. It has been a holder of a Royal Warrant from Elizabeth II since 1955. Cadbury merged with J. S. Fry & Sons in 1919, and Schweppes in 1969, known as Cadbury Schweppes until 2008, when the American beverage business was split as Dr Pepper Snapple Group; the rights ownership of the Schweppes brand had already", "id": "10159861" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\n, on suspicion of contamination with melamine. The recall affected the mainland China markets, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia. Products recalled included Dark Chocolate, a number of products in the 'Dairy Milk' range and Chocolate Éclairs. Cadbury continues to use hydrogenated oils in many of its signature products. Although trans fats are present, the nutrition labels round the values down to zero. Cadbury recalled two chocolate products after it was tested positive for traces of pork DNA, namely Cadbury Dairy Milk Hazelnut and Cadbury Dairy Milk Roast Almond", "id": "10159919" }, { "contents": "Flake (chocolate bar)\n\n\nFlake is a brand of chocolate bar currently manufactured by Cadbury consisting of thinly folded milk chocolate. The later product, Cadbury Twirl (chocolate bar), created by Cadbury, has very close similarities to the Flake, and could be considered as a companion covered Flake product. The original Flake product was first developed in 1920 and was discovered by chance by an employee of Cadbury's at the Bournville factory who noticed thin streams of excess chocolate falling from moulds cooled into flaky ripples. By 1930, Cadbury's was selling half-", "id": "3647434" }, { "contents": "List of products manufactured by The Hershey Company\n\n\nbrand in the United States and has been Hershey's best-selling product since 1969. Cadbury products are sold by Hershey's in the United States and Mondelēz International in other parts of the world. Chocolate in Cadbury-branded products manufactured in the USA by Hershey uses a different recipe from that used by Cadbury itself. Hershey's has barred the importation of Mondelez Cadbury into the US. Cacao Reserve by Hershey's was marketed as a premium line in comparison to Hershey's other chocolate products. It was discontinued in July 2009", "id": "20222965" }, { "contents": "History of Cadbury\n\n\nbecoming Dr Pepper Snapple Group. In December 2008 it was announced that Cadbury was to sell its Australian beverage unit to Asahi Breweries. In October 2007, Cadbury announced the closure of the Somerdale Factory, Keynsham, formerly part of Fry's. Between 500 and 700 jobs were affected by this change. Production transferred to other plants in England and Poland. In 2008 Monkhill Confectionery, the Own Label trading division of Cadbury Trebor Bassett was sold to Tangerine Confectionery for £58 million cash. This sale included factories at Pontefract, Cleckheaton", "id": "7742547" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\n, Cadbury Dairy Milk Roast Almond and other products from the company's factory but none of them tested positive for pork. The investigation followed reports that unscheduled checks had shown that two chocolates produced by Mondelez International Inc., the parent company of Cadbury, violated Islamic law and led to a boycott of all its products in the country. In 2017, the Church of England condemned the company and the National Trust for rebranding their annual \"Easter Egg Trails\" as \"Cadbury Egg Hunts\". Prime Minister Theresa May called the rebranding", "id": "10159921" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\n. Mondelez also sells biscuits bearing the Cadbury brand, such as Cadbury Fingers. Cadbury also owns Trebor Bassett, Fry's and Maynards. Ice cream based on Cadbury products, like 99 Flake, is made under licence by Frederick's Dairies. Cadbury cakes and chocolate spread are manufactured under licence by Premier Foods, but the cakes were originally part of Cadbury Foods Ltd with factories at Blackpole in Worcester and Moreton on the Wirral, with distribution depots throughout the UK. Other Kraft subsidiaries in the UK include Cadbury Two LLP, Cadbury", "id": "10159893" }, { "contents": "Cadbury Nigeria Plc\n\n\nCadbury Nigeria Plc is a food, sweets and drink company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria and traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Cadbury Schweppes history in Nigeria dates back to the 1950s when it began sourcing for cocoa and also importing bulk products and repacking it into tins for sale in the country. Later finding increasing market opportunities in the country, the group set up a manufacturing facility in January 1965. The firm became a publicly quoted company in 1976 when Cadbury Schweppes sold 20% of its interest in the firm. The firm", "id": "12393285" }, { "contents": "Cadbury Ireland\n\n\nCadbury Ireland is a confectionery company in Ireland based in Coolock in Dublin. It is a subsidiary of Mondelēz International. It exports over 200 of its products to 30 countries worldwide, making a contribution of €110 million of Irish trade. Cadbury Ireland uses local ingredients. Cadbury Ireland operates two factories in Ireland in Coolock in Dublin (where the headquarters of Cadbury Ireland are located) and in Rathmore in Kerry. The company was established in 1933 as, originally operating from a factory in East Wall, Dublin, when at the", "id": "19691400" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\n2017 Cadbury announced that 50 workers will be shed from its Hobart factory. Within Australia there is debate regarding halal certification. Many of Cadbury's products are halal certified. This certification has generated controversy, especially from One Nation politician Pauline Hanson. Cadbury had also operated a factory in Dunedin in New Zealand's South Island until its closure in March 2018. In 1930, Cadbury partnered with local confectionery businessman Richard Hudson, who owned a chocolate, confectionery, biscuit factory on Castle Street. Hudson's factory was rebranded as Cadbury Hudson", "id": "10159900" }, { "contents": "99 Flake\n\n\nA 99 Flake can refer to any of three possible items: an ice cream cone with a Cadbury Flake inserted in it; the Cadbury-produced Flake bar itself specially made for insertion into an ice cream cone; or a wrapped ice cream cone product marketed by Cadbury. Created at the Cadbury's factory in Birmingham, England, the flake was originally designed to be a cuboid and to fit into a wafer. By 1930, Cadbury's was selling half-length Flake \"99s\" specifically for probing a cone. A", "id": "16870535" }, { "contents": "Kraft Foods Inc.\n\n\nclosed just days after the takeover by Kraft Foods. Former Cadbury workers demanded an apology for the abrupt selling of the plant, but Kraft’s CEO Irene Rosenfeld refused to explain her actions. Kraft continues to use Cadbury brands in emerging markets to expand all of its products. In April 2011, Kraft set to invest $150 million in South Africa’s manufacturing plants over three years. President Sanjay Khosla said, \"South Africa is a priority market for us, where we focus on power brands like Cadbury chocolate.\" On", "id": "5320973" }, { "contents": "Cadbury Schweppes Inc v FBI Foods Ltd\n\n\ngive all of the profits it made from Caesar Cocktail to Cadbury-Schweppes because Cadbury-Schweppes had not requested such a remedy until after she had ruled that FBI Foods Ltd. and Caesar Canning had misused their recipe. She also refused to prohibit FBI Foods, Ltd. from continuing to use the recipe on the basis that FBI Foods could have figured out how to replicate the recipe on its own and because Cadbury-Schweppes's four-year delay in bringing suit would make it unfair to require FBI Foods to discontinue producing a product", "id": "18696943" }, { "contents": "History of Cadbury\n\n\nbeen able to mass-produce milk chocolate. From the beginning, it had the distinctive purple wrapper. It was a great sales success, and became the company's best selling product by 1914. The stronger Bournville Cocoa line was introduced in 1906. Cadbury Dairy Milk and Bournville Cocoa were to provide the basis for the company's rapid pre-war expansion. In 1910, Cadbury sales overtook those of Fry for the first time. By 1914, exports accounted for 40 percent of Cadbury's sales. Cadbury's Milk Tray", "id": "7742535" }, { "contents": "Yowie (chocolate)\n\n\ncharacters. Cadbury Yowie was selling over one million units weekly and in its first year sold 2.5 Yowies for every man, woman and child in Australia. The brand won multiple industry awards in Australia and internationally, including Best Global Supermarket Product and Best Global Confectionery Product at the 1997 Sial international food industry awards in Paris. A Yowie collector scene soon emerged with collector clubs forming across Australia and New Zealand and websites devoted to displaying and swapping Yowie collectables. Cadbury Yowie was also released in Singapore, Japan and the UK. To", "id": "16294595" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\nNew Zealand brands to Australia after failing to find a local supplier. The termination of New Zealand production will take effect in March 2018. Mondelez's New Zealand country head James Kane confirmed the shift on the grounds that the production of Cadbury products would require certain technologies, production processes and skills that local New Zealand manufacturers lacked. On 4 May, it was reported that the Dunedin Cadbury World would be closing down after the Ministry of Health purchased the entire former Cadbury factory site to make way for a new public hospital. Mondelez", "id": "10159906" }, { "contents": "Science and invention in Birmingham\n\n\nbutton making, nail making, metal working, smelting iron, spinning and other branches of engineering. 1824: John Cadbury begins selling tea, coffee, and drinking chocolate, which he produces himself, at Bull Street. He later moves into the production of a variety of cocoa and drinking chocolates, made in a factory in Bridge Street and sold mainly to the wealthy because of the high cost of production. John Cadbury becomes a partner with his brother Benjamin and the company they form is called 'Cadbury Brothers of Birmingham'", "id": "5072543" }, { "contents": "Butterkist\n\n\nso that after the boom of the 1950s and 1980s, by 1998 sales were on another downturn and Craven Keiller sold the brand to Cadbury Trebor Bassett, which in 2000 merged the brand into its Monkhill Confectionery subsidiary and moved production to Pontefract, West Yorkshire. As part of its development strategy selling off non-core brands, from April 2006 Cadbury Schweppes put Monkhill into a group of non-core brands it would review putting up for sale, and from June 2007 appointed investment bankers Investec to review the sale of Monkhill Confectionery", "id": "17360441" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\nwas planning to split its business into two separate entities: one focusing on its main chocolate and confectionery market; the other on its US drinks business. The demerger took effect on 2 May 2008, with the drinks business becoming Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Cadbury Schweppes plc becoming Cadbury plc. In December 2008 it was announced that Cadbury was to sell its Australian beverage unit to Asahi Breweries. In October 2007, Cadbury announced the closure of the Somerdale Factory, in Keynsham, Somerset, formerly part of Fry's. Between 500", "id": "10159879" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\ntime a British company had been able to mass-produce milk chocolate. From the beginning, it had the distinctive purple wrapper. It was a great sales success, and became the company's best selling product by 1914. The stronger Bournville Cocoa line was introduced in 1906. Cadbury Dairy Milk and Bournville Cocoa were to provide the basis for the company's rapid pre-war expansion. In 1910, Cadbury sales overtook those of Fry for the first time. Cadbury's Milk Tray was first produced in 1915 and continued in", "id": "10159869" }, { "contents": "Darrell Lea\n\n\nover 800 products, including chocolate boxes, sugar free products and fundraising items with 60 extra items created seasonally for Easter and Christmas. In the review conducted by the Quinn family after the restructure, the company eliminated or put on hold many of the lesser-known products to concentrate on expanding the sales and distribution of its more profitable products. In April 2008, Darrell Lea won a five-year legal battle brought by rival chocolate company Cadbury over Darrell Lea's use of the colour purple on its packaging (which Cadbury uses", "id": "17094281" }, { "contents": "Cadbury Dairy Milk\n\n\nthen added cocoa butter during processing. According to its spokesman, Cadbury tries to adapt the taste of the product to that which local consumers are accustomed, meaning more akin to a Hershey bar for the US market. There is a variation of taste between the UK Cadbury-produced products and the equivalents produced by Irish Cadbury; the same can be said for locally produced Cadbury products elsewhere in the world. In Ireland Cadbury Dairy Milk used the jingle \"The Perfect Word For Chocolate\" (1986-1988) between (1989", "id": "13309994" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\narea vice-president Banfield confirmed that Cadbury had sold the former factory site to the Ministry of Health for an undisclosed amount. Cadbury Canada produces and imports several products that are sold under the Cadbury and Maynards labels, including the following: Cadbury Canada is now part of Mondelez Canada and products are featured on the Snackworks website. In 1948, Cadbury India began its operations in India by importing chocolates. On 19 July 1948, Cadbury was incorporated in India. It now has manufacturing facilities in Thane, Induri (Pune) and", "id": "10159907" }, { "contents": "Cadbury Dairy Milk\n\n\n2004. However the brand soon faced a significant backlash with worms being spotted in the chocolate bars. With its new campaigns however the company did get back on its feet. Cadbury is known for its marketing campaigns in India that have known to instill a sense of playfulness and innocence with its campaigns. One campaign that promoted the product by using the country's love for cricket was very successful. The ad is noted to be the best advertisement made in India by the \"Times of India\". Another famous campaign hosted by", "id": "13310004" }, { "contents": "Cadbury Dairy Milk\n\n\nmilk than previous chocolate bars, and it became the company's best-selling product by 1914. George Cadbury Junior, responsible for the development of the bar, has said \"All sorts of names were suggested: Highland Milk, Jersey and Dairy Maid. But when a customer’s daughter suggested Dairy Milk, the name stuck.\" Fruit and Nut was introduced as part of the Dairy Milk line in 1926, soon followed by Whole Nut in 1930. By this point, Cadbury's was the brand leader in the United", "id": "13309989" }, { "contents": "Dr Pepper Snapple Group\n\n\n2007, Cadbury Schweppes purchased the Dr Pepper/Seven Up Bottling Group, along with several other regional bottlers. This allowed DPS to bottle many of its own beverages and combat the recent decision by many Pepsi and Coke bottlers who had dropped their Dr Pepper and Snapple products to promote new product additions from Pepsi and Coke. Some of the Dr Pepper/Seven Up brands are still licensed to Pepsi, Coke and independent bottlers in various regions of the United States and Canada. In November 2007, Cadbury Schweppes announced it would take", "id": "19064560" }, { "contents": "Cadbury Creme Egg\n\n\nA Cadbury Creme Egg is a chocolate confection produced in the shape of an egg, originating from the British chocolatier, Cadbury's. The product consists of a thick chocolate shell, containing a sweet white and yellow fondant filling that mimics the albumen and yolk of a chicken egg. The Creme Egg is the best selling confectionery item between New Year's Day and Easter in the UK, with annual sales in excess of 200 million and a brand value of approximately £55 million. However, in 2016 sales plummeted after the controversial", "id": "15126484" }, { "contents": "Crunchie\n\n\n, Crunchie was produced in the Somerdale, Keynsham plant in Somerset, UK; however, production has now transferred to Cadbury's new plant in Skarbimierz, Poland. Labels for these products do not state a country of origin, instead stating \"Made in the EU under licence from Cadbury UK Ltd\". In some countries a competing product called Violet Crumble is available. The Crunchie bar is widely available in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, United States and India. It is", "id": "19465034" }, { "contents": "Xbox 360 launch\n\n\nworld's biggest software company. How can anyone not want to bring this in?\", Javier stated dispelling speculation that Microsoft Philippines intentionally did not want to conduct a domestic Xbox 360 launch. The company sells the Asian edition Xbox 360 in the country. Still many people could only wonder how Microsoft Philippines will market the console and games considering the fact that most game retailers and specialty stores around the country are already selling products with competitive prices. An estimated 2,000,000 units of Xbox 360 were already sold in the Philippines since December", "id": "15657679" }, { "contents": "Bonn Group of Industries\n\n\ndivided into several subsidiary companies. Bonn Group is focus on selling its products to both national and global markets. Bonn sells its product widely in Northern India. Internationally, Bonn Biscuits are sold to the US, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, and Australia. Bonn actively sponsored and organized many public events in schools, colleges, and music events in the Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Many schools and colleges visit the food industry every year and learn how the bulk production of different food products like biscuits and", "id": "20581524" }, { "contents": "The Beer Store\n\n\nbrewers around the world. Larger Beer Store outlets typically stock around 600 beer selling units with the smallest Beer Stores stocking around 200 units. TBS has a policy of accepting any brewer in the world to sell its product, as long as the brewer meets the requirements set by the LCBO. Furthermore, unlike many other retailers, a brewer is given flexibility with regards to how many and which stores it would like to sell its product in. Because The Beer Store operates on a cost-recovery basis, listing fees for smaller", "id": "11971759" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\nmodern more cramped living conditions'. By 1900 the estate included 314 cottages and houses set on of land. As the Cadbury family were Quakers there were no pubs in the estate. In 1897, following the lead of Swiss companies, Cadbury introduced its own line of milk chocolate bars. In 1899 Cadbury became a private limited company. In 1905, Cadbury launched its Dairy Milk bar, a production of exceptional quality with a higher proportion of milk than previous chocolate bars. Developed by George Cadbury Jr, it was the first", "id": "10159868" }, { "contents": "History of Cadbury\n\n\n'. By 1900 the estate included 314 cottages and houses set on of land. As the Cadbury family were Quakers there were no pubs in the estate. In 1897, following the lead of Swiss companies, Cadbury introduced its own line of milk chocolate bars. In 1899 Cadbury became a private limited company. In 1905, Cadbury launched its Dairy Milk bar, a production of exceptional quality with a higher proportion of milk than previous chocolate bars. Developed by George Cadbury Jr, it was the first time a British company had", "id": "7742534" }, { "contents": "Urban Decay (cosmetics)\n\n\n-Free Cosmetics Line award. However, PETA removed Urban Decay from their list of cruelty-free companies following Urban Decay's announcement on June 6, 2012 that they would begin selling products in China, a country known to conduct animal testing on products before releasing them to the public. A month later, on July 6, 2012, Urban Decay announced that it would not sell its products in China. As of 2014, Urban Decay does not employ animal testing in the creation of its products. PETA and The Leaping", "id": "14397918" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\nAgricultural University to undertake cocoa research. Currently, Cadbury India operates in five categories – Chocolate confectionery, Beverages, Biscuits, Gum and Candy. Its products include Cadbury Dairy Milk, Dairy Milk Silk, Bournville, 5-Star, Temptations, Perk, Eclairs, Bournvita, Celebrations, Gems, Bubbaloo, Cadbury Dairy Milk Shots, Toblerone, Halls, Bilkul, Tang, and Oreo. It is the market leader in the chocolate confectionery business with a market share of over 70%. On 21 April 2014, Cadbury India changed its", "id": "10159909" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\nthe hospitals. After the war, the Bournville factory was redeveloped and mass production began in earnest. In 1918, Cadbury opened their first overseas factory in Hobart, Tasmania. In 1919, Cadbury merged with J. S. Fry & Sons, another leading British chocolate manufacturer, resulting in the integration of well-known brands such as Fry's Chocolate Cream and Fry's Turkish Delight. In 1921, the many small Fry's factories around Bristol were closed down, and production was consolidated at a new Somerdale Factory, outside Bristol.", "id": "10159871" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\nUK Holdings Limited, Cadbury US Holdings Limited, Cadbury Four LLP, Cadbury Holdings Limited, and Cadbury One LLP. Cadbury Ireland Limited is based in Coolock in Dublin, where the headquarters of Cadbury Ireland are located, and Tallaght. The third is in Rathmore, County Kerry. Products made by Cadbury in Ireland include Cadbury Dairy Milk Range, Cadbury Twirl, Cadbury Cadbury Snacks Range Flake and Boost (formerly Moro). Cadbury used to produce the Time Out bar in Ireland for the European market however this production was moved to", "id": "10159894" }, { "contents": "Mounds (candy)\n\n\nfrom the Philippines before war broke out. Rather than sacrifice quality, the company discontinued some of its lesser selling brands and concentrated production on the Mounds candy bar. Over the years, Peter Paul added several products to its line, including the Almond Joy candy bar and York Peppermint Patties. Cadbury and Peter Paul merged in 1978, and Hershey Foods purchased the company's U.S. operations in 1988. Mounds is mentioned on several occasions, particularly in the final chapter, of the contemporary Christian fiction novel \"The Last Coin\" (", "id": "19099415" }, { "contents": "Mondelez International\n\n\nthe company wanted to avail itself of Cadbury distribution in the developing markets of India, Brazil, and Mexico. As incomes rose in those developing countries, Kraft hoped that products such as Oreos would become impulse buys for children. Mars was second in the confectionery market with 14.6-percent share, followed by Nestle with 7.8 percent. At the time of the purchase the chocolate and sugar industry had been growing at a 15-percent annual pace for the previous three years and was valued at $113 billion. Although its Cadbury purchase was considered odd", "id": "3872158" }, { "contents": "Cadbury Schweppes Inc v FBI Foods Ltd\n\n\nLtd., Caesar Canning was able to market this juice across Canada, under various trade names. In the court reports, judges referred to all of these products collectively as\"Caesar Cocktail\". While the product successfully gained market share from Clamato, Caesar Canning did not survive as an independent company and declared bankruptcy in 1985. In 1986, FBI Foods Ltd. purchased Caesar Canning's assets and continued to sell Caesar Cocktail. Cadbury-Schweppes did not take immediate action against FBI Foods Ltd. or Caesar Canning because they believed neither company had breached", "id": "18696938" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\nto their chocolate business. Accordingly, although the Cadbury group's chocolate products have been sold in the U.S. since 1988, the products are manufactured by Hershey, causing complaints by consumers, who claim they are inferior to the originals. Before the May 2008 demerger, the North American business also contained beverage unit Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages. In 1982, Cadbury Schweppes purchased the Duffy-Mott Company. Cadbury Adams' products include: Cadbury's products were first imported into Australia as early as 1853 when 3 cases of Cadbury's cocoa", "id": "10159896" }, { "contents": "Cadbury Creme Egg\n\n\nto soon revert to the original recipe because of the complaints received from the fans of these eggs. One other manufacturing difference that was made and that was the fact that there was no longer going to be the production of gold coin chocolates at Christmas time. Cadbury has introduced many variants to the original Creme Egg, including: Other products During an interview a 2007 episode of \"Late Night with Conan O'Brien\", actor B. J. Novak drew attention to the fact that American market Cadbury Creme Eggs had decreased in size, despite", "id": "15126492" }, { "contents": "Schweppes\n\n\na favourite of the British Royal Family until parent company Coca-Cola closed the historic plant in 2010 to local outcry. In 1969, the Schweppes Company merged with Cadbury to become Cadbury Schweppes. After acquiring many other brands in the ensuing years, the company was split in 2008, with its US beverage unit becoming Keurig Dr Pepper and separated from its global confectionery business (now part of Mondelez International). Keurig Dr Pepper is the current owner of the Schweppes trademark. Mainstay Schweppes products include ginger ale (1870),", "id": "14371932" }, { "contents": "Starbar\n\n\nyou a Starbar Ruler, Pencil and a copy of Douglas Adams' \"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe\"). In Canada and Germany, Wunderbar is a Cadbury Adams product marketed under licence of Cadbury UK Limited. It is also available in a package of \"minis\" and in a 12 g size for Halloween. Since January 2012, Starbars have been available in the Nordic countries, manufactured by Marabou Sweden (owned by Mondelēz International (who also owns Cadbury)). Starbar was introduced to Australia in", "id": "6911577" }, { "contents": "Didanosine\n\n\nwith HIV. On behalf of the NCI, they were awarded patents on these activities. Since the NCI does not market products directly, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a ten-year exclusive license to Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMS) to market and sell ddI as Videx tablets. Didanosine became the second drug approved for the treatment of HIV infection in many other countries, including in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on October 9, 1991. Its FDA approval helped", "id": "2989379" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\noil as a filling some ingredients. Over the next several years, Cadbury began downsizing its products, including trimming chocolate blocks in 2015. On 16 February 2017, it was reported that Cadbury would be closing its factory in Dunedin, New Zealand by March 2018. This is estimated to lead to the loss of 350 jobs. Amanda Banfield, Mondelez's vice-president for Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, clarified that the closure was done due to Mondelez's decision to shift chocolate manufacturing to Cadbury's Australian factories.", "id": "10159902" }, { "contents": "South Cadbury\n\n\n. The South Cadbury parish church of St Thomas à Becket is dedicated to Thomas Becket. It largely dates from the 13th and 15th centuries, but was widely restored in 1874. Many of the fittings date from this time. However, it does boast a 15th-century roof, with angel brackets and carved bosses, and an early wall painting of St Thomas. The church is a Grade II* listed building. The 18th century poet and satirist, Charles Churchill was at one time curate at South Cadbury. Sutton Montis", "id": "21335835" }, { "contents": "History of Cadbury\n\n\nand normal production resumed. Cadbury subsequently invested in new factories and had an increasing demand for their products. In 1952 the Moreton factory was built. In 1956, Cadbury began manufacturing in Bombay. In 1967 Cadbury acquired an Australian confectioner, MacRobertson's, beating a rival bid from Mars. As a result of the takeover, Cadbury built a 60 percent market share in the Australian market. The acquisition brought such brands as Freddo and Snack to the Cadbury roster. Cadbury merged with drinks company Schweppes to form Cadbury Schweppes in 1969", "id": "7742540" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\nand New Zealand and shifting production to \"advantaged\" country locations like China, India, Brazil, and Mexico. The closure of Cadbury factories in centers such as Dublin, Montreal, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Dunedin in New Zealand generated outcries from the local populations. The plan received approval from several market shareholders including the Australian and New Zealand banks Westpac and ASB Bank. In January 2017, Cadbury became the official snack partner of the Premier League, and sponsors the Premier League Golden Boot and Premier League Golden Glove awards.", "id": "10159890" }, { "contents": "Gumlink\n\n\nsixties, Dandy expanded with new products, including Stimorol. In 1972, Dandy established the existing factory in Vejle. In 2002, the company sold its chewing gum brands and sales subsidiaries to Cadbury Schweppes. The remaining company became solely focused on B2B activities within chewing gum and had a new name - Gumlink A/S. In 2009, Gumlink entered into a joint venture with Turkish company Yıldız Holding, and most of Gumlink’s production moved to Turkey. Today, Gumlink operates through a global network of partners selling chewing gum solutions", "id": "16406345" }, { "contents": "Howard Morrison\n\n\nat its heights. In 1966 he appeared in the John O'Shea film Don't Let It Get You. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s he was the spokesman for Bic products such as lighters and pens, appearing in many television commercials for the brand. The hymn \"How Great Thou Art\" became Morrison's \"de facto\" theme song for the latter part of his career, after a recording of it by Morrison became one of the country's biggest selling singles. In 1970 he received the Benny Award from the Variety", "id": "20834392" }, { "contents": "Obesity and the environment\n\n\nthat it does not call into question the structural dynamics that make obesity a likely risk for many of people. It offers alternative food as a solution to obesity but does not consider how food itself is produced and who is involved in production and consumption decisions. The food sovereignty movement seeks to increase empowerment fostered by the food justice movement in addition to addressing structural issues of the food system by advocating for healthy food as a right and for the right of people and countries to actively participate in decisions of food production and consumption (", "id": "20729431" }, { "contents": "List of products manufactured by The Hershey Company\n\n\nchocolate based products. Hershey is also licensed to produce Cadbury products as well as the Kit Kat bar and Rolo candies (which are both owned by Nestlé). Circular-shaped chocolate candies based on two Hershey chocolate bars. Sold only in the United States under license from Nestlé (Nestlé continues to sell the bar worldwide); essentially chocolate-covered wafer bars. Hershey's Kisses brand chocolates (\"kisses\") are pieces of chocolate shaped like very large chocolate chips. Reese’s is the No. 1 selling candy", "id": "20222964" }, { "contents": "Eskimo Pie\n\n\n\"Eskimo\" was racially insulting. On the other hand, \"many Native Alaskans still refer to themselves as Eskimos, in part because the word Inuit isn't part of the Yupik languages of Alaska and Siberia.\" The manufacturer and Cadbury Pascall, which produces the similarly named Eskimo marshmallow sweets, both said there were no plans to rename the products or to cease production. In the countries of the former Soviet Union as well as in France the word \"Eskimo\" is used as a generic name, not a trademark", "id": "11541532" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\n\"Salmonella\" Montevideo (SmvdX07) bacteria, affecting seven of its products. The contamination was caused by a leaking pipe, from which waste water dripped onto a chocolate crumb production line at the company's plant in Marlbrook, Herefordshire. It was not until around six months after the leak was detected that Cadbury Schweppes notified the Food Standards Agency, a delay which Cadbury Schweppes was unable to explain satisfactorily, and for which it was criticised. The Food Standards Agency ordered the company to recall more than a million chocolate bars.", "id": "10159915" }, { "contents": "Margaret Chapman\n\n\nfavourable comparisons with L. S. Lowry, with whom she was often thought to be a contemporary despite being more than fifty years younger. Chapman's work is often more detailed with many works featuring billboards selling products of the Edwardian Period such as Bovril, Cadbury's confectionary and Oxo. She matched Lowry for prices in the early/mid-1970s, and interest in her work has steadily increased more than a decade after her death. Well-known works include 'Piccadilly Circus', 'The New Rover' and 'Pretty Polly'", "id": "16388367" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\nCadbury expanded its product range with Flake (1920), Creme eggs (1923), Fruit and Nut (1928), and Crunchie (1929, originally under the Fry's label). By 1930, Cadbury was the 24th-largest British manufacturing company as measured by estimated market value of capital. Cadbury took direct control of the under-performing Fry in 1935. Dairy Milk Whole Nut arrived in 1933, and tins of Roses were introduced in 1938. Roses has become a very popular Christmas (and Mother’s Day", "id": "10159872" }, { "contents": "Deborah Cadbury\n\n\nthat funded social projects. It then focuses on the expansion of the chocolate business as new products were developed with Cadbury, Fry, Rowntree, Van Houten, Lindt, Nestlé, and Hershey all competing for global market shares. Despite its philanthropic roots, the Cadbury company itself (founded by the author's distant relatives, George and Richard Cadbury) is eventually taken over by Kraft. \"Chocolate Wars\" was second on \"The Christian Science Monitor\"'s 2010 list of best nonfiction books. \"Princes at War: The", "id": "7724333" }, { "contents": "Culture of the United Kingdom\n\n\n, which was then mass-produced as Fry's Chocolate Cream in 1866. British chocolate bars; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Galaxy and Kit Kat, are the three best selling bars in the UK. Cadbury Creme Eggs are the best selling confectionery item between New Year's Day and Easter in the UK, with annual sales in excess of 200 million. Sponsored by Cadbury, the annual children's Easter egg hunt takes place in over 250 locations in the UK. Created in Doncaster, Yorkshire, Butterscotch boiled sweets is one of", "id": "1103236" }, { "contents": "DHgate.com\n\n\nhelping Japanese SMEs sell their products through the platform, and continued its strategy in Turkey to enable suppliers in the country to sell online. DHgate.com is a cross-border business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform that links primarily Chinese SMEs to businesses and individuals worldwide. Estimates suggest that the platform has 21 million global registered buyers, 2 million Chinese sellers, and 22 million products available. The website sells numerous products, including a range of electronics, apparel, and health and beauty items, among many", "id": "2657567" }, { "contents": "Cadbury's Chocolate Factory, Tasmania\n\n\nCadbury's Chocolate Factory is a working chocolate factory belonging to the Australian division of international confectionery company Cadbury (a division of Mondelez International), and is located in Claremont, Tasmania. Despite being an active production facility, Cadbury's Claremont has a rich history with 18 heritage listed buildings on the site. The factory still features pure granite \"conching\" machines which are over 60 years old but are still in use. Due to its long history, and the general appeal of chocolate, the factory was a major Tasmanian tourism", "id": "19349895" }, { "contents": "Mondelez International\n\n\nbecause Kraft did not have a foothold in the confectionery market, the company noted its production of confectionery foods such as Toblerones and baked snacks such as Oreos. Cadbury also owned chewing-gum brands, such as Stride, Trident, Dentyne and Chiclets. Cadbury chairman Roger Carr explained his approval of the takeover: \"We believe the offer represents good value for Cadbury shareholders and are pleased with the commitment that Kraft Foods has made to our heritage, values and people throughout the world\". Cadbury sales were flat after Kraft's", "id": "3872159" }, { "contents": "Mini Eggs\n\n\nCadbury Mini Eggs are a milk chocolate product created and produced by Cadbury UK, also produced in Cadbury Adams (in Canada). Introduced by the Cadbury company in 1967. The egg is solid milk chocolate encased in a thin coating of hard candy \"shell\", molded to resemble a miniature egg. Mini Eggs were previously produced in the Keynsham plant in Somerset, UK; however as of February 2010, production has moved to Cadbury's new plant in (Bielany Wrocławskie) Poland. Over the years, Cadbury has introduced", "id": "10028656" }, { "contents": "Privity of contract\n\n\n, it does not have the right to go against the parties to the contract beyond its entitlement to a benefit. An example of this occurs when a manufacturer sells a product to a distributor and the distributor sells the product to a retailer. The retailer then sells the product to a consumer. There is no privity of contract between the manufacturer and the consumer. This, however, does not mean that the parties do not have another form of action: for instance, in \"Donoghue v. Stevenson\" a friend of Ms.", "id": "21194613" }, { "contents": "Turkish delight\n\n\nArab diaspora to Latin America. Fry's Turkish Delight is marketed by Cadbury in the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa and can also be found in Canada and New Zealand. It is rosewater-flavoured, and covered on all sides in milk chocolate. UK production controversially moved to Poland in 2010. Despite its worldwide popularity and production in several countries, at present, the only protected geographical indication (PGI) for such a product is the name Λουκούμι Γεροσκήπου (Loukoumi Geroskipou) for Turkish delight made in Yeroskipou,", "id": "7744394" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\nalso saw Premier take the licence for production of Cadbury brand biscuits and drinking chocolate. Meanwhile, Schweppes switched its alliance in the UK from Pepsi to Coca-Cola, taking a 51 percent stake in the joint venture Coca-Cola Schweppes. The acquisition of Canada Dry doubled its worldwide drinks market share, and it took a 30 percent stake in Dr Pepper. As a result of these acquisitions, Cadbury Schweppes became the third largest soft drinks manufacturer in the world. In August 1988, the company sold its U.S. confectionery operations", "id": "10159877" }, { "contents": "E. Wedel\n\n\n. The Warsaw facility employed 1,100 workers in 1998. Cadbury Schweppes made its initial investment in Poland in 1993, constructing a chocolate plant for its own products in Bielany Wrocławskie. In 1999, Cadbury bought E.Wedel and the factory in Praga, from PepsiCo for US$76.5 million. The Praga factory was modernised in 2007, with investment in both new laboratories and office space, as well as a new production line for the brand's flagship product Ptasie Mleczko, a chocolate candy with a marshmallow like centre. In 2007, as part", "id": "12312532" }, { "contents": "Chocolat Poulain\n\n\ncommercial future in chocolate would be found by selling to the masses and was innovative in industrialising the production of chocolate and in widespread marketing campaigns targeting children and families. In 1975, Chocolat Poulain was the sponsor of the mountains classification in the Tour de France when its distinctive polka jersey was introduced; the jersey's design was based on their chocolate bars that were covered in a polka dot wrapper. The company was bought by Cadbury Schweppes in 1988. It was sold to Kraft Food in 2010 (later Mondelēz International) and since", "id": "21040921" }, { "contents": "Auckland Zoo\n\n\nIslands, South America, Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka. Auckland Zoo supports conservation through captive breeding programmes, education, advocacy and research. Zoo staff are also sent to assist projects in New Zealand and overseas, where they lend and develop their specialist skills. In July 2009, following Cadbury's decision to add palm oil to their chocolate, Auckland Zoo made the decision to pulling the company's products from its shops, restaurant and animal feed because of the damage palm oil production does to rainforests in south east Asia, home", "id": "39666" }, { "contents": "Moro (chocolate bar)\n\n\nBar would no longer be produced at the factory in Dunedin, instead all production would move to Australia. This restructuring change has seen most Cadbury products previously made in New Zealand now made in Australia leaving the Dunedin factory to become a specialised factory producing boxed products such as Cadbury Roses, the Dunedin factory had a NZ$69 million upgrade with products made in New Zealand then exported to Australia and Asia. The change has resulted in the Moro bar and other products such as the Cadbury Picnic and Cadbury Pinky no longer being produced in New", "id": "8748914" }, { "contents": "Barrows (department store)\n\n\nBarrow Stores was an upmarket department store located in Bull Street, Birmingham. Barrow Stores was originally started by Richard Cadbury, of the Cadbury chocolate family. Richard opened a small drapery store in 1794 in Bull Street. By 1824 the Cadbury family opened a new shop next door selling tea, coffee and cocoa. However, in 1849 John Cadbury transferred the business to his cousin Richard Cadbury Barrow so they could concentrate on the manufacture of chocolate. The business was renamed Barrow Stores. By 1905 the store had been rebuilt with a", "id": "11229733" }, { "contents": "Cadbury Creme Egg\n\n\nwere manufactured in New Zealand at the Cadbury factory in Dunedin from 1983 to 2009. Cadbury in New Zealand and Australia went through a restructuring process which most Cadbury products previously produced in New Zealand being manufactured instead at Cadbury factories in Australia. The Dunedin plant later received a $69 million upgrade to specialise in boxed products such as Cadbury Roses, and Creme Eggs were no longer produced there. The result of the changes meant that Creme Eggs were instead imported from the United Kingdom. The change has also seen the range of Creme", "id": "15126489" }, { "contents": "Rowntree's\n\n\nFitzgerald has accused the company of being slow in new product development and marketing compared to its major competitor of the period, Cadbury. Fitzgerald suggests that Joseph Rowntree imitated the successes of competitors, (Cadbury's Cocoa Essence, French fruit pastilles) and that under his leadership, the company did not introduce any innovations of its own. Around 1898, the company acquired its own cocoa plantations in the West Indies. In 1899, Rowntree introduced its first milk chocolate block. Rowntree had struggled to make a milk chocolate product of comparable", "id": "578729" }, { "contents": "Chief (album)\n\n\nlot of things, particularly with his songwriting and with some risky production choices, awfully well here. Chief doesn’t make him a country music Jesus, but it does back up a good deal of his braggadocio.\" \"Rolling Stone\" placed the album at number 19 on its Best Albums of 2011 list. The album debuted at number one on the US \"Billboard\" 200 and the Top Country Albums chart, selling 145,000 copies in its first week of release. In its second week, the album fell to number", "id": "19159430" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\nHowever, Mondelez has also confirmed that Dunedin's Cadbury World tourist attraction would remain open due to its popularity with tourists. Following four weeks of consultations with local Cadbury employees, the Mayor of Dunedin Dave Cull, and local trade union representatives, Banfield confirmed that the closure would go ahead the following year due to the lack of viable options to continue production in New Zealand. She also confirmed that Cadbury would offer a redundancy support package to staff and would also sponsor staff willing to move to Australia to work. Mondelez also confirmed", "id": "10159903" }, { "contents": "History of Cadbury\n\n\n-known brands such as Fry's Chocolate Cream and Fry's Turkish Delight. In 1921, the many small Fry's factories around Bristol were closed down, and production was consolidated at a new factory in Somerdale, outside Bristol. Inter-war Britain saw cocoa replaced by chocolate (especially milk chocolate bars) as Britain's preferred product. Fruit and Nut was introduced as part of the Dairy Milk line in 1928, soon followed by Whole Nut in 1933. By this point, Cadbury was the brand leader in the United", "id": "7742537" }, { "contents": "Article marketing\n\n\nto perform and a great first step for a new business, which makes it very popular among small business's. Article marketing has become so popular that many websites now have articles which teach easy steps on how to write your own marketing article to gain views from the public. Gaining views and attention to a websites is important because websites gaining more traffic have a higher chance of getting purchases from the website according to statistics. Even if a website does not sell as many products on the website, the traffic a company gains", "id": "4269264" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\npopular around holidays, such as Christmas and Halloween. As well as Cadbury's chocolate, the company also owns Maynards and Halls, and is associated with several types of confectionery including former Trebor and Bassett's brands or products such as Liquorice Allsorts, Jelly Babies, Flumps, Mints, Black Jack chews, Trident gum, and Softmints. Global sales of Cadbury products amounted to £491M in the 52 weeks to 16 August 2014. Notable product introductions include: On 20 January 2006, Cadbury Schweppes detected a strain of the", "id": "10159914" }, { "contents": "North West England\n\n\nselling frozen pizza with 20% of the Italian market. Nearby, Nitecrest is the UK's leading manufacturer of gift, payment, loyalty and phone cards, and exports most of its products. Walker's make Monster Munch at junction 5 of the M58 on the Pimbo Ind Est in Up Holland; nearby SCA Hygiene has their Skelmersdale Mill which makes kitchen towel, with Uretek UK (polyurethane). To the east is Frederick's Dairies in East Pimbo, who make Cadbury's ice creams, near TAAG Steelwork, who built", "id": "8569062" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\nproduced in a factory handling nuts, potential allergens, but this was not made clear on the packaging. As a precaution, all items were recalled. On 14 September 2007, Cadbury Schweppes investigated a manufacturing error over allergy warning, recalling for the second time in two years thousands of chocolate bars. A printing mistake at Somerdale Factory resulted in the omission of tree nut allergy labels from 250g Dairy Milk Double Chocolate bars. On 29 September 2008, Cadbury withdrew all of its 11 chocolate products made in its three Beijing factories", "id": "10159918" }, { "contents": "Chocolate bar\n\n\ncocoa butter allowed the chocolate bar to keep its shape and melt in the mouth. In 1897, following the lead of Swiss companies, Cadbury introduced its own line of milk chocolate bars in the UK. Cadbury Dairy Milk, first produced in 1905, became the company's best selling bar. In the United States, immigrants who arrived with candy-making skills drove the development of new chocolate bars. Milton S. Hershey, a Pennsylvania caramel maker, saw a German-manufactured chocolate-making machine at the 1893 Chicago World", "id": "13310811" }, { "contents": "George Weston Limited\n\n\nmilling, and paper and tissue making. In 1989, the company sold its White Swan tissue division to Scott Paper Ltd. for $110 million. While Weston's had acquired the Canadian operations of Cadbury in 1987 and merged them with William Neilson Limited, after attempting to break into emerging markets, by selling chocolate bars in Mexico, it finally sold its chocolate operations to Cadbury Schweppes in 1996. In 1998, long time holding E. B. Eddy was sold to Domtar in a cash-and-stock deal worth (CAN)", "id": "20695123" }, { "contents": "Cadbury\n\n\nit was placed under government supervision for the entire war. The wartime rationing of chocolate ended in 1950, and normal production resumed. Cadbury subsequently invested in new factories and had an increasing demand for their products. In 1952 the Moreton factory was built. Cadbury has been a holder of a Royal Warrant from Queen Elizabeth II since 1955. In 1967, Cadbury acquired an Australian confectioner, MacRobertson's, beating a rival bid from Mars. As a result of the takeover, Cadbury built a 60 percent market share in the Australian", "id": "10159874" }, { "contents": "History of Cadbury\n\n\nwas first produced in 1915 and continued in production throughout the remainder of the First World War. More than 2,000 of Cadbury's male employees joined the Armed Forces and to support the war effort, Cadbury provided clothing, books and chocolate to soldiers. After the war, the Bournville factory was redeveloped and mass production began in earnest. In 1918, Cadbury opened their first overseas factory in Hobart, Tasmania. In 1919 Cadbury merged with J. S. Fry & Sons, another leading British chocolate manufacturer, resulting in the integration of well", "id": "7742536" }, { "contents": "Quaker Oats Company\n\n\nOats acquired Florida-based orange juice plant Ardmore Farms, which it would own until selling it to Country Pure Foods in 1998. In 1983, Quaker bought Stokely-Van Camp, Inc., makers of Van Camp's and Gatorade. Quaker bought Snapple for $1.7 billion in 1994 and sold it to Triarc in 1997 for $300 million. Triarc sold it to Cadbury Schweppes for $1.45 billion in September 2000. It was spun off in May 2008 to its current owners, Dr Pepper Snapple Group. In 1996,", "id": "10893802" }, { "contents": "Zongshen\n\n\nnew models, and differentiate the brand from a competitive environment of almost identical models. In 2012, Zongshen exported roughly 30% of its motorcycle production. It re-brands its products in many countries and its products can be seen in the lines of many retailers and distributors in the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Belarus, Russia, Argentina, Colombia, and Brazil. Zongshen Group also owns Zongshen PEM, a Canadian subsidiary registered in Vancouver that sells motorcycles, e-bikes and electric scooters to the North American market", "id": "18221449" }, { "contents": "Lidl\n\n\nminimal. In contrast to Aldi, there are generally more branded products on offer. Lidl distributes many low-priced gourmet foods by producing each of them in a single European Union country for its whole worldwide chain, but it also sources many local products from the country where the store is located. Like Aldi, Lidl has special weekly offers, and its stock of non-food items often changes with time. In contrast to Aldi, Lidl advertises extensively in its homeland of Germany. As with Aldi, Lidl does not", "id": "11571160" }, { "contents": "Hard sell\n\n\nsell is very evident, and many buyers often do not realize that they are being purposely directed in such a way to buy a product how a seller predicts that they will. This type of sell's ultimate goal is to create a mood or image that will appeal to the buyer and make them want to invest their money in a product, all without the buyer realizing that this is occurring. Persistence is not as involved in a soft sell as it is in a hard sell. The advantage of immediacy plays a large", "id": "15302563" }, { "contents": "Kraft Foods Inc.\n\n\nof its branded products. On January 19, 2010, Kraft sealed the deal to buy 100% of the share capital of Cadbury for over $19 billion. On March 17, 2010, Kraft Foods said it was \"truly sorry\" over its closure of a Cadbury factory in Somerdale. Senior Kraft executive Marc Firestone made the public apology to MPs at a parliamentary select committee hearing. In March 2011, in the US, Kraft Foods introduced MiO, a liquid flavoring product with zero calories and sugar-free geared to", "id": "5320985" }, { "contents": "Orangina\n\n\nin 1978 under the brand name, Orelia, which was later reverted to Orangina. The company, created by Beton, joined the Pernod Ricard group in 1984. In 2000, the Orangina brand was acquired by Cadbury Schweppes along with Pernod Ricard's other soda businesses, after an attempt to sell to Coca-Cola was blocked on anti competitive grounds. In 2006, Cadbury plc decided to concentrate on the chocolate business and sought buyers for its soda business. As the number three soda producer globally, neither of the bigger two", "id": "19560971" }, { "contents": "River Don, Yorkshire\n\n\nbut did not come to Hillsborough (Owlerton) until 1934 when Bassett's son-in-law Samuel Meggit Johnson built a large factory on Beulah Road (on the south side of the Don). The factory was enlarged in the inter-war period as new products such as Jelly Babies, Wine Gums and Liquorice Novelties were added to the range. In 1989 Bassetts was purchased by the Cadbury Schweppes group and became part of its confectionery subsidiary Cadbury Trebor Bassett. In 2010, Cadbury's was taken over by Kraft.", "id": "5158744" }, { "contents": "Gorilla (advertisement)\n\n\nviral marketing – that is, through word of mouth. To this end, Cadbury ended its ten-year sponsorship of the popular soap \"Coronation Street\". Public perception of the Cadbury brand had slipped through 2006-7 after a series of public relations blunders and product recalls. In mid-2006, a number of Cadbury lines were found to contain salmonella bacteria, originating from a leaking pipe at the company's factory in Marlbrook. The incident was widely reported in the media, and had a number of knock-on effects", "id": "6401743" }, { "contents": "Pearl Brewing Company\n\n\nof Pearl and Pearl Light spun up at Miller's Fort Worth facility, the product logos were redesigned. The updated label does not use the triple Xs, so a significant part of company identity has been virtually eliminated from the Pearl beers. However, Pearl's Country Club malt liquor still displays the XXXs in its logo. Many people wonder where the Xs came from, and how were they ever used on beer. In truth, the three Xs are actually a quality rating system. The system was initially used in Europe", "id": "9394309" }, { "contents": "Wispa\n\n\nWispa is a brand of chocolate bar manufactured by Cadbury using aerated chocolate. The bar was launched in 1981, as a trial version in North East England and with its success it was introduced nationally in 1983. It was seen as a competitor to Rowntree's Aero (now owned by Nestlé). In 2003, as part of a relaunch of the Cadbury Dairy Milk brand, the Wispa brand was discontinued and the product relaunched as \"Dairy Milk Bubbly\". As part of the relaunch, the product was reshaped as a", "id": "20587408" } ]

[ { "contents": "Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302\n\n\nEthiopian Airlines Flight 302 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Ethiopia to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya. On 10 March 2019, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft which operated the flight crashed near the town of Bishoftu six minutes after takeoff, killing all 157 people aboard. The cause of the accident is under investigation. Flight 302 is the deadliest accident involving an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft to date, surpassing the fatal hijacking of Flight 961 resulting in a crash near the Comoros in 1996.", "id": "5925794" }, { "contents": "Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961\n\n\nthe hijacker presumed to be guarding the cockpit during the final moments of the flight. Brian Tetley, Amin's colleague, also died. CIA officer Leslianne Shedd, who was posted to Ethiopia, died in the crash. At the CIA's 2012 Annual Memorial Ceremony to Honor Fallen Colleagues, the Agency recalled survivors of the crash telling the CIA that \"Leslianne...spent her final moments comforting those around her.\" Franklin Huddle, the U.S. Consul General of Bombay at the time, and his wife Chanya \"Pom\" Huddle", "id": "11281547" }, { "contents": "Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409\n\n\nEthiopian Airlines Flight 409 was an international commercial flight scheduled from Beirut to Addis Ababa that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after takeoff from Rafic Hariri International Airport on 25 January 2010, killing all 90 people on board. This was the first fatal crash for Ethiopian Airlines since the hijack of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 in 1996. The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-8AS, registration ET-ANB, s/n 29935. It had its maiden flight on 18 January 2002, and was delivered new to Ryanair on 4 February", "id": "4128686" }, { "contents": "Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961\n\n\nEthiopian Airlines Flight 961 was a scheduled flight serving the route Addis Ababa–Nairobi–Brazzaville–Lagos–Abidjan. On 23 November 1996, the aircraft serving the flight, a Boeing 767-200ER, was hijacked en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi by three Ethiopians seeking asylum in Australia. The plane crash-landed in the Indian Ocean near Grande Comore, Comoros Islands, due to fuel exhaustion; 125 of the 175 passengers and crew on board, including the three hijackers, died. The crash was captured on video", "id": "11281530" }, { "contents": "Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority\n\n\nThe Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA, ) is an agency of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Government of Ethiopia. It was established under Proclamation No. 273/2002. The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Accident Prevention and Investigation Bureau conducts aircraft accident investigations in Ethiopia or involving Ethiopian aircraft. The Flight Safety Department of the Ethiopian CAA conducted aircraft accident investigations in Ethiopia and/or involving Ethiopian aircraft. On 3 December 1996 the \"Direction Generale de l'Aviation Civile des Comores\" of the Comoros agreed to delegate the investigation of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961", "id": "14741778" }, { "contents": "Mohamed Amin\n\n\n. He was able to move among the Palestinian forces where Western journalists could not. In 1991, Amin lost his left arm during an ammunition dump explosion in Ethiopia during the Ethiopian Civil War. Amin boarded Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 on November 23, 1996 with 61-year-old Brian Tetley, a colleague who wrote the text for Amin's photography books, to travel to Nairobi after a business trip to Ethiopia. Hijackers stormed the cockpit of ET-AIZ, the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B767-260ER used for the flight, and", "id": "13691807" }, { "contents": "Why Planes Crash\n\n\nWhy Planes Crash was an aviation documentary TV mini-series based on aircraft accidents and crashes. The series was created and named by producer Caroline Sommers, on behalf of NBC Peacock Productions. The series premiere on July 12, 2009 featured \"Miracle on the Hudson,\" Captain Chesley \"Sully\" Sullenberger's incredible water ditching of U.S. Air flight 1549 in the Hudson on January 15, 2009. Two other ditchings were featured,([Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961]) which was hijacked and crashed into the Indian Ocean November 23, 1996.", "id": "14238904" }, { "contents": "Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961\n\n\nambassador to Kenya and a French foreign ministry official. A memorial service was held in Galawa on 30 November 1996. The incident has become a well-known hijacking because of the videotape. This was one of very few large airliner water landings, and was the first hijacked water landing. Both the captain and first officer of the flight received aviation awards, and both continued to fly for Ethiopian Airlines. The crash was featured in three episodes of \"Mayday\" (\"Air Emergency\", \"Air Crash Investigation\",", "id": "11281549" }, { "contents": "Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961\n\n\n, an experienced pilot with over 11,500 total flight hours (including 4,067 hours in the Boeing 757/767), was the pilot-in-command. The first officer on the flight was Yonas Mekuria (34). He had flown more than 6,500 hours, 3,042 of them in the Boeing 757/767. Prior to the crash, Leul had experienced two previous hijackings. The first occurred 12 April 1992 on Flight ETH574, a Boeing 727-260. The flight was diverted to Nairobi after two hijackers with hand grenades entered the cockpit", "id": "11281532" }, { "contents": "Porsche 961\n\n\na qualifying accident. Although the 961 managed to run as high as 11th overall in the race, Kees Nierop crashed the car after a mis-shift. The car was stopped and retired after it caught fire as Nierop attempted to return to the pit lane. Following the Le Mans difficulties, and with no championship with which to run the 961 against similar machinery, the project was canceled. The 961, repaired after its crash and fire in 1987, now resides on display in the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany.", "id": "21060288" }, { "contents": "Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961\n\n\n, including a group of scuba divers and some French doctors on vacation, came to the aid of crash survivors. A tourist recorded a video of ET-AIZ crashing. She said that she had begun taping because she initially believed that the 767 formed a part of an air show for tourists. Survivors were initially taken to Mitsamiouli Hospital. The crash site was less than away from this hospital. The passengers were transferred to El-Maarouf Regional Hospital Centre (\"Centre Hospitalier National El Maarouf\") in Moroni the same", "id": "11281542" }, { "contents": "Air Transat Flight 961\n\n\nthis accident. Flight 961 was a routine scheduled commercial flight carrying 262 passengers and 9 crew from Varadero, Cuba to Quebec City on March 6, 2005. At 2:48 am EST, flight 961 took off from Cuba. The flight climbed to its initial cruising altitude of and the flight attendants began the inflight service. Then, suddenly, at 3:02 am, the aircraft began a dutch roll after a bang shuddered the aircraft violently. The plane climbed until the crew overcame the aircraft upset by descending. The aircraft attempted to divert", "id": "572866" }, { "contents": "Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 372\n\n\nOn 15 July 1960, at 09:04, Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 372, a C-47 Skytrain registered as ET-T-18, took off from Bulki, Ethiopia, on a short-haul flight to Aba Segud Airport, Jimma, Ethiopia. There were eight passengers, three crew and a cargo of coffee on board. At 09:40, the pilot requested the activation of the Jimma non-directional beacon (NDB) to assist his navigation. There was no further contact with the flight. The aircraft was found to have crashed at", "id": "3335687" }, { "contents": "Leul Abate\n\n\nCaptain Leul Abate (Ge'ez: ልኡል አባተ; born 1954) is an Ethiopian pilot who piloted Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, which was hijacked on 23 November 1996, fifteen minutes out from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, by three Ethiopians seeking political asylum in Australia. The plane crashed in the Indian Ocean near The Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125 of the 175 passengers and crew on board. Leul observed that, \"[The hijackers] knew they wouldn't make it to Australia—they just wanted us to crash", "id": "18195588" }, { "contents": "Boeing 737 MAX groundings\n\n\ncrash,\" he said. \"There was a directive by Boeing, so they took that training.\" Ethiopia's transportation minister, Dagmawit Moges, said that initial data from the recovered flight data recorder of Ethiopian Flight 302 shows \"clear similarities\" with the crash of Lion Air Flight 610. Ethiopian Airlines grounded its fleet on March 10. The Civil Aviation Administration of China ordered all MAX aircraft grounded in the country on March 11, stating its zero tolerance policy and the similarities of the crashes. Most other regulators and", "id": "6325904" }, { "contents": "Gimbichu\n\n\nGimbichu is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Shewa Zone, Gimbichu is bordered on the south by Lome, on the southwest by Ada'a Chukala, on the northwest by the Amhara Region, and on the east by the Afar Region. The administrative center is Chefe Donsa. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed in Gimbichu on 10 March 2019. Most parts of this woreda are more than 2300 meters above sea level; Gara Bokan is the highest point. Rivers include Wedecha and Belbela, both", "id": "19350097" }, { "contents": "Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961\n\n\n. The aircraft involved in the crash was a Boeing 767-260ER, registration ET-AIZ, c/n 23916, that had its maiden flight on 17 September 1987. Powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4E engines, it was delivered new to Ethiopian Airlines on 22 October 1987. Except for a short period between and when it was leased to Air Tanzania, the airplane spent its life in the Ethiopian Airlines fleet. It was nine years old at the time the incident took place. Captain Leul Abate (42)", "id": "11281531" }, { "contents": "Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961\n\n\nboth survived the crash. Huddle said that he chose to fly on Ethiopian Airlines while planning a safari trip to Kenya because of the airline's reputation; it was one of the few airlines in Africa to have Federal Aviation Administration certification. Huddle wanted a flight during the day, reasoning that flying during the day was \"safer.\" He credits his and his wife's survival to a last-minute upgrade to business class. Other passengers who died on the aircraft included Lt.Gen.(Ret.) Antal Annus, the Hungarian", "id": "11281548" }, { "contents": "Franklin Huddle\n\n\nGeneral of Bombay (Mumbai), Huddle and his wife, Chanya \"Pom\" Huddle, survived the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, which was hijacked, on November 23, 1996. Huddle said that he chose to fly on Ethiopian Airlines while planning a safari trip to Kenya because of Ethiopian Airlines's reputation and added that the airline was one of two airlines in Africa to have Federal Aviation Administration certification. Franklin Huddle wanted a flight during the day, reasoning that flying during the day is \"safer\". In", "id": "15935653" }, { "contents": "Boeing 737 MAX\n\n\nfrom Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on a scheduled flight to Nairobi, Kenya, killing all 149 passengers and 8 crew members on board. The aircraft was four months old at the time. The cause of the crash is unclear , though the aircraft's vertical speed after takeoff was reported to be unstable. Evidence retrieved on the crash site suggests that, at the time of the crash, the aircraft was configured to dive, similar to Lion Air Flight 610. According to Ethiopian transport minister Dagmawit Moges, on April 4,", "id": "10992894" }, { "contents": "Mohamed Amin\n\n\nMohamed \"Mo\" Amin (29 August 1943 – 23 November 1996) was a Kenyan photojournalist. Amin's photos along with Michael Buerk's reporting of the 1984 Ethiopian famine brought international attention to the crisis and eventually helped start the charity wave that resulted in Live Aid concerts. Amin died in November 1996 when his flight Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked and crashed into the ocean near Grande Comore. Amin was born on 29 August 1943 in Eastleigh, Nairobi. He developed an interest in photography at school. He founded the", "id": "13691804" }, { "contents": "Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217\n\n\nAzerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 was a scheduled passenger flight between Baku and Aktau, Kazakhstan that crashed into the Caspian Sea at ca. 22:40 on 23 December 2005. The flight was operated by an Antonov An-140. Around five minutes after a night-time departure from Baku Airport the crew reported a systems failure. Heading over the Caspian Sea at night without flight instruments made it difficult for the crew to judge their flight parameters. Whilst attempting to return to Baku, the aircraft crashed shortly afterwards on the shore of the Caspian Sea,", "id": "2212944" }, { "contents": "Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409\n\n\n, with thunderstorms in the vicinity of the airport. The aircraft climbed to , turned sharply to the left, stalled, and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea at about 02:00 local time. Radar contact was lost about four to five minutes into the flight, while witnesses near the coast reported seeing the aircraft on fire as it crashed into the sea. The flight had been scheduled to arrive at Addis Ababa at 07:50 local time (04:50 UTC). On the morning following the crash, Lebanese authorities reported locating the crash site off", "id": "4128688" }, { "contents": "South African Airways Flight 406\n\n\nthat just after this crash, another Vickers Viscount was lost over the sea on its way to Ireland, and yet another was lost over land in Australia. The crash in Australia allowed investigators to find the cause of in-flight disintegration, a failed wing spar. Later on, Margo connected the dots with the other crashes at sea, and as of writing his memoirs, he believed that the Rietbok crash was due to a failed wing spar as well. Subsequently, both Australian Viscount crashes were found to be due to", "id": "2673059" }, { "contents": "Air Transat Flight 961\n\n\nAir Transat Flight 961 was an Air Transat flight from Varadero, Cuba to Quebec City, Canada on March 6, 2005. The aircraft experienced a structural failure in which the rudder detached in flight. The flight crew were able to regain enough control of the aircraft to return safely to Varadero. , the Airbus A310-308 is still in service with Air Transat. The investigation that followed determined that the manufacturer's inspection procedure for the composite rudder was not adequate. Inspection procedures for composite structures on airliners were changed because of", "id": "572865" }, { "contents": "Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961\n\n\n\"Air Disasters (Smithsonian Channel)\"). The first appearance was in season 1 to explain what might have happened if Air Transat Flight 236 had ditched instead of landing in a nearby airport. In season 3, an episode (\"Ocean Landing\") covered the events of Flight 961 in detail. Most recently, it featured in the season 10 episode covering US Airways Flight 1549, to explain the risks of that crew's decision to ditch in the Hudson River. It was also featured in a 2010 episode of", "id": "11281550" }, { "contents": "Crash Landing (1958 film)\n\n\nCrash Landing (aka Rescue at Sea) is a 1958 dramatic \"disaster\" film directed by Fred F. Sears starring Gary Merrill and Nancy Reagan. This was the last film in which Nancy Reagan (billed as Nancy Davis) appeared, though she continued to work in television for some years thereafter. \"Crash Landing\" was based on Pan Am Flight 6, a real-life ditching at sea. Transatlantic flight 627 Captain Steve Williams (Gary Merrill) is piloting a DC-7C commercial airliner on a flight from Lisbon to New", "id": "10026061" }, { "contents": "Air Transat Flight 961\n\n\nwere erased due to the long span of time in which the accident occurred, there were several findings as to the cause of the accident. The aircraft probably had a stress fracture in the tail that went unnoticed for several flights prior to the accident flight and the A310 does not have a mechanism in the tail that suspends the growth of the fracture(s). The Transportation Safety Board found that inspection program of composite rudders was inadequate. In particular, the durability of the rudder was questioned. Air Transat Flight 961 provided new insights", "id": "572868" }, { "contents": "Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302\n\n\nIt is also the deadliest aircraft accident to occur in Ethiopia, surpassing the crash of an Ethiopian Air Force Antonov An-26 in 1982, which killed 73. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 model first flew on 29 January 2016 and entered service in 2017, making it one of the newest aircraft in Boeing's commercial airliner offerings, and the newest generation of Boeing 737. As of February 2019, 376 aircraft of this model have been produced and one other has crashed, Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia in October 2018. Following the", "id": "5925795" }, { "contents": "Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302\n\n\nthe FAA issued an emergency grounding order, citing new evidence from the crash investigations. The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA), the agency responsible for investigating civil aviation accidents in Ethiopia, has been investigating. The aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, stated that it is prepared to work with the United States National Transportation Safety Board and assist Ethiopian Airlines. The United States Federal Aviation Administration will also assist in the investigation. Both the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder were recovered from the crash site on 11 March. The", "id": "5925816" }, { "contents": "Pan Am Flight 217\n\n\nperished in the flight 217 crash was Olga Antonetti, a former Miss Venezuela. The cause of the crash was believed to be pilot error, as a result of an optical illusion created by the lights of the city on an upslope. This caused the plane to crash into the sea and explode on impact, killing all on board. Some reports stated that the cause of the crash was never determined. The investigators may have been confused with the crash of Air France Flight 212 (1969), which occurred a year later", "id": "3626839" }, { "contents": "Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961\n\n\n, 125 were killed, including the three hijackers. According to the accident report, all six surviving crew members and 38 passengers received serious injuries, two passengers received minor injuries, and four passengers received no injuries. One passenger, an Ethiopian, was identified as a child on the manifest; this passenger was among the dead. Many of the passengers survived the initial crash, but they had disregarded or did not hear Leul's warning not to inflate their life jackets inside the aircraft, causing them to be pushed against the", "id": "11281545" }, { "contents": "Mitsamiouli\n\n\nMitsamiouli (population 6,100) is a town on the northwest coast of Grande Comore in the Comoros. On 23 November 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 made a crash-landing in the shallow waters offshore from Le Galawa Beach Hotel in Mitsamiouli. Of the 175 passengers, 125 died, despite rescue attempts by island residents and tourists. Mitsamiouli lies on the northwest coast of the island, along the main coast road RN-1 and RN-3. This coastal road connects it to Djomani and Ntsaouéni further to the south on the west coast and", "id": "19712077" }, { "contents": "Boeing 767\n\n\non board, and the cause was attributed to pilot error. The 767 has been involved in six hijackings, three resulting in loss of life, for a combined total of 282 occupant fatalities. On November 23, 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, a 767-200ER, was hijacked and crash-landed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoro Islands after running out of fuel, killing 125 out of the 175 persons on board; survivors have been rare among instances of land-based aircraft ditching on water. Two 767s", "id": "3694057" }, { "contents": "Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302\n\n\nFrench aviation accident investigation agency BEA announced that it would analyze the flight recorders from the flight. BEA received the flight recorders on 14 March. On 17 March, the Ethiopia’s transport minister Dagmawit Moges announced that \"the black box has been found in a good condition that enabled us to extract almost all the data inside\" and that the preliminary data retrieved from the flight data recorder show a clear similarity with those of Lion Air Flight 610 which crashed off Indonesia. On 13 March 2019, the FAA announced that new evidence", "id": "5925817" }, { "contents": "Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 8968\n\n\nMerpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 8968 was a passenger flight which crashed off the coast of West Papua, Indonesia, on 7 May 2011. The aircraft involved, a Xian MA60, was operating Merpati Nusantara Airlines' scheduled domestic service from Sorong to Kaimana, both in West Papua. It crashed into the sea in heavy rain, while on approach to Kaimana, about before the runway. All 25 people on board the aircraft perished. The crash was the deadliest crash in 2011 in Indonesia and the first fatal crash of a Xian MA60", "id": "8383421" }, { "contents": "Grande Comore\n\n\nsultanates and accepting a French protectorate over the island. In 1893, Sultan Said Ali was sent into exile on Réunion. In 1908, France annexed the island and the sultanates were abolished. In 1975, Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli declared independence as the nation of Comoros. On November 23, 1996 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked while in Ethiopian airspace en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi. The Boeing 767-260ER crash-landed in the Indian Ocean near Grande Comore after running out of fuel, killing 125 out", "id": "17213293" }, { "contents": "Associated Press Television News\n\n\ndollars' worth of camera, editing, and satellite transmission equipment everywhere that news might happen. Video news agencies provide rapid response coverage and international reach for those TV stations. The agency obtains footage from their own camera crews, arrangements with local TV broadcasters to redistribute their material, material shot by freelancers who sell their footage to the agencies, and on rare occasions footage shot by the public (such as the famous footage of the 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde outside Paris and the hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, which", "id": "19772710" }, { "contents": "History of the Comoros\n\n\nYachourtu became acting president until Djohar returned from exile in January, 1996. In March 1996, following presidential elections, Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, a member of the civilian government that Denard had tried to set up in October 1995, became president. On 23 November 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crashed near a beach on the island after it was hijacked and ran out of fuel killing 125 people and leaving 50 survivors. In 1997, the islands of Anjouan and Mohéli declared their independence from the Comoros. A subsequent attempt by the", "id": "6232728" }, { "contents": "XL Airways Germany Flight 888T\n\n\nit was switched to full manual mode. Seconds later the plane crashed into the sea. Moreover the stall warning in normal law was not possible. However, the stall warning function was still available, and was triggered during the last phase of the flight. Five safety recommendations were made following examination of the particulars of the crash. \"The New Zealand Herald\" remarked on the date coincidence with another Air New Zealand crash. Due to differing time zones, the crash of Flight 888T occurred in the morning of 28 November", "id": "10251882" }, { "contents": "Air France Flight 1611\n\n\nAir France Flight 1611 was a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III en route from the island of Corsica to Nice, France, on 11 September 1968 when it crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off Nice, killing all 95 on board. According to the official report, the crash was non-survivable. The crash, to date, retains the highest death toll of any aviation incident in the Mediterranean Sea. Among the dead was French general René Cogny. The probable cause was attributed to a fire which originated in the rear of the", "id": "13473949" }, { "contents": "Advance Airlines Flight 4210\n\n\nAdvance Airlines Flight DR4210 was a scheduled passenger flight which crashed at Sydney Airport on 21 February 1980, killing all 13 people on board the Advance Airlines Beech Beechcraft King Air 200. After taking off on runway 25 for a scheduled flight the aircraft's left (port) engine failed and the pilot requested an emergency landing on runway 34. The plane crashed into the sea wall while attempting the emergency landing. The accident caused the greatest number of fatalities in a civil aircraft crash in Australia since MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750, a", "id": "20095554" }, { "contents": "Armavia Flight 967\n\n\nArmavia Flight 967 (U8 967/RNV 967) was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Armavia, the largest international airline and the flag carrier of Armenia from Zvartnots International Airport, Zvarnots in Armenia to Sochi, a Black Sea coastal resort city in Russia. On 3 May 2006, the aircraft operating the route, an Airbus A320-200, crashed into the sea while attempting to go-around following its first approach to Sochi airport, killing all 113 aboard. The accident was the first major commercial airline crash in", "id": "17839308" }, { "contents": "2013 Ethiopian Air Force An-12 crash\n\n\nOn 9 August 2013, an Antonov An-12 operated by the Ethiopian Air Force crashed while attempting to land at Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia. There were six crew on board, of which four perished and two survived with injuries. The flight departed from Dire Dawa International Airport in Ethiopia at 06:00 local time that morning, commanded by Colonel Berhanu Geremew, a highly experienced pilot. It was carrying a cargo of weapons and ammunition. The aircraft was cleared for a visual approach to runway 05 in Mogadishu but crashed to", "id": "14468166" }, { "contents": "South African Airways Flight 406\n\n\nSouth African Airways Flight 406, also known as the Rietbok Crash, was a scheduled passenger flight on 13 March 1967 that crashed into the sea on approach to East London, South Africa. All 25 passengers and crew on board were killed. The air accident report speculated, without supporting evidence, that the pilot of the plane suffered a heart attack while on approach and the co-pilot was unable to regain control of the aircraft. Like the crash of South African Airways Flight 295 two decades later, there was, and", "id": "2673052" }, { "contents": "German submarine U-961\n\n\nGerman submarine \"U-961\" was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's \"Kriegsmarine\" during World War II. \"U-961\" was constructed at Hamburg during 1942 and 1943, completing her working-up cruises in the Baltic Sea in the spring of 1944. Due to extensive modifications and shortages of supplies during her construction and training, \"U-961\" took nearly two years to be ready for active service, an exceptionally long time. German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. \"", "id": "13612789" }, { "contents": "Oromia Region\n\n\nOn September 12, 2015 and continuing into 2016, protests broke out across Ethiopia and centered around the Oromia Region. Dozens of protesters were killed in the first days of the protests and internet service was cut in many parts of the region. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed in the \"woreda\" (district) of Gimbichu on 10 March 2019. Based on the 2007 census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), Oromia Region has a total population of 26,993,933, consisting of 13,595,006 men and 13,398,927 women;", "id": "19963645" }, { "contents": "Aer Lingus Flight 712\n\n\nAer Lingus Flight 712 crashed en route from Cork to London on 24 March 1968 killing all 61 passengers and crew. The aircraft, a Vickers Viscount 803 named \"St. Phelim\", crashed into the sea off Tuskar Rock, County Wexford. Although the investigation into the crash lasted two years, a cause was never determined. Causes proposed in several investigative reports include possible impact with birds, a missile or target drone, or mechanical and structural failures. Aer Lingus still uses this flight number for a daily flight from Cork to", "id": "10456850" }, { "contents": "Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724\n\n\nMerpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724 (MZ724/MNA724) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Merpati Nusantara Airlines from Pattimura Airport in Maluku's provincial capital Ambon to Jefman Airport in Sorong, West Papua. On 1 July 1993, the aircraft operating the flight, a Fokker F28 Fellowship 3000 registered as PK-GFU, crashed into the sea after it struck a small hill near Jefman Airport. Forty-one people were killed in the crash. The crash was the deadliest in Merpati Nusantara Airlines' history. Investigators concluded that", "id": "11075477" }, { "contents": "Java Sea\n\n\nattack. On 28 December 2014, Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashed into the Java Sea while en route to Singapore from Surabaya, Indonesia. All 162 passengers and crew were killed. On 29 October 2018, Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta heading towards Depati Amir Airport in Pangkal Pinang. All 189 passengers and crew on board are presumed dead. The southern section of the seafloor has long been recognized as geologically similar to northern Java, where oil fields occur", "id": "11474801" }, { "contents": "Proteus Airlines Flight 706\n\n\nProteus Airlines Flight 706 was a scheduled commuter flight from Lyon, France to Lorient, France. On July 30, 1998 the Beechcraft 1900D operating the flight collided in mid-air with a light aircraft over Quiberon Bay. This accident was known as Quiberon Bay plane crash. Both aircraft crashed in the sea, killing fifteen people. Flight 706 took off from Lyon–Saint-Exupéry at 12:21 local time on a flight to Lorient Lann-Bihoué airport. About seventy minutes into the flight, the crew made a request to", "id": "3971695" }, { "contents": "Seizō Yasunori\n\n\non May 11, 1945. Yasunori dropped a 550-lb bomb and then crashed his A6M Zero into the aft portion of the flight deck of the . The bomb tore a hole in the port side of the ship and his plane crashed onto the flight deck. The ensuing explosion destroyed many of the planes on the deck. His plane dragged another plane overboard. His wingman, Kiyoshi Ogawa, crashed into the ship a few seconds later. A third plane crashed into the sea before reaching the ship. The fate of the", "id": "15310475" }, { "contents": "Battle of the Philippine Sea\n\n\nstarshells to help the aircraft find the task groups. Planes were given clearance to land on any available flight deck (not just their home carriers, as usual), and many did land on other carriers. Despite this, 80 of the returning aircraft were lost. Some crashed on flight decks, but the majority ditched into the sea. Some pilots intentionally went down in groups to facilitate rescue, and more ditched individually either in a controlled landing, with a few gallons of fuel left, or in a crash after their", "id": "3446599" }, { "contents": "Gabon Express Flight 221\n\n\nGabon Express Flight 221 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on 8 June 2004. The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 was carrying 26 passengers and 4 crew and was flying from Gabon's capital Libreville to Franceville via Port-Gentil when an engine failed. The crew tried to return to Libreville International Airport; however they overflew it and nosedived into the sea. At least 19 people were killed in the crash. It was the second deadliest plane crash in Gabon. Gabon President Omar Bongo declared three days of", "id": "9344788" }, { "contents": "Allegheny Airlines Flight 736\n\n\nfrom reaching the crash site. Survivors started a bonfire outside of the aircraft using wood, seat cushions, and luggage to keep warm and attract rescuers to the crash site. The National Transportation Safety Board investigated the accident. After reviewing the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, the NTSB determined that the flight was flawless until the flight reached a DME 2.9 miles from the airport. The minimum altitude at the 2.9 mile DME was 2,900 feet above mean sea level; after reaching the DME, Flight 736 was authorized only to", "id": "12786557" }, { "contents": "Asiana Airlines Flight 991\n\n\nOn 28 July 2011, Asiana Airlines Flight 991, a Boeing 747-400F cargo aircraft on a flight from Seoul, South Korea, to Shanghai, China, crashed into the sea off Jeju Island after suffering a main deck fire. Both pilots, the only two people on board, were killed. The accident marked the second loss of a 747 freighter due to cargo hold fire in less than a year, following the crash of UPS Airlines Flight 6 in Dubai in September 2010. Asiana Cargo Flight 991, crewed by", "id": "3892789" }, { "contents": "Lewis Earle Sandt\n\n\nLater, he bested his own record by reaching an altitude of 7,800 feet. His most notable flight was his 34 minute flight across a frozen Lake Erie on February 15, 1912 to Long Point Peninsula near Port Rowan, Canada. Hailed as the first flight across inland seas in America and the first international flight from North America, this flight ended almost in tragedy, as Earl crash landed into the frozen Lake Erie on his return trip. He survived the crash and despite a number of injuries to his eye and body,", "id": "9949795" }, { "contents": "EgyptAir Flight 843\n\n\nof 750 ft above sea level and from the airport. Of the 6 crew and 56 passengers on board, 3 crew members (both flight crew members and one flight attendant) and 11 passengers were killed in the crash. The investigation found the Minimum safe altitude warning device at Tunis-Carthage did not cover the approach for Runway 11, and recommended studying ways to improve the volume of sky covered by the device in order to cover approaches to all the runways. The cause of the crash was a controlled flight into terrain", "id": "2958876" }, { "contents": "Bond Offshore Helicopters Flight 85N\n\n\nJust before 2:00 pm on 1 April 2009, Bond Offshore Helicopters Flight 85N crashed north-east of Peterhead, Scotland in the North Sea while returning from a BP oil platform in the Miller oilfield, north-east of Peterhead. The crash killed all sixteen people aboard. The flight was operated using a Eurocopter AS332L2 Super Puma Mk 2 belonging to Bond Offshore Helicopters. The cause of the crash was main rotor separation following a catastrophic gearbox failure. The helicopter was flown by Captain Paul Burnham and co-pilot Richard Menzies,", "id": "6398305" }, { "contents": "XL Airways Germany Flight 888T\n\n\nXL Airways Germany Flight 888T (GXL888T) was an Airbus A320 which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, 7 km off Canet-en-Roussillon on the French coast, close to the Spanish border, on 27 November 2008, killing all seven people on board. The aircraft was on a flight test (or \"acceptance flight\") for which it had taken off from Perpignan - Rivesaltes Airport, made an overflight of Gaillac and was flying back to Perpignan Airport, doing an approach over the sea. The flight", "id": "10251868" }, { "contents": "KLM Flight 608\n\n\nKLM Flight 608 was an international scheduled passenger flight from New York City to Amsterdam. On 23 August 1954 the aircraft crashed in the North Sea off IJmuiden during the Shannon-Amsterdam leg of the flight. The crash killed all 21 passengers and crew on board. The Douglas DC-6B, construction number 43556 and line number 257, was delivered to KLM on 22 August 1952 as PH-TFO and christened \"Willem Bontekoe\". On 6 March 1954 the aircraft was re-registered as PH-DFO. At 09:29 GMT,", "id": "1670590" }, { "contents": "Skyway Enterprises Flight 7101\n\n\nOn October 29, 2014, Skyway Enterprises Flight 7101, a Short 360 cargo aircraft operating a non-scheduled flight from Princess Juliana International Airport on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin to San Juan, Puerto Rico, crashed into the sea shortly after take-off, killing both crew members on board.. The subsequent investigation concluded that somatogravic illusion most likely lead to in-flight loss of control and the resulting crash. On the day of the accident, the Short 360-100, operated by Skyway Enterprises on a FedEx", "id": "18178165" }, { "contents": "Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308\n\n\n. The time of the accident was 8:53 a.m. local time (07:53 UTC). At 9 am, seven minutes after losing contact with flight 1308, an emergency search began. the controler mistakenly believed that flight 1308 crashed at sea. Finally, at 12:40, a wing fragment was found on the top of Mount San Pietro, from the coast. The next day the rescuers reached the crash site, only to find that there were no survivors. The subsequent investigation into the disaster revealed that control mistakenly believed that Flight 1308", "id": "9000419" }, { "contents": "Flash Airlines Flight 604\n\n\nFlash Airlines Flight 604 was a charter flight provided by Egyptian private charter company Flash Airlines. On 3 January 2004, the Boeing 737-300 that was operating the route crashed into the Red Sea shortly after takeoff from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport, killing all 135 passengers, most of whom were French tourists, and all thirteen crew members. The findings of the crash investigation were controversial, with accident investigators from the different countries involved unable to agree on the cause of the accident. Flight 604 was the deadliest air disaster in", "id": "21927710" }, { "contents": "Northwest Airlines Flight 293\n\n\nNorthwest Orient Airlines Flight 293 was an American military charter operated on 3 June 1963 by a Northwest Orient Airlines Douglas DC-7C registered \"N290\" which crashed into the sea off the coast of Alaska with the loss of all 101 crew and passengers on board. It was the airline's deadliest disaster until the crash of flight 255 24 years later. Flight 293 was chartered by the Military Air Transport Service of the United States Air Force to carry 95 servicemen and their families between McChord Air Force Base in Washington state to Elmendorf Air Force", "id": "4271221" }, { "contents": "Armavia\n\n\nSuperjet 100 to the manufacturer, citing reliability concerns. On October 2, 2012, the airline agreed to take back the first SSJ. On 3 May 2006, an Armavia Airbus A320 (registration: EK-32009) operating as Armavia Flight 967 crashed into the Black Sea en route from Yerevan to Sochi, a seaside resort town in Russia. The fatal crash was a controlled flight into terrain accident, killing all 105 passengers and 8 crew on board. The aircraft was completely destroyed by impact with the water. The crash was caused", "id": "20566099" }, { "contents": "1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash\n\n\nbest climbing speed. In the area around the Mull of Kintyre, the safe altitude would be above sea level, above the highest point of the terrain. The height of the crash site of ZD576 was , below the minimum safe level. The Board of Inquiry into the accident recommended formal procedures for transition from Visual Flight Rules to Instrument Flight Rules in mid-flight be developed, and the RAF has since integrated such practices into standard pilot training. Regarding negligence on the part of the pilots, the 2011 Report said \"", "id": "19438993" }, { "contents": "Aeroflot Flight 13\n\n\nthe left engine. At 90 feet (30 m) the crew retracted the flaps and began turning left at an altitude of 120 feet (40 m). As it turned, the left wingtip struck the cable of an oil rig in the Caspian Sea, shearing it off. The plane descended, striking a pipeline, before crashing near a highway at 18:51 MSK. 54 people on board were killed and eight others seriously injured including the flight's captain and flight engineer. An investigation of the crash blamed the engine failure", "id": "22169802" }, { "contents": "Aviation accidents and incidents\n\n\n213: On January 1, 1978, a Boeing 747-237B, Air India Flight 855, crashed into the Arabian Sea just off the coast of Bombay, India, killing all 190 passengers and 23 crew on board. An investigation concluded that the captain became disoriented after the failure of one of the flight instruments in the cockpit, leading to \"irrational control inputs\" that caused the plane to crash. 203: On February 16, 1998, an Airbus A300B4-622R, China Airlines Flight 676, en route from", "id": "3599630" }, { "contents": "Ansett-ANA Flight 325\n\n\nsea rescue launch based on Botany Bay made a circuit of the Bay's foreshores. When Flight 325 failed to arrive at its destination, search and rescue procedures were elevated to the Distress Phase. In the hours after loss of contact with Flight 325 no report was received of an aircraft accident so there was general foreboding that it had crashed into the Tasman Sea. At first light the next morning two Douglas DC-3 aircraft began searching the sea to the east of Sydney. A helicopter and several motor launches also began searching Botany Bay", "id": "13018776" }, { "contents": "1946 Australian National Airways DC-3 crash\n\n\nEngineering. After examining the wreckage recovered from the sea bed the panel was satisfied both engines were operating at high power at the time of impact and there was no pre-existing structural or mechanical defect that would explain the crash. The panel arranged for the witnesses at Seven Mile Beach to observe a series of flights by a de Havilland Dragonfly taking off from Cambridge aerodrome, and to identify which flight best represented what they saw on the night of the crash. This exercise established that VH-AET reached a maximum height of", "id": "17479519" }, { "contents": "Aviastar Flight 7503\n\n\npeople claimed that they saw the plane crash, but all of them gave different locations. Some people claimed that the plane crashed into Palopo Mountains, while others claimed that the plane crashed near Sidrap waterfall. A young student claimed that the plane was flying very low, and had smoke on the wing, then impacted the sea at the Luwu shoreline. Some villagers also stated that the plane flew into the Barru and Pare-Pare sea. BASARNAS stated that there are possibilities that the plane flew off course, using a different", "id": "22126458" }, { "contents": "Boeing 737 MAX groundings\n\n\nFAA issued an Emergency airworthiness directive 2018-23-51, requiring the bulletin's inclusion in the flight manuals, and that pilots immediately review the new information provided. On March 10, 2019, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, crashed six minutes after takeoff near Bishoftu, killing all 157 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft. The 737 MAX was delivered prior, on November 15, 2018, two weeks after the Lion Air accident. Initial reports indicated that", "id": "6325902" }, { "contents": "Christine Alalo\n\n\nokay claiming the she had used a different flight. However, on Monday, 11 March 2019, Uganda Police came out with an official statement confirming Alalo's death. On 10 March 2019, Alalo was among all 157 people on board Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, registration number ET-AVJ 302 that crashed at Bishoftu, 60 km south of Ethiopia's capital city Addis Ababa. It was heading to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya's capital city. All passengers on board died in", "id": "8215542" }, { "contents": "USS Bismarck Sea\n\n\nengaged by gunners aboard the \"Bismarck Sea\". However, despite the heavy gunfire, which damaged the plane, it quickly approached \"Bismarck Sea\" from the starboard side at a low angle, which the anti-aircraft guns could not depress sufficiently to fire at. The plane plowed in under the first 40 mm gun (aft), crashing through the hangar deck and striking the ship's magazines. At the time of the crash, the aircraft elevator was in operation, and nearly up to the flight deck,", "id": "2444086" }, { "contents": "Airlines of New South Wales\n\n\naircraft had two reportable accidents. On 12 December 1960, a Douglas DC-3 crashed at sea during a pilot training flight, with the loss of three lives. On 1 April 1965, a Douglas C-47 on a scheduled passenger flight crashed. The plane was written off, but there were no fatalities. There was also an incident in 1986 involving an F27. Passengers on a Sydney-bound flight from Dubbo were prepared for an emergency landing as Dubbo staff had found a nose wheel component on the runway. Passengers prepared for an", "id": "13017408" }, { "contents": "Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 933\n\n\nScandinavian Airlines System Flight 933 was a scheduled international flight from Denmark to the United States that on January 13, 1969, crashed into Santa Monica Bay at 19:21, approximately west of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in California, United States. The crash into the sea was caused by pilot error during approach to runway 07R; the pilots were so occupied with the nose gear light not turning green that they lost their situation awareness and failed to keep track of their altitude. The Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) aircraft had", "id": "6605873" }, { "contents": "Aeroflot Flight 1036\n\n\nturn with a sharp nosedive, and then crashed into the Black Sea. At 19:40 air traffic control received a message from warships in the area that a plane crashed, describing the route; witnesses reported the aircraft turned onto a bearing of 220° about 10.5 km from the shore before it veered off and crashed. At 23:52 about 5-6 kilometers from the shore debris from the aircraft and fragments of bodies were found floating on the surface of the sea. All 109 people aboard the airliner died. Investigators proposed several hypotheses", "id": "15255688" }, { "contents": "Aer Lingus Flight 712\n\n\n. Another body was recovered later. The main wreckage was located on the sea bed by trawling from Tuskar Rock at 39 fathoms. The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount 803 which flew under tail-number EI-AOM and had been in service since 1957 with a total of 18,806 lifetime flight hours. Aer Lingus operated approximately 20 Viscount aircraft in the 1950s and 1960s, of which two others were involved in serious incidents. The year before the Tuskar Rock crash, in June 1967, an 803 Viscount on a training flight crashed", "id": "10456853" }, { "contents": "Copterline Flight 103\n\n\nCopterline Flight 103 (AAQ103) was a Copterline helicopter flight en route to Helsinki, Finland from Tallinn, Estonia that crashed into the Tallinn Bay on 10 August 2005, at 12:45 local time. The Sikorsky S-76C+ crash occurred three to four minutes after taking off. On board were two Finnish crew members and twelve passengers: six Finns, four Estonians and two Americans. There were no survivors. The helicopter was flying at an altitude of about when it suddenly lost its steerability and plunged into the sea. The emergency floats failed", "id": "14936725" }, { "contents": "BOAC Flight 781\n\n\nBOAC Flight 781 was a de Havilland Comet passenger jet, operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), that crashed on 10 January 1954 after suffering an explosive decompression at altitude. The Comet crashed into the sea near Elba Island, off the Italian coast, killing all 35 people on board. The aircraft, registered had taken off shortly before from Ciampino Airport in Rome, en route to Heathrow Airport in London, on the final leg of its flight from Singapore. G-ALYP was the third Comet built. Its", "id": "15521242" }, { "contents": "1982 Bristow Helicopters Bell 212 crash\n\n\nOn 14 September 1982 a medical evacuation helicopter flight operated by Bristow Helicopters crashed during the early hours of the morning in driving rain and poor visibility over the North Sea. All six crew members on board died when their aircraft plunged into the sea near the Murchison platform while trying to locate the \"Baffin Seal\" seismic survey vessel. The Accidents Investigation Branch of the United Kingdom issued the final report on the cause of the crash on 22 June 1984. It concluded that there was insufficient evidence to determine a conclusive cause of the", "id": "1331413" }, { "contents": "LZ 61 (L 21)\n\n\nrepelled by anti-aircraft fire. After bombing Shafton, Dodworth, Kidsgrove, Goldenhill, Tunstall, Chesterton, Fenton and Trentham, it made out into the North Sea near Great Yarmouth. It was intercepted by three RNAS pilots: Flight Sub–Lieutenant Edward Laston Pulling, Flight–Lieutenant Egbert Cadbury, and Flight Sub–Lieutenant Gerard William Reginald Fane, flying B.E. 2C aircraft. After exchanging fire with the three aircraft, the \"LZ 61\" burst into flames and crashed into the sea about eight miles (13 km", "id": "19898901" }, { "contents": "Flight recorder\n\n\nan impact velocity of and a deceleration or crushing distance of . Additionally, there are requirements for penetration resistance, static crush, high and low temperature fires, deep sea pressure, sea water immersion, and fluid immersion. EUROCAE ED-112 (Minimum Operational Performance Specification for Crash Protected Airborne Recorder Systems) defines the minimum specification to be met for all aircraft requiring flight recorders for recording of flight data, cockpit audio, images and CNS / ATM digital messages and used for investigations of accidents or incidents. When issued in March 2003 ED-112", "id": "4526421" }, { "contents": "Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724\n\n\n. Parts of the wing detached, and the aircraft began to spin. The aircraft then overran the airport and crashed into the sea, breaking into three main sections. Most of the victims were found still strapped to their seats and several bodies floated to the surface. Search and rescue units were deployed immediately after the crash. Local fishermen arrived first on the crash site and helped a young boy and a man from the site. Several people survived the crash, but some died from their injuries. A man survived the crash", "id": "11075479" }, { "contents": "Korean Air Lines Flight 007\n\n\nplane, and proceeded to destroy it with air-to-air missiles, after firing warning shots which were likely not seen by the KAL pilots. The Korean airliner eventually crashed in the sea near Moneron Island west of Sakhalin in the Sea of Japan. All 269 passengers and crew aboard were killed, including Larry McDonald, a United States Representative from Georgia. The Soviets found the wreckage under the sea on September 15, and found the flight recorders in October, but this information was kept secret until 1993. The Soviet", "id": "17475545" }, { "contents": "Siberia Airlines Flight 1812\n\n\nSiberia Airlines Flight 1812 was a commercial flight shot down by the Ukrainian Air Force over the Black Sea on 4 October 2001, en route from Tel Aviv, Israel to Novosibirsk, Russia. The aircraft, a Soviet-made Tupolev Tu-154, carried an estimated 66 passengers and 12 crew members. Most of the passengers were Israelis visiting relatives in Russia. There were no survivors. The crash site is about 190 km west-southwest of the Black Sea resort of Sochi and 140 km north of the Turkish coastal town of Fatsa", "id": "3151475" }, { "contents": "List of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737\n\n\nwas on July 19, 1970, when a 737-200 was damaged beyond repair during an aborted takeoff, with no fatalities; the first fatal accident occurred on December 8, 1972, when United Airlines Flight 553 crashed while attempting to land, with 45 (43 onboard plus 2 on the ground) fatalities; and, as of , the largest loss of life was an accident on October 29, 2018, when Lion Air Flight 610, a 737 MAX 8, crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff, with", "id": "11711252" }, { "contents": "CHC Helikopter Service Flight 241\n\n\nlocal time and exploded on impact. Most of the wreckage then slid off the islet into the sea. A video recording of the detached main rotors spinning to earth was made shortly afterwards. The rotor came to rest several hundred metres away on the island of Toftøy. According to flight tracking data, the time between the detachment of the rotor and the crash itself was only eleven seconds, with the helicopter diving in that time. At 11:55, local police received reports of a helicopter crash. Six minutes later, at 12:01", "id": "14061453" }, { "contents": "HMS Vindex (D15)\n\n\naircraft into the air, circled around while jettisoning his depth charges, and landed again without mishap. Landing on the heaving deck was just as dangerous as taking off: two Sea Hurricanes and two Swordfish missed the arrestor wires and ended up crashing into the safety barriers. On 24 March, with its engine shot up and crew injured, a Swordfish attempted to land on \"Vindex\". It crash landed on the flight deck, coming to a stop from the end of the flight deck. Leaking petrol set the wreckage on", "id": "8239646" }, { "contents": "HMCS Anticosti (MSA 110)\n\n\n, which would become the \"Kingston\" class in the late 1990s. \"Anticosti\" was deployed by MARLANT in the annual MARCOT exercises as a minelayer. During the investigation into the Swissair Flight 111 crash in September 1998, \"Anticosti\" was among the Maritime Command vessels that responded to the crash site. She among the many ships scoured the sea looking for the aircraft's black box as part of Operation \"Persistence\". In March 1999, the ship sailed with \"Kingston\"-class vessels and to the Baltic Sea to participate", "id": "21837613" }, { "contents": "Siberia Airlines Flight 1812\n\n\nof the 78 victims ($200,000 per victim). Flight 1812 departed Tel Aviv with destination Novosibirsk. It proceeded at an altitude of 36,000 ft over the Black Sea when the Russian ground control center in Sochi suddenly lost contact with the airliner. Soon afterward, the pilot of an Armenian plane crossing the sea nearby reported seeing the Russian plane explode before it crashed into the sea about 1:45 PM Moscow time (9:45 AM GMT). Most of the passengers were Israelis visiting their relatives in Russia. No one on board survived", "id": "3151477" }, { "contents": "2011 Chilean Air Force C-212 crash\n\n\nOn 2 September 2011, a CASA C-212 Aviocar military transport of the Chilean Air Force (, FACH) on a flight from Santiago to Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile, crashed into the sea while manoeuvring to land. All 21 passengers and crew on board were killed. The aircraft was transporting a crew from Chile's national TV, and among the victims were presenter Felipe Camiroaga and journalist Roberto Bruce. The aircraft was on a relief flight in support of operations in the wake of the 2010 Chile earthquake. It was operated by", "id": "11726457" }, { "contents": "Helikopter Service Flight 451\n\n\nOn 8 September 1997 Flight 451, a Eurocopter AS 332L1 Super Puma, from the Norwegian helicopter operator Helikopter Service, crashed into the Norwegian Sea, northwest of Brønnøysund, Norway. The aircraft was en route from Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy to Norne, an offshore Floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO). The accident was caused by a fatigue crack in a spline of a power transmission shaft connector, which ultimately caused the power transmission shaft to fail. All twelve people on board were killed in the crash. The accident", "id": "1248177" }, { "contents": "Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538\n\n\npilots enough for them to make a mistake and crash. Frank McMullen, TAA's Technical Services Engineering Superintendent and F27 Project Engineer, was a member of the team that joined with Department of Civil Aviation officials studying the crash. He formed the view that at the third attempt to land, the crew adopted a low flight path hoping to keep the airstrip in sight below the cloud layer, but were deceived by the difficulty in assessing height over a glassy sea and put the left wing tip into the water turning onto the runway", "id": "12536933" }, { "contents": "Underwater locator beacon\n\n\nby the French \"Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile\" (BEA) has shown that it has had a 90% survival rate spanning 27 air accidents over the sea. The ULBs fitted in Air France Flight 447, which crashed on 1 June 2009, were certified to transmit at 37.5 kHz for a minimum of 30 days at a temperature of 4 °C. Investigating the crash, the BEA recommended that FDR ULBs' transmission period be increased to 90 days and for \"airplanes performing public transport flights", "id": "14024098" }, { "contents": "Pan American World Airways\n\n\nAm Flight 103 was Pan Am's third daily scheduled transatlantic flight from London Heathrow Airport to New York John F. Kennedy Airport. On December 21, 1988 the aircraft flying this route, a Boeing 747–121 (N739PA) named \"Clipper Maid of the Seas\", was blown up and crashed on Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, when approximately of plastic explosive was detonated in its forward cargo hold, triggering a sequence of events that led to the rapid destruction of the aircraft. The aircraft that crashed was the 15th 747", "id": "3149869" }, { "contents": "Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704\n\n\nlong with several peaks, the highest of which is above sea level. Weather conditions at the crash site, including snow and strong winds, were hampering search and rescue services. Searchers on board Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air Force helicopters sighted the wreckage of the aircraft two days after the crash, on 20 February, below the peak of the mountains south of Noqol at an elevation of approximately . On 3 March Iranian officials announced they had found the flight recorder. On 23 February, the Civil Aviation Organization of Islamic Republic of", "id": "458151" }, { "contents": "Widerøe Flight 933\n\n\nWiderøe Flight 933, also known as the Mehamn Accident (), was the crash of a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operated by Norwegian airline Widerøe. The Twin Otter crashed into the Barents Sea off Gamvik, Norway on 11 March 1982 at 13:27, killing all fifteen people on board. The results of the four official investigations were that the accident was caused by structural failure of the vertical stabilizer during clear-air turbulence. A mechanical fault in the elevator control system caused the pilots to lose control of pitch);", "id": "5209589" }, { "contents": "Aeroflot Flight 498\n\n\naccepted these instructions at 11:21, without actually being in sight of the air field. The pilot then mistook the Holy Nose Peninsula for the location of the air field. At 11:22 MSK, the aircraft crashed above sea level on the side of a mountain located on the Holy Nose Peninsula in Lake Baikal, about from the Ust-Barguzin airfield. The flight crashed at a 10-degree angle to the left and an angle of trajectory of 2 or 3 degrees. All 48 people—44 passengers (including 13 children) and 4 crew members", "id": "7184322" } ]

[ { "contents": "Vincent Askew\n\n\nfinal time in 1997–1998 season. Askew was described as a 6-foot-6 do-everything team player who played in the post and the perimeter and was a steady defensive stopper who built a reliable jumper late in his career. The most he has ever scored in an NBA game is 21 points. In his NBA career, Askew played in 467 games and scored a total of 3,313 points. He averaged 7.1 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists in 20 minutes per game. Askew is the only player to be named Most Valuable Player", "id": "15524742" }, { "contents": "List of National Basketball Association franchise career scoring leaders\n\n\nthe Utah Jazz, the most points by a player for a single franchise. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, is the Milwaukee Bucks leader with 14,211 points. He scored more points with the Los Angeles Lakers (24,176), where he ranks third in Lakers' history. Kobe Bryant leads the Lakers, scoring the most points in the NBA while playing for only one team in an entire career. Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks is second behind Bryant in scoring while playing for only", "id": "21113734" }, { "contents": "Eddie Johnson (basketball, born 1959)\n\n\nEdward Arnet Johnson (born May 1, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association and a year in the Greek Basket League midway through his career. With nearly 1,200 games in the NBA, he is notable for having scored the second most career points of a player to never play in an NBA All-Star game, behind Jamal Crawford. As of the 2018-19 season, he is ranked 52nd in all-time points scored, along with being the fifth", "id": "12205110" }, { "contents": "1984 NBA draft\n\n\nNew Jersey Nets. However, Schmidt turned down the offers to play in the NBA and stayed to play in Italy and later in Brazil. He played in five Olympics and was the top scorer in three of them. He finished his career with 49,703 points with various clubs and the Brazilian national team, more than the NBA's career scoring leader, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who scored 38,387 points in his NBA career. In 2010, International Basketball Federation (FIBA) honored Schmidt with an induction to the FIBA Hall of", "id": "3523364" }, { "contents": "Devin Booker\n\n\n21st career 30+ point game, setting the third-most 30-point games in NBA history before turning 21 years old, behind LeBron James (57) and Kevin Durant (28). On November 6, he scored 18 points in a 98–92 loss to the Brooklyn Nets to reach 3,000 career points and the fourth-youngest player in NBA history to score 3,000 points, behind LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Carmelo Anthony. On November 13, a 36-point game and 26th 30-point in his career tied Steve Nash for 15th", "id": "3582253" }, { "contents": "George Yardley\n\n\nin scoring, averaging 27.8 points per game, and tallied 2001 points, just enough to make him the first NBA player to score 2000 points in a season. That year, Yardley also set NBA records for most free throws attempted (808) and most free throws made (655), and was named to the All-NBA First Team for the only time in his career. Following a sixth All-Star season in 1959–1960, in which he averaged 20.2 points per game, George Yardley retired from basketball at the", "id": "20833485" }, { "contents": "Željko Rebrača\n\n\nin which he averaged 6.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game, as a member of the Detroit Pistons. His career NBA averages were 5.9 points per game and 3.2 rebounds per game, in 15.3 minutes per game. Rebrača was plagued with heart problems. Those problems caused him to miss many games in his NBA career, including most of the first half of the 2005–06 NBA season. Rebrača had NBA career highs of 24 points (scored on April 10, 2002), and 16 rebounds (set on January 29, 2005", "id": "18285292" }, { "contents": "List of career achievements by Kobe Bryant\n\n\nin scoring during the and seasons. In 2006, Bryant scored a career-high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second-highest number of points scored in a game in NBA history, behind only Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point performance. Bryant was awarded the regular season's Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in the 2007–08 season and led his team to the 2008 NBA Finals as the first seed in the Western Conference. In the 2008 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal as a member of the U.S.", "id": "4179739" }, { "contents": "George McCloud\n\n\nduring the 1995-96 season as a member of the Mavericks, appearing in 79 games and averaging 18.9 ppg while setting the NBA record for most 3-point attempts in a season. In his NBA career, McCloud played in 766 games and scored a total of 6,925 points. McCloud was a productive three point shooter throughout his career. At NBA All-Star Weekend in 1996, he appeared in the Three-point Shootout but lost in the semifinal round. McCloud has the second-highest total for three-point attempts in", "id": "11330146" }, { "contents": "2015 NBA Finals\n\n\ngo along with 12 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Through 3 games, James scored 123 points, the most points scored by any player in the first three games of any NBA Finals series, surpassing Rick Barry's 122 from the 1967 NBA Finals. Dellavedova scored 20, a playoff career high. Curry led the Warriors with 27 points, 17 of which came in the fourth quarter. This win marks the first time that the Cavaliers held a lead in a Finals series in their franchise history, as well", "id": "17563265" }, { "contents": "Allen Iverson\n\n\neligibility for the 1996 NBA draft, and was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the first overall pick. He was named the NBA Rookie of the Year in the 1996–97 season. Winning the NBA scoring title during the 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, and 2004–05 seasons, Iverson was one of the most prolific scorers in NBA history, despite his relatively small stature (listed at 6 feet, 0 inches). His regular season career scoring average of 26.7 points per game ranks seventh all-time, and his playoff career scoring", "id": "9815262" }, { "contents": "Junior Bridgeman\n\n\nIn his 12-year NBA career, Bridgeman scored 11,517 total points. He was a sixth man for most of his career, averaging double figures in scoring for nine consecutive seasons. In his career with the Milwaukee Bucks (1975-1984, 1986-1987) and the Los Angeles Clippers (1984-1986), Bridgeman played in 849 total NBA games, averaging 13.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists, shooting 47% from the floor and 84% from the line. During the off-seasons of his playing career", "id": "16481497" }, { "contents": "List of career achievements by Michael Jordan\n\n\ncategories (points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks) for the last 3 rounds of the 1997 Playoffs Only player in NBA history to lead a team to the championship with only one teammate averaging double figures in scoring Most Valuable Player awards: 6 (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998) Scoring 20 or more points in all games, career: 35 games One of seven players to lead a team in 4 out of 5 categories for an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player awards: 3 (1988", "id": "21832561" }, { "contents": "Kobe Bryant\n\n\nwere eventually dropped and a civil suit was settled out of court. After the Lakers lost the 2004 NBA Finals, O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat and Bryant became the cornerstone of the Lakers. He led the NBA in scoring during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. In 2006, he scored a career-high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second most points scored in a single game in league history behind Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game in 1962. Bryant was awarded the regular season's Most Valuable Player Award (", "id": "12519270" }, { "contents": "Cleveland Cavaliers\n\n\nis a list of players and other personnel who have spent at least part of their careers with the Cavaliers that have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Notes: Bold denotes still active with team. \"Italic\" denotes still active but not with team. Points scored (regular season – as of the end of the 2017–18 season) Other statistics (regular season) (as of July 20, 2018) NBA Most Valuable Player NBA Rookie of the Year NBA Coach of the Year NBA Executive of the", "id": "21493040" }, { "contents": "Omri Casspi\n\n\n. On October 28, 2009, Casspi made his NBA debut for the Kings against the Oklahoma City Thunder, scoring 15 points. On December 16, 2009, Casspi made his first NBA start. Scoring 22 points against the Washington Wizards, he tied the most points scored by any Kings player in his first start since the team moved to Sacramento in 1985. On January 1, 2010, Casspi scored a then career-high 23 points against the Los Angeles Lakers (along with 6 rebounds, 1 steal, and 3", "id": "15728377" }, { "contents": "Anthony Davis\n\n\n, 16-rebound, 7-steal (career high), 5-assist, 4-block performance against the Denver Nuggets. He was one block short of his first five-by-five. It was the first 50-point, 15-rebound, 5-assist, 5-steal performance in NBA history since steals became an officially recorded statistic in the 1973–74 season. His 50-point night was the second highest scoring output of his career and was the most by any NBA player in a season opener since Michael Jordan scored 54 points in 1989. Two days later, he had 45 points", "id": "9542393" }, { "contents": "James Harden\n\n\nin his team debut, posting 37 points, a career-high 12 assists, six rebounds, four steals and one block in a 105–96 win over the Detroit Pistons. He became just the fourth NBA player in the last 25 years to post those totals in a single game and matched the third-highest point total for any NBA player in his team debut (most for Rockets debut). Two days later, he scored 45 points against the Atlanta Hawks. His 82 total points were the most scored by a player", "id": "7892339" }, { "contents": "Dillon Brooks\n\n\neligible for the 2017 NBA draft and hired an agent, ending his college career. Brooks was drafted by the Houston Rockets with the 45th pick in the 2017 NBA draft and then was immediately traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. On July 21, 2017, the Grizzlies signed Brooks to a three-year rookie deal. On October 18, 2017, during the Grizzlies' season opener, Brooks scored 19 points, the most points scored by a Canadian-born player in an NBA debut. On January 5, 2019, Brooks", "id": "5609149" }, { "contents": "Lauri Markkanen\n\n\n, Markkanen signed with the Bulls. On October 19, 2017, Markkanen made his NBA debut with the Bulls and scored seventeen points. Markkanen then set an NBA record on October 24, for most 3-pointers in the first three games of an NBA career with ten 3-pointers. Markkanen also asked former NBA player Brian Scalabrine to use his number 24, which Brian allowed. On November 19, he recorded a 26-13 double-double against the Phoenix Suns. On December 8, Markkanen scored 24 points against the Charlotte Hornets", "id": "2330084" }, { "contents": "Carmelo Anthony\n\n\nall-time scoring list. On January 27, 2018, Anthony became the 21st NBA player to score 25,000 career points. In addition, he has 1,693 playoff points. On March 6, 2018, in Oklahoma City's game against the Houston Rockets, Anthony scored 23 points to move past NBA legend Jerry West into the Top 20 in the NBA career scoring list as he now has a total of 25,210 as compared to West's 25,192 total points. On March 19, 2018, in a 132–125 victory over the Toronto", "id": "17274722" }, { "contents": "Ralph Simpson\n\n\n-half seasons, he returned to the Denver Nuggets, now one of the ABA teams who had joined the NBA. However, he averaged only 5.5 points during his second tenure with the Nuggets, and after two more seasons as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, he retired in 1980. Simpson scored 11,785 combined ABA/NBA points in his ten-year career. His 9,953 points were the most for the Nuggets during the team's time in the ABA. Simpson currently lives in Denver, Colorado", "id": "11451189" }, { "contents": "Klay Thompson\n\n\n, 2016, he scored 60 points (shooting 21-of-33 and 8-of-14 on three-pointers) in 29 minutes over just three quarters in a 142–106 win over the Indiana Pacers, becoming the first player in NBA history to score 60 points in less than 30 minutes of action. Thompson had an NBA season-high and career-best performance for the highest-scoring output by a Golden State player in more than 42 years. His 40 first-half points tied him for second-most scored in a half over the past", "id": "1909380" }, { "contents": "List of career achievements by Michael Jordan\n\n\nguard, career: 893 Blocked shots by a guard, season: 131 () Highest Player Efficiency Rating, career: 27.91 Only rookie in NBA history to lead his team in four statistics () Second rookie in NBA history to average 20+ points, 5+ rebounds, and 5+ assists () One of two players in NBA history to score 3,000 points in a season: 3,041 points scored in 82 games played (37.1 ppg) () First player in NBA history to record 200 steals and 100 blocked shots", "id": "21832554" }, { "contents": "Anthony Morrow\n\n\n86-for-184 for a .467 percentage. Morrow re-joined the Warriors for the 2009 NBA Summer League, where he scored 47 points for the Warriors in a game against the New Orleans Hornets – setting the record for the most points scored by an individual in a game at the NBA Summer League. In the 13th game of the 2009–10 NBA season, Morrow set a new career high with 6 three-pointers in a victory over the Dallas Mavericks. On July 13, 2010, Morrow was traded to the New Jersey Nets for", "id": "1260782" }, { "contents": "List of career achievements by Wilt Chamberlain\n\n\nThis article concerns the career achievements of Basketball Hall-of-Famer Wilt Chamberlain, who holds numerous NBA records in scoring, rebounding and durability. Among others, he is the only player in NBA history to average 40 and 50 points in a season, score 100 points in a single game, and grab over 2,000 rebounds in a single season. He also won seven scoring, nine field goal percentage, and 11 rebounding titles in addition to an assist title. With an assortment of fadeaway jump shots, his favorite one", "id": "19156264" }, { "contents": "Kiki VanDeWeghe\n\n\nmember of the Nuggets, VanDeWeghe was twice selected to the NBA Western Conference All-Star team, in 1983 and 1984. He was second in scoring in 1983, averaging 26.7 points, and 3rd in 1984 with a career-high 29.4 points. During the 1983–84 Nuggets season, VanDeWeghe scored 50 or more points in two NBA record-setting games. The former game, on December 13, 1983, in which he had a career-high 51 points, is also the highest combined scoring game in NBA history,", "id": "18985085" }, { "contents": "Elliot Perry\n\n\nfor two years before returning to the NBA, most notably with the Phoenix Suns where in 1994-95 he was voted runner-up as the NBA's Most Improved Player. He rounded out his NBA career in 2002 with his hometown Memphis Grizzlies for whom he played just two games after signing a 10-day contract. He scored 11 points in the 2 games. Perry is also known as \"Socks\" because of the high long socks he wore during his college and NBA career. A quick and slashing player in college,", "id": "16392006" }, { "contents": "Adrian Smith (basketball)\n\n\nwas both his most productive and noteworthy. He averaged a career-high 18.4 points and 3.6 rebounds per game as the Royals went 45-35 and, in the Eastern Division semifinals, extended the Boston Celtics to a fifth and deciding game before falling to the eventual NBA champions. On December 15 he scored a career-high 34 points against the Celtics, and followed that up on January 5 with another career-high of 35 points. During the season, Smith was selected to the 1966 NBA All-Star Game", "id": "5223416" }, { "contents": "Kevin Bradshaw\n\n\nMaravich's NCAA record for most points scored against a Division I opponent. The previous record had been 69 points, set by Maravich in a 1970 game against Alabama. Bradshaw ended his college career with 2,804 points – currently #16 on the all-time NCAA career scoring list. After failing to catch on with the NBA, Bradshaw played professionally in Israel for eleven years. He set numerous offensive records there, including once scoring 101 points in a game. After his playing career was over he became the first African-", "id": "20932282" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Golden State Warriors season\n\n\nplayer to win since Wilt Chamberlain in the 1959–60 NBA season, when the franchise was still located in Philadelphia. He also broke his own NBA record for made three-pointers in a season of 272, he finished with 286. On January 23, 2015, Klay Thompson broke the NBA record for most points scored in a quarter with 37; he finished the game with a career high 52 points. On April 15, head coach Steve Kerr won his 63rd game with the Warriors and broke the NBA record for most wins", "id": "3615110" }, { "contents": "List of career achievements by Michael Jordan\n\n\n: 866, to Consecutive points scored in a game: 23, vs. Atlanta Hawks, April 16, 1987 Seasons scoring 2,000 or more points: 11 (, –, –) Oldest player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring: () Oldest player in NBA history to score 50 points in a game: (51 points, vs. New Orleans Hornets, ) Oldest player in NBA history to score 40 points in a game: (43 points, vs. New Jersey Nets, ) Fewest games played to reach", "id": "21832539" }, { "contents": "Paul Pierce\n\n\nthe only active NBA player and the sixth player in NBA history (along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, John Havlicek, Elvin Hayes, Robert Parish) to score 1,000 points in 15 straight seasons. He passed Allen Iverson and Patrick Ewing on the NBA's all-time scoring list (moving up to 18th in NBA history), moved into fifth place in all-time NBA history with 1,935 career three-pointers made, and had his most steals (86) in a season since 2007–08. On", "id": "6903622" }, { "contents": "Oliver Lafayette\n\n\nthe Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association and appeared in one game with the team in which he scored 7 points. According to research by STATS LLC, those 7 points are an NBA record for most points scored in a career of exactly one game played. Upon playing with the Celtics, Lafayette became the 23rd former Houston Cougar to play in the NBA. On October 13, 2010, Lafayette signed with Partizan Belgrade in Serbia, but the contract was terminated in November. In December 2010, Lafayette practiced with the Fort", "id": "2758358" }, { "contents": "List of highest-scoring NBA games\n\n\ndefeating the Nuggets 186–184. An NBA-record four players scored over 40 points in the game, including the Nuggets' Kiki Vandeweghe with a game-high 51. The two teams also set several other NBA records, including the most points scored by one team (186 points), the most points scored by a losing team (184), the most field goals by two teams (142), most field goals by one team (74) and most assists by two teams (93). The highest-", "id": "14814082" }, { "contents": "Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball\n\n\nit to the NBA include Gary Collier, the 1994 MVC player of the year, Michael Scott, the 1989 and 1991 MVC defensive player of the year, and Willie Biles who led the MVC in scoring in both the 1972–73 and 1973–1974 seasons. Among those who did make it to the NBA, James King, who came back to coach the program after his NBA career, and Bingo Smith had the greatest success. King was selected to the 1968 NBA All-Star Game, and Smith scored more than 10,000 points in", "id": "11087905" }, { "contents": "John Stockton\n\n\nand 1,011 assists. On defense, Stockton holds the NBA record for career steals with 3,265. In second place is Jason Kidd, with 2,684. Stockton was also a capable scorer (13.1 points per game career average and a 51.5 career shooting percentage) with a reliable three-point shot (38.4% lifetime average). As of April 2019, he is 49th on the all-time NBA scoring list with 19,711 career points. Stockton was selected to the All-NBA First Team twice, the All-NBA Second", "id": "6306472" }, { "contents": "Scott Skiles\n\n\nhe also earned the 1990–91 NBA Most Improved Player Award. In 1982, Skiles led Plymouth High School to the Indiana State Championship, scoring 39 points to lead the Pilgrims past the Gary Roosevelt Panthers in double overtime. During the 1982 season Skiles led the state in scoring, averaging 30.2 points per game. He set several records during high school, including most points in a home game (53) and most points in an away game (56). He left Plymouth as the school's all-time career scoring leader", "id": "15082782" }, { "contents": "Kenny Heitz\n\n\nthe national championship game, Heitz did not score, but he received consideration as the contest's most valuable player for his defense against Purdue's high-scoring Rick Mount, who shot just 12-for-36, including 14 straight misses, while scoring 28 points. For his college career, Heitz averaged 6.0 points and 2.3 rebounds per game. Following graduation, Heitz was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the fifth round (59th pick overall) of the 1969 NBA Draft. He participated in the Bucks' summer training camp, but he", "id": "11664066" }, { "contents": "Mario Chalmers\n\n\nChalmers recorded 10 points, 7 assists and 2 rebounds in 34 minutes of action as he helped the Heat win the 2012 NBA championship. It was Chalmers' first NBA title. On January 12, 2013, Chalmers scored a career-high 34 points against the Sacramento Kings, making 10 three-pointers. He tied the Heat's record for most three-pointers in a game. On June 9, 2013, during Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, Chalmers led all scorers with 19 points", "id": "4073579" }, { "contents": "Morris Almond\n\n\nfirst Rice basketball player to appear on the cover of a national publication. After graduation, he was selected by the Utah Jazz in the first round (25th pick) in the 2007 NBA Draft. Almond played in 9 games during his rookie season with the Jazz, averaging 4.3 minutes. His NBA career high is currently 12 points, at Sacramento on December 2, 2008. He scored his first NBA points on January 8, 2008 against the Indiana Pacers, with 2 points on 1-of-5 shooting. However, he spent most", "id": "9575001" }, { "contents": "Dominique Wilkins\n\n\nthree-point shot he would use more and more in the later stages of his career. He hit 85-of-249 from long range for a .341 percentage, by far his most prolific three-point numbers to date. Wilkins made his sixth All-Star Game appearance, scoring 12 points in the East's 116-114 victory over the West. He was selected to the All-NBA Second Team for the third time in his career. Atlanta returned to the playoffs after a year's absence, drawing the defending NBA champion", "id": "21334492" }, { "contents": "Dwight Eddleman\n\n\nEddleman led the Blackhawks in scoring as a rookie. After playing for the Tri-City Blackhawks and the Milwaukee Hawks, he was traded to the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons which resulted in a move to Indiana. While playing for the Pistons, he cultivated a friendship with Fred Schaus, who would later become coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. Eddleman played in the NBA All-Star Game in both 1951 and 1952. Over his NBA career, Eddleman scored 3221 points in 266 games, for a scoring average of 12.1 points", "id": "16090442" }, { "contents": "List of career achievements by Michael Jordan\n\n\nthe Year during his career Only player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring, win Most Valuable Player, and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season () First player in NBA history to win Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season () First player in NBA history to lead the league both in scoring and steals in the same season (, , ) Fourth player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring and win the NBA championship in the same season One of", "id": "21832556" }, { "contents": "Deron Williams\n\n\nthe All-Star game for the third time in his career, as he averaged over 22 points and 8 assists at the break. When Lopez returned after the All-Star break, the Nets began to pick up their play. On March 4, 2012, Williams scored a career-high and Nets franchise-high 57 points against the Charlotte Bobcats. He broke the previous team record of 52 points held by Mike Newlin and Ray Williams. It was the most points scored in the NBA that season and the second", "id": "9991597" }, { "contents": "Tom Van Arsdale\n\n\nOmaha Kings, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Atlanta Hawks, and the Phoenix Suns. Van Arsdale, a three-time All-Star, was consistently over his career one of the best free throw shooters in the NBA. He retired from play in 1977. Van Arsdale still holds the NBA record for most career games played without a playoff appearance. Van Arsdale played 929 games without making a single playoff appearance. Van Arsdale is also the highest scoring player (14,232 career points) in NBA history without a playoff appearance.", "id": "20557883" }, { "contents": "List of career achievements by Michael Jordan\n\n\nthe 1988 Eastern Conference First Round, Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavaliers, April 28, 1988 Most points in three quarters: Jordan scored 54 points in three quarters (17 points in the second, 19 in the third and 18 in the fourth) in Game 3 of the 1992 Eastern Conference First Round, Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat, April 29, 1992 Most points without making the NBA Finals, one postseason: 591, 1989, and 587, 1990 NBA record 5 playoff series averaging at least 40 points per game Field", "id": "21832546" }, { "contents": "Alphonso Ford\n\n\nI history to average 25 points per game in four straight seasons. With 3,165 career points scored in the NCAA Division I, he is 5th on the all-time scoring list, behind only Pete Maravich, Freeman Williams, Lionel Simmons, and Chris Clemons. Ford played just 70 games in the 1994–95 NBA season, for the Philadelphia 76ers, who selected him 32nd overall in the 1993 NBA draft. Before that, he had played six games for the Seattle SuperSonics, in 1993–94. During both the 1993–94 and 1994–95 NBA", "id": "11074253" }, { "contents": "Joe Fulks\n\n\n. Fulks again led the league's in scoring average during the 1947–48 season at 22.1 points per game, but lost the scoring title to Max Zaslofsky, who had more total points. Fulks had a career best 26.0 points per game average in the 1948–49 season. Fulks led the NBA in free throw percentage during the 1950–51 season. Fulks set the BAA/NBA single game scoring record four different times. On December 3, 1946, in just his eighth game as a professional, Fulks became the league's record holder for", "id": "12696351" }, { "contents": "NBA 2K11\n\n\nagency. MyPlayer mode returns from \"NBA 2K10\", in which the player creates their own basketball player. The player customizes the appearance, animations, and other aspects of their player, and plays through their basketball career, upgrading their attributes. One of the game's most-touted features is the \"Jordan Challenge\" mode. The mode centers on Michael Jordan, and tasks the player with achieving ten of his most memorable accomplishments in his career, such as scoring 69 points in a game. Completing the challenges unlocks", "id": "20947651" }, { "contents": "Russell Westbrook\n\n\nvictory against the Denver Nuggets on April 9. Westbrook scored 18 of his 50 points in the last five minutes, including a 36-foot game-winning buzzer-beater, to overcome a 14-point deficit. As a result, Westbrook moved into fourth place for most triple-doubles in NBA history with 79, surpassing Chamberlain's 78. It was his third career 50-point triple-double, all of which came in 2016–17, the most by any player in NBA history. The Thunder finished the regular season with a 47–35 record and", "id": "13902072" }, { "contents": "2015 NBA Finals\n\n\nall players in points, rebounds and assists, and was responsible for 70 of 91 Cavaliers points (40 scored, 30 assisted). It was his sixth career finals triple double, second all-time behind only Magic Johnson with 8. James also tied Oscar Robertson for most 30–10–10 playoff games with 8. He became the second player in NBA Finals history to score 40 points in a triple double after Jerry West in 1969. The Warriors finished off the Cavaliers 105–97, winning the series 4–2. The Warriors outscored the Cavaliers", "id": "17563272" }, { "contents": "NBA 2K\n\n\nJordan Challenge\", a mode in which the player must recreate ten of Jordan's most memorable career achievements, such as scoring 69 points in a game. \"NBA 2K11\" also introduces historic NBA teams and players. The game features the same presenters as \"NBA 2K10\". The soundtrack consists of 27 licensed songs. \"NBA 2K12\" was released in October 2011 for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Windows, and, for the first time, iOS. With", "id": "11581131" }, { "contents": "Carmelo Anthony\n\n\nin the NBA career scoring list. After their game against the Houston Rockets on December 31, 2016, where he scored only seven points, after sitting out the second half of the game due to a sore left knee, he had a total of 23,199 points. In a January 11, 2017, game against the Philadelphia 76ers, which the team lost 98–97 on a buzzer-beater, Anthony scored 28 points to move past Robert Parish into 26th place in the NBA career scoring ladder. On January 19, 2017,", "id": "17274714" }, { "contents": "Pat Calathes\n\n\ncollege career. Calathes ranks 27th all-time on the Saint Joseph's University's career points list, with 1,251 points scored. He also is 22nd all-time in the school's history, with 630 career rebounds. He is one of 26 players in school history to score 1,000 points and grab 500 rebounds in their career. Many NBA mock drafts, including DraftExpress.com, had included Calathes as a draftee in their 2008 NBA Draft mock draft boards. He was projected to be drafted as high as the late first round", "id": "19285217" }, { "contents": "Jeremy Lin\n\n\n. Lin became the first NBA player to score at least 20 points and have seven assists in each of his first five starts. Lin scored a total of 89, 109, and 136 points in his first three, four, and five career starts, respectively; all three totals are the most by any player since the merger between the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the NBA in 1976–77. In the following game against the Sacramento Kings, Lin recorded 13 assists and led the Knicks back to a .500 record.", "id": "13965029" }, { "contents": "Jason Terry\n\n\nNuggets. He scored 23 of his 26 points in the 1st half, the most he's recorded in the first half of a game in his career (previous high 22, against the Portland Trail Blazers on April 7, 2007). In the West Conference Semifinals against the Los Angeles Lakers, Terry scored a playoff-high 32 points in Game 4. His 9 3-pointers tied an NBA playoff record held by Rex Chapman, who set it in April 1997 with the Phoenix Suns. The Mavericks went on to advance to", "id": "5710854" }, { "contents": "Gail Goodrich\n\n\nper game. The 1973–74 season was the best all-around season in his career. He was first-team All-NBA and again an all-star. He scored over 2,000 points and averaged 25.3 points a game — fourth in the league in scoring — while leading the NBA in free throws made and free throw attempts as he drove the basket perhaps more than at any point in his career. On October 28, 1973 he fired in a career-high 49 points against the Portland Trail Blazers. In 1973–74", "id": "19271" }, { "contents": "Bob Dandridge\n\n\n98 playoff games and was a 4-time NBA all star. His dunk in Game 7 of the 1978 Finals sealed the Bullets championship victory. Dandridge scored more points in the NBA Finals in the 1970s than any other player, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He scored a total of 450 points in four NBA Finals played, playing a total of 23 games, garnering an average of over 19 points a game, most notably scoring 109 points in the 1979 NBA Finals, which was the most on his Washington Bullets team. In", "id": "12073025" }, { "contents": "Lancaster Gordon\n\n\nLancaster Gordon (born June 24, 1962) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round (8th pick overall) of the 1984 NBA Draft. A 6'3\" guard from the University of Louisville, Gordon was selected as the Most Valuable Player in the 1983 NCAA Mideast Regional, and went on to play four NBA seasons for the Clippers from 1984 to 1988. In his career, Gordon played in 201 games and scored a total of 1,125 points. Gordon also played", "id": "13129072" }, { "contents": "Jack Givens\n\n\ncollegiate career, the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) drafted Givens with the 16th overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft. He played two years for the Hawks, scoring 1,040 points in 156 games (6.7 ppg). Givens played for the Akita Isuzu Motors basketball team of Japan, where he still returns regularly with his family to visit the friends he made there, in 1982-83. After his playing career, Givens was an NBA television color analyst for various networks and teams, most notably with", "id": "19758752" }, { "contents": "Jon Sundvold\n\n\na bench role but still led the NBA in three point shooting percentage in 1989, hitting more than 50-percent of his attempts. He also participated in the NBA All Star Three Point Contest in 1989 and 1990. A neck injury forced a premature end to his playing career in 1992. In his NBA career, Sundvold appeared in 502 games and scored a total of 3,886 points. After his nine-year NBA career came to a close Sundvold returned to Columbia, Missouri and put his degree in finance from MU to use.", "id": "13129134" }, { "contents": "Dallas Mavericks all-time roster and statistics leaders\n\n\nNowitzki, who played his entire NBA career with the Mavericks starting in 1998, is the franchise's longest-serving player. He played more games, played more minutes, scored more points, and recorded more rebounds than any other Maverick. He also leads the franchise in field goals made, three-pointers made, and free throws made. His achievements include the Most Valuable Player Award in 2007, Finals Most Valuable Player Award in 2011, 14 All-Star Game selections, and 12 consecutive All-NBA Team selections", "id": "6076992" }, { "contents": "Yi Jianlian\n\n\nNBA history. After the game, Yao called Yi's talent \"unbelievable\" and Tracy McGrady said that Yi had a \"tremendous upside in this league\". Del Harris, the former head coach of the Chinese national basketball team, also described Yi as the \"most athletic 7-footer in the NBA.\" Yi was named the NBA Rookie of the Month for December 2007 after averaging 12.1 points and 6.6 rebounds per game that month, while scoring a career-high 29 points on 14-of-17 shooting in a win over the Charlotte", "id": "18654401" }, { "contents": "Jamal Crawford\n\n\nand Minnesota Timberwolves. Having been named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2010 and 2014 as well as in 2016, Crawford is the first ever three-time winner of the award. Crawford also holds the NBA career record for most four-point plays of any player, with 55 (or 60 when counting the playoffs). As recently as April 9, 2019, Crawford became the oldest player in NBA history to put up 50-plus points in a game when he scored 51 at 39 years old and 20 days", "id": "2610787" }, { "contents": "Markieff Morris\n\n\nto score at least 27 points and grab 15 rebounds off the bench. Because of his improvements throughout the 2013–14 NBA season as a sixth man, he ended up being a candidate for both the NBA Most Improved Player Award and the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award. On September 29, 2014, Morris signed a multi-year contract extension with the Phoenix Suns. On November 17, 2014, he recorded a then career-high 30 points in the 118–114 win over the Boston Celtics. He and Marcus, alongside", "id": "7660620" }, { "contents": "Tom Chambers (basketball)\n\n\npoints in the NBA for a career average of 18.1 points per game. His career high was a 60-point performance with the Suns against the Sonics on March 24, 1990. He appeared in four NBA All-Star Games during his career (1987, 1989, 1990, and 1991), earning game MVP honors in 1987 after scoring 34 points. He also played in the 1993 NBA Finals as a member of the Suns, but his team lost to the Chicago Bulls. From August 2014 following the induction of Mitch Richmond", "id": "4916805" }, { "contents": "Sam Mack\n\n\nin the CBA playing for the Rockford Lightning, averaging 20.7 points and 4.3 rebounds. This performance attracted the attention of the back-to-back NBA Champion Houston Rockets, who had recently lost Clyde Drexler to injury and signed Mack to two 10-day contracts in February 1996. Mack came through for the Rockets by averaging 10.8 points and 3.2 rebounds, playing in 31 games and making 20 starts. His first career NBA start came on February 27 against Toronto and he scored 11 points in 34 minutes. Mack scored in double figures", "id": "15268670" }, { "contents": "Vince Carter\n\n\nhis 83 percent shooting marking the second highest percentage of his career. On January 28, 2018 against the San Antonio Spurs, Carter and Manu Ginóbili scored 21 and 15 points respectively; it was the first game in NBA history where two players over the age of 40 each scored at least 15 points. On March 19, 2018, in a 106–90 loss to the Detroit Pistons, Carter had seven points to move past Patrick Ewing into 22nd place on the NBA's career scoring list. At the season's end, he", "id": "18306749" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Golden State Warriors season\n\n\nin the 2016–17 season. Curry broke the NBA record for most three-pointers made in the playoffs with 470. The record was held by Ray Allen, who had 385. This season Curry also moved into third on the all-time career three-point scoring list with 2,483; only Ray Allen and Reggie Miller having made more three-pointers during the regular season in NBA history. Curry, Durant, and Thompson were all named to the All-Star Game. Durant was named MVP of the game, the", "id": "13693155" }, { "contents": "Vince Carter\n\n\nolder opening-night NBA starter than Carter. On November 21, he scored 14 points off the bench in a 124–108 loss to the Toronto Raptors, thus becoming the 22nd player in NBA history to reach 25,000 career points. On December 29, he scored an equal team-high 21 points in 111–108 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. It was his first game with 20 points for Atlanta and became the oldest player in history to lead or tie for the team lead in scoring. He also became the oldest player in NBA", "id": "18306751" }, { "contents": "Bob Pettit\n\n\nof only five players to ever break the 20 rpg barrier. He, along with Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry Lucas, are the only three people who averaged more than twenty points and twenty rebounds in an NBA season. In the following season, he scored a career best 31.1 points per game, but the Hawks slipped to fourth place. After missing 30 games because of injuries, Pettit ended his career in 1965 still near the peak of his game. He was the first NBA player to eclipse the 20,000 points mark (20,880", "id": "10822561" }, { "contents": "James Harden\n\n\nin his first two games with a team in NBA history, surpassing the previous mark held by Wilt Chamberlain, who scored 79 points in his first two career games with the Philadelphia Warriors in 1959. He registered the first triple-double of his career on February 2, 2013 against the Charlotte Bobcats, recording 21 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Harden was named as a reserve for the 2013 NBA All-Star Game, marking his first All-Star selection. He recorded 15 points, six rebounds and three", "id": "7892340" }, { "contents": "1995 NBA draft\n\n\nof those being First-Teams), one NBA MVP award, and multiple other accolades. Rasheed Wallace and Jerry Stackhouse also had successful careers, being four-time and two-time All-Stars respectively. Wallace won an NBA championship in 2004 with the Detroit Pistons, while Stackhouse scored the most total points in the league in 2000, also with the Pistons. The other remaining top selections had relatively productive careers, but were considered to have never reached their full potential. Joe Smith put up solid, but unspectacular", "id": "3523456" }, { "contents": "Jamal Crawford\n\n\npoints, 2 rebounds, and 1.7 assists. During the 2013–14 season, Crawford averaged 18.6 points, 3.2 assists, and 2.3 rebounds in 69 games played. His 18.6 points per game was in fact the most ever for a bench player with at least 1,000 points in a season. On May 8, 2014, Crawford claimed the 2014 NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award, being his second time winning the honor in his career. Crawford also led all NBA reserves in scoring that season with 18.6 points per game and helped", "id": "2610803" }, { "contents": "Kevin Durant\n\n\nto a Conference Finals match-up versus the Dallas Mavericks, losing in five games. On February 19 of the lockout-shortened 2011–12 season, Durant recorded his first career 50-point game, scoring 51 points against the Denver Nuggets. At the All-Star Game, he scored 36 points and was awarded the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award. He finished the year with a scoring average of 28 points per game, representing his third straight scoring title. Behind his play, the Thunder won 47 games and", "id": "7776643" }, { "contents": "List of career achievements by Michael Jordan\n\n\n(246/6), vs. Phoenix Suns, 1993 NBA Finals Points, 6-game series: 246, vs. Phoenix Suns, 1993 NBA Finals (41.0 ppg) Consecutive games scoring 40 or more points: 4, vs. Phoenix Suns, to Consecutive games scoring 20 or more points: 35, to Scoring 30 or more points in all games, any championship series: 6 games, vs. Phoenix Suns, 1993 NBA Finals Points, half: 35, first half, vs. Portland Trail Blazers, Field goals made, 6-game series: 101", "id": "21832550" }, { "contents": "Dirk Nowitzki\n\n\nquarter to pass Olajuwon at No. 9, and he finished the night at 26,953 career points. Six days later, Nowitzki became the fourth player in NBA history to eclipse 27,000 career points with the same franchise, joining Michael Jordan, Karl Malone and Kobe Bryant. On December 26 against the Los Angeles Lakers, Nowitzki passed Elvin Hayes for eighth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list. He went on to pass Moses Malone for seventh place on the NBA's all-time scoring list on January 5,", "id": "14368952" }, { "contents": "Kyle Lowry\n\n\nFinals, Lowry scored 30 points and had seven 3-pointers in a 108–100 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. His seven 3-pointers was a season high, a playoff career high, and one off his career high. In Game 5 against Milwaukee, Lowry surpassed DeMar DeRozan (1,117) as the franchise's postseason scoring leader. In Game 6, he scored 17 points to help lead the Raptors into the NBA Finals for the first time with a 100–94 victory. In Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals, Lowry recorded 26 points,", "id": "6622687" }, { "contents": "Kobe Bryant\n\n\nand is one of only four players with 25,000 points, 6,000 rebounds, and 6,000 assists. Bryant led the NBA in scoring during the and seasons. His 81-point performance against Toronto in 2006 was the second-highest in NBA history, behind only Chamberlain's 100. He scored at least 50 points 24 times in his career, which is third in league history behind Jordan (31) and Chamberlain (118); six times Bryant scored at least 60. He was just the third player in NBA history to average 40", "id": "12519381" }, { "contents": "Kemba Walker\n\n\nthe NBA record for most three-point field goals through the first three games of a season with 19 (previously held by Danilo Gallinari with 18 in 2009–10) and became the first player in NBA history to make five or more three-point field goals in each of the first three games of a season. He was subsequently named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the first week of the season. On November 17, he scored a career-high and franchise-best 60 points in a 122–119 overtime loss to", "id": "3566545" }, { "contents": "Alan Williams (basketball)\n\n\nAlex Len missing the game with a suspension, Williams made the most of his 24 minutes on the court. On February 24, 2017, he scored a then season-high 16 points on 8-of-9 shooting in 15 minutes off the bench in a 128–121 overtime loss to the Chicago Bulls. Two days later, he scored a career-high 17 points and tied his career high with 15 rebounds in a 100–96 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, becoming just the 10th NBA player with multiple 15/15 games in his first 35 career games", "id": "10495359" }, { "contents": "Vince Carter\n\n\nby going 5 of 7 from long range and scoring 17 of Dallas' last 21 points in the period. He ended the night with 21,796 career points for 29th on the all-time list, five ahead of Bird. He also became the 11th NBA player with at least 1,600 3-pointers. He finished the season ranked 27th on the NBA's all-time scoring list with 22,223 career points. His 162 3-pointers tied his career high for 3s made in a season (162-of-397, .408, with Toronto in 2000–01).", "id": "18306736" }, { "contents": "Bill Bradley\n\n\nhe made the only All-Star Game appearance of his career. Over 742 NBA games – all with the Knicks – Bradley scored a total of 9,217 points, an average of 12.4 points per game, and averaged 3.4 assists per game. His best season scoring average was 16.1 points per game in the 1972–73 season, during which he also averaged a career-best 4.5 assists per game. During his NBA career, Bradley used his fame on the court to explore social as well as political issues, meeting with journalists,", "id": "4102391" }, { "contents": "Pascal Siakam\n\n\nhelping the Raptors advance to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history. In Game 1 of the 2019 finals, Siakam scored a playoff career-high 32 points in a 118–109 win over Golden State. He went on to help the Raptors defeat the Warriors in six games to win his first NBA championship. Later that month, at the 2019 NBA Awards, Siakam was named the NBA’s Most Improved Player for the 2018–19 season. Siakam is the son of Tchamo Siakam, the former mayor of Makénéné, Cameroon", "id": "5787876" }, { "contents": "Paul Arizin\n\n\nPaul Joseph Arizin (April 9, 1928 – December 12, 2006), nicknamed \"Pitchin' Paul\", was an American basketball player who spent his entire National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Philadelphia Warriors from 1950 to 1962. He retired with the third highest career point total (16,266) in NBA history, and was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History upon its 50th anniversary in 1996. He was a high-scoring forward at Villanova University before being drafted by the Warriors of the", "id": "12696181" }, { "contents": "San Antonio Spurs\n\n\n57th overall in 1999) and first rounder Tony Parker (28th overall in 2001), who both went on to become All-Stars. Notes: Notes: Bold denotes still active with team. \"Name*\" includes points scored for the team while in the ABA. \"Italics\" denotes still active but not with team. Points scored (regular season) as of the end of the 2018–19 season Other statistics (regular season) as of the end of the 2018–19 season NBA Most Valuable Player NBA Finals MVP NBA", "id": "21534699" }, { "contents": "JJ Redick\n\n\nover the Magic. On December 19, in a 131–109 win over the New York Knicks, Redick scored his 10,000th career point. On February 8, he scored a season-high 34 points in a 117–110 win over the Denver Nuggets. On March 19, he was two assists shy of his first NBA triple-double in 761 career games, finishing with 27 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists in a 118–114 win over the Charlotte Hornets. In April 2019, Redick set the franchise record for most 3-pointers in a", "id": "11516095" }, { "contents": "Zach LaVine\n\n\nKarl-Anthony Towns, and Andrew Wiggins became the first trio of NBA teammates under age 21 to score at least 20 points in the same game. On January 27, he scored 35 points against the Oklahoma City Thunder, just two points shy of his career high. His 35 points set a franchise record for a bench player and set the highest scoring total by a non-starter in the league in 2015–16. He tied Minnesota single-game records with a shooting percentage of 82.4 (14 for 17) and most", "id": "20967589" }, { "contents": "Andre Ingram\n\n\nwere the most by a Laker in his first career game since Nick Van Exel had 23 in 1993. For players making their NBA debut after the All-Star break, Ingram's 19 points were the most in a debut in 50 years, second to Danny Finn's 28 points scored in 1953. In the Lakers' season finale on April 11, Ingram scored five points on 2-of-9 shooting, including 1 of 4 from 3-point range, and had six assists and three rebounds in 35 minutes in a 115–100 win over the", "id": "1156341" }, { "contents": "Mike Conley Jr.\n\n\nthe 2007 NBA draft. Conley and Oden were represented by Conley's father who became certified as an agent by the NBA just prior in the year. Conley was drafted by the Memphis Grizzlies with the fourth overall pick after Greg Oden, Kevin Durant, and Al Horford. Conley made his first major appearances in January 2008. In Conley's first five career games, he scored 5, 10, 11, 11, and 15 points respectively. He scored a season-high 20 points with 7 assists in a 134–124 loss", "id": "14691110" }, { "contents": "Aaron Holiday\n\n\nknee injury. On February 5, he scored 17 points while shooting 7-of-10, including 3-of-4 from 3-point range, as the Pacers won 136–94 to hand LeBron James the most lopsided loss (42 points) of his career. However, Holiday fell out of the rotation again after Indiana acquired guard Wesley Matthews later in the month. Holiday is the youngest of four children. Brothers Jrue and Justin are currently professional basketball players who play in the NBA. Jrue also attended UCLA, as did sister Lauren, who played on the Bruins", "id": "792828" }, { "contents": "Dennis Johnson\n\n\n, translating to career averages of 14.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game. Known as a defensive stalwart, he was elected into nine straight All-Defensive First or Second Teams. NBA legend George Gervin said in a podcast with journalist Bill Simmons that Johnson was the hardest defender he ever played against. Johnson is also acknowledged by the NBA as a \"money player\" who was clutch in decisive moments, such as scoring 32 points for his team in a Game 4 overtime victory in the 1979 NBA Finals,", "id": "14896191" }, { "contents": "Gus Johnson (basketball)\n\n\n, he was one of the select few players who was quick enough to be paired against backcourt great Oscar Robertson, yet strong enough to hold his own against the taller forwards of the NBA in the front line. Despite some nagging problems with his knees, Johnson was a member of the NBA All-Star Team five times. During his NBA career, Johnson averaged 17.1 points and 12.7 rebounds per game. He also scored 25 points in 25 minutes in the 1965 NBA All-Star Game. Gus Johnson had his best", "id": "3895085" }, { "contents": "Pat Frink\n\n\nwas drafted by the Cincinnati Royals in the third round (27th pick) of the 1968 NBA draft. He played one season for the Royals, appearing in 48 games and averaging 2.1 points per game in 1968–69. He scored a career single-game best 17 points on January 9, 1969 against the Seattle SuperSonics. An ankle injury kept him out of the next season, and his NBA career was over. One of his teammates was legendary hall-of-famer Oscar Robertson who, despite playing with Frink for only", "id": "20643116" }, { "contents": "Ray Allen\n\n\nwas a 22-point performance in a Game 2 victory. The Celtics went on to lose in seven games as they failed to defend their title. On December 10, 2009, Allen scored 18 points to reach the 20,000 point total for his career. On June 6, 2010, in Game 2 of the 2010 NBA Finals in a 103–94 victory against the Los Angeles Lakers, Allen set a then record for most three-pointers made in an NBA Finals game on 8–11 shooting to tie the series 1–1. He broke Michael Jordan", "id": "18092943" }, { "contents": "Monty Williams\n\n\nNBA career, Williams played in 456 games, scored a total of 2,884 points and averaged 6.3 points per game. On April 8, 1997, he scored a career-high 30 points as a member of the Spurs against the Denver Nuggets. Chronic knee problems forced him into retirement in 2003. In 2005, Williams won an NBA championship as a coaching staff intern with the San Antonio Spurs. In 2005, Williams was hired by new head coach Nate McMillan as an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers. On June", "id": "18086632" }, { "contents": "Sleepy Floyd\n\n\nSan Antonio, he returned to the New Jersey Nets, and he retired in 1995 with 12,260 career points and 5,175 career assists. Floyd still holds the NBA playoff record for points scored in a quarter (29) and in half (39), in game 4 of the 1987 Western Conference Semifinals against the Los Angeles Lakers. Floyd scored 12 consecutive field goals in the fourth quarter, finishing the game with 51 points, and prevented a sweep of the Warriors by in-state rival Lakers. After retiring from the NBA", "id": "4360069" }, { "contents": "Wichita State Shockers men's basketball\n\n\nplayers – Cliff Levingston and Antoine Carr, who would be chosen in the first 10 picks of the NBA draft. Carr, a local star from Wichita, would become WSU's third All-American in 1983, averaging 22.2 points a game during his senior season, and finishing his career with 1,911 points while shooting 55.7 percent. Levingston would average 15.7 and 18.5 points per game while leading the team in scoring his freshman and sophomore years, before declaring early for the NBA Draft. Another future NBA player, Xavier McDaniel,", "id": "14921783" }, { "contents": "Karl Malone\n\n\nfirst team. His 36,928 career points scored rank second all-time in NBA history behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and he holds the records for most free throws attempted and made, in addition to being tied for the second-most first-team All-NBA selections with Kobe Bryant and behind LeBron James. He is considered one of the greatest power forwards in NBA history. Malone played college basketball at Louisiana Tech University. In his three seasons with Louisiana Tech, he helped the Bulldogs basketball team to its first-", "id": "9339616" } ]

[ { "contents": "The Notting Hill Mystery\n\n\nThe Notting Hill Mystery (1862–63) is an English-language detective novel written under the pseudonym \"Charles Felix\", with illustrations by George du Maurier. The author's identity was never formally revealed in his lifetime, but several critics have since suggested Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903), a lawyer known to have written other novels under pseudonyms. It is arguably regarded as the very first detective novel in the English language. \"The Notting Hill Mystery\" was first published as an eight-part serial in \"Once A", "id": "4494362" }, { "contents": "The Haves and the Have Nots (TV series)\n\n\nThe Haves and the Have Nots is an American crime drama and soap opera created, executive produced, written, and directed by Tyler Perry. The premise of the series is based on Perry's 2011 play \"The Haves and the Have Nots\". The series premiered on May 28, 2013 on the Oprah Winfrey Network. It is the first scripted television series to air on the network. Both the show's first and second episodes aired back-to-back on its premiere night. Each episode is one hour long", "id": "20390359" }, { "contents": "The Haves and the Have Nots (TV series)\n\n\nveteran actress playing the role, Angela Robinson, was dubbed by an NBC News article as \"Tyler Perry's breakout star\" from her role in \"The Haves and The Have Nots.\" Described in her on-air role as a \" villainess,\" she was hailed as \"slowly becoming a household name and gaining a cult-like following from the hit series.\" \"The Haves and the Have Nots\" premiered on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at 9/8c on the Oprah Winfrey Network. \"The", "id": "20390368" }, { "contents": "The Haves and the Have Nots (play)\n\n\nThe Haves and the Have Nots is a 2011 play by the American playwright Tyler Perry, later loosely adapted for television. The story follows the life of a wealthy family confronted with the needs of their poverty-stricken housekeeper. The play was very loosely adapted into a television series on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Apart from featuring the lives of a wealthy family and poor-class one, the series is significantly different from the play featuring entirely new characters and situations. It premiered on May 28, 2013. \"The Haves", "id": "20403900" }, { "contents": "Notting Hill\n\n\nthe words of Charles Booth, \"one of the worst areas in London\". Southam Street in Kensal Green had 2,400 people living in 140 nine-roomed houses in 1923, and the slum children from this street were documented in the 1950s photographs of Roger Mayne. In late August and early September 1958, the Notting Hill race riots occurred. The series of disturbances are thought to have started on 30 August when a gang of white youths attacked a Swedish woman, Majbritt Morrison, who was married to a West Indian man", "id": "10423219" }, { "contents": "The Haves and the Have Nots (TV series)\n\n\npowerful, and locally very public Cryer and Harrington families (dubbed \"The Haves\") and the poor and destitute Young family (dubbed \"The Have Nots\"). The Young family is headed by Hanna, a single mother who works as the Cryer family's maid and also serves as the best friend and confidante of the lady of the house, Katheryn. Included as part of \"The Have Nots\" is another maid of the Cryer family's, Celine Gonzales. While the Young family versus the Cryer and Harrington", "id": "20390362" }, { "contents": "Charles Warren Adams\n\n\nworks of Adams's own, written under the pseudonym Charles Felix. One was a crime novel entitled \"Velvet Lawn\" (1864), and the other \"The Notting Hill Mystery\" (1865 in book form), which is thought to have been the first detective story of novel length. \"The Notting Hill Mystery\" had already appeared as a serial in \"Once a Week\" in 1862–63, illustrated by George Du Maurier (1834–1896), author of Trilby. The Du Maurier illustrations also feature in the recent", "id": "16618252" }, { "contents": "The Haves and the Have Nots (TV series)\n\n\nHaves and the Have Nots\" is the first scripted television series to air on OWN. Both the show's first and second episodes aired back to back on its premiere night. Each episode of the series runs for an hour (42 minutes plus commercials). \"The Haves and the Have Nots\" set a record for OWN, scoring the highest ratings ever for a series premiere on the network. During the show's first season, \"The Haves and the Have Nots\" received numerous widely publicized series highs in ratings", "id": "20390369" }, { "contents": "Tyler Perry\n\n\nHave Nots\" set a new record for OWN, scoring the highest ratings ever for a series premiere on the network. \"Love Thy Neighbor\" scored the second highest ratings ever for a series premiere on OWN, behind \"The Haves and the Have Nots;\" however, \"Love Thy Neighbor\" has significantly declined in ratings while \"The Have and the Have Nots\" has continued to increase its ratings. On February 4, 2014, \"The Haves and the Have Nots\" came in as the most watched program", "id": "20761961" }, { "contents": "Big Brother 13 (American season)\n\n\nday the Have/Have-Not competition involved mixing three ingredients and having a member of the opposing team guess the drink ingredient; if there was a tie, the contestant who drank the fastest would receive a point for their team. Jeff, Jordan, Rachel, and Shelly lost and became the Have-Nots for the week. The public voted for the Have-Nots to have coconuts and catfish in addition to slop. Later that evening Rachel and Jeff were nominated for eviction by Kalia. The following day Jeff won", "id": "18834725" }, { "contents": "Crystal R. Fox\n\n\n15, she acted as lead in the play \"Blues for an Alabama Sky\". In 2013, Fox was cast in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera \"The Haves and the Have Nots\", produced by Tyler Perry. She plays the leading role of Hanna Young, the single mother who works as the rich family's maid and also serves as the best friend and confidante of the lady of the house, Katheryn Cryer (played by Renee Lawless). The series also stars Tika Sumpter, Angela Robinson", "id": "16915080" }, { "contents": "London in film\n\n\nLondon has been used frequently both as a filming location and as a film setting. These have ranged from historical recreations of the Victorian London of Charles Dickens and Sherlock Holmes, to the romantic comedies of \"Bridget Jones's Diary\" and \"Notting Hill\", by way of crime films, spy thrillers, science fiction and the \"swinging London\" films of the 1960s. Because of the dominant role played by the city in the British media, the number of British films set in London is huge. It has also", "id": "7651029" }, { "contents": "Vengeance (novel)\n\n\nVengeance is an original novel based on the U.S. television series \"Angel\". Tagline: \"The original evil is after Angel's soul.\" L.A. is divided between the haves and the have-nots. Those in luck seem to have tanned good looks, toned bodies, riches and more. Some have-nots are beginning to grow tired of it. Lily Pierce is a motivational speaker who founded New Life Foundation, an organization sweeping across the country. Its mantra is: \"Erase doubt. Erase fear. Become", "id": "9087295" }, { "contents": "City Life (video game)\n\n\ndo not demand any services at all. In fact, they are content with having nothing more than a house and a job. Unlike Fringes and Blue Collars, Have-Nots are not too easily attracted to a city. In order for them to appear, the player will usually have to create a district focusing primarily on Have-Not jobs and leisure activities. It is also possible to attract Have Nots by having Fringes and Blue Collars \"devolve\" into Have-Nots. This is achieved when Fringes and Blue Collars", "id": "5206142" }, { "contents": "Big Brother 14 (American season)\n\n\nBands\" HoH competition, in which Frank became the new Head of Household for the second time this season. On Day 35, all HouseGuests competed in the Have/Have Not competition \"E-Squeeze Me?\", except for Ashley who was having back spasms and could not compete. Frank played in her spot. Britney, Danielle, Joe and Shane became the Have Nots for the week, making this week the first week Ian is a Have. On Day 35, Frank nominated Joe and Wil for eviction.", "id": "11483585" }, { "contents": "Big Brother Canada (season 4)\n\n\nrocks fell into the crater, they hit their buzzer. The loved one who hits their buzzer the closest to 1000 rocks will win Head of Household for their loved one. Cassandra's father won the competition, and Cassandra became the new Head of Household. On Day 57, the HouseGuests were given the task to marry Nikki and Joel in the Have-Not room. If they pass their task, there will be no more Have-Nots for the season. They passed their task and Have-Nots were disbanded.", "id": "1364365" }, { "contents": "Notting Hill\n\n\nand Chelsea roughly encompassed by the electoral wards of Saint Charles, Golborne, Notting Barns, Colville, Norland, and Pembridge, which is bounded on the north by Harrow Road and on the south by Notting Hill Gate and Holland Park Avenue, includes all areas known as Notting Hill, including Notting Barns, the centre of the Notting Hill race riot. David Cameron, former leader of the Conservative Party, is known as part of the \"Notting Hill Set\", though he states he lives in North Kensington. There are", "id": "10423228" }, { "contents": "Have Nots\n\n\nThe Have Nots are a Ska punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, consisting of Jon Cauztik (guitar, vocals), Matt Pruitt (guitar, vocals), Jameson Hollis (bass), and Steve Patton (drums). The band was formed in 2006, combining members of local bands Chicago Typewriter and Stray Bullets. Before ever releasing an album they played shows with Boston ska legends such as The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Big D and The Kids Table. The band originally released a demo before recording their full-length", "id": "10226757" }, { "contents": "Joey Jordison\n\n\nhe only played a couple of shows. Jordison was also involved in a band with Paul Gray and vocalist Don Decker, named \"Anal Blast\". Gray also attempted to recruit him for another band, Body Pit, but he declined the invitation to remain in The Rejects. During the forming period of Slipknot, Paul recruited Joey to join a punk band called the Have Nots in the Spring of 1996. Joey would leave the Have Nots in February 1997 to \"focus on Slipknot\" but instead reformed the Rejects which would", "id": "6526258" }, { "contents": "The Haves and the Have Nots (TV series)\n\n\nhas achieved several more series highs. On February 4, 2014, for example, the drama series came in as the most watched television program in all of cable television with an estimated 3.4 million viewers. Among all of OWN programming since the network's January 2011 debut, only a March 2012 \"Oprah's Next Chapter\" interview with Bobbi Kristina has drawn more viewers (3.5 million) than the February 4, 2014 episode of \"The Haves and the Have Nots.\" The \"Haves and the Have Nots\" episode", "id": "20390373" }, { "contents": "Lemmy\n\n\ngroup soon disbanded, having failed to raise enough interest with their singles. In August 1971, Lemmy joined the space rock band Hawkwind, who were based in Ladbroke Grove, London, as a bassist and vocalist. He had no previous experience as a bass guitarist, and was cajoled into joining immediately before a benefit gig in Notting Hill by bandmate Michael \"Dik Mik\" Davies, to have two members who enjoyed amphetamines. Lemmy states that he originally auditioned for Hawkwind as a guitarist, but on the morning of the Notting", "id": "18900832" }, { "contents": "The Haves and the Have Nots (TV series)\n\n\nfamilies lead polar opposite lifestyles in terms of social class, economics, social status, and surroundings, they are each similar in that they lead exceedingly dysfunctional lifestyles. The show's cast is multiracial: one of the upper class families are Caucasian American and the other is African American; the poor family is also African American; in addition to this, there is a poor maid who is Hispanic. To that end, when Angela Robinson (the actress who plays Veronica Harrington) was interviewed about her new role on the series", "id": "20390363" }, { "contents": "The Haves and the Have Nots (TV series)\n\n\nNots\" as \"OWN's most popular series to date.\" Also within only its first season, \"The Haves and the Have Nots\" had been critically acclaimed as being \"one of OWN's biggest success stories with its weekly dose of soapy fun, filled with the typical betrayals, affairs, manipulations and a bitch slap or two.\" Recognizing the show's increasing popularity, OWN renewed the drama series for a 2nd season midway into the first season. The 2nd season was originally to consist of 16 episodes and", "id": "20390371" }, { "contents": "Nots (band)\n\n\nNots are a three-piece noise-punk band from Memphis, who released their debut album \"We Are Nots\" in 2014 and have toured North America and Europe. The band are fronted by Natalie Hoffmann (vocals/guitar) with Charlotte Watson (drums), Alexandra Eastburn (keyboards) and Meredith Lones (bass). The band are signed to Goner Records in North America and Heavenly in Europe. Originally from Nixa, Missouri, Hoffmann moved to Memphis in 2007 to attend the local art college, where she", "id": "18846506" }, { "contents": "Christian socialism\n\n\n\"have nots\" of society. The Torah instructs followers to treat neighbours equally and to be generous to have nots, such as stating: Some of the Psalms include many references to social justice for the poor: Amos emphasizes the need for \"justice\" and \"righteousness\" that is described as conduct that emphasizes love for those who are poor and to oppose oppression and injustice towards the poor. The prophet Isaiah (759–694 B.C.) to whom is attributed the first thirty-nine chapters of the Book of Isaiah (\"", "id": "17245084" }, { "contents": "Notting Hill set\n\n\nThe term Notting Hill set refers to an informal group of young figures who were in prominent leadership positions in the Conservative Party, or close advisory positions around the former party leader and Prime Minister, David Cameron. The term was coined by Derek Conway in July 2004, before Cameron became leader. It was intended to be pejorative, as Conway was one of the 'bed blockers' preventing the party modernising. The term is in reference to all of them having lived in Notting Hill, in west London, although the group", "id": "8251114" }, { "contents": "Big Brother 11 (American season)\n\n\nthe piping. If done correctly, the pipes would cause the juice to spill onto a wheel and cause it to spin; the last team to complete the task would be the Have-Nots for the week. The Brains clique lost the competition, meaning Chima, Michele, and Ronnie were the Have-Nots for the week. This greatly upset Chima, who stated on numerous occasions afterwards that she was debating walking from the game. Jessie took an immediate dislike to Laura, and hoped to put her up, though", "id": "11825698" }, { "contents": "The Napoleon of Notting Hill\n\n\nbroken up when Auberon Quin, who cares for nothing but a good joke, is chosen. To amuse himself, he institutes elaborate costumes for the provosts of the districts of London. All are bored by the King's antics except for one earnest young man who takes the cry for regional pride seriously – Adam Wayne, the eponymous Napoleon of Notting Hill. Michael Collins, who led the fight for Irish independence from British Rule, is known to have admired the book. There has been speculation that the setting of the book", "id": "8589807" }, { "contents": "Charles Warren Adams\n\n\nCharles Warren Adams (1833–1903) was an English lawyer, publisher and anti-vivisectionist, now known from documentary evidence to have been the author of \"The Notting Hill Mystery\". This is usually taken to be the first full-length detective novel in English. As a lawyer Adams became involved in bailing out the once famous London publishing firm of Saunders, Otley & Co. after the two proprietors had died. The effort was unsuccessful and liquidation ensued in 1869, but in the meantime the firm had published at least two", "id": "16618251" }, { "contents": "Dean Notting\n\n\nDean Notting (born 14 January 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Notting, a recruit from Lake Boga, first broke into the Richmond team late in the 1985 VFL season, to make two league appearances. In his first game of the 1986 season, Richmond's round four win over North Melbourne, Notting received a Brownlow Medal vote, then had his best performance a week later with five goals against St Kilda at the MCG. He finished the", "id": "5274373" }, { "contents": "Notting Hill (film)\n\n\nwould be surrounded by thousands of people and paparazzi photographers who would prevent us from shooting\". The location team, and security personnel prevented this, as well as preventing problems the presence of a film crew may have caused the residents of Notting Hill, who Michell believes were \"genuinely excited\" about the film. Location manager Sue Quinn described finding locations and getting permission to film as \"a mammoth task\". Quinn and the rest of her team had to write to thousands of people in the area, promising to donate", "id": "21677950" }, { "contents": "Lancaster West Estate\n\n\nthe 1958 Notting Hill race riots, which were centred on White City and Blechynden Street. Plans were made in the 1960s to replace the substandard housing in Notting Dale. This would displace 3,000 people, who were to be accommodated in the Lancaster West Estate scheme. This was to have included an office complex and a shopping centre, but they were never built. The master plan was drawn up by the architect Peter Deakins who had, a few years before, been involved in the design and construction of Golden Lane Housing by", "id": "9773995" }, { "contents": "Bob Hoag\n\n\nplays piano as well as drums. He also played drums and recorded records for the power-pop/garage group The Breakup Society, as well as The Love Me Nots. He currently runs Flying Blanket Recording in Mesa, Arizona where he has produced and recorded many musicians who have led successful careers. Hoag generally contributes musically to most of the records he produces as well and can be heard singing, playing piano/keyboards, and doing various percussion on most of those releases. The Go Reflex has not been active since", "id": "4999975" }, { "contents": "Big Brother 15 (American season)\n\n\nthe House. The winner of the weekly Head of Household competition is guaranteed a week of safety and nominates two fellow HouseGuests for eviction. After a HouseGuest becomes Head of Household, he or she is ineligible to take part in the next Head of Household competition. HouseGuests usually also take part in weekly Have vs. Have-Not competitions in which they are divided into either the \"Haves\" or the \"Have-Nots\" depending on their performance in the competition. HouseGuests that become \"Have-Nots\" for the week", "id": "1361340" }, { "contents": "Hwang In-suk\n\n\nneighborhood. She says that although she never sees the cats she feeds, she enjoys the feeling of returning and finding the dishes empty. Friends of Hwang have named her the \"poet of the 4 haves and the 4 have-nots\". The four \"have-nots\" are home, money, husband, and children; the four \"haves\" are poetry, friends, a non-possessive spirit and a giving heart. The Korea Literature Translation Institute says, about Hwang: Loneliness is an important theme in", "id": "16907034" }, { "contents": "Tyler Perry\n\n\nFebruary 2013 but was revived by OWN for a third season, which began on September 18, 2013. Perry also has two other new television series featured on OWN: the hour-long soap opera/drama series \"The Haves and the Have Nots\" and the sitcom \"Love Thy Neighbor\". \"The Haves and the Have Nots\" premiered on May 28, 2013, while \"Love Thy Neighbor\" premiered on May 29, 2013. It was reported on May 29, 2013 that \"The Haves and the", "id": "20761960" }, { "contents": "Joan Hinton\n\n\n\"five nots and two haves\": the five nots—first: no physical labour, second: no thought reform, third: no chances of contacts with workers and peasants, fourth: no participation in class struggle, fifth: no participation in production struggle; the two haves—first: they have an exceptionally high living standard, second: they have all kinds of specialization. What kind of concept is that? This is Khrushchevism, this is revisionist thinking, this is class exploitation! [...] We demand", "id": "18273617" }, { "contents": "Branko Milanović\n\n\ncovered global income disparity between countries as well as between all individuals in the world. His joint work with Jeffrey Williamson and Peter Lindert (\"Economic Journal\", March 2011), was considered by \"The Economist\" to \"contain the germ of an important advance in thinking about inequality\". Milanovic is the author of 2011's \"The Haves and the Have-Nots\", a book of essays on income distribution; \"The Globalist\" selected \"The Haves and the Have-Nots\" as number one on", "id": "5453665" }, { "contents": "The Haves and the Have Nots (TV series)\n\n\n, including with its July 30 episode, its August 6 episode, its August 13 episode, its August 27 episode, and most notably with its season 1 finale on September 3. The season 1 finale of \"The Haves And the Have Nots\" was the third most watched telecast in OWN history, bested only by an interview with Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina and episodes of \"Oprah's Next Chapter\" featuring Lance Armstrong. Within its first season alone, \"Variety\" had recognized \"The Haves and the Have", "id": "20390370" }, { "contents": "Shari Headley\n\n\nalso had guest starring roles on \"Veronica Mars\", \"House\", \"Castle\", and \"Switched at Birth\". In 2014, she joined the cast of Oprah Winfrey Network primetime soap opera, \"The Haves and the Have Nots\" created by Tyler Perry, playing District Attorney Jennifer Sallison. She was promoted to series regular as of season four. Headley was married to actor/entertainer Christopher Martin, better known as \"Play\" from the hip-hop duo Kid N' Play, from May", "id": "20523754" }, { "contents": "Notting Hill Academy of Music\n\n\n, Ewan Grant in 2015.[4] Since the launch of the Notting Hill Academy of Music, figures in the music industry have come to the Notting Hill Academy of Music to provide seminars and professional insight into the current music industry. Past guests have included Head of Radio at Atlantic Records, Phil Youngman, Outreach Manager for PRS, Andy Ellis, ATC Management's Neil Simpson and many others. Students are presented with knowledge from lecturers including artist and producer signed to Ultra Music and Founder of A&C Media, Tom Hollings, Alan Boyd", "id": "11711550" }, { "contents": "Charles Chaplin Sr.\n\n\n. Little is known about Chaplin's early life, although the 1871 and 1881 censuses show his parents and family were living in Rillington Place in Notting Hill, the street which would achieve notoriety for the John Christie murders decades later. In June 1885, aged 22, he married 19-year-old Hannah Hill, who had been his \"sweetheart\" three years earlier when they starred in the same play. Hannah had a 3-month-old son, Sydney John, who was given Chaplin's surname. On 16 April 1889,", "id": "4796021" }, { "contents": "The Californian Ideology\n\n\nthe info-haves and have-nots – this is equivalent to a 1948 Mute whining that there were TV-haves and have-nots because television penetration had yet to become universal\", an \"anal retentive attachment to failed 19th century social and economic analysis and bromides is what allows you to claim that the laughable French Minitel system is a success\" and finally, \"a profound ignorance of economics\". Gary Kamiya, also of \"Salon\", recognized the validity of the main points in the essay, but", "id": "12476988" }, { "contents": "The Haves and the Have Nots (TV series)\n\n\n. \"Variety\" has recognized \"The Haves and the Have Nots\" as \"OWN's most popular series to date.\" In addition, the drama series has been acclaimed as being \"one of OWN's biggest success stories with its weekly dose of soapy fun, filled with the typical betrayals, affairs, manipulations, and a bitch slap or two.\" The series set ratings record for OWN, scoring the highest ratings ever for a series premiere and the highest overall ratings in the network's history. The first", "id": "20390360" }, { "contents": "The Haves and the Have Nots (TV series)\n\n\nin question is \"Why Didn't You Tell Me?\" On Tuesday, March 11, 2014, however, the mid-season 2 finale of \"The Haves and the Have Nots\" set a record for all of OWN programming, scoring the highest ratings in the station's history. The record-breaking episode brought in 3.6 million viewers, surpassing the 3.5 million that tuned in for Oprah Winfrey's interview with Bobbi Kristina. Not only was the episode the most watched broadcast in all of OWN history but it came", "id": "20390374" }, { "contents": "Tyler Perry\n\n\nOWN, based on Perry's previous success in this area. Perry has created multiple scripted series for the network, \"The Haves and the Have Nots\" being its most successful. \"The Haves and the Have Nots\" has given OWN its highest ratings to date as of 2014, with the series also referred to as \"one of OWN's biggest success stories with its weekly dose of soapy fun, filled with the typical betrayals, affairs, and manipulations.\" Perry has additionally acted in films not directed or produced", "id": "20761938" }, { "contents": "Mick Parsons\n\n\nsince the turn of the century. The characters are all trying to survive and get by in spite of living in a world where there is never enough, where hard work is not rewarded the way we are always told it will be, and where the divisions between the Haves and Have Nots are increasingly obvious. These are the In-Between People - the people who believed in the Middle Class American Dream and who have found it failing, but have nothing tangible to replace it with. The victories expressed are small and", "id": "3758980" }, { "contents": "Big Brother (franchise)\n\n\nchosen (usually by competition) as the Head of Household (HoH), who sleeps in a luxurious bedroom and nominates two fellow HouseGuests for eviction in a formal Nomination Ceremony. HoH also chooses Haves, who enjoy luxury foods and other special privileges, and Have-Nots, who must eat \"slop\" (a fortified oatmeal), sleep in designated uncomfortable beds, and take cold showers. Before the sixteenth US season, HouseGuests competed in a Have/Have-Not challenge similar to the shopping tasks on \"Big", "id": "4085242" }, { "contents": "Rachel Shelley\n\n\nPhotographing Fairies\". In 2012 and early 2013, she played the recurring role of Yvonne Rippon, a police superintendent who had a relationship with established character Nick Jordan, in popular BBC medical drama \"Casualty\". Shelley left the series on 19 January 2013. Apart from acting, Shelley has written articles for The Guardian and DIVA Magazine. Shelley lives in Notting Hill, London with her partner since 1995, Matthew Parkhill, who is a TV writer, director and producer. They have a daughter named Eden, born September", "id": "12751831" }, { "contents": "Notting Hill Press\n\n\nNotting Hill Press, founded in 2012 by authors Michele Gorman, Belinda Jones and Talli Roland, is a British book publisher. Notting Hill Press has published authors such as Chrissie Manby, Matt Dunn, and Nick Spalding to offer writers \"the third way\". Describing itself as a hybrid publishing model that combines the best of traditional and independent publishing, Notting Hill Press allows authors to maintain the solid working relationships they have with their traditional publishers, while also recognising that some books are better-suited to independent publishing in some", "id": "1606896" }, { "contents": "Charles Desnotz\n\n\nCharles, comte Desnotz (or Desnots, des Nos, des Nots, d'Esnots; – 6 October 1701) was a French naval officer who was governor of Martinique in 1701 at the start of the War of the Spanish Succession. He died of yellow fever a few months after taking office. Charles Desnotz (or des Nos) was born around 1645. The des Nos family was a knightly family of Breton origin that became established in Mayenne in the 17th century. Charles des Nos was the seigneur of Forbois, of Val", "id": "5506432" }, { "contents": "Big Brother Canada (season 4)\n\n\nHouseGuests went to the living room and poured a bucket of slop into the HouseGuests' container they wanted to be a Have-Not. The three HouseGuests with the most slop in their buckets will be the Have-Nots for the week. Kelsey, Nikki, and Raul were the Have-Nots for the week. On Day 43, Maddy nominated Jared and Kelsey for eviction. On Day 44, Maddy, Jared, Kelsey, Nikki, Cassandra, and Raul scrapped in the \"Six Blind Mice\" Power of Veto", "id": "1364355" }, { "contents": "The Haves and the Have Nots (TV series)\n\n\nbring the series to 32 in total by the completion of season 2; however on August 21, it was announced that the network had ordered 4 additional episodes for the 2nd season, which will bring the series to 36 episodes in total by season 2's completion. Season 2 of \"The Haves and the Have Nots\" premiered on Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Continuing on with its ratings records from season 1, the show debuted its 2nd season with series and network high ratings. Throughout season 2, the soap", "id": "20390372" }, { "contents": "Big Brother 11 (American season)\n\n\n\"Haves\" or the \"Have Nots\" depending on their performance in the competitions. HouseGuests that became \"Have Nots\" for the week were only allowed to eat slop and a weekly food restriction, chosen by the viewing public, cold showers and sleeping on metal beds. A new rule was revealed this season, in the event a HouseGuest that would be part of the jury to determine the winner voluntarily leaves the House or is expelled by Big Brother the American public replaced that HouseGuest on the jury and voted for the", "id": "11825691" }, { "contents": "Big Brother 15 (American season)\n\n\nto place evidence on a desk only to have to put it back in the same position minutes later. The last team to correctly put their evidence in the original spot would be the Have-Nots for the week. The team of Amanda, Candice, GinaMarie, and Judd became the Have-Nots for the week. That same night, Aaryn nominated Howard and Spencer for eviction, with Howard being the target for the majority of the HouseGuests. On Day 37, it was revealed that the viewers had chosen to nominate", "id": "1361368" }, { "contents": "Big Brother Canada (season 6)\n\n\nknew each other in the \"Will You Showmance?\" Have-Not competition. In this competition, one person of each pair would answer a question in private. Their partner would then be asked the same question, trying to match their partner's answer. If they match, they will earn one point. The two pairs with the fewest points will be Have-Nots for the week. Derek, Erica, Kaela, and Merron became Have-Nots for the week. On Day 14, Hamza nominated Jesse and", "id": "839623" }, { "contents": "Ann Kenrick\n\n\nfounded the Notting Hill Housing Trust and the charity Shelter. Dr Isabel Kenrick, from Boston, Massachusetts, was a historian who worked for the Historical Manuscripts Commission. Ann Kenrick was educated at the Fox School in Notting Hill, Godolphin and Latymer School, Hammersmith, and St Anne’s College, Oxford, where she read French and German. In 1985, Kenrick married Mark Warby, later a justice of the High Court. They have two daughters and one son. After graduation, Kenrick worked in import/export with Toshiba", "id": "20986259" }, { "contents": "Lee Kang-baek\n\n\ndepict hapless individuals weighed down by the brutal authority of the then-military government, whose regime solidified its power by instilling fear of a North Korean attack into the citizens. As state oppression reached a peak in the late 1970s, Lee used “silent plays,” dramas without words, to reflect the social and political climate of the time. From the 1980s, Lee’s plays allegorized social conflicts between the “haves” and the “have nots,” or criticized the social leadership’s remorseless greed. Lee’s more", "id": "11723227" }, { "contents": "Notting Hill Carnival\n\n\nHenderson's steel band (who had played at the earlier Claudia Jones events) went on a walkabout. By 1970, \"the Notting Hill Carnival consisted of 2 music bands, the Russell Henderson Combo and Selwyn Baptiste's Notting Hill Adventure Playground Steelband and 500 dancing spectators.\" Emslie Horniman's Pleasance (in the nearby Kensal Green area), with Kensal Green and Westbourne Park the nearest tube stations, has been the carnival's traditional starting point. Among the early bands to participate were Ebony Steelband and Metronomes Steelband. As", "id": "10650403" }, { "contents": "Big Brother 12 (American season)\n\n\nthe goal of being the last team to have their player on the wall; the winners of the competition would select one team to be the Have-Nots for the week. The other teams could spray water at their opponents, thus causing them to fall sooner. Brendon, Britney, Enzo, and Monet were the Have-Nots for the week. Shortly following the competition, the HouseGuests learned that Annie had been the Saboteur in a video message. Later that day, Rachel chose to nominate Britney and Monet for eviction", "id": "10359866" }, { "contents": "Big Brother 11 (American season)\n\n\n\"The Ugly Truth\", as well as choose the Have-Nots for the week. Casey and Chima are the winners of the prize, and choose the Popular clique, consisting of Jordan and Laura, to be the Have-Nots for the week. Later that day, Ronnie chose to nominate Jeff and Laura for eviction. Ronnie revealed his intentions to be backdooring Russell that week, though his alliance felt as though Russell would have the votes to stay. Following a confrontation between Lydia and Russell, Lydia and Kevin", "id": "11825705" }, { "contents": "Big Brother 11 (American season)\n\n\nshould be targeted that week. On Day 20, HouseGuests competed in the \"Back Yard Bash\" Have-Not competition. For this competition, one HouseGuest from each clique competed, and were required to attempt to fill their opponents cans with various plastic ice cubes; the clique with the most ice cubes in there can would be the Have-Nots for the week. The Brains clique, consisting of Chima, Michele, and Ronnie, were the Have-Nots for the week. Later that day, Jessie chose to", "id": "11825710" }, { "contents": "Big Brother Canada (season 4)\n\n\ncompetition. For this competition, each person had three chances to hit an oversized ball over the wall. The other team attempted to catch the ball on the other side of the wall while wearing oversized mitts. A caught ball counted as an out and a fair ball was a home run. The team with the most runs will be the Haves for the week and must select four HouseGuests from the losing team to be Have-Nots. Jared, Kelsey, Raul, and Tim were the Have-Nots for the week", "id": "1364339" }, { "contents": "Knowledge divide\n\n\non training, cognitive skills and regulatory frameworks geared towards access to contents.\" In the book Digital Dead End, Virginia Eubanks criticizes the way that the digital divide is generally thought of as a division between haves and have-nots, where the solution is distribution. This over-simplistic depiction obscures the fact that often social and structural inequality is at the root of the divide. According to a study done by Eubanks with women of the YWCA, the women of the community \"insisted that have-nots possess many different", "id": "18956762" }, { "contents": "Big Brother Canada (season 7)\n\n\ncompetition, Big Brother will make them offers to lure them away from their button, including pizza and Have cards to avoid being Have-Nots. The last HouseGuest to ring in for each round will be eliminated. The last HouseGuest standing will be the new Head of Household. Dane was the winner. Adam, Cory, and Damien became Have-Nots for the week. Distrust between the guys and the girls of \"The Eight\" caused paranoia within the alliance, and they began to turn on each other. On", "id": "2838949" }, { "contents": "City Life (video game)\n\n\nthe typical suburban family with traditional values. Blue Collars will usually be attracted to a city with available housing, but under certain circumstances will \"evolve\" from Have-Nots. They demand good services for healthcare and decent services for safety. Employment for Blue Collars is usually found in industries, private investigating, fishing companies, and oil derricks/platforms. The Have-Not community is at the crossroads between the artistic and the industrial worlds. They are the lowest on the scale of power and wealth. Have-Nots", "id": "5206141" }, { "contents": "Sindome\n\n\ntakes place in Withmore City, a geodesic dome city built in the wastelands of lower California. The face of the earth has been scarred by climate change and many great cities have been submerged due to the rising oceans. Sindome is all about playing a role in the struggle of the haves versus the have-nots. Characters fight for survival, carving out a niche in the underworld for themselves. From the Sindome website: The corporations have grown larger than the countries they were once entities of, their wealth and power allowing", "id": "21771112" }, { "contents": "The Notting Hill Mystery\n\n\nWeek\" magazine beginning on 29 November 1862, then as a single-volume novel in 1865 by Saunders, Otley, and Company, with illustrations by George du Maurier (grandfather of Daphne du Maurier). The editors of the magazine stated that the manuscript was submitted to them anonymously under the pseudonym \"Charles Felix\". In 1952, William Buckler identified Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903) as the author of \"The Notting Hill Mystery\" and in January 2011, Paul Collins – a writer, editor and academic – writing", "id": "4494363" }, { "contents": "The Haves and the Have Nots (TV series)\n\n\nin at number 1 among all of cable television and number 4 among all shows on television for its airing night. Season 3 premiered on January 6, 2015. Production of season 3 began in August 2014 following a 25 episode order which will bring the episode count to 61 through 2015. In May 2015, it was reported that the 3rd season of \"The Haves and the Have Nots\" was primetime's #1 original cable series among African-American women and total viewers, regularly attracting more than three million viewers.", "id": "20390375" }, { "contents": "Big Brother: Over the Top\n\n\nPackage took place as all houseguests remaining had received a carepackage except for Justin. Thus, the care package was awarded to him. The HouseGuests were chosen by America's vote; the week's Head of Household was automatically exempted from the vote, as were the previous week's Have-Nots. During Week 6, no Have-Not voting took place as only three houseguests were eligible as Have-Nots. Shelby won Head of Household, Jason received the Co-HoH care package, and Justin, Kryssie, and", "id": "2329431" }, { "contents": "Big Brother Canada (season 7)\n\n\ndish. The first team in each round to eat all three dishes will be Haves for the week. The remaining three HouseGuests will be Have-Nots for the week. Anthony, Eddie, and Samantha became Have-Nots for the week. Chelsea aimed to send Kailyn out the door after Kailyn orchestrated a last-minute attempt to save Maki last week. On Day 14, Chelsea nominated Damien and Kiera for eviction, with the plan to backdoor Kailyn. Before the Power of Veto competition, the players spun a wheel", "id": "2838945" }, { "contents": "City Life (video game)\n\n\nthe circle. Further, the income generated by businesses focusing on each class is indicated by its height on the circle, Have-Nots generating the least and Elites generating the most. Lastly, the left side of the circle favors education while the right side favors safety (e.g. police and fire department coverage). The higher classes are of course more demanding. When a city is founded, only Fringes, Have-Nots, and Blue Collars will settle there. The Suits must be attracted by having good conditions for the", "id": "5206135" }, { "contents": "Alice Childress\n\n\nAlice Childress (October 12, 1916 – August 14, 1994) was an American novelist, playwright, and actress, acknowledged as \"the only African-American woman to have written, produced, and published plays for four decades.\" Childress described her work as trying to portray the have-nots in a have society, saying: \"My writing attempts to interpret the 'ordinary' because they are not ordinary. Each human is uniquely different. Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are", "id": "12614501" }, { "contents": "Tim Notting\n\n\nwas to be the Lions' last win for the season as they lost their final six games by an average of 51 points. In Round 10, Notting played his 200th game in an 18-point win against at Etihad Stadium. In September 2009, Notting announced his retirement at the season end. He played his last game for the Lions in a 51-point loss to the in the First Semi Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In October 2009, Notting announced that he would join the Labrador Tigers for the 2010 QAFL season.", "id": "20710072" }, { "contents": "John Vanbrugh\n\n\nof his patron. Consequently these houses, which often claim Vanbrugh as their architect, do not best display his own architectural concepts and ideas. In the summer of 1699 as part of his architectural education Vanbrugh made a tour of northern England, writing to Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester, (he was still an Earl at the time) on Christmas Day of that year: 'I have seen most of the great houses in the North, as Ld Nottings (sic): Duke of Leeds Chattesworth (sic)", "id": "13721414" }, { "contents": "George du Maurier\n\n\n\", \"The Illustrated Times\", \"The Cornhill Magazine\", and the religious periodical \"Good Words\". Furthermore, he did illustrations for the serialization of Charles Warren Adams's \"The Notting Hill Mystery\", which is thought to be the first detective story of novel length to have appeared in English. Among several other novels he illustrated was \"Misunderstood\" by Florence Montgomery in 1873. Owing to his deteriorating eyesight, du Maurier reduced his involvement with \"Punch\" in 1891 and settled in Hampstead, where", "id": "21143533" }, { "contents": "Rhaune Laslett\n\n\nand many other nationalities all live in a very congested area, there is very little communication between us. If we can infect them with a desire to participate then this can only have good results.\" The \"Notting Hill Fayre and Pageant\", or the London Free School Fair, was held over a week from 18 September 1966, and, as well as featuring a pageant that included \"a man dressed as Elizabeth I and children as Charles Dickens characters\", there was \"a Portobello parade consisting of the London", "id": "7744173" }, { "contents": "Aba Shanti-I\n\n\nAba Shanti-I (born Joseph Smith) is a sound system operator and dub producer from the UK. Aba and his sound system have been playing through UK and Europe for over 30 years. He has been a resident sound system at Notting Hill Carnival since 1993 and was voted the No. 1 DJ in the World by DJ Magazine in the same year. Joseph Smith was born in Hackney, London, UK of Antiguan parents, who immigrated to the UK in the 1960s. He was first introduced to roots reggae", "id": "18623099" }, { "contents": "Planet B\n\n\ntravel from world to world, Lioba and Kip learn that the people behind Planet B appear to be killing people in real life for an unknown reason. There are also more people who have died in real life but still exist in Planet B, known as \"Have Nots\", as opposed to those who are still alive, known as \"Haves\". What is more the real world is in chaos for several unexplained reasons. Kip and Lioba enter a site called \"The Underworld\" which is akin to Greek mythology", "id": "17594623" }, { "contents": "Dinosaur Diorama\n\n\nmajor online video production companies. Their shows have been featured in Wired and The New York Times. The company itself was mentioned in conjunction with Michael Eisner's web distribution company Vuguru by Variety. They were nominated for five Streamy Awards in 2009 (Best Ensemble for All's Faire, Best Music for All's Faire, Best Music for The All-For-Nots, Best Cinematography for The All-For-Nots, and Best Ad Placement for The All-For-Nots). In September, 2009, Dinosaur", "id": "7279683" }, { "contents": "Notting Hill (film)\n\n\nNotting Hill is a 1999 romantic comedy film directed by Roger Michell. The screenplay was written by Richard Curtis, author of \"Four Weddings and a Funeral\" (1994), and the film was produced by Duncan Kenworthy. The film stars Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Rhys Ifans, Emma Chambers, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, and Hugh Bonneville. The story is of a romance between a London book seller played by Grant and a famous American actress played by Roberts, who happens into his shop. Released on 21", "id": "21677940" }, { "contents": "Big Brother Canada (season 6)\n\n\nIf they are incorrect, they will be eliminated. The last HouseGuest standing will be the new Head of Household. Ryan was the winner. As Head of Household, Ryan was required to name four Have-Nots for the week. Derek, Erica, Hamza, and Jesse became Have-Nots for the week. On Day 7, Ryan nominated Andrew and Hamza for eviction, with the plan to backdoor Olivia. On Day 8, Ryan, Andrew, and Hamza, alongside Johnny, Jesse, and Erica, scrapped", "id": "839618" }, { "contents": "Allison McAtee\n\n\non showtime’s \"Californication\". In film, McAtee has appeared in \"The Killing Floor\" (2007) and \"Hell Ride\" (2008), and ‘’Iron Man’’ (2008) before landing the leading role in the independent drama \"Bloomington\" (2010). In 2014, McAtee joined the cast of the Oprah Winfrey Network primetime drama, \"The Haves and the Have Nots\". She plays Maggie Day, campaign manager to Jim Cryer (John Schneider) and David Harrington (Peter", "id": "4858660" }, { "contents": "Big Brother Canada (season 4)\n\n\nboulder. If a HouseGuest drops the sword, drops the ball, or lets go of the boulder, they will be eliminated. However, at certain points in the competition, HouseGuests may trade punishments. The last HouseGuest standing will be the new Head of Household. Raul was the winner. Raul was then required to name four Have-Nots for the week. Joel, Maddy, Nick & Phil, and Ramsey became the Have-Nots for the week. On Day 36, Raul nominated Joel and Mitch for eviction", "id": "1364351" }, { "contents": "Notting Hill Gate tube station\n\n\nThis latter station eventually, in 1919, dropped its reference to Notting Hill, becoming \"Ladbroke Grove (North Kensington)\" in 1919 and, simply, \"Ladbroke Grove\" in 1938 (see Ladbroke Grove Underground station). It is a cut and cover station which is still covered with a glass roof after many other stations on Underground have lost theirs. The station was rebuilt in the late 1950s and reopened on 1 March 1959, now linking the two 'Notting Hill Gate stations' on the Circle and District and", "id": "13470343" }, { "contents": "Notting Hill, Victoria\n\n\nthen both state schools in 2005 and 2006. Residents formed the Notting Hill Community Association to fight the closures of these institutions and the ugly developments proposed to replace them. They have won several battles, but the struggle continues. Monash City Council has responded to the Association’s concerns for loss of local facilities by refurbishing the kindergarten site for use by the community. The Notting Hill Neighbourhood House was opened by the Governor of Victoria, Professor David de Kretser, on Saturday 28 July 2007. The Natural Confectionery Company, which has", "id": "21907354" }, { "contents": "Captain Charles Johnson\n\n\nbut he demonstrates a knowledge of the sailor's speech and life, suggesting that he could have been an actual sea captain. He could also have been a professional writer using a pseudonym who was well versed in the sea. If this is true, the name may have been chosen to reflect playwright Charles Johnson, who had a play called \"The Successful Pyrate\" performed in 1712. The play addressed the career of Henry Every, and it had been something of a scandal for seeming to praise a criminal. Following the", "id": "17869094" }, { "contents": "Big Brother 12 (American season)\n\n\ncompetition. For this competition, HouseGuests attempted to be the first to fully untangle their rope from various obstacles. The winner of the competition would also select three HouseGuests to be Have-Nots for the week. Brendon was the winner, and chose Britney, Matt, and Ragan to be the Have-Nots for the week. In an attempt to protect himself for the following week, Brendon made a deal with Britney that she would keep him safe should she win Head of Household in exchange for safety this week; she", "id": "10359883" }, { "contents": "Big Brother 15 (American season)\n\n\nas much frozen yogurt as possible. The team that had gained the least amount of weight would become the Have-Nots for the week. The team of Andy, Candice, Jessie, and Spencer became the Have-Nots for the week. Much like the previous week, Amanda continued to campaign for Howard to be nominated and evicted, though Judd feared a girls alliance was in the house and opted to keep Howard safe. That same night, Judd nominated Aaryn and Kaitlin for eviction. Following this, GinaMarie, Howard", "id": "1361362" }, { "contents": "Big Brother Canada (season 4)\n\n\nEach team was required to strap one member to a spinning wheel with food targets. They had one minute to spin their teammate for as many revolutions as possible. For each revolution, they got one paint balloon to throw at the food targets. The targets hit will represent what food they will eat for the week. The team that hits the fewest targets will be the Have-Nots for the week. Cassandra, Joel, Loveita, and Sharry were the Have-Nots for the week. Sharry went to campaign to", "id": "1364329" }, { "contents": "Big Brother 13 (American season)\n\n\nchallenge would select two duos to be the Have-Nots for the week. Brendon and Rachel were the winners, and chose Adam, Cassi, Dominic, and Shelly to be the Have-Nots for the week. Later that day, Jordan chose to nominate Adam and Dominic for eviction. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Brendon and Rachel were selected to compete; Daniele was selected to host. Brendon and Rachel, upset with Jordan's nominations, later decided they would use the Power of Veto to", "id": "18834713" }, { "contents": "Candice Stewart\n\n\n. Aaryn choose Candice along with Andy, Elissa, and Helen to be the Have-Nots for the second week. She once again became one of the Have-Nots during week four and five. During week five, Stewart was selected to compete for the Power of Veto competition; however, Spencer won the Power of Veto. On Day 39, Spencer used the Power of Veto to remove himself from the block, with Candice being nominated in his place in an attempt to ensure Howard's eviction. Jessie and Candice", "id": "21269686" }, { "contents": "Big Brother Canada (season 7)\n\n\nOn Day 11, Karen and Kevin from \"Big Brother Canada 5\" surprised the Have-Nots for a task. After watching a video featuring the two, the Have-Nots were asked a series of questions. If they could answer three questions correctly, they would win a \"Wendy's\" meal for the whole House. They passed their task and earned the meal. On Day 13, after Dane was the tie-breaker, Maki was evicted by a 6-5 vote. Following Maki's eviction,", "id": "2838942" }, { "contents": "Big Brother Canada (season 7)\n\n\nthis competition, HouseGuests must listen to a series of speeches given by HouseGuests this season. However, the speeches are morphed to sound as if they were spoken while drunk. They must identify what day the speech took place. A correct answer earned each HouseGuest one point. The HouseGuest with the most points will be the new Head of Household. Mark was the winner. As Head of Household, Mark was required to name three Have-Nots for the week. Damien, Dane, and Estefania became Have-Nots for", "id": "2838962" }, { "contents": "Tika Sumpter\n\n\n, \"The Haves and the Have Nots\". Sumpter later played Angela Payton in the comedy films \"Ride Along\" (2014) and \"Ride Along 2\" (2016), Yvonne Fair in the biopic \"Get On Up\" (2014), and Michelle Robinson Obama in the romantic comedy-drama \"Southside with You\" (2016). Sumpter was born in Queens, New York City. She was a cheerleader at her high school. She graduated from Longwood Senior High School in Middle Island, New", "id": "10566471" }, { "contents": "Barry Ratcliffe\n\n\nstarring on \"The Haves and the Have Nots\" from Tyler Perry, costarring on the CBS show \"The Inspectors\", costarring with Jennifer Esposito on the Hallmark movie of the week, \"The Wish List\", costarring on the NBC drama \"The Enemy Within\", playing a White House correspondent on the Emmy-award-winning show \"House of Cards\" costarring as an auctioneer on CBS's number one show \"Person of Interest\" starring Jim Caviezel, NBC's USA network show \"White Collar\" starring", "id": "13622738" }, { "contents": "Market Forces\n\n\nis the norm and comes in the form of businesses competing for contracts, employees competing for promotions, foreign governments fighting insurgents, and other stand-offs between characters. Non-violent competition is viewed as a novelty or ineffective, like playing chess or publishing opinion essays. The existence of winners and losers and the duality of \"haves and the have-nots\" are contrasted. By illustrating how the First World exploits the Third World and the corporate executive's use of the ghetto areas, the novel challenges the idea that", "id": "1494866" }, { "contents": "Big Brother 12 (American season)\n\n\nHouseGuests took part in several compulsory challenges that determined who would win food, luxuries, and power in the House. The winner of the Head of Household competition was immune from nominations and was instructed to nominate two fellow HouseGuests for eviction. After a HouseGuest became Head of Household he or she was ineligible to take part in the next Head of Household competition. HouseGuests also took part in Have vs. Have-Not competitions for which they would be divided into either the \"Haves\" or the \"Have Nots\" depending on their", "id": "10359850" }, { "contents": "Big Brother 13 (American season)\n\n\nEach week, the HouseGuests took part in several compulsory challenges that determine who will win food, luxuries, and power in the House. The winner of the weekly Head of Household competition was immune from nominations and nominated two fellow HouseGuests for eviction. After a HouseGuest became Head of Household, he or she was ineligible to take part in the next Head of Household competition. HouseGuests also took part in Have vs. Have-Not competitions in which they were divided into either the \"Haves\" or the \"Have Nots\" depending", "id": "18834693" }, { "contents": "Notting Hill Gate\n\n\nCouncil of the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and Land Securities and Delancey plc, which own many of the 1950s buildings. However, the London Evening Standard reported on 17 May 2010 that Land Securities and Delancey have put their Notting Hill Gate estate up for sale, with an asking price of £130 million. The freehold estate includes about two-thirds of Notting Hill Gate and part of Kensington Church Street. Land Securities, which has owned it since the '50s, in partnership with Delancey Estates since 2004, decided", "id": "12979188" } ]

[ { "contents": "My Country My Life\n\n\nMy Country My Life is an autobiographical book by L. K. Advani, an Indian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004, and was the Leader of the Opposition in the 15th Lok Sabha. The book was released on 19 March 2008 by Abdul Kalam, the eleventh President of India. The book has 1,040 pages and narrates autobiographical accounts and events in the life of Advani. It became the best seller book in the non-fiction category and Advani joined Archer as a bestseller author. The", "id": "11660338" }, { "contents": "My Country My Life\n\n\nbook website claims the book sold an excess of 1,000,000 copies. The book alongside mentions the event in Indian politics and India's history from 1900 till date. \"My Country My Life\" is a selfportrait of India's leading political personality — L.K. Advani. This book covers, chronologically, most of all the major and minor events in the life of Advani. My Country My Life presents L.K. Advani's memoirs in five phases. It describes Advani's early life in Sindh, narrating the heart-rending story of India's", "id": "11660339" }, { "contents": "Primrose Cumming\n\n\nbook about my friend’s pony, Doney, and sold it. With the money, I bought Black Jack – who was rather too spirited for a beginner. When I took him hunting, he broke his bridle and off I came – in front of the whole field. At last we got on better terms and we both made our names by jumping everything in his path. To feed Black Jack, I wrote more books about country life, drawing on my own knowledge and experience. I had several published by the", "id": "12095726" }, { "contents": "Alexander Gregory Barmine\n\n\n's aging mother and his two sons remained behind in the Soviet Union; unable to get them out of the country, he never saw them again. He published a second book, \"One Who Survived\", in 1945, in which he wrote: When I work on my book, I feel as though I were walking in a graveyard. All my friends and life associates have been shot. It seems to be some kind of a mistake that I am alive. By making his revelations public, Barmine felt the", "id": "7958938" }, { "contents": "Black Spring (novel)\n\n\n, Miller says:During the ten years I spent in Paris, I must have written seven or eight books. This one, \"Black Spring\", I like the best of all I wrote during that period. It was a wonderful period of my life. The years 1932 and ’3, living outside Paris in the town of Clichy, where I wrote the book, I guess were the very best years of my whole life. In \"The Books in My Life\", after quoting the epigraph to \"", "id": "21831473" }, { "contents": "My Life as a Turkey\n\n\nMy Life as a Turkey is a television episode that premiered in 2011 in the UK on BBC (season 30 of the series \"Natural World\", August 1) and in the US on PBS (season 30 of the series \"Nature\", November 16). It won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Nature Programming. It was based on the book \"Illumination in the Flatwoods\" by Joe Hutto, who also co-wrote and hosted the TV program. \"My Life as a Turkey\" describes how Hutto raised", "id": "20476657" }, { "contents": "Nelly Kilpatrick\n\n\nmy heart-strings thrill like an Aeolian harp, and particularly why my pulse beat such a furious rantann when I looked and fingered over her hand to pick out the nettle-stings and thistles.\"\" He wrote a poem to Nell, unpublished during his life, but it appeared in his \"Commonplace Book\" and set to the tune of Nelly’s favourite reel. He had heard her singing a song by a local country laird's son who was courting her and felt that he could do better, so it", "id": "785343" }, { "contents": "My Life in Orange\n\n\nthose with no such personal experience, who will find the narrative fascinating.\" \"Publishers Weekly\" characterized \"My Life in Orange\" as \"Honest and vivid, this is an absorbing book about survival and good intentions gone awry.\" Gillian Engberg of \"Booklist\" called the book a \"stirring memoir\", and wrote: \"Guest writes with a reporter's sense of economy and restraint, letting absurd, even shocking details speak for themselves.\" Christopher Hart gave the book a positive review in \"The Sunday", "id": "17648769" }, { "contents": "My Country My Life\n\n\nit doesn't. He says, \"Advani’s strengths and weaknesses are captured in his new book, My Country My Life, (Rupa). It is a readable, rewarding and often racy account of his political career. Written from the heart, it is part-memoir and part-manifesto\". Lata Jagtiani in her detailed book review says: \"One may or may not agree with the BJP’s view of the direction that India should take in the future, but there are no two opinions, after", "id": "11660349" }, { "contents": "Amy Chua\n\n\nYale, Vance wrote that she gave him \"the best advice anyone has ever given me.\" Vance wrote in his acknowledgments, \"Besides Tina, the person who deserves the most credit for this book's existence is Amy Chua, my Yale contracts professor, who convinced me that both my life and the conclusions I drew from it were worth putting down on paper.\" Vance credits Chua as the \"authorial godmother\" of \"Hillbilly Elegy\". In February 2018, Chua's fifth book was published. Titled \"", "id": "8605488" }, { "contents": "It's My Life (The Animals song)\n\n\n\"It's My Life\" is a song written by Brill Building songwriters Roger Atkins and Carl D'Errico. The song was originally performed by English R&B band The Animals, who released it as a single in October 1965 (see 1965 in music). The song became a hit in several different countries and has since been recorded by multiple artists. D'Errico, who wrote the music, and Atkins, who wrote the lyrics, were professional songwriters associated with the greater Brill Building scene in New York City. By 1965 they were", "id": "17971615" }, { "contents": "You're Out of My Life\n\n\nDarin would be participating in the Melodifestivalen 2010, the Swedish show which determines the country's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway. Darin entered with the mid-tempo ballad \"You're Out of My Life\" written by Tony Nilsson and Henrik Janson who wrote Velvet's The Queen for the 2009 edition. Darin performed 7th in Deltävling 3 (\"Heat 3\") of Melodifestivalen. There was worry that Darin's song \"You're Out of My Life\" would be disqualified after it was incorrectly", "id": "13329988" }, { "contents": "Clifton Johnson (author)\n\n\nmy desultory journeyings.” He also wrote books on New England country life, including \"The Country School\" (1893), \"The Farmer's Boy\" (1894), \"What They Say in New England\" (1897), which Herbert Halpert described as \"excellent,\" and \"New England: a Human Interest Geographical Reader\"(1917). Referring to his writing, Johnson highlighted his approach of simply talking with people: “My method? Oh, it is all simple enough. I go out a good", "id": "7306309" }, { "contents": "Batya Weinbaum\n\n\n\" Weinbaum told CA: \"I usually start writing to try to catch something that is going on in my life that I want to understand. Then, as I progress through this process, my desire is to make life clearer and less confusing for those who read what I wrote. That is, I began my first book, \"The Curious Courtship of Women's Liberation and Socialism\", when I was in Chile interviewing and photographing women for \"UNICEF News\", and I didn't understand what was going on", "id": "3949488" }, { "contents": "Daniel J. Boorstin\n\n\nDiscoverers\", \"The Creators\" and \"The Seekers,\" examines the scientific, artistic and philosophic histories of humanity, respectively. In his “Author’s Note” for \"The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader\" (Modern Library, 1995), he wrote, “Essential to my life and work as a writer was my marriage in 1941 to Ruth Frankel who has ever since been my companion and editor for all my books.” Her obituary in \"The Washington Post\" (December 6, 2013) quotes Boorstin", "id": "19109400" }, { "contents": "The Woman in My Life\n\n\n\"The Woman in My Life\" is a song recorded by American country music artist Phil Vassar. It was released in August 2006 as the second single from his album \"Greatest Hits, Vol. 1\". Vassar co-wrote the song with then-wife Julie Wood. The song received a favorable review from Deborah Evans Price of \"Billboard\", who wrote that it has \"a great lyric with a lovely sentiment that audiences will readily connect with.\" The song debuted at number 56 on the U.S. \"", "id": "1631735" }, { "contents": "Life with My Sister Madonna\n\n\nHe also worked on the singer's 1991 documentary \"\". In June 2008, Simon & Schuster revealed that Christopher Ciccone had written a memoir on her, titled \"Life with My Sister Madonna\". The publisher described the book as based \"on his life and 47 years of growing up with and working with his sister\". Ciccone wrote the book with author Wendy Leigh, who had previously written biographies on John F. Kennedy Jr., Prince Edward, and Liza Minnelli, and ghostwrote Zsa Zsa Gabor's autobiography. Prior", "id": "6188272" }, { "contents": "The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp\n\n\nbe amputated below the knee. He later wrote of the effect the accident had on his life: \"All the wildness had been taken out of me and my adventures after this were not of my own seeking.\" The book was praised by Osbert Sitwell for its \"primitive splendour and directness\", while Bernard Shaw himself commended the prose to \"literary experts for its style alone\", describing Davies as \"the incorrigible Supertramp who wrote this amazing book.\" On the official website of the British progressive rock band Supertramp", "id": "10613868" }, { "contents": "2 States: The Story of My Marriage\n\n\n2 States: The Story of My Marriage commonly known as 2 States is a 2009 novel written by Chetan Bhagat. It is the story about a couple coming from two different states in India, who face hardships in convincing their parents to approve of their marriage. Bhagat wrote this novel after quitting his job as an investment banker. This is his fourth book after \"Five Point Someone\", \"One Night @ the Call Center\" and \"The Three Mistakes of My Life\". 2 States: The Story of My", "id": "9616389" }, { "contents": "Choi Sung-bong\n\n\nand build.\" He is currently experimenting with different genres, including Crossover. His vocal tone is soft and emotionally appealing, drawing on his life experiences. Choi wrote a book entitled \"Singing is My Life – Memoir of My Journey from Homelessness to Fame\" (published by , South Korea) about his life and career, which has now become a best seller. He said that he does not want to live his life shackled to his past and that he wrote the book in gratitude for the attention and love he", "id": "16154305" }, { "contents": "My Life in Orange\n\n\nanything.\" Montagu Curzon of \"The Spectator\" wrote that \"Guest makes an astonishingly mature debut (he is 27) and has the rare ability to describe childhood as a small child lives it; accepting, helpless, curious.\" Lois Kendall gave the book a positive review in \"Cultic Studies Review\", and wrote: \"The book is deep, yet light and readable, both for those who have had similar life experiences and who, I am sure, will find solace in this book, and for", "id": "17648768" }, { "contents": "Early life and career of Barack Obama\n\n\nphotographs. Of his early childhood, Obama writes: \"\"That my father looked nothing like the people around me—that he was black as pitch, my mother white as milk—barely registered in my mind\".\" The book describes his struggles as a young adult to reconcile social perceptions of his multiracial heritage. He wrote that he used alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine during his teenage years to \"push questions of who I was out of my mind\". Obama was also a member of the \"choom", "id": "11598681" }, { "contents": "My Secret Life on the McJob\n\n\nMy Secret Life on the McJob: Lessons from Behind the Counter Guaranteed to Supersize Any Management Style is a book by Jerry Newman about low-wage work in fast-food outlets. Newman is a distinguished professor at University at Buffalo (N.Y.) School of Management who has taught business courses for nearly 30 years, and went undercover as a bottom-rung worker for the biggest names in fast food, including McDonald's and Burger King. The book has had favorable reviews. \"The Wall Street Journal\" wrote: Jerry", "id": "7196351" }, { "contents": "My Life with a Criminal: Milly's Story\n\n\nMy Life with a Criminal is a 1989 novel by Kenyan author John Kiriamiti. It is the sequel to Kiriamiti's first book in the \"My Life...\" trilogy, \"My Life in Crime\", and is told from the point of view of his girlfriend, Milly. A film adaptation of the trilogy is currently being made. John Kiriamiti was a real-life criminal in Kenya during the 1960s and 1970s in the wake of the country's independence. Kiriamiti, under the alias Jack Zollo, met and fell", "id": "13850978" }, { "contents": "L. K. Advani\n\n\nacross the country, starting in 1987. His life has been chequered with controversies, some related to his role in instigating countrywide Ayodhya Babri masjid demolition riots in collusion with the VHP and RSS, as well as subsequent bribery charges. \"My Country My Life\" is an autobiographical book by L. K. Advani. The book was released on 19 March 2008 by Abdul Kalam, the eleventh President of India. The book has 1,040 pages and narrates autobiographical accounts and events in the life of Advani. The book became a best seller", "id": "7369848" }, { "contents": "Henry Howe\n\n\nof \"Historical Collections of Connecticut\" by John Warner Barber came into the senior Howe's bookstore in 1838. Barber had traveled across the state making sketches and collecting material. This book impressed Henry Howe, who wrote later \"Although born in an atmosphere of books, this impressed me more than any book I had ever seen, and I felt that I would like of all things to dedicate my life to traveling and making such books. ... Two years had passed; in the interim my father had died. ... The", "id": "13816337" }, { "contents": "Elizabeth Borton de Treviño\n\n\nbooks: \"Pollyanna in Hollywood\", \"Pollyanna's Castle in Mexico\", \"Pollyanna's Door To Happiness\", \"Pollyanna's Golden Horseshoe\", and \"Pollyanna and the Secret Mission\". Borton later wrote several memoirs of her life as an American who had married into a traditional Mexican family: the best-seller \"My Heart Lies South\" and its sequels, \"Where the Heart Is\" and \"The Hearthstone of My Heart\". Her last book, \"Leona: A Love Story\"", "id": "10584927" }, { "contents": "Sam de Brito\n\n\njourno in the country in the last five years. A lot of feminists don't seem to like that – a yobbo in their playground.\" De Brito wrote extensively about his daughter, who was born around 2010, and the collapse of his relationship with her mother. \"My daughter is the most important thing in my life now,\" he said in 2011. \"Everything runs second to her, which is quite a change of pace for a pathological narcissist.\" In 2014, he wrote, \"I had", "id": "15109514" }, { "contents": "Lauren Hutton\n\n\nher father, who died in 1955, at 36, while working as a reporter for the \"New Orleans Times-Picayune\". \"Never meeting my father was the most painful thing in my life,\" Hutton said in 1996. \"I look just like him and I'm named for him, but all I have are these two books of his letters and drawings from the war. The day of my birth he wrote and told me about our ancestors, what he thought was important in the world, what", "id": "13184201" }, { "contents": "My Life and Lives\n\n\nMy Life and Lives: Khyongla Rato, The Story of a Tibetan Incarnation is the autobiography of Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist scholar and teacher. Rato was an incarnate lama who was born in the Kham district of Tibet in 1923. The introduction to the book was written by the mythologist Joseph Campbell, who also edited the book. \"My Life and Lives\" was first published in 1977, and a second edition was published in 1991. The book focuses primarily on Rato's years in Tibet, before the Tibetan", "id": "10423074" }, { "contents": "Living My Life\n\n\nLiving My Life is the autobiography of Lithuanian-born anarchist Emma Goldman, who became internationally renowned as an activist based in the United States. It was published in two volumes in 1931 (Alfred A. Knopf) and 1934 (Garden City Publishing Company). Goldman wrote it while living in Saint-Tropez, France, following her disillusionment with the Bolshevik role in the Russian revolution. The text thoroughly covers her personal and political life from early childhood through to 1927. The book has constantly remained in print since, in original", "id": "7006523" }, { "contents": "Jack Kerouac\n\n\nthe band The Doors, Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek who quote Jack Kerouac and his novel \"On the Road\" as one of the band's greatest influences. In his book \"Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors\", Ray Manzarek (keyboard player of The Doors) wrote \"I suppose if Jack Kerouac had never written \"On the Road\", The Doors would never have existed.\" The alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs wrote a song bearing his name, \"Hey Jack Kerouac\" on their 1987", "id": "15879620" }, { "contents": "Mair Russell-Jones\n\n\nshe produced a memoir, \"My Secret Life in Hut Six\" (Lion Books, Oxford, 2014). She wrote the book ‘My Secret Life in Hut Six: One woman’s Experience at Bletchley Park’ that was published in 2014. The book was written by her and her son, she died on the day the book was completed. It was based on her involvement in attempting to break the German Enigma Code. She discusses her experience on working in unconformable conditions, the danger and strain she suffered as", "id": "16978520" }, { "contents": "Travels with My Cats\n\n\n\"Travels with My Cats\" is a fantasy/magic realism short story by Mike Resnick. It won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2005, was nominated for the Nebula Award in 2004. Small town newspaper editor and failed novelist Ethan Owens leads a cautious, disappointing life, until he spends a few evenings with the long-dead author Priscilla Wallace, who wrote his favorite travel book, 'Travels with My Cats'. When his only copy is destroyed at the end of the story, Ethan swears to", "id": "7292260" }, { "contents": "Living torpedoes\n\n\nnew names were added to it on daily basis. In several previous issues of the paper, other lists were published, with hundreds of names altogether. Among people presented in the June 13 issue are such names, as Tadeusz Gierat from Wola Duchacka, Krakow, who wrote: \"My life belongs to you, my homeland\", or Emilia Konopnicka from Tarnopol, who wrote: \"My father died in the war, and my Polish honor tells me to apply\". Bolesław Sobczyk from Gdynia wrote: \"At any", "id": "3596467" }, { "contents": "Inge Sargent\n\n\ncharity devoted to helping Burmese refugees survive in countries bordering Burma. She appeared in the movie \"The Last Mahadevi\" in 2000. Inge Sargent wrote a book, \"Twilight Over Burma: My Life as a Shan Princess\", in 1994 about Eberhard's marriage and life in Burma. The book became the film, \"Twilight Over Burma\" in 2015, in which she was played by Maria Ehrich and also starred Daweerit Chullasapy. The film was banned in Myanmar. \"Regimes like the one in Burma can't last", "id": "1386537" }, { "contents": "Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story\n\n\nTaking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story is a 1992 American made-for-television drama film about a rape victim who championed the idea that rape and sexual assault are never the victim's fault. This true story inspired many other victims who felt shame about what had happened to them to speak out. Her conduct was groundbreaking because she spoke openly about her experiences including her interactions with the hospital, the police, prosecutors, the accused, and the criminal justice system. Nancy Ziegenmeyer wrote the book, \"Taking", "id": "13835699" }, { "contents": "Jason McElwain\n\n\nfame, Jason McElwain wrote a book titled \"The Game of My Life\". The book is written mainly by Jason, but includes sections written by his family, coach, and teammates. \"The Game of My Life\" is 243 pages long and was published on February 5, 2008 by New American Library. Editorial reviews were left by celebrities such as Magic Johnson, Doug Flutie, Rodney Peete, Holly Robinson Peete, and Tony Dungy. The book was co-written by Daniel Paisner. As early as late", "id": "19353879" }, { "contents": "My Life (Bill Clinton autobiography)\n\n\nMy Life is a 2004 autobiography written by former President of the United States Bill Clinton, who left office on January 20, 2001. It was released on June 22, 2004. The book was published by the Knopf Publishing Group and became a bestseller; the book sold in excess of 2,250,000 copies. Clinton had received what was at the time the world's highest book advance fee, $15 million (equivalent to $ million in ). In \"My Life\", Clinton covered his life chronologically, beginning with his", "id": "480310" }, { "contents": "My Cross to Bear\n\n\n\" wrote, \"A soul-searching rumination on a hard-lived life [...] \"My Cross to Bear\" carries a welcome seal of honesty.\" Many considered the conversational tone the book was written with to be a strong point. \"He writes in a charming, Southern gentlemanly first-person voice. [...] The book's tone is so open and engaging, \"My Cross to Bear\" could appeal even to readers whose knowledge of the band begins and ends with \"Ramblin' Man\"", "id": "13761171" }, { "contents": "My Autobiography (Miedzianik)\n\n\nMy Autobiography is the debut and only prose novel by British autistic poet David Miedzianik. Published in December 1986 by Nottingham University, the book chronicles Miedzianik's life from birth until 1985, when the book was written. According to Professor Elizabeth Newson, who wrote the foreword, Miedzianik's writing ability was so strong that only minor edits were required before publication. She also attributed the novel's genesis to a study on autistic people conducted in 1978 by the University, for which Miedzianik's mother was interviewed, and a follow-", "id": "14731506" }, { "contents": "John Gross\n\n\n\"The Oxford Book of Parodies\" (2010). Several of his books won prizes. He also won praise from fellow writers. \"The publication of John Gross's \"The Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters\", when I was a bookish teenager, undoubtedly determined for me the direction I wanted my life to take... It became my Bible,\" wrote A.N. Wilson in \"The Spectator\" magazine in 2006. John Gielgud wrote \"I read John Gross’s fascinating \"Shylock\" book straight through twice", "id": "19603207" }, { "contents": "Czesław Miłosz\n\n\nwork in my mother tongue, is for me the most important thing in life. And my country, where what I wrote could be printed and could reach the public, lay within the Eastern Empire. My aim and purpose was to keep alive freedom of thought in my own special field; I sought in full knowledge and conscience to subordinate my conduct to the fulfillment of that aim. I served abroad because I was thus relieved from direct pressure and, in the material which I sent to my publishers, could be bolder", "id": "6548795" }, { "contents": "Brigitte Bardot\n\n\nletter to a French gay magazine: \"Apart from my husband — who maybe will cross over one day as well — I am entirely surrounded by homos. For years, they have been my support, my friends, my adopted children, my confidants.\" In her book she wrote about issues such as racial mixing, immigration, the role of women in politics, and Islam. The book also contained a section attacking what she called the mixing of genes and praised previous generations who, she said, had given their", "id": "3433143" }, { "contents": "Sook Nyul Choi\n\n\nSook Nyul Choi (born 1937) is a Korean American children's storybook author. Choi's native language is Korean. Choi writes about her own experiences as a young refugee from North Korea during the Korean War through her heroines in her books. She said, \"I now have two countries, my native country of Korea, and my adopted country, the United States. Through my writing, I want to bring to life the history and culture of Korea to share with all my American friends.\" In her first", "id": "17036988" }, { "contents": "Four Upbuilding Discourses, 1844\n\n\nmother even though they were both dead. He wrote about death in his 1845 book \"Thoughts on Crucial Situations in Human Life\", which was translated by David F. Swenson in 1941 and also translated by Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong as \"Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions\" in 1993. He wrote: He kept to his familiar formula while writing his preface by dedicating his discourse to his father, who was a clothing merchant living in Copenhagen and writing to \"my reader\", not my readers, because his", "id": "1484276" }, { "contents": "The War That Saved My Life\n\n\nThe War that Saved My Life, written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, is a 2015 children’s middle grade historical book published by Dial Books for Young Readers. \"The War that Saved My Life\" was a Newbery Honor Book in 2016 and was Bradley’s first Newbery Honor Book. Ada is a ten-year-old girl who has never left her apartment in London. Her abusive mother 'Mam' is too embarrassed to let her go outside because of her clubfoot (a twisted foot) even though she claims it", "id": "21109465" }, { "contents": "My Life in Orange\n\n\n, all the more compelling for begging as many questions as it answers and for the author's refusal to ask for pity,\" wrote Geraldine Bedell in a review of the book in \"The Observer\". Director of the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, Christopher Cook, characterized \"My Life in Orange\" as \"the most extraordinary account of his [Tim Guest's] childhood and the bravest writing I've read in ages\". Sudipta Datta of the \"Indian Express\" described the book as \"a postcard from the", "id": "17648771" }, { "contents": "Johann Peter Hebel\n\n\nin Wiesental was never fulfilled, though he wrote an inaugural sermon for a rural parish in 1820. In this sermon he wrote, \"to live and die as a pastor in a peaceful country town, among honest people, has always been my sole wish, up to this hour; it was what I wished for in the happiest and in the darkest moments of my life\". Instead, he was \"led higher and higher by an invisible hand, ever further away from my modest goals\". In 1805 he", "id": "20787059" }, { "contents": "My Life as a Book\n\n\nMy Life As a Book is a middle grade novel by Janet Tashjian, illustrated by her teenage son, Jake Tashjian. It is the first book in the \"My Life As a...\" series. It is published by many companies. It is used in many schools as well as several citywide reads. It has been translated into ten languages including Spanish, Catalan, Hebrew, Turkish, Czech, and German. Its sequels - \"My Life As a Stuntboy\" and \"My Life As a Cartoonist\" - have", "id": "13798630" }, { "contents": "Influence and legacy of Swami Vivekananda\n\n\n. Vivekananda influenced French Opera singer Emma Calvé, who wrote in her autobiography: It has been my good fortune and my joy to know a man who truly \"walked with God,\" a noble being, a saint, a philosopher, and a true friend. His influence upon my spiritual life was profound. He opened up new horizons before me, enlarging and vivifying my religious ideas and ideals, teaching me a broader understanding of truth. My soul will bear him an eternal gratitude. Vivekananda's life and works have", "id": "3235633" }, { "contents": "Farley Castle\n\n\nAllfrey. I 1922 Louise Allfrey bought Farley Castle. On Louise's death in 1944, Farley Castle was bought by Owen Wilfred Beardmore who converted the Castle into a Hotel & Country Club. In 1952, it was the residence of adventurer, author & amateur archaeologist, Frederick Mitchell-Hedges, discoverer of the controversial rock crystal \"Skull of Doom\", who wrote his autobiographical \"Danger My Ally\" there in 1953/54.Mitchell-Hedges, F.A. Danger My Ally Elek Books, London, 1954 In 1958 Farley Castle was purchased by", "id": "6185584" }, { "contents": "My Life (Bill Clinton autobiography)\n\n\nit but had not finished it. Clinton's former advisor Dick Morris wrote a rebuttal named \"Because He Could\" (2004), criticizing \"My Life.\" In his own book, Morris presented what he believed to be factual inaccuracies of different events Clinton depicted in \"My Life.\" Controversial White House intern Monica Lewinsky was highly critical of the autobiography, declaring that she had thought he would correct the false statements he made when he was trying to protect the Presidency. Clinton earned US$30 million as of April", "id": "480316" }, { "contents": "Eddie Fisher (singer)\n\n\nin late 1954. Fisher has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for recording, at 6241 Hollywood Boulevard, and one for television, at 1724 Vine Street. Fisher had five marriages and four children: In 1981, Fisher wrote an autobiography, \"Eddie: My Life, My Loves\" (). He wrote another autobiography in 1999 titled \"Been There, Done That\" (). The later book devotes little space to Fisher's singing career, but recycled the material of his first book and", "id": "6382287" }, { "contents": "Len Hutton\n\n\na book of memoirs, \"Cricket is My Life\" in 1949, and he wrote for the \"News of the World\" while still playing. Following his cricketing retirement, Hutton worked in broadcasting until 1961, and after 1955, he wrote for the London \"Evening News\" until 1963. A second book, \"Just my story\", followed in 1956 in collaboration with journalist, R. J. Hayter. In 1958–59, Hutton travelled to Australia to cover the MCC tour as correspondent for the \"Evening News\",", "id": "6418828" }, { "contents": "Frederick Douglass\n\n\nhard to believe that such a great orator had once been a slave. Douglass wrote several autobiographies. He described his experiences as a slave in his 1845 autobiography, \"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave\", which became a bestseller, and was influential in promoting the cause of abolition, as was his second book, \"My Bondage and My Freedom\" (1855). After the Civil War, Douglass remained an active campaigner against slavery and wrote his last autobiography, \"Life and Times of", "id": "10886595" }, { "contents": "Dan Davis (writer)\n\n\nfifty different countries, spending much of his time in Colombia under the protection of the Medellin Cartel. In 2008 he was sentenced to ten years in prison. Davis wrote a book on his fugitive years entitled \"Gringo: My Life on the Edge as an International Fugitive\" in 2017. The book was the number one bestseller on Amazon's Hot New Releases bestseller list. He has toured internationally in support of the book. Davis is also in talks to turn his book into a movie, based in part upon the 500", "id": "2294281" }, { "contents": "Fyodor Petrovich Komissarzhevsky\n\n\nspend the rest of his life essentially alone, although he frequently corresponded with his first wife and with his daughter Vera, who would also visit him as much as she could. Towards the end of his life he wrote to her mother: Vera!? To say that she is often in my thoughts... would be an understatement, for never a moment passes without my thinking of her! My whole being rests on my feelings and my thoughts about her. She is to my spirit what air is to physical existence!", "id": "18949390" }, { "contents": "Jayakrishna Indraji\n\n\ntitled it \"Vanaspati Śāstra, A Complete and Comprehensive Account of the Flora of Barda Mountain\". He wrote: \"Europeans placed in their countries know and write about the plants of this country, and my countrymen would not know about the plants in their courtyard and those trampled under their feet. I will write the book in my mother tongue\". When the manuscript of the book was ready, the Maharaja of Porbander had died and there was no monetary support for it. Finding a publisher was difficult. He once", "id": "8659353" }, { "contents": "Ben Weisman\n\n\n, retired from public life and wrote very little music thereafter. 'I approached writing for Elvis differently than I did for any other artist. Elvis challenged my imagination. The songs had to have a combination of blues, country, rock and pop, sometimes gospel or swamp boogie, you name it. I lived my creative life walking in his musical shoes. And what shoes they were! Elvis had so much spirit. Beyond compare really. Elvis was a transformer, a rebel, like a meteorite, someone who only", "id": "7618868" }, { "contents": "Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story\n\n\nlong period starting in 1991. In the Acknowledgments section of the book, Sandusky described Richeal as \"my co-author and good friend who helped me formulate my thoughts and ideas into what you are about to read.\" Dick Vermeil, who coached the Philadelphia Eagles from 1976 to 1982, wrote the foreword to the book. In it, Vermeil wrote, \"This book will be a special read for anyone who respects people who are unselfish and give a little piece of themselves to everyone with whom they come in contact", "id": "7393246" }, { "contents": "Beer Never Broke My Heart\n\n\n\"Beer Never Broke My Heart\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Luke Combs. It is Combs's sixth single release to country radio, and the first from a forthcoming second album on Columbia Records Nashville. Combs wrote the song with Randy Montana and Jonathan Singleton, and Scott Moffatt was the track's producer. Combs first performed the song acoustically in concert in January 2018. Taste of Country wrote of the song's lyrical theme, \"He sings about everything else in life that can", "id": "13139128" }, { "contents": "Liquid Swords\n\n\n\", and was the first song written for the album. Describing the song's background and theme, GZA later stated \"This was a short rhyme I wrote for one of my nephews. When I said, “My lifestyle so far from well, could’ve wrote a book called Age Twelve and Going Through Hell.” It’s for my nephew who was twelve at the time, and whose father, my brother, had been locked up since ‘88. So he wasn’t around for my nephew when times", "id": "18977384" }, { "contents": "My 30 Work Days\n\n\nMy 30 Work Days: Diary of Shooting A Simple Life is a book published by Hong Kong actor and singer Andy Lau extracted from diaries and notes that he wrote while shooting the 2011 film, \"A Simple Life\". Lau's 30 personal diaries and notes details his observations and thoughts about issues raised by the story of the film, in particular appreciation of and care for the elderly. The book also contains 300 behind the scene photographs taken by Lau and his colleagues. The book was published on 27 February 2012 by", "id": "231916" }, { "contents": "My Early Life\n\n\nsource of income throughout his life. However, most of \"My Early Life\" was written during the parliamentary recess in the summer of 1928. He wrote to Stanley Baldwin, \"I have had a delightful month - building a cottage and dictating a book: 200 bricks and 2000 words per day.\" The first English edition published by Thornton Butterworth in October 1930 sold 11,200 copies, and the American edition published by Charles Scribner's Sons sold 6,600. Scribner's titled the book by the name of its UK subtitle,", "id": "21963097" }, { "contents": "Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life (song)\n\n\nshowed his being influenced by Hank Williams, and that was furthered by \"Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life.\" The song makes use of a number of Williams-penned-and-recorded song titles in the lyrics (\"\"You wrote 'Your Cheatin' Heart' about a gal like my first ex-wife/You moan the blues for me and for you/Hank Williams, you wrote my life\"\") to express deep sorrow and sadness following a bitter breakup of a relationship. In addition", "id": "6461881" }, { "contents": "Nadezhda Joffe\n\n\n's first wife, Aleksandra Sokolovskaya, alive in Kolyma in 1938. After Stalin's death in 1953, Joffe's sentence was annulled and she returned to Moscow in 1956. She wrote a book of memoirs, \"Back in Time: My Life, My Fate, My Epoch\" in 1971-72, which was first published in Moscow after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1992. Her family emigrated to the United States at the end of her life and she settled in Brooklyn, New York, where she worked", "id": "2956520" }, { "contents": "Es ist genug\n\n\nJoachim Burmeister wrote \"\" in 1662. The topic is a yearning for death. It is inspired from the sentiment expressed by the prophet Elijah who desires death, in frustration about the failure of his mission, as narrated in the First Book of Kings. The biblical line reads \"It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers\" (). All seven stanzas begin and end with the line \"\". It was printed in 1844 in the hymnal", "id": "8618036" }, { "contents": "Bob Knight\n\n\n. A number of close associates and friends of Knight have also written books about him. Former player and current Nevada Wolf Pack head basketball coach Steve Alford wrote \"Playing for Knight: My Six Seasons with Bobby Knight\", published in 1990. Former player Kirk Haston wrote \"Days of Knight: How the General Changed My Life,\" published in 2016. Knight's autobiography, written with longtime friend and sports journalist Bob Hammel, was titled \"Knight: My Story\" and published in 2003. Three years later Steve", "id": "4734312" }, { "contents": "Will Hay\n\n\nHe wrote the book \"Through My Telescope\" in 1935, which had a foreword by Sir Richard Gregory, formerly Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at Queen's College, London. Hay kept his career in astronomy separate from his comedy career, he published his school \"Through My Telescope\" under the name of W.T. Hay and used the same title when giving lectures on astronomy. Hay was an advocate for education on astronomy and considered those who had an interest in astronomy \"the only men who see life in its true proportion\"", "id": "1922736" }, { "contents": "Progress and Poverty\n\n\nHolmes wrote, \"My reading of Henry George's immortal masterpiece marked an epoch in my life. All my thought upon the social question and all my work for social reform began with the reading of this book,\". He knew of \"nothing more touching, in all the range of our American literature.\" Holmes also said that \"\"Progress and Poverty\" was the most closely knit, fascinating and convincing specimen of argumentation that, I believe, ever sprang from the mind of man.\" In 1930,", "id": "9329730" }, { "contents": "Barry Long\n\n\n\" Long also wrote about many other aspects of \"Love, Life, Truth, God and Death\". In \"The Origins of Man and the Universe\" he presents his cosmology. Speaking of this book he stated, \"There's so much in this book ...it's like a base which my whole teaching goes back to, or extends from. My current teaching might be more refined, but is always consistent with it.\" He taught and spoke about family life and the importance of raising children from birth", "id": "12320861" }, { "contents": "Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 7th Marquess of Ailesbury\n\n\n; \"The Life and Loyalties of Thomas Bruce\", 1951. He succeeded his father in the marquessate on the latter's death on 4 August 1961. After succeeding to his father's titles, he wrote two more books, under the name Ailesbury: \"The History of Savernake Forest\", 1962; \"Setting My Watch by the Sundial\", 1970. This last book, \"Setting My Watch by the Sundial\", was a short memoir that shed a lot of interesting light upon Cedric's personal life,", "id": "18669505" }, { "contents": "Gertrude Sanford Legendre\n\n\nshe offered a toast: \"I look ahead. I always have. I don't contemplate life, I live it. And I'm having the time of my life.\" She wrote two memoirs, \"The Sands Ceased to Run\" (1947) and \"The Time of My Life\" (1987), and she is the subject of the book \"\"Gertie: The fabulous life of Getrude Sanford Legendre, Heiress, Explorer, Socialite, Spy\"\" (2019). She died at the age", "id": "4406346" }, { "contents": "Rufina Pukhova\n\n\nsuicide story is rubbish, to put it mildly\". Rumours of Philby's suicide attempts were never confirmed. Pukhova wrote two memoirs about her life with Philby. One, titled \"Island on the Sixth Floor\" was included in \"I Did It My Way\", a collection of works about Kim Philby. It also included some autobiographical chapters by Philby titled \"My Hidden War\". She also wrote the memoir titled \"The Private Life of Kim Philby: The Moscow Years\". Also included in this book are", "id": "15630416" }, { "contents": "William Faulkner\n\n\nthe University of Mississippi, and in his letter of resignation in 1923 wrote: As long as I live under the capitalistic system, I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people. But I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp. This, sir, is my resignation. The manuscripts of most of Faulkner's works, correspondence, personal papers, and over 300 books from his working library reside", "id": "14933593" }, { "contents": "Todas las Sangres\n\n\nthe description of a caste system which had long disappeared in the whole of the Peruvian Andes, and a primitive and caricatural view of social mechanisms. These reviews were devastating for Arguedas, who, according to Mario Vargas Llosa, wrote later that night these heartbreaking lines: ... it was almost proved by two wise sociologists and an economist, [...] that my book Todas las sangres is detrimental to the country, I don't have anything to do in this world anymore. My forces have declined, I think, inevitably", "id": "12870860" }, { "contents": "The Lucifer Principle\n\n\nmany forms of self-righteousness\". Bloom later wrote that he and his publisher had been threatened by Islamic groups who objected to aspects of the book. He claimed that \"Arab pressure groups asked ever so politely that \"The Lucifer Principle\" be withdrawn from print and that nothing that I write be published again. They offered to boycott my publisher's products—all of them—worldwide. And they backed their warning with a call for my punishment in seventeen Islamic countries.\" Bloom states that the attorney for the", "id": "3743503" }, { "contents": "Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life (song)\n\n\nHonky-Tonk Amnesia,\" \"It Was Always So Easy (To Find an Unhappy Woman)\" and \"Bandy the Rodeo Clown\" became big country hits in 1974-1975, and his star power and reputation was increasing. By the fall of 1975, Bandy had signed a contract with Columbia Records, and one of the first songs he recorded was \"Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life.\" Bandy's earlier songs and method of putting across themes of heartbreak, lost love and use of alcohol as solace", "id": "6461880" }, { "contents": "My Crazy Beautiful Life\n\n\nMy Crazy Beautiful Life is a 2012 illustrated autobiography by the pop singer Kesha and photographer/filmmaker Steven Greenstreet. Photography was also provided by Jason Sheldon and Lagan Sebert, who also helped develop the project with Ke$ha. The book was published by Simon & Schuster on November 20, 2012 to coincide with the release of her album Warrior on November 30, 2012. The book's title, \"My Crazy Beautiful Life\" is taken after her song \"Crazy Beautiful Life\" from her 2010 EP \"Cannibal\". In \"", "id": "4806994" }, { "contents": "My Brief History\n\n\nMy Brief History is a memoir published in 2013 by the English physicist Stephen Hawking. The book recounts Hawking's journey from his post-war London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity. \"My Brief History\" has received modest praise from critics. Ian Sample of \"The Guardian\" wrote, \"Hawking's memoir, \"My Brief History\", is a skip across the surface of the Cambridge cosmologist's life, from his quirky upbringing in London and St Albans to his latest work on the beginning of", "id": "8004300" }, { "contents": "Straight Life (book)\n\n\nbare it all, with a minimum of interpretation.\" \"The Washington Post\"'s book reviewer, Jonathan Yardley, wrote that \"it is my hunch, [...] or perhaps more accurately my hope, that sooner or later it will come to be recognized as a work of commanding power, withering candor and raw artistry – certainly the best of the many jazz autobiographies, and much more than that.\" In Yardleys's view, the book was written \"not merely to exorcise his own demons but also to", "id": "17628249" }, { "contents": "Dora Beets\n\n\nof the main protagonist, Mrs. Rueel, is not identical to that of Dorothea Bohn, but it nevertheless becomes apparent from studying her private correspondence that many of the experiences and happenings related in the book correspond to real-life events in the author's own life. In February 1862 Dora Beets wrote her brother a letter in which she confided how \"... in that book I have set out the innermost outpourings of my own heart in all their variety, and all sorts of mouths have given voice to my own beliefs and", "id": "10995104" }, { "contents": "The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell\n\n\nher life and the Reverend Gerard demands the right of see her and administer communion. The German officer Von Bissell grants a permit. She is sentenced and shot at 2am, her last words being: \"Tell my friends I give my life willingly for my country. I have no fear or shrinking. I have seen death so often, it is not fearful or strange to me.\" John Gavin got the idea to make the film after reading a newspaper story about Cavell's death. Agnes Gavin wrote the script", "id": "10195741" }, { "contents": "Léon Trulin\n\n\nTrulin simply said \" I did it for my country \". Then he wrote in his notebook \" On 7 November 1915, at 4:10 am, French time, received death sentence around 3:1/4 am \" And below : « I die for my country and without regrets. Simply I am very sad for my dear mother and my brothers and sisters who will suffer from this fate without being guilty » On 8 November, in the ditches of the Citadel, the young Trulin, who the president of the Bar from Lille Philippe Kah", "id": "7725867" }, { "contents": "David Greenglass\n\n\nPresident Eisenhower asking for their sentences to be commuted to prison terms so that they would have an opportunity to confess. He wrote: \"if these two die, I shall live the rest of my life with a very dark shadow on my conscience\". He described his own testimony as \"an act of contrition for the wrong I had done my country, my family and myself\" and explained how he now viewed its consequences: \"Here I had to take the choice of hurting someone dear to me, and I", "id": "19842439" }, { "contents": "Rómulo Betancourt\n\n\na quiet refuge for this work,\" wrote Franklin Tugwell in his Introduction to the 1978 English publication of Betancourt's book. \"The preparation of this book has been as hectic as the life of the author. I wrote it first between the years 1937–39 while I was underground hiding from the police. It could not be published then because no Venezuelan publisher would dare risk printing a book written by one who was in such compromising position. The only typewritten copy was among my personal papers and it disappeared with them when a", "id": "12956528" }, { "contents": "Della T. Lutes\n\n\npage to be living over again my own childhood in that old P.E. Island kitchen I remember so well. The book is so full of delightful humor and characters. Its people are alive. I've put it away on my 'special bookshelf' where I keep all the books I really love.\" Lawrence Dawson wrote in 1981 that \"Mrs. Lutes's writing was \"unusual\" because she wrote with respect about American \"country folk\" when it was still not the respectable thing to do\", that \"she had", "id": "6385321" }, { "contents": "Richard Clapton\n\n\nSunday Telegraph\", \"I have no regrets about anything in my life. It has been a very colourful ride. I don't want to homogenise and pasteurise this book because I don't have any regrets about anything I've done in my life\". Clapton and Susie were divorced by July 2012. He told Paul Cashmere of Noise11.com \"I went through a really miserable divorce ... I wrote a couple of songs like 'Over the Borderline' which was a last ditch attempt to make amends with my ex-wife", "id": "10873235" }, { "contents": "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)\n\n\n\"Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was released in November 1994 as the third single from the album, \"Sweetheart's Dance\". She co-wrote the song with Jess Leary, and co-produced it with Steve Fishell. The song is Tillis' only number-one single on the \"Billboard\" country charts. Tillis said that she chose the song's title after seeing a guest on \"Geraldo\"", "id": "11898893" }, { "contents": "Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy\n\n\ncontext to telling about all the things that happened in my career.\" \"The Los Angeles Times\" Sarah Rodman wrote: \"To the people who believe that Brian rules and Mike drools, what Love writes will not matter one iota. But for those interested in Love's perspective, 'My Life as a Beach Boy' is a generally solid read.\" Media journalist James Wolcott wrote: \"If it's the jumbo popcorn bag of Beach Boys lore you saltily crave, then Love\"s \"Good Vibrations\" should hold", "id": "11745956" }, { "contents": "List of people who have walked across the United States\n\n\nCalifornia, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Maryland). She had to travel much of the last 100 miles on cross-country skis due to a snowstorm that made walking impossible. Before her life was over, she wrote about her walk in two books. The first was co-authored by Dorris Haddock (Granny D) and Dennis Burke, \"Granny D: Walking Across America in my 90th Year.\" She chronicled her expedition and reasons for undertaking it", "id": "16013354" }, { "contents": "Alan Lawrence Sitomer\n\n\nCalifornia). He has taught English, Creative Writing, Speech & Debate and AVID classes at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, Los Angeles County, California and was named California's 2007 teacher of the year by the California Department of Education. When asked about how he brings a book to life, he answered, \"I show all of my books to real kids first. My students, former students, fans I have gotten to know from around the country, they all get to check out my books hot off the", "id": "16070492" }, { "contents": "Alan Jackson\n\n\n, their relationship, their separation over his infidelity and recommitment to each other, and her commitment to Christianity. The book, \"It's All About Him: Finding the Love of My Life,\" was published in 2007. In May 2008 she released a Gift Book titled \"The Road Home.\" Jackson's nephew, Adam Wright, is also a country music singer-songwriter. Adam and his wife, Shannon, perform together as a duo called The Wrights. The Wrights co-wrote two songs and sang", "id": "5414269" }, { "contents": "Mohammad Reza Pahlavi\n\n\nIn his 1961 book \"Mission for My Country\", Mohammad Reza wrote: From the time I was six or seven, I have felt that perhaps there is a supreme being, who is guiding me. I don't know. Sometimes the thought disturbs me because then, I ask myself, what is my own personality, and am I possessed of free will? Still, I often reflect, if I am driven-or perhaps I should say supported-by another force, there must be a reason. In", "id": "2741626" }, { "contents": "Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy\n\n\nGood Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy is an autobiographical memoir by American musician Mike Love, co-founder of the Beach Boys, written with James S. Hirsch. The book was published by Blue Rider Press on September 13, 2016, one month before the release of co-founder Brian Wilson's autobiography, \"\". Love wrote the book as a response to \"many inaccuracies\" that had been said about him over the decades. Much of it covers his 1992 lawsuit against Wilson for owed songwriting credits.", "id": "11745954" }, { "contents": "My Life in Orange\n\n\n. A review in \"Reference & Research Book News\" commented that participants in the Rajneesh movement created \"adults like Guest who are marked by the neglect suffered in a childhood among the completely self-absorbed\". \"Kirkus Reviews\" described the book as \"a rightly disturbing record of malignant child neglect by people who sought a heaven, but made a hell\". \"My Life in Orange\" was highlighted among \"Kirkus Reviews\" \"Best books for reading groups\". In his review of the book for \"", "id": "17648766" }, { "contents": "My Life in Crime\n\n\n\"My Life in Crime\" are: \"My Life in Crime\" was a best-selling novel in Kenya in the 1980s and has been reprinted ten times. According to the East African Educational Publishers Book Catalogue, Kiriamiti is the most published Spear Books author. Despite \"My Life in Crime\"'s popularity, some Kenyan school authorities did not allow students to read or possess the novel, forcing students to read it covertly for fear of being caught. \"My Life in Crime\" is cited as the first of", "id": "7434933" }, { "contents": "My Life with Dalí\n\n\n, especially the dates, are disputed by several researchers of Dalí's life and work. Plans have been made to produce a biographical film based on the content of the book. Jeremy Irons was considered to play the part of Dalí while Claudia Schiffer was a candidate for the role of Amanda. As Lear herself revealed in a 2001 interview, Schiffer, having read the book, viciously said to her upon their meeting: \"Amanda, I really like your book. Who wrote it for you?\" Which made Lear reply", "id": "9296990" }, { "contents": "My Life in Porn\n\n\nMy Life in Porn, full title \"My Life in Porn: The Bobby Blake Story\" was a revealing autobiographical book by Bobby Blake, an African-American retired gay pornographic film actor best known as a dominant top in gay pornographic films, who became an ordained Christian minister in 2000 and retired from porn in 2001. In the book was co-written by Blake and John R. Gordon and published by the Running Press of Philadelphia in 2008, Blake talks extensively about his youth and experiences in the adult film industry.", "id": "17089372" } ]

[ { "contents": "British currency in the Middle East\n\n\nBritish Empire had not as yet reached its widest extent. Following the American revolution, Britain's attention switched to India, but British India was originally controlled by the British East India Company. The British government did not take direct control over India until after the Indian mutiny of 1857. Hence the imperial order-of-council of 1825 did not apply to India. As such, the already circulating silver rupee continued to be the currency of India for the entire duration of the British Raj, and afterwards into independence. The", "id": "9032950" }, { "contents": "Pitt's India Act\n\n\nauthority. A six member board of controllers was set up for political activities and Court of directors for financial activities. By 1773 the East India Company was in dire financial straits and asked for assistance from the British Government. Faced with corruption and nepotism amongst the company officials in India, the British Government enacted the Regulating Act in 1773 to control the activities of the Company. The Act set up a system whereby it supervised (regulated) the work of the Company but did not take power for itself. This act was the", "id": "2547882" }, { "contents": "History of Saint Helena\n\n\nthe India Act in 1833, a provision of which transferred control of St Helena from the East India Company to the Crown with effect from 2 April 1834. In practice, the transfer did not take effect until 24 February 1836 when Major-General George Middlemore (1836–1842), the first governor appointed by the British government, arrived with 91st Regiment troops. He summarily dismissed St Helena Regiment and, following orders from London, embarked on a savage drive to cut administrative costs, dismissing most officers previously in the Company employ.", "id": "7421213" }, { "contents": "Asigarh Fort\n\n\n. In 1802 after the Anglo-Maratha Wars, the British East India Company rule seized the fort, but did not take control until 1810 and after which they controlled it till independence of India in 1947. In 1803 Hansi was also the headquarters of Colonel James Skinner CB (1778 – 4 December 1841) the Anglo-Indian military adventurer in India, who founded 1st Skinner's Horse and 3rd Skinner's Horse at Hansi in 1803. These units are still part of the Indian Army. in 1818 was granted a \"", "id": "9570087" }, { "contents": "Bombay Dog Riots\n\n\ntheir own sub-sect of Zoroastrianism which melded Persian and Indian beliefs. Beginning in the 16th century, European powers began to send merchants and soldiers to India to take control of local trade. Bombay was taken by the Portuguese in 1534, who held the city until the British East India Company took control of the port in 1661. Whereas the Portuguese had used Bombay as a trade outpost in India, the East India Company chose instead to invest company funds in developing the city. In addition, the British began a policy", "id": "12504281" }, { "contents": "List of Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross recipients\n\n\nBritish gallantry award for general issue. When the VC was created, Indian troops were still controlled by the Honourable East India Company, and did not come under Crown control until 1860. European officers and men serving with the Honourable East India Company were not eligible for the Indian Order of Merit; the VC was extended to cover them in October 1857. The first citations of the VC varied in the details of each action; some specify one date, some date ranges, some the name of the battle and others have both", "id": "21061493" }, { "contents": "French India\n\n\n\"de facto\" transferred to the Indian Union and became the Union Territory of Puducherry. The \"de jure\" union of French India with India did not take place until 1962 when the French Parliament in Paris ratified the treaty with India. The French establishments of India are all located in the Indian peninsula. These establishments are The name 'loge' was given, under the regime of the French East India company, in factories or insulated establishments consisting of a home with an adjacent ground, where France had the right to", "id": "13309188" }, { "contents": "Richard Keigwin (Governor of Bombay)\n\n\nDuring this time the head government authority in Bombay was Henry Oxenden. In 1682 John Child became governor of East India Company Operations based in Surat. He received orders to reduce the cost of operations in Bombay and sent his brother-in-law Charles Ward to serve as his deputy in Bombay. The troops in Bombay did not like having their wages cut so they revolted and declared Keigwin governor. Keigwin then sent a letter to England asking Charles II to take direct control of Bombay again stating that the East India Company had", "id": "19137418" }, { "contents": "French India\n\n\nIndia trade. Six decades after the foundation of the English and Dutch East India companies (in 1600 and 1602 respectively), and at a time when both companies were multiplying factories on the shores of India, the French still did not have a viable trading company or a single permanent establishment in the East. Historians have sought to explain France's late entrance in the East India trade. They cite geopolitical circumstances such as the inland position of the French capital, France's numerous internal customs barriers and parochial perspectives of merchants on", "id": "13309173" }, { "contents": "List of East India Company directors\n\n\nThe East India Company controlled most of the subcontinent of India. No other company in history has ever governed so many people. With the exception of China, the E.I.C. controlled a larger population by the nineteenth century than any government of any country in the world. The following list of East India Company directors is taken from the \"Alphabetical List of Directors of the East India Company from 1758 to 1858\", compiled by C.H. & D. Philips and published in the \"Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society\", October 1941.", "id": "22210608" }, { "contents": "Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings\n\n\nincreasingly estranged from the East India Company's Board of Control (see Company rule in India). He resigned in 1821 but did not leave India until early 1823. He was appointed Governor of Malta in 1824 but died at sea off Naples two years later aboard HMS \"Revenge\", while attempting to return home with his wife. She returned his body to Malta, and following his earlier directions, cut off his right hand and preserved it, to be buried with her when she died. His body was then laid", "id": "21035063" }, { "contents": "Cornwallis in India\n\n\nthe 1784 treaty. He did assure them that if France became involved in conflict against their territories that the company would assist them. Pursuant to this policy, he refused to send company troops to assist the Marathas and the Nizam in their war with Mysore to recover previously lost territories. Tensions between Tipu and the Nizam and the British were raised when, in 1788, the East India Company gained control over the Circar of Guntur, the southernmost of the Northern Circars, pursuant to an earlier agreement with the Nizam. In exchange", "id": "9768982" }, { "contents": "Victoria Cross\n\n\npolitical consideration of military operations. More recently, four Australian soldiers were awarded the Victoria Cross in Vietnam although Britain was not involved in the conflict. Indian troops were not originally eligible for the Victoria Cross since they had been eligible for the Indian Order of Merit since 1837 which was the oldest British gallantry award for general issue. When the Victoria Cross was created, Indian troops were still controlled by the Honourable East India Company and did not come under Crown control until 1860. European officers and men serving with the Honourable East India", "id": "12183340" }, { "contents": "East India Company\n\n\nassuming administrative functions. Company rule in India effectively began in 1757 and lasted until 1858, when, following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Government of India Act 1858 led to the British Crown's assuming direct control of the Indian subcontinent in the form of the new British Raj. Despite frequent government intervention, the company had recurring problems with its finances. It was dissolved in 1874 as a result of the East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act passed one year earlier, as the Government of India Act had by then rendered it", "id": "20683960" }, { "contents": "East India Company\n\n\nstock from 1612 (meaning investment into shares did not need to be returned, but could be traded on a stock exchange). By contrast, wealthy merchants and aristocrats owned the EIC's shares. Initially the government owned no shares and had only indirect control until 1657 when permanent joint stock was established. During its first century of operation, the focus of the company was trade, not the building of an empire in India. Company interests turned from trade to territory during the 18th century as the Mughal Empire declined in power", "id": "20683957" }, { "contents": "East India Company\n\n\nand the East India Company struggled with its French counterpart, the French East India Company (\"Compagnie française des Indes orientales\") during the Carnatic Wars of the 1740s and 1750s. The battles of Plassey and Buxar, in which the British defeated the Bengali powers, left the company in control of Bengal and a major military and political power in India. In the following decades it gradually increased the extent of the territories under its control, controlling the majority of the Indian subcontinent either directly or indirectly via local puppet rulers under", "id": "20683958" }, { "contents": "Travancore\n\n\nDalawas or Dewans) started taking control of the kingdom beginning with Velu Thampi Dalawa (Velayudhan Chempakaraman Thampi) (1799–1809) who was appointed as the \"divan\" following the dismissal of Jayanthan Sankaran Nampoothiri (1798–1799). Initially, Velayudhan Chempakaraman Thampi and the English East India Company got along very well. When a section of the Travancore army mutinied in 1805 against Velu Thampi Dalawa, he sought refuge with the British Resident and later used English East India Company troops to crush the mutiny. Velu Thampi also played a key role", "id": "1058138" }, { "contents": "East India Company\n\n\nThe East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company, and informally known as John Company, Company Bahadur, or simply The Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with Mughal India and the East Indies, and later with Qing China. The company ended up seizing control over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, colonised parts of Southeast Asia, and colonised", "id": "20683954" }, { "contents": "Afrikaners\n\n\n, rechristened \"Good Hope\" by John II. As it was desirable to take formal possession of this territory the Portuguese erected a stone cross in Algoa Bay. Da Gama and his successors, however, did not take kindly to the notion, especially following a skirmish with the Khoikhoi in 1497, when one of his admirals was wounded. After the British East India Company was founded in 1599, London merchants began to take advantage of the route to India by the Cape. James Lancaster, who had visited Robben Island some", "id": "21677104" }, { "contents": "Guangzhou\n\n\n. The Qing became somewhat more open to foreign trade after gaining control of Taiwan in 1683. The Portuguese from Macau and Spaniards from Manila returned, as did private Muslim, Armenian, and English traders. From 1699 to 1714, the French and British East India Companies sent a ship or two each year; the Austrian Ostend General India Co. arrived in 1717, the Dutch East India Co. in 1729, the Danish Asiatic Co. in 1731, and the Swedish East India Co. the next year. These were joined by the occasional", "id": "12146509" }, { "contents": "India Office Records\n\n\n1784, which established the Board of Control to direct the East India Company in its governing role. In 1858, in the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British government abolished the East India Company's right to govern India, and brought the subcontinent directly under the control of the British Empire. The India Office, under the direction of the Secretary of State for India, was established to maintain administrative control over the increasingly important colony. In 1937, a separate Burma Office was established to alleviate some of the", "id": "12510493" }, { "contents": "Pitt's India Act\n\n\nThe East India Company Act (EIC Act 1784), also known as Pitt's India Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain intended to address the shortcomings of the Regulating Act of 1773 by bringing the East India Company's rule in India under the control of the British Government. Named for British prime minister William Pitt the Younger, the act provided for the appointment of a Board of Control, and provided for a joint government of British India by the Company and the Crown with the government holding the ultimate", "id": "2547881" }, { "contents": "Colonial India\n\n\nthe Rebellion. For example, Olson concludes that the East India Company's attempt to annexe and expand its direct control of India, by arbitrary laws such as Doctrine of Lapse, combined with employment discrimination against Indians, contributed to the 1857 Rebellion. The East India Company officers lived like princes, the company finances were in shambles, and the company's effectiveness in India was examined by the British crown after 1858. As a result, the East India Company lost its powers of government and British India formally came under direct British", "id": "11912810" }, { "contents": "Scottish-Indian\n\n\n, jute traders and teachers. By 1771 almost half of the East India Company's writers were Scots. The Scottish presence was also strongly evident in India. The first three Governor-Generals of India were Scots. When Henry Dundas became President of the Board of Control in 1784 he ‘Scoticised’ India and through his agencies Scots came to dominate the activities of the East India Company (EIC). By 1792, Scots made up one in nine EIC civil servants, six in eleven common soldiers and one in three officers", "id": "21578189" }, { "contents": "History of Delhi\n\n\nthe Second Battle of Delhi. Thus, the Marathas established full control over the city. In 1803, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, the forces of British East India Company defeated the Maratha forces in the Third Battle of Delhi, ending the Maratha rule over the city. As a result, Delhi came under the control of British East India Company, and became a part of the North-Western Provinces. The Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II was a ruler only in name, and did not rule over any territory", "id": "15382938" }, { "contents": "Mughal Empire\n\n\nEast India Company took control of the former Mughal province of Bengal-Bihar in 1793 after it abolished local rule (Nizamat) that lasted until 1858, marking the beginning of British colonial era over the Indian Subcontinent. By 1857 a considerable part of former Mughal India was under the East India Company's control. After a crushing defeat in the war of 1857–1858 which he nominally led, the last Mughal, Bahadur Shah Zafar, was deposed by the British East India Company and exiled in 1858. Through the Government of India Act", "id": "8854626" }, { "contents": "Rupee\n\n\nand called the pice 'besa'. The Straits Settlements were originally an outlier of the British East India Company. The Spanish dollar had already taken hold in the Straits Settlements by the time the British arrived in the 19th century. The East India Company tried to introduce the rupee in its place. These attempts were resisted by the locals, and by 1867 when the British government took over direct control of the Straits Settlements from the East India Company, attempts to introduce the rupee were finally abandoned. Formerly, the rupee (", "id": "6772387" }, { "contents": "East India House\n\n\nEast India House was the London headquarters of the East India Company, from which much of British India was governed until the British government took control of the Company's possessions in India in 1858. It was located in Leadenhall Street in the City of London. The first East India House on the site was an Elizabethan mansion, previously known as Craven House, which the Company first occupied in 1648. This was completely rebuilt in 1726–29; and further remodelled and extended in 1796–1800. It was demolished in 1861. The Lloyd's", "id": "20901553" }, { "contents": "2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery\n\n\nbattery was posted away. Royal Horse Artillery brigades did not exist as an organizational or operational grouping of batteries until 1 July 1859 when the Horse Brigade, Royal Artillery was formed. As a result of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British Crown took direct control of India from the East India Company on 1 November 1858 under the provisions of the Government of India Act 1858. The Presidency armies transferred to the direct authority of the British Crown and its European units were transferred to the British Army. Henceforth artillery, the mutineers", "id": "3261618" }, { "contents": "I Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery\n\n\nbroken up in 1889. Royal Horse Artillery brigades did not exist as an organizational or operational grouping of batteries until 1 July 1859 when the Horse Brigade, Royal Artillery was formed. It commanded all the existing horse artillery batteries of the Royal Artillery: As a result of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British Crown took direct control of India from the East India Company on 1 November 1858 under the provisions of the Government of India Act 1858. The Presidency armies transferred to the direct authority of the British Crown and its European", "id": "3456530" }, { "contents": "Tipu Sultan\n\n\nof Travancore, knowing that Travancore was (according to the Treaty of Mangalore) an ally of the British East India Company. On account of the staunch resistance by the Travancore army, Tipu was unable to break through the Tranvancore lines and the Maharajah of Travancore appealed to the East India Company for help. In response, Lord Cornwallis mobilised company and British military forces, and formed alliances with the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad to oppose Tipu. In 1790 the company forces advanced, taking control of much of the Coimbatore district", "id": "12461564" }, { "contents": "List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Indian Army\n\n\ncreated, Indian troops were still controlled by the Honourable East India Company, and did not come under Crown control until 1860. European officers and men serving with the Honourable East India Company were not eligible for the Indian Order of Merit; the VC was extended to cover them in October 1857. It was only at the end of the 19th century that calls for Indian troops to be awarded the VC intensified. Indian troops became eligible for the award in 1911. The first awards to Indian troops appeared in the \"London Gazette", "id": "9883473" }, { "contents": "Cornwallis in India\n\n\nstill did not want to face Tipu's strong force without significant British support. Consequently, Cornwallis decided to personally take control of the main British force from Medows. In early February 1791 he began a campaign that was squarely targeted at Mysore's capital, Seringapatam. One of the largest issues confronting Cornwallis in managing the army was its diversity. In addition to British Army and East India Company European forces, there were German troops from Hanover, and a large number of native sepoys from a diversity of cultural backgrounds, speaking different", "id": "9768987" }, { "contents": "Great Trigonometrical Survey\n\n\nEast India Company thought that this project would take about 5 years but eventually it took nearly 70 years well past the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the end of company rule in India. Because of the extent of the land to be surveyed, the surveyors did not triangulate the whole of India but instead created what they called a \"gridiron\" of triangulation chains running from North to South and East to West. At times the survey party numbered 700 people. The Trigonometrical Survey was conducted independently of other surveys, notably the topographical", "id": "15100119" }, { "contents": "Third Anglo-Maratha War\n\n\nThe Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818) was the final and decisive conflict between the British East India Company (EIC) and the Maratha Empire in India. The war left the Company in control of most of India. It began with an invasion of the Maratha territory by British East India Company troops, the largest such British controlled force massed in India. The troops were led by the Governor General Hastings (no relation to Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of Bengal) supported by a force under General Thomas", "id": "9132824" }, { "contents": "Indian independence movement\n\n\nEast India Company's rule in Odisha which is known as Paik Rebellion, the first Rebellion of India against the British East India Company. The Indian rebellion of 1857 was a large-scale rebellion in the northern and central India against the British East India Company's rule. It was suppressed and the British government took control of the company. The conditions of service in the company's army and cantonments increasingly came into conflict with the religious beliefs and prejudices of the sepoys. The predominance of members from the upper castes in the", "id": "1648382" }, { "contents": "Kingdom of Great Britain\n\n\n-profit corporation, with its own army. The \"John Company\" (as it was nicknamed) took direct control of half of India and built friendly relations with the other half, which was controlled by numerous local princes. Its goal was trade, and vast profits for the Company officials, not the building of the British empire. Company interests expanded during the 18th century to include control of territory as the old Mughal Empire declined in power and the East India Company battled for the spoils with the French East India Company", "id": "331904" }, { "contents": "Pune district\n\n\nHolkar in the 1802 Battle of Pune, precipitating the Second Anglo-Maratha War of 1803–1805. Peshwa rule ended with the defeat of Baji Rao II by the British East India Company, under the leadership of Mountstuart Elphinstone, in 1818. In 1818, the Pune region and the rest of the Peshwa territories came under the control of the British East India Company. Company rule came to an end when, under the terms of a proclamation issued by Queen Victoria, the Bombay Presidency, Pune and the rest of British India came", "id": "1506374" }, { "contents": "History of colonialism\n\n\ndid sponsor those activities in its territories. In May 1498, the Portuguese set foot in Kozhikode in Kerala, making them the first Europeans to sail to India. Rivalry among reigning European powers saw the entry of the Dutch, English, French, Danish and others. The kingdoms of India were gradually taken over by the Europeans and indirectly controlled by puppet rulers. In 1600, Queen Elizabeth I accorded a charter, forming the East India Company to trade with India and eastern Asia. The English landed in India in Surat in", "id": "21561079" }, { "contents": "Mansur Ali Khan\n\n\nNawab Sayyid Mansur Ali Khan (29 October 1830 – 4 November 1884) was Nawab of Bengal until his abdication in 1880, whereupon he renounced his titles and position as Nawab of Bengal. Bengal had been under occupation of the British East India Company since 1773 when Warren Hastings was appointed by the East India Company as the first Governor-General of Bengal. By 1793 British East India company took complete control of Bengal (former Mughal province), making Mansur Khan just a titular ruler under the British Raj. Nawab Nazim Mansur", "id": "2276333" }, { "contents": "History of Maharashtra\n\n\nEast India Company when they gained control of Maratha territory. The East India Company controlled Mumbai beginning in the 17th century, and used it as one of their main trading posts. The Company slowly expanded areas under its rule during the 18th century. Their conquest of Maharashtra was completed in 1818 with the defeat of Peshwa Bajirao II in the Third Anglo-Maratha War. The British ruled for more than a century and brought huge changes in every aspect of life for the people of the Maharashtra region. Areas that correspond to present", "id": "3826797" }, { "contents": "Regulating Act of 1773\n\n\nThe Regulating Act 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain intended to overhaul the management of the East India Company's rule in India. The Act did not prove to be a long-term solution to concerns over the Company's affairs; Pitt's India Act was therefore subsequently enacted in 1784 as a more radical reform. By 1773, the East India Company was in dire financial straits. The Company was important to the British Empire because it was a monopoly trading company in India and in the east and many", "id": "8752426" }, { "contents": "British Indian Army\n\n\nnot be confused with the \"Army of India\" (1903–1947) which was the Indian Army itself plus the \"British Army in India\" (British units sent to India). The Indian Army has its origins in the years after the Indian Rebellion of 1857, often called the Indian Mutiny in British histories, when in 1858 the Crown took over direct rule of British India from the East India Company. Before 1858, the precursor units of the Indian Army were units controlled by the Company and were paid for by their", "id": "21024626" }, { "contents": "Patna\n\n\nof Buxar of 1764, as per the treaty of Allahabad East India Company was given the right to collect tax of this former Mughal province by the Mughal emperor. Patna was annexed by the company in 1793 to its territory when Nizamat(Mughal suzernaity) was abolished and British East India company took control of the province of Bengal-Bihar. Patna however continued as a trading centre. In 1912, when the Bengal Presidency was partitioned, Patna became the capital of the British province of Bihar and Orissa, although in 1935 Orissa became a", "id": "15388962" }, { "contents": "Bijni kingdom\n\n\nlost their influence on Assam while the East India Company gradually started strengthening their foothold in different parts of India including Bengal. The East India Company was awarded the 'diwani' or overlordship of Bengal by the empire following the Battle of Buxar in 1764 and the company came to an agreement (known as Permanent Settlement) with Bengali landlords in 1793 to fix revenues to be raised from land. With the Treaty of Yandaboo in 1826, the East India Company finally took control of the both Eastern Assam and Western Assam. However,", "id": "17725282" }, { "contents": "Bongaigaon\n\n\ncentury, the Mughals lost their influence on Assam while the East India Company gradually started strengthening their foothold in different parts of India including Bengal. The East India Company was awarded the 'diwani' or overlordship of Bengal by the empire following the Battle of Buxar in 1764 and the company came to an agreement (known as Permanent Settlement) with Bengali landlords in 1793 to fix revenues to be raised from land. With the Treaty of Yandaboo in 1826, the East India Company finally took control of both Eastern Assam and Western Assam", "id": "20453261" }, { "contents": "1830s\n\n\nBt (1835–1836), and The Lord Auckland (1836–1842). The Government of India Act 1833 was enacted to remove the East India Company's remaining trade monopolies and divested it of all its commercial functions, renewing the Company's political and administrative authority for another twenty years. It invested the Board of Control with full power and authority over the Company. The English Education Act by the Council of India in 1835 reallocated funds from the East India Company to spend on education and literature in India. In 1837, the British", "id": "15883802" }, { "contents": "India Board\n\n\nThe Right Honourable Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India (commonly known as the India Board or the Board of Control) was an arm of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for managing the Government's interest in British India and the East India Company between 1784 and 1858. By virtue of the East India Company Act 1784, Privy Counsellors, not exceeding six in number, were appointed by commission issued under the Great Seal of Great Britain to be \"Commissioners for the Affairs of India\". The Commissioners were to", "id": "1736517" }, { "contents": "Mahalwari\n\n\n, the system did not take natural calamities in consideration and hence, led to debt and poverty while crop failures, droughts, earthquakes and other hazards when the land revenue was expected to be exempted. The north-western states and Awadh (also known as Oudh) were two important territories acquired by the British in India. In 1801, the Nawab of Awadh surrendered the districts of Allahabad to the East India Company. The Jamuna and the Ganges came to the British after the Second Anglo-Maratha War. Lord Hastings conquered", "id": "7809107" }, { "contents": "History of Dhaka\n\n\nEnglish traders were already in the city as early as in 1666 when Tavernier visited. William Hedges, the first governor of East India Company in Bengal, arrived Dhaka on 25 October 1682 and met Shaista Khan. After the Battle of Buxar in 1765, per the Treaty of Allahabad, East India Company was appointed the imperial tax collector of the province Bengal-Bihar-Orissa by the Mughal emperor. The company was still a subject of the Mughal empire. But it took complete control in 1793 when Nizamat (Mughal appointed governorship", "id": "4817546" }, { "contents": "President of the Board of Control\n\n\nThe President of the Board of Control was a British government official in the late 18th and early 19th century responsible for overseeing the British East India Company and generally serving as the chief official in London responsible for Indian affairs. The position was frequently a cabinet level one. The position was abolished in 1858 with the abolition of the East India Company. It was succeeded by the new position of Secretary of State for India. \"Lord Stanley took up the new post of Secretary of State for India on 2 August 1858, upon", "id": "9557842" }, { "contents": "Addiscombe Military Seminary\n\n\nThe East India Company Military Seminary was a British military academy at Addiscombe, Surrey, in what is now the London Borough of Croydon. It opened in 1809 and closed in 1861. Its purpose was to train young officers to serve in the East India Company’s private army in India. The institution was formally known as the East India Company Military Seminary (a name the cadets always disliked) until 1855, when the name was changed to the East India Company Military College. In 1858, when the college was taken over", "id": "10077256" }, { "contents": "Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad\n\n\n\"Nizamat\" (military power, civil and criminal justice) was abolished, British East India company thus annexed this former Mughal province as part of their empire and took complete control of the region, and the Nawabs of Bengal became mere pensioners of the British East India Company. All the \"Diwan\" offices except the \"Diwan Ton\" were also abolished. After the Revolt of 1857, Company rule in India ended, and all the territories which were under the rule of the British East India Company came under the British", "id": "4262349" }, { "contents": "Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty\n\n\nminister and council for India be appointed and that they be made responsible directly to the British monarch. Lakshminarasu Chetty followed it up with another petition in 1855. This petition signed by over 14,000 beseached the British Crown to take the administration of India directly under its control. These petitions resulted in the curtailment of the powers of the British East India Company eventually culminating in the transfer of sovereignty over India to the British Crown. As President of the Madras Native Association, Chetty also petitioned the Government of the United Kingdom praying for religious", "id": "1491264" }, { "contents": "Salute state\n\n\ntheir independence and merger with South Yemen in 1967 when the states were abolished. The protectorate was under the British Raj and governed as part of the Bombay Presidency until 1917 when the protectorate was transferred to the control of the British Foreign Office. The Persian Gulf Residency was established in 1822 during the time of the East India Company, though the company had established a residency at Bushehr in 1763. It was made subordinate to the Governor of Bombay until 1873. As with the rest of British India, it came under the control", "id": "2794894" }, { "contents": "France–Asia relations\n\n\na mercantile empire by taking a share of the lucrative market of the Indian Ocean. On the religious plane, the Paris Foreign Missions Society was formed from 1658 in order to provide for missionary work in Asia mainly, under French control. Soon after, the French East India Company was established in 1664. In 1664 a mission was sent to Madagascar under François Caron, formerly in the service of the Dutch East India Company. The Madagascar mission failed, but soon after, Caron succeeded in founding French outposts at Surat (1668", "id": "16524478" }, { "contents": "Josiah Harlan\n\n\na civilian, he was granted a permit to stay in India by the Governor General Lord Amherst. India at this time was a proprietary colony granted by the British Crown to the East India Company. The East India Company had become the world's most powerful corporation, being granted monopolies on trade with India and China. In its proprietary colony of India the Company by the early 19th century ruled 90 million Indians and controlled 70 million acres (243,000 square kilometres) of land under its own flag, issued its own currency and", "id": "11312281" }, { "contents": "Bengal Native Infantry\n\n\nThe regiments of Bengal Native Infantry, alongside the regiments of Bengal European Infantry, were the regular infantry components of the East India Company's Bengal Army from the raising of the first Native battalion in 1757 to the passing into law of the Government of India Act 1858 (as a direct result of the Indian Mutiny). At this latter point control of the East India Company's Bengal Presidency passed to the British Government. The first locally recruited battalion was raised by the East India Company in 1757 and by the start of 1857", "id": "3347336" }, { "contents": "India\n\n\nown affairs. By the early 18th century, with the lines between commercial and political dominance being increasingly blurred, a number of European trading companies, including the English East India Company, had established coastal outposts. The East India Company's control of the seas, greater resources, and more advanced military training and technology led it to increasingly flex its military muscle and caused it to become attractive to a portion of the Indian elite; these factors were crucial in allowing the company to gain control over the Bengal region by 1765 and", "id": "14705514" }, { "contents": "Secularism in India\n\n\nthe Mughal Emperor - as the first significant exception. Akbar sought to fuse ideas, professed equality between Islam and other religions of India, forbade forced conversions to Islam, abolished religion-based discriminatory jizya taxes, and welcomed building of Hindu temples. However, the descendants of Akbar, particularly Aurangzeb, reverted to treating Islam as the primary state religion, destruction of temples, and reimposed religion-based discriminatory jizya taxes. After Aurangzeb, India came into control of East India Company and the British Raj. The colonial administrators did", "id": "3036882" }, { "contents": "Secretary to the Board of Control\n\n\nThe Secretary to the Board of Control was a British government office in the late 18th and early 19th century, supporting the President of the Board of Control, who was responsible for overseeing the British East India Company and generally serving as the chief official in London responsible for Indian affairs. During part of 1834 and from 1835 the post was held by Joint Secretaries. The position was abolished in 1858 with the abolition of the East India Company. It was succeeded by the new position of Under-Secretary of State for India.", "id": "12960457" }, { "contents": "Daniel Eliott\n\n\nthe council at Madras, and in 1850 became president of the revenue, marine, and college boards of that government, and he returned to England in 1853 on completing his five years in that office. He did not expect to return to India, but when the East India Company decided in 1854 to form a supreme legislative council for all India, Eliott was appointed to represent Madras upon it. He accepted and remained in Calcutta as member of the legislative council until 1859 when he left India finally. When the Order of", "id": "12267449" }, { "contents": "Western imperialism in Asia\n\n\na great business concern, interested primarily in profit, was controlling the destinies of millions of people, passed acts in 1773 and 1784 that gave itself the power to control company policies and to appoint the highest company official in India, the Governor-General. (This system of dual control lasted until 1858.) By 1818, the East India Company was master of all of India. Some local rulers were forced to accept its overlordship; others were deprived of their territories. Some portions of India were administered by the British", "id": "15519097" }, { "contents": "India Office\n\n\nand War Office. The Secretary of State for India was assisted by a statutory body of advisers, the Council of India, and headed a staff of civil servants organised into a system of departments largely taken over from the East India Company and Board of Control establishments, and housed in a new India Office building in Whitehall. The Secretary of State for India inherited all the executive functions previously carried out by the Company, and all the powers of 'superintendence, direction and control' over the British provincial administrations in South Asia", "id": "4658887" }, { "contents": "India Office Records\n\n\none of the most documented administrations ever. However, when the control of India was transferred to the India Office, they set up a committee to review the records provided by the East India Company. On the committee's recommendation, more than 300 tons of records were sold as wastepaper. Although this was certainly a great loss to the collection, there is evidence that many of these records were duplications, or contained very little relevant information. The first attempt to arrange and describe the records occurred in 1879, when George Birdwood", "id": "12510495" }, { "contents": "Company rule in India\n\n\nMohan Roy, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, even offered money to men who would take widows as brides, but these men often deserted their new wives. Before 1837, the East India Company's dominions in India had no universal public postal service, one that was shared by all regions. Although courier services did exist, connecting the more important towns with their respective seats of provincial government (\"i.e.\" the \"Presidency towns\" of Fort William (Calcutta), Fort St. George (Madras), and Bombay), private", "id": "6195050" }, { "contents": "Vellore mutiny\n\n\nyears before, had attempted to restore power to Tipu Sultan's sons. Perceived insensitivity to sepoy religious and cultural practices (in the form of leather headdresses and greased cartridges) was a factor in both uprisings. The events of 1857 (which involved the Bengal Army and did not affect the Madras Army) caused the British crown to take over company property and functions within India through the Government of India Act 1858 which saw the total dissolution of the East India Company. The only surviving eyewitness account of the actual outbreak of the", "id": "9658934" }, { "contents": "East India Company (video game)\n\n\nEast India Company is a real-time strategy video game developed by Finnish company Nitro Games and published by Paradox Interactive. It was released on July 31, 2009 in North America and on August 14, 2009 in Europe. The game is based on the history of European conquest of South Asia and Southeast Asia by means of their East India Companies. In the game, the player takes on the role of the Governor Director of the East Indies. The task is to conquer India and establish a trade empire to rule over", "id": "5397959" }, { "contents": "John Brooke (East India Company)\n\n\nJohn Brooke (also Broock, Brookes, Brooks) was a seaman of the British East India Company and commander of the first British crew to sight the Australian continent. Brooke joined the East India Company and, in July or August 1621, he was appointed master of the \"Tryal\". Brooke was assigned the task of making the first British East India Company voyage across the Indian Ocean while keeping no further north than the 35th parallel, to take advantage of the \"Roaring Forties\", then to turn sharply north making", "id": "895335" }, { "contents": "De Vliegende Hollander\n\n\nEast India Company (VOC, the first limited company), is a wealthy trader in command of the fastest ship of the VOC, named the \"Hollander\" (Dutchman). But greed takes control of him and secretly he starts practicing piracy. He recruits his crew from orphanages. On Easter 1678, despite a heavy storm blowing into port, he sets sail for the Dutch East Indies. When all despair for this lack of fear for God, he proclaims: \"I will sail, storm or not, Easter", "id": "20447845" }, { "contents": "India Office\n\n\ndeputy chairman who, aided by permanent officials, were responsible for the daily conduct of Company business. The Board of Control maintained its separate office close to the Government buildings in Westminster. With the Government of India Act 1858, the Company and the Board of Control of the East India Companies were replaced by a single new department of state in London, the India Office, which functioned, under the Secretary of State for India, as an executive office of United Kingdom government alongside the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, Home Office", "id": "4658886" }, { "contents": "William Thomas Thornton\n\n\nCompany's ability to govern their territories. In September 1858, the British government seized control of the East India Company's territories, and it was decided amicably that control of the territories in question should be transferred to the crown. After twenty years, Thornton rose to the head of East India Company's public works department, and in 1858 became the first secretary to the India Office. In his leisure time he studied economic issues, and was a friend but not a follower of John Stuart Mill. Although Thornton and Mill", "id": "14988129" }, { "contents": "East India Company\n\n\nnot in its own right\". Despite stiff resistance from the East India lobby in Parliament and from the company's shareholders, the Act passed. It introduced substantial governmental control and allowed British India to be formally under the control of the Crown, but leased back to the company at £40,000 for two years. Under the Act's most important provision, a governing Council composed of five members was created in Calcutta. The three members nominated by Parliament and representing the government's interest could, and invariably would, outvote the", "id": "20684018" }, { "contents": "India–United Kingdom relations\n\n\nIndia Company controlled most of the Indian subcontinent. Following the Indian Mutiny of 1857, where Indian sepoys rebelled against their British officers, the East India Company was dissolved the following year. The assets of the British East India Company became so huge that the British government decided to step in. India served as the main base for the British Empire's expansion across Asia and would remain the empire's most important colony and main source of income as well as soldiers until independence. Queen Victoria became Empress of India in 1876. From", "id": "10820994" }, { "contents": "Mysorean invasion of Malabar\n\n\n\") took place between 7 and 12 December 1790, at Thiroorangadi. Three regiments from the British East India Company, consisting of 1,500 men, led by Lieutenant Colonel James Hartley, decisively defeated a 9,000-man Mysore army, killing or wounding about 1,000, and taking a large number of prisoners, including the commander, Hussein Ali. Forces of the British East India Company, led by General Robert Abercromby, began besieging Cannanore, held by troops of Mysore and of the Ali Raja on 14 December. After gaining control of the", "id": "7181172" }, { "contents": "Regulating Act of 1773\n\n\nThe Regulating Act 1773, was complemented by the Tea Act 1773, which had a principal objective that was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the financially struggling company survive. Lord North decided to overhaul the management of the India Company with the Regulating Act. This was the first step to the eventual government control of India. The Act set up a system whereby it supervised (regulated) the work of the East India Company. The Company", "id": "8752428" }, { "contents": "Economic history of the United Kingdom\n\n\nEmpire\", based in colonies in India, Asia, Australia, Canada. The crown jewel was India, where in the 1750s a private British company, with its own army, the East India Company (or \"John Company\"), took control of parts of India. The 19th century saw Company rule extended across India after expelling the Dutch, French and Portuguese. By the 1830s the Company was a government and had given up most of its business in India, but it was still privately owned. Following the", "id": "3827939" }, { "contents": "South African Army Training Formation\n\n\nThe South African Army Training Formation is the controlling entity of all South African Army training units. The Formation was established in April 1999 and mandated to provide, maintain and sustain landward common training to the SA Army. The Dutch East India Company in 1786 established a training centre in South Africa for military cadets, from the local population. However, the school did not reach the stage where it functioned properly, owing to the financial difficulties and eventual collapse of the Dutch East India Company. After Union in 1910, Chapter IV", "id": "6104973" }, { "contents": "Inland Customs Line\n\n\nBritish India was governed by the East India Company. This situation lasted until 1858 when the responsibility for government of the colony was transferred to the Crown following the events of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. By 1780 Warren Hastings, the Company's Governor-General of India, had brought all salt manufacture in the Bengal Presidency under Company control. This allowed him to increase the ancient salt tax in Bengal from 0.3 rupees per maund (37 kg) to 3.25 rupees per maund by 1788, a rate that it remained at until", "id": "13064485" }, { "contents": "Hindustan Aeronautics Limited\n\n\naircraft to be overhauled was a Consolidated PBY Catalina followed by every type of aircraft operated in India and Burma. When returned to Indian control two years later the factory had become one of the largest overhaul and repair organisations in the East. In the post war reorganisation the company built railway carriages as an interim activity. After India gained independence in 1947, the management of the company was passed over to the Government of India. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was formed on 1 October 1964 when Hindustan Aircraft Limited joined the consortium", "id": "10844951" }, { "contents": "East India Company\n\n\nIndia Company Act 1784 (Pitt's India Act) had two key aspects: Pitt's Act was deemed a failure because it quickly became apparent that the boundaries between government control and the company's powers were nebulous and highly subjective. The government felt obliged to respond to humanitarian calls for better treatment of local peoples in British-occupied territories. Edmund Burke, a former East India Company shareholder and diplomat, was moved to address the situation and introduced a new Regulating Bill in 1783. The bill was defeated amid lobbying by company", "id": "20684021" }, { "contents": "India Office Records\n\n\n. Overall, the collection is made up of approximately 175,000 items, including official publications and records, manuscripts, photographs, printed maps and private papers. These items take up approximately nine miles of shelving units. The historical scope of the records begins in 1600, when the East India Company was granted exclusive rights to trade in much of Asia, including the entire Indian subcontinent. During its first 100 years, much of the East India Company's energy was involved in maintaining its trade privileges, as it faced competition from domestic", "id": "12510491" }, { "contents": "Maldive Islands\n\n\nThe Maldive Islands is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean composing today's Republic of Maldives and the island of Minicoy in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep of India. Historically Minicoy was within the domain of the sultans of the Maldives. In 1790 Minicoy was surrendered to the Court of Directors of the East India Company and thus became part of the territory of the Madras presidency of British India. In 1858, following the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the control of British India transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown", "id": "13071579" }, { "contents": "East India Company\n\n\nWars, the East India Company arranged for letters of marque for its vessels such as the \"Lord Nelson\". This was not so that they could carry cannon to fend off warships, privateers, and pirates on their voyages to India and China (that they could do without permission) but so that, should they have the opportunity to take a prize, they could do so without being guilty of piracy. Similarly, the \"Earl of Mornington\", an East India Company packet ship of only six guns, also", "id": "20684051" }, { "contents": "Charles James Fox\n\n\n, the unpopular coalition would not outlast the year. The Treaty of Paris was signed on 3 September 1783, formally ending the American Revolutionary War. Fox proposed an East India Bill to place the government of the ailing and oppressive British East India Company, at that time in control of a considerable expanse of India, on a sounder footing with a board of governors responsible to Parliament and more resistant to Crown patronage. It passed the Commons by 153 to 80, but, when the King made it clear that any peer who", "id": "13151799" }, { "contents": "Political warfare in British colonial India\n\n\nPolitical warfare in British colonial India aided a British minority in maintaining control over large parts of present-day India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Burma. The East India Company obtained a foothold in India in 1695 and from that start expanded the territory it controlled until it was the primary power in the subcontinent. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857 the British Government nationalised the Company creating the British Raj. The Company lost all its administrative powers; its Indian possessions, including its armed forces, were taken over by the Crown pursuant to", "id": "15971086" }, { "contents": "Proto-globalization\n\n\nnumerous transitions to becoming one of the top economic and military powers in the world. Much of the trading during the proto-globalization time period was regulated by Europe. Globalization from an economic standpoint relied on the East India Company. The East India Company was a number of enterprises formed in western Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, initially created to further trade in the East Indies. The company controlled trading from India to East and Southeast Asia. One of the key contributors to globalization was the \"Triangular Trade\" and", "id": "1655499" }, { "contents": "Battle of Gujrat\n\n\nThe Battle of Gujrat was a decisive battle in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, fought on 21 February 1849, between the forces of the East India Company, and a Sikh army in rebellion against the Company's control of the Sikh Empire, represented by the child Maharaja Duleep Singh who was in British custody in Lahore. The Sikh army was defeated by the British regular and Bengal Army forces of the British East India Company. After it capitulated a few days later, the Punjab was annexed to the East India Company's", "id": "19559990" }, { "contents": "British Empire\n\n\nCarnatic Wars, as the English East India Company (often known simply as \"the Company\") and its French counterpart, the French East India Company (\"Compagnie française des Indes orientales\"), struggled alongside local rulers to fill the vacuum that had been left by the decline of the Mughal Empire. The Battle of Plassey in 1757, in which the British, led by Robert Clive, defeated the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies, left the British East India Company in control of Bengal and as the major", "id": "4474918" }, { "contents": "History of India\n\n\n, the Holkars of Indore and Malwa, the Scindias of Gwalior and Ujjain, the Bhonsales of Nagpur and the Puars of Dhar and Dewas. In 1775, the East India Company intervened in a Peshwa family succession struggle in Pune, which led to the First Anglo-Maratha War, resulting in a Maratha victory. The Marathas remained a major power in India until their defeat in the Second and Third Anglo-Maratha Wars (1805–1818), which resulted in the East India Company controlling most of India. The Sikh Empire,", "id": "13985600" }, { "contents": "Frederick Ash Building\n\n\ngrant of 2,000 acres made to the Australian Agricultural Company (A.A. Company) in 1829. The A.A. Company introduced large scale coal mining in Newcastle, even exporting to the East India Company. The A.A. Company held a monopoly over control of the Newcastle mines until 1853. During this time, government policy did not allow them to sell off small parcels of the land. However, when the A.A. Company relinquished sole rights of the mine to the government in 1853, they were allowed to sell blocks of land which saw the township", "id": "20427929" }, { "contents": "Fort Qu'Appelle\n\n\nthe first treaty in 1874 between the Dominion and the plains Indians.\" The site of the fort was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1953. The town's substantial growth beyond its status as a Hudson's Bay Company \"factory\" first occurred in the 1880s and 1890s when European settlement began in the region as the Canadian Pacific Railway moved westwards: a post office opened in 1880. This coincided with the first development of British India after the seizing of control of India from the East India Company by the Crown", "id": "17277455" }, { "contents": "Battle of Koregaon\n\n\nbeing one of the last ones to be fought in the Third Anglo-Maratha War, has since came to be remembered as a Company victory after the war ended with Peshwa's defeat. The battle resulted in losses to the Maratha empire, then under Peshwa rule, and control over most of western, central and southern India by the British East India Company. After India's freedom, in the mid-2010s, this otherwise forgotten battle suddenly came into news when groups of Mahars converged to celebrate the was as the victory of the", "id": "5493390" }, { "contents": "Imperial Eagle (ship)\n\n\n\". The ship's owners changed her name from \"Loudoun\" to \"Imperial Eagle\" as an attempt to evade paying for trading licenses from the East India Company and the South Sea Company, which together held a monopoly on all British trade in the Far East and Pacific. The East India Company controlled British trade in Asia and the South Sea Company controlled the Pacific trade on the west coast of the Americas. British traders wanting to work within the companies' domains were legally bound to acquire licenses. The cost was", "id": "10033774" }, { "contents": "History of India\n\n\nprovided opportunities for the Marathas, Sikhs, Mysoreans and Nawabs of Bengal to exercise control over large regions of the Indian subcontinent. From the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century, large regions of India were gradually annexed by the East India Company, a chartered company acting as a sovereign power on behalf of the British government. Dissatisfaction with Company rule in India led to the Indian Rebellion of 1857, which rocked parts of north and central India, and let to the dissolution of the Company. India was afterwards ruled directly by the", "id": "13985476" }, { "contents": "Flag of the East India Company\n\n\nunifying the Crowns of England and Scotland, he created a combined flag of both nations, to be used for a united British state. However, the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland were reluctant to unite, and wished that the countries remain separate. The king retained his flag of Great Britain for his personal use as the King's Colours. The East India Company continued using their ensign with the flag of England. In 1668, King Charles II transferred control of Bombay to the East India Company. The Company then", "id": "7078100" }, { "contents": "East India Company\n\n\nthe rest of India and did not have to rely on venture capital from London. It returned a high profit to those who risked original money for earlier ventures into Bengal. During the first century of the East India Company's expansion in India, most people in India lived under regional kings or Nawabs. By the late 18th century many Moghuls were weak in comparison to the rapidly expanding Company as it took over cities and land, built railways, roads and bridges. The first railway of 21 mile (33.8 km),", "id": "20684038" }, { "contents": "History of George Town, Penang\n\n\nmaterialised until 1786, when Light was finally ordered to acquire Penang Island from Kedah. By then, the British were fighting the Thirteen American Colonies, which were backed by France and the Netherlands. Faced with the Dutch dominance of the East Indies (now Indonesia) and a growing French threat, the British East India Company sought control of Penang Island as a Royal Navy repair base, and a trading post between China and the Indian subcontinent. Light negotiated the cession of Penang Island to the British East India Company with the new", "id": "14180906" }, { "contents": "Bengkulu (city)\n\n\nThe British East India Company founded Bengkulu (named Bencoolen by the British), in 1685, as their new commercial centre for the region. In the 17th century, the British East India Company controlled the spice trade in the Lampung region of southern Sumatra from a port in Banten, in the north west of the neighbouring island of Java. In 1682, a troop of the Dutch East India Company attacked Banten. The local crown prince submitted to the Dutch, who then recognised him as Sultan. The Dutch expelled all other", "id": "17678554" }, { "contents": "Kanchipuram\n\n\nthe Nizam of Hyderabad in 1742. Kanchipuram was a battlefront for the British East India Company in the Carnatic Wars against the French East India Company and in the Anglo-Mysore Wars with the Sultanate of Mysore.The popular 1780 Battle of Pollilur of the Second Anglo-Mysore War, known for the use of rockets by Hyder Ali of Mysore, was fought in the village of Pullalur near Kanchipuram. In 1763, the British East India Company assumed indirect control from the Nawab of the Carnatic over the erstwhile Chingleput District, comprising", "id": "9692404" } ]

[ { "contents": "Lake Eyre basin\n\n\nEyre. It takes almost a year for water to reach Lake Eyre from the headwaters. In most years, none does: it is absorbed into the earth, goes to fill channels and the many permanent waterholes, or simply evaporates. Water from Cooper Creek reached Lake Eyre in 1990 and then not again until 2010. The deserts that have formed in the basin, including Sturt Stony Desert, Tirari Desert and the Strzelecki Desert, are most probably the southern hemisphere's largest source of airborne dust. Indigenous Australians have lived with", "id": "696139" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre\n\n\nlake for the first time since 1990. The higher rainfall prompted many different birds to migrate back to the area for breeding. Heavy local rain in early March 2011 in the Stuart Creek and Warriner catchments filled Lake Eyre South, with Lake Eyre North about 75 per cent covered with water firstly from the Neales and Macumba Rivers, and later from the Warburton River. In late 2015, water began flowing into Lake Eyre following heavy rain in the north-east of the state. In late March 2019, floodwaters began arriving as", "id": "18667121" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre\n\n\n, which covered an area of , or 12% of the total. As the flood did not start filling the lake's deepest point (Belt Bay) until late March, little bird life appeared, preferring instead to nest in the upper reaches of the Lake Eyre Basin, north of Birdsville, where large lakes appeared in January as a result of monsoonal rain. The high rainfall in summer 2010 sent flood water into the Diamantina, Georgina and Cooper Creek catchments of the Lake Eyre basin, with the Cooper Creek reaching the", "id": "18667120" }, { "contents": "Macumba River\n\n\nregion, the Simpson Desert and flows only very rarely. Even in years that Lake Eyre fills, such as 2010, most of the water comes from the west, the Channel Country of Queensland. The Finke River normally drains into the Simpson Desert to the north west of the Macumba, but in the first decade of the 20th century it is thought that the Finke flowed directly into the Macumba. It is thought that the Finke has flowed to Lake Eyre via the Macumba in 1909, 1938 and 1945. The Macumba is", "id": "1182043" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre basin\n\n\nTo provide a sense of scale, the Lake Eyre Basin is about the size of France, Germany and Italy combined. It is slightly larger than the Murray-Darling basin (which drains inland eastern Australia and is responsible for a large proportion of the continent's agricultural productivity) but has vastly less water. Nevertheless, the entire flow of the Murray-Darling would be insufficient to fill Lake Eyre, merely keeping pace with evaporation. In contrast, the flow of the Mississippi could fill Lake Eyre in 22 days, that", "id": "696132" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre\n\n\nsurrounding the lakebed, the lowest part of which is filled with the characteristic salt pan caused by the seasonal expansion and subsequent evaporation of the trapped waters. Even in the dry season, there is usually some water remaining in Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre, normally collecting in over 200 smaller sub-lakes within its margins. The lake was formed by aeolian processes after tectonic upwarping occurred to the south subsequent to the end of the Pleistocene epoch. During the rainy season, rivers from the north-east part of the Lake Eyre", "id": "18667112" }, { "contents": "Macumba River\n\n\n1984 the Macumba, along with Neales River and the other western tributaries, filled Lake Eyre south and partially filled Lake Eyre north from there discharge following heavy rains in central Australia. The river flooded in both 2011 and 2012 with waters discharging into Lake Eyre each time. The traditional owners of the area are the Arabana and Arrernte peoples, both of whom belong to the Central Australian Desert language group. The Macumba features in the Emu story, which is told in 80 verses. The Arabana word for the Macumba is \"Maka", "id": "1182045" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre basin\n\n\ncreeks and rivers in the Lake Eyre Basin are permanent: they flow only after heavy rain – a rare to very rare event in the arid interior of Australia. Average annual rainfall in the area surrounding Lake Eyre is , and the pan evaporation rate . Annualised average figures are misleading: since 1885 annual rainfall over the of the Lake Eyre Basin has ranged from about in 1928 to over in 1974. Most of the water reaching Lake Eyre comes from the river systems of semi-arid inland Queensland, roughly to the north.", "id": "696131" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre\n\n\nBasin—in outback (south-west and central) Queensland—flow towards the lake through the Channel Country. The amount of water from the monsoon determines whether water will reach the lake and, if it does, how deep the lake will get. The average rainfall in the area of the lake is per year. The altitude usually attributed to Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre refers to the deepest parts of the lake floor, in Belt Bay and the Madigan Gulf. The shoreline lies at . The lake is the area", "id": "18667113" }, { "contents": "Lake Hope (South Australia)\n\n\nof Lake Eyre Golden Perch, Welch's Grunter and the Barcoo Grunter but only once the lakes have disconnected from the Cooper Creek after a flood event. When full the lake occupies an area of approximately and is approximately long. The lake is filled periodically from the flooding of Cooper Creek. In 1990 waters from Cooper Creek reached Lake Hope but did not reach Lake Eyre. The traditional owners name for the lake is \"Pando penunie\" which means great lake. The first Europeans to discover the lake were S. J. and R.", "id": "16752383" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre basin\n\n\narea lead inland (not towards the sea) towards Lake Eyre in central South Australia. Lake Eyre itself lies approximately below sea level, and usually contains only salt. In flood years it fills and for a short time undergoes a period of rapid growth and fertility: long-dormant marine creatures multiply and large flocks of waterfowl arrive to feed and raise their young before the waters evaporate once more. The annual mean runoff in the Lake Eyre Basin is lowest of any of the world's major drainage basins. None of the", "id": "696130" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre\n\n\nthe highest flood of in 1974. Local rain can also fill Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre to , as occurred in 1984 and 1989. Torrential rain in January 2007 took about six weeks to reach the lake but only placed a small amount of water into it. When recently flooded, the lake is almost fresh, and native freshwater fish, including bony bream (\"Nematolosa erebi\"), the Lake Eyre Basin sub-species of golden perch (\"Macquaria ambigua\") and various small hardyhead species (\"Craterocephalus\"", "id": "18667118" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre basin\n\n\nvia the main rivers of the basin, Cooper Creek, Georgina River and Diamantina River southwards towards Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, the country's lowest point at below sea level. The water overflows the river banks, across the floodplains, filling waterholes and wetlands and carving new channels — hence the name Channel Country. Most of the rain which falls in the north never reaches the lake 1,000 km away, which only fills occasionally. Management of the area has been problematic as it is covered by four different states' jurisdictions.", "id": "696124" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre\n\n\nalgae \"Dunaliella salina\". Typically a flood occurs every three years, a flood every decade, and a fill or near fill a few times a century. The water in the lake soon evaporates, with a minor or medium flood drying by the end of the following summer. Most of the water entering the lakes arrives via Warburton River. In strong La Niña years, the lake can fill. Since 1885, this has occurred in 1886–1887, 1889–1890, 1916–1917, 1950, 1955, 1974–1977, and 1999–2001, with", "id": "18667117" }, { "contents": "Bradfield Scheme\n\n\nDarling River system. It is claimed that a full Lake Eyre would moderate the air temperature in the region by the absorption of sunlight by the water instead of heat radiation from dry land into the air. No evidence to support the theory that an inland sea would increase rainfall has ever been produced, nor have any of the other claims been supported. In the book \"The Great Boomerang\" by Ion Idriess, it is reported that on two occasion when Lake Eyre filled up with floodwater, the eastern seaboard reported good harvests", "id": "5102709" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre\n\n\nspp.) can survive in it. The 2009 Lake Eyre flood peaked at deep in late May, which is a quarter of its maximum recorded depth of . of water crossed the Queensland–South Australian border with most of it coming from massive floods in the Georgina River. However, owing to the very low rainfall in the lower reaches of these rivers (contrasting with heavy rainfall in the upper catchments), the greater proportion soaked into the desert or evaporated en route to the lake, leaving less than in the lake", "id": "18667119" }, { "contents": "1950 Australian rainfall records\n\n\nbeen below normal. In these regions, however, the moist easterly flow of March continued to bring heavy rainfall later in April; however, in much of western and far southern New South Wales April was very dry. The continuing rain, aided by falls near Lake Eyre that prevented the rivers drying up, allowed the lake to begin filling during that month to the astonishment of many people who had seen the lake during the dry era from 1922 to 1938 and concluded that the lake could never fill with water. May and", "id": "15312033" }, { "contents": "Lake Torrens\n\n\nlength and in average width. It is Australia's second largest lake when filled with water and encompasses an area of . The Lake Torrens catchment is an endorheic basin, having no outflow of water to the ocean. Approximately 35,000 years ago, the lake water was fresh to brackish, but has become increasingly saline since. The traditional owners of the area are the Arabunna peoples to the north, the Kokatha to the west and the Kyuni to the east. The first European to see the lake was Edward Eyre in 1839 who", "id": "13319601" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre\n\n\nProteus CN7. Phytoplankton in the lake includes \"Nodularia spumigena\" and a number of species of \"Dunaliella\". Birds such as pelicans and banded stilts are drawn to a filled lake from southern coastal regions of Australia, and from as far afield as Papua New Guinea. During the 1989–1990 flood, it was estimated that 200,000 pelicans, 80% of Australia's total population, came to feed & roost at Lake Eyre. Scientists are presently unable to determine how such birds appear able to detect the filling of the lake,", "id": "18667125" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre basin\n\n\nof Alice Springs is thought to be the oldest riverbed in the world and although it flows for only a few days a year (in many years it does not flow at all) is home to seven species of fish, two of which are found nowhere else. The waters of the Finke disappear into the sands of the Simpson Desert and are not definitely known to ever make it as far south as Lake Eyre, although the story is told that this happened once early in the 20th century. In extreme events, water", "id": "696135" }, { "contents": "Redstone River (Haliburton County, Ontario)\n\n\nThe Redstone River is a river in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County in central Ontario, Canada that flows from southern Algonquin Provincial Park to the Gull River. The river begins at Upper Redstone Lake in southern Algonquin Provincial Park. It flows southwest through the Haliburton Forest to Eyre Lake where it takes in the right tributary Eyre Creek, then through Little Redstone Lake to Redstone Lake where it takes in the left tributary Harburn Creek. The waters of the lake exit through two outflows. At the southeast, the East", "id": "10042936" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre\n\n\nLake Eyre ( ), officially known as Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre, contains the lowest natural point in Australia, at approximately below sea level (AHD), and, on the rare occasions that it fills, is the largest lake in Australia, covering . The shallow endorheic lake is the depocentre of the vast Lake Eyre basin and is found in Northern South Australia, some north of Adelaide. When the lake is full, it has the same salinity level as the sea, but as the lake dries up and the", "id": "18667110" }, { "contents": "Glengyle Station\n\n\nand other leases in the channel country, he realised, would be important acquisitions to link his properties in the Northern Territory to markets further south while still providing feed and water. The Georgina River and other tributaries such as Eyre Creek run through the middle of the property and mostly carries water down from the north during the wet season. Water can take as long as three months to travel across a paddock, called \"Bunkhole\", as it must fill two lakes. The lakes, named \"Koolya\" and \"Miria", "id": "21678551" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre, South Australia\n\n\nLake Eyre is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about north of the state capital of Adelaide and north of the town of Marree and which is associated with the occasional body of water known as Lake Eyre. The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.” Its name is derived from the former Lake Eyre National Park. The locality covers the full extent of Lake Eyre including islands within the lake’s extent, the Hunt Peninsula at the southern coast of the", "id": "14618537" }, { "contents": "Banded stilt\n\n\nthe saltworks in Port Hedland. Breeding took place at Lake Ballard in the Goldfields-Esperance after heavy rainfall from Cyclone Bobby in 1995, and then again after flooding in 2014. In 1933 a large colony had been recorded at Lake Grace, but had succumbed to attack presumably by foxes. The banded stilt has been recorded in southeastern South Australia, as well as the drainage of the Lake Eyre system, and in Victoria west of Port Phillip and the Wimmera. In July 2010 Lake Torrens filled with water, resulting in the", "id": "14722902" }, { "contents": "Federation Drought\n\n\nlate 1880s and early 1890s were a period of extremely heavy rainfall over New South Wales, Queensland and to a lesser extent Victoria and the \"settled\" areas of Tasmania and South Australia. Lake Eyre is believed to have filled with water from Cooper Creek in 1886/1887, 1889/1890 and 1894. The wet spell of the early 1890s ended earliest in the area between Melbourne and Sydney, where rainfall in 1894 was below normal even as much of inland Queensland and New South Wales had one of their wettest years on record. A very", "id": "4211971" }, { "contents": "Lower Lake (Bhopal)\n\n\nminimum depths of the lake were 11.7 m and 6.16 m respectively. As of 2011, the maximum depth was 10.7m. The Lower Lake does not have any fresh water source; it receives seepage water from the Upper Lake and drainage from 28 sewage-filled nullahs. It drains into the Patra rivulet, which joins Halali River, a small tributary of the Betwa River. The Lower Lake suffers from pollution due to drainage from sewage-filled nullahs, lack of fresh water source and commercial washing of clothes. The entire", "id": "1955403" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre\n\n\nwater evaporates, salinity increases. The lake was named by Europeans in honour of Edward John Eyre, who was the first European to see it, in 1840. The lake's official name was changed in December 2012 to combine the name \"Lake Eyre\" with the indigenous name, Kati Thanda. The native title over the lake and surrounding region is held by the Arabana people. Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre is in the deserts of central Australia, in northern South Australia. The Lake Eyre Basin is a large endorheic system", "id": "18667111" }, { "contents": "Eyre's 1839 expeditions\n\n\non the way. Determined to explore farther, he traveled north alone, this time going about 80 km farther than Mount Eyre, reaching a peak a little south-west of modern-day Leigh Creek. From here he saw that Lake Torrens was now filled with water, but it still blocked his path. He was compelled to return, being without any support. Back at camp he conferred with Baxter, whom he had sent east. Baxter is assumed to have crossed the Willochra Plain, and after traveling some 100", "id": "14157658" }, { "contents": "Warburton River\n\n\nThe Warburton River (or Warburton Creek) is a freshwater stream in the far north of South Australia that flows in a south westerly direction and discharges into the eastern side of Lake Eyre. It is one of the state's largest rivers, and is part of the Lake Eyre Basin. It runs along the eastern side of the Simpson Desert, and drains water from Eyre Creek, the Diamantina and Georgina rivers from Goyder Lagoon, carrying it into Lake Eyre during its infrequent floods. The river passes through a number of permanent", "id": "4045921" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre basin\n\n\nrate and a naturally turbid water quality. Several of the major Lake Eyre Basin river systems are well-known. Because the Lake Eyre Basin is almost flat, rivers flow slowly and frequently split up into floodplains or multiple braided channels. Water is lost to evaporation, to seepage, and in the many ephemeral wetland systems, with the result that downstream flows are typically smaller than upstream flows. Only in exceptional years is there sufficient upstream rain to provide a flow into Lake Eyre itself. The Finke River, starting roughly west", "id": "696134" }, { "contents": "Diamantina Lakes, Queensland\n\n\nDiamantina Lakes is a locality in the Shire of Diamantina, Queensland, Australia. In the , Diamantina Lakes had a population of 17 people. Diamantina Lakes is part of the Channel Country which is an arid landscape with a series of ancient flood plains from rivers which only flow intermittently. When there is water in it, the Diamantina River flows from north to south through the locality eventually destined for Lake Eyre in South Australia. However, the water usually is absorbed into the earth or evaporates before reaching Lake Eyre. The heritage", "id": "9676540" }, { "contents": "Cooper Creek\n\n\nits way roughly south into the far south-west corner of Queensland before turning due west into South Australia towards Lake Eyre. In most years, it is absorbed into the earth, goes to fill channels and the many permanent waterholes and lakes such as Lake Yamma Yamma, or simply evaporates without reaching Lake Eyre. In very wet years, however, it manages to flood the entire Channel Country and reaches Lake Eyre after flowing through the dry areas of Strzelecki Desert, Sturt Stony Desert and the Tirari Desert. Studies have clearly", "id": "21421520" }, { "contents": "Flooded mines\n\n\n, availability of infiltration water and on the nature of flooding - it can be uncontrolled, controlled or monitored. Flooding in open pit mines leads to the so-called pit lakes, where a wide range of creatures can be seen. The flooding process happens because the drainage wells or dewatering pumps stop to work and the open mining spaces are filled with groundwaters and surface waters. Surface waters come from precipitation and water bodies (e.g. rivers) and groundwaters come from bodies connected to the pit or from abandoned underground mine workings.", "id": "12760155" }, { "contents": "Lake Panamint\n\n\n. The source of this water was ultimately the Sierra Nevada and cations transported by this water have left their traces in the Panamint Valley. Such overflow episodes occurred four times between 700,000 to 350,000 years ago and then again 150,000, 120,000, 24,000 and 10,000 years ago, usually during periods where glaciers expanded on the Sierra Nevada; the last time where such water reached the Panamint Valley was 23,500 years before present. During oxygen isotope stage 4 Lake Panamint was filled by groundwater, which comes in part from the Sierra Nevada and in", "id": "4847566" }, { "contents": "R. B. Winter State Park\n\n\nVernal pools fill each spring to provide water for fairy shrimp, caddis-flies, spotted salamanders, and wood frogs. Halfway Lake is filled by spring fed mountain streams. It is contained by a hand-laid native sandstone dam, the first cement and stone dam ever built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The temperature of the water in Halfway Lake is always about . This is because much of the lake is filled with water that comes from directly underground. Little Bubbler is an artesian spring that seeps up through the sand", "id": "21163595" }, { "contents": "Mulka Station\n\n\nfurther north so that Cooper Creek was flowing again as far as Lake Eyre. Gary Overton, the station owner, got to use his fishing licence to start catching Lake Eyre Golden Perch in the waters of Lake Hope. The licence allows the removal of of Lake Eyre Golden Perch, Welch's Grunter and the Barcoo Grunter but only once the lakes have disconnected from the Cooper Creek after a flood event. In 2012 floodwaters returned allowing Overton to net up to of fish per week which were trucked to Adelaide, with ice being", "id": "16816764" }, { "contents": "Ambae Island\n\n\nblack basalt stones compose its shoreline and surface in many places, though the soils (where present) are rich. The island appears to be covered in nearly unbroken vegetation; inhabited areas feature large gardens and managed forests above, with coconut and cacao plantations usually closer to shore. There are no reliable sources of surface water (rivers, streams, or lakes), save the crater lakes which are inaccessible. Water for all human uses comes from cement-lined wells or water tanks filled with rainwater. There are no permanent", "id": "13750124" }, { "contents": "Halfway Lake (Pennsylvania)\n\n\nHalfway Lake is a lake in Hartley Township, Union County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Halfway Lake is the main focus of R. B. Winter State Park. The lake is filled by spring-fed mountain streams. It was formed by a man-made sandstone dam. The water temperature is usually approximately 50 degrees F (10 degrees C) due to much of the lake being filled with water from directly underground. There is an artesian spring, \"Little Bubbler\", that comes up through the sand on the", "id": "13798287" }, { "contents": "Sea Lake\n\n\n1838. Sea Lake may have been given its name by an early settler, Edward Eyre, from the Port Phillip area. Purportedly, the sea-like appearance of Lake Tyrrell inspired Eyre. An alternative version of the naming of Sea Lake comes from a surveyors report of the time when planning the township (which lies to the south of Lake Tyrrell). It is purported that a surveyor mistook a mark on hand drawings \"see lake\" which had been used by the author of the drawings to mark a landmark.", "id": "11988725" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre basin\n\n\n, which, according to environmentalists, could lead to shale gas mining or fracking in the area. The Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park, Strzelecki Regional Reserve, Witjira National Park, Sturt National Park and Simpson Desert National Park are among a number of protected areas established within the Lake Eyre Basin. The Bradfield Scheme was an ambitious proposal by Dr John Bradfield in 1938. It would use large pipes, tunnels, pumps and dams to divert water from the monsoon-fed Tully, Herbert and Burdekin rivers into the Thomson", "id": "696142" }, { "contents": "Lake Torrens\n\n\nspotted the salt bed from Mount Arden at the head of the Spencer Gulf. Eyre named the lake after Colonel Robert Torrens who was one of the founders of the South Australian colony. The lake filled in 1897 and again in April 1989. The 1989 filling resulted in the lake outflowing through the Pirie-Torrens corridor to the Spencer Gulf, suggesting it likely did so in 1897 as well. It has a thin salt crust with red-brown clays beneath, which are soft and boggy. The area around the lake is", "id": "13319602" }, { "contents": "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep\n\n\nan SOS to Hamilton, who thinks the Germans are attacking. Back at the loch, Angus attempts to calm Crusoe, who is attacking Strunk and wades into the lake where he loses his footing and sinks. Crusoe comes to Angus's rescue and saves his life. When his mother arrives, she finally believes her son when she sees Crusoe, though does not notice the creature at first and accuses Lewis of filling Angus's head with tales of sea creatures and magic. The nearby artillery battery soon opens fire upon Crusoe,", "id": "12324391" }, { "contents": "Eyre's 1839 expeditions\n\n\n30 km north-west of the later town of Hawker. From the summit he had his first view of Lake Torrens; he later wrote that it \"seemed to be water\", but he realised it was merely the \"dry and glazed bed of where water had lodged\" - a salt lake. To the north-east he noted that the ranges continued; \"tier behind tier of very rocky appearance as far as the eye could reach\". This was almost certainly the first time that a European had glimpsed", "id": "14157655" }, { "contents": "Crater lake\n\n\nwith volcanic gases, and cloudy with a strong greenish color. For example, the crater lake of Kawah Ijen in Indonesia has a pH of under 0.5. Lakes located in dormant or extinct volcanoes tend to have fresh water, and the water clarity in such lakes can be exceptional due to the lack of inflowing streams and sediment. Crater lakes form as the created depression, within the crater rim, is filled by water. The water may come from precipitation, groundwater circulation (often hydrothermal fluids in the case of volcanic craters", "id": "18748264" }, { "contents": "Tempe Town Lake\n\n\nfish removed from the lake were to be fed to other denizens of the Phoenix Herpetological Society, where the alligator has lived since 2005. On October 8, 2010, SRP crews began refilling the lake. Water used to refill the lake was brought down the Salt River reservoir system from Roosevelt Lake east of the Phoenix area. Tempe officials elected to use a portion their allotment of lake water since it was filled to capacity at the time. This method saved the city hundreds of thousands of dollars versus the alternative of filling it", "id": "13821840" }, { "contents": "Caves of Arcy-sur-Cure\n\n\n. The lowest parts of the caves are regularly filled with water. One finds there stalagmites, stalactites, columns, draperies and the \"Virgin's room\". One of the lakes shows a remarkable phenomenon of limestone deposit that covers the surface of the water, falls to the bottom then periodically comes back up to the surface. This phenomenon is still poorly understood, but does not seem directly due to bacteria. Some parts of this phenomenon are akin to calcite rafts. The stalactites grow at the noticeable rate of about every", "id": "21860030" }, { "contents": "Cocklebiddy, Western Australia\n\n\nattempted to tap fresh water from the lakes, but it was found that a thin skin of fresh water overlay a vast volume of saline water. The Eyre Telegraph Station, located south of the settlement, operated from 1897 until 1929. Unlike most others, it remained in a relatively well-preserved state due to its isolation and protection from the Southern Ocean, and in 1976, when the State Government created the Nuytsland Nature Reserve, the facility was converted into a wildlife observatory, known as Eyre Bird Observatory, which opened", "id": "18694757" }, { "contents": "Lake Gregory (South Australia)\n\n\nLake Gregory is a salt lake located in the Far North region of South Australia. The lake lies to the west of Lake Blanche; to the east the Birdsville Track runs in between it and Lake Eyre. The lands around the lake are used for pastoralism, with both sheep and cattle grazing the surrounding plains. Dulkaninna Station is found in the south west corner of the lake. Lake Gregory is fed by local rainfall and by overflows from Lake Blanche to its east. It was filled in 1974, 1984 and 1990.", "id": "18608087" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre\n\n\na notable phenomenon is that around midday the surface can often become very flat. The surface then reflects the sky in a way that leaves both the horizon and water surface virtually impossible to see. The commodore of the Lake Eyre Yacht Club has stated that sailing during this time has the appearance of sailing in the sky. Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre has been a site for various land speed record attempts on its salt flats, similar to those found in the Bonneville Salt Flats, especially those by Donald Campbell with the Bluebird-", "id": "18667124" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre\n\n\na result of torrential rains in northern Queensland in January. In the past, the water had taken anywhere from three to 10 months to reach the lake, but this time it arrived in two. The first flooding would be closely followed by another surge, following rains produced by Cyclone Trevor. Traditional owners and graziers agree that it is essential that the river run its course and should not be harvested during floods, as any interference in the natural systems could damage the ecosystem. The Lake Eyre Yacht Club is a dedicated group", "id": "18667122" }, { "contents": "Hanna Lake\n\n\ncanoe Kayak and rowing National and International level is turning in to dark now. There is also a water channel which was constructed at the same time by the British to convert the snow and rain water near Spin Kaarez, coming from Murdar Mount, as surplus for filling the water in this lake. The channel was destroyed by a heavy flood in 1976 and has still not been re-constructed. The loss of the snow and rain water was wasted causing Hanna Lake to fully dry up between 1999 and January 2005. The", "id": "10210769" }, { "contents": "Nuclear power plant\n\n\nsuch as a river or lake. Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, located in the desert about 60 miles west of Phoenix, Arizona, is the only nuclear facility that does not use a natural body of water for cooling, instead it uses treated sewage from the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. The water coming from the cooling body of water is either pumped back to the water source at a warmer temperature or returns to a cooling tower where it either cools for more uses or evaporates into water vapor that rises out the top of", "id": "171565" }, { "contents": "Lake Hindmarsh\n\n\nLake Hindmarsh, an eutrophic lake located in the Wimmera region of western Victoria, Australia, is the state’s largest natural freshwater lake. The nearest towns are Jeparit to the south and Rainbow to the north. After more than a decade of drought, in early 2011 the lake filled as a result of flooding in the region. The area around the lake is the traditional country of the Gromiluk, a branch of the Wotjobaluk people. Explorer Edward Eyre camped at Lake Hindmarsh in 1838 while searching for an overland route from Melbourne", "id": "3532564" }, { "contents": "Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park\n\n\nco-management agreement between the Arabana aboriginal people and the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). The national park almost encloses Elliot Price Conservation Park, which covers the Hunt Peninsula and Brooks Island, within and around the northern section of the lake. It was established as South Australia's first arid zone conservation zone. It was named after Elliot Price, from the nearby Muloorina Station. There is limited vehicle access to the park. The national park was renamed as Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park", "id": "13502421" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre basin\n\n\nthe area. The basin began to form in the early Paleogene (about 60 million years ago) when south-eastern South Australia started to sink and rivers began to deposit sediment into the large, shallow basin. The basin is still gradually sinking, and still gradually accumulating sediment. For many millions of years, the Lake Eyre Basin was well supplied with water and largely forested. About 20 million years ago, large shallow lakes formed, covering much of the area for about 10 million years. From that time on,", "id": "696126" }, { "contents": "Lake Paca\n\n\nthe only lake in the Paca valley which has water throughout the year. However, floating mats of rushes and sedges cover the south side of the lake. The lake itself does not drain out, as like the other lakes in the valleys, has been “filled up by interglacial fill, and alluvial and eolian sedimentation.” The river that originates in this valley, is called the Mantaro River. It flows near the Jauja town into a large alluvial plain. Formation of this region and its lake system is attributed to", "id": "14708636" }, { "contents": "Tuyajto Lake\n\n\n; diffuse seepage of water within the wetlands and the lake itself makes up the rest of the water supply. Part of the water comes from Pampa Las Tecas and Pampa Colorada east and northeast from Tuyajto Lake and flows underground towards Tuyajto. In general, groundwater in the region is salty to brackish, it originates as rain or snow and probably obtains salts from underground salt bodies. The lake does not overflow at its surface, evaporation and perhaps underground drainage towards Salar Aguas Calientes farther west are mainly responsible for removing water from the", "id": "11584838" }, { "contents": "Lake Ewlyamartup\n\n\nto salinity. In 2010 the water quality of the lake had deteriorated and the salinity level was three times that of sea water. The inflow comes from Ewlyamartup Creek on the northern end of the lake. In years when the lake overflows the water flows west from the creek instead of south into the lake and eventually discharges into the Coblinine River. The traditional owners are the Koreng group of the Noongar peoples. The name of the lake means \"come now to this place where there is a water hole associated with a leg", "id": "18478232" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre\n\n\neven when hundreds or thousands of kilometres away from the basin. The extent of the lake is covered by two protected areas declared by the Government of South Australia - the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park and the Elliot Price Conservation Park. Lake Eyre is on the list of wetlands of national importance known as A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia. Lake Eyre has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) known as the Lake Eyre Important Bird Area, because, when flooded, it supports major", "id": "18667126" }, { "contents": "Scrivener Dam\n\n\nrain in sight, mosquito-infested pools of water were the only visible sign of the lake filling. With the eventual breaking of the drought and several days of heavy rain, the lake filled, and reached the planned level on 29 April 1964. On 17 October 1964, Menzies commemorated the filling of the lake and the completion of stage one with an opening ceremony amid the backdrop of sailing craft. This was accompanied by fireworks display, and Griffin's lake had finally come to fruition after five decades, at the cost", "id": "7702102" }, { "contents": "Pushkar Lake\n\n\n-silting the lake, the drought situation has resulted in insignificant rainfall in the area to fill the lake. The lake does not meet the National Water Quality Standards due to its high concentration of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD). Considering the adverse impact on the lake water quality due to Eutrophication, anthropogenic pressures and holy rituals and tourism, a water quality study was specifically undertaken at four sites on a monthly basis for six months. The sampling sites were chosen to represent the pressure of pilgrims and other pollution inflows at the", "id": "3723301" }, { "contents": "Rugova (region)\n\n\na very dense water network. Although limestone does not favor the presence of groundwater, it can contain large amounts of water underground. In the southern part of the area is the glacial Kuqishta Lake (), which is filled with fresh water during all seasons, and Drelaj Lake (), which dries up during the hot summer. Some lakes are also found in the northern part of the area, but all of them are unstable. Water sources in Haxhaj, and at the foot of Jelenku peak, gather in Kuqishtë", "id": "8948398" }, { "contents": "Chhatiwan, Seti\n\n\nChhatiwan is a Village Development Committee in Doti District in the Seti Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3000 residing in 478 individual households. The name for this VDC comes from a lake that is situated in the village of Chhatiwan. This lake has fresh drinking water and teamed with various kind of fish. Lately due to the deforestation and soil erosion, this lake is being filled with all debris coming in due to the flash flood from its North side of the mountain", "id": "20335526" }, { "contents": "Innamincka Station\n\n\nin 1918. Water levels came within of the 1906 mark during the 1939 floods. The entire area was struck by drought in 1946 with many cattle dying and properties destocking. The area suffered severe flooding in March 1949 when it was hit with record rainfall. Over the course of four weeks over of rain fell, which as much as it would normally receive over four years. The area was described as a \"vast inland sea\" with Coopers Creek running at over wide, it was expected that Lake Eyre would be filled", "id": "20043414" }, { "contents": "Burke, Wills, King and Yandruwandha National Heritage Place\n\n\nhe travelled past the Flinders Ranges to discover a horseshoe of impassable salt lakes: LakeTorrens, Lake Eyre, Lake Blanche, Lake Callabonna and Lake Frome. Eyre's expedition coincided with a dry period; from the aptly named \"Mount Hopeless\" he described inland South Australia as a \"dreary waste\". In 1844 Charles Sturt followed Eyre and discovered the Strzelecki Creek which he named after his colleague, Paul Edmond de Strzelecki, and the main watercourses which fed Lake Eyre: Cooper Creek, Eyre Creek and the Georgina River.", "id": "9736654" }, { "contents": "Pambar River (Northern Tamil Nadu)\n\n\nPambar is a tributary of the Thenpennai River of Tamil Nadu. This is formed by the rainwater of the forests around Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh. It comes and joins the Othikuppam Lake in Mathur Municipality area. This lake is about 50 acres in size. From this lake the river flows through Bargur, Mathur, Uthangarai areas. Then it reaches the Pambar Reservoir near Marampatti in Uthangarai Taluk of Krishnagiri District. The excess water flowing out after filling the reservoir reaches the Thenpennai River. Since the income of water to the Othikuppam Lake", "id": "8368810" }, { "contents": "Lake Eyre\n\n\nof maximum deposition of sediment in the Lake Eyre Basin. Lake Eyre is divided into two sections which are joined by the Goyder Channel. These are known as Lake Eyre North, which is in length and wide, and Lake Eyre South, which measures . The salt crusts are thickest—up to —in the southern Belt Bay, Jackboot Bay and Madigan Gulf sub-basins of Lake Eyre North. Since 1883, proposals have been made to flood Lake Eyre with seawater brought to the basin via a canal or pipeline.", "id": "18667114" }, { "contents": "Lake Gregory (South Australia)\n\n\nIt is named after the explorer Augustus Charles Gregory, who first passed by it in 1858. Originally Lake Eyre was named Lake Gregory by B. H. Babbage, but the names were modified by Governor Richard Graves MacDonnell, who preferred to name the former after the famous explorer who first investigated the region twenty years prior, Edward John Eyre. The lake is within the extent of the Strzelecki Desert Lakes Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for waterbirds when holding water in the aftermath of floods.", "id": "18608088" }, { "contents": "What Happened to Frederick\n\n\nthat there is a lake with waters reported to have enough magic to restore Frederick, but no man has come back from that lake alive. James agrees to risk it because if he succeeds, Abigail's suffering will end, but if he fails, his own suffering will end. Abigail takes James to the lake and shows him a shrine where others have left offerings to appease the creature within. She offers to accompany him, but James tells her he will go on alone since he does not want any life in his", "id": "20864147" }, { "contents": "Ambattur Lake\n\n\nAmbattur aeri, or Ambattur lake, is a rain-fed reservoir which reaches top levels during the monsoon seasons. In November 2008, incessant monsoon rain filled the lake and encroachments on the north and south banks of the lake were demolished. It also caters to the drinking water needs of the Chennai city after Poondi and Chembarambakkam Lake. Ambattur aeri is one of a chain of three water bodies, including the Korattur aeri and the Madhavaram aeri, where surplus water from one is transported to another. Ambattur lake, together with", "id": "7819457" }, { "contents": "Province of Lecce\n\n\nis also found here. Lakes Alimini Grande and Alimini Piccolo are also located in the province. Lake Alimini Grande is surrounded by a rocky area covered with pine woods and Mediterranean vegetation; also, its depth does not exceed four meters, and the water is rich with shellfish. Lake Alimini Piccolo is found further inland and consists of freshwater; this water comes from the groundwater channel of the Rio Grande. Alimini Piccolo's depth does not exceed half a meter. Lecce has several ethnic and linguistic minority groups. A Griko community", "id": "5884721" }, { "contents": "Lake Hindmarsh\n\n\ndeeper Lake Albacutya, which has been recognised under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance. Flat and shallow, Lake Hindmarsh is subject to very high evaporation. When it is full, evaporation from the lake is around per year. With flows down the Wimmera River averaging only half of that, the lake rarely fills, although if it does so, the water takes three to four years to evaporate entirely. The lake was full during the wet years of the early to mid-1970s. It supported a commercial fishing industry", "id": "3532566" }, { "contents": "List of lakes by area\n\n\nThis is a list of terrestrial lakes with a surface area of more than approximately , ranked by area. This list does not include reservoirs or lagoons. The area of some lakes can vary considerably over time, either seasonally or from year to year. This is especially true of salt lakes in arid climates. * denotes saline lake. Source for the 20 largest lakes (and their areas): This list excludes seasonal lakes such as Lake Eyre (max area 9500 km²), Mar Chiquita Lake (Córdoba) (max", "id": "15658959" }, { "contents": "Expo 67\n\n\nJean Lesage spread the fill with a bulldozer. Of the 25 million tons of fill needed to construct the islands, 10-12% was coming from the Montreal Metro's excavations, a public works project that was already under construction before Expo was awarded to Montreal. The remainder of the fill came from quarries on Montreal and the South Shore, however even with that it was insufficient and so bodies of water on both islands were added (lakes and canals) to reduce the amount of fill required. Expo's initial construction", "id": "5555215" }, { "contents": "Salt River Project\n\n\ncapacity. Apache Lake was formed by the construction of the Horse Mesa Dam, finished in 1927. Several miles downstream from Roosevelt, the dam stands 300 feet (90 m) high. The lake itself is considerably smaller than Roosevelt at only 2,600 acres (11 km²) of surface area at full capacity, and can store of water. Like the rest of the Salt River lakes downstream from Roosevelt, Apache Lake is long and narrow, filling the bottom of the canyon it resides in. It does have a hydroelectric generating", "id": "5238587" }, { "contents": "Mountain Lake Park\n\n\nnear the point where he stayed. Fill taken from the cut to build the MacArthur Tunnel was dumped near Mountain Lake during the construction of the Funston Avenue approach to the Golden Gate Bridge in 1939. The fill was used to compress marshy lands but also reduced the size of the lake. The US Army imposed conditions on the approval of construction permits through the Presidio, including requiring the drainage of runoff from the Funston Avenue approach into Mountain Lake, rather than onto Presidio lands. Mountain Lake is a body of water east of", "id": "92366" }, { "contents": "Georgina River\n\n\nfollowing heavy rain events further north. The 1953 flood was higher at Glengyle Station compared to the 1950 event. The Diamantina River was also in flood and the waters were expected to make it to Lake Eyre. Moderate flooding was experienced along the river, including Glenormiston Station, in 2010 following heavy rains locally and further north in the Georgina catchment. Although it is the driest of the three main rivers of the Lake Eyre Basin, there is evidence that the Georgina has, in the past, actually reached the lake more frequently", "id": "9453762" }, { "contents": "Rivers of Queensland\n\n\nthe range and flow north-westward, towards the Gulf of Carpentaria, the Gulf rivers; those that also rise on the other side of the crest of the range and flow south-westward, forming part of the Murray–Darling basin, the Murray–Darling rivers; and those that generally rise in the west of the state and flow south-westward, towards the Lake Eyre basin, the Lake Eyre rivers. One river is isolated and does not flow towards any other basin or sea. The following rivers are", "id": "1294185" }, { "contents": "Malaspina Glacier\n\n\nseveral valley glaciers, primarily the Seward Glacier and Agassiz Glacier, spill out from the Saint Elias Mountains onto the coastal plain facing the Gulf of Alaska between Icy Bay and Yakutat Bay. Although it fills the plain, nowhere does it actually reach the water and so does not qualify as a tidewater glacier. The Malaspina is up to thick in places, with the elevation of its bottom being estimated to be as much as below sea level. There are two lakes on its margins: Oily Lake to the northwest, at the", "id": "5966146" }, { "contents": "Banded stilt\n\n\n, dispersing and returning to the coast once the lakes begin to dry up. How banded stilts on the coast become aware of inland rainfall is unknown. The distances travelled can be large; two birds have been tracked travelling from a drying Lake Eyre in South Australia to a newly filled lake system in Western Australia over away. One of these birds veered northwest over the Gibson Desert, travelling a minimum of in 55.9 hours. The banded stilt is gregarious; birds are almost always encountered in groups, from small troops of tens", "id": "14722905" }, { "contents": "Lake\n\n\npond\"). Charles Elton, one of the founders of ecology, regarded lakes as waterbodies of or more. The term \"lake\" is also used to describe a feature such as Lake Eyre, which is a dry basin most of the time but may become filled under seasonal conditions of heavy rainfall. In common usage, many lakes bear names ending with the word \"pond\", and a lesser number of names ending with \"lake\" are in quasi-technical fact, ponds. One textbook illustrates this point", "id": "19023332" }, { "contents": "Medard (lake)\n\n\n, the mining of brown coal in Medard-Libík ceased and the quarry was closed. Filling the lake began in June 2008 when Sokolovská uhelná has ceased to draw mine water from retention and completed Medard gross technical reclamation of the future lake bottom. Since 2010, the lake is filled with water from the River Ohře. Filling building stands near the village Citice at the narrowest point between the river Eger and future lake. Since 2012, Sokolovská uhelná additionally mined coal near Svatava for reasons of firming shore. Reclamation and filling the", "id": "16455805" }, { "contents": "San Andrés Tuxtla\n\n\nmunicipality’s surface water is in the San Andrés River, streams such as the Sihuapan and San Juan and various small lakes. Laguna Encantada (Enchanted Lake) is an isolated lake, off the highway between the city and Sontecomapan in the neighboring Catemaco municipality. The road does not reach the lake, so it is necessary to walk about a kilometer over a rise. The name comes from the fact that its water level rises in the dry season and lowers during the rainy season. Its circumference is 1,500 meters. Other lakes", "id": "5181139" }, { "contents": "Tongariro Power Scheme\n\n\n. From Lake Otamangakau, water from the Western Diversion is diverted into the Wairehu Canal, where it travels under State Highway 47 and into Lake Rotoaira, joining water from the Eastern Diversion. Lake Rotoaira stores water from both the Eastern and Western Diversions, and also stores water coming off Mount Pihanga and Mount Tihia. The lake also acts as the head pond to the Tokaanu Power Station. Water is taken from the northern end of Lake Rotoaira into the Tokaanu Tunnel, which takes the water down under State Highway 47 and through", "id": "13430056" }, { "contents": "Henry B. Eyring\n\n\n, but with the gasoline rationing of the war, they received permission to hold meetings in their home, which often had only the Eyring family. As a teenager, Eyring and his family moved to Salt Lake City, where his father took a post at the University of Utah. Eyring spent two years in the U.S. Air Force, stationed at Sandia Base in New Mexico. In New Mexico, Eyring served as a district missionary for the LDS Church. Eyring had been in the ROTC at the University of Utah. While", "id": "16699528" }, { "contents": "Finke River\n\n\nThe Finke River, or Larapinta (Arrernte), is a river in central Australia, one of four main rivers of the Lake Eyre Basin and thought to be the oldest riverbed in the world. It flows for only a few days a year and when this happens, its water usually disappears into the sands of the Simpson Desert, rarely if ever reaching Lake Eyre. The source of the Finke River is in the Northern Territory's MacDonnell Ranges, and the name Finke River is first applied at the confluence of the Davenport", "id": "2192343" }, { "contents": "William Eyre (lieutenant-colonel)\n\n\nand director of artillery for the campaign, making three roles he filled as the only British regular officer in the otherwise American colonial militia and Mohawk Indian army of General Johnson. Eyre's planned Fort Lyman – later renamed Fort Edward – under orders from General Phineas Lyman. During the Battle of Lake George he commanded the artillery that defeated repeated French attacks. After the battle he planned and led the construction of Fort William Henry, becoming its first commandant. In 1757 he left the command to George Monro when the 35th Foot relieved", "id": "6184009" }, { "contents": "Lake Mead\n\n\nLake Mead, making Mead more vulnerable to drought. From 1953 to 1956, the water level fell from . During the filling of Lake Powell from 1963 to 1965, the water level fell from . Multiple wet years from the 1970s to the 1990s filled both lakes to capacity, reaching a record high of in the summer of 1983. In these decades prior to 2000, Glen Canyon Dam frequently released more than the required to Lake Mead each year. This allowed Lake Mead to maintain a high water level despite releasing significantly more", "id": "3767066" }, { "contents": "McGregor Lake\n\n\n. Two dams were built - one in the north near Milo, Alberta and a second, south dam. McGregor Lake was created when the Canada Land and Irrigation Company completed the South and North McGregor dams. Some of the water in the reservoir comes from the Old Man River, but a canal was also constructed to bring water from the Bow River near Carseland. Construction was a ten-year project, the reservoir began filling in 1920. It was administered as a private company until 1950, when the federal Prairie Farm", "id": "565355" }, { "contents": "Eremophila rotundifolia\n\n\nin stony soils in the North-western, Lake Eyre, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens and Eyre Peninsula botanical regions of South Australia. There is a single record from near Charlotte Waters in the Northern Territory. This eremophila is classified as \"near threatened\" in the Northern Territory. The silvery-grey foliage of this shrub contrast with its lilac to purple flowers but also with other shrubs planted near it, especially those with dark green leaves. It can be propagated from cuttings but is slow to strike and grafting on to", "id": "5134297" }, { "contents": "Bridge River Vent\n\n\nand ash flow resulted in the creation of a lake just upstream. This lake continued to fill when the third block-and-ash flow was erupted, eventually reaching a maximum elevation of and a depth of at least . As the lake continued to rise from inflow of the Lillooet River, the variably welded, poorly indurated pyroclastic dam failed catastrophically, releasing lake water down the Pemberton Valley to produce an outburst flood. Large volcanic blocks derived from the pyroclastic dam were carried downstream for where they were deposited in the water-", "id": "14363148" }, { "contents": "Cow Island, Montana\n\n\nto access that this stretch of the Missouri River is still one of the most remote and untouched areas of Montana. The breaks were formed during the last ice age, when a continental ice sheet extended down from Canada, and blocked off the previous drainage of the Missouri. The ice sheet backed water up into a large lake that filled a basin where Great Falls is now located. The rising lake waters finally broke out from the ice dam. As the lake waters rushed out, they carved a new river channel for the", "id": "12819276" }, { "contents": "Winnemucca Lake\n\n\nlong and about wide. The lake bed is at an elevation of , which is below the water level of adjacent Pyramid Lake. Winnemucca Lake may have been dry when John Frémont came through in 1843-44. Frémont's 1844 map indicates that he traveled to the west of Winnemucca Lake and does not map the Winnemucca Lake valley. The Elko Free Press reports that there was a flood in 1862 that filled the lake to , but Russell states that the level was low in 1862. In 1865, Winnemucca Lake (then", "id": "14368683" }, { "contents": "Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park\n\n\nKati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park (formerly Lake Eyre National Park) is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia. It is located 697 km north of the state capital of Adelaide within the gazetted locality of Lake Eyre. It contains both the North and South sections of Lake Eyre as well as sections of the Tirari Desert. The national park protects dry desert landscapes, the nation's largest salt lake and the lowest point on the mainland. As of 2012, the national park has been subject to a", "id": "13502420" }, { "contents": "Death Valley National Park\n\n\nMount Whitney, only to the west, rises to . This topographic relief is the greatest elevation gradient in the contiguous United States and is the terminus point of the Great Basin's southwestern drainage. Although the extreme lack of water in the Great Basin makes this distinction of little current practical use, it does mean that in wetter times the lake that once filled Death Valley (Lake Manly) was the last stop for water flowing in the region, meaning the water there was saturated in dissolved materials. Thus the salt pans in", "id": "2745977" }, { "contents": "Lake Gilles, South Australia\n\n\nLake Gilles is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula about north west of the state capital of Adelaide and about to the north-east of the town of Kimba. The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.” Its name is derived from the lake of the same name which is located within the boundaries of the locality. Lake Gilles consists of the water body known as Lake Gilles and a parcel of land to the lake's immediate", "id": "22070109" }, { "contents": "Lake Cahuilla\n\n\nabout half of the discharge of the Colorado River, and during times where the lake was filling nearly no water from the river would have reached the Gulf of California. Sedimentation of the Colorado River Delta directed water into the Lake Cahuilla area. Distributaries in a river delta are inherently unstable and tend to change course often. Major floods may have triggered the change in river course, although most of the flood events in the prehistoric record do not appear to be associated with diversions to Lake Cahuilla. Given that the slope toward Lake", "id": "15848392" }, { "contents": "Davis Lake\n\n\nthe summer, however, the inflow from Odell and Ranger creeks cannot fill up the lake as fast as the water escapes through the lava blockage, resulting in the lake covering a much smaller area. It is unknown where the water goes that escapes through the lava dam. Davis Lake is known for its fishing. Only fly fishing with artificial flies is permitted. Rainbow trout are planted to assist natural reproduction. The piscivorous trout, native to the lake, feeds on the invasive Tui chub. In the 1980s and 1990s", "id": "6526975" }, { "contents": "Diamond Valley Lake\n\n\ntower. At peak rate, water flowed into the lake at per second. Filling of the lake finished in 2003 In 2009, the lake began being filled with water provided by the Inland Feeder after nearly two years without a source. The water replenished much of what was lost after drought conditions required the MWD to tap into the lake. Water from the Colorado River Aqueduct is not being used due to the threat of the Quagga mussel, an invasive species that has already contaminated other Southern California lakes served by the aqueduct.", "id": "7747924" } ]

[ { "contents": "Wesley Chan\n\n\npatents from his work building Google AdWords and AdSense. He is a recipient of a Google Founders' Award for his work on building the Google Toolbar and growing it into one of the most installed client products in the world. Chan was selected by Technology Review Magazine as one of their top \"35 under 35\" TR35 innovators in 2010 for his work on founding Google Voice and Google Analytics. His story as an early product founder at Google is featured in Steven Levy's book \"In the Plex.\" While at MIT", "id": "4680458" }, { "contents": "Google (verb)\n\n\nas a gerund, thus supposing an intransitive verb, was on July 8, 1998, by Google co-founder Larry Page himself, who wrote on a mailing list: \"Have fun and keep googling!\". Its earliest known use (as a transitive verb) on American television was in the \"Help\" episode of \"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\" (October 15, 2002), when Willow asked Buffy, \"Have you googled her yet?\" On February 23, 2003, Google sent a cease and", "id": "8719050" }, { "contents": "Googol\n\n\n(mod \"n\") of one googol is found: Widespread sounding of the word occurs through the name of the company Google, with the name \"Google\" being an accidental misspelling of \"googol\" by the company's founders, which was picked to signify that the search engine was intended to provide large quantities of information. In 2004, family members of Kasner, who had inherited the right to his book, were considering suing Google for their use of the term googol; however, no suit was ever filed", "id": "907682" }, { "contents": "Chris Wetherell\n\n\nChris Wetherell is an American software developer and musician best known as the founder of Google Reader and as an influential \"ex-Googler\" since his departure from the company. While working at Google in 2005, he was the Senior Software Engineer in developing the feed aggregator Google Reader. After leaving Google, Wetherell worked at Twitter as Consulting Project Lead on a new \"Retweet\" feature, co-founded Thing Labs and worked on Brizzly, before co-founding Avocado to produce an intimacy application of the same name and a", "id": "18824625" }, { "contents": "Google Books\n\n\n[Tim Parks]], writing in \"The New York Review of Books\" in 2014, noted that Google had stopped providing page numbers for many recent publications (likely the ones acquired through the Partner Program) \"presumably in alliance with the publishers, in order to force those of us who need to prepare footnotes to buy paper editions.\" The project began in 2002 under the codename Project Ocean. Google co-founder [[Larry Page]] had always had an interest in digitizing books. When he and", "id": "5778912" }, { "contents": "Project 2x1\n\n\ncut from scenes shot by residents themselves. The scenes are collected by filmmakers who \"[walk] around the neighborhood of Crown Heights, giving Google Glass to people to record what they see.\" The Google Glass concept for use in the film was conceived by project co-founder Mendy Seldowitz who was chosen as a \"Google Glass Explorer\". Google Glass is not available to the general public, instead, there are 10,000 \"Google Glass Explorers\" who received the device for initial use. Prior to the film project", "id": "17790560" }, { "contents": "Meebo\n\n\nMeebo was an instant messaging and social networking service provider. It was founded in September 2005 by Sandy Jen, Seth Sternberg, and Elaine Wherry, and was based in Mountain View, California. Initially the company offered a web-based instant messenger service, extending its offer in more general online chat and even social networking directions. In June 2012, Google acquired Meebo to merge the company's staff with the Google+ developers team. meebo After the initial period when the project was funded exclusively by its founders, Meebo raised $", "id": "14415427" }, { "contents": "Steve Chen\n\n\nSteven Shih Chen (; born August 18, 1978) is an American Internet entrepreneur who is one of the co-founders and previous chief technology officer of the video-sharing website YouTube. After having co-founded the company \"AVOS Systems, Inc.\" and built the video-sharing app MixBit, he joined Google Ventures in 2014. Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan. When he was eight years old, he and his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Prospect Heights, Illinois. He went to", "id": "22119441" }, { "contents": "Google Sites\n\n\nGoogle Sites is a structured wiki- and Web page-creation tool offered by Google. The goal of Google Sites is for anyone to be able to create simple web sites that support collaboration between different editors. Google Sites started out as JotSpot, the name and sole product of a software company that offered enterprise social software. It was targeted mainly at small-sized and medium-sized businesses. The company was founded by Joe Kraus and Graham Spencer, co-founders of Excite. In February 2006, JotSpot was named part", "id": "4776129" }, { "contents": "Relentless Software\n\n\nseries. In 2012 it released \"Kinect Nat Geo TV\", after which co-founder David Amor left the studio. In 2014 the studio released \"Murder Files: The Enigma Express\" on iOS, Google Play, Google Chrome and Kindle Fire. In 2016 the studio was shut down. The studio was working on an unannounced title for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One before closure. Relentless Software was founded in 2003 by David Amor & Andrew Eades, who had previously worked together at the Brighton office of Computer Artworks.", "id": "19023859" }, { "contents": "OrderAhead\n\n\nOrderAhead was an on-demand logistics company that enabled people to order pickup and delivery take-out food from local merchants. OrderAhead was a Y Combinator Alum with a list of investors that include Adam D'Angelo (Founder of Quora, former CTO Facebook), Eric Schmidt (Chairman of Google, former CEO of Google), August Capital, Matrix Partners, and Menlo Ventures. OrderAhead was founded in August 2011 by Jeff Byun, and Henry Lee; who resigned in September 2013. The OrderAhead app initially offered customers a way", "id": "21938073" }, { "contents": "Titan Aerospace\n\n\nTitan Aerospace was an American aerospace company based in Moriarty, New Mexico from 2013–2014. They intended to develop and manufacture unmanned aerial vehicles. The company was acquired by Google in 2014, who planned to use Titan Aerospace to develop unmanned aerial vehicles capable of bringing Internet connectivity to remote parts of the world. In January 2017, Google announced that it was abandoning the project. The company was founded in 2011 by Max Yaney. Vern Raburn, founder of the now-defunct Eclipse Aviation, joined Titan Aerospace in 2013 as its", "id": "6117502" }, { "contents": "Calico (company)\n\n\nCalico LLC is an American research and development biotech company founded on September 18, 2013 by Bill Maris and backed by Google with the goal of combating aging and associated diseases. In Google's 2013 Founders' Letter, Larry Page described Calico as a company focused on \"health, well-being, and longevity\". The company's name is an acronym for \"California Life Company\". In 2015, Google restructured into Alphabet Inc., making Calico a subsidiary of the new company along with Google and others. As of", "id": "1607339" }, { "contents": "Sebastian Thrun\n\n\nSebastian Thrun (born May 14, 1967) is an innovator, entrepreneur educator, and computer scientist from Germany. He is CEO of the Kitty Hawk Corporation, chairman and co-founder of Udacity. Before that, he was a Google VP and Fellow, a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, and before that at Carnegie Mellon University. At Google, he founded Google X and Google's self-driving car team. He is currently also an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University and at Georgia Tech. Thrun led", "id": "5686969" }, { "contents": "International Day of Happiness\n\n\nimpressions. Google also initiated a campaign where Pharrell would pop up at random and dance in their google hangouts feature. Founded 28 June 2012 The International Day of Happiness Resolution 66/281 was the result of the effort of United Nations adviser Jayme Illien, who conceptualized the idea for a U.N. Resolution that would recognize the pursuit of happiness as a human right and a \"fundamental human goal.\" Jayme Illien, founder of the International Day of Happiness, and Illien Global Public Benefit Corporation, gained the support for the idea of the new", "id": "17108072" }, { "contents": "Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent\n\n\nVáclav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent is an award established in 2012 by the New York City-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF). According to HRF President Thor Halvorssen, the prize recognizes individuals \"who engage in creative dissent, exhibiting courage and creativity to challenge injustice and live in truth\". Named in honor of Czech dissident playwright and politician Václav Havel, who died in December 2011, the award was founded with the help of his widow, Dagmar Havlová. Google co-founder Sergei Brin and PayPal co-founder", "id": "21593492" }, { "contents": "University of Michigan\n\n\n-M's contributions to aeronautics include aircraft designer Clarence \"Kelly\" Johnson of Lockheed Skunk Works fame, Lockheed president Willis Hawkins, and several astronauts including the all-U-M crews of both Gemini 4 and Apollo 15. U-M counts among its matriculants twenty-one billionaires and prominent company founders and co-founders including Google co-founder Larry Page and Dr. J. Robert Beyster, who founded Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) in 1969. Several U-M graduates contributed greatly to the field of computer", "id": "13128044" }, { "contents": "Movements.org\n\n\nAlliance of Youth Movements Summit. This event brought together digital activists, technology and media leaders, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and governments to convene, share best practices, and create a network of socially responsible Grassroots activists using technology for their movements and campaigns. Following the inaugural summit, Jason Liebman (CEO and co-founder of Howcast), Roman Tsunder (co-founder of Access 360 Media), and Jared Cohen (Director of Google Ideas at Google) co-founded the Alliance for Youth Movements", "id": "10630815" }, { "contents": "Adi Altschuler\n\n\nAdi Altschuler (; born 23 November 1986) is an educator and a social entrepreneur. She is the founder of the \"Krembo Wings\" youth movement – Israel's \"first movement for youths with and without special needs\". She is the founder of \"Memories@Home\", an alternative gathering on Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial day). She formerly led \"Google for education, Israel\" where she would advise teachers on the use of IT.br With the goal of transforming Israel's education system, Adi left Google to found \"", "id": "7038767" }, { "contents": "Chris Sacca\n\n\nand TV white spaces spectrum initiatives, Google's data center in Oregon, and the free citywide WiFi network in Mountain View, California. Sacca also led many of Google's business development and mergers and acquisitions transactions and was on the founding team of the company's New Business Development organization. He was among the first Google employees given the Founders’ Award, the company's highest honor. While at Google, Sacca began investing in companies as an angel investor, investing his own money in startup companies or receiving equity in exchange", "id": "15771666" }, { "contents": "Jeremy Schoemaker\n\n\nJeremy \"ShoeMoney\" Schoemaker (born May 31, 1974) is a web entrepreneur, founder of NextPimp.com, ShoeMoney Media and PAR Program, and co-founder of the AuctionAds service. He is a frequent speaker at search engine marketing and affiliate conferences. He also co-founded the Elite Retreat, an annual industry expert conference, with Lee Dodd. \"Slate\" stated on October 1, 2008 that blogger Shoemoney had become famous when he posted his picture with a $132,994.97 check he'd received from Google Adsense for", "id": "6895869" }, { "contents": "Roni Zeiger\n\n\nRoni Zeiger is a United States physician. He is notable for being the chief health strategist at Google where he developed Google Flu Trends and for founding the Smart Patients project. Zeiger received his medical degree at Stanford University and did his residency at University of California, San Francisco. Zeiger did primary care for some time. Zeiger was chief health strategist at Google where he worked on Google Flu Trends. Zeiger has been profiled for partnering tech companies to health efforts. With Gilles Frydman, founder of the Association of Cancer Online Resources", "id": "6143971" }, { "contents": "Google Doodle\n\n\nA Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google's homepages intended to commemorate holidays, events, achievements, and notable historical figures. The first Google Doodle honored the 1998 edition of the long-running annual Burning Man event in Black Rock City, Nevada, and was designed by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to notify users of their absence in case the servers crashed. Subsequent Google Doodles were designed by an outside contractor until 2000, when Page and Brin asked public relations officer Dennis Hwang", "id": "6452755" }, { "contents": "Optical head-mounted display\n\n\nFoxconn which then formed subsidiary View Link Technology in Singapore, with the mission to establish a new line of wearable near-eye systems for industrial, medical, and consumer use. In August 2012, Mark Spitzer, formerly a principal scientist at Kopin Corporation and the founder and CEO of MicroOptical/MyVu, was hired by Google as a Director of Operations at Google X. In April 2013, Google acquired several of MicroOptical/MyVu patents from Foxconn, who is in contract with Google to manufacture the Google Glass in Santa Clara,", "id": "8657068" }, { "contents": "MindMeister\n\n\ncollaborate, or via a hyperlink. Mind maps can also be turned into interactive presentations. The idea behind MindMeister was first devised when the two founders, Michael Hollauf and Till Vollmer, were working together using Writely, which had been recently acquired by Google Docs, and the mind mapping tool MindManager. At the time, MindManager had to be installed locally, which made it hard to share mind maps externally or with anyone who had not installed the software. While using Google Docs and MindManager together, the idea was born to", "id": "17880947" }, { "contents": "23andMe\n\n\n\"Time\" magazine in 2008. The company was founded by Linda Avey, Paul Cusenza and Anne Wojcicki in 2006 to provide genetic testing and interpretation to individual consumers. In 2007, Google invested US$3,900,000 in the company, along with Genentech, New Enterprise Associates, and Mohr Davidow Ventures. Wojcicki was married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin at the time. Cusenza left the company in 2007 and was appointed CEO of Nodal Exchange in 2008. Avey left the company in 2009 and co-founded Curious, Inc. in", "id": "15360012" }, { "contents": "Bismarck Lepe\n\n\nBismarck Lepe is an information technology CEO and product manager. Currently, Lepe is founder of Wizeline. Prior to founding Ooyala with Sean Knapp (CTO) and Belsasar Lepe (Director of Engineering), Lepe worked at Google as a Senior Product Manager responsible for the development and launch of monetization products for the Google AdSense network. While at Google, Bismarck launched over 25 different products focused on search and content monetization that contributed over $1 billion in annual revenue. Lepe directly led the display and video advertising efforts for the AdSense", "id": "21180615" }, { "contents": "Dan Engel\n\n\nGoogle and led online customer acquisition/advertising for Google’s AdSense and AdWords products, through Google’s 2004 IPO. From 2005 to 2013, Engel was CEO and co-founder of FastSpring, an e-payment platform for 3,000+ desktop software and SaaS companies worldwide. In 2015, Engel co-founded and as CEO currently leads Mobile1st. The principal product of Mobile1st is Mobilizer Mobile Performance Platform, a SaaS solution that enables companies to manage, monitor, and improve their mobile web page performance across popular mobile devices.", "id": "2710280" }, { "contents": "Google Toolbar\n\n\nadd-on for the Google Toolbar which utilized the user's computer to help the Folding@home distributed computing project, which studies disease-relevant protein folding and other molecular dynamics. It was founded in March 2002 by Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Functionally, it downloaded a small packet of work, performed calculations on it, and uploaded it back to Stanford University. Although it was limited in functionality and scope, it increased Folding@home's participation from 10,000 up to about 30,000 active CPUs. The program ended in October 2005 in", "id": "2767725" }, { "contents": "Googlization\n\n\na discussion about how we can best fight for openness on the Internet. We believe that this is the best thing that we can do for preserving the principles of the openness and freedom of information on the Internet.\" When Google went public in 2004, founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin promised Google would commit to philanthropy by dedicating 1% of its profit, 1% of its equity, and its employees' time to charitable effort, including Google.org. Page wrote investors that Google's philanthropy could someday \"eclipse Google itself", "id": "12847788" }, { "contents": "History of Google\n\n\nthat Google's IPO would lead to changes in company culture. Reasons ranged from shareholder pressure for employee benefit reductions to the fact that many company executives would become instant paper millionaires. As a reply to this concern, co-founders Brin and Page promised in a report to potential investors that the IPO would not change the company's culture. The company was listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol GOOG. When Alphabet was created as Google's parent company, it retained Google's stock price history and ticker symbol", "id": "6239487" }, { "contents": "Jaiku\n\n\nJaiku was a social networking, micro-blogging and lifestreaming service comparable to Twitter, founded a month before the latter. Jaiku was founded in February 2006 by Jyri Engeström and Petteri Koponen from Finland and launched in July of that year. It was purchased by Google on October 9, 2007. When Jaiku Ltd was an independent company, its head office was in Helsinki. Jaiku was created in February 2006 by Helsinki-based Jaiku Ltd. The founders of Jaiku chose the name because the posts on Jaiku resembled Japanese haiku. Also", "id": "14235241" }, { "contents": "Accelerated Mobile Pages\n\n\n, LinkedIn and WordPress) were initially announced as collaborators in the AMP Project. AMP pages first appeared to web users in February 2016, when Google began to show the AMP versions of webpages in mobile search results. Initially links to AMP pages were restricted to a “Top Stories” section of Google's mobile search results; by September 2016 Google started linking to AMP content in the main mobile search results area. AMP links in Google search are identified with an icon. According to one of the co-founders of the", "id": "21088207" }, { "contents": "David Lawee\n\n\nto form new venture fund Merus Capital. Before that, Lawee was the VP of marketing at Google, leading consumer, B2B and channel marketing worldwide. During Lawee's time at Google, the company has acquired approximately 100 companies. Before joining Google, Lawee was a founder of Xfire, a leading online gaming community, which was acquired by Viacom for $108M. He also previously co-founded three other start-ups including Mosaic Venture Partners, a leading Toronto-based venture capital firm. He began his career as a", "id": "16483878" }, { "contents": "Kaltix\n\n\nmake Google's search engine as much as 5 times faster and was said, by its founders, to offer a way to compute search results nearly 1,000 times faster than what was possible using current methods in 2003. Kaltix is based on the work of Sep Kamvar, Taher Haveliwala and Glen Jeh when they were members of the PageRank Project at Stanford University as graduate students in 2002-03. Their purpose was to advance the PageRank algorithm developed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the co-founders of Google. Their efforts", "id": "11493784" }, { "contents": "Omid Kordestani\n\n\ncompany's sales organization. On July 18, 2014, Kordestani came back to Google to fill the vacancy of Chief Business Officer at Google after Nikesh Arora, who was recruited to Google by Kordestani himself, left for SoftBank. Initially interim, his post became permanent in October. On October 14, 2015, Kordestani left Google and became Executive Chairman at Twitter. Kordestani is one of the founders of PARSA Community Foundation, a Persian heritage, entrepreneurship and philanthropic society. Kordestani net worth was estimated to be $1.4 billion in", "id": "19482627" }, { "contents": "Jeffrey Ullman\n\n\nseminal contributions to theoretical computer science.\" Ullman's research interests include database theory, data integration, data mining, and education using the information infrastructure. He is one of the founders of the field of database theory, and was the doctoral advisor of an entire generation of students who later became leading database theorists in their own right. He was the Ph.D. advisor of Sergey Brin, one of the co-founders of Google, and served on Google's technical advisory board. He is currently the CEO of Gradiance. He", "id": "12670608" }, { "contents": "Google Summer of Code\n\n\nThe Google Summer of Code, often abbreviated to GSoC, is an international annual program, first held from May to August 2005, in which Google awards stipends, which depends on the purchasing power parity of the country the student's university belongs to, to all students who successfully complete a requested free and open-source software coding project during the summer. The program is open to university students aged 18 or over. The idea for the Summer of Code came directly from Google's founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page.", "id": "9714511" }, { "contents": "YouTube Instant\n\n\nthe creation of Google Maps Instant, iTunes Instant, Instant Dictionary, Instant PubMed, WikInstant.com, Instant Wikipedia. In particular, it was Michael Hart who put Google Images Instant together in less than two hours. He accompanied both apps with a notice that says: “Btw, Google: I’m looking for a job too! Congrats Feross Aboukhadijeh!”, a direct reference to YouTube Co-Founder and CEO Chad Hurley's public job offer to the person behind YouTube Instant. It was Scottish engineer Tam Denholm who decided", "id": "17947030" }, { "contents": "FriendFeed\n\n\nfacility to track these activities (such as posting on blogs, Twitter, and Flickr) across a broad range of different social networks. Some bloggers had concerns about readers commenting on their posts on FriendFeed instead of on their blogs, resulting in fewer page views for the blogger. The founders were all former Google employees who were involved in the launch of services such as Gmail and Google Maps. They included Bret Taylor, Jim Norris, Sanjeev Singh and Paul Buchheit. Along with the latter two founders, venture capital agency Benchmark", "id": "12653093" }, { "contents": "Google Voice\n\n\ncalling worldwide. As described above, Google Voice users in many countries may make low-cost calls to international phone numbers, and may also make free PC-to-phone calls within the United States and Canada. Vincent Paquet, a co-founder of GrandCentral who became a senior product manager at Google, said in 2009 that he expected Google Voice domestic service to remain free because the cost of operation is so low and, \"We can generate enough revenue from international calling to support the service.\" Several years", "id": "13134379" }, { "contents": "Eric Schmidt\n\n\nas employees in corporations of which they were neither the founders nor relatives of the founders. In its 2011 'World's Billionaires' list, \"Forbes\" ranked Schmidt as the 136th-richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $7 billion. On 20 January 2011, Google announced that Schmidt would step down as the CEO of Google but would take new title as executive chairman of the company and act as an adviser to co-founders Page and Brin. Google gave him a $100 million equity", "id": "5801814" }, { "contents": "Paid inclusion\n\n\nMicrosoft and Ask moved away from paid inclusion—both search engines ended paid inclusion programs in 2004. In 2012, Google re-incorporated paid inclusion within its search, though in a different form. Google Flights, Google Hotel Finder, and Google Shopping all have new forms of paid inclusion programs. Some critics, such as Danny Sullivan, founder of Search Engine Watch, criticize this move as a step away from the Founders Letter that was a part of Google's IPO. Aaron Wall of the popular SEO site SEOBook.com criticize", "id": "19297611" }, { "contents": "Google Nest\n\n\nGoogle reorganized itself under the holding company Alphabet Inc., Nest operated independently of Google from 2015 to 2018. However, in 2018, Nest was merged into Google's home-devices unit led by Rishi Chandra, effectively ceasing to exist as a separate business. In May 2019, it was announced that all Google home electronics products will henceforth be marketed under the brand Google Nest. Nest Labs was founded in 2010 by former Apple engineers Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers. The idea came when Fadell was building a vacation home and found", "id": "13665930" }, { "contents": "Alan Gertner\n\n\nAlan Gertner (born 1984) is a Canadian businessman. He is the co-founder and CEO of Tokyo Smoke, a Canadian lifestyle brand that focuses on coffee, clothing and legal cannabis. Gertner who also co-founded Hiku, a Canadian company, is a former Google executive known for his pioneering work in the Canadian cannabis industry. Gertner was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in the Forest Hill neighbourhood by his parents. His father Lorne Gertner is a lifelong entrepreneur who managed a women's apparel manufacturer Mister Leonard", "id": "4358017" }, { "contents": "Meredith Whittaker\n\n\nMeredith Whittaker is a program manager, activist, and co-founder of the AI Now Institute at New York University. She is also a former employee of Google, resigning in July of 2019. Whittaker completed her bachelor's degree in Rhetoric at University of California, Berkeley. Whittaker joined Google in 2006. She is the founder of Google Open Research, which looks to solve global problems in collaboration with academics. According to Google, her \"official role at the company was related to open source work.\" Whittaker was", "id": "20637872" }, { "contents": "List of University of Texas at Austin alumni\n\n\nand the 8th president of the University of Southern California John R. Hubbard. The University also graduated Alan Bean '55, the fourth man to walk on the Moon. Additionally, alumni of the university who have served as business leaders include ExxonMobil Corporation former CEO Rex Tillerson '75, Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell, founder & CEO of Keyhole and pioneer of the successor Google Maps & Google Earth John Hanke, and CEO of Southwest Airlines Gary C. Kelly. In literature and journalism, UT Austin has produced Pulitzer Prize winners", "id": "2406263" }, { "contents": "Amit L. Kochavi\n\n\nof internet basics including how to use Google, open a Facebook account and send emails. During 2012, Amit founded GroopMeUp. Kochavi spent his 10th grade summer vacation interning with Los Angeles based Startengine, an incubator founded by Howard Marks, the co-founder of Activision. His second major venture, Tech Lounge, is aimed at establishing entrepreneurial incubators in high school to promote entrepreneurship among young innovators by giving them the opportunity to meet mentors including Gigi Levy-Weiss, Guy Gamzu and Nathan Intrator who are already experienced in the", "id": "16802064" }, { "contents": "Google\n\n\nwas incorporated on September 4, 1998. It was based in the garage of a friend (Susan Wojcicki) in Menlo Park, California. Craig Silverstein, a fellow PhD student at Stanford, was hired as the first employee. Google was initially funded by an August 1998 contribution of $100,000 from Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun Microsystems; the money was given before Google was incorporated. Google received money from three other angel investors in 1998: Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, Stanford University computer science professor David Cheriton,", "id": "5102086" }, { "contents": "Verily\n\n\nVerily (formerly Google Life Sciences) is Alphabet Inc.'s research organization devoted to the study of life sciences. The organization was formerly a division of Google X, until August 10, 2015, when Sergey Brin announced that the organization would become an independent subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. This restructuring process was completed on October 2, 2015. On December 7, 2015, Google Life Sciences was renamed Verily. As of July 2014, members of the research team include Andrew Conrad, founder of LabCorp's National Genetics Institute; Vik Bajaj", "id": "19914620" }, { "contents": "Iranian Americans\n\n\nU.S., according to a report by the Iranian Studies group at MIT. Iranian-Americans have founded, or hold senior leadership positions at, many major US companies, including Fortune 500 companies such as GE, Intel, Citigroup, Verizon, Motorola, Google, and AT&T. Pierre Omidyar, founder/CEO of eBay is of Iranian origin, as well as is the founder of Bratz, Isaac Larian. Hamid Biglari is Vice-Chairman of Citicorp. Bob Miner was the co-founder of Oracle Corporation and the producer of", "id": "19830470" }, { "contents": "Oyster (company)\n\n\nthe acquisition it was reported that the founders would be leading Google Play Books in New York. In conjunction with the acquisition, Oyster shut down its existing service in early 2016. The company was founded in 2012 by Eric Stromberg, Andrew Brown, and Willem Van Lancker, and is headquartered in New York City. In October 2012, Oyster received $3 million in seed funding led by Founders Fund, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded by Peter Thiel and Ken Howery. On January 14, 2014, Oyster", "id": "7551193" }, { "contents": "Diamond Foundry\n\n\nDiamond Foundry is a producer of manmade diamonds in San Francisco, California. Diamond Foundry was founded in 2012 by Martin Roscheisen and Jeremy Scholz. The company has raised about $100 million in funding from various investors, including the Sun Microsystems and Google founding investor Andy Bechtolsheim, iPod co-creator Tony Fadell, eBay founding president Jeff Skoll, Twitter founder Evan Williams, Facebook co-founder Andrew McCollum, actor Leonardo DiCaprio, and businessman Jean Pigozzi. The company developed five generations of plasma reactor designs using software simulations of plasma", "id": "6316586" }, { "contents": "Alphabet Inc.\n\n\nCalico, Nest, Fiber, CapitalG, and GV. Sundar Pichai, Product Chief, became the new CEO of Google, replacing Larry Page, who transitioned to the role of running Alphabet, along with Google co-founder Sergey Brin. In his announcement, Page described the planned holding company as follows: Page says the motivation behind the reorganization is to make Google \"cleaner and more accountable\". He also said he wanted to improve \"the transparency and oversight of what we're doing\", and to allow greater", "id": "12883867" }, { "contents": "Valleywag\n\n\nDouglas. As a college student, Douglas had edited a blog-focused gossip blog called Blogebrity. In its first post, Valleywag outed the fact that Google founder Larry Page and high-ranking employee Marissa Mayer had dated for months. It shortly followed that with the revelation that Google CEO Eric Schmidt had an apparently open marriage and had joined a church (as documented on a Web page in Google's cache) with a girlfriend. The point of these articles was that the reporters and editors who covered Silicon Valley were well", "id": "15594659" }, { "contents": "Laszlo Bock\n\n\nLaszlo Bock is an American businessman who is co-founder and CEO of Humu. He was formerly the Senior Vice President of People Operations at Google, Inc. Prior to joining Google, Bock served in executive roles at General Electric, as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, and in various roles at startups, nonprofits, and in acting. During his time at Google, the company has been named the Best Company to Work for over 30 times around the world and received over 100 awards as a top employer. In", "id": "18685450" }, { "contents": "Google AdSense\n\n\nuser's commercial desires than search results. For example, someone browsing a blog dedicated to flowers was less likely to be interested in ordering flowers than someone searching for terms related to flowers. As a result, in 2004 Google allowed its advertisers to opt out of the AdSense network. Paul Buchheit, the founder of Gmail, had the idea to run ads within Google's e-mail service. But he and others say it was Susan Wojcicki, with the backing of Sergey Brin, who organized the team that adapted that", "id": "19383258" }, { "contents": "David Usher\n\n\nand Thai. Usher is also the founder of Reimagine AI, an \"artificial intelligence creative studio\" based out of Montreal. The purpose of the studio is to develop partnerships with AI project teams, including Google's Google Brain, to work on using artificial intelligence as a tool for artists. Usher founded and is the creative director of the non-profit Human Impact Lab at Concordia University. The lab uses interactive storytelling to explore the subject of climate change and the second machine age. He is the co-creator (", "id": "10691914" }, { "contents": "Guy Kawasaki\n\n\na founder at Alltop, an online magazine rack. In March 2013 Kawasaki joined Google as an advisor to Motorola. His role was to create a Google+ mobile device community. In April 2014, Kawasaki became the chief evangelist of Canva. It is a free graphic design website for non-designers as well as professionals and was founded in 2012. On March 24, 2015, Kawasaki joined Wikimedia Foundation's . He stood down at the end of December 2016. On April 25, 2017, Jimmy Wales' new Wikitribune mentioned", "id": "1101189" }, { "contents": "Corporate censorship\n\n\nof a Russian company called Telegram. After Russian intelligence Federal Security Service (FSB) attempted to gain access to and found terrorist messages on Telegram, a messenger service in Russia with 15 million users, the app was banned by a Moscow court. In April 2018, Apple, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft were thanked by Telegram's founder for \"not taking part in political censorship.\" It is said that Google and Amazon were thanked because they were possibly engaged in domain fronting, a technique that circumvents Internet censorship.", "id": "16509399" }, { "contents": "Freedcamp\n\n\nmakes it easy to communicate with a wide variety of environments, from command-line utilities to browser plugins to native applications. Freedcamp has integrations with other SaaS tools, including Google Calendar, Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive and Zapier. Founder Angel Grablev claims that the \"uses for Freedcamp are virtually unlimited\". Grablev has found that it is not only businesses that use the project, but Freecamp has been used in classrooms, at major universities by both students and teachers, for friends and family organizing trips, and for", "id": "18314620" }, { "contents": "Jason Shellen\n\n\nJason Harper Shellen (born August 30, 1973) is an American internet entrepreneur who was the founding product manager of Google Reader and helped create and launch Brizzly. His most recent software startup is the email app Boxer. He has since 2006 been a member of the RSS Advisory Board, a group that publishes the RSS specification and helps developers with web syndication. Shellen joined Google in 2003 when the company acquired Pyra Labs, which developed the Blogger blogging platform. He left Google four years later and became the vice president of", "id": "6594769" }, { "contents": "PageRank\n\n\nsearch engine with page-ranking and site-scoring algorithms, was launched in 1996. Li patented the technology in RankDex, with his patent filed in 1997 and granted in 1999. He later used it when he founded Baidu in China in 2000. Google founder Larry Page referenced Li's work as a citation in some of his U.S. patents for PageRank. Larry Page and Sergey Brin developed PageRank at Stanford University in 1996 as part of a research project about a new kind of search engine. Sergey Brin had the idea that", "id": "12947734" }, { "contents": "King William's College\n\n\ngreatest part of erudition.\" The quiz is popular with non-pupils, and has been published in \"The Guardian\" since 1951. The current quizmaster is Dr Pat Cullen, a retired general practitioner, who has been setting the quiz since 1997. He reports that he now checks questions by typing them into Google and changing them if necessary to make sure the answers cannot be found immediately. Today the GKP is sent home to parents; there is a prize, presented at Founders' Day, for the winning", "id": "13553599" }, { "contents": "Asana (software)\n\n\nAsana () is a web and mobile application designed to help teams organize, track, and manage their work. Forrester, Inc. reports that “Asana simplifies team-based work management.” It was founded in 2008 by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz and ex-Google-and-Facebook engineer Justin Rosenstein, who both worked on improving the productivity of employees at Facebook. The product launched commercially in April 2012. In December 2018 the company was valued at $1.5B. Moskovitz and Rosenstein left Facebook in 2008 to start", "id": "14849192" }, { "contents": "Google (verb)\n\n\n, \"to use the Google search engine to seek online information\" (a concern which did not deter the Oxford editors from preserving the history of both \"cases\"). On October 25, 2006, Google sent a request to the public requesting that \"You should please only use 'Google' when you're actually referring to Google Inc. and our services.\" Ungoogleable (or unGoogleable) is something that cannot be \"googled\" – i.e. it cannot be found easily using the Google Search web search engine", "id": "8719052" }, { "contents": "Ben Darnell\n\n\nworked with Thing Labs founders Jason Shellen and Chris Wetherell, two colleagues that he would later work with as part of Brizzly. He worked a total of seven years for Google and attributes it as being the foundation for his career as an engineer. Darnell left Google to join FriendFeed. He joined Kevin Fox whom he also worked with at Google. Darnell began working at FriendFeed in July 2009. The company was purchased the following month by Facebook who incorporated Darnell into its team. A few months later, he left to work", "id": "14341465" }, { "contents": "Rebecca Moore (scientist)\n\n\nRebecca Moore is an American software engineer, director of Google Earth, and director and founder of the Google Earth Outreach and Google Earth Engine computer mapping projects. Moore grew up in Roslyn, New York, with one sister and two brothers. Her father, Earle K. Moore, was a communications and civil rights lawyer in Manhattan, who won a landmark case establishing that broadcast stations must serve the interests of their viewers. Her brother, Frank C. Moore, was an artist and activist, including being an originator of the Red", "id": "18342465" }, { "contents": "Yesware\n\n\nthis information could be found within emails, the founders created Yesware to assist salespeople with common sales tasks, and to extract relevant information for reporting purposes. In September 2011, Yesware released its beta version and raised a seed round of $1 million led by Google Ventures and the Foundry Group. In June 2012, Yesware followed up the seed round with a $4 million Series A round, again including investments from Google Ventures, the Foundry Group and others. In November 2012, Yesware announced a beta integration with Salesforce,", "id": "16310341" }, { "contents": "Lunametrics\n\n\nLunaMetrics is a Google Analytics Certified Partner, Google Tag Manager consultancy, and digital marketing consultancy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company offers a variety of services including consulting, training and resale of software as a service. The founder and CEO is Robbin Steif. The company was founded in 2005. Pittsburgh Business Times ranked LunaMetrics as the 15th fastest growing company in Pittsburgh in 2014. In 2019 it changed name to Bounteous LunaMetrics started a search engine optimization course for university students in 2013, pairing 20 students with 7 local nonprofit organization", "id": "2427595" }, { "contents": "Cornell Tech\n\n\nbegan operations in 2012 at a temporary site, the New York City offices of Google at 111 Eighth Avenue in Chelsea. Google's co-founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, agreed to donate some of the building's space to Cornell Tech despite their alma mater Stanford University losing the Roosevelt Island campus bid. There were several major gifts to Cornell Tech. The largest was a $350 million gift from Atlantic Philanthropies, founded by Charles Feeney (Cornell class of 1956), the owner of Duty Free Shops. There", "id": "3485465" }, { "contents": "Brian Singerman\n\n\nBrian Singerman is a partner at Founders Fund, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm with over $3 billion under management. Singerman graduated from Stanford University in 1999 with a B.S. in Computer Science. Following Stanford, Singerman joined the virtual-world online start-up, There, as a software engineer. In 2004, Singerman was recruited to Google. He spent the next four years at Google as an engineer and executive, where (among other projects) he founded the personal web portal, iGoogle. While at", "id": "5554098" }, { "contents": "Willem Van Lancker\n\n\nWillem Van Lancker is an American Internet entrepreneur and product designer who is best known for being the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of ebooks company Oyster. Previously he was a design lead for Google Maps where he worked on Google Maps for iOS and \"The New Google Maps.\" He began his career at Apple where he helped create Apple's emoji while an intern at the company. Van Lancker was named one of Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 in 2015. Van Lancker received a BFA with honors in Graphic Design", "id": "5556509" }, { "contents": "Google China\n\n\ncensored and uncensored search engines. Google set up computer systems inside China that try to access Web sites outside the country. If a site is inaccessible (e.g., because of the Golden Shield Project), then it was added to Google China's blacklist. In June 2006 Google co-founder Sergey Brin was quoted as saying that virtually all of Google's customers in China were using the non-censored version of their website. Google critics in the United States claimed that Google China is a flagrant violation of the Google motto", "id": "10835781" }, { "contents": "Phani Bhushan\n\n\nPhani Bhushan is an entrepreneur specialized in Information Technology (IT). He has spearheaded many startups in the mobile applications and information technology domain. He is also known for mentoring students at various educational institutes. He is the founder for Anant Computing and Managing Director for ViaEdge. He is best known to the public for being a \"batchmate\" of Google core business CEO, Sundar Pichai at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Phani Bhushan launched and managed many IT firms in India. Initial grounding happened when he founded Construction Tiger", "id": "8656537" }, { "contents": "Slide.com\n\n\nSlide, Inc., operator of the Slide.com website, was a Web 2.0 company founded by Max Levchin and based in San Francisco, California. Originally formed to make photo sharing software for social networking services such as MySpace, the company achieved its greatest success as the largest developer of third-party applications for Facebook. The company was acquired by Google on August 4, 2010 and shut down on March 6, 2012. Slide began in 2004 and was incorporated in 2005 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, who personally invested", "id": "1033882" }, { "contents": "David Hassell\n\n\nand Google among others. In 2010, Hassell co-founded Strategy Day with former President of the San Francisco chapter of Entrepreneurs' Organization, Rob Wensing, a consulting company that works with CEOs and executive teams to develop focus and accomplish strategic plans. At the same time, Hassell began work on a similar idea for facilitating communication within companies. This idea, 15Five, was launched in 2011. The idea for 15Five originated with Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, who implemented a weekly \"5-15 report\" to keep track", "id": "12581062" }, { "contents": "Star Simpson\n\n\nonly carry a small package and land precisely, they had to disappear completely once on the ground. In 2017, Simpson founded Project Alloy, a non-profit that subsidizes conference attendance for under-represented minorities in tech. Star Simpson is the co-founder of Corvidair, a UAS-focused startup. In 2018, Simpson served as a central source in a New York Times investigation of Richard DeVaul, a director at Google X who resigned after a series of articles that detailed sexual harassment allegations against him and other executives", "id": "1265649" }, { "contents": "Innovation leadership\n\n\nand original thinking as well as provide workers with the resources to do so effectively. Research has also found that leaders who engage in unconventional behaviors, associated with transformational leadership, were seen as stronger role models and, as a result, increase creative performance in their subordinates. For example, the founders of Google have been known to wear capes and jump-shoes around the office, thus inspiring more outside-the-box thinking in their employees. These open leadership behaviors convey that unorthodox and unconventional ideas and behaviors are not", "id": "5843102" }, { "contents": "Blekko\n\n\nThe company was co-founded in 2007 by Rich Skrenta, who had created Newhoo, which was acquired by Netscape and renamed as the Open Directory Project. Skrenta \"is still remembered most for unleashing the Elk Cloner virus on the world\". Blekko raised $24 million in venture capital from such individuals as Netscape founder Marc Andreessen and Ron Conway, as well as from U.S. Venture Partners and CMEA Capital. The company's goal was to be able to provide useful search results without the extraneous links often provided by Google.", "id": "6704744" }, { "contents": "Gram Power\n\n\nGram Power is an energy technology company founded in 2010 out of University of California Berkeley. The company provides cutting edge Smart Grid technologies to address the electrification challenges in developing nations. Its founders are Yashraj Khaitan (an Indian), and Jacob Dickinson (an American), engineering graduates of University of California, Berkeley, who are being mentored by Eric Brewer, a vice-president of infrastructure at Google and a professor at Berkeley. They set up India's first Solar Powered Smart Microgrid in the Rajasthan hamlet of Khareda Lakshmipura", "id": "6822860" }, { "contents": "Shuman Ghosemajumder\n\n\nwhere he led product management efforts for protecting their advertising services, worth US $20 billion in annual pay per click revenue, against click fraud. He was one of the early product managers for AdSense, led the launch of Link Units and AdSense for Feeds, and was part of the team that launched Gmail. He was the recipient of two Google Founders' Awards for significant entrepreneurial accomplishments. He left Google in 2010 to grow TeachAIDS, which he had co-founded and where he was Chairman. In 2012, he", "id": "10608713" }, { "contents": "Section 32\n\n\nSection 32 is a California-based venture fund founded by Google Ventures founder, Bill Maris. Section 32 funds technology, bio-technology, health care and life sciences startups and has approximately $400 million under management. Section 32's name is derived from \"Star Trek\"’s \"Section 31,\" a clandestine and autonomous intelligence and security organization authorized by Starfleet. Section 32 is based in San Diego. Bill Maris' background is in technology and neuroscience, and he retired from Google Ventures (later GV) after", "id": "19066931" }, { "contents": "Dmitry Shapiro\n\n\nDmitry Shapiro is an American entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of GoMeta, Inc., an augmented reality platform company based in San Diego. He also created the video sharing site Veoh in 2005 which was launched a few months after YouTube. Shapiro also served as the CTO at MySpace, before moving on to Google where he took up the role of Group Product Manager. Shapiro left Google in order to found GoMeta. Shapiro was born in Russia but later moved to the United States. Shapiro graduated with a BS in", "id": "8023941" }, { "contents": "Lars Rasmussen (software developer)\n\n\nLars Eilstrup Rasmussen is a Danish-born computer scientist and software developer. He is the co-founder and CTO of Weav Music Inc in New York City. Lars holds a PhD in theoretical computer science from UC Berkeley, and was most recently a director of engineering for Facebook in London. In early 2003, Lars and his brother Jens co-founded a mapping-related startup, Where 2 Technologies, which was acquired by Google in October 2004. Lars became the lead engineer on the team that created Google Maps and", "id": "9032873" }, { "contents": "Jennifer Dulski\n\n\nJennifer Dulski is a technology executive in Silicon Valley. She left Google in January 2013 to become president and COO of Change.org. Dulski was one of the first 500 employees at Yahoo! and rose in the ranks during her 9-year tenure to eventually serve as group vice president and general manager of local and commerce. After Yahoo! she was co-founder and CEO of The Dealmap, which was acquired in 2011 by Google, where she spent almost two years as a senior executive. Dulski’s first job after college was founding", "id": "9295812" }, { "contents": "Snow Crash\n\n\nand on the World Wide Web. Many virtual globe programs, including NASA World Wind and Google Earth, bear a resemblance to the \"Earth\" software developed by the Central Intelligence Corporation in \"Snow Crash\". One Google Earth co-founder claimed that Google Earth was modeled after \"Snow Crash\", while another co-founder said it was inspired by \"Powers of Ten\". Stephenson himself has commented on the legacy of his \"Earth\" program's god's-eye aesthetic in his novel \"Reamde\",", "id": "334724" }, { "contents": "Google China\n\n\nto be unaffected. Xiao Qiang, director of the China Internet Project at UC Berkeley and founder of the China Digital Times, noted that the ban in mainland China could eventually block all access to Google sites and applications if the Chinese government wanted. The ban was lifted the next day. On 30 June 2010, Google ended the automatic redirect of Google China to Google Hong Kong, and instead placed a link to Google Hong Kong to avoid their Internet Content Provider (ICP) license being revoked. The fact that Google had", "id": "10835770" }, { "contents": "Susan Wojcicki\n\n\nfounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin set up office in Wojcicki's garage in Menlo Park. Before becoming Google's first marketing manager in 1999, Wojcicki worked in marketing at Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, California, and was a management consultant at Bain & Company and R.B. Webber & Company. At Google, she worked on the initial viral marketing programs, as well as the first Google Doodles. Wojcicki also took part in the development of successful contributions to Google such as Google Images and Google Books. Wojcicki grew within Google to", "id": "13018842" }, { "contents": "List of Google April Fools' Day jokes\n\n\nco-founder [[Sergey Brin]]. In early March, the city of [[Google, Kansas|Topeka, Kansas]], temporarily changed its name to Google in an attempt to capture a spot in Google's new broadband/fiber-optics project. Then, on April 1 ([[April Fools' Day]]), Google jokingly announced that it would be changing its name to Topeka, to \"honor that moving gesture\" and changed its home page to say Topeka in place of the Google", "id": "6209760" }, { "contents": "Google Reader\n\n\nto see. In January 2007 Google added video content from YouTube and Google Video to Reader. In September 2007 product marketing manager Kevin Systrom (later, founder of Instagram) announced that Google Reader had graduated out of Google Labs. On March 13, 2013, Google announced they were discontinuing Google Reader, stating the product had a loyal but declining following, and they wanted to focus on fewer products. They gave users a sunset period until July 1, 2013, to move their data and suggested: \"If you want", "id": "3576876" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Google\n\n\nsites; whether Google's contracts with smartphone makers and carriers prevent them from removing or modifying Google products, such as its Android operating system or Google search; and Google's use of its smartphone patents. A likely outcome of the antitrust investigations is a negotiated settlement where Google would agree not to discriminate in favor of its products over smaller competitors. Federal Trade Commission ended its investigation during a period which the co-founder of Google, Larry Page, had met with individuals at the White House and the Federal Trade Commission,", "id": "8532027" }, { "contents": "Eric Schmidt\n\n\nMoritz. In March 2001, Schmidt joined Google's board of directors as chairman, and became the company's CEO in August 2001. At Google, Schmidt shared responsibility for Google's daily operations with founders Page and Brin. Prior to the Google initial public offering, Schmidt had responsibilities typically assigned to the CEO of a public company and focused on the management of the vice presidents and the sales organization. According to Google, Schmidt's job responsibilities included \"building the corporate infrastructure needed to maintain Google's rapid growth as a", "id": "5801811" }, { "contents": "Nymwars\n\n\n\" columnist A.V. Flox. Account suspensions over the following weeks included those who were using nicknames, handles, and pseudonyms; those whose legal names were unusual, including mononymous users; and some users who Google mistakenly believed were impersonating famous individuals, such as Facebook employee and Mozilla founder Blake Ross, and actor William Shatner. Awareness of the issue grew rapidly, via Twitter, Google+ itself, and a variety of media outlets. By early August, the Electronic Frontier Foundation had posted \"A Case for Pseudonymity\" in response to", "id": "9246618" }, { "contents": "Googlization\n\n\nuncensored Hong Kong-based domain. Google had initially offered a censored version of their search engine in China. They reversed this decision when they decided that it was in conflict with their mission and their ideals. Speaking for Google, one of its founders, Sergey Brin, said \"One of the reasons I am glad we are making this move in China is that the China situation was really emboldening other countries to try and implement their own firewalls.\" In another interview, Brin said \"For us it has always been", "id": "12847787" }, { "contents": "Google China\n\n\nservices for Chinese users worldwide. On 10 September 2004, Google.com launched Simplified Chinese Google News. In 2005, Google China moved from Xinhua Insurance Building outside Jianguomen to Keji Building in the Tsinghua Science Park near the east gate of Tsinghua University, where Google rented two floors. In addition, Google has an office in the Beijing Fortune Center. On 19 July 2005, Kai-Fu Lee, a former Microsoft executive and the founder in 1998 of Microsoft Research Asia, joined Google and officially became the president of Google in China", "id": "10835764" }, { "contents": "Google Nest\n\n\nnow report to Osterloh, and there were plans for tighter integration with Google platforms and software such as Google Assistant in future products. Shortly after the announcement, co-founder and chief product officer Matt Rogers announced his plans to leave the company. On July 18, 2018, Nest CEO Marwan Fawaz stepped down. Nest was merged with Google's home devices team, led by Rishi Chandra. During the Google I/O keynote on May 7, 2019, it was announced that Google Nest will now serve as the blanket", "id": "13665936" }, { "contents": "Google+\n\n\na serious threat to the company. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg instituted a company-wide \"lockdown\", signaling that employees were supposed to dedicate time to bringing Facebook's features into line with Google+. Assessments of Google+ growth have varied widely because Google first defined the service as a social network, then later as \"a social layer across all of Google's services\", allowing them to share a user's identity and interests. According to Ars Technica, Google+ signups were \"often just an incidental byproduct of signing up for", "id": "20279466" }, { "contents": "David Cheriton\n\n\nSergey Brin and Larry Page (founders of Google), Kenneth Duda (founder of Arista Networks), Hugh Holbrook (VP Software Engineering at Arista Networks), Sandeep Singhal (was GM at Microsoft, now at Google), and Kieran Harty (CTO and founder of Tintri). As of 2016, Cheriton is working with Stanford students on transactional memory, making memory systems that are resilient to failures. \"In-memory processing leads to dramatically faster computers — in some cases speeding up applications by a factor of 100,000", "id": "13825324" }, { "contents": "European Union vs. Google\n\n\nGoogle Product Search) in search results. The specific complaints issued by the EC included: On 27 June 2017, Google was found guilty and was fined (about ), the largest such antitrust fine issued by the EC. Google has denied the European Union's accusations against them and made a statement claiming “its services had helped the region's digital economy grow”. The fine represented just over 2.5% of Google's 2016 revenue. Those who are in competition with Google are pushing for their company to be individually monitored", "id": "14379052" } ]

[ { "contents": "Colorism in the Caribbean\n\n\n, and degradation of darker-complected Haitians as ugly are contemporary manifestations of colorism in Haiti. After declaring its independence from Spanish rule in 1821, the Dominican Republic was overtaken by Haitian rule in 1822. The Dominican Republic did not achieve independence from Haiti until after their victory in the Dominican War of Independence in 1844. However, the country fell back under Spanish rule until it reclaimed its sovereignty after the Dominican War of Restoration of 1865. As the Dominican Republic is the only country in the Caribbean that attained its independence from", "id": "3364689" }, { "contents": "La Trinitaria (Dominican Republic)\n\n\nRamón Mella, who along with Duarte and Sanchez became known as the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic. On January 16, 1844 La Trinitaria's manifesto in favor of independence was released, and the fight for independence began to gain the necessary momentum. On the heels of La Trinitaria's work, and after many battles and much bloodshed, the Dominican Republic was born on February 27, 1844, claiming independence from Haiti with a declaration at the Puerta del Conde. The involvement of La Trinitaria is also seen in the early", "id": "5575648" }, { "contents": "Dominican Navy\n\n\nThe Navy of the Dominican Republic or Armada de Republica Dominicana (ARD), is one of the three branches of the Military of the Dominican Republic, together with the Army and the Air Force. After the Dominican Republic gained its independence from Haiti on February 27, 1844, there was a need to create a naval fleet. Three schooners were commissioned for this, (flagship), \"María Chica\" and \"Leonor\". These were the original three Dominican vessels which were incorporated in the newly created Dominican Navy as", "id": "19662747" }, { "contents": "Americas\n\n\nAmericas began with the American Revolution and the Haitian Revolution in the late 1700s. This was followed by numerous Latin American wars of independence in the early 1800s. Between 1811 and 1825, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Gran Colombia, the United Provinces of Central America, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia gained independence from Spain and Portugal in armed revolutions. After the Dominican Republic won independence from Haiti, it was re-annexed by Spain in 1861, but reclaimed its independence in 1865 at the conclusion of the Dominican", "id": "10499083" }, { "contents": "Culture of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nduring Columbus Day Weekend: the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival. Concerts are held in Puerto Plata, Sosua, and Cabarete, and feature some of the country's top jazz musicians and bands. Other festivals include the Festivales del Santo Cristo de Bayaguana on New Years Day. Events leading up to Mass include a parade, music, and dance. Each January the Dominican Republic honors Juan Pablo Duarte with gun salutes in Santo Domingo and numerous carnivals throughout the country. Duarte is celebrated as the man who gained independence from Haiti for the", "id": "19171949" }, { "contents": "Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nIn 1861, Dominican general Pedro Santana suggested retaking control of the Dominican Republic to queen Isabella II of Spain, after a period of 17 years of Dominican sovereignty. Newly independent Dominican Republic was economically recovering from the recently ended Dominican War of Independence (1844–1856), when the Republic won its independence against Haiti. Spanish crown and authorities, which scorned and rejected the peace treaties signed after the dismantling of some of its colonies in the Spanish West Indies some 50 years prior, welcomed his proposal and set to reestablish the colony.", "id": "9863911" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic–Mexico relations\n\n\nDominican Republic–Mexico relations refers to the diplomatic relations between the Dominican Republic and Mexico. Both nations have over the years joined several multilateral forums and are members of the Association of Caribbean States, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Organization of American States, Organization of Ibero-American States and the United Nations. The Dominican Republic and Mexico are two Latin American nations that were once colonized by the Spanish empire. After both nations gained independence from Spain. In August 1886, Mexico appointed a resident consul in Santo Domingo", "id": "9128592" }, { "contents": "History of the Caribbean\n\n\nbefore becoming the world's first and oldest black republic, and also the second-oldest republic in the Western Hemisphere after the United States. This is additionally notable as being the only successful slave uprising in history. The remaining two-thirds of Hispaniola were conquered by Haitian forces in 1821. In 1844, the newly formed Dominican Republic declared its independence from Haiti. The nations bordering the Caribbean in Central America gained independence with the 1821 establishment of the First Mexican Empire—which at that time included the modern states of Mexico", "id": "6234287" }, { "contents": "Dominican Restoration War\n\n\nThe Dominican Restoration War was a guerrilla war between 1863 and 1865 in the Dominican Republic between nationalists and Spain, who had recolonized the country 17 years after its independence. The war against the Spaniards ended in July 1865 with Dominican independence restored but with the country devastated and disorganized, and most of the peasantry in arms. General Pedro Santana had wrested the presidency from Buenaventura Báez, who had bankrupted the nation's treasury at great profit to himself. Faced with an economic crisis as well as the possibility of renewed attack from Haiti", "id": "9520820" }, { "contents": "Miss Dominican Republic\n\n\nMiss Dominican Republic (Spanish: Miss República Dominicana) is a national beauty pageant in Dominican Republic. Miss Dominican Republic Organization has been in operation since 1927. In 1956, the pageant was officially restarted after crowning models from 1952 until 1955. In 1956, Olga Fiallo from Santiago won, making the Dominican Republic's first representative to Miss Universe. In 1966, the Concurso Nacional de Belleza Dominicana lost its Miss Universe rights for only one year but on that same year it gained their Miss World franchise sending the winner of that", "id": "19839914" }, { "contents": "History of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nWhat would become the Dominican Republic was the Spanish Captaincy General of Santo Domingo until 1821, except for a time as a French colony from 1795 to 1809. It was then part of a unified Hispaniola with Haiti from 1822 until 1844. In 1844, Dominican independence was proclaimed and the republic, which was often known as Santo Domingo until the early 20th century, maintained its independence except for a short Spanish occupation from 1861 to 1865 and occupation by the United States from 1916 to 1924. The Taíno people called the island \"", "id": "8160393" }, { "contents": "Flag of Botswana\n\n\noccurred after the leaders of the Tswana people negotiated with the British to offer them protection from the Boers, who were invading their lands from the neighbouring South African Republic. In spite of this newfound protection, South Africa continued to pressure the British to allow them to annex Bechuanaland into their union. This did not occur due to widespread opposition from the Batswana people, and Bechuanaland gained independence from Britain in 1966; the new nation was renamed Botswana. Before it gained independence, Botswana did not have its own distinctive colonial flag,", "id": "21721445" }, { "contents": "Monumento de Santiago\n\n\nThe Monumento a los Héroes de la Restauración is a monument in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic. It was originally built during the dictatorship of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo in 1944 as \"Trujillo's Monument to Peace.\" He ordered its construction in his own honor. Yet, symbolically the monument was built for the centennial of the Dominican War of Independence, which was fought in 1844 to gain sovereignty from Haiti. After Trujillo's assassination in 1961, the government changed the name of the monument to,", "id": "21930491" }, { "contents": "Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nHolly, bishop of the Independent Haitian Episcopal Church. The American Episcopal Church began missionary work in the Dominican Republic when the country was occupied by the United States Marine Corps. William Wyllie, who arrived in 1918, and Archibald Beer, who arrived in 1920, were the first missionaries. The bishops of Puerto Rico and Haiti supervised the mission territory from 1918 to 1960. The Missionary District of the Dominican Republic was established by the General Convention in 1940. Paul Axtell Kellogg became the first resident Bishop of the Dominican Republic in", "id": "254491" }, { "contents": "Grito de Lares\n\n\nconflicts across Latin America. It became involved in a war with Peru and Chile, and had to address slave revolts in Cuba. At the time, Puerto Rico and Cuba also suffered a severe economic crisis, due to increasing tariffs and taxes imposed by the Spanish central government on most import and export goods—the Spanish crown needed these funds badly, to subsidize its troops in the Dominican Republic. In mid-19th century Puerto Rico, many supporters of independence from Spain, as well as others who did not support independence from Spain", "id": "14643286" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic\n\n\nnamed their newly independent country \"Dominican Republic\" (). In the national anthem of the Dominican Republic (), the term \"Dominicans\" does not appear. The author of its lyrics, Emilio Prud'Homme, consistently uses the poetic term \"Quisqueyans\" (). The word \"Quisqueya\" derives from a native tongue of the Taino Indians and means \"Mother of the lands\" (). It is often used in songs as another name for the country. The name of the country is often shortened to \"", "id": "8107748" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic\n\n\nFounding Fathers of the Dominican Republic. The \"Trinitarios\" took advantage of a Haitian rebellion against the dictator Jean-Pierre Boyer. They rose up on January 27, 1843, ostensibly in support of the Haitian Charles Hérard who was challenging Boyer for the control of Haiti. However, the movement soon discarded its pretext of support for Hérard and now championed Dominican independence. After overthrowing Boyer, Hérard executed some Dominicans, and threw many others into prison; Duarte escaped. After subduing the Dominicans, Hérard, a mulatto, faced", "id": "8107778" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic–Haiti relations\n\n\nCode Rural\". In rural areas, the Haitian administration was usually too inefficient to enforce its own laws. It was in the city of Santo Domingo that the effects of the occupation were most acutely felt, and it was there that the movement for independence originated. Haiti's constitution also forbade non-citizens from owning land. However, it did protect citizens who were recognized for owning land from other's who may have tried and taken this land from them. According to their constitution, it was unlawful for one to", "id": "19720035" }, { "contents": "Haitians in the Dominican Republic\n\n\nHaitians in the Dominican Republic (Dominico-Haitians) are citizens of ethnic Haitian descent. They may be Dominican citizens, Haitian citizens or non-citizen immigrants. Since the early 20th century, Haitians have made up the largest immigrant population in the Dominican Republic. After the Dominican War of Independence ended, Haitian immigration to the Dominican Republic was focalized in the border area; this immigration was encouraged by the Haitian government and consisted of peasants who crossed the border to the Dominican Republic because of the land scarcity in Haiti; in", "id": "177035" }, { "contents": "Japanese settlement in the Dominican Republic\n\n\nJapanese Dominicans are Dominican citizens of Japanese origin. Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimates the Japanese descended population in the country at roughly 800. , there were also 873 Japanese nationals in the Dominican Republic. These consist of both the settlers who have retained their Japanese citizenship, and more recent expatriate residents. The Dominican Republic has the largest Japanese population in the Caribbean and Central American region. Migration from Japan to the Dominican Republic did not begin until after World War II. With the end of the Allied occupation, Japan regained", "id": "2268286" }, { "contents": "Arkady L. Bukh\n\n\n. Panin was arrested in 2013 while on vacation in the Dominican Republic. Trapped in an FBI sting, Panin was extradited to the U.S, on charges of distributing SpyEye between 2009 and 2011. Panin, who seemed to have been on Interpol’s notorious “[Interpol notice#Notice types|red list],” was wanted for embezzlement through cyber-fraud totaling $5 million. The U.S. authorities did not inform the Russian Foreign Ministry about Panin’s extradition from the Dominican Republic. Russia did not give its consent to Panin’s extradition and", "id": "10297839" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic\n\n\na rebellion by blacks in Port-au-Prince. Haiti had formed two regiments composed of Dominicans from the city of Santo Domingo; these were used by Hérard to suppress the uprising. On February 27, 1844, the surviving members of \"La Trinitaria\" declared the independence from Haiti. They were backed by Pedro Santana, a wealthy cattle rancher from El Seibo, who became general of the army of the nascent republic. The Dominican Republic's first Constitution was adopted on November 6, 1844, and was modeled after", "id": "8107779" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic national football team\n\n\nthe 1968 Summer Olympics of Mexico. The first leg was played at home on 21 May and Haiti won 8–0. The second leg in Haiti was won by the hosts 6–0 on 27 May, as Haiti went through 14–0 on aggregate. The Dominican Republic did not play another match until March 1970, when they entered at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama. They were placed in a group with Puerto Rico and Venezuela. The Dominican Republic lost 5–0 to Venezuela on 4 March, then gained their first ever win", "id": "9479070" }, { "contents": "Politics of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nThe Dominican Republic is a representative democracy, where the President of the Dominican Republic functions as both the head of the government and head of the multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the bicameral National Congress. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. With the proclamation of the first constitution in the Dominican Republic on 6 November 1844 in the city of San Cristobal, the Dominican theory of sovereignty, 'independence politics', was formed. The Dominican Republic", "id": "958939" }, { "contents": "Ministry of Finance (Dominican Republic)\n\n\nThe Ministry of Finance of the Dominican Republic is responsible for the finances of the Dominican Republic. The Ministry was established on 14 November 1844, nine months after the country attained independence. It was known originally as the Ministry of Finance and Trade. The first Minister was Ricardo Miura, who held office from 1844 to 1847. Ramón Matías Mella was the fourth Minister and served from 26 September 1849 to 8 April 1850. The Ministry has gone through several name changes. In 1926, it changed to Secretary of State for Finance", "id": "795060" }, { "contents": "Carnival in the Dominican Republic\n\n\n, when the Dominican Republic won its independence from Haiti, the celebration grew even greater in popularity, as the country's Independence Day celebrations were combined into the pre-existing carnival celebrations. The celebration is symbolized by an \"upside-down Chicken\", and its main character is the \"Diablo Cojuelo\" (Limping Devil). While there are many characters in the various versions of the carnival across the island, there are several prominent ones featured in most celebrations: There are many ways in which the carnival is celebrated", "id": "14819767" }, { "contents": "Marianne Cruz\n\n\ncompatriot. After competing once again for the title of Miss Dominican Republic, 22-year-old Marianne Cruz became Miss Dominican Republic 2008, receiving the crown from Massiel Taveras, Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2007 and gaining the right to represent the Dominican Republic at Miss Universe 2008. After winning, she represented the Dominican Republic at Miss Universe 2008, where she finished as 2nd Runner-Up. This is the third highest position Dominican Republic has gotten in Miss Universe after Ada de la Cruz (Cruz' successor) placed 1st Runner-", "id": "5086376" }, { "contents": "Dominican Day Parade\n\n\nof the board include many distinguished people from the Dominican-American community, representing a variety of industries and backgrounds. The Dominican Day Parade is celebrated on the second Sunday of August to honor the start of the war for the “Second Independence” (La Guerra de la Restauracion). Under the leadership of General Gregorio Luperon, the war was ultimately won from Spain. In 1844, the Dominican Republic secured its independence from Haiti and became a sovereign state until 1861. Under the leadership of General Pedro Santana, segments of", "id": "7196216" }, { "contents": "Spanish West Indies\n\n\nEuropean powers as a result of war, or diplomatic agreements during the 17th and 18th centuries. Others such as Dominican Republic gained their independence in the 19th century. Today, the term Spanish Caribbean or Hispanophone Caribbean refers to the Spanish-speaking areas in the Caribbean Sea, chiefly Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. It includes regions where Spanish is the main language, and where the legacy of Spanish settlement and colonization influences culture, through religion, language, cuisine, and so on. The varieties of Spanish that", "id": "1458491" }, { "contents": "1870 Dominican Republic annexation referendum\n\n\nA referendum on annexation by the United States was held in the Dominican Republic on 19 February 1870. The proposal was approved by 99.93% of voters, although turnout was just 30%. However, the United States Senate rejected the annexation on 30 June 1870 with a 28–28 vote. The Dominican Republic originally became independent from Haiti in 1844 following the War of Independence. However, in 1861 the country was occupied of Spain following an inflation crisis. In 1865 the country became independent again following the Restoration War. By 1870 the", "id": "7810052" }, { "contents": "Santiago de los Caballeros\n\n\nanti-Trujillo insurrection of the Dominican Republic. On a hill overlooking Santiago is a high marble monument. Construction of the monument began in 1944 on the orders of then-dictator Rafael Trujillo. He named it the \"Trujillo's Monument to Peace\", and was designed by architect Henry Gazón Bona. Trujillo was assassinated in 1961, after which the monument was renamed the \"Monument to the Heroes of the Restoration\", in remembrance of the Independence Restoration War of 1863, in which the Dominican Republic regained its independence from", "id": "17078949" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic–Haiti relations\n\n\nwas not until the 19th century that Haiti became independent from France on January 1, 1804. Spanish Haiti, the predecessor of the Dominican Republic, became independent from Spain on December 1, 1821, after more than 300 years of Spanish rule. By the end of the eighteenth century, the French colony was populated primarily by black African slaves who spoke Kreyòl or Creole, a language derived From French and African languages, and practiced voodoo, a religion influenced by West African spirituality. The people living in the Spanish colony,", "id": "19720028" }, { "contents": "Agliberto Meléndez\n\n\nAgliberto Melendez is a Dominican film director best known as the director of \"A One Way Ticket\" (Un Pasaje de Ida), the Dominican Republic's first feature-length film, produced entirely in the Dominican Republic by a Dominican cast and crew. The film became known to American audiences after its 1988 debut in New York City at the Museum of Modern Art's New Directors/New Films Festival. \"A One Way Ticket\" gained some notoriety because of its macabre subject matter; the story of would be immigrants", "id": "4438002" }, { "contents": "Music of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nhistoric elements of hip hop are: MCing (rapping), DJing, urban inspired art/tagging (graffiti), and b-boying (or breakdancing). The most known extended elements are beatboxing, hip hop fashion, and hip hop slang. All these elements have been carried on into the Dominican Republic since the mid 80s by young immigrants who returned to their mother land, usually from Puerto Rico, New York, Boston and Florida. Dominican hip hop started to gain national popularity in the years 2006 and 2007", "id": "11420690" }, { "contents": "Dominican Liberation Party\n\n\nThe Dominican Liberation Party (, PLD) is the current governing political party in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1973 by former president Juan Bosch, the party, along with the Dominican Revolutionary Party, have dominated politics in the country since the establishment of democracy. The party has been elected into office five times now, with Danilo Medina as current President of the Dominican Republic, in the 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 elections, though losing in 2000. In May 2006 the party and its allies gained", "id": "8473408" }, { "contents": "Six Years' War\n\n\nThe Six Years' War (1868–74) was a civil war in the Dominican Republic that \"constituted the third war of independence fought by the Dominican people\", in this case against the administration of President Buenaventura Báez, which in 1869 negotiated the Dominican Republic's annexation to the United States. According to the Dominican intellectual Pedro Henríquez Ureña, this war was a critical phase in the creation of Dominican national consciousness because, having already differentiated themselves from the Haitians in the first war of independence and the Spaniards in the second,", "id": "9160637" }, { "contents": "Sport in the Dominican Republic\n\n\n1907-1920, the sport of baseball was played in the Dominican Republic for fun and the players played for \"the love of the game.\" However, in 1921 the teams began to collect money from spectators and the championship game that year brought in over $7,000 and commercial pressures led to the sport becoming a semi-profession in the Dominican Republic. Rafael Trujillo became president of the Dominican Republic in 1930 and he helped baseball soar in popularity as the sport gained a political connection. By the end of the 1930s", "id": "16024784" }, { "contents": "Outline of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nThe following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Dominican Republic: Dominican Republic – sovereign state occupying the eastern five-eighths of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. Its capital, Santo Domingo, was Western Europe's first permanent settlement in, and the first seat of Spanish colonial rule in the New World. For most of its independent history, the nation experienced political turmoil and unrest, suffering through many non-representative and tyrannical governments. Since the death", "id": "10028270" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic\n\n\n, Independence Day on February 27, Restoration Day on August 16, \"Virgen de las Mercedes\" on September 24, and Constitution Day on November 6. Baseball is by far the most popular sport in the Dominican Republic. The country has a baseball league of six teams. Its season usually begins in October and ends in January. After the United States, the Dominican Republic has the second highest number of Major League Baseball (MLB) players. Ozzie Virgil, Sr. became the first Dominican-born player in the", "id": "8107911" }, { "contents": "Sport in the Dominican Republic\n\n\n\"working relationships between North American and Dominican teams.\" The first great pitcher from the Dominican Republic who starred in the United States was Juan Marichal who is nicknamed the \"Dominican Dandy\". He began his playing career in the MLB in 1960 after he was signed from the Dominican Republic by the San Francisco Giants. The first great hitter from the Dominican Republic was Felipe Alou who hit 206 career home runs. Free agency in the MLB, which began in 1976, and the rise of baseball academies in the Dominican Republic", "id": "16024786" }, { "contents": "Colorism in the Caribbean\n\n\nHaiti, a \"black country,\" the country and its leaders grew a disdain and disowned anything associated with Haiti. Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo, sought to establish a more \"European\" identity for the country by outlawing the practice of \"African religious and cultural rites.\" In 1937, Trujillo ordered the massacre of 20,000 Haitians residing in the Dominican border. His successor, Joaquín Balaguer, who gained power in 1966, maintained that the Dominican Republic was a \"Caucasian Western Nation,\" despite the predominance of black", "id": "3364690" }, { "contents": "Karla Echenique\n\n\nKarla Miguelina Echenique (born May 16, 1986 in Santo Domingo) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who played as a setter for the Women's National Team at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan, but did not qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics. She, and the Dominican Republic team did, however, qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics, where they finished 5th. Personal Life: Karla has a brother and more than one sister. One of her sisters is Michelle Echenique who is a current student", "id": "418989" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic–Spain relations\n\n\nSpanish Haiti with Gran Colombia, however, in February 1822, Haiti invaded and took control of the country. In February 1844, after the Dominican War of Independence, Santo Domingo regained its independence from Haiti. The new country soon amassed a great amount of debt and after seventeen years of independence, President Pedro Santana asked Spain to make Santo Domingo a Spanish colony again. Spain agreed and Santo Domingo returned as a colony in 1863. As soon as Spain regained the colony, a guerrilla war broke out known as the Dominican", "id": "18755384" }, { "contents": "Eugenio María de Hostos\n\n\nthe creation of an Antillean Confederation (Confederación Antillana) between Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba. This idea was embraced by fellow Puerto Ricans Ramón Emeterio Betances and Segundo Ruiz Belvis. One of the things which disappointed Hostos was that in Puerto Rico and in Cuba there were many people who wanted their independence from Spain, but did not embrace the idea of becoming revolutionaries, preferring to be annexed by the United States. Hostos wanted to promote the independence of Puerto Rico and Cuba and the idea of an Antillean Confederation,", "id": "13431836" }, { "contents": "Bermúdez (rum)\n\n\nBermúdez is the name and brand of a variety of rums from the Dominican Republic produced by J. Armando Bermúdez & Co., S.A. Bermúdez and the other Dominican rums, Barceló and Brugal, are collectively known as the three B's. Bermúdez has its distillery in Santiago de los Caballeros. The origin of Bermúdez goes back to 1852, eight years after the declaration of independence and foundation of the Dominican Republic, when Don Erasmo Bermúdez created the formula of the Bitter Panacea, a rum to be taken as appetizing that soon became famous", "id": "15703943" }, { "contents": "Politics of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nand neoliberalism. The party states its mission to be to fight for The current party leaders are Leonel Fernandez and President Danilo Medina Sanchez. The Dominican Liberation Party has yellow and purple as its representative colours. Presidential elections are held in the Dominican Republic every four years, on the 16 May. The candidate must gain a majority vote of at least 50% plus one to win the presidency in the first round. If none of the candidates obtains such majority, a second poll will take place 45 days later, at which the", "id": "958960" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic–Spain relations\n\n\nRestoration War where rebels fought against Spanish forces to regain independence from Spain. The insurgents burned and looted property and raped and murdered Spaniards; the Spanish shot or hung those they suspected of being or helping the rebels. In 1865, the Spanish Cortes (Parliament) decided that it no longer wanted to fund a war to keep Santo Domingo and in March 1865, Queen Isabella II of Spain signed the annulment of the annexation which automatically granted the territory independence. The country soon changed its name to the \"Dominican Republic.\"", "id": "18755385" }, { "contents": "History of the Dominican Republic\n\n\n-General for the establishment of a French protectorate. In an uprising timed to preempt Báez, on February 27, 1844, the Trinitarios declared independence from Haiti, backed by Pedro Santana, a wealthy cattle-rancher from El Seibo who commanded a private army of peons who worked on his estates. The Dominican Republic's first constitution was adopted on November 6, 1844. The state was commonly known as Santo Domingo in English until the early 20th century. It featured a presidential form of government with many liberal tendencies, but", "id": "8160436" }, { "contents": "People of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nthe name of its present capital and its patron saint, Saint Dominic. Hence the residents were called \"Dominicanos\" (Dominicans), which is the adjective form of \"Domingo\", and the revolutionaries named their newly independent country \"La República Dominicana\". It was often referred to as the \"Republic of San Domingo\" in English language 19th Century publications. The first recorded use of the word \"Dominican\" is found in a letter written by King Phillip IV of Spain in 1625 to the inhabitants of the Captaincy", "id": "12189415" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic\n\n\nJosé Núñez de Cáceres, intended the Dominican nation to unite with the country of Gran Colombia, but no longer under Spain's custody the newly independent Dominicans were forcefully annexed by Haiti in February 1822. Independence came 22 years later after victory in the Dominican War of Independence in 1844. Over the next 72 years the Dominican Republic experienced mostly internal conflicts and a brief return to colonial status before permanently ousting Spanish rule during the Dominican War of Restoration of 1863–1865. A United States occupation lasted eight years between 1916 and 1924, and", "id": "8107741" }, { "contents": "Ramón Emeterio Betances\n\n\nof time serving Mayagüez's disadvantaged on a pro bono basis. He gave many donations to the poor, and because of this he became known as \"The Father of the Poor\" among \"\"Mayagüezanos\"\" according to his contemporary, Eugenio María de Hostos. The Dominican Republic had its second war for independence in 1844, which was successful in obtaining independence from Haiti. Spain reannexed the country at the request of its then-dictator, Gen. Pedro Santana (who attempted to benefit personally from the event), in", "id": "13826257" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics\n\n\nthe nation's athletes, Dominican Republic made its Olympic debut in archery, road cycling, equestrian, and tennis. Seven athletes from the Dominican Republic previously competed in London at the 2012 Olympics, including weightlifters Beatriz Pirón and Yuderqui Contreras, American-based freestyle swimmer Dorian McMenemy, and sprinter and former Youth Olympian Luguelín Santos, who earned a silver in the men's 400 metres. The lone returning medalist from the previous Games, Santos was selected to lead the Dominican Republic delegation as the flag bearer in the opening ceremony.", "id": "3702767" }, { "contents": "President of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nThe President of the Dominican Republic () is both the head of state and head of government of the Dominican Republic. The presidential system was established in 1844, following the proclamation of the republic during the Dominican War of Independence. The President of the Dominican Republic is styled \"Your Excellency, Mr. President\" during his time in office. His official residence is the National Palace. The article CXXVIII of the constitution instructs the president of the \"faithful execution of the Dominican Law\" and confers on him the rank of commander", "id": "7514588" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic\n\n\nDomingo and dedicated themselves to the protection of the native taínos of the island, who were subjected to slavery, and to the education of the inhabitants of the island. For most of its history, up until independence, the country was known as —the name of its present capital and patron saint, Saint Dominic—and continued to be commonly known as such in English until the early 20th century. The residents were called \"Dominicans\" (), which is the adjective form of \"Domingo\", and the revolutionaries", "id": "8107747" }, { "contents": "Dominican peso\n\n\ncountry's independence from Haiti in 1844. It replaced the Haitian gourde at par and was divided into 8 \"reales\". The Dominican Republic decimalized in 1877, subdividing the peso into 100 centavos. A second currency, the \"franco\", was issued between 1891 and 1897 but did not replace the peso. However, in 1905, the peso was replaced by the U.S. dollar, at a rate of 5 pesos to the dollar. The \"peso oro\" was introduced in 1937 at par with the U.S. dollar,", "id": "4014965" }, { "contents": "Independent Air\n\n\nall 144 people on board. Following the crash, Independent Air received bad press in Italian newspapers, primarily about the age of its aircraft. Also, some passengers who boarded one of its earlier flights into the Dominican Republic and Jamaica complained about the state of its aircraft and the interior citing faulty air-conditioning and broken seat(back)s. Two days after the crash, the Italian minister for transport, Giorgio Santuz, banned Independent Air from the Italian skies. Azores Express terminated the contract for the flights between Ponta Delgada and Boston by", "id": "8420288" }, { "contents": "Charlie Mariotti\n\n\nCharles Noel Mariotti Tapia (born 10 March 1958) is a politician, manager, and broadcaster from the Dominican Republic. He is Senator for the province of Monte Plata, elected in 2006, and re-elected in 2010. Mariotti was born in Las Matas de Farfán to Charles N. Mariotti Martini, an Italian-Dominican agronomist, and Enoé L. Tapia Suero. By his mother, Mariotti is descended from , who is considered a Dominican independence war hero against Haiti, and from the Dominican President Ulises Heureaux (Heureaux was", "id": "16816693" }, { "contents": "Juan Pablo Duarte\n\n\nto be rid of the Haitians who ruled over Dominicans led to the proclamation of independence on February 27, 1844 (Dominican War of Independence). However, Duarte had already been exiled to Caracas, Venezuela the previous year for his insurgent conduct. He continued to correspond with members of his family and members of the independence movement . Independence could not be denied and after many struggles, the Dominican Republic was born. A republican form of government was established where a free people would hold ultimate power and, through the voting process", "id": "9974693" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics\n\n\nDominican Republic competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014. Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (Combined) teams are represented in \"italics\". These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally. Dominican Republic qualified two athletes. Dominican Republic qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships Dominican Republic qualified a rider. Dominican Republic qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships. Dominican Republic", "id": "11201348" }, { "contents": "Constitution of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nThe Dominican Republic has gone through 39 constitutions, more than any other country, since its independence in 1844. This statistic is a somewhat deceiving indicator of political stability, however, because of the Dominican practice of promulgating a new constitution whenever an amendment was ratified. Although technically different from each other in some particular provisions, most new constitutions contained in reality only minor modifications of those previously in effect. Sweeping constitutional innovations were actually relatively rare. The large number of constitutions does, however, reflect a basic lack of consensus on", "id": "1977452" }, { "contents": "1873 Dominican Republic Samaná Peninsula referendum\n\n\nA referendum on leasing the Samaná Peninsula the United States for 99 years was held in the Dominican Republic on 19 February 1873. The proposal was approved by 99.91% of voters, but was never implemented after President Buenaventura Báez was overthrown on 2 January 1874. The Dominican Republic originally became independent from Haiti in 1844. However, in 1861 the country became part of Spain following an inflation crisis. In 1865 the country became independent again following the Restoration War. By 1870 the country had significant debts caused by the ongoing civil war", "id": "7810066" }, { "contents": "Juan Mari Brás\n\n\n\" reported in its April 30, 1998 edition that \"thirteen more pro-independence Puerto Ricans had renounced their citizenship at the US embassy in the Dominican Republic on April 27 [1998]\". Later in his life, Juan Mari Brás retired from active politics and no longer acted as president of the defunct Puerto Rican Socialist Party. He did continue to make appearances at pro-independence activities and continued to teach law at the Eugenio María de Hostos School of Law which he cofounded in his native Mayagüez over a decade ago", "id": "18018624" }, { "contents": "Music of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nAventura, which split in 2011. Dominican rock is also popular among younger and older crowds of the Dominican Republic. Dominican rock is influenced by British and American rock, but also has its own sense of unique style. The rock scene in the Dominican Republic has been very vibrant in recent years, spanning many genres of rock such as pop rock, reggae/rock, punk, metal. Dominican rock had started its scene in the early 1980s, when Luis Días & Transporte Urbano, (who is considered to be the", "id": "11420687" }, { "contents": "History of the Dominican Republic\n\n\n1865, Queen Isabella annulled the annexation and independence was restored, with the last Spanish troops departing by July. More than 7,000 Dominicans perished in battles and epidemics. Relations between the Dominican Republic and Haiti were tense once the new Dominican government came to power since Haitian President Fabre Geffrard had refused to support the independence movement out of fear of Spanish reprisals. Within three years after fighting ended in Santo Domingo, uprisings began in both remaining Spanish colonies. In both islands, Dominican veterans joined the independence fight. Within the decade,", "id": "8160456" }, { "contents": "Cuban War of Independence\n\n\n, Juan Ethninius Mamby who joined the Dominican fight for independence in 1844. The Spanish soldiers referred to the insurgents in the Dominican Republic as “the men of Mamby” or “Mambies”. When Cuba's first war of independence broke out in 1868, some of those same soldiers were assigned to Cuba; they brought along what by then become a derogatory Spanish slur for insurgents. The Cubans adopted the name with pride. After the Ten Years' War, the government had forbidden possession of weapons by private individuals. From", "id": "12359850" }, { "contents": "Unification of Hispaniola\n\n\nHérard that the Dominican troublemakers had been eliminated. Surviving members of the \"La Trinitaria\", now led by Tomás Bobadilla, planned another uprising. Once again, the conspirators persuaded the two Dominican-manned regiments to participate. On 27 February 1844, the Trinitarios declared independence from Haiti, backed by Pedro Santana, a wealthy cattle-rancher from El Seibo who commanded a private army of peons who worked on his estates. Over the next decade, the Haitians conducted military campaigns against the newly formed Dominican Republic. The Haitian", "id": "11052757" }, { "contents": "Hacienda\n\n\nduring certain political movements, the people confiscated the church haciendas or restricted them. Haciendas in the Caribbean were developed primarily as sugar plantations, dependent on the labor of African slaves imported to the region, were staffed by slaves brought from Africa. In Puerto Rico, this system ended with the abolition of slavery on 22 March 1873. In South America, the \"hacienda\" remained after the collapse of the colonial system in the early 19th century when nations gained independence. In some places, such as Dominican Republic, with independence", "id": "7074628" }, { "contents": "Diego Milán\n\n\nDiego Milán Jiménez (born July 10, 1985 in Almansa) is a Spanish born professional road bicycle racer, who competes for the . Milán has also competed for , and . Since 2012, Milán competes under a licence from the Dominican Republic, having been born in Spain. Milán won the Dominican Republic National Road Race Championships in 2013 and 2014. Milán was the first Dominican cyclist to ever participate in the Olympic Games when he participated in the individual road race, but did not finish. Milán was fourth overall during the", "id": "21132900" }, { "contents": "Military history of North America\n\n\nindependence of the colony of Santo Domingo in 1821. However, it was quickly annexed by Haiti in 1822. Their independence was reestablished following the Dominican War of Independence. After a period of Spanish re-colonization, the independence of the Dominican Republic was reasserted in the Dominican Restoration War. The mid-19th century saw a number of conflicts, including the Mexican–American War; and two French interventions in Mexico, the first from 1838 to 1839, and the second from 1861 to 1866. The end of the century saw the", "id": "15435352" }, { "contents": "Monarchies in the Americas\n\n\nof these colonies subsequently gained independence from their rulers. Some did so via armed conflict with their mother countries, as in the American Revolution and the Latin American wars of independence, usually severing all ties to the overseas monarchies in the process. Others gained full sovereignty by legislative paths, such as Canada's patriation of its constitution from the United Kingdom. A certain number of former colonies became republics immediately upon achieving self-governance. The remainder continued with endemic constitutional monarchies—in the cases of Haiti, Mexico, and Brazil", "id": "9868152" }, { "contents": "Prostitution in the Dominican Republic\n\n\nProstitution in the Dominican Republic is legal, but related activities such as brothel-keeping or pimping are illegal. However, prostitution laws are generally not enforced. It is estimated between 60,000 and 100,000 women work as prostitutes in the country, many from neighbouring Haiti. The Dominican Republic has gained a reputation of being a major destination for international sex tourism, although the activity is mostly concentrated in poor coastal towns (especially Las Terrenas, Cabarete, Sosua, and Boca Chica), where women have less economic opportunities than in larger", "id": "13859353" }, { "contents": "Afro-Dominicans\n\n\nfields, a very popular sport in Haiti. Haitian immigration is the most important of the immigrations to the Dominican Republic since its independence. Haiti is more impoverished than the Dominican Republic. So, in 2003, 80% of all Haitians were poor (54% in extreme poverty) and 47.1% were illiterate. The country of nine million people has a fast-growing population, but over two-thirds of the jobs lack the formal workforce. Haiti's GDP per capita was $1,300 in 2008, or less than", "id": "162756" }, { "contents": "Haitians in the Dominican Republic\n\n\namended to define all undocumented residents as \"in transit\". On September 23, 2013, the Dominican Republic Constitutional Court issued a ruling that retroactively applied this definition to 1929, the year Haiti and the Dominican Republic formalized the border. The decision stripped Dominican citizenship from about 210,000 people who were born in the Dominican Republic after 1929 but are descended from undocumented immigrants from Haiti. Many of the Dominican Republic-born do not have Haitian citizenship and have never been to Haiti; the decision rendered them at least temporarily stateless.", "id": "177046" }, { "contents": "Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos\n\n\ndid not married. The Dominican Republic had been occupied by American Troops since 1916 and after the approval of the Hughes-Peynado plan Vicini was a candidate for the position of provisional President of the Dominican Republic. He was elected President in 1922 and his main goal was to facilitate the evacuation of the United States troops that were present in the Dominican Republic. The day after he was elected, Vicini named the five men who would make up his cabinet. They were as follows: With these steps, Vicini assured the removal", "id": "512760" }, { "contents": "Music of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nthe principal instruments in bachata. They are accompanied by the bongo and güira (which has replaced the maracas). The Dominican bourgeoisie at first dismissed bachata as worthless and it was therefore given the name bachata, meaning a rowdy lower-class fiesta (party). Until fairly recently, bachata was informally banned from Dominican radio and television. Despite this, bachata flourished and has now gained wide acceptance, not only in the Dominican Republic, but worldwide. One of the most popular bands making bachata music was the former band", "id": "11420686" }, { "contents": "Faustin Soulouque\n\n\nMilitary Order of St. Faustin and the Civil Order of the Haitian Legion of Honor on 21 September 1849. Later, he created the Orders of St. Mary Magdalene and the Order of St. Anne in 1856. That same year he founded the Imperial Academy of Arts. Soulouque's foreign policy was centered on preventing foreign intrusion into Haitian politics and sovereignty. His main issue was the Dominican Republic, whose independence from Haiti in 1844 after the Dominican War of Independence ended 22-years of Haitian rule during the Unification of Hispaniola. The Dominican Republic", "id": "16870291" }, { "contents": "Vice President of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nThe Vice President is the first person in the presidential line of succession, ascending to the Presidency upon the death, resignation, or removal of the President. There have been thirty-nine Vice Presidents of the Dominican Republic. Under the Constitution of the Dominican Republic, the Vice President shall be elected along with the President. Since the independence of the Dominican Republic in 1844 until 1865, what is considered the First Republic, there were no constitutional Vice Presidents. Yet, during that time there were acting Vice Presidents; this", "id": "1754622" }, { "contents": "Dalia Fernández\n\n\nthe event, she won a crown made of 500 green pearls, tourmaline gem stones, and 700 crystals in silver finish. Fernández is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in psychology. Fernández competed as the representative of Santiago, one of 36 finalists in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Dominican Republic 2011, broadcast live from Santo Domingo on March 8, 2011, where she became the eventual winner of the title, gaining the right to represent the Dominican Republic in Miss Universe 2011. Fernández represented the Dominican Republic to", "id": "15706940" }, { "contents": "List of presidents of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nDuring the 175 years since its independence, the Dominican Republic has counted 53 people in the presidential office, whether constitutional, provisional or interim, divided into 66 periods of government. Likewise, there are also those periods in which the head of the State has been exercised by collegiate bodies (such as triumvirates, military juntas or councils of state). The Central Government Junta was the first body of a collegiate and provisional nature to exercise the executive, legislative and judicial powers of the nascent Dominican state. It was provisionally constituted", "id": "7597626" }, { "contents": "Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nto defend these borders: its commander was Major General Francisco A. Salcedo. The Dominican forces would reach levels of organization and efficiency of considerable notoriety. As an example of this, it would suffice to highlight the fact of the achievement and preservation of National Independence, with the Dominican victory over repeated Haitian military invasions in the 12-year period that followed the proclamation of Independence; In addition, 55 percent of the National Budget was allocated to it. The events that led to the United States military intervention of 1916, brought about the", "id": "8160607" }, { "contents": "Flycana\n\n\nFlycana previously Dominican Wings is a Low Cost airline based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In late 2014, Dominican Wings received its AOC from the Dominican Republic's civil aviation authority and planned to offer charter flights between the Dominican Republic to Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago and Argentina for and on behalf of tour operators. Its first aircraft, an Airbus A320, was delivered on 3 May 2015. On June 28, 2017 Avion Express announced that it has sold its 65% stake in Dominican Wings to the President of the company", "id": "15332507" }, { "contents": "La Trinitaria (Dominican Republic)\n\n\nLa Trinitaria (, \"The Trinity\") was a secret society founded in Juan Pablo Duarte's home situated in what today is known as Arzobispo Nouel Street, across from the \"Del Carmen's Church\" in the then occupied Santo Domingo, the current capital of the Dominican Republic. The founder, Juan Pablo Duarte and a group of like minded young people, led the struggle to establish the Dominican Republic as a free, sovereign, and independent nation in the 19th century. They helped bring about the end of the", "id": "5575644" }, { "contents": "Dominican War of Independence\n\n\n” in the old city walls, as the rallying point for their insurrection against the Haitian government. On the morning of 27 February 1844, El Conde rang with the shots of the plotters, who had emerged from their secret meetings to openly challenge the Haitians. Their efforts were successful, and for the next ten years, Dominican military strongmen fought to preserve their country's independence from their Haitian neighbors. Under the command Faustin Soulouque Haitian soldiers tried to gain back control of lost territory, but this effort was to no avail", "id": "13415791" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic–United States relations\n\n\nof apparel, footwear, and light electronics, as well as U.S. energy companies, account for much of the foreign private investment in the Dominican Republic. Exports from the United States, including those from Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, to the Dominican Republic in 2005 totaled US$5.3 billion, up 11% from the previous year. The Dominican Republic exported $4.5 billion to the United States in 2006, equaling some 75% of its export revenues. The Dominican Republic is the 47th-largest commercial partner of", "id": "4212004" }, { "contents": "Bánica\n\n\nSpanish government moved the city to its present place, away from the river, and brought families from the Canary Islands to live there. During the Haitian Revolution, many people fled to other places. When the Haitians occupied the eastern part of the island (the present Dominican Republic), they administered the town as part of the Department of Artibonite. After the Independence in 1844, the town was elevated by the Dominican government to the category of municipality of the Azua province. But again the town was abandoned by its inhabitants", "id": "12458684" }, { "contents": "Salcedo, Dominican Republic\n\n\nThe city is named after \"Francisco Antonio Salcedo\" who fought in the northwestern part of the country against the Haitian army during the Dominican-Haitian War after the Dominican independence from Haiti in 1844. Salcedo is located in the Cibao Valley, south of the \"Cordillera Septentrional\" (in English, \"Northern mountain range\"). It has a total area of 432.95 km². It has only one municipal district (a subdivision of a municipality): Jamao Afuera. In the place where is now the city of Salcedo", "id": "16044039" }, { "contents": "Fortaleza San Luis\n\n\nFortaleza San Luis is located near the Yaque del Norte River in southwest Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. The Fort was the location of several battles during the War of Restoration. Fortaleza San Luis has also served as a Municipal Prison and more recently the fort has been converted into a Museum. The fort, throughout its history has been vital to the protection and control of the Dominican Republic's second city, Santiago, and by extension the entire Cibao Valley region. After Independence from Haiti and fearing a repeat invasion by", "id": "5576264" }, { "contents": "Antihaitianismo\n\n\nand Spanish control. The Spanish briefly retook the eastern portion that same year, but in 1821 lost control again in another rebellion. Shortly afterwards, Haitian forces again briefly controlled the entire island, from 1822 to 1844. In 1844 the secret revolutionary movement called \"La Trinitaria\" took place and the Dominican Republic declared its independence defeating the Haitian forces. After several tumultuous decades, the Spanish briefly acquired nominal control of the Dominican Republic in the 1860s, setting off another war. By the late 19th century, over three hundred", "id": "7260165" }, { "contents": "Demographics of Philadelphia\n\n\nof Dominicans. The a significant wave of Dominican immigration started in 1990 with a group of Dominicans moving from New York to gain jobs. Though, immigration from the Dominican Republic to the Philadelphia region is increasing, most Dominicans moving to Philadelphia actually come from New York City and other nearby areas. The vast majority of Dominicans live scattered in Lower Northeast and eastern North Philadelphia especially north of Erie Avenue, sharing neighborhoods with the city's larger Puerto Rican population. Smaller numbers of Dominicans live in West Philadelphia. Recent estimates have the", "id": "18385496" }, { "contents": "Elections in the Dominican Republic\n\n\ntotally independent, and they are elected together but separately from local government. Article 209 of the Constitution of the Dominican Republic established that election for the Dominican Republic President and Vice President along with legislative representatives must occur on third Sunday of May, while elections for local governments elections musk be elected on third Sunday of February. All of then in the same year, simultaneously every four years. The president and the vice president are elected together in a presidential election. It is a direct election, with the winner being determined by", "id": "3619694" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic Davis Cup team\n\n\nThe Dominican Republic Davis Cup team represents the Dominican Republic in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Dominicana de Tenis. The Dominican Republic currently compete in the Americas Zone of Group I. The Dominican Republic competed in its first Davis Cup in 1989. In 2010, the Dominican Republic reached Americas Zone Group I for the first time. The country once again reached Americas Zone Group I in 2012 after defeating Mexico in the final, with a 3-2 result. In September, 2013, the Dominican Republic maintained its", "id": "14583982" }, { "contents": "Carnival in the Dominican Republic\n\n\nThe Carnival in the Dominican Republic is a Dominican celebration that takes place throughout February; although some Dominicans (rarely) celebrate it during Holy Week in March. Dominicans are usually most festive on February 27th, which is the Dominican Independence Day. In Santo Domingo, celebrations include a large military display with the Dominican air force, navy, and army. Festivities often include the wearing of colorful costumes that symbolize Dominican religious and traditional characters such as \"Calife\", \"Guloya\", and \"Diablo Cojuelo\". Festivities take", "id": "14819764" }, { "contents": "Pedro Mir\n\n\nPedro Julio Mir Valentín (3 June 1913, San Pedro de Macorís – 11 July 2000, Santo Domingo) was Dominican poet and writer, named Poet Laureate of the Dominican Republic by Congress in 1984, and a member of the generation of \"Independent poets of the 1940s\" in Dominican poetry. His father, a Cuban mechanical engineer, migrated from Cuba to the Dominican Republic in the early years of the Twentieth Century to be hired as Chief of Engineers of the Cristóbal Colón Sugar Refinery. Soon he married a young Puerto", "id": "5690335" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic at the 2015 Pan American Games\n\n\nRepublic has qualified a men's and women's pair for a total of four athletes, but declined its quota. The Dominican Republic received one wildcard in men's canoeing. The Dominican Republic qualified one male diver. The Dominican Republic has qualified an athlete. Argentina has qualified a full dressage team. The Dominican Republic has qualified two athletes. The Dominican Republic has qualified 6 female fencers. The Dominican Republic has qualified a women's team, of 16 athletes. The Dominican Republic qualified 2 athletes. Dominican Republic has qualified a", "id": "15313431" }, { "contents": "España Boba\n\n\nIn the history of the Dominican Republic, the period of España Boba (Middle Spanish: \"Meek Spain\") lasted from 1809 to 1821, during which the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo was under Spanish rule, but the Spanish government exercised minimal powers because its resources were attenuated by the Peninsular War and the various Spanish American wars of independence. The period ended when Dominican officials declared a short-lived independence on 30 November 1821. In February 1822, Haiti annexed former Santo Domingo, leading to an occupation that lasted until", "id": "7950792" }, { "contents": "Dominican Republic at the 2015 Pan American Games\n\n\nThe Dominican Republic qualified two male and one female archers based on its performance at the 2014 Pan American Championships. Later the Dominican Republic qualified 1 more women based on its performance at the 2015 Copa Merengue. The Dominican Republic has qualified a team of six athletes (three men and three women). The Dominican Republic has qualified a men's baseball team of 24 athletes. The Dominican Republic has qualified a men's and women's teams. Each team will consist of 12 athletes, for a total of 24. The Dominican", "id": "15313430" }, { "contents": "Wet feet, dry feet policy\n\n\nand western coasts of Cuba and arrived at the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico; many landed on Isla Mujeres. From there Cuban immigrants traveled to the Texas-Mexico border and found asylum. Many of the Cubans who did not have family in Miami settled in Houston. The term \"dusty foot\" refers to Cubans immigrating to the U.S. through Mexico. Other migrants arrive in the U.S. crossing the Mona Channel that separates the Dominican Republic from Puerto Rico, the latter being a U.S. Commonwealth. Using smugglers based in the Dominican Republic,", "id": "17782163" }, { "contents": "Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic\n\n\nThe Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic () is the diocese of the Anglican Communion which covers all of the Dominican Republic. It is a member of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and it is in Province IX. Its see city is Santo Domingo, and its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Epiphany. Benjamin Isaac Wilson, a teacher of the Christian faith, brought Anglicanism to the Dominican Republic in 1897 when he immigrated from the Virgin Islands. Wilson was ordained a priest the following year by James Theodore", "id": "254490" }, { "contents": "Greater Antilles\n\n\nHaiti under the Unification of Hispaniola. The Dominican Republic regained independence in 1844, through the Dominican War of Independence. The rest of the Greater Antilles would remain under colonial rule for another hundred years. Along with the Philippines in Asia, Spain transferred possession of Cuba and Puerto Rico to the United States as a result of its loss at the Spanish-American War in 1898, coinciding with the Cuban War of Independence. This would be the final loss of Spain's territorial possessions in the Americas. U.S. military rule of the", "id": "7074587" }, { "contents": "Sport in the Dominican Republic\n\n\nmake their way to the United States to play professional baseball it has done little to improve relations between the two countries. Alan Klein wrote \"No other country dominates the Dominican Republic as much as the United States does.\" From 1870-1980, the United States made their presence felt on Dominican soil and it did nothing but continue to make matters worse for the average Dominican financially. The few wealthy families in the Dominican work hard to keep the interests of the United States in place so there is a revolving door that", "id": "16024793" } ]

[ { "contents": "Stone Age\n\n\nThe Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make implements with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted roughly 3.4 million years and ended between 8700 BCE and 2000 BCE with the advent of metalworking. Stone Age artifacts include tools used by modern humans and by their predecessor species in the genus \"Homo\", and possibly by the earlier partly contemporaneous genera \"Australopithecus\" and \"Paranthropus\". Bone tools were used during this period as well but are rarely preserved", "id": "9945922" }, { "contents": "Yarmukian culture\n\n\nlocated along the banks of the Zarqa River near Amman, Jordan, the early Pottery Neolithic period is dated from 6,400 to 5,000 BC. About 300 art objects were found at Sha'ar HaGolan, making it the main center of prehistoric art in Israel and one of the most important in the world. One of the houses yielded approximately 70 figurines made of stone or fired clay. No other single building of the Neolithic period has yielded that many prehistoric figurines. Among the outstanding art objects from Sha'ar HaGolan are figurines in human form made", "id": "9544250" }, { "contents": "Niumatou Site\n\n\nThe Niumatou Site () is an archaeological site during the mid Neolithic period in Qingshui District, Taichung, Taiwan. It is the oldest archaeological site in central Taiwan. The site has been designated as a historical relic by then Taichung County Government. Civilizations around the area started around 4,000 years ago when prehistoric people lived within the area during the Neolithic age. They knew how to use stone tools and potteries. Because of the large numbers of stone hoes were unearthed, archaeologists think that those prehistoric people probably relied largely on farming", "id": "1162448" }, { "contents": "Archaeology\n\n\ndevelopment. The purpose of archaeology is to learn more about past societies and the development of the human race. Over 99% of the development of humanity has occurred within prehistoric cultures, who did not make use of writing, thereby no written records exist for study purposes. Without such written sources, the only way to understand prehistoric societies is through archaeology. Because archaeology is the study of past human activity, it stretches back to about 2.5 million years ago when we find the first stone tools – The Oldowan Industry. Many", "id": "21814171" }, { "contents": "Post-excavation analysis\n\n\nmost numerous artifact at early prehistoric sites. In some early sites, stone tools are the only sign of human activity. The category of stone tools not only contains finished tools, but also cores (large chunks of rock from which pieces are broken off to make tools) and flakes (material that is wasted when making a tool). One technique used to analyze stone tools is categorization. Categorization organizes observations into “a limited set of groupings that can be said to be alike in a defined way.” Categorization can", "id": "7593405" }, { "contents": "History of early Tunisia\n\n\nyears ago.\" Thus a period concurrent with the \"neolithic\" revolution. Dating to the much more recent Mesolithic era, stone blades and tools, as well as small stone human figurines, of the Capsian culture (named after Gafsa in Tunisia) are associated with the prehistoric presence of Berbers in North Africa. The Capsian is that archaic culture native to the Maghrib region, circa twelve to eight kya. During this period the Pleistocene came to an end with the last ice age, causing changes in the Mediterranean climate.", "id": "2063932" }, { "contents": "Sonora\n\n\nhunter gatherers who used tools made from stones, seashells, and wood. During much of the prehistoric period, the environmental conditions were less severe than they are today, with similar but more dense vegetation spread over a wider area. The oldest Clovis culture site in North America is believed to be El Fin del Mundo in northwestern Sonora. It was discovered during a 2007 survey. It features occupation dating around 13,390 calibrated years BP. In 2011, remains of Gomphothere were found; the evidence suggests that humans did in fact kill", "id": "4447175" }, { "contents": "Prehistory of France\n\n\nPrehistoric France is the period in the human occupation (including early hominins) of the geographical area covered by present-day France which extended through prehistory and ended in the Iron Age with the Celtic \"La Tène culture\". Stone tools indicate that early humans were present in France at least 1.57 million years ago. Stone tools discovered at Lézignan-la-Cèbe in 2009 indicate that early humans were present in France at least 1.57 million years ago. France includes Olduwan (Abbevillian) and Acheulean sites from early or non-", "id": "8893566" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric technology\n\n\nof \"Homo sapiens\" capable of abstract reasoning, language, introspection, and problem solving. The advent of agriculture resulted in lifestyle changes from nomadic lifestyles to ones lived in homes, with domesticated animals, and land farmed using more varied and sophisticated tools. Art, architecture, music and religion evolved over the course of the prehistoric periods. The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used in the manufacture of implements with a sharp edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted", "id": "12987692" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric Hong Kong\n\n\nPrehistoric Hong Kong is the period between the arrival of the first humans in Hong Kong and the start of recorded Chinese history first appeared during the Han dynasty. The history of the southern region (which may possibly include Hong Kong) is reckoned to have been first recorded in 214 BC with Qin Shi Huang conquering the Baiyue and creating the Jiaozhou province. The prehistorical period can be divided into Stone Age and Bronze Age. Archaeology evidence suggests the earliest human settlement was in the Wong Tei Tung area dating back to 38,000 BC.", "id": "21949570" }, { "contents": "Beara Peninsula\n\n\nglaciated during the quaternary period; evidence from this era survives in the form of striae around Hungry hill, and erratics on the western road into Glengarriff. The first signs of human activity date to c 3000 BC, and consist of traces of Early Bronze Age settlements. The landscape is rich in megalithic monuments and other prehistoric archeological sites, including over 70 standing stones, 22 stone rows, 38 dolmens, as well as wedge tombs, stone circles. Later the area became a Viking settlement, as evident in place names such", "id": "18654921" }, { "contents": "History of science and technology in Korea\n\n\nLike most other regions in the world, science and technology in Korea has experienced periods of intense growth as well as long periods of stagnation. At the end of the Palaeolithic, people of the Korean Peninsula adopted microlithic stone tool technology, a highly efficient and useful way of making and maintaining a flexible prehistoric toolkit. The Palaeolithic also marks the beginning of a long period of plant and human interaction in which people undoubtedly adopted a number of wild plants for medicinal use. Archaeological evidence from Gosan-ri in Jeju-do indicates", "id": "17173145" }, { "contents": "History of evolutionary thought\n\n\nold, human beings had appeared suddenly just a few thousand years before the present. However, a series of archaeological discoveries in the 1840s and 1850s showed stone tools associated with the remains of extinct animals. By the early 1860s, as summarized in Charles Lyell's 1863 book \"Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man\", it had become widely accepted that humans had existed during a prehistoric period—which stretched many thousands of years before the start of written history. This view of human history was more compatible with an evolutionary", "id": "12312256" }, { "contents": "History of Lebanon\n\n\n. Results from radiocarbon dating indicate that the early humans may have lived at the site approximately 45,000 years ago or earlier. The presence of personal ornaments at Ksar Akil is suggestive of modern human behavior. The findings of ornaments at the site are contemporaneous with ornaments found at Late Stone Age sites such as Enkapune Ya Muto. The earliest prehistoric cultures of Lebanon, such as the Qaraoun culture gave rise to the civilization of the Canaanite period, when the region was populated by ancient peoples, cultivating land and living in sophisticated societies during", "id": "17919134" }, { "contents": "History of early and simple domes\n\n\nexplain the existence of domes in both China and the West in the first millennium BC. Another explanation, however, is that the use of the dome shape in construction did not have a single point of origin and was common in virtually all cultures long before domes were constructed with enduring materials. Small domes in corbelled stone or brick over round-plan houses go back to the Neolithic period in the ancient Near East, and served as dwellings for poorer people throughout the prehistoric period, but domes did not play an important role", "id": "8574314" }, { "contents": "Archaeology of Azerbaijan\n\n\nthis period. Guruchay culture is an archaeological culture in the territory of Azerbaijan. Prehistoric humans collected stones from Guruchay valley and brought them to the cave for preparing the tools. At the same time, Azokh humans were engaged with hunting in the Guruchay valley. The Guruchay valley had all the conditions for the living of prehistoric humans. Therefore, remains of the new archaeological culture discovered in the 7-10th layers of the Azykh Cave were named as a Guruchay culture. During the complex archaeological digs, several developed stages of the", "id": "936159" }, { "contents": "History of Sonora\n\n\nat the San Dieguito Complex in the El Pinacate Desert. The first humans were nomadic hunter gatherers and used stone, seashell and wooden tools. The oldest Clovis culture site in North America is believed to be El Fin del Mundo in northwestern Sonora. It features occupation dating around 13,390 calibrated years BP. In 2011, remains of Gomphothere were found; the evidence suggests that humans did in fact kill two of them here. In much of the prehistoric period, the environmental conditions were less severe than they are today. Vegetation was", "id": "18297475" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric Orkney\n\n\nPrehistoric Orkney refers to a period in the human occupation of the Orkney archipelago of Scotland that was the latter part of these islands' prehistory. The period of prehistory prior to occupation by the genus \"Homo\" is part of the geology of Scotland. Although some written records refer to Orkney during the Roman invasions of Scotland, prehistory in northern Scotland does not end until the commencement of the Early Historic Period around AD 600. There are numerous important prehistoric remains in Orkney, especially from the Neolithic period, four of which form", "id": "5503037" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric Europe\n\n\nand express ideas in Liberal arts education and the sciences all over Europe until the early modern period. The climatic record of the Paleolithic is characterized by the Pleistocene pattern of cyclic warmer and colder periods, including eight major cycles and numerous shorter episodes. The northern maximum of human occupation fluctuated in response to these changing conditions and successful settlement required constant adaption capabilities and problem solving. Most of Scandinavia, the North European Plain and Russia remained off limits for occupation during the Paleolithic and Mesolithic. Associated evidence, such as stone tools,", "id": "10962594" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric Shetland\n\n\nPrehistoric Shetland refers to a period in the human occupation of the Shetland archipelago of Scotland that was the latter part of these islands' prehistory. The period of prehistory prior to occupation by the genus \"Homo\" is part of the geology of Scotland. Although some written records refer to Shetland during the Roman invasions of Scotland, prehistory in Shetland does not end until the later part of the Early Historic Period in Scotland, around AD 900. Due to the practice, dating to at least the early Neolithic, of building in", "id": "7430708" }, { "contents": "Arras\n\n\n, the final \"s\" in the name \"Arras\" should be pronounced. Archaeologists found evidence of prehistoric human settlements in the Scarpe basin. The archaeological sites of Mont-Saint-Vaast in Arras and Biache-Saint-Vaast were Stone Age settlements of the Mousterian culture. They were evidenced by the finds of stone tools. These tools show signs of the Levallois technique, a name given by archaeologists to a distinctive type of stone knapping, developed by forerunners to modern humans during the Paleolithic period 170,000 years ago.", "id": "15211548" }, { "contents": "Newgrange\n\n\nNewgrange ( or \"Brú na Bóinne\") is a prehistoric monument in County Meath, Ireland, located west of Drogheda on the north side of the River Boyne. It is an exceptionally grand passage tomb built during the Neolithic period, around 3200 BC, making it older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids. The site consists of a large circular mound with an inner stone passageway and chambers. Human bones and possible grave goods or votive offerings were found in these chambers. The mound has a retaining wall at the front,", "id": "18919446" }, { "contents": "J&J Hunt Submerged Archaeological Site\n\n\nindicate Late Paleoindian and Early Archaic logistical activities at these sites, as well as later Middle Archaic occupations. By recovering and analyzing prehistoric stone tools, terrestrial faunal remains, and terrestrial floral remains – such as tree stumps, and possible eroded middle Holocene shell middens, helps excavators infer that the site was not fully inundated throughout prehistory. In the late Pleistocene and early Holocene periods, much of the continental shelf around Florida was exposed and occupied by prehistoric people. During these periods the continental shelf was a vastly different landscape and was", "id": "7620564" }, { "contents": "West Runton\n\n\n, when a complete set of quern-stones were found dating from Roman times. Quern-stones were used to grind materials, the most important of which was usually grain to make flour for bread-making. Up on Beeston Regis Heath there can be found circular pits called \"Hills and Holes\" (from the 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey map of the area), which are thought to date from prehistoric times. During the Saxon-Norman to Medieval periods these pits were dug to obtain iron ore, which", "id": "7724415" }, { "contents": "Islamabad\n\n\nhuman settlement in Asia. Some of the earliest Stone Age artefacts in the world have been found on the plateau, dating from 100,000 to 500,000 years ago. Rudimentary stones recovered from the terraces of the Soan River testify to the endeavours of early man in the inter-glacial period. Items of pottery and utensils dating back to prehistory have been found. Excavations by Dr. Abdul Ghafoor Lone reveal evidence of a prehistoric culture in the area. Relics and human skulls have been found dating back to 5000 BCE that indicate the region was", "id": "5847395" }, { "contents": "Hammerstone\n\n\nIn archaeology, a hammerstone is a hard cobble used to strike off lithic flakes from a lump of tool stone during the process of lithic reduction. The hammerstone is a rather universal stone tool which appeared early in most regions of the world including Europe, India and North America. This technology was of major importance to prehistoric cultures before the age of metalworking. A hammerstone is made of a material such as sandstone, limestone or quartzite, is often ovoid in shape (to better fit the human hand), and develops telltale", "id": "12734848" }, { "contents": "Brú na Bóinne\n\n\n, almost completely surrounding Brú na Bóinne with water. All but two of the prehistoric sites are on this river peninsula. The area has been a centre of human settlement for at least 6,000 years, but the major structures date to around 5,000 years ago, from the Neolithic period. The site is a complex of Neolithic mounds, chamber tombs, standing stones, henges and other prehistoric enclosures, some from as early as 35th century BC - 32nd century BC. The site thus predates the Egyptian pyramids and was built with sophistication", "id": "20884025" }, { "contents": "Fishing weir\n\n\nwere traditionally built from wood or stones. The use of fishing weirs as fish traps probably dates back prior to the emergence of modern humans, and have since been used by many societies across the world. The word \"weir\" comes from the Anglo-Saxon \"wer,\" one meaning of which is a device to trap fish. A line of stones dating to the Acheulean in Kenya may have been a stone tidal weir in a prehistoric lake, which if true would make this technology older than modern humans. In", "id": "9824213" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric technology\n\n\nand the construction of storage facilities, tombs and monuments. Copper metalworking was employed as early as 9000 BC in the Middle East; and a copper pendant found in northern Iraq dated to 8700 BC. Ground and polished stone tools continued to be created and used during the Neolithic period. Numeric record keeping evolved from a system of counting using small clay tokens that began in Sumer about 8000 BC. The Stone Age developed into the Bronze Age after the Neolithic Revolution. The Neolithic Revolution involved radical changes in agricultural technology which included development", "id": "12987708" }, { "contents": "Rollright Stones\n\n\nveneration by archaeologists. Instead, they began the construction of large wooden or stone circles, with many hundreds being built across Britain and Ireland over a period of a thousand years. The Rollright Stones are three separate megalithic monuments, constructed close to one another during the later prehistoric ages of the Neolithic and Bronze Age. The names which are currently given to them – the King's Men, the King Stone and the Whispering Knights – descend from folklore that has surrounded the site since the Early Modern period, although these terms have", "id": "4781568" }, { "contents": "Genetic studies on Moroccans\n\n\nBC, the populations of North Africa were primarily descended from the makers of the Iberomaurusian and Capsian cultures, with a more recent intrusion associated with the Neolithic revolution. The proto-Berber tribes evolved from these prehistoric communities during the Late Bronze to Early Iron Age. DNA evidence suggests that during the Last Glacial Maximum, a period between 25,000 and 19,000 years ago, large ice sheets over a kilometer thick covered much of Northern Europe, making the region uninhabitable to humans. It is believed that human populations retreated south to warmer regions", "id": "15886454" }, { "contents": "Dolní Věstonice\n\n\nwine, architecture or traditional costumes. Approximately 25,000 years ago, during the Upper Paleolithic period of the Stone Age, a small settlement consisting of huts built with rocks and mammoth bones was founded on the site of what is now Dolní Věstonice. This is the oldest permanent human settlement that has ever been found by archaeologists. Numerous other archaeological discoveries point to extensive human habitation of the area in prehistoric times. During the Great Moravia period, which lasted between the 9th and 10th centuries, a small fortress was built here. The", "id": "12521533" }, { "contents": "Burzahom archaeological site\n\n\nThe Burzahom archaeological site is located in the Kashmir Valley of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Archaeological excavations have revealed four phases of cultural significance between 3000 BC and 1000 BC. Periods I and II represent the Neolithic era; Period IlI the Megalithic era (of massive stone menhirs and wheel turned red pottery); and Period IV relates to the early Historical Period (Post-megalithic period). The findings, recorded in stratified cultural deposits representing prehistoric human activity in Kashmir, are based on detailed investigations that cover all", "id": "12750059" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric Cumbria\n\n\nis probably due to the variety and abundance of food resources combined with fresh water and shelter that make estuaries more favoured locations than purely coastal sites\". Evidence for the Early Mesolithic period in Cumbria is largely confined to finds in caves. In the 1990s, human bones were found in Kents Bank Cavern (in the north Morecambe Bay area) which were in 2013 dated to the early Mesolithic, making the find \"the most northerly early Mesolithic human remains in the British Isles\". Horse and elk remains, from an earlier", "id": "18333556" }, { "contents": "Jones Mill Site\n\n\nThe Jones Mill Site, designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 3HS28, is a prehistoric archaeological site near Jones Mill in Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It is a deeply stratified site, with evidence of human habitation in at least three different time periods. It is one of the few documented Archaic sites in the region, with evidence of human activity dating to 3000 BCE. It is located near documented prehistoric stone quarry sites, and finds at the site include extensive stone tool construction artifacts. The site was listed on the National Register", "id": "1991385" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric Indonesia\n\n\nfirst dated to relatively recent time periods - as recent as 14,000 years ago, however re-examination of the sediments has revised these dates and these hominins have been shown to have been present in Indonesia since at least 700,000 years ago, until about 60-50,000 years ago. In 2010 stone tools were discovered on Flores dating from 1 million years ago, which is the oldest evidence anywhere in the world that early man had the technology to make sea crossings at this very early time. The archipelago was formed during the thaw", "id": "75427" }, { "contents": "Beeston Regis\n\n\ncomplete set of quern-stones were found dating from Roman times. Quern-stones were used to grind materials, the most important of which was usually grain to make flour for bread. On Beeston Regis Heath there are circular pits called 'Hills and Holes' (from the first edition of the Ordnance Survey map of the area). They are thought to date from prehistoric times. During the Saxon-Norman to Medieval periods these pits were dug to obtain iron ore, which was then smelted in a furnace to produce", "id": "8127622" }, { "contents": "History of Croatia before the Croats\n\n\nThe area known as Croatia today has been inhabited throughout the prehistoric period, ever since the Stone Age, up to the Migrations Period and the arrival of the Croats. The earliest traces of human presence on Croatian soil date back to the Paleolithic Age. In Šandalja Cave near Pula, and in Punikve near Ivanec, flints made by pre-Neanderthal people have been found, while the remains of Neanderthal prehistoric humans have been discovered on Hušnjakovo near Krapina. In the middle Paleolithic period, Neandertals lived in modern Zagorje, northern Croatia", "id": "20834316" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric art\n\n\n-Arabian style, dated to 1000 to 3000 BCE. Other prehistoric art in the Horn region include stone megaliths and engravings, some of which are 3,500 years old. The town of Dillo in Ethiopia has a hilltop covered with stone stelae. It is one of several such sites in southern Ethiopia dating from historic period (10th-14th centuries). The early art of this region has been divided into five periods: Works of the Bubalus period span the Sahara, with the finest work, carvings of naturalistically depicted megafauna, concentrated in", "id": "19039509" }, { "contents": "Prehistory\n\n\nare used for Eurasia, and not consistently across the whole area. \"Palaeolithic\" means \"Old Stone Age\", and begins with the first use of stone tools. The Paleolithic is the earliest period of the Stone Age. The early part of the Palaeolithic is called the Lower Palaeolithic, which predates \"Homo sapiens\", beginning with \"Homo habilis\" (and related species) and with the earliest stone tools, dated to around 2.5 million years ago. Evidence of control of fire by early humans during the Lower", "id": "850527" }, { "contents": "History of alcoholic drinks\n\n\nPurposeful production of alcoholic drinks is common and often reflects cultural and religious peculiarities as much as geographical and sociological conditions. Discovery of late Stone Age jugs suggest that intentionally fermented beverages existed at least as early as the Neolithic period (c. 10000 BC). The ability to metabolize alcohol likely predates humanity with primates eating fermenting fruit. The world's oldest brewery was discovered in 2018 in a prehistoric burial site in a cave near Haifa in Israel. Researchers have found residue of 13,000-year-old beer that they think might have been used", "id": "15319785" }, { "contents": "Prehistory Museum, Echternach\n\n\nwas inaugurated in 1984. The stoneage artefacts displayed in some 30 showcases include chopping tools, arrow tips, axes, daggers and grinding stones. There are explanations of how the tools were produced and used in practice. Some of the tools are from as far afield as North America, Africa and Papua and New Guinea. Life in the various prehistoric periods is illustrated with prehistoric skulls and reconstructions of old machines for sawing, weaving and threshing. There are also a number of video presentations. From 1 April to 15 November,", "id": "15392696" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric music\n\n\namong humans) when stone tools first began to be used by hominids. The noises produced by work such as pounding seed and roots into meal are a likely source of rhythm created by early humans. The first rhythm instruments or percussion instruments most likely involved the clapping of hands, stones hit together, or other things that are useful to create rhythm. Examples of paleolithic objects which are considered unambiguously musical are bone flutes or pipes; paleolithic finds which are currently open to interpretation include pierced phalanges (usually interpreted as \"phalangeal whistles", "id": "10904806" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric Indonesia\n\n\nby tools of thick clamshell flakes on two bovid bones created during butchery at the Pucangan Formation in Sangiran between 1.6 and 1.5 million years ago. These cut marks document the use of the first tools in Sangiran and the oldest evidence of shell tool use in the world. The polished stone tools of neolithic culture, such as polished stone axes and stone hoes, were developed by the Austronesian people in the Indonesian archipelago. Also during the neolithic period, large stone structures of the megalithic culture flourished in archipelago. The Indonesian archipelago is", "id": "75439" }, { "contents": "Risovača Cave\n\n\napproximately and its caverns, or \"halls\" are covered with minerals of various shapes and colors. Worked flint tools and bone artifacts of prehistoric human origin were discovered in sediments in a depth of . These artifact assemblages are attributed to Neanderthal occupants during the end of the Middle Paleolithic period. Neanderthal fossil remains have so far not been found during excavations because any layers that might have held remains were already destroyed and removed during earlier stone quarrying. It is estimated that Neanderthals populated the cave in the period of 35,000 to 50,000 years", "id": "9050167" }, { "contents": "Three-age system\n\n\npoints that form a pattern when graphed. Isolated dates are not considered reliable. The term Megalithic does not refer to a period of time, but merely describes the use of large stones by ancient peoples from any period. An eolith is a stone that might have been formed by natural process but occurs in contexts that suggest modification by early humans or other primates for percussion. * Formation of states starts during the Early Bronze Age in Egypt and Mesopotamia and during the Late Bronze Age first empires are founded. The Three-age", "id": "12672834" }, { "contents": "Hammerstone\n\n\ncaused brittle fractures, and loss of flakes for example. They were also widely used to reduce the bulk of other hard stones such as jade, jadeite and hornstone to make polished stone tools. A good example is the hornstone found in the English Lake District used to make polished axes during the early Neolithic period, and known as the Langdale axe industry. Hammerstones were used widely in crushing mineral ores such as malachite during the Chalcolithic period, the earliest part of the Bronze age, and cassiterite prior to smelting of tin.", "id": "12734850" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric Orkney\n\n\nafter 4000 BC. This would have made travel to northern Scotland relatively easy for early human settlers. The subsequent isostatic rise of land makes estimating post-glacial coastlines a complex task. The very limited archaeological record provides scant evidence of Mesolithic life in Orkney in particular and Scotland north of Inverness in general. \"Lithic scatter\" sites at Seatter, South Ettit, Wideford Hill, Valdigar and Loch of Stenness have produced small polished stone tools and chippings. A charred hazelnut shell, recovered during the excavations at Longhowe in Tankerness in", "id": "5503042" }, { "contents": "Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882\n\n\nThe 1882 Schedule included 21 monuments, the majority of which are prehistoric sites. Two are Neolithic, five Bronze Age, eight Iron Age and six from early Christian/Pictish periods, although two of the prehistoric stones also have notable early Christian additions. Those sites now in the care of Historic Scotland are indicated with '(HS)'. In 1882 the whole of Ireland was under British administration. Subsequent legislation for Ireland used the terminology of 'Historic Monuments', which continues in Northern Ireland. Three sites in the", "id": "1747431" }, { "contents": "Avebury\n\n\ncircle and two separate smaller stone circles situated inside the centre of the monument. Its original purpose is unknown, although archaeologists believe that it was most likely used for some form of ritual or ceremony. The Avebury monument is a part of a larger prehistoric landscape containing several older monuments nearby, including West Kennet Long Barrow, Windmill Hill and Silbury Hill. By the Iron Age, the site had been effectively abandoned, with some evidence of human activity on the site during the Roman occupation. During the Early Middle Ages, a", "id": "2076741" }, { "contents": "Knapping\n\n\nmodern cultures the making of such tools is the domain of experimental archaeologists and hobbyists. Archaeologists usually undertake the task so that they can better understand how prehistoric stone tools were made. Knapping is often learned by outdoorsmen. Knapping \"gun flints\", used by flintlock firearms was formerly a major industry in flint bearing locations, such as Brandon in Suffolk, England and the small towns of Meusnes and Couffy in France. Meusnes has a small museum dedicated to the industry. In 1804, during the Napoleonic Wars, Brandon was supplying", "id": "14339803" }, { "contents": "Bradford House II\n\n\nBradford House II (Site 5JF51) is a prehistoric rockshelter, southwest of Denver. It is situated on land owned by the Ken-Caryl Ranch Master Association. It was excavated in the summer and fall of 1973 by the Denver Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society. The excavations found several cultural features and recovered thousands of chipped stone artifacts, dozens of ground stone artifacts, a few ceramic sherds, bone tools, and faunal remains. The site was used by prehistoric groups during the Middle and Late Archaic periods, as well", "id": "9675224" }, { "contents": "Rubha an Dùnain\n\n\nas birlinns to exit at high tide. It is now believed that the loch was an important site for maritime activity for many centuries, spanning the Viking and later periods of Scottish clan rule. In 2011 RCAHMS launched air surveys in the hope of discovering additional artefacts. Marine archaeologist Colin Martin stated: \"This site has enormous potential to tell us about how boats were built, serviced and sailed on Scotland's western seaboard in the medieval period - and perhaps during the early historic and prehistoric eras as well... There is no", "id": "8806845" }, { "contents": "Posušje\n\n\nStone Age, the period of primitive man hunter and wild berries collector, in the area of Posušje municipality were not found traces of human beings. In the early period (Neolithic) stone age in southern Europe the way of human life significantly changed became a farmer and cattleman, built a permanent settlement,and was making ceramics. From this period, from his older sub-period, in the municipality Posušje, there are remains a human beings from sites Vučje Njive (Wolves fields), Iličinova Lazina, Prataruša and Žukovia", "id": "2653491" }, { "contents": "Coffin Stone\n\n\nbecause of its position on the estuary of the River Thames and its proximity to the continent. Britain was largely forested in this period; widespread forest clearance did not occur in Kent until the Late Bronze Age (c.1000 to 700 BCE). Environmental data from the vicinity of the White Horse Stone, a putatively prehistoric monolith near the River Medway, supports the idea that the area was still largely forested in the Early Neolithic, covered by a woodland of oak, ash, hazel/alder and Maloideae. Throughout most of Britain", "id": "8624378" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric Indonesia\n\n\neastern part of Lesser Sunda Islands) archipelago. Genetic study revealed that in western Papua there is a significant genetic admixture between Australoid and Austronesian ancestry. Approximately 40,000 years ago, early humans produced prehistoric rock art motifs in volcanic caves on the island of Sulawesi. This means that humans at both extremes of the Pleistocene Eurasian world, Europe and Indonesia, were producing rock art during the same time period. The most notable rock art sites in Indonesia are the Maros-Pangkep rock art sites at the caves in South Sulawesi province.", "id": "75430" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric technology\n\n\nIt spans the time from around 2.5 million years ago when the first evidence of craft and use of stone tools by hominids appears in the current archaeological record, until around 300,000 years ago, spanning the Oldowan (\"mode 1\") and Acheulean (\"mode 2\") lithic technology. Early human (hominid) used stone tool technology, such as a hand axe that was similar to that used by primates, which are found to have intelligence levels of modern children aged 3 to 5 years. Intelligence and use of", "id": "12987696" }, { "contents": "Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge\n\n\nidentified. Analysis of the prehistoric sites indicate human occupation dating from the Archaic Period (8000-1000 BC), with intensive use during the Mississippian Period (1000-1500 AD). Historic artifacts indicate that small scale, impermanent settlements were made on Pinckney by French and Spanish groups in the 16th and 17th centuries. Permanent settlements did not occur until 1708 when Alexander Mackay, an Indian trader, obtained title to of present-day Pinckney Island. By 1715, Mackay had acquired the rest of the island, as well", "id": "8533843" }, { "contents": "Mano (stone)\n\n\nA mano (Spanish for \"hand\") is a ground stone tool used with a metate to process or grind food by hand. Manos were used in prehistoric times to process wild seeds, nuts and other food, generally used with greater frequency in the Archaic period, when people became more reliant upon local wild plant food for their diet. Later, manos and metates were used to process cultivated maize. In its early use in the American Southwest, the mano and metate were used to grind wild plants. The mano", "id": "11249733" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric medicine\n\n\nwhich can be used for investigation into the prehistoric period of history by definition. Historians must use other sources such as human remains and anthropological studies of societies living under similar conditions. A variety of problems arise when the aforementioned sources are used. Human remains from this period are rare and many have undoubtedly been destroyed by burial rituals or made useless by damage. The most informative archaeological evidence are mummies, remains which have been preserved by either freezing or in peat bogs; no evidence exists to suggest that prehistoric people mummified the dead", "id": "4083451" }, { "contents": "Kariandusi prehistoric site\n\n\nthe hand-hold spots on each specimen. Based on how comfortable a handaxe was to hold in either the left or right, 6 of the samples were proved to be left-handed. The full results of the research are as follows: Because 11% of the selected handaxes appeared to be left-handed axes, the conclusion is that modern human handedness was already appearing in the Early to Middle Stone Age, almost 1 million years ago. The National Museums of Kenya is a state corporation that monitors national Kenyan museums", "id": "2261325" }, { "contents": "Anglo-Saxon Amulets and Curing Stones\n\n\nexplains how she chooses to define terms like \"amulet\", \"talisman\", \"charm\" and \"curing stone\", before making comparisons with contemporary \"good luck charms\" to highlight the pervasiveness of amulets in human society. Moving on, she explores the early Christian attitudes to amulets in Europe using documentary sources, before going on to look specifically at the matter in Anglo-Saxon England. Here, she examines several Early Mediaeval manuscripts, such as the \"Lacnunga\" and \"Bald's Leechbook\", for", "id": "5781559" }, { "contents": "Aterian\n\n\ndistance and the palaeohydrology of a Green Sahara. Assemblages with tanged tools may therefore reflect particular activities involving the use of such tool types, and may not necessarily reflect a substantively different archaeological culture to others from the same period in North Africa. The findings are significant because they suggest that current archaeological nomenclatures do not reflect the true variability of the archaeological record of North Africa during the Middle Stone Age from the Last Interglacial, and hints at how early modern humans dispersed into previously uninhabitable environments. This notwithstanding, the term still usefully", "id": "15414970" }, { "contents": "History of France\n\n\n-competed by the modern humans during a period of cold weather. The earliest modern humans – \"Homo sapiens\" – entered Europe by 43,000 years ago (the Upper Palaeolithic). The cave paintings of Lascaux and Gargas (Gargas in the Hautes-Pyrénées) as well as the Carnac stones are remains of the local prehistoric activity. The first written records for the history of France appear in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul. Roman writers noted", "id": "13984213" }, { "contents": "Bisceglie\n\n\nin the 15th century. The territory of Bisceglie has been inhabited since prehistoric times. In the Paleolithic period caves in the area were inhabited by people of Mediterranean descent. Evidence of human activity is found in numerous flaked stone weapons and tools, remains of animals of extinct species such as prehistoric lions, bears, oxen and horses, remains of animals of remote species like rhinoceros, hyena, and deer, and the curved human femur typical of Neanderthal man found in the grotto of Santa Croce that is currently preserved in the National", "id": "15541095" }, { "contents": "Kit's Coty House\n\n\nBritain was largely forested in this period; widespread forest clearance did not occur in Kent until the Late Bronze Age (c.1000 to 700 BCE). Environmental data from the vicinity of the White Horse Stone, a putatively prehistoric monolith near the River Medway, supports the idea that the area was still largely forested in the Early Neolithic, covered by a woodland of oak, ash, hazel/alder and Maloideae. Throughout most of Britain, there is little evidence of cereal or permanent dwellings from this period, leading archaeologists to believe", "id": "9943388" }, { "contents": "Movius Line\n\n\nAlternatively the settlers moving to Asia may have known how to make handaxes but passed through a 'technological bottleneck', that is a region where suitable materials to make them were lacking. The skills were thus forgotten and isolation by distance meant that the knowledge was never re-introduced. An alternate theory states that rather than stone axes, early humans in east Asia used bamboo tools instead. New archaeological evidence from Baise, China and Jeongok-ri, South Korea has shown that handaxes were also used in eastern Asia. Stone", "id": "8534094" }, { "contents": "Iron Hill (Delaware)\n\n\n, pyroxenes, and olivine. The rock contains significant iron oxide deposits in the form of hematite, goethite, and limonite, forming the basis for historical iron mining activity. Jasper is also present and was used for toolmaking by prehistoric inhabitants of the area. Human activity in the area dates to prehistoric times, when Native Americans quarried jasper from Iron Hill to make arrowheads and other stone tools. The location was first referred to in print on Augustine Herman's 1670 map of Virginia and Maryland, where it was labeled \"Yron", "id": "7542736" }, { "contents": "History of Tamil Nadu\n\n\n200,000 years or older. The ancestor of modern humans (\"Homo sapiens\") who appeared around 50,000 years ago was more developed and could make thinner flake tools and blade-like tools using a variety of stones. From about 10,000 years ago, humans made still smaller tools called Microlithic tools. The material used by the early humans to make these tools were jasper, agate, flint, quartz, etc. In 1949, researchers found such microliths in Tirunelveli district. Archaeological evidence suggests that the microlithic period lasted between 6000–3000", "id": "20568969" }, { "contents": "Quern-stone\n\n\nAge but rotary stone mills did not appear until the Warring States Period. A prehistoric quern dating back to 23,000 BCE was found at the Longwangchan archaeological site, in Hukou, Shaanxi in 2007. The site is located in the heartland of the northern Chinese loess plateau near the Yellow River. As well as grain, ethnographic evidence and Mesopotamian texts show that a wide range of foodstuffs and inorganic materials were processed using stone querns or mortars, including nuts, seeds, fruit, vegetables, herbs, spices, meat, bark,", "id": "2626365" }, { "contents": "Stone tool\n\n\nA stone tool is, in the most general sense, any tool made either partially or entirely out of stone. Although stone tool-dependent societies and cultures still exist today, most stone tools are associated with prehistoric (particularly Stone Age) cultures that have become extinct. Archaeologists often study such prehistoric societies, and refer to the study of stone tools as lithic analysis. Ethnoarchaeology has been a valuable research field in order to further the understanding and cultural implications of stone tool use and manufacture. Stone has been used to make", "id": "13492020" }, { "contents": "Mining engineering\n\n\nthe concerned departments. From prehistoric times to the present, mining has played a significant role in the existence of the human race. Since the beginning of civilization people have used stone and ceramics and, later, metals found on or close to the Earth's surface. These were used to manufacture early tools and weapons. For example, high quality flint found in northern France and southern England were used to set fire and break rock. Flint mines have been found in chalk areas where seams of the stone were followed underground by", "id": "16216211" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric Korea\n\n\nare of simpler in shape and chipped from quartz and pegmatite. Seokjang-ri's middle layers showed that humans hunted with these bola or missile stones. During the Middle Paleolithic Period, humans dwelt in caves at the Jeommal Site near Jecheon and at the Durubong Site near Cheongju. From these two cave sites, fossil remains of rhinoceros, cave bear, brown bear, hyena and numerous deer (\"Pseudaxi gray\" var.), all extinct species, were excavated. The earliest radiocarbon dates for the Paleolithic indicate the antiquity", "id": "7833844" }, { "contents": "Natufian culture\n\n\nat several of her pioneering excavations in the Mount Carmel region, including el-Wad, Kebara and Tabun, as did the French archaeologist René Neuville, firmly establishing the Natufian culture in the regional prehistoric chronology. As early as 1931, both Garrod and Neuville drew attention to the presence of stone sickles in Natufian assemblages and the possibility that this represented a very early agriculture. Radiocarbon dating places the Natufian culture at an epoch from the terminal Pleistocene to the very beginning of the Holocene, a time period between 12,500 and 9,500 BC", "id": "10161828" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric Malaysia\n\n\nThe earliest anatomically modern humans skeleton in Peninsular Malaysia, Perak Man, dates back 11,000 years and Perak Woman dating back 8,000 years, were both discovered in Lenggong. The site has an undisturbed stone tool production area, created using equipment such as anvils and hammer stones. The Tambun Cave paintings are also situated in Perak. From East Malaysia, Sarawak's Niah Caves, there is evidence of the oldest human remains in Malaysia, dating back 40,000 years. Niah Caves in Sarawak is an important prehistoric site where human remains dating to", "id": "22172105" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric Thailand\n\n\nduring phase 4 and later, with rice growing increased in the same period. Khao Rakian is in Rhattaphum District, Songkhla Province, peninsular Thailand. The cave was excavated in 1986 by the Fine Arts Department and revealed Neolithic ceramics, stone tools, and human skeletal remains. The Bronze Age was a period in civilisation's development when the most advanced metalworking consisted of techniques for smelting copper and tin from naturally occurring outcroppings of ore, and then alloying those metals to cast bronze. There are claims of an earlier appearance of tin", "id": "6054666" }, { "contents": "Projectile point\n\n\nat archaeological sites, providing useful clues to the human past, including prehistoric trade. A distinctive form of point, identified though lithic analysis of the way it was made, is often a key diagnostic factor in identifying an archaeological industry or culture. Scientific techniques exist to track the specific kinds of rock or minerals that used to make stone tools in various regions back to their original sources. As well as stone, projectile points were also made of worked bone, antler or ivory; all of these are less common in the", "id": "14030075" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric technology\n\n\ninferred from a range of archaeological evidence. Such evidence includes ancient tools, cave paintings, and other prehistoric art, such as the Venus of Willendorf. Human remains also provide direct evidence, both through the examination of bones, and the study of mummies. Though concrete evidence is limited, scientists and historians have been able to form significant inferences about the lifestyle and culture of various prehistoric peoples, and the role technology played in their lives. The Lower Paleolithic period was the earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age.", "id": "12987695" }, { "contents": "Collier Lodge Site\n\n\n. 9000 B.C.E.) to the modern era. The oldest artifacts are chipped stone tools from the Early Archaic. The site assemblage includes projectile points and other types of hafted bifaces from all periods, accompanied by many other stone tool types, along with chips were produced as stone tools were manufactured or repaired. Other artifacts include grinding stones, gorget, a birdstone, and pipe fragments. Upper Mississippian (after 1050 A.D.) pottery first found by McAllister, prehistoric pottery from the Early Woodland period (ca. 800 – 150 B.C", "id": "22088114" }, { "contents": "Art of Mesopotamia\n\n\nNeolithic circa 9000 BC, and is considered as \"the oldest naturalistic life-sized sculpture of a human\". Slightly later, early human statuettes in stone and fired clay have been found in other Upper Mesopotamia sites such as Mureybet, dated to 8500–8000 BC. Around 8000 BC, during the following period of Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, still before the invention of pottery, several early settlements became experts in crafting beautiful and highly sophisticated containers from stone, using materials such as alabaster or granite, and employing sand to shape", "id": "15587769" }, { "contents": "Fire pot\n\n\ncanoes, baking pottery, and many other tasks, such as staying warm. At first, humans relied on natural fires, caused by lightning strikes or other natural occurrences, to provide them with a flame to start their own fires. Since natural fires are not very common, humans learned how to make fires by igniting tinder from sparks caused by striking stones together, or by creating friction using a bow drill. Given the time-consuming nature of early firestarting, humans eventually began to use earthenware vessels, or fire pots", "id": "18185767" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric art in Scotland\n\n\nPrehistoric art in Scotland is visual art created or found within the modern borders of Scotland, before the departure of the Romans from southern and central Britain in the early fifth century CE, which is usually seen as the beginning of the early historic or Medieval era. There is no clear definition of prehistoric art among scholars and objects that may involve creativity often lack a context that would allow them to be understood. The earliest examples of portable art from what is now Scotland are highly decorated carved stone balls from the Neolithic period,", "id": "20941239" }, { "contents": "Agriculture in prehistoric Scotland\n\n\nduring the last interglacial period (130,000–70,000 BCE) Europe had a climate warmer than it is today, and early humans may have made their way to Scotland, though archaeologists have found no traces of this. Glaciers then scoured their way across most of Britain, and only after the ice retreated did Scotland again become habitable, around 9600 BCE. Mesolithic hunter-gatherer encampments formed the first known settlements, and archaeologists have dated an encampment near Biggar to around 8500 BCE. Numerous other sites found around Scotland build up a picture of", "id": "3619869" }, { "contents": "Copper mining in Michigan\n\n\nthe existence of copper producing pits and hammering stones which were used to work the copper. Some authors have suggested that as much as 1.5 billion pounds of copper was extracted during this period, but some archaeologists consider such high figures as \"ill-constructed estimates\" and that the actual figure is unknown. Archaeologist Susan Martin wrote that \"“The competent excavation of many prehistoric archaeological sites in the Lake Superior basin reveals the continuous use of copper throughout the prehistoric time range, in association with all of the other items of material", "id": "9465805" }, { "contents": "Novaculite\n\n\n. Sedimentation consisted primarily of siliceous skeletal particles of marine organisms such as sponge spicules and radiolaria, and very fine-grained, wind-blown quartz particles; there was very little argillaceous sedimentation during novaculite deposition. The novaculite beds were later subjected to folding and uplift, and probably low-grade metamorphism, during the Ouachita orogeny in early Pennsylvanian time. Because novaculite is very hard and dense, it has been mined since prehistoric times, first for use as arrow and spear points, and later to make sharpening stones. Novaculite", "id": "9781322" }, { "contents": "Parahyangan\n\n\nit is merged with Argo Gede to become Argo Parahyangan. The Priangan region has been home for early human since prehistoric era, at least since 9,500 years before present. There have been some prehistoric archaeological findings of early human settlements, in Pawon cave in Padalarang karst area, West of Bandung, and around the old lake of Bandung. The ruin of Bojongmenje temple was discovered in Rancaekek area, Bandung Regency, east of Bandung city. The temple is estimated to be dated from early 7th century CE, around the same period", "id": "7470917" }, { "contents": "Steven A. Rosen\n\n\n), promotions committees, search committees, and space allocation committees. General research has focused on stone tool analysis and desert archaeology, with more general interests in prehistoric archaeology and Near Eastern archaeology. Rosen’s work on the use of stone tools during the Metal Ages has pioneered the study of this entire realm of material culture, demonstrating how the study of stone tools traditionally considered a relict of earlier technologies was integral to Bronze and Iron Age societies. This work culminated in the publication of Lithics After the Stone Age, which won", "id": "12488897" }, { "contents": "Corisco\n\n\nof prehistoric burials have been excavated. These burials belong to two different periods: Early Iron Age (50 BC - 450 AD) and Middle Iron Age (1000-1150 AD). During the first period, the islanders deposited bundles of human bones and iron implements (axes, bracelets, spears, spoons, iron currency) in shallow pits dug in the sand. During the second period, tombs have been documented where the corpses (not preserved) lied down surrounded by pots, probably containing food and alcoholic beverages.", "id": "17277644" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric technology\n\n\nroughly 2.5 million years, from the time of early hominids to \"Homo sapiens\" in the later Pleistocene era, and largely ended between 6000 and 2000 BCE with the advent of metalworking. The Stone Age lifestyle was that of hunter-gatherers who traveled to hunt game and gather wild plants, with minimal changes in technology. As the last glacial period of the current ice age neared its end (about 12,500 years ago), large animals like the mammoth and bison antiquus became extinct and the climate changed. Humans adapted by", "id": "12987693" }, { "contents": "Malta\n\n\nTemples resembles that found in Italy, and suggests that the Maltese islands were first settled in 5200 BC mainly by Stone Age hunters or farmers who had arrived from the Italian island of Sicily, possibly the Sicani. The extinction of the dwarf hippos and dwarf elephants has been linked to the earliest arrival of humans on Malta. Prehistoric farming settlements dating to the Early Neolithic period were discovered in open areas and also in caves, such as Għar Dalam. The Sicani were the only tribe known to have inhabited the island at this time", "id": "19488602" }, { "contents": "Gardiner Pond Shell Midden\n\n\nThe Gardiner Pond Shell Midden (also known as RI-101W) is a prehistoric archaeological site in Middletown, Rhode Island, named after George Gardiner who was an early settler in the area. The site includes a large shell midden, in which archaeological finds have been made dating the area's human habitation to the Middle and Late Woodland Period. Finds at the site include agricultural tools such as hoes, planting tools, and stone mortars and pestles. The midden is on the grounds of the Norman Bird Sanctuary. The site was listed", "id": "8826871" }, { "contents": "St Brides Major (community)\n\n\ncovers . It is open to public, with a main entrance near Castle-upon-Alun at (, OS grid Ref. SS90847493). Prehistoric settlement A stone axe from the early Neolithic period was found near Ogmore-by-Sea, suggesting human activity some 6,000 years ago. However the earliest direct evidence of habitation within the community is of two burial mounds from the Bronze Age, on the limestone hills of Beacons Down (, SS884751). The best preserved, a scheduled monument, is a low bracken-", "id": "9972577" }, { "contents": "Furniture\n\n\n\"moveable goods\". The practice of using natural objects as rudimentary pieces of furniture likely dates to the beginning of human civilisation. Early humans are likely to have used tree stumps as seats, rocks as rudimentary tables, and mossy areas for sleeping. During the late palaeolithic or early neolithic period, from around 30,000 years ago, people began constructing and carving their own furniture, using wood, stone and animal bones. The earliest evidence for the existence of constructed furniture is a Venus figurine found at the Gagarino site in Russia", "id": "4225591" }, { "contents": "War Before Civilization\n\n\ndied from warfare. According to Keeley, among the indigenous peoples of the Americas, only 13% did not engage in wars with their neighbors at least once per year. The natives' pre-Columbian ancient practice of using human scalps as trophies is well documented. Iroquois routinely slowly tortured to death captured enemy warriors (see Captives in American Indian Wars for details). In some regions of the American Southwest, the violent destruction of prehistoric settlements is well documented and during some periods was even common. For example, the", "id": "14767979" }, { "contents": "Benzú\n\n\nnot as a barrier but a bridge to early humans. The different levels within the cave show the development of stone tools. The tools are made from Flint, Sandstone and Radiolarite with scrapers used for working both wood and hide. Comparison of the technology used during the Pleistocene and Holocene periods by early humans shows that there was a very similar civilisation in caves excavated in Gibraltar, mainland Spain and around Tangier to caves around Benzu. The population was given as 1,127 in 2000 and it has risen to 1,170 in 2010. The", "id": "4726884" }, { "contents": "Celt (tool)\n\n\n, some are still prepared to consider the existence of a real Latin word. A \"celt\" was thus wrongly assumed to be a type of ancient chisel. Early eighteenth century antiquarians, such as Lorenz Beger, then adopted the word for the stone and bronze tools they were finding at prehistoric sites; the \"OED\" suggests that the imaginary etymological connection with the Celts may have assisted its passage into common use. A shoe-last celt was a polished stone tool used during the early European Neolithic for felling trees and", "id": "21061005" }, { "contents": "Slipware\n\n\nis called the \"cut-glaze\" technique. Slipware may be carved or burnished to change the surface appearance of the ware. Specialized slip recipes may be applied to biscuit ware and then refired. Many prehistoric and historic cultures used slip as the primary decorating material on their ware, especially in early periods. These include most prehistoric cultures of the Middle East and much later Islamic pottery, cultures in many areas of Africa, most pottery-making cultures in the Americas, early Japanese (and later Onta ware) and much", "id": "9524738" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric Shetland\n\n\nstone on virtually treeless islands, Shetland is extremely rich in physical remains of the prehistoric eras and there are over 5,000 archaeological sites all told. A midden site at West Voe on the south coast of Mainland, dated to 4320-4030 BC, has provided the first evidence of Mesolithic human activity on Shetland. The same site provides dates for early Neolithic activity and finds at Scord of Brouster in Walls have been dated to 3400 BC. This site includes a cluster of six or seven walled fields and three stone circular houses that", "id": "7430709" }, { "contents": "Prehistoric Britain\n\n\ncustoms rather than being subsumed by an invading population. Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) Britain is the period of the earliest known occupation of Britain by humans. This huge period saw many changes in the environment, encompassing several glacial and interglacial episodes greatly affecting human settlement in the region. Providing dating for this distant period is difficult and contentious. The inhabitants of the region at this time were bands of hunter-gatherers who roamed Northern Europe following herds of animals, or who supported themselves by fishing. There is evidence from bones", "id": "6794532" }, { "contents": "Ovington, Northumberland\n\n\nThe civil parish of Ovington lies in southern Northumberland, on the north bank of the River Tyne. It is one of the smallest parishes in the county. Very little has been found from prehistoric times except for a cup and ring marked stone at Hunters Hill. It had an extraordinary range of symbols carved on it and is our only clue to the people who lived here in the Neolithic. There is a big gap in the evidence for the rest of the prehistoric period, as well as the Roman and early medieval periods", "id": "10374777" } ]

[ { "contents": "I Dream of Jeanie (film)\n\n\nI Dream of Jeanie is a 1952 American historical musical film based on the songs and life of Stephen Foster who wrote the song \"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\" from which the title is taken. The film was directed by Allan Dwan for Republic Pictures and was shot in Trucolor. The film is also known as I Dream of Jeanie (with the Light Brown Hair). In 1849 the song \"Oh, Susannah\" is a nationwide hit—but bookkeeper Stephen Foster has given his work to several music houses without", "id": "10497757" }, { "contents": "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\n\n\n\"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\" is a parlor song by Stephen Foster (1826–1864). It was published by Firth, Pond & Co. of New York in 1854. Foster wrote the song with his estranged wife Jane McDowell in mind. The lyrics allude to a permanent separation. \"Jeanie\" was a notorious beneficiary of the ASCAP boycott of 1941, a dispute caused by ASCAP increasing its licensing fees. During this period, radio broadcasters played only public domain music or songs licensed by ASCAP rival BMI. According to", "id": "16760805" }, { "contents": "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (TV series)\n\n\nThe story begins in a small town in Pennsylvania in 1838. Jeanie MacDowell is a cheerful and beautiful girl with light brown hair (although this could be perceived as being blonde hair). Jeanie enjoys playing the piano and loves taking piano lessons from her mother. Steven, a good harmonica player, and Bill, a boy who is very good at playing the banjo, are great friends of Jeanie's. They enjoy playing music together like a small band. However, Jeanie's happy life changes dramatically after her mother suddenly", "id": "8307591" }, { "contents": "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\n\n\nShow\" devoted to this song has Dave Seville courting a young woman named, interestingly enough, Jeanie, singing the song to her in a boat while she admires it; meanwhile, Dave's charges the Chipmunks, who, disgusted with all this, counter with a very silly and inappropriate spoof, \"I dream of Jeanie with the \"green purple\" hair/She looks so funny, people stop and stare..\" which insults Jeanie and offends Dave to the point of forcing the Chipmunks to sing the song with its", "id": "16760810" }, { "contents": "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\n\n\ntitle of the TV series \"I Dream of Jeannie\". In the 1956 Bugs Bunny short \"Broomstick Bunny\", a play on the title is used in the closing lines: \"Hello, air-raid headquarters? Well, you're not gonna believe this, but I just saw a genie with light brown hair chasing a flying sorceress.\" Bugs would also, in other shorts, sing a variation: \"I dream of Jeanie, she's a light brown hare.\" Episode 12 of the first", "id": "16760807" }, { "contents": "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (TV series)\n\n\nItalian version also had its own theme song, \"Flakes of Cotton for Jeanie,\" performed by Cristina D'Avena. It has also been published on a streaming channel on YouTube under \"Yamato Animation\" by Italian anime distributor Yamato Video. Scandinavian Titles Norwegian: Jeanie Med Det Lysebrune Håret. The series was broadcast in Norway on NRK in September 1996. Swedish: Jeanie Med Ljusbrunt Hår. The series was broadcast in Sweden on SVT2 in August 1996 Danish: Jeanie Med Lysebrunt Hår. The series was broadcast in Denmark on DR2", "id": "8307594" }, { "contents": "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\n\n\nNazi artillery. In the John Cassavetes motion picture \"Faces\", an important scene occurs which revolves around the singing of this song. The full title is used as the nickname for character Jeanie in \"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip\", most notably several times in the episode \"The Cold Open\". One of the Pink Panther animated cartoons is entitled \"Genie with the Light Pink Fur\"; it is about a magic lamp that turns the Pink Panther into a genie. A song segment from \"The Alvin", "id": "16760809" }, { "contents": "Stephen Foster's sketchbook\n\n\nand verso) numbers were supplied in 1986 using archival techniques. The draft and original text for Foster's song \"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\" is contained in the sketchbook. In addition, Foster records his meeting with Charles Dickens while Dickens was visiting in Pittsburgh. Dr. Julia Craig-McFeeley of the Digital Image Archive of Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford, England created the digitized version of the sketchbook in March 2005. The digitizing was performed by a PhaseOne PowerPhase FX digital scanning back mounted on a Fuji GX 680 III professional", "id": "9163680" }, { "contents": "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\n\n\na 1941 article in \"Time\" magazine, \"So often had BMI's Jeannie [sic] With the Light Brown Hair been played that she was widely reported to have turned grey.\" Bing Crosby recorded the song on March 22, 1940, for Decca Records with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra. Violinist Jascha Heifetz transcribed the song for the violin and it became a signature piece for him for years. The transcription has been performed by many subsequent violinists. The opening line notably got used as the basis for the", "id": "16760806" }, { "contents": "Stephen Foster\n\n\nStephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826January 13, 1864), known as \"the father of American music\", was an American songwriter known primarily for his parlor and minstrel music. He wrote more than 200 songs, including \"Oh! Susanna\", \"Hard Times Come Again No More\", \"Camptown Races\", \"Old Folks at Home\" (\"Swanee River\"), \"My Old Kentucky Home\", \"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\", \"Old Black Joe\", and", "id": "10226276" }, { "contents": "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (TV series)\n\n\nepisodes out of the total 52 were aired on television, leaving episodes 39-52 unreleased on television on France. The anime was never released on DVD in France, and only received a TV airing. Italian Title: Fiocchi di Cotone per Jeanie (\"Cotton Balls for Jeanie\") The series was broadcast in Italy on the private television channel Italy 1 in June 1994, where it was well received. It has since been released on DVD by Yamato Video with both the original Japanese audio and the Italian dub. The", "id": "8307593" }, { "contents": "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (TV series)\n\n\npasses away. Experiencing many difficulties and learning the importance of life, she decides to devote her life to helping many people suffering from illness. The series is a love story about the relationship between Steven and Jeanie - clearly a reference to Stephen Foster and his wife Jeanie. French Title: Le Rêve de Jeannie (\"The Dream of Jeannie\") The series aired in late 1996 (23 December) on French TV channel TF1 under Club Dorothée, a French television show with programming primarily focused on the youth. Only 38", "id": "8307592" }, { "contents": "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\n\n\nseason of the Phil Silvers Show, title \"Singing Contest\" involves his platoon very badly singing the same song throughout the show but a private in the platoon who has an excellent singing voice saves their chances to win and they all end up in Florida for the Army finals. A few lines of the song's first stanza are sung loudly, a cappella, in the \"Band of Brothers\" episode \"Bastogne\" by soldiers Joseph Liebgott, James Alley and an unnamed soldier in a foxhole, shortly before being shelled by", "id": "16760808" }, { "contents": "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\n\n\nproper, correct lyrics until they know them by heart as punishment. In an animated alphabet segment from \"Sesame Street\" featuring a boy with a big egg on his knee and a girl jumping rope. They comment on the egg while reciting bits of the alphabet in rhyme; after they reach the end with Z, the egg bursts and hatches a tap dancing lizard who does a singing soft shoe version of the song. In the movie \"Beyond Tomorrow\" (1940), the character Jimmy Houston (Richard Carlson)", "id": "16760811" }, { "contents": "John Woods House (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)\n\n\nuntil 1885. Composer Stephen Foster was friends with the Woods family, and his song \"Nelly Bly\", written circa 1849 and published in 1850, was inspired by a servant girl who worked at the Woods house. The song was composed on Rachel Keller Woods' piano, on which Foster is said to have written other classics (including \"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\"), and the instrument is currently housed at the Stephen Foster Memorial in Pittsburgh. This house is currently owned by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (", "id": "3893162" }, { "contents": "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill\n\n\n1976), and Helen Shields (1900–1963) had the role of Sylvia Meadows. Arlene Francis was a cast member in 1941. Also in the cast: Ruth Russell and John Brown (as Mr. Lenord). Organist Ann Leaf supplied the program's background music, and the opening theme was Stephen Foster's 1854 tune, \"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair.\" In addition to Frank Gallop and George Ansbro, other announcers were Howard Claney and Hugh Conover. Anne Hummert unintentionally scripted a prominent double meaning into the show", "id": "16484333" }, { "contents": "Stephen Foster\n\n\n\"Ring de Banjo\" (1851), \"Old Folks at Home\" (known also as \"Swanee River\", 1851), \"My Old Kentucky Home\" (1853), \"Old Dog Tray\" (1853), and \"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\" (1854), written for his wife Jane Denny McDowell. Many of Foster's songs were of the blackface minstrel show tradition popular at the time. He sought to \"build up taste… among refined people by making words suitable to", "id": "10226282" }, { "contents": "Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway (song)\n\n\nwith similar effects in mind. Also of interest is Foster's use of the marking ad lib in several places in the song. This flexibility allotted to the singer is atypical from Foster's usual preference of precise, literally exact note for note, interpretations. Thus, the ad lib designation was scarcely used by Foster and can, in fact, be found in only two of the composer's previous songs: \"Mary Loves the Flowers\" (1850) and \"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\" (1854).", "id": "15623128" }, { "contents": "The Old Maid (1939 film)\n\n\nset at various times, and the production fell eleven days behind schedule. The film's soundtrack includes \"When Johnny Comes Marching Home\" (anachronistically) by Patrick Gilmore, \"The Battle Hymn of the Republic\" by William Steffe and Julia Ward Howe, \"(I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land\" by Daniel Decatur Emmett, \"Oh My Darling, Clementine\" by Percy Montrose, and \"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\" by Stephen Foster. Frank S. Nugent of \"The New York Times\"", "id": "5623138" }, { "contents": "Monty Python's Flying Circus\n\n\nthe music with a song from a Python album. Terry Gilliam later complained about the cut, thinking it was because producer Ian McNaughton \"just didn't get what it was and he cut it. That was a big mistake.\" Music copyright issues have resulted in at least two cuts. In episode 209, Graham Chapman as a Pepperpot sings \"The Girl from Ipanema\", but some versions use \"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\", which is public domain. In the bus conductor sketch in episode 312,", "id": "10600110" }, { "contents": "The Wise Quacking Duck\n\n\nwhile singing \"I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\" minding his business. A shadow of Meek is show getting ready to chop off Daffy's head. Then he jumps and shouts \"WATCH IT, BUB!!!\" directly in his face. After a brief talk to Meek, he flicks his beak at his face and marches to a hay stack. Meek chops the stack various times and on the last chop, he thinks he kills the duck. Daffy fakes his death by squirting ketchup and throwing", "id": "14450324" }, { "contents": "Swanee River (film)\n\n\n\" and goes on tour with Christy's troup, called Christy's Minstrels. Solvent at last, Stephen marries Jane McDowell (Leeds), and a daughter Marion is born to them. Inspired by his wife's beauty, Stephen writes \"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair.\" However, Stephen's prosperity ends when his classical music fails and the advent of the Civil War brands his music as traitorous. When he turns to drinking, Jane leaves him, but two years later she returns to encourage him to write \"", "id": "16962799" }, { "contents": "Stephen Foster (album)\n\n\nset, Decca Album No. A-482 later in 1946, although the actual discs had different numbers. Disc 1 (25127): \"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\" / \"Nell and I\"br Disc 2 (25128): \"Beautiful Dreamer\" / \"Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair\"br Disc 3 (25129): \"My Old Kentucky Home\" / \"De Camptown Races\"br Disc 4 (25130): \"Old Folks at Home\" / \"Old Black Joe\" The same songs were issued on a Decca", "id": "18395987" }, { "contents": "Jane McDowell Foster Wiley\n\n\nJane Denny McDowell Foster Wiley was born December 10, 1829. She died at the age of seventy-three in a fire on January 17, 1903 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is best known for being the wife of Stephen Foster and being the inspiration for Foster's song Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair. Her archives are located in the University of Pittsburgh. Jane's father, Andrew Nathan McDowell, was a well-known physician in Pittsburgh. He encouraged the first black medical student from Western Pennsylvania to apply to", "id": "7695569" }, { "contents": "From Hare to Heir\n\n\noutside into the distance to let off more steam. Bugs' provoking of Sam continues that night by playing the piano while loudly and obnoxiously singing \"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\" while Sam is trying to sleep. Sam bursts out of his room and screams: \"Stop that music, ya crazy rackin', frackin', varmint rabbit!\". After Bugs deducts some more money, Sam requests that he play \"Brahms' Lullaby\" so that he can fall asleep. Bugs agrees but in the form of", "id": "9834444" }, { "contents": "Stephen Foster (album)\n\n\non a 4-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-440. Disc 1 (18801): \"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\" / \"Nell and I\"br Disc 2 (18802): \"Beautiful Dreamer\" / \"Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair\"br Disc 3 (18803): \"My Old Kentucky Home\" / \"De Camptown Races\"br Disc 4 (18804): \"Old Folks at Home\" / \"Old Black Joe\" The same songs were issued on another 4-disc, 78 rpm album", "id": "18395986" }, { "contents": "Peter de Savary\n\n\nbuilding a spectacular golf course on the beautiful Winding Bay beach and bluff. He bought four properties in Grenada in the Caribbean, where he was developing a marina and resort village. Vanderbilt Hallbr In late 2009, de Savary purchased Vanderbilt Hall, a mansion hotel located in Newport, Rhode Island. He added a small collection of \"American Illustration\" artworks to the property from the American Illustrators Gallery, New York, including a piece by Howard Chandler Christy titled \"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair\". The painting depicts Stephen", "id": "20169279" }, { "contents": "Brown hair\n\n\n\"He is a brunette\" (or brunet). Lighter or darker shades of brown hair may be referred to as \"light brunette\" or \"dark brunette\", though in such cases one is generally referring only to the hair color, not using the term as a metaphor for the person; one would be unlikely to say, \"She is a light brunette.\" Rather, one would say, \"She has light-brown hair.\" Brown-haired individuals predominate in most parts of Europe. In", "id": "1603120" }, { "contents": "Greeks\n\n\nand 91 had brown eye colour. Another study from 2012 included 150 dental school students from the University of Athens, and the results of the study showed that light hair colour (blonde/light ash brown) was predominant in 10.7% of the students. 36% had medium hair colour (light brown/medium darkest brown), 32% had darkest brown and 21% black (15.3 off black, 6% midnight black). In conclusion, the hair colour of young Greeks are mostly brown, ranging from light", "id": "19450150" }, { "contents": "Negroid\n\n\npresence of looser, frizzly hair texture in other populations has often been considered an indication of possible admixture with Negroid peoples. Commenting on the lack of body hair (glabrousness) of Negroids and Mongoloids, Carleton S. Coon wrote that \"[b]oth negroid and mongoloid skin conditions are inimical to excessive hair development except upon the scalp\". Skin pigmentation in Negroid populations varies from very dark brown to light brown. As dark skin is also relatively common in human groups that have historically not been defined as \"Negroid\", including many", "id": "1626210" }, { "contents": "Mediterranean race\n\n\nand insular parts of Europe. According to William Z. Ripley, the marked features of the Mediterranean race were dark hair, dark eyes, a long face, dolichocephalic skull, and a variable narrow nose. C. S. Coon wrote that marked Mediterranean features included skin color ranging \"from pink or peaches-and-cream to a light brown\", a relatively prominent and aquiline nose, considerable body hair, and dark brown to black hair. According to Renato Biasutti, frequent Mediterranean traits included \"skin color 'matte'-white or brunet", "id": "3832189" }, { "contents": "Me and Juliet\n\n\nscene. As Lily has had to leave, Jeanie stands in for her as Juliet, while Larry sings the part of Me in the scene, as the curtain falls (\"Finale of Our Play\"). The cast consisted mostly of unknowns, though Isabel Bigley, who had just originated Sister Sarah Brown in \"Guys and Dolls\", was given the leading role of chorus girl Jeanie. For Larry, the assistant stage manager who falls in love with Jeanie, they cast Bill Hayes, a well-known stage", "id": "19067392" }, { "contents": "Portuguese people\n\n\nis possible to draw the general anthropometrical features of the majority of the Portuguese population. Dark to medium brown hair and brown and hazel eyes are predominant. However, light brown and blond hair and blue and green eyes are also found frequently. Chestnut and auburn-colored hair types occur generally. Legitimate black hair—not espresso brown—can be found, but it is not very common. Light, true red hair (meaning red shades that are non-auburn) is seen on occasion. A recent study by Candille", "id": "8766959" }, { "contents": "Brown hair\n\n\nBrown hair is the second most common human hair color, after black hair. It varies from light brown to almost black hair. It is characterized by higher levels of the dark pigment eumelanin and lower levels of the pale pigment pheomelanin. People with brown hair are often referred to as brunette, which in French is the feminine form of \"brunet,\" the diminutive of \"brun\" (brown, brown-haired or dark-haired). Brown hair is common among populations in the Western world, especially among those", "id": "1603116" }, { "contents": "Evarcha falcata\n\n\n(opisthosoma) is light brown, framed by black and white stripes. The two central eyes of the face are rather large. The frontal area of the eyes is covered with light hairs. Also pedipalps are covered with longer, light hairs. Legs are light brown. Females differ from males also in color (Sexual dimorphism). Cephalothorax and abdomen are densely covered with brown hairs, without any light or black stripes and spots. On the abdomen of the males there is sometimes an indistinct drawing of bright oblique spots,", "id": "14844528" }, { "contents": "Human hair color\n\n\nthe shades of hair color. The scale uses the following designations: A (very light blond), B to E (light blond), F to L (blond), M to O (dark blond), P to T (light brown to brown), U to Y (dark brown/black) and Roman numerals I to IV (red) and V to VI (red blond). Brown hair is characterized by higher levels of eumelanin and lower levels of pheomelanin. Of the two types of", "id": "218619" }, { "contents": "Brown hair\n\n\nnorthern and central Europe medium to light brown shades are the most common, while darker shades prevail in the rest of the continent. Brown hair, mostly medium to light brown shades, are also dominant in Australia, Canada and the United States among descendants of the Northern, Central and Eastern European (British, Scandinavian, Baltic, Dutch/Flemish, German (including Swiss-German and Austrian), Polish, and Russian) immigrants. Similarly to blond hair, brown hair occurs commonly among Australian Aborigine and Melanesian populations.", "id": "1603121" }, { "contents": "The Clue in the Crumbling Wall\n\n\nwere \"hacking\" away at the stone walls of a garden walkway. Bess is depicted with very dark blonde-light brown hair, and all three girls are in feminine clothing, contrary to what the text of the book describes (riding pants/slacks and casual blouses with sturdy boots/shoes). Nancy is depicted in the same dress in the frontispiece. The cover was updated with revised art in 1962 to show the same scene, with all three girls again in dresses or skirts, and Nancy's hair changed", "id": "6346405" }, { "contents": "Portia africana\n\n\nbrownish hairs lying over the surface, with a scanty tuft behind the fovea. Males have sparse white tufts on their thorax and irregular white bands above the bases of all but the first pair of legs. Female's chelicerae are orange with blackish markings, decorated with dense white hairs at the top and long light brown hairs near the bottom; while male's chelicerae are orange-brown, with darker markings and a layer of thin fine light brown hair. The abdomen of both sexes is mottled yellow-brown and black,", "id": "902101" }, { "contents": "Laser hair removal\n\n\nonly hair with color such as black, brown, or reddish-brown hair or dirty blonde can be removed. White hair, light blonde and strawberry blonde hair does not respond well. Laser works best with dark coarse hair. Light skin and dark hair are an ideal combination, being most effective and producing the best results, but lasers such as the are able to target black hair in patients with dark skin with some success. Hair removal lasers have been in use since 1997 and have been approved for \"permanent hair", "id": "21823829" }, { "contents": "Generation Dead\n\n\n, broad V shaped body and brown hair. Tommy is one of the 'living impaired' kids who is described as having cold dead eyes that are a pale blue colour and shaggy grey blond hair. Pete is described as a large football player who comes across as a type of antagonist, he is said to have light brown hair. Colette is an old friend of Phoebe and Margi, she is one of the 'living impaired' kids. Two sequels to the novel, \"Kiss of Life\" and \"Passing", "id": "17220257" }, { "contents": "Mestiço\n\n\n, which initially referred to a young child of a black and a white person. \"Pardo\", the Portuguese word for a light brown color (\"the color of a leopard\", particularly in the context of complexion), evolved to mean any visibly mixed-race person that would not pass for any other race, to the exception of those of lighter complexion, who could be (if dark-haired) or (if light-haired, from Tupi \"sara-ra\", \"red-haired", "id": "17810328" }, { "contents": "Black hair\n\n\ndark skin. Black-haired humans can have dark or light eyes. This is found in its greatest distribution in Asia, pre-Columbian Americas and Africa. Black hair is also particularly common in people of Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Southern Europe and Africa regardless of ethnolinguistic affiliation. For example, although brown hair is the dominant type some Southern Europeans are particularly noted for their straight or wavy black hair, and it can be combined with either dark (such as brown) or light (such as green", "id": "11861934" }, { "contents": "Can't Get You Out of My Head\n\n\ncouples performing a dance routine dressed in black and white costumes; they are soon joined by Minogue with wavy light brown hair, who is seen wearing a white tracksuit. The setting changes to a room where Minogue with straight light brown hair is seen striking various poses sporting bright crimson lipstick and a hooded white jumpsuit with a neckline plunging down to her navel. The outfit was designed by London-based fashion designer Fee Doran, under the label of Mrs Jones. Minogue then performs a synchronised dance routine with several backup dancers,", "id": "6720577" }, { "contents": "Human hair color\n\n\nSolomon Islands, 26% of the population carry the gene; however, it is absent outside of Oceania. Black hair is the darkest hair color. It has large amounts of eumelanin and is more dense than other hair colors. Auburn hair ranges along a spectrum of light to dark red-brown shades. The chemicals which cause auburn hair are eumelanin (brown) and pheomelanin (red), with a higher proportion of red-causing pheomelanin than is found in average brown hair. It is most commonly found in individuals", "id": "218623" }, { "contents": "List of Scott Pilgrim characters\n\n\nHis nickname is a reversal of Neil Young, a frequent collaborator of musician Stephen Stills. In regards to his hair colour, when a Tumblr user asked O'Malley why the character's hair colour was \"light brown-nearly blond\" in the colour section of \"Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together\" but in the new colour editions had a brown colour that is darker than Scott's colour, O'Malley replied saying that \"the reason is that I don’t care what color Young Neil’s hair is. (laughs) Who’s", "id": "11339027" }, { "contents": "Thopha sessiliba\n\n\nThe eyes are light brown tinged with purple, and the postclypeus dark red-brown. The head is variable in colour, but never black like the double drummer. The thorax is brown with lighter golden-brown markings. The mesonotum is brown tinged with purple. The underside of the thorax is red-brown and covered in fine silvery velvety hairs. The abdomen is dark brown, with the first and second segments above and underside covered with grey hairs, and also a whitish pregenital band of hair. The wings are", "id": "18592018" }, { "contents": "Human hair color\n\n\npale blond. However, it can be red, darker blond, light brown, or rarely, even dark brown. Vitiligo is a patchy loss of hair and skin color that may occur as the result of an auto-immune disease. In a preliminary 2013 study, researchers treated the buildup of hydrogen peroxide which causes this with a light-activated pseudo-catalase. This produced significant media coverage that further investigation may someday lead to a general non-dye treatment for grey hair. Malnutrition is also known to cause hair", "id": "218634" }, { "contents": "Brown hair\n\n\nblack) to light brown showing small signs of blondism. Shades of brown hair include: In Western popular culture, a common stereotype is that brunettes are stable, serious, smart and sophisticated. A British study into hair color and the intensity of attraction found that 62 percent of the men participating in the study associated brown-haired women with stability and competence. Brunettes were described as independent and self-sufficient by 67 percent of the men, and as intelligent by 81 percent. According to \"Allure\" magazine, in", "id": "1603125" }, { "contents": "Hair (musical)\n\n\n, Sally Eaton and Shelley Plimpton reprising their off-Broadway roles as Jeanie and Crissy, Melba Moore as Dionne, Steve Curry as Woof, Ronnie Dyson (who sang \"Aquarius\" and \"What a Piece of Work is Man\"), Paul Jabara and Diane Keaton (both Moore and Keaton later played Sheila). Among the performers who appeared in \"Hair\" during its original Broadway run were Ben Vereen, Keith Carradine, Barry McGuire, Ted Lange, Meat Loaf, La La Brooks, Kenny Seymour (of", "id": "18844497" }, { "contents": "Callipogon barbatus\n\n\nCallipogon barbatus is a species of flat-faced longhorns beetle belonging to the Cerambycidae family, \"Prioninae\" subfamily. \"Callipogon barbatus\" reaches a length of about in females, about in males. Head and pronotum are black, covered with white-yellowish hairs. Elytra are reddish-brown or light brown with a reddish tinge. The males have well developed mandibles, with long light brown and red hairs. The mandibles of females are much shorter than the in males. Antennae are dark brown, up to long.", "id": "17476111" }, { "contents": "Dutch rabbit\n\n\nwith the belly colour. Ears to match body, Eyes deep hazel. Brown Grey - Slate blue at the base followed by a band of yellowy orange then a black line, finishing by light or nut brown tips to the fur. The whole interspersed by black guard hairs. That is the impression gained when the fur of the brown grey is parted. The general impression should be light or nut brown on ears, cheeks, body, hind feet and top of tail, the whole ticked with black hairs. Belly colour", "id": "6804140" }, { "contents": "Blond\n\n\nmost common in light-skinned infants and children, so much so that the term \"baby blond\" is often used for very light colored hair. Babies may be born with blond hair even among groups where adults rarely have blond hair, although such natural hair usually falls out quickly. Blond hair tends to turn darker with age, and many children's blond hair turns light, medium, dark brown or black before or during their adult years. Because blond hair tends to turn brunette with age, natural blond hair is", "id": "5633780" }, { "contents": "Stoney Creek Farm\n\n\n, 1881; and son Alvey D., born February 9, 1883. Both sons indicated they worked as laborers on the farm. Harvey Jonathon Schlessor registered for the World War I draft on September 12, 1918. His draft card listed his stature as medium height and build, with light blue eyes and light brown hair. His brother Alvey Daub Schlessor registered the same day, and was noted to be of short height with light brown eyes and dark brown hair. Josiah and Savilla’s three children remained single and at the", "id": "13759946" }, { "contents": "Petter's big-footed mouse\n\n\nits measurements fall at or above the upper end of the known range of variation in \"M. ingens\". The upperparts are covered with soft and short, brown fur. Most cover hairs (the main part of the fur) are dark brown for the two-thirds closest to the base, then light brown, with a short dark brown tip. The middle of the back appears darker, because the cover hairs there are entirely dark brown. The hairs are 6 to 8 mm (0.2 to 0.3 in) long", "id": "19886868" }, { "contents": "Maniac Mansion\n\n\nA brown-haired man with a light brown plaid shirt stands behind a podium against a black background.|[[Ron Gilbert]] (pictured) co-wrote and co-designed \"Maniac Mansion\" with [[Gary Winnick (game developer)|Gary Winnick]]; they were both [[Puzzle video game|puzzle]] and graphic adventure game fans.]] \"Maniac Mansion\" was conceived in 1985 when [[Lucasfilm Games]] employees [[Ron Gilbert]] and [[Gary Winnick (game developer)|Gary Winnick]] were", "id": "19983868" }, { "contents": "DNA Doe Project\n\n\nas Jane Doe 87-04092 EL—was a slender young woman who had medium-length light hair, estimated to have been between 15 and 19 years old when she died, and was speculated to have been a teenage runaway. Her hands had been cut off by her killer or killers, likely as a way to prevent identification via fingerprinting. At the crime scene, enough hair was found upon and near the body to determine that the decedent had either blond or light-brown hair, although no personal belongings beyond", "id": "8054446" }, { "contents": "Carpenter's lar gibbon\n\n\n, with hands and feet white sometimes as far as the wrists and ankles, and the hair much longer than in other subspecies. The dark form is very dark chocolate brown, the tips of the hairs being blackish and their bases silvery-brown, whereas the light form is creamy-white, with the basal one-quarter to one-third of the hairs light gray. Its range is confined to northern and part of northeastern Thailand. In the southwest part of its range, its distribution abuts that of the pileated", "id": "19005509" }, { "contents": "Quercus mohriana\n\n\na large thicket-forming shrub. The bark is light brown, rough and deeply furrowed. The twigs are yellowish or whitish, with short velvety hairs, becoming smooth with age. The buds are dark red-brown, sparsely covered with hairs. The leaves are shiny, leathery, dark blue-gray and densely covered with light gray hairs underneath. They have entire margins and are occasionally toothed. The inflorescence, which appears in spring, is reddish. There are female catkins with one to three flowers and male catkins", "id": "4479092" }, { "contents": "Blond\n\n\nof hair color on Greek \"korai\" probably reflect the colors the artists saw in natural hair; these colors include a broad diversity of shades of blond, red, and brown. The minority of statues with blond hair range from strawberry blond up to platinum blond. Sappho of Lesbos ( 630-570 BC) wrote that purple-colored wraps as headdress were good enough, except if the hair was blond: \"...for the girl who has hair that is yellower than a torch [it is better to decorate it", "id": "5633795" }, { "contents": "Portia schultzi\n\n\nare black and light orange hairs, and nine white tufts. Those of females' are pale yellow and have black markings with scattered white and orange-brown hairs on the upper side, but no tufts. The legs of both sexes are unusually long and slender, and those of male's are orange-brown with darker markings while those of females are light yellow with blackish markings. In both sexes the final two segment of each leg has no other decorations, but the other segments in both sexes have brownish hairs and", "id": "18992442" }, { "contents": "Murder of Marilee Bruszer\n\n\nat and , respectively. The victim was said to have light blond hair that was long, although some sources state that it was brown, strawberry blond or sandy blond. Her natural hair color was likely light brown, as some pubic hair was found. With the body, a double-hooped earring was found along with a white barrette. She had some dental crowding, which caused one of her front teeth to be crooked. The woman was believed to be between eighteen and twenty-two when she was strangled several", "id": "20791927" }, { "contents": "Characters of The Order of the Stick\n\n\nbeings, such as the Linear Guild, show up to cause trouble. The CPPD Chief is the most-commonly seen member. His unnamed squad members include a man with ginger hair, called \"Rookie\", regarded as the one member of the team with any sense, a female with light brown hair, a bearded blond man who's losing his hair, and a dark-skinned, dark-haired man. The last of these was charged with delivering Pompey to prison, but had been knocked out and replaced", "id": "22189245" }, { "contents": "Greeks\n\n\nthe old civilizations of the Levant and Egypt, but there is no quantifiable genetic influence\". A study from 2013 for prediction of hair and eye colour from DNA of the Greek people showed that the self-reported phenotype frequencies according to hair and eye colour categories was as follows: 119 individuals – hair colour, 11 blond, 45 dark blond/light brown, 49 dark brown, 3 brown red/auburn and 11 had black hair; eye colour, 13 with blue, 15 with intermediate (green, heterochromia)", "id": "19450149" }, { "contents": "Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874–1878)\n\n\nmother remarked in a letter that \"little sister Maly\" bore a strong resemblance to her dead brother Friedrich (\"Frittie\") at the same age \"with such quick eyes and two deep dimples in her cheeks.\" A few weeks later, Alice wrote that baby \"Maly\" had fair skin, light brown hair and deep blue eyes. As she grew older, she smiled frequently and Alice thought she more strongly resembled her older sister Victoria, with \"fair hair, marked eyebrows and speaking eyes.\" She", "id": "13188649" }, { "contents": "Jeanie Dicks\n\n\nJeanie Dicks (25 September 1893 – 6 July 1980) was responsible for the first permanent electrification of Winchester Cathedral in 1934. She was the first female member of the Electrical Contractors Association and President of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce. Maude Jeanie Dicks was professionally known as Jeanie Dicks, and Mrs I. McVean after marriage. She was born in Winchester, Hampshire. After the death of her father Philip, Dicks took over the family firm of Messrs. Dicks Ltd of Winchester, a company specialising in gas and electric lighting installation.", "id": "16693136" }, { "contents": "Lasioglossum leucozonium\n\n\nhairs on the scutellum. The slightly separated hind tibial hair is mostly pale yellowish brown while the dorsal hairs are light brown. On the metasomal tergum I and terga II-IV, the hair is white with a band of hair on terga II-IV and elongated hairs scattered over the anterior surface of tergum I. Its mesoscutal hairs are moderately dense and seem feathery, and its wing membrane has a glassy, translucent appearance. A male \"L. leucozonium\" is distinguished by its rounded clypeus, its ventrally narrowed head, its", "id": "1591287" }, { "contents": "Quercus frainetto\n\n\nat the ends of twigs. The leaves turn brown, russet or yellow in fall and sometimes remain attached to the twigs until the following spring. The buds are large, long and pointed, shiny russet or light brown in colour with minute tomentum. The twigs are stout and covered with russet upward pointed hairs. The light brown acorns mature in about 6 months. They are 15–35 mm long, egg shaped, usually with a blunt apex. The acorn cup is covered with long overlapping scales and russet hairs. The acorns", "id": "12620264" }, { "contents": "Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights\n\n\nDoctor Faustus Lights the Lights (1938) is a libretto for an opera by the American modernist playwright and poet Gertrude Stein. The text has become a rite of passage for avant-garde theatre artists from the United States: La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Judson Poets' Group, The Living Theatre, Richard Foreman, Robert Wilson, The Wooster Group, and Production Workshop at Brown University have all produced the piece. Stein wrote the piece during what critics often refer to as the final or narrative period of her playwriting career", "id": "21925051" }, { "contents": "Ralph Wiggum\n\n\nto Eddie (who has similar hair) being his biological father. In one particular issue of the comic book, Ralph appears along with other Springfield residents drawn in a realistic style which depicts him with blonde hair, implying that the hair lines are meant to be a silhouette of a blonde bowl-cut. Adult Ralph in \"Bart to the Future\" also has light brown hair. Ralph has become one of the show's most popular characters. He is commonly featured on media and merchandise related to the show, including", "id": "10532672" }, { "contents": "Coulson Kernahan\n\n\nliterature,\" which he followed by publishing pieces in American and British periodicals before beginning to write novels. On 15 June, 1892, at the age of 32, he married Jeanie Gwen Bellamy at St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich, Southwark, England. An author herself, Jeanie most notably wrote the \"Bed Time Stories\" series, collaborating with her husband and Dorothy Furniss as illustrator. She had already had a child named George K. Bellamy who was born in 1892 and who became Coulson’s step-son.", "id": "19571500" }, { "contents": "List of Strawberry Shortcake characters\n\n\nhas light brown hair, wears a dark blue T-shirt with a picture of huckleberries on it over a green and white striped long-sleeved shirt, light brown pants, and dark blue shoes. He keeps one brown hound puppy named TomTom (a nod to Tom Sawyer). Voiced by Aidan Drummond. Sweet Grapes is the twin of Sour Grapes. Everyone calls her Sweet for short. She has fair skin, violet eyes that are lighter in color at the bottom, and long violet hair in loose curls.", "id": "3269206" }, { "contents": "Houston Stewart Chamberlain\n\n\nclaimed that the Jews had stolen and rewritten this sacred text from the Aryan Persians, ending his letter: \"Let us free ourselves from the \"Judentum\" with its Jawe!\" In 1923, Wilhelm wrote to tell Chamberlain of his belief that not only were the Jews \"not our religious forebears\", but that Jesus was \"not a Jew\", was instead an Aryan \"of exceptional beauty, tall and slim with a noble face inspiring respect and love; his hair blond shading into chestnut brown, his arms", "id": "18673043" }, { "contents": "Jeanie Tracy\n\n\nJeanie Tracy (born November 18, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and record producer. Jeanie Autre Tracy was born on November 18, 1960, in Houston, Texas and raised in Fresno, California. At a young age, Tracy began singing in her church choir at Pentecostal Church of God in Christ. During her high school years, she studied opera and classical piano. She played the lead in Oscar Brown Jr.'s stage play \"Slave Driver\" in 1970. In 1975, Tracy released", "id": "17884779" }, { "contents": "Hair (musical)\n\n\ndive we rediscover sensation ... our eyes are open, wide, wide, wide\". Similarly, in the song \"Donna\", Berger sings that \"I'm evolving through the drugs that you put down.\" At another point, Jeanie smokes marijuana and dismisses the critics of \"pot\". Generally, the tribe favors hallucinogenic or \"mind expanding\" drugs, such as LSD and marijuana, while disapproving of other drugs such as speed and depressants. For example, Jeanie, after revealing that she is pregnant by", "id": "18844523" }, { "contents": "Human hair color\n\n\nbe determined with a Punnett square. The other gene pair is a non-red/red pair, where the non-red allele (which suppresses production of pheomelanin) is dominant and the allele for red hair is recessive. A person with two copies of the red-haired allele will have red hair. The two-gene model does not account for all possible shades of brown, blond, or red (for example, platinum blond versus dark blond/light brown), nor does it explain why hair color", "id": "218617" }, { "contents": "Petter's tufted-tailed rat\n\n\nears) are dark and appear naked, but are covered by fine brown fur on the outer and by white hairs on the inner surface. The forefeet are entirely white above, but a narrow dark streak is present on the hindfeet. The skin of the tail is dark, sometimes with some white spots on the lower side. Although the tail appears mostly naked, it is covered with inconspicuous hairs. The tail tuft—characteristic of the genus \"Eliurus\"—is weakly developed and consists of light brown to grayish brown hairs along the", "id": "10927875" }, { "contents": "Peter Pan\n\n\n, and a cap with a red feather in it. He has pointed elf-like ears, brown eyes and his hair is red. In \"Hook\" (1991), the character is played as an adult by Robin Williams, with blue eyes and dark brown hair; in flashbacks to him in his youth, his hair is light brown. In this film his ears appear pointed only when he is Peter Pan, not as Peter Banning. His Pan attire resembles the Disney outfit (minus the cap).", "id": "8283820" }, { "contents": "Brown fur seal\n\n\nof the Australian subspecies (\"A. p. doriferus\") are in length and weigh . Females are length and weigh . Adult male brown fur seals are dark gray to brown, with a darker mane of short, coarse hairs and a light belly, while adult females are light brown to gray, with a light throat and darker back and belly. The fore flippers of the fur seal are dark brown to black. Pups are born black and molt to gray with a pale throat within 3-5 months. The skull", "id": "100409" }, { "contents": "Golden snub-nosed monkey\n\n\n) are quite small, being less than two-thirds the size of adult females. Their body hair is light brown, gradually turning reddish gold. The rest of their body (dorsum, crown to nape, cape, arms and outer thighs) hair is brown. Golden hairs in the dorsum or cape area are not recognizable nor is the median brown crest present in subadult to adult females and males. Sexual discrimination is difficult because their external genital organs are underdeveloped. Infants (estimated at 3 months to 1 year old", "id": "10983204" }, { "contents": "Large Mindoro forest mouse\n\n\nsoft and smooth. The hairs of the dorsal fur are light gray near the root, and dark brown at the tip. Between the normal hairs are many black tactile hairs. This makes the dorsal fur appear dark brown, although recently captured animals have a dark blue-green hue. Some animals are darker around the midline of the back, and all are a lighter colour at the flanks. The colour of the ventral fur varies between animals, with it being a yellow-brown colour in some, slightly lighter coloured", "id": "20396243" }, { "contents": "Steppe polecat\n\n\nthough still sparser than those of the European polecat. Contrary to the former, the steppe polecat's guard hairs never completely cover the underfur. The base colour of the winter fur is very light yellowish or whitish-yellowish. The tips of the guard hairs are blackish-brown or brown, forming a frosting effect over the yellow underfur. This frosting is stronger in the middle and lower back, where the guard hairs are denser and longer. The guard hairs on the upper back, the flanks, between the shoulders and", "id": "12915517" }, { "contents": "Black-headed sugar ant\n\n\ngaster can be black, brown or yellowish-brown while the mesosoma is either reddish-brown or yellow. Workers are mostly brown with light patches noticeable on the head and mesosoma, and their clypei and mandibles are even darker; the legs are either black or brown. A large number of hairs grow from the gaster, mesonotum, pronotum and propodeum. On average, individual hairs are long. Golden, erect setae are present under the head and on the mesosoma. The setae on the tibia are short in comparison to", "id": "17082085" }, { "contents": "Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown\n\n\n, Mickey Mouse getting hit over the head by a lead pipe, Rocky Balboa getting punched in the face by Popeye, and Godzilla squeezing Dr. Pepper out of a giant soda can. It ends with Charlie Brown announcing that \"Happiness is a warm \"uzi\"\" in a thick Germanic accent reminiscent of Arnold Schwarzenegger and a cut to him smoking a cigarette in bed with the Little Red-Haired Girl (who, fittingly, is not fully seen), who asks Charlie Brown to turn off the bedroom light. The", "id": "9318763" }, { "contents": "Stoppit and Tidyup\n\n\n, frog-like green creature), Comb Your Hair (a six-legged, cow-like blue creature with long orange hair and a bell round his neck), Wash Your Face (a Wellington boot-wearing creature without arms who usually appears brown with black boots, but a bath revealed him to be pink with yellow boots), Go And Play (a light green creature who wore shorts and trainers), I Said No (an angry red creature who had a pink pet called Not Now),", "id": "4340102" }, { "contents": "Textrix denticulata\n\n\nsides, not unlike wolf spiders of the genus \"Pardosa\". The abdomen is dark brown with a light horse-shoe shaped marking towards the anterior which breaks down into a series of light spots towards the posterior. There are vague, somewhat reddish chevrons due to the relatively thinner coating of hairs between the horseshoe mark and the posterior spotting which causes the background colour of the abdomen to be visible. The legs are yellow-brown with dark annulations and rings of white hairs. The body length of the female is 7–8", "id": "16140645" }, { "contents": "Hair (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording)\n\n\nHair is the cast recording of the original, Off-Broadway cast of the musical \"Hair: An American Tribal Love-Rock Musical\". It was released in 1967 by RCA Victor. \"Hair\" premiered Off-Broadway at the Public Theater on October 17, 1967, and the cast album was recorded two weeks later. The lead roles were played by Walker Daniels as Claude, Gerome Ragni as Berger, Jill O'Hara as Sheila, Steve Dean as Woof, Arnold Wilkerson as Hud, Sally Eaton as Jeanie and", "id": "6166302" }, { "contents": "The Creeping\n\n\nThe Creeping is a 2015 young adult suspense thriller and the debut novel of Alexandra Sirowy. It was released on August 18, 2015 through Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers in hardback and e-book formats. Twelve years ago two young girls, Jeanie and Stella, went out to pick strawberries near Jeanie's home in the small town of Savage. The two girls go missing and only one of them, Stella, returns - but without any memory of the prior events, with her hair put up in a french", "id": "21868353" }, { "contents": "Go-Back\n\n\ntrophy he carried with him the rest of his life. She had long brown hair with double braids on each side (chief's braids) and green eyes. A female elf with light brown hair. When Chot reported the failed attempt to steal the Little Palace, she remembered the Tunnel of Golden Light from Rayek's stories, making it possible that the Go-Backs attacked Sorrow's End A good friend of Zey. He went with Kahvi to steal the Little Palace, but betrayed her. In the war for the", "id": "22106470" }, { "contents": "Short-palated fruit bat\n\n\nbats. The bat weigh anywhere from . The fur is a light brown but the snout, eyelids, ears, and wings can be yellowish green to bright orange in color. The fine hair of the brown fur is brown at its base, lightens in its center, and becomes brown again at the end. At the base of the ears there are tufts of white hairs and two oblong white patches are present between and behind the eyes. The round pupil of the bat is quite large, almost obscuring the yellow-", "id": "11898200" }, { "contents": "This (fly)\n\n\n, short setulae on its cheeks. Its arista is shorter than the diameter of its eye, and the segment 6 is covered in short hairs. Both sexes of \"T. canus\" have a similar morphology. It has a pale grey head, a pale orange-brown cheek, orange-brown antennae, and a brown arista. Its thorax is light gray and is covered in black hairs. The legs are yellow or yellowish-brown. Both the tegulae and veins on its pale wings are yellow. The head is", "id": "12668320" }, { "contents": "Iriomote cat\n\n\ndark gray and light brown, with lighter hair on the belly and insides of the limbs. Hair along the jaw is white. There are two dark brown spots on each cheek. There are 5–7 stripes spanning from the forehead to the back of the head, but, unlike the leopard cat, the stripes stop before reaching the shoulders. Dark brown spots cover the sides of the body, and there are 3–4 bands of irregular stripes on the chest. The tail is dark brown; darker spots pattern the back side of", "id": "1690415" }, { "contents": "Human hair color\n\n\nsometimes darkens as a person ages. Several gene pairs control the light versus dark hair color in a cumulative effect. A person's genotype for a multifactorial trait can interact with the environment to produce varying phenotypes (see quantitative trait locus). Natural hair color can be brown, blond, black, red, or white; all natural hair colors including grey, white and lightest blond, are shades of brown. The Fischer–Saller scale, named after Eugen Fischer and , is used in physical anthropology and medicine to determine", "id": "218618" }, { "contents": "Blond\n\n\nreflects the solar radiation onto the skin, making this environment lack the conditions for the person to have blond, brown or red hair, light skin and blue, grey or green eyes. An alternative hypothesis was presented by Canadian anthropologist Peter Frost, who claims blond hair evolved very quickly in a specific area at the end of the last ice age by means of sexual selection. According to Frost, the appearance of blond hair and blue eyes in some northern European women made them stand out from their rivals, and more sexually", "id": "5633776" }, { "contents": "Built for Speed (Stray Cats album)\n\n\nmelodies and playing are strong enough to withstand datedness on what is \"song-for-song the group's strongest album, despite the cut-and-paste manner in which it was created\". All tracks written by Brian Setzer except as indicated. Note: \"Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie\" is often miscredited as having been written by Mike Chapman, who recorded a song of the same name with his band Tangerine Peel. However, Chapman's \"Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie\" is a completely different song from", "id": "984921" }, { "contents": "Sabatinca lucilia\n\n\nSabatinca lucilia is a moth of the family Micropterigidae that is endemic to New Zealand. The wingspan is about . Adults were found on a sunny moss-covered clay bank. They are on wing in December and January and sometimes come to electric light. Head, face, and palpi covered with long bronze-brown hair. Antennae purplish tending to brown at tips. Thorax brown, densely covered with long brown hair. Abdomen grey-blackish along sides. Legs ochreous tinged with grey-blackish. Forewings ovate-lanceolate,", "id": "11614911" }, { "contents": "Macedonian mouse\n\n\nbrown to pale light brown to dark-reddish brown. There is a distinct line of demarcation along the flanks that separates top and bottom coloration. The bottom coloration ranged from whitish grey, pure white, yellowish white, and reddish white. The ears have tiny white hairs. This rodent has a tail that is dark brown on top and lighter on bottom. The bottoms of the Macedonian mouse's feet are bare while the tops of their feet have white hairs. Macedeonan mice are nocturnal. The \"sutura squamalis\" has", "id": "20452085" }, { "contents": "Basketmaker culture\n\n\nfrom light to dark brown and they had brown or black hair and eyes. Fancy hairstyles were sometimes worn by men and infrequently by women. Women's hair may have been cut short; Significant quantities of rope made of human hair have been recovered and since it was more likely that men had fancy hairstyles, the hair for rope may have come from women. The Basketmakers wore sandals made of woven yucca fibers or strips of leaves. There is little evidence of clothing aside from a few loin-cloths found at archaeological sites", "id": "20152098" }, { "contents": "The Kiesha'ra Series\n\n\nhave hair in various shades of anything varying from light, honey brown to black. Their eye color can consist of varying jewel tones including amber, sapphire, and emerald. White vipers, who are much less common being descended from a formerly exiled group of Serpiente, are known for white-blonde hair and blue eyes. The Cobriana family are known for their black hair and garnet colored eyes, which can hypnotise with a glance. Cobra traits breed true over any other serpiente traits, excepting the white vipers. All serpents", "id": "18786316" }, { "contents": "Heavy Metal (magazine)\n\n\nadding substantive text material was a line-up of columns by four authorities in various aspects of popular culture: Lou Stathis wrote about rock music and Jay Kinney dug into underground comics, while Steve Brown reviewed new science fiction novels and Bhob Stewart explored visual media from fantasy films to animation and light shows. In 1980, Julie Simmons-Lynch took over as editor, and her new slant on text material was the showcasing of science fiction by well-known authors such as Robert Silverberg, John Shirley and Harlan Ellison. Later", "id": "18393229" } ]

[ { "contents": "Rational planning model\n\n\ngoal definition, information gathering). This step includes recognizing the problem, defining an initial solution, and starting primary analysis. Examples of this are creative devising, creative ideas, inspirations, breakthroughs, and brainstorms. The very first step which is normally overlooked by the top level management is defining the exact problem. Though we think that the problem identification is obvious, many times it is not. The rational decision making model is a group-based decision making process. If the problem is not identified properly then we may", "id": "2785631" }, { "contents": "Rational planning model\n\n\n. The very similar rational decision-making model, as it is called in organizational behavior, is a process for making logically sound decisions. This multi-step model and aims to be logical and follow the orderly path from problem identification through solution. Rational decision making is a multi-step process for making logically sound decisions that aims to follow the orderly path from problem identification through solution. Rational decision-making or planning follows a series of steps detailed below: Verifying, defining & detailing the problem (problem definition,", "id": "2785630" }, { "contents": "Rational planning model\n\n\nfinal implementation to the site and preliminary monitoring of the outcome and results of the site. This step is the building/renovations part of the process. This step contains the secondary and final monitoring of the outcomes and results of the site. This step takes place over a long period of time. Modify future decisions and actions taken based on the above evaluation of outcomes. The rational model of decision-making is a process for making sound decisions in policy making in the public sector. Rationality is defined as “a style", "id": "2785635" }, { "contents": "Social problem-solving\n\n\nbeen expanded by McFall and Liberman and colleagues. In these variations social problem-solving is considered to be a multi-step process including the adoption of a general orientation, defining the problem, brainstorming for solutions, decision making, and follow up stages. Based on the above model, it is hypothesized that a positive problem orientation leads to rational problem-solving skills. A rational problem-solving style is defined as a sensible, thoughtful, and methodical application of effective problem-solving skills. This, in turn,", "id": "9059619" }, { "contents": "Rational planning model\n\n\nAt this point optional criteria for measuring the success or failure of the decision taken needs to be considered. The rational model of planning rest largely on objective assessment. This step comprises a final solution and secondary implementation to the site. At this point the process has developed into different strategies of how to apply the solutions to the site. Based on the criteria of assessment and the analysis done in previous steps, choose the best solution generated. These four steps form the core of the Rational Decision Making Model. This step includes", "id": "2785634" }, { "contents": "Rational planning model\n\n\ninterpret the above-mentioned steps, amongst others, Patton and Sawicki who summarize the model as presented in the following figure (missing): The model of rational decision-making has also proven to be very useful to several decision making processes in industries outside the public sphere. Nonetheless, many criticisms of the model arise due to claim of the model being impractical and lying on unrealistic assumptions. For instance, it is a difficult model to apply in the public sector because social problems can be very complex, ill-defined", "id": "2785640" }, { "contents": "Policy analysis\n\n\npolicy models are intended to achieve maximum social gain. Simon identifies an outline of a step by step mode of analysis to achieve rational decisions. Ian Thomas describes Simon's steps as follows: The model of rational decision-making has also proven to be very useful to several decision making processes in industries outside the public sphere. Nonetheless, there are some who criticize the rational model due to the major problems which can be faced & which tend to arise in practice because social and environmental values can be difficult to quantify and forge", "id": "4053090" }, { "contents": "Decision-making models\n\n\nprocesses have even an impact in the international arena as they provide some basic rules of protocol. To present a more realistic alternative to the economic rationality model, Herbert Simon proposed an alternative model. He felt that management decision-making behaviour could be described as follows: In cognitive neuroscience decision-making refers to the cognitive process of evaluating a number of possibilities, and selecting the most appropriate thereof in order to further a specific goal, or task. This faculty is a fundamental component of executive functions, although recent studies show", "id": "19973994" }, { "contents": "Foreign policy analysis\n\n\nanalysis, and inter-state relations (or international relations) as the context for analysis. The state is seen as a monolithic unitary actor, capable of making rational decisions based on preference ranking and value maximization. According to the rational actor model, a rational decision making process is used by a state. This process includes: In other words, it provides models for answering the question: with that information what would be the best decision for reaching one's goal? In this theory, the underlying assumption is that governments", "id": "8102008" }, { "contents": "Decision-making models\n\n\n. Rationality is defined in terms of appropriateness for the accomplishment of specific goals. Values are internal perceptions on the desirability and priority of one’s actions and choices. (Van Wart, 2004) Besides setting goals for their plans, decision-makers make priorities, interpret facts and act upon objective situations according to their values. Besides balancing conflicting values within an individual, government has to weigh and balance values embodied in different departments (Van Wart, 1996, 1998). Means are the instruments to satisfy a higher end (", "id": "19973991" }, { "contents": "Foreign policy analysis\n\n\nare unified and rational, in this manner, they would seek for carefully planned and well-defined foreign policy goals. In this sense, rational choice model is primarily a realist perspective of foreign policy level of analysis. The rational actor model has been subject to criticism. The model tends to neglect a range of political variables, of which Michael Clarke includes: \"political decisions, non-political decisions, bureaucratic procedures, continuations of previous policy, and sheer accident.\" It also ignores emotions, emotional flooding, selective", "id": "8102009" }, { "contents": "Bounded rationality\n\n\nexpand the bounds that define the feasible rationality space. Because of this expansion of the bounds of rationality, machine automated decision making makes markets more efficient. Bounded rationality implies the idea that humans take reasoning shortcuts that may lead to suboptimal decision-making. Behavioral economists engage in mapping the decision shortcuts that agents use in order to help increase the effectiveness of human decision-making. One treatment of this idea comes from Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler's \"Nudge\". Sunstein and Thaler recommend that choice architectures are modified in light", "id": "20530123" }, { "contents": "Behavioral economics\n\n\nchoice is defined as making a decision and having the effects of such decision happening in a different time. Intertemporal choice behavior is largely inconsistent, as exemplified by George Ainslie's hyperbolic discounting—one of the prominently studied observations—and further developed by David Laibson, Ted O'Donoghue and Matthew Rabin. Hyperbolic discounting describes the tendency to discount outcomes in the near future more than outcomes in the far future. This pattern of discounting is dynamically inconsistent (or time-inconsistent), and therefore inconsistent with basic models of rational choice,", "id": "10920702" }, { "contents": "Rational planning model\n\n\napproach to policy development. The main steps involved in making a rational decision for these authors are the following: The approach of Wiktorowicz and Deber is similar to Simon and they assert that the rational model tends to deal with “the facts” (data, probabilities) in steps 1 to 3, leaving the issue of assessing values to the final step. According to Wiktorowicz and Deber values are introduced in the final step of the rational model, where the utility of each policy option is assessed. Many authors have attempted to", "id": "2785639" }, { "contents": "Rational homotopy theory\n\n\n\"f\" is a rational homotopy equivalence if and only if it induces an isomorphism on singular homology groups with rational coefficients. The rational homotopy category (of simply connected spaces) is defined to be the localization of the category of simply connected spaces with respect to rational homotopy equivalences. The goal of rational homotopy theory is to understand this category. That is, if one declares all rational homotopy equivalences to be isomorphisms, how much information is left? One basic result is that the rational homotopy category is equivalent to a full", "id": "2803207" }, { "contents": "Policy analysis\n\n\nthe model being impractical and relying on unrealistic assumptions. For instance, it is a difficult model to apply in the public sector because social problems can be very complex, ill-defined and interdependent. The problem lies in the thinking procedure implied by the model which is linear and can face difficulties in extraordinary problems or social problems which have no sequences of happenings. The rational model of decision-making is a process for making sound decisions in policy-making in the public sector. Rationality is defined as “a style of", "id": "4053088" }, { "contents": "Rational agent\n\n\nmake decisions. Unlike rational agent theory, neuroeconomics does not attempt to predict large-scale human behavior but rather how individuals make decisions in case-by-case scenarios. Artificial intelligence has borrowed the term \"rational agents\" from economics to describe autonomous programs that are capable of goal directed behavior. Today there is a considerable overlap between AI research, game theory and decision theory. Rational agents in AI are closely related to \"intelligent agents\", autonomous software programs that display intelligence. An ideal rational agent is the one", "id": "17690567" }, { "contents": "Organizational theory\n\n\nuse their efficiency and rational principles to reach their goals. A teleological analysis of businesses leads to the inclusion of all involved stakeholders in decision-making. The teleological view of Weberian bureaucracy postulates that all actors in an organization have various ends or goals, and attempt to find the most efficient way to achieve these goals. The scientific management theory was introduced by Frederick Winslow Taylor to encourage production efficiency and productivity. Taylor argues that inefficiencies could be controlled through managing production as a science. Taylor defines scientific management as \"concerned with", "id": "6626158" }, { "contents": "Ian Kershaw\n\n\nhighly involved in the running of the Soviet Union in contrast to Hitler whose involvement in day-to-day decision making was limited, infrequent and capricious. Kershaw argued that the Soviet regime, despite all of its extreme brutality and utter ruthlessness, was basically rational in its goal of seeking to modernise a backward country and had no equivalent of the \"cumulative radicalization\" towards increasingly irrational goals that Kershaw sees as characteristic of Nazi Germany. In Kershaw's opinion, Stalin's power corresponded to Weber's category of bureaucratic authority,", "id": "15412391" }, { "contents": "Formalist–substantivist debate\n\n\nof economising and maximising still apply. The role of the anthropologist may then be to analyse each culture in regards to its culturally appropriate means of attaining culturally recognized and valued goals. Individual preferences may differ from culturally recognized goals, and under economic rationality assumptions individual decisions are guided by individual preferences in an environment constrained by culture, including the preferences of others. Such an analysis should uncover the culturally specific principles that underlie the rational decision-making process. In this way, economic theory has been applied by anthropologists to societies without", "id": "7060187" }, { "contents": "Decision-making\n\n\nand make a single choice about how to face the problem. Although these steps are relatively ordinary, judgements are often distorted by cognitive and motivational biases, include \"sins of commission\", \"sins of omission\", and \"sins of imprecision\". Herbert A. Simon coined the phrase \"bounded rationality\" to express the idea that human decision-making is limited by available information, available time and the mind's information-processing ability. Further psychological research has identified individual differences between two cognitive styles: \"maximizers\"", "id": "19748375" }, { "contents": "Guided selling\n\n\nscenes decision issues that buyers must address before they are ready to make a solution choice. The goal of guided selling solutions is to bring together potential buyer's needs and products or services that fulfill his needs in order to facilitate buying decisions. The guided selling system asks questions and offers answer options that help the online shopper to learn about and define his needs, even for complex and technical solutions. At the same time, the vendor understands step by step the refined customer needs. Guided selling systems increase the shopping experience and", "id": "14860665" }, { "contents": "Decision-making\n\n\nare rational and free to make their own decisions, then they would behave according to rational choice theory. Rational choice theory says that a person consistently makes choices that lead to the best situation for himself or herself, taking into account all available considerations including costs and benefits; the rationality of these considerations is from the point of view of the person himself, so a decision is not irrational just because someone else finds it questionable. In reality, however, there are some factors that affect decision-making abilities and cause people", "id": "19748372" }, { "contents": "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us\n\n\ntask consisted of basic, mechanical skills. It worked for problems with a defined set of steps and a single answer. If the task involved cognitive skills, decision-making, creativity, or higher-order thinking, higher pay resulted in lower performance. As a supervisor, you should pay employees enough that they are not focused on meeting basic needs and feel that they are being paid fairly. If you don’t pay people enough, they won’t be motivated. Pink suggests that you should pay enough “to take", "id": "10937295" }, { "contents": "Department of Agriculture v. Moreno\n\n\nstamps to members of households formed solely for the purpose of taking advantage of the food stamp program. When the Court makes this \"rational basis\" evaluation, its goal is limited to determining whether there is any rational basis on which Congress could have made this decision. Making arguments against its purported rational basis is a responsibility for Congress. Since the food stamp program was not intended to be a subsidy for every individual who desired low-cost food, it was a permissible congressional decision, consistent with the underlying policy of the", "id": "18601071" }, { "contents": "Rational expectations\n\n\nrational choice theory studies individual decision making and is used extensively in, among others, game theory and contract theory. Rational expectations theory defines this kind of expectations as being the \"best guess of the future\" (the optimal forecast) that uses all available information. Thus, it is assumed that outcomes that are being forecast do not differ systematically from the market equilibrium results. As a result, rational expectations do not differ systematically or predictably from equilibrium results. That is, it assumes that people do not make systematic errors", "id": "17904070" }, { "contents": "Rational temperament\n\n\nThe Rational temperament is one of the four temperaments defined by David Keirsey. Correlating with the NT (intuitive–thinking) Myers-Briggs types, the Rational temperament comprises the following role variants (listed with their correlated Myers-Briggs types): Architect (INTP), Fieldmarshal (ENTJ), Inventor (ENTP), and Mastermind (INTJ). This temperament makes up only 5 to 10 percent of the general population, making this the smallest temperament group. Rationals are abstract in speech and utilitarian in pursuing their goals", "id": "13526478" }, { "contents": "Behavioral economics\n\n\n, studied the utility of behavioral economics in such situations and concluded that these intelligent machines reduce the impact of bounded rational decision making. In particular, they observed that these intelligent machines reduce the degree of information asymmetry in the market, improve decision making and thus making markets more rational. The use of AI machines in the market in applications such as online trading and decision making has changed major economic theories. Other theories where AI has had impact include in rational choice, rational expectations, game theory, Lewis turning point, portfolio", "id": "10920740" }, { "contents": "Rational planning model\n\n\nor express quantitatively. Ultimately though, the set of decision criteria needs to embody all of the policy goals, and overemphasising the more easily definable or measurable criteria, will have the undesirable impact of biasing the analysis towards a subset of the policy goals. The process of identifying a suitably comprehensive decision criteria set is also vulnerable to being skewed by pressures arising at the political interface. For example, decision makers may tend to give \"\"more weight to policy impacts that are concentrated, tangible, certain, and immediate than to", "id": "2785645" }, { "contents": "Rational planning model\n\n\nvalues can be difficult to quantify and forge consensus around. Furthermore, the assumptions stated by Simon are never fully valid in a real world context. However, as Thomas states the rational model provides a good perspective since in modern society rationality plays a central role and everything that is rational tends to be prized. Thus, it does not seem strange that “we ought to be trying for rational decision-making”. As illustrated in Figure 1, rational policy analysis can be broken into 6 distinct stages of analysis. Step", "id": "2785643" }, { "contents": "Rationality\n\n\nto try to explain numerous rational and irrational, or non-adaptive, psychological, behavioral and decision making phenomena. Within artificial intelligence, a \"rational agent\" is typically one that maximizes its expected utility, given its current knowledge. Utility is the usefulness of the consequences of its actions. The utility function is arbitrarily defined by the designer, but should be a function of \"performance\", which is the directly measurable consequences, such as winning or losing money. In order to make a safe agent that plays defensively", "id": "15332379" }, { "contents": "General Group Problem Solving (GGPS) Model\n\n\norganizational political norms, member political motives, prior discussion of issue, prior goal attainment, goal definition, and degree of stress from external threat. \"Examples\": whether group members identified and pursue a unitary goal or they have multiple, discrepant goals influences the rationality of the decision-making process. Members’ political motives also make a tremendous difference, if individuals have a vested interest in certain outcomes, or there are one or more coalitions present, behavior in the decision making process could be altered. The model differentiates", "id": "9280238" }, { "contents": "Cognitive bias mitigation\n\n\n, decision-making variables, and have as yet no explicit or implicit contributions to make to a theory and practice of cognitive bias mitigation. Game theory, a discipline with roots in economics and system dynamics, is a method of studying strategic decision making in situations involving multi-step interactions with multiple agents with or without perfect information. As with decision theory, the theoretical underpinning of game theory assumes that all decision makers are rational agents trying to maximize the economic expected value/utility of their choices, and that to accomplish", "id": "9337148" }, { "contents": "Rational choice theory\n\n\nRational choice theory, also known as choice theory or rational action theory, is a framework for understanding and often formally modeling social and economic behavior. The basic premise of rational choice theory is that aggregate social behavior results from the behavior of individual actors, each of whom is making their individual decisions. The theory also focuses on the determinants of the individual choices (methodological individualism). Rational choice theory then assumes that an individual has preferences among the available choice alternatives that allow them to state which option they prefer. These preferences", "id": "5600278" }, { "contents": "Rational choice theory\n\n\nan assumption of the behavior of individuals in microeconomic models and analyses and appears in almost all economics textbook treatments of human decision-making. It is also used in political science, sociology, and philosophy. A particular version of rationality is instrumental rationality, which involves seeking the most cost-effective means to achieve a specific goal without reflecting on the worthiness of that goal. Gary Becker was an early proponent of applying rational actor models more widely. Becker won the 1992 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his studies of discrimination", "id": "5600280" }, { "contents": "Social rationality\n\n\nIn behavioural sciences, social rationality is a type of decision strategy used in social contexts, in which a set of simple rules is applied in complex and uncertain situations. Social rationality is a form of bounded rationality applied to social contexts, where individuals make choices and predictions under uncertainty. While game theory deals with well-defined situations, social rationality explicitly deals with situations in which not all alternatives, consequences, and event probabilities can be foreseen. The idea is that, similar to non-social environments, individuals rely,", "id": "18777003" }, { "contents": "Prefrontal cortex\n\n\ndecision making, and moderating social behavior. The basic activity of this brain region is considered to be orchestration of thoughts and actions in accordance with internal goals. The most typical psychological term for functions carried out by the prefrontal cortex area is executive function. Executive function relates to abilities to differentiate among conflicting thoughts, determine good and bad, better and best, same and different, future consequences of current activities, working toward a defined goal, prediction of outcomes, expectation based on actions, and social \"control\" (the", "id": "15966547" }, { "contents": "Decision-making models\n\n\n\"ultimate values no matter what they may be.\" (Weber, The Theory of Social and Economic Organization, Parsons, ed., 1947, pp. 184-186) Weber noted that \"the requirements of formal and of substantive rationality are always in principle in conflict.\" (Ibid., p. 212) Decades later, Simon used a similar terminology to distinct two meanings of \"rationality\", which have developed separately in economic and psychology. He defined substantive rationality, stemming from the concept of rationality within", "id": "19973989" }, { "contents": "Team diversity\n\n\nwork together effectively and create synergies from their wide range of backgrounds (see Leading Teams). To better understand functional diversity, it is important to consider the functional approach to decision-making. At its core, the functional perspective is defined as “a normative approach to describing and predicting group behavior and performance that focuses on the functions of inputs and/or processes.” This approach makes 4 basic assumptions about groups – namely, it assumes that groups are goal-oriented, group behavior / performance varies and can be evaluated,", "id": "12212029" }, { "contents": "Julia Galef\n\n\nHour in November 2016. Julia Galef often explains common confusions and popular misconceptions of rationality. Frequently she distinguishes \"epistemic rationality\" from \"instrumental rationality\". She describes epistemic rationality as a way of reasoning according to logic and the principles of probability theory to form beliefs and conclusions. In contrast, she describes instrumental rationality as a decision-making process in which people choose the action that maximizes their expected utility, whatever their goals are. Galef popularized the concept of \"Straw Vulcan\", the incorrect perception about rationality as", "id": "853975" }, { "contents": "Rational planning model\n\n\noptions, the Rational Actor method allows scholars to filter out extraneous details and focus attention on central issues\". Furthermore, as we have seen, in the context of policy rational models are intended to achieve maximum social gain. For this purpose, Simon identifies an outline of a step by step mode of analysis to achieve rational decisions. Ian Thomas describes Simon's steps as follows: In similar lines, Wiktorowicz and Deber describe through their study on ‘Regulating biotechnology: a rational-political model of policy development’ the rational", "id": "2785638" }, { "contents": "Rationality\n\n\nWhen the goal or problem involves making a decision, rationality factors in all information that is available (e.g. complete or incomplete knowledge). Collectively, the formulation and background assumptions are the model within which rationality applies. Rationality is relative: if one accepts a model in which benefitting oneself is optimal, then rationality is equated with behavior that is self-interested to the point of being selfish; whereas if one accepts a model in which benefiting the group is optimal, then purely selfish behavior is deemed irrational. It is thus", "id": "15332363" }, { "contents": "Decision-making models\n\n\nmeans ”a style of behaviour that is appropriate to the achievement of given goals, within the limits imposed by given conditions and constraints” (P. 405). Max Weber, in the early part of the 20th century, suggested distinguishing two types of economic rationality: formal rationality and substantive rationality. The \"formal rationality of economic action\" referred to \"the extent of quantitative calculation or accounting which is technically possible and . . . actually applied.\" \"Substantive rationality\" referred to the degree to which economic action serves", "id": "19973988" }, { "contents": "Ministry of Oil Industry\n\n\n. The decisions of the collegium are carried out by orders of the Minister. The basic task, for the carrying out of which the Ministry of the Petroleum Industry is responsible, is to assure the development of the petroleum industry in accordance with plans approved by the USSR government, with the goal of completely satisfying the requirement of the rational economy for petroleum products and gas. This goal was to be achieved by the introduction of the most modern equipment, by mechanizing and automatizing production processes in the extraction and refining of petroleum and", "id": "11353255" }, { "contents": "Bounded rationality\n\n\nBounded rationality is the idea that rationality is limited when individuals make decisions: by the tractability of the decision problem, the cognitive limitations of the mind, and the time available to make the decision. Decision-makers, in this view, act as satisficers, seeking a satisfactory solution rather than an optimal one. Herbert A. Simon proposed bounded rationality as an alternative basis for the mathematical modeling of decision-making, as used in economics, political science and related disciplines. It complements \"rationality as optimization\", which views", "id": "20530115" }, { "contents": "Theories of urban planning\n\n\nonly requires the most minimal form of participation. Blueprint and synoptic planning both employ what is called the rational paradigm of planning. The rational model is perhaps the most widely accepted model among planning practitioners and scholars, and is considered by many to be the orthodox view of planning. As its name clearly suggests, the goal of the rational model is to make planning as rational and systematic as possible. Proponents of this paradigm would generally come up with a list of steps that the planning process can be at least relatively neatly sorted", "id": "1652294" }, { "contents": "GOAL agent programming language\n\n\nGOAL is an agent programming language for programming cognitive agents. GOAL agents derive their choice of action from their beliefs and goals. The language provides the basic building blocks to design and implement cognitive agents by programming constructs that allow and facilitate the manipulation of an agent's beliefs and goals and to structure its decision-making. The language provides an intuitive programming framework based on common sense or practical reasoning. The main features of GOAL include: A GOAL agent program consists of six different sections, including the \"knowledge\", \"", "id": "726188" }, { "contents": "Robert's Rules of Order\n\n\nsomething. The formal steps in handling a motion are the making of a motion, having a second, stating the motion, having debate on the motion, putting the motion to a vote, and announcing the results of the vote. Action could be taken informally without going through these steps by using unanimous consent. When making a choice, the basic principle of decision is majority vote. In situations when more than majority vote is required, the requirement could include a two-thirds vote, previous notice, or a vote", "id": "865546" }, { "contents": "Military Decision Making Process\n\n\nThe Military Decision Making Process (MDMP) is a United States Army seven-step process for military decision-making in both tactical and garrison environments. It is indelibly linked to Troop Leading Procedures and Operations orders. The basic steps in the MDMP are: MDMP can be both slow and burdensome at lower levels, where small staffs do not have the manpower nor expertise to dissect each layer of higher headquarters' orders. The MDMP is intended as a planning tool for the primary staff of battalion sized units and larger as opposed", "id": "18406519" }, { "contents": "Management science\n\n\nManagement science (MS) is the broad interdisciplinary study of problem solving and decision making in human organizations, with strong links to management, economics, business, engineering, management consulting, and other fields. It uses various scientific research-based principles, strategies, and analytical methods including mathematical modeling, statistics and numerical algorithms to improve an organization's ability to enact rational and accurate management decisions by arriving at optimal or near optimal solutions to complex decision problems. Management science helps businesses to achieve goals using various scientific methods. The", "id": "47869" }, { "contents": "Rank reversals in decision-making\n\n\nplace with many rational decision makers. In other words, rank reversals may actually be possible in rational decision making. The issue of having rank reversals by rational decision makers has been studied extensively by Amos Tversky. In other words, having rank reversals in certain occasions and of certain types may not be indicative to faulty decision making. However, the key question is how to be able to distinguish when rank reversals indicate that something is wrong or when they do not conflict rational decision making. This is a highly debated issue in", "id": "8201222" }, { "contents": "Preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluation\n\n\nright\" decision, the Promethee and Gaia method helps decision makers find the alternative that best suits their goal and their understanding of the problem. It provides a comprehensive and rational framework for structuring a decision problem, identifying and quantifying its conflicts and synergies, clusters of actions, and highlight the main alternatives and the structured reasoning behind. The basic elements of the Promethee method have been first introduced by Professor Jean-Pierre Brans (CSOO, VUB Vrije Universiteit Brussel) in 1982. It was later developed and implemented by Professor Jean", "id": "21346959" }, { "contents": "Herbert A. Simon\n\n\n-making, Simon believed that agents face uncertainty about the future and costs in acquiring information in the present. These factors limit the extent to which agents may make a fully rational decision, thus they possess only \"bounded rationality\" and must make decisions by \"satisficing\", or choosing that which might not be optimal, but which will make them happy enough. Bounded rationality is a central theme in behavioral economics. It is concerned with the ways in which the actual decision making process influences decision. Theories of bounded rationality", "id": "14425012" }, { "contents": "Division by zero\n\n\nnumbers appear as an intermediate step in the development that is founded on set theory. First, the natural numbers (including zero) are established on an axiomatic basis such as Peano's axiom system and then this is expanded to the ring of integers. The next step is to define the rational numbers keeping in mind that this must be done using only the sets and operations that have already been established, namely, addition, multiplication and the integers. Starting with the set of ordered pairs of integers, } with , define", "id": "14828885" }, { "contents": "Behavioral economics\n\n\nwhen individuals make decisions, their rationality is limited by the tractability of the decision problem, their cognitive limitations and the time available. Decision-makers in this view act as satisficers, seeking a satisfactory solution rather than an optimal one. Herbert A. Simon proposed bounded rationality as an alternative basis for the mathematical modeling of decision-making. It complements \"rationality as optimization\", which views decision-making as a fully rational process of finding an optimal choice given the information available. Simon used the analogy of a pair of", "id": "10920696" }, { "contents": "Conversion rate optimization\n\n\nsituation be measurable. Without these no conclusions can be derived. The official definition of \"optimization\" is the discipline of applying advanced analytical methods to make better decisions. Under this framework, business goals are explicitly defined and then decisions are calibrated to optimize those goals. The methodologies have a long record of success in a wide variety of industries, such as airline scheduling, supply chain management, financial planning, military logistics and telecommunications routing. Goals should include maximization of conversions, revenues, profits, LTV or any combination thereof", "id": "1979476" }, { "contents": "GQM\n\n\nsteps are about using business goals to drive the identification of the right metrics and the last three steps are about gathering the measurement data and making effective use of the measurement results to drive decision making and improvements. Basili described his six-step GQM process as follows: GQM templates are a structured way of specifying goals. A GQM template contains the following fields: Here is an example of applying the GQM template to express the goal of a software engineering study: The purpose of this study is to \"characterize\" the effect", "id": "5883080" }, { "contents": "A Behavioral Theory of the Firm\n\n\nthe basic unit of analysis. It attempts to predict behaviour with respect to price, output and resource allocation decisions. It emphasizes the decision making process. The theory argues that while small firms may operate under the guidance of the entrepreneur, such a simple model does not describe larger corporations. These larger firms are coalitions of individuals or groups, which may include managers, stockholders, workers, suppliers and so on. According to Cyert and March, these groups participate in setting goals and making decisions. Priorities and information may vary", "id": "17424998" }, { "contents": "The Psychology of Management\n\n\nof Taylorism at the time. It was also the first time that basic elements of management theory were brought together, including \"(1) knowledge of individual behavior, (2) the theory of groups, (3) the theory of communication, and (4) a rational basis for decision making\". This book was originally Gilbreth's unpublished dissertation for a doctorate from the University of California; however, since the university refused to grant her the degree due to her noncompliance with residency requirements, she instead opted to", "id": "800272" }, { "contents": "Rational planning model\n\n\n2 highlights the need to understand which factors should be considered as part of the decision making process. At this part of the process, all the economic, social, and environmental factors that are important to the policy decision need to be identified and then expressed as policy decision criteria. For example, the decision criteria used in the analysis of environmental policy is often a mix of — Some criteria, such as economic benefit, will be more easily measurable or definable, while others such as environmental quality will be harder to measure", "id": "2785644" }, { "contents": "International non-governmental organization\n\n\nare a critical part of global development. Nearly every INGOs originate and persist throughout voluntary action by individual actors with explicit rationalized goals. Under bold norms of open membership and democratic decision-making, they seek to spread \"progress\" throughout the world, in the purposes of encouraging safer and more efficient technical systems, more powerful knowledge structures, better care of the body, friendly competition and fair play. In order to achieve these goals, they highlight communication, knowledge, consensual values and decision-making, and individual commitment", "id": "16484793" }, { "contents": "Predictably Irrational\n\n\njudgments—cool state and hot state. In our cool state we make rational long-term decisions, whereas in our hot state we give in to immediate gratification and put off our decisions made in the cool state. Ariely describes putting off these goals for immediate gratification as procrastination. With proper motivators such as deadlines and penalties, people are more willing to meet deadlines or long-term goals. The author states that based on his experience with his students, deadlines set by authority figures such as teachers and supervisors make us", "id": "7879170" }, { "contents": "Rational temperament\n\n\ncharacterized by a tough-minded personal style, tending to pursue either power or understanding. They are often strong-willed, ambitious, intelligent, and self-determined. Subjective thoughts and emotion have no place in the decision-making process of Rationals. Driven to excel, they work hard to achieve their goals, and they do well where they can take control or work independently on a task. Rationals are drawn to science and technology. They usually seek careers involving systems—whether mechanical or electrical (engineering),", "id": "13526480" }, { "contents": "Innovation\n\n\ncauses associated with the innovation process itself. Common causes of failure within the innovation process in most organizations can be distilled into five types: poor goal definition, poor alignment of actions to goals, poor participation in teams, poor monitoring of results, poor communication and access to information. Diffusion of innovation research was first started in 1903 by seminal researcher Gabriel Tarde, who first plotted the S-shaped diffusion curve. Tarde defined the innovation-decision process as a series of steps that include: Once innovation occurs, innovations may", "id": "880399" }, { "contents": "Herbert A. Simon\n\n\nwith a set of coordinated means. Simon recognized that a theory of administration is largely a theory of human decision making, and as such must be based on both economics and on psychology. He states: Contrary to the \"homo economicus\" stereotype, Simon argued that alternatives and consequences may be partly known, and means and ends imperfectly differentiated, incompletely related, or poorly detailed. Simons defined the task of rational decision making is to select the alternative that results in the more preferred set of all the possible consequences. Correctness", "id": "14424995" }, { "contents": "Need\n\n\nparticipate in society's activities and collective decision-making. How are such needs satisfied? Doyal and Gough point to twelve broad categories of \"intermediate needs\" that define how the needs for physical health and personal autonomy are fulfilled: How are the details of needs satisfaction determined? The authors point to rational identification of needs, using up-to-date scientific knowledge; consideration of the actual experiences of individuals in their everyday lives; and democratic decision-making. The satisfaction of human needs cannot be imposed \"from", "id": "242180" }, { "contents": "Glossary of dance moves\n\n\nThe turn of a foot that is in fifth position. We mostly use this in jazz. \"Same as Basic movement\" Basic movement is the very basic step that defines the character of a dance. Often it is called just thus: \"Basic Movement\" or \"Basic Step\". For some dances it is sufficient to know the basic step performed in different handholds and dance positions to enjoy it socially. \"Same as Basic movement.\" Box Step is a dance figure named so because the steps rest in the", "id": "8011193" }, { "contents": "Rational Unified Process\n\n\ndevelopment, in addition to tool support for enacting RUP instances and for customization of the RUP framework. These changes included: IBM acquired Rational Software in February 2003. In 2006, IBM created a subset of RUP tailored for the delivery of Agile projects - released as an OpenSource method called OpenUP through the Eclipse web-site. RUP is based on a set of building blocks and content elements, describing what is to be produced, the necessary skills required and the step-by-step explanation describing how specific development goals are", "id": "8488255" }, { "contents": "Rational choice theory (criminology)\n\n\nThe rational choice perspective has provided a framework under which to organize such information so that individual studies produce more general benefits. Rational Choice Theory insists that crime is calculated and deliberate. All criminals are rational actors who practice conscious decision making, that simultaneously work towards gaining the maximum benefits of their present situation. Another aspect of rational choice theory is the fact that many offenders make decisions based on bounded/limited rationality. Ideas of limited rationality emphasize the extent to which individuals and groups simplify a decision because of the difficulties of anticipating", "id": "11195487" }, { "contents": "Structuration theory\n\n\nbinary categorization of either \"stable\" or \"emergent\" groups. Waldeck et al. concluded that the theory needs to better predict outcomes, rather than merely explaining them. \"Decision rules\" support decision-making, which produces a communication pattern that can be directly observable. Research has not yet examined the \"rational\" function of group communication and decision-making (i.e., how well it achieves goals), nor structural production or constraints. Researchers must empirically demonstrate the recursivity of action and structure, examine how structures", "id": "17174521" }, { "contents": "Rational agent\n\n\nIn economics, game theory, decision theory, and artificial intelligence, a rational agent is an agent that has clear preferences, models uncertainty via expected values of variables or functions of variables, and always chooses to perform the action with the optimal expected outcome for itself from among all feasible actions. A rational agent can be anything that makes decisions, typically a person, firm, machine, or software. Rational agents are also studied in the fields of cognitive science, ethics, and philosophy, including the philosophy of practical reason", "id": "17690561" }, { "contents": "Shared decision-making in medicine\n\n\nof shared decision-making, stating “that at least two participants, the clinician and patient be involved; that both parties share information; that both parties take steps to build a consensus about the preferred treatment; and that an agreement is reached on the treatment to implement\". This final element is not fully accepted by everyone in the field. The view that it is acceptable to agree to disagree is also regarded as an acceptable outcome of shared decision-making. SDM relies on the basic premise of both patient autonomy", "id": "13147388" }, { "contents": "Recognition primed decision\n\n\nand goals poorly defined. The limitations of RPD include the need for extensive experience among decision-makers (in order to correctly recognize the salient features of a problem and model solutions) and the problem of the failure of recognition and modeling in unusual or misidentified circumstances. It appears, as discussed by Gary Klein in Sources of Power, to be a valid model for how human decision-makers make decisions. The RPD model identifies a reasonable reaction as the first one that is immediately considered. RPD combines two ways of developing", "id": "5111617" }, { "contents": "Risk\n\n\ndecision theory, the risk function is defined as the expected value of a given loss function as a function of the decision rule used to make decisions in the face of uncertainty. People may rely on their fear and hesitation to keep them out of the most profoundly unknown circumstances. Fear is a response to perceived danger. Risk could be said to be the way we collectively measure and share this \"true fear\"—a fusion of rational doubt, irrational fear, and a set of unquantified biases from our own experience. The field of", "id": "14745439" }, { "contents": "Information Services Procurement Library\n\n\nideally provided by Requirements management processes. The goal of this phase is to define an acquisition strategy adapted to the situation, plan the main decision points of the acquisition, and establish the acquisition organisation. The acquisition planning phase consists of the following activities: Steps two to four are discussed in detail in the chapter #Managing Risks and Planning Deliveries. Both the acquisition goal definition and acquisition planning are activities within the phase of Acquisition Initiation. A more thorough entry of this phase can be found here. The procurement step of the", "id": "11366310" }, { "contents": "Leadership\n\n\npassed on to the sub-ordinates. The sub-ordinates are given complete right and power to make decisions to establish goals and work out the problems or hurdles. Task-oriented leadership is a style in which the leader is focused on the tasks that need to be performed in order to meet a certain production goal. Task-oriented leaders are generally more concerned with producing a step-by-step solution for given problem or goal, strictly making sure these deadlines are met, results and reaching target outcomes. Relationship", "id": "7562330" }, { "contents": "Ebidding\n\n\ndefining the eAgreement is a very important step. An eAgreement includes, for example, the general rules of the eBidding, additional contract regulations and the terms of delivery. To make sure, that every supplier has basic know-how of an eBidding, trainings should be conducted. Once the eAgreement has also been approved by the suppliers, the eBidding can start. During a set time frame the suppliers have the chance to make bids. In most biddings, the suppliers can see their current ranking based on the given bids.", "id": "7882096" }, { "contents": "Inclusive Democracy\n\n\nof economic efficiency, based not on narrow techno-economic criteria of input minimisation/output maximisation as in socialist models like Parecon, but on criteria securing full coverage of the democratically defined basic needs of all citizens as well as of the non-basic needs they decide to meet, even if this involves a certain amount of inefficiency according to the orthodox economics criteria. According to ID supporters, democracy in the social realm should be a decisive step in the creation of the sufficient condition for a harmonious nature-society relationship,", "id": "5744619" }, { "contents": "Organizational theory\n\n\nOrganizational theory consists of approaches to organizational analysis. Organizations are defined as social units of people that are structured and managed to meet a need, or to pursue collective goals. Theories of organizations include rational system perspective, division of labour, bureaucratic theory, and contingency theory. In a rational organization system, there are two significant parts: Specificity of Goals and Formalization. The division of labor is the specialization of individual labor roles, associated with increasing output and trade. Modernization theorist Frank Dobbin states \"modern institutions are transparently purposive", "id": "6626131" }, { "contents": "Decision-making\n\n\nperson's decision-making is the result of an interplay between two kinds of cognitive processes: an automatic intuitive system (called \"System 1\") and an effortful rational system (called \"System 2\"). System 1 is a bottom-up, fast, and implicit system of decision-making, while system 2 is a top-down, slow, and explicit system of decision-making. System 1 includes simple heuristics in judgment and decision-making such as the affect heuristic, the availability heuristic,", "id": "19748377" }, { "contents": "Psychology of reasoning\n\n\nThe psychology of reasoning is the study of how people reason, often broadly defined as the process of drawing conclusions to inform how people solve problems and make decisions. It overlaps with psychology, philosophy, linguistics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, logic, and probability theory. Psychological experiments on how humans and other animals reason have been carried out for over 100 years. An enduring question is whether or not people have the capacity to be rational. What does it mean to be rational? Current research in this area addresses various", "id": "11464044" }, { "contents": "Facial Action Coding System\n\n\nany interpretation, they can be used for any higher order decision making process including recognition of basic emotions, or pre-programmed commands for an ambient intelligent environment. The FACS Manual is over 500 pages in length and provides the AUs, as well as Ekman's interpretation of their meaning. FACS defines AUs, which are a contraction or relaxation of one or more muscles. It also defines a number of Action Descriptors, which differ from AUs in that the authors of FACS have not specified the muscular basis for the action and", "id": "3733573" }, { "contents": "Dual process theory\n\n\nwho as a student is hard working and intelligent, but as a sibling is caring and supportive. Decision-making involves the use of both automatic and controlled processes, but also depends on the person and situation, and given a person's experiences and current situation the decision process may differ. Given that there are two decision processes with differing goals one is more likely to be more useful in particular situations. For example, a person is presented with a decision involving a selfish but rational motive and a social motive. Depending", "id": "5886963" }, { "contents": "Administrative Behavior\n\n\n\" Such organizational identification can be associated with decisions that are not optimal in terms of an organization's efficiency or adequacy (\"the degree to which its goals have been reached\"). Simon describes the organizational decision-making process and writes: The need for an administrative theory resides in the fact that there \"are\" practical limits to human rationality, and that these limits are not static, but depend upon the organizational environment in which the individual's decision takes place. The task of administration is so to design this", "id": "21892733" }, { "contents": "Rationality\n\n\nstudy of rationality in logic is more concerned with epistemic rationality, that is, attaining beliefs in a rational manner, than instrumental rationality. Rationality plays a key role in economics and there are several strands to this. Firstly, there is the concept of instrumentality—basically the idea that people and organisations are instrumentally rational—that is, adopt the best actions to achieve their goals. Secondly, there is an axiomatic concept that rationality is a matter of being logically consistent within your preferences and beliefs. Thirdly, people have focused", "id": "15332376" }, { "contents": "OpenUP\n\n\nThe Open Unified Process (OpenUP) is a part of the Eclipse Process Framework (EPF), an open source process framework developed within the Eclipse Foundation. Its goals are to make it easy to adopt the core of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) / Unified Process. The OpenUP began with a donation to open source of process content known as the Basic Unified Process (BUP) by IBM. It was transitioned to the Eclipse Foundation in late 2005 and renamed OpenUP/Basic in early 2006. It is now known", "id": "18989332" }, { "contents": "Sunk cost\n\n\nits cost spread out over time. Sunk costs should be kept separate. The \"variable costs\" for this project might include data centre power usage, for example. In traditional microeconomic theory, only prospective (future) costs are relevant to an investment decision. The fields of traditional economics propose that economic actors should not let sunk costs influence their decisions. Doing so would not be rationally assessing a decision exclusively on its own merits. Alternatively, a decision-maker might make rational decisions according to their own incentives, outside", "id": "14113052" }, { "contents": "Consensus decision-making\n\n\nConsensus decision-making is a group decision-making process in which group members develop, and agree to support a decision in the best interest of the whole group or common goal. Consensus may be defined professionally as an acceptable resolution, one that can be supported, even if not the \"favourite\" of each individual. It has its origin in the Latin word \"cōnsēnsus\" (agreement), which is from \"cōnsentiō\" meaning literally \"feel together\". It is used to describe both the decision and the", "id": "4318621" }, { "contents": "Cognitive bias mitigation\n\n\na theory and practice of bias mitigation. This debate contrasts the rational economic agent standard for decision making versus one grounded in human social needs and motivations. The debate also contrasts the methods used to analyze and predict human decision making, i.e. formal analysis emphasizing intellectual capacities versus heuristics emphasizing emotional states. This article identifies elements relevant to this debate. A large body of evidence has established that a defining characteristic of cognitive biases is that they manifest automatically and unconsciously over a wide range of human reasoning, so even those aware of the", "id": "9337142" }, { "contents": "A Behavioral Theory of the Firm\n\n\nwhich was developed by Herbert Simon. Bounded rationality means prudent behaviour under a given set of circumstances. In this model goals are not set to maximize relevant magnitudes such as profits,sales and market share. Instead, goals are compromises negotiated by the groups. In the model, top management sets the goals of the organization. But these goals are implemented through decision making at two levels, one at the top and the second at lower management levels. During approval of proposals of various departments, two criteria are generally employed.", "id": "17425000" }, { "contents": "Consensus decision-making\n\n\nability to: The basic model for achieving consensus as defined by any decision rule involves: All attempts at achieving consensus begin with a good faith attempt at generating full-agreement, regardless of decision rule threshold. In the model, affinity groups make joint decisions by each designating a speaker and sitting behind that circle of spokespeople, akin to the spokes of a wheel. While speaking rights might be limited to each group's designee, the meeting may allot breakout time for the constituent groups to discuss an issue and return to the", "id": "4318626" }, { "contents": "Transformative Experience\n\n\nproposed that the main issue raised in the book was \"not about the rationality of decision-making, but about the ethics of making decisions rationally\". In \"The Stone\", Paul Bloom suggested that Paul's argument should be extended to include how people imagine others, not just their future selves. John Schwenkler, in a review for \"Commonweal\", praised the book for its persuasive argument but also suggested that coming to trust another person's opinion about a transformative experience might itself be a form of transformative experience", "id": "7675140" }, { "contents": "Theories about religions\n\n\nand view human beings as \"rational actors, making choices that she or he thinks best, calculating costs and benefits\". Compensators are a body of language and practices that compensate for some physical lack or frustrated goal. They can be divided into specific compensators (compensators for the failure to achieve specific goals), and general compensators (compensators for failure to achieve any goal). They define religion as a system of compensation that relies on the supernatural. The main reasoning behind this theory is that the compensation is what controls", "id": "11099265" }, { "contents": "Mainstream economics\n\n\n, while being rejected by some heterodox schools. These include the neoclassical assumptions of rational choice theory, a representative agent, and, often, rational expectations. Much of modern economic modelling consists of exploring the effects that complicating factors have on models, such as imperfect and asymmetric information, incomplete markets, imperfect competition and transaction costs. The starting point of orthodox economic analysis is the individual. People are generally defined as units with a common goal: maximisation through rational behaviour. The only differences consist of: From this theoretical framework", "id": "10278963" }, { "contents": "Rational fideism\n\n\nRational fideism is the philosophical view that considers faith to be precursor for any reliable knowledge. Whether one considers rationalism or empiricism, either of them ultimately tends to \"belief\" in reason or experience respectively as the absolute basis for their methods. Thus, faith is basic to knowability. \"Rational fideism\" has been defined variously. The following are some definitions. For Joseph Glanvill rational fideism is the view that \"Faith, and faith alone, is the basis for our belief in our reason. We believe in our reason", "id": "20175971" }, { "contents": "Decision-making models\n\n\nAll people need to make decisions from time to time. Given limited time in formulating policies and addressing public problems, public administrators must enjoy a certain degree of discretion in planning, revising and implementing public policies. In other words, they must engage in decision-making (Gianakis, 2004). Over the years, many scholars tried to devise decision-making models to account for the policy making process. Since the development of public administration, scholars have assumed that people make decisions rationally. By rationality, (1976)", "id": "19973987" }, { "contents": "Rational choice theory\n\n\n, crime, and human capital. The concept of rationality used in rational choice theory is different from the colloquial and most philosophical use of the word. Colloquially, \"rational\" behaviour typically means \"sensible\", \"predictable\", or \"in a thoughtful, clear-headed manner.\" Rational choice theory uses a narrower definition of rationality. At its most basic level, behavior is rational if it is goal-oriented, reflective (evaluative), and consistent (across time and different choice situations). This", "id": "5600281" }, { "contents": "Allocative efficiency\n\n\n, choices in resource allocation produce both \"winners\" and \"losers\" relative to the choice being evaluated. The principles of rational choice, individual maximization, utilitarianism and market theory further suppose that the outcomes for winners and losers can be identified, compared and measured. Under these basic premises, the goal of attaining allocative efficiency can be defined according to some principle where some allocations are subjectively better than others. For example, an economist might say that a change in policy is an allocative improvement as long as those who benefit", "id": "14092443" }, { "contents": "Marketing research process\n\n\nall necessary data\", and how the information gathered will be used in decision making. Problem definition involves discussion with the decision makers, interviews with industry experts, analysis of secondary data, and, perhaps, some qualitative research, such as focus groups. Once the problem has been precisely defined, the research can be designed and conducted properly. Development of an approach to the problem is the second step. This includes formulating an objective or theoretical framework, constructing analytical models, generating research questions, hypotheses, and identifying characteristics", "id": "14581254" }, { "contents": "Moral disengagement\n\n\nwho take the inaugural steps in a failing project than individuals who are personally held reliable for those initial decisions. Self justification theory is of lower importance in groups than in individuals because most decisions in organizations are taken by groups in form of new policies and regulations. When decisions fail, people subjectively disfigure consequences to make themselves appear more agreeable. This distortion occurs when people try to psychologically safeguard themselves in an attempt to rationalize their actions. People try to justify actions taken previously in the past which leads them to take a failing", "id": "17418974" } ]

[ { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\n, Bob and Tom were reunited during their induction into the Indiana Broadcasters Hall of Fame. On April 3, 2017, Bob made his first live on-air appearance since his retirement for the show's annual Cincinnati Reds Opening Day broadcast. On May 26, 2017, Bob made his second appearance and his first with Kristi Lee at the Indy 500 Carb Day show. The \"master control\" seat, historically occupied by Bob, had been filled after his retirement mostly by \"Bob & Tom\" staffers who did not", "id": "18542730" }, { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\nserved as the show's host during \"Best of \"Bob & Tom\"\" broadcasts when the primary cast was on vacation until the January 2017 debut of his sports-oriented morning show on sister station WNDE. Hosting duties for \"Best of\" broadcasts have subsequently been handled by Christopher Geisen, formerly of WOFX-FM in Cincinnati, and the Kerrigan & Christopher morning show at WTUE in Dayton, Ohio, and now a member of the show's staff. On September 1, 2015, Bob and Tom were selected", "id": "18542726" }, { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\nstreams of new broadcasts on weekday mornings through affiliate stations plus \"B&T 24/7,\" a continuous stream of \"Best of \"Bob & Tom\"\" shows. This marked the first time that a stream of broadcasts from the show's archive became available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at no charge to listeners. Previously, \"B&T 24/7\" was available only to paid subscribers of the \"VIP\" feature at the show's web site. \"B&T 24/7\" features segments recorded throughout the show's history", "id": "18542720" }, { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\nThe Bob & Tom Show is a syndicated US radio program established by Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold at radio station WFBQ in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 7, 1983, and syndicated nationally since January 6, 1995. Originally syndicated by Premiere Networks, the show moved to Cumulus Media Networks (now Westwood One) at the beginning of 2014. The program enjoys extensive popularity and has frequently received recognition by the National Association of Broadcasters as an exemplar in American radio. \"Focusing on comedy and talk, \"The Bob & Tom", "id": "18542715" }, { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\n2019, \"The Bob and Tom Show\" has discontinued its broadcast on WXRD-FM in Crown Point, Indiana. The show's primary cast performed live on stage with guest comedians and live musicians at evening shows in venues around the country for several years in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Later, they supported the which featured many of their frequent guests and spawned Comedy Central broadcasts and a . Many fictional characters and parodies of real-life people have sprung up during the show's history, some voiced by Bob", "id": "18542733" }, { "contents": "Bob Kevoian\n\n\nRobert James \"Bob\" Kevoian (born December 2, 1950) is a retired American radio host of the nationally syndicated radio show \"The Bob & Tom Show\" together with his partner, Tom Griswold. The show is broadcast from WFBQ's studios in Indianapolis, Indiana. Kevoian is a 1973 graduate of California State University, Long Beach. Kevoian started a masters program in 1974, but gave it up when he started working as an intern for a local radio station in Los Angeles. Kevoian was awarded an honorary doctorate", "id": "2764924" }, { "contents": "Tom Griswold\n\n\nThomas Bruce \"Tom\" Griswold (born April 22, 1953) co-hosts the radio show \"The Bob & Tom Show\" together with Chick McGee, Kristi Lee, and Josh Arnold. Co-host Bob Kevoian retired at the end of 2015. This comedy-based early morning program is among the highest rated in American radio and has been nationally syndicated since 1995. The show is broadcast from WFBQ's studios in Indianapolis, Indiana. He worked in radio in WETO in DeLand, Florida and WMBN and WJML", "id": "2764973" }, { "contents": "Bob Kevoian\n\n\nDecember 8, 2017, filling in for Tom Griswold. Bob returned March 30, 2018 and March 28, 2019 for the Cincinnati Reds opening day broadcast and again on May 24, 2019 for the Indianapolis 500 Bob and Tom Show. The Bob and Tom Show aired nightly on WGN America and occasionally weekend best of airings until its cancellation in September 2010. Kevoian was born in Los Angeles, California to John Hike \"Toby\" Kevoian and Jean Baker. On April 2, 2005, he married his current wife, Becky", "id": "2764930" }, { "contents": "WWFX\n\n\nnew ownership of Wilks Broadcasting, the station changed format to classic hits, taking on the call letters WWFX. The station became an affiliate of the syndicated The Bob & Tom Show and changed its name to \"100.1 The Fox\". That December, the station was sold to Citadel Broadcasting for $14.25 million. The first on-air personalities at The Fox (other than Bob & Tom) were: \"Zip\" Zipfel, Moneen Daley and Program Director Dave Hilton. In January 2003, the station ditched Bob &", "id": "14485093" }, { "contents": "WTTV\n\n\ndrawings to fulfill requirements of channel 4's contract with the lottery commission, which required the evening drawings to air during local newscasts. In August 2008, Clear Channel-owned radio station WFBQ (94.7 FM) formed a partnership with the Tribune Company to produce a television broadcast of the nationally syndicated radio program \"The Bob & Tom Show\" (hosted by Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold); the pre-recorded hour-long program – featuring highlights taken from that day's radio broadcast – aired on WTTV and co-", "id": "15536977" }, { "contents": "Bob Kevoian\n\n\n2015, after being inducted along with Tom Griswold into the National Radio Hall of Fame, Bob announced his retirement effective at the end of 2015. His last live show as co-host aired on December 17, 2015. On November 17, 2016 Bob and Tom were reunited when they were inducted into the Indiana Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Bob made his first post-retirement appearance as a guest host on April 3, 2017, when the show was in Cincinnati for the Cincinnati Reds home opener. Bob returned again on", "id": "2764929" }, { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\n\"Gunner\" Gunn sometimes filled in for Bob, Tom, Chick, or Kristi when one of them was absent. Additionally, for several days in May 2016, Gunner filled in while Chick was on vacation, which was Gunner's first appearance during all-new broadcasts in years. Subsequently, Gunner occasionally joined the cast, both to \"run the board\" (operate the broadcast studio's main audio mixing console, which Tom calls \"master control\") and to serve as an additional co-host. Gunner", "id": "18542725" }, { "contents": "Chick McGee\n\n\nand graduated from an independent broadcast school in June 1976. In 2014 he was inducted in the inaugural class of the Fine Arts Hall of Fame of the London City Schools. He began his career at a small 1,000-watt radio station in West Virginia and held various on-air positions at stations in West Virginia and Ohio. Prior to joining \"The Bob and Tom Show,\" he went by the name Chuck Mikelz. On April 1, 1986, Chick joined \"The Bob & Tom Show\". In January 1995,", "id": "13951019" }, { "contents": "Tom Urie\n\n\nTom Urie (born 1969, Paisley, Scotland) is an actor and musician. He is best known for his role as Big Bob (Bob O' Hara) in the BBC Scotland soap opera \"River City\". Urie began his career in the Scottish sketch show \"Chewin' the Fat\" portraying various roles within the show. In 2002, he starred as Captain Ortego in \"Snoddy\" which was a television show broadcast in 2002. He returned to sketch show fame in 2003 after he played various roles within", "id": "18078217" }, { "contents": "Bob and Tom Radio: The Comedy Tour\n\n\nBob and Tom Radio: The Comedy Tour is a DVD made as a spin-off from \"The Bob & Tom Show\". This is a syndicated US radio program established by Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold at radio station WFBQ in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1983. The program is among the highest rated in American radio. The show is hosted by Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold and its format is that of a comedy variety show. Each day, there are usually several guests on the show, including many comedians seeking", "id": "17193508" }, { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\nas inductees to the National Radio Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony took place on November 5, 2015, at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in downtown Chicago. During his induction speech, Bob announced his retirement effective at the end of 2015. Before Bob's retirement, Scott Potasnik (\"P-taz\") replaced Gunner as the fourth in-studio voice when Bob went on extended vacations or took Mondays off, and Potasnik remained an unofficial cast member for some time after Bob's retirement. Tom described \"P", "id": "18542727" }, { "contents": "The Tom Ewell Show\n\n\nShow\" was created by Madelyn Martin and Bob Carroll, Jr. (of \"The Lucy Show\" fame), and produced by Tom Ewell's own production company (in partnership with Martin and Carroll, and with Four Star Productions). The thirty episodes of the show were broadcast 9–9:30 PM (EST) on Tuesday nights in the United States from September 27, 1960 through May 23, 1961 on the CBS network. Eight of the episodes were shown as summer repeats in the same timeslot from May 30, 1961 through", "id": "20896879" }, { "contents": "WYCM\n\n\naired without disk jockeys. The syndicated Bob & Tom Show aired on WSHP for the last time on October 20, 2010 (and still airs in the Lafayette area from its home studios at WFBQ, 94.7, Indianapolis). General manager Ernie Caldemone, as quoted in an October 28, 2010 Lafayette Journal and Courier article, said, \"Every three to five years a contract (renewal) comes up and we just decided this was not a time to be broadcasting Bob and Tom. There are people who are upset.", "id": "7756650" }, { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\nThe Bob & Tom Show\" has aired on the American Forces Network as the morning show on AFN's Legacy Channel-The World's Classic Rock Station. \"The Bob & Tom Show\" repurposes their live morning show as an overnight show called \"Bob & Tom All Nighter\". \"All Nighter\" airs 12–5 A.M. on a few terrestrial affiliated stations and their streams. During the show, live or pre-recorded comic songs and skits are often played, including many from a huge library of archived pieces. There", "id": "18542717" }, { "contents": "WWOZ\n\n\nmusicians are often guests on programs, and sometimes perform live over the air, especially for the station's twice-yearly membership drives. Musicians and singers such as Rob Cambre, Samirah Evans, Alan Fontenot, Bob French, Hazel the Delta Rambler, Sam Cammarata, Ernie K-Doe, Bobby Mitchell, Davis Rogan, Tom Saunders, John Sinclair, Don Vappie, Dr. Michael White and others have had their own shows on the station. WWOZ is also known for its location broadcasts of live music events, including the", "id": "12699181" }, { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\nKevoian, Tom Griswold, Chick McGee, on-air producer Dean Metcalf, Steve Salge, and Ron Sexton. The show also takes calls from actual live listeners, plus miscellaneous \"crazy listener\" caricatures. On November 3, 2008, WGN America began airing an hour-long TV show taken from the day's radio broadcast at Midnight ET Monday through Friday (as of November 2009, it was moved to 2 a.m. ET). The program ended its run on WGN America on September 10, 2010, as part", "id": "18542734" }, { "contents": "Tom Green's House Tonight\n\n\nreached up to 38 million downloads per month. Tom Green refers to his website as \"The Channel\". The output of The Channel is not limited to \"Tom Green's House Tonight\". Shows appearing on The Channel can vary significantly in length and can last for many hours. Other shows broadcast on The Channel have included: On occasion, when Green does not have guests, he has broadcast an unconventional show, such as playing the saxophone for an hour and having a week dedicated to performing karaoke. Green has", "id": "19962370" }, { "contents": "Bob Kevoian\n\n\nto the Superstars Convention, a gathering of program directors from 300 stations, where it was played. They started getting offers from all over the country. He came to WFBQ Radio in Indianapolis in early 1978. He is the producer, director, writer and composed credits for The Bob and Tom Show Home Movie, 2004. Bob participated in the shows recorded in Anderson, Indiana. Bob has personally produced over 15,000 \"bits\" used in his show, some of which are actually his original ideas. On November 5,", "id": "2764928" }, { "contents": "Bob Grant (radio host)\n\n\nBob was just this really well-informed conservative, who would often become liberal on social issues, but he had such a flair ... he was such a broadcaster ... he could hold your attention for hours,\" before concluding, \"Goodbye, Bob, you are the greatest broadcaster that has ever lived\". Glenn Beck now uses the catchphrase \"Get off my phone!\" as a spinoff of Grant's earlier call-in talk show style, as do Tom Scharpling and Mark Levin; similarly, Sean Hannity often", "id": "18224590" }, { "contents": "The Bob Edwards Show\n\n\naired on September 26, 2014. Public Radio International, which paid Sirius XM to broadcast the show on weekends, continued to air reruns, but no longer does. In 2006, interviews with musicians earned \"The Bob Edwards Show\" the Deems Taylor Award from ASCAP. The program also received a Gabriel Award from the Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals for an interview with Father Gregory Boyle, a Jesuit priest who works with Latino gang members in east Los Angeles. The show earned a second Gabriel Award in 2007 for \"", "id": "5690040" }, { "contents": "Tom Jones: The Right Time\n\n\nTom Jones: The Right Time is a six-episode television series hosted by Tom Jones. The 30-minute episodes were first broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom in 1992 and featured music and interviews in front of a live audience. The show was also broadcast in the United States on VH1 in 1992–93. John Marchese of the New York Times News Service described it as a \"whirlwind briefing on the history of pop music\". Guest stars included Bob Geldof, Cyndi Lauper, The Chieftains and Stevie Wonder. Across the six", "id": "8835204" }, { "contents": "WNGZ\n\n\nWNGZ (104.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock format. Licensed to Montour Falls, New York, United States, the station serves the Elmira-Corning area. The station is currently owned by Community Broadcasters, LLC. The Bob and Tom Show airs 6 days a week (Monday - Saturday) from 6:00 am until 10:00 am. Ally hosts middays from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm (Monday - Friday) and Lancer hosts the afternoon show from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm (Monday - Friday).", "id": "15745036" }, { "contents": "Bob Costas\n\n\nfor a suddenly ill Vin Scully, who had come down with laryngitis, for Game 2 of the 1989 National League Championship Series alongside Tom Seaver. Game 2 of the NLCS took place on Thursday, October 5, which was an off day for the ALCS. NBC then decided to fly Costas from Toronto to Chicago to substitute for Scully on Thursday night. Afterward, Costas flew back to Toronto, where he resumed work on the ALCS the next night. Costas anchored NBC's pre- and post-game shows for NFL broadcasts", "id": "4734706" }, { "contents": "The Tom Green Show\n\n\n\", where he harassed strangers in Japan. The show was briefly revived by MTV in 2003 as \"The New Tom Green Show\", which was retooled to have more of a late-night talk show format, but was cancelled by MTV a few months after its premiere due to plummeting ratings. The show ran for 51 episodes from June 23, 2003 to September 5, 2003. On June 15, 2006, Tom Green launched \"Tom Green Live!\", a live call-in talk show broadcast on", "id": "11474873" }, { "contents": "WSAK\n\n\n. The station was previously the only New Hampshire station to carry the syndicated Bob & Tom Show morning show. It no longer carries that program, instead using its own local DJs on The Shark Morning Show. The station is owned by Townsquare Media. It formerly broadcast as \"Arrow\", on the same frequencies and with a similar format, but using call letters WXBB and WXBP. The change to the new name and call was made in March 2000. Citadel Broadcasting acquired the station in August 1999 when it purchased Fuller", "id": "9844067" }, { "contents": "WROO\n\n\n. The station aired the syndicated morning show \"The Bob and Tom Show\" from its sign-on until April 2006. It was replaced with a music-intensive morning show. Towards the end of the station's run, it played all classic rock during the day and nineties and new rock at night. The station, throughout its lifespan, faced serious competition from Barnstable Broadcasting (later Entercom Communications') WROQ and WTPT. On December 23, 2007, after modest performance from the rock format for over five years", "id": "20983885" }, { "contents": "BaD Radio Show\n\n\nThe BaD Radio Show (short for Bob and Dan) is a midday radio program on Dallas, Texas radio station KTCK \"1310AM, 96.7FM, The Ticket\". The show is hosted by Bob Sturm and Dan McDowell, and airs Monday through Friday from 12pm to 3pm. Originally from Wisconsin, Bob Sturm graduated from Liberty University and started his broadcasting career in Lynchburg, Virginia. He eventually came to Dallas in 1998, where he became the host of The Ticket's night time show. He is affectionately referred", "id": "18612912" }, { "contents": "WIII (FM)\n\n\nWYBY to Bible Broadcasting Network. I-100 is currently formatted as a classic rock station, primarily using the Dial-Global Classic Rock service. The Bob & Tom Show airs from 6-10 AM Monday - Saturday and the local Working Stiff Show with Kat Walters airs 11 AM – 6 PM. The WIII call letters have been in place since November 1994 - prior to that it was WYYS, WNYP-FM and WOKW. WIII joined the New York Giants Radio Network in 2012. WIII also broadcasts on the following translator:", "id": "4392718" }, { "contents": "On Point\n\n\ncommentators included Donna Brazile, Tom Brokaw, Bob Shrum, Dana Milbank, Tony Fabrizio, Joe Klein, EJ Dionne, Pat Buchanan, Peter Hart, and Hendrik Hertzberg. The show traveled to both the Democratic and Republican conventions, broadcasting live in the morning and at night. \"On Point\" is broadcast live from Boston, Massachusetts on WBUR FM (90.9 MHz) from 10 a.m. to 12 noon ET, occupying the former time slot of \"The Connection\", and repeated from 7 to 9 p.m. Most frequently,", "id": "10773810" }, { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\nguest Pat McAfee and, in past years, Peyton Manning, Jeff Saturday, Reggie Miller, and numerous INDYCAR drivers), musicians, and actors from television and movies are also frequent \"Bob & Tom\" guests. The show has occasionally talked with national politicians, although those interviews generally steer clear of controversial issues. Nationally known authors including frequent guest John Feinstein have also been featured. The show introduced the free \"Bob & Tom Show App\" for iOS and Android in early 2016, through which users may hear live", "id": "18542719" }, { "contents": "Bob the Builder\n\n\nBob the Builder is a British children's animated television show created by Keith Chapman. In the original series, Bob appears in a stop motion animated programme as a building contractor, specialising in masonry, along with his colleague Wendy, various neighbours and friends, and their gang of anthropomorphised work-vehicles and equipment. The show is broadcast in many countries, but originates from the United Kingdom where Bob is voiced by English actor Neil Morrissey. The show was later created using CGI animation starting with the spin-off series \"", "id": "3766490" }, { "contents": "KZTQ (AM)\n\n\nstation in La Junta, Colorado. For many years, the station was the a central news hub for southeastern Colorado. In early 2001, after adopting the KBZZ call letters and the nickname \"The Buzz,\" the station added Howard Stern in mornings, followed by a local show with Bob Garrison, the syndicated Don and Mike show and then Tom Leykis in late afternoons. Tom Quinn, president of Americom Broadcasting (owner of KBZZ), had selected the \"hot talk\" format after his success with Stern in Las", "id": "20932369" }, { "contents": "Paul Dixon Show\n\n\n. The wedding itself was broadcast live on the show, and featured then-WLWT news anchor Tom Atkins narrating and Bob Braun as Best Man, with co-hosts Bonnie Lou and Sharp as matrons of honor. Marian Spelman, still at WLWT appearing on other shows, made a guest appearance singing a humorous version of \"A Bird in a Gilded Cage\". People actually stayed home from work and school to watch the Chicken Wedding live. It went on to become the highest-rated episode in the show's history", "id": "21787364" }, { "contents": "PowerNation\n\n\nleaving Byron Ferguson, and Bob Munden. Byron Ferguson left the show at the end of Season 7 (1999), and was replaced by exhibition shooter Tom Knapp, who joined the show in Season 8 (2000), and stayed until the end of the series. American Shooter was produced by RTM Productions (now RTM Studios). For the first four seasons, \"American Shooter\" was broadcast on ESPN, as part of their ESPN Outdoors block. In 1996, Guns & Ammo magazine bought the show from ESPN", "id": "12959201" }, { "contents": "WBAE (AM)\n\n\nadvice-talk programming included the syndicated morning show \"Bob and Tom\" from Indianapolis, syndicated family finance shows from Clark Howard and Dave Ramsey, psychological advice from \"The Dr. Laura Program\" and Dr. Joy Browne, as well as \"Loveline\", NASCAR racing from the Motor Racing Network, and NFL football from Westwood One. On September 15, 2009, it was announced that WBAE and WVAE would begin to broadcast the Boston Bruins. On January 16, 2012, it was announced that WBAE and WVAE would begin", "id": "14987876" }, { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\n, most featuring the original primary cast of Bob, Tom, Chick, and Kristi. For most of \"The Bob & Tom Show’s\" 35+ year history, the cast consisted of hosts Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold, sports commentator and comic foil Chick McGee, news director Kristi Lee, and producer Dean Metcalf. Kevoian and Griswold originally teamed up in the early 1980s at Petoskey, Michigan station WJML before being lured to WFBQ \"Q95\" Indianapolis in 1983 to host what was initially a music-heavy morning show", "id": "18542721" }, { "contents": "Tom Green's House Tonight\n\n\nTom Green's House Tonight (formerly known as \"Tom Green Live!\") is a talk show hosted by Tom Green. In addition to its primary Internet broadcast on \"TomGreen.com\", the show has been syndicated on television stations throughout North America. The broadcast is mostly spontaneous with a reliance on celebrity guests and viewer interaction via Skype calls and phone calls. Before moving to a regular television studio, the show was set inside Green's living room in the Hollywood Hills, where a fully functional low-budget studio", "id": "19962361" }, { "contents": "Tom Barnard\n\n\nThomas 'Tom' Mark Paul Barnard (born November 7, 1951) is an American talk radio host and former voice-over talent. He is currently the host of \"The KQ92 Morning Show\" from 5:40am to 9:55am on 92 KQRS and Tom Barnard Show on 105 The Ticket from 6:00pm to 7:00pm both broadcast in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. The show on 105 The Ticket makes up the third hour of \"The Tom Barnard Podcast\" known as \"The Ticket\" where the first two hours of the", "id": "20881269" }, { "contents": "The Electric Amish\n\n\ntrue identities behind these personas are, respectively, Dean Metcalf (producer of The Bob & Tom Show), and brothers Barclay Grayson and Kyle Grayson—all of central Indiana. Much of the humor in their lyrics presupposes at least a passing understanding of Amish and Mennonite cultures (for example, outsiders are called \"the English\"). The band rose to stardom after performing on The Bob & Tom Show, where they can occasionally still be heard. The Electric Amish released their first album, \"Barn to Be Wild", "id": "8108565" }, { "contents": "Chick McGee\n\n\nChick left \"The Bob and Tom Show\" to become co-host of a show called \"Kevin & McGee\" at KGB-FM in San Diego, California. After six months in San Diego, McGee returned on July 10, 1995 to his former job on \"The Bob & Tom Show\". McGee joined \"The Bob & Tom Show\" on April 1, 1986, as the show’s announcer. His duties expanded to include recapping the day's sports news and being the show's comic foil.", "id": "13951020" }, { "contents": "Korla Pandit\n\n\nthe Novachord and the Hammond CV (Ancestor of C-3) electronic organ. In 1949, he performed on \"Hollywood Holiday\", broadcast from a Los Angeles restaurant. In 1948, while performing as Korla Pandit in Hollywood at a furrier's fashion show in Tom Breneman's Restaurant, Redd and his wife Beryl met television pioneer Klaus Landsberg. He offered Redd a daily, 15-minute television show, with the stipulation that the musician would also provide accompaniment for \"Time for Beany\", Bob Clampett's popular puppet show. It", "id": "2145543" }, { "contents": "WGBF-FM\n\n\nWGBF-FM (103.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Mainstream Rock format. Licensed to Henderson, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Evansville area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media and features programming from Premiere Radio Networks and Westwood One. The station is also broadcast on HD radio. Monday through Saturday morning, WGBF airs the nationally syndicated Bob & Tom Show. WGBF-FM first signed on in December 1971. In 1979, the station's call letters were changed to WHKC, and", "id": "19057341" }, { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\n, bands, and charities. In October, it has become tradition for Chick to get a prostate exam on the air to raise awareness for prostate cancer. Bob and Tom used to promote this exam as \"Proctober\"; however, this exam is now \"Rectember\". The latest exam was held on September 6, 2011 with Gunner doing it. \"The Bob & Tom Show\" has produced seven CDs for the USO to include in holiday care packages sent to troops stationed worldwide. Bob and Tom had a friendly", "id": "18542736" }, { "contents": "Bob Kevoian\n\n\nin Communications from Central Michigan University where he gave the commencement speech in 2003. After touring the U.S. for three years as sound engineer of The Young Americans, Kevoian began his radio career at WMBN in Petoskey, Michigan, in 1979. That lasted until 1982, when Kevoian joined cross-town WJML. That’s where Bob & Tom teamed up as a regular morning show. “We were there for 12-18 months,” Kevoian recalls.The pairing of one of syndicated radio’s most successful morning shows came when", "id": "2764925" }, { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\nMetcalf, are still active today as voices of most of the show’s fictional characters and callers. On January 5, 1995, Chick left \"The Bob & Tom Show\" to become co-host of a show called \"Kevin & McGee\" at KGB-FM in San Diego, California. After six months in San Diego, McGee returned on July 10, 1995 to his former job on \"The Bob & Tom Show\". Dave Wilson filled in for Chick at first and then Gunner filled in for the", "id": "18542723" }, { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\nextension on May 1, 2018, to \"The Bob & Tom Show.\" iHeartMedia, corporate parent of flagship WFBQ \"Q95\" and another 12 of the show's 90+ syndication outlets, announced a renewed agreement on December 10, 2018, to continue airing the show on those iHeartMedia stations. Although the announcement did not detail the length of the agreement, news reports note that \"The Bob & Tom Show\" could conceivably celebrate its 40th anniversary at Q95 on March 7, 2023. As of June 17,", "id": "18542732" }, { "contents": "MLB Network Showcase\n\n\nMLB Network Showcase is the title of a presentation of Major League Baseball on cable and satellite channel MLB Network (self-produced by MLB Network), that premiered on April 9, 2009. Longtime NBC Sports broadcaster Bob Costas is one of the play-by-play voices of the broadcasts. Matt Vasgersian also does play-by-play on some games. Jim Kaat, John Smoltz, and Tom Verducci provide color commentary. The network produces 26 non-exclusive live games a year during baseball season and since 2012", "id": "22208448" }, { "contents": "KFRR\n\n\n\"Alice 102.7\" to go up against KVSR as a modern adult contemporary format. Soon after sign-on 1995, the station brought \"The Bob & Tom Show\" to Fresno. It was a horrible match. \"The Bob & Tom Show\" was really for an older audience. It was part of then-owner Mondosphere's greater plans. In October 1995 Rob Frazier (aka Robnokshus) took over the morning show with Aandy as his co-host. It replaced the Bob & Tom Show which was moved", "id": "4731864" }, { "contents": "The Dave Fanning Show\n\n\nafter St Patrick's Day and the last programme was broadcast on 28 July 2006. It had been on air Monday to Friday from 6pm-7:30pm, and featured a mix of music, movie news, lifestyle items, Internet guides and competitions, as well as regular features such as classic albums nominated by guests. The show spanned several topics, and regularly featured segments on movies, new music acts, and interviews with stars like Tom Waits, Alice Cooper & Bob Geldof. His Friday show took on a unique form of listener requests", "id": "1444631" }, { "contents": "WBUZ (FM)\n\n\n, Roman Haviland, sQueeGee, Eric Steel, Hayley St. John, and Rebecca Blake. WBUZ is also an affiliate of \"The Free Beer and Hot Wings Show\" which replaced \"The Bob & Tom Show\" on November 22, 2006. WBUZ was the call sign of a former AM rock station in Terre Haute, Indiana from 1993–2000 (see WBOW (1230 AM)), and prior to that, an AM station in Fredonia, New York. WBUZ broadcasts in the HD radio format. WBUZ covers most of", "id": "14931546" }, { "contents": "KTWL\n\n\nwas known as \"BOB FM\" and programmed towards the community of The Woodlands, Texas, featuring a variety of shows hosted by local talent: Dan Gallo and Preston Fassel on \"The Gallo Go-Round\" (a morning show); Jordan Williams on \"Middays\" (an afternoon show), Ross Barrington with \"The Commute\" (a late afternoon/early evening show); and Tom Conley on \"The Drop Zone\" (a program broadcast every Saturday at midnight and featuring alternative/obscure music)", "id": "21172729" }, { "contents": "The V Show with Bob Valvano\n\n\n1998. During the college basketball season he broadcasts from a different location almost every week, because he does a game for ESPN2 every Saturday night during the regular season. Two personalities that often replaced him were Jeff Rickard and Amy Lawrence, both were regulars on \"GameNight\" and ESPN Radio. The \"ESPN Radio SportsCenter\" update anchor is Neil Jackson or as Bob calls him Neil \"Action\" Jackson. Jackson helps with trivia challenges, highlights and phone calls. Regular guests on the show include Rob Neyer of SB Nation", "id": "20230296" }, { "contents": "Tim Wilson (comedian)\n\n\nbrother rushed him to a nearby hospital and Wilson suffered a massive heart attack and died at 9:15 p.m. Wilson left behind his wife and two children. On May 9, 2014, The Bob and Tom show sponsored a tribute comedy show to honor Wilson and help provide an education for his son. This three-and-a-half hour show was presented at the Paramount Theatre (Anderson, Indiana). The announced lineup included \"the Bob and Tom show\" personalities (Bob Kevoian, Tom Griswold, Kristi Lee,", "id": "9466797" }, { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\nShow\" is a mash-up of news, sports, conversation, and interviews\" which airs new broadcasts every weekday morning live from 6 to 10 A.M. in the Eastern Time Zone (5–9 A.M. Central) or tape-delayed on affiliated stations in other time zones. There is an additional weekday segment which airs between 10:00 and 10:20 A.M. ET only on home station WFBQ. As of February 13, 2017, the post-show segment airs only on select dates rather than daily. Since January 31, 2011, \"", "id": "18542716" }, { "contents": "The Kallikaks\n\n\ndirectors were Kantor, Bob LaHendro, and Dennis Steinmetz. Ross wrote the shows theme song, \"Beat the System,\" which Roy Clark performed for the opening credits. Tom Wells wrote other music used in the show. Bonnie Ebsen was the daughter of Buddy Ebsen, who had starred from 1962 to 1971 in \"The Beverly Hillbillies\". \"The Kallikaks\" premiered on August 3, 1977, and aired on NBC on Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. throughout its brief run. Broadcast during a time of year when television viewership", "id": "15715488" }, { "contents": "CKTG-FM\n\n\nFM in Kaministiquia, Ontario, located near Thunder Bay which had no affiliation with CKTG dropped their \"Larry FM\" variety hits format to Hot AC/CHR as \"HOT FM\". On March 16, 2009, CKTG became the first radio station in Canada to carry \"The Bob & Tom Show\", a syndicated radio show from the United States. On July 14, 2009, Newcap announced it would be selling CKTG and sister station CJUK-FM to Acadia Broadcasting for $4.5 million CAD plus working capital.", "id": "19088475" }, { "contents": "The Dudley & Bob Show\n\n\nwas selected to be co-host and partner. The show has had various co-hosts and producers. It is one of two shows hosted by Dudley. Currently, the show features an open format where Dale Dudley, Bob Fonseca, and comedian Matt Bearden discuss various current-event topics while sharing stories from their personal lives. The show has been on the air for 26 years and was nominated for a NAB Marconi Radio Award in 2007 for Medium Market Personality of the Year by the National Association of Broadcasters. Dudley", "id": "18033188" }, { "contents": "WLUM-FM\n\n\n\"Bob & Brian\" up the dial on WLZR, but its older target audience was wholly incompatible for the rest of WLUM's younger-skewing broadcast day. The \"Bob and Tom\" agreement ran out in 2005, and a locally oriented morning show, \"Kramp and Adler\", debuted on St. Patrick's Day. This was a sign of more changes to come. On July 10, 2006, WLUM began stunting as \"Quick 102\" and started playing five second song clips back-to-back.", "id": "15461469" }, { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\nrest of Chick's absence. Steve Allee is the show's music director. He has co-produced more than 50 \"Bob & Tom\" albums over the past 25 years. In the early years of the show, Pat Carlini served as a fifth in-studio cast member, joining Bob, Tom, Chick, and Kristi during their second or third hour after Carlini completed her weather-casting and news anchor duties at WTHR television's morning news program. Since the show was first syndicated in January 1995, Dave", "id": "18542724" }, { "contents": "The Bob & Tom Show\n\n\n. Marty Bender then arrived as both Program Director and contributor. After McGee (in 1986) and Lee (in 1988) joined the show, the primary cast that listeners would know for decades simply as “Bob, Tom, Chick, and Kristi” was set. As the show became more popular and successful, Mark Patrick, Dave Dugan, Whit Grayson, Steve Salge, and Ron Sexton joined the \"Bob & Tom\" staff to voice dozens of recurring fictional and parody characters. Salge and Sexton, along with", "id": "18542722" }, { "contents": "Signatures Restaurant\n\n\nwas Table 40, where Tom DeLay, Dana Rohrabacher, Bob Ney, and John Doolittle were his regular guests, getting their meals comped. Rohrabacher ate as Abramoff's guest at least monthly, claiming the friendship exemption to House ethics rules. Bob Ney paid Signatures about $1,900 for meals and events between 2002 and 2004 in addition to many comped meals. Restaurant records show that Team Abramoff members Neil Volz and Tony Rudy (with Tom Hammond) organized $1,500 (minimum) dinners for their respective former bosses, Bob Ney", "id": "10177867" }, { "contents": "Broadcast syndication\n\n\n. Also, with relatively few 24-hour live talk radio networks (though this, in recent times, has been changing), most radio stations are free to assemble their own lineup of talk show hosts as they so choose. Examples of syndicated talk programs are Premiere Networks' \"The Bob & Tom Show\", Dial Global's \"The Jim Bohannon Show\", and the self-syndicated \"The Dave Ramsey Show\" (more recently, talk networks such as Talk Radio Network have been marketing and packaging all-day", "id": "17116376" }, { "contents": "Tom Peterson\n\n\nyoung gentleman.\" He also played bongo drums on \"Where's the Art?\", a public-access television cable TV show with Stephanie Pierce, proprietor of the 24 Hour Church of Elvis. Peterson is the subject of several works by Portland artist Norman Forsberg. They include the 1989 painting \"Sphinxface\" and \"Six Toms and a Bob\", pairing Peterson's face with that of Bob the Weather Cat, then a fixture of KATU local news. Forsberg, on Peterson: \"Most pop icons are entertainers", "id": "16421639" }, { "contents": "WZZL\n\n\nWZZL (106.7 FM, \"106-7 ZZL Rocks!\") is a radio station licensed to the community of Reidland, Kentucky, and serves the greater Paducah, Kentucky, area. The station is owned by Withers Broadcasting and licensed to Withers Broadcasting Company of Paducah, LLC. The station was assigned the WZZL call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on November 1, 1992. WZZL airs a mainstream rock format. The station also carried the syndicated The Bob & Tom Show weekday mornings, until January 2016. On", "id": "10079876" }, { "contents": "WOFX-FM\n\n\nWOFX-FM (92.5 FM) is an American radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. The station plays a classic rock format. The station is owned and operated by Cumulus Media. It broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 16,000 watts. It was the FM flagship station of the Cincinnati Bengals through the 2008 preseason and is the Cincinnati affiliate for the Bob and Tom morning radio show. Its studios are located in North Cincinnati and the transmitter site is just northeast of downtown. The first radio station to broadcast in Cincinnati at", "id": "10155643" }, { "contents": "KTZU\n\n\nKTZU (94.9 FM, \"94.9 The Zoo\") is radio station with a classic rock format. Licensed to Velva, North Dakota, it serves the Minot, North Dakota area. KTZU began transmission in April 2005, and broadcasts \"The Bob and Tom Show\" during the mornings. Its studios are located at 624 31st Ave. SW in Minot, and the transmitter site is south of town off of Highway 83. KTZU's owner, Programmer's Broadcasting, also owns KWGO 102.9 (Country) in Burlington and", "id": "11126438" }, { "contents": "WZXR\n\n\nWZXR (99.3 FM) is a rock music formatted radio station licensed to serve Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Backyard Broadcasting, through licensee Backyard Broadcasting PA, LLC. The station bills itself as \"Susquehanna Valley's Home of Rock and Roll\". Notable on air personalities include \"The Bob and Tom Show\", John Finn, Ian Emerson, and Mike Matthews. Programming includes Flashback, In The Studio, Dee Snider's The House of Hair, and WZXR is also a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers", "id": "19152884" }, { "contents": "KWQW\n\n\nowner Barnstable Communications acquired KGGO. A short time later, the format was changed to adult contemporary as \"98.3 the River.\" Barnstable sold all of its Des Moines stations to Wilks Broadcasting in 2001; the stations were sold to Citadel Broadcasting in 2003. On November 11 of that year, Citadel changed KRKQ's format to talk radio as \"WOW-FM, the Capital's Big Talker.\" The Bob & Tom Show was the only program that carried over to the new format. The station's call letters were", "id": "21725203" }, { "contents": "KQWB-FM\n\n\n(AOR). For most of the last decade, KQWB-FM has had a syndicated morning show. In 1998, Scotch & Daniels was replaced with Bob and Tom in the morning. In 2000, Bob and Tom was dropped, and Scotch was brought back with Dui. They remained as morning show hosts until 2003, when they were replaced with another syndicated duo, Lex and Terry. For many years, KQWB-FM aired the \"Alternative Feed\" on Sunday evenings. This show featured music from lesser known", "id": "7863443" }, { "contents": "WILZ\n\n\nWILZ (104.5 FM, \"Wheelz 104.5\") is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format in Saginaw, Michigan, owned by Cumulus Media. The station is the local affiliate of the syndicated programs \"The Bob and Tom Show\" and \"Nights with Alice Cooper\". 104.5 FM began in the early 1990s as WUVE, an album oriented rock station that aired some programming from ABC/Satellite Music Network's \"Z Rock\" network (though not an official \"Z-Rock\" affiliate). The station", "id": "13679225" }, { "contents": "WIHC\n\n\nlater that month, as it was no longer financially viable to keep on air. As \"The Bear\", WIHC remains the most recent Sault Ste. Marie-market affiliate for the syndicated \"Bob & Tom Show\" and \"Nights with Alice Cooper\". In November 2011, West Central Michigan Media Ministries agreed to purchase WIHC from Northern Star Broadcasting for $150,000, and the deal was finalized in February 2012. After two years of silence, WIHC was brought back on air in March 2012 as a simulcast of", "id": "56066" }, { "contents": "WGLO\n\n\nWGLO (95.5 FM, \"95-5 GLO\") is a radio station licensed to serve Pekin, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by Cumulus Media, which purchased the station from Townsquare Media. WGLO broadcasts a classic rock format to the Peoria, Illinois, area. The station is an affiliate of the syndicated \"Bob and Tom Show\". The station was assigned the WGLO call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on January 2, 1979. The station was originally WSIV-FM, a sister", "id": "9575452" }, { "contents": "Quandamooka people\n\n\nof Queensland and has held various ministerial positions. Lisa Bellear (2 May 1961 in Melbourne, Victoria – 5 July 2006 in Melbourne) was an Indigenous Australian poet, photographer, activist, spokeswoman, dramatist, comedian and broadcaster. Bellear was a broadcaster at the community radio station 3CR in Melbourne where she presented the show 'Not Another Koori Show' for over 20 years. Bob Bellear also known as Robert William \"Bob\" Bellear (17 June 1944 — 15 March 2005) was an Australian social activist, lawyer and", "id": "8373740" }, { "contents": "From St Kilda to Kings Cross\n\n\nApril 2006, the Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club released a cover version on their album, \"A Long Way from Home\", which was broadcast on \"The Coodabeens\" programme on ABC Local Radio with Billy Baxter compering – Kelly had written a 1980 hit about him, \"Billy Baxter\". In October 2009, Gomez members Tom Gray and Paul Blackburn performed the song on the \"Like a Version\" segment of Triple J's \"Breakfast Show\". In November that year, Bob Evans (aka Kevin Mitchell of Jebediah", "id": "557706" }, { "contents": "Kristi Lee\n\n\nWBDG, the school's station. She attended Indiana University. Lee's first full-time job in communications was at WRTV, where she was a television engineer for six years. At the time, she was also a part-time disc jockey for WFBQ Q95, the station which eventually hired Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold for mornings. She began her full-time radio career on \"The Bob and Tom Show\" in 1988. Lee was also featured on ESPN and ESPN2 as a sideline reporter, covering events like", "id": "14418212" }, { "contents": "WKXS-FM\n\n\nWKXS-FM is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format and airing The Bob & Tom Show in the morning. Licensed to Leland, North Carolina, United States, the station serves the Wilmington area. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media. Cumulus Broadcasting purchased four Wilmington radio stations in Spring 1997. After a survey, general manager Clay McCauley said, \"Basically, we found a hole in the market big enough to drive a Mack truck through.\" 25 percent of the market's population was African-", "id": "21901659" }, { "contents": "WTKK\n\n\nthe initial purchase of the station by SFX broadcasting, a decline in ratings began. WZZU, also a classic rock station, was brought into the fold when Prism Broadcasting Partners was purchased. With no need for two rock stations in the stable, WZZU was flipped to lite AC as Sunny 93.9 (WRSN). WRDU Program Director Tom Guild was moved to WTRG programming, while former WZZU Program Director Bob Edwards assumed those duties for WRDU. The Silva and the Blade morning show was replaced by the John Boy and Billy syndicated", "id": "6200985" }, { "contents": "Duluth Does Dylan\n\n\nDuluth Does Dylan is a 2000 album featuring songs by Bob Dylan covered by bands from Duluth, Minnesota. The album was mixed and recorded at Inland Sea Recording in Superior, Wisconsin, and mastered at Spinout Studio in Burbank, California. \"Duluth Does Dylan\" was produced by Tim Nelson and Tom Fabjance, and features cover and liner art by Chris Monroe. The liner notes were written by Brad Nelson, then publisher of the Duluth Ripsaw. All songs originally recorded by Bob Dylan. Tim Nelson, the executive producer of", "id": "7042807" }, { "contents": "Bob & Brian\n\n\nBob and Brian is a talk radio show broadcast from WHQG in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Topics of discussion include politics, celebrity gossip, and sports, along with the random daily events. The show broadcasts weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and repeats as a week-in-review show on Saturday mornings. It is syndicated in Wisconsin. Longtime friends who grew up in Union Grove, Wisconsin, Bob Madden and Brian Nelson went to high school and technical college together before teaming up to work in radio in January 1981.", "id": "15809778" }, { "contents": "Glued, Where's My Bob?\n\n\nunable to get Bob free, Louise places a call to Dr. Yap. Since his job as a dentist involves heavy use of adhesives and solvents, he tells a skeptical Bob that he is the best person for the job at that exact moment. Yap decides the best way to free Bob, given the limited resources they have, is to inject Novocain into his butt and pull him off the toilet with a rope. Unfortunately, it does not work and Bob remains stuck. Shortly thereafter, the crew from Coasters shows up", "id": "19814020" }, { "contents": "Jack Trudeau\n\n\nYork Yankees organization. Also, after retirement from football, Jack invested to be a co-owner of Wolf Run Golf Club in Indiana. . He was a weekly guest on The Bob and Tom Show, broadcast out of Indianapolis, for many seasons, discussing the Colts and other happenings in the NFL. On June 2, 2007, Trudeau was arrested and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor when he hosted a Park Tudor high school graduation party for his daughter, who was not arrested, but was breathalyzed", "id": "21621660" }, { "contents": "Harry Caray\n\n\n's your point?\"\" \"The Bob and Tom Show\" also had a Harry Caray parody show called \"\"After Hours Sports\"\", which eventually became \"\"Afterlife Sports\"\" after Caray's death, and the Heaven and Hell Baseball Game, in which Caray is the broadcast announcer for the games. On the Nickelodeon series \"Back at the Barnyard\", news reporter Hilly Burford bears a strong resemblance to Caray, both in appearance and speech. In 2005, the cartoon \"\" had two announcers", "id": "20420764" }, { "contents": "Broadcast syndication\n\n\n\"The Price Is Right\" (another Goodson-Todman game show) has enjoyed tremendous success on the CBS daytime schedule since its inception in 1972 under hosts Bob Barker and Drew Carey, it has also produced three spinoffs, two of which failed after one season. The most successful syndicated edition was the 1972–80 weekly version that was initially hosted by Dennis James, but in 1977, daytime host Bob Barker also hosted the nighttime version for the final three seasons. For the 1985–86 season, Tom Kennedy hosted a daily syndicated version", "id": "17116340" }, { "contents": "The Karate Guard\n\n\nthe gutter's edge. Tom does a quick salute and falls. Then Tom takes a giant leap and lands on the roof. Tom, who was shaking in fear, heaves a sigh of relief. Jerry does everything he can to anger Tom, including making funny faces, showing him his (underwear-clad) buttocks, etc. It works and the chase is off again. They run down the street into a toy store where Jerry hides in a toy airplane. Jerry turns it on, pilots it, and", "id": "1336086" }, { "contents": "Howdy Doody\n\n\nthe show starred Peter Mews as forest ranger Timber Tom, who corresponded to Buffalo Bob in the U.S. version. CBC's Clarabell was played by Alfie Scopp. Robert Goulet is sometimes erroneously credited as Timber Tom (even by Goulet's official website and Buffalo Bob Smith), although he may have been an occasional fill-in host. William Shatner, the future Captain Kirk of \"Star Trek\", also filled in for Timber Tom occasionally as \"Ranger Bob\". The Canadian show appeared more low-budget than its", "id": "15956937" }, { "contents": "The Bob Burns Show\n\n\nThe Bob Burns Show (also known as The Arkansas Traveler) was an American old-time radio comedy program that starred comedian Bob Burns. The program derived from a character Burns performed for five years on Bing Crosby's \"Kraft Music Hall\" entitled \"The Arkansas Traveler\". The program originally premiered as The Arkansas Traveler on September 16, 1941 on CBS. In 1943, Bob Burns moved his program over to the Red Network of the National Broadcasting Company. The January 7 broadcast was the first episode to use the", "id": "2518506" }, { "contents": "WTUE\n\n\nChristopher morning show. Christopher (Geisen) left the station in 1999 and (Steve) Kerrigan left WTUE's airwaves in 2003. Steve Kerrigan died of multiple myeloma in March 2011. Steve Kerrigan was inducted into the Dayton Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2011. Christopher Geisen was inducted in 2017, and John \"B-Man\" Beaulieu was inducted in 2013. WTUE is currently an affiliate of \"The Bob and Tom Show\" in the mornings and features afternoon veteran John \"B-Man\" Beaulieu. Christopher Geisen and", "id": "14014077" }, { "contents": "KDBX\n\n\nKDBX is a radio station whose transmitter is located in the nearby town of Clear Lake, South Dakota, but the studios are in Brookings. The station carries The Bob & Tom Show in the mornings, and is an affiliate of the syndicated Floydian Slip Pink Floyd show. KDBX broadcasts across a wide region encompassing both the Brookings and Watertown areas in eastern South Dakota as well as reaching points in western Minnesota as far as Marshall and Benson. The station was formerly in a historic train depot. In 2005, the depot was", "id": "8418544" }, { "contents": "WZOX\n\n\nlast long against WQLR and WOOD-FM, and on October 7, 2001, it became a classic rock station with the syndicated Bob and Tom Show in the morning drive. Around 2004 is when Midwest Communications would Purchase WFAT 96.5 FM, WNWN-1560-AM & WNWN-98.5 FM From Tri-State Broadcasting. On February 15, 2008, at 5 pm the station abruptly changed format from classic rock to country music. The last song on WFAT was \"Happy Trails\" by Van Halen, after which the station became \"Y96.5\",", "id": "17426066" }, { "contents": "WRLO-FM\n\n\nWRLO-FM (105.3 FM) is a radio station in Antigo, Wisconsin, United States, that serves the Rhinelander, Wisconsin area. The station is owned by NRG Media through licensee NRG License Sub, LLC and features programming from Fox News Radio and Westwood One. It broadcasts a classic rock format. Outside of the Bob and Tom morning show and a local afternoon drive program, programming comes from Dial Global's Classic Rock format via satellite. The station's original call letters were WATK-FM. In the late", "id": "20926288" }, { "contents": "The Bob Newhart Show\n\n\nscene, in which the cast exchange tearful goodbyes and embrace before bursting into an impromptu refrain of \"Oklahoma,\" is a wry nod to \"The Mary Tyler Moore Show\" finale (also produced by MTM) from the previous year. St. Elsewhere (1985) Jack Riley reprised his Elliot Carlin role on a 1985 episode of \"St. Elsewhere\" and partnered with Oliver Clark as the amnesiac John Doe Number Six. Carlin and Doe have been committed to the hospital's mental ward, where Carlin treats Doe with the same", "id": "16229161" }, { "contents": "The Bob Next Door\n\n\non \"Cheers\", Frasier on \"Frasier\" or Lt. Cmdr. Tom Dodge in \"Down Periscope\".\" Both of these characters were played by Sideshow Bob's voice, Kelsey Grammer. When Sideshow Bob steps on the rake it is a call back to the famous scene from \"Cape Feare\" in which he steps on multiple rakes. In its original American broadcast on the Fox network on May 16, 2010, \"The Bob Next Door\" was viewed by an estimated 6.258 million households and got a", "id": "1351673" }, { "contents": "Brenda Walker (Emmerdale)\n\n\nand the pair passionately kiss, showing Brenda that Bob really does love her. Brenda prepares for her surprise wedding to Bob but he and Dan appear and takes her on a picnic where a brass band appear and Bob proposes to her which she accepts. Later, Dan contacts a helicopter to take them to the wedding venue that Brenda set up and she proposes to Bob which he accepts then they get married in a hand fasting ceremony by Gennie. Days later, Brenda and Bob are at the Woolpack where the police, along", "id": "7827940" }, { "contents": "Bob Bell (actor)\n\n\nfrom 1959 where he played an old man named Andy Starr who ran a neighborhood theatre called the Odeon where he showed the Stooges shorts. The show ran for nine years with Bell as the host and also as Bozo. In 1968, surgery for a brain aneurysm and needed recuperation forced Bell to take a leave of absence from the show. He was able to participate in some broadcasts via telephone, returning to the show again in March 1969. In 1970, Bell received his first Emmy for WGN-TV's \"Bozo", "id": "13484050" }, { "contents": "Gonzo Greg\n\n\nto WRZX (X103) in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was here that he created \"The Big Dumb Show\" with co-hosts Don Stuck and Beau Asner. The morning show was a success, with ratings at one point surpassing \"The Bob & Tom Show\". Highlights from \"The Big Dumb Show\" include \"Who Wants to Get Married at XFEST\" (featuring reality TV star Rick Rockwell), where Gonzo dressed as the Pope, and their \"Pumpkin Propulsion\" competition, which made international news.", "id": "2828628" } ]

[ { "contents": "List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes\n\n\nepisode of \"Star Wars: The Clone Wars\" aired on October 3, 2008, and set a new record with Cartoon Network as their most-watched series premiere, attracting total viewers. The season finale, \"Hostage Crisis\", was broadcast on March 20, 2009, and the original broadcast received viewers. The has the production codes 1.01, 1.03, 1.04, and 1.18. Season 1 depicted the attempts of the Republic and the Separatists to gain the allegiance of many planets and moons. The season two premiere", "id": "7284130" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\nthat never materialized. Seasons 6, 7, and 8, were in some form of production at the time of the show's cancellation in March 2013, shortly after Lucasfilm was purchased by Disney. An online comic released alongside the series depicts story snippets between episodes. \"The Clone Wars\" premiered on October 3, 2008 at 9 p.m. on Cartoon Network. \"The Clone Wars\" on Cartoon Network is shown in a 16:9 (1.77:1) aspect ratio, cropped from its original aspect ratio (OAR) of 2.35:1 (", "id": "18222305" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\nSan Diego Comic-Con that \"The Clone Wars\" would return with 12 new episodes in a Season 7 to be released on Disney+. A trailer for the season was released on April 14, 2019 at \"Star Wars Celebration Chicago\". At April 2005's Star Wars Celebration III, Lucas stated that \"we are working on a 3-D continuation of the that was on the Cartoon Network; we probably won't start that project for another year.\" In July 2005, pre-production had begun on the series", "id": "18222297" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\n) was released for download on iTunes as an uninterrupted movie that was previously shown at selected screenings in 2010. The three episodes were written by Katie Lucas, who had previously written the Season 1 episode \"Jedi Crash\" as well as the Season 3 episodes \"Sphere of Influence\" and \"Assassin.\" A repeat of season one aired in \"decoded\" episode format. Each installment contained unobtrusive text windows giving supplemental information about the characters and events playing out on screen. On July 19, 2018, Lucasfilm announced at", "id": "18222296" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\n3 is used mainly to make the Clone Wars series more cohesive as these first episodes created better chronology, setting themselves in and among the previous two seasons' episodes. The second half of both seasons, Anakin steps a little closer to the dark side. Meanwhile, the Sith experience turmoil among themselves. Season 5 is unique in that it consists of 5 four-part story arcs, 3 of which center on Ahsoka's character development. Meanwhile, the Separatists gain more ground, and the story of an old villain who", "id": "18222294" }, { "contents": "Rogue One\n\n\nThe Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|The Clone Wars]]\", as well as featuring [[cameo appearance]]s of the \"[[Ghost (Star Wars)|Ghost]]\" and [[List of Star Wars Rebels characters#Chopper|Chopper]] from the animated series \"[[Star Wars Rebels]]\", and mentioning [[Hera Syndulla]] from that series. Characters from the film also appeared in the second half of \"Rebels\", starting with Saw in the hour-long Season 3 episode \"[[Ghosts", "id": "5359056" }, { "contents": "List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes\n\n\nwas broadcast on April 30, 2010, and the original broadcast received viewers. The season three premiere, consisting of \"Clone Cadets\" and \"ARC Troopers,\" was broadcast on September 17, 2010, attracting viewers. These episodes, and certain others in this season, cover events from previous seasons. Episodes 21 and 22 were released in the UK before airing in the US. The season finale, consisting of \"Padawan Lost\" and \"Wookiee Hunt,\" was broadcast on April 1, 2011, attracting viewers", "id": "7284132" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\nanimation currently on television\". In 2014, WatchMojo.com ranked \"Star Wars: The Clone Wars\" as the seventh-best cartoon to have gotten cancelled. \"Tech Times\" said that, \"while the \"Star Wars\" prequel films fail to make audiences care about characters like Anakin Skywalker, \"The Clone Wars\" succeeds.\" At the time of cancellation in March 2013, 65 more episodes were in development. Thirteen of these episodes were finished to become part of \"Season 6: The Lost Missions\",", "id": "18222314" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\nhas returned is further explored. Season 6 explores topics that are crucial in \"Attack of the Clones\" and \"Revenge of the Sith\", namely the creation of the clones and the details behind Order 66. Chancellor Palpatine gains even more power, and Yoda delves deeper into the nature of the Force. On December 5, 2011, a full-length feature cut of one of the Season 3 trilogies of episodes (the one composed by \"Nightsisters,\" \"Monster,\" and \"Witches of the Mist\"", "id": "18222295" }, { "contents": "The Gathering (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)\n\n\n\"The Gathering\" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series \"\". It aired in the United States on November 3, 2012. The episode marks the first in the series' Young Jedi arc, the entirety of which was screened at the \"Star Wars\" Celebration VI convention on August 25, 2012. The episode follows six Jedi Younglings, guided by Ahsoka and Yoda, as they fulfill their rite of passage in constructing their own lightsabers, the main weapon used by the mystical", "id": "9691290" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)\n\n\nSG-1\", \"\", \"Superboy\" and \"\". The soundtrack uses some instruments never heard before in a \"Star Wars\" score, including erhus, duduks and ouds. \"Star Wars: The Clone Wars\" merchandise was first released on July 26, 2008. Hasbro released several 3-inch \"Clone Wars\" action figures, an electronic clone trooper helmet, a customizable lightsaber, and an electronic All Terrain Tactical Enforcer (AT-TE). Target and KB Toys also devoted shelf space for \"Clone Wars", "id": "20468993" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)\n\n\nthe battle droid armies of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Sith. The series is notable for introducing \"Revenge of the Sith\" villain General Grievous. The series aired on Cartoon Network for three seasons consisting of 25 episodes altogether from 2003 to 2005, and was the first \"Star Wars\" television series since \"Ewoks\" (1985–1986). The first two seasons of \"Clone Wars\", released on DVD as \"Volume One\", were produced in episodes ranging from two to three minutes, while the third", "id": "14664145" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)\n\n\n10 episodes, lasting three minutes each. Along with the second season, it was released on DVD as \"Volume One\". The second season consisted of 10 episodes, lasting three minutes each. Along with the first season, it was released on DVD as \"Volume One\". The third and final season consisted of five episodes, lasting 12 minutes each. These episodes were released on DVD as \"Volume Two\". According to the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of critics have given season 1 a", "id": "14664157" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\nwas shown on Cartoon Network. IGN named it the 89th best animated series. They specifically praised the episodes \"Rookies\", \"Cloak of Darkness\", and \"Lair of Grievous\" saying that their storylines stood out as some of the best in the \"Star Wars\" expanded universe. \"Star Wars: The Clone Wars\" became the most-watched series premiere in Cartoon Network history. The series averaged 3 million total viewers in its debut, according to Nielsen Media Research. Cartoon Network said the \"Star Wars", "id": "18222312" }, { "contents": "List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes\n\n\nby Disney. The unreleased episodes that had already been produced are referred to as \"bonus content.\" On January 16, 2014, the German television network Super RTL announced their plans to air the \"bonus content\" as a sixth season, which would consist of 13 episodes. Season 6, along with the other seasons and the feature film, were made available on Netflix on March 7, 2014. On July 19, 2018, Lucasfilm announced at San Diego Comic-Con that \"The Clone Wars\" would return", "id": "7284128" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\nEntertainment handled the videodisc release of the sixth season as \"Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Lost Missions\". Apart from the season-by-season videodisc sets, there were also three special DVD releases consisting of four episodes from a particular season that reflected a certain story arc or theme: According to the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 79% of critics have given the first season a positive review based on 19 reviews, with an average rating of 6.04/10. The site's critics consensus reads, \"With", "id": "18222309" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (novel)\n\n\nStar Wars: The Clone Wars, written by Karen Traviss, is the novelization of the animated movie \"\". The audio book is narrated by Jeff Gurner. It is the first in a series of five novels designed to tie into the events of the movie and the animated series. The book was released almost 3 weeks before the film was released. Because of this there are some discrepancies between the book and the film. This book, like the movie and series, is set between Star Wars: Episodes 2 and", "id": "18776848" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\nin the series). The series aired out of chronological order, with the story order being released retroactively on the official \"Star Wars\" website. Season 1 shows a wide variety of battles and adventures with Grievous and Dooku as the lead antagonists. Many of the episodes are stand-alone, but a common thread throughout the season is that the Republic and the Separatists attempt to convince various planets and races to side with them. In Season 2, the Sith resort to hiring bounty hunters and mercenaries to steal objects and", "id": "18222292" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\na half-hour time slot. Dave Filoni is the supervising director of the series. In early 2013, Lucasfilm announced that \"The Clone Wars\" would be \"winding down\". Super RTL, a German TV network, began airing the episodes on February 15, 2014. The sixth-season episodes were made available in the U.S. for streaming on Netflix, along with the entirety of the series, beginning March 7, 2014. A project known as \"The Clone Wars Legacy\" adapted unproduced story arcs into other", "id": "18222290" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\nStar Wars: The Clone Wars is an American 3D CGI animated television series created by George Lucas and produced by Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm and CGCG Inc. The series began with released on August 15, 2008, and debuted on Cartoon Network on October 3, 2008. It is set in the fictional \"Star Wars\" galaxy during the three years between the prequel films \"\" and \"\", the same time period as the previous 2D 2003 TV series \"\". Each episode has a running time of 22 minutes to fill", "id": "18222289" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\nseason of \"Star Wars: The Clone Wars\" a fitting end to the series.\" At Metacritic, the first season has a weighted average score of 64 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". On July 11, 2008, television critics were shown a completed episode of the series. \"The Hollywood Reporter\"s Live Feed blog called the footage \"likely the most photo-realistic animated TV series ever produced.\" On August 31, 2008, a sneak peek of the new series", "id": "18222311" }, { "contents": "List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes\n\n\ninterim between \"\" and \"\". Each episode has a running time of 22 minutes, to fill a half-hour time slot. \"Star Wars\" creator George Lucas originally claimed that \"there [would] be at least 100 episodes produced\". In total 121 episodes were produced in the series. On March 11, 2013, Lucasfilm announced that \"Star Wars: The Clone Wars\" would be \"winding down,\" effectively canceling the series as Lucasfilm ended its contract with Cartoon Network, following its acquisition", "id": "7284127" }, { "contents": "List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes\n\n\n. The season four premiere, consisting of \"Water War\" and \"Gungan Attack\", was broadcast on September 16, 2011, and attracted viewers, the lowest premiere viewing of all seasons. The season finale, \"Revenge\" was broadcast on March 16, 2012, attracting 2.03 million viewers. The season five premiere, \"Revival\", was broadcast on September 29, 2012, and attracted viewers. Season five consisted of 20 episodes instead of the normal 22 episode count. The season five finale, \"The", "id": "7284133" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\n, one episode was complete, he was going to direct 5 of the first 22 episodes, reaction from licensees was very positive, and that final assembly of shows is done at Skywalker Ranch. Speaking at PaleyFest on March 3, 2007, Lucas revealed that the series would be episodic, and as such would not focus on Anakin Skywalker's story; with episodes dedicated to clone troopers and other characters. Lucas revealed further information in a fan interview, a new character named Ahsoka Tano, over 100 episodes and a possible appearance", "id": "18222301" }, { "contents": "List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes\n\n\nthe unfinished episodes. A four-episode arc continued the story of Darth Maul following the events from the season 5 episode \"The Lawless\". The arc gave reason as to why Darth Maul was resurrected in the season 4 episode \"Brothers\". The four episodes were titled: \"The Enemy of my Enemy\", \"A Tale of Two Apprentices\", \"Proxy War\", and \"Showdown on Dathomir\" (production codes: 6.21–6.24). The arc was adapted into a four-part comic book released", "id": "7284136" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\nstory arc focusing on a ragtag unit of clone commandos of the same name. The arc was subsequently released on StarWars.com for free shortly after on April 29, 2015. The four episodes were titled: \"The Bad Batch\", \"A Distant Echo\", \"On The Wings Of Keeradaks\", and \"Unfinished Business\". The trailer released for the seventh season of \"The Clone Wars\" features a member of the Bad Batch. Seven video games have been released, which are based on the style and character", "id": "18222322" }, { "contents": "List of Star Wars television series\n\n\nsupporting roles. The series marked the beginning of Dave Filoni's involvement in \"Star Wars\" animation projects. After Disney's acquisition of the \"Star Wars\" franchise, \"The Clone Wars\" was cancelled in 2014 before its intended final episodes were completed. The remaining unaired episodes were released on Netflix as \"The Lost Missions\". The chronological storyline order was released after the series had initially finished airing. The film and series were included in the canon established in 2014. An additional final season will be released in", "id": "8716732" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\nbut there were still additional arcs that were never released. In September 2014, StarWars.com released details of three story arcs from the unfinished episodes. A four-episode arc continued the story of Darth Maul following the events from the season 5 episode \"The Lawless\". The story gave reason as to why Darth Maul was resurrected in the season 4 episode \"Brothers\". The four episodes were titled: '\"The Enemy Of My Enemy\", \"A Tale Of Two Apprentices\", \"Proxy War\", and", "id": "18222315" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)\n\n\nseason consisted of five 15-minute episodes comprising \"Volume Two\". Since its release, the series has received critical acclaim and won multiple awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program for both volumes. Its success led to its being spun off as the half-hour CGI series \"\". \"Clone Wars\" is part of the \"Star Wars\" prequel storyline, surrounding the fall of esteemed Jedi Anakin Skywalker and his subsequent transformation into the Sith Lord Darth Vader. The series begins shortly after \"Attack of", "id": "14664146" }, { "contents": "List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes\n\n\nWrong Jedi\", was broadcast on March 2, 2013, and attracted viewers. Unlike the first four seasons, the episodes for Season 5 were released to DVD and Blu-ray in Chronological order as opposed to Broadcast order. Episodes from the sixth season of the series were released on March 7, 2014 on Netflix. The 13 episodes of season six premiered in Germany on February 15, 2014 on Super RTL. While the series is designed to be an anthology of both standalone episodes and small story arcs, various events", "id": "7284134" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)\n\n\nthe Jedi and Jabba, but the Sith Lord assures him that the tide of war is still in their favor. \"Star Wars: The Clone Wars\" was made to serve as both a stand-alone story and a lead-in to the weekly . George Lucas had the idea for a film after viewing some of the completed footage of the early episodes on the big screen. Those first few episodes, originally planned for release on television, were then woven together to form the theatrical release. The story of the", "id": "20468987" }, { "contents": "List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes\n\n\n\"\" is an American 3D CGI animated television series created by Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and CGCG Inc. On August 15, 2008 the \"\" film was released in theaters; it served as the official pilot episode and the introduction of the series. The series made its debut on the American Cartoon Network on October 3, 2008. It is set in the fictional \"Star Wars\" galaxy, during the same time period as the previous 2003 \"\" series. The show itself takes place during the three-year", "id": "7284126" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones\n\n\nStar Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones is a 2002 American epic space-opera film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales. It is the second installment of the \"Star Wars\" prequel trilogy, and stars Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, and Frank Oz. It is the second film (though the fifth in release order) in the nine-part \"Skywalker saga\". Set", "id": "5791916" }, { "contents": "Dave Filoni\n\n\nproducer Catherine Winder to discuss the beginnings of the new television series and reveal how \"The Clone Wars\" is being created. At the time, he announced he would be writing for the Clone Wars monthly comic. Filoni voices the bounty hunter Embo during various episodes in different seasons. In February 2009, Filoni was inducted as an Honorary Member of the 501st Legion international costuming organization in recognition of his contributions to the continuing \"Star Wars\" saga. Filoni's office, as seen in the extra features on the \"\"", "id": "18776743" }, { "contents": "Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars\n\n\nLego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game based on , developed by Traveller's Tales and published by LucasArts, released in March 2011 for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows and Nintendo 3DS consoles. \"Lego Star Wars III\" features missions and characters from the \"Clone Wars\" television series, as well as favourite characters from the original \"Star Wars\" saga, in both single-player and multiplayer gameplay modes", "id": "7581232" }, { "contents": "List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes\n\n\nAnakin investigating an arms deal involving the Separatists and a kyber crystal. The arc also deals with Anakin's feelings after Ahsoka left the Jedi Order. It was included in the season 6 Blu-ray. A four-episode arc featuring Rex and Echo was adapted in to story reel format and was screened on April 17, 2015 at \"Star Wars\" Celebration Anaheim, and was released on StarWars.com shortly after on April 29, 2015. Scripted by Brent Friedman, it is the first in a four-part story arc", "id": "7284138" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\n\"Showdown On Dathomir'\". The arc was adapted into a four-part limited comic book series, \"Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir\", which debuted in May 2014. The comic was the last \"Star Wars\" comic published by Dark Horse Comics before Lucasfilm transferred the license to Marvel Comics in 2014. The comic was collected into a trade paperback by Marvel in 2018. The comic utilized completed scripts and designs from the cancelled episodes of \"The Clone Wars\". \"The Clone Wars\" supervising director", "id": "18222316" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)\n\n\nthe production company that produced all previous \"Star Wars\" animated series. In \"Chapter 21\", a Dulok appears, a species introduced in \"Ewoks\". The series, produced primarily with traditional animation, originally ran on Cartoon Network. In addition to being shown on television, the episodes were released online simultaneously on the \"Star Wars\" and Cartoon Network websites. It was heavily advertised by the channel, and was originally shown immediately before their popular friday night programming block, Fridays. The first season consisted of", "id": "14664156" }, { "contents": "Clone Wars (Star Wars)\n\n\n, on Disney’s new streaming device, in Fall 2019. The prequel trilogy brought an end to Lucas's embargo on licensed material set during the Clone Wars. As such, Lucas Licensing sanctioned several novels and comic books set during the conflict. \"\" novelizes a story arc about Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Vos from eight unfinished episodes of \"The Clone Wars,\" and the \"Kanan\" comic book series depicts the eponymous \"Star Wars Rebels\" character Kanan Jarrus as Jedi Padawan Caleb Dume during the conflict. LucasArts also", "id": "4228517" }, { "contents": "List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes\n\n\n, \"Holocron Heist\", was broadcast on October 2, 2009, and attracted viewers. Episode 15 was first released in Canada. Episodes 16–21 were released in UK before airing in US. In Season 2, the Sith resort to hiring bounty hunters and mercenaries to steal objects and intel or to assassinate targets for them. Meanwhile, the Jedi lead the Republic forces in an assault on the primary battle droid manufacturing facility. The one-hour season finale combined of \"R2 Come Home\" and \"Lethal Trackdown\",", "id": "7284131" }, { "contents": "Star Wars (UK comics)\n\n\nAttack of the Clones\" and \"Revenge of the Sith\" in 2002 and 2005 respectively. The issue numbering would begin again from issue 1 upon the launch of each volume. Following the launch of the \"\" animated TV series in 2008, a new volume of the comic would begin when a new season of the TV show began airing, meaning there would typically be a new volume each year. The fifth volume was launched in 2009, now being published under the name \"Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic\"", "id": "17112487" }, { "contents": "Walker (Star Wars)\n\n\nEnforcer, or AT-TE walker, is an mechanized infantry combat vehicle used by the Grand Army of the Republic ground forces. Having six grappling legs and a low centre of gravity, this armoured walker could navigate any terrain – even climbing vertical cliffs. It appears in \"Attack of the Clones\", \"Revenge of the Sith\", \"\" multimedia campaign, \"Star Wars Battlefront II\" and in the early episodes from the second season of \"Star Wars Rebels\". Conceived by Ryan Church as a predecessor", "id": "19260480" }, { "contents": "MedStar I: Battle Surgeons\n\n\nMedStar I: Battle Surgeons is the first of two Del Rey Star Wars books by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry set in the \"Star Wars\" galaxy during the Clone Wars. The book takes place two years after \"\", and 21 years before \"Episode IV: A New Hope\". The Clone Wars that swept across the galaxy in the twilight years of the Republic engulfed more than Jedi Knights, clone troopers and droid soldiers. On the fierce battlefields of Drongar, a tiny med unit tends to those wounded from", "id": "20166747" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones\n\n\nIndiana Jones Chronicles\" for him, but had limited experience writing theatrical films. The final script was completed just one week before the start of principal photography. As an in-joke, the film's working title was \"Jar Jar's Great Adventure\", a sarcastic reference to the negative fan response to the \"Episode I\" character. In writing \"The Empire Strikes Back\", Lucas initially decided that Lando Calrissian was a clone and came from a planet of clones which caused the \"Clone Wars\" mentioned by", "id": "5791928" }, { "contents": "Clone Wars (Star Wars)\n\n\ntravel through Jabba the Hutt's territory, as well as the Separatist invasion of Christophosis. The (2008–2014) is likewise set against the backdrop of the Clone Wars. The show offers additional details about the clone army's creation, depicts numerous confrontations and developments from the conflict, and portrays the interaction between the clone troopers and their Jedi commanders. The series reveals that each clone has an \"inhibitor chip\" in his body that makes most of them obey Order 66. The series is set to return for another 12 episodes", "id": "4228516" }, { "contents": "Sam Witwer\n\n\n\"Star Wars: Episode I Brisk\" commercial as well as the Cartoon Network special \"\", and again for \"Star Wars Rebels\". Sam attended \"The Clone Wars\" season 5 Red Carpet Premier in Orlando, Florida on August 24, 2012 during Celebration VI along with some of his co-stars Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Kane, Daniel Logan, Stephen Stanton and Ashley Eckstein, as well as Supervising Director Dave Filoni. During Celebration VI, he also had his own", "id": "17941683" }, { "contents": "Cad Bane\n\n\nCad Bane is a fictional character and an antagonist in the \"Star Wars\" franchise. He was introduced in the 2008 animated series \"\", voiced by Corey Burton, where he is depicted as a cold and manipulative bounty hunter from the planet Duro. Cad Bane makes his debut in the 2008 animated series \"Star Wars: The Clone Wars\"' first season finale \"\" although this is not his first in-universe appearance chronologically. During the episode, he infiltrates the Senate building on Coruscant alongside a team of", "id": "7622045" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\n10, saying it was great. Two arcs consisting each of 4 episodes were released on the official Star Wars website for free in the form of complete animatics, albeit with unfinished animation as those episodes only went through the earliest stages of production. Both were fully voiced by the cast. In September 2014, four unfinished episodes were released on Star Wars' official website. The four episodes released were titled: \"A Death On Utapau\", \"In Search Of The Crystal\", \"Crystal Crisis\" and \"The", "id": "18222320" }, { "contents": "Toonami Jetstream\n\n\nits episodes on Toonami, it has been completely aired on Cartoon Network and all four seasons of the show are available on DVD and a complete series set with the fifth season on Blu-ray by Warner Home Video and Cartoon Network, later Adult Swim. All of \"Megas XLR\" has aired on Toonami, except for one episode which was skipped due to an error and later shown on Miguzi. It was never released on DVD. \"Star Wars: Clone Wars\" and \"Dragon Ball Z\" have completely aired", "id": "9139268" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\nintel or to assassinate targets for them. Meanwhile, the Jedi lead the Republic forces in an assault on the primary battle droid manufacturing facility. The first half of both Season 3 and Season 4 are diplomatic in nature; Season 3, in particular, has many stories that take place away from the battlefield. How different races and planets are affected by the galaxy-wide war are shown, as well as how the Republic Senate can make a bigger difference than even the Jedi Council at times. The first half of Season", "id": "18222293" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (novel)\n\n\nis during the Battle of Teth. In the movie, after the clones are defeated and Asajj Ventress and her droids and closing in on the surviving clones, there are six troopers instead of five like in the movie. On January 1, 2008 it was announced the publishing company Penguin Group obtained rights to publish books for an upcoming series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. It was revealed Penguin had planned many kinds of books to publish for the series including a main line novel series based on the movie and the show.", "id": "18776851" }, { "contents": "List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes\n\n\nthroughout inform stories, characters, and relationships to create a recognizably continuous narrative. On March 17, 2014, in recognition of the release of the complete series on Netflix, Lucasfilm Animation released the official chronological episode order. At the time of cancellation in March 2013, there were still many episodes in development. Thirteen of these episodes were finished to become part of \"Season 6: The Lost Missions\" but there were still additional arcs that were never released. In September 2014, StarWars.com released details of multiple story arcs from", "id": "7284135" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)\n\n\nannounced that \"The Clone Wars\" was considered one of the franchise's \"immovable objects\" along with the episodic films. The series was produced and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, the creator of \"Dexter's Laboratory\" and \"Samurai Jack\", and employs a similar animation style to the latter. Tartakovsky stated that he purposely animated with moveable expressive eyes to pay homage to his animated appearances in \"The Star Wars Holiday Special\" and \"\". Additionally, the planet Nelvaan's name was a nod to Nelvana,", "id": "14664155" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\n\" sequel trilogy and a new series, \"Star Wars Rebels\". On February 13, 2014, Netflix announced that starting on March 7, 2014 they would begin the US distribution of the entire TV series, including some previously unreleased director's cuts, and the previously unaired new season dubbed \"The Lost Missions\". The latter also became available for purchase on digital video stores, such as iTunes, in . The Netflix distribution of the series, along with the Blu-rays, included versions of some episodes with", "id": "18222307" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\nBig Bang\". The arc took place on Utapau with Obi-Wan and Anakin investigating an arms deal involving the Separatists and a Kyber crystal. The arc also dealt with Anakin's feelings after the departure of Ahsoka. It was also included in the season 6 Blu-ray. The unfinished animatics for \"Bad Batch\", a four-episode arc, were screened at the \"Star Wars Celebration\" convention in Anaheim, California on April 17, 2015. Scripted by Brent Friedman, it is a four-part", "id": "18222321" }, { "contents": "Star Wars Forces of Destiny\n\n\na second season of eight episodes were released in 2018. First announced and presented in April 2017 during \"Star Wars\" Celebration Orlando, \"Forces of Destiny\" is part of a franchise expansion initiative by Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media and includes a companion toy line by Hasbro and a series of youth-aimed books. The series is the first 2D animated series produced by Lucasfilm since the 2003 \"\" series and the first 2D project by Lucasfilm Animation, which formed after the development of \"Clone Wars\". Focusing", "id": "2941733" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\npreviously censored material deemed to inappropriate for the demographic of Cartoon Network. One of the most well-known edits was the removal of the character Ventress kissing a clone after she had stabbed him with her lightsaber. The show was taken off Netflix on April 7, 2019. For the upcoming 2019 revival, the remaining episodes of the series will be exclusively available on Disney+. They will be released in the service's first year. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment distributed the videodisc releases of the first five seasons, while Walt Disney Home", "id": "18222308" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones\n\n\n\" which was released on . \"Attack of the Clones\" was originally scheduled to be re-released in 3D on , but was postponed due to Lucasfilm's desire to focus on \"\". However, the 3D presentation of the film was first shown at Celebration Europe II from July 26 to 28, 2013. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 65% based on 250 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"\"Star Wars Episode", "id": "5791955" }, { "contents": "Dee Bradley Baker\n\n\ncharacters Captain Rex and Commander Cody, but also all the supporting Clone Troopers, the last of which he received an Annie Award nomination for Voice Acting in a Television Production in 2012. He reprised the role of Captain Rex in \"Star Wars Rebels\", beginning with its second season. He also provided the voice of Boba Fett for \"Star Tours – The Adventures Continue\". In the 2011 \"Family Guy\" episode \"It's a Trap!\", a parody of the \"Star Wars\" film \"Return", "id": "12869417" }, { "contents": "MedStar II: Jedi Healer\n\n\nMedStar II: Jedi Healer is a \"Star Wars\" Del Rey book by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry set in the \"Star Wars\" galaxy during the Clone Wars. The book takes place two years after the Battle of Geonosis in \"\", and 21 years before the Battle of Yavin in \"Episode IV: A New Hope\". MedStar II: Jedi Healer is about Jos Vondar, a medical doctor on the planet Drongar. The story takes place 2 years after the Battle of Geonosis. While the Clone Wars", "id": "20166810" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\n, according to Steve Sansweet, head of Lucasfilm fan relations. Sansweet referred to the series as \"the next generation of the \"Star Wars\" saga, a cutting edge 30-minute, 3-D computer-animation series based on the Clone Wars that take place between \"\" ... and \"\".\" Sansweet described the look of the new series as \"a melding of Asian anime with unique 3-D animation styling.\" Primary production took place at the Lucasfilm Animation facility in Singapore. According to another statement by Sansweet, \"Lucasfilm", "id": "18222298" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (novel)\n\n\nThe Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones novelization was written by R. A. Salvatore and published on April 23, 2002 by Del Rey. It is based on the script of the . It includes much expansion of scenes and also many scenes which were cut from the movie. Some of them are original to the book. The biggest addition to the story is the fact that the Lars family are introduced and have their own subplot leading up to when they appear in the movie. We read how Cliegg Lars lost his", "id": "14374820" }, { "contents": "Jedi\n\n\nSith emit warm colors (red). Lightsabers can be of many different colors depending on the crystal fixture. Most Jedi use naturally formed crystals, whereas Sith tend to use synthetic crystals, which are usually red in color. Eta-2 Actis Jedi Interceptors first appeared in \"Revenge of the Sith\". Delta-7B Aethersprite Jedi starfighters appear in \"Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones\" and \"Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith\". In \"Attack of the Clones\", Obi-Wan", "id": "16598406" }, { "contents": "Battle Chess\n\n\nhe had started working on a second sequel of the game titled \"Battle Chess 3\" in the late 1990s but the game was cancelled. He also released a footage of the prototype of the game. \"Battle Chess\" also inspired a number of video game clones, such as \"Star Wars Chess\", \"\", and \"National Lampoon's Chess Maniac 5 Billion and 1\". Another clone, \"War Chess\" was released by XS Games for the PlayStation 2 in 2005, and was later ported to", "id": "5975703" }, { "contents": "Clone Wars Adventures\n\n\nLightsaber Duel, Republic Defender, a tower defense game, and Speeder Bike Racing. Other mini-games are campaign based on Seasons 3, 4, and 5 from Star Wars the Clone Wars. Players can challenge each other in multi-player games to win Credits. Even though the game is based on the Jedi temple, players can travel to different planets like Ryloth, Umbara, and Carlac when going to the hangar bay. Players can also interact with other players using the world chat, which allows communication and chatting", "id": "10122585" }, { "contents": "Clone Wars Adventures\n\n\na huge presentation of game statistics from SOE since the game's launch. On January 24, 2014, Sony Online Entertainment announced that the game would be shut down on March 31, 2014. The in-game world of \"Clone Wars Adventures\" was set in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant set between Episodes II and III of Star Wars. Here players can interact with popular Clone Wars characters like Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu, Yoda, and Obi-Wan Kenobi, and play more than 20 different mini-games including", "id": "10122584" }, { "contents": "Vader Episode I: Shards of the Past\n\n\nStar Wars\" look perfectly. It’s particularly thrilling to see \"Clone Wars\"-style clone armor in live action. It’s well worth a watch for that alone.\" David Pountain of We Got This Covered says, \"...with this unofficial new Darth Vader movie, we see a testament to the dedication of the [Star Wars] franchise’s followers.\" Corey Chichizola of Cinema Blend claims, \"It helps make his [Darth Vader's] actions in \"Return of The Jedi\" make more sense, and expands", "id": "21628703" }, { "contents": "Darth Vader\n\n\n\". As a Jedi Knight, he leads the 501st Legion on missions with both Obi-Wan and Ahsoka throughout the war. Some of Anakin's actions taken out of concern for Ahsoka violate the Jedi code, such as torturing prisoners who may know her location when she goes missing. During the third season, Anakin experiences a vision of his future as Darth Vader. Darth Vader appears in multiple episodes of the first season of \"Star Wars Rebels\", which takes place 14 years after \"The Clone Wars\" concludes", "id": "9241828" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (video game)\n\n\nStar Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones is a video game based on . It was announced by THQ and LucasArts in early February 2002 that they would be releasing a game on Game Boy Advance based on Over the course of eleven levels, the player is able to play as three of the film's main protagonists: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker. They are also able to fight enemies such as Count Dooku and Jango Fett. Locations include Tatooine, Coruscant and Geonosis. Players can play", "id": "4555808" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones\n\n\nthough \"Attack of the Clones\" performed better than \"The Chamber of Secrets\" in North America. Adjusted for inflation, \"Attack of the Clones\" is the lowest-performing live-action \"Star Wars\" film at the North American box office, though is still among the 100 highest-grossing films of all time when adjusted for inflation. It sold an estimated 52,012,300 tickets in the US in its initial theatrical run. Two novels based on the movie were published, a tie-in junior novel by Scholastic", "id": "5791963" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\nan agreeably entertaining first season, \"Star Wars: The Clone Wars\" opens a fun, kid-friendly chapter of the franchise's sprawling mythology.\" 100% of critics have given the third and fifth seasons a positive review based on 5 reviews each, with an average rating of 8/10 and 7.85/10 respectively. 100% of critics have given the sixth season a positive review based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 8.92/10. The site's critics consensus reads, \"Sophisticated storytelling and quality animation make the sixth", "id": "18222310" }, { "contents": "Star Wars prequel trilogy\n\n\ncorruption of the Galactic Senate by Palpatine (Darth Sidious). \"Episode II – Attack of the Clones\" was released on May 16, 2002, also to mixed reviews. The story jumps ahead 10 years and finds Anakin pursuing a forbidden romance, as well as the outbreak of the Clone Wars. \"Episode III – Revenge of the Sith\", the first film in the franchise, was released on May 19, 2005, to mostly positive reviews. It brings the six-episode saga full circle by revealing Darth", "id": "177625" }, { "contents": "List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes\n\n\nfocusing on a ragtag unit of clone commandos of the same name. Wat Tambor, who appeared in the Ryloth trilogy, returns in this arc, as well as Admiral Trench. The four episodes released were titled: \"The Bad Batch\", \"A Distant Echo\", \"On the Wings of Keeradaks\", and \"Unfinished Business\" (Production codes: 6.09–6.12). An eight-episode arc with Asajj Ventress and Jedi Quinlan Vos has been adapted into a novel by Christie Golden titled \"Dark Disciple\",", "id": "7284139" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\nby Boba Fett. The first trailer for the series was released on the official \"Star Wars\" website on May 8, 2007. In an interview in the September 24, 2007 issue of \"TV Guide\", Lucas confirmed that 39 episodes of the series have been completed. On April 8, 2007, \"Ain't It Cool News\" reported that musician Eric Rigler had recorded music for the series. Rigler disclosed that each planet in the \"Star Wars\" galaxy would have its own theme music. The episode", "id": "18222302" }, { "contents": "Star Wars prequel trilogy\n\n\nThe \"Star Wars\" prequel trilogy is a set of three prequel films in the \"Star Wars\" franchise, an American space opera created by George Lucas. It was produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The trilogy consists of \"\" (1999), \"Episode II – Attack of the Clones\" (2002), and \"Episode III – Revenge of the Sith\" (2005). The first two films received mixed reviews, while the third's reception was more positive. Though it", "id": "177619" }, { "contents": "Clone Wars (Star Wars)\n\n\nThe Clone Wars, occasionally referred to in the singular as the Clone War, are conflicts in the \"Star Wars\" franchise by George Lucas. Though mentioned briefly in the first \"Star Wars\" film (1977), the conflicts themselves are not depicted until \"\" (2002) and \"\" (2005). The Clone Wars are also the setting for three eponymous projects: (2003–2005), (2008), and (2008–2014). They have featured in numerous \"Star Wars\" books and games.", "id": "4228503" }, { "contents": "List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes\n\n\nwith 12 new episodes to be released on Disney+ in its first year. As a lead in to the TV series of the same name, the film was released theatrically on August 15, 2008, and was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, which also holds the home media distribution rights to both this film and the first five seasons of the television series. Though critical reception was negative, the film was a box office success, and grossed $68.3 million worldwide against an $8.5 million budget. The hour-long premiere", "id": "7284129" }, { "contents": "List of Star Wars films\n\n\ndraft of \"Episode II\" was completed just weeks before principal photography, and Lucas hired Jonathan Hales, a writer from \"The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles\", to polish it. Lucas used the basic backstory developed for earlier \"Star Wars\" films in the concept of an army of clone shock troopers from a remote planet which attacked the Republic and were resisted by the Jedi. \"Revenge of the Sith\" begins three years into the Clone Wars, with Anakin and Obi-Wan leading a rescue mission to save Chancellor", "id": "6841777" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)\n\n\nin the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. \"The Clone Wars\" served as an introduction to the television series of the same name, which debuted on October 3, 2008. Though critical reception was negative, the film was a box office success, and grossed $68.3 million worldwide against an $8.5 million budget. During the Clone Wars, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi lead a small Republic clone army against the Separatist droid army on the planet . Awaiting reinforcements, the two Jedi greet", "id": "20468981" }, { "contents": "Clone Wars (Star Wars)\n\n\n's fears to gain more power\". Lucas stated that the Iraq conflict \"didn't exist\" when he developed the Clone Wars, but he did see parallels between the Vietnam conflict that inspired \"Star Wars\" and the conflict in Iraq. \"Star Wars\" producer Rick McCallum also said that the Clone Wars was developed before the War in Iraq, and he added that Lucas \"is a product of Vietnam\". Chris Taylor called the Clone Wars \"a major part of Star Wars lore\". In its attempt", "id": "4228521" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)\n\n\nStar Wars: Clone Wars is an American animated television micro-series set in the \"Star Wars\" universe and developed and drawn by Genndy Tartakovsky. Produced and released between the films \"\" and \"\", it is amongst the first of many works to explore the conflict known as the Clone Wars, and directly leads to the events of \"Revenge of the Sith\". The show follows the actions of various characters from the \"Star Wars\" prequel trilogy, notably Jedi and clone troopers, in their war against", "id": "14664144" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones\n\n\nhave seen the film before the day of its release. In addition, authorities seized thousands of bootlegs throughout Kuala Lumpur before the film opened. \"Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones\" was released on DVD and VHS on November 12, 2002. The DVD features an audio commentary from director George Lucas, producer Rick McCallum, editor and sound designer Ben Burtt, ILM animation director Rob Coleman, and ILM visual effects supervisors Pablo Helman, John Knoll, and Ben Snow. Eight deleted scenes are included along with", "id": "5791951" }, { "contents": "Jacob Banks\n\n\nSeries \"Suits\" in Season 7 Episode 13 His song, \"Monster\" was used during the TV series \"Quantico\" in Season 1 Episode 2. (OCTOBER 2015) In 2017, his song \"Unholy War\" was featured in the season finale of the TV series \"\", Season 3 Episode 3 of the TV Series \"Lucifer\" and in the reveal trailer for the 2017 Need for Speed game, \"\" In 2018, “Unholy War” was featured during the Season 1 finale of the TV series", "id": "22082697" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones\n\n\nten years after the events in \"\", the galaxy is on the brink of civil war, with thousands of planetary systems threatening to secede from the Galactic Republic. After Senator Padmé Amidala evades an assassination attempt, Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker becomes her protector, while his mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi investigates the attempt on her life. Soon, the trio witness the onset of a new threat to the galaxy, the Clone Wars. Development of \"Attack of the Clones\" began in March 2000, some months after the release", "id": "5791917" }, { "contents": "Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 video game)\n\n\nnew map Kessel. New skins were also released for Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, and Chewbacca as they appear in \"Solo: A Star Wars Story\". The game's Design Director, Dennis Brännvall, teased that \"\" content was going to be added to the game at some point in the future. At EA Play it was revealed that in the fall of 2018, a Clone Wars season was going to be begin. The season will include a Galactic Assault map from the planet Geonosis, new Clone Trooper skins", "id": "21242960" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith\n\n\nStar Wars: Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American epic space-opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the sixth entry in the \"Star Wars\" film series and stars Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, and Frank Oz. It is the third installment in the \"Star Wars\" prequel trilogy, following \"The Phantom Menace\" (1999) and \"Attack of the Clones\" (2002)", "id": "10595000" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)\n\n\nMr. Rigler performed on was based on Bulgarian music and played on Uilleann pipes. Kevin Kiner composed the original score for each episode. Stuart Snyder, who oversaw Cartoon Network and other Turner Broadcasting System cable networks from 2007 to 2014, said he became interested in the new \"Clone Wars\" series immediately upon starting the job in May 2007. Snyder flew out to San Francisco, California to screen several episodes, and told Lucas the only place he wanted to see the show was on Cartoon Network. Snyder wished to create an", "id": "18222303" }, { "contents": "War of the Worlds (TV series)\n\n\nof scars or any physical flaw was a telltale sign of a clone, as the Morthren are fixated with perfection. While the Eternal is their god, the Morthren are led by Malzor (played by Denis Forest, who had a large part in the Season 1 episode “Vengeance Is Mine”). Just under him was the scientist Mana (Catherine Disher, whose husband also played a major role in a Season 1 episode) with Ardix (Julian Richings who appeared briefly in “He Feedeth Among the Lillies”) as", "id": "19491238" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes\n\n\nStar Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes is a third-person action-adventure video game developed by Krome Studios, published by LucasArts, and released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PSP and PlayStation 2 (the latter being only released in the United States). A Nintendo DS version developed by LucasArts Singapore was also released. The game is a tie-in to \"\" television series and was released on October 6, 2009. A brand-new storyline takes the player on", "id": "20496875" }, { "contents": "Languages in Star Wars\n\n\n\"Concordian\" spoken on the planet Concord Dawn, as stated in Traviss's novels \"Order 66\" and \"501st\", and a dialect spoken on Mandalore's moon Concordia is heard in \"The Mandalore Plot\", a season two episode of \"The Clone Wars\". The Sith language, intended to be spoken by Sith characters, was created by Ben Grossblatt for the \"Book of Sith\", published in February 2012. Development on the language and accompanying writing system began in November 2010. Grossblatt sought to", "id": "11477740" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones\n\n\n, more often than not, sequels disappoint, it's refreshing to uncover something this high-profile that fulfills the promise of its name and adds another title to a storied legacy.\" Roger Ebert, who had praised the previous \"Star Wars\" films, gave \"Episode II\" only two out of four stars, noting \"[As] someone who admired the freshness and energy of the earlier films, I was amazed, at the end of \"Episode II\", to realize that I had not heard one", "id": "5791958" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones\n\n\ncameras quickly enough. In 2002, \"Attack of the Clones\" became the third film to be released that was shot entirely on a 24p digital camera (preceded by 2001's \"Jackpot\" and \"Vidocq\"). The cameras record in the HDCAM format (1080p), although the image was cropped to a 2.40:1 widescreen ratio. The area above and below the 2.40 extraction area was available for Lucas to reframe the picture as necessary in post-production. Despite Lucas' efforts to persuade movie theaters to switch to", "id": "5791933" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Clone Wars (comics)\n\n\nmonths before \"Revenge of the Sith\". This trade paperback collects Republic 72 to 77. The events in this story begin during the events of \"Revenge of the Sith\" This trade paperback collects Republic 81 to 83, 79 and 80 and one-shot Purge. Tie in to : Clone Trooper Waxer, from the episodes \"Innocents of Ryloth\" and \"Landing at Point Rain\", makes a brief cameo in this comic. Tie in to : This comic book brings back Plo Koon's clone commander Wolffe.", "id": "11225263" }, { "contents": "The Gathering (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)\n\n\nto focus sunlight on the ice and melt it, revealing an entrance. The Younglings are sent on their own into the caves to find their own Kyber crystals, and each Youngling has a flaw in their personality that they must overcome in order to escape the caves with their crystals before the entrance ices over again. The episode \"The Gathering\" and the rest of the episodes in the Young Jedi arc were originally shown at an 80-minute special presentation held at the \"Star Wars\" Celebration VI convention on August 25, 2012", "id": "9691292" }, { "contents": "Lost in Space\n\n\nforeboding derelict ship from season 1 was redressed to become the \"Vera Castle\" in season 3. The Fuel Barge from season 2 became a Space Lighthouse in season 3. The derelict ship was used again in season 3, with a simple color change. Likewise the alien pursuer's ship in \"The Sky Pirate\", was lifted from the 1958 film \"War of the Satellites\", and was re-used in the episode \"Deadliest of the Species\". Despite being credited as a \"Special Guest Star\"", "id": "17114983" }, { "contents": "Darth Vader\n\n\n\" and the young Jedi in \"Revenge of the Sith\" count as two dissociative episodes, fulfilling another criterion. Bui hoped his paper would help raise awareness of the disorder, especially among teens. Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker appears in seven of the live-action \"Star Wars\" films, the animated series \"The Clone Wars\" (including the film), \"Rebels\", and the micro-series \"Clone Wars\" and \"Forces of Destiny\". He also has a main and recurring role in", "id": "9241807" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels\n\n\nStar Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels is a Wii fighting video game based on \"\". The game was released on November 11, 2008. It features the same voice actors to reprise their roles from the show, such as Ashley Eckstein. Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, Matthew Wood, Corey Burton, Nika Futterman, Tom Kane, Phil LaMarr, and Terrence Carson. The events of the game's \"Campaign Mode\" take place during the and select from the first season of the , specifically \"", "id": "987048" }, { "contents": "List of Star Wars starfighters\n\n\n-wing is depicted as a Republic bomber in several episodes of \"Star Wars: The Clone Wars\". Z-95s are first described in the Brian Daley's 1979 novel \"Han Solo at Star's End\", where it is described as having swing-wings and a bubble cockpit. Later Expanded Universe material, based on an early Joe Johnston X-wing sketch, depict the Z-95 as a precursor to the X-wing, but with only two wings. The Headhunter has appeared in the TV series \"Star Wars", "id": "7005887" }, { "contents": "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones\n\n\nreleases of the six released \"Star Wars\" films. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released \"Attack of the Clones\" through the iTunes Store, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play, and Disney Movies Anywhere on April 10, 2015. All six films will be available for streaming on Disney+ within the first year of the service's launch. On , it was announced that all six films in the series were to be stereo-converted to 3D, and re-released in chronological order beginning with \"The Phantom Menace", "id": "5791954" }, { "contents": "Stormtrooper (Star Wars)\n\n\n. These include: While stormtrooper performers like Michael Leader (\"Episode IV\"), Laurie Goode (\"Episode IV\"), Peter Diamond (\"Episode IV-VI\"), Stephen Bayley (\"Episode IV\"), and Bill Weston (\"Episode IV\") have generally been uncredited in the film series, there have been a few exceptions. In \"Attack of the Clones\" (2002), Temuera Morrison plays bounty hunter Jango Fett and his multitude of clones, who are the first army", "id": "13511331" } ]

[ { "contents": "Guardian of Piri\n\n\nbecause of what is happening on Alpha. Dr. Russell fills in the medical staff on the background. Dr. Russell explains that Kano was one of the few people to take part in an experimental program on Earth. He underwent an operation to implant a complex of fibre sensors in the cortex of his brain. The intention was to link the enormous memory and calculating ability of the computer with the unique thinking ability of the human brain. Koenig hopes that by getting inside the computer Kano will determine exactly how it is being affected by", "id": "4275584" }, { "contents": "Metastability in the brain\n\n\nan improvement over EEG in spatiotemporal characterization, allows researchers to stimulate certain parts of the brain with environmental cues and observe the response in a holistic brain model. Additionally, MEG has a response time of about one millisecond, allowing for a virtually real-time investigation of the active turning-on and -off of selected parts of the brain in response to environmental cues and conscious tasks. A developing field in coordination dynamics involves the theory of social coordination, which attempts to relate the DC to normal human development of complex social cues", "id": "13235887" }, { "contents": "Acquired brain injury\n\n\nbrain tumours, infection, poisoning, hypoxia, ischemia, encephalopathy or substance abuse). ABI does not include damage to the brain resulting from neurodegenerative disorders. While research has demonstrated that thinking and behavior may be altered in virtually all forms of ABI, brain injury is itself a very complex phenomenon having dramatically varied effects. No two persons can expect the same outcome or resulting difficulties. The brain controls every part of human life: physical, intellectual, behavioral, social and emotional. When the brain is damaged, some part", "id": "8120176" }, { "contents": "Brain\n\n\nand with memory of past circumstances. Finally, on the basis of the results, it generates motor response patterns. These signal-processing tasks require intricate interplay between a variety of functional subsystems. The function of the brain is to provide coherent control over the actions of an animal. A centralized brain allows groups of muscles to be co-activated in complex patterns; it also allows stimuli impinging on one part of the body to evoke responses in other parts, and it can prevent different parts of the body from acting at", "id": "3380195" }, { "contents": "Lateralized readiness potential\n\n\nahead of the response and takes longer to build up. The LRP is a non-invasive brain measure that describes when someone starts preparing a motor response with either their right or left hand (note the measure would work for feet too, but it is most often applied for hand movements). That means it can be used to access what the brain is thinking about doing even when the action is never carried out and even if the subject is unaware of the brain's plans. This makes the LRP a powerful tool", "id": "13372381" }, { "contents": "Drug delivery to the brain\n\n\nis necessary to transverse the blood–brain barrier. What they found was a little surprising; lipophilicity is not the leading characteristic for a drug to pass through the barrier. This is surprising because one would think that the most effective way to make a drug move through a lipophilic barrier is to increase its lipophilicity, it turns out that it is a complex function of all of these characteristics that makes a drug able to pass through the blood–brain barrier. The study found that barrier permittivity is \"based on the measurement", "id": "9889364" }, { "contents": "Pinky and the Brain\n\n\n. Another common element in nearly each episode is the following exchange (often referred to by the acronym \"AYPWIP\"): Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?Pinky: I think so, Brain, but... Pinky's response ends with a non sequitur such as, \"we're already naked\", \"isn't a cucumber that small called a gherkin?\" or \"if they called them Sad Meals, kids wouldn't buy them.\" Brain would then become furious, often bashing Pinky over", "id": "16674274" }, { "contents": "Evolutionary theory of the self\n\n\npoints to show that humans strongly identify with those you are close to us, and less strongly with ourselves. The results displayed that the brain areas that we use for thinking about ourselves may also be used for thinking about those who are important to us. The fact that there is this relationship with multiple parts of the brain being active during both goes to show that there is an association between the two, furthering to suggest that one area in the brain nor one unified mechanism is not responsible for the self. The results", "id": "16023030" }, { "contents": "Mechanisms of schizophrenia\n\n\nThe underlying mechanisms of schizophrenia, a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of the processes of thinking and of emotional responsiveness, are complex. A number of theories attempt to explain the link between altered brain function and schizophrenia, including the dopamine hypothesis and the glutamate hypothesis. These theories are separate from the causes of schizophrenia, which deal with the factors that lead to schizophrenia. The current theories attempt to explain how changes in brain functioning can contribute to symptoms of the disease. The exact pathophysiology of schizophrenia remains poorly understood. The", "id": "18127965" }, { "contents": "Neomammalian brain\n\n\ndifferent capacities. The Reptilian Brain was referred to by MacLean as the ‘R Complex’ or the primitive brain. This is the oldest brain in the Triune Theory and anatomically is made up of the brain stem and the cerebellum. In reptiles, both the brain stem and cerebellum dominate and are the control centres for basic function. It has been found that these two parts of the brain are responsible for emotions such as paranoia, obsession and compulsion.  Further, being essential in regulating heart rate, body temperature and space orientation", "id": "10406497" }, { "contents": "Charles Scott Sherrington\n\n\nto the study of the brain. Several of his students were Rhodes scholars, three of whom - Sir John Eccles, Ragnar Granit, and Howard Florey - went on to be Nobel laureates. Sherrington also influenced American pioneer brain surgeon Harvey Williams Cushing. Sherrington's philosophy as a teacher can be seen in his response to the question of what was the real function of Oxford University in the world. Sherrington said: \"after some hundreds of years of experience we think that we have learned here in Oxford how to teach what", "id": "3475256" }, { "contents": "Equipotentiality\n\n\nthe brain, they did have troubles finding food. This would suggest that just one part of the brain is not responsible for memory and localization was totally ruled out. What they concluded was that multiple parts of the brain work together for memory and retention. They also found that rats with lesions in a small specific area had functioning sensory systems and it seemed that when parts of the brain were damaged for a certain action, other parts of the brain were compensating so those actions could be carried out. Lashley coined the term", "id": "6071806" }, { "contents": "Psychological trauma\n\n\ngenerate psychological trauma. Some theories suggest childhood trauma can increase one's risk for mental disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and substance abuse. Childhood adversity is associated with neuroticism during adulthood. Parts of the brain in a growing child are developing in a sequential and hierarchical order, from least complex to most complex. The brain's neurons change in response to the constant external signals and stimulation, receiving and storing new information. This allows the brain to continually respond to its surroundings and promote survival", "id": "5777140" }, { "contents": "Equipotentiality\n\n\n) found evidence to suggest the idea of localization was wrong and brought to life the idea that the brain and its multiple parts work together for memory and other functions. Second, researchers began to copy his studies and also started to investigate what parts of the brain work together. They also began studying deficits people may have along with parts of their brain that may be damaged to see if there is a correlation between them. Lashley was also a pioneer in challenging the way we think about human and animal behavior in terms of", "id": "6071815" }, { "contents": "Evolution of the brain\n\n\ntend to preserve the structures responsible for basic behaviors. A long term human study comparing the human brain to the primitive brain found that the modern human brain contains the primitive hindbrain region – what most neuroscientists call the protoreptilian brain. The purpose of this part of the brain is to sustain fundamental homeostatic functions. The pons and medulla are major structures found there. A new region of the brain developed in mammals about 250 million years after the appearance of the hindbrain. This region is known as the paleomammalian brain, the major parts", "id": "15979902" }, { "contents": "Brain-reading\n\n\ninterview. His reasoning for this term pertains to his overall goal of his research \"to see if they could identify exactly what happens in the brain when people think specific thoughts\". Experts are unsure of how far thought identification can expand, but Marcel Just believed in 2014 that in 3–5 years there will be a machine that is able to read complex thoughts such as 'I hate so-and-so'. Donald Marks, founder and chief science officer of MMT, is working on playing back thoughts individuals have after", "id": "16726896" }, { "contents": "Convergent thinking\n\n\ncoherence indicates a close synchronization between both hemispheres in the brain. The successful generation of the hypothesis during divergent thinking performance seems to induce positive emotions which, in part, can be due to the increase of complexity and performance measures of creative thinking, Psycho-inter-hemispheric coherence. Finally, the obtained dominance of the right hemisphere and ‘the cognitive axis’, the coupling of the left occipital – right frontal in contrast to the right occipital – left frontal ‘axis’ characterizing analytic thinking, may reflect the EEG pattern", "id": "6191516" }, { "contents": "Pinky and the Brain\n\n\nof the elements that would become part of \"Pinky and the Brain\" can be found in Hastings's original script. It held many dialogue bits that became conventions of the entire series, including Brain's \"Are you pondering what I'm pondering?\", Pinky's \"Oh...wait, no.\" in response to a plan, and Pinky's final question, \"Why Brain? What are we going to do tomorrow night?\" As with \"Animaniacs\", Steven Spielberg was the executive producer during the", "id": "16674261" }, { "contents": "Pure alexia\n\n\nthe cause of this deficit because this artery is not just responsible for itself. It also supplies the anterior temporal branches, the posterior temporal branches, the calcarine branch, and the parieto-occipital branch. What is important about these arteries is their location. All of them supply blood to the back outer parts of the brain. This part of the brain is also referred to as the posterior lateral part of the brain. In cases of pure alexia, locations are found in the section of the brain, specifically the temporo", "id": "7494092" }, { "contents": "Concept map\n\n\nsame idea to helping young children learn to think about what they know. The concept of the \"knowledge arena\" is suggestive of a virtual space where learners may explore what they know and what they do not know. Concept maps are used to stimulate the generation of ideas, and are believed to aid creativity. Concept mapping is also sometimes used for brain-storming. Although they are often personalized and idiosyncratic, concept maps can be used to communicate complex ideas. Formalized concept maps are used in software design, where a", "id": "13432017" }, { "contents": "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking\n\n\napproach to risk than do extroverts. Introverts are more governed by the neocortex, the part of the brain responsible for thinking, planning, language and decision making. Concerning the workplace, \"Quiet\" critiques today's perceived overemphasis on collaboration: brainstorming leading to groupthink, and meetings leading to organizational inertia. Cain urges changes to the workplace to make it less focused on what she terms \"The New Groupthink\"—the idea that creativity and productivity emerge from a necessarily gregarious place—and more conducive to deep thought and solo reflection. According", "id": "7169959" }, { "contents": "Information processing theory\n\n\nknown that the human brain can only chunk into the brain with 7 parts, plus or minus two. Seven in the big number to remember. (This is why a phone number is seven digits) (Video that elaborates on the basic breakdown of the Information Processing Theory) Information processing as a model for human thinking and learning is part of the resurgence of cognitive perspectives of learning. The cognitive perspective asserts that complex mental states affect human learning and behavior that such mental states can be scientifically investigated. Computers, which process", "id": "15943688" }, { "contents": "Intrusive thought\n\n\nby checking their bodies. This arousal in the part of the body is due to conditioned physiological responses in the brain, which do not respond to the subject of the sexual intrusive thought but rather to the fact that a sexual thought is occurring at all and thus engage an automatic response (research indicates that the correlation between what the genitalia regard as \"sexually relevant\" and what the brain regards as \"sexually appealing\" only correlates 50% of the time in men and 10% of the time in women). This", "id": "17331707" }, { "contents": "Physiological psychology\n\n\n, such as digestion and respiration. The somatic system is responsible for relaying messages back and forth from the brain to various parts of the body, whether it is taking in sensory stimuli and sending it to the brain or sending messages from the brain in order for muscles to contract and relax. Emotion constitutes a major influence for determining human behaviors. It is thought that emotions are predictable and are rooted in different areas in our brains, depending on what emotion it evokes. An emotional response can be divided into three major categories", "id": "15764767" }, { "contents": "Occipital face area\n\n\nThe Occipital Face Area (OFA) is a region of the human brain. It is responsible for identifying parts of faces, such as eyes, nose, and mouth. It is the least understood face-selective region within the brain and is implicated in the network responsible for the ability to recognize faces, the Ventral Occipital Temporal system. The OFA acts as the first stage in a distributed, hierarchical network for face computations of increasing complexity, such as face identification and discrimination of facial expressions - which are performed at higher", "id": "3559029" }, { "contents": "Visual Turing Test\n\n\nwhat humans do when they look at a picture. Research in computer vision dates back to the 1960s when Seymour Papert first attempted to solve the problem. This unsuccessful attempt was referred to as the Summer Vision Project. The reason why it was not successful was because computer vision is more complicated than what people think. The complexity is in alignment with the human visual system. Roughly 50% of the human brain is devoted in processing vision, which clearly indicates that it is a difficult problem. Later there were attempts to solve", "id": "7530876" }, { "contents": "Pyramidal cell\n\n\n. With proper connections, pyramidal cells take part in the circuitry responsible for vision guided motor function. Pyramidal neurons in the prefrontal cortex are implicated in cognitive ability. In mammals, the complexity of pyramidal cells increases from posterior to anterior brain regions. The degree of complexity of pyramidal neurons is likely linked to the cognitive capabilities of different anthropoid species. As the prefrontal cortex receives input from areas of the brain that are involved in processing all the sensory modalities, pyramidal cells within the prefrontal cortex appear to process different types of input", "id": "1282126" }, { "contents": "Hydrocephalus\n\n\ncivil servant, leading an at least superficially normal life, despite having enlarged ventricles with a decreased volume of brain tissue. \"What I find amazing to this day is how the brain can deal with something which you think should not be compatible with life\", commented Dr. Max Muenke, a pediatric brain-defect specialist at the National Human Genome Research Institute. \"If something happens very slowly over quite some time, maybe over decades, the different parts of the brain take up functions that would normally be done by the", "id": "21580378" }, { "contents": "Ralph D. Stacey\n\n\nand colleagues and together they developed the theory of complex responsive processes of relating as a way of understanding human organisations and their management. The collaboration between the three had a major impact on what Stacey was writing so that there is a radical shift in his way of thinking from a systemic approach prior to 2000 to a responsive processes approach in 2000 and thereafter. Together, in 1995, they set up the Complexity and Management Centre as a research centre at Hertfordshire University with Stacey as its director. Also in 2000, Stacey,", "id": "15998526" }, { "contents": "Triune ethics theory\n\n\nparts of the brain and consider alternative actions based on logic and reason. It is centered in the neocortex and related thalamic structures, including the frontal lobes used for reasoning and judgement skills. It is focused on the outside world and allows for the integration and coordination of the other parts of the brain to allow for imaginative thinking and strategic problem solving. The ethic of imagination involves integrating internal information with external information, allowing an adult to acknowledge and possibly reject more emotional responses from the security or engagement ethics. The imagination ethic", "id": "10858880" }, { "contents": "ELIZA\n\n\n\"What makes you think I am (4)\" which would result in \"What makes you think I am very helpful\". This example is rather simple, since depending upon the disassembly rule, the output could be significantly more complex and use more of the input from the user. However, from this reassembly, ELIZA then sends the constructed sentence to the user in the form of text on the screen. These steps represent the bulk of the procedures which ELIZA follows in order to create a response from a typical", "id": "10199835" }, { "contents": "Angular gyrus\n\n\nLeft and right angular gyri are connected by the dorsal splenium and isthmus of the corpus callosum. Both gyri lie between the four lobes. The angular gyrus is the part of the brain associated with complex language functions (i.e. reading, writing and interpretation of what is written). Lesion to this part of the brain shows symptoms of the Gerstmann syndrome: effects include finger agnosia, alexia (inability to read), acalculia (inability to use arithmetic operations), agraphia (inability to copy), and left-right confusion", "id": "11359516" }, { "contents": "The Singularity Is Near\n\n\ngreater detail will be obtained during the 2020s when it becomes possible to scan the brain from the inside using nanobots. Once the physical structure and connectivity information are known, Kurzweil says researchers will have to produce functional models of sub-cellular components and synapses all the way up to whole brain regions. The human brain is \"a complex hierarchy of complex systems, but it does not represent a level of complexity beyond what we are already capable of handling\". Beyond reverse engineering the brain in order to understand and emulate it", "id": "2493528" }, { "contents": "Haemodynamic response\n\n\nwith a small dose of a radioactive medicine tagged to a tracer such as glucose or oxygen. Therefore, if the purpose of the PET scan is to determine brain activity, FDG or fluorodeoxyglucose will be the medicine used. FDG is a complex of radioactive fluorine that is tagged with glucose. If a certain part of the brain is more active, more glucose or energy will be needed there and more FDG will be absorbed. This increase in glucose intake will be detectable with increased signal in the PET image. PET scanners provide", "id": "8815541" }, { "contents": "Cognitive flexibility\n\n\nbrain that work in concert from which flexibility could be predicted reliably, including the prefrontal cortex (PFC), basal ganglia, anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and posterior parietal cortex (PPC). The regions active during engagement of cognitive flexibility depend on the task and various factors involved in flexibility that are used to assess the behavior, as flexible thinking requires aspects of inhibition, attention, working memory, response selection, and goal maintenance. Several studies using task switching paradigms have demonstrated the complexities of the network involved in", "id": "4330133" }, { "contents": "Neuropsychoanalysis\n\n\ncan compare the changes in psychological function that the neurological examination shows with the associated changes in the brain, either post mortem or by means of modern imaging technology. The other way is the layman's or Descartes' or the psychoanalysts' way. We can observe \"subjectively,\" from inside a mind, how we feel and what we think. Freud refined this kind of observation into free association. He claimed and a century of therapy confirms that this is the best technique that we have for perceiving complex mental functions that", "id": "20560626" }, { "contents": "Triune brain\n\n\nonce believed that the forebrains of reptiles and birds were dominated by these structures. MacLean proposed that the reptilian complex was responsible for species-typical instinctual behaviours involved in aggression, dominance, territoriality, and ritual displays. The paleomammalian brain consists of the septum, amygdalae, hypothalamus, hippocampal complex, and cingulate cortex. MacLean first introduced the term \"limbic system\" to refer to this set of interconnected brain structures in a paper in 1952. MacLean's recognition of the limbic system as a major functional system in the brain was", "id": "1232299" }, { "contents": "Terry Durham\n\n\nseries 'The Ascent of Man' and the accompanying book. \"The first question we ask is, is the human brain a better computer - a more complex computer? Of course, artists in particular tend to think of the brain as a computer. So in his \"Portrait or Dr Bronowski\" Terry Durham has symbols of the spectrum and the computer, because that is how an artist imagines a scientist's brain. But of course that cannot be right. If the brain were a computer, then it would", "id": "8908035" }, { "contents": "Evolution of the brain\n\n\nfirst developed about 200 million years ago. It's responsible for higher cognitive functions - for example, language, thinking, and related forms of information processing. It's also responsible for processing sensory input (together with the thalamus, a part of the limbic system that acts as an information router). Most of its function is subconscious, that is, not available for inspection or intervention by the conscious mind. The neocortex is an elaboration, or outgrowth, of structures in the limbic system, with which it is tightly", "id": "15979907" }, { "contents": "Jack Halberstam\n\n\nbrain created with much complexity, using L-systems, and is not as much an image of the brain or of cells as it is \"an animation of the theory of cellular life\". The first step to animation is the technique, a \"... heady mix of science, math, biology ...\" However, without the narrative, it will not be effective, and the inner complexity of the image is what propels it forward to accurately represent what it is attempting to. Stop-motion animation is the last", "id": "12357492" }, { "contents": "Viral neuronal tracing\n\n\nmicrocircuitry to an extent that was previously unobtainable. This has significant implications for the real world. If we can better understand what parts of the brain are intimately connected, we can predict the effect of localized brain injury. For example, if a patient has a stroke in the amygdala, primarily responsible for emotion, the patient might also have trouble learning to perform certain tasks because the amygdala is highly interconnected with the orbitofrontal cortex, responsible for reward learning. As always, the first step to solving a problem is fully understanding", "id": "7815505" }, { "contents": "Neomammalian brain\n\n\nis a mutual agreement between the majority of neuroscientists, is that the features that McLean has described of the neomammalian brain is the reason as to why humans have such a high-level order of thinking . Through comparing the three different sections of MacLean's Triune Theory, neuroscientists have been able to account for the complexity of the human brain in comparison to reptiles, birds and other lower order mammals . Animal scientists have dissected a vast array of organism’s brains and through comparison ultimately concluded that the cerebral cortex (neomammalian Brain)", "id": "10406507" }, { "contents": "Mind\n\n\nThe mind is the set of cognitive faculties including consciousness, imagination, perception, thinking, judgement, language and memory, which is housed in the brain (sometimes including the central nervous system). It is usually defined as the faculty of an entity's thoughts and consciousness. It holds the power of imagination, recognition, and appreciation, and is responsible for processing feelings and emotions, resulting in attitudes and actions. There is a lengthy tradition in philosophy, religion, psychology, and cognitive science about what constitutes a mind", "id": "19661355" }, { "contents": "George Lakoff\n\n\n\"Our brains take their input from the rest of our bodies. What our bodies are like and how they function in the world thus structures the very concepts we can use to think. We cannot think just anything — only what our embodied brains permit.\" Lakoff believes consciousness to be neurally embodied, however he explicitly states that the mechanism is not just neural computation alone. Using the concept of disembodiment, Lakoff supports the physicalist approach to the afterlife. If the soul can not have any of the properties of the", "id": "2195336" }, { "contents": "Susanne Kessler\n\n\nmany years. Some of her work is dedicated to imagery of the internal organs like the human brain, with its visual appearance and its inner complex structure. According to Kessler, only the limitation to the brain, with individual thinking and visualizing, promotes an \"ego-construction\", which moves away from science and into an artistic world. Thought fragments and trains of thoughts that deal continually with biological models are often integrated by Kessler into a system of drawings, forming a complex net of overlapping patterns and poetic content.", "id": "11809586" }, { "contents": "Neural binding\n\n\ndisordered thinking. It is hypothesized that this mental disorganization is caused by underlying neural disorganization due to disordered binding, which is then further complicated by the occurrence of complex mental processes in this disordered state. This can essentially be viewed as a pathological rise in the neural complexity of the brain. The dissociative symptoms and disorganized speech associated with schizophrenia are consistent with this idea. It is also possible that disordered binding between the regulatory mechanisms of the brain gives rise to a lack of synchronized activation of its neural networks. A deeper understanding", "id": "4819669" }, { "contents": "Stimulus (physiology)\n\n\ntarget cells through extensive, complex dendritic networks. Communication between receptors in this fashion enables discrimination and the more explicit interpretation of external stimuli. Effectively, these localized graded potentials trigger action potentials that communicate, in their frequency, along nerve axons eventually arriving in specific cortexes of the brain. In these also highly specialized parts of the brain, these signals are coordinated with others to possibly trigger a new response. If a signal from the presynaptic neuron is inhibitory, inhibitory neurotransmitters, normally GABA will be released into the synapse. This", "id": "12054045" }, { "contents": "Neomammalian brain\n\n\nbrain size. MacLean firmly believed that the driving force in the development of the neocortex was the development of social behaviours, such as the separation cry between infant and mother during the development phase of offspring. It followed the idea that mammals evolved through learning about different methods of survival, as these mammals learnt various methods of survival through particular encounters, their brains developed into far more complex cytoarchitectures. MacLeans model is based on the idea of the larger the brain size, the higher the order of thinking, thus, an increased", "id": "10406504" }, { "contents": "Thought suppression\n\n\nfirst is that there is less activity in the hippocampus, the brain area responsible for forming memories. The second is an increase of brain activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, especially in cases where suppression is harder. Researchers think that this region works to prevent memory formation by preventing the hippocampus from working. This methodology can also be used to study thought substitution by adding an instruction during the no think phase for participants to think of a different word rather than the word being suppressed. This research shows that thought substitution can lead", "id": "1457993" }, { "contents": "Blindsight\n\n\nthe system that controls eye movements. This phenomenon shows how, after the more complex visual system is damaged, people can use the latter visual system of their brains to guide hand movements towards an object even though they cannot see what they are reaching for. Hence, visual information can control behavior without producing a conscious sensation. This ability of those with blindsight to \"see\" objects that they are unconscious of suggests that consciousness is not a general property of all parts of the brain; yet it suggests that only certain", "id": "10354896" }, { "contents": "Traumatic brain injury modeling\n\n\nitself having limitations with respect to the event being analyzed (before losses due to assumptions are considered). While this may be acceptable for certain analyses, more specific events may require the creation of a new mathematical model. The brain is the most complex and least understood organ in the body, resulting in modeling the brain as a whole virtually impossible with current technology. In order to compensate for this complexity, models for the brain must be explicitly defined as to what exactly they model. Doing this inevitably results in many well", "id": "12542886" }, { "contents": "Systemic development\n\n\nmultidimensional way to find a solution. To think about development with a systemic lens, one needs to be able to see the whole instead of parts and understand the relationship between the parts, the way the parts move, what drives the behavior of the parts, what influences the flow or direction, and to understand why there are no more or no fewer parts. The many factors that make up the whole can be a complex system. Including many diverse stakeholders helps each individual to grow their own perspective, gain an understanding", "id": "149443" }, { "contents": "Disjunctive cognition\n\n\nmacaque monkeys. Such findings indicate that the process of recognizing faces may be achieved by special parts of the brain that are different from the brain areas involved in analyzing the general visual features of things. Since the brain has separate systems for deciding what a person looks like and who the person is, this division of labor may be responsible not only for disjunctive cognitions, but also the phenomenon of transference. In psychoanalytic treatment, patients frequently experience transference, in which the psychoanalyst is perceived to be very much like someone from the", "id": "10792490" }, { "contents": "Gestalt psychology\n\n\n. Productive thinking is solving a problem with insight. This is a quick insightful unplanned response to situations and environmental interaction. Reproductive thinking is solving a problem with previous experiences and what is already known. (1945/1959). This is a very common thinking. For example, when a person is given several segments of information, he/she deliberately examines the relationships among its parts, analyzes their purpose, concept, and totality, he/she reaches the \"aha!\" moment, using what is already known. Understanding", "id": "20530171" }, { "contents": "Digital infinity\n\n\nformal idea what “thinking” is — and indeed we still don’t, all of which is frequently pointed out by Chomsky who agrees that while a mind can be said to “compute”—as we have some idea what computing is and some good evidence the brain is doing it on at least some level—we cannot however claim that computer or any other machine is “thinking” because we have no coherent definition of what thinking is. Taking the example of what’s called “consciousness,” “We don’t even", "id": "9694467" }, { "contents": "Dawkins vs. Gould\n\n\nsame applies. \"What we think of as a progressive increase in complexity is a change in the difference between the least and the most complex organism. It is a change in the spread of complexity.\" (p. 146) Life starts in the simplest form that the constraints of chemistry and physics will allow, with bacteria probably close to that limit. \"So life starts at the minimum level of complexity. Since even now nearly everything that is alive is a bacterium, for the most part life has stayed that way", "id": "3820234" }, { "contents": "Topographic map (neuroanatomy)\n\n\ndiagram of the somatotopic map is the cortical homunculus. This illustration is a fairly accurate representation of how much cortical area represents each body part or region. It also maps what part of the cortex represents each region of the body. Unlike the topographic maps of the senses, the neurons of the motor cortex are efferent neurons that exit the brain instead of bringing information to the brain through afferent connections. The motor system is responsible for initiating voluntary or planned movements (reflexes are mediated at the spinal cord level, so movements that", "id": "422840" }, { "contents": "Substance dependence\n\n\nto think deeply about what is happening in the brain of an addicted person. Cognitive psychologists should zoom in to neural functions of the brain and understand that drugs have been manipulating the dopamine reward center of the brain. From this particular state of thinking, cognitive psychologists need to find ways to change the thought process of the addicted person. There are two routes typically applied to a cognitive approach to substance abuse: tracking the thoughts that pull patients to addiction and tracking the thoughts that prevent them from relapsing. Behavioral techniques have the", "id": "20331860" }, { "contents": "Return of the Living Dead Part II\n\n\nand the National Guard mistakenly opens fire on them, thinking they are zombies. Realizing that the whole town had been evacuated, Tom thinks of a new strategy to give the zombies what they want, drives them to a meat packing plant. They take a truck and distribute brains out of the back as they drive to a power plant intending to electrocute them all. Billy opens the gate and zombies corner them into the truck. Jesse is attacked by Billy and stabs him with a screwdriver, and then activates the power,", "id": "772616" }, { "contents": "Reticular formation\n\n\nresembles at first glance. It has been described as being either too complex to study or an undifferentiated part of the brain with no organization at all. Eric Kandel describes the reticular formation as being organized in a similar manner to the intermediate gray matter of the spinal cord. This chaotic, loose, and intricate form of organization is what has turned off many researchers from looking farther into this particular area of the brain. The cells lack clear ganglionic boundaries, but do have clear functional organizations and distinct cell types. The term", "id": "11238180" }, { "contents": "Evolutionary origin of religions\n\n\nthe religious mind is one consequence of a brain that is large enough to formulate religious and philosophical ideas. During human evolution, the hominid brain tripled in size, peaking 500,000 years ago. Much of the brain's expansion took place in the neocortex. The cerebral neocortex is presumed to be responsible for the neuronal computations underlying complex phenomena such as perception, thought, language, attention, episodic memory and voluntary movement. According to Dunbar's theory, the relative neocortex size of any species correlates with the level of social complexity of", "id": "1407819" }, { "contents": "Cancer and nausea\n\n\nbrain. It is thought that a number of loosely organized neuronal networks within the medulla oblongata probably interact to coordinate the emetic reflex. Some of the brain stem nuclei which have been identified as important in the coordination of the emetic reflex include the parvicellular reticular formation, the Bötzinger complex and the nucleus tractus solitarii. The nuclei coordinating emesis had formerly been referred to as the vomiting complex, but it is no longer thought to represent a single anatomical structure. Efferent outputs which transmit the information from the brain leading to the motoric response", "id": "21764186" }, { "contents": "Chemoreceptor trigger zone\n\n\ndevelopment. This area of the brain is responsible for critical thinking and reasoning, and is actively involved in decision making. It has been discovered that a major cause of increased intelligence in species including humans is the increase in cortical neurons in the brain. The emetic response was selected for protective purposes, and serves as a safeguard against poisoning of the body. This response gets toxins and drugs out of the body by summoning control over motor neurons which stimulate muscles in the chest and thoracic diaphragm to expel contents from the stomach.", "id": "9470083" }, { "contents": "Global brain\n\n\nideal of a global memory. The Semantic web, also first proposed by Berners-Lee, is a system of protocols to make the pieces of knowledge and their links readable by machines, so that they could be used to make automatic inferences, thus providing this brain-like network with some capacity for autonomous \"thinking\" or reflection. This approach focuses on the emergent aspects of the evolution and development of complexity, including the spiritual, psychological, and moral-ethical aspects of the global brain, and is at present", "id": "9106326" }, { "contents": "K-complex\n\n\nessential part of the synchronization of NREM sleep, while they also respond to both internal and external stimuli in a reactive manner. This would be consistent with a function in suppressing cortical arousal in response to stimuli that the brain needs to initially process in regard to whether it is dangerous or not. Another suggested function is aiding the activation homeostasis of synapses and memory consolidation. The activation thresholds of cortical synapses become lowered during wakefulness as they process information, making them more responsive, and so need to be adjusted back to preserve their", "id": "12751932" }, { "contents": "Boltzmann brain\n\n\nThe Boltzmann brain argument suggests that it is more likely for a single brain to spontaneously and briefly form in a void (complete with a false memory of having existed in our universe) than it is for our universe to have come about in the way modern science thinks it actually did. It is a reductio ad absurdum response to Ludwig Boltzmann's early explanation for the low-entropy state of our universe. In this physics thought experiment, a Boltzmann brain is a fully formed brain, complete with memories of a full human", "id": "2433910" }, { "contents": "Artificial brain\n\n\nit is likely that we will be able to download the human brain at some time around 2050. While \"Blue Brain\" is able to represent complex neural connections on the large scale, the project does not achieve the link between brain activity and behaviors executed by the brain. In 2012, project Spaun (Semantic Pointer Architecture Unified Network) attempted to model multiple parts of the human brain through large-scale representations of neural connections that generate complex behaviors in addition to mapping. Spaun's design recreates elements of human brain anatomy", "id": "10512126" }, { "contents": "Amygdala hijack\n\n\nAn amygdala hijack is a person's emotional response that is immediate, overwhelming, and out of measure with the actual stimulus because it has triggered a much more significant emotional threat. The term was coined by Daniel Goleman in his 1996 book \"Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ\". The output of sense organs is first received by the thalamus. Part of the thalamus' stimuli goes directly to the amygdala or \"emotional/irrational brain\", while other parts are sent to the neocortex or \"thinking", "id": "912416" }, { "contents": "Baleen whale\n\n\nrelatively small brain compared to their body mass. Like other mammals, their brain has a large, folded cerebrum, the part of the brain responsible for memory and processing sensory information. Their cerebrum only makes up about 68% of their brain's weight, as opposed to human's 83%. The cerebellum, the part of the brain responsible for balance and coordination, makes up 18% of their brain's weight, compared to 10% in humans, which is probably due to the great degree of control necessary for", "id": "7774646" }, { "contents": "Neomammalian brain\n\n\nThe neomammalian brain is one of three aspects of Paul MacLean’s Triune Theory of the human brain. MacLean was an American physician and neuroscientist that formulated his model in the 1960s, which was published in his own 1990 book ‘The Triune Brain in Evolution’ . MacLean’s three-part theory explores how the human brain has evolved from ancestors over millions of years, consisting of the reptilian, paleomammalian and neomammalian complexes. MacLean proposes that the neomammalian complex is only found in higher order mammals, for example, the human brain", "id": "10406490" }, { "contents": "Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex\n\n\ndehydrogenase complex, which are antigens recognized by anti-mitochondrial antibodies. Activity of the 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex is decreased in many neurodegenerative diseases. Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Huntington Disease, and supranuclear palsy are all associated with an increased oxidative stress level in the brain. Specifically for Alzheimer Disease patients, the activity of Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase is significantly diminished. This leads to a possibility that the portion of the TCA cycle responsible for causing the build-up of free radical species in the brain of patients is a malfunctioning Oxoglutarate", "id": "1460772" }, { "contents": "Mind\n\n\n, is the control center of the central nervous system, responsible for thought. In most animals, the brain is located in the head, protected by the skull and close to the primary sensory apparatus of vision, hearing, equilibrioception, taste and olfaction. While all vertebrates have a brain, most invertebrates have either a centralized brain or collections of individual ganglia. Primitive animals such as sponges do not have a brain at all. Brains can be extremely complex. For example, the human brain contains around 86 billion neurons,", "id": "19661372" }, { "contents": "LINGO1\n\n\nLingo-1 is able to block the interactions between Lingo-1 and NgR, it is reasonable to think that the blockade of RhoA occurs at the level of Lingo-1/NgR/p75 or TROY complex, leading to the conclusion that Lingo-1plays a very important part in the lack of re-myelination, repair of neural and axon injuries, etc. Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and disabling brain disorder. As said before, leucine-rich repeat and immunoglobulin domain-containing protein (Lingo-1) is an essential negative regulator of myelination and neurite", "id": "14149454" }, { "contents": "Theoretical neuromorphology\n\n\nof the set. A particular set is defined by the common properties of its elements. This raises problems of similarities and finally of typology and classification. Neuronal sets may be sets of entire neurons or of neuronal parts. Our ability to think, react and remember relies on the function of the nervous system. We cannot understand the human brain without first elucidating the properties and function of its main unit elements, the neurons. These are complex and specialized cells. However, the improved understanding of cellular evolution achieved over the", "id": "14714293" }, { "contents": "Electrical brain stimulation\n\n\nin humans, either by observing spontaneous epilepsy or by electrically stimulating the surface of the cerebral cortex. Neurophysiologist Dr. Jose Delgado noted a few exceptions to this rule. In contrast, EBS, via deeply implanted electrodes in localized areas of the brain (deep brain stimulation; DBS), elicited both pleasurable and aversive responses in laboratory animals and man as previously described. EBS could elicit the ritualistic, motor responses of sham rage in cats by stimulation of the anterior hypothalamus, as well as more complex emotional and behavioral components of \"", "id": "18524383" }, { "contents": "Neomammalian brain\n\n\nthe columns act as channels for intricate communication between cells and differing layers , this is believed to be another neurological explanation as to why higher order mammals have such a complex order of thinking in comparison to lower-order mammals, reptiles and birds. The neomammalian brain (neocortex) is the newest addition to the Human Brain. MacLean proposed that as animals evolved over the hundreds of millions of years , in order for an increased chance of survival, higher order animals developed an increased cognitive ability, which resulted in an increase in", "id": "10406503" }, { "contents": "Brain asymmetry\n\n\ndiseases such as schizophrenia and dyslexia. Schizophrenia: Schizophrenia is a complex long-term mental disorder that causes hallucinations, delusions and a lack of concentration, thinking, and motivation in an individual. Studies have found that individuals with schizophrenia have a lack in brain asymmetry thus reducing the functional efficiency of affected regions such as the frontal lobe. Conditions include leftward functional hemispheric lateralization, loss of laterality for language comprehension, a reduction in gyrification, brain torsion etc. Dyslexia: As study earlier, language is usually dominant in the left", "id": "21152922" }, { "contents": "Rebecca D. Costa\n\n\none of the best \"green\" books of 2010. Bart Alexander, Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer for Molson Coors, said that \"The Watchman's Rattle\" \"is a wakeup call book about what political, economic, and social challenges the world may be facing.\" \"Inc.\" Magazine said The Watchman's Rattle is \"a fascinating study on how the brain works and how, in the face of complex challenges, our society can survive despite our intelligence being outpaced by our problems.\" The book was distributed in", "id": "14147717" }, { "contents": "Nervous system\n\n\nare capable of enhancing or inhibiting the reflex. Although the simplest reflexes may be mediated by circuits lying entirely within the spinal cord, more complex responses rely on signal processing in the brain. For example, when an object in the periphery of the visual field moves, and a person looks toward it many stages of signal processing are initiated. The initial sensory response, in the retina of the eye, and the final motor response, in the oculomotor nuclei of the brain stem, are not all that different from those in", "id": "2090412" }, { "contents": "Trans-species psychology\n\n\nthrough the evolutionary biology research of Charles Darwin in the mid-1800s, shows that evolution conserves brain and mind across species. Humans and other animals share a common capacity to think, feel, and experience themselves and their lives. Some mammals have demonstrated the ability to experience empathy, culture, self-awareness, consciousness, psychological trauma, mourning rituals, and complex communication abilities. The knowledge that nonhuman animals have the ability to think and feel in complex ways has also brought the understanding of their capacity to experience psychological trauma and suffering", "id": "17876939" }, { "contents": "Encephalization quotient\n\n\nIn 1861, French Neurologist Paul Broca tried to make a connection between brain size and intelligence. Through observational studies, he noticed that people working in what he deemed to be more complex fields had larger brains than people working in less complex fields. Also, in 1871, Charles Darwin wrote in his book \"The Descent of Man\": \"No one, I presume, doubts that the large proportion which the size of man's brain bears to his body, compared to the same proportion in the gorilla or orang,", "id": "12273499" }, { "contents": "Drug delivery to the brain\n\n\nof the surface activity and as such takes into account the molecular properties of both hydrophobic and charged residues of the molecule of interest.\" They found that there is not a simple answer to what compounds transverse the blood–brain barrier and what does not. Rather, it is based on the complex analysis of the surface activity of the molecule as well as relative size. Other problems persist besides just simply getting through the blood–brain barrier. The first of these is that a lot of times, even if a compound", "id": "9889365" }, { "contents": "Allen Brain Atlas\n\n\neffect the development of the brain. Thus, the atlas may be used to determine what toxins pose special threats to children and pregnant mothers. The Allen Mouse Brain Connectivity Atlas was launched in November 2011. Unlike other atlases from the Allen Institute, this atlas focuses on the identification of neural circuitry that govern behavior and brain function. This neural circuitry is responsible for functions like behavior and perception. This map will allow scientists to further understand how the brain works and what causes brain diseases and disorders, such as Parkinson's disease", "id": "14858445" }, { "contents": "Body-to-body communication\n\n\n. Clues of nonverbal language are controlled and activated by the limbic system in the brain. This is the part of the brain that reacts instantaneously, automatically and in real time. Because this is the part of the brain in charge of survival, it never rests and always remains on. This is the control center of emotions in which signals are shot to other parts of the brain, which assembles groups of behaviors that can be observed and decoded as they manifest into nonverbal language. These reactions occur without thinking and due to", "id": "13884553" }, { "contents": "Orgasm\n\n\nTimes\", \"What this means is that deactivation, letting go of all fear and anxiety, might be the most important thing, even necessary, to have an orgasm.\" While stroking the clitoris, the parts of the female brain responsible for processing fear, anxiety and behavioral control start to diminish in activity. This reaches a peak at orgasm when the female brain's emotion centers are effectively closed down to produce an almost trance-like state. Holstege is quoted as saying, at the 2005 meeting of the European", "id": "2582027" }, { "contents": "Matthias Gromeier\n\n\n.” Gromeier’s early thinking focused on what he now calls a “simple paradigm”: the ability of his modified poliovirus to infect and kill tumor cells. “That’s relatively rare,” he says. “Viruses have evolved over millennia to do certain things, and killing tumors is not generally part of their natural program.” In 1999, Gromeier accepted a position in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Duke University Medical Center, to which he was drawn in large part by the strength of its brain-tumor", "id": "12517757" }, { "contents": "Manchester Civil Justice Centre\n\n\nthe structure as \"\"an elegant and beautifully executed response to a complex brief that has made a significant contribution to the regeneration of this part of Manchester.\"\" Ken Shuttleworth of Make Architects and one of the lead architects on The Gherkin in London described the building: \"I think it's a fantastic building, I went to see it, I think it's a stunning piece of architecture. I was excited when I saw it, it's a great building.\" Shuttleworth also stated how interesting it was to", "id": "7150744" }, { "contents": "Brain\n\n\nthe electrical responses of brain cells recorded from behaving animals has steadily moved theoretical concepts in the direction of increasing realism. One of the most influential early contributions was a 1959 paper titled \"What the frog's eye tells the frog's brain\": the paper examined the visual responses of neurons in the retina and optic tectum of frogs, and came to the conclusion that some neurons in the tectum of the frog are wired to combine elementary responses in a way that makes them function as \"bug perceivers\". A few years", "id": "3380231" }, { "contents": "The Philosophy of Freedom\n\n\npassage from the brain process to the sensation. What are the consequences of such a view of perception for the concept of knowledge? In Chapter 5 Steiner presents his concept of knowledge. Human beings are two-sided, as they both think and also perceive. The two activities together give a complete view of the world. Knowledge is the union of what is produced in thinking, the concept, and what is produced in perceiving, the percept. Steiner argues that there can be no relationship among the objects of perception other", "id": "10344338" }, { "contents": "Dream\n\n\nthe brain responsible for logic and planning, exhibits decreased activity during dreams. This allows the dreamer to more actively interact with the dream without thinking about what might happen, since things that would normally stand out in reality blend in with the dream scenery. When REM sleep episodes were timed for their duration and subjects were awakened to make reports before major editing or forgetting of their dreams could take place, subjects accurately reported the length of time they had been dreaming in an REM sleep state. Some researchers have speculated that \"time", "id": "1277969" }, { "contents": "Brass Eye\n\n\nfire her/And find a prostitute who looks like you and hire her/Oh, me oh Myra.\" The \"leader singer\" of Blouse, Purves Grundy (who resembles Pulp's Jarvis Cocker), is then shown commenting on the song; \"Myra is a very complex woman, you know, and this song is about her hair. I don't think there's a single reference in the song to her brain, which I think maybe, had a slight problem. I do think [if]", "id": "21743526" }, { "contents": "Self-deception\n\n\nof concealing their true feelings and intentions well, then they are more likely to successfully deceive others. It may also be argued that the ability to deceive, or self-deceive, is not the selected trait but a by-product of a more primary trait called abstract thinking. Abstract thinking allows many evolutionary advantages such as more flexible, adaptive behaviors and innovation. Since a lie is an abstraction, the mental process of creating a lie can only occur in animals with enough brain complexity to permit abstract thinking. Moreover,", "id": "3766592" }, { "contents": "Animal consciousness\n\n\nnervous system, only part of which is localized in their brain. Two-thirds of an octopus' neurons are found in the nerve cords of their arms. Octopus arms show a variety of complex reflex actions that persist even when they have no input from the brain. Unlike vertebrates, the complex motor skills of octopuses are not organized in their brain using an internal somatotopic map of their body, instead using a non-somatotopic system unique to large-brained invertebrates. Some octopuses, such as the mimic octopus, move", "id": "1889516" }, { "contents": "Franc Fernandez\n\n\nwas mixed, earning ire from animal rights groups such as PETA, and attempts to analyze it from various media outlets. Fernandez stated \"I wasn't surprised at the response. I think everyone involved knew the response that the meat dress was going to get. I think what I was more surprised and excited by was how much the internet and technology played a part in that. I got tons of hate-mail, love-mail, and \"meat dress\" was a top Twitter topic for three days straight.", "id": "14286497" }, { "contents": "Equipotentiality\n\n\nequipotentiality to define the idea that if one part of the brain is damaged, other parts of the brain will carry out the memory functions for that damaged part. \"The apparent capacity of any intact part of a functional brain to carry out… the [memory] functions which are lost by the destruction of [other parts]\". Another way of putting this is, the brain has the ability to use any functioning part of the brain to do what a damaged part of the brain no longer can do. Equipotentiality", "id": "6071807" }, { "contents": "Neuropsychology\n\n\nstructures accounted for complex functions, whereas lower structures were responsible for functions similar to those seen in other animals, consisting mostly of reactions and automatic responses. He was particularly interested in people who suffered from manic disorders and hysteria. His research constituted some of the first times that psychiatry and neurology came together to study individuals. Through his in-depth study of the brain and behavior, Willis concluded that automated responses such as breathing, heartbeats and other various motor activities were carried out within the lower region of the brain. Although", "id": "4166066" }, { "contents": "Dream\n\n\npart of the brain. Zhang suggests that this pulse-like brain activation is the inducer of each dream. He proposes that, with the involvement of the brain associative thinking system, dreaming is, thereafter, self-maintained with the dreamer's own thinking until the next pulse of memory insertion. This explains why dreams have both characteristics of continuity (within a dream) and sudden changes (between two dreams). A detailed explanation of how a dream is synthesized is given in a later paper. According to Tsoukalas (", "id": "1277992" }, { "contents": "Face superiority effect\n\n\nreveal higher brain responses 180ms after presenting the normal face, than in inverted/scrambled conditions. Additionally, research from Riesenhuber, Jarudi, Gilad, & Sinha, 2004; K. Tanaka, Saito, Fukada, & Moriya, 1991; and K. Tanaka, 1996 also supports face superiority, where they demonstrate that face parts and wholes are similar to other hierarchical visual processes, in that the stimulation of simple features leads to the stimulation of complex features. This “feed-forward” theory states that the part-face information", "id": "19687598" }, { "contents": "Beat deafness\n\n\nthe parabelt area, which is located next to the belt. Simple sounds such as pure tones are able to activate the core area of the brain, but both the belt and parabelt areas are activated by only complex sounds, such as those found in speech and music. The auditory cortex in the left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for processing beat and rhythm in music. The right auditory cortex is primarily used in distinguishing between different harmonics, which are simple pure tones that combine to create complex tones. Phillips-Silver", "id": "18482691" }, { "contents": "Pain in amphibians\n\n\nbehavioral response to nociception can be detected. Sometimes a distinction is made between \"physical pain\" and \"emotional\" or \"psychological pain\". Emotional pain is the pain experienced in the absence of physical trauma, e.g. the pain experienced after the loss of a loved one, or the break-up of a relationship. It has been argued that only primates can feel \"emotional pain\", because they are the only animals that have a neocortex – a part of the brain's cortex considered to be the \"thinking", "id": "3987750" } ]

[ { "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final\n\n\n2016–17 Serie A title on 21 May. Real Madrid were chasing the double of domestic league and Champions League titles, having won the 2016–17 La Liga on 21 May, the final day of the season. \"Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).\" The ambassador for the final was former Wales international Ian Rush, who won the European Cup with Liverpool in 1984, and also played for Juventus from 1987 to 1988. UEFA unveiled the", "id": "5212416" }, { "contents": "2016 A-League Grand Final\n\n\nThe 2016 A-League Grand Final was the eleventh A-League Grand Final, and was played on 1 May 2016, at Adelaide Oval to determine the 2015–16 A-League Champion. The match was contested by the two winning finals series semi-finalists, Adelaide United and Western Sydney Wanderers who finished the 2015–16 A-League season in first and second position respectively. The match was won by Adelaide United, who defeated Western Sydney Wanderers 3–1 in front of a crowd of 50,119. The Grand Final was both teams'", "id": "21893976" }, { "contents": "2016 UEFA Champions League Final\n\n\n-finals, where Real Madrid won 1–0 on aggregate. \"Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).\" The ambassadors for the final were former Argentine international Javier Zanetti, who won the Champions League with Internazionale against Bayern Munich in 2010, and former Italian international Paolo Maldini, who won five European Cups with Milan. UEFA unveiled the brand identity of the final on 27 August 2015 in Monaco ahead of the group stage draw. The", "id": "14835832" }, { "contents": "Galway\n\n\nGalway Sportsgrounds which is the current provincial Rugby Stadium. The team participate in the Pro14 League competition, and in season 2015–2016 won their first ever Championship by defeating reigning Champions Glasgow Warriors in the Semi-final and then beating four times champions Leinster Rugby in the Grand Final on 28 May 2016 played at Murrayfield Stadium. The team participated in European Rugby Champions Cup 2016/2017. There are two senior amateur rugby union teams in Galway, Galwegians RFC and Galway Corinthians RFC, who play in the All-Ireland League. There are also", "id": "9108802" }, { "contents": "European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics\n\n\ndown as: The only team to successfully defend the trophy in the Champions League era is Real Madrid (twice), who won in 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18. The teams closest to defending the trophy in the Champions League era but who were unsuccessful, all making it to the final: Of the 22 teams that have won the trophy, 14 have never defended it. Only four of these have won the trophy more than once, and so have had more than one attempt to do so. These are: During", "id": "11035785" }, { "contents": "2016 W-League Grand Final\n\n\nThe 2016 W-League Grand Final was the final match of the 2015–16 W-League season and decided the champions of women's football in Australia for the season. The match took place at AAMI Park in Melbourne, Australia on 31 January 2016 and was played between league premiers Melbourne City and two-time premiers of the league Sydney FC. The match was won by Melbourne City 4–1 who competed the perfect season, failing to lose a match all season. It was also Melbourne City's first championship of any kind in", "id": "19294300" }, { "contents": "2017 W-League Grand Final\n\n\nThe 2017 W-League Grand Final was the final match of the 2016–17 W-League season and decided the champions of women's football in Australia for the season. The match took place at nib Stadium in Perth, Australia on 12 February 2017 and was played by Perth Glory and reigning league champions Melbourne City. The match was won by Melbourne City 0–2, who recorded their second consecutive league championship. The match marked the second time both clubs qualified for a Grand Final, Perth having lost in the 2014 final and Melbourne", "id": "21429952" }, { "contents": "2018 UEFA Women's Champions League Final\n\n\n, finals until 2009 were in the UEFA Women's Cup era, since 2010 were in the UEFA Women's Champions League era.\" This was Lyon's seventh UEFA Women's Champions League Final, a new record. This was the third UEFA Women's Champions League Final between the two teams, after 2013 (won by Wolfsburg 1–0) and 2016 (won by Lyon 4–3 on penalties, 1–1 after extra time), and the third season in a row where the two teams met, as they also played each other", "id": "6765711" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Basketball Champions League\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Basketball Champions League was the inaugural season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European professional basketball competition for clubs that was launched by FIBA. The competition began on 27 September 2016, with the qualifying rounds, and concluded on 30 April 2017, at the Final Four. A number of 52 teams from 31 countries participated in the competition, including its qualifying rounds. Iberostar Tenerife won the inaugural season of the BCL, after winning the final of the Final Four which was hosted in its home arena.", "id": "20656934" }, { "contents": "2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League\n\n\nThe 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2016–17 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 52nd edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Pachuca won their fifth title, and their first since 2009–10, by defeating UANL 2–1 on aggregate in the final. As the winner of the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League, Pachuca qualified as the CONCACAF representative at", "id": "15775254" }, { "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final\n\n\nMadrid beat Juventus 3–1 in a play-off after the two sides exchanged 1–0 away wins. The most recent meeting between the clubs had taken place in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League semi-finals, where Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate to advance to the 2015 final. Juventus entered the final chasing their first treble of domestic league, domestic cup, and Champions League titles, bidding to become the ninth team to win it. They won the 2016–17 Coppa Italia after defeating Lazio in the final on 17 May, and clinched the", "id": "5212415" }, { "contents": "UEFA Youth League\n\n\npresident. The most successful teams are Barcelona and Chelsea with two trophies each. Chelsea won back-to-back titles in 2015 and 2016, while Barcelona won the inaugural season of the competition and clinched their second trophy in 2018. The current champions are Portuguese side Porto, who beat Chelsea 3–1 in the 2019 final. In May 2010, UEFA organised a match, referred to as the \"UEFA Under-18 Challenge\", between the under-18 teams of Bayern Munich and Internazionale, three days prior to the UEFA Champions League Final", "id": "9477194" }, { "contents": "Al-Ahli Saudi FC\n\n\n1983. Al Ahli has played eighteen King Cup finals, won thirteen and lost only five. From 2014 to 2016, under the management of Swiss coach Christian Gross, the team won four titles with him. 2014–15 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, 2015–16 Saudi Professional League and 2016 King Cup. Al Ahli has won every major competition in which it has competed, with the exception of the AFC Champions League (in this competition they have lost two finals, in 1985–86 Asian Club Championship and 2012 AFC Champions League. They are also", "id": "10915442" }, { "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final\n\n\nThe 2017 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, the 62nd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 25th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on 3 June 2017, between Italian side Juventus and Spanish side and title holders Real Madrid, in a repeat of the 1998 final. Real Madrid won the match 4–1 to secure their 12th title", "id": "5212407" }, { "contents": "2017 OFC Champions League Final\n\n\nin the OFC Champions League era.\" The final was a rematch of the previous two season's finals, which were both played as a single match. Auckland City had won both finals, 4–3 on penalties (1–1 after extra time) in 2015, and 3–0 in 2016. Auckland City were the six-time defending champions. They had played in eight previous finals, winning all of them in 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. This was the third OFC club", "id": "2942193" }, { "contents": "List of UEFA Cup and Europa League finals\n\n\n) and Sevilla (winners in 2006 and 2007; and in 2014, 2015, and 2016) are the only teams to have retained their title. The competition has been won 11 times by teams from Spain, more than any other country. The last champions before the UEFA Cup was renamed to UEFA Europa League were Shakhtar Donetsk, who beat Werder Bremen 2–1 after extra time in the 2009 final. Benfica and Marseille have lost the most finals, with three losses in the competition. The current champions are Chelsea, who", "id": "12899872" }, { "contents": "2016 OFC Champions League\n\n\nThe 2016 OFC Champions League was the 15th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 10th season under the current OFC Champions League name. The final stage of the tournament was held in New Zealand for the first time under its current format, with the preliminary stage held in the Cook Islands. Auckland City were the five-time defending champions, and won their sixth title in a row and eighth overall title with a 3–0 final victory", "id": "17705774" }, { "contents": "2017 A-League Grand Final\n\n\nThe 2017 A-League Grand Final was the twelfth A-League Grand Final, and was played on 7 May 2017, at Allianz Stadium in Sydney. The match was contested between Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory who finished the 2016-17 season first and second respectively. This was the third time the teams met in a final, previously playing each other in 2010 and 2015. Both clubs qualified for the 2018 AFC Champions League due to their league position and participation in the Grand Final. Sydney FC won the match,", "id": "2942228" }, { "contents": "Mohamed Ounajem\n\n\nMohamed Ounajem (; born 4 January 1992) is a Moroccan footballer who plays for Zamalek SC as a forward. He is the winner of the 2017 CAF Champions League. he is known for his assists of his teammates. he won the Botola with Wydad Casablanca in 2017 as well as the semi-final champions league 2016. Ounajem is very talented and played a big role in the league and the champions league. he is very fast with the ball and well known for his dribbling with the ball for contre attacks. many", "id": "12667395" }, { "contents": "Raphaël Varane\n\n\n, when Madrid won the 2016–17 La Liga. He was starting in the final when Madrid won the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League. His contract was extended until 2022 on 27 September 2017. During the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, he made eleven appearances, when Madrid won their third consecutive and 13th overall Champions League title. Varane was a France youth international having earned caps at under-18 and under-21 level. Prior to playing for the under-18 team, he was called up to the under-17 team, but did not make an appearance. Varane", "id": "8115877" }, { "contents": "2016–17 ACB season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 34th season of the Spanish basketball league. It started on 30 September 2016 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 16 June 2017 with the ACB Finals. Real Madrid was the defending champion, but lost the title to Valencia Basket in the finals, who won its first league ever. A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 2015–16 season and two promoted from the 2015–16 LEB Oro. ACB", "id": "16519175" }, { "contents": "2016 UEFA Europa League Final\n\n\nfive wins in the European Cup (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, and 2005) and two defeats in the European Cup (1985 and 2007) and one in the European Cup Winners' Cup (1966). This was the second European club final for their manager Jürgen Klopp, who lost in the 2013 UEFA Champions League Final with Borussia Dortmund, who were eliminated by Liverpool in this season's quarter-finals. Sevilla previously won finals in 2006, 2007, 2014, and 2015. They were the first", "id": "21231754" }, { "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final\n\n\nThe 2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final match of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 16th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was played at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on 1 June 2017, between two French sides Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain. Lyon won the final 7–6 on penalties after a goalless draw,", "id": "1869381" }, { "contents": "Athletic Bilbao in European football\n\n\nagain by a 3–0 scoreline. The team did not break up entirely following the 2012 campaign. The three most prominent players who did depart all won European medals in the subsequent years: Javi Martínez (Champions League with Bayern Munich in 2013), Fernando Llorente (Europa League with Sevilla in 2016, having lost a Champions League final with Juventus twelve months earlier) and Ander Herrera (Europa League with Manchester United in 2017). As runners-up to Champions League qualifiers Barcelona, Athletic made an immediate return to the Europa", "id": "15222233" }, { "contents": "2016 Challenge Cup\n\n\nThe 2016 Challenge Cup, (also known as the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 115th staging of the Challenge Cup the main rugby league knockout tournament for teams in the Super League, the British National Leagues and a number of invited amateur clubs. The cup was won by Hull F.C. who beat Warrington Wolves 12–10 in the final at Wembley Stadium on 27 August 2016. The defending champions, Leeds Rhinos who were looking to win the trophy three times in a row were defeated by Huddersfield Giants in the sixth round", "id": "15506028" }, { "contents": "Shelbourne Ladies F.C.\n\n\nat Richmond Park on 1 May 2016. In 2016 Shelbourne won the FAI Women's Cup after defeating Wexford Youths 5–0 in the final. The most notable individual performance to come out of the game was undoubtedly that of Shels' Leanne Kiernan, who scored a hat-trick and picked up the 'player of the match' award for her efforts. The team won their first league championship when the finished the shortened 2016 season on first place. The qualified to the 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League with that title. Shelbourne", "id": "446560" }, { "contents": "2016 UEFA Champions League Final\n\n\neleventh European Cup/Champions League title. This was Real Madrid's 14th appearance in a European Cup/Champions League final. The club has not lost a final since 1981. On the other hand, Atlético Madrid became the only team to lose in their first three final appearances. Juventus and Barcelona had lost during their first two appearances in the final, but won on their third attempts in 1985 and 1992 respectively. Atlético's three losses in European Cup finals ranks them level with Barcelona, and behind only Juventus (six", "id": "14835839" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Estonian Cup\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Estonian Cup was the 27th season of the Estonian main domestic football knockout tournament. FCI Tallinn won their first title after defeating Tammeka 2–0 in the final. The winner of the Cup were to qualify for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, but as FCI Tallinn were already qualified for the Champions League as 2016 Meistriliiga champions the spot passed to Flora. The draw was made by Estonian Football Association on 21 May 2016, on the half-time of the 2015–16 final of the same competition. These teams were not drawn and", "id": "18515889" }, { "contents": "2018 UEFA Champions League Final\n\n\nThe 2018 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, the 63rd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine on 26 May 2018, between Spanish side and defending champions Real Madrid, who had won the competition in each of the last two seasons, and English side Liverpool. Real Madrid won the final 3–1 for", "id": "13704216" }, { "contents": "Yiying Han\n\n\nLeague of Legends” at League of Legends Awards Ceremony [27]. In February 2016, Yiying Han signed a contract with huga.com [28]; on October 17, she was on Who's Still Standing, a life service knowledge program of Jiangsu TV, and finally won the champion for giving right answers to five selected questions [29], with the audience rating sharply rising to number one among the programs broadcast during the same time brackets. In August 2016, she won the Prize for the Most Popular Game Host", "id": "5180583" }, { "contents": "2016 Football League Two play-off Final\n\n\nThe 2016 Football League Two play-off Final was a football match contested between AFC Wimbledon and Plymouth Argyle. The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 30 May 2016. The winner, AFC Wimbledon, was promoted to League One. This was Wimbledon's second national play-off final win in five years. They had won the Conference National (now National League) play-off final in 2011 over Luton, but the match had to be played at the City of Manchester Stadium due to the 2011 UEFA Champions League", "id": "18282357" }, { "contents": "Luka Modrić\n\n\nwin over Real Betis, Modrić played his 200th match for Real Madrid. Modrić was a regular starter when Real Madrid won the 2016–17 La Liga as well as the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, where he provided the assist for Cristiano Ronaldo's second goal in the final against Juventus. Modrić was included in Champions League team of the season and became the first Croatian to win the Champions League three times. He also received the UEFA Club Football award for Best Midfielder of the Champions League season. In the competition for the UEFA Men", "id": "20115856" }, { "contents": "2016 UEFA Champions League Final\n\n\n, Bayern Munich and Chelsea as clubs to have won the three main European club competitions. On the other hand, if they were to lose, they would become the first team to lose their first three European Cup finals. Apart from the 2014 final, won by Real Madrid 4–1 after extra time, the only previous Madrid Derby matches in European competitions were in the 1958–59 European Cup semi-finals, where Real Madrid won 2–1 in a replay, after a 2–2 aggregate draw, and in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League quarter", "id": "14835831" }, { "contents": "Olympiacos CFP (men's water polo)\n\n\n-up of the LEN Champions League, reaching the final of the 2001 LEN Champions League in Dubrovnik and the final of the 2016 LEN Champions League in Budapest, twice runners-up of the LEN Cup Winners' Cup in 1998 and 1999 and one time runners-up of the LEN Super Cup in 2018. Olympiacos is by far the most successful Greek water polo club in European competitions, being the only Greek club to have won two LEN Champions Leagues, the LEN Super Cup and two Triple Crowns and the only Greek", "id": "13132373" }, { "contents": "1995–96 UEFA Champions League\n\n\nThe 1995–96 UEFA Champions League was the 41st season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the fourth since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League. The tournament was won by Juventus, who beat defending champions Ajax on penalties in the final for their first European Cup since 1985, and their second overall. It was the only Champions League title that Juventus won in the 1990s, despite their reaching the next two finals, and one of only three Italian wins in the final, despite there being a Serie A club", "id": "18117357" }, { "contents": "Bidvest Wits F.C.\n\n\nIn June 2007 Roger De Sa rejoined the club after a two-year absence. He replaced caretaker Eric Tinkler who succeeded Boebie Solomons during the 2006–07 season. In 2010 Wits managed to win the Nedbank Cup defeating AmaZulu in the final. The 2016/2017 season saw Bidvest Wits win their first PSL title. Wits finished the season with 18 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses, and won the league by three points in a tightly contested season. They also won the MTN8 Cup in 2016 (beating 2016 CAF Champions League winners Mamelodi", "id": "3708811" }, { "contents": "2005 UEFA Champions League Final\n\n\nThe 2005 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, Europe's primary club football competition. The showpiece event was contested between Liverpool of England and Milan of Italy at the Atatürk Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey on 25 May 2005. Liverpool, who had won the competition four times, were appearing in their sixth final, and their first since 1985. Milan, who had won the competition six times, were appearing in their second final in three years and tenth overall. Each club needed to", "id": "10708709" }, { "contents": "2016 National Hurling League\n\n\nWaterford came into the season as defending champions of the 2015 season. Kerry entered Division 1 as the promoted team. On 8 May 2016, Clare won the title following a 1-23 to 2-19 win over Waterford in a replay of the final. It was their first league title since 1978 and their fourth National League title overall. Galway, who actually finished above Cork, were relegated from Division 1A after losing the relegation play-off to Cork by 2-22 to 0-25. Clare, who", "id": "15014654" }, { "contents": "Scottish Futsal League\n\n\n. In 2014/15, there was the first finals weekend where each regional winner competed over three days in a mini league to declare the Scottish champions - Fair City Santos. In 2015/16, the second finals weekend had a new champion for the first time outside of Perth - Wattcell of SFL Edinburgh. 2016 saw the Launch of a new national Scottish Cup won by Fair City Santos. The 2016/17 launch of the first ever national league held over 12 weeks in one venue. In 2017/18, the SFL 'Super League' launched as", "id": "19455030" }, { "contents": "2016 UEFA Champions League Final\n\n\nlosses), Bayern Munich and Benfica (five losses each). Ramos, who scored the opening goal of the match, became the fifth player to score in two Champions League finals. He had not scored in the competition since scoring the equaliser against Atlético Madrid in the 2014 final. Carrasco's second-half equaliser made him the first Belgian to score in a Champions League final. Real Madrid coach Zidane became the first French coach to win the Champions League and the seventh person to win the Champions League as a player", "id": "14835840" }, { "contents": "Makedonikos F.C.\n\n\nwhere they were eliminated by Kastoria F.C., who finally won the Cup. Makedonikos F.C. was also one of the strongest clubs in the 2nd Division throughout the 1980s, the late-1970s and in the early-1990s. In 2008 managed to ascend to the soccer league, after fourteen years of absence in the national leagues, with Marcelo Zuleta as technical director. As for 2016, the club won the EPSM Cup by winning 2-1 in the final at Toumba Stadium and were also champions of the EPSM A1 Division having lost only twice.", "id": "10202409" }, { "contents": "Guaros de Lara (basketball)\n\n\nGuaros de Lara is a Venezuelan professional basketball club, that is based in Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela. The club competes in the Venezuelan LPB. In 2016, Guaros de Lara won the 2016 FIBA Americas League championship, and was crowned as the champion of all of Latin America, for the first time. Following their FIBA Americas League championship, Guaros also won the 2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, and thus they were crowned world basketball club champions, after beating the Skyliners Frankfurt in the final. In 2017, Guaros successfully defended", "id": "15186058" }, { "contents": "2016 Champions League of Darts\n\n\nThe 2016 Champions League of Darts, also known as the Unibet Champions League of Darts for sponsorship purposes, was the inaugural staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It took place from 24–25 September 2016 at the Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Wales. Phil Taylor won, defeating Michael van Gerwen 11–5 in the final. The eight qualifying entrants were first split into two groups of four, playing each other once in best of 19-legged matches. The top two players in each group then proceeded to a knockout stage of", "id": "9374800" }, { "contents": "Giorgos Donis\n\n\nfinal of the 2015 AFC Champions League. On 6 June, Donis won the first title with Al-Hilal after defeating Al-Nassr in the final of the 2015 King Cup of Champions. On 28 July 2016, he was appointed as the new manager of Al-Sharjah in UAE, signing a contract until the summer of 2018. On 28 July 2017, Donis signed a contract until the end of the 2017-18 season with the reigning Cypriot champions APOEL, replacing Mario Been who had been sacked by APOEL following", "id": "19975159" }, { "contents": "Zob Ahan SC\n\n\nclub history. On 15 May 2015 after a 0–0 draw against Padideh, Zob Ahan finished fourth and returned to the AFC Champions League after five years. Zob Ahan also won their third Hazfi Cup title after defeating Naft Tehran 3–1 in the final. On 23 February 2016 Zob Ahan won its first match AFC Champions League since 2011, defeating Lekhwiya of Qatar 1–0. Zob Ahan qualified for the Round of 16 of the AFC Champions League on 20 April 2016 after defeating Saudi club Al Nassr 3–0 in match day 5. However,", "id": "8011419" }, { "contents": "2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup\n\n\nweekend of 13/14/15 November 2015. The tournament was won for the first time by Saracens who beat Racing 92 in the final on the 14 May 2016, at Parc Olympique Lyonnais (called \"Grand Stade de Lyon\" by competition organiser European Professional Club Rugby) in the Lyon suburb of Décines. 20 clubs, from the three major European domestic leagues, competed in the Champions Cup. Nineteen clubs qualified directly as a result of their domestic league performance, with the final team coming from a play-off. The distribution of", "id": "19420474" }, { "contents": "2016 UEFA Europa League Final\n\n\nThe 2016 UEFA Europa League Final was the final match of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, the 45th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the seventh season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. It was played at the St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland on 18 May 2016, between English team Liverpool and Spanish team and two-time defending champions Sevilla. Sevilla won the match 3–1 to become the first team to win the UEFA Cup/Europa League", "id": "21231749" }, { "contents": "2016 OFC Champions League Final\n\n\nThe 2016 OFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2016 OFC Champions League, the 15th edition of the Oceania Cup, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 10th season under the current OFC Champions League name. The final was played between two New Zealand teams, Auckland City and Team Wellington. It was played at the QBE Stadium in Auckland on 23 April 2016. The winner earned the right to represent the OFC at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup, entering", "id": "13090148" }, { "contents": "Champions Hockey League\n\n\n, 157 games were played. Frölunda HC won their first Champions League title by beating Oulun Kärpät in the final. The 2016–17 season was once more played with 48 teams, using the same format as in the previous season. The season started on 16 August 2016 and ended with the final game on 7 February 2017 with Frölunda defeating Sparta Prague, 4–3 in overtime. Starting with the fourth CHL season, the championship was reduced to 32 teams, and qualification was on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by", "id": "17726887" }, { "contents": "2015 UEFA Champions League Final\n\n\nensuing counter-attack ended with Neymar scoring with the final kick to make it 3–1. With the win, Barcelona became the first European club to achieve the treble twice. Their fifth European title put them joint third with Bayern Munich and Liverpool, until Liverpool won the 2019 final to achieve their sixth title. If only the Champions League era is considered, this is their fourth title, putting them joint first with Real Madrid, until Madrid extend their lead by winning a fifth title in the Champions League era in the 2016", "id": "1351197" }, { "contents": "2016–17 FC Basel season\n\n\nwas played in Stade de Genève on 25 May 2017. Basel's opponents were FC Sion, who to that time had won all he 13 previous finals that they had appeared in. Basel won the final 3–0, the goals being scored by Seydou Doumbia, Matías Delgado and Taulant Xhaka. Basel entered into this season's Champions League in the Group stage. The draw was held on 25 August 2016, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Basel were drawn into Group A along with Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal and Ludogorets", "id": "21002010" }, { "contents": "2016–17 FC Dynamo Kyiv season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 season was the 26th consecutive season in the top Ukrainian football league for Dynamo Kyiv. Dynamo won the 2016 Ukrainian Super Cup and competed in the Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and UEFA Champions League. Dynamo reached the final of the Ukrainian Cup, finished in second place in the Premier League, and qualified to the Champions League third qualifying round for next season. Notes: ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders ! colspan=14 style=", "id": "16503486" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Scottish League Cup\n\n\n2016–17 Lowland Football League (East Kilbride). The competition was won by Celtic, who beat Motherwell 2–0 in the final on 26 November 2017. The competition began with eight groups of five teams. The four clubs competing in the UEFA Champions League (Celtic) and Europa League (Aberdeen, Rangers and St Johnstone) qualifying rounds were given a bye through to the second round. The 40 teams competing in the group stage consisted of the other eight teams that competed in the 2016–17 Scottish Premiership, and all of the teams", "id": "6575881" }, { "contents": "Team WE\n\n\nthe soul blade division and won the first CPL professional league championship in March 2016. On July 10 of the same year, the WE team won the TGA Summer Championship \"The Soul of the Soul\" project champion, and then on July 31, \"The Soulblade\" in the third CPL professional league, the WE team won again. In December of the same year, the WE team won the third place in the global finals. On November 19, 2016, in the third season of the FSL professional league,", "id": "16349833" }, { "contents": "2016 UEFA Champions League Final\n\n\nThe 2016 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, the 61st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 24th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, on 28 May 2016, between Spanish teams Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, in a repeat of the 2014 final. It was the second time in the tournament's history that both finalists", "id": "14835822" }, { "contents": "Milo President's Trophy Knockout Tournament\n\n\n21–18 in the final. Lalith Athulathmudali College won the Premier Trophy defeating Mahanama College 17–14 and in the Chairman's Trophy, St. Thomas' College, Matale, defeated Carey College, Colombo 7–0 in the final. The competition in 2016 was essentially only contested by seven teams, with defending champions Science College withdrawing from the tournament due to financial issues, Trinity College deciding not to participate and the 2015 league plate champions St. Joseph's College pulling out due to injuries. D. S. Senanayake College who finished fourth in the league plate and", "id": "2643518" }, { "contents": "2016 CAF Champions League Final\n\n\nThe 2016 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2016 CAF Champions League, the 52nd edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 20th edition under the current CAF Champions League format. The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa and Zamalek of Egypt. The first leg was hosted by Mamelodi Sundowns at the Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium in Pretoria on 15 October 2016, while the second leg was", "id": "20722092" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Liga Nacional de Básquet season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Liga Nacional de Básquet season was the 33rd season of the top professional basketball league in Argentina. The regular season started on 22 September 2016. San Lorenzo won their second title in a row, defeating Regatas Corrientes in the finals. Torneo Nacional de Ascenso Champions Hispano Americano covered the berth left by Juventud Sionista, who lost the relegation playoffs against Lanús. Lanús, however, withdrew from the League due to financial difficulties and sold its spot. The berth was purchased by Atlético Echagüe, who would be relegated at the", "id": "4863340" }, { "contents": "2004–05 Scottish Premier League\n\n\nThe 2004–05 Scottish Premier League was won by Rangers. Rangers won the title on the final day of the season by a single point from Celtic, who had gone into the final fixtures leading, but conceded two goals in the final two minutes of their final game to Motherwell striker Scott McDonald, costing them the title. As league champions, Rangers qualified for the UEFA Champions League, with runners-up Celtic also qualifying. Third-placed Hibernian qualified for the UEFA Cup, as did Dundee United, who took the Scottish", "id": "10429389" }, { "contents": "2016 Coupe de la Ligue Final\n\n\nThe 2016 Coupe de la Ligue Final was the 22nd final of France's football league cup competition, the Coupe de la Ligue, a competition for the 42 teams that the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) manages. The final took place on 23 April 2016 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis and was contested by reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain, and Lille. Paris Saint-Germain were the two-time reigning champions, having won a record fifth title in the previous year's final with a 4–0", "id": "11383563" }, { "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final\n\n\nAjax, Bayern Munich and Chelsea as the only clubs to have won all three major European trophies (European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, and the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup). Manchester United earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup. They also entered the group stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, as the berth reserved for the Champions League title holders was not used.", "id": "5674431" }, { "contents": "2018 UEFA Europa League Final\n\n\nthe Champions League. Atlético Madrid won the first match, while the second was drawn in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage. \"Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).\" The ambassador for the final was former French international Eric Abidal, who played three seasons at Lyon and later won two UEFA Champions League titles with Barcelona. With a stadium capacity of 57,000 for the final, a total amount of 23,000 tickets were available to", "id": "4426848" }, { "contents": "Camilla Herrem\n\n\nChampions League quarterfinals. She moved to the Danish club Team Tvis Holstebro for 1 year, and won the Cup Winners' Cup in 2016. She played in HC Vardar, in 2016–2017 season. The Macedonian team reached the Champions League final, and Camilla was chosen as the best left wing of the Champions League season. At the end of the season, she transferred back to Norway, to her first professional club, Sola HK. She introduced first in the Norwegian national team against Sweden on 5 April 2006. Camilla has", "id": "13399676" }, { "contents": "2017 Taça de Portugal Final\n\n\nfor the UEFA Champions League via their league result. As Benfica won the 2016–17 Primeira Liga, Vitória de Guimarães will play against them in the 2017 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira as the Taça de Portugal representative. The final was broadcast in Portugal on television by RTP (on RTP1), who holds the rights for several Portuguese Football Federation properties (which includes the Taça de Portugal final, the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and the Portugal national football team exhibition matches), and by SportTV (on SportTV 1) who holds the rights", "id": "734497" }, { "contents": "2016 AFC Champions League Final\n\n\nThe 2016 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2016 AFC Champions League, the 35th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 14th under the current AFC Champions League title. The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between South Korean team Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and United Arab Emirates team Al-Ain. The first leg was hosted by Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors at the Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju on 19 November 2016", "id": "623859" }, { "contents": "2008–09 UEFA Champions League\n\n\nThe 2008–09 UEFA Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 27 May 2009. It was the eighth time the European Cup final has been held in Italy and the fourth time it has been held at the Stadio Olimpico. The final was contested by the defending champions, Manchester United, and Barcelona, who had last won the tournament in 2006. Barcelona won the match 2–0,", "id": "822969" }, { "contents": "1995 UEFA Champions League Final\n\n\nThe 1995 UEFA Champions League Final was the 40th edition and took place in Vienna between AFC Ajax and A.C. Milan. It was Milan's third consecutive European Cup final, a feat which has since been matched in the Champions League era by Juventus between 1996 and 1998 and Real Madrid between 2016 and 2018, Milan was also aiming to tie Real Madrid's record of having won the European Cup six times. After 85 minutes, the deadlock was broken when Patrick Kluivert, aged 18 years and 327 days, became the youngest player", "id": "97557" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Lowland Football League\n\n\nThe 2015–16 Lowland League was the third season of the Lowland Football League. The season began on 1 August 2015 and ended on 19 May 2016. Edinburgh City were the defending champions. Cumbernauld Colts were elected to the league as new members. The league was won by Edinburgh City with two matches remaining on 9 April 2016, securing their second title after a 1–0 win over Stirling University. They played the champions of the 2015–16 Highland League (Cove Rangers) in the semi-finals of the League Two Play-offs,", "id": "21858254" }, { "contents": "2016 Football League Cup Final\n\n\n, but they already qualified for the season's UEFA Champions League via their league position. Liverpool were participating in a record 12th League Cup Final, having previously won a record eight, most recently in 2012 against Cardiff City. Their last loss was in 2005 to Chelsea. Manchester City made their fifth appearance in the final, having won three previous times, the last of which as recently as 2014 against Sunderland. Liverpool, as a Premier League team involved in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, started the competition in the third", "id": "15405154" }, { "contents": "2016 Korean FA Cup\n\n\nThe 2016 Korean FA Cup, known as the KEB Hana Bank FA Cup due to sponsorship reasons, was the 21st edition of Korean FA Cup. It began on 12 March 2016 and ended on 3 December 2016 with the final. Suwon Samsung Bluewings won their fourth FA Cup title after defeating defending champions FC Seoul in the final, and qualified for the 2017 AFC Champions League. Preliminary round consisted of three rounds. First round was held on 12 March 2016 and 13 March 2016. Second round was held on 26 March 2016", "id": "18515325" }, { "contents": "2016 CFU Club Championship\n\n\nThe 2016 CFU Club Championship was the 18th edition of CFU Club Championship, the annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). The top three teams in the tournament qualified for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League. Central were the defending champions, having won the 2015 CFU Club Championship, and successfully defended their title, defeating fellow Trinidadian side W Connection in the final for the second straight year. The tournament was open to all league champions", "id": "12883361" }, { "contents": "2016 Emperor's Cup\n\n\nThe was the 2016 edition of the annual Japanese national cup tournament, which was held from 27 August 2016 to its final on 1 January 2017. Kashima Antlers won their fifth title after a 2–1 defeat of Kawasaki Frontale in the final after extra time. Kashima Antlers would have qualified for the group stage of the 2017 AFC Champions League as the winner, but as they had already earned a spot by winning the 2016 J1 League, Kawasaki Frontale achieved it by way of finishing third in the 2016 J1 League. 88 clubs competed", "id": "2769303" }, { "contents": "2016 UEFA Champions League Final\n\n\nserve the corporate hospitality programme. American singer Alicia Keys performed in the opening ceremony prior to the match, the first time the UEFA Champions League final featured a live music performance. The UEFA Champions League Anthem was performed by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. The 2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was held two days prior, on 26 May 2016, at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia. The annual UEFA Champions Festival was held between 26–29 May 2016 at Milan's Piazza del Duomo. English referee Mark Clattenburg", "id": "14835834" }, { "contents": "2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round\n\n\nDundalk won on away goals.\" \"Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.\" \"Copenhagen won 9–0 on aggregate.\" The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League play-off round. A total of 30 teams played in the third qualifying round: The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2016. section begin=thirdroundseed /", "id": "4634510" }, { "contents": "2015–16 Israeli Basketball Super League\n\n\nThe 2015–2016 Israeli Basketball Super League was the 62nd season of the Israeli Basketball Super League. The regular season started on October 11, 2015 and ended on March 6, 2016. The last game was played on June 9, 2016. This season, the league had a different format. After the eight best teams qualified for the Playoffs, the winners of the series would play in a Final Four tournament. Hapoel Jerusalem was the defending champion. Hapoel failed to reclaim its title, because Maccabi Rishon LeZion won in the Final", "id": "17542439" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League was the third and last edition of the men's field hockey series. The tournament started in April 2016 in Singapore and finished in December 2017 in Bhubaneswar, India. The Semifinals of this competition will also serve as a qualifier for the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup as the 10/11 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualify. Australia won the tournament's Final round for a record second time after defeating Argentina 2–1 in the final match. India won", "id": "10373019" }, { "contents": "Baltimore Blast\n\n\nchampionship series and won the 2016 series over Soles de Sonora two games to none. The Blast repeated as Newman Cup Champions in 2017, again winning the final series over Soles de Sonora two games to one. In 2018, the Blast won their third straight championship, defeating the Monterrey Flash 4-3 in the final. On February 18, 2016, Blast owner Ed Hale announced his intentions to leave the Major Arena Soccer League and form a new league. On May 3, 2016, the expansion franchise Florida Tropics SC", "id": "9140989" }, { "contents": "2016 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy\n\n\nThe 2016 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 36th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for men. It was held between 10 and 17 June 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Australia won the tournament for a record fourteenth time after defeating India 3–1 in the final on a penalty shoot-out after a 0–0 draw. When the FIH unveiled the event hosts for the 2015–2018 cycle, Argentina was chosen to host this tournament for the first time. After the success of the 2012–13 Women's World League Final played in San Miguel", "id": "10372950" }, { "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Finals\n\n\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).\" Toronto FC qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League as winner of the 2016 and 2017 editions of the Canadian Championship. The berth was originally going to be determined via a play-off match in August 2017 between the winners of the two tournaments had another team won either edition, due to the restructuring of the Champions League. Toronto had appeared in four prior Champions Leagues, finishing as high", "id": "3541976" }, { "contents": "Edward Gaming\n\n\nadvance to the finals. In the final, the two teams defeated the RNG team to win the fifth LPL league title and won the S7 League of Legends. In the finals, the EDG team was eliminated in the 2017 World Finals group match with 2 wins and 4 losses. In 2017, the club officially established the EDG.M mobile e-sports division, and acquired the original 2016 WGC Classic champion BEST team. In the Kings Glory Champions Cup in the quarter-finals, 2:4 lost to the QG team to stop", "id": "20843298" }, { "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final\n\n\na record 12th title. Previously they won finals in 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014 and 2016, and lost in 1962, 1964 and 1981. This was also their 19th final in all seasonal UEFA competitions, having also played in two Cup Winners' Cup finals (losing in 1971 and 1983) and two UEFA Cup finals (winning in 1985 and 1986). Real Madrid were looking to be the first team in the Champions League era (since 1993", "id": "5212413" }, { "contents": "2018 UEFA Women's Champions League Final\n\n\nin the previous season's quarter-finals, won by Lyon 2–1 on aggregate. The Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium was announced as the final venue on 15 September 2016, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Athens, Greece to appoint NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium as the venue of the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final. \"Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).\" The ambassador for the final was Ukrainian international player Iya Andrushchak.", "id": "6765712" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Hong Kong Season Play-off\n\n\n2016–17 Season Play-off for the 2016–17 Hong Kong football season is the 5th season of the tournament. The play-off semi-finals are played in one match each, contested by the teams who finished in 2nd and 3rd place in the Premier League table, the winners of the Senior Challenge Shield and the champions of the FA Cup. The winners of the semi-finals go through to the final, with the winner of the final gaining participation for the 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off. Eastern defeated", "id": "16249708" }, { "contents": "Top League Champions Cup\n\n\ntitle-play-offs in 2016–17, and the team on top of the league after the round-robin stage won the Top League title. Summary totals for all Top League championships up to and including 2018: Notes: The Panasonic Wild Knights summary includes results for the Sanyo Wild Knights from 2003–2012. *NEC won the 2004 Microsoft Cup but Kobe Steel was the Top League champion. These were separate competitions prior to 2007. The 2004 Kobe Steel and Sanyo (Panasonic) semi-final appearances are included, although that", "id": "19464485" }, { "contents": "Anna O'Flanagan\n\n\nLeague. O'Flanagan also played and scored for UCD in the 2015 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup. In 2015–16, together with Chloe Watkins and Nicola Evans, O'Flanagan was a member of the Hermes team that won the Women's Irish Hockey League title and the EY Champions Trophy. In the EY Champions Trophy final, O'Flanagan scored twice in a 3–1 win over Pegasus. In 2016 Hermes merged with Monkstown and the ladies team subsequently played as Hermes-Monkstown. O'Flanagan subsequently played for Hermes-Monkstown in the 2017 EY Champions Trophy final and", "id": "991039" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage\n\n\nThis article describes the knockout stage of the 2016–17 Women's EHF Champions League. The top four placed teams from each of the two main round groups advanced to the knockout stage. The first-placed team of each group faced the fourth-placed team, and the second-placed team played against the third-placed team from the other group. After that a draw was held to determine the pairings for the final four. section begin=Quarterfinals / \"Vardar won 54–50 on aggregate.\" \"Győri ETO won 59–54", "id": "3388753" }, { "contents": "Lotta Schelin\n\n\nLyon were upset by French rivals Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League round of 16. Towards the end of another successful season in 2015–16, Lyon announced that Schelin would depart the club at the end of her contract. Her final game for the club was the 2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final; in which she scored in the penalty shootout win over Wolfsburg. With Lyon Schelin won eight consecutive Division 1 Féminine titles, five Cups and three Champions Leagues. She left as the team's all-time record goalscorer", "id": "12382375" }, { "contents": "Ocean View High School\n\n\n' basketball team were regional CIF Champions for Division IV, and advanced to the state finals, where they lost to Sacred Heart Cathedral 62–55. OV was led by Anthony Brown (Lakers) and shooting Guard Avery Johnson (UC Davis). Cross Country After 33 years, Boys Varsity Cross Country finally reclaimed the title of League Champions of the Golden West League in 2016. A year later, they won League Champions again in 2017 season. For the very first time in school history, the Boys Varsity team advanced to CIF", "id": "666167" }, { "contents": "2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase\n\n\naggregate.\" \"Manchester City won 2–1 on aggregate.\" \"Fortuna Hjørring won 4–1 on aggregate.\" \"Lyon won 17–0 on aggregate.\" \"Wolfsburg won 8–1 on aggregate.\" \"Bayern Munich won 8–0 on aggregate.\" The draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held on 25 November 2016, 13:30 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. section begin=Quarter-finals / The first legs were played on 22 and 23 March, and the second legs on 29", "id": "21802437" }, { "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final\n\n\nwho won the Champions League with Bayern Munich against Valencia in 2001. UEFA unveiled the brand identity of the final on 26 August 2016 in Monaco during the group stage draw. With a stadium capacity of 48,000 for the final, a total amount of 37,000 tickets were available to fans and the general public, with the two finalist teams receiving 10,000 tickets each and with 17,000 tickets being available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 17 to 28 March 2017 in four price categories: €150, €100, €70,", "id": "5674435" }, { "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final\n\n\nfinal after a 4–1 aggregate win against Monaco to maintain their undefeated record in this season's competition. Juventus also entered the final with the best defensive record in the 2016–17 Champions League, having conceded only three times. Previously Juventus won finals in 1985 and 1996, and lost a record six in 1973, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2003 and 2015. This was also their 14th final in all seasonal UEFA competitions, having also played in one Cup Winners' Cup final (winning in 1984) and four UEFA Cup finals", "id": "5212411" }, { "contents": "Wainwright Bisons\n\n\nand playoff finalist, while the Calgary Jr. B, North West, and the North East Hockey leagues send just their playoff champions. The final team is the team selected to host the tournament event. In 2013, Wainwright was the Russ Barnes host and as such participated in their second Provincial Championship. In 2016, the Bisons advanced to the Provincial Championship but as the league champion. In 2017, the team won the league championship to advance and win the Russ Barnes Trophy and advanced to the Keystone Cup. Here they won", "id": "7872121" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Basketball Champions League Playoffs\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Basketball Champions League Playoffs began on 7 February, and ended on 30 April, with the Final, which decided the champions of the 2016–17 season of the Basketball Champions League. 24 teams compete in the playoffs. Times up to 25 March 2017 (round of 16) were CET (), thereafter (quarter-finals and beyond) times were CEST (). The playoffs involved the twenty four teams which qualified as winners and runners-up, of each of the four groups in the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League", "id": "10238838" }, { "contents": "Thomas Müller\n\n\nsecond leg of the Champions League round of 16, he scored a 91st-minute equaliser before Bayern won in extra time 4–2 (6–4 aggregate). On 19 April 2016, Müller scored both goals in Bayern's 2–0 defeat of Werder Bremen in the DFB-Pokal semi-final. His first goal of the match was his 150th for the club in all competitions. On 3 May 2016, Müller had a penalty kick saved by Jan Oblak in the Champions League semi-final second leg at home to Atlético Madrid.", "id": "14525877" }, { "contents": "Madrid Derby\n\n\n0–0 at the Vicente Calderón and 1–0 in favour of Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu. The two rivals met again in Milan for the 2016 Champions League Final. After a 1–1 draw, Real Madrid won 5–3 on penalties. They met each other again in the semi-finals of the 2016-2017 UEFA Champions League. Atlético were beaten 3–0 in the first leg at the Santiago Bernabéu with all three goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo. The second leg took place at the Vincente Calderon, which was the last European fixture at", "id": "4031331" }, { "contents": "History of Ferencvárosi TC\n\n\nat the Groupama Aréna in the 2014–15 Magyar Kupa Final. In the 2014–15 season of the Hungarian League Ferencváros finished second and qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League season. On 2 April 2016, Ferencváros won their 29th Hungarian League title after losing to Debreceni VSC 2–1 at the Nagyerdei Stadion in the 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. In the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Ferencváros finished fourth and they were preceded by champions Budapest Honvéd, Videoton FC and Vasas SC. Nevertheless, Ferencváros won the 2017 Magyar Kupa Final", "id": "4677591" }, { "contents": "2016 Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship\n\n\n‌The 2016 Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Club League Handball Championship held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation.The championship was hosted by Al-Ahli Sports Club in Amman (Jordan) from 29 October to 5 November 2016. Al-Noor Club of Saudi Arabia won the championship by beating two times champion El-Jaish Sports Club of Qatar in the final match by 25-23. Defending Champion Lekhwiya Sports Club of Qatar managed to get bronze medal after beating Gachsaran Oil &", "id": "20442380" }, { "contents": "Dublin GAA\n\n\nFaughs have won the most titles with a total of 31. The (2013) champions of the Dublin Minor Hurling Championship are Ballyboden St Endas. 2014 Champions were Croke's 2015 Champions were Cuala who were runners up in the Leinster Final 2016 Champions are Cuala who won the Leinster Final for the first time since Crumlin 79/80 Dublin have won the Senior hardball singles All-Ireland title on 15 occasions, two more than their nearest rivals Kilkenny. The 2005 All-Ireland senior hardball singles title was won by Dubliner Eoin Kennedy who", "id": "18892435" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlético Madrid season\n\n\nGriezmann scored the goal of an important victory over Granada with a goal in the final stretch of the match. The victory of the first leg (2–4) was enough after the goalless tie at the Calderón. Atlético advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, 4–2 on aggregate. On 17 March, in the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Atlético will face Leicester City. Godín, Griezmann and Koke scored the goals against Sevilla. The team won against Málaga with goals by Koke and", "id": "9224130" }, { "contents": "2017 ACB Playoffs\n\n\nThe 2017 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2017 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, was the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2016–17 season, which began September 30, 2016. The playoffs started on 20 May 2017, and ended on 16 June 2017 with the Finals. Real Madrid was the defending champion, but lost the title to Valencia Basket in the finals, who won its first league ever. At the end of the regular season, the eight teams with the most wins qualify for the playoffs. The seedings are", "id": "6096314" } ]

[ { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\nthis former grindhouse devotee that sometimes you can go home again, at least momentarily. That said, the movie’s ludicrously drawn-out finale sapped the good will out of some of my fellow audience members.\" Kimber Myers of the \"Los Angeles Times\" also gave the film a mixed review and wrote that “...although the film is as slim and poorly balanced as a cheap knife, \"The Strangers: Prey at Night\" is a stylish 1980s throwback that packs plenty of terror into its short running time.", "id": "5299109" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\nThe Strangers: Prey at Night is a 2018 American slasher film directed by Johannes Roberts and starring Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison and Lewis Pullman. A sequel to the 2008 film \"The Strangers\", it is written by Bryan Bertino (who wrote and directed the first film) and Ben Ketai. The film follows a family's vacation to a secluded mobile home park, where they are attacked by three masked offenders. The film was released in the United States on March 9, 2018, and grossed $", "id": "5299085" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\ngave the film an average grade of \"C\" on an A+ to F scale, down from the \"B–\" given to the first film. Bloody Disgusting gave the film a positive review, saying, \"\"The Strangers: Prey At Night\" really takes \"The Strangers\" to the next level, and serves as a perfect introduction to \"The Strangers\" for new horror fans. You can go back and watch \"The Strangers\" and be just as happy for their previous relentless onslaughts”. IGN", "id": "5299104" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\nThis isn't a horror movie that will take up residence in your nightmares for weeks, but the sequel to the solid 2008 original \"The Strangers\" is nonetheless just as effective in the short term as its well-made counterparts”. Owen Gleiberman, writing for \"Variety\", described the film as \"\"Friday the 13th\" with four victims and three Jasons... [it's] shameless in its bluntly misanthropic family-of-lambs-to-the-slaughter violence, its blithe depravity that’s more", "id": "5299110" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\nalso praised the film, writing that \"Skillfully made, spooky, stylish, and featuring some quite good character work, \"The Strangers: Prey at Night\" stands much taller than the 2008 original. The central killers are plenty scary, and some of the images on display would make John Carpenter proud.\" Writing for /Film, Candice Frederick gave the film a 7/10, writing that \"Though its characters may fumble and its winks to the first film may not be as slick as I’d like them to be,", "id": "5299105" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\nbest movie yet! He was wise to amp up the atmosphere with a kick-ass original score and flawless cinematography.\" Glenn Kenny of \"The New York Times\" gave the film a mixed review and compared sequences of the film to Lucio Fulci's \"Zombi\" and the slasher film \"The Mutilator\", adding: \"If you recognize those films, you might find yourself mildly diverted by this tawdry, occasionally effective shock-delivery device. Watching it with a demonstrative crowd in a Times Square theater proved to", "id": "5299108" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\nfetishized than felt. It doesn’t take much, though — as it didn’t in the ’80s — to create a one-weekend horror hit.\" \"The Guardian\"s Benjamin Lee gave the film more of a negative review, rating the film 2/5 stars despite praising Hendricks' performance, noting: \"...it’s just difficult to really invest in what happens to any of them. Before long, characters are all making stock horror movie decisions, and there’s no amount of effective craftsmanship that can sell stupidity.", "id": "5299111" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\napproval rating of 40% based on 106 reviews, and an average rating of 4.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, \"\"The Strangers: Prey at Night\" may appeal to fans of the original who've been jonesing for a sequel, but its thin story and ironic embrace of genre tropes add up to a bloody step back.\" On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 48 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". Audiences polled by CinemaScore", "id": "5299103" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\n\"Prey at Night\" does maintain the original commitment of presenting horror to the most mundane. It doesn’t just disrupt an innocent setting of a quiet suburb...It is that relentless seclusion, heightened by a haunting soundtrack of otherwise harmless songs.\" Brian Douglas from \"The Hollywood Reporter\" praised the tone of the film, writing, \"While the original Strangers was devoid of any sense of the 80s, instead opting for a kind of timeless modern quality, Roberts’ sequel boasts its stylistic debts, with everything from", "id": "5299106" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\ncamera shots, and music choices culled from the 80s, forming an impressionistic collage of a time period that feels made for the big-screen.\" Staci Wilson writing for Dread Central also praised the film, writing “Aside from the quick setup introducing the targets, \"The Strangers: Prey at Night\" really is a nonstop thrill ride. I know it’s a cliché, but sometimes you’ve just got to call it as you see it. I was breathless from start to finish. Kudos to Roberts on his", "id": "5299107" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\n30 million worldwide. It received mixed reviews, with some critics considering it more entertaining than the original and appreciating its satire of horror films, while others noted it as inferior to the original and called it cliché. Ten years after the events of the first film, in a secluded trailer park in Kalida, Ohio, the three masked strangers — Dollface, Pin-Up Girl, and the Man in the Mask — arrive in a truck at night to a couple's new trailer. Dollface wakes a sleeping female occupant by", "id": "5299086" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\n: Prey at Night\" was released alongside \"The Hurricane Heist\", \"Gringo\" and \"A Wrinkle in Time\", and was projected to gross around $7 million from 2,464 theaters in its opening weekend. It made $4 million on its first day, including $610,000 from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $10.4 million, finishing third at the box office behind \"Black Panther\" and \"A Wrinkle in Time\". On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an", "id": "5299102" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\na knocking at the door, dropping her cup in shock. Rogue Pictures' producers announced that a sequel to \"The Strangers\" was in development in August 2008, tentatively titled \"The Strangers: Part II\". In a 2009 listing published by Bloody Disgusting, it was reported that the script would be written by Bryan Bertino and the film directed by Laurent Briet. In 2010, the horror website \"Shock Till You Drop\" reported that Relativity Media put \"The Strangers: Part II\" on hold because they decided", "id": "5299097" }, { "contents": "Stranger by Night\n\n\n, and said: \"In this crime thriller, a pair of police detectives investigates a series of related killings. As the evidence mounts, it becomes chillingly apparent that one of the two gumshoes is the guilty party.\" Both \"Video Movie Guide 2002\" and \"VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever\" gave the film two out of five stars. \"Entertainment Weekly\" awarded the film a B- grade and wrote: \"Despite obvious plotting and the most annoying soundtrack this side of \"Flashdance\", \"Stranger by Night", "id": "3471779" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\nof the original film, \"Part II\" was slated for release in 2014, but that did not occur. In 2015, \"The Wrap\" reported that the sequel was in production, and that Relativity Media and GK Films had scheduled the film for a December 2, 2016, release date, though it was later removed from the schedule. Roberts said that while he was in Los Angeles, the producers of \"47 Meters Down\" met him for dinner and asked if he could read a script called \"Prey", "id": "5299099" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\nthe film might not be in their interest, despite the fact that Universal Pictures was willing to distribute it. However, Rogue Pictures confirmed in January 2011 that the sequel was again in production, and was then scheduled to begin filming as early as April 2011; in a press release, Rogue revealed the plot would concern \"a family of four who have been evicted from their home due to the economy, and are paid a visit by the same three strangers from the first film.\" According to Liv Tyler, star", "id": "5299098" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\nIn June 2017, it was announced Martin Henderson had also joined the cast, along with other cast members. Filming began in June 2017 in Covington, Kentucky and lower Cincinnati which concluded on July 10, 2017. On October 12, 2017, \"Collider\" reported the film would be released on March 9, 2018, by Aviron Pictures. A teaser trailer for the film was released on November 16, 2017. The official trailer debuted on January 5, 2018. In the United States and Canada, \"The Strangers", "id": "5299101" }, { "contents": "Nilaavinte Naattil\n\n\nNilaavinte Naattil is a 1986 Malayalam film directed by Vijay Menon starring Prem Nazir, Seema, Bharath Gopi, Lalu Alex and M. G. Soman. The movie deals with the feelings of a young girl who is alone in a big lonely house at night and is left with no other option than being seduced into sex by a stranger. The movie starts with a girl (a new face) walking lonely into a posh family residence where she is supposed to do babysitting for a night. The couple (Prem Nazir and Seema)", "id": "5019353" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\nAt Night\". He liked the script and wondered if he wanted to get involved in a sequel despite having released the first film years before but finally accepted and decided to add his personal touch. In February 2017, it was announced that Johannes Roberts would be the sequel's new director, and that filming would commence during the summer of the same year. In May 2017, Christina Hendricks, Bailee Madison, and Lewis Pullman were reported as the film's stars, and production began in Los Angeles on May 30.", "id": "5299100" }, { "contents": "Stranger by Night\n\n\nThe film was originally released on HBO as a movie of the week. Following the film's original VHS release in America, the film was later released on DVD in 1997 by A-Pix Entertainment, before a \"Collector's Edition\" was released as part of the \"Gold Series\" in 2000 by Unapix. In 1998, the film was also released as a double movie feature DVD with the 1994 film \"The Seventh Floor\". Sandra Brennan of AllMovie gave the film one and a half stars out of five", "id": "3471778" }, { "contents": "Michael Rennie\n\n\nwith Rennie and Billy Gray recreating their original film roles. Seven years later, on 3 March 1962, when \"The Day the Earth Stood Still\" made its television premiere on NBC's \"NBC Saturday Night at the Movies\", Rennie appeared in a two-minute introductory prologue before the start of the film.) Rennie went on to support Power in \"I'll Never Forget You\" (1951) then had good roles in the ensemble drama \"Phone Call from a Stranger\" (1952) (where he", "id": "9858964" }, { "contents": "The Stranger (1973 film)\n\n\nThe Stranger is a television movie made in 1973 as a pilot for a new television series, but was never picked up by a network. It was directed by Lee H. Katzin. Film Ventures International, an independent movie production and distribution company rereleased \"The Stranger\" on VHS under the title Stranded in Space. As with other films rereleased under the FVI banner, \"The Stranger\"'s new opening credits featured footage from an entirely unrelated film, in this case the 1983 low budget science fiction film \"Prisoners of the", "id": "14002616" }, { "contents": "Raja Rani (2013 film)\n\n\nwas remade in Bengali as \"Shudhu Tomari Jonyo\" in 2015 and was remade in Odia as \"Tu Je Sei\" in 2016. The movie begins with the marriage of John (Arya) and Regina (Nayantara) at a church. The marriage is an arranged one, to which both have consented reluctantly to make their parents happy. After the marriage, they live together as strangers in an apartment, where the neighbors are upset with John who comes home drunk every night, which he does deliberately to annoy Regina.", "id": "2554593" }, { "contents": "White Nights (1957 film)\n\n\nWhite Nights () is a 1957 Italian film directed by Italian neorealist Luchino Visconti. The movie takes its title and basic plot from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 1848 short story \"White Nights.\" A lonely young man, Mario, meets a lonely young woman, Natalia. Mario (Marcello Mastroianni) is lonely for social reasons; he is a stranger and a newcomer to town. Natalia (Maria Schell) is lonely because she has always lived in isolation, even in the heart of the city. Her loneliness is intensified because", "id": "13318545" }, { "contents": "Hard Candy (film)\n\n\n, yet \"until the shocking end, there's nothing less than rapt attention to this sordid thriller about an online predator (Wilson) and his not-so-innocent prey (Ellen Page). On a party night in New Orleans? That's how creepy-good this movie is.\" Steve Schneider, writing in the \"Orlando Weekly\", praised the film's \"grabber of a sicko setup... It's a memorably tense \"pas de deux\", and if the movie doesn't pay off on", "id": "18329595" }, { "contents": "The Swedish Kings\n\n\nThe Swedish Kings () is a Bulgarian comedy film released in 1968, directed by Lyudmil Kirkov, starring Kiril Gospodinov, Tsvetana Maneva, Asen Georgiev, Evstati Stratev and Konstantin Kotsev. The construction worker Spas decides to go to a holiday at a luxurious seaside resort where he can amuse himself as a Swedish king. Soon he realizes that he is a stranger in this world of modern hotels and flashy night clubs full of snobs and insincere people. \"The Swedish Kings\" is the first hit movie in the career of Lyudmil", "id": "21668546" }, { "contents": "Black Christmas (1974 film)\n\n\nthe UK, the BBFC had the word \"cunt\" removed, as well as several other crude and sexual references during the first obscene phone call. The film, under the title \"Stranger in the House\", was set to make its network television premiere on Saturday night, January 28, 1978, on NBC's weekly \"Saturday Night at the Movies\". Two weeks prior to its premiere, the Chi Omega Sorority House on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee was the scene of a double murder in", "id": "19184300" }, { "contents": "Scream (1996 film)\n\n\n, but \"nobody else [was] making it\". His appreciation for previous horror films became evident in the script, which was inspired by and references films such as \"Halloween\", \"Friday the 13th\", \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\", \"When a Stranger Calls\", and \"Prom Night\". Williamson listened to the soundtrack of \"Halloween\" for inspiration while writing the script. Excerpts from the soundtrack appear in the film. By June 1995 Williamson brought the \"Scary Movie\" script", "id": "20960114" }, { "contents": "The Stranger Beside Me (film)\n\n\nher of being a spy. The same night, he is arrested for voyeurism. Chris pleads guilty to the charges, and agrees to a discharge from the Navy. Jennifer is devastated by this news, since she recently found out that she is pregnant. Regardless, she gives Chris another chance. They move back to their previous home, and for a while things take a turn for the better. Chris' temper soon returns, while a masked rapist, once again begins preying on women in the neighborhood. Following the", "id": "17833056" }, { "contents": "1981 FAMAS Awards\n\n\nThe 29th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held in 1981 in the Philippines . This is for the Outstanding Achievements of the different films for the year 1980. The 29th FAMAS Award for Best Picture was given to the movie called \"Aguila\" and contrary to what is being whispered about by birdwatchers, it is not about an eagle that preys on parish priests. It took 12 stars, 60 production staff and crewmen, 7,000 extras, 120 different locations, and 100 days to film 204 pages of script", "id": "4628444" }, { "contents": "Student Bodies\n\n\nmovie continues. The film parodies several slasher and horror films, including \"Carnival of Souls\", \"Black Christmas\", \"Carrie\", \"Halloween\", \"When a Stranger Calls\", \"The Shining\", \"Friday the 13th\" and \"Prom Night.\" One of the film's oddest aspects is a character called Malvert, a creepy-looking janitor (itself a familiar trope in slasher films). Malvert mumbles, does bizarre things like urinate into wastepaper baskets (\"Sometimes Malvert pee red", "id": "6021517" }, { "contents": "The Perfect Gift\n\n\nThe Perfect Gift is a 2009 spinoff of the 2005 Christian drama movie \"The Perfect Stranger\", and its first sequel, \"Another Perfect Stranger\". It stars Christina Fougnie, Amy Hess, Matt Wallace and Jefferson Moore once again as Jesus Christ. It was filmed almost entirely in Kentucky, where the first two movies in the series were not. Maxine Noelle Westray (Christina Fougnie) is a beautiful and wealthy girl, yet she is incredibly spoiled and bratty. Born on Christmas, she only sees that day as", "id": "9952212" }, { "contents": "Film Classification Act, 2005\n\n\nunless accompanied by an adult. This led to an unintended consequence where young girls would approach adult strangers to escort them to movies. There were recommendations that this provision be revoked or changed, especially since the film censorship regime would be deemed sufficient to protect children from inappropriate film content. In 1914, the provincial government introduced amendments to restrict eligible escorts to parents or legal guardians. Theatre operators were held responsible for ensuring that children were not being escorted by strangers. After its first year, some film exhibitors would flout the law", "id": "2613746" }, { "contents": "Gregory Dark\n\n\nof production for Axis Films, a B movie company, from 1987 to 1995. Dark's erotic thrillers in the early 1990s such as \"Animal Instincts I\" and \"II\", \"Body of Influence\", and \"Mirror Images II\" featured Shannon Whirry in various stages of undress. In 1994, he directed the film \"Stranger by Night\" starring Steven Bauer. Dark's films of this period won him accolades such as \"the Steven Spielberg of the soft-core set\" and \"the Martin Scorsese", "id": "5234731" }, { "contents": "The Devil (1972 film)\n\n\nDiabeł is a 1972 Polish historical film with elements of horror written and directed by Andrzej Żuławski. It was released in 1972. At the time of its release it was banned by the Communist government in Poland. The movie opens in the midst of the Prussian invasion of Poland in the 1790s. A Stranger clad in black (Wojciech Pszoniak) enters a prison where Jakub (Leszek Teleszynski) is being held on charges that he tried to assassinate the king as part of a conspiracy. The Stranger frees Jakub in the midst of", "id": "18949286" }, { "contents": "The Strangers: Prey at Night\n\n\nfor police, but the line quickly gets snipped by Pin-Up Girl. Luke then realizes that he was not alone in the general store and escapes out to the swimming pool, where he overpowers Pin-Up Girl and stabs her to death in an altercation. An angry Man in the Mask approaches and realizes that one of his accomplices is now dead, and confronts Luke by attacking him first with an axe before an altercation in the pool, stabbing him in the back, leaving him to die in the swimming pool", "id": "5299092" }, { "contents": "La risa en vacaciones\n\n\nLa risa en vacaciones is a Mexican film series that has spawned eight sequels. The movies are popular in Mexico, Latin America and among the Hispanics of the United States. \"La risa en vacaciones\" (\"Laughter on vacations\") are movies where non-actors unwillingly participate. There are hidden cameras filming as people, mainly tourists, fall prey to pranks. These people, usually tourists, then have to sign a paper authorizing for their images to be used for the movie. Usually, the movies are shot", "id": "13222712" }, { "contents": "Strangers in the Night (film)\n\n\n-ray edition was released, film historian and critic Glenn Erickson discussed the background of the team that produced the film, \"It's [Anthony Mann's] fifth film feature and his first that can be classified as at least partially noir. Compared to Joseph H. Lewis's \"My Name Is Julia Ross\" (a mini-masterpiece) or William Castle's \"When Strangers Marry\" (strained but quirky), 1944's \"Strangers in the Night\" is nobody's idea of great filmmaking. But in Olive", "id": "16079077" }, { "contents": "Love Crimes (1992 film)\n\n\nin the film, where she lost to Melanie Griffith for both \"Shining Through\" and \"A Stranger Among Us\". The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book \"The Official Razzie Movie Guide\" as one of the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made. Lizzie Borden has said in an online interview with The Important Cinema Club that Harvey Weinstein wanting the ending changed before the film began production, so there was \"no script\" going in, throwing production into chaos. The film was", "id": "18799925" }, { "contents": "Strangers in the Night\n\n\nStranci u Noći.\" It was published in 1966 by the Yugoslav record company Jugoton under the serial number EPY-3779. On the label of the record, B. Kaempfert and M. Renota are stated as authors, wherein Marija Renota is the creator of the Croatian lyrics. The original composition of \"Strangers\" was under the title \"Beddy Bye\"—referring to the lead character William Beddoes—as an instrumental for the score of the movie \"A Man Could Get Killed.\" The phrase \"Strangers in the Night\" was created after the", "id": "3741054" }, { "contents": "Whistle Down the Wind (film)\n\n\n\", \"Saturday Night and Sunday Morning\", \"Carry on Regardless\", \"The Rebel\" and \"The Long and the Short and the Tall\". By 1971, it had earned a profit of over £240,000. Bryan Forbes later said it was the most popular and profitable film he ever made. In 1984, rock group Toto used the plot of the movie for their music video 'Stranger in Town'. The song is on their album \"Isolation\". In the mid 1990s, Russell Labey", "id": "10325304" }, { "contents": "Running Springs, California\n\n\nSan Bernardino. In 1912, the company dismantled the Fredalba sawmill and moved much of the machinery to Brookings, Oregon. Film producer David O. Selznick lived in Running Springs and decided to use neighboring Big Bear Lake for scenes in his 1939 film \"Gone With the Wind\". Movies filmed in Running Springs include \"Next\" (2007), \"When a Stranger Calls\" (2006), \"Communion\" (1989), \"Small Town Saturday Night\" (2010), \"I'm Reed Fish\" (", "id": "17259725" }, { "contents": "The Naked Prey\n\n\n. Likewise, Robert Redford's movie \"Jeremiah Johnson\" has a similar plot line where Native American tribesmen give chase often, individually, to challenge Redford's character (Jeremiah Johnson) to duel to the death. Similarly, he signs off with the chief from a distance at the end of the movie. The progressive rock group Coheed and Cambria was originally named Shabütie after the African chant from the film. Shabütie translates to \"Naked Prey\". In the first scene of the \"Mad Men\" season 5 episode,", "id": "10036285" }, { "contents": "The Strangers (2008 film)\n\n\nreleased on May 27, 2008, and was distributed by Lakeshore Records. The album was received with generally positive reviews by critics. \"It's a creepy score for what appears to be a movie that will make you jump as well as make sure that the doors are locked at night,\" writes reviewer Jeff Swindoll. \"This is an impressive score and adds a tremendous chill-factor to the film,\" says Zach Freeman of \"Blogger News\", grading it with an A. The producers originally planned for a", "id": "5766340" }, { "contents": "Short Circuit (1986 film)\n\n\ndepicting Number 5 watching the movie \"Saturday Night Fever\" (and imitating John Travolta's dance moves) is an in-joke: \"Saturday Night Fever\" and \"Short Circuit\" were both directed by John Badham. Fisher Stevens said that when he was originally hired to play Ben Jabituya, the character was not intended to be Indian. Stevens was fired and replaced by Bronson Pinchot at one point, but then Pinchot left to do the sitcom \"Perfect Strangers\", and Stevens was rehired. To portray the role", "id": "19437888" }, { "contents": "Film noir\n\n\nDmytryk (\"Murder, My Sweet\" [1944], \"Crossfire\" [1947])—the first important noir director to fall prey to the industry blacklist—as well as Henry Hathaway (\"The Dark Corner\" [1946], \"Kiss of Death\" [1947]) and John Farrow (\"The Big Clock\" [1948], \"Night Has a Thousand Eyes\" [1948]). Most of the Hollywood films considered to be classic noirs fall into the category of the \"B movie\". Some", "id": "10529203" }, { "contents": "Sometimes (film)\n\n\nthriller movie where seven strangers waiting for their HIV results and sharing their stories how they suspect they have HIV. The film take a twist when they knew one of them is suspected to have the result positive and rest is the suspense of the movie. Following of the release of \"De Dana Dan\" in December 2009, Priyadarshan announced that he was working on the script of a film on AIDS with Aamir Khan in the lead role. The pair regularly discussed the script and Khan had agreed to fund the project, with", "id": "11282750" }, { "contents": "Do You Like Hitchcock?\n\n\nthe video store. She tries to rent Alfred Hitchcock's \"Strangers on a Train\" at the same time as another woman, Federica. The two talk and strike up a friendship. That night Giulio sees Sasha watching her movies in the apartment across the street. Her mother tells her angrily to turn down the volume. Sasha meanders out to the balcony where she briefly sees Giulio, who ducks back into his apartment. The next day at the video store, Giulio sees Federica as she rents \"Strangers on a Train", "id": "18196469" }, { "contents": "Frank McNamara (musician)\n\n\n\" (story by Truman Capote) filmed in 1992. The movie starred Daniel J. Travanti. McNamara wrote the title song \"Hello Stranger\" and performed the song in the movie. In 1994 and 1995 he signed up with the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV) and rearranged Iceland's Eurovision Song Contest entries. He conducted the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra on the final night for the live performances of these entries during the Eurovision Song Contest which was hosted in Ireland in both these years. He was also the musical director of the", "id": "19648566" }, { "contents": "Anna Gunn\n\n\nSex With Strangers\", directed by David Schwimmer at Second Stage Theatre. Gunn starred in the 2016 film \"Equity\". Billed as the first female-driven Wall Street movie, the film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. In 2019, Gunn starred as Maxine Faulk in the Noël Coward Theatre limited time production of Tennessee Williams' The Night Of The Iguana. Gunn married Scottish actor and real estate broker Alastair Duncan in 1990. They divorced in 2009. They have two daughters together: Eila Rose and Emma.", "id": "16053294" }, { "contents": "Prey (1977 film)\n\n\nway in which their lifestyle of \"homoerotic seclusion\" comes under threat – not only from the fox that slaughters their poultry but also from the handsome male stranger whose presence finally leads one of the women into \"heterosexual temptation\". Cooper suggests that the film also pastiches José Ramón Larraz's film \"Vampyres\" (1974). Adam Locks argues that \"Prey\" evokes a \"mythic English past\" through its characterisation, setting, cinematography and music; these aspects serve to de-emphasise the importance of modern technology and", "id": "21848893" }, { "contents": "Gardens of the Night\n\n\nchild prostitution that conjures a world entirely populated by predators and prey.\" A review in the \"New York Observer\" calls the film \"another newfangled kind of horror movie\", going on to say, \"It is hard to watch, but worth every sobering moment because of the things you learn about one of life’s most grueling subjects.\" Tom Arnold's performance was praised by many critics including Leslie Felperin of \"Variety\" who said \"Tom Arnold steals the show\". \"Gardens of the Night\"", "id": "13503283" }, { "contents": "National Lampoon's Vacation (film series)\n\n\n, where their camcorder gets stolen; in West Germany, where they spend the night at the home of strangers they mistake for their relatives; and in Italy, where they become involved with robbery and kidnapping. This is the first of two \"Vacation\" films to not feature the Randy Quaid \"Cousin Eddie\" character. The second film is the 2015 \"Vacation\". In the opening \"Pig in a Poke\" sequence as well as the closing credits, the family's name is spelled as \"Griswald\" as", "id": "12755613" }, { "contents": "Killing Strangers\n\n\n, where they were played an unmixed version of the entire album. According to Bates, the four expressed an interest in also featuring \"The Pale Emperor\" album track \"Warship My Wreck\" in the film, but that \"via osmosis, there wasn't really an appropriate place for that song\". The version of \"Killing Strangers\" used in the movie is an unmixed demo, lacking some of the guitar overdubs found on the album version. The album version, on the other hand, is used in S.W.A.T.", "id": "6185196" }, { "contents": "Bashu, the Little Stranger\n\n\nBashu, the Little Stranger (), is a 1986 Iranian drama film directed by Bahram Beizai. The film was produced in 1986, and was released in 1989. This multi-ethnic film was the first Iranian film to make use of the northern language of Iran, Gilaki, in a serious context rather than comic relief. (Susan Taslimi playing the main character is Gilaki herself). \"Bashu, the Little Stranger\" was voted the \"Best Iranian Film of all time\" in November 1999 by a Persian movie", "id": "14120129" }, { "contents": "The Good Night\n\n\nThe Good Night is a 2007 fantasy comedy-drama film written and directed by Jake Paltrow. The film stars his sister Gwyneth Paltrow, Penélope Cruz, Martin Freeman, Danny DeVito, Simon Pegg and others. The movie takes place in London and New York City, where a former pop star (Freeman) who now writes commercial jingles for a living experiences a mid-life crisis. The movie was released on the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The movie follows a man's search for perfection in a world where life rarely", "id": "3802615" }, { "contents": "List of production companies owned by the American Broadcasting Company\n\n\na larger budget (by $250,000) and half an hour longer than the movie of the week thus considered a prestige or \"A\" movie. Circle's films were shown on Sunday night where they alternated with recent feature films and on Monday night after the end of Monday Night Football. With the 1972-1973 season, ACF began producing films for Movie of the Week including \"Pursuit\". Along with Picturemaking Productions, they served as production company for \"Moonlighting\", with their last credit being the finale of", "id": "17044991" }, { "contents": "Jack Popplewell\n\n\nsongs in her wartime movies; \"We'll Meet Again\" (1942) (\"After the Rain\"), \"Rhythm Serenade\" (1943) (\"With All My Heart\"), and \"One Exciting Night\" (1944) (\"One Love\"). The film \"Tread Softly Stranger\" (UK, 1958) was based on \"Blind Alley\". \"Busybody\" has been translated onto the big screen in Denmark (1969) and Norway (1970): In Germany, \"", "id": "21539123" }, { "contents": "This American Life\n\n\nadapt Kurt Eichenwald's book about business executive and FBI informant Mark Whitacre, titled \"The Informant\", into a major motion picture. The film was directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars Matt Damon. Glass has stated that the radio show has no financial stake in the film, but noted that he appreciated how well the movie stuck to the original facts. \"This American Life\"s 361st episode's, \"Fear of Sleep\", section \"Stranger in the Night\" featured an excerpt from Mike Birbiglia's one-man show", "id": "10564966" }, { "contents": "Stranger in the House (1967 film)\n\n\nStranger In The House is a 1967 crime drama directed and written by Pierre Rouve (from the novel by Georges Simenon), produced by Anatole de Grunwald, and starring James Mason, Geraldine Chaplin, and Bobby Darin. The movie is also known as Cop-Out and is a remake of the 1942 French film \"Strangers in the House\" (\"Les inconnus dans la maison\"). The film was remade in 1997. Eric Burdon & The Animals recorded the song \"Ain't That So\" for the film", "id": "16477547" }, { "contents": "The Strangers (2008 film)\n\n\n's retro-style, saying, \"Like much recent horror, from the homages of the Grindhouse gang through flat multiplex remakes of drive-in classics, \"The Strangers\" looks to the '70s.\", and ultimately branded the film as \"an effective, scary emotional work-out.\" \"Slant Magazine\"s Nick Schager listed \"The Strangers\" as the 9th best film of 2008. In 2009, the film was ranked #13 on \"Bravo's 13 Scarier Movie Moments\" television piece, and in", "id": "5766352" }, { "contents": "Stranger in Moscow\n\n\ndecide to go outside, where they look up at the sky and allow the rain to soak them. The video ends with Michael whipping his hair. During this scene, a soft Russian voice is heard, a reference to Moscow. Cinematography (especially the camera) on \"Stranger in Moscow\" anticipated the bullet-time effect that was later featured in the movie, \"The Matrix\". The music video also appears on Jackson's video albums \"HIStory on Film, Volume II\" and \"Michael Jackson's Vision", "id": "4070673" }, { "contents": "No Stranger Than Love\n\n\nApril 30, 2015, as the closing night film. It was also the closing night film at Skyway Film Festival on June 14. On June 17, 2016, No Stranger Than Love was released in select theaters in Canada, distributed by Entertainment One. On the same day, the film was released in U.S in a limited release and through video on demand by Orion Pictures and Momentum Pictures. The film holds an 8% rating, based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 3.1/10. On Metacritic, the", "id": "4906847" }, { "contents": "CBS Thursday Night Movie\n\n\nold crime serials, \"Hawaii Five-O\" and \"Barnaby Jones\"—because beginning in September, that was what Friday night viewers were offered. But in cutting back the airing of theatrical films to its original movie-night, CBS may have provided some consolation for film buffs. There were fewer reruns of old product and less pre-emptions for news and variety specials. In that respect, the Fall 1975 season of \"The Thursday Night Movie\" would resemble the format of its maiden Fall 1965 schedule—one where viewers", "id": "7132976" }, { "contents": "1967 FAMAS Awards\n\n\nThe 15th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held 1n 1967 for the Outstanding Achievements for the year 1966. Among the many films that was nominated that year, only two films went home victorious after winning almost all of the awards. \"Ito ang Pilipino\" of Emar Pictures won 5 FAMAS Awards including the FAMAS Award for Best Picture and Best Actor for Joseph Estrada. \"The Passionate Strangers\" on the other hand, won most of the technical Awards including the best director for Eddie Romero. Apart from", "id": "4365104" }, { "contents": "Silent Night, Bloody Night\n\n\nthat today's garbage might avoid through expense: amateur editing and filming, bad sound, bad film stock, atrocious dialogue, and the rest. Still, at least you know where you stand with a movie like \"Silent Night, Bloody Night\". It doesn't take long to realize that you're trapped in bad movie hell.\" Some elements of the film have been noted as influential, particularly the killer's phone calls to victims, which was a significant plot element in Bob Clark's \"Black Christmas\"", "id": "5079482" }, { "contents": "The Stranger (1946 film)\n\n\nfor the 2013 Blu-ray release of \"The Stranger\", Wood calls it \"an undervalued film\" due to the absence of the \"stylistic swagger\" of \"Citizen Kane\" and \"The Magnificent Ambersons\". He regards Welles's third completed film as \"deceptive and much more complex stylistically and thematically\" than has so far been appreciated. The debut issue (July–August 1946) of the short-lived pulp digest \"Movie Mystery Magazine\" presented a novelized condensation of the screenplay for \"The Stranger", "id": "4190342" }, { "contents": "Night of the Living Bread\n\n\nNight of the Living Bread is a 1990 American independent short film comedic parody of \"Night of the Living Dead\", directed by Kevin S. O'Brien. Bread comes to life, spreads its condition throughout the United States, and preys on the living in this eight-minute film. Two people are attacked in a cemetery by slices of bread, which is hurled at them. The people escape in their car as more bread hurls itself at them from offscreen. They make it to a farmhouse where they and others are besieged", "id": "15407367" }, { "contents": "Nightmare in Chicago\n\n\nNightmare in Chicago is a 1964 suspense thriller crime television film directed by Robert Altman based on the novel \"Death on the Turnpike\" by William P. McGivern. It was originally filmed as an episode of the NBC series \"Kraft Suspense Theatre\" titled \"Once Upon a Savage Night\" before being expanded into the TV movie. Police in Rockford, Illinois are concerned about a serial killer named \"Georgie Porgie\" who preys on blondes and recently killed his fifth victim in Pinhook, Indiana. He strikes again, strangling a woman", "id": "14494911" }, { "contents": "Hilde Vandermeeren\n\n\n, and \"Scorpio\" in 2016. \"Silent Ground\" was shortlisted for the Golden Nose in 2016. That’s the annual award for the best crime novel in the Dutch language. Movie rights for \"Silent Ground\" are sold to Eyeworks Film & TV Drama (Belgium), a part of the international Eyeworks Group. Her short story \"The Lighthouse\" was published in the March/April 2016 edition of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. The second short story \"Stranger in the Night\" was released in December", "id": "15954719" }, { "contents": "Good Times (Eric Burdon and the Animals song)\n\n\nwhich is heard in the second portion of the song. The single reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart. It was the B-side to \"San Franciscan Nights\" in the U.S. The B-side \"Ain't that So\" was included as part of the soundtrack to the film \"Stranger in the House\" (1967). Every band member, except Burdon, appeared at the premiere. In 1987 it was released as a single again, while it was the soundtrack to the movie \"Die Katze", "id": "18902322" }, { "contents": "When a Stranger Calls (2006 film)\n\n\nAlso, around the time of the DVD release, a new screen name appeared, Jill051606, to tie in with the DVD release date on May 16, 2006. It does not involve calling her, but instead she directs users to a video security system on the official DVD site where the shadow of the stranger passes by frequently. MySpace ran an advertisement: the profile for Jill051606, in which users can add the profile as a friend, leave comments, and read Jill's blog. The movie was released on May", "id": "15327754" }, { "contents": "Strangers in the Night\n\n\n\"Strangers in the Night\" is a song credited to Ivo Robic and Bert Kaempfert with English lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder. Kaempfert originally used it under the title \"Beddy Bye\" as part of the instrumental score for the movie \"A Man Could Get Killed.\" The song was made famous in 1966 by Frank Sinatra, although it was initially given to Melina Mercouri, who thought that a man's vocals would suit more to the melody and therefore declined to sing it. Reaching #1 on both the", "id": "3741049" }, { "contents": "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides\n\n\nthat Jack Sparrow had \"worn out his welcome\". Despite the more linear plot, \"the movie is still ridiculous\". He found \"On Stranger Tides\" to be \"precisely what you'd expect of the fourth installment of a movie based on an amusement park ride: a whole lot of noise, plenty of stunts and complete silliness.\" British film critic Mark Kermode gave the film an overwhelmingly negative review on his \"5 Live\" show, saying \"it's not as staggeringly misjudged as the third part", "id": "10806537" }, { "contents": "Strange as It Seems\n\n\nCream and the host was Alois Havrilla. Havrilla was the announcer on the \"Stranger Than Fiction\" movie shorts beginning in 1934 and continuing in that role until the shorts were ended in 1942. \"Stranger Than Fiction\" was the successor to the \"Strange as It Seems\" movie shorts that ran from 1930 until 1934. The program had one final run in its original 15 minute format from Nov. 10, 1946 to April 13, 1947, airing at 7:30 PM on Sunday nights. There were 22 episodes aired in this", "id": "7994075" }, { "contents": "Finding John Christmas\n\n\nFinding John Christmas is a 2003 television movie that first aired on CBS. The film is a sequel to the 2001 television movie \"A Town Without Christmas\". When a photojournalist (David Cubitt) in the fictional Bay City photographs a mysterious stranger performing an act of bravery, the act quickly becomes headline news and the town dubs the stranger \"John Christmas\". After seeing the photo, Kathleen McAllister (Valerie Bertinelli) becomes convinced that the mysterious stranger is in fact her long-lost brother Hank (William Russ)", "id": "9192251" }, { "contents": "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides\n\n\nhighest-grossing film of 2011 and the least profitable film of the franchise. However, it was the top-grossing movie during May 2011 (with $166.8 million by May 31). Outside North America, \"On Stranger Tides\" is the sixth-highest-grossing film, the third-highest-grossing Disney film, the second-highest-grossing 2011 film and the highest-grossing film of the \"Pirates of the Caribbean\" series. It is the highest-grossing \"Pirates\" film in at", "id": "10806530" }, { "contents": "Babe (Serbian band)\n\n\nButcher\") became minor hits, having a decent media coverage. The rest of the album remained unnoticed, including the cover version of \"Strangers in the Night\", with lyrics in Serbian language entitled \"Stranac usranac\" (\"Stranger in the Shit\"). At the time, Čavajda left the band, being replaced by Vlada Cvetković, later starring the film \"Geto\" (\"Ghetto\"), directed by Ivan Markov and Mladen Matičević, before moving to Tasmania where he died of AIDS at the age", "id": "20317243" }, { "contents": "Predator–prey reversal\n\n\none version of the story of the underdog who comes back from improbable odds and succeeds against a vastly superior foe, from Bram Stoker's \"Dracula\" to children's movies such as \"Monsters University\". The 1987 film \"Predator\" is an example of prey-reversal where the victim becomes the predator. Armed with a stealth suit and ultimate high-tech gear, the predator methodically dispatches the humans that find themselves in the jungle. The last of his squad, \"Dutch\" (Arnold Schwarzenegger) must turn", "id": "20026872" }, { "contents": "Pale Movie\n\n\n's love for a mysterious woman. Although the title is not sung, some of the words refer to cinema: \"In the bed where they make love / She's in a film on the sheets. / He shows dreams like a movie, / She's the softness of cinema seats.\" Other lines are stranger: \"her skin as white as the milk, / Just like a Sherpa Tenzing / under a Manila silk.\" In an interview with \"Melody Maker\" magazine, keyboard player Pete Wiggs said", "id": "10489169" }, { "contents": "The Strangers in 7A\n\n\n\"). The film would lead Griffith to star in a series of TV-movies throughout the entire 1970s and most of the 1980s before he re-emerged with another successful series (\"Matlock\"). Artie Sawyer (Griffith) is a World War II veteran who has been laid off from his factory job. His relationship with his wife, Iris (Lupino), is strained as a result. He takes a job as the superintendent of an apartment building in New York. One night, when Iris is", "id": "13413226" }, { "contents": "Born Free (Andy Williams album)\n\n\nBorn Free is the twentieth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released on April 10, 1967, by Columbia Records and includes half a dozen songs associated with movies or musicals. Two of these tracks, however, originated in the scores of the films indicated on the album jacket but had lyrics added later: the melody for \"Strangers in the Night\" was written for \"A Man Could Get Killed\", and \"Somewhere My Love\" began as \"Lara's Theme\" from \"Doctor Zhivago\"", "id": "20893119" }, { "contents": "Mischief Night (2014 film)\n\n\nhorror movies, drinks the Payton's booze, pops their pills, and starts a war with a roaming group of middle schoolers trying to vandalize the home. There are many people out in the neighborhood. One of them, a creepy, and very kooky, old neighbor (Malcolm McDowell), knocks at the door, warning Kaylie to stay inside tonight and not answer the door for anyone. She immediately rejects his advice, answering the door for a costumed stranger who turns out to be Graham (Matt Angel),", "id": "21624810" }, { "contents": "Holly Kenyon\n\n\nthe British feature film \"The Kindness of Strangers\". She played the role of a French bar waitress called Beatrice in the film. This film was screened at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. The film starred David Prowse who played the role Darth Vader in the original \"Star Wars\" movies. In August 2010 it was announced that \"The Kindness of Strangers\" had earned six nominations at the International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema including the nomination for Best Film of the Festival and a nomination for Best Director. The film", "id": "10963589" }, { "contents": "The Intimate Stranger (unfinished film)\n\n\nLloyd Lamble. Screen tests for young actors were done at Supreme Sound Studios in February 1947. June Dally-Watkins also worked on the movie doing make up. The movie was made during a time of industrial turmoil in the Australian film industry, with Actors Equity fighting Ealing Studios, Columbia Pictures and Charles Chauvel over minimum weekly wages for actors. The union sought to increase this from £18 a week to £20. Producers of \"The Intimate Stranger\" had their pay rates approved by Equity. Members of the cast", "id": "9790514" }, { "contents": "Prey (2007 film)\n\n\nera. It was filmed on location in Gauteng and Limpopo in South Africa. The soundtrack is include Ron Brettel with \"Awaken\" and \"Zulu Jive\" by Urban Rhythm Factory. American synth-pop artist Tony Humecke composed the official score. Paul A. Newman of \"PNselling\" wrote in his review: \"A bad, bad movie with a cool concept. Really bad. In fact I'm debating recutting the movie and changing the dialog and renaming it as \"Prey, Pray, Pway\" and releasing it as", "id": "8361833" }, { "contents": "Prey (1977 film)\n\n\nby Jessica and Jo. His arrival immediately causes friction between the two. Bored of her monotonous existence, Jessica welcomes the stranger's arrival. Jo, however, openly resents his presence and suggests that the socially-awkward Anders is an escapee from a psychiatric hospital (which she is herself). Later, having returned to the spot where he killed Anderson and Sandy, Kator kills and partly devours two policemen who are examining the couple's abandoned car. Back at the house, Jessica finds a knife and bloodstained clothes in", "id": "21848884" }, { "contents": "Horror film\n\n\n\" is a 1999 horror film directed by William Malone which follows a group of strangers who are invited to a party at an abandoned asylum, where they are offered $1 million each by an amusement park mogul if they are able to survive the night. It is a remake of the 1959 film of the same title. Other horror films of the late 1990s include \"Cube\" (1997), \"The Faculty\" (1998), \"Disturbing Behavior\" (1998), \"Stir of Echoes\" (1999", "id": "13115898" }, { "contents": "Stranger Things (season 2)\n\n\nopted to call the second \"Stranger Things 2\". This approach had some trepidation from Netflix, since the company felt movie sequels typically have a bad reputation, but the Duffer Brothers pointed out that there had been many successful sequels that surpassed the original film, and felt confident with this name. Despite revealing episode titles for the season in the announcement teaser in order \"to provide some hint of where we were going in season two without giving anything away,\" Matt Duffer stated that some of the titles would change,", "id": "7920360" }, { "contents": "Götz Spielmann\n\n\n\"Erwin und Julia\", Spielmann had his first great success. In 1993, his film \"Der Nachbar\" won the \"Vienna Filmaward\" at the Viennale. And in 1994, his film for television \"Dieses naive Verlangen\" was awarded with the \"Erich-Neuberg-Preis\". In 2006, he was honored with the \"Upper Austrian Landeskulturpreis\" in the “Film” section. Spielmann is one of the most important contemporary Austrian Film directors. His films \"The Stranger\" and \"Antares\" were", "id": "699300" }, { "contents": "Ralph Meeker\n\n\n, Run\", \"Harry O\", \"Police Woman\", \"The Eddie Capra Mysteries\", and \"CHiPs\". In 1971, Meeker played FBI agent Bernie Jenks in the television movie \"The Night Stalker\". He was in TV movies \"The Mind Snatchers\" (1972), \"Birds of Prey\" (1973), \"You'll Never See Me Again\" (1973), \"Cry Panic\" (1974), \"Night Games\" (1974), \"The Girl on", "id": "16075299" }, { "contents": "Yes Man (film)\n\n\nsaying 'Yes' to everything based on a brief conversation with a stranger he met on the bus. Wallace also has a cameo in the film, in the final bar-scene of the movie, in which he is speaking to someone behind Danny Masterson. Jim Carrey declined an upfront salary for his role in the film. He was instead paid 36.2% of the film's gross after its production and marketing costs were recovered. During shooting of a scene where Carrey's character bungee jumps off a bridge, Carrey interrupted", "id": "21851381" }, { "contents": "Strangers in the Night (film)\n\n\nStrangers in the Night is a 1944 American film noir mystery film directed by Anthony Mann and starring William Terry, Virginia Grey and Helene Thimig. Sgt. Johnny Meadows is seriously wounded in battle in the South Pacific during World War Two. While recuperating, he takes comfort reading a book donated to the Red Cross by Rosemary Blake, who has written her name and address in the book. He corresponds with her, and as pen pals they fall in love. Eventually, on leave and back in the States, he heads", "id": "16079069" }, { "contents": "Vietnam veteran\n\n\nmuch larger genre. The first appearance of a Vietnam veteran in film seems to be \"The Born Losers\" (1967) featuring Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack. Bleaker in tone are such films as \"Hi, Mom!\" (1970) in which vet Robert De Niro films pornographic home movies before deciding to become an urban guerrilla, \"The Strangers in 7A\" where a team of former paratroopers blow up a bank and threaten to blow up a residential apartment building, \"The Hard Ride\" (1971) and", "id": "14214857" }, { "contents": "Stranger on the Third Floor\n\n\n\"Stranger on the Third Floor\" was director Boris Ingster's directorial debut. Ingster, who was born in Latvia, was formerly a writer, and an associate of noted Russian director Sergei Eisenstein. Ingster would later become a television producer. He directed only three feature films in his career. In the introduction to Turner Classic Movies' \"Noir Alley\" presentation of the film, Eddie Muller compared the style of the film to that of German Expressionist films. Jeremy Arnold writes that \"[The film's] extraordinary look", "id": "10205103" }, { "contents": "Bad Influence (film)\n\n\n\"an extremely strange, peculiar thriller, and where you end up is extremely surprising. You really think you know where you're going all the way along, and boy, you're surprised just how lost you are.\" \"Bad Influence\" received mixed to positive reviews from critics. It holds a 71% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 17 reviews. Movie historian Leonard Maltin gave the film 2.5 out of a possible 4 stars, saying, \"This quasi-remake of \"Strangers on a Train\" knows", "id": "18982714" }, { "contents": "Dark City (1998 film)\n\n\nescape from them. Murdoch explores the anachronistic city, where nobody seems to realize it is always night. At midnight, he watches as everyone except himself falls asleep as the Strangers physically rearrange the city as well as changing people's identities and memories. Murdoch learns that he came from a coastal town called Shell Beach: a town familiar to everyone, though nobody knows how to get there, and all of his attempts to do so are unsuccessful for varying reasons. Meanwhile, the Strangers inject one of their men, Mr.", "id": "8114591" }, { "contents": "Stranger on the Third Floor\n\n\nand \"The Hunchback of Notre Dame\" in 1939, and worked on the sets for \"Citizen Kane\". His work on \"Stranger on the Third Floor\" \"contributes mightily to the claustrophobic feel of the movie.\" Muller calls his work on this film \"spectacular\". In addition, the work of special effects artist Vernon L. Walker was excellent, despite the constraints of a B movie budget, and the score of Roy Webb, who was RKO's house composer at the time, contributes significantly to the", "id": "10205106" }, { "contents": "When a Stranger Calls (1979 film)\n\n\nfor \"The New York Times\", Janet Maslin wrote of the film \"\"When a Stranger Calls\" is an energetic first film\", adding that \"the frightened-babysitter opening of the movie is marvelously modern, as Mr. Walton demonstrates that a haunted house with an ice-making refrigerator is intrinsically scarier than a house without one. He also makes the most of that fearsome modern weapon, the telephone.\" Author Travis Holt elaborates on the importance of the telephone to the film's portrayal of horror, noting", "id": "20384703" }, { "contents": "Naked Came the Stranger (film)\n\n\nthe city. The film \"Naked Came the Stranger\" was based on the hoax book of the same name and released during the Golden Age of Porn (inaugurated by the 1969 release of Andy Warhol \"Blue Movie\") in the United States, at a time of \"porno chic\", in which adult erotic films were just beginning to be widely released, publicly discussed by celebrities (like Johnny Carson and Bob Hope) and taken seriously by film critics (like Roger Ebert). In 2011, DistribPix released a", "id": "2891220" } ]

[ { "contents": "Captain America: Civil War\n\n\nmovie to solely exist on that level. We wanted to figure out very personal reasons why everyone's relationship to this idea of registration is going to become complicated. That's what the relationship between Steve and Bucky allowed us to do, to get very personal in terms of why people would lean one way or the other.\" Executive producer Nate Moore added that \"it felt like it was kind of the right time\" to adapt \"Civil War\" given \"The Avengers\", plus many of the Phase Two films", "id": "7433185" }, { "contents": "Captain America: The First Avenger\n\n\nlater] see what we can afford. The film, he said, will begin \"in 1942, 1943\" during World War II. \"The stuff in the '60s and '70s [comic books] we're sort of avoiding. We're going back to the '40s, and then forward to what they're doing with Captain America now.\" In February 2010, Johnston stated that the Invaders will appear in \"the entire second half\" of the film, leading fans to speculate this was the World", "id": "3852990" }, { "contents": "Vigilante Force\n\n\nwas Lighthorse Harry Lee: The entire movie is full of these very slightly coded reference to the Revolutionary War ... [although] What I was really doing there was Vietnam. What would it be like if people took over your town, as we had been doing to the hamlets of Vietnam? What if we brought Vietnam back to America, what would that be like? That's kind of what we were going after, but since the Bicentennial year was coming on and bringing a lot of revisionist history with it, I", "id": "18638816" }, { "contents": "Avengers vs. X-Men\n\n\n: X-Sanction\", a four-issue miniseries published in December 2011 by writer Jeph Loeb with artist Ed McGuinness led directly into \"Avengers vs. X-Men\". In the series, Cable learns something's going to happen to his daughter, Hope Summers, and he has been tipped off that the Avengers are responsible. So he targets them one by one starting with their leader, Captain America. Loeb said \"It's a story about a father and what he's willing to do in order to protect", "id": "18188397" }, { "contents": "Captain America: The Winter Soldier\n\n\nthe modern world.\" Markus later elaborated, \"I think S.H.I.E.L.D. is the water [Rogers is] swimming in. It's definitely a Captain America movie. You know, if the first movie was a movie about the US Army, then this is a movie about S.H.I.E.L.D... You will learn about S.H.I.E.L.D. You will learn about where it came from and where it's going and some of the cool things they have.\" In April, F. Gary Gray withdrew his name from consideration, choosing instead to direct the N.W.A", "id": "11663573" }, { "contents": "Wolverine (character)\n\n\nknife covered in Wolverine's blood in the possession of A.I.M. to a research facility in Moscow. Captain America and Deadpool went to retrieve it in order to prevent A.I.M. from misusing Wolverine's DNA. Deadpool was given the blood-covered knife by Captain America to do with it as he wanted. Deadpool had recently acquired an incubator that could create new bodies using a DNA sample. Deadpool deferred the decision to bring Wolverine back to life until he had more time to think on whether it would have been what Wolverine wanted. X-23", "id": "8517432" }, { "contents": "Avengers World\n\n\nbriefing Captain America, Maria Hill and some other S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents on the A.I.M. Island situation...how it has grown considerably and although it's outward growth has now stopped, it is still getting taller. Bruce also states that the technology A.I.M. has is way ahead of theirs and he is still trying to figure out what kind of containment field A.I.M. has set up to hold Smasher and the others. Captain America orders Thor's team to go and help. Back on the island, Smasher finally gets out of her cell and discovers", "id": "12396408" }, { "contents": "Captain America: The First Avenger\n\n\n, Marvel Comics launched the eight-issue digital comic \"Captain America: First Vengeance\", on the same day as the first trailer aired. Written by Fred Van Lente and featuring a rotation of artists, the story is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Each of the eight issues focuses on a specific character from the movie, heroes and villains alike, and what brought them to the point where the movie begins. Sega announced a video game tie-in titled \"\", that was released in 2011 for the", "id": "3853008" }, { "contents": "Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-in comics\n\n\nThe comic was published on January 28, 2014, and sees David set up key themes for \"Captain America: The Winter Soldier\": \"Black Widow and Rumlow...They're okay with doing what they're told. Cap, however, is way more suspicious and wants a clearer idea of what's going on, and is annoyed that S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't big on being forthcoming.\" On Cap's relationships with new partners Black Widow and Brock Rumlow, \"I think he sees her as a valued ally, but [", "id": "21755375" }, { "contents": "Captain America and the Falcon\n\n\nMeanwhile, Captain America and the Falcon journey to Luke Cage's Harlem apartment in order to obtain a sample of the acetovaxidol from his blood stream. They wish to use this to synthesize acetovaxidol in order to stave off the withdrawal the \"Anti-Cap\" is facing. Having obtained this they go to the Wakandan consulate in New York where they have hidden the \"Anti-Cap.\" After this they go to confront Fury and Westbrook. Chaos erupts at the meeting after the Falcon shoots Westbrook, who is saved by", "id": "13682597" }, { "contents": "Louis B. Mayer\n\n\nin the studio, editor Sam Marx explains that \"his reputation is far worse than it should be. He had to be strong to do his job, and he couldn't do that without making enemies.\" Director Clarence Brown compared him to newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst: Mayer never wrote or directed movies, and never pretended to tell writers what to write or art directors what to design. But he understood movies and their audience. According to Eyman, \"Mayer's view of America became America's view of itself", "id": "10876222" }, { "contents": "U.S. Agent (character)\n\n\nSuddenly however they find themselves opposed by none other than the Avengers. U.S. Agent is confronted by Captain America, who calls him a disgrace to the uniform, instructing to take it off before he tears it off, but Walker replies that his country gave him that uniform because Rogers was not willing to do what they needed him to. Walker calls Rogers a traitor, and states that his country has given him the authority of the real Captain America, and that Rogers never understood duty to country and doing what is required to", "id": "6693015" }, { "contents": "Agent Carter (film)\n\n\nquick cutty or blurry or shaky\" feel. D'Esposito said that the crew was ultimately \"pushing our limit\" to get the planned shots on schedule, and he eventually realized that he \"wasn't going to get every shot and I wasn't going to get every punch and kick, so what we do is get the optimum\". Visual effects shots of 1940s New York from \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" were reused in the short for budgetary reasons. D'Esposito noted the sequence where Carter comes \"flying with", "id": "10696074" }, { "contents": "Pirates (1986 film)\n\n\ncustomer of Disneyland. Everytime I go on the pirates' ride I think I would like to do a film.\" Polanski recalled that at the time \"movies were very much loaded with messages and the desire to educate. \"Pirates\" was somehow a reaction to that,\" he said later. :I think the young audience will enjoy it more than the adults, and that's really what I intended.\" Originally, Polanski intended for Jack Nicholson to play the central role of Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red, a", "id": "12853394" }, { "contents": "Captain America: The First Avenger (soundtrack)\n\n\nas a whole. Bombastic, melodramatic, and steeped in late-'70s/early-'80s big-budget adventure cinema, the Captain is well served here, even if it all feels a little old-fashioned at times. That said, it is awfully nice to hear a well-conducted orchestra, as opposed to a room full of expensive computers and keyboards, churn out a big traditional action score, and few do that as well as Silvestri.\" Silvestri's theme for Captain America is the first one to appear in other movies", "id": "18689055" }, { "contents": "Lorien Legacies\n\n\nsome disagreement if the teens are ready for war. To avoid any further people teleporting to Niagara Falls, Ella turns off the Loralite stone. As a neighboring warship makes its way there to check in, the team leaves for base. Adam instigates dissension in the Mogadorian ranks as they start to go against orders and do what they think is best, a warship fires on Sydney while another captain in Moscow declares himself the beloved leader, which leads to the captain in Berlin making an assassination attempt on the usurper. In Kazakhstan", "id": "10841460" }, { "contents": "Sin (Marvel Comics)\n\n\nDuring the \"Fear Itself\" storyline, Sin, with Baron Zemo's help, unearths the Hammer of Skadi and becomes Skadi in order to free the Serpent: God of Fear from his underwater prison. Sin vows to do what her father failed to do in taking over the world. She succeeds in her mission in freeing the Serpent and then prepares an army of Nazis to take over the D.C. Capital. During their battle in Washington, D.C., Skadi mortally wounds the current Captain America. In the final battle, Skadi", "id": "10346613" }, { "contents": "Frederick J. Horne\n\n\nselection of the names that go in the boxes. Sometimes, in order to use the right man to his full capacity, you have to change the boxes.\" Captain Paul Pihl, an aircraft procurement officer on Horne's staff, blamed many of the Navy's wartime supply failures on Horne's hands-off management style and lack of logistics expertise. \"It was his job\", Pihl said after the war, \"and he didn't have the faintest idea what the hell he was going to do with it", "id": "15526275" }, { "contents": "Ultimate Nullifier\n\n\nuniverse, and channeling that energy into a giant beam of destruction. In \"What If?\" vol. 1 #32 'What If The Avengers Had Become Pawns of Korvac?,' Korvac sends a recreated and mind-controlled Captain America to the worldship of Galactus to steal the Nullifier and then use it on Galactus. In doing so Captain America destroys both Galactus and himself. It is explained that that is the secret of the Nullifier: that it nullifies both target and wielder. The story ends with a frustrated", "id": "19146903" }, { "contents": "You're in the Movies\n\n\nit was really a three-way process, trying to figure out what we could get people to do, what would be fun, how it would fit in the movie—it wasn't just one process of doing it, it had to go both ways.\" There had also been a few more movie ideas, but they were left out of the game. The developers originally thought the game's target audience would be fairly adult-age. Towers notes: \"We started out with an idea that the users", "id": "12355435" }, { "contents": "Y. A. Tittle\n\n\n, now, he's a take-charge guy ... you what the other guy's going to do, what he's going to do, and what he wants you to do. Tittle's most productive years came when he was well beyond his athletic prime. On his ability to improve with age, he credited a feel for the game that came from his years of experience in the league. \"If you could learn it by studying movies, a good smart college quarterback could learn all you've got to learn", "id": "6609172" }, { "contents": "Captain America: The Winter Soldier\n\n\nnot on a par with \"The Avengers\" or the first and third \"Iron Man\" movies, this is another rock-solid chapter in the big-screen story of Marvel.\" Owen Gleiberman of \"Entertainment Weekly\" noted the topicality of the film, stating, \"\"Captain America: The Winter Soldier\" is the first superhero film since the terrorist-inflected \"The Dark Knight\" that plugs you right into what's happening now.\" Ty Burr of \"The Boston Globe\" said the film \"", "id": "11663628" }, { "contents": "Streets of Fire\n\n\neditor were doing visually on the film. And I felt, as I watched the post-production process going on, I just saw the film getting better and better. More impressive. To the point where I thought it was going to do well. And I thought that we had done what we set out to do. Created the world that we set out to create... It was a movie that was built to succeed. It's funny. The movie screened very, very well. I remember, after the", "id": "18438996" }, { "contents": "Iron Fist (TV series)\n\n\nbecame more practical for Captain America to do a little crossover into \"\" and for Bruce Banner to appear at the end of \"Iron Man 3\". We have to earn that. The audience needs to understand who all of these characters are and what the world is before you then start co-mingling in terms of where it's going.\" \"Iron Fist\" is available on the streaming service Netflix, in all territories where it is available, in Ultra HD 4K and HDR. The episodes for each", "id": "18931246" }, { "contents": "Manuelita (film)\n\n\nno treasure but it is Manuela. Not knowing what to do with her, the captain orders his men for her to be thrown in the brig of the ship until he decides what to do with. Manuela starts cries until some mice appear and cheer her up with a song. They started to sing and dance waking up the captain, who orders his men to stop it. Manuela and the mice managed to escape outside. They are surrounded, but the weight of the pigs causes the boat to sink. Manuela and", "id": "1879311" }, { "contents": "Dick Tracy (1990 film)\n\n\nwith Beatty as director, producer and leading man. He considered hiring Martin Scorsese to direct the film, but changed his mind. \"It never occurred to me to direct the movie,\" Beatty admitted, \"but finally, like most of the movies that I direct, when the time comes to do it, I just do it because it's easier than going through what I'd have to go through to get somebody else to do it.\" Beatty's reputation for directorial profligacy, notably with the critically acclaimed", "id": "17978069" }, { "contents": "Captain Marvel (film)\n\n\nto Captain Marvel to take her off the playing field ahead of the Marvel movies that we've seen to date?\", and noted Danvers' story might echo the \"Captain America narrative\", where \"a hero from the past... disappears from the world before re-emerging\". Also in July, the California Film Commission awarded a $20.7million tax credit to the production, going towards the first $100million spent on qualified in-state expenditures, making California the main filming location for \"Captain Marvel\".", "id": "16237582" }, { "contents": "Captain America: Civil War\n\n\ntwo studios that they needed to agree on.\" Holland was confirmed to appear in the film in July 2015, by Jonathan M. Goldstein, one of the writers of the solo Spider-Man film, and later by \"Entertainment Weekly\" from a set visit. Jon Watts, director of \"Spider-Man: Homecoming\", was on set for the filming of Spider-Man's scenes, in order to \"see what they were doing with it, and that informed where we eventually took it,\" and", "id": "7433199" }, { "contents": "Joe Robert Cole\n\n\nthat they had plans of doing a movie about the character War Machine. He pitched a story and was chosen to write the film, but, according to him, \"they decided, based on what \"Iron Man 3\" was going to be, they weren't going to do \"War Machine\" anymore.\" Marvel subsequently invited him to join its writers program. In regards to the program, Cole said: In 2014, Cole wrote a script for a projected movie about the Inhumans. In 2016, the", "id": "825054" }, { "contents": "Hacker Manifesto\n\n\nof hackers at that time was ‘hey, we’re going to start a nuclear war, or play tic-tac-toe, one of the two,’ and so I decided I would try to write what I really felt was the essence of what we were doing and why we were doing it. The article is quoted several times in the 1995 movie \"Hackers\", although in the movie it is being read from an issue of the hacker magazine \"2600\", not the historically accurate \"Phrack\"", "id": "18737565" }, { "contents": "Everyone's a Critic\n\n\na list of all other critics from the site, in order of how close individual ratings are to theirs. From there, a critic can look through their closest critic's ratings to get film recommendations. By clicking on the name of critics closest to your film tastes, you get a list of the movies they've seen that you haven't; in order from their highest rated films, down to the lowest rated. This method allows critics to not only use recommendations for what movies to go see, also what movies", "id": "14539312" }, { "contents": "Ghostbusters (2016 film)\n\n\ngo to a cause. We just wanna watch a fuckin' movie'; however, he expressed satisfaction with his work on the film and defended it, explaining \"It was a great regret in my life that the movie didn't do better, 'cause I really loved it. It's not a perfect movie. None of my movies are perfect. I liked what we were doing with it. It was only supposed to be there to entertain people\". \"Ghostbusters\" premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los", "id": "2638776" }, { "contents": "Captain America: Reborn\n\n\nis happening to him, but appears to be preparing to go along with the situation and fight the battles of World War II all over again. Norman Osborn approaches Sin and Crossbones about a mission. Captain America flashes to the point in time when he was subjected to the Super Soldier serum by Dr. Abraham Erskine. Meanwhile, Bucky and Black Widow have been apprehended by H.A.M.M.E.R. Agents. Norman Osborn then tells Black Widow to seek out Sharon Carter and order her to turn herself in before the current Captain America is also killed.", "id": "8385288" }, { "contents": "Joe Hyams\n\n\n, and if you get a chance to interview any movie stars, go for it.\" Asked by a man seated at the hotel's pool what he was doing at the hotel, he replied that he was supposed to interview movie stars. \"How would you like to interview Humphrey Bogart?\" was the reply from what turned out to be Bogart's press agent. When Hyams arrived, Bogart was behind the bar and offered him a drink. Hyams asked for a Coke and Bogart reacted angrily: “I do", "id": "5597553" }, { "contents": "The Return of Captain Nemo\n\n\nyears ago which was an abortive attempt at a science-fiction series (editor's note: \"The Return of Captain Nemo\"). The network gave the go-ahead on it, and they were going to do a four-part story. They assigned each individual episode to a different writer. You had four writers working, neither one of them knew what the other ones were doing, and they had a three-week deadline! And it went off the air after those first four weeks.\" Bloch", "id": "8167010" }, { "contents": "Brothers (The Black Keys album)\n\n\n, Neill, Auerbach, and Carney generally only had time to kill at night when fewer retailers are open. Furthermore, Sheffield was remote and isolated; Neill said, \"What they were complaining about is that at night, after we were done, they wanted to go swarm around and do something. There's nothing. I told them that before we went out. Unless you want to go see a movie or something, or go to Walmart and stand around under the fluorescent lights. So what did we do?", "id": "14948758" }, { "contents": "The Pride of Mid-America Marching Band\n\n\n!\" Leader: \"What do we have?!\" Band: \"PRIDE!\" Leader: \"I said what do we have?!\" Band: \"PRIDE!\" Leader: \"Let's go, let's go!\" Band: \"Let's go, Ball U!\" \"The Pride\" consists of a great number of brass and woodwind players, and a limited number of percussion players who are required to audition. As part of the auxiliary, the band currently has a colorguard and", "id": "3831019" }, { "contents": "Kansas (film)\n\n\n\" about America, the heart of America. We're doing this movie in Kansas. And that's what this movie is about. People will say to me, `I heard this film is making fun of Kansas.' God, I hope not. Because, then, it will be making fun of me.\" \"It's . . . different,\" said McCarthy. \"Nice place to hide out for a while. I don't want to pack up and move here, but it's OK", "id": "13565018" }, { "contents": "Halftime in America\n\n\nthat matters now is what's ahead. How do we come from behind? How do we come together? And, how do we win? Detroit's showing us it can be done. And, what's true about them is true about all of us. This country can't be knocked out with one punch. We get right back up again and when we do the world is going to hear the roar of our engines. Yeah, it's halftime America. And, our second half is about to begin", "id": "1901121" }, { "contents": "I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do: Live at My Father's Place 1978\n\n\nI'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do is a live album from Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. In support of the US release of his album \"Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)\", Beefheart and the band undertook a promotional club tour. On Saturday 18 November 1978 they performed at My Father's Place in Roslyn, New York. My Father's Place was located under a motorway bridge, held about 200 people and the patrons sat at long tables and could dine whilst listening if they wished . The", "id": "14522360" }, { "contents": "Santa Elena (Spanish Florida)\n\n\nin what is now Jacksonville, Florida, by René Goulaine de Laudonnière the previous year. Menéndez burned Fort Caroline and dislodged the French from Florida. In 1566 the Spanish shifted their efforts back to colonizing Santa Elena, and a settlement was founded in 1566. Menéndez then ordered an expedition, led by Captain Juan Pardo, to go from Santa Elena to the interior of North America. Pardo's mission was to pacify and convert the natives and find an overland route to silver mines in Mexico. In December, 1566, a", "id": "5847594" }, { "contents": "Tom Hanks\n\n\nIn a \"USA Weekend\" interview, Hanks discussed how he chooses projects: \"[Since] \"A League of Their Own\", it can't be just another movie for me. It has to get me going somehow ... There has to be some all-encompassing desire or feeling about wanting to do that particular movie. I'd like to assume that I'm willing to go down any avenue in order to do it right\". In August 2005, Hanks was voted in as vice president of the Academy", "id": "20951261" }, { "contents": "Nazis in fiction\n\n\non what not to do if they were in a situation similar to those in the cartoons. The comic-book industry were able to boost their sales because of their help in the war effort meant that they were spared from paper recycling. Superheroes in particular, like Captain America were pictured as fighting the Nazis, both real and fictional, in large battles. The better remembered version is of Captain America fighting Adolf Hitler himself. In Fawcett Comics the character Captain Marvel fought against the Monster Society of Evil, which included Adolf", "id": "5185640" }, { "contents": "Thor Meets Captain America\n\n\nComics characters Thor and Captain America. Just as World War II began to turn against them, the Nazis were suddenly championed by the Norse pantheon. However, Loki joins the Allies, and they prepare a last-ditch sneak attack against Valhalla called Operation Ragnarok. The story follows Captain Chris Turing, who is part of the team which is going to attack Valhalla and starts out with them traveling to their attack destination in a group of submarines hoping that what remained of the United States Surface Navy would be able to distract the", "id": "6471135" }, { "contents": "School of Rock (company)\n\n\nthe nationwide commercial for us and our movie was the industry cred.\"\" He considered a lawsuit, but decided against it, reasoning that the School benefited from the film saying \"\"I considered suing, but what are you going to do? It's better, in a karmic sense, to just reap the rewards.\"\" In 2002 Green had more than 100 students, and in order to maintain an acceptable student to teacher ratio, opened an additional location in Downingtown, PA. Expansion continued in counties around", "id": "685900" }, { "contents": "Walter Emanuel Jones\n\n\nappeared in \"Mighty Med\" and as a poet in an episode of Disney XD's \"Pair of Kings\". Additionally Jones has also been featured in a PetSmart commercial and a Bank of America commercial as well. In 2002, he appeared in the movie \"Love and a Bullet\". In 2016, he appeared in the movie \"\" and the short movie \"Star Trek : Captain Pike\". In January 2019, he starred in \"The Order\" alongside Austin St. John, Catherine Sutherland, David Yost", "id": "8931274" }, { "contents": "Nick Fury Jr.\n\n\nal-Qaeda terrorists. Fury Jr. then joins the Secret Avengers to raid Bagalia in order to recruit Taskmaster. While the Secret Avengers are fighting the Masters of Evil, Fury Jr. manages to pay off Crossfire to let Taskmaster out of his imprisonment. During the \"AXIS\" storyline, Nick Fury Jr. was with S.H.I.E.L.D. when the organization has gathered Captain America to discuss what was going to be of the Red Skull, now that the Stark Sentinels had been dismantled and the concentration camps torn down. Nick Fury Jr. tried to convince", "id": "2796808" }, { "contents": "Jon Kavanaugh\n\n\nto do today. I wonder what he's going to do tomorrow. This guy... this guy is just pissing... he's pissing all over us. He's pissing on you. What does it taste like? Chief, what does it taste like, 'cause you know what, it tastes like piss to me! Chief Johnson icily responds: You have 48 hours to tie up the loose ends, and find someplace else to do the paperwork. Captain Wyms needs her office. However, Lem does not report for", "id": "17988033" }, { "contents": "Final Destination 5\n\n\nbut 3-D is almost an entirely different sport.\" Three days after Fisher's casting, Arlen Escarpeta was cast in the film as Nathan. Escarpeta explained that \"I think what they're going to do really, really well this time around, they're going to go back—the story, the plot, a lot of stuff is really going to matter, I think the last movie it was just death. It was death, death, death, which is fine because that's what people want to see.", "id": "16070395" }, { "contents": "Punisher\n\n\n, we're not the same. You took an oath to uphold the law. You help people. I gave that up a long time ago. You don't do what I do. Nobody does. You boys need a role model? His name's Captain America, and he'd be happy to have you... If I find out you are trying to do what I do, I'll come for you next.\" The character of the Punisher has appeared in many types of media. Since his first appearance", "id": "11999249" }, { "contents": "Doogtoons\n\n\nin 2001 with a couple of his close friends at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where they were currently studying. Bresler said his initial intention was to create an animated horror movie, but needed to do something smaller first in order to practice and learn. Bresler then compiled hours upon hours of interviews with his friends, picked what he thought to be the best content, and began animating characters to go along with the dialogue. \"Nick and Haig - Episode I\" originally premiered as a seven-minute short", "id": "14530448" }, { "contents": "Cosmic Cube\n\n\n) revealed what was really going on and Captain America was able to will himself out of the Cube. Appearing before the Skull, Captain America threw his shield in such a way that it first severed the Skull's arm, causing him to drop the Cube, and then struck and shattered the Cube itself, causing an explosion that seemingly destroyed both itself and the Red Skull. Months later, the Red Skull reappears, now with the Cube's power internalized within his body. He was approached by the time-traveller Kang", "id": "1335481" }, { "contents": "Jenny Bradley\n\n\nRita was uncomfortable with their relationship. It wasn't that - it was just that her past was starting to come into her head and she didn't know what to do with it. That's the beginning of where we're going to go with this storyline. Jenny did have a child who died in the past. We are now going to see the consequences of that with what Jenny is going to do. She's got a deluded idea that she has to run off with Jack in order to keep him safe", "id": "4818632" }, { "contents": "Morgenrot (film)\n\n\nsubmarine movie made after World War I. The film offered a heroization of death, with the captain explicitly stating that Germans may not know how to live, but they know how to die. In a central scene, the captain of the submarine offers to his men that he and the first officer will go down with the ship in order that they may escape; they refuse on the grounds it will be all or none of them, and the captain glorifies the chance to die with such men, a theme that commonly appeared", "id": "17065224" }, { "contents": "Yuk Foo\n\n\nanything to say. I was doing it because that's what you do when you're angry, you curse and scream. People are going to be like, \"What do you mean, you want to fuck all your friends?\" But it's like, you don't [say to] a director of a movie, \"It's so awkward that you wrote a film about murdering prostitutes.\" It's made up!\" \"NME\" writer Jamie Milton said the song is \"an enraged, viciously", "id": "9572329" }, { "contents": "No Secrets (band)\n\n\n-titled debut album, with singles \"That's What Girls Do\" and \"Kids in America.\" The latter was featured in the soundtrack for 2001 film \"\", and its music video was included as a bonus for the film's VHS release. \"That's What Girls Do\" played in the end credits of \"The Powerpuff Girls Movie\", and its music video was a bonus feature on the DVD. They also recorded \"Little Angel of Mine\" for the soundtrack of \"Stuart Little 2.", "id": "3599327" }, { "contents": "Thunderbolts (comics)\n\n\nThunderbolts or go to prison. Of course, they all chose to join the Thunderbolts. Baron Zemo convinced Captain America not to stop him from battling the Grandmaster, while Nighthawk was revealed as being a spy for the Squadron Sinister inside Captain America's Secret Avengers. Zemo then informed Songbird that in the coming battle, he knew that she would betray him, which she had been planning to do all along, in revenge for his killing of Photon, and he would sacrifice himself to save the world. Zemo then saved the", "id": "16700439" }, { "contents": "Halftime in America\n\n\ntheir locker room discussing what they can do to win this game in the second half. It's halftime in America, too. People are out of work and they're hurting. And they're all wondering what they're going to do to make a comeback. And we're all scared, because this isn't a game. The people of Detroit know a little something about this. They almost lost everything. But we all pulled together, now Motor City is fighting again. I've seen a lot of tough", "id": "1901119" }, { "contents": "Don Sharp\n\n\nmovie is developing. You’ve got to have, apart from energy, a very good sense of editing, what a camera can do... a sense of timing... and an ability to have a visual of exactly what it's going to look like... Also, I enjoyed it... some directors... didn’t get the same enjoyment out of it; it was a necessity rather than a pleasure. I always liked doing it, liked doing action . It was back to Hammer for \"Rasputin, the Mad Monk\"", "id": "6188086" }, { "contents": "The Will to Fly\n\n\n. “I didn’t really know what I wanted and whether to stay in the sport, whether to retire. “Then I thought, ‘What the hell am I going to do? I don’t really have anything else but my sport’. “I walked off the plane and still had the movie stuck in my head. “As soon as I walked out the door of the airport, I was like, ‘Right I am coaching myself, I’m going stay in sport and we’ll see what", "id": "21003022" }, { "contents": "... nur ein Komödiant\n\n\nfascism, was passed by both the German and Austrian censors, presumably because the period setting masked the contemporary relevance of the content. For example, the film contains a piece of dialogue in which the Minister insists that the captain obey his order to shoot the 70 malcontented and rebellious subjects, which makes clear the contrast between dictatorship and humanitarianism: Captain: I can't do that! Minister: What is that supposed to mean? Captain, you heard my order! Captain: I am not a murderer, I am an", "id": "1373848" }, { "contents": "Above Suspicion (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)\n\n\nhad permission do a three-episode story, which is unheard of in the \"\"Law & Order\"\" world. So basically by the end of the day, we’ve essentially made a movie, a three-act movie.\" Including the guest stars from the finale, \"Rhodium Nights\", Paget Brewster was first cast in the season premiere openers as , who is the prosecutor on the murder case against Cragen. Brewster hires the SVU squad's interim captain, , portrayed by Adam Baldwin. Sue Simmons", "id": "1897042" }, { "contents": "Captains Courageous\n\n\nIt is Kipling's only novel set entirely in America. In 1900, Teddy Roosevelt extolled the book in his essay \"What We Can Expect of the American Boy,\" praising Kipling for describing \"in the liveliest way just what a boy should be and do.\" The book's title comes from the ballad \"Mary Ambree\", which starts, \"When captains courageous, whom death could not daunt\". Kipling had previously used the same title for an article on businessmen as the new adventurers, published in \"", "id": "209372" }, { "contents": "The Last Ship (novel)\n\n\nthe message repeats unaltered with machine-like precision; they conclude it's just an automated transmission. Based on his knowledge of the Soviet Union's targeting of North America, the Soviet submarine captain's report, the French Radioman's report, and what he has seen of Europe, Thomas, along with most of the ship's officers, concludes that the United States has simply ceased to exist, and what remains of North America is uninhabitable. Many of the crew, though, wish to go home to the U.S. to", "id": "1505881" }, { "contents": "Savatage\n\n\nis over and then you and me we're going to sit down in January and discuss what we're going to do. Jon also said that Savatage has \"already gotten offers\" to play in \"certain areas of the world, America being one, Greece, South America, places like that\", and added that he does not rule out the possibility of any more shows. Though Oliva said he does not know what the future holds for Savatage, he said, \"I just wish that everything works out good", "id": "19456846" }, { "contents": "Captain America: Civil War\n\n\n's a very complicated movie and there are some really big sequences in the film. The effects are on a much larger scale than the work we did on \"Winter Soldier\". That's the part that becomes really difficult because you don't have a lot of time and everyone has very high standards. So everyone starts killing themselves at this point...we'll be done with the movie in two and a half months.\" They also stated that the film would be doing \"a few reshoots\" in mid-to", "id": "7433209" }, { "contents": "The Red Sneakers\n\n\nhis future in college basketball, as he neglects potential academic scholarship possibilities. The film premiered on Showtime Networks on February 10, 2002. Sara Long, with the faith based and family oriented Dove Foundation gave the film a positive review, writing, \"\"The Red Sneakers\" is an enjoyable movie based around inner desires, and what one knows is right as far as actions go ... Then the movie turns around to focus on the inner battle over how to behave against what one wants, and what one should do.", "id": "714514" }, { "contents": "Wonder Woman (2017 film)\n\n\nallows itself to be something relatively rare in the modern superhero cosmos. It feels less like yet another installment in an endless sequence of apocalyptic merchandising opportunities than like ... what's the word I'm looking for? A movie. A pretty good one, too.\" Michael Phillips of \"Chicago Tribune\" compared the film to \"\", noting that as with \"the first \"Captain America\" movie over in the Marvel Comics universe, DC's \"Wonder Woman\" offers the pleasures of period re-creation for a", "id": "7168515" }, { "contents": "Atlas Comics (1950s)\n\n\n1954 - Oct. 1955) and \"Captain America\" (#76-78, May-Sept. 1954). All three superheroes also appeared in the final two issues of \"Men's Adventures\" (#27-28, May–July 1954). Goodman's publishing strategy for Atlas involved what he saw as the proven route of following popular trends in TV and movies — Westerns and war dramas prevailing for a time, drive-in movie monsters another time — and even other comic books, particularly the EC", "id": "7856093" }, { "contents": "Captain Penny\n\n\ndo what Mom says you won't go far wrong.\" (This is sometimes referred to as \"Captain Penny's Rule\"). In 1957, a second program was added in a late afternoon time slot \"Captain Penny's Fun House\". The show featured Captain Penny (Ron Penfound), Wilbur Wiffenpoof (Earl Keyes) and other guests such as Bobo (an inflated clown). Captain Penny also hosted a 2-hour show \"Captain Penny's Fun Farm\" on Saturday mornings. Mr. Jingeling made yearly appearances", "id": "16513693" }, { "contents": "Fury's Big Week\n\n\nit all leads right into \"Marvel’s The Avengers\", so we start in 1943 with Captain America and go all the way through all of the Marvel movies that you've seen to date\". Pearson said, \"Hopefully, [readers will] see the respect that the studio has for the cohesive universe. It’s a comic book tying all of the events of several different features, and you really get to see how they’re all in the same world.\" Yost added, \"there’s something going", "id": "4763430" }, { "contents": "Madcap (comics)\n\n\nMadcap is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Madcap first appeared in \"Captain America\" #307 (July 1985), and was created by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary. Most of the villains Gruenwald introduced \"Captain America\" in were created to symbolize aspects of contemporary American culture and the world political situation. Gruenwald stated, \"Madcap represents purposelessness, the disaffected youth of today who thinks 'What's the reason for doing anything?' The ultimate dropout generation.\" Madcap (true", "id": "2033537" }, { "contents": "Young Avengers\n\n\nhospital, Eli's grandfather donates his blood to Eli. Captain America again tells the Young Avengers to stop what they are doing. Kate blames their trouble on the Avengers for not training them. The Young Avengers repair the statues of fallen Avengers at Avengers Mansion. Eli now has superpowers as a result of the blood transfusion. Kate receives Hawkeye's bow and quiver from Captain America, and she takes the mantle of Hawkeye. Tommy arrives in costume and calls himself Speed. In \"Civil War\" #2, the members", "id": "9524704" }, { "contents": "USS Triton (SSRN-586)\n\n\nCaptain Hay noted: It is truly a cruise which tested the crew's mettle and proved the skipper's \"tenacity\". More than that, however, it again proved to all who cared to listen that the US Navy could go anywhere, at any time, and do what ever was required. It's a good sea story about doing what had to be done. On the fiftieth anniversary of the First Submerged Circumnavigation it's a good thing to do to re-read about one of the forerunners of all we", "id": "16869544" }, { "contents": "Captain America's shield\n\n\nmade \"off the books\", and only the two of them, the Black Widow, and the Falcon, are aware of the situation. Although Bucky attempted to return the shield to Rogers after his resurrection, Rogers let Bucky keep it as he felt that he could do more good in his new role as Commander Steve Rogers rather than Captain America, using a photonic shield in its place when circumstances called for him to go into combat. He reclaimed the shield for good after Bucky was apparently killed during the \"Fear", "id": "15588023" }, { "contents": "Production of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame\n\n\n'm not going to be able to give it what I would need to.\" At the end of the month, Chris Evans, who portrays Captain America in the MCU, revealed that filming was now scheduled to begin in late 2016 over nine months, lasting until August or September 2017, after previously being scheduled to begin in late 2015. By May 2015, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely had signed on to also return from the \"Captain America\" films, writing the screenplays for both parts of the film. Anthony", "id": "11338052" }, { "contents": "AXIS (comics)\n\n\nwas right about him. Havok then sides with the now-unified X-Men and his brother Cyclops with whom he reconciled. Days later, S.H.I.E.L.D. gathered Captain America to discuss what was going to become of the Red Skull, now that the Stark Sentinels had been dismantled and the concentration camps torn down. Nick Fury, Jr. tried to convince Captain America to hand him over, but under the influence of the inversion spell, Wilson was violent and punched him before leaving saying that Fury mistaken him for Steve and that \"", "id": "18121751" }, { "contents": "Team Thor\n\n\ntwo sequels. While Captain America and Iron Man were fighting, Thor took a short break in Australia. He lives with a local ordinary office worker Darryl Jacobson while trying to figure out what is going on in Asgard. As he does this he is interviewed by a newsteam and talks about daily life in Australia and shows short segments of events, such as his visit to a kindergarten, an attempt to send an email to Tony Stark concerning his conflict with Captain America with Darryl's help, him drawing a painting about the", "id": "6444533" }, { "contents": "Last Hero Standing\n\n\nabout what to do. In Asgard, Thor and Captain America try to figure out what is wrong with the heroes. Discouraged and concerned about his performance, Cap determines he should limit his role in the matter. Elsewhere in Thor's castle, the Vizier notices that Nova is acting strangely and senses that Nova has been turned evil. He uses his magic spells to bring Nova back to normal and plans to do the same with the other Earth heroes. Nova also remembers what happened to him and reveals to his teammates that", "id": "21673726" }, { "contents": "What Goes Around... Comes Around\n\n\neverything else, including the basses and strings. Danja compared the process to scoring to a movie, thinking the song was like a horror flick. \"What Goes Around... Comes Around\" was pivotal to the creation of \"FutureSex/LoveSounds\". After finishing the production of the song, Timbaland teased Timberlake. Timberlake responded: \"Let's do something we would never do. Let's go far left and just see what happens.\" His answer motivated the collective, and they ended up producing ten songs for the", "id": "21126534" }, { "contents": "Funny Farm (film)\n\n\nbrow humor, rougher and more like the movies Chevy was doing at the time, but George was a classy guy and he wasn’t going to do that. He does what he does. He made the movie classy, and I think a lot of Chevy’s fans were let down because it wasn’t as raucous and vulgar as they might have expected.\" \"Funny Farm\" received mixed reviews at the time of its release. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 65%, based on", "id": "6344988" }, { "contents": "Ric Parnell\n\n\nasked was, 'What do you think about a movie that's going to tear your career apart?' I said, 'You should have made this movie about 10 years ago.' They then asked me what other bands I'd been in, and I said, 'Well, I was in a band called Atomic Rooster.' They looked at each other and said, 'Yep, that's it, you're our man.' \" Spinal Tap became a working band, recording a soundtrack album and", "id": "1092437" }, { "contents": "Jeannine Oppewall\n\n\nBruce Beresford praised Oppewall as \"absolutely brilliant,\" especially for her attention to very small details, \"going from the curtains to the color of the quilts on the floors.\" A large portion of the movie was filmed in the home of Duvall's character, which Beresford created from an old house that had been sitting abandoned by a highway in Waxahachie, Texas, where the majority of the movie was filmed. Oppewall said of her career, \"What I do for a living is not dissimilar from what an actor", "id": "5763119" }, { "contents": "Weapon H\n\n\nhave it bombed with missiles. This angers Weapon H as Captain America tries to calm Weapon H. Captain America persuades him to take Dario's offer in order to be his soldier on the inside. When Weapon H and Dario go to check on Blake and Man-Thing 10 minutes later, they find that they have been assisted by Korg in taking a few of the Skrullduggers out. Weapon H hears from Korg that the Roxxon soldiers on Weirdworld are safe in a bunker. Weapon H states that he will undertake a mission in", "id": "21704402" }, { "contents": "Captain America: The Winter Soldier\n\n\n, they wanted to stay with live action, which is a dying art form. If they can build it, they built it. If we could do it, we did it. They wanted to do as little CGI as possible. That's why the movie looks so great.\" Nevertheless, six special effects companies are involved in creating the visual effects of the film, including Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Scanline VFX, Lola VFX, Luma Pictures, Whiskytree and The Embassy, with previsualization completed by", "id": "11663602" }, { "contents": "Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America\n\n\nshield is missing; accusing Stark of planning to create a replacement. Although Pym attempts to detain him, Iron Man lets Wolverine go for the simple reason that he can tell the others that Steve Rogers, Captain America, is indeed dead. As he leaves, Wolverine warns Iron Man that if he learns that Stark had anything to do with Cap's death, he would kill him. As Wolverine and Daredevil infiltrate the M.O.M Helicarrier, Iron Man contacts the Mighty Avengers who are en route to prevent the super-villain Tiger", "id": "10882040" }, { "contents": "Jack O'Lantern (Marvel Comics)\n\n\nservices. During the \"Heroic Age,\" Captain America added in his journal on what he knew about Jack O'Lantern. Captain America noted that Norman Osborn didn't use Jack O'Lantern and suspects that Jack O'Lantern will continue his crusade to avenge Steve Levins. After Osborn's fall, a new Jack O'Lantern appears working for the third Crime Master. As a child, the kid that would become Jack O'Lantern had disobeyed his parents and mistreated animals. While going as Jack O'Lantern for Halloween, he came across a house that Crime Master", "id": "133333" }, { "contents": "CityFlyer Express\n\n\nof transfer traffic using Gatwick as a hub. For this reason it was always going to be a challenge to persuade people to fly to Gatwick from relatively minor places like Genoa or Jersey in order to make an onward connection at the airport to what many people would consider secondary places in Africa or South America, and an even greater challenge to do this profitably. At the height of its commercial success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, British Caledonian managed to turn the dilemma the structure of its route network presented to its", "id": "8764814" }, { "contents": "Pat Robertson controversies\n\n\nbook \"The New World Order\", Robertson wrote: \"When I said during my presidential bid that I would bring only Christians and Jews into the government, I hit a firestorm. 'What do you mean?' the media challenged me. 'You're not going to bring atheists into the government? How dare you maintain that those who believe in Christian values are better qualified to govern America than Hindus and Muslims?' My simple answer is, 'Yes, they are.'\" David Cantor, Senior", "id": "9575275" }, { "contents": "Arthur (1981 film)\n\n\n\". The film is #10 on Bravo's \"100 Funniest Movies,\" and #53 on the American Film Institute's \"100 Years... 100 Laughs\". The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Arthur : Hobson? Hobson : Yes. Arthur : Do you know what I'm going to do? Hobson : No, I don't. Arthur : I'm going to take a bath. Hobson : I'll alert the media. The animated series \"The Critic\" starring Jon", "id": "3598661" }, { "contents": "Rick Moranis\n\n\n. And I actually demoed four or five of them, and I'm not sure at this point what I’m going to do with them—whether I’m going to fold them into a full-length video or a movie. But, boy, I had a good time doing that.\" On December 8, 2005, \"The Agoraphobic Cowboy\" was nominated for the 2006 Grammy for Best Comedy Album. On February 3, 2006, Moranis performed \"Press Pound\" on \"Late Night with Conan O'Brien\"", "id": "6271559" }, { "contents": "George Tillman Jr.\n\n\nshoot the movie and could not go a day over that.\" Due to Tillman's persistence, \"Soul Food\"'s location took place in Chicago. Tillman was pleased with the Edmonds' efforts in the film's production, stating \"I was able to bounce a lot of ideas off of them. They were there every day to see what was going on, but they didn't interfere with what I was doing. They let me make the film.\" On November 6, 1996, the production of \"", "id": "8880627" }, { "contents": "Shadow Captain (novel)\n\n\n\"Shadow Captain\", saying: \"what Reynolds is really doing is channeling some of the great writers from what David Pringle calls the Age of Storytellers–Dickens, Stevenson, Sabatini, Dumas–into space opera form [...] This second installment is a highly entertaining and worthy successor to \"Revenger\".\" SFFWorld rates the novel favorably and says the following: \"Whilst there are clichés (it is, after all, space pirates!) there were times when I genuinely wasn’t sure where this was going", "id": "4565303" }, { "contents": "List of EastEnders characters (1995)\n\n\nsoap, because I want to do movies, and nobody I know goes from soap to movies, and it's just not the sort of actress I want to be [...] this agent said to me, just let me send you a synopsis of the character and see what you think, and I thought she was fantastic. And I watched \"EastEnders\" that night and I realised just how many people talked about it. So I told my agent, 'All right, I'm going to go for it", "id": "16049493" }, { "contents": "Logan (film)\n\n\nthat he had been trying to convince Jackman to re-sign for a Wolverine and Deadpool crossover film. Urging fans to campaign online, he stated, \"I want Deadpool and Wolverine in a movie together. What we're gonna have to do is convince Hugh. If anything, I'm going to need to do what I can to get my internet friends back on board to help rally another cause down the line. Hugh Jackman is one of the best human beings. Part of the reason I want to do", "id": "17306806" }, { "contents": "Captain (comics)\n\n\ncomplex,\" which was bestowed upon him by a pair of small, green, altruistic extraterrestrials named Spa-Fon and Squa-Tront in order to make Brooklyn a better place. As the Captain was incredibly drunk at the time, it is unknown if he remembers this event exactly, as he immediately attacked both aliens, believing them to be gold-bearing leprechauns. By his own admission, he used to go by Captain ☠☠☠☠, a moniker so offensive that, when he met Captain America, the", "id": "11371799" }, { "contents": "Marvel Cinematic Universe\n\n\nus. And I think why Marvel has been so successful is because it's been such a clear plan, that everything is interconnected and they're building emotional capital with each movie that you can then trade off of in the next film.\" Joe later elaborated that once each film's creative team \"come up with conceptually what we want to do\" for a film, then we will ask questions about whether this would interfere with a storyline in another movie. Or, what's going on in that film, can", "id": "9769274" }, { "contents": "Captain Price\n\n\nRoach. This is further explained in the artbook for \"MW2\". Price is known to be ruthless towards his enemies. This can be seen when he tells Captain MacMillan that he was going to \"kill them all\" after MacMillan asked him what he was going to do with all of the equipment that he had acquired. However, he is also a man who can be funny at some times, often cracking jokes during missions. Price is also a very caring man. Although he seemed to be very hostile to", "id": "21333953" }, { "contents": "You're in the Movies\n\n\ngames to be \"quite an organic process\": \"Sometimes we'd have a movie and we'd say OK, we want the player to do this in the scene, which is the action we want, so try to think of a game idea for this. But other times we'd be thinking, \"Oh, you know what, we got this great idea for a game and these are the essential actions we can get out of it, how are we going to use it in movies?\" So", "id": "12355434" }, { "contents": "Halloween (2018 film)\n\n\ncome out, and everyone could hate us, and we'd never work again. So, let's not have to sit around for a year while we wait for another movie to come out that we know people aren't going to like.' So, we were like, 'Let's learn from this, and see what works, and what doesn't.' But we definitely have an idea of where we would go [with] this branch of the story and hopefully we get a chance to do it", "id": "13962348" } ]

[ { "contents": "I Don't Like Mondays.\n\n\nI Don't Like Mondays. is a Japanese rock band based in Tokyo. They are signed with Rhythm Zone, an imprint of Avex Group. Their abbreviated name is IDLMs. The band name \"I Don't Like Mondays.\" was named because the members thought it would be very impressive if the band name was like a sentence. Every Monday is their holiday and they don't work on Mondays. They actually don't like Mondays, they say. They started out making music by holding sessions or by individuals but", "id": "4551565" }, { "contents": "The Fine Art of Surfacing\n\n\nThe Fine Art of Surfacing was The Boomtown Rats' third album and contained the hit-single releases, \"I Don't Like Mondays\", \"Diamond Smiles\" and \"Someone's Looking at You\". The album peaked at No. 7 in the UK Albums Chart in 1979. \"I Don't Like Mondays\" b/w \"It's All the Rage\" was released in July 1979 and reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in late July in the UK in the same year. The", "id": "21006422" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like Mondays.\n\n\nnow they've found that discussion is the best way to do the music productions. If one of the four members is not satisfied with the production, that track will never be released. They produce not only music but also direct live shows and music videos by themselves. The band is active in the fashion industry, such as co-producing with \"RESTIR,\", a Japanese fashion brand/boutique. Launched an original brand \"IDLMs by I Don't Like Mondays.\". After the launch, they have", "id": "4551566" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like Mondays\n\n\n\"I Don't Like Mondays\" is a song by Irish group The Boomtown Rats about the 1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego. It was released in 1979 as the lead single from their third album, \"The Fine Art of Surfacing\". The song was a number one single in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks during the summer of 1979, and ranks as the sixth biggest hit of the UK in 1979. Written by Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers, the piano ballad was the band's second single", "id": "8022649" }, { "contents": "Stefaan Engels\n\n\nkey. Before him, the record was held by Ricardo Abad Martínez of Spain with 150 marathons in a row in 2009. Abad is the current world record holder. Of his feats, Engels described: \"I don't regard my marathon year as torture. It's more like a regular job...I am running just as Joe Average goes to work on Monday morning, whether or not he feels like it. I don't always feel like running, but when I am done, I take a shower, have", "id": "7573604" }, { "contents": "Love You till Tuesday (song)\n\n\ntill Tuesday\" took its name from the song, which also featured over the opening credits. The critics of \"Record Retailer\", \"Record Mirror\" and \"Melody Maker\" all praised the single. In a column reviewing recently released singles, Bowie influence Syd Barrett told \"Melody Maker\" in May 1967, \"Yeah, it's a joke number. Jokes are good...I think people will like the bit about it being Monday, when in fact it was Tuesday. Very chirpy, but I don't", "id": "13414130" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like Mondays\n\n\nlike Mondays. This livens up the day\". Geldof had been contacted by Steve Jobs to play a gig for Apple, inspiring the opening line about a \"silicon chip\". The song was first performed less than a month later. Geldof explained how he wrote the song: I was doing a radio interview in Atlanta with [Johnnie] Fingers and there was a telex machine beside me. I read it as it came out. Not liking Mondays as a reason for doing somebody in is a bit strange. I", "id": "8022651" }, { "contents": "Education for Leisure\n\n\nstating \"I don't like Mondays\". The killings inspired the Boomtown Rats song I Don't Like Mondays. The poem is set against a backdrop of rising social problems in the United Kingdom during the 1980s and can be considered critical of Thatcherism. The poem references Gloucester's lines in Act 4 of King Lear, “As flies to wanton boys are we to the Gods/ They kill us for their sport”, lines which show how humankind is at the whim of the gods. In 2008 concerns about the levels of", "id": "3997467" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like Mondays.\n\n\ncollaborated with a Japanese original brand shop \"And A\" and started a collaborated brand called \"And A by \"I Don't Like Mondays.\". In September 2016, they have announced to collaborate with a select apparel shop\"RESTIR\" and launched \"IDLMs. CREATIVE DRECTION BY RESTIR EDITION\". They performed at a fashion show of Kansai Yamamoto. In 2015, they did a music direction for the short film called \"THE INDEPENDENTS\" Directed by LESLIE KEE Time 12:34 featuring YOHJI YAMAMOTO 2015 A/W Collections and they", "id": "4551567" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like Mondays\n\n\nrecorded performance features on Bon Jovi's live album \"One Wild Night Live 1985–2001\", as well as on the bonus 2-CD edition of \"These Days\". Bon Jovi was again joined by Geldof for a performance of the song at The O2 Arena on 23 June 2010, the 10th night of their 12-night residency. Geldof himself performed a version of the song while hosting the Live 8 concert in London, on 2 July 2005. \"I Don't Like Mondays\" was subsequently covered by Tori Amos on her 2001 album", "id": "8022656" }, { "contents": "Cleveland Elementary School shooting (San Diego)\n\n\nremains in prison. A reporter reached Spencer by phone while she was still in the house after the shooting, and asked her why she did it. She reportedly answered: \"I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day,\" which inspired Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers to write the Boomtown Rats song \"I Don't Like Mondays\". Brenda Spencer (born April 3, 1962) lived in the San Carlos neighborhood of San Diego, California in a house across the street from Grover Cleveland Elementary School in", "id": "12956416" }, { "contents": "Holly Miranda\n\n\nreleased a new album titled \"Mutual Horse\" in 2018, featuring a contribution from TV on the Radio's Kyp Malone. Miranda is a lesbian, but she doesn't like to label herself when it comes to being talked about as a musician. \"I have no problem being out, but I don't think it has anything to do with my music\", Miranda said. \"I like who I like. I don't want people to not listen to my music because of that and I don't want", "id": "17881219" }, { "contents": "Monday\n\n\n, \"Rainy Days and Mondays\" (1971) from the Carpenters, \"I Don't Like Mondays\" (1979) from the Boomtown Rats, and \"Manic Monday\" (1986) from the Bangles (written by Prince). There is a band named the Happy Mondays and an American pop punk band Hey Monday. The popular comic strip character Garfield by Jim Davis is well known for his disdain for Mondays. In the United Kingdom, more people commit suicide in England and Wales on Mondays than other days of", "id": "9543940" }, { "contents": "I Am Not a Human Being\n\n\nalbum \"TM 103\". The song \"I Don't Like The Look Of It\" was originally released on Gudda Gudda's 2010 mixtape \"Back 2 Guddaville\" with a different beat under the title \"Willy Wonka\". The instrumental was changed when it was released on this album due to sample clearance issues. The last three tracks featured on the album's physical CD release, \"YM Banger\", \"YM Salute\", and \"I Don't Like The Look Of It\", were not initially included", "id": "2439056" }, { "contents": "I Don't Have to Be Me ('til Monday)\n\n\n\"I Don't Have To Be Me ('til Monday)\" is a song co-written by JW. and recorded by American country music artist Steve Azar. It was released in October 2001 as the lead-off single from his album \"Waitin' on Joe\". The song peaked at number 2 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, becoming Azar's highest-peaking single. Azar wrote this song with R.C. Bannon and Jason Young. It also peaked at number 35 on", "id": "9021575" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside\n\n\nI Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt (also referred to simply as I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside) is the second studio album by American rapper Earl Sweatshirt. It was released on March 23, 2015, by Columbia Records and Tan Cressida Records. It features guest appearances from Dash, Wiki, Na-Kel, and Vince Staples. \"I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside\" received widespread acclaim from critics, debuting", "id": "9759176" }, { "contents": "List of UK top-ten singles in 1979\n\n\nin second place. Cliff Richard's \"We Don't Talk Anymore\", \"I Don't Like Mondays\" from The Boomtown Rats and \"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman\" by Dr. Hook made up the top five. Singles by Gloria Gaynor, Tubeway Army, Roxy Music, Blondie (\"Sunday Girl\") and Lena Martell were also in the top ten best-selling singles of the year. The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 1979, including singles", "id": "16000162" }, { "contents": "Diamond Smiles\n\n\n\"Diamond Smiles\" was the second single from The Boomtown Rats' album \"The Fine Art of Surfacing\". It was the follow-up to their successful single \"I Don't Like Mondays\" and also peaked at Number 13 in the UK Charts. The band has suggested that it might have fared better had it not been for a strike of lighting technicians on the powerful UK TV programme \"Top of The Pops\" at the time that the record was released and rising in the charts. Dealing with death,", "id": "13182743" }, { "contents": "The Boomtown Rats\n\n\nRecords. Mutt Lange produced \"Rat Trap\", which became the first rock song by an Irish band to reach No. 1 in the UK. In addition, \"Rat Trap\" was also the first new wave song to claim the number one spot. In 1979, \"I Don't Like Mondays\" was released. This was written in response to a school shooting in California carried out by Brenda Ann Spencer, and also reached No. 1 in the UK. It was a worldwide hit, with the exception", "id": "15599435" }, { "contents": "Gerald Ford\n\n\nbe a new tape released on a Monday, and he said the evidence in there was devastating and there would probably be either an impeachment or a resignation. And he said, 'I'm just warning you that you've got to be prepared, that things might change dramatically and you could become President.' And I said, 'Betty, I don't think we're ever going to live in the vice president's house. When Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974, Ford automatically assumed the presidency. This", "id": "19163968" }, { "contents": "Manic Monday\n\n\n\"I-don't-have-to-run day.\" Mark Moses from \"The Phoenix\" said \"the lack of lyrical substance is so glaring that Prince's lame 'Manic Monday' seems like a thematic highlight\". Greg Baker of \"The Miami News\" wrote in the album's review that \"the song should put [T]he Bangles on the 'pop 'n' roll' map\". A writer in \"Toledo Blade\" noted that \"Manic Monday\" was \"infectious\" and, along", "id": "15749532" }, { "contents": "Brendan Bowyer\n\n\nnumbers, nationalist songs, modern contemporary songs and concert hits. 2001 saw the release of \"Follow On\", a covers album, where Bowyer performs some of the most popular Irish songs, such as \"Summer in Dublin,\" \"What's Another Year,\" \"Past the Point of Rescue,\" and \"I Don't Like Mondays.\" 2005 saw Brendan and Aisling headlining the entertainment list for the Tall Ships Festival in Waterford, performing in the open air to an estimated crowd of 12,000. In 2015", "id": "6221288" }, { "contents": "Bob Geldof\n\n\n1978, The Boomtown Rats had their first No. 1 single in the UK with \"Rat Trap\", the first new wave chart-topper in Britain. In 1979, they gained international attention with their second UK No. 1, \"I Don't Like Mondays\". This was both successful and controversial. Geldof had written it in the aftermath of Brenda Ann Spencer's attempted massacre at an elementary school in San Diego, California in 1979. In 1980, The Boomtown Rats released the album \"Mondo Bongo\"", "id": "6694319" }, { "contents": "Nothing Personal (All Time Low album)\n\n\nDamned If I Don't)\" on September 16, directed by Stawski. On September 22, \"Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)\" was released as a single featuring the music video and a remix of the track by Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. Between mid-October and early December, the band went on a headlining US tour alongside We the Kings, Hey Monday and the Friday Night Boys. In January and February 2010, the band went on the Kerrang! tour,", "id": "21687711" }, { "contents": "Can't Stand Losing You\n\n\nheld off only by \"I Don't Like Mondays\" by The Boomtown Rats. \"Can't Stand Losing You\" also appeared on the UK singles charts in 1980, as part of the \"Six Pack\" singles compilation set. The package (consisting of six 7\" vinyl singles) peaked at number 17 on the UK charts in June 1980. In 1995, a live version of the song was released as a single and reached number 27 in the charts. \"Dead End Job\", the B-side", "id": "13131579" }, { "contents": "Andy Jackson (recording engineer)\n\n\n\"Why Pink Floyd...?\" reissue campaign, and the 2016 box set \"The Early Years 1965–1972\". In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Jackson has also worked with artists such as Heatwave, Strawbs, The Boomtown Rats (most notably mixed their hit \"I Don't Like Mondays\") and goth rock group Fields of the Nephilim, and recorded a solo album, \"Obvious\", which was released in 2001. He was also a guitar player in the live band version of The Eden House", "id": "6088274" }, { "contents": "Strange Little Girls\n\n\n\", \"Time\", and \"Raining Blood\". A fifth cover of the \"I Don't Like Mondays\" character was also issued in the UK and other territories. Text accompanying the photos and songs was written by novelist Neil Gaiman. The complete short stories in which this text appears can be found in Gaiman's 2006 collection \"Fragile Things\". As with Amos's previous two studio albums, the cover album was recorded at her Cornwall studio. The album received mixed reviews upon its release in September 2001", "id": "6628341" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside\n\n\nOn August 7, 2015, Sweatshirt released an animated music video for the song \"Off Top\". \"I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside\" received widespread acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album has received an average score of 81, based on 31 reviews. David Jeffries of AllMusic said, \"\"I Don't Like Shit\" is heavy and lacks much hope, and yet it communicates these feelings with such", "id": "9759178" }, { "contents": "Duele el Corazón\n\n\nCarlos Yepez Jr (JY \"El De La J\"). In an interview with Miami's Romance 107.5 Monday, Enrique said of this song, \"This song was born from an idea of one of my friends, I then worked in the studio and developed it in the studio for about eight months... which is not that much time.\" Adding that, \"What I look for in a song is something that animates people, something that I like, If I don't like the song, I do", "id": "12603767" }, { "contents": "Sidney Crosby\n\n\nCrosby swatted it away with his stick before Voráček could pick it up, Crosby replied, saying, \"I don't like any guy on their team there, so his glove was near me, went to pick it up, and I pushed it, so yeah, that's... [...] I don't like them. Because I don't like them. I don't like... I don't like any guy on their team.\" When the interviewer suggested that he could have skated away, Crosby replied", "id": "4552745" }, { "contents": "Jersey (EP)\n\n\n: \"The reason why the album did not come out is because... look, I never wanted to really be an amazing singer. Honestly, I was tone deaf when I first got on the [Disney] Channel. I literally auditioned for Shake It Up! and I was like, 'I don't sing and I don't dance. I have no idea why I'm here',\" she said.\" No single was released, only the remix version of \"Call It Whatever\" was included in", "id": "3641797" }, { "contents": "I Like It, I Love It\n\n\n- they may choose to find it either wholesome or risqué, depending on their individual tastes. The song appears on the game Karaoke Revolution Country and was also almost invariably played during the halftime of ABCs \"Monday Night Football\". It is also a part of the goal song for the NHL's Nashville Predators; McGraw re-recorded the chorus, replacing \"Don't know what it is 'bout that little gal's lovin‘“ with \"Don't know what it is 'bout the Predators scorin'.” The song", "id": "15329228" }, { "contents": "Aixa de la Cruz\n\n\n) and \"Best European Fiction 2015\" (Dalkey Archive, 2014), which reprinted her story \"True Milk.\" While still in school Cruz began writing articles and short stories, resulting in her being given a grant in 2006 from the Antonio Gala Foundation. She currently lives in Spain and is a teacher at the Writers' School in Madrid. Cruz's play \"I Don't Like Mondays\" was a finalist of the Margarita Xirgú and Madrid Sur contests and released in Mexico in 2012. The 2017 play \"", "id": "7888328" }, { "contents": "One Wild Night Live 1985–2001\n\n\nOne Wild Night Live 1985–2001 is a live album by the American rock band Bon Jovi, released in May 22, 2001. The album includes live covers of Neil Young's \"Rockin' in the Free World\" and performance of The Boomtown Rats' \"I Don't Like Mondays\", with a guest appearance by their lead singer Bob Geldof. Though stating it was recorded from 1985-2001, only two of the songs were recorded before 1995 (\"Runaway\" and \"In and Out of Love\" in 1985", "id": "8712868" }, { "contents": "Lil' Kim\n\n\nLil' Kim' prison release. On May 17, 2012, Lil' Kim attended an interview with radio show, \"The Breakfast Club\". When asked about whether or not she had spoken to Brown at all in recent years, Lil' Kim replied, \"I don't even know her. And when I say that; I don't know who she is to these days. I wouldn't even know what her voice sounds like.\" Lil' Kim has been embroiled in a feud with rapper Nicki", "id": "2715513" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like Disco\n\n\nsinger revealed that she called it \"I Don't Like Disco\" to separate herself from the image of the 'disco queen' she had earned earlier in her musical career. It was originally scheduled for release on 7 November 2011, but the launch was then pushed back to January 2012 to ensure more time for promotion. In August 2012, a deluxe edition of the album was released, containing additional recordings and remixes. Three singles preceded the album's release in 2011: \"Chinese Walk\", \"I Don't", "id": "20003929" }, { "contents": "Jenny Bradley\n\n\nI have done with her have just been like picking up from where we left off. There is a lot of unfinished business with them—Rita isn't very happy.\" When asked about the differences between the show now compared to your previous stint, Matthews replied: \"There were immense differences which I am used to because that is how TV is. Comparing my time then and my time now, the main difference is that we don't rehearse anymore. In the old days, we would spend all of Monday", "id": "4818625" }, { "contents": "The Fine Art of Surfacing\n\n\nsong refers to Brenda Ann Spencer's killing spree on Monday, 29 January 1979 in San Diego, California. Bob Geldof also went around America leading up to \"The Fine Art of Surfacing\", drumming up publicity for the band in the United States. During this time the Rats learned much about both American life and breaking into the American music market. This is a recurring theme on the album, sometimes taking a serious approach in looking at American society, in songs like \"I Don't Like Mondays\" and \"", "id": "21006423" }, { "contents": "Fun Factory (band)\n\n\nof their songs to Chart in the United States and Canada. The follow up single release was \"Don't Go Away\", becoming their last chart success. \"Don't Go Away\" was also the last single to be promoted by the band as a quartet, when Cottura left the band. As a trio, the group released two more further singles, the ballad \"I Love You\" and \"Oh Yeah Yeah (I Like It)\". The first of these was dedicated to the leaving member Cottura", "id": "7504719" }, { "contents": "Cleveland Elementary School shooting (San Diego)\n\n\ntheir band the Boomtown Rats, which was released later that year. Geldof and his band were in San Diego performing at The Roxy Theater, a small movie theater and concert hall in the Pacific Beach district, on February 27, 1979, and the preliminary legal proceedings against Spencer were headlining local news broadcasts. \"I Don't Like Mondays\" was also the title of a 2006 television documentary about the event. A plaque and flagpole were erected at Cleveland Elementary in memory of the shooting victims. The school was closed in", "id": "12956427" }, { "contents": "Red (Taylor Swift album)\n\n\nthis patchwork quilt of different sounds and different emotions, and I don't think anything on the record sounds like We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together\". She also previewed songs from the album on \"Good Morning America\" every Monday, beginning on September 24 until October 15. Swift performed on October 22 for the album's release, and the next day, she performed a live concert on the same show. According to the singer she had spent over two years with the recording process, writing and preparation for the", "id": "17956674" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like Mondays\n\n\nside, but changed his mind after the song was successful with audiences on the Rats' US tour. Spencer's family tried unsuccessfully to prevent the single from being released in the United States. In later years, Geldof admitted that he regretted writing the song because he \"made [Brenda Spencer] famous\". Despite reaching number-one in the United Kingdom, it only reached number 73 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The song was played regularly by album-oriented rock format radio stations in the United", "id": "8022653" }, { "contents": "One Wild Night Live 1985–2001\n\n\n). The album charted at #20 on The Billboard 200. The duet of \"I Don't Like Mondays\" with Bob Geldof was performed at Wembley Stadium just two weeks short of the tenth anniversary of Live Aid, where Geldof performed the same song at the same stadium as part of the Boomtown Rats. He would later perform the same song almost exactly ten years later in London again at Live 8. This 1995 rendition of the song was previously released on a rare special edition 2-CD version of These Days. Several", "id": "8712869" }, { "contents": "WRAS (FM)\n\n\nand offices. According to Bob Geldof, he penned the Boomtown Rats hit song, \"I Don't Like Mondays\" in the Album 88 office after reading a telex report of the schoolyard shooting on which the song is based. Album 88 has over 50 student volunteers who host many of the programs. Among the specialty shows on Album 88 are: \"The Georgia Music Show\" (dedicated exclusively to artists from Georgia), \"I Don't Care\" (punk), \"Soul Kitchen\" (funk, soul", "id": "2340458" }, { "contents": "Eddie and the Cruisers\n\n\nI liked, but I remember my agent at the time saying, \"Look, you only have to work two weeks, and they're going to pay you a lot of money. We'll just say it was your first movie and they just didn't release it.\" I think people were all fucked up on drugs. I don't know. I was a little removed, because I wasn't on the movie the whole time, but it seemed like it was just a mess. Like, when I", "id": "10336799" }, { "contents": "The Importance of Being Ernest\n\n\nThe Importance of Being Ernest is an album by American country singer Ernest Tubb, released in 1959 (see 1959 in music). Tubb wrote in his fan club's newsletter \"I don't know who dreamed up the title but I hope that it will meet with your approval. Also, I don't like the cover picture and haven't the slightest idea where they got it. I don't believe you will like it either, but I trust that you will like what is inside the cover well enough to make", "id": "4459893" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like You\n\n\n\"I Don't Like You\" is a song by Dutch singer Eva Simons. It was released on 26 March 2012. It topped the US Hot Dance Club Songs. \"I Don't Like You\" is Simons' debut on the label Interscope Records and it was produced by Russian-German producer Zedd. The song was included on \"Now That's What I Call Music! 43\", with the collection debuting at number one on the US \"Billboard\" 200. Nicholas Philippou from MTV reported that Dutch producer", "id": "20766010" }, { "contents": "Bob Geldof\n\n\n\"\", saying \"Fuck the tape\" while concluding his chat with Cat Deeley. At the NME awards in 2006, when accepting an award, Geldof referred to the host Russell Brand as a \"cunt\". Brand responded by saying \"It's no wonder Bob Geldof knows so much about famine – he's been dining out on 'I Don't Like Mondays' for 30 years\". Then, in mid-July 2006, he infuriated many New Zealanders by criticising the New Zealand government's foreign aid contribution", "id": "6694347" }, { "contents": "Gene Wilder\n\n\nnovel, \"The Woman Who Wouldn't\", was released in March 2008. In a 2008 Turner Classic Movies special, \"Role Model: Gene Wilder\", where Alec Baldwin interviewed Wilder about his career, Wilder said that he was basically retired from acting for good. \"I don't like show business, I realized,\" he explained. \"I like show, but I don't like the business.\" In 2010, Wilder released a collection of stories called \"What Is This Thing Called Love?", "id": "2569580" }, { "contents": "The Bobbettes\n\n\nwith such other recordings as \"Have Mercy Baby,\" \"You Are My Sweetheart,\" \"You Belong to Me,\" and \"Dance with Me Georgie.\" They then signed with the End and released the songs \"Teach Me Tonight\" and \"I Don't Like It Like That\" (answer to Chris Kenner's \"I Like It Like That\".) Although the recording of \"I Don't Like It Like That\" was the girls' last chart record, they continued to record for a", "id": "6194713" }, { "contents": "Big Brother 11 (American season)\n\n\n, that her comments were censored during the live broadcast. \"I said, I don't think it's fair because I don't think they showed when it first was said, and I was like, 'If someone's a racist, they should be portrayed as one. You shouldn't edit it to make them look good.'\" CBS released a statement on July 17, 2009 regarding the censoring of the controversial statements saying the statements in question were offensive and did not meet the network's standards. CBS", "id": "11825759" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like Mondays\n\n\nto reach number one on the UK chart. According to Geldof, he wrote the song after reading a telex report at Georgia State University's campus radio station, WRAS, on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children in a school playground at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California, on 29 January 1979, killing two adults and injuring eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime; her full explanation for her actions was \"I don't", "id": "8022650" }, { "contents": "Lil Reese\n\n\nchart. His debut mixtape, \"Don't Like\", was released later that year. Since his first mixtape, Lil Reese has gone on to release 6 mixtapes in total, including 2013's \"Supa Savage\", as well as 2 EPs, including the collaborative EP \"Supa Vultures\" with Lil Durk. Lil Reese gained recognition when he was featured on Chief Keef's hit \"I Don't Like\" which garnered widespread international attention. He then began to receive popularity through his music videos, including \"Us", "id": "1312068" }, { "contents": "Zoot Money's Big Roll Band\n\n\nBeen Trying\"/\"Florence Of Arabia\"/\"Let The Good Times Roll\"/\"James Brown Medley\"/\"Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.\"/\"Nothing Can Change This Love\"/\"Barefootin'\"/\"Good\"/\"Bring It On Home To Me\"/\"Please Stay\"/You Know You'll Cry\"/\"Something Is Worrying Me\"/\"Stubborn Kind of Fellow\"/\"The Many Faces Of Love\" CD 2: Live At The Flamingo plus 1966 Singles - \"I Got You (I Feel Good)\"/\"Smack Dab In The Middle\"/\"Boot-Leg\"/\"Train Train\"/\"Ain't That Peculiar\"/\"People Gonna Talk\"/\"It Should've Been Me\"/\"Hallelujah I Love Her So\"/\"Self-Discipline\"/\"Rock Me Baby\"/\"Stormy Monday Blues\"/\"Oh Mom (Teach Me How To Uncle Willie)\"/\"When I Meet My Baby\"/\"Blues March\"/\"You Don't Know Like I", "id": "19809305" }, { "contents": "Manic Monday\n\n\n, and facing a hectic journey to work when she would prefer to still be enjoying relaxing on Sunday—her \"I-don't-have-to-run day\". Actor Rudolph Valentino is referred in the first verse. The single received generally positive reviews by music critics. Some of them compared the song with the single \"Monday, Monday\" by the band The Mamas & the Papas. In a review for AllMusic, Mark Deming said that the single \"was a far cry from anything the Bangles had recorded", "id": "15749530" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like\n\n\n\"I Don't Like\" is the debut single by American rapper Chief Keef, featuring Lil Reese. It was released on March 11, 2012. It peaked at #73 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, #20 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and #15 on the Rap Songs chart. The song was produced by Young Chop. The video for \"I Don't Like\" went viral with over 28 million views on YouTube, before being taken down. The song features Chief", "id": "21236173" }, { "contents": "Make Out Monday\n\n\nthey had officially announced the formation of the band and released a music video for their first single \"Hope Less Romantics\". The band had cited that they coined the name \"Make Out Monday\" as a joke at first. Jeremy stated that they liked the idea of \"Something Monday\" and said, \"I was on my phone Instagramming [sic], and scrolling down there’s a hashtag #makeoutmonday. I though it was the dumbest thing, so I said, 'Hey Zack, what about Make Out", "id": "22094938" }, { "contents": "Aykut Kocaman\n\n\nup,\" the 46-year-old told Dogan News Agency. When quizzed on the incident, Emre seemed to think that it was a minor disagreement that has been blown out of proportion by the press. 'This is nothing too serious. I feel I don't need to comment on the issue,\" the Turkey international told Anadolu News Agency. On 16 January 2012, Monday evening as a last-gasp goal on Monday gave Kocaman's Fenerbahçe, aka the Yellow Canaries, a hard-fought 2–1 away victory over", "id": "3525366" }, { "contents": "Nick Cannon\n\n\n, and Montell Jordan. After signing with Jive Records in 2001, he was featured alongside Romeo Miller and 3LW on the \"\" soundtrack with a cover of the 1988 hit song \"Parents Just Don't Understand\". His debut self titled album was released in 2003 and included the single \"Your Pops Don't Like Me (I Really Don't Like This Dude)\". In 2005, Cannon formed his own record label, Can-I-Ball Records, with plans to release his second studio album, entitled", "id": "21793293" }, { "contents": "The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz\n\n\nTim Hardaway appeared on the show. When asked if he would be accepting of a gay teammate, such as retired NBA center John Amaechi, Hardaway replied: ‘First of all, I wouldn't want him on my team.’ Hardaway continued, ‘You know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known,’ Hardaway said. ‘I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be", "id": "1392240" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like Mondays\n\n\nwas thinking about it on the way back to the hotel and I just said 'silicon chip inside her head had switched to overload'. I wrote that down. And the journalists interviewing her said, 'Tell me why?' It was such a senseless act. It was the perfect senseless act and this was the perfect senseless reason for doing it. So perhaps I wrote the perfect senseless song to illustrate it. It wasn't an attempt to exploit tragedy. Geldof had originally intended the song as a B-", "id": "8022652" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like Disco\n\n\nI Don't Like Disco is a studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 2012 by independent label Little Boom Records and distributed by Universal Music France. The album spawned the minor hit \"La Bête et la Belle\". \"I Don't Like Disco\" is Lear's first studio album since 1989's \"Uomini più uomini\" – and the fifth in her career – not to include any covers or re-recordings of her earlier hits. Stylistically, the album explores electropop with minor rock influences. The", "id": "20003928" }, { "contents": "Timbaland\n\n\n\"All Night Long\" on Lovato's \"Unbroken\" album. In November 2010, Timbaland announced that he would be releasing a new song every Thursday, called Timbo Thursdays; a copy of the initiative shown by artists such as Kanye West (via G.O.O.D. Fridays), and Swizz Beatz (via Monster Mondays). In an interview with Rap-Up.com Timbaland stated, \"So, my brother told me Kanye is puttin' out a new song every Friday called G.O.O.D. Fridays, Swizz got Mondays, I don't know", "id": "15324172" }, { "contents": "Poo Bear Presents Bearthday Music\n\n\nThe album's pre-sale began on April 6, 2018. When asked in an interview with Idolator on why he decided to release the project now, Poo Bear said \"I just feel like now is the right time. I feel like my name is a little bit more familiar than it was before. You know, my music won't get lost as fast. I know that a lot of people still don't know who I am, but I just feel like I'm in a better place right now", "id": "11080946" }, { "contents": "The Marshall Mathers LP\n\n\nalbum, we've used this track. Hope you don't mind, and hope you like it.' When they sent ['Stan'] to me and I played it in my hotel room, I was like, 'Wow! This track's amazing.'\" The record label speculated that Eminem would be the first artist to sell one million copies in an album's first week of release. These expectations placed a large burden on Eminem, who recalled, \"I was scared to death. I wanted", "id": "18460583" }, { "contents": "Tha Doggfather\n\n\noutgrow your fans\". The album received generally moderate reviews from critics and fans at the time of its release. In a February issue of Spin magazine, Dr. Dre stated his feelings on the album and said \"But to be perfectly honest, I don't like Snoop's new album. And it has nothing to do with me not working him, because I'm just like everybody else: I like it, or I don't. The first time I heard the single, I was grooving to it, but", "id": "10831130" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like It, I Love It\n\n\n\"I Don't Like It, I Love It\" is a song by American rapper Flo Rida from his 2015 EP \"My House\". The song features American singer Robin Thicke and Earth, Wind & Fire bassist Verdine White. It was released as the album's third promotional single on March 31, 2015. The song was released as the album's second official single in June 19, 2015 in Ireland and on June 21 in the United Kingdom. In the UK, BBC Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw began playing", "id": "13560273" }, { "contents": "Chief Keef\n\n\nof Chicago's hip hop subgenre, drill. The attention he received increased during the short time between the release of his mixtapes, \"Bang\" and \"Back From the Dead\", and music videos, including \"Bang\", \"3Hunna\" and \"I Don't Like\". Once his house arrest ended, \"WorldStarHipHop\" released a video of a child hysterically celebrating Keef's release from house arrest, affording Keef further virality. Early in his music career, Keef's song \"I Don't Like\"", "id": "11880232" }, { "contents": "Damn (Kendrick Lamar album)\n\n\n\". Lamar went on to say about its final title, \"There was so many different ways you could put it in my head. Damned if I do, damned if I don't. The loudness of the record. When I think about \"DNA\", when I think of \"Humble\", when I think these records, it just felt like that.\" On March 23, 2017, Lamar released a promotional single, \"The Heart Part 4\", which contained lyrics hinting at a possible April", "id": "995860" }, { "contents": "Tim Hardaway\n\n\ntry to distance himself from a player he knew was homosexual. When asked by the radio show host whether he realized that his remarks were homophobic, Hardaway responded by saying: \"Well, you know I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States.\" He also said that if he found out he", "id": "21253287" }, { "contents": "Pretty Girls Like Trap Music\n\n\nRolling Stone\", 2 Chainz said he continued the art of memorizing all his rhymes before recording for this album: \"I don't like writing down anything. I feel like I could waste a good idea on just listening to a track. I don't want to hear 15 beats. I don't want to waste my studio time listening to beats. When I come, I want to work. Load them up. I'm going to come off the top. And out of the three [beats chosen by", "id": "7775516" }, { "contents": "Don't Stop (The Rolling Stones song)\n\n\nthe Rolling Stones I don't mind if the song sounds like the ones the Stones do, whereas if I'm writing, but not recording with the Rolling Stones, I don't want the song to contain too many of the clichés that one associates with the Rolling Stones, so I try quite hard to avoid them. Before the release of \"Forty Licks\", I wrote 'Don't Stop' in the same period that I was writing the songs for my solo album, and I just put it to one", "id": "16866135" }, { "contents": "Quentin Tarantino\n\n\n, not like big issue movies. I want to do them like they're genre films, but they deal with everything that America has never dealt with because it's ashamed of it, and other countries don't really deal with because they don't feel they have the right to\". The film was released on December 25, 2012. During an interview with Krishnan Guru-Murthy about the film on Channel 4 News, Tarantino reacted angrily when, in light of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, he was questioned", "id": "5302379" }, { "contents": "F-F-F-Falling\n\n\ntheir biggest hit with the #1 position on the Finnish Singles Chart and good success on many radio stations outside the native country Finland. The music video for \"F-F-F-Falling\" was shot in Vantaa, Finland the same year. The video shows different clips of the band in a studio and a girl who doesn't like to go to school. This relates to the lyrics \"I don't go to school every Monday. I've got my reason to sleep. Don't you tell me", "id": "19025089" }, { "contents": "Helen of Troy (album)\n\n\nbeen a great album. I came back from finishing Patti Smith's \"Horses\" and had three days to finish \"Helen of Troy\" before I went on [an] Italian tour. I was spending eighteen hours a day in the studio. When I got back, I found the record company had gone ahead and released what amounted to demo tapes. The trouble was that Island had their own ideas of what that album should sound like. They wanted to include songs I don't particularly like, but it was", "id": "10162586" }, { "contents": "Death in June\n\n\nthey've heard from someone in Germany who contacted a policeman in Bern. And the policeman in Bern contacted the authorities in Lausanne. This is like gossip. This is like fishwives. This is like old women. I don't care about old women gossiping. If at the end of the day, it means I don't play, good, I don't want to play in the city of old women talking about people behind their backs. And they are so stupid they believe in all the rumours. When I", "id": "18836784" }, { "contents": "After Laughter\n\n\ngoing to make another record...There was a moment when I didn't even want it to happen. Then it was like, I want it to happen, but I don't know how we're going to do it.\" On April 19, 2017, the lead single, \"Hard Times\", was released along with a music video. On the same day, pre-orders of the album were made available, revealing the album title, cover art, track listing, and release date. A European", "id": "19866917" }, { "contents": "I Don't Want to Know\n\n\n\"I Don't Want to Know\" is a song written by Stevie Nicks which was first released by Fleetwood Mac on their 1977 album \"Rumours\". It was also released as a single in Japan with \"Oh Daddy.\" Artists covering \"I Don't Want to Know\" include the Goo Goo Dolls. The song was also featured in an episode of \"Glee\". Nicks wrote \"I Don't Want to Know\" much earlier than the \"Rumours\" sessions, when she and Lindsey Buckingham were performing", "id": "6684610" }, { "contents": "Don't Stop (Annie album)\n\n\nthe Internet. The album finally saw a release on 19 October 2009 with a revised track listing and new artwork. New songs \"Hey Annie\", title track \"Don't Stop\" and \"I Don't Like Your Band\" were added to the album's final track listing. \"I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me\" and \"Anthonio\" were released on a bonus disc, titled \"All Night EP\", among \"Sweet\", \"I Can't Let Go\" and new song \"All Night\"", "id": "12651233" }, { "contents": "I Don't Wanna Cry\n\n\n\"I Don't Wanna Cry\" is a song written by Mariah Carey and Narada Michael Walden, and produced by Walden for Carey's debut album, \"Mariah Carey\" (1990). The ballad was released as the album's fourth single in the second quarter of 1991. It became another U.S. number one single for Carey. Like the previous singles released from \"Mariah Carey\", the song received a BMI Pop Award. \"I Don't Wanna Cry\" is a soulful R&B slow jam featuring acoustic guitars.", "id": "2869667" }, { "contents": "Feed the Animals\n\n\nto select a reason for doing so from a list of provided options: \"I may donate later\"; \"I can't afford to pay\"; \"I don't really like Girl Talk\"; \"I don't believe in paying for music\"; \"I have already purchased this album\"; \"I don't value music made from sampling\"; \"I am part of the press, radio, or music industry\", or \"other reasons\". The physical CD release of \"Feed the", "id": "21994653" }, { "contents": "I Don't Have to Be Me ('til Monday)\n\n\nthe Billboard Hot 100, making it his first and only Hot 100 entry, as well as his most successful single to date. In the song, the male narrator decides to call in sick on Friday so that he can have a three-day weekend. Rick Cohoon of Allmusic gave the song a positive review, calling it \"the lyrical embodiment of every working person’s fantasy\" and \"original, recognizable and conducive to toe tapping.\" \"I Don't Have to Be Me ('til Monday)\"", "id": "9021576" }, { "contents": "Diamond Smiles\n\n\n\"Rat Trap\", \"Looking After No.1\" and \"Like Clockwork\". The song was covered by Jay Bennett (of Wilco) on his posthumous album \"Kicking at the Perfumed Air\", with the album's title also being derived from the song's lyrics. The girl in the video is the same girl as the one in the \"I Don't Like Mondays\" video. She was called Michelle Gibbons-Price. In a review of the album \"The Fine Art of Surfacing\", critic Mike", "id": "13182745" }, { "contents": "When the Swallows Fly\n\n\n. Barry recalls: \"['When the Swallows Fly'] that's something I brought in, but I don't remember how the song came about. It was probably written in Eaton Square or at the penthouse. A lot of the ballads in those days were written that way, like 'Words'. In 1971, when it was included on the \"Melody\" film soundtrack, it was released as a single only in Netherlands with \"Give Your Best\" as the B-side. It reached #", "id": "2892914" }, { "contents": "Tim McGraw discography\n\n\nthat format, was a number 13 hit. \"Live Like You Were Dying\", \"When the Stars Go Blue\", and \"My Little Girl\", the latter two both having been released in 2006, also entered the AC chart, with \"Live Like You Were Dying\" at number 4 being his highest peak there. Seventeen of his singles also hold RIAA certification: \"Indian Outlaw\", \"Don't Take the Girl\", \"I Like It, I Love It\", \"It's", "id": "13943772" }, { "contents": "Knock Madness\n\n\nTwitter account that \"Knock Madness\" was his main priority in life. He later spoke on the background of the album's sound, saying, I'm 28 years old, and I see that I'm kind of in this weird position. I don't have many friends in my personal life, but I have so many fans. So when I go outside and people recognize me, it's kind of a bittersweet feeling, like I don't recognize the fans. I don't really have it like they probably", "id": "21424260" }, { "contents": "She's So Modern\n\n\nits fame would later be eclipsed by that of the band's more ballad-like global hit \"I Don't Like Mondays\". It has been described as \"harmlessly smirking bubblegum \"a la\" The Knack\". \"She's So Modern\" was commercially successful, the third of the band's singles to reach the UK Top 20 and the second to reach the Irish Top 10. Indeed, according to reviewer Brian Bock the song was \"written explicitly (and successfully) to be a hit\". It", "id": "12242893" }, { "contents": "Re-Invention World Tour\n\n\nlist whether he is nice...or naughty.\" John later released a statement to \"Entertainment Weekly\" saying that he would like to apologize to Madonna for his comments. He said: I don't want to escalate it because I like Madonna, [...] She's been to my house for dinner. It was something that was said in the heat of the moment, and probably should not have been said. [...] Would I apologize to her if I saw her? Yeah, because I don't", "id": "8187733" }, { "contents": "Godus\n\n\n, \"I don't see why I, with my background, should be precluded from [Kickstarter]. I made the choice when I left Microsoft to become a small developer again and to define myself like a small developer defines itself, and that is someone who takes unbelievable risks – foolish risks like releasing Curiosity and doing Kickstarter.\" Molyneux also said that he invested a lot of his own money into the development studio 22cans. Additional criticisms were made over the freemium model chosen for the iOS version. Gamers and Kickstarter", "id": "18165130" }, { "contents": "Everybody (Madonna song)\n\n\nlike I'm really out of shape right now, I don't like falling off horses, so I'm going to do one more song.\" On October 6, 2012, Madonna performed \"Everybody\" during The MDNA Tour in San Jose to celebrate the single's 30th anniversary. She said, \"Today is a very special day for me. It is the 30th anniversary of the release of my first-ever single. I remember the amazing feeling I had when I heard the song on the radio the first", "id": "3141679" }, { "contents": "Rock N Roll Nigger\n\n\n, like, I don't understand the question. Ya think black people are better than white people or sumpthin'? I was raised with black people. It's like, I can walk down the street and say to a kid, “Hey nigger.” I don't have any kind of super-respect or fear of that kind of stuff. When I say statements like that, they're not supposed to be analyzed, 'cause they're more like off-the- cuff humorous statements. I do have a", "id": "21124219" }, { "contents": "Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody\n\n\nattempts suicide but fails. She experiences a religious revival but is killed in a car accident at age 18. The chorus uses these incidents to conclude, \"I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours / but I think that God's got a sick sense of humour / and when I die, I expect to find him laughing.\" Like other songs on \"Some Great Reward\", the song uses a dense sound with extensive sampled percussion. When Depeche Mode announced that they were planning to release \"Blasphemous Rumours", "id": "20962239" }, { "contents": "Jerry Hsu\n\n\nblah, blah, bah. Like I don't even know if it was, like, a serious consideration that I could ride for them, but, yeah, when I read that thing, like, this was kinda, like, if this is their deal, then I don't really, I'm not really into it. The Vice web video series \"Epicly Later'd\" published its \"Jerry Hsu\" episode in May 2007, which is hosted and created by Hsu's friend Patrick O'dell, who was previously", "id": "10141270" }, { "contents": "Lee Brice\n\n\nsingle \"I Don't Dance\". It was the lead single to his third studio album of the same name, which was released on September 9, 2014. Brice produced the album by himself. \"I Don't Dance\" became Brice's fourth number one hit in August 2014. \"Drinking Class\" is the album's second single. it peaked at number two on the Country Airplay chart in May 2015. The album's third single, \"That Don't Sound Like You\" released to country radio on", "id": "4498902" }, { "contents": "I Just Don't Like This Kind of Living\n\n\n\"I Just Don't Like This Kind of Living\" is a song written by Hank Williams and released as his thirteenth single on MGM Records in January 1950. The song expresses frustration and resentment towards a frigid woman who will not reciprocate the narrator's affection. The song, which alludes to \"fussin' and fightin'\" and contains the line \"You ain't never bin known to be wrong, and I ain't never bin right,\" was likely inspired by Hank's tumultuous relationship with his wife at the", "id": "6083524" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like\n\n\nThe mixtape was then mastered and made available for purchase on iTunes, with the \"I Don't Like\" single officially released on July 24, 2012. Complex named the song #7 on their list of the best 50 songs of 2012. The music video, directed by DGainz was released and uploaded on his official YouTube channel on March 11, 2012. Amassing just under 30 million views, it then got removed on August 2013 and re-uploaded on Chief Keef's Vevo account in which it has amassed over 100", "id": "21236175" }, { "contents": "Aztec Camera\n\n\nas a B-side. Frame concluded, \"I can't pick them [the successful songs].\" Frame was asked during a television interview, following the release of \"Love\", about the new sound of the album, and he referenced artists like Anita Baker and Luther Vandross. When asked if the album could be labelled \"Middle of the road (MOR)\", Frame replied: \"Call it what you like. I don't really mind.\" For the band's fourth album, \"", "id": "19324771" }, { "contents": "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)\n\n\n\"I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)\" is a song by American rock band Marilyn Manson, released as the second single from their third studio album, \"Mechanical Animals\" (1998). It was written by the band's eponymous frontman, along with bassist Twiggy Ramirez and then-guitarist Zim Zum, and was produced by Manson and Michael Beinhorn. A glam rock song inspired by drugs, television, and religion, the track features a gospel choir and a guitar solo by Dave", "id": "3984355" }, { "contents": "Tyson Fury\n\n\nwhen I've got three children and a lovely wife isn't it? But I don't want to live anymore. And if I could take me own life – and I wasn't a Christian – I'd take it in a second. I just hope someone kills me before I kill me self. I'll have to spend eternity in hell. I’ve been out drinking, Monday to Friday to Sunday, and taking cocaine. I can’t deal with it (depression) and the only thing that helps me", "id": "19818875" }, { "contents": "Azealia Banks\n\n\nmake ends meet. \"That's when I was really depressed\", Banks said, \"I don't have a manager, I don't have a boyfriend, I don't have any friends, I don't have any money. Here I am working at the strip club, trying not to say the wrong thing and get into fights with these girls who don't give a shit.\" In September 2011, Banks released her debut single \"212\" as a free digital download from her website, which was", "id": "8049854" } ]

[ { "contents": "Flag of Uruguay\n\n\nstripes to nine. The flag was designed by Joaquín Suárez. The horizontal stripes on the flag represent the nine original departments of Uruguay, based on the U.S. flag, where the stripes represent the original 13 colonies. The first flag designed in 1828 had 9 light blue stripes; this number was reduced to 4 in 1830 due to visibility problems from distance. The Sun of May represents the May Revolution of 1810; according to the historian Diego Abad de Santillán, the Sun of May is a figurative sun that represents Inti,", "id": "9340031" }, { "contents": "Sun of May\n\n\nThe Sun of May () is a national emblem of Argentina and Uruguay, and appears on both countries' flags. According to Diego Abad de Santillán, the Sun of May represents Inti, the Incan god of the sun. The Sun of May is also connected to Sol Invictus (\"The Unconquered Sun\"), a Roman god identified with the Sun (the main solar deity in the ancient Roman religion). This links it to the god Mitra Sol Invictus, a solar god whose worship the Roman emperor Aurelian", "id": "12347247" }, { "contents": "Flag of Uruguay\n\n\nThe national flag of Uruguay () is one of the three official flags of Uruguay alongside with the flag of Artigas and the flag of the Treinta y Tres. It has a field of nine equal horizontal stripes alternating white and blue. The canton is white, charged with the Sun of May, from which 16 rays extend, alternating between triangular and wavy. The flag was first adopted by law on December 16, 1828, and had 19 stripes until July 11, 1830, when a new law reduced the number of", "id": "9340030" }, { "contents": "FTL Newsfeed\n\n\nmodeled on the Mayan pyramids) Flag: a Sun of May (borrowed from the current flags of either Uruguay or Argentina) centered on a field of green from the Brazil flag. The Hispanic Commonwealth (HC) was built on the strength, money, and power of the Medellín Cartel which unified the Central and South American republics into a potent economic unit. But as drug use became decriminalized around the globe, the center of power shifted from Medellín. In what many consider an over-reaction, the HC is now", "id": "15752377" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Philippines\n\n\narticle goes on to claim that historical records indicate that the first display of the Philippine flag took place in Cavite City, when General Aguinaldo displayed it during the first fight of the Philippine Revolution. The original design of the flag adopted a mythical sun with a face influenced by The Republics of the Rio de la Plata Argentina, and Uruguay; a triangle, representing the Katipunan which inspired by the Eye of Providence in the Great Seal of the United States and the Masonic Triangle and which enshrined Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité; the", "id": "12781559" }, { "contents": "2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup\n\n\ndraw was held on 14 March 2018 in Rosario, Argentina. \"All times are local (UTC–3).\" The logo and brand identity of the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup was unveiled during the Argentina-Uruguay 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Americas qualifier match held in 23 February 2018 in Olavarría. The logo design was inspired from the Flag of Argentina. The ball represents the sun of the flag while the hands depicted contesting a tip off was derived from the two blue bands of the flag. The hands are meant", "id": "3856346" }, { "contents": "Solar symbol\n\n\nand became widespread in the Renaissance, harking back to the Sun god (Sol/Helios) wearing a radiate crown in classical antiquity. The sunburst was the badge of king Edward III of England, and has thus become the badge of office of Windsor Herald. Official insignia which incorporate rayed solar symbols include the Jesuit emblem, the flag of Uruguay, the flag of Kiribati, some versions of the flag of Argentina, the Irish Defence Forces cap badge, and the . The depictions of the sun on the flags of the", "id": "1946199" }, { "contents": "Flag of Argentina\n\n\nAño XIII allowed the use of the flag as a war flag. It was the Congress of Tucumán which finally designated it as the national flag, in 1816. A yellow Sun of May was added to the center in 1818, according to Diego Abad de Santillán, the sun represents the Inca God of the sun Inti. The full flag featuring the sun is called the Official Ceremonial Flag (). The flag without the sun is considered the Ornamental Flag (). While both versions are equally considered the national flag,", "id": "21287397" }, { "contents": "Sun of May\n\n\nthe radiant golden yellow sun bearing the human face and thirty-two rays that alternate between sixteen straight and sixteen wavy. In the flag of Uruguay, the Sun of May is the golden yellow sun bearing the human face and sixteen triangular rays that alternate between eight straight and eight wavy. The sun, called the Sun of May, is a replica of an engraving on the first Argentine coin, approved in 1813 by the Constituent Assembly, whose value was eight \" (one Spanish dollar). In form, it is", "id": "12347249" }, { "contents": "National symbols of North Macedonia\n\n\nGrčev and was adopted on 5 October 1995 after a one-year economic blockade imposed by Greece in order to force the then-Republic of Macedonia to remove the ancient Macedonian Vergina Sun from the flag. Red and yellow have been considered the main colors representing Macedonia since the end of World War II. The new eight-rayed sun represents \"the new sun of Liberty\" referred to in the national anthem, \"Denes nad Makedonija\". However, many Macedonians consider the Vergina Sun flag to be the flag of the", "id": "13687005" }, { "contents": "Flag of Wichita, Kansas\n\n\nWichita’s official city flag was adopted in 1937. Designed by a local artist from South Wichita Cecil McAlister, it represents freedom, happiness, contentment and home. The blue sun in the center represents happiness and contentment. The Native American symbol for permanent ‘home’ is stitched on the blue sun. The three red and white rays that alternate from the off-center blue sun represent the path of freedom to come and go as one pleases. Selected from more than 100 entries that were submitted for a city flag design", "id": "13060752" }, { "contents": "Flag of Japan\n\n\n. The ancient history Shoku Nihongi says that Emperor Monmu used a flag representing the sun in his court in 701, and this is the first recorded use of a sun-motif flag in Japan. The oldest existing flag is preserved in Unpō-ji temple, Kōshū, Yamanashi, which is older than the 16th century, and an ancient legend says that the flag was given to the temple by Emperor Go-Reizei in the 11th century. During the Meiji Restoration, both the sun disc and the Rising Sun Ensign of", "id": "14639951" }, { "contents": "Flag of Malawi\n\n\nThe flag of Malawi was officially adopted on 6 July 1964 when the colony of Nyasaland became independent from British rule and renamed itself Malawi. The first flag of independent Malawi was adopted on 6 July 1964. The rising sun represents the dawn of hope and freedom for the continent of Africa (when the flag was created, more countries in Africa were gaining independence from European rule). The 31 rays of the sun represent the fact that Malawi was the 31st African nation at the time of its independence. The black represents the", "id": "9339237" }, { "contents": "Flag of Biafra\n\n\nThe flag of the former Republic of Biafra consists of a horizontal tricolour of red, black, and green, charged with a golden rising sun over a golden bar. Red represents the blood of those massacred in northern Nigeria and in the consequent Nigeria-Biafra war. Black is for mourning them and in remembrance. Green is for prosperity and the half of a yellow/golden sun stands for a glorious future. The sun has eleven rays, representing the eleven provinces of Biafra. It was also the inspiration for the flag", "id": "21807397" }, { "contents": "Flag of Tunisia\n\n\nnation as the sun, while the crescent and five-pointed star represent unity of all Muslims and the Five Pillars of Islam, respectively. According to Ludvík Mucha, author of \"Webster's Concise Encyclopedia of Flags & Coats of Arms\", the white disk located in the center of the flag represents the sun. The red crescent and the five-pointed star, two ancient symbols of Islam, were most notably used on Ottoman flag and have since appeared on many flags of Islamic countries. The crescent is, from", "id": "21287079" }, { "contents": "Flag of Colorado Springs, Colorado\n\n\nThe flag of Colorado Springs, Colorado, is white with a blue border on top, bottom, and fly. The flag also has the sun setting behind the mountains. The flag was offered to the Colorado Springs city council in 1912 by Caroline Spencer, representing the Civic League. According to Flags of the World, \"The white field is intended to represent the cleanliness and health of the city; the blue border our blue skies; the shield carries the sun, of which we are justly proud; the mountains stand", "id": "21764655" }, { "contents": "Flag of Peru\n\n\nGeneral William Miller hoisted in Tacna the first flag that represented the emerging country. Though the original flag itself is now lost, it was described as navy blue, defaced with a golden sun representing Inti. The first flag of the Republic of Peru was created by General José de San Martín, and officially decreed on 21 October 1820. It is diagonally quartered, with white upper and lower fields, and the others red. The flag was defaced with an oval-shaped laurel crown in the center, surrounding a sun rising", "id": "9339592" }, { "contents": "Rising Sun Flag\n\n\nthe cans of one variety of Asahi Breweries lager beer. The design is also incorporated into the logo of the Japanese newspaper \"Asahi Shimbun\". Among fishermen, the represents their hope for a good catch of fish. Today it is used as a decorative flag on vessels as well as for festivals and events. The Rising Sun Flag is used at sporting events by the supporters of Japanese teams and individual athletes as well as by non-Japanese. The Rising Sun Flag is the war flag and naval ensign of the Japan", "id": "4436931" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Philippines\n\n\ngroups pushing for the addition of a ninth ray to the flag's sun. Proponents of the movement believe that a ninth ray should be added to represent the Muslim and indigenous people of the country who kept colonizers away from their lands. Emmanuel L. Osorio, one of the founders of the Ninth Ray movement, came up with a proposal adding not only a ninth ray to the flag's sun but also adding a fourth star to the flag representing North Borneo (present-day Sabah), a territory claimed by the Philippines", "id": "12781570" }, { "contents": "Flag of China\n\n\na White Sun flag was sewn in the Sun Yat Sen Villa or Wan Qing Yuan in Singapore by Teo Eng Hock and his wife. During the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that heralded the Republic, the various revolutionary armies had different flags. Lu Hao-tung's \"Blue Sky with a White Sun\" flag was used in the provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou. In Wuhan, a flag with 18 yellow stars was used to represent the 18 administrative divisions at the time. In Shanghai and northern China", "id": "3064826" }, { "contents": "Aramean-Syriac flag\n\n\nThe Aramean flag, or Syriac-Aramean flag, is the ethnic flag designated for the Arameans, adopted in 1980 by the Aramean journal Bahro Suryoyo (Aramean light) of the Syriac federation in Sweden (). Intended to represent their nation and homeland as well as the Assyrian diaspora, the flag was design based on the Winged Sun symbol, replacing the sun by a torch symbolising the Holy Spirit in Christianity. The design is specifically based on a relief depicting Gilgamesh between two bull-men supporting a winged sun disk,", "id": "3937617" }, { "contents": "Battle of San Juan del Monte\n\n\nin 1900.]] [[File:Sun Symbol of the National Flag of the Philippines.svg|thumb|100px|right|Detail of eight-ray sun of the [[Flag of the Philippines|Philippine flag]]]] The present-day design of the [[Flag of the Philippines|Philippine flag]] features the eight-ray sun, which, some of the provinces that Blanco took under martial law on August 30, 1896 took a representation. The eight rays of the sun represent the eight provinces that initiated revolution against Spain: [[Manila (", "id": "5460206" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Republic of China\n\n\nsun and part of the rays is diameter of the white sun, so the size will be 0.6. The angle of the rays, 30 degrees, and the total number of rays have not changed. The colors of the national flag are dark red, white and dark blue. The KMT party flag just uses white and dark blue and both flags are to be topped with a golden finial. The law does not list any specific color processes, such as Pantone, to manufacturing or drawing the flag. Other publications,", "id": "14447334" }, { "contents": "Flag of Artigas\n\n\nbut adding a red stripe to represent federalism. It was meant to be the flag of the Liga Federal, a confederation of south american provinces proposed by Artigas. The Flag of Artigas, and emblems derived from it, have traditionally been used as the symbols of the Military of Uruguay. For much of the 20th Century, warships of the Uruguayan Navy flew the Flag of Artigas as the naval jack, until being replaced by another (historical) design in recent years. The aircraft of the Uruguayan Air Force display the Flag", "id": "3864202" }, { "contents": "Flag of Sioux Falls, South Dakota\n\n\nThe flag of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, consists of a zigzag pattern of thin white and blue lines, which divides an upper blue portion and a lower pinkish-red portion, and a yellow sun in the upper left corner. The zigzag represents the namesake falls of the Big Sioux River. The blue color and the sun allude to the flag of South Dakota. The pinkish-red portion represents the Sioux Quartzite nearby. The upward direction of the design represents the growth of Sioux Falls. The red, white and", "id": "21133388" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Treinta y Tres\n\n\nat the beginning of the Cisplatine War. The design features three horizontal stripes: the top stripe, blue, represents greatness; the center one, white, is a symbol of the Republic; and the bottom one, red, honors the blood of those who died for freedom and independence. Uruguay's national motto \"Libertad o Muerte\" (\"Freedom or Death\") is printed large on the center stripe. The Flag of the Treinta y Tres must be flown alongside the National Flag and the Flag of Artigas in", "id": "3864359" }, { "contents": "Flag of Orlando\n\n\nThe Flag of Orlando, Florida is a horizontal bicolor flag of white and blue defaced with the Lake Eola fountain in the center. The bottom blue stripe takes up one third of the vertical length. Surrounding the fountain is a golden depiction of the sun in the shape of the letter \"O.\" The portion of the sun over the blue stripe is split by four thin blue stripes, creating the appearance of sunlight over waves. The white and blue background represents patriotism, perseverance, and peace. The yellow represents sunshine,", "id": "12394686" }, { "contents": "Charleston church shooting\n\n\nfor the flag to be removed by the state legislature, saying that while the flag was \"an integral part of our past, it does not represent the future\" of South Carolina. Eulogizing the Rev. Clementa Pinckney on June 26, 2015, before 5,000 congregants at the College of Charleston, President Barack Obama acknowledged that the shooting had catalyzed a broad movement, backed by Republicans and Democrats, to remove the flag from official public display. \"Blinded by hatred, [the gunman] failed to comprehend what Reverend Pinckney so", "id": "3489655" }, { "contents": "Flag of South Dakota\n\n\nThe flag of the state of South Dakota the sun represents the common weather in South Dakota. Represents the U.S. state of South Dakota with a field of sky blue charged with a version (in navy blue on white) of the state seal in the center, surrounded by gold triangles representing the sun's rays, surrounded in turn by inscriptions in gold sans-serif capitals of \"\" on top and \"\" (the state nickname) on the bottom. The inscription on the bottom was \"\" before it was changed", "id": "18369871" }, { "contents": "Uruguay at the 2012 Summer Olympics\n\n\nUruguay was represented at these Olympic games. There was only a single competitor in road cycling, judo and shooting. Notable Uruguayan athletes included football stars Sebastián Coates and team captain Luis Suárez, who both had recently played for Liverpool F.C., siblings Alejandro and Andrea Foglia in men's and women's one-person dinghy sailing, and track hurdler Andrés Silva. Rower Rodolfo Collazo, who competed at his third Olympics along with Silva and the older Foglia, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Uruguay, however", "id": "2064483" }, { "contents": "Assyrian flag\n\n\nto the four corners of the flag. The figure of pre-Christian Assyrian god Assur, known from Iron Age iconography, features above the centre. The golden circle at the centre that represents the sun, which, by its exploding and leaping flames, generates heat and light to sustain the earth and all its living things. The four pointed star surrounding the sun symbolizes the land, its light blue color symbolizing tranquility. The wavy stripes extending from the center to the four corners of the flag represent the three major rivers", "id": "3342397" }, { "contents": "Flag of Malawi\n\n\noriginal Pan-African Flag layout, with the red stripe at the top, the black stripe in middle, and the green stripe at the bottom. The rising sun at the flag's top was replaced with a full, centred white sun with 45 rays representing the economic progress Malawi has made since becoming independent. The opposition United Democratic Front announced that it would challenge the legitimacy of flag change in court. The flag was endorsed by the President of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, who approved the flag change on 29 July", "id": "9339239" }, { "contents": "Flag of Macedonia (Greece)\n\n\nThe flag of Macedonia () represents a Vergina Sun with 16 rays in the centre of a blue field. This flag, as well as the Vergina Sun, is commonly used as an unofficial symbol of the Greek region of Macedonia and its subdivisions. It is also used by organisations of the Greek Macedonian diaspora, such as the Pan-Macedonian Association chapters of the United States and Australia, as well as numerous commercial enterprises and private citizens. The Vergina Sun is an official state emblem of Greece, and the Greek government", "id": "18120425" }, { "contents": "Flag of Rwanda\n\n\nThe flag of Rwanda was adopted on October 25, 2001. The flag has four colours: blue, green, yellow, and gold. The blue band represents happiness and peace, the yellow band symbolizes economic development, and the green band symbolizes the hope of prosperity. The gold sun represents enlightenment. The new flag represents national unity, respect for work, heroism, and confidence in the future. It was adopted to avoid connotations to the 1994 genocide. The flag was designed by Alphonse Kirimobenecyo. When hung vertically,", "id": "9339604" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Philippines\n\n\nThe Katipunan adopted a new flag in 1897 during an assembly at Naic, Cavite. This new flag was red and depicted a white sun with a face. The sun had eight rays, representing eight provinces of the Philippines. The earlier design of the current Philippine flag was conceptualized by Emilio Aguinaldo during his exile in British Hong Kong in 1897. The first flag was sewn by Marcela Mariño Agoncillo, with the help of her daughter Lorenza and Delfina Herbosa Natividad (a niece of \"Propagandista\" José Rizal). It was", "id": "12781557" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Sakha Republic\n\n\nThe disc represents the northern sun. The light blue, white, and green colors stand for the sky, snow, and taiga landscape respectively. The red symbolizes the courage and constancy of the people. According to the constitution of the Sakha Republic, the white disc represents the white sun of the arctic sky while the combination of blue, white and red represent Sakha's place in the Russian Federation. The current law regulating the design and use of the flag was passed on July 15, 2004. The third chapter of", "id": "9308778" }, { "contents": "Blue Sky with a White Sun\n\n\nprogress. The \"Blue Sky with a White Sun\" flag was originally designed by Lu Haodong, a martyr of the Republican revolution. He presented his design to represent the revolutionary army at the inauguration of the Society for Regenerating China, an anti-Qing society in Hong Kong, on February 21, 1895. During the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that heralded the Republic of China, the various revolutionary armies had different flags. Lu Hao-tung's \"Blue Sky with a White Sun\" flag was used in the provinces", "id": "6617447" }, { "contents": "Symbols of Tokyo\n\n\nsun (which, as a red-filled circle without rays or a dot, is in the center of the national flag of Japan), with a dot in the center representing Tokyo as the metaphorical center of Japan. As with most other prefectural crests in Japan, its color is not designated. The crest can also be interpreted as a version of the kanji 京 (\"kyō\") of 東京 (\"Tokyo\"), but the metropolitan announcement does not explain as such. The was adopted on October 1", "id": "12966095" }, { "contents": "Blue Sky with a White Sun\n\n\nThe Blue Sky with a White Sun () serves as the design for the party flag and emblem of the Kuomintang (KMT), the canton of the flag of the Republic of China, the national emblem of the Republic of China and as the naval jack of the ROC Navy. In the \"Blue Sky with a White Sun\" symbol, the twelve rays of the white Sun representing the twelve months and the twelve traditional Chinese hours (), each of which corresponds to two modern hours and symbolizes the spirit of", "id": "6617446" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Republic of China\n\n\nPeople: Blue represents nationalism and liberty; White represents democracy and equality; and Red represents the people's livelihood and fraternity. President Chiang Kai-shek proclaimed on the National Day in 1929, \"As long as a national flag with Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth flies on the land of China, it symbolises the independence and liberty of the descendants of the Huang Emperor\". The blue-and-white canton of the ROC flag is often used as the party flag of the KMT.", "id": "14447327" }, { "contents": "The Amazing Race 28\n\n\nof 190–197, they would receive their next clue. But if they were incorrect, they had to try measuring it again. In the leg's Roadblock, one team member had to identify 10 flags from a group of 193, representing 10 of the founding members of the United Nations: Belarus, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, India, Liberia, The Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Turkey, and Uruguay. They had to arrange the ten flags in order using a board for reference, and present the correct flags to", "id": "6497855" }, { "contents": "Flag of Madison, Wisconsin\n\n\nthe help of their color guard instructor. In the original design, adopted by the municipal government on April 12, 1962, and used until July 2018, the shape overlaid on the cross was a Zia sun symbol, sacred to the Native American Zia Pueblo of New Mexico, which is used to symbolize the state's Pueblo heritage on New Mexican iconography such as the Flag of New Mexico and the Flag of Albuquerque. While intended by the flag designers to represent an \"Indian sun symbol\", it is not used by", "id": "18149001" }, { "contents": "Flag of Vojvodina\n\n\n, the original flag had a brownish colour instead of green. There are horizontal variants of the flag as well. Those who proposed the flag during the 1990s contended that blue, yellow and green colours representing the sky, corn and grazing land (pasture), respectively. Another interpretation is that those colours representing the sky, sun and fertile land of Vojvodina, respectively. During the 1990s, this flag was one of the symbols of Vojvodinian regionalist movement that was opposing Milošević's regime in Belgrade. Today this flag is used", "id": "9495939" }, { "contents": "Flag of India\n\n\n. The partition of Bengal (1905) resulted in the introduction of a new flag representing the Indian independence movement that sought to unite the multitude of castes and races within the country. The \"Vande Mataram\" flag, part of the Swadeshi movement against the British, comprised Indian religious symbols represented in western heraldic fashion. The tricolour flag included eight white lotuses on the upper green band representing the eight provinces, a sun and a crescent on the bottom red band, and the \"Vande Mataram\" slogan in Hindi on the", "id": "10145337" }, { "contents": "Flag of Trinidad and Tobago\n\n\nThe flag of Trinidad and Tobago was adopted upon independence from the United Kingdom on 31 August 1962. Designed by Carlisle Chang (1921–2001), the flag of Trinidad and Tobago was chosen by the independence committee of 1962. Red, black and white symbolise fire (the sun, representing courage), earth (representing dedication) and water (representing purity and equality). The flag of Trinidad and Tobago is a red field with a white-edged black diagonal band from the upper hoist side to the lower fly-side", "id": "9339813" }, { "contents": "Flag of North Macedonia\n\n\n\"Republic of Macedonia\" to remove it from its flag, resulting in the current design. The new eight-rayed sun represents the \"new sun of Liberty\" referred to in \"Denes nad Makedonija\", the national anthem of North Macedonia. The change of the flag was at first not accepted by conservative Macedonians, nationalists, and Greek patriots. In the first years after the change, both flags were officially flown for a long time. Between 1995 and 1998, in the municipalities where then-opposition party VMRO", "id": "19367482" }, { "contents": "Panic Station\n\n\n. The video is set in Tokyo. The original video featured the Rising Sun Flag in the intro. This drew the ire of many East Asian listeners, who felt that the flag represented Japanese militarism from World War II. The controversy led the band to apologise through Twitter and re-upload a new version of the video, which replaced the Rising Sun Flag with the Japanese flag. Most reviewers compared \"Panic Station\" to other songs. In a review of the album, the BBC's Ian Winwood wrote that the", "id": "2486514" }, { "contents": "Flag of Artigas\n\n\nThe Flag of Artigas is one of the three official flags of Uruguay, it pays homage to José Gervasio Artigas, the national hero of Uruguay. It has three horizontal stripes, the top and bottom being blue, and the central one white. On top of them, it has a diagonal red stripe. The Flag of Artigas must be flown alongside the National Flag and the Flag of the Treinta y Tres on government buildings. It was designed by José Artigas himself based on the flag created in 1812 by Manuel Belgrano,", "id": "3864201" }, { "contents": "Flag of Kiribati\n\n\nThe flag of Kiribati is red in the upper half with a gold frigatebird (\"Fregata minor\", in Gilbertese: \"te eitei\") flying over a gold rising sun (\"otintaai\"), and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean and the three groups (Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands). The 17 rays of the sun represent the 16 Gilbert Islands and Banaba (former Ocean Island). The frigatebird symbolises command of the sea, power, freedom and", "id": "1455838" }, { "contents": "Flag of Japan\n\n\nJASDF), established independently in 1952, has only the plain sun disc as its emblem. This is the only branch of service with an emblem that does not invoke the rayed Imperial Standard. However, the branch does have an ensign to fly on bases and during parades. The ensign was created in 1972, which was the third used by the JASDF since its creation. The ensign contains the emblem of the branch centered on a blue background. Although not an official national flag, the Z signal flag played a major", "id": "14640005" }, { "contents": "LGBT symbols\n\n\nfor the 1978 San Francisco Gay Freedom Day celebration. The flag does not depict an actual rainbow. Rather, the colors of the rainbow are displayed as horizontal stripes, with red at the top and violet at the bottom. It represents the diversity of gays and lesbians around the world. In the original eight-color version, pink stood for sexuality, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for the sun, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit. A copy", "id": "17249740" }, { "contents": "Flag of Thunder Bay\n\n\nThe flag of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada was adopted in 1972. The twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur amalgamated in 1970, and mayor Saul Laskin wanted to promote the new city by having a distinctive flag. The city held a contest, which was won by Cliff Redden. The flag has a 1:2 ratio, and depicts a golden sky from the rising sun behind the Sleeping Giant, which sits in the blue waters of Lake Superior. The sun is represented by a red maple leaf, a symbol of", "id": "14674522" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Treinta y Tres\n\n\nThe Flag of the Treinta y Tres is one of the three official flags of Uruguay, along with the National Flag of Uruguay and the Flag of Artigas. The Flag of the Treinta y Tres pays homage to the military expedition of the Treinta y Tres Orientales (), a militant revolutionary group led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja and Manuel Oribe which fought against the Empire of Brazil during the Brazilian occupation of the Provincia Oriental. The flag was first used during the disembarkation of the Thirty-Three Orientals in Uruguayan territory in 1825,", "id": "3864358" }, { "contents": "Flag of Brisbane\n\n\nThe flag of Brisbane is based upon the arms of the Australian City of Brisbane. The two primary colours used are blue and gold, with blue representing the sea and the Brisbane River which flows through the city, and gold representing the sun and the city's warm climate. The white, wavy lines in three of the six quarters of the flag may represent the river, which brought much commerce and prosperity to the city in the early days of British settlement. An alternative explanation is that the wavy lines represent white clouds", "id": "18767480" }, { "contents": "Sámi flag\n\n\ntree), the motif on the flag uses both blue and red - the first representing the moon, the latter representing the sun. Pantone colour formula is: red 485C, green 356C, yellow 116C and blue 286C. The motif was chosen with the poem \"Päiven parneh\" (\"Sons of the Sun\") in mind. The poem was written down by the South Sámi Protestant priest Anders Fjellner (1795-1876), from a joik heavy in elements from Sámi mythology. The poem describes the Sámi as \"", "id": "3163019" }, { "contents": "Flag of British Columbia\n\n\nThe flag of British Columbia is based upon the shield of the provincial arms of British Columbia. At the top of the flag is a rendition of the Royal Union Flag, defaced in the centre by a crown, and with a setting sun below, representing the location of the province of British Columbia at the western end of Canada. From 1870 to 1906, British Columbia was occasionally represented by a modified British blue ensign featuring various forms of the great seal of the Colony of British Columbia. The current flag of British Columbia", "id": "15776861" }, { "contents": "Flag of Earth\n\n\nof the world. Another Earth flag was created around the same time in 1970 by a farmer from Homer, Illinois named James W. Cadle. Cadle's version of the Earth flag consists of a blue circle representing Earth in the center of the flag, a segment of a large yellow circle representing the Sun and a small white circle for the Moon, all on a black background. It is particularly popular amongst SETI researchers and is used by the SETI League. The flag flies at the Ohio State University Radio Observatory and was", "id": "18769378" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Netherlands\n\n\ndivided by a yellow stroke representing the bright sun which bathes the island. The two stars represent Curaçao and Klein Curaçao, but also 'Love & Happiness'. The five points on each star symbolise the five continents from which Curaçao's people come. The Flag of Sint Maarten is the national flag of the Dutch part of Saint Martin island, which is a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was adopted on 13 June 1985. It resembles the War Flag of the Philippines. The pre-independence flag of", "id": "20647961" }, { "contents": "Flag of Japan\n\n\nstylized depictions of the location or another special feature of the prefecture. An example of a prefectural flag is that of Nagano, where the orange \"katakana\" character ナ (\"na\") appears in the center of a white disc. One interpretation of the \"mon\" is that the \"na\" symbol represents a mountain and the white disc, a lake. The orange color represents the sun while the white color represents the snow of the region. Municipalities can also adopt flags of their own. The designs of", "id": "14640011" }, { "contents": "Flag of Jamaica\n\n\npublic in a national competition. It was originally designed with horizontal stripes, but this was considered too similar to the flag of Tanganyika (as it was in 1962, only the yellow stripes are thinner), and so the saltire was substituted. An earlier interpretation of the colours was, \"hardships there are but the land is green and the sun shineth\" as stated in the government Ministry Paper 28 - National Flag dated 22 May 1962. Gold recalls the shining sun, black reflects hardships, and green represents the land", "id": "9201079" }, { "contents": "Flag of South Dakota\n\n\nin 1992. The official pledge of the South Dakota flag is \"I pledge loyalty and support to the flag and state of South Dakota, land of sunshine, land of infinite variety.\" The only protocol to the state flag pledge is that it does not either replace or preempt the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States. The original flag of South Dakota consisted of a dominant sun encircled by the text \"South Dakota\" and \"The Sunshine State\". The 1909 statute stated: In January 2012", "id": "18369872" }, { "contents": "Wrigley Field\n\n\npitchers or among the worst. This makes Wrigley one of the most unpredictable parks in the Major Leagues. Many Cubs fans check their nearest flag before heading to the park on game days for an indication of what the game might be like; this is less of a factor for night games, however, because the wind does not blow as hard after the sun goes down. With the wind blowing \"in\", pitchers can dominate and no-hitters have resulted. The last two by a Cubs pitcher occurred near the", "id": "18599174" }, { "contents": "Flag of Iraq\n\n\n, and red are the pan-Arab colours, representing pan-Arabism, while the yellow sun represented the Kurdish minority. In addition, the red star of Ishtar was used to represent Iraq's ancient heritage, as well as its minority Assyrian population. This version of the Iraqi national flag is currently allowed to be flown in the Kurdish minority region of Iraq, while versions of the Iraqi flag used between 1963 and 2008 are not, due to their connotations of pan-Arabism, and their adoption during the period of", "id": "688801" }, { "contents": "The Sun (Tarot card)\n\n\nThe Sun (XIX) is a trump card in the tarot deck. Tarot trumps are often called Major Arcana by tarot card readers. An infant rides a white horse under the anthropomorphized sun, with sunflowers in the background. A. E. Waite suggested that this card is associated with attained knowledge. An infant rides a white horse under the anthropomorphized sun, with sunflowers in the background. The child of life holds a red flag, representing the blood of renewal while a smiling sun shines down on him, representing accomplishment. The", "id": "18442362" }, { "contents": "USS New Mexico (SSN-779)\n\n\nare shown at the time of the day when they demonstrate why they are called the Sandias–their pink shade. The red in the upper right corner represents the red in the US flag, symbolizing valor and the blood that has been sacrificed in battle. The blue in the lower left corner represents the blue of the American flag, symbolizing justice, vigilance, and perseverance. The Zia symbol represents the state flag, as well as the prominence of the sun in New Mexico. The shape of the emblem is unique because", "id": "17390068" }, { "contents": "Flag of Mongolia\n\n\nThe flag of Mongolia () is a vertical tricolor with a red stripe at each side and a blue stripe in the middle, with the Mongolian Soyombo symbol defacing the leftmost stripe. The blue stripe represents the eternal blue sky, and the red stripes symbolise thriving forever. The Soyombo symbol is a geometric abstraction that represents fire, sun, moon, earth, water, and a Taijitu symbol representing the duality of yin and yang. The current flag was adopted on January 12, 1992, with the current official color standards", "id": "9339255" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Qing dynasty\n\n\nflag for the Qing dynasty. Among the proposals for use of the Ba gua flag, the Yellow dragon flag and the Qilin flag, Cixi selected the Yellow dragon design. In 1888, the imperial court promulgated the naval flag as the Qing national flag. The notion of yellow as representative of Manchu ethnicity was used in the flags of the five-coloured flag of the Republic of China and on the flag of the Empire of China, although in 1912 the former was challenged by Sun Yat-sen, who thought it", "id": "841010" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Netherlands\n\n\nflags are put out by the public are: One sees the flag often without the orange pennant, because not many people own one. The national flag of Aruba was officially adopted on March 18, 1976. The blue field represents the sky, the sea, peace, hope, Aruba's future and its ties to the past. The two narrow stripes \"suggest the movement toward status aparte\". One represents \"the flow of tourists to sun-drenched Aruba, enriching the island as well as vacationers\", the", "id": "20647958" }, { "contents": "Flag of Panama\n\n\ndesign was based on the flag of the United States, possibly on account of that country's hand in Panamanian independence. Retaining the thirteen stripes, she changed the white stripes to yellow, emphasizing the Panamanian connection to Colombia and Spain (whose flags both prominently feature red and yellow). Bunau-Varilla replaced the stars in the blue canton with two interconnected yellow suns; the suns represent North and South America, and are connected because of Panama's position connecting the two continents. Bunau-Varilla's proposal was rejected by", "id": "9339568" }, { "contents": "Flag of British Columbia\n\n\n\"). The four wavy white and three wavy blue lines symbolize the province's location between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. The setting sun represents the fact that British Columbia is Canada's westernmost province. The sun may also reflect the provincial motto \"Splendor sine occasu\" (beauty without diminish)—or, in other words, the sun that never sets (on the British Empire). In Canada, it could be argued, the Empire lives on in the country's symbols and parliamentary institutions. The Union Flag on", "id": "15776863" }, { "contents": "Australia–Uruguay relations\n\n\ncooperating to resolve their difficulties. Four months after the initial incident, \"\" intercepted the Uruguayan-flagged \"Maya V\" in the Southern Ocean about south west of Perth. Prime Minister John Howard boarded and thanked the crew for their work fighting illegal fishing saying, \"Australians feel very strongly that people who want to illegally fish in our waters, who want to pillage our assets, should be repelled and, where appropriate, apprehended.\" Two top officials representing Uruguay and Australia met to discuss issues involving the \"Maya", "id": "3020851" }, { "contents": "Flag of Michigan\n\n\nThe flag of the state of Michigan depicts the state's coat of arms on a dark blue field, as set forth by Michigan state law. (The Governor has a variant of the flag with a white instead of blue field.) The state has an official flag month from June 14 through July 14. The state coat of arms depicts a blue shield, upon which the sun rises over a lake and peninsula, and a man with a raised hand representing peace and holding a long gun representing the fight for state", "id": "10564897" }, { "contents": "Flag of Argentina\n\n\nof the regular flag afterwards, and thus the sun no longer represents war. José de San Martín was aware of the new flag, but did not employ it during the crossing of the Andes in 1817. Being a joint operation of both Argentine and Chilean forces, he thought that a new flag would be a better idea than using either the Argentine or the Chilean flag. This led to the creation of the Flag of the Andes, used in the crossing. This flag is currently used as a provincial flag by Mendoza", "id": "21287406" }, { "contents": "Flag of Nepal\n\n\nThe national flag of Nepal () is the world's only non-quadrilateral flag that acts as both the state flag and civil flag of a sovereign nation. The flag is a simplified combination of two single pennons (or pennants), known as a double-pennon. Its crimson red is the symbol of bravery and it also represents the color of the rhododendron, Nepal's national flower, while the blue border is the color of peace. Until 1962, the flag's emblems, the sun and the crescent moon", "id": "8620869" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Hispanic People\n\n\nThe Flag of the Hispanicity (Spanish: \"Bandera de la Hispanidad\") is a flag sometimes used to represent the Hispanic people or Hispanic community. The Flag of the Hispanicity displays a white background with three purple crosses and a rising sun. The flag was designed by Ángel Camblor, a captain of the Uruguayan Army. He was the winner of a contest organized by Juana de Ibarbourou in 1932. The flag was first raised in Montevideo, at the Independence Square, on October 12, 1932. The flag is also", "id": "18701010" }, { "contents": "Flag of Angola\n\n\nhalf symbolizes Africa. In the central emblem, the gear represents industrial workers, the machete represents peasantry and the star is shaped like the red star, symbolized socialism. The flag is most recently described and explained in article 162 of the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Angola (Constitution) of August 25, 1992. In 2003, a new, more \"optimistic\" flag was proposed by the Parliament's Constitutional Commission of the National Assembly (Angolan Parliament), but it was not adopted. The sun design in the", "id": "21287355" }, { "contents": "Islamic flags\n\n\nTaliban introduced it on their flag of Afghanistan in 1997. Although a flag representing Islam as a whole does not exist, some Islamic denominational branches and Sufi brotherhoods employ flags to symbolize themselves. Among specific Islamic branches, Nizari branch of Ismaili-Shia Islam employs an official flag constitutes of green color which represents Muhammad's standard and Ali's cloak, as well as a red stripe meaning blood and fire. The flag was ordained by the Aga Khan IV as a part of the new constitution in 1986. The flag is flown", "id": "19962218" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Black Country\n\n\nproduct manufactured in the area. The central white area represents the glass cone, a symbol of the region's glass-making heritage since 1790. The Pantone colours for the flag are: The Flag is one of very few regional, non-historic county, flags that may be flown without consent of a local planning authority, providing the flag is \"maintained in a condition that does not impair the overall visual appearance of the site\" and does not block official signs (such as road signs). In 2013,", "id": "12249329" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Marshall Islands\n\n\nPalau, and the Federated States of Micronesia split. In common with other island nations in the region, this flag features the symbolic representation of the islands' place within the ocean. The rising diagonal band represents the equator, the star above representing this Northern Hemisphere archipelago. The white and orange portions of the band represent, respectively, the Ratak Chain (\"sunrise\") and the Ralik Chain (\"sunset\"), as well as symbolizing peace and courage. The sun's 24 points represent the number of electoral", "id": "9339248" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Philippines\n\n\nThe National Flag of the Philippines () is a horizontal flag bicolor with equal bands of royal blue and crimson red, with a white, equilateral triangle at the hoist. In the center of the triangle is a golden-yellow sun with eight primary rays, each representing a Philippine province. At each vertex of the triangle is a five-pointed, golden-yellow star, each of which representing one of the country's three main island groups—Luzon, Visayas (though originally referring to Panay) and Mindanao.", "id": "12781546" }, { "contents": "Hundertwasser koru flag\n\n\nAotearoa, a Māori name for New Zealand meaning \"Land of the Long White Cloud\". Hundertwasser also saw the design as representing humanity in harmony with nature. It is claimed by some New Zealanders that the current flag of New Zealand is a reminder of British colonialism and does not truly represent their culture; however, those who support the current flag say that it represents the history of the country as a part of the British Empire and location in the southern hemisphere. The flag can be seen on the counter of the", "id": "17223752" }, { "contents": "Flag of Laos\n\n\nthat does not use any communist symbolism and the only current communist country that does not use a five-pointed star in its flag as an emblem. The current flag was adopted on December 2, 1975 when it became a socialist state. This flag replaced the 1952-1975 flag of Laos that represented the royal monarchy, which was red, with a triple-headed white elephant on a pedestal beneath a parasol. This expressed the ancient name of the country, \"Land of a Million Elephants\", and dated from", "id": "9201110" }, { "contents": "Flag of Sussex\n\n\nThere was also a flag proposed by the Sussex Party, a minor regionalist group, which proposed a flag consisting of four horizontal bands coloured blue, green, yellow and blue, representing the Sussex landscape, with a yellow disc in the top-left corner representing the sun. The Sussex Motor Yacht Club, located in Brighton, was founded in 1907 and uses a burgee that employs Sussex-related emblems. The club's burgee is blue, with a white shield which bears the six martlets (heraldic swallows) in red", "id": "22107539" }, { "contents": "Flag of Malawi\n\n\nindigenous people of the continent, the red symbolizes the blood of their struggle, and the green represents nature. The flag resembles the Pan-African flag designed by Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association, with the red and black bands reversed and a red sun in the top. It also resembles the flag of the now-defunct Republic of Biafra. A new flag of Malawi was adopted on 2010, as proposed by the Democratic Progressive Party-led government. The stripes were altered from the previous flag to match the", "id": "9339238" }, { "contents": "Flag of Nepal\n\n\nis of Hinduism and Buddhism, the main religions of the country. The inclusion of the celestial bodies indicates Nepal's permanence and the hope that Nepal will enjoy the same longevity as the Sun and the Moon. Additionally, the stylized moon represents the calm demeanor and purity of spirit of the Nepali people, while the stylised sun represents their fierce resolve. Further, the moon also symbolizes the cool weather of the Himalayas, whereas the sun symbolizes the heat and the high temperature of the Nepali lowlands (Terai). A precise", "id": "8620872" }, { "contents": "Flag days in Sweden\n\n\nthe whole of Sweden and during this time the actual daylight hours should be observed. In the parts of Sweden north of the polar circle the sun does not rise at all for some weeks during December. One example of handling this is the practice of the Infantry Regiment in Kiruna, which during this period flies the flag for one hour each day starting at noon. 9 May is not an official Swedish flag day. It receives its status from being a European Union flag day, and the fact that Sweden is a member", "id": "13121143" }, { "contents": "Lynn Westmoreland\n\n\nuppity' is 'affecting an air of inflated self-esteem—snobbish.' That's what we meant by uppity when we used it in the mill village where I grew up.\" During the national debate in 2015 over the future of the Confederate flag some Republicans proposed a moderate amendment to allow Confederate symbols at national cemeteries. Representative Lynn Westmoreland distinguished between racism and a memorial, When Westmoreland was asked if he understood Representative John Lewis' perspective, he responded, \"I guess the question is, 'Does he", "id": "14243927" }, { "contents": "Flag of Kazakhstan\n\n\nof Kazakh people including the various Turkic people that make up the present-day population such as the Kazakhs, Tatars, Uyghurs, Uzbeks, as well as the significant Mongol and Russian peoples. The sun represents a source of life and energy. It is also a symbol of wealth and abundance; the sun's rays are a symbol of the steppe's grain which is the basis of abundance and prosperity. People of different Kazakh tribes had the golden eagle on their flags for centuries. The eagle symbolizes the power of the", "id": "9201102" }, { "contents": "Flag of Bangladesh\n\n\nThe national flag of Bangladesh ( ) was adopted officially on 17 January 1972. It consists of a red disc on top of a green field. The red disc is offset slightly toward the hoist so that it appears centred when the flag is flying. The red disc represents the sun rising over Bengal, and also the blood of those who died for the independence of Bangladesh. The green field stands for the lushness of the land of Bangladesh. The flag is similar to the Japanese flag, with the difference being the Japanese", "id": "21442170" }, { "contents": "Flag of Palau\n\n\nthe moon instead of the sun. The current flag was introduced in 1981 when Palau became a republic. Previously, the flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was flown jointly with the United Nations and American flags. The flag's very simple design belies the depth of meaning attributed to it. The explanation for the choice of colours is rooted in the history and customs of the Palauan people. The bright blue of the field symbolizes the Pacific Ocean, and also represents the transition from foreign domination to self-government", "id": "9339564" }, { "contents": "Caribbean Community\n\n\nGeorgetown, Guyana was substantially modified at the July 1983 Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government. The flag was first flown on 4 July 1984 in Nassau, Bahamas at the fifth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government. The flag features a blue background, but the upper part is a light blue representing sky and the lower, a darker blue representing the Caribbean Sea. The yellow circle in the centre represents the sun on which is printed in black the logo of the Caribbean Community, two interlocking Cs. The", "id": "12264413" }, { "contents": "Flag of Europe\n\n\nM. Levy. The five-pointed star is used on many national flags and represents aspiration and education. Their golden color is that of the sun, which is said to symbolize glory and enlightenment. Their arrangement in a circle represents the constellation of Corona Borealis and can be seen as a crown and the stability of government. The blue background resembles the sky and symbolizes truth and the intellect. It is also the color traditionally used to represent the Virgin Mary. In many paintings of the Virgin Mary as Stella Maris she is", "id": "9964304" }, { "contents": "Flag of Inner Mongolia\n\n\nCurrently the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region does not have an official flag. The flag of Mongolian People's Party is used by Mongolians who support the Inner Mongolian independence. The Mongolian People's Party uses a blue flag with a red fire, a yellow circle and a white crescent. The blue background symbolizes the Eternal Blue Heaven which Mongolians believe in. The red fire simply symbolizes fire. The yellow circle symbolises sun and the white crescent symbolizes moon. The Mongolian Liberal Union Party uses a triband of blue and white with a blue", "id": "13366241" }, { "contents": "Flag of the City of London\n\n\non the left as it is hanging down (see below). This flag does not represent Greater London (which does not have its own flag, aside from the banner of the arms of the former Greater London Council), only the historical City of London which covers approximately . All references in this article relate to that city, not Greater London, unless specified. The flag is a banner of arms, derived from the city's coat of arms with the sword symbolising the sword that beheaded Saint Paul who is the", "id": "20174725" }, { "contents": "Seal of the President of the Philippines\n\n\n-rayed sun represent the eight provinces placed under martial law in 1896 at the onset of the Philippine Revolution. On the sun there is an equilateral triangle (colored red as opposed to the Flag's white), representing liberty, equality, and fraternity, which were ideals of the Revolution. The stars at the corners of the triangle represent the three major island groups of Luzón, Visayas and Mindanao. At the center of the coat-of-arms is a Sea-lion, which is derived from the coat-", "id": "10061058" }, { "contents": "Yacht Club Uruguayo\n\n\nlegacy. Late in the 20th century, the yacht club incorporated branches in Punta del Este and Santiago Vázquez. The club`s ensign is Uruguay`s national flag according to a constitutional decree approved on 11 August 1908. The club has an emblem with a sun and an anchor and a burgee with four blue stripes on white and a red anchor at the canton. The club started its international relations in 1909 with the arrival of sailors from the Yacht Club Argentino. Since then, the yacht club promotes international contacts with clubs around the world", "id": "14686031" }, { "contents": "Sámi institutional symbols\n\n\nat the bottom (inside the circle) and four blue lines radiating from it - symbolizing the sun. The four lines represent the four Sámi groups of Finland, and the three colours are that of the first Sámi flag. The green colour was originally added to represent the South Sámi, who are not native to Finland. There is no longer a Sámi Parliament of Russia. The elected Council of Plenipotentiary Representatives of the Sámi of Murmansk Province uses a symbol heavily inspired by the flag: two reindeer horns joined like a crescent", "id": "4726862" }, { "contents": "Xinhai Revolution\n\n\nof village agriculture. In the end, the assembly compromised: the national flag would be the banner of Five Races Under One Union. The Five Races Under One Union flag with horizontal stripes represented the five major nationalities of the republic. The red represented Han, the yellow represented Manchus, the blue for Mongols, the white for Muslims, and the black for Tibetans. Despite the general target of the uprisings to be the Manchus, Sun Yat-sen, Song Jiaoren and Huang Xing unanimously advocated racial integration to be carried", "id": "6964090" }, { "contents": "Flag of Ecuador\n\n\ngolden sun surrounded by the Zodiac astrological signs for Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer representing the months March to July to symbolize the duration of the March Revolution of 1845 that ousted General Juan José Flores. The condor on top of the shield stretches his wings to symbolize power, greatness and strength of Ecuador. The condor also represents the idea that it will always be ready to attack any enemy. The shield is flanked by four national flags. The laurel on the left represents the victories of the republic. The palm leaf", "id": "9200633" }, { "contents": "Flag of Ethiopia\n\n\nMengistu Haile Mariam (in total, in power from 1974 to 1991). The emblem is intended to represent both the diversity and unity of the country. Blue represents peace, the star is said to represent diversity and unity, and the sun's rays symbolise prosperity. The green recalls the land, yellow stands for peace and hope, and red is symbolic of strength. The green, yellow and red were used for the flag of the Ethiopian Empire in 1914. A year after Ethiopia decisively defended itself from Italian colonization", "id": "9200692" } ]

[ { "contents": "Naor's Friends\n\n\nthe series will be returning for a 4th season on Channel 10. It would also be the first season without Ronit Ivgy, who died earlier that same year. The fourth season began filming in August 2016. The opening theme song of the series, \"לא נרדמת תל אביב\" ( \"Tel Aviv Never Sleeps\") was written, composed (and original sung by) Danny Robas, and is performed in the series by Adi Cohen (who won third place on Kokhav Nolad season 2). There are numerous recurring", "id": "2485925" }, { "contents": "The Rockford Files\n\n\nSeason 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 TV Movies Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Eight \"Rockford Files\" reunion TV movies were made from 1994 to 1999, airing on the CBS network (whereas the original series aired on NBC) and reuniting most of the cast from the original show. Beery died on November 1, 1994, so the first of these films, which aired later that month, stated, \"This picture is dedicated to the", "id": "4166621" }, { "contents": "Total Request Live (Italian TV program)\n\n\nTotal Request Live is the Italian version of the American television program of the same name that originated in 1999. Originally broadcast weekdays at 2.00 p.m., its time slot was changed as it ran into its second season. It was broadcast at 3.00 p.m. starting in 2002. The main presenters, during the ten seasons, were Alessandro Cattelan, Giorgia Surina, Marco Maccarini, Carolina Di Domenico, and Federico Russo. As from June 2, 2008 the show is hosted by Elena Santarelli and Carlo Pastore, who presented another music programme", "id": "18045408" }, { "contents": "In punta di piedi\n\n\n\"In punta di piedi\" is the debut single by Nathalie, an Italian singer-songwriter of mixed Tunisian-Belgian origins who won the fourth season of Italian series of \"The X Factor\" on 2010. Written by Nathalie herself, the song was her winner's single. Nathalie performed it for the first time during the semifinals of the series, aired on 16 November 2010 by Rai 2. The single was officially released by Sony Music as an EP immediately after the announcement of the results with her declared as winner", "id": "19507370" }, { "contents": "Silver Quilty\n\n\nthe Montreal Canadiens, and the Boston Bruins. Johnny Quilty won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's rookie of the year in the 1940–41 NHL season. Johnny Quilty grew up watching the original Ottawa Senators play at home, was the light-heavyweight boxing champion of the Ottawa Valley in 1939, and served in the military during World War II. Quilty outlived his son, who died September 12, 1969, at age 48. Quilty died December 2, 1976 in Ottawa. He was interred at the Notre-Dame", "id": "5083198" }, { "contents": "List of Body of Proof characters\n\n\na couple of cases and is a potential love interest for her. Dani is a driver who recovers bodies from crime/accident scenes and delivers them to the M.E.'s office. She is also a love interest of Peter, much to the chagrin of Ethan, who has a crush on her. She dies in episode 18 of season 2. Season 2 Aidan is a potential love interest for Megan in season 2. Dr. Charlie Stafford first appears in the Season 2 two-part episode \"Going Viral\", as a", "id": "13802743" }, { "contents": "Kārlis Skrastiņš\n\n\nSalei (who also died in the Lokomotiv plane crash) on February 26, 2008. In his first full season with the Panthers in 2008–09, Skrastiņš scored a career high 18 points in 80 games. On October 16, 2008, he played his 600th career NHL game against the Minnesota Wild and on November 1, 2008, he scored his 100th point in his NHL career in a 3–2 loss fittingly against his original club, the Nashville Predators. On July 2, 2009, he was signed by the Dallas Stars to", "id": "12450246" }, { "contents": "List of Witches of East End characters\n\n\nis Ingrid's friend who works at the local library with her. He is attacked by the Mandragora in Season 2. Frederick tries to save him from the venom with a Spell but Wendy refuses to let him because she still does not fully trust him. Hudson dies in Ingrid's arms after she apologizes for putting him in harm's way. Barb, played by Kellee Stewart, is Ingrid's pregnant best friend who works at the local library with her. She was originally unable to conceive, but Ingrid performed a fertility", "id": "19911249" }, { "contents": "The X-Files (season 2)\n\n\nabductee, captures four people. Barry eventually kidnaps Scully, believing that if he brings her to his original abduction site, Skyland Mountain, aliens will take her instead of him. Mulder follows but is delayed by Krycek, who is revealed to be a mole working for Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis). When Mulder reaches Skyland Mountain, Scully is gone. Barry, who insists that aliens took him, dies soon after an interrogation by Krycek. When Krycek vanishes, Skinner re-opens the X-Files,", "id": "4782791" }, { "contents": "1982–83 Stoke City F.C. season\n\n\nduring the course of the season with the most notable being a classic 4–4 draw with Luton Town in September. Stoke finished an entertaining season in 13th place with 57 points. Chairman Percy Axon died at the end of the season. He was replaced by Frank Edwards who also died two years later. Stoke beat Sheffield United 3–2 in an entertaining replay but were then ousted 2–0 by Liverpool at Anfield. Stoke again failed to make it past the second round this time West Ham United knocking City out of the League Cup. \"", "id": "20692805" }, { "contents": "Mongolia's Next Top Model (season 2)\n\n\nher memory, as she had died some months before. \"(Ages stated are at start of contest) \" \"Original airdate:\" This was the casting episode. The 22 semifinalists had a runway show and a photoshoot at an airport. At panel they were narrowed down to the top 16. \"Original Airdate: October 13, 2018\" \"Original airdate:\" \"Original airdate:\" \"Original airdate:\" \"Original airdate:\" \"Original airdate:\" \"Original airdate:\" \"Original airdate", "id": "14962233" }, { "contents": "Ooh, Aah & You\n\n\nseason 1) and Simon Kennedy (season 2) as Ooh, Aah's older brother: the calm blue monkey who loves to read and listen to classical music. Jason Hopley (season 1) and Matt Moore (season 2) as Aah, Ooh's younger brother: the hyper red monkey who loves to dance, sing, and play. 1. Happy Monkey (long format) -- original air date July 15, 2005 5. Halloween (long format) -- original air date September 13, 2005 6.", "id": "17020071" }, { "contents": "The Flash (season 2)\n\n\n, who portrayed Eobard Thawne impersonating Harrison Wells in season one, also returned as a regular, playing Wells' Earth-2 doppelgänger. Rick Cosnett, a main cast member from season one, did not return as a regular because his character, Eddie Thawne, died in the season one finale. He instead returned as a guest star in the season premiere \"The Man Who Saved Central City\" in a dream sequence, and later in the episode \"Flash Back\", where Barry travels back to a time when Eddie was still", "id": "18783887" }, { "contents": "Tracey Ullman's State of the Union characters\n\n\n, Texas Married the \"Wetwipe Killer\", who's on death row. She later marries, \"The Tastee-Freez Rapist\". Gretchen is currently having a shadow writer document her married life with the \"Wetwipe Killer\"; in a book entitled \"White Widow\". Gretchen dies in Season 3. Appearances: Season 2 Morbidly obese woman. Appearances: Season 3 Location: Akron, Ohio Jeans entrepreneur. Appearances: Season 1 and 2 Location: The Ozarks The most famous star in Malawi, who comes to", "id": "10726095" }, { "contents": "List of Orphan Black characters\n\n\nlater clearly place it during 2001. In the third episode of Season 3 it is revealed the originals for Projects Leda and Castor were brother and sister, making all the clones genetic siblings. It is also revealed the DNA of the original Castor donor was stolen by Henrik Johanssen who wanted a son. This created Abel Johanssen who died as an infant. The Castor and Leda original genetic source is revealed at the end of season three. It is Siobhan's mother, Kendall Malone, a genetic chimera who provided DNA for both", "id": "16122937" }, { "contents": "Echo Round His Bones\n\n\nis sent to Mars with the original Hansard (Hansard 1) to launch nuclear weapons on to Earth on a certain date. Copies Hansard 2 and Panofsky 2 decide that this must be stopped at all costs, but they need to be able to communicate with someone in the original world. This might possibly be done by a copy occupying the same space as the original and subtly affecting the original's mind during sleep. Hansard 2 transmits to Mars (creating a Hansard 3 echo who dies) and links up with Hansard 1", "id": "16801813" }, { "contents": "The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)\n\n\n, Jonathan Frakes, and Fred Savage. New theme music was composed and performed by Grateful Dead with Merl Saunders, interpolating elements of the classic theme to the original \"Twilight Zone\" by Marius Constant (used in seasons 2–5). In addition, Grateful Dead would go on to provide incidental music for a number of episodes in the series. Filling in for Serling (who had died in 1975) as narrator was Charles Aidman, himself the star of two classic \"Twilight Zone\" episodes. \"The Twilight Zone\"", "id": "18031017" }, { "contents": "We Are History\n\n\nSeason 1, Episode 5: \"Armada!\" Original Air Date: 14 April 2000 Season 1, Episode 6: \"Oliver's Army\" Original Air Date: 17 April 2000 Season 2, Episode 1: \"Conquered!\" Original Air Date: 25 September 2001 Season 2, Episode 2: \"The Real Robin Hood\" Original Air Date: 2 October 2001 Season 2, Episode 3: \"Fire\" Original Air Date: 9 October 2001 Season 2, Episode 4: \"Bonnie Prince Charlie: Too Scot", "id": "10624359" }, { "contents": "Antonio Di Natale\n\n\n16 league goals. In Empoli's first season back in the topflight, he helped the club fight off relegation by scoring 13 times in the league. This included a hat-trick in Empoli's 4–2 defeat of Reggina on 17 November 2002. The next season was less fortunate for Di Natale, who only scored five goals in the league. Following two seasons in the Serie A, Empoli were relegated back to the Serie B at the end of the 2003–04 campaign. After Empoli were relegated, Di Natale joined Udinese for", "id": "1485091" }, { "contents": "The Simpsons (season 4)\n\n\nAwards and Dan Castellaneta would win one for his performance as Homer in \"Mr. Plow\". The fourth season was released on DVD in Region 1 on June 15, 2004, Region 2 on August 2, 2004 and in Region 4 on August 25, 2004. The season was executive produced by Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had also run the previous season. Several of the show's original writers who had been with the show since the first season left following the completion of the season's production run. \"", "id": "14545182" }, { "contents": "Andrea Di Grazia\n\n\nFrancesco Andrea Di Grazia (born 8 May 1996) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Italian club Pescara. Coming through the youth teams and impressing at youth level during the 2014–2015 season scoring 17 goals in 28 games, he was promoted to the first team for the 2015–2016 season. At the age of 19, he was loaned out to Italian club Akragas. Di Grazia impressed in his first professional season whilst at the Sicilian club netting 4 goals and 2 assists in 16 games despite the majority of his", "id": "8555664" }, { "contents": "List of Æon Flux episodes\n\n\nThis is a list of all episodes in the animated TV series \"Æon Flux\". The first two seasons are devoid of speech and purposely lack of continuity, as Æon dies in every episode. Each of the six episodes in the first season was originally broadcast as a 2-minute segment of \"Liquid Television\". On home media releases they are compiled into a single \"pilot\" episode. Each episode of the second season was broadcast as a 5-minute segment of \"Liquid Television\". In its third and final season,", "id": "14373958" }, { "contents": "Twin Peaks (season 3)\n\n\nFrost died, but both appear in the new season. Harry Dean Stanton, who reprised his role as Carl Rodd, died in September 2017, less than two weeks after the last episode of the season aired. In July 2015 Frost suggested that the season would premiere in 2017 rather than 2016, as originally planned. The series began filming in September 2015 and Showtime president David Nevins said: In January 2016 Nevins confirmed that the season would premiere in the first half of 2017. The season was shot continuously from a single", "id": "5732019" }, { "contents": "Kathleen Freeman\n\n\n, Season 2's \"No Hope for Courtney\", Freeman's character retires from her teaching job although Carl and Hoodsey try convincing her to return to work. The script originally was written to have Mrs. Gordon return to Lucky Elementary School but Freeman died before the episode was finished. The script was then re-written, and Mrs. Gordon died as well. The episode was dedicated in Freeman's memory. The dedication came at the end of the episode after the announcement that Elaine Gordon had died and Carl was crying.", "id": "9671417" }, { "contents": "Man sa yarbah 2 malyoon\n\n\nمن سيربح 2 مليون (English translation: \"Who will win 2 million?\", transliteration: \"Man sa yarbah 2 malyoon\") was a Middle Eastern and North African game show based on the original British format of \"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?\". The show was hosted by George Kurdahi. Top prize was 2.000.000 SR. This is the successor of the first season of \"Man sa yarbah al malyoon\" with 1.000.000 SR as the top-prize. The first season of \"Man sa yarbah", "id": "4778490" }, { "contents": "Amazing Detective Di Renjie 2\n\n\nAmazing Detective Di Renjie 2, also known as Shen Tan Di Renjie 2, is the second installment in a four-season Chinese television series based on \"gong'an\" detective stories related to Di Renjie, a Tang dynasty magistrate and statesman. Written and directed by Qian Yanqiu, the series starred Liang Guanhua as the titular protagonist, and was first broadcast on CCTV-8 on 20 November 2006, two years after the first season. It was followed by \"Amazing Detective Di Renjie 3\" in 2008, and \"Mad Detective Di", "id": "7170646" }, { "contents": "Toni Stone\n\n\nhave never heard of\", according to the NLBPA website. Stone's contract was sold to the Kansas City Monarchs prior to the 1954 season, and she retired following the season because of lack of playing time. After the 1954 season, Stone moved to Oakland, California, to work as a nurse and care for her sick husband, who died in 1987 at age 103. Toni Stone died on November 2, 1996, at a nursing home in Alameda, California. She was 75 years old. Stone was the", "id": "10151380" }, { "contents": "Grease 2\n\n\nthe original stage material for the original film, had died in 1980, and Canadian comic Ken Finkleman (who was also writing and directing \"\" at the same time) was tasked with penning a new script mostly from scratch. The total budget for the production was $11.2 million, almost double the budget of the original. \"Grease 2\" was intended to be the second film (and first sequel) in a proposed \"Grease\" franchise of four films and a television series. (The third and fourth films", "id": "4229439" }, { "contents": "List of The Saddle Club characters\n\n\nanother sign of declining standards. But that's Veronica – everybody else finds Scooter very entertaining. And he has as many angles as the Eiffel Tower. His actor: Season 2 - Alex Marriott Her actor: Season 1 - Sophie Hensser Originally called Pretty Boy. A six-year-old buckskin Trakehner gelding with a blaze and a star. He belongs to Carole. Carole bought Starlight with the money her mother left her after she died from cancer. Carole almost sold Starlight in \"Greener Pastures Part 2\" after the", "id": "15369630" }, { "contents": "1971 Kansas City Chiefs season\n\n\n2003. Stram died July 4, 2005 at age 82. Others who are in the Hall of Fame from this squad are owner Hunt (who died December 13, 2006, at age 74), quarterback Dawson, and kicker Stenerud. The loss to Miami began a nosedive in the Chiefs' fortunes. Kansas City backslid to 8–6 and 7–5–2 in 1972 and 1973, before falling to 5–9 and a tie for last in the AFC West in 1974, leading to the Stram's firing following the season. Kansas City would", "id": "4473830" }, { "contents": "List of Gossip Girl characters\n\n\nwithout Rufus's knowledge. When Rufus discovers this, he decides he wants to locate him. He and Lilly meet with Scott's adoptive parents in Boston, who inform them that he recently died in a boat accident. But it's revealed later on that Scott's younger brother was the one who actually died. In the season finale of season 2, Scott leaves home to go to New York to find Rufus and Lilly while his adoptive parents believe he's in Portland. He pretends to be a student at NYU,", "id": "9830861" }, { "contents": "Bart the Bear 2\n\n\nby Doug and Lynne Seus on April 26, 2000. Bart 2 was named after the Seus' well-known bear actor Bart the Bear, who died two weeks later in May, shortly after the Seuses adopted the cubs. Doug Seus decided to name the new male cub after the original Bart after seeing that he \"had the same nature as the original Bart, and a lot of the attributes.\" That same year, Bart 2 made his film debut along with Honey Bump in \"Dr. Dolittle 2\",", "id": "21766719" }, { "contents": "List of Frontline (American TV program) episodes\n\n\nMedia, Race/Multicultural, Religion, Social Issues, and Sports. section end=head / \"Frontline\"s first season, in 1983, was the only season to have Jessica Savitch as its host (Savitch died in October of that year). Season 2 of \"Frontline\" saw Judy Woodruff become the show's host after Jessica Savitch's death. During its fourth season, \"Frontline\" presented \"Comrades\", a 12-part documentary series that originally aired on the BBC in Great Britain. \"Comrades\" profiled everyday", "id": "1540341" }, { "contents": "Erotas (TV series)\n\n\nas in only 2 seasons of the show over 15 characters have died, this is more than \"Lost\" in its first two seasons. Furthermore, at the start of the third season, many new characters were introduced and roles of current characters re-cast. Many fans feel that they are not watching the same show anymore, since hardly any original cast members remain after only two completed seasons. Additionally, the fans were disappointed that the storyline involving Angelle's death was revealed by the actor before the end of the", "id": "7757491" }, { "contents": "The Spinners (American R&B group)\n\n\nIn 2004, original member Billy Henderson was dismissed from the group after suing the group's corporation and business manager to obtain financial records. He was replaced by Harold \"Spike\" Bonhart. Henderson died due to complications from diabetes on February 2, 2007, at the age of 67. Another early member, C. P. Spencer, had already died from a heart attack on October 20, 2004; and another, George Dixon, died in 1994. Original member Pervis Jackson, who was still touring as a member of the", "id": "2773848" }, { "contents": "2010 New York Red Bulls season\n\n\n, drawing 2–2 at FC Dallas on September 16, and winning 2–0 at the Los Angeles Galaxy on September 24. The club started the month with a 1–0 loss at defending MLS Cup champion Real Salt Lake. At month's end, the Red Bulls stood second in the Eastern Conference behind only the Columbus Crew. Lastly, on September 7, original franchise owner John Kluge died at the age of 95. Kluge owned the club from its founding in 1995 until selling it in 2001. On October 2, the Red Bulls", "id": "9885828" }, { "contents": "Michele Di Gregorio\n\n\nMichele Di Gregorio (born 27 July 1997) is an Italian football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Pordenone on loan from Inter. On 12 July 2017, Di Gregorio was signed by Serie C side Renate on a season-long loan deal. On 30 July he made his debut for Renate in the first round of Coppa Italia in a 3–1 home win over Siracusa. On 5 August he played in the second round in a 4–3 win at penalties, after a 2–2 away draw against Empoli. On 12 August,", "id": "6801794" }, { "contents": "Star Trek: Discovery (season 2)\n\n\nDoug Jones as Saru, Anthony Rapp as Paul Stamets, Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly, and Shazad Latif as Voq / Ash Tyler. Wilson Cruz reprises his guest role of Hugh Culber, who died in the first season, and is promoted to the main cast for the second. In April 2018, Anson Mount—who was considered for the role of Lorca in the first season—was cast as Pike, a \"key role\" for the season, and a young Spock was confirmed to be appearing in flashbacks;", "id": "2509271" }, { "contents": "Mad TV (season 3)\n\n\nThe third season of \"Mad TV\", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on the Fox Network between September 20, 1997, and May 16, 1998. At the start of season three, one fourth of the original cast (Bryan Callen, Orlando Jones and Artie Lange [who left midway through season 2] and featured player Pablo Francisco) was replaced by newcomers Alex Borstein (who would later do voicework and writing work on FOX's \"Family Guy\"), Chris Hogan,", "id": "22120081" }, { "contents": "Hipertensão (season 2)\n\n\n2 format is similar to Fear Factor Extreme (FFX) instead of the original \"three-stunt, one winner per episode\" format used in the first season. Season 2 consists of multiple sets of stunts and a set number of contestants over a period of weeks. There were no application process for the series second season. The sixteen contestants were selected from applications received for \"No Limite Xtream\", who was scheduled to air in 2010, but was postponed due to logistical problems. Filming took place in Benavidez,", "id": "7933876" }, { "contents": "Antonio Di Natale\n\n\n's club record for most league goals in a season, who had scored 28. A brace against Bari on 9 May 2010 saw Di Natale surpass the 100-goal mark in Serie A. For his performances, he was voted Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year and finished as the top scorer in Serie A. He also received the Serie A Fair Play award for interrupting play in a match while Lazio's Libor Kozák was injured, with Udinese down 3–2 late in the match. The 2009–10 season saw Di Natale finish as runner-up", "id": "1485094" }, { "contents": "Lawrence Horn\n\n\ncompensation to the families of the victims. Later, the conviction of the assassin, Perry, was overturned by an appeals court and a second trial sentenced him to three life terms in Maryland's prison system in 2001. Perry died of an undisclosed illness in prison on December 30, 2009. Horn died in prison in February 2017. In October 1999, Discovery Channel's \"The FBI Files\" aired a season 2 episode on the case, with interviews by investigators and original crime footage, called \"Hired Gun\".", "id": "6005572" }, { "contents": "2002–03 West Ham United F.C. season\n\n\nthe last day of the season with a chance of beating the drop. The last game of the season was against newly-promoted debutants in the 2002-03 season Birmingham City. They needed to at least better Bolton Wanderers' result at home against Middlesbrough, who were tied on points albeit with a superior goal difference. However, West Ham drew 2–2, with goals from Les Ferdinand and Paolo Di Canio, replying to goals scored for the West Midlands side - Geoff Horsfield and Stern John, and were relegated, ending", "id": "21259267" }, { "contents": "Logos and uniforms of the New York Yankees\n\n\nof the original Yankee Stadium, in the final season before the Stadium's two-year renovation. For the 2008 season, the team wore a patch commemorating the 2008 All-Star Game, another commemorating the final season in the original Yankee Stadium, and a black armband to honor Bobby Murcer who died on July 12, 2008, due to complication related to brain cancer. In 2009, the jersey's left sleeve featured a patch commemorating the inaugural season at the current Yankee Stadium. Upon the deaths of owner George Steinbrenner", "id": "13660908" }, { "contents": "A New Beginning (The Walking Dead)\n\n\n\"A New Beginning\" is the ninth season premiere episode of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"The Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on October 7, 2018. It was written by showrunner Angela Kang and directed by executive producer Greg Nicotero. This episode marks the final appearance of Xander Berkeley (Gregory), who first appeared in the sixth season episode \"Knots Untie\". The episode was dedicated to Scott Wilson, the actor who played Hershel Greene during seasons 2-4, who died the day", "id": "8110176" }, { "contents": "Phil Di Bennardo\n\n\nFilippo \"Phil\" Di Bennardo (born April 20, 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who currently plays for the Toronto FC Academy. Di Bennardo started his career with Woodbridge SC at the age of four. He later joined the Toronto FC Academy. He joined affiliate club Toronto FC II on loan during the 2015 USL season, where he made two appearances. He made his professional debut on September 5, 2015 in a 3-2 victory over FC Montreal, before also featuring in a 3-2 defeat", "id": "8131446" }, { "contents": "Glee (season 2)\n\n\nThe second season of the musical comedy-drama television series \"Glee\" originally aired between September 21, 2010 and May 24, 2011 on Fox in the United States. The 22-episode season was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Ryan Murphy Television, with executive producers Dante Di Loreto and series co-creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, with the other series co-creator, Ian Brennan, as co-executive producer. The series features the New Directions glee club at the fictional William McKinley High School in the town", "id": "2955353" }, { "contents": "King of the Hill (season 13)\n\n\nThe thirteenth and final season of \"King of the Hill\" originally aired Sunday nights on the Fox Broadcasting Company from September 28, 2008 to September 13, 2009. Four episodes from this season originally premiered in syndication from May 3 to May 6, 2010. Actress Brittany Murphy, who voiced Luanne Platter, died of pneumonia on December 20, 2009, five months before the final four episodes aired. The showrunners for the season were John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky. Beginning with the episode \"Lucky See, Monkey Do\"", "id": "18475673" }, { "contents": "List of Orphan Black characters\n\n\nwho died from the same respiratory illness that affected Katja and Cosima. In episode 8 of season 2, Tony, a transgender clone is introduced. In the season one finale, Cosima discovers each clone has a different DNA tag based on ASCII coded basepairs. In addition to the identification code is the text followed by a series of patent numbers. Sarah is given a photograph whose caption suggests that the cloning project that produced her was called \"Project Leda\". In the season 2 finale, Charlotte, an 8-year-old", "id": "16122934" }, { "contents": "Dallas (2012 TV series)\n\n\nMitch Pileggi) plays Ann's villainous ex-husband. New main characters that made their appearances in season 2 included Ann and Harris's daughter, Emma Ryland (Emma Bell), and Elena Ramos's brother Drew Ramos (Kuno Becker). In season 2, Judith Brown Ryland (Judith Light) joined the cast as Harris Ryland's controlling mother, while in season 3, Nicolas Treviño (Juan Pablo Di Pace) joined as a childhood friend of Elena and Drew's who returns to help Cliff Barnes take over the", "id": "8557598" }, { "contents": "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (season 2)\n\n\nexcept where indicated. The series was renewed for a second season on March 11, 2017. On May 23, 2016, it was announced that Gabrielle Ruiz, who portrays Valencia, was promoted to series regular for season two. In November, 2016, it was announced that Santino Fontana would be departing the series, with episode four of the second season resulting as his last as a series regular. \"\"Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Original Television Soundtrack (Season 2)\"\" was released on March 3, 2017", "id": "724860" }, { "contents": "Homeland (season 3)\n\n\nChairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, as a series regular. Diego Klattenhoff and David Marciano, who portray Mike Faber and Virgil, do not return as series regulars, but return in a recurring capacity. Barbara Hall joined as co-executive producer, after Meredith Stiehm left. James Yoshimura also joined as a writer and consulting producer. Writer Henry Bromell, who died on March 18, 2013, is credited as executive producer for the whole season. Lesli Linka Glatter, who directed the season 2 episode \"Q&A\"", "id": "16468589" }, { "contents": "Joey Kovar\n\n\nyears following the death of Pedro Zamora of \"Real World: San Francisco\" and five years following the death of Frankie Abernathy of \"Real World: San Diego\". Kovar was one of three cast members from Season 3 of \"Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew\" to die, including Mike Starr and Mindy McCready and is among six cast members overall from \"Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew\" who have died, a list that further includes Chyna who appears in season 1, Rodney King who was featured in season 2,", "id": "18140747" }, { "contents": "List of Wayward Pines characters\n\n\nJason's decisions. It's revealed near the end of season 2 that Pilcher originally met with Kerry while he was recruiting volunteers, at which time she was a vulnerable, single mother-to-be. Christopher James \"C.J.\" Mitchum (Djimon Hounsou) is a historian and an original resident of Wayward Pines. Introduced in season 2 as a former engineer, it is C.J. who observed the slow decline and elimination of the human race, having been awoken briefly from his cryo chamber once every 20 years, per Pilcher", "id": "19671167" }, { "contents": "List of Aria soundtracks\n\n\n2008, and peak ranked 56th on the Oricon albums chart. It had piano versions of music from the third and final season performed by Takeshi Senoo for all tracks except numbers 2, 6, and 9, which were performed by Mina Kubota (#2 and #9) and Sonorous (#6). \"Di partenza\" is Italian for \"of departures.\" A single of the opening and ending themes of the visual novel \"Aria the Origination: Aoi Hoshi no El Cielo\" was released under the Media", "id": "5001285" }, { "contents": "Silver Spoons\n\n\nrelationship gives way to a third-season wedding. During the series' early years, Ricky befriends \"bad boy\" Derek Taylor (Jason Bateman, seasons 1–2), smooth-talking \"cowboy\" J.T. Martin (Bobby Fite, seasons 1–2), and \"nerdy\" Freddy Lippincottleman (Corky Pigeon, seasons 1–4). They get into a lot of trouble and learn many childhood lessons along the way. Edward's original attorney was Leonard Rollins (Leonard Lightfoot), who departed after the first season, and was", "id": "13823438" }, { "contents": "2009–10 U.S. Città di Palermo season\n\n\nligaments after a challenge that led to a penalty scored by Miccoli himself. Palermo ended the season in fifth place, completing the season with an injury-time 2–1 win to Atalanta. Palermo will also have a number of players featuring in the 2010 FIFA World Cup: Javier Pastore with Argentina, Simon Kjær with Denmark, Edinson Cavani with Uruguay and out-of-contract Mark Bresciano with Australia. Two other players, Salvatore Sirigu and Mattia Cassani, were originally selected by Marcello Lippi to be part of a 28-player preliminary squad", "id": "14354924" }, { "contents": "Víctor Ibarbo\n\n\nAfter missing the start of the season, due to his injury, he returned on 7 March 2018, in a 1–0 loss against Shonan Bellmare in the J. League Cup. Ibarbo then scored his first league appearance of the season, in a 2–1 win over Yokohama F. Marinos on 10 March 2018. Following the match, Ibarbo say he dedicated his goal to his former teammate, Davide Astori, who died 6 days earlier. He then scored his second goal of the season to make a comeback, in a 3–2 win over", "id": "7152157" }, { "contents": "Cars 2\n\n\nand Holley ask if Mater can join them on another mission, but he declines, and then participates with the World Grand Prix competitors in a race at Radiator Springs. Much of the cast from the original \"Cars\" remained intact for the sequel, but three voice actors of the original film have died since its release. Joe Ranft (who voiced Red) died in an automobile accident on August 16, 2005, ten months before \"Cars\" was released. The first film was dedicated in memoriam to him. Red", "id": "18836150" }, { "contents": "2014 Tennessee Titans season\n\n\nThe Tennessee Titans season was the franchise's 45th season in the National Football League, the 55th overall and the 18th in the state of Tennessee. It marked the first under head coach Ken Whisenhunt, as well as the first full season following the death of longtime owner Bud Adams, who died during the 2013 season. The Titans finished the season with a 2–14 record, not only tying the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the league's worst record, but the Titans also suffered their worst season since 1994, when the franchise was", "id": "17211233" }, { "contents": "Black mamba\n\n\n, and 15 people out of 35 who received the antivenom died. A mamba-specific antivenom was introduced in 1962, followed by a fully polyvalent antivenom in 1971. Over this period, 5 people out of 38 bitten by black mambas and given antivenom died. A census in rural Zimbabwe in 1991 and 1992 revealed 274 cases of snakebite, of which 5 died. Black mambas were confirmed in 15 cases, of which 2 died. The peak period for deaths is the species' breeding season from September to February, during", "id": "8093389" }, { "contents": "Enzo Di Pede\n\n\nEnzo Di Pede (born January 3, 1957) is a retired Italian-born goalkeeper who played in the North American Soccer League and the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). Di Pede was a member of the MISL Champion New York Arrows as a backup goalkeeper in 1979–1980. Di Pede won MISL Goalkeeper of the Year honors in 1981 as a member of the Chicago Horizons and later played for the Kansas City Comets. On October 7, 1986, the Minnesota Strikers signed Di Pede, but he spent the season", "id": "13404957" }, { "contents": "Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 2)\n\n\nBaker voices both Appa and , and Dante Basco voices Zuko. However, several new characters appear: Jessie Flower voices Toph Beifong, Grey DeLisle voices Azula, Cricket Leigh voices Mai, Olivia Hack voices Ty Lee, and Clancy Brown voices Long Feng. Mako Iwamatsu, who voiced Iroh, died from throat cancer after production was completed; he was replaced by Greg Baldwin for the following season and \"The Legend of Korra\". In a review of the Volume 2 DVD Release for Book 2, Gabriel Powers from DVDActive.com described", "id": "16775034" }, { "contents": "Dallas (1978 TV series)\n\n\n(Deborah Marie Taylor, seasons 11–14). The most well known supporting actor (at the time) was Tina Louise, who played J.R.'s secretary, Julie Grey, during the 1978–79 seasons. Her character was eventually killed off. By the end of the series, only three of the series' original characters (J.R., Bobby, and Cliff) were left in Dallas, the others having either died or left town. Jock Ewing was the first main character to depart the series, as Jock died offscreen in a", "id": "12374677" }, { "contents": "Rewrapped\n\n\nplace in this round, but starting in season 2, the chef with the lowest score is eliminated from the competition. The chefs (all 3 in season 1; the remaining 2 in season 2) are given another 30 minutes to use the food of the day as the main ingredient in their own original dish. The chefs are supplied with enough of the original food to use in their dishes. In this round, taste, appearance and originality are the key factors in the judge's scores. In season 1,", "id": "19446334" }, { "contents": "Orhan Pamuk\n\n\nthese love stories originate. Pamuk's heroes tend to be educated men who fall tragically in love with beauties, but who seem doomed to a decrepit loneliness. In 2013, Pamuk invited Grazia Toderi, whose work he admired, to design a work for the Museum of Innocence in Istanbul. Their collaboration culminated in the exhibition \"Words and Stars\". \"Words and Stars\" opened on 2 April 2017, at the MART (Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto), and which explores \"the inclination", "id": "16563863" }, { "contents": "2017 Seattle Seahawks season\n\n\nthat same season. During the season, Russell Wilson broke Eli Manning’s NFL record for most 4th quarter touchdowns in a single season with 18, the previous record was 15. Wilson also led the NFL in touchdown passes with 34. This was Russell Wilson’s first season not making the playoffs. This was also the final season of the original Legion of Boom playing together, as well as the 21st and last full season under the ownership of Paul Allen, who died during the 2018 season. Draft trades All undrafted free", "id": "19040288" }, { "contents": "Parks and Recreation (season 2)\n\n\na Pawnee lawyer. Michael Gross, best known for his role as Steven Keaton from \"Family Ties\", appeared in \"Summer Catalog\" as a former parks department director who loves marijuana. Detlef Schrempf, a retired basketball player who played for the Indiana Pacers, portrayed himself in \"Telethon\". Natalie Morales appeared in the last two episodes of the season as Lucy, a bartender who becomes Tom's girlfriend. Following season one, \"Parks and Recreation\" was originally renewed for a half season-worth of episodes", "id": "19837048" }, { "contents": "Sanctuary (season 2)\n\n\nSeason two won seven Leo Awards after its release. The season was released on a four-disc set on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on June 9, 2010 in Region 4, June 15 in Region 1, and October 4 in Region 2. onlyinclude /onlyinclude The second season began with the original cast from the first season. Amanda Tapping returns as series protagonist Helen Magnus, a 158-year-old English scientist who runs the Sanctuary Network. The producers intended for Magnus to be more angry and vulnerable following Ashley's death", "id": "7819233" }, { "contents": "Dual Survival\n\n\nJoe\" Teti, and in Season 4, Matt Graham replaced Lundin; Teti and Graham remained with the show through Season 6. Season 7 features Grady Powell, an ex-U.S. Army Green Beret, who replaced Joseph Teti, and Bill McConnell, a wilderness survivalist, who replaced Matt Graham. Season 1 and Season 2 of \"Dual Survival\" originally aired in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Season 3 commenced production in 2012 and began airing on January 1, 2013. Season 4 debuted on April 23, 2014,", "id": "20255483" }, { "contents": "Aqua Teen Hunger Force (season 2)\n\n\nhave reprised their roles. This season has been made available on DVD, and other forms of home media, including on demand streaming. Every episode in this season was written and directed by series creators Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, who have both written and directed every episode of the series. All episodes originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. This season was one of the original seasons branded under the \"Aqua Teen Hunger Force\" title before Willis and Maiellaro started using", "id": "2225911" }, { "contents": "Tom Croydon\n\n\nHis second wife was the local reverend of the Mount Thomas Anglican Parish, Reverend Grace Curtis. He married her in the ninth season. Upon marrying her, he took on the role of becoming a stepfather to Grace's two sons, Daniel and Nelson. Grace died in the eleventh season after being raped and murdered by town-terror Troy Baxter (who later died in accidental circumstances). Her death occurred in the episode in which the original station was bombed, killing Joanna and Clancy Freeman, although we don't find", "id": "4343351" }, { "contents": "Smallville (season 2)\n\n\nthe darkness, with him failing along the way. The lives of multiple characters changed during season two, including that of Whitney Fordman, who left Smallville in season one. Whitney would return in season two's \"Visage\", when the creative team decided to combine two of their favorite characters from season one: the series regular Whitney Fordman, and Tina Greer, the shape shifting teenager with a fixation on Lana. The result was Whitney's return from war with amnesia, and subsequent revealing that Whitney died overseas and that", "id": "4253870" }, { "contents": "Theme Time Radio Hour (season 2)\n\n\n. To the disappointment of many fans, the \"Halloween\" episode for Season 2 was a re-run from Season 1, rather than original programming. Season 2 would include two other Season 1 re-runs, both also holiday shows - the \"Thanksgiving Leftovers\" show and the \"Christmas/New Years\" episode. As Season 2 began midway through the month of September, it would not be until January 2008 before \"TTRH\" would air a complete month of original programming. In November 2007, AOL Radio", "id": "6401624" }, { "contents": "Srugim (season 2)\n\n\nThe second season of \"Srugim\", is an Israeli television drama which originally aired on Yes TV between 10 January 2010 and 9 May 2010. It was directed by Laizy Shapiro, who co-created it with Hava Divon. Season 2 began approximately six months after the conclusion of season 1. Amir and Yifat get married, and now must cope with the new hardships, including fertility problems and the need to observe ritual purity. Amir returns to his roots and begins praying in a Tunisian synagogue with an old man named", "id": "9914670" }, { "contents": "Silicon Valley (season 2)\n\n\ngreatness, but \"Silicon Valley\" seems ready to.\" For \"The Hollywood Reporter\", Tim Goodman praised the season as \"impressively upgraded after a stellar first season.\" One focus for critics was the show's replacement for Christopher Evan Welch, who died during the production of season 1. In \"Vulture\", Matt Zoller Seitz praised Welch's replacement, Suzanne Cryer, saying \"both the character and the actress are excellent – at once reassuringly familiar wand off-putting in ways that don't register right", "id": "8631573" }, { "contents": "Guido Di Fonzo\n\n\nGuido Sebastián Di Fonzo (born 13 June 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Deportivo Español. Di Fonzo started his career in Primera B Metropolitana with Deportivo Español. He made his professional debut on 2 May 2018 during a goalless draw with Comunicaciones, which was his only appearance of the 2017–18 season. Di Fonzo returned to their first-team set-up in the succeeding October, appearing for the full duration of fixtures with All Boys and Fénix. Three months later, he was demoted back", "id": "14798585" }, { "contents": "My Life as Liz\n\n\nthe group while Liz is in New York. In Season 2, it was revealed that Taylor has decided to go to college in New York as well. Cori Cooper (season 1, guest season 2): Known as the \"queen of mean\", Cori is very self-absorbed and hates \"anyone who has an original thought\". She is the most popular girl in school, because she's the prettiest. She is also a member of the \"blonde squad\" which consists of her, Taylor,", "id": "2429611" }, { "contents": "Hipertensão\n\n\nthree women, who had to complete three professional stunts to win R$50,000. If a contestant was too scared to attempt a stunt, failed to complete a stunt, or (in some cases) had the worst performance on a stunt, it was eliminated from the competition. The season 2 format was similar to \"Fear Factor Extreme\" (FFX) instead of the original \"three-stunt, one winner per episode\" format used in the first season. Season 2 was consists of multiple sets of stunts and a set", "id": "7933864" }, { "contents": "List of governors of Georgia\n\n\nthat of Matthew Talbot, who served 13 days after succeeding his predecessor who died in office. One man, Eugene Talmadge, died before taking office in his second distinct term, leading to a dispute in which three people claimed the office. Georgia was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and ratified the Constitution of the United States on January 2, 1788. It seceded from the Union on January 19, 1861, and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861. Following the end of", "id": "14557504" }, { "contents": "Woodstock Slammers\n\n\n2–0 deficit and took a 3–2 lead into the third period. However, after receiving three straight penalties in the third period the Slammers lost the lead and the game 4–3, ending their season as the number two team in Canadian junior \"A\" hockey, their best finish in franchise history. During the 2011–12 season the Slammers expanded the military night tradition to include a game on Remembrance Day which paid homage to Canadian Service personnel who fought and died in the line of duty throughout the history of Canada, as well as another", "id": "16676434" }, { "contents": "Denny Hulme\n\n\nto dominate the series; driving the McLaren M8B, they won every race, with multiple 1–2 finishes, and even a 1–2–3 finish when Dan Gurney drove the spare car. Hulme scored five victories in eleven races in 1969, earning 160 points to finish second to teammate McLaren in the championship. The 1970 season was a difficult one for the team, as they mourned the loss of leader Bruce McLaren, who had died while pre-season testing the McLaren M8D \"Batmobile\" at the Goodwood Circuit. Teamed first with driver", "id": "18516839" }, { "contents": "Star (TV series)\n\n\nHe ends up forming a new duo with his nephew Angel to compete with Take 3. In the mid-season 2 finale, Angel fires him as manager and he goes on a drug-fueled bender before briefly slipping into a coma. He is later shot in a drive-by shooting while shielding Andy and dies in season 2. The owner of an Atlanta beauty salon, who worked with Mary Davis in the R&B duo, Mixed Harmony back in the 1990s. She becomes a surrogate mother to the three girls,", "id": "3194207" }, { "contents": "All Saints' College, Bathurst\n\n\nAustralia in the Senior B Lightweight Four. Steven O'Connor started as Head of College at the start of Term 2, 2016. In 2011, All Saints' College ranked 33rd in Higher School Certificate (HSC) results in NSW. Among NSW private Schools it ranked 17th in the State. In 1999, All Saints' College First XV rugby team went undefeated in both the WAS and ISA Div 2 competitions. All Saints' devoted their outstanding season to one their favourite sons who died at the start of the rugby season.", "id": "4561878" }, { "contents": "List of Supergirl characters\n\n\nhunting down aliens he believed to be dangerous. He died after he stabbed Jeremiah Danvers in Peru while hunting the alien J'onn J'onzz. He was subsequently found and revived by Project Cadmus, who enhanced him to become the Cyborg Superman. Cat Grant (portrayed by Calista Flockhart; main season 1; recurring season 2; guest season 3) is the founder and CEO of CatCo Worldwide Media, who feels, since she \"branded\" Kara as \"Supergirl\", that she has proprietary custody over the new hero. She was", "id": "18152033" }, { "contents": "Arrow (season 2)\n\n\nseason for the 2013-14 season. A backdoor pilot for \"The Flash\" was originally going to be the twentieth episode, but due to the positive reception of Grant Gustin's appearance in the eighth and ninth episode, executives at The CW scrapped it in favor a traditional pilot so that it gives the developers more time to flesh out the character in addition to receiving an increase in the budget. Emily Bett Rickards, Colton Haynes and Manu Bennet were all promoted to series regulars. Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, who originally played", "id": "20414621" }, { "contents": "The Sword of Shannara Trilogy\n\n\nof \"The Elfstones of Shannara\"; the second season aired on Spike TV, continuing the story with an original plot. The show was canceled after 2 seasons. The first novel of \"The Original Shannara Trilogy\" chronicles the adventures of the brothers Shea and Flick Ohmsford in their quest to retrieve the Sword of Shannara to defeat the Warlock Lord who threatens the Four Lands. The second novel of \"The Original Shannara Trilogy\" follows Shea's grandson, Wil Ohmsford, as he aids the endangered Elven nation, helping it", "id": "3708004" }, { "contents": "2013–14 Australian bushfire season\n\n\nThe 2013–14 Australian bushfire season was, at the time, the most destructive bushfire season in terms of property loss since the 2008–09 Australian bushfire season, with the loss of 371 houses and several hundred non-residential buildings as a result of wild fires between 1 June 2015 and 31 May 2016. The season also suffered 4 fatalities; 2 died in New South Wales, 1 in Western Australia and 1 in Victoria. One death was as a direct result of fire, 2 died due to unrelated health complications while fighting fires on", "id": "21899689" }, { "contents": "HaDugmaniyot (season 2)\n\n\nare being auditioned for a pasta commercial, when they have to play and say a sentence in Italian against a crazy Italian director who is looking for an advertisement for Italian television. Niral, who is asked to have a sexy look, was excellent and Alisia does it too. At the judging room, for the first time, they will vote for the contestant who they want to leave the competition. \"Original airdate: 22 March 2006 \"Original airdate: 29 March 2006 After the original top 3 was chosen, the", "id": "8804805" }, { "contents": "History of the Seattle Seahawks\n\n\n36-20. The 2017 season was the final season of the original Legion of Boom playing together, as well as the 21st and last full season under the ownership of Paul Allen, who died during the 2018 season. The Seahawks were hoping to improve their 10–5–1 record from 2016. However, it didn't happen because of a lack of consistency in the running game, special teams, and the offensive line combined with numerous injuries. The Seahawks started the season well at 8-4. They had an impressive win", "id": "11472007" }, { "contents": "Saturday Night Live (season 14)\n\n\n20th season in 1995. This season notably saw the death of a second original cast member, Gilda Radner, who died on the day of the season finale from ovarian cancer. In memory of Radner, Steve Martin showed a clip from the famous \"Dancing in the Dark\" sketch from the 1978 episode hosted by Martin in lieu of his planned monologue. Before the start of the season, no changes were made to the cast. Al Franken, having rejoined the show as a writer and occasional on-screen performer three", "id": "18938422" }, { "contents": "1925 Cincinnati Reds season\n\n\nThe 1925 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the National League with a record of 80–73, 15 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Reds suffered a devastating loss during the off-season, as late in the 1924 season, first baseman Jake Daubert became ill and he underwent an appendectomy on October 2. Complications from the surgery arose, and Daubert died a week later on October 9. Daubert, who joined Cincinnati in 1919, appeared in 801 games with the Reds, batting", "id": "14566248" }, { "contents": "2001–02 Chelsea F.C. season\n\n\neliminated by an underdog for the second consecutive season. The club came 6th in the Premier League, as they had done the previous season, and reached their third FA Cup final in six seasons. In the final against London rivals and Premier League champions Arsenal at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 4 May 2002, Chelsea lost 2-0 with both goals in the last twenty minutes of the match. Chelsea were led out into the final by Roberto Di Matteo, who had announced his retirement earlier in the season due to", "id": "17536916" }, { "contents": "Hell's Kitchen (American season 2)\n\n\nat the Terra Rossa Restaurant. Runner-up Virginia Dalbeck had the worst streak of any finalist on the show, being nominated every single time apart from wins and \"Best of the Worst\" nominations. Taping for the second season was done in the same building where the first season was taped. This was the last season of the show to be aired in standard definition. The second season featured the following 12 contestants, who were initially separated onto blue and red teams by gender: † Indicates that the contestants died after", "id": "7445947" }, { "contents": "Haven (season 2)\n\n\nHaven resident and a former Army Ranger felled by a supernatural affliction in Afghanistan who puts his tactical skills to use in Haven as the mysterious \"Cleaner.\" Originally going to be a guest, Copeland was instead promoted to recurring after his role was expanded to four episodes. Cristián de la Fuente also guest starred as Cornell, a straight-laced, conservative, mild-mannered banker who is hiding a dark and shocking double life. Season 2 also included the stand-alone Christmas episode \"Silent Night\" which was later", "id": "16253299" }, { "contents": "Doctor Who (season 2)\n\n\nThe second season of British science fiction television series \"Doctor Who\" began on 31 October 1964 with the story \"Planet of Giants\" and ended on 24 July 1965 with \"The Time Meddler\". Only 37 of 39 episodes exist in the BBC archives; 2 remain missing. As a result, 1 serial is incomplete. William Hartnell continued his role as the First Doctor accompanied by his original companions: his granddaughter Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford), and schoolteachers Ian Chesterton (William Russell) and Barbara Wright (", "id": "21872568" }, { "contents": "Indonesian Idol\n\n\nnights and five of each were chosen. These six seasons also featured a wildcard round where contestants who failed to qualify were given another chance. In season one, two wildcard contestant were chosen by the judges (originally one), giving a total of eleven finalists. In seasons two, there were 12 contestants no wildcard. In season three, 2 contestants were chosen by wildcard. There were 2 rounds of auditions which usually took place in large convention halls where thousands of people waited in line. The first round judges were", "id": "5619617" }, { "contents": "List of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County cast members\n\n\n\"\" is an American reality television series that originally aired on MTV from September 28, 2004 until November 15, 2006. The series aired three seasons and focused on the personal lives of several students attending Laguna Beach High School. Its premise was originated with Liz Gateley, while Tony DiSanto served as the executive producer. Throughout its run, the series was led by seven (season 1), eight (season 2), and nine (season 3) primary cast members, who were credited by their first names.", "id": "14163006" }, { "contents": "Antonio Di Gaudio\n\n\nAntonio Di Gaudio (born 16 August 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a winger for Hellas Verona. Born in Palermo, Di Gaudio made his senior debut with Virtus Castelfranco in Serie D. After netting ten times in the 2009–10 season, he joined Carpi. On 24 August 2013, Di Gaudio made his Serie B debut, starting in a 0–1 loss at Ternana; he scored his first goal on 30 November, his side's last of a 2–4 loss at Pescara. On 23 January 2019, he joined Hellas", "id": "13006041" }, { "contents": "Party Down South\n\n\n\" and the spinoff series Party Down South 2. \"Party Down South\" depicts eight adults who are put together in a house for the summer. In October 2014, \"Party Down South\" was announced as CMT's highest-rated show, averaging over 930,000 viewers, which led to the making of two seasons of the spinoff show \"Party Down South 2\". On January 7, 2016, CMT announced that the fifth season, featuring the original \"Party Down South\" cast, will be the final season", "id": "16505298" } ]

[ { "contents": "Beryl Markham\n\n\nBeryl Markham (née Clutterbuck; 26 October 1902 – 3 August 1986) was a British-born Kenyan aviator (one of the first bush pilots), adventurer, racehorse trainer and author. She was the first person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic from east to west. She wrote about her adventures in her memoir, \"West with the Night\". Markham was born in the village of Ashwell, in the county of Rutland, England, the daughter of Charles Baldwin Clutterbuck, an accomplished horse", "id": "18808632" }, { "contents": "Aero Club of East Africa\n\n\nyears of the airport and Aero Club. The club had 209 members when its clubhouse was built in 1929 and by 1933, 25 of those members had acquired flying licenses. In 1936 club member Beryl Markham was the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean from the east to the west, and in response the Aero Club gifted her lifelong membership. Markham had first learned to fly at the club in 1929. During World War II the Aerodrome was reorganized by British military authorities and the Aero Club moved to a temporary location", "id": "16473693" }, { "contents": "Beryl Markham\n\n\nGloucester, the son of King George V, but the Windsors allegedly cut the romance short. She also had an affair with Hubert Broad, who was later named by Mansfield Markham as a co-respondent in his 1937 divorce from Beryl. After her Atlantic crossing, she returned to be with Broad, who was also a great influence in her flying career. She befriended the Danish writer Karen Blixen during the years that Baroness Blixen was managing her family's coffee farm in the Ngong hills outside Nairobi. When Blixen's romantic", "id": "18808635" }, { "contents": "Beryl Markham\n\n\nthe notorious Happy Valley set. Markham may be best known for her solo flight across the Atlantic, from east to west. When Markham decided to take on the Atlantic crossing, no female pilot had yet flown non-stop from Europe to New York, and no woman had made the westward flight solo, though several had died trying. Markham hoped to claim both records. On 4 September 1936, she took off from Abingdon, southern England. After a 20-hour flight, her Vega Gull, \"The Messenger\",", "id": "18808637" }, { "contents": "The Schlesinger African Air Race\n\n\n's Vega Gull was damaged when Beryl Markham landed in a peat bog at Balleine Cove, Cape Breton Island, after flying it across the Atlantic Ocean, 4–5 September. The race began at Portsmouth aerodrome at 6.15 a.m. on Tuesday, 29 September. The winners of the race were C. W. A. Scott and Giles Guthrie. Scott was famous for three England–Australia records and winning the MacRobertson Air Race with Tom Campell Black two years earlier. Scott and Guthrie were flying G-AEKE Percival Vega Gull entered by Giles' father", "id": "18468332" }, { "contents": "Mansfield Markham\n\n\nHe indicated he would name the Prince in the proceedings, at which point Queen Mary intervened to grant Beryl a small annual income, to help her to travel and so enable the affair to cool off. After Beryl's successful Atlantic crossing, she began a new affair with Hubert Broad, and Markham filed for divorce. It was Broad who was named in the divorce proceedings. Beryl eventually returned to Africa and, in 1942, her book \"West with the Night\" was published. The couple's son was brought up", "id": "15483484" }, { "contents": "Beryl Markham\n\n\nconnection with the hunter and pilot Denys Finch Hatton was winding down, Markham started her own affair with him. He invited her to tour game lands on what turned out to be his fatal flight, but Markham supposedly declined because of a premonition of her flight instructor, British pilot Tom Campbell Black. Inspired and coached by Tom Campbell Black, Beryl learned to fly. She worked for some time as a bush pilot, spotting game animals from the air and signaling their locations to safaris on the ground. She also mingled with", "id": "18808636" }, { "contents": "Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester\n\n\n, he went to Australia and New Zealand where the people received him with overwhelming enthusiasm that one journalist wrote, \"(amounted) to something very near adoration\". When he returned from his trip to Japan in 1929, the affair with Markham ended. Her husband wanted a divorce and threatened to disclose Prince Henry's private letters to his wife if he did not \"take care of Beryl\". The Duke and Beryl never met again, although she did write to him when he visited Kenya in 1950 with his wife", "id": "5177125" }, { "contents": "Beryl Markham\n\n\nand illustrated by Don Brown as a children's book, \"The Good Lion\". In 1988, CBS aired the biographical miniseries, \"Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun\", with Stefanie Powers in the title role. Both \"West with the Night\" and \"Splendid Outcast\" appeared on the New York Times best-seller list of hardcover fiction. Critics raised questions as to whether Markham was the true, or sole author of \"West with the Night\", when her ex-husband made claims", "id": "18808643" }, { "contents": "Baleine, Nova Scotia\n\n\nBaleine ( ) (formerly Port aux Baleines) is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island. The community is perhaps best known as the landing site for pilot Beryl Markham's record flight across the Atlantic Ocean (See Memorial Plaque to Record Flight). Sir Robert Gordon of Lochinar was one of the first to set out to establish Scottish colonies in America. On 8 November 1621 he obtained a royal charter of what was called the barony of Galloway in", "id": "6607443" }, { "contents": "Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester\n\n\n. The brothers parted in Nairobi, where Henry was to stay for a while. There, he was entertained by Mansfield Markham and his wife Beryl Markham. Beryl and Henry soon started an affair (though sources differ over when the affair started; many say it was not until her visit to England). In November, the brothers were recalled to England due to their father’s worsening health, and soon after Beryl returned too. At the Grosvenor Hotel, close to Buckingham Palace, the affair continued with Prince Henry openly", "id": "5177122" }, { "contents": "West with the Night\n\n\nthe first person to fly the Atlantic east to west in a solo non-stop flight (a westbound flight requires more endurance, fuel, and time than the eastward journey, because the craft must travel against the prevailing Atlantic winds). When Markham decided to take on the Atlantic crossing, no pilot had yet flown non-stop from Europe to New York, and no woman had made the westward flight solo, though several had died trying. Markham hoped to claim both records. On 4 September 1936, she took", "id": "11469952" }, { "contents": "Beryl Markham\n\n\nfor many years in the United States, Markham moved back to Kenya in 1952, becoming for a time the most successful horse trainer in the country. Markham's memoir lingered in obscurity until 1982, when California restaurateur George Gutekunst read a collection of Ernest Hemingway's letters, including one in which Hemingway lavishly praised Markham's writing (if not Markham herself): Intrigued, Gutekunst read \"West with the Night\" and became so enamored of Markham's prose that he helped persuade a California publisher, North Point Press, to", "id": "18808639" }, { "contents": "Beryl Markham\n\n\nwith the Night\" provided enough income for Markham to finish her life in relative comfort. Earlier, she had been supported by a circle of friends and owners of race horses she trained into her 80s. The book became a surprising best-seller, spurred by the 1986 broadcast of a public television documentary about Markham's life, \"World Without Walls: Beryl Markham's African Memoir,\" produced by Gutekunst, Shlachter, Joan Saffa, Stephen Talbot and Judy Flannery in collaboration with KQED-TV in San Francisco. Gutekunst", "id": "18808641" }, { "contents": "Denys Finch Hatton\n\n\nsportsmen. Among his clients were Marshall Field Jr and Edward, Prince of Wales. According to the author Mary Lovell, in a highly sympathetic biography of Beryl Markham, in 1930 Finch Hatton succumbed to a love affair with Beryl Markham, who was working as a race-horse trainer in Nairobi and the surrounding area. Markham had had a series of male lovers, both single and married, and she had apparently had an attraction to Finch Hatton for years, but not acted on while Blixen, who gave Markham shelter and", "id": "9725654" }, { "contents": "Beryl Markham\n\n\nto the book. Evidence abounds that she was indeed the sole author; copies of the manuscripts sent to her editor prior to Beryl meeting her ex-husband quickly silenced the critics and his claims. Author Mary S. Lovell visited Markham in Nairobi and interviewed her extensively shortly before Markham's death, in preparation for her biography, \"Straight On Till Morning\" (1987). From her research, Lovell concluded that Markham was the sole author, although Schumacher made some basic edits to the manuscript. Instead, Lovell suggests Antoine", "id": "18808644" }, { "contents": "Beryl Markham\n\n\nand Shlachter had approached the station to co-operate on the documentary, directed by Andrew Maxwell-Hyslop. British actress Diana Quick was the voice of Markham in readings from her memoir and Shlachter conducted the interviews. CNN Africa correspondent Gary Streiker did the filming for the well-reviewed, award-winning PBS program. Markham died in Nairobi in 1986. Her short stories were posthumously collected in \"The Splendid Outcast\", with an introduction by Mary S. Lovell. A tale from \"West with the Night\" was excerpted", "id": "18808642" }, { "contents": "Tropical Storm Beryl (2012)\n\n\nTropical Storm Beryl was the strongest off-season Atlantic tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in the United States. The second tropical cyclone of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Beryl developed on May 26 from a low-pressure system offshore North Carolina. Initially subtropical, the storm slowly acquired tropical characteristics as it tracked across warmer sea surface temperatures and within an environment of decreasing vertical wind shear. Late on May 27, Beryl transitioned into a tropical cyclone less than from North Florida. Early the following day, the storm moved", "id": "2047047" }, { "contents": "Tom Campbell Black\n\n\nreferences to Tom Black are recorded in the history of \"Firbeck Hall\", an elegant country home in England dating from circa 1585, that in the mid-1930s was converted into one of the country's most exclusive sporting country clubs. Campbell Black also had a long-term affair with Beryl Markham, an aviator who lived in Kenya who had been introduced to aviation by Campbell Black. He subsequently became her flight instructor, which Markham describes in her memoir \"West with the Night\". In September 1936, Beryl Markham achieved", "id": "21932348" }, { "contents": "Beryl Markham\n\n\nre-issue the book in 1983. The re-release of the book launched a remarkable final chapter in the life of the eighty-year-old Markham, who was lauded for her three final years as a great author as well as flyer. When found in Kenya by AP East Africa correspondent Barry Shlachter, Markham was living in poverty. She had recently been badly beaten during a burglary at her house near the Nairobi racetrack, where she still trained thoroughbreds. The success of the re-issue of \"West", "id": "18808640" }, { "contents": "Mansfield Markham\n\n\n-known, thus helping to create the persona of the aviator, or aviatrix as was the style of the time: Beryl Markham. The couple had a son, Gervase Markham. However, in 1928 and after the birth of the child, Mrs. Markham shocked her high society contemporaries by embarking on an affair with Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of the reigning King-Emperor, George V. The affair continued, in England, into the following year and Markham decided to bring an action for divorce.", "id": "15483483" }, { "contents": "Mansfield Markham\n\n\n(CH). In 1916, Markham's father died, comparatively early, and the title was inherited by Markham's elder brother, who became Sir Charles Markham. In 1927, Markham married. His wife was a divorcee, a not-insignificant detail at the time, and was already a very well-known racehorse-trainer, both under her maiden name, as Miss Beryl Clutterbuck, and her previous married name, Mrs. Purves. The engagement had been announced on 27 August 1927, only five months after her", "id": "15483481" }, { "contents": "Hurricane Beryl\n\n\nashore in the Dominican Republic with gale-force winds. Strong upper-level winds prevented any redevelopment of the remnants of Beryl for several days as it moved across the island and as it passed through the Bahamas into the Western Atlantic. By July 13, however, conditions became slightly more favorable for redevelopment, and the remnants of Beryl spawned a new circulation near the associated thunderstorms, though the remnants remained too disorganized for redevelopment. The circulation became well-defined early on July 14, and due to influence from a baroclinic", "id": "20491485" }, { "contents": "Beryl Markham\n\n\ntrainer, and Clara Agnes (\"née\" Alexander) Clutterbuck (1878–1952). She had an older brother, Richard Alexander \"Dickie\" Clutterbuck (1900–1927). When she was four years old, she moved with her father to Kenya, which was then colonial British East Africa. He built a horse racing farm in Njoro, near the Great Rift Valley between the Mau Escarpment and the Rongai Valley. Markham spent an adventurous childhood learning, playing, and hunting with the local children. On her family's farm,", "id": "18808633" }, { "contents": "Beryl Markham\n\n\nshe developed her knowledge of and love for horses, establishing herself as a trainer at the age of 17, after her father left for Peru. Adventurous, independent thinking, and beautiful, Markham was admired and described as a noted non-conformist, even in a colony known for its colourful eccentrics. She was married three times, taking the name Markham from her second husband, the wealthy Mansfield Markham, with whom she had a son, Gervase. She had a public affair in 1929 with Prince Henry, Duke of", "id": "18808634" }, { "contents": "Hurricane Beryl\n\n\nislands, though effects were still felt across the eastern Caribbean. Several areas in the region were recovering from the catastrophic impacts from Hurricanes Irma and Maria during the previous season. Beryl's remnants caused flash flooding and landslides across the island of Puerto Rico and caused several schools to close; approximately 47,000 lost power on the island. Late on July 3, the NHC began tracking a vigorous tropical wave over the eastern tropical Atlantic for tropical cyclone development. The wave quickly organized as it moved westward, and at 15:00 UTC on July", "id": "20491481" }, { "contents": "Tropical Storm Beryl (2012)\n\n\nlarger extratropical storm absorbed the remnants of Beryl to the southeast of Newfoundland. When Beryl made landfall in Jacksonville Beach, Florida with , it became the strongest tropical cyclone at landfall in the U.S. outside of the official Atlantic hurricane season. Beryl was also the second tropical storm to form before the start of the season, which marked only the fifth such occurrence since records began in 1851; the other four occurrences were in 1887, 1908, 1951 and 2016. Before becoming a tropical cyclone, Beryl produced heavy rainfall over Cuba,", "id": "2047057" }, { "contents": "Bernt Balchen\n\n\nCommander Byrd, flew a U.S. Post Office airmail aircraft, Fokker trimotor \"America\", across the Atlantic Ocean from Roosevelt Field on Long Island. Due to Acosta's reported lack of ability to successfully fly via aircraft instruments, and the foul weather for most of this flight, Balchen did most of the flying. Bad weather and low visibility over France made landing at the Paris airport impractical, despite their repeated attempts. When their aircraft was running low on aviation gasoline, Balchen decided to fly back to the western coast of", "id": "9076431" }, { "contents": "West with the Night\n\n\nWest with the Night is a 1942 memoir by Beryl Markham, chronicling her experiences growing up in Kenya (then British East Africa) in the early 1900s, leading to celebrated careers as a racehorse trainer and bush pilot there. It is considered a classic of outdoor literature and was included in the U.S.A.'s Armed Services Editions shortly after its publication. In 2004, \"National Geographic Adventure\" ranked it number 8 in a list of 100 best adventure books. Ernest Hemingway was deeply impressed with Markham's writing, saying Markham is", "id": "11469951" }, { "contents": "792d Bombardment Squadron\n\n\nBoeing B-29 Superfortress squadron, however due to the lack of B-29 availability, it was initially equipped with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses. The squadron completed its training and deployed from the United States to India in March 1944, flying across the South Atlantic and Africa to reach its combat station. The squadron arrived at Kharagpur Airfield, Bengal in Mid-April. Its initial missions were transporting supplies and equipment to staging airfields in China, and it did not fly its first combat mission until 5 June, when it participated in a raid", "id": "3874694" }, { "contents": "Tropical Storm Beryl (2000)\n\n\nacross the tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean and broke into two distinct parts, the northern portion eventually became Hurricane Alberto. The southern portion continued to track westward into the Caribbean Sea, while producing little or no deep convection. The wave reached Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula on August 12, and only then did deep convection redevelop, mostly due to diurnal heating. The wave emerged over the Bay of Campeche early on August 13 as a large area of low pressure. The wave was upgraded to Tropical Depression Five later that day,", "id": "14845002" }, { "contents": "Hurricane Beryl\n\n\nHurricane Beryl was the second-earliest Atlantic hurricane to form in the main development region (MDR) on record, the first to form in the MDR in July since Bertha in 2008, and the first July Atlantic hurricane since Arthur in 2014. The second named storm and first hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Beryl formed from a vigorous tropical wave that moved off the west coast of Africa on July 2. The wave quickly organized into a tropical depression over the central Atlantic by July 4. Rapid intensification took place", "id": "20491478" }, { "contents": "Leonard Cheshire\n\n\nMay 35 Squadron's Halifaxes were stood down to undergo modifications to address design flaws. Cheshire obtained a posting to the Atlantic Ferry Organisation to fly a Liberator across the Atlantic. On 4th May 1941 Cheshire reported aboard a Norwegian steamer to begin his trip across the Atlantic. The convoy was not intercepted by the German capital ships, but did suffer multiple attacks from German U-boats, and a number of ships were lost. Luck was with Cheshire however, and he came through unscathed. Cheshire finally arrived in Canada to find", "id": "15981632" }, { "contents": "6th Attack Squadron\n\n\nFortresses. The squadron completed its training and deployed from the United States to India in March 1944, flying across the South Atlantic and Africa to reach its combat station. The squadron arrived at Kharagpur Airfield, Bengal in Mid-April. Its initial missions were transporting supplies and equipment to staging airfields in China, and it did not fly its first combat mission until 5 June, when it participated in a raid on railroad repair facilities near Bangkok, Thailand. Ten days later, it participated in the first attack on the Japanese", "id": "14270300" }, { "contents": "Aircraft catapult\n\n\n. From April 1935 the \"Wals\" were launched directly offshore, and flew the entire distance across the ocean. This was possible as the flying boats could carry more fuel when they did not have to take off from the water under their own power, and cut the time it took for mail to get from Germany to Brazil from four days down to three. From 1936 to 1938, tests including the Blohm & Voss Ha 139 flying boat were conducted on the North Atlantic route to New York. \"Schwabenland\" was", "id": "7119060" }, { "contents": "Lituanica\n\n\nthe first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. The aircraft was christened \"Lituanica II\" on Sunday, April 22, 1934. When the pilot originally chosen for the flight unexpectedly resigned in the spring, the Lithuanian organizers turned to Felix Waitkus, and he accepted the challenge. Although he landed in Ireland and not in Kaunas, he entered aviation history for being the sixth pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic. In 1934 the bodies of Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas were embalmed by professor Jurgis Zilinskas. In 1936 the", "id": "15924187" }, { "contents": "Tropical Storm Beryl (2006)\n\n\nproduced rough seas along the northeast United States coastline. In Massachusetts, its impact was limited to light rainfall and gusty winds, with no reported damage. Beryl later produced moderate rainfall and gusty winds across Atlantic Canada, resulting in some localized power outages though little damage. No deaths were reported. A cold front moved off the East Coast of the United States on July 16 and stalled off the coast of North Carolina. It gradually decayed into a surface low pressure trough, and developed into two disturbances; one was centered 290", "id": "18087384" }, { "contents": "Tropical Storm Beryl (2006)\n\n\nof Fire Island to Port Jefferson. In anticipation for the storm, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency was activated as a trial run for the hurricane season. Local Red Cross chapters were opened, as well, with two volunteer teams placed on standby to assist. Across southeastern Massachusetts, police departments maintained extra staff in preparation for any potential problems from the storm. Many fishermen secured their boats, while some business owners boarded up windows to prevent storm damage. Several days prior to the passage of Beryl through Atlantic Canada, the Canadian", "id": "18087390" }, { "contents": "2012 Atlantic hurricane season\n\n\na weak disturbance formed southwest of Cuba. The disturbance moved north as it became a low-pressure system on May 25. It was located offshore of North Carolina and it developed into Subtropical Storm Beryl on May 26. The storm slowly acquired tropical characteristics as it tracked across warmer waters and an environment of decreasing vertical wind shear. Late on May 27, Beryl transitioned into a tropical cyclone less than 120 miles (190 km) from North Florida. Around that time, the storm attained its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds", "id": "3020196" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season\n\n\n, Beryl formed in the Main Development Region on July 5, attaining hurricane status before dissipating just east of the Caribbean. Beryl redeveloped as a subtropical storm on July 14 in the western Atlantic, before dissipating on July 16. Chris formed a day after Beryl, strengthening to a Category 2 hurricane on July 11, before dissipating over Atlantic Canada on the following day. August featured little activity in the form of Debby and Ernesto, neither of which became a hurricane or affected land. However, Ernesto was the fourth storm of", "id": "20043068" }, { "contents": "793d Bombardment Squadron\n\n\n1944, flying across the South Atlantic and Africa to reach its combat station. The squadron arrived at Kharagpur Airfield, Bengal in Mid-April. Its initial missions were transporting supplies and equipment to staging airfields in China, and it did not fly its first combat mission until 5 June, when it participated in a raid on railroad repair facilities near Bangkok, Thailand. Ten days later, it participated in the first attack on the Japanese Home Islands since the Doolittle Raid two years earlier. The unit staged through bases not only", "id": "3874702" }, { "contents": "Tropical Storm Beryl (1988)\n\n\nTropical Storm Beryl was an unusual Atlantic tropical cyclone that formed over southeastern Louisiana in August 1988. The second tropical storm of the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season, Beryl developed from a slow-moving trough of low pressure on August 8. It tracked southeastward into the coastal waters of eastern Louisiana, and Beryl reached peak winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) while located about 75 miles (120 km) southeast of New Orleans. The storm turned to the northwest over Louisiana and Texas, and slowly dissipated. The remnants", "id": "17161972" }, { "contents": "Alice de Janzé\n\n\nof her animals, which included lions, panthers and antelopes. She also became heavily addicted to drugs, particularly morphine. She was avoided by certain members of the community due to her rapid mood swings and the shooting incident; her friend, aviator Beryl Markham, later disclosed: \"Loneliness fixed Alice. Everyone was frightened of her\". Alice now only rarely visited her children in France. Years later, Nolwén would state that she did not feel bitterness or hostility for her mother during their brief meetings, but would actually", "id": "21649166" }, { "contents": "2014 York Region municipal elections\n\n\nElections in the Regional Municipality of York of Ontario, Canada were held on October 27, 2014 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province. Returning candidates who stood for election included Heath (Markham), Jones (Markham) and Li (Markham). Long-time Markham councillor Landon and current Chair Bill Fisch did not return to council. On October 16, 2014, Treacy 'withdrew' from the race and endorsed Kotyck. However his name still appeared on the ballot as his 'withdrawal' was past the deadline", "id": "20659387" }, { "contents": "John Briley\n\n\nnovel \"How Sleep the Brave\"; biopics of Franz Kafka, Genghis Khan – to have been directed by Shin Sang-ok, Tina Modotti (\"A Fragile Life\"), Beryl Markham (\"West with the Night\"), and Pope John Paul II; \"The Cross and the Crescent\", about Francis of Assisi and the Crusades; and a miniseries about the Italian Renaissance. Briley's adaptation of Arthur Miller's play \"The Crucible\" was dropped when Miller's son Robert secured production rights;", "id": "367886" }, { "contents": "Beryl Markham\n\n\nsuffered fuel starvation due to icing of the fuel tank vents, and she crash-landed at Baleine Cove on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She became the first person to make it from England to North America non-stop from east to west and was celebrated as an aviation pioneer. Markham chronicled her many adventures in her memoir, \"West with the Night\", published in 1942. Despite strong reviews in the press, the book sold modestly, and then quickly went out of print. After living", "id": "18808638" }, { "contents": "Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere\n\n\nand women – to do his bidding, and do it promptly. He is their Moses. For 25 years he has been their guide.” Beryl Markham, the aviator and author, was close with Delamere and his wife, who served for a few years as Markham's surrogate mother. She summed Delamere up thus: \"Delamere had two great loves – East Africa and the Masai People... Delamere's character had as many facets as cut stone, but each facet shone with individual brightness. His generosity is legendary,", "id": "7764878" }, { "contents": "1982 Atlantic hurricane season\n\n\npassage of Beryl resulted in three casualties in Brava Island, as well as 122 injuries. In the period after the storm's passage, the United States provided humanitarian aid and economic assistance to the country, helping the archipelago to reverse the effects of Beryl. This system formed east of the Lesser Antilles on September 6 to the southeast of Tropical Storm Beryl in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean. The depression moved northeast of the Leeward Islands during the afternoon of September 7 while experiencing southwest vertical wind shear, and moved into the southwest", "id": "6686034" }, { "contents": "Tod Sloan (jockey)\n\n\npublished in 1915 of which 200 were signed by Sloan and are highly sought after. Following his death, Beryl Markham received an advance from Houghton Mifflin to write a book on Sloan, but it too was never published because of Markham's own problems. In 1907 Sloan was married to the stage actress Julia Sanderson. He claimed at the time of the marriage that he had given up racing and gambling, but in the words of his obituary, \"neither his decision nor his marriage lasted very long\"; Sloan and Sanderson", "id": "3358659" }, { "contents": "Ashwell, Rutland\n\n\nhalf a mile south of the village. It was built in 1879 in the Tudor style. Aviator Beryl Markham (\"née\" Clutterbuck) was born in Westfield House and lived here until her family moved to Kenya when she was four years old. Ashwell Prison, a former Category C prison, was located about south of the centre of the village but actually in the parish of Burley. Previously the site was a Second World War US army base, home to part of the 82nd Airborne Division. The prison closed in", "id": "15978482" }, { "contents": "Errol Trzebinski\n\n\nThe Lives of Beryl Markham: Out of Africa's Hidden Free Spirit and Denys Finch Hatton's Last Great Love\" (1993); and \"The Life and Death of Lord Erroll: The Truth Behind the Happy Valley Murder\" (2000). Her book \"Silence Will Speak\" was a source for the script of the 1985 Hollywood movie \"Out of Africa\". Her late husband Sbish Trzebinski appears as a drunkard in the film and is slapped by Meryl Streep when he insults her. Vid. picture featuring Willy", "id": "21389123" }, { "contents": "1968 Formula One season\n\n\nState Fairgrounds Hoosier Hundred the following day. They then intended to fly back across the Atlantic and race in the Grand Prix. The organizers announced that if the two drivers did fly back to the United States and race in the Hoosier Hundred, there they would be banned from competing in the Italian race under a rule which forbade drivers to compete in another event within 24 hours of the start of the Grand Prix. They flew off back to Indiana for the dirt race and did not return. Qualifying resulted in John Surtees taking", "id": "11851455" }, { "contents": "2006 Atlantic hurricane season\n\n\n, only one tropical cyclone in the Atlantic – Alberto – affected Mexico. Canada was affected by several tropical cyclones during 2006, including Alberto, the unnamed storm, Beryl, Florence, and Isaac. On June 20, an upper-level disturbance formed east of the Bahamas and moved westward across the islands. Between June 24 and 26, areas of convection developed occasionally, and a low-level disturbance formed. The system turned northward and upon reaching the Gulf Stream on June 27, it began to mature. It made", "id": "12248257" }, { "contents": "Hurricane Beryl\n\n\nand became a hurricane at 09:00 UTC July 6 – the second earliest in the tropical Atlantic on record, behind the 1933 Trinidad hurricane, and the easternmost pre-August Atlantic hurricane on record to have formed from a tropical wave. Throughout the day the strengthening leveled off, and the eye later disappeared from satellite view, though Beryl maintained its intensity. By early on July 7, however, dry air began to infiltrate the core of the hurricane, causing its center to become exposed, and Beryl soon weakened back to a", "id": "20491483" }, { "contents": "Markham Transit\n\n\nMarkham Transit was a transit system for the town of Markham, Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1973 and operated by Travelways and Miller Transit Limited after 1984 on behalf of the then Town of Markham. The service was merged into York Region Transit in 2001. There were a number or north-south routes operated for Markham Transit by other operators: The Toronto Transit Commission's 53 Steeles East was never operated on behalf of Markham Transit and did not require additional fares when the bus ran within Markham. (53B/", "id": "20479120" }, { "contents": "John Markham (Royal Navy officer)\n\n\na brig flying a French ensign. He chased her, and was fast gaining on her, when she hoisted a union jack at the fore. Markham supposed that this was a signal to a small craft in company, and as the motions of the brig were otherwise suspicious, he fired into her. It then appeared that she was a cartel, and meant the English jack for a flag of truce. On the complaint of the French lieutenant in command, Markham was tried by court-martial and cashiered, but Rodney", "id": "16764848" }, { "contents": "John Street (Markham)\n\n\nJohn Street is an east-west collector and arterial road in the city of Markham, Ontario. It is one of the oldest roads in the city of Markham and forms the backbone of the 200-year-old community of Thornhill. The street originally ran east from Yonge Street across a tributary of the Don River, at which point it branched north to what is now Leslie Street and south on German Mills Road. This was a travelled road which did not match the alignment of any concession road or lot line and was constructed", "id": "7719871" }, { "contents": "2000 Atlantic hurricane season\n\n\nDespite predictions for Beryl to reach hurricane status, it remained disorganized and peaked as a tropical storm. By 0700 UTC on August 15, Beryl made landfall about north of La Pesca, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas with winds of . Beryl quickly weakened inland, and was downgraded to a tropical depression five hours after moving inland. Shortly thereafter, Beryl dissipated while centered near Monterrey. In Mexico, Beryl dropped light to moderate rainfall, especially in Tamaulipas, which peaked at . One person drowned due to flood waters in northeastern", "id": "19438337" }, { "contents": "L'Oiseau Blanc\n\n\ncoast of Canada after flying over Newfoundland. The disappearance of \"L'Oiseau Blanc\" has been called \"the Everest of aviation mysteries\". TIGHAR, The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, has called the aircraft, \"History's Most Important Missing Airplane\". Although it has been claimed that \"if the aircraft had successfully completed its journey, Lindbergh would not qualify for the Orteig Prize, the sole reason for his attempt. When Lindbergh did succeed with his own flight across the Atlantic, the international attention on his achievement", "id": "5663591" }, { "contents": "Tropical Storm Beryl (2012)\n\n\nshear across the region. The next day, the system moved through the Florida Keys, and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) noted the potential for increasingly favorable conditions over the next two days. The low became better defined as its cloud pattern consolidated. It moved further into the western Atlantic over the next 24 hours, and a band of convection extended across the Bahamas and Cuba to wrap around the southwestern edge of the circulation. On May 25, the system interacted with a mid- to upper-level low, causing", "id": "2047051" }, { "contents": "Jacqueline Cochran\n\n\nfirst woman to land and take off from an aircraft carrier, the first woman to pilot a bomber across the North Atlantic (in 1941) and later to fly a jet aircraft on a transatlantic flight, the first pilot to make a blind (instrument) landing, the only woman ever to be president of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (1958–1961), the first woman to fly a fixed-wing, jet aircraft across the Atlantic, the first pilot to fly above 20,000 feet (6,096 meters) with an oxygen mask,", "id": "7132457" }, { "contents": "Transportation in Markham, Ontario\n\n\nto Downtown Toronto when the Stouffville line is not running. GO buses also connect with other YRT routes and TTC routes. GO buses also extend the service area of the GO trains. In Markham, there are only two lines independent of trains, one operating on Highway 7, linking Brampton and Markham, and the other one is the York University express, operating on Highway 407. GO Transit is developing an east-west bus rapid transit line called the 407 Transitway across Markham. It will consist of buses operating on a", "id": "931298" }, { "contents": "Clara Adams\n\n\nand New Zealand. However, she is remembered primarily as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a ticketed passenger aboard the Graf Zeppelin on its return flight from New York in October 1928. Grace Marguerite Hay Drummond-Hay was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, on the outbound flight of the same journey, as a journalist. Adams also was the first woman to fly aboard the Dornier DO-X between New York and Rio de Janeiro and she was one of 11 women aboard the maiden flight of", "id": "15390907" }, { "contents": "Atlantic hurricane season\n\n\ncircuits began to be set up along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, a process completed by 1955. It was originally the time frame when the tropics were monitored routinely for tropical cyclone activity, and was originally defined as from June 15 through October 31. Over the years, the beginning date was shifted back to June 1, while the end date was shifted to November 15, before settling at November 30 by 1965. This was when hurricane reconnaissance planes were sent out to fly across the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico on a", "id": "9875571" }, { "contents": "Tropical Storm Beryl (2000)\n\n\nTropical Storm Beryl made landfall just south of the United States–Mexico border in mid-August 2000, causing minimal damage. The second named storm of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season, Beryl originated from a tropical wave near the African coastline. Tracking westward, the wave failed to organize substantially until entering the Bay of Campeche, at which time it developed into a tropical storm. Beryl rapidly deepened while in the Gulf of Mexico, and it initially was forecast to strengthen to a hurricane under favorable conditions for development. Instead,", "id": "14845000" }, { "contents": "Tropical Storm Beryl (2006)\n\n\nTropical Storm Beryl was the third tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. Developing from a tropical disturbance on July 18, it tracked generally northward, and strengthened to attain peak winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) under generally favorable conditions. After turning to the northeast, Beryl weakened over cooler waters. On July 21 it struck the island of Nantucket, and shortly thereafter it became extratropical. The extratropical remnants continued northeastward through Nova Scotia, and on July 22 it merged with an approaching cold front. Beryl", "id": "18087383" }, { "contents": "Tropical Storm Beryl (2012)\n\n\nmade landfall near Jacksonville Beach, Florida, with winds of about after weakening slightly on the final approach. After moving ashore, Beryl quickly weakened to a tropical depression. It slowed due to the weakening ridge to its north, and an approaching cold front turned it to the north and northeast on May 29. Despite being well inland, Beryl retained enough convection to remain a tropical cyclone. As Beryl approached the Atlantic Ocean on May 30, its convection increased to the south and east of the center, although the intrusion of", "id": "2047055" }, { "contents": "Karl Brooks Heisey\n\n\nwas raised in the Township of Markham, Ontario. He enlisted in the Signal Corps of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1917, during the First World War. Heisey joined the Royal Flying Corps Canada (the training organisation of the British Royal Flying Corps) as a Cadet, flying out of Camp Borden, Ontario in 1918, and was demobilised at the end of the war as a Royal Air Force Second Lieutenant. Heisey was of Dunkard descent (Brethren in Christ Church a pacifist German Anabaptist sect) did not see combat and", "id": "7342909" }, { "contents": "Transportation in Markham, Ontario\n\n\nLike Toronto, Markham inherits a grid-like road network, funded by three levels of government. The government of Ontario funds the provincial highways across the town; the government of York Region funds most of its arterial and main routes throughout the town; and the government of Markham funds all local routes, and some arterial routes. The Ontario government only funded certain roads across Markham as Ontario Provincial Highways. These include Highways 7, 48, and 404. Highway 404 serves as a major expressway linking Markham, Newmarket, and", "id": "931312" }, { "contents": "Transportation in Markham, Ontario\n\n\nWhitchurch-Stouffville. The pad will move to the roof when the new hospital expansion is completed in 2014. Markham designated almost 400 km as \"Cycling devoted routes\", as part of the city's Master Cycling Plan. There are three primary cycling route signs. The first one, which displays a diamond and a bicycle, indicates an exclusive bicycle lane for cyclists. The second sign is a green sign with a bicycle on top, and is the most frequent sign across Markham. Roads bearing this sign have no specially", "id": "931294" }, { "contents": "Eddie Rickenbacker\n\n\noffered many movie positions, but did not want all the attention, even though he was the most celebrated aviator in America (soon to be supplanted by Charles Lindbergh after his solo flight across the Atlantic). Rickenbacker described his World War I flying experiences in his memoirs, \"Fighting the Flying Circus\", published after the war. In this book, he also describes the character, exploits, and death of fellow pilot Lt. Quentin Roosevelt, the son of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. Rickenbacker also continued to associate with", "id": "14042450" }, { "contents": "The Flying Irishman\n\n\nan audacious feat, flying across the Atlantic just like Charles Lindbergh (who also did not have a college education), to prove his exceptional ability. After earning enough money as a welder to purchase and modify a second-hand aircraft, Doug goes into business with Henry as a barn-stormer to finance a transatlantic attempt, but Henry eventually tires of the drudgery of eking out a living day to day. Doug learns about a new commercial airline route to Ireland and decides to make a solo flight to prove his qualifications", "id": "2639725" }, { "contents": "2012 Atlantic hurricane season\n\n\nofficial end of hurricane season on November 30. Tropical cyclogenesis began in the month of May, with Tropical Storms Alberto and Beryl. This was the first occurrence of two pre-season tropical storms in the Atlantic since 1951. Additionally, Beryl is regarded as the strongest pre-season tropical cyclone landfall in the United States on record. In June, there were also two systems, Hurricane Chris and Tropical Storm Debby. However, no tropical cyclones developed in the month of July, the first phenomenon since 2009. Activity resumed", "id": "3020188" }, { "contents": "Timeline of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season\n\n\nThe 2012 Atlantic hurricane season featured the third-most named storms for the third consecutive year on record. Though the season officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30, dates which conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones develop in the Atlantic basin, two storms – Alberto and Beryl – developed before the official start, on May 19 and May 26, respectively; this was the first such occurrence since the 1908 season. The season's final storm to form, Tony, dissipated on October 25", "id": "21403000" }, { "contents": "1982 Atlantic hurricane season\n\n\n. On September 5, a reconnaissance flight into the depression found winds of 65 mph (100 km/h); this was deemed unrepresentative of the actual intensity as it was recorded in a squall line. The depression became disorganized once more and by September 6, it was no longer identifiable on satellites. Early in its duration, Tropical Storm Beryl produced heavy rainfall and gusty winds on the Cape Verde island of Sal. The storm caused moderate damage across the archipelago, totaling $3 million (1982 USD). The", "id": "6686033" }, { "contents": "Hurricane Beryl\n\n\n5, it organized into a tropical depression while over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean. The tiny system continued to quickly consolidate, with a mid-level eye becoming apparent. At 18:30 UTC, the depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Beryl while located at ; this was farther southeast than any other Atlantic cyclone on record so early in the calendar year. Due to its very small size, it was prone to very quick changes in intensity. Indeed, overnight the cyclone underwent a period of rapid intensification as a pinhole eye became visible", "id": "20491482" }, { "contents": "Markham Airport\n\n\nMarkham Airport or Toronto/Markham Airport, , is a private aerodrome operating north of Markham, Ontario, Canada near Toronto. The airport was founded in 1965 by two former Polish air force pilots and is owned by Wings of Flights, Inc. and operated by Markham Airport Inc. The airport is not part of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA). The airport consists of a single runway for small and private aircraft only (with night flying capabilities). The Royal Canadian Air Cadets Gliding Program uses the north side of the", "id": "9535943" }, { "contents": "Tropical Storm Beryl (1994)\n\n\n. Flash flood advisories were also issued northward into New York. Tropical Storm Beryl was a weak system, and unlike Alberto, its rapid motion up the Eastern Seaboard spread its heavy rainfall across a large area. Beryl caused inland flooding as it moved through Georgia, across the Carolinas, and all the way to Connecticut. Property damage reached at least $74.22 million, with $40 million in damage in South Carolina, $15 million in Virginia, $12 million in New York, $5.9 million in Florida, and", "id": "20227628" }, { "contents": "Markham Transit\n\n\nStop program Similar services offered by the TTC for female patrons at night. This excluded routes from contractors, who dictated their own Request Stop program. Faster to Finch Offered express connection between Markham Transit and GO Transit and 407 ETR to Finch Station. Transcab Introduced in 1991s when Markham Transit did not operate night services. The hours of operations was after 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday. By the late 1990s, Markham Transit offered evening and weekend services; this has been continued under YRT. Transcab was replaced by school bus shuttles in", "id": "20479122" }, { "contents": "Jesse W. Markham\n\n\nBeta Kappa. After graduating from Richmond, he began graduate school in economics that fall at Johns Hopkins University. In 1942, Markham enlisted in World War II where he served as an officer in the U.S. Navy for three years. Markham served in the Atlantic theater on the , which was the heavy cruiser acting as the flagship for the Normandy invasion, where he saw combat from the first attack on D-Day. After the War, Markham began studies at Harvard University, and earned a master's degree in 1947 and", "id": "10930265" }, { "contents": "2012 Atlantic hurricane season\n\n\nof 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 992 mbar (29.3 inHg). Early on May 28, it made landfall near Jacksonville Beach, Florida, with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h). The storm was the strongest pre-season tropical cyclone to make landfall on record. It quickly weakened to a tropical depression, dropping heavy rainfall while moving slowly across the Southeastern United States. A cold front turned Beryl to the northeast, and the storm became extratropical on May", "id": "3020197" }, { "contents": "Clements Markham\n\n\nfragments were the first traces of Franklin that anyone had found. A few days later, on Beechey Island, the party came across three graves, which proved to be those of members of Franklin's crew who had died between January and April 1846. Searches continued until the ships were laid up for the long Arctic winter. During this enforced rest there were lectures and classes for the crew, and various theatrical diversions in which Markham was able to display his \"great histrionic talent\". He did much reading, mainly Arctic", "id": "14438345" }, { "contents": "Tropical Storm Beryl (2006)\n\n\nof 60 mph (95 km/h) early on July 20 while located about 120 miles (190 km) east of Nags Head, North Carolina. Beryl maintained peak winds for about 18 hours as it paralleled the Mid-Atlantic and New Jersey coasts, during which an eye-like feature developed in the center of the convection. Late on July 20, it began a slow weakening trend after passing over cooler waters. Steering winds ahead of an approaching mid-level trough caused Beryl to accelerate northeastward, and early", "id": "18087387" }, { "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season\n\n\n; the NHC de-classified Beryl as a tropical cyclone at 21:00 UTC on July 8, accordingly. The remnants were monitored for several days, although little organization occurred during much of that time. However, conditions gradually became more favorable for redevelopment, and on July 14 at 17:00 UTC, Beryl regenerated into a subtropical storm near Bermuda. The rejuvenated storm soon began to lose convection, as dry air infiltrated the system. By 03:00 UTC on July 16, Beryl degenerated into a remnant low once again, after having lacked", "id": "20043078" }, { "contents": "1982 Atlantic hurricane season\n\n\nOcean. Beryl grazed Cape Verde, killing 3 people. Tropical Depression Three formed just behind Beryl, tracking east and north of the Caribbean sea in early September. Soon after the dissipation of Beryl, Tropical Storm Chris formed in the Gulf of Mexico on September 9. Chris stayed as a weak storm, making landfall near Sabine Pass, Texas, and dissipated over land on September 13. Hurricane Debby was the next storm and the strongest of the season. The formative stage of Debby produced rainfall in Puerto Rico and soon strengthened", "id": "6686024" }, { "contents": "Fly Me to the Moon (film)\n\n\nplans to launch a man to the Moon and return him safely to the Earth. Eight years later, in 1969, an 11-year-old fly named Nat and his two best friends, I.Q. and Scooter, build a \"fly-sized\" rocket in a field across from Cape Canaveral, Florida, where Apollo 11 sits on the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39. From his earliest memory, Nat remembers his grandfather, Amos, telling him of his daring rescue of Amelia Earhart when she crossed the Atlantic Ocean on her", "id": "17038911" }, { "contents": "Transportation in Markham, Ontario\n\n\nand the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). CNR has the most lines (York, Uxbridge and Bala Subdivisions) across Markham, and primarily serves the south end of Markham. CPR is mainly located in the southeastern end of the town with a single line (Havelock Subdivision). Both CNR and CPR are responsible for freight trains servicing Markham, and thus help goods produced in Markham to be delivered to the rest of the country. In terms of road systems, Markham is strongly influenced by its southerly neighbour, Toronto.", "id": "931311" }, { "contents": "Metropolitan-Vickers F.2\n\n\nLancaster Mk.II s/n \"LL735\" before being installed in the Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 flying boat fighter. Thrust had already improved to 3,850 lbf (17.1 kN) for the third prototype, and eventually settled at 4,000 lbf (17.8 kN). In comparison, the contemporary Derwent developed only in its ultimate form; making the Beryl one of the most powerful engines of the era. Development of the SR.A/1 ended in 1947, ending development of the Beryl along with it. Nevertheless, a Beryl from the SR.A/1", "id": "250031" }, { "contents": "Feliksas Vaitkus\n\n\n, the same model used by Wiley Post in his round-the-world flight, and by Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. The aircraft was christened \"Lituanica II\" on Sunday, April 22, 1934. When the pilot originally chosen for the flight unexpectedly resigned in the spring, the Lithuanian organizers turned to Feliksas Vaitkus, and he accepted the challenge to fly to Lithuania. The original flight date was postponed to 1935 because modifications were needed to strengthen the aircraft's structure due to", "id": "18753046" }, { "contents": "Walter G. R. Hinchliffe\n\n\nCaptain Walter George Raymond Hinchliffe (10 June 1894 – 13 March 1928), also known as Hinch (the surname is often incorrectly given as Hinchcliffe) was a distinguished Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force flying ace in World War I who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. A pioneering military and civilian flying career was cut short when he attempted a treacherous flight across the Atlantic Ocean with Elsie Mackay in a single engined Stinson Detroiter. Hinchliffe was born in Liverpool in 1894 to Richard George Hinchliffe (1868 - circa 1942", "id": "15920535" }, { "contents": "Tropical Storm Beryl (2012)\n\n\nlived EF0 tornado in Port Saint Lucie that caused minor damage to two homes. Damage from the tornado was estimated at $20,000. Another tornado was reported in Yankeetown. Due to its slow motion, Beryl dropped heavy rainfall across Florida, peaking at in Wellborn. Just South of Wellborn, a motorcyclist in Taylor County, Florida was killed when a car hydroplaned on the flooded highway and struck him head-on. First responders noted that it took them 20 minutes to cover the ten miles due to the nonexistent visibility. Gainesville", "id": "2047063" }, { "contents": "History of Derry\n\n\ncity a much needed boost when she landed here in 1932 becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Her connection with the city is reflected in a display at the Amelia Earhart Cottage at Ballyarnett. During the Second World War the city played an important part in the Battle of the Atlantic with a substantial presence from the Royal Navy and a large number of GIs disembarked here. At the end of the war, 19 U-boats from the German Kriegsmarine surrendered in the city's harbour. Derry perceived itself as", "id": "1841134" }, { "contents": "Ashley Peacock\n\n\nKathleen Gutteridge (Elizabeth Rider). He was conceived when his father had a relationship with Kathleen who was an employee at his family's shop. Fred proposed to Kathleen, wanting to provide stability for his son but Kathleen rejected his proposal as she did not want to be tied down at a young age. When Ashley was born, Kathleen agreed to let Fred's sister Beryl Peacock (Anny Tobin) and her husband Sam, raise Ashley as their own son. Ashley grew up believing Fred was his uncle and Beryl was", "id": "19543778" }, { "contents": "Tropical Storm Beryl (2012)\n\n\nashore near Jacksonville Beach, Florida, with peak winds of 65 mph (100 km/h). It quickly weakened to a tropical depression, dropping heavy rainfall while moving slowly across the southeastern United States. A cold front turned Beryl to the northeast, and the storm became extratropical on May 30. The precursor to Beryl produced heavy rainfall in Cuba, causing flooding, mudslides and two deaths. Torrential rain also affected south Florida and the Bahamas. After forming, Beryl produced rough surf along the US southeastern coast, leaving", "id": "2047048" }, { "contents": "Orteig Prize\n\n\nEisleben, 60 miles to the south-west. They finally arrived in Berlin on 7 June. Byrd, meanwhile, announced his aim was not simply the prize, but “to demonstrate that the world was ready for safe, regular, multi-person flight across the Atlantic” and that he would head for Paris, as planned. He and his crew, Acosta, Noville and, as a late addition, Bernt Balchen (who actually did most of the flying) set off in \"America\" for Paris on", "id": "7858893" }, { "contents": "FB Beryl\n\n\nthan 45,000 in the inventory, accounting for about half of the assault rifles in the Polish Army. On May 25, 2016, FB \"Łucznik\" Radom announced an order from the Polish Army for 26,000 Beryls and Mini-Beryls, though did not break it down by system. Apart from Poland, 80 wz. 96A Beryls and 10 wz. 96A Mini Beryls are used by Lithuania (donated in May 2000 by Poland, including 10 rifles with Pallad grenade launcher and 10 rifles with CWL-1 scope with integrated laser rangefinder)", "id": "18770098" }, { "contents": "Leslie Hamilton\n\n\nFlying Officer Leslie Hamilton , was a British First World War flying ace credited with six aerial victories. He disappeared while attempting the first non-stop east-west flight across the Atlantic Ocean. His Fokker F.VIIa, named \"St. Raphael\", was last seen over the mid-Atlantic by oil tanker SS \"Josiah Macy\". Hamilton was commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers as a second lieutenant on 12 June 1916. He was promoted to lieutenant on 12 December 1917, and having transferred to the Royal Flying Corps", "id": "18635523" }, { "contents": "Muthaiga Country Club\n\n\nthe morning.' According to Ulf Aschan, \"The club had a rule, still in force today, that a member is entitled to damage any loose property as long as he pays double its value.\" Today, the club is still frequented by the upper echelons of Kenyan society. In addition to social gatherings, the club offers accommodation. Many of its members play golf at the nearby Muthaiga Golf Club. The Muthaiga Country Club is a setting in the 1942 memoir \"West With the Night\" by Beryl Markham", "id": "15320639" }, { "contents": "Heat of the Sun\n\n\non Beryl Markham. The series was a joint production between Carlton Productions and WGBH Boston. The series was shot on location in Zimbabwe, with Ted Childs (Carlton) and Rebecca Eaton (WGBH) acting as executive producers. Ann Tricklebank (Carlton) served as series producer. Russell Lewis penned the episodes \"Private Lives,\" and \"The Sport of Kings\", while fellow creator Timothy Prager penned the episode \"Hide in Plain Sight\". Adrian Shergold directed \"Private Lives\", Diarmuid Lawrence directed \"Hide in", "id": "15718790" }, { "contents": "Ferdinand Dennis\n\n\nindividual and cultural memories, and fascinating historical stories. Reading it once just won't be enough.\" Calling \"Voices of the Crossing\" (2000) \"a fine anthology of 14 memoirs by writers from Africa, the Caribbean, India and Pakistan\" (E. A. Markham, Attia Hosain, Beryl Gilroy, John Figueroa, David Dabydeen, Mulk Raj Anand, Dom Moraes, Buchi Emecheta, Rukhsana Ahmad, G. V. Desani, Homi Bhabha, James Berry, Farrukh Dhondy and Nirad Chaudhuri), the \"New Statesman", "id": "21119629" } ]

[ { "contents": "John Kelly (NYPD Blue)\n\n\nJohn Kelly is a fictional character in the television series \"NYPD Blue\", portrayed by David Caruso. The character appeared in the first season and the first four episodes of the second season. An Irish-American who was promoted to the rank of detective at the relatively early age of 28, Kelly was a brilliant and oft-smoldering cop, whose father was a heroic cop who was murdered in the line of duty. John Kelly Sr. was a member of the previously Irish American-dominated police department who according", "id": "1042814" }, { "contents": "NYPD Blue\n\n\n-profile case they both worked several years earlier; while Simone was promoted, the negative incidents in his past caused the department to disapprove Sipowicz's promotion. The newly minted Det. Clark becomes Sipowicz's newest (and greenest) partner. As had occurred with Simone and Sorenson, initially tension exists between Clark and Sipowicz, largely due to an old feud from years earlier involving Sipowicz and Clark's father, John Clark, Sr. (Joe Spano), an average, by-the-book detective from a low", "id": "2846246" }, { "contents": "John Clark Jr.\n\n\nJohn Clark Jr. is a fictional character in the television series \"NYPD Blue\". He was played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar for four years, from season 9 until the end of the series. Clark Jr. was partnered with the rough but friendly detective Andy Sipowicz after Sipowicz's previous partner, Danny Sorenson, was murdered in an undercover sting gone bad. Clark earned his detective badge after courageous action in an undercover operation. Sipowicz became a kind of mentor for the young detective, and much of the veteran detective's skill", "id": "20185952" }, { "contents": "Bill Clark\n\n\nWalter W. Clark Jr. (born May 20, 1944) is a former New York Police Department first grade detective and an award-winning television writer and producer. Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, Clark grew up in Brooklyn, New York, in an area now known as Park Slope. He is a veteran NYPD Detective First Grade and television Writer and Executive Producer. Clark joined David Milch and Steven Bochco's \"NYPD Blue\" in the first season as technical consultant and continued to draw on his twenty-five", "id": "14674442" }, { "contents": "Bill Clark\n\n\nas a member of the Infantry Division where he served as a scout dog handler, walking point with his German Shepherd Dog Mox, with the Forty-Sixth Infantry Platoon Scout Dog, Second Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment. While in the NYPD he joined the Army Reserve, entering at the rank of Staff Sergeant and retiring in 1989 as a Major. He has had featured acting roles on \"LA Law\", \"John From Cincinnati\", \"Fallen\", \"\" and \"NYPD Blue\". Clark appeared on", "id": "14674444" }, { "contents": "NYPD Blue\n\n\nshooting in exchange for information on a buried rug in Brooklyn that turns out to include Sorenson's dead body. Assisting on the investigation is Officer John Clark, Jr., played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar. He is promoted to detective third grade for his heroic actions in the shootout that ended with the death of the hitman who had murdered Danny and an undercover Federal agent; Sipowicz is promoted to detective first grade at the same time. Fancy had previously recommended Sipowicz for first grade at the same time as Simone for a high", "id": "2846245" }, { "contents": "Mark-Paul Gosselaar\n\n\n\"Hyperion Bay\", which lasted 17 episodes. In 2001, he starred in the movie \"The Princess and the Marine\", with Marisol Nichols. He also starred in the short-lived WB series \"D.C.\" From 2001–05, he played Detective John Clark on ABC's \"NYPD Blue\". After the series ended, he joined the cast of ABC's \"Commander in Chief\", which lasted only one season. He appeared on the HBO series \"John from Cincinnati\". He then gained the starring", "id": "3173070" }, { "contents": "Chandra West\n\n\nChandler in the Emmy-nominated mini-series \"Mister Sterling\" (2003). From 2003-2004 she portrayed Dr. Jennifer Devlin (girlfriend of Mark Paul Gosselaar's John Clark character) in a recurring role on NYPD Blue. She played the wife of Michael Keaton in the 2005 horror film \"White Noise\". She also played novice agent Holly Gribbs in the pilot of \"\" in 2000. West's more recent performances were in the film \"Canes (The Covenant)\", which also starred Edward Furlong", "id": "1078125" }, { "contents": "Brooklyn South\n\n\na season after extreme tinkering by CBS doomed his comedy \"Public Morals\" to a short two-episode run. The series was created by Steven Bochco, Bill Clark, William M. Finkelstein and David Milch. Bochco and Milch had worked together on the previous police drama series \"Hill Street Blues\" and \"NYPD Blue\". Bochco and Finkelstein worked together on both \"L.A. Law\" and \"Cop Rock\". Clark served as a supervising producer, writer and technical advisor on \"NYPD Blue\" and is a retired", "id": "7100996" }, { "contents": "NYPD Blue\n\n\nJohn Kelly, and the show was thereafter built around an ensemble cast. Dennis Franz, as Andy Sipowicz, a veteran New York City Police detective, evolved into the show's lead character, who increasingly assumed a mentorship role to other characters as the series progressed. His co-stars included (season two and beyond) Jimmy Smits as Det. Bobby Simone (1994–1998), Rick Schroder as Det. Danny Sorenson (1998–2001), and Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Det. John Clark, Jr. (2001–2005).", "id": "2846229" }, { "contents": "NYPD Blue\n\n\nNYPD Blue is an American police procedural drama television series set in New York City, exploring the struggles of the fictional 15th Precinct detective squad in Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwines several plots involving an ensemble cast. The show was created by Steven Bochco and David Milch, and was inspired by Milch's relationship with Bill Clark, a former member of the New York City Police Department who eventually became one of the show's producers. The series was originally broadcast on the ABC network, debuted on September 21, 1993‚ and", "id": "2846225" }, { "contents": "True Crime: New York City\n\n\nNYPD Blue\", and was now working as head technical advisor for \"True Crime: New York City\". Clarke has been with the NYPD for twenty-five years, seventeen in homicide. During his time on the force, he was involved in such major cases as the Son of Sam investigation, and the collapse of several of the \"Five Families\". Of his involvement with the game, Clarke stated In his efforts to help Activision make the best game they could, Clarke found a compromise had to be", "id": "15432070" }, { "contents": "Scott William Winters\n\n\nCyril's brother, Ryan. Winters had a notable role in the film \"Good Will Hunting\" as Clark, a pompous rival for Minnie Driver's attention who is bested by Matt Damon. He reprised the role, along with Damon and Ben Affleck, in a parody scene in \"Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back\". He played Det. Stan Hatcher, a recurring character on the TV series \"NYPD Blue\". He appeared in a few episodes of Season 6 of \"24\", as FBI Agent Samuels", "id": "6773956" }, { "contents": "James Martinez (NYPD Blue)\n\n\nJames Martinez was a fictional character in the television series \"NYPD Blue\". He was played by Nicholas Turturro from Seasons 1 to 7. Martinez was originally assigned to the 15th Precinct detective squad as a temporary replacement for Andy Sipowicz after Sipowicz was shot. Though inexperienced, he demonstrated enthusiasm for the job and a willingness to learn, especially from John Kelly, whom he idolized. He proved a quick study, and his competence and upbeat approach to his job enabled him to earn a permanent assignment as a detective. He", "id": "2800083" }, { "contents": "David Milch\n\n\nthe patrol police drama \"Brooklyn South\" with Bochco, Bill Clark, and William S. Finkelstein in 1997 while still working on \"NYPD Blue\". After \"NYPD Blue\", Milch created a CBS series called \"Big Apple\". From 2004 to 2006, Milch produced \"Deadwood\", a dramatic series for HBO. Milch served as creator, writer, and executive producer. The series received critical acclaim and garnered Milch two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for writing and producing. The series ended in 2006 after three seasons", "id": "18305969" }, { "contents": "Mark-Paul Gosselaar\n\n\nMark-Paul Harry Gosselaar (; born March 1, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Zack Morris in \"Saved by the Bell\", Detective John Clark Jr. in \"NYPD Blue\", and Peter Bash in \"Franklin & Bash\". He was the lead in the 1998 film \"Dead Man on Campus\", and starred in the 2016 TV series \"Pitch\". He is the lead actor in the 2019 TV series \"The Passage\". Gosselaar was born in", "id": "3173065" }, { "contents": "Ray Abruzzo\n\n\n's fiancé, husband, and then ex-husband on the NBC-TV series \"Night Court\". Other television credits include a 1989 \"Change Of Heart\" episode of Empty Nest, where he played cardiologist Dr.Leonard, \"NCIS\", \"Murder, She Wrote\", \"L.A. Law\", \"House M.D.\", \"NYPD Blue\", \"Lois and Clark\", \"\", \"The Nanny\", \"\", \"Criminal Minds\", \"Bones\", \"Weinerville\"", "id": "17191597" }, { "contents": "List of awards and nominations received by NYPD Blue\n\n\nthe award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series in 1994 to Ann Biderman, in 1997 to David Milch, Stephen Gaghan, and Michael R. Perry, and in 1998 to David Milch, Nicholas Wootton and Bill Clark. Presented since 1949, the Golden Globe Award is an annual accolade awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for outstanding achievements in film and television. \"NYPD Blue\" received 13 nominations during its tenure, winning four awards for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, awarded to David Caruso in 1994, Dennis Franz", "id": "17245580" }, { "contents": "Henry Simmons\n\n\nHenry Oswald Simmons, Jr. (born July 21, 1970) is an American actor. He is known for portraying NYPD Detective Baldwin Jones on the ABC police drama \"NYPD Blue\", from 2000–2005, and as Agent Alphonso \"Mack\" MacKenzie on ABC's \"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.\". Simmons was born in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Aurelia, a school teacher, and Henry Simmons, Sr., an IRS Revenue Officer. He is one of three children, including his twin sister, and another sister", "id": "20191948" }, { "contents": "John F. O'Donohue\n\n\nJohn F. O'Donohue is an American actor and former police officer who is perhaps best known for his role as Sgt. Eddie Gibson in the television series \"NYPD Blue\". A twenty-year veteran of the NYPD, his first acting role was that of an armed guard in \"Knots Landing\" in 1991. The next year, he was hired as a main supporting character in every episode of the short lived, critically acclaimed \"Ben Stiller Show\" until its cancellation. He has since appeared in such programs as \"", "id": "2926380" }, { "contents": "Bobby Simone\n\n\nRobert \"Bobby\" Simone is a fictional character in the television series \"NYPD Blue\". Played by Jimmy Smits he was introduced in the fifth episode of the second season remaining until the fifth episode of the sixth. Simone was introduced to the squad after Andy Sipowicz's former partner, John Kelly, was forced to leave the NYPD in the face of an IAB witch hunt. His previous job had been as a driver for the police commissioner, a role that initially riled Sipowicz. However, Simone explained that he had", "id": "1116633" }, { "contents": "John Clark Jr.\n\n\nwoman). The conflict between father and son came to a pinnacle when Clark Sr. threw John out of the house due to his decision to work at the 15th, rather than choosing his father's precinct. Clark Sr. further disrupted his son's career when he showed up drunk at the 15th Precinct, having been forced into retirement because he had been involved with a prostitute who was murdered (by her pimp) and then being turned into an IAB informant, and demonstrating his alcoholism for all of the squad to", "id": "20185954" }, { "contents": "Arthur Fancy\n\n\nCapt. Arthur Fancy is a fictional character and protagonist in the television series \"NYPD Blue\". He was played by James McDaniel from season one through eight. Fancy was able to rise through the ranks at a very rapid speed according to coworkers either because of or in spite of being an African American on the NYPD. Fancy was one of the newer African American commanders on a force previously controlled by Irish American police officers. According to bigoted officer Jack Hanlon during a conversation with John Kelly, the force was up until", "id": "10808114" }, { "contents": "John Bullock Clark\n\n\nJohn Bullock Clark Sr. (April 17, 1802 – October 29, 1885) was a member of both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress. John B. Clark Sr. was born in Madison County, Kentucky, a nephew of Congressmen Christopher Henderson Clark and James Clark. He attended the country schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1824. Establishing a law practice in Fayette, Missouri, he served as clerk of the Howard County courts from 1824 until 1834. Clark was commissioned colonel of", "id": "9186841" }, { "contents": "John Clark Jr.\n\n\nrubbed off on Clark. His father, Clark Sr., was a by-the-book but not very competent detective who disapproved of his son's choice of precinct. He referred to the 15th Precinct as a \"hellhole\" and held a strong dislike for Sipowicz, whom he knew from previous experiences (their main clash came years earlier when Clark Sr. ruined a case where Andy got a confession by not emphasizing the suspect's Miranda rights in textbook fashion, and the suspect later went out and killed an elderly", "id": "20185953" }, { "contents": "Candy Clark\n\n\nSchool. Clark's first acting role was the character of Faye in John Huston's film \"Fat City\" in 1972. Clark starred or acted in \"The Man Who Fell to Earth\" (1976), \"The Big Sleep\" (1978), \"Q\" (1982), \"Blue Thunder\" (1983), \"Amityville 3-D\" (1983), \"Cat's Eye\" (1985) and \"At Close Range\" (1986). Clark played the role of Francine Hewitt in \"", "id": "11700360" }, { "contents": "Michael M. Robin\n\n\nMichael M. Robin is an American Producer and Director who has worked on such series as \"NYPD Blue”, \"Nip/Tuck”, TNT's \"The Closer\", \"Rizzoli & Isles\", \"Major Crimes\" and “Dallas\". He has earned Producing Emmys for \"NYPD Blue\" and \"L.A. Law\" as well as three Golden Globes for “Nip/Tuck”, \"NYPD Blue” and \"L.A. Law”. Robin began his career as a production assistant on the hit series \"", "id": "1141216" }, { "contents": "Homicide: Life on the Street (season 2)\n\n\nencouraged NBC to support \"Homicide\". Levinson said he was not deterred by comparisons to \"NYPD Blue\" because \"Homicide\" debuted before that series. In a news article, Fontana quoted a friend who described \"NYPD Blue\" as \"the television version of \"Homicide\"\". Baldwin was even more critical of the show, and said in an interview: \"The ultimate compliment that can ever be paid [is] to be mimicked by someone else. So, thank you, \"NYPD Blue,\"", "id": "19988935" }, { "contents": "Julie Carmen\n\n\nJohn Carpenter's \"In the Mouth of Madness\" (1995), NYPD Blue (1999) and \"King of the Jungle\" (2000) opposite John Leguizamo. In 2012 she played a supporting role in \"Last Weekend\" and later starred in \"Dawn Patrol\" (2014). Carmen appeared on television as the female lead in the 1992 NBC mini-series \"Drugs Wars: The Cocaine Cartel\", as well as playing the mother of Angelina Jolie's character in the 1997 Hallmark Entertainment miniseries \"True", "id": "18150240" }, { "contents": "Henry S. Clark\n\n\nHenry S. Clark (January 19, 1904 – February 6, 1999) was an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. In 2007, Henry Clark was part of the inaugural class inducted into Delaware Park Racetrack's Wall of Fame. Henry Clark was the grandson of William Jennings Sr. who bred, raced and trained Dunboyne to win the 1887 Preakness Stakes. Clark began his professional career in 1929 and got his first stakes winner with Liz Whitney Tippett's colt, Blue Cypress. He worked well into his nineties and holds the", "id": "8924545" }, { "contents": "Horatio Caine\n\n\nHoratio Caine is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American crime drama \"\", portrayed by David Caruso. He is the head of the crime lab, under the rank of Lieutenant of the MDPD. Horatio Caine formerly worked in New York City as a detective with the NYPD, much like Caruso's NYPD Blue character Det. John Kelly, before moving to Miami where he worked as a detective lieutenant with the MDPD. He killed the man who murdered his mother; his own father. In 1995, while on", "id": "18142449" }, { "contents": "John Stewart (comics)\n\n\nJohn's death and being killed in turn by Hal. In the comic book continuation of the television series \"Smallville,\" Stewart is a member of the Green Lantern Corps who works as a police detective for the NYPD in his civilian identity. He helps train Clark Kent in the use of his power ring, and later teams up with the hero to defeat Parallax. IGN ranked John Stewart as the 55th greatest comic book hero of all time describing him as one of the first dominant African-American heroes in the pages", "id": "16284633" }, { "contents": "Lewis Strong Clarke\n\n\nOliver Lyons Clarke (born 1897), and Frank Delmas Clarke (born 1900). Clarke became active in politics in 1894 through a faction of moderate Louisiana Republicans sometimes called the \"New Party\". In 1896, Clarke managed the gubernatorial campaign of John Newton Pharr, the Republican nominee who received 43 percent of the vote against the incumbent Democrat Murphy James Foster, Sr., who won a second term in office. Clarke was the Louisiana Republican national committeeman from 1900 to 1904. He died in New Orleans and was", "id": "17202590" }, { "contents": "True Crime (series)\n\n\nas executive producer and technical advisor of \"NYPD Blue\", and was now working as head technical advisor for \"New York City\". Of his involvement with the game, Clarke stated In his efforts to help Activision make the best game they could, Clarke found a compromise had to be reached between reality and the nature of videogaming; A work-in-progress build of the game was shown on September 7. Activision announced several features new to the game, including a continuous day/night cycle, a more", "id": "14753710" }, { "contents": "Brooklyn South\n\n\npolice officer. Bochco, Clark and Milch served as executive producers for the series alongside writer Michael S. Chernuchin and director Michael Watkins. Chernuchin had previously worked as a producer and writer on \"Law & Order\". Watkins had worked with Bochco as a director for \"NYPD Blue\". Clark worked as a supervising producer and regular writer for \"Brooklyn South\". Marc Buckland was the series other supervising producer and a regular director. Retired Chicago police officer Edward Allen Bernero was a regular writer for the series. Scott Williams", "id": "7100997" }, { "contents": "Nudity in American television\n\n\nprime time. From the early 1990s until the early 2000s, some prime time series (such as ABC's \"NYPD Blue\" and \"Once and Again\", CBS's \"Chicago Hope\" and Fox's \"John Doe\") experimented with nudity. \"NYPD Blue\" is noteworthy for featuring nudity in the context of people engaging in sexual activity. While fully exposed female breasts were never shown, the show often depicted full back nudity of men and women. In 1997, NBC broadcast an unedited version of Steven", "id": "4729690" }, { "contents": "List of 1990s American television episodes with LGBT themes\n\n\n\"NYPD Blue\", the controversy over this and other television episodes that made inroads into presenting same-sex sexuality or affection led producers not to present any sexualization of their gay and lesbian characters. As noted by author Ron Becker, \"So viewers got to see Carol and Susan wed on \"Friends\", but they didn't get to see them kiss. And fans of \"NYPD Blue\" could hear male hustlers talk about their johns, but the only sex they got to see involved the precinct's straight", "id": "5039365" }, { "contents": "James A. Clark Sr.\n\n\nJames A. Clark Sr. (October 22, 1884 – March 25, 1955) was the Circuit Judge appointed by Maryland Governor Herbert O'Conor. James A. Clark Sr. was born at Fairfield Farm, Ellicott City, Maryland. He was a fifth Circuit Court judge whose family's roots in Howard County, Maryland, traced back to 1797. His wife was Alda Tyson Hopkins, whose family line traced back to the Ellicott and Hopkins families (she was a relative of the philanthropist Johns Hopkins). James and Alda Hopkins Clark", "id": "20929585" }, { "contents": "The Saint (Simon Templar)\n\n\n1978–1979) starring Ian Ogilvy; the series ran for one season on CBS. A television pilot for a series to be called \"The Saint in Manhattan,\" starring Australian actor Andrew Clarke, was shown on CBS in 1987 as part of the \"CBS Summer Playhouse;\" this pilot was produced by Donald L. Taffner, but it never progressed beyond the pilot stage. Inspector John Fernack of the NYPD, played by Kevin Tighe, made his first film appearance since the 1940s in that production, while Templar (sporting a", "id": "8787944" }, { "contents": "John Simoneaux\n\n\n, where John played the electric guitar on some tracks, Ryan Munsey played bass and Smith and Clarke are both credited on one song as well. The CD by Christopher Ames as \"Chris Rhodes\" on \"Deep Blues,\" a blues-based Christian CD is available from JohnnyJam.org in limited quantities. Simoneaux was born in Baton Rouge, where he first learned to play guitar as a young man. He played football at Redemptorist High School, graduating in 1985. John also played in a heavy metal band, Reaper,", "id": "20026875" }, { "contents": "Grady Gaines\n\n\nGrady Gaines (born May 14, 1934, Waskom, Texas) is an American electric blues, Texas blues and jazz blues tenor saxophonist, who performed and recorded with Little Richard in the 1950s. He backed other musicians such as Dee Clark, Little Willie John, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and Joe Tex. He has released three albums. Gaines grew up in Houston with his brother, Roy, who went on to play guitar on Bobby Bland's 1955 hit single \"It's My Life Baby", "id": "9592703" }, { "contents": "William Thaw Sr.\n\n\nWilliam Thaw Sr. (October 12, 1818 – August 17, 1889) was an American businessman who made his fortune in transportation and banking. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 12, 1818, to John Thaw and his wife Elizabeth Thomas. He worked as a clerk in his father's United States Bank of Philadelphia in Pittsburgh. He later switched to McKee, Clark and Co. By 1842, he and his brother-in-law Thomas Shields Clarke owned steam canal boats, particularly the Pennsylvania and", "id": "3836892" }, { "contents": "John Cooper Clarke\n\n\nof Arqa in 1992 at The Witchwood in Ashton-under-Lyne. His vocals from both of his Suns of Arqa tracks have been used on numerous remixes by the band ever since. After 20 years of performing the same material, Clarke re-established contact with guitarist Rick Goldstraw, who had founded Blue Orchids and played with the Fall and Nico. Goldshaw began handling Clarke's affairs and the two toured with the Mescaleros and several times supporting the Fall. He also duetted with Reverend Jon McClure at a Reverend and the", "id": "12535331" }, { "contents": "Laurie O'Brien\n\n\n\"Trapper John, M.D.\", \"NYPD Blue\", \"Matlock\", \"Chicago Hope\", \"ER\", \"CSI\", \"CSI Miami\", \"7th Heaven\", \"Reasonable Doubts\", \"Shark\", \"Three Rivers\", \"Detroit 1-8-7\", and \"L.A. Law\" on which she played a woman on trial for killing her rapist. TV movies include \"The Defiant_Ones\", \"Too Young to Die?\", \"Infidelity\",", "id": "10132162" }, { "contents": "NYPD Blue (season 1)\n\n\nThe first season of \"NYPD Blue\", an American television police drama set in New York City, aired as part of the 1993–94 United States network television schedule for ABC, premiering on 21 September 1993 and concluding on 17 May 1994. The show explores the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwines several plots involving an ensemble cast. The season led to a record 26 Emmy nominations. and six awards. John Kelly and Andy Sipowicz are detectives in the 15th squad. Sipowicz", "id": "22033194" }, { "contents": "Larry Romano\n\n\nLawrence John Romano (born July 31, 1963) better known as Larry Romano, is an American film and television actor. Born on July 31, 1963, in Mount Vernon, New York, he was a regular on \"NYPD Blue\" and the sitcom \"The King of Queens\", on which he played Richie Iannucci. He also played First Base in the motion picture \"Lock Up\" with Sylvester Stallone. He had a lead role in the short-lived NBC sitcom \"Kristin\" as Aldo Bonnadonna with", "id": "21608589" }, { "contents": "Jack Stehlin\n\n\nmember of \"Group 11\" (1978–1982), where his classmates in 1982 included Megan Gallagher, Penny Johnson, Jack Kenny, and Lorraine Toussaint. After graduating from Juilliard, Stehlin toured with John Houseman's The Acting Company. Stehlin has guest-starred on many popular American television programs, often playing tough and witty men of authority, on such programs as \"Weeds\", \"Monk\", \"JAG\", \"The Practice\", and \"NYPD Blue\". He has played the villain on such programs", "id": "2168075" }, { "contents": "John Pleshette\n\n\n\"; \"Murder, She Wrote\"; \"MacGyver\"; \"Beauty and the Beast\"; \"L.A. Law\"; \"The Larry Sanders Show\"; \"Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman\"; \"ER\"; \"NYPD Blue\"; \"The Sopranos\"; \"\" and \"Curb Your Enthusiasm\". Pleshette played Lee Harvey Oswald in the television film \"The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald\" (1977), and appeared in the TV miniseries \"Seventh Avenue\" the same year. In 1979", "id": "15474807" }, { "contents": "Leon Russom\n\n\n, \"Cold Case\", \"Law & Order\", \"JAG\", \"NYPD Blue\", \"John Doe\", \"The X-Files\", \"Dark Skies\", \"Seinfeld\" (as an Astros representative in \"The Hot Tub\") and other shows. He played the police chief of Malibu in the Coen brothers' \"The Big Lebowski\" (1998). Recently he appeared in \"Prison Break\" as General Jonathan Krantz, head of The Company. His role in the", "id": "3244508" }, { "contents": "Philly (TV series)\n\n\nwith professional conflicts arising from her relationship with her ex-husband Dan Cavanaugh (Kyle Secor), the Deputy for Trials. She also starts to date Judge Augustus \"Jack\" Ripley (James Denton). Actress Delaney left her role on Bochco's \"NYPD Blue\" to make this series. She later returned to \"NYPD Blue\" for a limited number of episodes. \"Hill Street Blues\" veteran Veronica Hamel appeared as Judge Marjorie Brennan, the woman who Will's father cheated on his mother with and whom Will", "id": "1089106" }, { "contents": "Diane Russell (NYPD Blue)\n\n\nDiane Russell is a fictional character in the television series \"NYPD Blue\". She was played by Kim Delaney in Season 2 as a recurring character, from Seasons to 3 to 8 as a primary character, and a recurring character again in Seasons 10 and 11. While working a case with Bobby Simone, Russell and he became attracted to each other and began a personal relationship, which became complicated when she transferred to the 15th squad and they became co-workers. Russell was a skilled detective, but came from a", "id": "8289009" }, { "contents": "FitzGerald Special\n\n\nthe foundation of modern firearms training and influence generations of firearms instructors. The character of NYPD Police Commissioner Frank Reagan, portrayed by the actor Tom Selleck, in the television series \"Blue Bloods\", carries a Fitz Special revolver that was given to him by his father, Henry Reagan, NYPD Police Commissioner, retired, who also carried it \"on the job\" and had it given to him by his late father, who was also a career NYPD officer.br A Fitz Special also appears on the cover of the fifth James", "id": "15229194" }, { "contents": "Frank Clark (American football)\n\n\nsacks in his sophomore season. He continued his high level of play the following two years, making a combined 22 sacks and five forced fumbles. Following the 2018 season, the Seahawks placed a franchise tag on Clark before trading him to the Chiefs, who subsequently signed him to a $105 million extension. In high school, Clark played numerous positions for head coach Ted Ginn, Sr. at Glenville High School, but he was least interested in playing the position that Ginn felt he was most naturally suited to play (", "id": "15013505" }, { "contents": "Ilana Levine\n\n\nGeorgia and Caleb. Her husband converted to Judaism. She has also appeared on television in episodes of shows including \"Seinfeld\", \"NYPD Blue\", \"Lois & Clark\", and \"Law & Order\", and in films including \"Kissing Jessica Stein\", \"Ira and Abby\", \"Friends with Kids\", \"Five Flights Up\", \"Gigantic\", \"Confessions Of A Shopaholic\", \"The Nanny Diaries\", \"Don Peyote\", \"Storytelling\", and \"Failure", "id": "21244465" }, { "contents": "History of the New York City Police Department\n\n\nthe .38 Special revolver. NYPD officers who were \"on the job\" on or prior to 1994 could continue to carry their revolvers if they wished. The .38 Special can still be found as a backup or off duty weapon, particularly with long serving personnel. Also, the uniforms of NYPD patrollers were changed in 1995 back from the two-tone sky blue shirt and navy blue pants introduced in 1972 to one-tone Navy blue shirts and pants. The economic downturn of the 1970s led to some extremely difficult times for", "id": "13830859" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Turturro\n\n\nNicholas Turturro (born January 29, 1962) is an American actor, known for his role as Sergeant Anthony Renzulli on the television series Blue Bloods and as Detective James Martinez on the television series NYPD Blue. Nicholas is the younger brother of John Turturro and the cousin of Aida Turturro. Turturro was born in Brooklyn, New York. His mother, Katherine Florence (Incerella), was an amateur jazz singer, who worked in a Navy yard during World War II, and was born in the U.S., to Italian parents", "id": "3255666" }, { "contents": "List of Third Watch characters\n\n\nS01E07 \"Impulse\") before he joined the NYPD, starting work at the 55th precinct where his training officer was Tyrone Davis, Sr. The two men eventually became partners and were like brothers. Ty Sr however was in with a group of corrupt cops, including Cathal Finney, who discovered that Ty Sr was planning to turn the others in. CT arranged for Ty Sr to be murdered to silence him. This hit Sully a lot, he stopped going to church after this day and described as \"the worst day", "id": "19159929" }, { "contents": "Laura Murphy (NYPD Blue)\n\n\nLaura Murphy is a character on the long running police drama \"NYPD Blue\". She was played by Bonnie Somerville. Joining at the beginning of the twelfth and final season, Murphy was a long term replacement for Connie McDowell after the character left to have a baby. Her main character detail was that she came from a family where her brothers and a lot of male cousins were all New York City firefighters. Coming from the Applications Investigations Unit, she was partnered up with Rita Ortiz and, initially, her new partner", "id": "2947873" }, { "contents": "K. K. Dodds\n\n\nK. K. Dodds (born c. 1965) is an American actress best known for playing Susan Hollander on the Fox drama \"Prison Break\" and for her roles in the films \"Soldier\" and \"A Life Less Ordinary\". She appeared in such television shows as \"Prison Break\", \"\", and \"NYPD Blue\". Dodds also appeared in the film \"Soldier\" as Lieutenant Sloan, in \"Being John Malkovich\" as Wendy, in \"A Life Less Ordinary\" as Lily, in \"Grosse", "id": "3312440" }, { "contents": "Tony Rodriguez (NYPD Blue)\n\n\nLt. Tony Rodriguez is a fictional character in the television series \"NYPD Blue\". He was played by Esai Morales for 66 episodes from 2001-2004. Rodriguez was assigned as 15th squad commander after the detectives all but rebelled against Lt. Arthur Fancy's unpopular replacement, Lt. Susan Dalto. Fancy called in one last favor from Captain Bass and had Dalto transferred out - and Rodriguez transferred in. Rodriguez had previously been a part of the narcotics squad where he had been a successful undercover officer; the squad (", "id": "20736962" }, { "contents": "46th Primetime Emmy Awards\n\n\n\"NYPD Blue\", which took home three major awards. \"NYPD Blue\" came into the ceremony with 19 major nominations. This broke \"Hill Street Blues\" record for most nominations by a drama or comedy series of 16 set in 1982, and put it in second place all time behind \"Roots\" which gained 21 major nominations in 1977. \"NYPD Blue\" set another milestone when it received every nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series, this marked only the ninth time that a show had received every", "id": "313279" }, { "contents": "Matt Parkman\n\n\nMatthew \"Matt\" Parkman, Sr., is a fictional character of the NBC science fiction serial drama \"Heroes\", played by Greg Grunberg. Matt is a police officer, who works for the LAPD and NYPD in Seasons One and Two respectively. He is a telepath; his ability allows him to read minds, and eventually extends into aspects of mind control, as stated by Bob Bishop. Matt Parkman is a police officer with the LAPD. He tried to become a detective, but had flunked the exam three", "id": "19881831" }, { "contents": "John Gallagher Jr.\n\n\nThe West Wing\", \"\", \"NYPD Blue\", \"Ed\", \"Love Monkey\", and Hallmark Hall of Fame's film \"The Flamingo Rising\". He played Jim Harper in Aaron Sorkin's \"The Newsroom\" which aired on HBO He also appeared in HBO's mini-series \"Olive Kitteridge\", based on the Pulitzer-winning novel of the same name, in the role of Christopher Kitteridge. Gallagher's film credits include \"Pieces of April\", Woody Allen's \"Whatever", "id": "10164391" }, { "contents": "Christopher H. Clark\n\n\nChristopher Henderson Clark (1767 – November 21, 1828) was a congressman and lawyer from Virginia. He was the brother of James Clark, the uncle of John Bullock Clark, Sr. and the great-uncle of John Bullock Clark, Jr.. Born in Albemarle County, Virginia, Clark attended Washington College, studied law in the office of Patrick Henry and was admitted to the bar in 1788, commencing practice in New London, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1790 and was elected", "id": "16949981" }, { "contents": "The 37's\n\n\nwas detrimental to the overall episode, Taylor did not think the compromise was \"a big deal.\" Casting for \"The 37's\" was done by Junie Lowry-Johnson, C.S.A., and Ron Surma. Lowry-Johnson was familiar with guest star Sharon Lawrence from their work together on \"NYPD Blue\". Lawrence later expressed the belief that the qualities of her \"NYPD Blue\" character (\"somebody who had … a professional strength about them\") was what clinched her role as Amelia Earhart. The actress", "id": "11417983" }, { "contents": "The Good Cop\n\n\nJosh Groban as his son, Tony Jr., \"an earnest, obsessively honest NYPD detective who makes a point of always following the rules\". The show was created and is written by Andy Breckman, who created and wrote the Emmy Award-winning USA Network series \"Monk\". The main characters are father and son policemen, Tony Caruso Sr. and Jr., who live together. Tony Sr. (Danza) was expelled from law enforcement for chronic violations of departmental policy, while his son, Tony Jr. (", "id": "10866229" }, { "contents": "John Ventimiglia\n\n\nin numerous television shows including \"Law & Order\" and \"NYPD Blue\". He also made a brief cameo in the made-for-television movie \"Gotti\". In August, 2007, Ventimiglia and the David Amram quartet presented a musical and oral homage to sociologist C. Wright Mills and beat author Jack Kerouac. They continued with a Kerouac show in Denmark in autumn of 2007. Ventimiglia starred in the comedy \"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead\" (2008), playing the role of Theo Horace. In 2008", "id": "21835770" }, { "contents": "Ann Dowd\n\n\n\", \"NYPD Blue\", \"Judging Amy\" and \"Freaks and Geeks\", in which she played the mother of Busy Philipps. Dowd has also appeared in many episodes of the \"Law & Order\" franchise. In 1995 she portrayed Rose Long, Louisiana's first female senator, in the television movie \"\", opposite John Goodman. In 2008 she appeared in the television movie \"Taking Chance\" starring Kevin Bacon. Dowd was a series regular on \"Nothing Sacred\", which was filmed in Los", "id": "6026057" }, { "contents": "Meredith Stiehm\n\n\nUPenn and as a young woman in the entertainment industry provided much of the inspiration for \"Cold Case\". Stiehm got her start in the entertainment industry writing for \"Northern Exposure\" and later \"Beverly Hills, 90210\". She went on to write for \"NYPD Blue\" for four seasons, for which she earned an Emmy nomination for \"Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.\" After leaving NYPD Blue, Stiehm wrote for \"ER\" for two seasons. On both NYPD Blue and ER, Stiehm was one", "id": "14416846" }, { "contents": "Blue Bloods (TV series)\n\n\nCity Police Department (NYPD). Francis Xavier \"Frank\" Reagan is the Police Commissioner. Frank's second-eldest son Danny is an NYPD detective, his youngest son Jamie is an NYPD police officer (now sergeant), and his daughter Erin is an assistant district attorney. Frank's eldest son Joe was murdered by a crooked cop in the line of duty in events that pre-date the series, when he was involved with an FBI investigation of a group of corrupt NYPD cops known as the Blue Templar.", "id": "11569371" }, { "contents": "Kevin P. Clark\n\n\nKevin Clark is a former commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department, who held the position from early 2003 until November 2004. A former NYPD officer, Clark's term as police commissioner was strained with both the mayor and police department as Clark was involved in domestic issues and an unpopular turnover of veteran officers such as former Major Gary D'Addario. He was fired by then-mayor Martin O'Malley, resulting in a lawsuit in which he sought $120 million in damages and fought to get back his job. O'Malley's justification for the", "id": "8292270" }, { "contents": "Ohio State Route 343\n\n\n, SR 343 meets SR 370, the primary access route to John Bryan State Park, at its northern terminus. SR 343 continues east, then starts to trend southeasterly, brushing the northeastern portion of John Bryan State Park just prior to entering into Clifton. Upon crossing into Clifton, SR 343 briefly ducks into Clark County, but re-enters Greene County, as it turns easterly, following North Street through the village prior to coming to an end at a T-intersection with SR 72. SR 343 came into existence", "id": "1754063" }, { "contents": "Virginia State Route 7\n\n\n7 Bus.) splits off just west of Berryville and passes through the town, while the main route bypasses the town to the north. Both routes cross US 340, and SR 7 Bus. rejoins SR 7 just east of the town. SR 7 crosses the Shenandoah River and its name changes to the Harry Flood Byrd Highway. SR 7 crosses the Loudoun–Clarke county line and the Appalachian Trail at the summit of Snickers Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains. SR 7 enters the rural western part of Loudoun County as", "id": "2869624" }, { "contents": "Josh Groban\n\n\n\", starring Groban. In the series, created by \"Monk\" creator-writer Andy Breckman, Groban portrays NYPD homicide detective Tony Caruso, Jr., opposite Tony Danza, who plays his father, Tony Sr., a disgraced former detective. The first season of ten episodes launched on September 21, 2018. Various music critics have described Groban's voice in different ways, with some referring to him as a tenor and others as a baritone. In performance, Groban's music goes as low as G (as", "id": "7781731" }, { "contents": "John Ventimiglia\n\n\nJohn Ventimiglia () is an American actor. Ventimiglia portrayed Artie Bucco in the HBO television series \"The Sopranos\" and had a recurring role as Dino Arbogast, an Organized Crime Control Bureau Chief for the NYPD, on the American police procedural/drama series \"Blue Bloods\" on CBS. Ventimiglia has had parts in feature films such as \"Cop Land\", \"Jesus' Son\", \"The Iceman\", \"The Funeral\", \"The Wannabe\", and \"Mickey Blue Eyes\" and has appeared", "id": "21835769" }, { "contents": "David Milch\n\n\nmore than 3 million. In October 2007, HBO renewed its contract with Milch. A pilot was commissioned for \"Last of the Ninth\", \"a drama set in the New York Police Department during the 1970s, when the Knapp Commission was formed to ferret out corruption in the force.\" Collaborating with Milch on \"Last of the Ninth\" was former \"NYPD Blue\" writer and friend Bill Clark. In December 2008, \"The Hollywood Reporter\" stated that \"Last of the Ninth\" would not be picked", "id": "18305971" }, { "contents": "Mark Arnott\n\n\nMark Arnott (born June 15, 1950) is an American actor and martial artist. He is best known for his recurring role as Mark on the NBC television show \"Cheers\", and as Jeff Andrews in \"Return of the Secaucus 7\", John Sayles' debut film as a director. He did thirty years of other TV shows, playing in \"Joan of Arcadia\", \"The Bernie Mac Show\", \"NYPD Blue\", soap operas, \"Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer\" and other movies", "id": "3268509" }, { "contents": "List of awards and nominations received by NYPD Blue\n\n\nand student films, and cinematographers and other filmmakers for their career achievements. \"NYPD Blue\" received six award nominations, five for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series and one for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Pilots. Presented by the Casting Society of America since 1985, the Artios Awards is an annual accolade that honors excellence in casting. \"NYPD Blue\" received seven nominations for the award for Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic during its tenure. The series won in 1994, as well", "id": "17245574" }, { "contents": "Homicide: Life on the Street (season 2)\n\n\nNYPD Blue\" because it did not resort to gimmicks like the nudity featured in the latter show. The second season of \"Homicide\" drew several comparisons to \"NYPD Blue\", an ABC police drama series that had debuted in September 1993. It received a large amount of publicity and better ratings than \"Homicide\", which some reviewers attributed to the violence and nudity featured in the show. Like \"Homicide\", \"NYPD Blue\" featured an ensemble cast and intertwined subplots, and commentators suggested its success may have", "id": "19988934" }, { "contents": "NYPD Blue\n\n\ntwo Peabody Awards, the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Drama, the , and the Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Drama. \"NYPD Blue\" has generally received rave reviews from leading television critics. \"Variety\" even went as far as to say that broadcast television had lost its edge after \"NYPD Blue\" was cancelled. In 2013, \"TV Guide\" placed the series at number 44 on its list of the 60 best television shows of all time, and complex.com ranked it as the eighth", "id": "2846258" }, { "contents": "Meldrick Lewis\n\n\nmarried Barbara Shivers on extremely short notice. The couple eventually split up. Those who knew Lewis were unsurprised at the breakup; in fact, up to the moment of the wedding many of his co-workers (particularly John Munch) assumed the engagement was a hoax. In October 2013, Lewis attended a roast for Munch in New York City following his retirement from the NYPD. Lewis jokingly told the audience that \"we [Munch's former colleagues] ran his butt outta B-more.\" Clark Johnson regularly improvised", "id": "19826914" }, { "contents": "Matt Olmstead\n\n\nMatt Olmstead is an American writer and producer for television shows. Olmstead graduated from California State University, Chico in 1988. He is an alumnus of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. He went to Hollywood in hopes of being a script writer. Olmstead eventually worked with an agent, who set him up with Steven Bochco. After 10 minutes of talking, Bochco offered him to write an episode for the show NYPD Blue. In 1993, Olmstead wrote for the television series \"NYPD Blue\". The series was created", "id": "2788333" }, { "contents": "Carlos Sanz\n\n\nHoratio Sanz in the comedy \"Dishdogz\" where he does an homage to Harold Ramis. His television projects include: \"The Shield\" playing Det. Carlos Zamora who goes head to head with Vic Mackey played by Michael Chiklis, \"Criminal Minds\", \"24\", \"Close to Home\", \"Las Vegas\", and as recurring undercover cop Det. Ray Olivo on \"NYPD Blue\". He did a stint of two seasons on the NBC daytime drama \"Another World\" where he played the handsome", "id": "15058790" }, { "contents": "Henry Clarke (baseball)\n\n\nHenry Tefft Clarke, Jr. (August 4, 1875 – March 28, 1950) was an American baseball player and coach, lawyer and politician. He played Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Spiders in 1897 and the Chicago Orphans in 1898. He was also a coach for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team. He later served as a Nebraska state legislator and railroad commissioner. Clarke was born in August 1875 at Bellevue, Nebraska. His father, Henry T. Clarke, Sr., was a well-known merchant who served", "id": "2081116" }, { "contents": "John Barker (advertising executive)\n\n\nwas an editor of several literary publications, including Zirkus and the Yale Literary Review and was also the winner of a 1984 Academy of American Poets Prize. Following graduation from college, John was selected for the management training program of Ted Bates Advertising. In 1988, he joined Grey Entertainment as a copywriter, where he developed campaigns to launch ABC Television series such as thirtysomething, NYPD Blue, Roseanne, and China Beach, including the development of the “Who killed Laura Palmer?” campaign to launch David Lynch’s Twin Peaks", "id": "6857982" }, { "contents": "Jody Worth\n\n\nwith producer Ted Mann) for the first season finale \"Rockin' Robin\". Worth returned to \"NYPD Blue\" as a writer for the fifth season in 1998. Worth wrote the episodes \"You're Under a Rasta\" and \"Speak for Yourself, Bruce Clayton\". He remained a writer for the sixth season in 1999. Worth wrote the teleplay for the episode \"Don't Meth with Me\" from a story by Milch and retired police detective Bill Clark. Worth was a music supervisor for the television feature", "id": "10925013" }, { "contents": "Jody Worth\n\n\n\"Gia\" in 1998. Worth became a regular writer for the seventh season of \"NYPD Blue\" in 2000. He wrote the teleplay for four episodes - \"A Hole in Juan\", \"Along Came Jones\", \"Little Abner\" and \"Goodbye Charlie\" - all from stories by David Milch and Bill Clark. Worth became a producer for the eighth season in January 2001 and wrote or co-wrote a further four episodes for the season. He co-wrote the season premiere \"Daveless in New", "id": "10925014" }, { "contents": "Jack Mulcahy (actor)\n\n\nJack Mulcahy (born April 22, 1954) is an American actor. Jack started in the entertainment business as a lead vocalist and guitarist for various Rock 'n' roll bands around New York City. His first film role was in \"Porky's\" (1982), directed by Bob Clark. After the sequel, \"\" (1983), Jack appeared in several films and television shows including \"Law & Order\"; \"NYPD Blue\"; \"Awakenings\"; and \"Cadillac Man\". In 2006", "id": "1564808" }, { "contents": "List of awards and nominations received by NYPD Blue\n\n\nas winning for Best Casting for TV, Pilot. The Cinema Audio Society Awards, commonly abbreviated as a CAS Awards, was created in 1964 and honors outstanding achievement in sound mixing. \"NYPD Blue\" received eight award nominations, winning two awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Series for episodes \"Simone Says\" and \"Unembraceable You.\" Presented by the Directors Guild of America since 1938, The Directors Guild of America Award honors excellence in the field of direction. \"NYPD Blue\" received eight nominations", "id": "17245575" }, { "contents": "List of awards and nominations received by NYPD Blue\n\n\noutstanding achievement in aspects such as acting, writing, and direction while the more technical aspects such as cinematography, casting and, as of 2011, guest acting performances in television, are awarded at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. During its tenure, \"NYPD Blue\" received 84 nominations, winning 20 of them. \"NYPD Blue\" won the award for Outstanding Drama Series in 1995 while receiving nominations from 1994 to 1999. Dennis Franz received a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series every between 1994 and 2001,", "id": "17245577" }, { "contents": "Brian Clark (September 11 survivor)\n\n\nfor helicopter rescues from the roof, as the NYPD deemed it too unsafe to attempt due to dense clouds of smoke and rooftop antennas. As Clark and DiFrancesco made their way to the voice screaming for help, DiFrancesco became overcome with smoke and returned to the stairs, which he would also ascend. Unlike the rest of his coworkers who went up the stairs, however, DiFrancesco reversed course and survived. Clark made his way to find Fuji Bank employee Stanley Praimnath, who was pinned underneath some debris behind a wall that had", "id": "15273828" }, { "contents": "David Mills (TV writer)\n\n\nMills as a writer for \"NYPD Blue\". Mills wrote nine episodes of \"NYPD Blue\" between 1995 and 1997. In one of those episodes, \"Closing Time\", recovering alcoholic Andy Sipowicz begins drinking again and is beaten by a group of young men who steal his gun. Before the men confront Sipowicz, they are arguing about whether Bootsy Collins or Larry Graham is the better bass player. This is another one of Mills's P-Funk references in his work. Looking back on his experience working on", "id": "19300120" }, { "contents": "Badja Djola\n\n\nThe Serpent and the Rainbow\". Djola was best known as a thug Bruce Willis kills after making him laugh in \"The Last Boy Scout\" and as an FBI agent in \"Mississippi Burning\" who intimidates a racist mayor played by R. Lee Ermey. Djola’s other film and TV credits include \"A Rage in Harlem\", \"The Lonely Guy\", \"NYPD Blue\", \"Rosewood\", Who's the Man, \"The Hurricane\", \"Night Shift\", \"The Waterdance\", \"", "id": "1178221" }, { "contents": "List of awards and nominations received by NYPD Blue\n\n\n\"NYPD Blue\" is an American television police procedural drama series that aired on ABC from September 21, 1993 to March 1, 2005. Created by Steven Bochco and David Milch, the show follows the cases of the fictional 15th Precinct of Manhattan, as well as the individual lives of its workers. Featuring a changing ensemble of actors, Dennis Franz and Gordon Clapp were among the longest lasting cast members, appearing in every season in a major capacity. \"NYPD Blue\" has garnered critical acclaim for its honest and gritty", "id": "17245570" }, { "contents": "Hearts and Souls\n\n\n\"Hearts and Souls\" is the fifth episode of the sixth season and 115th overall of the American crime drama \"NYPD Blue\". \"Hearts and Souls\" originally aired in the United States on ABC on Tuesday November 24, 1998, at 9:30 pm Eastern time as a 90-minute special. The episode was directed by Paris Barclay and written by Steven Bochco, David Milch, Bill Clark and Nicholas Wootton. It was the culmination of months of public speculation on the method of closure that would be employed to write Jimmy Smits", "id": "15472597" }, { "contents": "Game of Thrones\n\n\nof 26 nominations established by \"NYPD Blue\" in 1994; it also established \"Game of Thrones\" as the drama series with the most overall Emmy nominations, with a total of 161. Of the ensemble cast, Peter Dinklage has won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2011, 2015 and 2018) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2012) for his performance as Tyrion Lannister. Alfie Allen, Gwendoline Christie, Emilia Clarke,", "id": "16899576" }, { "contents": "William M. Finkelstein\n\n\nWilliam M. Finkelstein is an American screenwriter, television producer, actor and television director. He has worked as a writer and producer on \"Law & Order\", \"Brooklyn South\", \"Murder One\", \"L.A. Law\", \"Cop Rock\" and \"NYPD Blue\". He co-created \"Brooklyn South\" with frequent collaborators David Milch, Steven Bochco and Bill Clark. He won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for \"L.A. Law\" in both 1989 and 1990. He was nominated for", "id": "20433273" }, { "contents": "Matt Olmstead\n\n\nby Steven Bochco and David Milch. It focused on a single homicide unit in New York City. Olmstead eventually became an Executive Producer of \"NYPD Blue\", and became a Producer in 2002. Olmstead worked as a writer on the series \"Brooklyn South\" in 1997. The series was created by Milch and Bochco along with William M. Finkelstein and ex-police officer Bill Clark. The show detailed the lives of a single precinct of police patrol officers. Olmstead wrote four episodes for the series first season. The series", "id": "2788334" }, { "contents": "Doug Palau\n\n\nfrom a story by Bochco, Clark, Finkelstein and Milch. \"Brooklyn South\" was canceled after completing its first season and Palau contributed to four episodes of the series as a writer. Palau and his co-writers were nominated for an Edgar Award for best television episode in 1999 for their work on \"Skell in a Cell\". Following the cancellation of \"Brooklyn South\" Palau and Wootton moved on to work as writers and producers for the sixth season of Bochco and Milch's ABC police drama \"NYPD Blue\"", "id": "8361262" }, { "contents": "Scott A. Williams\n\n\nepisode \"Fools Russian\" with Allen Edwards and Matt Olmstead from a story by Bochco, Clark, Finkelstein and Milch. The series was canceled after completing a 22 episode season. Williams contributed to four episodes as a writer. Williams and his co-writers were nominated for an Edgar Award for best television episode in 1999 for their work on \"Fools Russian\". Williams also worked as a writer for the ABC drama \"NYPD Blue\" in 1998. The series was created by Milch and Bochco and focused on a single", "id": "8462458" } ]

[ { "contents": "Black people and Mormonism\n\n\nprevious ban are unknown. The LDS Church explicitly denounced any justification for the priesthood restriction based in views on events in the pre-mortal life in the \"Race and the Priesthood\" essay published on their website in 2013. According to the Bible, after Cain killed Abel, God cursed him and put a mark on him, although the Bible does not state what the nature of the mark was. The \"Pearl of Great Price\", another Mormon book of scripture, describes the descendants of Cain as dark-skinned", "id": "2983353" }, { "contents": "Sola scriptura\n\n\nobservance. What is said here of \"every statement of the Bible\" does not represent the faith of all Lutherans: a 2001 survey showed that 72 percent of members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America do not accept that everything in the Bible is literal, but that it may contain scientific or historical errors or describe events symbolically. Lutheranism teaches that the Bible presents all doctrines and commands of the Christian faith clearly; that God's word is freely accessible to every reader or hearer of ordinary intelligence, without requiring any special", "id": "13521633" }, { "contents": "Parable of the Budding Fig Tree\n\n\nof Christ's second coming from political events in Israel's life today, like the 'return' to Palestine.\" \"The Reformation Study Bible\" notes, \"There does not seem to be any specific symbolic sense to this 'fig tree' (such as the re-emergence of the nation of Israel), especially since the parallel passage (Luke 21:29) adds 'and all the trees.' Jesus is simply saying that just as there are signs of what is to come in the natural realm, so", "id": "3971597" }, { "contents": "Jewish reactions to intelligent design\n\n\nin \"Conservative Judaism\" (the official publication of the Conservative movement), \"a literal reading of the Bible, on which \"creation science\" implicitly insists, misses the point of the Bible itself, which seems uninterested in literal interpretation. Like poetry and certain kinds of prose, which sometimes speak in metaphors and symbols, the Bible as a whole does not intend these stories to be taken literally.\" Rabbis have often expressed this opinion even while distinguishing their own theistic views of life from those of Darwinism. For", "id": "14810761" }, { "contents": "Biblical canon\n\n\nguide, index, footnotes, cross references, excerpts from the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible and other study aids. Canons of various Latter Day Saint denominations diverge from the LDS Standard Works. Some accept only portions of the Standard Works. For instance, the Bickertonite sect does not consider the Pearl of Great Price or Doctrines and Covenants to be scriptural. Rather, they believe that the New Testament scriptures contain a true description of the church as established by Jesus Christ, and that both the King James Bible and Book of", "id": "20406279" }, { "contents": "Cunning folk in Britain\n\n\nof mystical and magical words taken from the Bible. Historian Ronald Hutton concurred with this assessment, remarking that \"Looking at the recorded charms dispensed by magical practitioners, it is obvious that many – perhaps the majority – are Christian in character. They quote from the Bible, or appeal to the Trinity, or to Jesus, or to saints. In most cases, to be sure, they are using the trappings and symbols of Christianity with little regard to what the churchmen would have regarded as its essence; the Bible ...", "id": "12386041" }, { "contents": "Protestant views on contraception\n\n\nfor their additions to the Law of God. Thus, we must be extremely careful about what laws we lay down for people. Does the Bible clearly state that contraception is sinful, or that people are obligated to have as many children as possible? If the Bible does not say these things, we need to fear God and be frightened of adding to His Word.\" Jordan argues also that the views of early Protestant Reformers on contraception are unreliable because they were heavily influenced by not just the Bible but Neo-Platonic", "id": "12121519" }, { "contents": "Biblical inerrancy\n\n\ninerrancy suppose every statement made in the Bible is true (as opposed to accurate). He indicates there are expressly false statements in the Bible which are reported accurately. He notes that \"All the Bible does, for example in the case of Satan, is to report what Satan actually said. Whether what he said was true or false is another matter. Christ stated that the devil is a liar\". Many who believe in the \"inspiration\" of scripture teach that it is infallible but not inerrant. Those who", "id": "8221469" }, { "contents": "What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat?\n\n\nWhat Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? Diet in Biblical Times is a 2008 book by Nathan MacDonald that discusses the foods eaten by Israelites during the time that the Bible was written. MacDonald, a theologian who serves as a lecturer at St Andrews University, used biblical texts as well as archaeological and anthropological evidence in his attempts to determine the diet of the Israelites. MacDonald decided to write the book while writing another book on the symbolism of food in the Hebrew Bible that contained a chapter on the diet of the Israelites. Nathan", "id": "20387107" }, { "contents": "The Ego in Freud's Theory and in the Technique of Psychoanalysis\n\n\ncircuit, each of them becomes someone else.\" When Jean Hyppolite asks: \"What use does the Symbolic have?\" Lacan answers: \"The Symbolic, the Imaginary and the Real are useful in giving its meaning to a particularly pure symbolic experience, that of analysis.\" Since the symbolic dimension is the only dimension that cures, \"The symbolic order is simultaneously non-being and insisting to be, that is what Freud has in mind when he talks about the death instinct as being what is most fundamental:", "id": "16846882" }, { "contents": "Belial\n\n\nyet he pleas'd the eare... /poem poem Or, my scrofulous French novel Simply glance at it, you grovel If I double down its pages When he gathers his greengages, /poem The 17th-Century German grimoire \"The Lesser Key of Solomon\" mentions Belial, as does Aleister Crowley's \"Goetia\" (1904) and Anton LaVey's \"The Satanic Bible\" (1969). In \"The Satanic Bible\" (\"The Book of Belial\"), Belial means \"without a master\", and symbolizes independence", "id": "13857328" }, { "contents": "Alpha Sigma Tau\n\n\nthe yellow rose, its jewel is the pearl, and its symbol the anchor. The sorority does not have an official mascot. The badge is a black, kite-like polygon with a golden ΑΣΤ inscribed on the enamel, bordered by gold inlaid with small pearls. Members who perform further duties may order different badges with different jewels on the badge's four points – ruby for volunteers, yellow topaz for NPC delegates, and emerald for National Council members and officers, while the national president's badge has a double border", "id": "17431197" }, { "contents": "Religious symbolism in the United States military\n\n\nand Jewish holy books were printed was that those were the three faith groups represented by chaplains at that time.) For a number of reasons, including the fact that \"one Bible does not fit all\", and different chaplains and religious communities preferred different versions of the Bible, such items are no longer printed by the GPO, but \"instead publishers may apply for a national stock number their items and chaplains can order the supplies they wish to use or have on hand for distribution to their service members.\" Through", "id": "11056188" }, { "contents": "Christian views on alcohol\n\n\nrather than in the heart and deeds of the abuser. Moreover, moderationists suggest that the prohibitionist and abstentionist positions denigrate God's creation and his good gifts and deny that it is not what goes into a man that makes him evil but what comes out (that is, what he says and does). The Bible never uses the word 'wine' of communion. Yet moderationists hold that in banishing wine from communion and dinner tables, prohibitionists and abstentionists go against the 'witness of the Bible' and the church throughout", "id": "365045" }, { "contents": "Problem of religious language\n\n\nwithin itself. A symbol reveals a reality beyond what is already perceived and transforms the ways the current reality is perceived. Dupré differentiates between religious and aesthetic symbols, suggesting that a religious symbol points towards something which \"remains forever beyond our reach\". He proposed that a religious symbol does not reveal the nature of what it signifies, but conceals it. Langdon Brown Gilkey explained religious language and experience in terms of symbolism, identifying three characteristic features of religious symbolism which distinguish it from other language use. Firstly, religious symbolism", "id": "5442773" }, { "contents": "Voice Quality Symbols\n\n\nVoice Quality Symbols (VoQS) are a set of phonetic symbols used to transcribe disordered speech for what in speech pathology is known as \"voice quality\". This phrase only means what it does in phonetics (that is, phonation) in a few causes. In others it means secondary articulation. VoQS symbols are normally combined with curly braces that span a section of speech, just as with prosody notation in the extended IPA. The symbols may be modified with a digit to convey relative degree of the quality. For example", "id": "19602171" }, { "contents": "Problem of evil\n\n\nreality of a spiritual world beyond this world and its containment of hostile spiritual forces for granted. While the post-Enlightenment world does not, the \"dark spiritual forces\" can be seen as \"symbols of the darkest recesses of human nature.\" Suffering and misfortune are sometimes represented as evil in the Bible, though theologian Brian Han Gregg says, suffering in the Bible is represented twelve different ways. Jewish theodicy is experiencing extensive revision in light of the Holocaust while still asserting the difference between the human and divine perspective of", "id": "10890288" }, { "contents": "Jehovah's Witnesses publications\n\n\nfor worship. Their most widely distributed publications are: When interested individuals are encountered, Witnesses offer a home Bible study course, using a current publication, such as \"What Does the Bible \"Really\" Teach?\", which outlines their primary beliefs and interpretations of the Bible. The Witness then visits the student on a regular basis, generally considering a chapter on each visit. Students are requested to examine the material prior to the arrival of the Bible study conductor, using the questions at the bottom of each page,", "id": "14986482" }, { "contents": "Medieval popular Bible\n\n\n. In contrast to this, the \"medieval popular Bible\" is aimed at the ordinary population of medieval Europe, and to some extent is also created by them. It ranges from very pious vernacular writings such as the Biblical Epic to scurrilous fabliaux in which biblical figures make an appearance. It includes most religious drama, much stained glass and some wild and fanciful retellings of Bible stories. The forbidden fruit is a standard example. The Bible itself does not say what kind of fruit it was, but in the popular retelling", "id": "6139638" }, { "contents": "Maurice Wiles\n\n\nthat he does not intervene at all. However, the lack of miracles does not violate a belief in Christianity according to Wiles. Prayer, for instance, still has purpose but should not be understood as causing God to take action. Instead it should be a way of enabling a group or individual to connect with God's will: Likewise, the miracles of the Bible need not be rejected. Instead, they should be understood to have a symbolic role: to teach about God and faith in Christianity. An expert in", "id": "13441018" }, { "contents": "Theodicy and the Bible\n\n\nor may not acquire in the course of their lives\" Biblical scholars find that the Bible views all humanity as possessing the \"natural freedom\" of the will that enables \"self-determination.\" \"In this sense of the term\", biblical scholars say that, although the Bible does not use the term, it assumes human \"free will.\" For example, what Adler calls \"natural freedom\" matches the definition of the biblical concept of \"free will\" in the \"Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms\"", "id": "18222660" }, { "contents": "Arcana Cœlestia\n\n\n, according to the doctrine of correspondence (theology), and demonstrated by many supporting quotations from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. While not denying the historicity of the stories of the Patriarchs (Bible) and The Exodus from Egypt, it explains them as describing symbolically the process of spiritual growth and struggles in each individual person. What follows is the opening paragraph of \"Arcana Coelestia\" Volume 1, and therefore the opening statement of the whole corpus of theological work that Swedenborg claimed was revealed to him. There have", "id": "16732515" }, { "contents": "Bible and Orient Museum\n\n\n– important motives and symbols. At that time it represented important symbols of protection and power and today it reveals the close bonds of the Bible with its ancient Near Eastern surroundings. Keel observed that without knowledge of these symbols, many biblical comparisons, symbols and visions cannot be properly understood and thereby demonstrated the general importance of ancient Near Eastern cultural history for biblical science. By interpreting biblical texts in their historical context, a fundamentalist-literal understanding of the Bible can be avoided. Furthermore, this approach shows the relations between", "id": "14012289" }, { "contents": "Allegorical interpretation of the Bible\n\n\nAges, it was used by Bible commentators of Christianity. Scriptural interpretation is sometimes referred to as the \"Quadriga\", a reference to the Roman chariot that was pulled by four horses abreast. The four horses are symbolic of the four submethods of Scriptural interpretation: A Latin rhyme designed to help scholars remember the four interpretations survives from the Middle Ages: The rhyme is roughly translated: The literal teaches what God and our ancestors did, The allegory is where our faith and belief is hid, The moral meaning gives us the", "id": "15083852" }, { "contents": "Sola scriptura\n\n\nThe intention of the Reformation was to correct what he asserted to be the errors of the Catholic Church by appeal to the uniqueness of the Bible's textual authority. Catholic doctrine is based in sacred tradition, as well as scripture. \"Sola scriptura\" meant rejecting the infallible authority given to the magisterium to interpret both scripture and tradition. \"Sola scriptura\", however, does not ignore Christian history, tradition, or the church when seeking to understand the Bible. Rather, it sees the church as the Bible's interpreter", "id": "13521627" }, { "contents": "The Story Bible\n\n\nThe Story Bible is a book by Pearl S. Buck summarizing the whole Bible in two separate volumes: Vol. 1, \"The Old Testament\", and Vol. 2, \"The New Testament\", while particularly emphasizing literal elements and fables. It is described as a paraphrase. The Story Bible The Story Bible is a book for anyone interested in the Bible. Whether it is for reading popular Bible stories (Noah’s Ark, or The Creation Story), or as a down to earth introduction to the Bible", "id": "5597608" }, { "contents": "Muthina Haara\n\n\n, meaning a string of pearls, stands for what Achappa promises his wife; every year he buys a pearl and gives it to her with the hope that one day she can make a necklace of it. She does get her pearl necklace complete only to have it broken at Achappa's funeral. The movie depicts how war affects a soldier's life and his family. The film opens with a scene where Hitler is shown giving a speech. The backdrop is the Second World War in which Achappa the soldier is abroad fighting", "id": "12403900" }, { "contents": "Pearl\n\n\ndoes not mean onyx – onyx is originally an Assyrian word meaning ring, and so could refer to anything used for making rings. \"Yahalom\" is similar to a Hebrew word meaning hit hard, so some people think that it means diamond. The variation in possibilities of meaning for this sixth stone in the Hoshen is reflected in different translations of the Bible – the King James Version translates the sixth stone as \"diamond\", the New International Version translates it as \"emerald\", and the Vulgate translates it as \"", "id": "4408870" }, { "contents": "Bernard Jacob Bamberger\n\n\nthen as Rabbi Emeritus until his death on June 14, 1980 – his 48th wedding anniversary. In 1955, Bamberger wrote for Hillel books a short introduction to scripture entitled \"The Bible: A Modern Jewish Approach\". Its first sentence shows the large question addressed in the text’s mere 96 pages: “What meaning, what value does the Bible have for the modern man – in particular, for the modern Jew?” The book was published in Spanish in 1967 as \"La Biblia: Un enfoque judio moderno.", "id": "1674363" }, { "contents": "Religious symbolism in the United States military\n\n\n, while many groups work to provide Bibles for the military, sometimes promoting their relationships with retired or active duty chaplains, the actual use of military symbols—the emblem of the Department of Defense or emblems for one or more branches of the military—on Bibles available for purchase became a source of controversy in 2005. Some of these Bibles—printed and published by civilian publishing houses or churches—bear titles such as \"The Soldier's Bible\" or \"The Airman's Bible,\" which (according to critics)", "id": "11056191" }, { "contents": "Alabama State Bible\n\n\nThe Alabama State Bible is a copy of the King James Version of the Bible dating from 1853, which is one of the symbols of the state of Alabama. It is the oldest state symbol of Alabama. It is kept on display at the Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery, Alabama. The State Bible was purchased in 1853 by the Executive Department of the state government, and has been used at the inauguration of every state governor since then. The Bible was also used when Jefferson Davis took the oath of", "id": "17800636" }, { "contents": "Religious views on masturbation\n\n\n\" T.J. Wray explains what the Bible actually states (and does not state) about masturbation: \"Returning to the Levitical list of sexual taboos, curiously missing from the list is any mention of masturbation.\" Then she goes on discussing Gen 38 and Lev 15 and concludes \"None of this, however, represent a clear condemnation of masturbation.\" Carl L. Jech stated \"Masturbation is never mentioned in the Bible\". M.K. Malan and Vern Bullough have stated \"nowhere in the Bible is there a clear unchallenged reference to", "id": "3116046" }, { "contents": "The Book of Esther (film)\n\n\nmakes His presence felt. The film provoked some positive feedback and it was viewed as a good informational film about what took place in the Bible. However, the movie differed dramatically from the Bible and that made it hard for viewers to keep watching. In their review of the movie, AskBible.org said that \"the movie veered so far from the Bible, that it's impossible for us to recommend it to any audience.\" It does however, state in the beginning that a few events have been altered for dramatic purposes", "id": "7822351" }, { "contents": "Diana Primrose\n\n\nqualities directly attributed to Elizabeth and thus it is considered that they may present a criticism of the then current ruler. The use of the metaphor of a pearl chain sets the tone for the eulogy and illustrates from the beginning the symbolic nature of the peace. The pearl is the oldest known gem, found in the sarcophagus of a Princess of Persia who died in 520 BC (Anonymous, Pearls in Human History). Since its discovery the pearl has been a symbol of purity and perfection and has been recognised as the gem", "id": "9048251" }, { "contents": "Jan Hus\n\n\n), the \"dot\" above letters for strong accent, as well as the acute accent to mark long vowels (á,é,í,ó,ú), in order to represent each sound by a single symbol. Some sources mention documented use of the special symbols in Bible translations (1462), the Schaffhausen Bible, and handwritten notes in the bible. The symbol \"ů\" (instead of \"uo\") came later. The book \"Orthographia Bohemica\" (1406) may have been written", "id": "16003047" }, { "contents": "The Search (TV series)\n\n\nwill slow the boys down, the ladies take the dromedary camels. At the top of the mountain, the teams find a tablet with writing on it. However, there is also clue disguised as Arabic, to break the tablet as Moses did in Bible. Inside the teams find a map to help find the symbol, which is situated across the mountain terrain. Saskia heads straight for it, while Simon follows instinctively without any idea what to do himself. Consequently, Saskia finds the symbol first. In the poison chalice", "id": "685011" }, { "contents": "Gawain Poet\n\n\nexposure to dialects of French. The sophistication of the author's literary style, and their references to pursuits such as heraldry and hunting, suggests a cultured audience. In their use of Latin, \"Purity\", \"Patience\", and \"Pearl\" show the poet's knowledge of the Vulgate Bible. In Pearl, the poet shows clear knowledge of not only the Apocalypse of St. John, but also many other parts of the Bible. It is possible that the poet consulted Latin commentaries on the Apocalypse and Genesis.", "id": "57630" }, { "contents": "Dorf's Golf Bible\n\n\nDorf's Golf Bible is a 1988 comedy film starring Tim Conway, Eddie Deezen and Michele Smith along with a special appearance by Sam Snead. Derk Dorf is the main character and the voice-over. He is playing a game of golf when, apparently, a voice over commands what he does. For example, the voice over said for Dorf to keep his left elbow in, and he did and sliced it just as the voice-over said. Apparently Dorf re-enacts whatever the Golf bible commandments are.", "id": "8668716" }, { "contents": "Miss Mystic Falls\n\n\nhim out of his bloody rage and he collapses. When Bonnie stops, Stefan gets up and runs away. Sheriff Forbes arrives to the scene and Elena, Bonnie and Damon hide what really happened. Elena tries to talk to Bonnie but Bonnie makes her decision and tells her that she wants to stay away from her as long as she is not stepping away from the Salvatores. Damon returns home and finds Anna and Pearl waiting for him. Pearls gives him the device she took from Jonathan Gilbert but she does not know what", "id": "5605583" }, { "contents": "Bibliotheca (Bible)\n\n\nin 2007), which separates the text of the Bible into separate volumes and does not have chapter or verse numbers. However, The Books of the Bible does not include the Apocrypha, nor does it have the same level of production and design quality found in Bibliotheca (e.g. Despite being available in multiple volumes, The Books of the Bible, like traditional Bibles, still features Bible paper, does not have a sewn binding, has narrow margins, and is typeset with a comparatively utilitarian typeface and page layout). After", "id": "16884030" }, { "contents": "Isabel Paterson\n\n\nconclusions and espoused beliefs that many libertarians credit as a foundation of their philosophy. Her biographer Stephen D. Cox (2004) believes Paterson was the \"earliest progenitor of libertarianism as we know it today.\" In a letter of 1943, Rand wrote that \"\"The God of the Machine\" is a document that could literally save the world ... \"The God of the Machine\" does for capitalism what \"Das Kapital\" does for the Reds and what the Bible did for Christianity.\" Born Isabel Mary Bowler in rural", "id": "21363223" }, { "contents": "Gawain Poet\n\n\nThe work makes use of major traditional elements in the Bible, such as treating Jonah's descent into the whale as a form of Christ's descent into Hell, and using Abraham's three angels as a type of the Trinity. What most interested the poet, however, was the literal sense of Biblical sources as opposed to their typological or allegorical significance. \"Pearl\" also shows the poet's understanding of mystical theology. It is pointed out that the Dreamer's definition of his vision as a 'gostly drem' (", "id": "57631" }, { "contents": "Symbolic communication\n\n\nthe model flow cyclically. (See Organizational Theory) Once a symbol is known in a society, it is habitual for an individual to respond to it exactly like how they would previously. If a symbol is given that is not known in one's own society, the response will take longer. This is because the individual does not know what the symbol actually means to the source. Because the symbol may have a different meaning to the source and receiver, the individual receiving the information may take longer to process it because", "id": "6746311" }, { "contents": "John (Desireless song)\n\n\nthe symbolic \"John\" fought for (On his flag/there are stars, crowns/there are sickles, hammers/What does it matter?\"), where he came from (He lives on a farm/in Loir-et-Cher/a tent on the edge of the desert/what does it matter?\"), or what religion he was (\"He says Bramah/he says Jehovah\"), and she says that he \"died in mid-flight\" over Hanoi or Madrid", "id": "13699228" }, { "contents": "Problem of religious language\n\n\naccepted by the unconscious. He believed that symbols cannot be invented, but live and die at the appropriate times. Louis Dupré differentiates between signs and symbols, proposing that a sign points to something while a symbol represents it. A symbol holds its own meaning: rather than merely pointing someone towards another object, it takes the place of and represents that object. He believes that a symbol has some ambiguity which does not exist with a sign. Dupré believes that a symbol may deserve respect because it contains what is signified", "id": "5442772" }, { "contents": "Ah! Sun-flower\n\n\nview); or the yearning of the human spirit for the liberty of Eternity; or a child of God whose desire, unlike the earthly frustrations of the Youth and Virgin, leads to heaven. The two human figures also seem to be symbols of something and much of what the critics have said about them might also apply to the Sunflower. They are dead, unlike the Sunflower, and yet have the same aspirations towards what might be the \"unfallen world, called Paradise in the Bible and the Golden Age in the", "id": "13556302" }, { "contents": "LDS edition of the Bible\n\n\nto the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price are included, as is an LDS-oriented 600-page topical index and the church's \"Bible Dictionary\". Selected references to the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible are included in footnotes, with longer excerpts included in an appendix. Lastly, the edition contains bible maps and a gazetteer. In 1999, color photographs from the Holy Land were added. None of the LDS-specific supplements in the edition claim doctrinal authority", "id": "11376395" }, { "contents": "Lily of the valley\n\n\nof the valley\" is used in some English translations of the Bible in Song of Songs 2:1, but the Hebrew phrase \"\"shoshannat-ha-amaqim\"\" in the original text (literally \"\"lily of the valleys\"\") does not refer to this plant. It is possible, though, that the biblical phrase may have had something to do with the origin or development of the modern plant-name. It is a symbol of humility in religious painting. Lily of the valley is considered the sign", "id": "9558822" }, { "contents": "Van Gogh's family in his art\n\n\na painting of his father's Dutch Authorized Bible in \"Still Life with Bible\" (F117) months after Theodorus' sudden death in March 1885. The Bible symbolizes his father's faith, which Vincent saw as mired in convention. He painted the page open to the passage of Isaiah 53. He placed Émile Zola's novel \"La Joie de vivre\" (English: The Joy of Living) in front of the Bible which to him likely symbolized worldliness. The burned out candle shows an extinguishment—perhaps both of", "id": "11198932" }, { "contents": "Symbol\n\n\nchange the meaning. In other words, if one person does not understand a certain word or phrase, another person may substitute a synonym or symbol in order to get the meaning across. However, upon learning the new way of interpreting a specific symbol, the person may change his or her already-formed ideas to incorporate the new information. Jean Dalby Clift says that people not only add their own interpretations to symbols, they also create personal symbols that represent their own understanding of their lives: what she calls \"core", "id": "17000158" }, { "contents": "Eastern Orthodox Church\n\n\nchurches are rectangular in design. Another popular configuration, especially for churches with large choirs is cruciform or cross-shaped or what is called the \"Greek-cross.\" Architectural patterns vary in shape and complexity, with chapels sometimes added around the main church, or triple altars; but in general, the symbolic layout of the church remains the same. Each church is created with specified qualifications based on what the apostles said in the Bible. These qualifications include how big the temple should be. The church building is divided", "id": "10199443" }, { "contents": "Shift-reduce parser\n\n\nd\" for any identifier name. The grammar doesn't care what the \"int\" values or \"id\" spellings are, nor does it care about blanks or line breaks. The grammar uses these terminal symbols but does not define them. They are always at the bottom bushy end of the parse tree. The capitalized terms like Sums are nonterminal symbols. These are names for concepts or patterns in the language. They are defined in the grammar and never occur themselves in the input stream. They are always above", "id": "15971018" }, { "contents": "Pearl Harbor and the Explosions (album)\n\n\nfor instance, is stiff to no purpose. The riffs are hooky, though, and Pearl E. Gates is an independent—not to say insular—woman who knows what her habits cost. There are no tears on her pillow and she doesn't care if your aim is true, but she doesn't waste her energy on macha bluster, either—prefers the cutting remark and isn't above turning her wit on herself. Which does not mean she has any intention of 'reforming.'\" The band's sole", "id": "10364615" }, { "contents": "The Cost of Living (Lost)\n\n\n. Joined by Charlie, Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews), Nikki and Paulo (Kiele Sanchez and Rodrigo Santoro), the group finds Eko on their way to the Pearl. Upon arrival, Eko does not find Yemi's body on the airplane atop the entrance, and decides to remain outside while Locke and the others enter the hatch. Inside the Pearl, Sayid tinkers first with the communication lines and, following a suggestion from Nikki, the monitors. Then one of the screens gets a live video feed of what appears", "id": "20196786" }, { "contents": "Judean date palm\n\n\nand became a recognized symbol of the Kingdom of Judah. It grew around the Dead Sea in the south, to the Sea of Galilee and the Hula Valley regions in the north. The tree and its fruit caused Jericho to become a major population center and are praised in the Hebrew Bible possibly several times indirectly, such as in \"Psalms\" (), \"The righteous himself will blossom forth as a palm tree does\", and date clusters () are mentioned in the \"Song of Songs\" ().", "id": "10686366" }, { "contents": "Kidron Valley\n\n\nis a symbolic place. In the times of the Old Testament kings, the Kidron Valley was identified with, at least in part, the King's Garden; the kings owned land in the area. That the upper Kidron Valley was also known as the King's Valley, in which Absalom set up his monument or \"pillar\" (see ; no connection to the much later \"Absalom's Pillar\"), is problematic. The Bible does not make this identification explicit, and the association can only be inferred as", "id": "11261345" }, { "contents": "Michael Pearl\n\n\nMichael Pearl (born 1945) is an American, Independent Baptist and Christian fundamentalist pastor, missionary, evangelist and book author. He is best known for his controversial book, written with his wife Debi Pearl, entitled \"To Train Up A Child\", which has been criticized as advocating child abuse. Pearl has a Bachelor of Science from Victory University (formerly Mid-South Bible College). He worked with Union Mission in Memphis, Tennessee for 25 years. No Greater Joy (NGJ) is Pearl's 501(c)(3)", "id": "2455162" }, { "contents": "The Story Bible\n\n\n. For those already familiar with the Bible this book revives stories that have been read over and over, and adds life and animation to the story. For those who are not familiar with the Bible it breaks down the actual Bible stories and gives them real world relevance for individuals to understand. Regardless of religion or age this book is a great read and brings age-old Bible stories to life, told magically and with a broad literary spectrum that entices the reader and keep them captivated throughout. With Pearl Buck’s unmatched", "id": "5597609" }, { "contents": "Pearl of Kuwait\n\n\nThe Pearl of Kuwait is a pearl that was bought in 2004 by its current owners, Bond Street, London jewellers Symbolic & Chase, and named the \"Pearl of Kuwait\" in recognition of the Persian Gulf waters in which many pearls have been found. It measures 258.12 grains (64.5 carats, 69.8 carats with its diamond cap) making it the third-largest (documented) well-formed natural pearl drop. In 2004, a large pearl named the Pearl of Kuwait was consigned by an undisclosed private family for auction", "id": "3101042" }, { "contents": "Kairos Document\n\n\n-24): \"Biblical faith is prophetically relevant to everything that happens in the world\". What would the alternative to State and Church Theology be? \"What would be the characteristics of a prophetic theology\"? In the first place, prophetic theology will have to be biblical: \"Our KAIROS impels us to \"return to the Bible\", and to search the Word of God for a message that is relevant to what we are experiencing in South Africa today\". It does not \"pretend to be comprehensive", "id": "6003763" }, { "contents": "Pearl (poem)\n\n\nmedieval allegory and dream vision (as well as the slightly more esoteric genre of the verse lapidary), all such attempts to reduce the poem's complex symbolism to one single interpretation have inevitably fallen flat. More recent criticism has pointed to the subtle, shifting symbolism of the pearl as one of the poem's chief virtues, recognizing that there is no inherent contradiction between the poem's elegiac and its allegorical aspects, and that the sophisticated allegorical significance of the Pearl Maiden is not unusual but in fact has several quite well known", "id": "150581" }, { "contents": "Alpha Epsilon Phi\n\n\nThe sorority's founders chose the pearl as the fraternity gem because of its glowing beauty gained through years of growth and the fact that it is a jewel that literally grows. \"Pearls\" are symbols for philanthropic events sisters participate in. Different activities or events have a different value of pearls that can be earned as members participate in philanthropic events. The founders also chose the colors green and white to represent growth and fellowship, respectively. The last symbol of Alpha Epsilon Phi which can be directly attributed to the founders is the", "id": "2697189" }, { "contents": "The Bible and violence\n\n\nto the innocent victims and the God of victims demystifies and demythologizes this sacred social order' in which violence is grounded. Such a selective reading, privileging the death of Jesus or the suffering servant, is certainly possible and even commendable, but it does not negate the force of the biblical endorsements of violence that we have been considering. The full canonical shape of the Christian Bible, for what it is worth, still concludes with the judgement scene in Revelation, in which the Lamb that was slain returns as the heavenly warrior", "id": "13233786" }, { "contents": "Lord Mayor of London\n\n\nThe presiding judge therefore sits to one side. It is sometimes asserted that the Lord Mayor may exclude the monarch from the City of London. The legend is based on the misinterpretation of the ceremony observed each time the sovereign enters the City. At Temple Bar the Lord Mayor presents the City's Pearl Sword to the sovereign as a symbol of the latter's overlordship. The monarch does not, as is often purported, wait for the Lord Mayor's permission to enter the City. When the sovereign enters the city, a", "id": "18721589" }, { "contents": "Pride\n\n\nof a reclining Venus. In his table of the seven deadly sins, Hieronymus Bosch depicts a bourgeois woman admiring herself in a mirror held up by a devil. Behind her is an open jewelry box. A painting attributed to Nicolas Tournier, which hangs in the Ashmolean Museum, is \"An Allegory of Justice and Vanity\". A young woman holds a balance, symbolizing justice; she does not look at the mirror or the skull on the table before her. Vermeer's famous painting \"Girl with a Pearl Earring\"", "id": "735635" }, { "contents": "Oceans (Pearl Jam song)\n\n\n's also got three big movements. What I love about music is aesthetic chords; the simpler the better and then another set that does something to those original chords. It's a really simple arrangement. \"Oceans\" was inspired by Vedder's affinity for surfing. Following Pearl Jam's performance of the song at the band's 1992 \"MTV Unplugged\" performance, Vedder stated, \"[that was] a little love song I wrote about my surfboard... Actually it was to someone named Beth who hopefully I'll see", "id": "1032032" }, { "contents": "The United States of Leland\n\n\nbreak up with Allen and does not want him to go to college with him. Brokenhearted, he holds up an auto repair shop and allows himself to be arrested in front of Julie. He is sent to the same juvenile hall as Leland, where he steals a knife (from Pearl) and kills Leland in the prison yard as revenge for what he has done to the Pollard family. Pearl flies to LA to reconcile with his girlfriend and reads Leland's final entries in his journal. On one of his return trips", "id": "12926541" }, { "contents": "Dragon Steel\n\n\npalace, she discovers that relations between the humans and dragons have deteriorated as a result of increasingly provocative actions on the part of the human king known as the Butcher. The reception at Sambar's court does not get any better, as Sambar is not impressed by Shimmer's news that she has defeated Civet nor is he mollified when Civet and the Keeper's mist stone are presented to him as gifts, as he covets Shimmer's dream pearl. Shimmer creates an illusionary pearl to hand over, but Thorn, not knowing what", "id": "18210463" }, { "contents": "Whipsaw (film)\n\n\nloss what to do, \"whipsawed\" as he calls it. He confesses to her that he is government agent; she reveals that she already knows. He then embraces her, but drops the mirror he was holding, revealing the pearls. He does not believe her protestations of innocence. Evans and his gang find Ed and Harry and force the story out of them at gunpoint. Then Evans, his associate Steve and Ed go to pick up the loot. Hearing the ruckus, Ross manages to toss the pearls out", "id": "2170967" }, { "contents": "Skyship Academy: The Pearl Wars\n\n\n\"transport energy\" used for transporting members of their race from their home planet to Earth. Afterwards, the brothers separate again. Jesse returns to the Academy, which heads to Eastern Siberia in order to set up a \"welcoming zone\" for incoming aliens released from the pearls. Cassius heads up across the Canada–US border, towards the Polar Cities, a group of cities on the polar ice cap, in order to regroup and figure out what to do next. While not strictly dystopian, it does include elements", "id": "5481797" }, { "contents": "Internal consistency of the Bible\n\n\n\"\"a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone\"\", and that \"\"faith without works is dead\"\". Protestants, with their belief in salvation by faith alone, have had difficulty reconciling these contradictory views. Martin Luther, for example, asserted that the Epistle of James might be a forgery, and relegated it to an appendix in his Bible (although he later accepted its canonicity - see Antilegomena). Some scholars believe that Paul and James do not contradict each other but", "id": "14671605" }, { "contents": "Religious views on masturbation\n\n\ncorrelative principles. For example, the Bible does not defend the use of marijuana, but different principles such as obeying the law, treating your body as a temple, not to be intoxicated, and to let nothing dominate us, everything this has a bearing on the issue and can therefore lead you to a \"biblical\" conclusion that marijuana use is a sin. During masturbation, two things happen: the person is selfish and she focuses on what is inappropriate. Since the Bible deals directly with these two domains, cf", "id": "3116163" }, { "contents": "Janko Tipsarević\n\n\nmentioned that he reads the Bible, although he does not believe in God. And that although he doesn't believe [in God] in present time, he feels the need to know exactly what is written in [the Bible] and not only to hear the details from other people. Janko is currently sponsored or was sponsored in the past by Tecnifibre, Fila, Oakley, Tennis Flex, Extreme Intimo, Trion:Z/Colantotte, Instaforex, Telekom Srbija. \"Current through the 2019 Los Cabos Open.\"", "id": "3537164" }, { "contents": "Symbolic method\n\n\nwith the properties What this means is that the following two vector spaces are naturally isomorphic: The isomorphism is given by mapping \"a'a\", \"b'b\", ... to \"A\". This mapping does not preserve products of polynomials. The extension to a form \"f\" in more than two variables \"x\", \"x\",\"x\"... is similar: one introduces symbols \"a\", \"a\",\"a\" and so on with the properties The rather mysterious formalism of the symbolic method corresponds to embedding a symmetric product", "id": "11214004" }, { "contents": "Food studies\n\n\nit would be foolish to try to define it or in any way circumscribe it, because the topic, discipline or method you rule out today might be tomorrow’s big thing.\" Qualitative questions that are wrestled with include: What impact does food have on the environment? What are the ethics of eating? How does food contribute to systems of oppression? How are foods symbolic markers of identity? At the same time practitioners may ask seemingly basic questions that are nonetheless fundamental to human existence. Who chooses what we eat and", "id": "13831093" }, { "contents": "Women in the Bible\n\n\ncome to the center, the poor boy makes good.\" She goes on to say these women conquered the enemy \"by their wits and daring, were symbolic representations of their people, and pointed to the salvation of Israel.\" The Hebrew Bible portrays women as victims as well as victors. For example, in Numbers 31, the Israelites slay the people of Midian, except for 32,000 virgin women who are kept as spoils of war. Frymer-Kensky says the Bible author uses vulnerable women symbolically \"as images of", "id": "17702762" }, { "contents": "Longnü\n\n\nhas unhindered eloquence and thinks of sentient beings with as much compassion as if they were her own children. Her virtues are perfect. Her thoughts and explanations are subtle and extensive, merciful, and compassionate. She has a harmonious mind and has attained enlightenment. However, the Buddha's disciple Śāriputra, a Sravaka, does not believe that a woman can attain buddhahood. In response, the nāga maiden offers a pearl to the Buddha, symbolizing her life and ego, and he accepts it. She then instantly transforms into a", "id": "20716853" }, { "contents": "Vanity\n\n\none of a reclining Venus. In his table of the Seven deadly sins, Hieronymus Bosch depicts a bourgeois woman admiring herself in a mirror held up by a devil; behind her is an open jewelry box. A painting attributed to Nicolas Tournier, which hangs in the Ashmolean Museum, is \"An Allegory of Justice and Vanity\": a young woman holds a balance, symbolizing justice; she does not look at the mirror or the skull on the table before her. Johannes Vermeer's painting \"Girl with a Pearl Earring", "id": "7613891" }, { "contents": "Serpents in the Bible\n\n\nSerpents ( \"nāḥāš\") are referred to in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The symbol of a serpent or snake played important roles in religious and cultural life of ancient Egypt, Canaan, Mesopotamia and Greece. The serpent was a symbol of evil power and chaos from the underworld as well as a symbol of fertility, life and healing. \"Nāḥāš\", Hebrew for \"snake\", is also associated with divination, including the verb form meaning \"to practice divination or fortune-telling\".", "id": "13450604" }, { "contents": "Symbolic speech\n\n\nopinion of the court, Chief Justice Warren wrote that while the First Amendment does protect freedom of speech, it does not protect all things that may extraneously be labeled 'symbolic speech'. As such, O'Brien's protest was not protected because the United States had a compelling interest in preventing the destruction or mutilation of draft cards. To help himself and future justices determine what may be protected under the free speech clause, he developed a series of requirements that laws must meet in order to stay out of conflict with the First", "id": "10217193" }, { "contents": "John L. McKenzie\n\n\nthe Bible?\", page 139. “The whole Christian thrust against evil in the Gospels is pretty much summed up under the main phrase—nonresistance. It never suggests that the Christian can resolve the problem of evil which we encounter by what we call resistance. I mean, of course, Jesus does not yield to it, but he does not apply violence to it. He suffers it.” \"Protest, Pacifism and Politics\", page 54. “The power of Jesus does not engage in fights;", "id": "15703376" }, { "contents": "Hayyim Angel\n\n\n, 2017), pp. 197–210. “Classical Commentators in the Contemporary Classroom: Rabbi Yaakov Blau on Topical Studies in Tanakh and Commentaries,” in Angel, The Keys to the Palace: Essays Exploring the Religious Value of Reading the Bible (New York: Kodesh Press, 2017), pp. 76–88. “Morality and Literary Study: What does the Torah Teach about Jacob’s Deception of Isaac?” in Angel, The Keys to the Palace: Essays Exploring the Religious Value of Reading the Bible (New York", "id": "21535934" }, { "contents": "Biblical Graduate School of Theology\n\n\nor deed\". This is what is known as \"first-degree separation\" (the \"refusal to associate with groups who endorse questionable doctrinal beliefs or moral practices\"), but does not go as far as \"second-degree separation\" (\"refraining from association or identification with groups or individuals who do not practice first-degree separation\"). BGST has not adopted the separatist stance of the Far Eastern Bible College, the other seminary in Singapore associated with the Bible-Presbyterian movement. Biblical Graduate School", "id": "6739493" }, { "contents": "Biblical accommodation\n\n\nBiblical accommodation is the adaptation of words or sentences from the Bible to signify ideas different from those expressed therein. Thus, if a sinner excuses his fault by saying, \"The serpent deceived me\", he applies the scriptural words of Eve (Gen., iii, 13) to express an idea which the sentence does not convey in the Bible. Similarly, a blind person might use the words of Tob., v, 12, \"What manner of joy shall be to me, who sit in darkness, and", "id": "8727982" }, { "contents": "Bible translations into Mongolian\n\n\n\"Bible Society of Mongolia\" to carry out a full Bible Translation Consultant check of the whole. After it had been translated into Mongolian, the Bible was machine translated into an interlinear literal in English so enabling consultants of \"Wycliffe Bible Translators\" and \"United Bible Societies\" to thoroughly check it against the Biblical texts and approved it for publication. It is widely available. This Bible does not mingle Bible belief with Mongolian religions, so does not use terms based on Buddhism or shamanism for God or key terms. The", "id": "12459821" }, { "contents": "Mormonism\n\n\nKing James Bible as its official scriptural text of the Bible. While Mormons believe in the general accuracy of the modern day text of the Bible, they also believe that it is incomplete and that errors have been introduced. In Mormon theology, many lost truths are restored in the Book of Mormon, which Mormons hold to be divine scripture and equal in authority to the Bible. The Mormon scriptural canon also includes a collection of revelations and writings contained in the Doctrine and Covenants which contains doctrine and prophecy and the Pearl of Great", "id": "945966" }, { "contents": "Coconut theology\n\n\nChrist existed in the Pacific, and missionaries simply provided the full understanding of his personhood. Ma'afu Palu argues that, instead, Jesus should not be taken too far from how he is revealed in scriptures. Another accusation by Palu is that this concept of the Pacific Christ does not focus enough on the cross. While the symbol of death is present in the coconut, there is not the same notion of suffering and salvation as there is in the bible. The Pacific Christ presented focuses primarily on Christ's role as a good", "id": "2701901" }, { "contents": "Jiang Xingge Reencounters His Pearl Shirt\n\n\nonly does what society dictates towards his wife and divorces her. This serves as an important part of the story, as later, his wife's favor saves his life when dealing with the judge. Even more, the judge is compassionate enough to understand the love between Wang and Jiang, and allows her to leave him, to return to her first husband. A 2004 Chinese television film \"The Pearl Shirt\" (珍珠衫), directed by Teng Huatao, was based on the story. It starred Sunny Chan as Chen", "id": "13289262" }, { "contents": "Peace symbols\n\n\nan olive branch, for example, the Golden Haggadah (about 1420). English Bibles from the 17th-century King James Bible onwards, which translated the story of Noah direct from Hebrew, render the Hebrew \"'aleh zayit\" as \"olive leaf\" rather than \"olive branch\", but by this time the association of the dove with an olive branch as a symbol of peace in the story of Noah was firmly established. The broken rifle symbol is used by War Resisters' International (WRI) and its", "id": "2858390" }, { "contents": "The New Church (Swedenborgian)\n\n\nbelieve that the word of God is in the Bible, which has a symbolic, hidden spiritual meaning. Swedenborg's visions told him how (and why) the Bible is divinely inspired and are described in his multi-volume \"Arcana Coelestia\" (\"Heavenly Secrets\"). He called its symbolic language, where passages follow each other coherently and logically, correspondence. This inner meaning was kept hidden, and was revealed when humanity was ready. This hidden meaning distinguishes the Bible from other books, and Swedenborg supports his", "id": "12909142" }, { "contents": "Eastern Orthodox Church\n\n\nChurch does not oppose honest critical and historical study of the Bible. In biblical interpretation, it does not use speculations, suggestive theories, or incomplete indications, not going beyond what is fully known. \"That faith which has been believed everywhere, always, and by all\", the faith taught by Jesus to the apostles, given life by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, and passed down to future generations without additions and without subtractions, is known as holy tradition. Holy tradition does not change in the Eastern Orthodox Church", "id": "10199373" }, { "contents": "Ethics in religion\n\n\nthought; that my looking should be an admonition; and that I should command what is right.” Islam is a way of life and it does not work in isolation. In a business practice for example, the Muslims are call to adhere good business ethical values, does not cheat, and does not charge interests to the buyers. Research has also observed how Islamic religiosity influences work ethics and business ethics. Jewish ethics may be said to originate with the Hebrew Bible, its broad legal injunctions, wisdom narratives and prophetic", "id": "12189797" }, { "contents": "Religious symbolism in the United States military\n\n\nwhen linked to the symbols might give the impression that the military is endorsing (or even \"establishing\") religion in general, or the specific religion or faith group for whom one particular version of the Bible is considered holy. According to news reports, the army's position is that official military symbols can only be used with the permission of \"The Institute of Heraldry\", which authorizes usage on publications of \"an official or quasi-official nature.\" Critics claimed that Holman Bible Publishers (owned by the Southern", "id": "11056192" }, { "contents": "Association of Free Lutheran Congregations\n\n\nThe AFLC headquarters are in Plymouth, Minnesota along with the Association Free Lutheran Bible School and Seminary. The AFLC logo is the open Bible that is symbolic of God's word as the foundation of faith and life. The Ascending Dove is symbolic of the freedom of congregation, and the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit. The Green Vine is symbolic of the living congregation bearing fruit for God. The AFLC was formed by 40 churches in 1962. The churches that formed the AFLC were members of the former Lutheran Free Church", "id": "20420786" }, { "contents": "Jewish holidays\n\n\nsymbolic casting off of the previous year's sins, during the afternoon of Rosh Hashanah. The Bible specifies Rosh Hashanah as a one-day holiday, but it is traditionally celebrated for two days, even within the Land of Israel. (See \"Second day of biblical festivals,\" above.) The Torah itself does not use any term like \"new year\" in reference to Rosh Hashanah. The Mishnah in Rosh Hashanah specifies four different \"New Year's Days\" for different purposes: The first ten days of", "id": "16336056" }, { "contents": "The Adulterous Woman\n\n\neventually no one remains. This story from the bible parallels Camus' thinking on Capital Punishment as outlined in Reflections on the Guillotine. Namely, that no authority exists which is capable of passing judgment on another human being because no person possesses absolute innocence. Contrary to the title, at no point does Janine commit any physical act of adultery. The adultery in question is symbolic and in her own mind. By the end of the story, Janine is only guilty of the thought but it is not clear if she will take", "id": "19813434" }, { "contents": "Bible prophecy\n\n\nthey see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom. Christian responses have been varied: Some of them that stand here (τινες των ὁδε ἑστωτων [tines tōn hode hestōtōn]). A \"crux interpretum\" in reality. Does Jesus refer to the transfiguration, the resurrection of Jesus, the great day of Pentecost, the destruction of Jerusalem, the second coming and judgment? We do not know, only that Jesus was certain of his final victory which would be typified and symbolized in various ways. Preterists respond that", "id": "4055905" }, { "contents": "Happy Days (play)\n\n\nsmall girl Mildred's (Beckett's original name for Winnie) sexual curiosity is genuinely disturbing. A mouse, in Freudian terms, is a phallic symbol and Beckett's protagonists often speak autobiographically in the third person. Also the doll wears a pearl necklet, as does she. It should not be taken from this that the terrified child (assuming the story is figurative) has become the frigid wife; she talks knowledgeably about sex and early drafts of the play even show how their sex life has dwindled over the years.", "id": "4893843" }, { "contents": "Computational theory of mind\n\n\nthe man in the room does not understand the Chinese conversation. This is essentially what the computational theory of mind presents us—a model in which the mind simply decodes symbols and outputs more symbols. Searle argues that this is not real understanding or intentionality. This was originally written as a repudiation of the idea that computers work like minds. Searle has further raised questions about what exactly constitutes a computation: the wall behind my back is right now implementing the WordStar program, because there is some pattern of molecule movements that is", "id": "7392206" }, { "contents": "Religious symbolism in the United States military\n\n\nthis process, \"there are numerous versions of the Bible available for order through official channels with government funds.\" Some civilian groups, like the \"Military Bible Association\", work to produce and distribute Bibles to military personnel as part of their mission statements. The Military Bible Association advertises that it has produced a \"Leader's Bible\" that is \"an update of the King James Bible created by \"military chaplains\": \"The Military Bible Association was founded to provide military men and women with The Leader's Bible", "id": "11056189" } ]

[ { "contents": "Here Comes the Boom\n\n\nHere Comes the Boom is a 2012 American comedy film directed by Frank Coraci, co-written, produced by and starring Kevin James. It was also written by Allan Loeb and Rock Reuben with music by Rupert Gregson-Williams. The film co-stars Henry Winkler and Salma Hayek. It was produced by Happy Madison Productions. The film was released in the United States on October 12, 2012 by Columbia Pictures. The film's title is taken from the song \"Boom\" by Christian nu metal band P.O.D. Former Division", "id": "12990790" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Rain Again\n\n\nis suspended, or major. So it's kind of a weird course. And of course that starts the whole song, and the whole song was about that undecided thing, like here comes depression, or here comes that downward spiral. But then it goes, 'so talk to me like lovers do.' It's the wandering in and out of melancholy, a dark beauty that sort of is like the rose that's when it's darkest unfolding and bloodred just before the garden, dies. And capturing that", "id": "14976514" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Boom\n\n\nTomatoes, the film holds a rating of 40% based on 95 reviews, and an average rating of 4.9/10. The website's consensus reads, \"\"Here Comes the Boom\" benefits from Kevin James's genial presence, but the film doesn't deliver enough laughs to live up to its title or enough satisfying plot to make up the difference.\" On Metacritic the film has a score of 40 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". In its opening weekend, the", "id": "12990800" }, { "contents": "Something (Beatles song)\n\n\na greater level of assertiveness regarding his place in the band, particularly while they worked on his compositions \"Something\" and \"Here Comes the Sun\". In addition, like Lennon and McCartney, Martin had come to fully appreciate Harrison as a songwriter, later saying: \"I first recognised that he really had a great talent when we did 'Here Comes the Sun.' But when he brought in 'Something,' it was something else ... It was a tremendous work – and so simple.\" The group", "id": "19018436" }, { "contents": "Here It Comes (song)\n\n\n\"Here It Comes\" is a song by the English band Strawbs. It did not appear on any of their studio albums, but it was included on two compilation albums: \"Strawbs by Choice\" and \"Halcyon Days\". Written by bandleader Dave Cousins, \"Here It Comes\" shows definite pop influences and a more commercial view to song-writing, a trait that would extend to the next single, \"Lay Down\". The B-side track \"Tomorrow\" is taken from the \"Grave New", "id": "13783636" }, { "contents": "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)\n\n\n\"...coming back to my room for \"another\" boom boom\". Although there was no music video for the original release of \"Boom Boom\", he did lip sync the song on various programs, some of which have been shown on YouTube. In addition, Lekakis appeared in an episode of an MTV program produced by Andy Warhol, \"Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes\", singing the song in 1987. In 2009, VH1 ranked \"Boom Boom\" #83 on its program \"100 Greatest One Hit", "id": "11321999" }, { "contents": "Maneater (Hall & Oates song)\n\n\nHall recalled, John had written a prototype of \"Maneater\"; he was banging it around with Edgar Winter. It was like a reggae song. I said, \"Well, the chords are interesting, but I think we should change the groove.\" I changed it to that Motown kind of groove. So we did that, and I played it for Sara Allen and sang it for her…[Sings] \"Oh here she comes / Watch out boy she’ll chew you up / Oh here she comes /", "id": "18562156" }, { "contents": "Hurricane (Bob Dylan song)\n\n\ncouldn't make the first step. I think the first step was putting the song in a total storytelling mode. I don't remember whose idea it was to do that. But really, the beginning of the song is like stage directions, like what you would read in a script: 'Pistol shots ring out in a barroom night... Here comes the story of the Hurricane.' Boom! Titles. You know, Bob loves movies, and he can write these movies that take place in eight to ten minutes", "id": "17809075" }, { "contents": "Here You Come Again (song)\n\n\nMann and Weil, and it was a rare example of a Parton hit that she did not write herself. The songwriting duo originally composed \"Here You Come Again\" in 1975 as a potential comeback hit for Brenda Lee, but when Lee decided not to record it, the song made its way to Parton, who was looking for something to broaden her appeal. Her producer, Gary Klein, who had heard the song on B.J. Thomas's recently released self-titled album, reported that Parton had begged him to add", "id": "17496693" }, { "contents": "Boom Boom Room\n\n\nBoom Boom Room were an English band which formed in 1985, comprising Andy Nakanza (vocals), Skid (drums), Inz (bass), and Lushi (rhythm guitar & bass). Lushi was also in a band called One the Juggler. They had one single in the UK Singles Chart, \"Here Comes the Man\", which entered the chart on 8 March 1986, and reached #74; it was in the chart for one week. The song was later covered by The Parlotones, appearing on", "id": "12417234" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Judge (Shorty Long song)\n\n\nTop 30 hit, peaking at #30. \"Here Comes the Judge\" was inspired by a comic act on \"Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In\" about a judge by Pigmeat Markham, whose own \"Here Comes the Judge\" - a completely different song - charted two weeks after Long's did in June 1968, and became a Top 20 hit. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 (11 weeks, entered June 1): Reached #8 \"Cashbox\" (9 weeks, entered June 1): 89", "id": "9891466" }, { "contents": "Mr. Happy Go Lucky\n\n\n, come out here, I want you to listen to something I wrote.' My reaction was, 'I'm having dinner. I had planned to play with the boys.' He said, 'It would really mean a lot to me.' So I come out here. He's out here by himself and he's got all the machines going. I came out here and he said, 'Help me write this song.' So we wrote a song and it wasn't very good. I", "id": "14799012" }, { "contents": "When the Sun Comes Out\n\n\n\"When the Sun Comes Out\" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ted Koehler, in 1941. It was introduced in 1941 by Helen O'Connell with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (Decca 3657A). Streisand recorded the song October 26, 1962, at Columbia's Studio C, some months before her first album sessions. This version, arranged and conducted by George Williams, became her first commercial single in November, 1962, with \"Happy Days Are Here Again\" on the A-side.", "id": "16146568" }, { "contents": "Tré Cool\n\n\nwas more of a party than anything else. I still scratch my head and say, 'How in the hell did they make it?' They used to practice in my living room here – a lot of the songs they did on Dookie. You hear it coming together, and you don't expect people are going to go out and buy it. But when it does, you just say, 'Wow that's so cool.'\" In 1998, after Green Day won a \"Moon Man\" Trophy", "id": "3200260" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Night\n\n\non this arrangement. Andy White and Tommy Scott performed backing vocals with Phil Coulter on keyboards. Drummer Ronnie Millings recalled that the band worked on the song at the studio with rehearsals lasting four days. [Billy Harrison noted that \"I remember sitting in Decca when Bert said he had this song, and he came out with \"Here Comes the Night\". He had a riff and that's all he had, and we sat and we worked on it, and we came up with what you hear. We worked", "id": "18429711" }, { "contents": "Backwards (Red Dwarf)\n\n\nn't come here looking for trouble, I just came here to do the Red Dwarf Shuffle\", an obvious homage to the 1985 Chicago Bears song Super Bowl Shuffle. Kryten and Rimmer think that the backwards world is wonderful, pointing out that when the second world war comes around again, millions of people will come back to life, and Hitler will retreat across Europe, liberating France and Poland. Lister though looks at the other side of the argument and states that in this universe St. Francis of Assisi is the petty-", "id": "5361800" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the King\n\n\n\"Here Comes the King\" can be heard at the end of the seventh inning during all St. Louis Cardinals home games and at different times during the game (mainly when the team is in a rally). During the period when Anheuser-Busch owned the Cardinals, it was played instead of \"Take Me Out to the Ball Game\" during the seventh-inning stretch. It is also played at St. Louis Blues home games. Saint Louis University also takes to playing the song during half-time of home basketball", "id": "4935225" }, { "contents": "Here I Come (Fergie song)\n\n\nKelly Smith of \"The Maneater\" thought that the song did not do The Temptations' sample justice, claiming that \"the classic gets butchered in the process.\" Mike Joseph of PopMatters writes that \"Here I Come\" and \"Clumsy\" use cute samples but they overall sound \"awkward and forced.\" In Australia, the song debuted on the chart at number forty on the issue dated February 10, 2008. The song rose fifteen places to number twenty-five the following week and reached its peak position at", "id": "9493769" }, { "contents": "Here Comes Your Man\n\n\nthat during the recording of the group's second album \"Doolittle\" he felt embarrassed by \"Here Comes Your Man\", but since producer Gil Norton really liked the song, the songwriter \"threw him a bone\". Norton recorded the band performing the song's backing track when Black Francis was not available. The song featured a different arrangement from previous recordings of the track, and Black Francis added another verse to it. \"Here Comes Your Man\" opens with the Hendrix chord, favored by Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago", "id": "14945443" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Judge (Pigmeat Markham song)\n\n\ncontained background vocals from future soul singer Minnie Riperton, who was credited as Andrea Davis when she was recording for Chess Records, the label which released \"Here Comes The Judge\". Songs with the same name have been recorded by several artists; most notably, Shorty Long, whose 1968 Tamla Motown song \"Here Comes the Judge\" also entered the UK charts in July 1968 but only reached 30 as its highest position. Long's song is completely different from Markham's, however it was inspired by Markham's comic act", "id": "19555722" }, { "contents": "Bhawani Mandi\n\n\nthrough this state. The town passes through lots of development when some of the richest families of the region were invited to come and settle here. This turned the ancient garrison into a bustling town and soon it became the principal market town of the south-east region. Not only did the economy boom, Jhalawar also became the first Indian town to have a municipality. This was quite an exceptional characteristic in area that was still in a completely feudal land. The state patronized music and drama in the early years and the", "id": "2491320" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Rain Again\n\n\nto the song came into being after an argument between him and Lennox while they were doing some songwriting in New York City's Columbus Hotel. The basic melody had already been written and Lennox looked out the window after their fight and noticed it was starting to rain. She announced, \"Here comes the rain again.\" The running time for \"Here Comes the Rain Again\" is in actuality about five minutes long and was edited on the \"Touch\" album (fading out at approximately four-and-a-", "id": "14976516" }, { "contents": "California, Here I Come\n\n\nrather than to Midway. The song is the theme song for \"California's Gold\". The song is played in the classic Sierra game \"Gold Rush!\" as the ship carrying fortune seekers comes to port in Sacramento. Richard Nixon, in a set of instructions he left in case he were to die in office, directed that \"California, Here I Come\" should be played \"softly and slowly\" at his funeral. When President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan left Washington, D.C. in 1989 to return to Los", "id": "454863" }, { "contents": "Crazy Nights\n\n\nWater\" is a song based on Kulick's idea and riff which came to him during the \"Asylum Tour\"; Simmons wrote the lyrics. The song was rarely performed during the \"Crazy Nights Tour\". \"When Your Walls Come Down\" is another song based on Kulick's riff that came to him during the \"Asylum Tour\". Stanley had the chorus and with Mitchell's assistance, the song was finished. The song did not come out well when played live, so it was only played a couple", "id": "19830617" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Moon\n\n\nComes the Moon\" are dated 25 February, the day after his 35th birthday. The song's nature-related theme matches that of much of his previous work, including \"All Things Must Pass\", \"Here Comes the Sun\" and \"Blow Away\". Due to the similarity of its title with \"Here Comes the Sun\", the song has invited interpretation as a sequel to that 1969 Harrison composition. Author Ian Inglis writes that the two songs differ significantly, however, in that while \"Here Comes", "id": "558696" }, { "contents": "Feels (album)\n\n\nhis since first hearing him play violin on a sun city girls record in the mid-90's. it was kind of just great luck that he was our first choice and that scott knew him and had recorded him a bunch, and that he lived in the seattle area. when i first asked him if he'd be interested his crucial question was what we wanted out of a violin part in a song. did we want it to stand out melodically so a listener would say, oh here comes the violin part, or", "id": "11185948" }, { "contents": "Here Comes Your Man\n\n\nwant to hear?' He said, 'Here Comes Your Man.' No way. We told them we would love to go on, only if we did the song 'Tame'. And they said, 'No, thank you.'\" The song makes an appearance in indie rom-com \"(500) Days of Summer\", where it is sung by the main character Tom Hansen in a karaoke bar, and \"The Simpsons\" episode \"Hardly Kirk-ing\" as well as \"", "id": "14945449" }, { "contents": "Here She Comes Now\n\n\n\" for LSD. Gerard Malanga and Victor Bockris, authors of \"Uptight: The Velvet Underground Story\", described the song as a \"rather pretty 4-line dissertation on the possibility that a girl might come\". Another common interpretation is that the song is about Reed's Ostrich guitar. The line \"She's made out of wood\" and Reed's habit of exclaiming \"Here she comes now\" before soloing on various live recordings and performances lend credence to this. Eddie Gibson of \"Music Review Database\" praised the", "id": "5887464" }, { "contents": "If You Leave Me Now (Charlie Puth song)\n\n\nwork, and in my opinion, the album is not perfect yet. However, it will still come out this year, and soon. But to make it up to all of you, here's the good news. I'm putting out a song I did with Boyz II Men tomorrow. And it's probably one of my favorite songs I've ever written. Love you guys and thank you for understanding,\" Puth wrote on Twitter a day before the song's release. Boyz II Men celebrated the collaboration on", "id": "18333321" }, { "contents": "McLemore Avenue\n\n\nRoad\", and I thought it was incredibly courageous of The Beatles to drop their format and move out musically like they did. To push the limit like that and reinvent themselves when they had no need to do that. They were the top band in the world but they still reinvented themselves. The music was just incredible so I felt I needed to pay tribute to it.\" All songs written by Lennon–McCartney except \"Here Comes the Sun\" and \"Something\", by George Harrison It was also released", "id": "7689203" }, { "contents": "Away from the World\n\n\nthe band did not complete that song. Violinist Boyd Tinsley said of the process: \"Some of the songs that you hear on this album, the basic tracks came out, like, the first or second time we played them. Dave would come in with part of a song. We’d get into the control room and we’d finish it, putting in a chorus or bridge here and working out arrangements. And then we went to the studio, and we just played.\" Roger Smith from Tower of Power", "id": "8567239" }, { "contents": "I Stand Alone (Godsmack song)\n\n\n2005 film . The song featured in video games Guitar Hero 5 and Rock Band Unplugged as DLC. The song appeared in the film Here Comes the Boom. The song was featured in theatrical trailer for the film Alone In The Dark, but does not appears in the film or soundtrack. \"I Stand Alone\" had two Grammy nominations for 'Best Rock Song' and, 'Best Hard Rock Performance' respectively. In an interview with him, Sully Erna said that the group's two Grammy Award nominations took the band", "id": "14931595" }, { "contents": "Evo zore, evo dana\n\n\n\"Evo zore, evo dana\" (English translation: \"Here comes the dawn, here comes the day\") is a Croatian marching song first used by Ustaše. It was written after the Black Legion's battle for Kupres in the summer of 1942. The Black Legion fought off the attack by the Montenegrin Chetniks of Pavle Đurišić and Tito's Partisans. The name refers to the time between the dawn and full daylight when the Black Legion (Crna Legija) surprised both forces with a counterattack that drove them out of", "id": "11598600" }, { "contents": "Here Comes Your Man\n\n\nproducer Paul Kolderie noted the group didn't want to record \"Here Comes Your Man\" for its demo \"The Purple Tape\". The group referred to it as \"the Tom Petty song\", according to Kolderie. Producer Gary Smith said, \"There was some reluctance to do 'Here Comes Your Man' because it was too pop, there was something too straight about it.\" When 4AD label head Ivo Watts-Russell handpicked the track listing for the group's debut release \"Come on Pilgrim\",", "id": "14945441" }, { "contents": "New York (Snow Patrol song)\n\n\nLondon studio. The song was featured in the \"Suddenly\" episode of \"Grey's Anatomy\", which aired on 5 January 2012. Snow Patrol performed it live on 9 January 2012 on American late-night talk show \"Late Show with David Letterman\". This song was also featured in Season 4 Episode 10 of The Vampire Diaries. Jon Young from Spin wrote that the somber \"New York\" calls out, \"Come on / Come out / Come here,\" to a faraway lover with persuasive fervor.", "id": "21009016" }, { "contents": "Here Comes My Baby (Dottie West song)\n\n\n\"Here Comes My Baby\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dottie West. It was released in June 1964 as the first single and title track from the album \"Here Comes My Baby\". West wrote the song with her then-husband Bill. \"Here Comes My Baby\" was the first song to be written and made famous by Dottie West. In 1964, Dottie West was trying to make it big in Nashville. She released a single the previous year called \"Let", "id": "628851" }, { "contents": "Here Come the Nice\n\n\nmisprint. The title of the song comes from the comedian Lord Buckley monologue, 'Here Comes Da Nazz' which was popular with the group. The record is also notable for its innovative ending – instead of the customary fade out, it uses a combination of studio effects to simulate the inevitable \"come-down\" from the speed \"high\". This was created by editing two elements together – the first element was created by using the variable speed control on the master tape recorder to slow down the playback of the", "id": "16145629" }, { "contents": "Here I Come (Fergie song)\n\n\n, a song written by Smokey Robinson and performed by The Temptations. The critical reception of \"Here I Come\" was positive, with many praising the use of the sample. \"Here I Come\" was moderate success in Australia, peaking at number twenty-two on the chart. It also charted in the United States and New Zealand upon its digital release. The song has been used in many commercials to promote products such as Dr Pepper. \"Here I Come\" was written by Fergie (credited as Stacy Ferguson", "id": "9493764" }, { "contents": "Here Come the Brides (album)\n\n\nbeing released on March 9, 2004. The band chose \"Shut the Fuck Up\" as their first single and recorded a video with director Paul Brown. The song was chosen as a protest against politicians discussing the war against terror. Despite the fact that the track was edited for radio, the song did not receive as much airplay as the band would have liked and the track failed to chart. Upon release, Here Come the Brides chart at number 92 on the \"Billboard\" 200 selling 13,694 copies. The band", "id": "19831105" }, { "contents": "Here Come the Drums\n\n\nComing Home National Tour in 2006 and nominations for seven ARIA Awards, although it did not win any. The album was two years in the making, is self-produced and self-written and marks a change of genre for the band. The making of the album started in October 2003 when the band won an ARIA Award for Best Dance Release with their remix of the INXS song \"Need You Tonight\". Band members James Ash and Steve Davis were happy with the acknowledgment, but they both wondered if they would", "id": "411522" }, { "contents": "The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand)\n\n\nsong entitled \"Something Different\". The butler then comes bringing in the cake. When she has blown out the candles her boyfriend Kingsley, comes to her, he wants to speak with her in the Japanese Garden (a garden filled with Japanese people standing in pots). While they are discussing marriage a man comes out of the bushes, grabs Terri and knocks out Kingsley. Then we see Frank and Ed, at the scene of the crime talking about the ransom note that they found. The demand is $1", "id": "11866776" }, { "contents": "Maneater (Hall & Oates song)\n\n\njaguar, hence the song line \"The woman is wild, a she-cat tamed by the purr of a Jaguar.\" (in the lyrics' context, the Jaguar in question is the car manufacturer) The song's chorus is \"oh, oh here she comes; watch out boy, she'll chew you up; oh, oh here she comes, she's a maneater.\" In November 2008, Hall & Oates initiated legal action against their music publisher Warner/Chappell Music. An unidentified singer-", "id": "18562160" }, { "contents": "The Parlotones\n\n\nsecond EP, Borderline Patrol, in late 2004. The EP was well received by national radio stations with their first hit-single Beautiful, charting successfully on 5FM. Closely followed by their second single Here Comes a Man, a Boom Boom Room cover, entering the Top 20. In April 2005, at a celebration for Cosmopolitan South Africa's twenty-one years of publishing, The Parlotones were invited to share the stage with eight bands. In order to \"stand out and be remembered\" and fit with the party", "id": "9313561" }, { "contents": "Kath Bloom\n\n\ntouring in 2009, and she enjoys performing now more than she did earlier in her career. Film director Richard Linklater discovered Bloom's music sometime in the early '90s and subsequently featured her song \"Come Here\" in his 1995 film, \"Before Sunrise\". Encouraged by Linklater's interest in her music, Bloom started writing new songs and released her first album in over ten years, \"Come Here: The Florida Years\", in 1999. A tribute album entitled \"Loving Takes This Course\" was released in", "id": "11126384" }, { "contents": "California, Here I Come\n\n\n-bye to the Motor City for jobs in Los Angeles. Phantom Planet credits Al Jolson and the writers of \"California, Here I Come\" for Phantom Planet's song \"California\", which was used as the theme song to the television series \"The O.C.\". The 2002 song, although not a complete cover, alludes to Jolson's song in its lines \"California, here we come / Right back where we started from\". The song is used as the theme song for the California historical travelogue series", "id": "454858" }, { "contents": "Rude Boy (Rihanna song)\n\n\nby Rob Swire and StarGate who co-wrote the song with Rihanna, Ester Dean, and Makeba Riddick. During an interview on the television show, \"\" in February 2010, Carr asked Rihanna about the song's lyrics, with particular emphasis on the line \"Come here Rude Boy, Boy, can you get it up?/Come here Rude Boy, Boy, is you big enough?\" Rihanna explained: \"When we wrote the song, it was kind of a freestyle ... I liked the West Indian influence that the", "id": "21822455" }, { "contents": "Magical Sentosa\n\n\na number of references to \"Le Lac Aux Images\", most of Kiki's friends and the laser-colored bubbles were actually from the latter. Although not considered a prominent character, the Merlion statue located behind the fountain comes to \"life\" when Kiki sings the last note of, Here Everybody Lives In Harmony, completely out of tune. The eyes of the statue emitted a green laser that shone down onto the fountain and when the song ends, it comes to take Kiki, who subsequently bids farewell to Mr.", "id": "10548027" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Moon\n\n\nKuppu Qulua, a property in Nahiku, near Hana. \"Here Comes the Moon\" was included on the 1989 compilation album \"Best of Dark Horse\", the content of which partly reflected Harrison's personal preferences by omitting some of his hit singles in favour of album tracks. This release contained an edited version of the song, with the track length reduced to 4:07. When Harrison's Dark Horse albums were remastered for his posthumous \"Dark Horse Years\" reissue campaign in 2004, an acoustic demo of \"Here Comes", "id": "558704" }, { "contents": "California, Here I Come\n\n\nAngeles, \"California, Here I Come\" was played as they boarded Air Force One. The song was one of many California related songs played throughout \"Sunshine Plaza\" in the original Disney California Adventure. The fight song of San Francisco State University, the \"State Victory Song,\" is sung to the tune of \"California, Here I Come.\" The song was sung during the Pageant of the Masters' recreation of Maxine Albro's \"California.\" The Pageant of the Masters makes \"living recreations\"", "id": "454864" }, { "contents": "Here I Come (Fergie song)\n\n\n\"Here I Come\" is a song recorded by American singer Fergie for her debut studio album, \"The Dutchess\" (2006). It was written by Fergie, Will Adams, and William Robinson, Jr. while the production was helmed by Adams under his stage name will.i.am. The song was released as a single in Australia and New Zealand on January 19, 2008. \"Here I Come\" is a hip hop and soul song. It contains a compositional sample of \"Get Ready (The Temptations song)\"", "id": "9493763" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Sun\n\n\nsuccessor to the song. In Japan, \"Here Comes the Sun\" was issued on a single in 1970, as the B-side to McCartney's \"Abbey Road\" track \"Oh! Darling\". While the Beatles never released the track on a single in Britain, new rules implemented to the UK Singles Chart in 2007 allowed any song to enter the charts based on download sales. This allowed several songs recorded by the Beatles to list on the charts when the group's back catalogue became available for download on", "id": "14031444" }, { "contents": "Touch Me (Rui da Silva song)\n\n\nbeautiful.\" He did however comment he did not remember the song from when it was a hit, a point reinforced by Dom Passantio of \"Stylus Magazine\", who called it \"easily the most forgotten number one of the decade.\" Island Records released their own version in 2006, re-recording it with the backing track for her album \"Come Here\". Information of the re-release was posted on her personal website. \"4 years after the track was originally number one, the track written and", "id": "22173602" }, { "contents": "Here Comes My Baby (Dottie West song)\n\n\nsong would bring in 1964. The song made it to number 10 on the Billboard country charts that year, making the song a national hit for West. That year, West won a BMI award for writing \"Here Comes My Baby.\" The next year, West made history when the song won her a Grammy for \"Best Female Country Vocal Performance\". West not only became the first person to win this type of Grammy award, but also became the first female country music singer to ever win a Grammy award", "id": "628853" }, { "contents": "California, Here I Come\n\n\n\"California, Here I Come\" is a song written for the 1921 Broadway musical \"Bombo\", starring Al Jolson. The song was written by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Meyer, with Jolson often listed as a co-author. Jolson recorded the song in 1924. It is often called the unofficial state song of California. Several attempts were made to designate \"California, Here I Come\" as the official state song of California, especially after a resolution passed by the California State Legislature in 1951 designated \"I Love", "id": "454850" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Sun\n\n\nfor MTV, Jocelyn Vena commented that the two singers sang \"in perfect harmony over a plucky guitar.\" Idolator also pointed out \"their beautiful harmonies\" as a highlight. Paul Simon has often performed \"Here Comes the Sun\" in concert, as a tribute to Harrison. In September 2014, Simon played the song live on the TBS television show \"Conan\" as part of the show's \"George Harrison Week\" initiative. George Benson covered the song on his 1970 album, \"The Other Side of Abbey", "id": "14031457" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Sun\n\n\nBeatles now had three formidable composers.\" In 1994, when BMI published its US radio airplay figures, \"Here Comes the Sun\" was listed as having been played more than 2 million times. \"Here Comes the Sun\" was played as the entrance music for Ivanka Trump at the 2016 Republican National Convention. The George Harrison estate complained about the song being used to support Donald Trump's presidential campaign, saying it was \"offensive and against the wishes of the George Harrison estate\". The Harrison family later tweeted:", "id": "14031449" }, { "contents": "Ian McGlynn\n\n\nGeorge Gallo, starring Meg Ryan and Antonio Banderas. In December 2009, Ian released an original Christmas song called, \"Listen to the Choir Sing.\" In the spring of 2010, Ian performed as an up-and-coming artist on the PBS show \"Legends & Lyrics,\" filmed in Nashville, TN. Ian performed three songs, \"How Did I Get Here?,\" \"Play Dead,\" and \"Listening In.\" Scott Dente of the band \"Out Of The Grey\" played acoustic", "id": "12233123" }, { "contents": "Kumbaya\n\n\nGordon, founder of what began as the Library of Congress's Archive of Folk Song, which became the American Folklife Center. The singer's name was H. Wylie, and the song was recorded within a few hours' drive of Darien, Georgia, although Gordon did not note the exact location. Between 1926 and 1928, Gordon recorded three more versions of traditional spirituals spiritual with the refrain \"come by here\" or \"come by heah\". One of these is a different song concerning the story of Daniel in the", "id": "12956472" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Night (David Johansen album)\n\n\nHere Comes the Night is the third solo album for New York Dolls lead singer David Johansen. Released in 1981, Blondie Chaplin (from Beach Boys fame) serves as the producer for the album (for Blondie Chaplin's writing contributions, his middle name William is used and he is listed as \"Bill Chaplin\"). Although Chaplin was a former Beach Boys member, the album and title song, \"Here Comes the Night\", does not have any relationship to the Beach Boys song, \"Here Comes the Night", "id": "9344230" }, { "contents": "Here Come the Nice\n\n\n\"Here Come the Nice\" is a song released by English rhythm and blues group Small Faces. It peaked at number 12 in the UK singles chart in 1967. It was their first release on new label Immediate after moving from Decca. The song \"Here Come the Nice\" is a psychedelic/beat song written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane. For reasons unknown the single escaped censorship, despite the fact that the song makes overt drug references and mentions the taking of \"speed\" (an amphetamine) a popular", "id": "16145627" }, { "contents": "Here She Comes\n\n\n\"For the Beach Boys' \"Here She Comes\" song see Carl and the Passions – \"So Tough\".\" \"Here She Comes\" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler for the soundtrack to the 1984 restoration version of the 1927 German film \"Metropolis\". It was released in 1984 by CBS Records, written by Giorgio Moroder and Peter Bellote, and produced by Moroder. Tyler re-recorded the song on her 2004 album \"Simply Believe\". The song charted highest in Austria, peaking", "id": "8883216" }, { "contents": "Come Back in One Piece\n\n\nmiddle\". He then said \"When she sang “Come Back in One Piece,” she did it like she really understood that all things, even DMX, are more complicated than they seem\". Bianca Gracie from Fuse felt that the song's usage of the groups Parliament song sample balanced out DMX's \"thuggish flow\" with Aaliyah's \"honey-sweet melody\". Quentin B. Huff from PopMatters praised the song saying, \"I like that the song doesn't try to wrap things up neatly with a", "id": "19997327" }, { "contents": "Here I Go Again (Mario song)\n\n\nappear in the actual game. From Contactmusic.com there are two different reviews one from Candice Finney that stats:\"This track is so funky and so much better than his first outing with “Let me love you”. Mario has come back with a sort of Michael Jackson style tune with hints of Usher’s “Bad Boy” track. I mean he can certainly dance like them\".What I love about this song is that it kicks ass, its pure R&B and he’s certainly a superstar when it comes to writing about his feelings", "id": "20052837" }, { "contents": "The Monkees Greatest Hits (Colgems)\n\n\n\"Alternate Title\"). \"She\" was released in Mexico and \"Shades Of Gray\" in the Philippines; however, they did not do as well as Mexico’s number one, \"(Look Out) Here Comes Tomorrow\" or Australia’s chart topper, \"(Theme From) The Monkees,\" tracks that were left out of this package. Also unusual is the complete exclusion of any songs sung by Mike Nesmith, who was still with the group at the time (the Nesmith-penned \"Mary", "id": "5439810" }, { "contents": "Love It to Death\n\n\nComing\" as a jab at the recently released track \"The Long and Winding Road\" with Phil Spector's elaborate production—the hyperbolic acclaim it received struck the band as if it were the Second Coming of a master composer on the order of Beethoven—as well as Ezrin's attempts to bring such production values to Alice Cooper's music. Ezrin did not realize the joke was largely at his expense. When recording the \"I wanna get out of here\" sequence of \"Ballad of Dwight Fry\", Ezrin had", "id": "1693164" }, { "contents": "The Fabulous Five (book series)\n\n\nSeeing as how she did very well in science at Wakeman, she can't figure out why she is not doing well here. She tries to be enthusiastic about her answers, showing initiative, and working carefully to ensure that each assignment or test is done correctly. However, she cannot catch a break from her teacher, Ms Finney. When a science fair opportunity comes up, Christie decides to go all out in order to show Ms Finney that she is a good student. She comes up with an idea that", "id": "12853011" }, { "contents": "Punch Out (Ugly Betty)\n\n\nin the categories of \"Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series\" and \"Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series\" respectively for the 2007 Emmy Awards. The song that is playing when Betty chooses clothes is \"Here I Come\" by Fergie. The songs that are playing when Betty's in the club are \"Glamorous\" by Fergie, Running Away by \"Space Cowboy\" and a dance remix of \"Grace Kelly\" by Mika. Mika would later rewrite one of his songs, \"Big Girl (You Are", "id": "6479104" }, { "contents": "Here Comes Your Man\n\n\nthe song. Critics saw \"Here Comes Your Man\" as the Pixies' breakthrough song; Jon Dolan of \"Spin\" magazine commented that it was \"the most accessible song ever by an underground-type band.\" The song reached number three on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Modern Rock Tracks chart. In 2019, the single was certified Gold in Canada. Black Francis recalled that he wrote \"Here Comes Your Man\" around the time he was age 14 or 15. Years later after the Pixies were formed,", "id": "14945440" }, { "contents": "Here She Comes Now\n\n\n\"Here She Comes Now\" is a song released by the American rock band the Velvet Underground in January 1968 , from their second studio album \"White Light/White Heat\". As the shortest song on the album, the performance and mix of the song are both considered simple and traditional, making it somewhat distinct from the other five songs on the album, all of which contain some degree of experimental or avant-garde elements in terms of sound. \"Here She Comes Now\" was recorded during the recording sessions", "id": "5887461" }, { "contents": "Here She Comes Now / Venus in Furs\n\n\n\"Here She Comes Now\"/\"Venus in Furs\" is a split single from the American rock bands Nirvana and The Melvins. It was released in 1991 and includes the songs \"Here She Comes Now\" performed by Nirvana, and \"Venus in Furs\" performed by The Melvins. Both songs are cover versions of Velvet Underground songs. The single was limited to 1000 copies and was available in up to 20 different colors. The cover art resembles the albums where each of the songs first appeared: the cover of The Melvins side resembles", "id": "8497494" }, { "contents": "Echoes in Rain\n\n\nsong \"Lazy Days\" did with the lyric 'and how it sails away' on \"A Day Without Rain\". 'Here comes another new day' precedes the chorus, which uses the phrase 'alleluia' to show the joy each 'new day' brings and shows the joy felt when back home. On 13 December 2015, Enya gave a surprise performance of the song at the Universal Studios Japan Christmas Show. On March 2016, she performed the song on \"Live! with Kelly and Michael\" and", "id": "1660965" }, { "contents": "Here Comes Your Man\n\n\nhe intentionally left out \"Here Comes Your Man\". Watts-Russell stated that he liked the song, but \"it felt just too obviously commercial and I didn't know what we were doing with [the band]\". Watts-Russell also felt it was too reminiscent of Mink DeVille's \"Spanish Stroll\". For a post-\"Surfer Rosa\" single, 4AD rejected another recording of the song; they later chose \"Gigantic\", with \"River Euphrates\" on the B-side. Francis reflected in 2004", "id": "14945442" }, { "contents": "Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles\n\n\nlargely to the instrumental work, there’s a satisfying amount of entertainment value on this release – even if major revelations are not forthcoming.\" The review also noted that, while Jones added \"style and panache\" to both jazz (\"Come Rain or Come Shine\", \"Makin' Whoopee\") and country (\"Here We Go Again\") songs, she sat out most rhythm and blues songs. A Barnes & Noble-exclusive edition has three bonus tracks: \"You Don't Know Me\" (", "id": "18749459" }, { "contents": "Here Come the Brides\n\n\n1970. The theme song \"Seattle\" was written by Jack Keller and Ernie Sheldon. Both Perry Como and Bobby Sherman recorded slightly different variations of the song. Como scored a minor hit, with his version reaching No. 38 in the U.S. Sherman's version, although receiving some airplay, was never released as a single. There is no reference in either version regarding the TV series title, i.e.; \"...look out everyone! Here Come the Brides!\" Starting with the series debut in September 1968 the series", "id": "19727202" }, { "contents": "Here I Come (Fergie song)\n\n\nnumber twenty-two a week later. It lasted a total of eleven weeks on the chart. In New Zealand, the song entered the chart at number thirty-nine on the issue dated March 31, 2008. It spent only one week on the chart. \"Here I Come\" was used in the ABC television series \"Ugly Betty\" on the nineteenth episode of season one, titled \"Punch Out\". It was also featured on the Fox television reality show \"So You Think You Can Dance\" on", "id": "9493770" }, { "contents": "Along Came Jones (song)\n\n\nhumorous ad-libs (e.g. \"there he go again, tyin' me up, same routine\" and \"here comes the train, here comes the train\"). The track features dubbed-in laughter and cheering from a \"live\" audience, and includes a brief quote from Rossini's \"William Tell Overture\" at the end. Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones (of Monkees fame) did a cover version with Monkees songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, on the album \"Dolenz, Jones, Boyce &", "id": "7764224" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Hotstepper\n\n\n\"Here Comes the Hotstepper\" is a song co-written and recorded by Jamaican dancehall artist Ini Kamoze. It was released as the lead single from his 1995 album \"Here Comes the Hotstepper\" as well as the soundtrack to the film \"Prêt-à-Porter\". It is best known for its \"na na na na na...\" chorus sampled from the Cannibal & the Headhunters cover of \"Land of a Thousand Dances\". The song was Kamoze's only song to reach the \"Billboard\" Hot", "id": "21110312" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Moon\n\n\n\"Here Comes the Moon\" is a song by English musician George Harrison from his 1979 album \"George Harrison\". Harrison wrote the song while on holiday on the Hawaiian island of Maui in February 1978. His inspiration for the composition was the appearance of the moon in the evening sky, just as the sun was setting. Although the lyrics focus on this natural occurrence rather than on the symbolism it suggests, in the manner of Harrison's Beatles track \"Here Comes the Sun\", the song is seen as a", "id": "558692" }, { "contents": "George O'Malley\n\n\nin what anybody thought publicly. I was interested in what was going on right here on the ground...with the people I work with every day. Did I do it perfectly? Of course not. This is my first television show. It was a learning experience.\" Knight said that Rhimes was among those for discouraging him to come out, however Rhimes said: \"I remember saying [to fellow executive producer], 'This is our proudest day here. T.R. got to come out and I got to say", "id": "9822688" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Sun\n\n\n, Sagan recalls that the Beatles favoured the idea, but \"[they] did not own the copyright, and the legal status of the piece seemed too murky to risk.\" When the probes were launched in 1977, the song was not included. The track has appeared in many critics' lists of the Beatles' best recordings. Among these, the \"NME\" placed it at number 4 in the magazine's 2015 list of \"the 100 Greatest Beatles Songs\". In a similar poll compiled by \"Mojo", "id": "14031447" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Judge (Pigmeat Markham song)\n\n\n\"Here Comes the Judge\" is a song and single by American soul and comedy singer Pigmeat Markham first released in 1968 on the Chess label.The record entered the UK charts in July 1968, spending eight weeks on the charts and reaching 19 as its highest position. The song originated with his signature comedy routine \"heyeah (here) come da judge\", which made a mockery of formal courtroom etiquette. Due to its rhythmic use of boastful dialogue, it is considered a precursor to hip hop music. The song", "id": "19555721" }, { "contents": "Anything But Joey\n\n\nThulium would continue touring heavily, taking short breaks to record a few songs here and there. In 2002, the band decided to change its name from Thulium to Anything But Joey (ABJ). With the name change came more success. Their song \"Girl Roommate\" became the most requested song on KRBZ 96.5 FM. With a local radio hit, Anything But Joey released a new album, \"Come Out Fighting\", in December 2002. \"Come Out Fighting\" also produced other fan favorites such as \"One", "id": "12015981" }, { "contents": "Here Comes Treble\n\n\nagreed to. After Jim returns, he tells Pam during the Here Comes Treble's performance, and they start arguing during the singing. When the group begins performing \"Faith\", Andy is surprised that Rob appears via video to sing the lead. The group mistakenly thought the song was to be dedicated to Andy, and they contacted Rob to sing it with them. The \"concert\" ends and Andy continues to argue with Rob as Rob halfheartedly apologizes for stealing Andy's song until Erin finally puts an end to the", "id": "3548368" }, { "contents": "Here We Go Again (Ray Charles song)\n\n\nand very quickly\". One source even claims that Steagall did not come to Hollywood until after Charles recorded the song. According to the sheet music published by Dirk Music, \"Here We Go Again\" is set in 12/8 time with a slow shuffle tempo of sixty-nine beats per minute. The song is written in the key of B major. It is primarily a country song, but contains gospel influences. According to Matthew Greenwald of Allmusic, \"'Here We Go Again' is a soulful ballad in the", "id": "9227846" }, { "contents": "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever\n\n\nA second version is evident in the piano-vocal score published in 1967. Here several vocal numbers from the above version are missing (\"Ring Out the Bells,\" \"Tosy and Cosh\", \"Don't Tamper with my Sister\"), as is the introduction to the song \"Hurry, It's Lovely Up Here,\" which is recorded on the cast album. Also, the Greek millionaire's solo, \"When I'm Being Born Again\" is given completely different lyrics (\"When I Come", "id": "21444390" }, { "contents": "Diné Bahaneʼ\n\n\nglowing hot disk from his back and hung it on the wall. \"Who has come here today?\" he asked the woman. She did not answer. \"From above I saw two strangers come here,\" said . \"Where are they?\" The woman remained silent. \"I know that two strangers are here,\" said , \"And I demand to know where they are.\" \"Two young men did come here,\" said the woman, \"and they claim they are your sons.", "id": "9512954" }, { "contents": "Come Over (Aaliyah song)\n\n\nreleased compilation album \"I Care 4 U\" (2002). The following year, a solo version was released as the third single from \"I Care 4 U\" in the United States. It reached the top ten on \"Billboard\"s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Ross Scarano from Complex Praised Aaliyah's Voice on the song saying \"Aaliyah's voice did longing so well. The lightness of her touch when stretching out and fluttering the final syllable of a word like \"over\" in \"Come Over", "id": "16781886" }, { "contents": "Here Come the Drums\n\n\n, Rogue Traders embarked on a national tour titled We're Coming Home, playing at various cities around Australia. They performed songs from the album, kicking off each show with \"Believer\" and ending with an encore of \"Voodoo Child\". It also previewed songs, including \"Better in the Dark\", \"What You're On\" and \"Shout Out\"(A) from their third album, \"Better in the Dark\" (2007). 2006 national tour dates (A) \"Shout Out\" was not included", "id": "411533" }, { "contents": "American Top 40\n\n\nbeginning of the song, and back announced once, its debut week. For the rest of its chart run, the title was never again mentioned. When 2 Live Crew returned to the top 40 in the Summer of 1990, with \"Banned in the U.S.A.\", Shadoe did mention that it was the follow-up to \"Me So Horny\". The song did come with edit out instructions for stations as well. Other songs around that time with edit out warnings were \"The Humpty Dance\" by The Digital", "id": "18098032" }, { "contents": "2016 Quaker State 400\n\n\nn't run, but we're back here in Victory Lane and what a great Saturday night.\" After a runner-up finish, Edwards said he \"thought I had him, too. He played it perfectly and he did it – he won at the absolute slowest possible speed he could. I thought he was out of fuel and that was that. I just appreciate the crowd coming out here, it's always neat to come to Kentucky. It's the site of my first win 13 years ago and it", "id": "2380122" }, { "contents": "California, Here I Come\n\n\n, which appears in his 1960 album The Genius Hits the Road. The four future members of ABBA performed a Wild West-themed version of this song for their first joint television appearance in 1970, on the SVT program \"Five Minute Saloon.\" In 1977 Tom Waits released \"Foreign Affairs\", featuring a tribute to the song in a medley titled \"Jack & Neal/California, Here I Come\". The Dutch rock group The Shocking Blue also had a song called \"California Here I Come\" on their", "id": "454852" }, { "contents": "Come Undone (Robbie Williams song)\n\n\n”, and further interacted with the audience when he brought a girl up on stage. The song managed to reach number-four in the United Kingdom, but it fell out of the top ten in its second week; however, controversy surrounding the music video kept the album on the charts. Worldwide, the single did not equal the success of Williams' previous single, \"Feel\". To date, \"Come Undone\" has sold 85,000 copies in the UK. These are the formats and track listings of major", "id": "4333146" }, { "contents": "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back\n\n\nday. However, they are soon interrupted in their work by the arrival of the Cat in the Hat. Sally warns her brother not to talk to the Cat, because he plays lots of bad tricks. She tells him not to let him come near. She tells her brother, \"You know what he did the last time he was here?\". But the Cat lets himself into their house to get out of the snow, and when the brother follows him in, he finds the Cat eating a cake", "id": "12789671" }, { "contents": "I Was Here (song)\n\n\npraising the song's \"simple backing music, and Beyoncé's flawless and beautiful voice.\" She concluded that \"I Was Here\" ends up being a \"standout song on the album [and] we won't be forgetting Queen B in a hurry.\" Spencer Kornhaber of \"The Atlantic\" was also positive, writing, \"Payoff comes on 11th song, the epically loping 'I Was Here.' Cameron Adams of the \"Herald Sun\" commented that \"I Was Here\" comes to \"a show", "id": "5042713" }, { "contents": "Before Braille\n\n\nSunset Alliance, a label owned and operated by Before Braille front-man Dave Jensen, this did not slow down or limit the band's success. Their follow-up EP, \"Cattle Punching on a Jack Rabbit\", welcomed positive reviews and Get Out Magazine listed a song from that album, \"Proventil\", as one of the best songs to come from a Phoenix band. Cattle Punching's follow-up album, \"Tired of Not Being Away From Here\", also received both local and national accolades", "id": "18187855" }, { "contents": "The Quiet Earth\n\n\nWhen he comes across live fish in a stream, Hobson concludes that the Effect did not penetrate water. He is startled when an electronic howling noise booms out across Lake Taupo from the far side. Hobson reaches an area of bushland near Turangi, his path blocked by a truck. Back-tracking, he finds the alternate route also cut off. Trying to work around the stalled vehicle, he is confronted by another survivor with a rifle. The gunman is Apirana Maketu, a Māori and a lance-corporal in the", "id": "11157744" }, { "contents": "Girls and Boys Come Out To Play\n\n\n'Girls and Boys Come Out to Play' or 'Boys and Girls Come Out to Play' is a nursery rhyme that has existed since at least 1708. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 5452. The most common versions of the rhyme are very similar to that collected by James Orchard Halliwell in the mid-nineteenth century: Other versions often put boys before girls in the opening line. Here are the melody for the first two lines. score lang=\"lilypond\" vorbis=\"1\"« »/score The verse may date", "id": "21272534" }, { "contents": "Made Up Stories (song)\n\n\ntwo kiss in the bedroom, but the song stops, and the girl goes over to the cupboard, presumably hearing a noise. The song then starts again, as numerous fans come out of the cupboard and rush out the room. The cheat also runs downstairs, embarrassed, but it is shown when he leaves the band were playing outside the house the whole time, and he runs away when fans come out the house. The girlfriend then comes to the door, only to see the band looking accusingly at her,", "id": "13033055" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the King\n\n\ngames. The SLU pep-band plays the song while the student section sings the lyrics. The tuba section of the Florida State University Marching Chiefs, The Royal Flush, plays \"Here Comes the King\" while entering any time that they perform as a section. Georgia Tech bands play \"When You Say Bud\" regularly at GT sporting and alumni events. The band first played the song in 1970 as a tribute to then-head coach Bud Carson, and the tradition has remained strong. \"Bud\" is played", "id": "4935226" }, { "contents": "Here Comes the Moon\n\n\ninspired the song. Leng notes signs of Harrison's \"Beatles heritage\", citing as one example the multi-layered backing vocals that Harrison and Winwood perform, which he says \"invok[e] the majesty of 'Because'\". Author Alan Clayson also comments on the song's 1960s references, including the vocalised \"oh yeah\"s and the subtle use of sitar drone. Harrison discussed \"Here Comes the Moon\" when he appeared as a guest, along with Michael Jackson, on the BBC Radio 1 show \"Roundtable\"", "id": "558702" } ]

[ { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\n& Reggie, and learn they are engaged. On their ride home, Archie says he believes it is wrong, but Betty thinks that he is wishing it was him who had proposed to Veronica. Archie then explains he is worried that the marriage is based on money only and will end badly, hurting both of his friends. Betty accepts his statement and they make up. As the next few months pass, Archie & Betty become two of the most popular teachers at Riverdale High, and as Betty's pregnancy advances,", "id": "4418595" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nspot. The two decide to move back to Riverdale, and Archie willingly gives up his thriving music career. The next day, while packing their bags, Cassie shows up at their apartment and tries convincing her to stay on in her job. However, Betty thanks her and says she already has a great future with Archie back in their hometown. Cassie wishes them well. Back in Riverdale, Archie and Betty temporarily move in with Archie's parents. Mr. Weatherbee has a teaching position available for Betty, and also offers", "id": "4418592" }, { "contents": "Archie Andrews\n\n\nall their lives. When Veronica Lodge moves to Riverdale, however, he switched his attention to her, making Betty both angry and jealous. She began competing with Veronica for his affection. In the comics, he sometimes thinks of Betty more as a close friend and confidant; he likes it that he can use her as a back-up when he does not have a date with Veronica. He dislikes it when Betty dates other boys, wanting her to stay available as his second choice. Now that Betty sporadically dates", "id": "12430619" }, { "contents": "List of Riverdale characters\n\n\nfeelings for Archie, in she ends up revealing to him. However, he does not reciprocate her feelings and decides to stay just friends with Betty, which causes minor temporary strain in their relationship. He instead is drawn to the new rich girl named Veronica, who had just moved to Riverdale from New York following the arrest of her wealthy billionaire father Hiram Lodge after he committed fraud and embezzlement. Elizabeth \"Betty\" Cooper (portrayed by Lili Reinhart) is the daughter of Hal and Alice Cooper, sister of Polly Cooper", "id": "7477366" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\n\"Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\" is an American comic book story by writer Michael Uslan and artists Stan Goldberg and Bob Smith that was originally presented in \"Archie\" # 600–606. In issues # 600–602, the story features a futuristic look into the life of Riverdale teen Archie Andrews in the years that follow his college graduation when Archie makes his ultimate decision to marry Veronica Lodge instead of Betty Cooper. In Issues # 603–605, the story switches and Archie proposes marriage to Betty instead of to Veronica. Issue #", "id": "4418564" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nalong a “friend” of hers named Henry who works with her. Ethel states that he reminds her of Archie as Betty rushes him out the door. On the eve of the wedding, Archie and Veronica discuss their future. The big day comes and everything seems to be going as planned, with all of Riverdale attending the wedding. Before the ceremony, Archie asks Betty to take a walk with him. He tells her that she was his first friend when his family moved to Riverdale and how he always enjoyed dating", "id": "4418572" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\n, Archie and Veronica tell Mr. Lodge, who accepts Archie as his future son-in-law as long as he works for Lodge Industries. Archie accepts while his fiancee plans the biggest wedding Riverdale has ever seen. Jughead later chastises Archie for not telling him his plan, and advised him not to go near Betty for a while, so that she will be able to get over with and move on. The residents of Riverdale are overwhelmed with shock that Archie finally chose between his two girlfriends, but also concerned with", "id": "4418570" }, { "contents": "Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again\n\n\nhe has a fiancée. Meanwhile, Archie also tries to keep Reggie, helped along by an uncharacteristically menacing Mr. Lodge, from evicting Pop Tate from his soda shop, under the pretext of expanding his gym. Hiram Lodge doesn't want Archie near Veronica and still thinks Archie is wrong for Veronica. Archie ultimately saves the Chock'lit Shoppe, though he loses Pam in the bargain, and decides to stay in Riverdale. Veronica and Betty and Jughead decided to move back to Riverdale. Reggie sees the errors and reconciles with his friends", "id": "20552323" }, { "contents": "Betty Cooper\n\n\n\"Riverdale\". Betty's infatuation with Archie, which drives her attempts to win his affections by whatever means possible, and her rivalry with her best friend, vocalist/keyboardist Veronica Lodge, have been among the longest-running themes in the comics. As known she doesn't manage to win him over·later on in the series there is an unexpected kiss which leads to turning points. She doesn't attempt to win his affection in the TV series, however, she does become upset when Betty, Veronica Lodge and Archie", "id": "12373903" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\n& Betty meets up with Jughead & Midge and are shocked to learn that they are now married, fearing that Moose will kill them. However, Moose, who is now the custodian at Riverdale High, has been practicing yoga and meditation and is less hot-tempered than before. Archie and Betty learn that Pop Tate is retiring and has sold the Chok'lit Shoppe to Jughead and Midge and it has been renamed \"Juggie's\". At the new Juggie's, the gang runs into Veronica (who returned from Europe)", "id": "4418594" }, { "contents": "Love Showdown (Archie Comics)\n\n\nlate. Upon finding her at Riverdale High he learns that Jason got on her nerves so much she almost gave him another black eye. Before he can tell her how he feels he gets distracted by a new girl, Savannah Smythe from Mississippi. Archie then gives her a tour of Riverdale High and tells Betty he will talk to her later. A sequel titled \"Love Showdown II\" was released in \"Betty and Veronica Spectacular\" #64 and \"Archie & Friends\" #79. After Betty and Veronica learn that", "id": "6859405" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nand Reggie to be the twins' godparents, while Reggie & Veronica ask them to be their best man and maid of honor at their wedding. After making some arrangements, Veronica managed to hire a jet for the gang and employed the nurses to take care of Archie's twins so that they can all attend their wedding. Reggie and Veronica marries. As Archie & Betty adjust to parenthood, life goes on in Riverdale. Jughead & Midge are soon expecting a child of their own. Mr. Weatherbee & Miss Grundy along with", "id": "4418597" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\n's choice. \"The New York Times\" would later reveal that the whole story is simply a fantasy and that the first half of the story would show Archie's life with Veronica, and the second half would show his life with Betty. \"The Proposal\" is Part 1 in the 6 issue story arc, in which Archie decides to marry Veronica. The night before the gang's graduation from Riverdale High, The Archies play their final concert and mourn the oncoming changes. Archie comes home and after getting heat from", "id": "4418566" }, { "contents": "Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica\n\n\non to co-write with him. The series received mixed to positive reviews for its lighthearted plot. In the story, Harley and Ivy accidentally switch bodies with Veronica and Betty. While Harley and Ivy try to stop Veronica's father from destroying a swamp in Riverdale, Betty and Veronica have to find their way back home while being chased by the Gotham City police and criminals. Continuing the trend of unusual crossovers between Archie Andrews and other characters in comics such as \"Archie Meets the Punisher\" (1994) and \"", "id": "2232813" }, { "contents": "Jughead Jones\n\n\nrare occasions, and eventually fell in love with her in the \"Life With Archie: The Married Life\" series where the \"Archie Marries Veronica\" stories ended with Jughead and Ethel's wedding. On the CW's Riverdale run, Jughead is in a romantic relationship with Betty Cooper. In 2016, Jughead's orientation was confirmed to be asexual in the stories of Chip Zdarsky (and later Ryan North and Mark Waid) for the \"Jughead\" comics as part of the \"New Riverdale\" line. Zdarsky said of", "id": "12431453" }, { "contents": "Betty and Veronica (comic book)\n\n\nwith but by 2008 the characters had reverted to their traditional appearances. At New York Comic Con in 2013, Archie Comics announced that Betty and Veronica would leave Riverdale in \"Farewell, Betty and Veronica\" written by Michael Uslan with art by Dan Parent, and that two new female characters would replace them. The six-issue arc, titled \"Farewell to Betty and Veronica\", was published from November 2014 to August 2015 through issues #272-277. \"Betty and Veronica\" was relaunched in 2016 as one", "id": "16117345" }, { "contents": "Archie Comics\n\n\nand Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released \"Josie and the Pussycats\", based on the comic of the same name. In 2003, Miramax announced that they were working on a Betty and Veronica movie, but the project was cancelled. In 2015, Archie Comics announced that they would be bringing Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead and the rest of the Riverdale gang to Broadway with an all-new musical. Adam McKay is set to write the book for the show while Funny Or Die will serve as a presenting partner", "id": "14994860" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nthe world in 80 days. Archie asks to speak with her privately and starts to reminisce about the day she moved to Riverdale, but she keeps interrupting him. Moose demands that The Archies play a few songs. The group thenentertain everyone with one of their hits, “Jingle Jangle”, then Moose starts a food fight that Jughead thoroughly enjoys. After the gang cleans up their mess, Archie attempts to resume his conversation with Veronica, but she interrupts him again to tell him she's moving to Paris after her trip", "id": "4418581" }, { "contents": "Veronica Lodge\n\n\nfor example being named the Most Popular Student in the Riverdale High School Yearbook) and make it into a full-blown situation aimed at increasing her already inflated ego. Her best school subject is economics, and it is implied that she will eventually take over her father's business. She also has worked as a fashion model. By the 1960s, Betty and Veronica join Archie's band, The Archies. Betty plays the tambourine, Veronica plays the organ, and both sing accompaniment. In the 2000s, Veronica appeared a", "id": "12317256" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nwhen the big day arrives. Shortly thereafter, Veronica goes into labor and he drives her to the hospital. Soon, Veronica delivers a pair of fraternal twins, a redheaded boy named Archie, and a black haired girl named Veronica. Time passes and Archie and Veronica move back to Riverdale and buy a minivan. Parenting is exhausting for both of them, but they lovingly raise their children past diapers and bottles. When the children are around three, the Andrews and the Lodges celebrate Christmas together. The children are sent to", "id": "4418577" }, { "contents": "Archie (comic book)\n\n\n. In issues # 600–602, the story features a futuristic look into the life of Riverdale teen Archie Andrews in the years that follow his college graduation when Archie makes his ultimate decision to marry spoiled rich girl Veronica Lodge instead of sweet girl next door Betty Cooper. In Issues # 603–605, the story switches and Archie proposes marriage to Betty instead of to Veronica. Issue #606 serves as the epilogue to the story and ties the previous six issues together. This two-issue arc follows Archie Andrews and Valerie Smith falling in", "id": "11503251" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nabout the engagement. The Andrews are very pleased with their son's choice of “marrying for love, not money”, while the Coopers are also very happy. Betty then tells them that they plan to have a small, inexpensive wedding at Pop Tate's. Meanwhile, Veronica cries on her father's shoulder, but he assures her that there are plenty of men out there and “things always work out for the best.” All of Riverdale is gossiping about the upcoming nuptials, and whether Veronica's fortune should", "id": "4418584" }, { "contents": "Life with Archie\n\n\nIssue #37 takes place a year after the tragedy. Kevin returns to Riverdale to be the guest speaker at a special ceremony, attended by everyone, in which Riverdale High's name is officially changed to Archie Andrews High School. The series ends on a note of hope as Jughead, Reggie, Betty, Veronica and Kevin gather at The Chocklit Shoppe and Jughead serves a chocolate soda to three kids who are seen a few times throughout the story ... a red-haired boy, a blonde girl and a dark-haired", "id": "18531293" }, { "contents": "New Riverdale\n\n\nComic Series of 2015\" award. In 2016 Archie Comics made a special edition of the first issue of the New Riverdale \"Archie\" series available as part of Free Comic Book Day. For FCBD 2017, a special edition of the first issue of \"Betty and Veronica\" was released. The first title in the company's \"New Riverdale\" universe, Archie was released with a July 2015 cover date and came in at #7 for comic book sales for the month. The next title, Jughead, was released", "id": "3552040" }, { "contents": "Archie Andrews\n\n\nthe best intentions, but often comes into conflict with Veronica's rich father, Hiram Lodge, and Riverdale High's principal, Waldo Weatherbee. As the lead vocalist and the lead guitarist of \"The Archies\", Archie performs with Betty and Veronica as well as his friend Reggie Mantle, who battles him for Veronica's heart, and his best friend Jughead Jones. Mary and Fred Andrews are of Scottish descent. Archie's paternal grandfather, Andy Andrews, immigrated to the United States from Scotland and befriended Moose Mason's Russian", "id": "12430617" }, { "contents": "Betty Cooper\n\n\n-average intelligence and is one of the smartest students at Riverdale High School, along with Dilton Doiley. In one story she won an award and was sent to compete in New York and has won numerous academic awards. At one point, she gained ESP when an encyclopedia accidentally fell on her head. This ability took away all hope for the future; Archie asked Veronica for a date, but Betty knew that Archie would dump Veronica for her. Betty lost her ESP power when a ball that Reggie kicked accidentally hit her", "id": "12373912" }, { "contents": "Love Showdown (Archie Comics)\n\n\nSpecial\") returned the love triangle to its former status quo. Desperate to get Archie back from Cheryl, the girls convince Ethel to disguise herself as a Pembrooke Academy student to convince her to stop seeing Archie. The plan backfires as it only convinces her that to be with him she has to attend Riverdale High with him. The girls then come up with another plan to break them up by making Archie jealous. Betty and Veronica invite Archie and Cheryl to go to Lodge's ski resort with them and plan to get", "id": "6859403" }, { "contents": "Cheryl Blossom\n\n\nin a typical Archie girl crush maneuver (looking dreamy, uttering nonsense). Unknown to Archie is that Betty and Veronica both think the other person did this to Archie, and they declare war on each other to win back Archie once and for all. Super Soakers, dirty dancing, and fraud are just some of the tactics that the girls use on each other. Cheryl returns to Riverdale, leaving readers wondering whom Archie will choose in the end. Cheryl has appeared in several comic book stories over the years, including", "id": "282800" }, { "contents": "Archie Andrews\n\n\nto terminate both storylines, without committing to which girl Archie married, and contains several flashbacks to the \"Little Archie\" days. The final issue (#37) is set one year after Archie's death. All his friends memorialize him and Riverdale High School is officially renamed Archie Andrews High School in his honor. The story ends with Jughead, owner of the Choklit Shop, serving a sundae to three children who resemble Little Archie, Betty, and Veronica. Montana's characters were heard on radio in the early 1940s", "id": "12430633" }, { "contents": "Betty and Veronica (comic book)\n\n\n. \"Betty and Veronica\", a new series taking place in their rebooted New Riverdale universe debuted in September 2016. The series was written and drawn by Adam Hughes. Stories center around the daily life in Riverdale, which includes school, sports, part-time jobs, and romance. Most stories usually feature the two young women as they fight for Archie's affections. On occasion, stories will delve into more serious subjects such as divorce or cheating. In 2007, a new realistic look for the characters was experimented", "id": "16117344" }, { "contents": "Cheryl Blossom\n\n\nmore extravagant lifestyle. She can be selfish and manipulative, sometimes plotting to lure Archie away from Betty and Veronica. There are stories where Cheryl is rude and condescending to the Riverdale \"townies,\" and sometimes only appearing as an antagonist to Betty and Veronica. Other times, particularly in the stories in her eponymous series, Cheryl can be kind and caring. She cares for her dog, a Pomeranian named Sugar, and rescues animals in need. In stories featuring Betty, Veronica, and Cheryl, Cheryl is usually the", "id": "282802" }, { "contents": "The New Archies\n\n\nThe New Archies is an American animated television series produced by DIC Animation City, based upon the characters by Archie Comics. The series, originally produced for NBC's Saturday morning schedule and broadcast in 1987, depicted the characters of Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, and other students of Riverdale High School as pre-teens in junior high. Archie produced an identically named and themed comic book series that ran alongside the animated series. In the series, Veronica uses the dialect of an", "id": "8137368" }, { "contents": "Chapter One: The River's Edge\n\n\nsecret concerning her brother's death. Veronica along with Betty's gay best friend Kevin Keller both think that Archie has feelings for Betty and persuade her to ask Archie out to the school dance - but things go awry when Archie, still hung up over his history with Ms. Grundy, leaves Betty feeling embarrassed and rejected when he does not respond to her confessions of affection. Sensing the tension, Cheryl ensures Archie, Betty, and Veronica go to her after-party, where, following a game of Seven minutes in heaven", "id": "13468701" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nBetty's well being. Veronica calls Betty and asks her to be her maid of honor. Instead of answering, Betty simply leaves the phone on her bed. \"The Wedding\" is Part 2 in the 6 issue story arc. Archie is preparing for his upcoming nuptials with his groomsmen. Meanwhile, Veronica is treating her bridesmaids to a day at the spa. Veronica is sad that Betty Cooper is not there, but Betty shows up at that moment takes up her position as Veronica's maid of honor. Betty brings", "id": "4418571" }, { "contents": "Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again\n\n\nthat, however, he returns home to Riverdale for his high school reunion and save his friend Pop Tate's diner. Archie and company are all now in their early thirties, with the trials and tribulations one might expect to have happened to such a group over the years: When Archie sees Betty and Veronica for the first time in fifteen years, all his old feelings for them come flooding back, threatening his engagement—and it doesn't help that the girls renew their pursuit of Archie, heedless of the fact that", "id": "20552322" }, { "contents": "List of Riverdale characters\n\n\n\"Riverdale\" is an American teen drama television series based on the characters of Archie Comics. The series was adapted for The CW by Archie Comics' chief creative officer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. The series features an ensemble cast based on the characters of Archie Comics, with KJ Apa in the role of Archie Andrews; Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, and Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones. The cast also features Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom, Ashleigh Murray as Josie McCoy, Casey Cott as Kevin", "id": "7477363" }, { "contents": "Kevin Keller (comics)\n\n\nbonds with Veronica and they become best friends. Archie Comics co-CEO Jon Goldwater explained that including an openly gay character is a way to open up the world of Riverdale and de-stigmatize homosexuality. \"Archie's hometown of Riverdale has always been a safe world for everyone. It just makes sense to have an openly gay character in Archie comic books.\" \"Veronica\" writer Dan Parent concurred, saying \"It shows that Riverdale is in the 21st century.\" Keller returned in \"Veronica\" #205 and", "id": "15892765" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nher, until Veronica came. Archie tells Betty that he loves her like a sister and asks her to promise to always be his friend, which comforts Betty. The wedding goes smoothly. Archie and Veronica become husband and wife as Betty looks on tearfully, but happily. At the reception, Archie and Veronica share their first dance, speeches are made, the cake is cut, and the bouquet is tossed. Betty catches it and walks away trying to hide her tears. Veronica catches up to her to make sure she", "id": "4418573" }, { "contents": "Archie Andrews\n\n\n-dated Dec. 1941). He is the only child of Mary and Fred Andrews. His father works as a mid-level business executive. His earlier life is revealed in the \"Little Archie\" stories when he had a dog named Spotty. Archie lives in Riverdale, where he attends Riverdale High School. Archie is a typical small-town teenager. His main crush is Veronica Lodge, but he is also fond of Betty Cooper, forming the love triangle driving many of the comic's plot lines. He has", "id": "12430616" }, { "contents": "List of Riverdale characters\n\n\n, half-sister of Charles Smith, the girlfriend of Jughead Jones, and the aunt to Jason and Polly's twin babies. Betty is a student at Riverdale High School and longtime best friend of Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Kevin Keller and new girl Veronica Lodge. She is also a River Vixen at Riverdale High, as well as an editor for the school's newspaper, The Blue and Gold. Betty's family life was very tense, as her mother was extremely controlling, which led to her sister having a", "id": "7477367" }, { "contents": "Life with Archie\n\n\nargue about the latter's father as they walk down Memory Lane, driving a wedge between the two. Meanwhile, feeling lonely and neglected, Betty calls Veronica and invites her to dinner. Veronica accepts, but forgets, because of a further quarrel with Archie, leading Betty to believe that she is unwanted, and should leave Riverdale. Moose holds his first press conference as a mayoral candidate, but fumbles over the most basic questions. Nancy and Chuck find themselves struggling to keep their comic book shop going despite the recession,", "id": "18531284" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\ngraduation, Veronica hosts a party at her mansion. Archie learns that Veronica is planning to work for her father's company in either London or Hong Kong. As for the rest of the gang, Moose Mason is going to manage his uncle's burger joint on Staten Island while his girlfriend Midge Klump will be running her own nail salon in Bayonne, New Jersey. Dilton Doiley is going to M.I.T. for his doctorate in quantum mechanics, Reggie Mantle will become a used car salesman in Atlanta and Jughead Jones will stick around Riverdale", "id": "4418568" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nto Betty or Veronica. Together both issues make up \"The Death of Archie\" storyline. The \"Archie Marries Valerie\" storyline was similar to the \"Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\" storyline, but had some major differences. For instance, Valerie was the one who walked up Memory Lane instead of Archie and she could see the future in portals rather than actually experiencing it. She sees a future in where she marries Archie, then they both quit their respective bands due to their touring schedules keeping them apart", "id": "4418604" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\ndown diner. Betty hasn't been faring well in the city as she's recently been laid off and her relationship with Henry has ended. Veronica announces that she is pregnant and asks Betty to be the godmother, to which she agrees. Two trimesters later, Archie and Veronica begin Lamaze class, which proves to be a slapstick disaster for Archie. One night when Veronica's ill, Jughead fills in for her replete with a pillow under his shirt and hilarity ensues. Despite all of this, Archie promises to be calm", "id": "4418576" }, { "contents": "New Riverdale\n\n\nin October. In April 2015, Archie Comics announced Betty and Veronica which debuted in July 2016. Josie and the Pussycats, and Reggie and Me, a five-issue miniseries, followed in September and December 2016. Early issues of \"Archie\" and \"Jughead\" included reprints of early original stories featuring the characters, introduced by the series' contemporary writer. Later issues had material relating to the \"Riverdale\" TV show instead. Each issue typically has several variant covers. Each of the ongoing series is currently being", "id": "3552041" }, { "contents": "Archie Andrews\n\n\nJason Blossom and Adam Chisholm, Archie shows a tinge of jealousy. Archie is married to Betty in Archie Marries Betty: Life With Archie series and is married to Veronica in Archie Marries Veronica: Life with Archie series. Archie often competes for the attention of Betty and Veronica with his rival, Reggie Mantle, and occasionally other boys. Veronica keeps Archie guessing, never letting him take her for granted. Betty, on the other hand, clearly lets Archie know she adores him. Archie chooses to keep fighting for Veronica.", "id": "12430620" }, { "contents": "Archie Comics\n\n\njust yet. In the early 1970s, a live-action special of Archie and the Archie characters was aired on U.S. television. In 1990, NBC aired \"\" (titled \"Archie: Return to Riverdale\" on video), a TV movie featuring Christopher Rich as a 30-something Archie Andrews who returns to his hometown for a high school reunion, and reunites with Betty, Veronica, and several other original comic book characters. In 1996, cable network Showtime aired \"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch\", a live-", "id": "14994854" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nin Miss Grundy's class the next day. Archie tells him he worries too much. As the two best friends walk home, he reads his part of the poetry reading, the last stanza of \"The Road Not Taken\" by Robert Frost. \"Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow\" is the epilogue that ends the series. After his experiences walking up Memory Lane, Archie tries talking about it to Betty and Veronica, but they are both too busy to talk to him. Needing to talk to someone about it,", "id": "4418599" }, { "contents": "Chapter Fifty-One: Big Fun\n\n\nhim closer to Evelyn and the Farm. Veronica learns that her parents are breaking up and turns to Reggie for comfort. Josie and Archie affirm their relationship (Fight for Me) much to Sweet Pea's dismay. Cheryl and Toni have a public altercation ending with Cheryl telling Toni to leave Riverdale High (Dead Girl Walking). Betty witnesses Kevin and Fangs taking part in a Farm ritual (Our Love is God) and takes proof to Principal Weatherbee who is revealed to be a follower of the Farm. Jughead learns that", "id": "7675878" }, { "contents": "Betty and Veronica (comic book)\n\n\n1942. \"Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica\" was first published on March 1950 and ran for 347 issues before ending in April 1987. The run additionally included eight annual publications published from 1953 to 1980. A new \"Betty and Veronica\" series launched with a #1 on June 1987. This volume ended in late 2015 with 278 issues (625 overall issues if you count volume one). Stories from previous issues of \"Betty and Veronica\" have been reprinted in Archie Comics' digest series starring the two females", "id": "16117343" }, { "contents": "Veronica Lodge\n\n\nVeronica Cecilia Lodge is one of the main characters in the Archie Comics franchise, including The CW's \"Riverdale\" and is the keyboardist and one of the three vocalists of rock band The Archies. The live action version of Veronica is portrayed by actress Camila Mendes in the CW show Riverdale\". Veronica Lodge is the only child of Hiram Lodge, the richest man in Riverdale, and his wife Hermione Lodge. She is called both by her name \"Veronica\" and her nicknames \"Ronnie\" and \"Ron.\"", "id": "12317238" }, { "contents": "Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica\n\n\nbodies with Betty and Veronica respectively. Catwoman, who happened to be at the gala as well, drives the unconscious Betty and Veronica back to Gotham City, thinking they are Harley and Ivy. The next morning, Harley and Ivy wake up in Betty and Veronica's bodies. They use their new bodies to infiltrate the Sweetwater project and stop it from the inside. To keep up their cover, they attend Riverdale High School and hang out with Betty and Veronica's friends. However, after their plans to sabotage the project", "id": "2232821" }, { "contents": "Love Showdown (Archie Comics)\n\n\nWhile working on the car, Veronica shows up for her date with Archie for the Lodge's Foundation Summer Charity Dance, and tells Betty she got tickets with the wrong date. After finishing fixing Archie's car, Betty goes to Pop Tate's and thanks to Jughead she learns that Veronica purposely had the false tickets made. Upon realizing this, Betty decides to crash the dance. While dancing with Archie, Veronica learns that Betty has come to the dance and is getting a lot of attention thanks to her dress. After", "id": "6859399" }, { "contents": "Jughead: The Hunger\n\n\nReggie's werewolf minions, has kidnapped Jughead's sister Jellybean. Betty and Archie reunite to help Jughead save Jellybean with the aid of the Coopers, who take out Reggie's minions as he and Veronica flee. Betty then convinces Elena to call off her men and leave the Jonses in her care. With the media pinning \"The Riverdale Ripper\" killings on Reggie and Veronica, the duo goes on the run and Jughead returns to a relatively normal life. Meanwhile, a reporter covering the case interviews Hiram Lodge, who is", "id": "4235684" }, { "contents": "Archie vs. Predator\n\n\nand his friends take a spring break trip to Los Perdidos Resort, an alien, trophy-hunting Predator touches down in the nearby jungle. Betty and Veronica get into a fight during a contest and attract the attention of the Predator, who follows them home to Riverdale. While targeting Veronica, the Predator also kills several armed people. The creature's picture is taken by Betty. Kevin Keller's father, a US Military General, identifies it as a teenager from a race of nearly unstoppable alien hunters. The Kellers organize", "id": "5922453" }, { "contents": "Sabrina Spellman\n\n\n. Sabrina Spellman appears in the first issue of \"Afterlife with Archie\" where she resurrects Hot Dog for Jughead. This starts the zombie apocalypse in Riverdale. She later appears in issue 6 where she is forced to become the bride of Cthulhu. In the crossover \"Archie vs. Predator\", Betty and Veronica go to Sabrina's house to ask for aid when Pop's murder by the Predator is connected to a knife Betty found on their Spring Break vacation. When Sabrina tries performing the spell, the Predator leaps into her", "id": "3466454" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nto run her father's fashion holdings. After this news, Archie decides to stop talking with Veronica and decides to talk with Betty instead. Archie reminds Betty of how they first met and were always friends, and said he can never fit into Veronica's high society world. Betty assumes he's going to ask her to “go steady,” but instead Archie proposes to her. Betty, in shock for a moment, jumps for joy and accepts. Archie and Betty kiss as Veronica watches in awe and disgust.", "id": "4418582" }, { "contents": "Archie Comics\n\n\n, and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa writing the series. It will feature Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Cheryl, Toni, Sweetpee, Fangs Reggie, Kevin,Josie & the Pussycats and all of the parents. In July 2015, the pilot was moved to The CW. In addition to the series offering a bold, subversive take on the gang, Aguirre-Sacasa has described \"Riverdale\" as \"Archie meets \"Twin Peaks\"\". The pilot was ordered by the network in January 2016 with filming set", "id": "14994856" }, { "contents": "Veronica Lodge\n\n\nwho had just come to live in Riverdale. In Pep #31, September 1942, Veronica was revealed to have lived in Boston before coming to Riverdale. Her father Burton K. Lodge was introduced as a 'big shot Boston politician'. In \"Archie Comics\" #1 (Winter 1942), another version of Veronica's emigration to Riverdale is depicted. In this story, Veronica was referred to as 'the elusive sub-deb' and 'that girl from New York'. Archie had never met this '", "id": "12317242" }, { "contents": "Bad Boy Trouble\n\n\nArchie the winner after the last round. Nick tells people about the fight, but lies and claims to have won. Dilton tells the true story at Pop Tate's, and everyone congratulates him for standing up to Nick. Betty tries to tell Veronica about Nick's advances, but Veronica accuses Betty of being jealous and refuses to listen. Betty sets a trap for Nick by agreeing to see a movie with him. Archie takes Veronica to the same movie, where she sees Nick kiss Betty. Veronica breaks up with Nick", "id": "3015424" }, { "contents": "The Archie Show\n\n\nRiverdale High School including: his best friend and food fiend Jughead Jones, wise-cracking Reggie Mantle, beautiful, spoiled-rich girl Veronica Lodge, and attractive, blonde, girl-next-door tomboy Betty Cooper. On the show, the friends appeared as a bubblegum pop band featuring Archie on lead guitar. \"The Archies\" had a real-life #1 hit single in 1969 with their song, \"Sugar, Sugar\", written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim. \"The Archie Show\" utilized", "id": "13376396" }, { "contents": "Cheryl Blossom\n\n\nshort-lived title \"Archie's Explorers of the Unknown\". She appeared as Blaze Blossom and would brief the Explorers on their missions. The character was reintroduced in the main continuity and back into Archie Andrews' life during the \"Love Showdown\" four-part series in 1994. During the series, Archie receives a letter from Cheryl which states she will be returning to Riverdale. Archie, infatuated with girls as always, decides to keep Cheryl's return a secret from Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge. He merely acts", "id": "282799" }, { "contents": "Betty Cooper\n\n\nThe limited series \"Betty and Veronica\", taking place in their rebooted New Riverdale universe, was published in 2017. Betty and Veronica also co-starred in: Betty Cooper (\"Bety Rosas\" in the Spanish version) is the third and youngest child and second daughter of Hal Cooper and Alice Cooper. Her older brother Charlie Cooper\" was given up for adoption and older sister Polly Cooper\"' has moved out of Riverdale, their hometown. Charlie moved to New York City and Polly to San Francisco, but", "id": "12373907" }, { "contents": "Families of Archie's Gang\n\n\nwidower Max Wells (who, unfortunately for Veronica, was the father of her new boyfriend Bryan, making them now cousins). First appearance: \"Veronica\" #110 Aunt Zoey is Veronica's truck driving aunt. She is a stocky woman with short black hair (with streaks of white and gray), and she is partial to plaid flannel shirts. She does not live in Riverdale, but she visits Veronica whenever her route may bring her into town. First appearance: \"Archie\" #656 (August 2014", "id": "10897401" }, { "contents": "Josie and the Pussycats (comics)\n\n\nseems attracted to Alexander. In 2010, she began an on-again, off-again romantic relationship with Archie Andrews, although her band's touring schedule often keeps her out of Riverdale and away from Archie (much to the relief of Veronica Lodge and Betty Cooper, Archie's other girlfriends). In the animated series, she is somewhat similar to Velma Dinkley from \"Scooby-Doo\" and they met in a 1973 episode of \"The New Scooby-Doo Movies\", \"The Haunted Showboat\". She", "id": "13558515" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nbe a factor. On the night of Archie's bachelor party at Pop Tate's, his groomsmen, Jughead, Reggie, Moose, Dilton, and Chuck express concern for Veronica and her place among Betty's bridesmaids. Meanwhile, Betty goes to the Lodge estate and asks Veronica to be her maid of honor, who promptly slams the door in her face. However, after seeing her so upset, Veronica agrees and tells Betty \"she won Archie fair and square\". Later that night, Archie and Betty go for", "id": "4418585" }, { "contents": "Families of Archie's Gang\n\n\nlooked like Archie's original jalopy. It was the car Artie had as a teenager, when he looked and dressed like Archie from the 1940s. His girlfriend (and eventual wife) Bernice was nearly identical to Betty as a teenager, so when Artie said he married her, Veronica was displeased. His best friend as a teenager was Curly, who looked a lot like Jughead. In Riverdale he passed away in Fred's junior year as shown in a flashback episode. Spotty is Little Archie's brown dog with black spots", "id": "10897357" }, { "contents": "Archie vs. Predator\n\n\nArchie's friends, and Jughead Jones is used as bait to lure the Predator, but the trap fails and the Predator kills most of the ambush party. Some members of the group decide to split up in hopes the Predator will continue to pursue Veronica, allowing them to escape, while Archie, Betty, Jughead and Dilton Doiley stay with Veronica. When the Predator attacks again, it kills Dilton and Jughead and critically wounds Archie. Betty and Veronica take refuge at Lodge Manor, where they hook Archie to an experimental healing", "id": "5922454" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nMarries Betty\" storyline, but was not a direct continuation on it. The series lasted from 2010 to 2014, ending with 37 issues. Issues 1-35 contained two stories each, the first story was \"Archie Marries Veronica\" and the second one was \"Archie Marries Betty\". The last two issues, on the other hand, were structured differently. Instead of having two stories both issues had one, but were twice as long as the others. Also, neither issue made it clear whether Archie was married", "id": "4418603" }, { "contents": "Families of Archie's Gang\n\n\n) Harper Lodge is Veronica's cousin. She is a teenage girl with long black hair with pink highlights. She visits Riverdale where she's considering attending Riverdale High. She is physically disabled and requires the use of a wheelchair to get around it. Veronica has had a number of purebred dogs and cats over the years. When she has a dog, it is usually a poodle. Some of these include Fifi and Lucretia, the latter having ended up in a romantic relationship with Hot Dog, much to her chagrin.", "id": "10897402" }, { "contents": "Chapter One: The River's Edge\n\n\n, during which Archie and Veronica succumb to their physical attraction to each other and make out, Betty leaves the house upset. Archie attempts to reconcile with her, but their relationship remains unresolved. Later that night, Kevin and Moose Mason stumble across Jason's body by the lake, where they discover that, contrary to Cheryl's previous claims he had drowned, he was actually shot in the head, shocking the residents of Riverdale. In the background, Archie's ex-best friend, Jughead Jones, begins to write", "id": "13468702" }, { "contents": "Joe Edwards (comics)\n\n\nArchie Comics\" #1 that same year, Edwards would go on to illustrate many adventures of the popular Riverdale high-schoolers Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, as well, working on them as recently as the 1980s. Edwards also worked on Super Duck, Captain Sprocket and his own creation Li'l Jinx, whose name was based on her birthdate being Halloween, the same as one of Edwards' sons, Ken. Li'l Jinx appeared in Pep Comics from 1947 to 1982, as well as the \"Little Archie\"", "id": "16923076" }, { "contents": "Blonde versus brunette rivalry\n\n\ntheir affection, Archie Andrews. As Archie's next door neighbor in the fictional town of Riverdale, the blonde and blue-eyed Betty Cooper is portrayed in the comic book series as a wholesome, popular, middle class girl. Her high school friend and chief competitor for Archie's affection is the vain, spoiled, upper class brunette Veronica Lodge. Despite their rivalry they remain good friends. Other comics have used a similar construct where two girls compete for the affections of a young man and the blonde girl is the \"", "id": "6098387" }, { "contents": "Betty and Veronica (comic book)\n\n\nBetty and Veronica (also known as Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica) was an ongoing comic book series published by Archie Comics focusing on \"best friends and worst enemies\" Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge. Betty first appeared in \"Pep Comics\" #22 while Veronica made her debut a few months later, in \"Pep Comics\" #26, as an immediate rival to Betty for Archie's affections. Together the pair form the female part of the classic love triangle which has become a staple of the comic series since", "id": "16117342" }, { "contents": "Families of Archie's Gang\n\n\nenvies the Lodge wealth a little, mainly because she wishes she could afford to buy Betty the nice things the Lodges buy for Veronica. Mädchen Amick portrays Alice in the CW series \"Riverdale\". In this version Alice is very strict and controlling with Betty, demanding only perfection of her. It is implied that this behavior started after Betty's older sister, Polly, had a mental breakdown after a bad relationship with Jason Blossom (although Betty says that Alice was the one who broke Polly; Jason only helped.)", "id": "10897368" }, { "contents": "Jughead: The Hunger\n\n\nand set out to find Jughead, who has gone on the run. They are backed by the Cooper clan of hunters and their leader, Elena, Betty's aunt. Meanwhile, Reggie, now a werewolf himself, turns other residents of Riverdale and recruits them to get revenge on Jughead. Following a battle with the Coopers, Jughead recovers and goes back into hiding as Archie decides he wants to be out of the hunt. Veronica Lodge slaughters Hot Dog and tells Jughead to return to Riverdale where Mr. Weatherbee, another of", "id": "4235683" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nPop Tate's Choklit Shoppe for a party. Reggie comments on how unlikely marriage is after college. Jughead is relieved at this statistic, but Archie seems optimistic and announces that he has finally made his choice between Veronica and Betty, but wants to talk \"to the girls first.” Upon entering Pop's, Betty asks Archie for a dance, but he has Veronica on the brain and Betty points him in her direction. Veronica, surrounded by a group of handsome young men, is telling about a graduation trip around", "id": "4418580" }, { "contents": "Josie and the Pussycats (comics)\n\n\npopular among readers, who preferred the traditional style. Its final appearance was in \"Archie & Friends\" #104 (December 2006). A Katy Keene revival replaced it (both featured alongside each other in the latter part of the manga's run), though it, too, did not last. On June 8, 2016 a reboot of the series was announced in the same style of the Archie, Jughead, and Betty & Veronica reboots as part of the New Riverdale imprint. The series is be co-", "id": "13558504" }, { "contents": "Families of Archie's Gang\n\n\n, in which she wins many awards. Smedley is often portrayed in the \"Little Archie\" comics. She was once left in the care of Little Jughead when Veronica, Betty, Reggie and Archie try to get their families to vacation together, ending in Betty and Veronica getting stuck at a cowboy ranch while Reggie and Archie go deep-water fishing. In one \"Little Archie\" story, Mr. Lodge told how he and Smithers were childhood friends, and Smithers Sr. was the family butler. Back then, Mr.", "id": "10897404" }, { "contents": "Life with Archie\n\n\n, a 10% pay cut for all is announced, worrying Betty, who is further frustrated when her husband suggests giving up his music career and living purely on her salary. Meanwhile, Archie is surprised by Mr. Lodge's appearance at a sold out show. Apparently, Veronica has been unhappy since Archie chose Betty over her, and has been unable to concentrate on her work at Lodge Industries. Hiram Lodge proposes Archie leave Betty to make Veronica happy, enraging Archie, who demands Lodge never reappear in his life again.", "id": "18531286" }, { "contents": "Midge Klump\n\n\nthan with the boys, though Veronica's constant bragging gets on her nerves. In the\" Archie Marries Betty\" storyline, which takes place in a possible future, Midge finally tires of Moose's jealousy and breaks up with him for good. She subsequently becomes close to Jughead (who now owns the Chock'lit Shoppe), and they soon fall in love. Later in the story, it's revealed that they're now married, and Midge is pregnant with their first child. In the Riverdale Rescue game, Midge is", "id": "2036956" }, { "contents": "Betty Cooper\n\n\n. The Black Hood and Robert Phillips aka. The Sugarman Betty's best friend is Veronica. Although the two are often involved in disputes over Archie or something else that evokes jealousy, they have remained friends. The two have commented that Jughead and Archie's friendship could not compare to theirs. In many stories, Betty and Veronica team up or help each other despite Veronica's jealousy and bitterness towards her. Betty's other female friends include Ethel Muggs, Midge Klump, and Nancy Woods, all of whom share common interests", "id": "12373916" }, { "contents": "List of Riverdale characters\n\n\nuntil his arrest. However, with the closing of Southside High, Jughead has returned to Riverdale High. He is a close friend of Archie Andrews and Betty Cooper, with whom he is in a relationship. He is also a member of the Southside Serpents, which he joined following his father's arrest, despite being advised against it, which he has yet to be reprimanded for. Hermione Apollonia Lodge (née Gomez) (portrayed by Marisol Nichols) is the wife of Hiram Lodge and the mother of Veronica Lodge.", "id": "7477371" }, { "contents": "List of Riverdale episodes\n\n\nfor a pilot. Filming takes place in Vancouver, British Columbia. The series debuted on January 26, 2017. The series features an ensemble cast based on the characters of Archie Comics, with KJ Apa in the role of Archie Andrews; Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones, the series' narrator, and Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom. On January 31, 2019, The CW renewed the series for a fourth season. The fourth season is set to premiere on", "id": "15287746" }, { "contents": "Cheryl Blossom\n\n\nCheryl Marjorie Blossom is a fictional character of the Archie Comics universe. She is a wealthy teenage girl, the privileged daughter of a businessman. The live action version of Cheryl is portrayed by Madelaine Petsch in \"Riverdale\". Cheryl Blossom was introduced in 1982 in \"Betty and Veronica #320\" as a third love interest for Archie Andrews, but she and her twin brother Jason disappeared two years later. In the 1980s, when a number of alternate universe series were published, Cheryl was a minor recurring character in the", "id": "282798" }, { "contents": "Betty Cooper\n\n\nwas thought by some people that Betty had chosen Adam over Archie. This event made Archie jealous and he concentrated his attention on Betty, ignoring Veronica, as he always does when he thinks someone else may take Betty away from him. Though in actuality, Adam has rarely been seen in the stories after that story arc, and Betty has continued to prefer Archie. In 2011, Betty Cooper was ranked 66th in \"Comics Buyer's Guide's\" \"100 Sexiest Women in Comics\" list written by Brent Frankenhoff. Betty", "id": "12373923" }, { "contents": "Love Showdown (Archie Comics)\n\n\nArchie to herself. During the duel, right after they fired their water guns at each other they accidentally hit Archie and Cheryl Blossom. Archie tells them that her family moved back to town and discover that she was the one who sent the letter to Archie. Upon having enough of Betty and Veronica's immature behavior, Archie chooses Cheryl over them. Although the publicity surrounding \"Love Showdown\" implied a resolution to the long-running Betty vs. Veronica dilemma, a 48-page follow-up story (\"Archie's Love Showdown", "id": "6859402" }, { "contents": "The Veronicas\n\n\n2006) featured the Veronicas in the feature story, \"What's In A Name?\", in which they meet Lodge, perform in Riverdale and spend a day there, as well as a card with a code allowing a free download of their single \"4ever\" in MP3 form. A few months later, \"Archie and Friends\" (No. 100) featured the Archies meeting the Veronicas. The next issue of \"Archie and Friends\" (No. 101) also featured the Veronicas, with Archie as", "id": "20787776" }, { "contents": "Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica\n\n\n's building site are foiled, they realize they want their bodies back after all. Meanwhile in Gotham City, Betty and Veronica find that they have acquired Harley and Ivy's superpowers along with their bodies. As they try to make their way back to Riverdale, the pair are chased by the police, other Gotham criminals, and Reggie, who thinks he is the real Joker thanks to his concussion. When Betty and Veronica return to Riverdale, Sabrina restores everyone to her proper body. Harley and Ivy reveal to Betty and", "id": "2232822" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nthe future and prefers to live in the present. The success of the Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty storyline led to the comic series, \"Life with Archie: The Married Life\", a similar storyline called \"Archie Marries Valerie\", depicting Archie marrying Valerie from Josie and the Pussycats, shown in \"Archie\" #631-634, and a six issue mini-series for the storylines tenth anniversary. \"Life with Archie: The Married Life\" was based on the \"Archie Marries Veronica/Archie", "id": "4418602" }, { "contents": "Families of Archie's Gang\n\n\nUnlike the Bee, Tony has a full head of hair (which he wears quite long) and sports a horseshoe mustache. Wendy \"WW (or Double W)\" Weatherbee, created by artist Fernando Ruiz and editor Nelson Ribeiro, is the creative and eccentric niece of the principal of Riverdale High School, Waldo Weatherbee. She first appeared in \"Tales From Riverdale Digest\" #10. At first, Veronica thought she was too quirky, but Betty liked her. She likes to call herself WW. She likes being", "id": "10897419" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nthey start to spend less time with his friends.One day, as Archie plans to go for a bike ride, Betty goes into labor. In panic, instead of an ambulance, Archie calls the water department. After a few obstacles, Betty is rushed to the maternity ward, and soon gives birth to fraternal twins; a red haired boy named Archie and a blonde haired girl named Betty. Soon, the Coopers and the Andrews arrive along with all their friends and colleagues. Archie and Betty ask Jughead, Veronica", "id": "4418596" }, { "contents": "Life with Archie\n\n\n. As Archie and Veronica prepare to leave for the reunion, Mr. Lodge reveals the non-negotiable offer he intends to make to Pop, and instructs the two to make said offer at the party. Meanwhile, Moose visits \"Ashram & Spa\" for yoga and anger management, where he meets Ilana, a blind yoga teacher. The two begin dating. Moose informs Ilana that he will commence working at Riverdale High as the assistant-custodian. Yearning for a boost of confidence, Betty calls ever-confident Cheryl Blossom", "id": "18531282" }, { "contents": "Stan Goldberg\n\n\nSol Brodsky may have been Goldberg's work. As comics historian Mark Evanier notes: Goldberg stopped freelancing for Marvel in 1969, and for three years drew the DC Comics teen titles \"Date with Debbi\", \"Swing with Scooter\" and \"Leave It to Binky\". Shortly afterward he began a decades-long association with Archie Comics, joining Dan DeCarlo, Henry Scarpelli and other artists in drawing the house-style misadventures of Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Reggie and the rest of the Riverdale High teens", "id": "7508826" }, { "contents": "Love Showdown (Archie Comics)\n\n\ngotten her edge back because he pushed her too far and then tells her to watch a video to learn new dance moves to dance circles around Betty. After memorizing all the moves on the tape, goes to Pop Tate's Veronica tells Betty that Mrs. Johnson's cat is stuck up in a tree to get her away from Archie. When Betty leaves, Veronica dances with Archie until he couldn't dance anymore. After Betty returns, the girls decide to have a super soakers duel at Pickens Park tomorrow and the winner gets", "id": "6859401" }, { "contents": "Families of Archie's Gang\n\n\n. In very rare instances, he professes an interest for Veronica, Cheryl's rival. However, a possible relationship with either of them is hindered by his clique's disdain for \"townies\". In \"Archie & Friends #145\", Jason and Cheryl tell the Archie Gang that they are officially at the age of 18. Although the two are rivals, Jason does seem to have a lot of respect for Archie and vice versa. In \"Riverdale\", based on the comics, Jason is portrayed by Trevor", "id": "10897412" }, { "contents": "Veronica Lodge\n\n\nArchiekins.\" Her level of interest in him varies, however. Mr. Lodge often has nightmares that Veronica and Archie will marry. In 2009, Archie Comics published a storyline that followed this possible future, marrying Veronica to Archie in one universe and to Reggie in another. Veronica's best friend (and sometimes arch-rival) is Betty Cooper, and the two enjoy countless activities and interests. However, they are also at constant competition for Archie's affections. Veronica is often jealous of Betty, and will go to", "id": "12317245" }, { "contents": "Jughead Jones\n\n\n, the name created by fans of the relationship between Betty and Jughead in both comics and the CW Riverdale. Betty and Jughead are canon, romantically, so far only in the Riverdale universe, though Archie Comics has introduced their sleuthing relationship and subsequent ship name (#bughead) into their run of Riverdale tie-in comics. Jughead was the drummer for The Archies. In one four-part story, which included many flashbacks of Jughead's life, Archie had commented that the reason he'd chosen the position of drummer", "id": "12431462" }, { "contents": "Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty\n\n\nbed and Archie and Veronica discuss their happiness, and says he would be just as happy without the money. Archie tucks his children to bed and reads them \"The Road Not Taken\" by Robert Frost in its entirety. Before wrapping up the rest of the presents, Archie insists on going for a walk during the first snow of the season. He and Veronica kissed and he heads out the door. He walks up Memory Lane and comes to the yellow wood and begins walking down the right fork in the road.", "id": "4418578" }, { "contents": "Veronica Lodge\n\n\nsociety dame', but kept daydreaming about her, and wrote letters to her he never sent. Archie wrote to her asking her to a dance in Riverdale, and the letter got sent accidentally; he really wanted to ask Betty Cooper, and was only daydreaming. Even after he realized he had sent the letter, he did not think she would really come. Veronica accepted the invitation, thinking that a dance would be fun. At the time she apparently lived in New York with her mother, and she begged Mrs.", "id": "12317243" } ]

[ { "contents": "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence\n\n\n. Adams forwarded Jefferson's letter to the editor of the Massachusetts newspaper, who wrote an article expressing reservations about the Mecklenburg Declaration without mentioning Jefferson or Adams by name. In response to this skepticism, North Carolina senator Nathaniel Macon and others collected eyewitness testimony to the events described in the article. The now elderly witnesses did not agree in every detail, but they generally corroborated the story that a declaration of independence had been read in public in Charlotte, although they were not all certain about the date. Perhaps most importantly,", "id": "12126298" }, { "contents": "United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\n\" of \"the Bible and the Declaration of Independence\" as the basis for their philosophies. \"As long as there remains a single copy of the Declaration of Independence, or of the Bible, in our land,\" wrote Garrison, \"we will not despair.\" For radical abolitionists such as Garrison, the most important part of the Declaration was its assertion of the right of revolution. Garrison called for the destruction of the government under the Constitution, and the creation of a new state dedicated to the principles of", "id": "13293985" }, { "contents": "United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\nwas a formal explanation of why Congress had voted to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. Adams wrote to his wife Abigail, \"The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America\" – although Independence Day is actually celebrated on July 4, the date that the wording of the Declaration of Independence was approved. After ratifying the text on July 4, Congress issued the Declaration of Independence in several forms. It", "id": "13293901" }, { "contents": "Independence Day (United States)\n\n\n, Americans celebrated independence on July 4, the date shown on the much-publicized Declaration of Independence, rather than on July 2, the date the resolution of independence was approved in a closed session of Congress. Historians have long disputed whether members of Congress signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, even though Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin all later wrote that they had signed it on that day. Most historians have concluded that the Declaration was signed nearly a month after its adoption, on August 2", "id": "4944850" }, { "contents": "United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\ncared who wrote the Declaration. But in the next decade, Jeffersonian Republicans sought political advantage over their rival Federalists by promoting both the importance of the Declaration and Jefferson as its author. Federalists responded by casting doubt on Jefferson's authorship or originality, and by emphasizing that independence was declared by the whole Congress, with Jefferson as just one member of the drafting committee. Federalists insisted that Congress's act of declaring independence, in which Federalist John Adams had played a major role, was more important than the document announcing it.", "id": "13293976" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Kent\n\n\na member of more town committees than any other Bostonian. After the Siege of Boston, Kent urged Adams to create the Declaration of Independence: In response, Adams assured Kent that the \"'Declarations in Words' of What is every day manifested in Deeds of the most determined Nature\" was forthcoming. On August 4, 1776, Kent wrote Samual Adams, \"It is GOD's doing the bringing about his truly astonishing and unparalled'd \"union\" the declaration of Independence.\" The loyalist Sampson Salter Blowers became Kent's", "id": "17209665" }, { "contents": "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence\n\n\nthe heading of \"spurious declarations.\" Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Allan Nevins wrote in 1938 \"Legends often become a point of faith. At one time the State of North Carolina made it compulsory for the public schools to teach that Mecklenburg County had adopted a Declaration of Independence on May 20, 1775—to teach what had been clearly demonstrated an untruth.\" In 1997 historian Pauline Maier wrote: When compared to other documents of the time, the \"Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence\" supposedly adopted on May 20, 1775, is", "id": "12126321" }, { "contents": "Sucre\n\n\nSucre contains many old and classic buildings: Built in 1621, it is perhaps the most important building of the nation. The republic was founded in this building by Simón Bolívar who wrote the Bolivian Constitution. The \"Salón de la Independencia\" houses the Bolivian Declaration of Independence. Built on the same year of the foundation of the Republic, it is the first and the most important historical, bibliographical and documentation center of the country. The National Library has documents that date from 16th century. Built between 1559 and 1712,", "id": "20517846" }, { "contents": "United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\nto moderate the document and appease persons in Great Britain who supported the Revolution. Jefferson wrote that Congress had \"mangled\" his draft version, but the Declaration that was finally produced was \"the majestic document that inspired both contemporaries and posterity,\" in the words of his biographer John Ferling. Congress tabled the draft of the declaration on Monday, July 1 and resolved itself into a committee of the whole, with Benjamin Harrison of Virginia presiding, and they resumed debate on Lee's resolution of independence. John Dickinson made one", "id": "13293933" }, { "contents": "Give me liberty, or give me death!\n\n\nwith life itself\". The Declaration is commonly cited as an inspiration for the United States Declaration of Independence by many, including the US Senate and it is possible that Henry knew of the Declaration when he wrote his speech. The motto of Greece is \"Liberty or Death\" (\"Eleftheria i thanatos\"). It arose during the Greek War of Independence in the 1820s, where it was a war cry for the Greeks who rebelled against Ottoman rule. A popular (and possibly concocted) story in Brazil relates that", "id": "997332" }, { "contents": "Vladimir Arsenijević\n\n\nfrom the Serbian southern province of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence, Arsenijević wrote a piece in support of the move while urging Serbia to recognize its secessionist province as an independent state all of which got a lot of reaction in Serbia. He ended his \"Politika\" column in March 2009. Arsenijević got hired to write a regular Saturday column in the Serbian daily newspaper \"Press\" from April 2011. The entry that garnered most reaction was his September 2011 piece about late Momo Kapor who had died a year and a half earlier.", "id": "15271980" }, { "contents": "United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\nof the Declaration became influential, seeing it as a moral guide to interpreting the Constitution. \"For most people now,\" wrote Garry Wills in 1992, \"the Declaration means what Lincoln told us it means, as a way of correcting the Constitution itself without overthrowing it.\" Admirers of Lincoln such as Harry V. Jaffa praised this development. Critics of Lincoln, notably Willmoore Kendall and Mel Bradford, argued that Lincoln dangerously expanded the scope of the national government and violated states' rights by reading the Declaration into the Constitution", "id": "13293993" }, { "contents": "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence\n\n\nAmerican Revolution, even those from North Carolina and nearby Virginia, had never previously mentioned it. He also found it suspicious that the original was lost in a fire and that most of the eyewitnesses were now dead. Jefferson wrote that while he could not claim for certain that the Mecklenburg Declaration was a fabrication, \"I shall believe it such until positive and solemn proof of its authenticity shall be produced.\" Jefferson's argument, Adams wrote in reply, \"has entirely convinced me that the Mecklengburg Resolutions are a fiction\"", "id": "12126297" }, { "contents": "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence\n\n\nthought so was John Adams, who like Jefferson was elderly and in retirement when the Mecklenburg Declaration was published in 1819. When Adams read Dr. Alexander's article in a Massachusetts newspaper, he was astonished because he had never previously heard of the Mecklenburg Declaration. He immediately assumed, as he wrote a friend, that Jefferson had \"copied the spirit, the sense, and the expressions of it \"verbatim\" into his Declaration of the 4th of July, 1776.\" Adams, who had played a major role in getting", "id": "12126295" }, { "contents": "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence\n\n\nIndependence, the two declarations had some very similar phrases, including \"dissolve the political bands which have connected\", \"absolve ourselves from all allegiance to the British Crown\", \"are, and of right ought to be\", and \"pledge to each other, our mutual cooperation, our lives, our fortunes, and our most sacred honor\". This raised an obvious question: did Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the American Declaration of Independence, use the Mecklenburg Declaration as a source? One person who", "id": "12126294" }, { "contents": "Roger C. Weightman\n\n\nthe Declaration of Independence, ever wrote was sent to Roger C. Weightman. It was a letter declining an invitation to join a celebration for the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The letter says: During the 1820s, Weightman was a member of the prestigious society, Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences, who counted among their members former presidents Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams and many prominent men of the day, including well-known representatives of the military, government service, medical and", "id": "2844994" }, { "contents": "United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\ninfluence on the words of the Declaration. English political theorist John Locke is usually cited as one of the primary influences, a man whom Jefferson called one of \"the three greatest men that have ever lived\". In 1922, historian Carl L. Becker wrote, \"Most Americans had absorbed Locke's works as a kind of political gospel; and the Declaration, in its form, in its phraseology, follows closely certain sentences in Locke's second treatise on government.\" The extent of Locke's influence on the American Revolution", "id": "13293944" }, { "contents": "Lithuanian partisans\n\n\nreinstated Lithuania should be a democratic state, that would grant equal rights for every citizen, based on freedom and democratic values. It did declare that Communist party is a criminal organization. The document of the declaration has survived and was preserved by the KGB. In 1999, the Lithuanian Seimas (parliament) formally recognized this declaration as Declaration of Independence. Juozas Lukša was among those who managed to escape to Western countries; he wrote his memoirs there and was killed after having returned to occupied Lithuania in 1951. By the early", "id": "13660429" }, { "contents": "Lemonade (Beyoncé album)\n\n\nthe album in \"The Independent\", Everett True wrote that it \"is fiery, insurgent, fiercely proud, sprawling and sharply focused in its dissatisfaction.\" Ray Rahman wrote for \"Entertainment Weekly\" that Beyoncé is way \"too busy putting out her boldest, most ambitious, best album to date\", declaring simply \"middle fingers up.\" Writing a review for \"Rolling Stone\", Rob Sheffield opined that she affirmed her \"superhero status\" with this album. Jillian Mapes of \"Pitchfork\" wrote that", "id": "13324177" }, { "contents": "United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\nmore influential, and its language was echoed in state constitutions and state bills of rights more often than Jefferson's words. \"In none of these documents\", wrote Pauline Maier, \"is there any evidence whatsoever that the Declaration of Independence lived in men's minds as a classic statement of American political principles.\" Many leaders of the French Revolution admired the Declaration of Independence but were also interested in the new American state constitutions. The inspiration and content of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789", "id": "13293970" }, { "contents": "Cunt: A Declaration of Independence\n\n\nShe wrote that the book was instructional on the commonalities between women. \"off our backs\" reviewed the book and columnist Michelle Lee wrote: \"This book has meant so much to me and has really helped shape who I am as a person and a woman.\" Lee placed the book within its context as an important work personally and generally to women: \"To me, this book is near-sacred, a veritable Bible of independent womanhood for myself and other young feminists.\" Lee concluded her review by observing", "id": "14902940" }, { "contents": "United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\nthe English language\", containing \"the most potent and consequential words in American history\". The passage came to represent a moral standard to which the United States should strive. This view was notably promoted by Lincoln, who considered the Declaration to be the foundation of his political philosophy and argued that it is a statement of principles through which the United States Constitution should be interpreted. The Declaration of Independence inspired many similar documents in other countries, the first being the 1789 \"Declaration of United Belgian States\" issued during the", "id": "13293905" }, { "contents": "Ducoudray Holstein Expedition\n\n\na \"Solemn act of the Declaration of Independence\" there they wrote: \"“The Spanish government has given us the most forcible proofs of its tyranny, its bad faith, and of its incapacity to protect and to govern us”\". In the same document they held the Spanish king responsible for treating: \"“us a subjects, as slaves; it has been deaf to our just and lawful remonstrances,”\" and later writing that \"“Fully impressed with these truths, we declare solemnly before the Almighty", "id": "7753502" }, { "contents": "Allan Octavian Hume\n\n\nthe consideration of what was most desirable in the interests of the public service\"\". The press declared that his main wrongdoing was that he was too honest and too independent. The \"Pioneer\" wrote that it was \"\"the grossest jobbery ever perpetrated\"\" ; the \"Indian Daily News\" wrote that it was a \"great wrong\" while \"The Statesman\" said that \"undoubtedly he has been treated shamefully and cruelly.\" \"The Englishman\" in an article dated 27 June 1879, commenting on the", "id": "15470742" }, { "contents": "Lee Resolution\n\n\nYesterday, the CONTINENTAL CONGRESS declared the UNITED COLONIES FREE and INDEPENDENT STATES. After passing the resolution of independence on July 2, Congress turned its attention to the text of the declaration. Over several days of debate, Congress made a number of alterations to the text, including adding the wording of Lee's resolution of independence to the conclusion. The final text of the declaration was approved by Congress on July 4 and sent off to be printed. John Adams wrote his wife Abigail on July 3 about the resolution of independence:", "id": "21455270" }, { "contents": "States of Brabant\n\n\nbecame the host of the States-General of the Netherlands, who used to assemble in Brussels. In 1579 and 1580, during the Eighty Years' War, most cities and States of Brabant joined Dutch independence declaration (Union of Utrecht and Act of Abjuration), but Spanish troops reconquered most of the territory of the duchy and restored Spanish Catholic rule (except for North Brabant. See also Siege of Antwerp (1584-1585)). By the end of 1789, the States of Brabant again declared independence, this", "id": "19345839" }, { "contents": "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence\n\n\nand their answers actually referred to the lost Mecklenburg Resolves. Unfortunately, by the time the authentic text of the Resolves had been rediscovered, all of the eyewitnesses were dead, and so no one could be asked to explain the existence of two different sets of resolutions. Advocates of the Mecklenburg Declaration have argued that both the Declaration and the Resolves are authentic. This argument was developed in the 20th century by Professor Archibald Henderson of the University of North Carolina, who, beginning in 1916, wrote numerous articles on the subject.", "id": "12126316" }, { "contents": "Lionel Albert\n\n\n. Shaw and Albert wrote a book entitled, \"Partition - The Price of Quebec's Independence\", in 1980, arguing that Quebec could and should be partitioned if it ever declares independence. (Specifically, they argue that the far north should be retained by Canada outright, and that the Outaouais, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, most of Montreal, the territory to the south of the Saint Lawrence River, and some borderlands with Labrador would likely remain in Canada following negotiations). Shaw and Albert also suggest that separation will never", "id": "14934995" }, { "contents": "Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence\n\n\nInterpreting this as a sign that Smith intended to declare independence if a majority backed it in the referendum, Wilson wrote a stiff letter to Smith on 25 October, warning him of the consequences of UDI, and demanding \"a categorical assurance forthwith that no attempt at a unilateral declaration of independence on your part will be made\". Smith expressed confusion as to what he had done to provoke this, and ignored it. When the \"indaba\" ended on 26 October, the chiefs and headmen returned a unanimous decision to support", "id": "3224009" }, { "contents": "Slovakia's reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence\n\n\n, but maybe even ten years, until countries can take a final position on Kosovo.\" Deputy Prime Minister Dušan Čaplovič said that by declaring independence without Serbian consent, Kosovo broke international law and created a precedent. During 2009 there were several statements regarding Kosovo from Slovakia, most notable were made by President of Slovakia Ivan Gašparovič who said that \"Slovakia prefers respect for international law, and therefore doesn't acknowledge independence for Kosovo.\" and by Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák who said that there is broad consensus across the Slovak Parliament", "id": "18682306" }, { "contents": "United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\na 1776 letter, \"If there be an object truly ridiculous in nature, it is an American patriot, signing resolutions of independency with the one hand, and with the other brandishing a whip over his affrighted slaves.\" In the 19th century, the Declaration took on a special significance for the abolitionist movement. Historian Bertram Wyatt-Brown wrote that \"abolitionists tended to interpret the Declaration of Independence as a theological as well as a political document\". Abolitionist leaders Benjamin Lundy and William Lloyd Garrison adopted the \"twin rocks", "id": "13293984" }, { "contents": "United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\nPauline Maier, Douglas's interpretation was more historically accurate, but Lincoln's view ultimately prevailed. \"In Lincoln's hands,\" wrote Maier, \"the Declaration of Independence became first and foremost a living document\" with \"a set of goals to be realized over time\". Like Daniel Webster, James Wilson, and Joseph Story before him, Lincoln argued that the Declaration of Independence was a founding document of the United States, and that this had important implications for interpreting the Constitution, which had been ratified more than", "id": "13293991" }, { "contents": "North Carolina General Assembly\n\n\napproved the first constitution (1776). With the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the United States became an independent nation with very different legislatures in each part of the colony. Because of the history of distrust of the executive, the constitution firmly established the General Assembly, as it was now called, as the most powerful organ of the state. The bicameral legislature, whose members would all be elected by the people, would itself elect all the officers of the executive and judicial branches. As William S. Powell wrote", "id": "1581902" }, { "contents": "United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\nwas signed by Congress is dated July 4, 1776. The signatures of fifty-six delegates are affixed; however, the exact date when each person signed it has long been the subject of debate. Jefferson, Franklin, and Adams all wrote that the Declaration had been signed by Congress on July 4. But in 1796, signer Thomas McKean disputed that the Declaration had been signed on July 4, pointing out that some signers were not then present, including several who were not even elected to Congress until after that date", "id": "13293949" }, { "contents": "Dual revolution\n\n\nideas of Enlightenment Philosophers, most prominently Rousseau and his social contract, the National assembly, those who had sworn the tennis court oath, published the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. The Declaration of the Rights of Man was very much an expression of Enlightenment ideals. A major portion of the Declaration was dedicated to the natural rights of man. According to the Declaration every man is entitled to life, liberty and property. This is a reflection of the beliefs of John Locke who wrote the 2nd treatise of civil", "id": "15940990" }, { "contents": "1980 Angolan legislative election\n\n\nof taking Luanda before the declaration of independence. In response, Cuba intervened in favor of the MPLA, which became a flash point for the Cold War. With Cuban support, the MPLA held Luanda and declared independence on 11 November 1975, with Agostinho Neto becoming the first president, though the civil war continued. At this time, most of the half-million Portuguese who lived in Angola – and who had accounted for the majority of the skilled workers in public administration, agriculture, industries and trade – fled the country", "id": "8560700" }, { "contents": "Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence\n\n\n. The British and Rhodesians exchanged often confrontational letters for the next few months. Alluding to the British financial aid pledged to Salisbury as part of the Federal dissolution arrangements, Wilson's High Commissioner in Salisbury, J B Johnston, wrote to the Rhodesian Cabinet Secretary Gerald B Clarke on 23 December that \"talk of a unilateral declaration of independence is bound to throw a shadow of uncertainty on the future financial relations between the two governments\". Smith was furious, seeing this as blackmail, and on 13 January 1965 wrote to Wilson", "id": "3224013" }, { "contents": "Qian Liu\n\n\nterm intermittent warfare between Wu and Wuyue. However, even though Yang Longyan and Xu Wen both repeatedly wrote Qian to urge him to declare independence from Later Liang, Qian refused. However, he also took no action when Zhu Youzhen ordered him to attack Liu Yan, who controlled the modern Guangdong and Guangxi region and who had recently declared himself the emperor of a new state of Southern Han. Subsequently, in 920, Wu further returned Qian Yi, who had been captured in 904 and continuously held, to Wuyue, while", "id": "18608876" }, { "contents": "Ravindra Kelekar\n\n\nwas declared a separate state. After Goa's independence, Kelekar took to literary activism, in the form of getting his native Konkani language its due status as an independent language, rather than as just a dialect of Marathi. He was compared favourably with pioneers in the Konkani literary movement, such as Shenoi Goembab. During this period, he wrote some of his most important works promoting the Konkani language, including \"Aamchi Bhas Konkanich\" (1962), a dialogue revealing the importance of Konkani to the common man on the", "id": "18763157" }, { "contents": "Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\non July 4 as is commonly believed. The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, with 12 of the 13 colonies voting in favor and New York abstaining. The date that the Declaration was signed has long been the subject of debate. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams all wrote that it was signed by Congress on the day when it was adopted on July 4, 1776. That assertion is seemingly confirmed by the signed copy of the Declaration, which is dated July 4", "id": "19809528" }, { "contents": "Independence\n\n\nof independence which has been granted by an overseeing authority that itself still retains ultimate authority over that territory (see Devolution). A protectorate refers to an autonomous region that depends upon a larger government for its protection as an autonomous region. Sometimes, a state wishing to achieve independence from a dominating power will issue a declaration of independence; the earliest surviving example is Scotland's Declaration of Arbroath in 1320, with the most recent example being Azawad's declaration of independence in 2012. Declaring independence and attaining it however, are quite", "id": "16100323" }, { "contents": "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence\n\n\nAlexander wrote that he had been the secretary at the meeting, but others recalled that Ephraim Brevard had been the secretary. Alexander wrote that his kinsman Adam Alexander had issued the order for the meeting to be convened, but William Polk and other eyewitnesses insisted that Thomas Polk had called the meeting. Abraham Alexander is said to have chaired the meeting. After 1819, people in North Carolina (and Tennessee, which shared an early history) began to take pride in the previously unheralded Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. Before then, Virginia", "id": "12126302" }, { "contents": "Bolivian Declaration of Independence\n\n\nAssembly convened anew in Chuquisaca on 9 July 1825. It concluded with the determination of the complete independence of Upper Peru, in the form of a republic, for the sovereignty of its children. Finally, the president of the Assembly - José Mariano Serrano - and a commission wrote the \"Act of Independence\", which bears the date 6 August 1825 in honor of the Battle of Junín won by Bolívar in Peru, whose introduction states as follows: Independence was declared by 7 representatives from Charcas, 14 from Potosí, 12", "id": "1263404" }, { "contents": "American (word)\n\n\nnew survey of the West India's\". In English, \"American\" was used especially for people in the British America. Samuel Johnson, the leading English lexicographer, wrote in 1775, before the United States declared independence: \"That the Americans are able to bear taxation is indubitable.\" The Declaration of Independence of July 1776 refers to \"[the] unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America\" adopted by the \"Representatives of the United States of America\" on July 4, 1776. The official", "id": "1252163" }, { "contents": "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence\n\n\nThe Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is a text published in 1819 with the claim that it was the first declaration of independence made in the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution. It was supposedly signed on May 20, 1775, in Charlotte, North Carolina, by a committee of citizens of Mecklenburg County, who declared independence from Great Britain after hearing of the battle of Lexington. If the story is true, the Mecklenburg Declaration preceded the United States Declaration of Independence by more than a year. The authenticity of the Mecklenburg Declaration has", "id": "12126286" }, { "contents": "United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\n-four delegates signed the Declaration on July 4, and the others signed on or after August 2. Historians who reject a July 4 signing maintain that most delegates signed on August 2, and that those eventual signers who were not present added their names later. Two future U.S. presidents were among the signatories: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. The most famous signature on the engrossed copy is that of John Hancock, who presumably signed first as President of Congress. Hancock's large, flamboyant signature became iconic, and the term", "id": "13293952" }, { "contents": "Ravindra Kelekar\n\n\n1967, with Goa retaining its separate identity albeit as a union territory. Goa retained this status until 1987, when it was declared a separate state. After Goa's independence, Kelekar took to literary activism, in the form of getting his native Konkani language its due status as an independent language, rather than as just a dialect of Marathi. He was compared favourably with pioneers in the Konkani literary movement, such as Shenoi Goembab.[13] During this period, he wrote some of his most important works promoting the Konkani language,", "id": "18763168" }, { "contents": "Sheffield Declaration\n\n\nby a committee of eleven local citizens: Deacon Silas Kellog, Col. John Ashley (committee moderator), Dr. Lemuel Bernard, Aaron Root, Major John Fellows, Philip Callender, Capt. William Day, Deacon Ebenezer Smith, Capt. Daniel Austin, Capt. Stephen Dewey, and Theodore Sedgwick, who wrote the text. The Declaration's was that \"Mankind in a state of nature are equal, free, and independent of each other, and have a right to the undisturbed enjoyment of their lives, their liberty", "id": "5294821" }, { "contents": "Advisory opinion on Kosovo's declaration of independence\n\n\ndeclared that \"the adoption of the declaration of independence of the 17 February 2008 did not violate general international law because international law contains no 'prohibition on declarations of independence'\": nor did the adoption of the declaration of independence violate UN Security Council Resolution 1244, since this did not describe Kosovo's final status, nor had the Security Council reserved for itself the decision on final status. There were many reactions to the decision, with most countries which already recognise Kosovo hailing the decision and saying it was \"unique\"", "id": "16629552" }, { "contents": "Archibald Bulloch\n\n\n, Nathaniel Pendelton, and General Samuel Elbert. Bulloch would have been a signer of the Declaration of Independence, but decided to return to Georgia to aid the revolution there. He wrote to John Adams, \"Such a series of Victory having attended the American Arms, emboldens us further to trust in Providence, that has so remarkably interposed in our behalf, and we cannot but entertain the most sanguine Hopes, of still preserving our most invaluable Liberties.\" Adams was disappointed that Bulloch would not be able to sign the", "id": "14038786" }, { "contents": "William Randolph\n\n\nthe colonial government during the 18th century, with many members of the elected House of Burgesses and the appointed, and more exclusive, Council. Most of the Randolphs, like the rest of the Virginia gentry, strongly supported the Revolution. However, John Randolph (son of Sir John), in opposition to both his brother Peyton and son Edmund, remained loyal to Great Britain and left Virginia. It was the period of William Randolph's most famous descendants. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and 18-year-old", "id": "4554223" }, { "contents": "All men are created equal\n\n\npassage would dissolve the independence movement. Jefferson, decades before the Declaration of Independence, argued in court for the abolition of a slave. The court dismissed the case outright. In writing the declaration, Jefferson believed the phrase \"all men are created equal\" to be self-evident, and would ultimately resolve slavery. In 1776, abolitionist Thomas Day wrote: \"If there be an object truly ridiculous in nature, it is an American patriot, signing resolutions of independency with the one hand, and with the other brandishing", "id": "17942585" }, { "contents": "Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation\n\n\n, both the Supreme Council of Crimea and the Sevastopol City Council adopted a declaration of independence, which stated their intent to declare independence and request full accession to Russia should the pro-Russian option receive the most votes during the scheduled status referendum. The declaration directly referred to the Kosovo independence precedent, by which the Albanian-populated Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija declared independence from Russia's ally Serbia as the Republic of Kosovo in 2008—a unilateral action Russia staunchly opposed. Many analysts saw the Crimean declaration as an overt effort to", "id": "11852167" }, { "contents": "Physical history of the United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\n.\" John Adams later wrote, \"We were all in haste.\" The Dunlap broadsides were sent across the new United States over the next two days, including to Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, George Washington, who directed that the Declaration be read to the troops on July 9. Another copy was sent to England. In 1949, 14 copies of the Dunlap broadside were known to exist. The number had increased to 21 by 1975. There were 24 known copies of the Dunlap broadside in", "id": "1206836" }, { "contents": "Harry Emerson Wildes\n\n\nSCAP). Wildes was among those who drafted a Constitution for Japan after the Second World War under orders from General Douglas MacArthur. Wildes served on the Civil Rights Committee which utilized the precepts of the U.S Declaration of Independence, the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen of 1789, the Soviet Constitution of 1918, and the Weimar Constitution of 1919 to create a strong Bill of Rights for the Japanese Constitution. Wildes left SCAP in frustration in late 1946 and wrote an exposé for the American Political Science Review charging", "id": "19996999" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Banneker\n\n\ncapital area, Banneker wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson, who in 1776 had drafted the United States Declaration of Independence and in 1791 was serving as the United States Secretary of State (see: List of Secretaries of State of the United States). Quoting language in the Declaration, the letter expressed a plea for justice for African Americans. To further support this plea, Banneker included within the letter a handwritten manuscript of an almanac for 1792 containing his ephemeris with his astronomical calculations. He subsequently placed copies of the letter and", "id": "20597564" }, { "contents": "United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\nPennsylvania's John Dickinson, the leader of the anti-independence faction in Congress, who believed that it did not apply to his colony. As was the custom, Congress appointed a committee to draft a preamble to explain the purpose of the resolution. John Adams wrote the preamble, which stated that because King George had rejected reconciliation and was hiring foreign mercenaries to use against the colonies, \"it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the said crown should be totally suppressed\". Adams's preamble was", "id": "13293921" }, { "contents": "Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista\n\n\n. In 1896, the Spaniards arrested and imprisoned him at Fort Santiago, as he was suspected of being involved in the Philippine Revolution; Bautista elected to defend himself and was later released from prison. In 1898, Bautista became the first adviser to President Emilio Aguinaldo and subsequently wrote the Declaration of Philippine Independence. Contrary to common belief, it was Bautista, and not Aguinaldo, who waved the Philippine flag before the jubilant crowd on June 12, 1898, during the Philippines Proclamation of Independence in Cavite. On July 14,", "id": "14128748" }, { "contents": "Frestonia\n\n\nindependent of the rest of the UK. A referendum returned 94% of residents in favour of the plan, and 73% in favour of joining the European Economic Community. Independence was declared on 31 October 1977. Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Geoffrey Howe wrote expressing his support, saying \"As one who had childhood enthusiasm for \"Napoleon of Notting Hill\", I can hardly fail to be moved by your aspirations\". In a legal dispute regarding the unauthorised performance of his play \"The Immortalist\", Heathcote Williams", "id": "18522807" }, { "contents": "Bosnia and Herzegovina's reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence\n\n\nand Herzegovina from recognising Kosovo's declared independence. On 27 August 2008, former Bosnian ambassador in Turkey Hajrudin Somun wrote an editorial discussing Kosovan passports, where he summarised to-date the Bosnian position on Kosovo: \"As in many other matters, Bosnia and Herzegovina is deeply divided over Kosovo's independence. The parliament of the 'Republika Srpska' entity, which covers 49 percent of the country's territory, adopted a special resolution denouncing Kosovo's independence and wide demonstrations have been organized there in protest. Keeping in mind that", "id": "18682321" }, { "contents": "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence\n\n\nThis Congress, however, considered these proceedings premature. Skeptics of the Mecklenburg Declaration argued that the diary entry merely suggests that Bagge, writing eight years after the event, misinterpreted the Mecklenburg Resolves as having been an actual declaration of independence. Archibald Henderson, however, argued that the entry attested to both the Declaration (\"declared itself free and independent\") and the Resolves (\"arrangements for the administration of the laws\"). The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence no longer attracts much attention from professional historians, who generally regard", "id": "12126319" }, { "contents": "Battle of Ayacucho\n\n\nJosé Mariano Serrano, together with a commission, wrote down the \"Independence Act of the Upper Peruvian Departments\" which carries the date of 6 August 1825, in honor of the Battle of Junín won by Bolivar. Independence was declared by 7 representatives from Charcas, 14 from Potosí, 12 from La Paz, 13 from Cochabamba and 2 from Santa Cruz. The Declaration of Independence, written by the president of the Congress, Serrano, states in its expositive part: Through a decree it was determined that the new state in", "id": "13713903" }, { "contents": "Virginia State Capitol\n\n\nLegislative Assembly convened on July 30, 1619 at the Jamestown Church which served as the first Capitol. With the decision to relocate the government inland to Williamsburg in 1699, a grand new Capitol building was completed in November 1705. Nearby was the grand Governor's Palace. It burned in 1747 and was replaced in 1753. On June 29, 1776, Virginians declared their independence from Great Britain and wrote the state's first constitution, thereby creating an independent government four days before Congress voted for the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia on", "id": "14289947" }, { "contents": "First Republic of Venezuela\n\n\n, and later wrote a constitution for it. In doing so, Venezuela is notable for being the first Spanish American colony to declare its independence. Several European events set the stage for Venezuela's declaration of independence. The Napoleonic Wars in Europe not only weakened Spain's imperial power, but also put Britain unofficially on the side of the independence movement. In May 1808, Napoleon asked for and received the abdication of Ferdinand VII and the confirmation of his father Charles IV's abdication a few months earlier. Napoleon then made his", "id": "8436098" }, { "contents": "Hilary Teague\n\n\nAmerican Colonization Society regarding constitutional reform. He was later an instrumental figure at the Constitutional Convention of 1847 - representing Montserrado County - in both debating and ratifying Liberia's constitution. He also wrote the country's Declaration of Independence, which railed against their treatment as slaves and second class citizens in the United States. Teague became the republic's first Secretary of State after Liberia declared independence in 1847. Teage also composed Liberia’s hymn of independence. He died in Liberia on May 21, 1853, and at the time was the", "id": "9360572" }, { "contents": "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence\n\n\ndid John McKnitt Alexander mention such an event in his notes. As far as it is known, none of the \"signers\" ever claimed to have signed the Mecklenburg Declaration. Most of the listed signers were Scots-Irish Presbyterians, as were many of the early promoters of the authenticity of the Declaration. Many of the reputed signers were kinsmen, and their descendants were among the staunchest defenders of the Declaration. Eyewitnesses who provided testimony about the 1775 meeting disagreed about the roles played by some of the signers. John McKnitt", "id": "12126301" }, { "contents": "Liberian Declaration of Independence\n\n\nThe Liberian Declaration of Independence is a document adopted by the Liberian Constitutional Convention on July 26, 1847, to announce that the Commonwealth of Liberia, a colony founded and controlled by the private American Colonization Society, was an independent state known as the Republic of Liberia. The Declaration was written by Hilary Teague and adopted simultaneously with the first Constitution of Liberia. The anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration and accompanying Constitution is celebrated as Independence Day in Liberia. The Declaration articulates the history of the Americo-Liberians who settled the", "id": "17491194" }, { "contents": "Capitol (Williamsburg, Virginia)\n\n\nOn June 29, 1776, Virginians declared their independence from Great Britain and wrote the state's first constitution, thereby creating an independent government four days before Congress voted for the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia on July 4. The Capitol at Williamsburg served until the American Revolutionary War began, when Governor Thomas Jefferson urged it that the capital be relocated to Richmond. The building was last used as a capitol on December 24, 1779, when the Virginia General Assembly adjourned to reconvene in 1780 at the new capital, Richmond. After", "id": "15454660" }, { "contents": "Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence\n\n\nThe RF united behind Field after Sandys wrote him a terse letter warning him of the likely Commonwealth reaction to a declaration of independence, but the Prime Minister then lost his party's confidence by failing to pursue a possible route to at least \"de facto\" independence devised by Desmond Lardner-Burke, a lawyer and RF MP for Gwelo. During March 1964, the Legislative Assembly in Salisbury considered and passed Lardner-Burke's motion that the Governor, Sir Humphrey Gibbs, should submit a petition to the Queen requesting alteration of", "id": "3223995" }, { "contents": "United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\nauthorizes me to declare ... that \"George\" the Third, King of \"Great Britain\" ... has no authority over us, and we owe no obedience to him.\" Most of these declarations are now obscure, having been overshadowed by the declaration approved by Congress on July 2, and signed July 4. Some colonies held back from endorsing independence. Resistance was centered in the middle colonies of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Advocates of independence saw Pennsylvania as the key; if that", "id": "13293919" }, { "contents": "Cen Chunxuan\n\n\nShikai declared himself emperor and attempted to establish an Empire of China. Li Genyuan (李根源) sent a representative to Southeast Asia to invite Cen back to China to join the revolutionaries in their war against Yuan Shikai. On 4 January 1916, Cen returned to Shanghai, met Liang Qichao, and discussed with him how to deal with Yuan Shikai. He wrote letters to his former subordinates Lu Rongting (陸榮廷) and Long Jiguang, who were in control of Guangxi and Guangdong respectively, to declare independence from Yuan Shikai's regime", "id": "3239936" }, { "contents": "Goliad Declaration of Independence\n\n\nThe Goliad Declaration of Independence was signed on December 20, 1835 at Presidio La Bahía in Mexican Texas. The declaration was signed by 91 Texan colonists and Tejanos in the Gulf Coast of Mexico settlements who supported breaking away from Mexico and creating an independent state. While the document drafted by Matagorda \"alcalde\" (mayor) Ira Ingram was a precursor to the Texas Declaration of Independence, it was deemed premature when received by the Consultation in San Felipe de Austin. There was not yet a clear consensus among Texians for either declaring", "id": "5937505" }, { "contents": "Kosovo\n\n\nat the election was particularly low. Most members of the Serb minority refused to vote. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008. recognise its independence, including all of its immediate neighbours, with the exception of Serbia. Since declaring independence, it has become a member of the international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, though not of the United Nations. The Serb minority of Kosovo, which largely opposes the declaration of independence, has formed the Community Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija in response.", "id": "17574448" }, { "contents": "Monarchies in Africa\n\n\nBoer Republics, who assumed control in 1894. In 1902, after the Boer War, the British assumed control of Swaziland. It was not until 1967 that the Swazi regained control of internal affairs. Independence was granted the following year. For most of the colonial period, the Swazi were ruled by Sobhuza II, who became King upon independence. In 1973, Sobhuza abolished the democratic constitution put in place at the time of independence and declared himself the absolute ruler. Upon his death in 1982, Sobhuza had reigned for eighty", "id": "7852398" }, { "contents": "Corruption in Afghanistan\n\n\na total 180-degree turn from the way it was under Karzai.\" In December 2014, Transparency International offered six recommendations to combat Afghan corruption. They included: Promote clean leadership in key institutions; Make the judiciary independent; Establish a best practice right to information regime; Establish an independent anti-corruption agency; Make asset declaration mandatory for all those who hold power; and Procurement transparency. \"Until now,\" wrote Haroun Mir in 2015, \"the Afghan government and the donor community have tried hard to curb corruption in", "id": "16977043" }, { "contents": "Ipiranga Brook\n\n\n's demands arrived in Rio de Janeiro, while Prince Pedro was in São Paulo. Princess Maria Leopoldina, acting as Princess Regent, met with the Council of Ministers and decided to send her husband a letter advising him to proclaim Brazil's independence. The letter reached Prince Pedro on September 7, 1822. That same day, in a famous scene at the shore of the Ipiranga Brook, he declared the country's independence, ending 322 years of colonial dominance of Portugal over Brazil. According to journalist Laurentino Gomes, who wrote", "id": "1711877" }, { "contents": "Bersiap\n\n\n31 kidnapped both Sukarno and Hatta and forced them to agree to declaring Indonesian independence. On 17 August 1945, two days after the surrender, Sukarno and Hatta declared independence at Sukarno's house in Jakarta. Indonesian staff briefly seized Jakarta radio from their Japanese supervisors and broadcast the news of the declaration across Java. It was mid-September before news of the declaration of independence spread to the outer islands, and many Indonesians far from the capital Jakarta did not believe it. As the news spread, most Indonesians came to regard", "id": "2822282" }, { "contents": "Ralph Waldo Emerson\n\n\n\"Nature\". Following this work, he gave a speech entitled \"The American Scholar\" in 1837, which Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. considered to be America's \"intellectual Declaration of Independence.\" Emerson wrote most of his important essays as lectures first and then revised them for print. His first two collections of essays, \"\" (1841) and \"\" (1844), represent the core of his thinking. They include the well-known essays \"Self-Reliance\", \"The Over-Soul", "id": "6598401" }, { "contents": "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence\n\n\nthe Continental Congress to declare independence in 1776, had become somewhat resentful that Jefferson now received most of the praise for independence just because he had written the now-revered document announcing it. Adams was therefore privately delighted with the emergence of the Mecklenburg Declaration, since it clearly undercut Jefferson's claim to originality and precedence. Adams sent a copy of the article to Jefferson to get his reaction. Jefferson replied that, like Adams, he had never heard of the Mecklenburg Declaration before. Jefferson found it curious that historians of the", "id": "12126296" }, { "contents": "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence\n\n\n1819 in an article written by Dr. Joseph McKnitt Alexander in the \"Raleigh Register and North Carolina Gazette\", of Raleigh, North Carolina. \"It is not probably known to many of our readers,\" wrote the editor of the \"Raleigh Register\" in an introduction to the article, \"that the citizens of Mecklenburg County, in this State made a Declaration of Independence more than a year before Congress made theirs.\" According to Dr. Alexander, his father, John McKnitt Alexander, had been the clerk at a", "id": "12126290" }, { "contents": "Rosewell (plantation)\n\n\n, Thomas Jefferson was a frequent and welcome visitor there. While on one of his visits he wrote the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence in what is now known as the 'Blue Room,' situated on the northwest corner of the second story of this house.\" The elaborate Flemish bond brickwork, the towering three stories, and the siting of the mansion were all meant to recall elaborate London homes of the era. In that sense, Rosewell was among the most sophisticated early buildings built in America. \"Rosewell", "id": "15832491" }, { "contents": "Independence Day (1996 film)\n\n\nCinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"A\" on an A+ to F scale. Critics wrote that the film has \"cardboard\" and \"stereotypical\" characters, and weak dialogue. Yet the shot of the White House's destruction has been declared a milestone in visual effects, and one of the most memorable scenes of the 1990s. In a 2010 poll, readers of \"Entertainment Weekly\" rated it the second-greatest summer film of the previous 20 years, ranking only behind \"Jurassic Park\". Mick", "id": "7083108" }, { "contents": "Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\nvoted against the resolution of independence and were replaced in the Pennsylvania delegation before the August 2 signing. Rogers had voted for the resolution of independence but was no longer a delegate on August 2. Alsop favored reconciliation with Great Britain and so resigned rather than add his name to the document. Dickinson refused to sign, believing the Declaration premature, but he remained in Congress. George Read had voted against the resolution of independence, and Robert Morris had abstained—yet they both signed the Declaration. The most famous signature on the", "id": "19809535" }, { "contents": "United States Declaration of Independence\n\n\nturn, directly influenced by the 1689 English Declaration of Rights, which formally ended the reign of King James II. During the American Revolution, Jefferson and other Americans looked to the English Declaration of Rights as a model of how to end the reign of an unjust king. The Scottish Declaration of Arbroath (1320) and the Dutch Act of Abjuration (1581) have also been offered as models for Jefferson's Declaration, but these models are now accepted by few scholars. Jefferson wrote that a number of authors exerted a general", "id": "13293943" }, { "contents": "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence\n\n\nwas premature to discuss a declaration of independence in Congress. Dr. Alexander concluded by writing that although the original documents relating to the Mecklenburg Declaration were destroyed in a fire in 1800, the article was written from a true copy of the papers left to him by his father, who was now deceased. The 1819 article about the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was reprinted in many newspapers across the United States. People immediately noticed that, even though the Mecklenburg Declaration was supposedly written more than a year before the 1776 United States Declaration of", "id": "12126293" }, { "contents": "Costa Rica–Spain relations\n\n\nthe principal crop of the country. In 1808, Joseph Bonaparte was installed as King of Spain and several Spanish American colonies began to declare their independence from Spain. As Costa Rica and most Central American nations were governed by Mexico City; New Spain declared its independence from Spain in 1810. In 1821, the Plan of Iguala declared Mexico as a constitutional monarchy. Costa Rica declared its own independence from Spain in 15 September 1821 and chose to join the Mexican Empire under Emperor Agustín de Iturbide. In March 1823, Iturbide resigned", "id": "12663415" }, { "contents": "Joaquín Camacho\n\n\nwas part of this Cabildo, which wrote the first Declaration of Independence of Colombia, the \"Acta del Cabildo Extraordinario de Santa Fe\", which declared the Viceroyalty of New Granada independent. Camacho was one its signers. Camacho also participated in the Congress of the United Provinces of the New Granada, which was convened in Villa de Leiva, as a Deputy Representative for the Province of Tunja. On October 5, 1814, the Congress of the United Provinces changed the Presidency of the United Provinces and replaced it with a Triumvirate", "id": "12595902" }, { "contents": "John Morton (American politician)\n\n\nJohn Morton (1725 – April 1, 1777) was a farmer, surveyor, and jurist from the Province of Pennsylvania and a Founding Father of the United States. As a delegate to the Continental Congress during the American Revolution, he was a signatory to the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence. Morton provided the swing vote that allowed Pennsylvania to vote in favor of the United States Declaration of Independence. Morton chaired the committee that wrote the Articles of Confederation. Morton was born in Ridley Township, in Delaware", "id": "12875033" }, { "contents": "George Mason\n\n\nwords \"all men are born equally free and independent\" were later reproduced in state constitutions from Pennsylvania to Montana; Jefferson tweaked the prose and included the sentiments in the Declaration of Independence. In 1778, Mason wrote that the Declaration of Rights \"was closely imitated by the other United States\". This was true, as seven of the original states, and Vermont, joined Virginia in promulgating a bill of rights. Four in addition specified rights that were protected, within the body of their constitutions. Feelings were so strong", "id": "5743439" }, { "contents": "Matthew Parish\n\n\nBalkans\" (2009), has attracted domestic and international attention. The book has been criticized for being too sceptical of the international community's statebuilding efforts in the country. In 2010 Parish wrote a commentary on the 22 July 2010 decision of the International Court of Justice declaring Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence to be lawful. He expresses the view that while Kosovo's independence was inevitable, judicial determination of the issue was unsatisfactory as a matter of policy. Parish's book \"Mirages of International Justice\" (2011) advances", "id": "7868725" }, { "contents": "Independence of New Zealand\n\n\nthe Independence of New Zealand was signed by the United Tribes of New Zealand, a loose confederation of Māori tribes from the far north of New Zealand organised by British resident James Busby. This document declared the independence of the Māori tribes (iwi) who signed the Declaration, which was acknowledged by Lord Glenelg, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies on behalf of the British Crown on 25 May 1836, following consideration of the Declaration by the House of Lords. The Declaration and acknowledgement of New Zealand's independence continued after", "id": "14982113" }, { "contents": "Abraham Lincoln\n\n\nof the Northeast, who saw slavery as a sin, with the conservative Republicans, who thought it was bad because it hurt white people and blocked progress. Foner argues that Lincoln was a moderate in the middle, opposing slavery primarily because it violated the republicanism principles of the Founding Fathers, especially the equality of all men and democratic self-government as expressed in the Declaration of Independence. In March 1857, in \"Dred Scott v. Sandford,\" Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney wrote that blacks were not citizens and", "id": "437" }, { "contents": "B movies (exploitation boom)\n\n\nthe movie regarded as truly igniting the blaxploitation phenomenon, again completely independent, came the following year: \"Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song\" is also perhaps the most outrageous example of the form—wildly experimental in style, borderline pornographic (\"Rated X by an All White Jury,\" declared the ads), and essentially a manifesto for a black American revolution. Melvin Van Peebles wrote, co-produced, directed, starred in, edited, and composed the music for the film, which was completed with the last", "id": "16369387" }, { "contents": "Haitian Declaration of Independence\n\n\npopulation, which made independence a less viable option for them. For the black slaves, a revolution and the subsequent declaration of independence was a route to emancipation and racial equality, following the re-establishment of slavery in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte. This decision, in particular, catalyzed the revolution among the slaves who had become more content after the abolition of slavery in 1793. This motive resonated with Dessalines, who was a slave himself. Hence, the eventual declaration in 1804 made several mentions of emancipation and freedom from the", "id": "18980593" }, { "contents": "Independence Day (United States)\n\n\n, 1776, and not on July 4 as is commonly believed. By a remarkable coincidence, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, the only two signatories of the Declaration of Independence later to serve as presidents of the United States, both died on the same day: July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration. Although not a signatory of the Declaration of Independence, James Monroe, another Founding Father who was elected as president, also died on July 4, 1831. He was the third President who", "id": "4944851" }, { "contents": "Declaration of Interdependence\n\n\n, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia by several members of Congress. It was also \"endorsed\" by a number of non-governmental organizations and United Nations specialized agencies. A document entitled \"Declaration of interdependence: a new global ethics\" was adopted by the board of directors of the International Humanist and Ethical Union on 31 December 1988. David Suzuki wrote a Declaration of Interdependence in 1992 for that year's Earth Summit. It is currently being promoted by his foundation. The PM Declaration of Interdependence, a statement of management", "id": "9289319" }, { "contents": "Angola–Cuba Declaration of 1984\n\n\nthe Cold War. With Cuban support, the MPLA held Luanda and declared independence on 11 November 1975, with Agostinho Neto becoming the first president, though the civil war continued. At this time, most of the half-million Portuguese who lived in Angola – and who had accounted for the majority of the skilled workers in public administration, agriculture, industries and trade – fled the country, leaving its once prosperous and growing economy in a state of bankruptcy. Cuban intervention in Angola is believed to have started during the 1960s", "id": "4627038" }, { "contents": "Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence\n\n\nwhen Douglas-Home, his leading opponent in the House of Commons, praised the statement as \"rough but right\". On 5 November 1964, Rhodesia's mostly white electorate voted \"yes\" to independence under the 1961 constitution by a margin of 89%, prompting Smith to declare that the British condition of acceptability to the people as a whole had been met. Smith wrote to Wilson the day after the referendum, asking him to send Bottomley to Salisbury for talks. Wilson replied that Smith should instead come to London", "id": "3224012" }, { "contents": "Kyösti Kallio\n\n\nAgrarian Minister in the Senate of P. E. Svinhufvud whose first priority was to declare Finland independent. On December 4 the Senate introduced a declaration of independence to the Parliament, and the next day Kallio wrote a resolution, which the Parliament passed with votes 100-88. During the Civil War in Finland, Kallio hid in Red-dominated Helsinki, because he was at least nominally on the White side and therefore a \"class enemy\"; he formed a new senate (government) in Helsinki after German troops had defeated the", "id": "3825971" }, { "contents": "Tamil nationalism\n\n\nto coming to power, they also openly declared to fight for Tamil independence from India. But since the Indian government had added a new legislation that outlawed anyone wanting independence from India, under the sedition act, and that made political parties to lose their right to stand in election, the DMK dropped this demand. With this, the drive for secession became weaker with most mainstream political parties, except a few, who instead committed to development of Tamil Nadu within a united India. Most major Tamil Nadu regional parties such as", "id": "8142822" } ]

[ { "contents": "Brant Daugherty\n\n\nBrant David Daugherty (born August 20, 1985) is an American actor, known for his recurring role as Noel Kahn on the teen drama television series \"Pretty Little Liars\". In 2013, he had a recurring role as Brian in the NBC daytime drama \"Days of Our Lives\". In 2013, he was a regular of the cast of Lifetime Network's \"Army Wives\" for season 7, which began airing in April 2013, in the role of Patrick Clarke. He had a credited role in Jason", "id": "18845801" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (season 7)\n\n\nDet. Marco Furey. Tammin Sursok announced that she will return to the show as Jenna Marshall after last appearing in the fifth-season episode \"How the 'A' Stole Christmas\". On June 2, 2016, \"Variety\" reported that Brant Daugherty would be returning as Noel Kahn; Brant has not appeared on the show since the beginning of the fifth season. On June 10, 2016, \"The Hollywood Reporter\" reported that Lindsey Shaw would be returning as Paige McCullers after leaving in the fifth season mid", "id": "16382965" }, { "contents": "Along Comes Mary (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nBrud, Nicholas Gonzalez and Tammin Sursok appeared in the episode reprising their roles as Toby Cavanaugh, Sabrina, Marco Furey, and Jenna Marshall, respectively. On June 2, 2016, Variety reported that Brant Daugherty would be returning for the series as Noel Kahn, since he has not appeared on the show since the beginning of the fifth season. Brant first appeared on the seventh season on this episode. Actress Dre Davis returned to the show for the seventh season, portraying Sara Harvey, and first appearing on this episode.", "id": "5941035" }, { "contents": "Peta Murgatroyd\n\n\nlast the prior season, after Kym Johnson. For season 15, Murgatroyd was partnered with actor and season 8 runner up Gilles Marini. They ended up in sixth place. In 2013, Murgatroyd was again featured as a professional dancer competing on season 16 as the partner of \"The Bachelor\" star Sean Lowe. They landed in sixth place. For season 17, Murgatroyd was paired with \"Pretty Little Liars\" actor Brant Daugherty. They were the sixth couple eliminated on 4 November 2013. In 2014, Murgatroyd was again", "id": "16778908" }, { "contents": "Along Comes Mary (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\n. Later, Alison discovers through a message from \"A.D.\" that the girls gave her up as Charlotte's killer in order to free Hanna. Meanwhile, Ezra proposes marriage to Aria. The episode ends with Noel Kahn (Brant Daugherty) meeting with Sara and Jenna. The episode was directed by Norman Buckley, and written by Bryan M. Holdman. The table-read for this episode commenced on May 11, 2016, and it was filmed between May 17 and May 25, 2016. Cast members Keegan Allen, Lulu", "id": "5941034" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (season 2)\n\n\nFinale. Plus, the season finale will see someone arrested for the murder of Alison, as well as the death of a beloved character — excluding the four female leads. Filming of season two wrapped on December 16, 2011. Janel Parrish, Tammin Sursok, Bianca Lawson, and Tyler Blackburn return in the second season as Mona Vanderwaal, Jenna Marshall, Maya St. Germain, and Caleb Rivers. Also returning are Yani Gellman, Torrey DeVitto, Lindsey Shaw, Claire Holt, Keegan Allen, Brant Daugherty, Brendan Robinson,", "id": "18749311" }, { "contents": "The Wrath of Kahn (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nNoel (Brant Daugherty), and, indirectly, drug him in order to lock him up; however, her initial goal fails and she uses a plan B. Aria (Lucy Hale) joins Jason (Drew Van Acker) in a deep research inside Mary Drake's past, and she ends up recalling the past, when she had an affair with Jason years ago. Spencer (Troian Bellisario) finds herself desperate when she finds a flash drive in the Kahn's old cabin, containing videos of the girls when they were", "id": "11075156" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists\n\n\nPretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists is an American mystery thriller drama television series created by I. Marlene King. The series is a sequel to \"Pretty Little Liars\" and was loosely based on the novel \"The Perfectionists\" by Sara Shepard. Freeform ordered the pilot on September 25, 2017, as the second spin-off series of \"Pretty Little Liars\", which would include some of the main characters from that series. It is the third series in the \"Pretty Little Liars\" franchise. Freeform picked up the", "id": "2702061" }, { "contents": "Pretty Dirty Secrets\n\n\n\"Pretty Little Liars\" showrunner I. Marlene King, and Kim Turrisi, who is not part of the writing staff, were hired to write the web series by ABC Family, however the crew behind \"Pretty Little Liars\" was also used with the web series. The web series introduced Aeriél Miranda as Shana in the television series. None of the series regulars from \"Pretty Little Liars\" appears in the web series. The episodes would become available each Tuesday on ABC Family's website from August 28, 2012, after", "id": "7153583" }, { "contents": "Pilot (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists)\n\n\nwas announced that the series was being re-developed by Freeform (formerly ABC Family) as a spin-off and sequel of \"Pretty Little Liars\". It was also announced that King would write the script, Gina Girolamo joined the series as an executive producer. Charlie Craig who previously worked on \"Pretty Little Liars\" with King joined the series as executive producer and co-showrunner. The episodes was directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum. On February 5, 2019, it was revealed that the series was set to", "id": "7909514" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (novel)\n\n\nPretty Little Liars is the first book in the \"Pretty Little Liars\" series by Sara Shepard. It tells the story of four girls - Hanna, Aria, Emily and Spencer - after the disappearance of their clique leader, Alison. The book was written for the book packaging company Alloy Entertainment, the idea originally developed as a TV series. The story introduces an exclusive group of friends: Alison DiLaurentis, the perfect yet manipulative queen bee, Aria Montgomery, an independent girl who is considered to be the weirdo in Rosewood", "id": "7430982" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (franchise)\n\n\nThe \"Pretty Little Liars\" franchise is a multimedia franchise consisting of two book series, short stories, three television series, four television specials a web series, and one television soundtrack. The initial novel of the same novel was first published in 2006. The first television series also entitled \"Pretty Little Liars\" began airing on ABC Family in June 2010; meanwhile, additional books continued to be published. A television soundtrack called \"\"Pretty Little Liars: Television Soundtrack\"\" was released in 2011. \"Pretty Dirty", "id": "19314470" }, { "contents": "Brant Daugherty\n\n\n, Ohio, the son of David Daugherty, an art teacher, and his wife, Mary Beth (née Hirt) Daugherty, head of rehabilitation services for Shriners Hospitals for Children, Cincinnati. He grew up along with his brother, Adam, and sister, Caitey. Brant's father, David, was an art teacher at Mason Middle School when he died of cancer on February 19, 2009, at age 57. Daugherty attended William Mason High School, where he played football until his sophomore year and later tried out", "id": "18845803" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (franchise)\n\n\ndark past to solve the mysterious curse. \"Ravenswood\" was cancelled due to low ratings after one season. Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, the third series in the franchise, is an American television series created by I. Marlene King. The series is a sequel to \"Pretty Little Liars\" and based on the novel \"The Perfectionists\" by Sara Shepard. It is the second spin-off series of \"Pretty Little Liars\" which will include some of the main characters with Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish reprising their", "id": "19314478" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars\n\n\n. It was announced on June 10, 2014 that \"Pretty Little Liars\" was renewed for two seasons, making the show ABC Family's longest running original hit series. On August 29, 2016, I. Marlene King announced that \"Pretty Little Liars\" would be ending after the seventh season had aired. The second half of the seventh season will begin airing later than previous season, in April instead of January. \"Pretty Little Liars\" was called one of the most spectacular new shows of summer 2010 thanks to heavy", "id": "2540986" }, { "contents": "Torrey DeVitto\n\n\n\"Pretty Little Liars\" based on Sara Shepard's book series of the same name. In 2017, Samantha Simon of \"InStyle\" wrote that \"for Torrey DeVitto, playing super-sketchy Melissa Hastings on \"Pretty Little Liars\" wasn’t exactly a challenge. Because, despite the seemingly endless web of lies surrounding the eldest Hastings sister on the show, it all looks like child’s play compared to DeVitto’s other unforgettable role as psychotic Nanny Carrie on \"One Tree Hill\".\" She played Nina in the", "id": "6003662" }, { "contents": "Sara Harvey (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nA-l-i-v-e\", dressed as the mysterious woman in a black veil to confirm he was dead. In \"Grave New World\", the Liars discover that Alison is alive as they had suspected and dressing up as one of the Red Coat entities to hide from \"A\", which leads them to look for suspects for the identity of the mysterious Jane Doe buried in Alison's grave. During \"Who's In The Box?\". Hanna is researching girls who went missing around", "id": "16626411" }, { "contents": "Pilot (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\ncommenting that it \"makes most popular vampire romances look anemic\", while concluding, \"\"Pretty Little Liars\" could go in several directions, including mundane teen clichés. It's got an equally good shot at making us care about these imperfect pretty girls.\" A writer on Terror Hook has stated that \" 'Pretty Little Liars' gets off to a very promising start. Great production all around, the writing keeps the viewer on their toes, and the acting just reinforces it. The overall mystery of the show", "id": "16328329" }, { "contents": "Isabella Rice\n\n\nIsabella Kai Rice is an American child actress, best known for her role of young Alison DiLaurentis in the series \"Pretty Little Liars\" and Sarah Compton in \"True Blood\". In 2014, Rice played the role of Sarah Compton, Bill Compton's daughter in the season 7 of the HBO's fantasy horror series \"True Blood\". Later, she appeared in the season 5 and 6 of the ABC Family's teen drama series \"Pretty Little Liars\". She played the role of young Alison DiLaurentis, originally", "id": "15079571" }, { "contents": "Power Play (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\n\"Power Play\" is the fourteenth episode of \"Pretty Little Liars\"' seventh season, which was originally aired on May 9, 2017, on the cable network Freeform. The installment was directed by Roger Kumble and written by Lijah J. Barasz. It received a Nielsen rating of 0.5 and was viewed by 0.91 million viewers, up from the previous episode. This episode is rated TV-14. Alison’s (Sasha Pieterse) turn at the game forces her to make a drastic decision to abort her child but is haunted when", "id": "6440512" }, { "contents": "Power Play (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nplot.\" Lauren Busser from \"Tell-Tale TV\" website gave the episode a 3.5 out of 5 stars rating. Eliza Thompson from \"Cosmopolitan\" wrote, \"Plot-wise, \"Pretty Little Liars\" is one of the crazier shows on TV, but even by \"PLL\" standards, Tuesday's episode \"Power Play\" was bananas. I gasped so many times that I'm offended my neighbors didn't check to see if I was suffocating, and that was before I started yelling \"WHAT?", "id": "6440519" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars\n\n\nLiars\" opened with mixed reviews. Metacritic gave the pilot episode 52 out of 100, based upon 14 critical reviews. The New York \"Daily News\" gave the show a positive review, commenting that it \"makes most popular vampire romances look anemic\", while concluding, \"\"Pretty Little Liars\" could go in several directions, including mundane teen clichés. It's got an equally good shot at making us care about these imperfect pretty girls.\" A writer on Terror Hook has stated that \" 'Pretty Little", "id": "2540989" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (book series)\n\n\nis loosely divided into four arcs, chronicling the introduction and reveal of each \"A\". Set in the suburbs of Philadelphia, the series follows the lives of four teenage girls nicknamed \"the Pretty little Liars\" or simply \"the Liars\", whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their Queen bee leader, \"Alison DiLaurentis\". A year after her disappearance, the girls begin receiving threatening messages from an anonymous character named \"A,\" who threatens to expose their secrets, including long-hidden ones they", "id": "16426944" }, { "contents": "Red Coat (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nRed Coat is a fictional character on the television show \"Pretty Little Liars,\" which was adapted from the book series of same name. Introduced during the second-season finale, she became the primary antagonist of the third and fourth seasons. In the second-season finale \"Unmasked\", the first \"A\" is revealed to be Mona Vanderwaal, who wanted revenge on the Liars for not preventing Alison's bullying and slowly distancing Hanna away from her. During a fight with Spencer, Mona ends up falling off", "id": "4280775" }, { "contents": "Freeform (TV channel)\n\n\nBreak It\", \"10 Things I Hate About You\" and \"Ruby & the Rockits\", along with airings of the \"Harry Potter\" film franchise and the television premiere of \"Labor Pains\". On June 8, 2010, ABC Family premiered \"Pretty Little Liars\" – a teen drama based on the series of young-adult mystery novels by Sara Shepard. \"Pretty Little Liars\" quickly became ABC Family's flagship program, frequently breaking ratings records; by 2014, \"Pretty Little Liars\" had", "id": "16145299" }, { "contents": "Pilot (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\n. The theme song for \"Pretty Little Liars\" opening is \"Secret\" by The Pierces, which was suggested by one of the show's stars, Ashley Benson. ABC Family began casting for a \"Pretty Little Liars\" television pilot in October 2009. Lucy Hale was cast as Aria Montgomery in the project, followed by Troian Bellisario as Spencer Hastings and Ian Harding as Ezra Fitz in November 2009. In December 2009, \"The Futon Critic\" confirmed the casting of Ashley Benson as Hanna Marin and Shay Mitchell as", "id": "16328325" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (franchise)\n\n\nSecrets\", a web series was released on ABC Family's website in the fall of 2012 alongside the third season of \"Pretty Little Liars\". The second series to make it to television, \"Ravenswood\", aired on ABC Family from 2013 to 2014 and was cancelled after one season. \"Pretty Little Liars\" was later cancelled and aired its final episode in June 2017. The first book of \"The Perfectionists\" was released in April 2014 and a second book in 2015. A television series for \"The", "id": "19314471" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars\n\n\nmixed reviews from television critics, but remained a relative success for ABC Family, garnering a large fandom. It is the first series in the \"Pretty Little Liars\" franchise. On March 26, 2013, a spin-off series was announced, titled \"Ravenswood\", but was canceled after one season. On June 10, 2014, \"Pretty Little Liars\" was renewed for its sixth and seventh seasons. On August 29, 2016, Freeform confirmed that the series would be ending after its seventh season in 2017", "id": "2540970" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars\n\n\n. With Alloy and Warner Horizon Television interested in producing \"Pretty Little Liars\" as a television series for years, it was first planned for The WB in 2005 with a different writer until the network shut down in early 2006 and reestablished as The CW later that year. The first novel was published by HarperTeen in October 2006. In June 2008, Alloy noted that it was developing a \"Pretty Little Liars\" television pilot for ABC Family, with the novels adapted for television. After the pilot was shot in Vancouver in", "id": "2540974" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists\n\n\nseries for a 10-episode season on May 14, 2018, which premiered on March 20, 2019. In November 2014, I. Marlene King was announced to adapt a screenplay for Sara Shepard's novel series \"The Perfectionists\", as the television series. On September 25, 2017, Freeform ordered a pilot for the series was renamed \"Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists\", serving as a sequel to \"Pretty Little Liars\" and the second spin-off series following \"Ravenswood\". On May 14, 2018,", "id": "2702062" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (season 1)\n\n\nby book packaging company Alloy Entertainment, the idea was described as \"\"Desperate Housewives\" for teens.\" Alloy met with author Shepard, and gave her the property to develop into a book series. With Alloy and Warner Horizon interested in producing a \"Pretty Little Liars\" television series for years, it was first planned for The WB in 2005 with a different writer. The first novel was published by HarperTeen in October 2006. In June 2008, Alloy noted that it was developing a \"Pretty Little Liars\" television", "id": "4805459" }, { "contents": "Rosewood (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nRosewood is the fictional setting for both the \"Pretty Little Liars\" book series and the \"Pretty Little Liars\" television series. The fictional city is suggested to be loosely based on Rosemont, Pennsylvania. Rosewood was founded by William W. Rosewood. As a Main Line town, it has a long history of prestige associated with the railroad industry of the 1800s. Majority of the residents are in the upper class and many families, such as the Hastings, have had significant wealth dating back to the 1800s. The town consists", "id": "886975" }, { "contents": "Alex Drake (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nAlex Drake is a fictional character created by I. Marlene King and portrayed by Troian Bellisario in the American television series \"Pretty Little Liars\". She was officially introduced in the series finale, revealed to be Spencer Hastings' identical twin sister as well as the elusive \"A.D.\" Alex believed the Liars knew who was accountable for Charlotte Drake's murder and also she impersonates Spencer due to being jealous of the upbringing that she was able to have. She was adopted by a wealthy British family that later abandoned her, forcing Alex", "id": "11710960" }, { "contents": "Emily Fields\n\n\nthe Teen Choice Awards. \"Pretty Little Liars\" is a series of novels which follows the lives of four teenage girls nicknamed the Pretty little Liars or simply the Liars, whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee leader, Alison DiLaurentis. Three years after her disappearance, the girls begin receiving threatening messages from an anonymous character named \"A\", who threatens to expose their secrets, including long-hidden ones they thought only Alison knew. Shortly after the messages begin, Alison's body is discovered buried", "id": "7997369" }, { "contents": "Playtime (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nthe family's past. Meanwhile, the Liars struggle with their own personal problems, and with \"A.D.\", who has decided to play the final game. Spencer (Troian Bellisario) is rescued by paramedics, and during a quick question session, she gets stunned, not knowing which surname to use, Hastings or Drake. At the hospital, the Liars find out that Toby (Keegan Allen) suffered an accident and is in the same hospital, while they begin to suspect that \"A.D.\" is gone since Noel", "id": "3365221" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (season 3)\n\n\nThe third season of \"Pretty Little Liars\", based on the books of the same name by Sara Shepard, premiered on June 5, 2012 on ABC Family and concluded on March 19, 2013. On November 29, 2011, ABC Family renewed the series for a third season, consisting of 24 episodes. Filming of the season began on April 2, 2012. On October 4, 2012, ABC Family renewed the series for a fourth season, consisting of 24 episodes. This season of Pretty Little Liars takes place", "id": "10905710" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (franchise)\n\n\nPerfectionists\" was developed and later reworked into a spin-off and sequel of \"Pretty Little Liars\" with the title \"\" which premiered in March 2019. \"Pretty Little Liars\" is a series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard. Beginning with 2006's initial novel of the same name, the series follows the lives of five girls – Alison DiLaurentis Spencer Hastings, Hanna Marin, Aria Montgomery and Emily Fields. The series contains of 21 total books split into 4 arcs of 4 books each, the remaining 5", "id": "19314472" }, { "contents": "Till Death Do Us Part (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nrating, writing a mixed review for it. Gavin Hetherington highlighted some lines of the episode, praising Mona's triumph over \"A.D.\", commenting: \"Mona hasn't really changed in her obsession with playing with dolls (and people), and it was just beautiful justice here. No more loser Mona. She won this one.\" Carolina Preece of Den of Geek disliked the episode, but praised the show as a whole, writing, \"At it's best, \"Pretty Little Liars\" was a Taylor", "id": "11433730" }, { "contents": "Sara Shepard\n\n\n, it was announced that Shephard’s 2014 book series \"The Perfectionists\" would be adapted into a television series, titled \"\", serving as a sequel to the television series \"Pretty Little Liars\" on Freeform. Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish have confirmed to reprise their \"Pretty Little Liars\" roles as Alison DiLaurentis and Mona Vanderwaal. The series featured characters from \"The Perfectionists\" series played by actors Sofia Carson, Sydney Park, Eli Brown and Kelly Rutherford as Ava Jalali, Caitlin Martell-Lewis, Dylan Wright", "id": "12839151" }, { "contents": "Troian Bellisario\n\n\nOn April 7, 2016, it was announced that Bellisario would be directing Season 7, Episode 15 of \"Pretty Little Liars\". This made her one of the first in the cast, alongside Chad Lowe, to direct an episode on the series. Bellisario started dating \"Suits\" star Patrick J. Adams after they met on the set of the play \"Equivocation\" in 2009. The couple briefly split, but after Adams' guest appearance as Hardy in \"Pretty Little Liars\", 2010, the two got back", "id": "13474160" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars\n\n\nsecond half of the third season began airing on January 8, 2013 and finished March 19, 2013. \"Pretty Little Liars\" returned for Season 4 on June 11, 2013. On March 26, 2013, it was again announced that \"Pretty Little Liars\" had been renewed for a fifth season scheduled for a 2014 air date and a new spin off show entitled \"Ravenswood\" would begin airing after the season four annual Halloween special in October 2013. The second half of season four premiered on January 7, 2014", "id": "2540985" }, { "contents": "List of Pretty Little Liars episodes\n\n\n\"Pretty Little Liars\" is a TV series which premiered on ABC Family on June 8, 2010. Developed by I. Marlene King, the series is based on the \"Pretty Little Liars\" book series by Sara Shepard. The series follows the lives of four girls, Aria Montgomery, Hanna Marin, Emily Fields, and Spencer Hastings, whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader, Alison DiLaurentis. One year later, the estranged friends are reunited as they begin receiving messages from a mysterious figure named \"A", "id": "4805229" }, { "contents": "The Ghost Sonata (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists)\n\n\nRay Hogodorn. Phillip Rhys was cast in a recurring role and made his first appearance in the episode. The scene featuring Alison signing divorce papers invoked a negative response from viewers of the series. Series star Sasha Pieterse stated about the scene \"I trust Marlene and her vision. Alison will always love Emily and she will always love and be the best mom she can be to their girls\". I. Marlene King, creator of both \"Pretty Little Liars\" and \"Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists\", said \"", "id": "7964293" }, { "contents": "Shane Coffey\n\n\nShane Coffey is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Holden Strauss in Freeform's \"Pretty Little Liars\". Coffey grew up in Spring, Texas then studied theater at the University of Southern California. He is a founding member of The Casitas Group, an independent theater company started in 2008, alongside Troian Bellisario. Coffey's first acting part was playing Patrick for one episode on \"Summerland\" alongside Jesse McCartney. In January 2012, Coffey joined the recurring cast of \"Pretty Little Liars\" as", "id": "6325568" }, { "contents": "A (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\ndifferentiates her from the A-Team. This causes Caleb to nickname her Amoji. However, in the sixth-season finale, she begins using the alias \"A.D.\" and kidnaps Hanna, whom she believes is accountable for her sister's homicide. Hanna manages to escape Uber A's clutches and Alex goes after Alison, who the Liars suggested as guilty for her own cousin's murder. Uber A eventually finds out that Alison is innocent after searching her jacket. While Uber A does work on their own, she also", "id": "18727902" }, { "contents": "A (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\n\"A\" is a fictional character created in 2006 by author Sara Shepard. It is a character of both \"Pretty Little Liars\"' books and television series, and primarily appears as a stalker and the main antagonist of the stories. \"A\" is one of the main characters of the stories, appearing anonymously in the majority of the episodes and books. After the revelation of Mona Vanderwaal as the first and original \"A\", CeCe Drake began receiving visits from someone, known as Red Coat, who offered", "id": "18727865" }, { "contents": "Wicked Game\n\n\nshe recorded a cover version of Wicked Game\" for US Teen drama \"Pretty Little Liars\", the song featured throughout her 2012 tour playlist. On 1 March 2012, gemmahayes.com confirmed her cover of \"Wicked Game\" would appear on \"Pretty Little Liars\" on 12 March and will be available to download as a single. The track was released after her fourth studio album Let It Break and before her fifth studio album release Bones+Longing. In March 2015, a video musical session was recorded playing this song at St. Patrick", "id": "4495148" }, { "contents": "Patrick J. Adams\n\n\nIn the beginning of 2018 he released his first own shortfilm, \"We Are Here.\" He wrote, directed and acted the short film together with his wife Troian Bellisario. Adams has been married to \"Pretty Little Liars\" star Troian Bellisario since December 2016. The two met in 2009 when they were cast opposite each other in the play \"Equivocation\". Prior to his appearance on \"Pretty Little Liars\", Adams and Bellisario had broken up; but they got back together after Adams' guest appearance on \"", "id": "535505" }, { "contents": "Exes and OMGs\n\n\n(Sasha Pieterse) reveals that Noel pushed a girl off the stairs in a party the Liars attended years ago. Hanna (Ashley Benson) insists that Noel is A.D., but the girls are indecisive, what makes Hanna angry. Caleb starts talking with Hanna about A.D., but a car interrupts them and ends up running over Caleb. Hanna sees Noel (Brant Daugherty) driving the car and screams. However, she wakes up and finds it was just a dream. A worried Hanna then goes to Caleb's and finds", "id": "10517472" }, { "contents": "A Is for Answers\n\n\ntimeline and helped narrow down the field as to who A is. The problem with a show like this is that there's a general impatience with knowing the answers, and that frustration often gets conflated with a malaise concerning the show in general. Pretty Little Liars isn't perfect. God help us, we can enumerate the actual problems with the series for hours. But how it reveals the core tenet of the show isn't one of them. Someday, Pretty Little Liars will get to the point like Bones or Chuck", "id": "21354334" }, { "contents": "Mona Vanderwaal\n\n\nMona Vanderwaal is a fictional character in the \"Pretty Little Liars\" book series, its television adaptation, and the spin-off series \"\". In the TV shows, she is portrayed by Janel Parrish. Introduced in \"Pretty Little Liars\" as Hanna Marin's best friend, Mona initially harbors a grudge against the protagonists, using her intelligence and resources to torment them anonymously as \"A\". In the third season of the TV series, Mona gains a partner who eventually takes control from her. Afterward,", "id": "13333306" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars\n\n\nin edition featuring the Season 1 poster and logo of the 2006 first novel in the \"Pretty Little Liars\" series was released on the date of the show's premiere, as was the final book of the original book series, \"Wanted\". \"Wanted\" later decidedly became the eighth book of the series, as Shepard later confirmed she would extend the series. A TV tie-in of the second book \"Flawless\" featuring an altered Season 3 poster was released on December 28, 2012. \"Pretty Little", "id": "2540988" }, { "contents": "Pretty Dirty Secrets\n\n\nPretty Dirty Secrets is an American mystery web series from the television series \"Pretty Little Liars\". The web series is part of the \"Pretty Little Liars\" franchise and takes place between the events of the series' third season episodes, \"The Lady Killer\" and \"This Is a Dark Ride\". Set in the Rosewood Halloween Spooktacular Store, as the people of Rosewood prepared for Halloween. The web series was written by Kyle Bown & Kim Turrisi and directed by Arthur Anderson. Kyle Bown, the assistant to", "id": "7153582" }, { "contents": "Till Death Do Us Part (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\n\"Till Death Do Us Part\" is the series finale of \"Pretty Little Liars\", which premiered on the Freeform network in the United States on June 27, 2017. The twentieth episode of the seventh season and the 160th overall, it was directed by showrunner I. Marlene King, who also co-wrote the episode alongside Kyle Bown and Maya Goldsmith. Shortly after the two-hour final episode, a special titled \"A-List Wrap Party\" was aired, in which the main cast and King talked about", "id": "11433705" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (franchise)\n\n\nthe series had been in the works at The CW since 2013 but the rights were later sold to Freeform. Pretty Little Liars is an American teen drama mystery thriller television series developed by I. Marlene King and is loosely based on the novel series of the same name. The series follows the lives of four high school girls whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader. One year later, the estranged friends are reunited as they begin receiving messages from a mysterious figure named \"A\" who threatens to expose their deepest", "id": "19314474" }, { "contents": "List of Pretty Little Liars characters\n\n\n\"Pretty Little Liars\" is an American teen drama television series created by I. Marlene King for Freeform. It is based on Sara Shepard's novel series of the same name. Below is a list consisting of the many characters who have appeared throughout the series' seven-season run. The following table contains an overall look on the main, recurring and guest characters. The recurring and guest characters, marked in red and blue, respectively, have appeared in more than five episodes in the respective season they are pointed out", "id": "1939479" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars\n\n\nPretty Little Liars is an American teen drama mystery thriller television series developed by I. Marlene King and is loosely based on the novel series of the same name written by Sara Shepard. The series follows the lives of four high school girls whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader. One year later, the estranged friends are reunited as they begin receiving messages from a mysterious figure named \"A\" who threatens to expose their deepest secrets. The series features an ensemble cast, headed by Troian Bellisario as Spencer Hastings,", "id": "2540968" }, { "contents": "List of Pretty Little Liars episodes\n\n\n\" who threatens to expose their deepest secrets, including ones they thought only Alison knew. After an initial order of 10 episodes, ABC Family ordered an additional 12 episodes for season one on June 28, 2010. The first season's \"summer finale\" aired on August 10, 2010, with the remaining 12 episodes began airing on January 3, 2011. On January 11, 2011, ABC Family picked up \"Pretty Little Liars\" for a second season of 24 episodes. It began airing on Tuesday, June 14", "id": "4805230" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (book series)\n\n\nLiars. Mona Vanderwaal, Alison DiLaurentis and Nick Maxwell are discovered to be A. Mona became A due to Alison and the Liars being responsible for The Jenna Thing, which burned her too. However, she is killed when Spencer pushes her off a cliff face and her neck is caught between rocks. However, a new \"A\" rises, this time even more determined to hurt the Liars. This A is revealed to be Alison herself who wanted revenge on the Liars for ruining her life and Nick, who is revealed", "id": "16426952" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars\n\n\npromotion by ABC Family, including \"spicy promos and hot posters\". ABC Family encouraged fans to host a \"Pretty Little Premiere Party\" for the show by sending the first respondents a fan kit, and selected applicants to become part of an interactive \"Secret Keeper Game\" played with iPhones provided by the network. The show's official Facebook and Twitter accounts also promoted special fan features, including a \"Pretty Little Lie Detector\". Los Angeles department store Kitson showcased the show in their shop window. A tie-", "id": "2540987" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (season 6)\n\n\nnew boyfriend, and that Australian actor David Coussins will recur as Jordan, Hanna's fiancé. On July 21, 2015, it was announced that one more recurring character will be introduced, the smart and sleek Yvonne, a politician's daughter who will cause some major drama for one of the Liars. It was later announced that Kara Royster will play Yvonne Phillips, Toby's new love interest, first appearing in the fourteenth episode. It was reported by \"TVLine\" on June 23, 2015, that Blake Berris will", "id": "9232128" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (season 4)\n\n\nThe fourth season of the American mystery drama television series \"Pretty Little Liars\" began airing on ABC Family on June 11, 2013. The season consisted of 24 episodes, which were filmed between March 14, 2013 and November 2, 2013. The season concluded its broadcast on March 18, 2014. The season continues from where it left off in the third-season finale, where the girls were rescued from the burning building by who they believe is Alison. The girls begin looking for answers that could lead to Alison", "id": "12516685" }, { "contents": "Brant Daugherty\n\n\nFriedberg and Aaron Seltzer's motion picture comedy film \"The Starving Games\" released in fall 2013. In 2014, he had a credited role in the Charlie Sheen FX series \"Anger Management\". Daugherty was a contestant in season 17 of \"Dancing with the Stars\" in which he partnered with professional dancer Peta Murgatroyd. They were eliminated in the eighth week of competition, finishing in seventh place. In 2018, he played Luke Sawyer in the film \"Fifty Shades Freed\". Daugherty was born and raised in Mason", "id": "18845802" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (season 7)\n\n\njoining the A.D. team. Aria is forced into playing and becomes A.D.'s new helper, destroying Emison's baby nursery and leaving an \"A\" message in Spencer's house, until the Liars catch her in the act and she defects. Mona, who is becoming addicted to the A-game again, reveals that she tried to scare Charlotte into not resuming the A-game but Charlotte attacked her and she killed her in self-defense. Mary confesses to Rollins and Jessica's murder. A.D. ends the game as", "id": "16382950" }, { "contents": "A (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nknown as A.D., is the third person to take over the identity of \"A\". In the show's series finale, Uber A's identity is revealed to be Alex Drake, Spencer's twin sister who was put up for adoption at birth. She desperately craves vengeance over the tragic passing of Charlotte DiLaurentis, who was her half-sister, and is trying to seek out the person responsible. Unlike Mona or Charlotte, Alex does not use any nicknames at first but instead signs their messages with emojis, which", "id": "18727901" }, { "contents": "Aeriél Miranda\n\n\nAeriél Christine Gabrielle \"ARI\" Miranda (born April 3, 1992) is an American actress. She is best known for her recurring role as Shana Fring on the ABC Family series, \"Pretty Little Liars\" (2013–2015). She was first introduced as Shana on the web series, \"Pretty Dirty Secrets\" (2012), prior to appearing on \"Pretty Little Liars\". Miranda also recurred as Lana on \"The Nine Lives of Chloe King\" and The CW series \"The Tomorrow People\". Other", "id": "5848975" }, { "contents": "List of Pretty Little Liars characters\n\n\n. The main characters, marked in green, are those whose portrayer has had received ensemble cast billing in at least one episode in the season they are denoted. The following list features characters that are considered fundamental to the series' storylines, consisting of the central group deemed as \"the Liars\" and the main antagonist \"A.\" Considered the \"de facto leader\" of the group, Spencer Hastings, portrayed by Troian Bellisario, is intelligent, extremely ambitious, and strives for perfection in everything she does in an attempt", "id": "1939480" }, { "contents": "The Darkest Knight (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nout that Sydney was disguised as Jenna. The Liars arrive at the address of the text, which lead the Liars into an abandoned school for the blind where Jenna, armed with a gun, attempts to murder the Liars with Noel. However, Noel, while attacking Hanna and Emily, trips on his axe and accidentally kills himself via decapitation. Jenna then shoots at the Liars, as they run, but get separated from Spencer, who is shot. Before Jenna could cause more damage, she is taken down by Mary", "id": "19987760" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (season 7)\n\n\nin her basement dollhouse. In the finale moment, a new set of liars are awakened to find their leader, Addison, has just gone missing. The seventh season was ordered with the sixth season on June 10, 2014, right before the fifth-season premiere aired, which made Pretty Little Liars ABC Family's longest running original series, surpassing \"The Secret Life of the American Teenager\", which was ABC Family's previous longest running original series. The season will consist of 20 episodes, in which ten episodes", "id": "16382954" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (franchise)\n\n\nbe ending after its seventh season in 2017. The series finale was viewed by an estimated 1.41 million viewers. It had the second-highest rating of any cable TV series that aired that night. Pretty Dirty Secrets is an American mystery web series from the television series \"Pretty Little Liars\". The web series takes place between the events of the series' third season episodes, \"The Lady Killer\" and \"This Is a Dark Ride\". Set in the Rosewood Halloween Spooktacular Store, as the people of Rosewood", "id": "19314476" }, { "contents": "Memento (band)\n\n\n'Surrender' The Roommate (Movie) MTV - Digital Daggers 'Surrender' Unforgettable CBS S1E18 - Digital Daggers 'Surrender - (Piano Version)' Nikita The CW S3E21 - Digital Daggers 'The Devil Within (Piano Version)' Pretty Little Liars The CW S4E1 - Digital Daggers 'The Devil Within' Nikita The CW S3E22 - Digital Daggers 'The Devil Within' The Blacklist NBC S1Promo - Digital Daggers 'The Devil Within' Pretty Little Liars The CW S2E11 - Digital Daggers 'Where The Lonely Ones Roam' Pretty", "id": "21476065" }, { "contents": "Charlotte Drake\n\n\nCharlotte Drake is a fictional character in \"Pretty Little Liars\", an American mystery drama television series based on the homonymous novel series written by Sara Shepard. Charlotte is a character that only appears in the television series and is portrayed by Vanessa Ray. The character is also featured in the \"Pretty Little Liars\" web series \"Pretty Dirty Secrets\". Charlotte was introduced in the third season using the pseudonym CeCe Drake. Acting as a best friend and mentor to Alison DiLaurentis, CeCe moved back to Rosewood two years after", "id": "2604089" }, { "contents": "Wanted: Dead or Alive (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nBenson) finally reveals that she's not engaged anymore. Someone is murdered inside the Radley Hotel for playing in the wrong team. The morning after the previous episode, the Liars reunite at the Brew to talk about who could possibly be behind \"A.D.\"'s mask, when Alison (Sasha Pieterse) suddenly appears wearing the jacket they previously gave up to \"A.D.\" in order to make Alison look guilty of Charlotte's murder. Spencer and Alison leave the Brew, and Spencer convinces Alison that they only delivered the jacket", "id": "8669664" }, { "contents": "Red Coat (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\non and the Liars get a glimpse of a live feed that shows Alison in a room, talking to \"A\". \"A\" turns around and is revealed to be CeCe Drake, who reveals that she was born as Charles before transitioning into Charlotte. CeCe/Charlotte reveals that she became \"A\" (and thus Red Coat) in order to sneak out of Radley and because she was angry that the Liars were happy about her disappearance. While Charlotte is telling her story, the Liars are alerted to a", "id": "4280786" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars\n\n\n\" compared the show to those on The CW and noted, \"Sure, there's a lot here that sustains more eye-rolling than interested stares, but a little patience might be warranted.\" Since the series premiere, \"Pretty Little Liars\" has remained popular. In 2016, a \"New York Times\" study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that the show's \"popularity is tilted toward women more than any other show in the data — over 94 percent of 'likes'", "id": "2540993" }, { "contents": "A (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nshop, only to end up shooting Ezra instead, who had found out her identity. In the following episode, she continued to hunt down the Liars, and sent a group of black hoodies to trick them. The black hoodies used the alias \"A\" during their taunting of the Liars. Shana revealed herself to the girls and revealed that she wanted justice for Jenna. The Liars falsely believed that Shana was Big A. During the TV series, the antagonists used various disguises at parties and events, in order to watch", "id": "18727936" }, { "contents": "Sara Harvey (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nRadley's floor plan. He hands it in a tube to her as she suspiciously drives off. Later, Sara encounters Mona and tells her that no matter how many good deeds she does, none of the Liars are ever going to truly trust her. Adding salt to the wound, Harvey states that without games, Mona will remain lonesome. During \"Along Comes Mary\", Sara remains living in Rosewood and befriends Jenna Marshall. At the end of the episode, they are having drinks at The Radley when an unknown", "id": "16626421" }, { "contents": "Alison DiLaurentis\n\n\nconstantly under scrutiny from the town's citizens. Sasha Pieterse, who portrays Alison on screen, has described the character as an indecisive person, showing herself as a ruthless, manipulative girl. Due to the massive reformulation on the story's timing, pacing and overall narrative for the television adaptation, the on-screen Alison DiLaurentis holds various differences from her literary counterpart, such as the fact that the latter has a identical twin sister, while the former does not. \"Pretty Little Liars\" is a series of books which", "id": "10510488" }, { "contents": "Melissa Hastings\n\n\nMelissa Hastings is a fictional character in the \"Pretty Little Liars\" franchise. Created in 2006 by Sara Shepard for the book series, the character was later reworked by I. Marlene King, the developer of the television series, in which she is portrayed by Torrey DeVitto. An antiheroine, Melissa is sister to protagonist Spencer Hastings, and the daughter of Peter and Veronica Hastings. She is a fierce woman who does everything to succeed in her life goals. In print, she is a guest character, while on screen Melissa", "id": "13333343" }, { "contents": "Sara Harvey (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nthe fact that Sara's earlier interactions with Emily and the other Liars were just a facade to lure the girls into complacency. Harvey is shown to have acted the part of an abused captivity victim when in actual fact, she was seemingly working with \"A\" out of her own free will. In contrast to her previous persona, Sara is duplicitous in nature as she played on the Liars' sympathies for her plight to stop them from questioning her and having suspicions. Furthermore, Harvey is also shown to be manipulative as", "id": "16626404" }, { "contents": "Fay Wolf\n\n\nAll My Children\", \"Numb3rs\", and \"\". Some of her songs have been used in \"The Vampire Diaries\", \"Grey's Anatomy\", \"One Tree Hill\", \"Covert Affairs\", and \"Pretty Little Liars\". Fay's cover for The Outfield's \"Your Love\" was used exclusively for the \"Pretty Little Liars\" Soundtrack in 2011 with a music video released in 2012. In 2009 Wolf released her first EP, \"Blankets\". In 2011 she released her", "id": "5907290" }, { "contents": "Red Coat (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\ndisguise to distract \"A\" and that CeCe was never truly Red Coat. It is later revealed that CeCe actually was the Red Coat who stole the game from Mona and wore the disguise during her schemes, presumably until the saw mill incident. In \"Game Over, Charles\", the Liars learn there was a third Red Coat who posed as a decoy for CeCe and used the infamous disguise to distract the Liars whenever CeCe couldn't. The third Red Coat is revealed to be Sara Harvey. Big \"A\"", "id": "4280784" }, { "contents": "Chad Lowe\n\n\nfor-television movie \"Take Me Home\". That year he also wrote and directed the short film \"The Audition\". Lowe made his feature film directorial debut in 2007 with \"Beautiful Ohio\". Lowe has directed episodes of \"Bones\", \"Brothers and Sisters\", \"\", \"Hack\", \"Without a Trace\", and \"Pretty Little Liars\". In April 2010, Lowe replaced Alexis Denisof as Aria's father, Byron Montgomery, in \"Pretty Little Liars\". While filming", "id": "15690599" }, { "contents": "Once Upon a Time (TV series)\n\n\nand \"Favorite Villain\" for Lana Parrilla by the TV Guide. The show was nominated at the 2012 Teen Choice Awards, but lost to \"The Vampire Diaries\", \"Pretty Little Liars\" and \"Awkward\" and the show was also nominated at 2013 Teen Choice Awards, but lost to \"The Vampire Diaries\" and \"Pretty Little Liars\". The show was nominated again 2014 Teen Choice Awards, but lost to \"The Vampire Diaries\" and Dylan O'Brien, respectively. It was also nominated at the 64th", "id": "3079455" }, { "contents": "Unmasked (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nfriends very rightly pointed out, the problem with the show is that it can be so manipulative without being fully satisfying.\" Louis Peitzman of TV.com gave the episode a favorable review, calling it \"\"Pretty Little Liars\" at its finest,\" and writing, \"The build-up to the reveal of Mona as 'A' was appropriately suspenseful. Like the Halloween episode, the finale delivered on the creepy factor: that motel, the Norman Bates wannabe, the lair where 'A' did all her dirty", "id": "7226639" }, { "contents": "Alex Drake (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\na psychiatric hospital and ultimately abandoned. Shortly after Mary gave birth, Veronica and Peter made arrangements with Judge Steven Kahn in order to adopt Spencer. According to Veronica, caring for Spencer as if she were her own was the key to forgiving Peter's infidelity. Emotional because of Veronica's revelation, Spencer decides to distance herself from Veronica. At the same time, A.D. delivers an interactive board game named Liar's Lament, which shows a map of Rosewood and figurines of the Liars. They decide not to play the game", "id": "11710996" }, { "contents": "Alex Drake (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nbefore throwing rose petals. This revelation led to the final pieces of the puzzle being left for the Liars to find on Hanna's car. They place the pieces into the board game, which A.D. had moved to the Alison's house. The phone from the game bid the Liars congratulations and through augmented reality informed them the grand prize was to discover Archer's corpse buried at Carol Ward's house. The girls rushed over there with shovels to dig the body up but Aria persuades her friends to stop playing the game and", "id": "11711049" }, { "contents": "Ryan Merriman\n\n\nIan Thomas on ABC Family's \"Pretty Little Liars\". In 2012, he starred as Dennis Mack in the 16th episode of Season 2 in \"Hawaii Five-0\". Dwight Little wanted Merriman to play Jin Kazama in his film \"Tekken\", but Merriman turned it down. He starred in the Hallmark Channel original movie \"Elevator Girl\" as Jonathan, a successful young lawyer who finds himself falling for a free-spirited young woman who is way below his pay grade. In 2011, he appeared as linebacker Jon", "id": "11213237" }, { "contents": "Wanted: Dead or Alive (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\ncollectively known as Liars, who receive anonymous messages in the form of threats from an unknown person, while they struggle to survive a life with danger. In this episode, the Rosewood P.D. is getting closer to finding out what really happened to Elliott Rollins, while the Liars work together to discover who was Rollins' partner in crime. Aria (Lucy Hale) and Ezra (Ian Harding) must deal with their awkward relationship. Spencer (Troian Bellisario) and Caleb (Tyler Blackburn) move on, while Hanna (Ashley", "id": "8669663" }, { "contents": "A (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\nbrought to jail, CeCe kidnaps them and tortures them inside the Dollhouse. Inside, the Liars discover that Big \"A\" is named Charles DiLaurentis. CeCe/Charlotte reveals herself as \"A\" and tells her story; saying that she is transgender, was formerly known as Charles DiLaurentis, and became 'A' because the Liars were happy that Alison was gone. She worked with Sara Harvey, who was the Black Widow and a decoy Red Coat, and was also responsible for the \"death\" of Alison and", "id": "18727898" }, { "contents": "Chris Arena\n\n\nhas been featured on UK Music Magazine NME's online publication, featuring his song \"Wait\" used in \"Dark Fall\" as well as \"Babyfish\", an early track that was also featured in \"Pretty Little Liars\". Most recently, Arena was featured in Entertainment Weekly, and two articles of WetPaint WetPaint, for his work on \"Pretty Little Liars\" and \"Ravenswood\". Previously, Arena and his album have been featured in \"The Press of Atlantic City\" (Atlantic City, NJ),", "id": "10398340" }, { "contents": "Hanna Marin\n\n\nthe most popular girls, they started to steal and Hanna got caught for stealing sunglasses in Pilot episode. In the first book, Hanna is introduced as a popular, ruthless girl. She is described as an alluring redhead young, and occasionally is fighting with herself in order to keep her beauty look. In early novels, the character is also written as bulimic. Hanna is one of four primary protagonists in all sixteen of the \"Pretty Little Liars\" novels, starting with \"Pretty Little Liars\". Before Alison DiLaurentis", "id": "10510406" }, { "contents": "The Wrath of Kahn (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\n\"The Wrath of Kahn\" is the ninth episode of the seventh season of the mystery drama television series \"Pretty Little Liars\", which aired on August 23, 2016, on the cable network Freeform. The hundred and forty-ninth episode, it was written by Jonell Lennon and directed by Chad Lowe. \"The Wrath of Kahn\" received a Nielsen rating of 0.5 and was viewed by 1.09 million viewers, down from the previous episode. It received positive reviews from critics. This episode is rated TV-14. The", "id": "11075154" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (season 5)\n\n\nKing. It also contained the 100th episode and the episode was written by showrunner I. Marlene King. The promotional poster was released on May 28, 2014. A second promotional poster was released after the hundredth episode was aired, on July 9, 2014. A third promotional poster was released on January 5, 2015, as a promotion for the second half of the fifth season, which began the day after the release of the poster. It was announced on June 10, 2014 that \"Pretty Little Liars\" was renewed", "id": "11200911" }, { "contents": "Postfeminism\n\n\nfound in \"Pretty Little Liars\". The novels explore the complexity of girlhood in a society that assumes gender equality, which is in line with postfeminism. The constant surveillance and self policing of the series' protagonists depicts the performance of heterosexuality, hyperfemininity, and critical gaze forced upon girls. The materialism and performance from the girls in \"Pretty Little Liars\" critiques the notion that society has full gender equality, and thus offers a critique of postfeminism. In an article on print jewelry advertisements in Singapore, Michelle Lazar analyses", "id": "12000870" }, { "contents": "Mona Vanderwaal\n\n\n\" named Mona the greatest \"Pretty Little Liars\" character. MTV also named her one of the best characters on television in 2014. During the TV series' run, producer I. Marlene King acknowledged Mona as a \"beloved character.\" By the end of the show's run, Dana Getz of \"Bustle.com\" declared that Mona had become \"the most important character in the series.\" Mona Vanderwaal was introduced in the first four \"Pretty Little Liars\" novels. A teenage resident of Rosewood, Pennsylvania, she", "id": "13333308" }, { "contents": "Ravenswood (TV series)\n\n\nRavenswood is an American supernatural teen drama, mystery-thriller television series created by I. Marlene King, Oliver Goldstick and Joseph Dougherty. The show premiered on ABC Family on October 22, 2013 and concluded on February 4, 2014. It is the first spin-off series of \"Pretty Little Liars\" and the second series in the \"Pretty Little Liars\" franchise. On February 14, 2014, \"Ravenswood\" was canceled by the network, due to low ratings after one season. Set in the fictional town of", "id": "14196030" }, { "contents": "Grave New World (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\n. The role was recast with Merritt Patterson for the actual show, after this episode was shot but before the first episode for \"Ravenswood\" was shot. \"Grave New World\" originally aired on October 22, 2013, as part of the \"13 Nights of Halloween\" programming special on ABC Family, and was followed by the series premiere of the \"Pretty Little Liars\" spinoff, \"Ravenswood\". The episode marks the third annual Halloween special from the series, each premiering apart from the regular summer and winter", "id": "1459578" }, { "contents": "Bedlam (Pretty Little Liars)\n\n\n\"Bedlam\" is the second episode of the seventh season of the mystery drama television series \"Pretty Little Liars\", which aired on June 28, 2016, on the cable network Freeform. The episode was written by Joseph Dougherty and directed by Tawnia McKiernan. The episode focuses on the protagonists growing suspicious of Elliott as Ali's condition worsens. Spencer and Caleb's relationship is on the rocks. Liam helps Aria and Ezra on their book. Hanna and Jordan's engagement falls down, and Hanna signs a contract with Lucas", "id": "1611819" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (season 7)\n\n\nPretty Little Liars\" ever since the show was renewed for two additional seasons. In an interview with \"BuzzFeed\", Troian Bellisario said “This is the beginning of the end. But the best part about these last two years is that, because it’s the beginning of the end, we can actually start telling the story I think we’ve been waiting to tell for a long time.\" Regarding the show's ending, Lucy Hale said to \"E! News\" that \"Seven seasons will definitely end the", "id": "16382958" } ]

[ { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nartists. In 2002 Amy Grant released a reworked version of the song, titled \"Imagine\" and paired with \"Sing the Wondrous Love of Jesus\", on her album \"Legacy... Hymns and Faith\". Country singer Jeff Carson's 2003 cover peaked at No. 50 on the Country Songs chart. \"I Can Only Imagine\" was covered by Wynonna Judd in 2005 and Emerson Drive in 2007. Country singer Marie Osmond covered the song on her 2010 album \"I Can Do This\", with all proceeds from", "id": "4256132" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nmusic biopic of all-time in the United States, behind only \"Bohemian Rhapsody\", \"Straight Outta Compton\" and \"Walk the Line\". It was also the highest-grossing independent film of 2018. Originally, \"I Can Only Imagine\" was set to be released by fellow Christian artist Amy Grant. Millard had initially declined a request from Grant's record label to allow her to record the song; some segments of the Christian community had reacted negatively to her divorce, and Millard wasn't sure if", "id": "4256114" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nThe Worship Project\", the band initially did not perform the song in concerts because they felt it did not fit with the rest of the record. The band’s first performance of the song did not come until the summer after the release of \"The Worship Project\" at a summer camp at the request of a camp counselor. The band has played the song at every show since as of February 2009 MercyMe's 2004 concert tour, the Imagine Tour (with Amy Grant and Bebo Norman) and 201819 Imagine Nation Tour", "id": "4256128" }, { "contents": "MercyMe\n\n\nwas to a certain extent overlooked by the attention that \"I Can Only Imagine\" was receiving in the mainstream markets at the time. In 2003, guitarist Barry Graul, who had previously been with the Christian hard rock band Whitecross, joined MercyMe, giving MercyMe a second guitarist to provide greater depth on their third studio album, \"Undone\". In 2004, the band headlined the \"Imagine Tour\" with fellow artists Amy Grant and Bebo Norman. In addition to headlining the \"Imagine Tour\", MercyMe released their", "id": "4193564" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (film)\n\n\na showcase in Nashville. Bart surprises Shannon and invites her to tour with the band, and is confused when she flatly refuses. In Nashville, Brickell introduces Bart to established artists Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith, but is unable to convince several record execs to sign the band, who do not believe the band, now performing as \"MercyMe\", is good enough. Devastated, Bart quits the band, but Brickell perceives that Bart needs to resolve issues in his personal life, so Bart reconciles with the band and", "id": "9598836" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (film)\n\n\nhis father. He finally forgives his father, and the two form a deep bond, but Arthur soon dies of his illness. After Arthur's funeral, Bart rejoins the band and writes \"I Can Only Imagine\", and also calls Shannon and apologizes for the first time since their breakup. Brickell sends the demo tape to several artists, including Grant, who, deeply moved by the song, asks to record it herself as her next single, and Bart, who just wants the song to be heard, accepts", "id": "9598838" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nIndeed (Jabez's Song)\", which performed poorly at Christian radio, leading to poor sales of \"Almost There\". Plans were made to release a second single from the record, but the band's manager, Scott Brickell, decided to reach out to Grant to see if she still planned to release her version as a single. Grant gave MercyMe her blessing to release the song as their second single and signed the rights back to the band; \"I Can Only Imagine\" was released on October 12,", "id": "4256116" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nin 2018. It is often requested to be played at funerals. \"I Can Only Imagine\" was named the official inspirational song for the state of Oklahoma in 2018; the measure was passed by the Oklahoma Legislature and signed by Governor Mary Fallin. The story behind \"I Can Only Imagine\" was adapted into a film. Directed by the Erwin Brothers and starring J. Michael Finley as Bart Millard and Dennis Quaid as Arthur Millard, the movie was released to theaters on March 16, 2018 It received mixed to positive reviews", "id": "4256112" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nspeak at all/I can only imagine/I can only imagine\". Regarding the lyrical theme of \"I Can Only Imagine\", Millard explained to Fox News that \"I was always told that if [my father] could choose, he would rather be in Heaven than here with me. As a Christian I believed that, but as an 18-year-old it was a little hard to swallow. So the questions in the song came from me asking God what was so great about Him that my dad would", "id": "4256107" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nI Can Only Imagine\" \"heart-gripping\". Megumi Nakamura of \"Cross Rhythms\" praised \"I Can Only Imagine\" as being \"beautiful and touching\" and called it the album's centerpiece. Writing for \"CCM Magazine\", Adam Woodroof called the song \"heavenly\" and said it was the highlight of \"Almost There\". Russ Breimeier of \"Christianity Today\" praised the song as being \"beautiful and inspiring\", but questioned if it was actually a worship song. \"I Can Only Imagine", "id": "4256109" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nA-side physical single, \"I Can Only Imagine/Word of God Speak\", in September 2003. \"I Can Only Imagine\" debuted on the Adult Contemporary chart on May 23, 2003, eventually peaking at No. 5 for the chart week of September 8, 2003. \"I Can Only Imagine\" spent 30 weeks on the chart. The song debuted on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 for the chart week of October 11, 2003 at No. 76. The song peaked at No. 71", "id": "4256121" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (film)\n\n\nI Can Only Imagine is a 2018 American Christian drama film directed by the Erwin Brothers and written by Alex Cramer, Jon Erwin, and Brent McCorkle, based on the story behind the MercyMe song of the same name, the best-selling Christian single of all time. The film stars J. Michael Finley as Bart Millard, the lead singer who wrote the song about his relationship with his father (Dennis Quaid). Madeline Carroll, Trace Adkins, Priscilla Shirer, and Cloris Leachman also star. \"I Can Only Imagine", "id": "9598831" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nwere included on their compilation album \"10\"; a symphony version featuring the London Session Orchestra as well as a live version. For their 2018 compilation album \"I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe\", released to commemorate the release of the movie, the band recorded an updated version titled \"I Can Only Imagine (The Movie Session)\". This version charted on the \"Billboard\" Christian Songs chart, peaking at No. 19. \"I Can Only Imagine\" has been covered by several", "id": "4256131" }, { "contents": "A Christmas Carol (Doctor Who)\n\n\nKaren Gillan (Amy Pond), and Darvill were very honoured to work with him. Moffat stated, \"Michael Gambon is as distinguished an actor as I can imagine and the fact that he was Dumbledore means that he is already known to millions of children\". Kazran was played as a boy by Laurence Belcher and as a young adult by Danny Horn. Director Toby Haynes said that acting came naturally to Belcher and he \"captured the story\" and drew the audience in. The episode also features the acting debut of", "id": "2498484" }, { "contents": "The Next Time I Fall\n\n\nexplained. 'Actually, I was going to use an \"unknown\" singer until someone at my record company suggested Amy Grant,'\" who had thus far only been known for Contemporary Christian music. \"I thought she was a great choice because she was looking to make a pop crossover, and I like what she stands for. She was real excited about the idea, too.\" That's not to say that Grant was without reservations. Caldwell noted, \"Cetera really wanted her to record the duet with", "id": "5440005" }, { "contents": "Slave to the Music (James Morrison song)\n\n\n. In an interview for Digital Spy, James described the track: \"Slave to the Music' is one where when I finished writing it, I thought it was pretty cool. It's the first song that I've written where I can imagine it getting played in a club. Normally I would never imagine any of my songs getting played in a club! So that was a first for me.\" Allmusic's Jon O'Brien perceived that \"only on the funky R&B beats and Michael Jackson-esque chorus of \"", "id": "15183008" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\ntook him only about ten minutes to write the lyrics. Millard said that it was one of the few songs he had ever written where there was not any mistakes in the writing process; \"it was just written the way it is and left at that\". MercyMe initially attempted to record \"I Can Only Imagine\" as a fast song After several failed attempts, Millard talked with Bryson about arranging the song into a slower version. As the band was tearing down the equipment in their recording studio, Bryson began playing", "id": "4256102" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nin heaven; it opens with just a piano before building to include guitar and drums. After being released on October 12, 2001 as the second single from \"Almost There\", \"I Can Only Imagine\" became a major success on Christian radio; it spent two weeks at No. 1 on the \"Radio & Records\" Christian AC chart and became the most-played Christian single of 2002. It became an unexpected mainstream hit in 2003, peaking at No. 71 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and", "id": "4256094" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nand spent 16 non-consecutive weeks on the chart. \"I Can Only Imagine\" also peaked at No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 Singles Sales chart, a component chart of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 that ranks the best-selling physical single releases, for 10 weeks. During the week of November 22, 2003, it became the first No. 1 physical single to be outsold by the highest-selling digital single of the week; for that week, \"I Can Only Imagine\"", "id": "4256122" }, { "contents": "Undone (MercyMe album)\n\n\npromotion of the album, \"Here with Me\" was released to both Christian and mainstream radio, the first single the band had released since \"I Can Only Imagine\" had become a hit on mainstream radio in 2003. Like with \"I Can Only Imagine\", Curb Records was responsible for the promotion of \"Here with Me\" to mainstream radio. The song was regarded as a safer choice for mainstream radio, as it was not quite as explicit in its religious themes as \"I Can Only Imagine\".", "id": "706284" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nto be included on the band's debut album with INO, \"Almost There\" (2001). \"I Can Only Imagine\" is set in the key of E major and has a tempo of 80 beats per minute. Bart Millard's vocal range in the song spans from the low note of B to the high note of G. Millard is credited with writing and composing the song. A contemporary Christian and pop song, \"I Can Only Imagine\" has been considered both a ballad and a power ballad. The", "id": "4256105" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nhistory. \"I Can Only Imagine\" peaked at No. 1 on the Christian Songs chart on March 31, 2018, and spent three weeks at the top spot. It also peaked at No. 10 on the \"Billboard\" Digital Songs chart. The song ranked at No. 8 on the 2018 year-end Christian Songs chart. In April 2010, \"I Can Only Imagine\" was certified platinum by the RIAA, signifying sales of over 1 million digital downloads. It is the first single by any artist", "id": "4256125" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nwith President Donald Trump in attendance. In March 2018, MercyMe performed \"I Can Only Imagine\" live on \"Fox & Friends\" in promotion of the upcoming film release; Millard was also interviewed after the performance. Both an acoustic and live version of \"I Can Only Imagine\" were included in the Platinum edition of \"Almost There\", which was released in August 2006. MercyMe recorded a new version of the song for their \"iTunes Originals\" album, which was released in March 2008. Two more versions", "id": "4256130" }, { "contents": "I Will Remember You (Amy Grant song)\n\n\n\"I Will Remember You\" is the seventh and final single from Amy Grant's twelfth album, \"Heart in Motion\". After a remix of the original Album Version track was produced, a second, more refined, definitive remix then finally resulted (Rhythm Remix) which A&M not only placed in the number one slot on a three track promotional CD single released in March 1992, but then shortly thereafter created a high dollar, high concept promotional music video for as well. I Will Remember You became the fifth song", "id": "5982685" }, { "contents": "Amy Wadge\n\n\nlistening to early Elton John, Joni Mitchell and James Taylor. That was the stuff I cut my teeth on and now I listen to everything you can possibly imagine from hip hop to country\". She began to write her own songs at the age of 9 on the family piano. When she was 11, her parents bought her her first guitar from a junk shop. It was when Wadge taught herself to play along to Tracy Chapman's debut album that she discovered her affinity for the guitar. While still at school", "id": "3780164" }, { "contents": "Mission Pictures International\n\n\nDu Film in Cannes, MIPCOM and AFM. Mission’s productions include Hallmark Channel’s \"Enchanted Christmas\" starring Alexa and Carlos PenaVega and the independent feature film \"I Can Only Imagine\" starring Dennis Quaid, which released through Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions on March 16, 2018. \"I Can Only Imagine\" shattered industry box office predictions to take the #3 spot at the U.S. box office in its first 2 weeks of release. \"I Can Only Imagine\" grossed over $83 million to date in domestic ticket sales", "id": "19484623" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nhe wanted to be involved. After consulting with his pastor, who felt Millard should accept the opportunity, Millard began to reconsider, and finally agreed to let her cover it after talking with Grant over the phone. Grant had planned to release her version of the song as the first single from her upcoming album and MercyMe would release a different song as their first single, hoping to capitalize on having written what would presumably become a major hit for Grant. The band released their first single from the album, \"Bless Me", "id": "4256115" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nlove with Jesus. By the time he passed away when I was a freshman in college, not only was he my best friend, he was like the Godliest man I’d ever known\". After Arthur's death, Bart became obsessed with the phrase \"I can only imagine\" after hearing his grandmother say that she could only imagine what Arthur was seeing in heaven. Millard found comfort in the thought and began to write it on anything he could find. Once Millard started writing the song, he estimated that it", "id": "4256101" }, { "contents": "Amy Wyatt\n\n\nshow and added \"It's completely changed my life, as it's given me confidence and I'm coming out of it having learnt so much. I now feel ready to move on and play other characters, although playing Amy Wyatt has been more fun than I'd ever imagined.\" Following Halfpenny's departure from \"Casualty\" in January 2019, speculation began that she would reprise her role as Amy. However, Halfpenny stated that she would not be returning to \"Emmerdale\", as she wanted to do other", "id": "8403592" }, { "contents": "Homesick (MercyMe song)\n\n\nto the song as the 'sequel' to \"I Can Only Imagine.\" Regarding these comparisons, Millard said \"’I Can Only Imagine’ took the focus off of what you are going through and was comforting because it put the focus on where they were going... ’Homesick’ is the opposite because it completely addresses us that are left here. I don’t think as a Christian that it’s right for me to say, ‘I wish you could’ve stayed here,’ because truthfully, we’re", "id": "16728332" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\n\" earned two GMA Dove Awards at the 33rd GMA Dove Awards in 2002; 'Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year' and 'Song of the Year'. Millard won 'Songwriter of the Year' at the same ceremony as well as at the 25th American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Christian Music Awards, held on June 2, 2003. In 2004, \"CCM Magazine\" ranked \"I Can Only Imagine\" as the fourth-greatest song in Christian music. \"I Can", "id": "4256110" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (film)\n\n\n. On stage, Grant begins the song, but can't bring herself to sing it, and calls Bart on stage from the audience to sing it himself. Bart's performance earns an enthusiastic ovation, and he reunites with Shannon, who was also in attendance. The band releases the song as their first single, achieving success on both Christian and mainstream radio. The film was announced in December 2016. Dennis Quaid joined the cast in January 2017. Broadway actor J. Michael Finley, who sang all the songs in the", "id": "9598839" }, { "contents": "Everywhere I Go (Amy Grant song)\n\n\nboth Christian and mainstream pop radio. The song's lyrics, however, are somewhat more explicit with respect to Grant's Christian faith than those of the other \"Unguarded\" singles, which may explain why \"Everywhere I Go\" did not perform quite as well on the mainstream charts. In 1986, Grant released her first compilation album, \"The Collection\". Both \"Find a Way\" and \"Everywhere I Go\" were included, the only two songs from the still-new \"Unguarded\" to make the", "id": "14142400" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\na show pull out a picture of someone they've lost. These people embrace these photos and I just thought how can we tap into that\". The video features everyday people as well as several music artists including Michael Tait, Tammy Trent, Bob Herdman, and Jesse Katina, each holding an empty picture frame to signify their loss of a loved one; as the video progresses, they are holding pictures of their loved ones including Millard with his father's photograph. Despite including \"I Can Only Imagine\" on \"", "id": "4256127" }, { "contents": "Dead Artist Syndrome\n\n\nin many public and radio interviews. \"Amy\" is a haunting, romantic ballad, and while rumor to be about Amy Grant, Healy has stated \"it's not, but I let people think what they want, that said the idea of Amy Grant actually hearing the song and being creeped out was amusing to me, it's my Alice Cooper side\" while \"Red\" is a gloomy piece about a man who is mourning the loss of his wife, who may have either cheated on him, divorced him", "id": "13483056" }, { "contents": "Mal Peet\n\n\nplay all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark. Now I get to play football vicariously.\" Peet described his creative occupation thus: \"I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in the roof of my house and imagine I'm a black South American football superstar, then I have to imagine I'm a female pop celebrity who's pregnant. It's a completely mad way to spend your time. If I did it in public I would be", "id": "9775446" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\n\"I Can Only Imagine\" is a song by Christian rock band MercyMe. Written and composed by lead singer Bart Millard, the song was originally written for the band's 1999 independent album \"The Worship Project\" before being included on their 2001 major-label debut album \"Almost There\". The song was the last to be written for \"The Worship Project\"; in writing it, Millard drew upon his thoughts about his father's death. Lyrically, it imagines what it would be like to be before God", "id": "4256093" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nOnly Imagine\" has been regarded as MercyMe's \"breakthrough hit\" as well as their signature song. It is the most-played song in the history of Christian radio and one of the most-played songs in the history of contemporary music. As of April 2018, it is the best-selling Christian song of all-time. It has constantly ranked among the best-selling Christian songs each year in the \"Billboard\" year-end charts, ranging from No. 19 in 2016 to No. 3", "id": "4256111" }, { "contents": "The Stone Tape\n\n\nwrote the screenplay under the pseudonym \"Martin Quatermass\", and included a reference to \"Kneale University\". This homage did little to impress Kneale, who wrote in \"The Observer\", \"For the record I have had nothing to do with the film and I have not seen it. It sounds pretty bad. With an homage like this, one might say, who needs insults? I can only imagine that it is a whimsical riposte for my having my name removed from a film I wrote a few years", "id": "13657100" }, { "contents": "I (film)\n\n\nrights included satellite rights and ringtones. \"I\" received positive reviews from film critics who praised Vikram's and Amy Jackson's performances and technical aspects but criticised the script. Subhash K. Jha gave 4 stars out of 5 describing \"I\" as the \"most exceptional\" film from Shankar and wrote that it \"takes us beyond the imaginable and the conceivable, fusing with fabulous flamboyance the fantasy element with a level of heightened reality that's commercial cinema's forte\". Filmfare also gave it 4 stars out of 5,", "id": "2110983" }, { "contents": "Plaza Suite (film)\n\n\nI would only have used Walter in the last sequence and probably Lee Grant. I think Walter Matthau was wrong to play all three parts. That's a trick Peter Sellers can do.\" He continued, \"I have to accept some of the blame for the film. I kept all the action in one room. It was rather confining. We could have gone into other suites. I didn't think it out, but I learned from that.\" Matthau would work with Lee Grant's daughter and future actress", "id": "14063972" }, { "contents": "Bart Millard\n\n\n.\" Millard was called the Best Male Vocalist by \"Christianity Today\" in 2005, for his work on \"Hymned No. 1\" and \"The Christmas Sessions\" album with MercyMe. Millard's \"Hymned No. 1\" was called the No. 9 best album of the year by \"Christianity Today\" in 2005. Millard's song \"I Can Only Imagine\" was inspired by his father's death, and was made into a film also titled \"I Can Only Imagine\". The film was released", "id": "19341021" }, { "contents": "Amy LePeilbet\n\n\n. LePeilbet started all games in her career at Arizona State, playing in 74 career games. She was also a two-time Academic All-American. LePeilbet was a member of the Chicago Cobras of the W-League from 1998 to 2002. She was one of only three high school students to be named to the team's roster. She noticed an improvement in her playing with the opportunity. \"I can see much more of what's going on and I understand the game better,\" LePeilbet said. \"", "id": "6621642" }, { "contents": "Sarah Bernhardt\n\n\ntheater also complained; one anti-Bernhardt critic, Albert Delpit of \"Le Gaulois\", wrote, \"Madame Sarah Bernhardt is forty-three; she can no longer be useful to the Comédie. Moreover, what roles could she have? I can only imagine that she could play mothers...\" Bernhardt was deeply offended and immediately broke off negotiations. She turned once again to Sardou, who had written a new play for her, \"La Tosca\", which featured a prolonged and extremely dramatic death scene at the", "id": "1070163" }, { "contents": "10 (MercyMe album)\n\n\n10 is a greatest hits album by American Christian rock band MercyMe. Released on April 7, 2009 in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the band's single \"I Can Only Imagine\". The album contains twelve of the band's number-one singles from five studio albums (\"Almost There\", \"Spoken For\", \"Undone\", \"Coming Up to Breathe\", and \"All That Is Within Me\") as well as a re-recording of \"I Can Only Imagine\" featuring the", "id": "11458989" }, { "contents": "Mikrophonie (Stockhausen)\n\n\n, must it be a tam-tam? I said no, I can imagine the score being used to examine an old Volkswagen musically, to go inside the old thing and bang it and scratch it and do all sorts of things to it, and play MIKROPHONIE I, using the microphone” . However, when it came to tam-tams, some were less suitable than others, and the assortment of implements used to excite the tam-tam in the original performances could be substituted only with difficulty, if the", "id": "19973156" }, { "contents": "HMS Shannon (1806)\n\n\nmen and boys, beside thirty seamen, boys, and passengers, who were taken out of recaptured vessels lately. I entreat you, sir, not to imagine that I am urged by mere personal vanity to the wish of meeting the Chesapeake, or that I depend only upon your personal ambition for your acceding to this invitation. We have both noble motives. You will feel it as a compliment if I say that the result of our meeting may be the most grateful service I can render to my country; and I", "id": "12708831" }, { "contents": "Everywhere I Go (Amy Grant song)\n\n\n\"Everywhere I Go\" is a 1985 single by Christian music singer Amy Grant. It was released as the second single from her \"Unguarded\" album. Unlike \"Find a Way\" before it and \"Wise Up\" after it, the song failed to reach The Billboard Hot 100. However, the song did make the Adult Contemporary and Christian music charts in the United States. \"Everywhere I Go\" is a somewhat downtempo inspirational song that features heavy use of the synthesizer and some sound effects. The lyrics praise", "id": "14142398" }, { "contents": "John Pozzobon\n\n\n. And that gave me back the strength and courage to go on.\" Around 1955, Jean founded the \"Noble Village of Charity,\" where he builds free homes for the poor who lived with his family in the streets: \"There, I understood the meaning of the \"Via Crucis\", the distress of the Christ that we can only imagine. The suffering of our brothers caused by those who make no effort to sacrifice for the other. I trust in the Divine Providence. I have never been a", "id": "17310294" }, { "contents": "Keeper (Peet novel)\n\n\nwould play football when it was light and read when it was dark. Now I get to play football vicariously.\" Peet described his creative occupation thus: \"I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in the roof of my house and imagine I'm a black South American football superstar, then I have to imagine I'm a female pop celebrity who's pregnant. It's a completely mad way to spend your time. If I did it in public I would be sectioned. Writing is a form", "id": "12785677" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (film)\n\n\nmovie, makes his film debut as Bart Millard. The same month, it was announced that the film was slated for release in the spring of 2018. In August 2017, Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions signed on as distributors for the film for a nationwide release in the United States. \"I Can Only Imagine\" grossed $83.4 million in the United States, and Canada and $1.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $85.2 million, against a production budget of $7 million. It is the", "id": "9598840" }, { "contents": "10 (MercyMe album)\n\n\nLyrically, it relates the Ten Commandments. The band had begun playing it in concerts and, according to Millard, it developed a following of fans who wanted it to be put on CD. \"Only Temporary\", a rock song with a \"distinct southern influence\", was a new track, which the band had not included on any other album or project. Physical versions of \"10\" were released with a 'Sight' DVD containing video content. In addition to music videos for \"I Can Only Imagine", "id": "11458995" }, { "contents": "Terry Pratchett\n\n\nfan missions from \"Thief\" as examples. The red army in \"Interesting Times\" alludes to the game \"Lemmings\", and when asked about this connection, Pratchet stated \"Merely because the red army can fight, dig, march and climb and is controlled by little icons? Can't imagine how anyone thought that... Not only did I wipe \"Lemmings\" from my hard disk, I overwrote it so I couldn't get it back.\" Additionally, he played \"\", which he described as \"", "id": "10740125" }, { "contents": "Brendan Brady\n\n\n, seeing Brendan hit Ste was quite shocking… and the storyline is just beginning. The show has said it's going to be a dark, long-running story arc so I can only imagine what's ahead. I admit that I find the storyline quite compelling, and I've been drawn into it. While some people have seen this as a romance, it's never played that way to me. Ste and Brendan's scenes do have an element of sexual allure since the actors have chemistry, but there's", "id": "21077022" }, { "contents": "Full Metal Jacket Diary\n\n\nthey're beautiful...\" says Modine of his decision to publish the book. \"Now I feel enough time passed and I can look back at those days as being part of another person's life, this young kid who went on a journey to work with a legend...\" In addition to being a critical success, the book won the AIGA \"50 Books/50 Covers of 2006\" design award with a juror noting that it's \"the only book I can imagine covered in a metal jacket\". In 2010,", "id": "6748680" }, { "contents": "Almost There (album)\n\n\nat the top spot. It also peaked at number 10 on the \"Billboard\" Digital Songs chart. \"Almost There\" was certified triple platinum on June 15, 2018, and \"I Can Only Imagine\" was certified triple platinum on June 25, 2018, and is the best-selling Christian single of all-time as of April 2019. \"Almost There\" received critical acclaim from music critics. Critics praised the album's lyrical content, with particular compliments being given to \"I Can Only Imagine\".", "id": "16246451" }, { "contents": "Coming Up to Breathe\n\n\n\"Hold Fast\" also appeared on the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at number sixteen and number twenty-seven, respectively. According to lead vocalist Bart Millard, MercyMe had started as a rock band and had wanted to make a rock record. Following the success of their breakthrough single \"I Can Only Imagine\", a ballad, they were advised to \"duplicate ['I Can Only Imagine'] on the next two records\". Millard says they felt that they were at a point where \"we are known", "id": "19090971" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nrather be there.\" Critical reception for \"I Can Only Imagine\" was positive. Steve Losey of AllMusic praised it as being \"passionate\" and \"emotionally compelling\". Kevin Chamberlin of Jesus Freak Hideout said the song's lyrics were \"amazing\". Kevin McNeese of New Release Tuesday called it the \"definite highlight\" of \"Almost There\"; he praised its piano intro, saying it \"instantly invokes chills\", as well as the song's lyrical content. \"Charisma\" writer Margaret Feinburg called \"", "id": "4256108" }, { "contents": "Young Lions (book)\n\n\nYoung Lions is the 2010 debut graphic novella by American author Blaise Larmee. The novella was created in order to compete for one of the prestigious self-publishing grants awarded by the Xeric Foundation. After receiving the grant in 2009 Larmee stated \"I imagined after I got the Xeric that I would either write a different graphic novel to publish, or pocket the money. I ended up liking \"Young Lions\".\" The story concerns three friends who take a fresh-faced newcomer on a road trip in the hopes that", "id": "15971483" }, { "contents": "Metal Box\n\n\n, I just used what was at hand. I played bass like I imagined Wobble would play bass to it, I wanted a Wobble feel to it. But basically, it's all me – that's when I realised I can completely do everything. You just hear the drums at the end. [...] With 'Radio 4', I was just alone in the studio one night, and I was overwhelmed with the sense of space. I just took everything out of the studio, moved the drum kit", "id": "5419323" }, { "contents": "Mark Hollis\n\n\nand the Hot Rods. With Ed's encouragement and assistance, Mark formed his first band, The Reaction. Emerging in the post-punk era, the Reaction's sound reflected Hollis's interest in early garage rock as found on the 1972 compilation \"\". In a later interview, Hollis said, \"Up until punk there's no way I could have imagined I could get a record deal because I didn't think I could play, but punk said, 'If you think you can play you can play.", "id": "4963808" }, { "contents": "The Bear King\n\n\nn’t say I LOVED “The Bear King”, I can at least say I respected what it was going for: It's clear that Merida (Amy Manson) is going to be important to the endgame of this King Arthur (Liam Garrigan) storyline, so we needed to establish why and to what degree. And this is easier said than done, considering Merida is a character who, up until this point, hasn't even been particularly likable. I like Amy Manson in the role of Merida, but she", "id": "22095223" }, { "contents": "Amy Winehouse\n\n\none point. Speaking to the \"Daily Mail\" about it he said \"This is difficult for me to admit. But, yes, it's true. Amy and I were lovers. I loved her then and, well, I still do today. But towards the end, as only lovers can, she became quite mean and cruel to me. She didn't suffer fools…and believe me, she had a mean right hook.\" However, in July 2008, when \"Rolling Stone\" reporter Claire", "id": "4690144" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nNo. 5 on the \"Billboard\" Adult Contemporary chart while also hitting top 40, adult top 40, and country radio. The song returned to the charts after its story was adapted into a 2018 film of the same name, peaking at No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" Christian Songs chart and No. 10 on the \"Billboard\" Digital Songs chart. \"I Can Only Imagine\" received positive reviews from critics, with some calling it the best song on \"Almost There\"; it received particular praise", "id": "4256095" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nsold 7,500 physical copies in the United States, while Outkast's \"Hey Ya!\" sold 8,500 digital downloads in the United States in the same week. The song also charted on the Mainstream Top 40, Adult Top 40, and Country Songs charts. In 2012, the song appeared on France's Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) chart, spending two weeks and peaking at No. 65. In March 2018, following the release of the film \"I Can Only Imagine\", which was based on the", "id": "4256123" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\n(featuring Tenth Avenue North in the 2018 leg and Crowder and Micah Tyler in the 2019 leg) both took their name from the song. MercyMe performed \"I Can Only Imagine\" at the 33rd GMA Dove Awards, with an accompanying \"inspiring video that underscored the emotional and inspirational power of song\". The band also performed the song at the 40th GMA Dove Awards, held on April 23, 2009, in a medley with \"Finally Home\". The band performed the song at the 2017 National Prayer Breakfast,", "id": "4256129" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (film)\n\n\nfourth-highest grossing music biopic of all-time in the United States, behind \"Bohemian Rhapsody\", \"Straight Outta Compton\" and \"Walk the Line\". It is also the highest-grossing independent film of 2018. \"I Can Only Imagine\" was released on March 16, 2018, alongside \"Tomb Raider\" and \"Love, Simon\", and was originally projected to gross $2–4 million from 1,620 theaters in its opening weekend. However, after making $6.2 million on its first day (", "id": "9598841" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (film)\n\n\nThe website's critical consensus reads, \"\"I Can Only Imagine\"s message will have the most impact among Christian audiences, but overall, its performances and storytelling represent a notable evolution in faith-based cinema.\" On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 30 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating \"generally unfavorable reviews\". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"A+\" on an A+ to F scale, one of fewer than 80 films in the history of", "id": "9598844" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (film)\n\n\nthe service to earn such a score. \"The Arizona Republic\"s James Ward gave the film 4/5 stars and wrote, \"Too often faith-based films — say anything with Kirk Cameron or the terrible \"God's Not Dead\" series — tend to preach to the choir or hector their audience. The Erwins’ films — \"I Can Only Imagine\" definitely among them — are more inclusive, charitable of spirit and hopeful, all qualities that are always appreciated, be they rooted in Christian faith or otherwise.\" David", "id": "9598845" }, { "contents": "Amy Fisher\n\n\nand that she intended to challenge the law on this matter. Fisher could be seen on the tape saying: \"That will keep my name in the press. I want my name in the press. Why? Because I can make a lot of money. I figure if I'm going through all this pain and suffering, I'm getting a Ferrari.\" On December 2, 1992, Fisher was sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison. She served seven years and was granted parole in May 1999 after Supreme", "id": "19859543" }, { "contents": "Doctor Who: Series 5 (soundtrack)\n\n\n, \"Can I Come With You?\", \"Little Amy: The Apple\", \"Amy in the TARDIS\") and the Eleventh Doctor's themes, \"I Am the Doctor\" and \"The Mad Man With A Box\", replacing tracks previously associated with the Ninth and Tenth Doctors (\"The Doctor’s Theme\" and \"The Doctor Forever\"). After the track debuted in \"The Eleventh Hour\", multiple variations of \"I Am the Doctor\" appeared in every episode of the fifth", "id": "8654970" }, { "contents": "Phil Collinson\n\n\n: \"I can only talk for myself, and when I was a teenager,\" he said in a March 2007 interview. \"For me, as a young boy and a teenager, growing up in the north of England, in a world where I could never imagine being a gay man, let alone settling down and finding someone, I think \"Doctor Who\" was really asexual. There were programmes like \"The Sweeney\" which were very much about men chasing women, men getting women, whereas with \"", "id": "9200705" }, { "contents": "David Campese\n\n\ncan imagine how I felt.\" In \"For Love Not Money\" Simon Poidevin refuted claims Alan Jones had criticised Campese's performance in front of the Australian team. 'Tales of Jonsey screaming at Campese in the dressing-room immediately after the game for the poor way he played that afternoon was absolute nonsense,' Poidevin wrote. 'Nothing at all was said by anyone for nearly three-quarters of an hour, and the only noise I can recall was that of tough men openly sobbing from disappointment.' However", "id": "19390045" }, { "contents": "Cady Groves\n\n\nOur Lady Peace, Christina Aguilera, Phil Collins, Amy Grant, Frank Sinatra, Alanis Morissette, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Styx. Groves has mentioned on multiple occasions that she had a very rough childhood. Groves stated \"\"growing up was miserable. i mean-i was a kid. i was alone all the time. i liked to write. that was my thing. i had step dads in and out of my life constantly making promises and then breaking them. i had a brother who made my life a", "id": "18691937" }, { "contents": "Gerald Ford\n\n\nin which we all have played a part. It could go on and on and on, or someone must write the end to it. I have concluded that only I can do that, and if I can, I must.\" Ford's decision to pardon Nixon was highly controversial. Critics derided the move and said a \"corrupt bargain\" had been struck between the men. They said that Ford's pardon was granted in exchange for Nixon's resignation, which had elevated Ford to the presidency. Ford's first", "id": "19163972" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (David Guetta song)\n\n\n\"I Can Only Imagine\" is a song performed by French DJ David Guetta, featuring vocals from American singer Chris Brown and rapper Lil Wayne, from Guetta's fifth studio album \"Nothing but the Beat\". It was released as the sixth single from the album on April 23, 2012. Prior to its official release, the song charted in the lower regions of the charts in Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Guetta, Brown and Wayne performed the song live", "id": "16765151" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nefforts; Millard estimated the album's overall sales at 100,000, which other sources peg the album's sales as of 2006 at 60,000 or 65,000 copies. The difficulty of meeting sales demands when selling the album directly, in addition to having to book and manage for themselves, led the band to pursue a contract with a record label. After releasing one final independent record in 2000, the band signed with INO Records. \"I Can Only Imagine\" was one of several songs from the band's independent records that were selected", "id": "4256104" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nin the Christian music genre to go platinum. The song was certified double platinum in September 2014 and triple platinum in June 2018. As of March 2018, it has sold 2.5 million copies, making it the best-selling Christian single of all time. A music video was released for \"I Can Only Imagine\". According to Millard, the video's inspiration came from seeing people holding empty picture frames at their concerts, symbolizing their deceased loved ones. Millard said that the \"I've had so many people after", "id": "4256126" }, { "contents": "Minatitlán shooting\n\n\n, she was 52, I was coming from the bathroom when the thundering began, I did not see how many they were because I did not leave. I lost my son, my only son, and you can imagine the pain I have, to see my only son dead. I'm standing here, with my pain, because you can not say anything else, he was 32 years old.\" A majority of the attendees were women, including seniors. The older adults dancing were pointed at with weapons.", "id": "11331667" }, { "contents": "Laurette Taylor\n\n\nsee the acting\", and warns against paying too much attention to the traditions of acting, saying it \"cramps creative instinct\". To Taylor, the imaginative actress will leave you with a feeling that you can imagine her character's conduct \"[i]n any position, aside from the situations involved in the actions of the play\". Taylor applauded the imaginative actress who \"builds a picture, using all her heart and soul and brain\", not for the audience but for herself. Taylor died from a coronary thrombosis", "id": "8032171" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nLate at night on the band's bus, Millard found an old notebook with the phrase \"I can only imagine\" written in it. Millard began to write a song, basing it off on his personal feelings about his father Arthur's death. Early in Bart's life, Arthur had been physically and emotionally abusive towards his family, with Bart being beaten severely at points; Arthur and his wife Adele eventually divorced, and Bart was sent to live with his mother after an especially extreme whipping. Bart kept in contact", "id": "4256099" }, { "contents": "The Wall (novel)\n\n\nnovel and everything is very cumbersome because I never have much time and, mainly, because I can not embarrass myself. I must continuously inquire whether what I say about animals and plants is actually correct. One can not be precise enough. I would be very happy, indeed, if I were able to write the novel only half as well as I am imagining it in my mind. She commented a year later to the same friend: I am extremely industrious. My novel is completed in its first draft. I", "id": "4212634" }, { "contents": "Otto Klemperer\n\n\n's bitterness at this decision was voiced in a letter he wrote to Arthur Judson, who ran the orchestra: \"that the society did not reengage me is the strongest offense, the sharpest insult to me as artist, which I can imagine. You see, I am no youngster. I have a name and a good name. One could not use me in a most difficult season and then expell me. This non-reengagement will have very bad results not only for me in New York but in the whole world", "id": "1119805" }, { "contents": "Simo Matavulj\n\n\nnew job in 1874 at the Serbian Naval Academy of \"Srbina\" in Herceg Novi, teaching Italian. In \"Bilješke jednog pisca\" (Notes of a Writer), Matavulj wrote: \"In Herceg Novi I lived from 1874 until the end of 1881. The most beautiful period of my youth I spent in this magnificent part of the Serbian country, on the southern junction of three frontiers, in events and circumstances which can only be imagined for a young man who had longings and affection for story-telling... I", "id": "12679479" }, { "contents": "The Last Song (2010 film)\n\n\nRon Cyrus, who died in 2006. Unknown to many, the character had first been named \"Kirby\" by Sparks and later changed to \"Hilary\". New interviews with Sparks reveal he imagined Cyrus in the role \"only a little\" during the writing process. At the completion of the screenplay, Sparks was concerned that Cyrus would not be able to successfully execute the role: \"The first thing I thought when I finished the screenplay was, wow, I hope she can do this, this is a tough", "id": "6237307" }, { "contents": "Johnny Rodgers (singer)\n\n\nplaying side by side as what started him down the music path as a youngster. Grandma Brown, who always wanted to be a Ziegfeld Girl, picked out melodies on the piano for four-year-old Johnny to sing. \"K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy/You're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore\" (Geoffrey O'Hara) rang through the Rodgers house in what one can only imagine were tenuous high pitched tones. Beginning in 7th grade, then high school,", "id": "3571196" }, { "contents": "Władysław Kozakiewicz\n\n\nhad been an involuntary muscle spasm caused by his exertion. In an interview years later, Kozakiewicz gave his thoughts about the incident: \"The Russian crowd was whistling... at any non-Russian contestant. They were whistling to distract us, you can only imagine the noise: 70,000 people at the Luzhniki Stadium, probably only 10,000 of them were tourists.\" \"It occurred to me that I'm the only person in the world who got whistled at for breaking the world record. So when I landed, I showed", "id": "2233960" }, { "contents": "John Le Mesurier\n\n\n\"Only Two Can Play\", Sidney Gilliat's film of the novel \"That Uncertain Feeling\" by Kingsley Amis; Powell noted with pleasure \"the armour of his gravity pierced by polite bewilderment\". She compared Le Mesurier with the well-known American straight-face comedian, John McGiver. After appearing in another Sellers film in 1962—\"Waltz of the Toreadors\"—Le Mesurier joined him in the 1963 comedy \"The Wrong Arm of the Law\". Powell again reviewed the pair's film, commenting that \"I thought I knew by", "id": "2847817" }, { "contents": "Kat Bjelland\n\n\n, a bartender, at a barbecue. She convinced Barbero to play in her band as a drummer, despite the fact that Barbero had no musical training. Barbero agreed, and the pair joined with bassist Michelle Leon, forming Babes in Toyland. Bjelland has said she intentionally sought out bandmates who had no instrumental experience: \"Lori didn't know how to play when I met her. Michelle didn't know how to play. I was self-taught. Hopefully, from being technically inexperienced, you can use your imagination", "id": "17499914" }, { "contents": "Nicholas Newman\n\n\nconvincing story. I have never been a man in love with two women. I can only imagine what that must be like.\" The actor felt that if he needed to \"look like an ass and a bad guy\" to keep people interested in his portrayal, \"so be it\". He told Tommy Garrett of \"Canyon News\": \"I’d rather be playing an imperfect good guy than a boring one. There is a lot of me in Nick, there is not that big of a stretch", "id": "4181501" }, { "contents": "Peter Cetera\n\n\nmotion picture. In 1987, Cetera received an ASCAP award for \"Glory of Love\" in the category, \"Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures\". His performance on \"Glory of Love\" was nominated for a Grammy Award for best pop male vocal. That same year Cetera and Amy Grant, who duetted on \"The Next Time I Fall\", were nominated for a Grammy Award for best vocal performance by a pop duo or group. Besides David Foster and Amy Grant, Cetera has collaborated throughout his career with", "id": "20870702" }, { "contents": "Frank O'Hara\n\n\n, the speaker says, \"And here I am, the/center of all beauty!/writing these poems!/Imagine!\" Similarly, Williams at the end of \"Invocation and Conclusion\" says, \"Now look at me!\" These lines show a shared interest in the self as an individual who can only be himself in isolation. A similar idea is expressed in a line from Williams's \"Danse Russe\": \"Who shall say I am not/ the happy genius of my household?\" In First Aid Kit's song \"", "id": "3638824" }, { "contents": "I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)\n\n\nsong opens up with only a piano, building up to include guitar and drums. The song has a directly Christian message; its religious lyrics weren't edited for mainstream radio. In the song, the narrator wonders what it would be like to stand before God in Heaven; in the refrain, the singer ponders \"Will I dance for You Jesus/or in awe of you be still/Will I stand in Your presence or to my knees will I fall/Will I sing hallelujah/will I be able to", "id": "4256106" }, { "contents": "Light My Body Up\n\n\nrapper Lil Wayne, his first time collaborating with Guetta since \"I Can Only Imagine\". According to Minaj, earlier versions of the song only had her vocals and did not include her rap verse. The first verse was added later after Guetta played a demo of the song to his daughter Angie who remarked: \"Why isn't Nicki rapping on it too?\" the music was produced between the 12th until May 15, 2016 Wayne's verse was also added later after Minaj surprised the French DJ with it. \"", "id": "19867310" }, { "contents": "Dorothea Tanning\n\n\nto shock. So many people laboring to outdo Duchamp’s urinal. It isn’t even shocking anymore, just kind of sad.\" When speaking on her relationship with Ernst in an interview, Tanning said: \"I was a loner, am a loner, good Lord, it's the only way I can imagine working. And then when I hooked up with Max Ernst, he was clearly the only person I needed and, I assure you, we never, never talked art. Never.\" \"If it", "id": "9804808" }, { "contents": "Anna Maria Marchocka\n\n\nher desire for a life devoted to God: \"Oh my Father, Thou knowest, Oh Lord, my desire and I know that neither thought, nor word, nor imagination can attain. I beseech Thee, Oh merciful God, grant unto me light and learning that I write not which is not work to be written. Let me not be subject to passing fancy, nor to the base and vile, the empty, futile, and worthless. Suffer me not to sink in the slough of doom. O glorious", "id": "17359464" }, { "contents": "Beth Grant\n\n\nDaisies\"; \"My Name Is Earl\"; \"Yes, Dear\"; \"King of the Hill\"; \"The Office\"; \"Angel\"; \"Judging Amy\"; \"Jericho\"; \"\"; \"Criminal Minds\", \"Sabrina The Teenage Witch\"; \"True Blood\"; \"How I Met Your Mother\"; \"Modern Family\"; \"The Mentalist\"; and \"The Mindy Project\". Grant played the same character, Marianne Marie Beetle, in the short-", "id": "1730107" }, { "contents": "Martin Amis\n\n\nof Manchester, and started in September 2007. He ran postgraduate seminars, and participated in four public events each year, including a two-week summer school. Of his position, he said: \"I may be acerbic in how I write but...I would find it very difficult to say cruel things to [students] in such a vulnerable position. I imagine I'll be surprisingly sweet and gentle with them.\" He predicted that the experience might inspire him to write a new book, while adding sardonically:", "id": "5546881" }, { "contents": "Amy Schumer\n\n\n\"The Guardian\" criticized her for \"a shockingly large blind spot around race.\" Schumer responded on Twitter, stating \"I go in and out of playing an irreverent idiot. That includes making dumb jokes involving race... You can call it a 'blind spot for racism' or 'lazy,' but you are wrong. It is a joke ... I am not racist.\" Throughout 2015, several of Schumer's skits in \"Inside Amy Schumer\" went viral online, sparking think pieces regarding sex, feminism", "id": "11950887" }, { "contents": "Amy Beach\n\n\nperformance (although, as she wrote, \"I thought I was a pianist first and foremost.\") Her self-guided education in composition was also necessitated by Dr. Beach, who disapproved of his wife studying with a tutor. Restrictions like these were typical for middle- and upper-class women of the time: as it was explained to a European counterpart, Fanny Mendelssohn, \"Music will perhaps become his [Fanny's brother Felix Mendelssohn's] profession, while for \"you\" it can and must be only", "id": "18622043" } ]

[ { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nare Bhangi, Mehtar, Chuhra, Lal Beghi and Halalkhor. Valmiki community filed a legal case against both actors for hurting their sentiments. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena also unsuccessfully protested urging Mumbai multiplexes to promote Marathi film \"Deva\" instead of \"Tiger Zinda Hai\". Their leaders raised issue about the loss of screens to Marathi films like \"Deva\" and \"Ek Atrangi\" which released alongside. \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" opened to generally favourable reviews. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave 4.5 stars, and said \"Salman is", "id": "8618310" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nTiger Zinda Hai netted Rs 154 crore in its first four days in India. \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" grossed $2 million in two days, $450,000 on day one in US/Canada and around £150,000 in the UK. The film grossed $7 million in its opening weekend in overseas, including $2,535,825 in US/Canada. The film grossed 190crore worldwide in its opening weekend. As of 25 February 2018, the film has grossed US$87.32million (569crore) worldwide, including 434.82crore (US$67.11million) in", "id": "8618319" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nstars, and said \"The film is visually stunning in parts and Salman Khan plays Tiger with roaring confidence and dialogues packed with punch. Of course, his fans get a true-blue Salman Khan moment when he bares his torso.\" Rachit Gupta of Filmfare gave 3.5 stars, and said \"It may look like a Hollywood action thriller, but at its heart, \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" is an unabashed masala movie. The heady mixture of an international looking action film and the regular tropes of Hindi cinema make it", "id": "8618313" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nTiger Zinda Hai () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and co-written by Neelesh Misra. The film stars Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Sajjad Delfrooz in leading roles, with Angad Bedi, Kumud Mishra, Nawab Shah, Ivan Rodrigues, Girish Karnad and Paresh Rawal in supporting roles. The film is the sequel to the 2012 film \"Ek Tha Tiger\" and the second installment of the \"Tiger\" film series, and is based on the 2014 abduction of Indian", "id": "8618296" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nTha Tiger\" that \"The image of Pakistan and its law enforcement agencies\" have been compromised. \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" was in controversy on its release and faced protests from Valmiki community, when Salman Khan allegedly made a casteist slur, where he compared his dancing skills to a sanitation worker, \"or \"bhangi\" in a dance show. Shilpa Shetty also laughed along with him, and said that she also looked like one. Valmiki group is made up of a cluster of dalit communities — a few of whom", "id": "8618309" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nthe lifeline, the real treasure of \"Tiger Zinda Hai\". He sinks his teeth into the character and, in several sequences, peels off the mask of super-stardom and brings the actor to the fore. Katrina is in solid form, in action sequences specifically. Commands attention.\" Umesh Punwani of Koimoi gave 4 stars, and said \"Katrina Kaif is brilliant! She has very few dialogues, and no that's not the reason she's good. Working amazingly well with her expressions, she has turned", "id": "8618311" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nKatrina gets some terrific action moments and she executes them well, but make no mistake, the heavy lifting here is left to Salman Khan, and he's clearly up for the challenge.\" Richa Barua of Asianet News gave the film a rating of 4.5 stars, and states that the film \"keeps you glued to the seats.\" Raja Sen of NDTV India gave 2.5 stars, and said \"\"Tiger Zinda Hai\" breaks for intermission at a point when most self-respecting action films would have rushed into the", "id": "8618315" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\non to collect ₹35.30 crore nett gross on second day. The film recorded the second highest day of all time (after third day of \"'s\" Hindi-dub) on its third day with nett of ₹45.53 crore and the highest ever for the Hindi film industry. With three day nett collections of over ₹1.14 billion, \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" had the second highest opening weekend of all time (after \"Bahubali 2: The Conclusion\") and the highest opening weekend of all time in the Bollywood film industry.", "id": "8618318" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nIndian Express gave 2.5 stars, and said \"Only once in a while, the film gives in and provides us a killing which sobers us up, but very quickly it's back to the base, with Bhai taking over, and everyone including Nurse Poorna and Zoya making way for him. But you can see she enjoys kicking butt: you wish she had more to do.\" \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" made a new non-holiday record in India as it collected 34.1crore nett on its first day. It went", "id": "8618317" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nairstrike, Usman's troops are food poisoned. Tiger fights the troops but finds Usman with Zoya which causes him to surrender. Tiger is tortured in a gas chamber but later escapes and rescues the nurses. Azaan dies during the fight. As they escape, Firdauz and Karan who is also a RAW member and Shenoy's most trusted person crashes an oil tanker which kills ISC members. Tiger stabs and wounds Usman in a fierce encounter and moves to rescue Zoya who insists Tiger to leave her for the sake of Junior. A", "id": "8618304" }, { "contents": "Tiger (franchise)\n\n\nTiger is an Indian media franchise, consisting of two Bollywood films and a graphic novel series. The original work is 2012 film, named \"Ek Tha Tiger\", directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Yash Raj Films. It centers on a fictional character, an Indian spy (RAW) named \"Tiger\", who falls in love with a Pakistani spy (ISI). It has a sequel named \"Tiger Zinda Hai\", directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, that released on 22 December 2017. The sequel is", "id": "14824508" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\n's second-in-command, but face difficulty after the arrival of Firdauz aka 'Tohbaan' ('snake' in Arabic), who checks the workers. One day, Tiger rescues Hassan (Jineet Rath), a child who is sent by Usman as a human bomb. That night, Tiger and his gang set a controlled explosion in the refinery and pretend to get burned so that they are taken to the hospital. En route, they are joined by ISI members Captain Abrar (Gavie Chahal) and Captain", "id": "8618302" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nTiger and Zoya have adopted Hassan. Though Tiger goes into hiding once again, he assures Shenoy that he will always be there for his country. Filming took place in Abu Dhabi, Austria, Greece and Morocco. The last song of the movie was shot in the Aegean island of Naxos, Greece in October 2017. Iranian actor Sajjad Delafrooz was roped in to play the role of Abu Usman, leader of terrorist organisation ISC. Sajjad Delafrooz had worked in the 2015 Hindi film \"Baby\". The film's production budget", "id": "8618306" }, { "contents": "Katrina Kaif\n\n\n). Kaif's highest-grossing films came with the action thrillers \"Ek Tha Tiger\" (2012), \"Dhoom 3\" (2013) and \"Bang Bang!\" (2014), all of which rank among the highest-grossing Indian films. She followed this with roles in a series of films that did not perform well commercially, with the exception of the action sequel \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" (2017) and the drama \"Bharat\" (2019), but received praise for playing an alcoholic", "id": "1744029" }, { "contents": "Ek Tha Tiger\n\n\n, a record it held for three years. The film received six \"People's Choice Award\" nominations, and won five. A sequel titled \"Tiger Zinda Hai\", was released on 22 December 2017. An agent codenamed \"Tiger\" (Salman Khan)India's top spy and an officer of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)is conducting a mission in northern Iraq. Tiger is forced to kill one of his own men who has defected to Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He subsequently kills", "id": "7797413" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nthe city to kill Usman. Indian nurse Maria (Neha Hinge) calls the Indian Ambassador to Iraq (Ivan Sylvester Rodrigues) at the Indian Embassy in Baghdad, informing about the incident. The CIA give RAW chairman Shenoy (Girish Karnad) seven days of time to rescue the nurses after which they will hold the airstrike. Shenoy feels that only Tiger would be able to rescue the nurses. Based on the clues available, Shenoy locates Tiger and Zoya in Innsbruck. Several days later, Tiger is briefed by Shenoy, who", "id": "8618300" }, { "contents": "Siddhartha Basu\n\n\n\" (2015). He acted as President of India in the superhit 2014 Malayalam movie of Rosshan Andrews, \"How Old Are You?\" which was later reprised in Tamil as \"36 Vayadhinile\" (2015). He did play the part of India's Minister of External Affairs in the recent action blockbuster \"Tiger Zinda Hai\". Siddhartha is married to Anita Kaul, who worked as a journalist with \"India Today\" magazine from 1983–1988 and with whom in 1988 he set up Synergy, a television production company", "id": "2724782" }, { "contents": "Girish Karnad\n\n\n\" (2005), where Karnad's role of the ruthless cricket coach got him critical acclaim. This was followed by \"Dor\" (2006), \"8 x 10 Tasveer\" (2009) and \"Aashayein\" (2010). He played a key role in movies \"Ek Tha Tiger\"(2012) and its sequel \"Tiger Zinda Hai\"(2017) produced by Yash Raj Films. Karnad has acted in the Kannada gangster movie \"Aa Dinagalu\". He provided the voice of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, former President of", "id": "14108477" }, { "contents": "Kashmira Irani\n\n\nKashmira Irani is an Indian film,television and theatre actress known for playing Amber in \"Amber Dhara\", Draupadi in \"Dharmakshetra\" and Samaira Khanna in \"Dosti... Yaariyan... Manmarziyan ,Princess Sonali in the musical Zangoora-The Gypsy Prince. She’s played pivotal roles in films like Rangoon ,Tiger Zinda hai. Her upcoming film is Bharat releasing on 5th June 2019.\" Irani was born in 1986 and brought up in Pune, Maharashtra. She moved to Mumbai from Pune when she was 17 years old to", "id": "14516779" }, { "contents": "Tiger (franchise)\n\n\ntells Shenoy that they will only return when Pakistan and India no longer need ISI and RAW. In the epilogue, several images of Tiger and Zoya in cities including Venice, Cape Town, Zurich and London are shown, where sightings of them have been reported. But neither agencies could catch them. A sequel titled \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" was announced on 13 September 2016. Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif reprise their roles from the first film. In this film, Tiger is presumed to be dead by both the agencies,", "id": "14824514" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nStruthers won the Filmfare Award for Best Action. 8 years have passed since the events of the previous film, Tiger (Salman Khan) and Zoya (Katrina Kaif) are leading a peaceful life, in a secluded place, away from the prying eyes of the RAW & ISI. Officially declared dead in the files of RAW & ISI, Tiger and Zoya are now married and even have a son, Junior (Sartaaj Kakkar). The world believes that they have seen the last of Tiger and Zoya when danger strikes in", "id": "8618298" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nJaved (Danish Bhatt). Zoya also comes along with Abrar and Javed and reveals to Tiger that along with 25 Indian nurses, 15 Pakistani nurses are held hostage. Tiger then declares that ISI and RAW will work together to rescue the nurses. Meanwhile, Firdauz reveals that he is a secret RAW agent. They go to the hospital while Zoya leaves Tiger to first kill Baghdavi and his troops which she does with the help of some Syrian girls. At the hospital, Rakesh poisons the food. On the day of the", "id": "8618303" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nmissile, launched by American drones, blows the chamber. Tiger dresses everyone in the execution robes for a safe passage out of Ikrit. Javed raises Indian and Pakistani flags above the bus with the nurses keeping Azaan's promise while Firdauz takes Usman to a desert and shoots him. One year later, Shenoy is called by Tiger from Greece. A flashback shows that Tiger broke the chain and rescued Zoya and escaped, knowing that RAW and ISI wouldn't leave them be if they returned with the nurses. It's revealed that", "id": "8618305" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\ninforms him about the abduction of nurses. However Shenoy only tells Tiger about the 25 Indian nurses held in Iraq. Though Tiger is reluctant at first, he sets to carry the mission after Zoya's insistance. Tiger travels to Syria and assembles his own gang of RAW members consisting of Azaan (Paresh Pahuja), an expert sniper, Namit (Angad Bedi), an experienced bomb disposer and Rakesh (Kumud Mishra), a hacker. They reach an oil refinery controlled by Al Amir Baghdawi (Sal Yusuf), ISC", "id": "8618301" }, { "contents": "Tiger (franchise)\n\n\nbut it turns out that he is alive and fighting by himself against a global terror organization. This sequel is based on the 2014 abduction of Indian nurses by ISIL. Indian agent Tiger and Pakistani agent Zoya join forces in the name of humanity, against the militant messiah Abu Usman. Tiger Zinda Hai is an espionage action drama that follows a daring rescue mission in Iraq. A third film and the last film of the franchise is currently under development and Ali Abbas Zafar will return as the director and will start scripting the film", "id": "14824515" }, { "contents": "Julius Packiam\n\n\nJulius Packiam is a background music composer. His notable work is in Bollywood movies such as Ek Tha Tiger, Tiger Zinda Hai, Baaghi, Baaghi 2, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Sultan and Bharat. and KOKO is new background music composer collaborates with Julius Packiam. His repertoire includes background scores for Tiger franchise, Baaghi franchise, \"Dhoom 3\", \"Bajrangi Bhaijaan\", \"Sultan\", \"Tubelight\", \" Bharat\", etc. He is a frequent collaborator of director Kabir Khan, Aditya Chopra and Sajid Nadiadwala", "id": "504167" }, { "contents": "Salman Khan\n\n\n, Khan appeared in \"Tubelight\", his third collaboration with Kabir Khan after \"Ek Tha Tiger\" and \"Bajrangi Bhaijaan\". This film also starred Khan's real-life brother Sohail Khan. Despite its high expectations, the film failed to maintain a strong run at the box office. Khan's second release of 2017 \"Tiger Zinda Hai\", a sequel to \"Ek Tha Tiger\" grossed 190crore worldwide in its opening weekend. As of 23 January 2018, the film has grossed worldwide, including in India", "id": "8222610" }, { "contents": "Angad Bedi\n\n\nfor his performances in works such as \"Ungli\" (2014), and \"PINK\" (2016). In 2017 he starred as lead in Amazon original series series \"Inside Edge\". He was also seen In \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" with Salman Khan. Angad was born to noted Indian cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi. He played cricket up to Under-19 level for Delhi. He studied at Gyan Bharati School, Saket, New Delhi and graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. Subsequently, he began a career", "id": "12426299" }, { "contents": "Khans of Bollywood\n\n\n, including \"Dabangg\" (2010), \"Bodyguard\" (2011), \"Ek Tha Tiger\" (2012), \"Kick\" (2014), \"Bajrangi Bhaijaan\" (2015) and \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" (2017) nine of the films he has acted in, have accumulated gross earnings of over , and he has starred in the highest-grossing Bollywood films of nine separate years which is a Bollywood record. For his contributions to film, the Government of India honored him with the 2008", "id": "19793495" }, { "contents": "Lady Blackhawk\n\n\na front of Guy Gardner's latest heroic endeavors. Zinda is instantly accepted by Guy and offered a place to live. Multiple times she assists him and his makeshift team against supervillains, often serving as a pilot. Zinda's companions include, but are not limited to, Arisia, who is a former Green Lantern, Buck Wargo, a millionaire adventurer and 'Tiger-Man', a half-tiger, half-man. In one incident, Zinda suffers multiple injuries while defending Warriors patrons. She is treated at", "id": "7653017" }, { "contents": "Thugs of Hindostan\n\n\n, considering the difficulty in bringing audiences to theatres. Khan said his character was someone \"who cannot be trusted at all – [so it's the] very opposite of \"Dangal\" ... He's a very slippery character. He has no scruples at all – for money he can sell his mother out. He's like that.\" Kaif said that she does not have much action to do in the film, compared to her previous action roles, in particular \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" (2017).", "id": "13229346" }, { "contents": "Katrina Kaif\n\n\nthe Indian screen. They naturally shine before the camera.\" In the same year, Kaif reteamed with Salman Khan and reprised the role of Zoya in the Ali Abbas Zafar's action thriller film \"Tiger Zinda Hai\", sequel to the 2012 film \"Ek Tha Tiger.\" The film released on Christmas weekend and opened to strong box office collections, collecting over ₹1.1 billion within three days of release. Rachit Gupta of \"Filmfare\" wrote, \"The screenplay goes easy on [Kaif] by not giving her stand", "id": "1744069" }, { "contents": "Katrina Kaif filmography\n\n\nher career. Her first success in these three years came with the spy thriller \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" (2017), a sequel to \"Ek Tha Tiger\" which became the second highest-earner of the year with worldwide revenues of over . In 2018, Kaif featured in two most expensive Indian films of all time—the action adventure \"Thugs of Hindostan\" and the romantic comedy \"Zero\", both of which were commercial failures. However, her performance in the latter was critically praised, earning Kaif a", "id": "3847701" }, { "contents": "Vishal–Shekhar\n\n\n), \"Anjaana Anjaani\" (2010), \"Ra.One\" (2011), \"Student of the Year\" (2012), \"Chennai Express\" (2013), \"Bang Bang!\" (2014), \"Happy New Year\" (2014), \"Sultan\" (2016), \"Befikre\" (2016), \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" (2017) \"Student of the Year 2\" (2019) , Bharat (2019) , War The duo rose to prominence when", "id": "2965877" }, { "contents": "Salman Khan filmography\n\n\nFilm Providing Wholesome Entertainment. \"Sultan\" (2016) followed, a sports drama about the life of the eponymous fictional wrestling champion. Khan reprised his role of \"Ek Tha Tiger\" in its 2017 sequel \"Tiger Zinda Hai\", which became one of the highest grossing film of 2017. Khan next starred in the action-thriller sequel \"Race 3\" (2018), which received poor reviews from critics, but become a box-office success. Khan has starred in more than a hundred Bollywood films.", "id": "14456894" }, { "contents": "Ali Abbas Zafar\n\n\nfor Khan's character. The film received positive reviews from critics and has emerged as one of the highest-grossing Indian films. His next film is the action thriller \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" (2017) the sequel to YRF's \"Ek Tha Tiger\" (2012). The film stars Salman Khan as a RAW agent and Katrina Kaif as an ISI spy reprising their roles from the first film and is about the both of them accepting a rescue mission to free 40 nurses,25 Indian and 15 Pakistan from a ruthless militant", "id": "6594166" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\na pleasing watch.\" Rohit Bhatnagar of Deccan Chronicle gave 3 stars, and said \"Ali Abbas Zafar smoothly takes \"Ek Tha Tiger\" franchise ahead by telling a real story and inserting whole lot of drama and thrill. The film also touches upon relationships between India and Pakistan but subtly. The biggest hiccup of the film is its length.\" Rajeev Masand of News 18 gave 3 stars, and said \"The film has some thrilling action, while logic and subtlety are sacrificed at the altar of spectacle and sentiment.", "id": "8618314" }, { "contents": "Paresh Rawal\n\n\n\" (2006), \"Bhool Bhulaiyaa\" (2007), \"Welcome\" (2007), \"Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!\" (2008), \"Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?\" (2010), \"OMG – Oh My God!\" (2012), \"Welcome Back\" (2015), \"Dharam Sankat Mein\" (2015), \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" (2017), \"Sanju\" (2018), and \"Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi\" (2018). Paresh", "id": "15319631" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nclimax. Long before the finish eventually rolled around, I found myself wishing Tiger would croak just so I could make it out alive.\" Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times gave 2.5 stars, and said \"It's better for the filmmakers to set a character trajectory that matches the star's current image rather than basking in the glory of the past.\" Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost gave 2.5 stars, stating that both Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif delivered fun with equal parts swag, silliness and schmaltz. Shubhra Gupta of", "id": "8618316" }, { "contents": "Lady Blackhawk\n\n\na number of adventures with the Blackhawks, Zinda became the victim of the villainous Nazi operative Killer Shark, who used a chemical potion to brainwash her, forcing her to take up the identity of the costumed Queen Killer Shark. Zinda battled her former comrades a number of times as Killer Shark's accomplice before she was freed of the effects of the potion. Due to the time-warping effects of \"Zero Hour\", Zinda is now in the present DC continuity, looking as she did in 1959. Her whirl through", "id": "7653015" }, { "contents": "Anant Vidhaat Sharma\n\n\nAnant Vidhaat Sharma is an Actor and Assistant Director, known for \"Gunday\" (2014), \"Mardaani\" (2014), \"Sultan\" (2016) and \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" (2017). Before doing films, he was a theatre artist in Delhi in a theater called the Mohsin's. He made his acting debut in the film \"Mardaani\" (2014). He also worked as an Assistant director in the three movies; \"Vaada\" (2005), \"Shaadi Se Pehle\"", "id": "21571311" }, { "contents": "Anupriya Goenka\n\n\n\" (2013), the drama \"Paathshala\" (2014), the action comedy \"Dishoom\" (2016) and the crime-drama \"Daddy\" (2017). She is best known for her portrayal of nurse Poorna in the action-thriller \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" (2017) and Nagmati in the epic period drama \"Padmaavat\" (2018), both of which rank among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time. Anupriya Goenka was born on 29 May 1987 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh", "id": "15719992" }, { "contents": "Sanju\n\n\nthus surpassed the lifetime domestic nett collections of \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" and \"PK\" to become the second highest-grossing film (nett) of all time. The film opened overseas with an estimated collection of in Australia, in New Zealand, in United Kingdom, and in the United States. \"Sanju\" debuted at number 8 at the US box office in the opening weekend, earning more than \"\" and \"\" in the same week on a comparatively lower number of 356 screens. Its opening week collection", "id": "12212614" }, { "contents": "Secret Superstar\n\n\nfilm at the international box office, behind \"Maze Runner\" and ahead of \"Jumanji\". By 8 February 2018, \"Secret Superstar\" grossed overseas, establishing Aamir Khan as the only Indian actor with two overseas grossers. It is the highest-grossing 2017 Indian film overseas, surpassing \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" and \"\", and the second-highest-grossing Indian film ever overseas, surpassing \"PK\" and behind only \"Dangal\". In China, the film earned () in ticket presales by", "id": "14564203" }, { "contents": "Secret Superstar\n\n\nin China is also the highest single-territory weekend gross for a 2017 Hindi film, surpassing the opening-weekend India gross of \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" () and the Hindi version of \"Baahubali 2: The Conclusion\" (). In four days, the film grossed $33million () in China. On its fifth day, its daily show count increased to over 64,000 screenings, and it gained a 33.7% market share of the Chinese box office. In six days, the film grossed $43million,", "id": "14564207" }, { "contents": "Ivan Sylvester Rodrigues\n\n\nand enfeebled, body racked by paroxysms of pain brought on by recalling the past, yet not without an ability to laugh manically at himself\". Review of \"KRAPP'S\" \"LAST\" \"TAPE\" by Nandini Bhaskaran in The Independent dated Nov 17, 1989. Since 2013, he has acted in the following Bollywood films: \"Satyagraha\" directed by Prakash Jha, \"Shamitabh\" directed by R. Balki, \"Dil Dhadakne Do\" directed by Zoya Akhtar, \"Bharat\", \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" &", "id": "6498981" }, { "contents": "Zero (2018 film)\n\n\nto New York. There is a beauty in incompleteness we are celebrating.\" During the Islamic festival of Eid, a promotional teaser was released on 13 June 2018, featuring Shah Rukh and Salman, the latter in the attire sported by him in the film \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" (2017). In late August 2018, Rai confirmed to news agency Bollywood Hungama that the trailer for \"Zero\" would release on 2 November, Khan's birthday. In late October 2018, as part of the promotional campaign, a", "id": "7993289" }, { "contents": "Salman Khan\n\n\nKick\" (2014), \"Sultan\" (2016) and \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" (2017). \"Forbes\" included him in their 2015 list of Top-Paid 100 Celebrity Entertainers in world; Khan tied with Amitabh Bachchan for No. 71 on the list, both with earnings of $33.5 million. In addition to his acting career, Khan is a television presenter and promotes humanitarian causes through his charity, Being Human Foundation. Khan's off-screen life is marred by controversy and legal troubles.", "id": "8222586" }, { "contents": "Lahore (song)\n\n\nmost-viewed Indian music video, after the songs \"Laung Laachi\",\"Swag Se Swagat\" (from \"Tiger Zinda Hai\") and \"Mile Ho Tum\" (from \"Fever\"). It was well-received by audiences and within a month received around 153 million views on YouTube, reaching #17 on the \"Billboard\" YouTube charts. The lyrics are in Punjabi. Hindi/Urdu \"t\" often transforms to Punjabi \"d\". Lahore was the capital of Punjab before the partition of India. In", "id": "8631654" }, { "contents": "Secret Superstar\n\n\n, with footfalls of 5.1million audiences. It was declared a hit at the Indian box office, and is domestically one of 2017's five most commercially successful Bollywood films, along with \"Tiger Zinda Hai\", \"Golmaal Again\", \"Raees\", and \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\". \"Secret Superstar\" grossed US$2.8 million overseas in its first weekend, performing well in unconventional markets, entering the top four in Turkey and the top ten in the United Kingdom. The film's overseas gross in its opening weekend", "id": "14564198" }, { "contents": "Fever 104 FM\n\n\nFever Super Fresh. In 2016 and 2017, Fever FM had the maximum number of song exclusives in the industry, where a song breaks first on Fever FM for a few days and then on other Radio channels. Fever FM has also been the official movie partner for the biggest movies in Bollywood, like \"Jab Harry Met Sejal\", \"Dangal\", \"Tiger Zinda Hai\", \"Padmaavat\", \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\", \"Dilwale\" and \"Tamasha\". Fever FM is credited with the maximum", "id": "2556430" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nnurses by ISIL. The poster was revealed by Khan through his official Twitter account on 18 October 2017 on the occasion of Diwali. The official trailer was released on 7 November. The film was released on 22 December 2017. With a budget of , it is the one of the most expensive Hindi films and one of the most expensive Indian films of all time. It has grossed more than at the box office, becoming one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time. At the 63rd Filmfare Awards, Tom", "id": "8618297" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nthe form of a powerful, yet an unknown enemy, throwing their life in a chaos. During a dark night in Iraq, an American journalist types a warning message to CIA before he is slaughtered by some ISC guards. While carrying a rally in Ikrit, ISC leader Abu Usman (Sajjad Delafrooz) is shot in the arm by the Iraqi Army and taken to the city hospital. Abu Usman holds hostage of the Indian and Pakistani nurses and makes the hospital as his base. The US decides to launch an airstike at", "id": "8618299" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nis reportedly (), including () for the production and the rest for Salman Khan's fees. This would make it one of the most expensive Yash Raj Films productions, along with \"Dhoom 3,\" \"Sultan\" and \"Thugs of Hindostan\". The film's trailer was released on 6 November 2017. Within 24 hours, it broke many records for Hindi film trailers on YouTube, with more than 29 million views, 480 thousand likes and 250 thousand shares. On 11 November, it became the most", "id": "8618307" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nliked film trailer on YouTube with 700 thousand likes, surpassing \"\" (2015) then. The record was later surpassed by the trailer of \"\" (2018) with about 2 million likes. The film was released on 22 December 2017 worldwide. The film received U/A certificate from Central Board of Film Certification. Despite having a song featuring Pakistani singer Atif Aslam, the film has not been given No-Objection Certificate by Central Board of Film Censors in Pakistan, stating the reason as was said for \"Ek", "id": "8618308" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\ninto an athlete for this one. Performing few major action sequences, she is flawless.\" Aarti Jhurani of The National gave 4 stars, and said \"While logic is not a very important factor in Khan's films, emotions certainly are, and the director made sure to hit all the soft spots – from patriotism to Indo-Pakistan bonding to a multitude of cheesy dialogues – which is a smart move, and sure to bring in both Indian and Pakistani audiences.\" Lasyapriya Sundaram of The Times of India gave 3.5", "id": "8618312" }, { "contents": "Raees (film)\n\n\nfilm was released on 25 January 2017 during India's Republic Day weekend. It received mostly positive reviews from the critics and was a moderate success at Box office, becoming the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2017 up until it was surpassed by \"Golmaal Again\", \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" and \"Secret Superstar\". \"Raees\" was also the most pirated Hindi film of 2017. The film's soundtrack has also received over 800million streams on YouTube. The film received five nominations at the 63rd Filmfare Awards, including", "id": "14869825" }, { "contents": "Baaghi 2\n\n\nthe third biggest opening in the last 15 months (behind \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" and \"Golmaal Again\"), and the seventh biggest for an action film. After a robust opening day, it fell gradually by -20% on its second day earning an additional . In doing so, the film eclipsed the entire opening weekend – – of the first film in just two days. Box office pundits believed the fall could have been lesser had Friday not been a partial holiday, owing to Good Friday. After two weeks", "id": "17999351" }, { "contents": "Race 3\n\n\na caricature of his real life persona. The film made to multiple lists for being one of the worst films of the year with one remarking it to have \"insulted the audience's intelligence\". The film released on 4300 screens and collected 28.50 crore on opening day in India becoming one of the biggest opener of the year. The film became Salman Khan's 4th highest opening day grosser after \"Prem Ratan Dhan Payo\", \"Tiger Zinda Hai\" and \"Sultan\". On opening day, the film collected 127,510", "id": "6776203" }, { "contents": "Loveyatri\n\n\nher dream to reopen her mother's NGO and Sushrut opens his own Garba academy. The last statement states they lived happily ever after. Salman Khan announced the film in 2017. He also confirmed via Twitter that the film would star his brother-in-law Aayush Sharma and would be directed by Abhiraj Minawala. Abhiraj was Ali Abbas Zafar's assistant director for \"Sultan\" and \"Tiger Zinda Hai\". In February 2018, Salman announced that Warina Hussain would be the leading lady of the film. The film is", "id": "7540736" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\nIndia, and US$20.3million (128.9crore) overseas. The music of the film is composed by Vishal-Shekhar while lyrics are penned by Irshad Kamil. The background score is composed by Julius Packiam. The first song of the film titled as \"Swag Se Swagat\" which is sung by Vishal Dadlani and Neha Bhasin and arranged & produced by Vishal-Shekhar and Meghdeep Bose was released on 21 November 2017. It has become the most-liked Bollywood song on YouTube and the fastest Bollywood song to cross 100million views on YouTube", "id": "8618320" }, { "contents": "Anupriya Goenka\n\n\ncharacter in India's first ever lesbian ad for the brand Myntra in 2015. Goenka has appeared in various television commercials for brands including Coke, Garnier, Stayfree, Kotak Mahindra, Pepperfry, and Dabur. She also worked as an Anchor / Show Host in a Home Shopping Channel called ShopCJ for more than one year. She portrayed the nurse Poorna in the 2017 action-thriller \"Tiger Zinda Hai\". She is best known for her portrayal of the role of Queen Nagmati in the 2018 epic film \"Padmavati\" opposite", "id": "15719995" }, { "contents": "Aashish Singh\n\n\nAashish Singh (born in Mumbai) heads the production at Yash Raj Films, a film studio in India. He is a Director - Original film at Netflix and briefly was the CEO of Motion pictures at Balaji telefilms and till a few months back was the Vice President - Production at Yashraj films. He was the executive producer of all films produced by Yashraj films including the recently released Tiger Zinda Hai ,Sultan , Hichki , Dhoom 3 etc Some other films that he has produced are Ek Tha tI Chak De India, Ek", "id": "19487345" }, { "contents": "Golmaal Again\n\n\nthe highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2017 Until Tiger Zinda Hai broke its record in 2017. \"Golmaal Again\" ran in cinemas for more than 50 days in India. The music of the film have been composed by Amaal Mallik, S. Thaman, Lijo George-DJ Chetas and Abhishek Arora while the lyrics of the film have been penned by Kumaar. The first track of the film titled as \"Golmaal (Title Track)\" sung by Brijesh Shandilya and Aditi Singh Sharma was released on 23 September 2017. The second", "id": "21103400" }, { "contents": "Tiger Zinda Hai\n\n\n. The second song of the film, \"Dil Diyan Gallan\" which is sung by Atif Aslam was released by Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif at Big Boss Season 11 on 2 December 2017. The album was released on 12 December 2017 by YRF Music. The Arabic version of \"Swag Se Swagat\" was sung by Rabih Baroud and Brigitte Yaghi. By 8 February 2018, the album had crossed 1billion streams on music streaming platforms. As of 13 April 2019, songs from the album have over 1.5billion views combined on YouTube", "id": "8618321" }, { "contents": "YRF Distribution\n\n\nFilms and he is incharge of running YRF Distribution, the theatrical distribution business of Yash Raj Films, throughout the territories of India, Nepal and Burma. Apart from its home productions, YRF Distribution has successfully released some of India's biggest & most loved films like Thugs Of Hindostan, Sui Dhaaga, Hichki, Tiger Zinda Hai, Qaidi Band, Meri Pyaari Bindu, Befikre, Sultan, Fan, Titli, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!, Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Kill Dil, Daawat-e-Ishq, Mardaani, Bewakoofiyaan", "id": "8772607" }, { "contents": "2016 Fort Hays State Tigers football team\n\n\nThe 2016 Fort Hays State Tigers football team represented Fort Hays State University in the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. The Tigers played their home games at Lewis Field Stadium in Hays, Kansas, as they have done since 1936. 2016 was the 111th season in school history. The Tigers were led by sixth-year head coach, Chris Brown. Fort Hays State has been a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association since 2006. The Tigers entered the 2016 season after finishing 8–4 overall, 8–3 in conference play", "id": "4771742" }, { "contents": "List of Fort Hays State Tigers football seasons\n\n\nThis is a list of Fort Hays State Tigers football season records. The Fort Hays State Tigers football team is the football team of Fort Hays State University, located in the American city of Hays, Kansas. The team competes as a Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) at the NCAA Division II level. Since the program's beginning in 1902, they have been known as the West Normals, the Normal Tigers, and the Tigers. Since 1936, Fort Hays State's football team has played in Lewis Field", "id": "8352567" }, { "contents": "Strings (band)\n\n\nrock songs such as \"\"Sohniyae\"\", \"\"Mera Bichra Yaar\"\", \"\"Koi Aanay Wala Hai\"\" and \"\"Jab Say Tumko\"\". Several of the band's singles have been used on soundtracks for Bollywood and Hollywood films, including \"\"Najane Kyun\"\" (\"Spider-Man 2\"), \"\"Zinda Hoon\"\" (\"Zinda\") and \"\"Aakhri Alvida\"\" (\"Shootout at Lokhandwala\"). Strings have achieved international fame,", "id": "8915452" }, { "contents": "Dinman Hardoul Singh\n\n\na melancholic yellow palace which now houses a bazaar — the palace of Dinman Hardoul, brother of Raja Jhujjar. A small temple close by has made the prince into a God. “Woh hamara bhagwan hai, hamari raksha karta hai, kabhi bhi zinda aayega,” said a local woman, claiming that Hardol is alive and is their God. And that is when my netagiri guide tells me this story. Hardoul, the popular prince, was resented by Jhujjar who further suspected his wife of having an illicit relationship with him", "id": "4690727" }, { "contents": "Fort Hays State Tigers football\n\n\nThe Fort Hays State Tigers football program represents Fort Hays State University in college football. They participate in Division II sports within the NCAA in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA). The team plays their home games in Lewis Field Stadium, located on the Fort Hays State University campus in Hays, Kansas. Fort Hays State's football program dates back to 1902. The Tigers claimed have claimed 11 conference championships, including a recent MIAA conference championship in the 2017 season. Source: Official record (including any NCAA", "id": "7979400" }, { "contents": "History of the NFL Commissioner\n\n\nfinancial losses (Hay's primary reason for seeking a credible Tigers team was that Tigers games were major financial successes—for their opponents) and most of its players had defected to start the Cleveland Tigers, potential owners such as F.J. Griffiths and Cupid Black either balked at or ignored overtures to run the Tigers in 1920. With no credible owner stepping forward, Hay claimed the Massillon Tigers as his own, immediately announced it would not play in 1920, and prohibited all teams in the league from playing \"any other Massillon Tigers", "id": "5396203" }, { "contents": "Andy Hay (rugby league)\n\n\nAndrew \"Andy\" Hay (born 5 November 1973) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, and has coached in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Emerging England, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for the Castleford Tigers, Sheffield Eagles, Leeds Rhinos, Widnes Vikings and the Doncaster Lakers (Heritage 907) and has coached at club level for the Castleford Tigers (Assistant Coach under Terry Matterson (2005–11)), Hull F.C. (Assistant Coach", "id": "13323188" }, { "contents": "Lady Blackhawk\n\n\ntime involved her assisting in the battle against the villain Extant. She has served as a supporting character to \"Guy Gardner, Warrior\". During \"Zero Hour\", Zinda befriends Guy, Steel and an alternate-universe Batgirl. They have several adventures in various time periods, such as the Wild West and far future. Ultimately, the small group is separated by the events of the cross-over. Zinda perceives no time passing before she appears in front of \"Warrior's\", a nightclub that serves as", "id": "7653016" }, { "contents": "Haidar Ali (actor)\n\n\nwas followed by \"Circus\" (1989), directed by Aziz Mirza, where he played the role of Ringmaster. Also acting in the series were actor Shahrukh Khan and director Ashutosh Gowariker. Over the years, he has worked as a character actor, with director Aziz Mirza in \"Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani\" (2000), \"Chalte Chalte\" (2003) and \"Kismat Konnection\" (2008); With Sudhir Mishra in \"Main Zinda Hoon\" (1988) and \"Khoya Khoya Chand\" (", "id": "9387925" }, { "contents": "Zinda Dil\n\n\nZinda Dil is a 1975 Bollywood film directed by Sikandar Khanna. This is the story of two brothers and a father. The brothers are twins Arun Sharma (played by Rishi Kapoor) and Kewal Sharma (Actor Rajesh Leher, look-alike of Rishi Kapoor, who also played lead role in the film \"Subh Din\" of Rajshri Productions), and the father is Major Hemraj Sharma (Pran), a war veteran who became disabled in the last war, and has to rely on crutches to walk. The Major", "id": "21663091" }, { "contents": "History of the NFL Commissioner\n\n\nnotable contribution in his short tenure as Temporary Secretary. Vernon Maginnis, who operated one of Akron's professional teams in 1919, wanted to field a team under the name of the Massillon Tigers in 1920. Hay was thoroughly unimpressed with Maginnis, as the team he had led in 1919 was not a success and Hay did not believe that a traveling team was deserving of the well-respected Massillon Tigers name. Hay actively sought another investor for the Tigers, but because the Tigers of the 1910s had been operating at such major", "id": "5396202" }, { "contents": "Strings (band)\n\n\n\"Mera Bichra Yaar\"\" with Zoe Viccaji four days later. On 4 June, Strings performed at the Beach Luxury Hotel. The band began with \"\"Koi Aanay Wala Hai\"\", the title song from their 2008 album. They followed with \"\"Najane Kyun\"\", dedicated to the journalists who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty, \"\"Zinda Hoon\"\", \"\"Mein Tou Dekhoonga\"\" and \"\"Sohniyae\"\". On 10 June, a cover version of \"", "id": "8915442" }, { "contents": "Kharkhana Zinda Tilismath\n\n\nKharkhana Zinda Tilismath is medicinal products manufacturer of the well known Zinda Tilismath, Farooky Tooth Powder, Zinda Balm and Zint Lozenges. Late Hakeem Mohammed Moizuddin Farooqui founded the medical factory \"Karkhana Zinda Tilismath\" in the year 1920 and was one of those distinguished personalities who took the social life of Deccan to the age of industrial revolution. It has emerged today as makers of the best internationally known products of the Unani Medicine. It is one of the oldest firms of Hyderabad manufacturing Unani medicines -Zinda Tilismath, Farooky Tooth Powder and Zinda", "id": "16009548" }, { "contents": "Strings (band)\n\n\nIn 2008 Strings released their fifth album, \"Koi Aanay Wala Hai\", with the singles \"\"Yeh Hai Meri Kahani\"\" and \"\"Aakhri Alvida\"\" (included on the soundtracks for Bollywood's \"Zinda\" and \"Shootout at Lokhandwala\"). The album was co-produced by Bollywood actor John Abraham, and was successful in Pakistan and India. Strings are acclaimed for their stringed rhythms and melodious, poetic songs written by Anwar Maqsood, Bilal's father. He has been writing lyrics for the", "id": "8915420" }, { "contents": "Harry T. Hays\n\n\nHarry Thompson Hays (April 14, 1820 – August 21, 1876) was an American Army officer serving in the Mexican–American War and a general who served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Known as the \"Louisiana Tigers,\" his brigade played a major role during the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, where they ascended Cemetery Hill in the darkness and overran several artillery batteries before finally being driven off for lack of support. Harry Thompson Hays was born in Wilson County, Tennessee. His relatives", "id": "4729129" }, { "contents": "Talvar (film)\n\n\n\"Zinda Hai\" \"painfully highlights the agony of the parents who have lost their daughter in a twin murder case, for which they themselves are accused.\" \"Talvar\" premiered under the title \"Gulity\" at 2015 Toronto International Film Festival's special presentation on 14 September 2015, and was screened at the 2015 BFI London Film Festival and the Busan International Film Festival. The film's trailer was released on 22 August 2015, followed by two posters featuring Lady Justice and Khan. The film was released on 625 screens", "id": "12871255" }, { "contents": "Shibani Kashyap\n\n\nalbum \"Ho Gayi Hai Mohabbat\" (1998) for which she won the Channel V award. She was selected to represent India at the 1999 annual international music festival Azia Dauysy held in Kazakhstan. In 2000, she released a Sufi album called \"Nagmagee\". She has performed live shows around the world. She composed and sang her first film song \"Sajna Aa Bhi Jaa\" for the Hindi film \"Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part 2\" in 2003. She sang for the films \"Zinda\" (2006)", "id": "4728377" }, { "contents": "Tiger Mask\n\n\nTiger Mask, whose real name was Naoto Date, was a feared heel wrestler in America who was extremely vicious in the ring. However, he became a face after returning to Japan when a young boy said that he wanted to be a villain like Tiger Mask when he grew up. The boy resided in an orphanage, the same one that Tiger Mask grew up in during his childhood. Feeling that he did not want the boy to idolize a villain, Tiger was inspired to be a heroic wrestler. The main antagonist", "id": "3425913" }, { "contents": "Tiger Number One\n\n\nTiger Number One () (earlier titled \"Nababzada\") is a Bengali action film directed by Shahin Shomon. It stars Shakib Khan, Nipun, Shahara, Amit Hasan, Misha Sawdagor, Shiba Shanu, Kazi Hayat, Abul Hayat, and Don, among others. This is the first film in which Shakib Khan has played a villain role. \"Tiger Number One\" was released on Eid al-Fitr, 31 August 2011. The film is focused on an innocent young man who later becomes a dangerous killer in", "id": "7790155" }, { "contents": "Vetri Vizha\n\n\nhappens to be Nithyanandam, the Deputy Inspector General of Police. He finally learns of his true identity. His name is Vetrivel, and he was a happily married to Lalitha (Amala Akkineni), and was undercover IPS officer who teamed up with the DIG to bring down a notorious hit man Zinda (Salim Ghouse). Unable to find any information about Zinda's whereabouts, they devise a plan to make Vetri go undercover and make him a bigger and more dangerous hit man than Zinda, hoping Zinda would get in touch", "id": "16670596" }, { "contents": "Andy Hay (rugby league)\n\n\nunder Peter Gentle (2012–13)), Salford Red Devils (Assistant Coach) and Featherstone Rovers. Andy Hay was born in Airedale, Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Andy Hay played as an interchange/substitute, i.e. number 14, (replacing Grant Anderson on 63-minutes) in Castleford Tigers' 33–2 victory over Wigan in the 1993–94 Regal Trophy Final during the 1993–94 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 22 January 1994. Hay played for Leeds from the substitute bench in their 1998 Super League Grand Final", "id": "13323189" }, { "contents": "Ali Abbas Zafar\n\n\nAli Abbas Zafar is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in India. Zafar is a graduate of Kirori Mal College, New Delhi. He achieved moderate success for his debut film, the romantic comedy \"Mere Brother Ki Dulhan\" (2011). He then went on to direct the action drama \"Gunday\" (2014). He received widespread recognition for the sports drama \"Sultan\" (2016), which ranks among the highest-grossing Indian films. He then directed the action thriller, \"Tiger Zinda", "id": "6594163" }, { "contents": "Zinda Laash\n\n\nsimilarity to James Bernard's score. There are some classical themes thrown in as well. \"The Barber of Seville\" is playing during the car chase scene and some other cues which are eccentric to say the least. Some elements of the plot even come directly from Bram Stoker's novel, not from \"Horror of Dracula\". Zinda Laash is also referenced in Omar Khan's Zibahkhana, usually termed as its sequel. The DVD is available on the Mondo Macabro DVD label from around 2003. Zinda Laash has been restored", "id": "96573" }, { "contents": "The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film)\n\n\n1923 film. Such changes were made because the filmmakers were concerned that portraying the priest as a villain would violate the policy of the Hays Production Code. In the novel Claude is depicted as the villainous 36-year-old Archdeacon of Notre Dame; in the film he is the good Archbishop of Paris and is older in age. His younger brother Jehan (\"Jean\" in the film), who in the novel is a teenaged drunken student and a juvenile delinquent, is in the film a middle-aged villain who is", "id": "15922747" }, { "contents": "Tum Hi To Ho\n\n\nMurree. Sangeeta served as director and producer, Pappu Samrat as choreographer and Khalid as its director of photography. Danish Taimoor and Qurut ul ain were playing the lead cast of the film, set in a college, while Maryam would appear in an \"item number.\" Mathira was also cast in the film, who would be playing the villainous role opposite Qurutulain in the love triangle. Sana was also cast in for the item number \"Koi Mayi Ka Laal Hai Tou Saamne Aye,\" but was replaced by Lucky Ali", "id": "2329209" }, { "contents": "Faqir (clan)\n\n\nof Uttar Pradesh, there is an hierarchy of sorts, with the Jalali claiming precedence, on account of the fact the order started in Iran, and then arrived in India. While the Zinda Shahi are followers of a Sufi known as Zinda Shah Madar,and the progeny of this group. The Real name is 'Syed Badiuddin Zinda Shah Madar' (Madar means pole of the Universe) who's shrine is located in Makanpur, district Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He was a great Sufi Legend and lived a life of", "id": "13393136" }, { "contents": "The Great Sasuke\n\n\nJuly, he and Taka Michinoku also wrestled two matches for World Wrestling Federation, one of them at . It was apparent that Sasuke would sign up with WWF, but it was Michinoku who ended up being signed on his place for unknown reasons. Upon returning to Japan, Sasuke and Tiger Mask IV began feuding with two heel doppelgängers, Sasuke the Great and Masked Tiger (played respectively by Masao Orihara and Takeshi Ono), aside from usual villain Super Delfín. Around this time, however, Sasuke would take repeated hiatuses in", "id": "4260108" }, { "contents": "The Winged Tiger\n\n\nThe Winged Tiger is a 1970 Hong Kong \"wuxia\" film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, starring actor Chan Hung-lit, who was well known for playing villain roles, in his first lead role as a protagonist. The film also co-stars Angela Yu Chien, Tien Feng and David Chiang. Lau Kar-leung served as action director for the film. The chief of Mount Hua and the leaders of Eight Schools sends famed martial artist, Guo Jiou Ru to locate a coveted manual written by the late", "id": "9380770" }, { "contents": "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy\n\n\nTaking Tiger Mountain by Strategy (Chinese: 智取威虎山; pinyin: zhì qǔ wēi hǔshān) is a Peking opera, and one of the eight model plays allowed during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. The story is based on the novel \"Lin hai xue yuan\" (林海雪原) by Qu Bo, which in turn, is based on the real-life story of an incident in 1946 during the Chinese Civil War, involving a communist reconnaissance team soldier Yang Zirong (杨子荣) who disguised himself as a bandit to infiltrate a local", "id": "1704485" }, { "contents": "Mulk Raj Saraf\n\n\nand \"Rattan\", an Urdu Journal. Saraf wrote several articles and was the author of books such as \"Meri Pakistan Yatra\", \"Insaniyat Abhi Zinda Hai\" and \"Nagooh-e-Ranvir\". \"Meri Pakistan Yatra\", which detailed his reminiscences of his trip to Pakistan was selected as the \"Book of the Year\" by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages in 1980. His autobiographical work was published in 1967 under the title, \"Fifty years as a journalist\"", "id": "4020527" }, { "contents": "Strings (band)\n\n\nin Pakistan and Sony BMG internationally. The album, co-produced by Bollywood actor John Abraham, topped the charts in Pakistan and India and included songs from the soundtracks of the Bollywood films \"Shootout at Lokhandwala\" and \"Zinda\". On 19 May the band released the album's title track, \"\"Koi Aanay Wala Hai\"\", featured John Abraham. On 24 June Strings released a music video for \"\"Humsafar\"\", directed by Jami Mehmood and filmed in Moscow. This was followed by a", "id": "8915435" }, { "contents": "Jimmy O'Donnell\n\n\nnew Cleveland Tigers and was backed by several substantial financial men of Cleveland. He stated that his ballclub could play up to the same level as the Canton Bulldogs, Massillon Tigers, and Akron Indians, if only he could schedule games with them. The team playing in the \"Ohio League\" until the AFPA was established in 1920. Both Cofall and O'Donnell represented the Tigers at the September 17, 1920 meeting in Canton at the showroom of Ralph Hay's Hupmobile Agency where 10 team leaders created the American Professional Football Association.", "id": "12967745" }, { "contents": "Mahaul Theek Hai\n\n\nThe heroine's father Kulbhushan Kharbanda is cheated of land by his own brother. Played by director and satirist Jaspal Bhatti, the villain of the film is a corrupt SSP (police superintendent) who misuses his authority to threaten people and hide his own excesses. His love interest is played by Bhatti's real life wife (Savita Bhatti). Shot mainly in the northern India city of Chandigarh, the story uses a simple plotline to create its comedy. Every situation which should seem serious is filled with the incessant jokes and humour", "id": "14581000" }, { "contents": "Fort Hays State Tigers\n\n\nThe Fort Hays State Tigers athletic teams represent Fort Hays State University. The school's teams participate in the NCAA Division II Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA), except for wrestling, which competes as a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC). Fort Hays State offers sixteen sports at a varsity level. Entering the 2010–2011 school year, Fort Hays State has captured 58 Conference titles. They also have captured nine total national championships. The Fort Hays State basketball program holds several national basketball titles; the", "id": "13545381" } ]

[ { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\n, and when it rains, it apparently pours; Fall Out Boy is merely another addition to a stable bursting at the seams.\" \"Rolling Stone\" listed it among the \"40 Greatest Emo Albums of All Time\" in 2016, with Brittany Spanos writing it \"changed the course of emo-punk, pop-punk and pop itself with \"From Under the Cork Tree\", which brought the scene mainstream.\" \"From Under the Cork Tree\" debuted at No. 9 on the US \"Billboard\"", "id": "20485472" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\n200 with 68,000 copies sold in its first week. It became the band's first top 10 effort, as their 2003 album \"Take This to Your Grave\" did not chart in the top 200. Logging 78 weeks on the chart, \"Cork Tree\" has sold over 2.7 million copies in the US and over three million worldwide, making it Fall Out Boy's best selling album. It is certified RIAA double platinum for shipments of two million copies. During Christmas 2005, the album again reached its peak of No", "id": "20485473" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\nin California for an extended period of time. The group lived in corporate housing during the making of the album. In contrast to \"Take This to Your Grave\"'s rushed recording schedule, Fall Out Boy took a much more gradual pace while working on \"From Under the Cork Tree\". It was the first Fall Out Boy record in which Stump created all the music and Wentz wrote all the lyrics, continuing the approach they took for some songs on \"Grave\". Stump felt that this process was much more", "id": "20485457" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\nnever been about goals or ambitions. We started out just for fun, and it became this huge thing. In 2007, it emerged that the band had reached an out of court settlement with American Nightmare vocalist Wesley Eisold, over the use of his poetry in some songs from \"From Under the Cork Tree\" and \"Infinity on High\". The settlement led to future pressings of both albums listing Eisold in the credits. The title is taken from a line in the 1936 children's book \"The Story of Ferdinand", "id": "20485466" }, { "contents": "Flooring\n\n\n. Cork flooring is a flooring material manufactured from the by-product of the cork oak tree. Cork floors are considered to be eco-friendly since the cork oak tree bark is stripped every nine to ten years and doesn't damage the tree. Cork flooring comes in both tiles and planks, and can have glue or glues-less installation. Laminate is a floor covering that appears similar to hardwood but is made with a plywood or medium density fiberboard (\"MDF\") core with a plastic laminate top layer.", "id": "19868573" }, { "contents": "Fall Out Boy\n\n\n\" put \"Take This To Your Grave\" at number 18 in their list of the 100 best pop-punk albums, describing it as \"poetic and utterly brilliant\", while 2005's \"From Under The Cork Tree\" was placed at number 3 behind only Green Day's \"Dookie\" and Blink-182's \"Enema of the State\". \"Rock Sound\" described \"From Under the Cork Tree\" as \"intelligent, intriguing and utterly intoxicating...They will still be talking about this one in 50 years time", "id": "14674064" }, { "contents": "Pete Wentz\n\n\nUnder the Cork Tree\", on the major label Island Records. In 2003, the band released their first full-length album, \"Take This to Your Grave\" through Fueled By Ramen. Fall Out Boy signed with major label Island Records in 2003 and in 2004 released an acoustic EP and DVD entitled, \"My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue\". Their third album, \"From Under the Cork Tree\", was released in 2005. Wentz wrote the lyrics to the lead single", "id": "20400486" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\nabout \"the anxiety and depression that goes along with looking at your own life.\" In support of their release the group headlined tours worldwide and played at various music festivals. For their Black Clouds and Underdogs tour the album was re-released as \"From Under the Cork Tree (Limited \"Black Clouds and Underdogs\" Edition)\", featuring new songs and remixes. The album was Fall Out Boy's breakthrough mainstream success. Spearheaded by the lead single \"Sugar, We're Goin Down\", the album debuted", "id": "20485451" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\n. 9 with 157,000 sales, posting the band's second biggest sales week to date as of 2013. By August 2006, the album had sold nearly 2,400,000 copies. Upon the release of Fall Out Boy's 2007 follow-up album \"Infinity on High\", which debuted at No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" 200, \"From Under the Cork Tree\" re-entered the \"Billboard\" 200 at No. 168 with 5,300 sales. In early 2015, the album re-entered the \"Billboard\"", "id": "20485474" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\na Little More \"Touch Me\"\". The first two singles enjoyed mainstream and commercial success and exposed Fall Out Boy to a new audience. \"From Under the Cork Tree\"s lead single, \"Sugar, We're Goin Down\", debuted on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 at No. 93 and eleven weeks later it peaked at No. 8 in September 2005. It spent five weeks in the top 10 and 20 weeks (five months) in the top 20, logging a total of 42 weeks on", "id": "20485476" }, { "contents": "Cork (material)\n\n\ngases, each plastic stopper released 10 times more CO, whilst an aluminium screw cap releases 26 times more CO than does a cork stopper. The cork oak is unrelated to the \"cork trees\" (\"Phellodendron\"), which have corky bark but are not used for cork production. Cork is extracted only from early May to late August, when the cork can be separated from the tree without causing permanent damage. When the tree reaches 25–30 years of age and about 24 in (60 cm) in circumference,", "id": "496051" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\nFrom Under the Cork Tree is the second album by the American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on May 3, 2005, through Island Records as the band's major label debut. The music was composed by lead vocalist and guitarist Patrick Stump, with all lyrics penned by bassist Pete Wentz, continuing the band's songwriting approach they took for some songs on their prior 2003 effort \"Take This to Your Grave\". Neal Avron handled production duties. Commenting on the record's lyrical themes, Wentz said the lyrics were", "id": "20485450" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\nculminated in a suicide attempt. Wentz explained, \"It was overwhelming. I was either totally anxious or totally depressed. It is particularly overwhelming when you are on the cusp of doing something very big and thinking that it will be a big flop. I was racked with self-doubt.\" After undergoing therapy, Wentz rejoined the band and headed to Burbank, California to record the album. \"From Under the Cork Tree\" was recorded in Burbank, California, and served as the first time the band had stayed", "id": "20485456" }, { "contents": "Edmund Spenser\n\n\n1589, Spenser acquired his main estate at Kilcolman, near Doneraile in North Cork. He later bought a second holding to the south, at Rennie, on a rock overlooking the river Blackwater in North Cork. Its ruins are still visible today. A short distance away grew a tree, locally known as \"Spenser's Oak\" until it was destroyed in a lightning strike in the 1960s. Local legend has it that he penned some of \"The Faerie Queene\" under this tree. In 1590, Spenser brought out the", "id": "9492618" }, { "contents": "Tree\n\n\nroot bridges built and maintained by the Khasi people of Meghalaya, India using the roots of the rubber tree (\"Ficus elastica\"). Cork is produced from the thick bark of the cork oak (\"Quercus suber\"). It is harvested from the living trees about once every ten years in an environmentally sustainable industry. More than half the world's cork comes from Portugal and is largely used to make stoppers for wine bottles. Other uses include floor tiles, bulletin boards, balls, footwear, cigarette tips,", "id": "109551" }, { "contents": "Eddie O'Brien (hurler)\n\n\nlined out for Cork in this grade in 1963, however, his side was defeated in the early rounds of the championship. In 1964 O'Brien was a key member of both the Cork under-21 hurling team. Success was slow in coming but the big breakthrough for Cork and O'Brien came in 1966. That year he won a Munster title with the under-21 team following a 5-12 to 2-6 defeat of Limerick . The subsequent All-Ireland final saw Cork play Wexford in an interesting encounter. After an entertaining sixty minutes", "id": "4016693" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\n)\" as \"looking in the mirror and not feeling safe in your own skin\". The band wanted to create a record that was \"a lot more developed,\" Wentz said. \"When we did \"Take This to Your Grave\", we were really young, we had two weeks to do it and it was like, make it or break it, this is your only shot. This time we had more time to sit with the songs and make them work and more of a chance to plan", "id": "20485464" }, { "contents": "List of songs recorded by Fall Out Boy\n\n\n\"Take This to Your Grave\" in May 2003. In the same year, the band released a cover of Jawbreaker's \"Save Your Generation\", as well as the Christmas-themed \"Yule Shoot Your Eye Out\". In 2004 the band released three new songs on the EP \"My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue\", which was followed in 2005 by second album \"From Under the Cork Tree\". \"Infinity on High\" was released in 2007, when the band", "id": "16551759" }, { "contents": "Pirate radio in Cork\n\n\nthe 'Saturday Live' chat show on RTÉ TV in 1987, however his RTÉ appearance meant he had to resign his involvement in the pirate NCCR to avoid controversy beforehand, and did not appear on NCCR again until the closedown night. NCCR had come into being in 1985 when a community co-operative took over the ownership of a previous station - NCLR (North Cork Local Radio) that had been in existence since 1981. RADIO CAROLINE CORK This long running cork station formed in 1981 and launched on cork's airwaves on", "id": "6820595" }, { "contents": "Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree\n\n\nGold-Tree was still more beautiful, and living abroad with a prince. Silver-Tree begged a ship of her husband to visit her daughter. The prince was away hunting; Gold-Tree was terrified at the sight of the ship. The servants locked her away in a room so she could tell her mother she could not come out. Silver-Tree persuaded her to put her little finger through the keyhole, so she could kiss it, and when Gold-Tree did, Silver-Tree stuck a poisoned", "id": "1824698" }, { "contents": "Kelly Kettle\n\n\n. Devices normally come with a swinging or fixed handle. A cork, plastic stopper or in some cases a whistle are used to seal the water container spout. The cork and stoppers should be used ONLY when transporting water and NOT when heating water. (If left in place even loosely the hot water vapour can make the cork swell and hold fast, and then the pressure builds up until the cork pops out followed by a jet of hot/boiling water). Cooking accessories for some units allow a small cooking pot", "id": "12601097" }, { "contents": "Botryosphaeria corticola\n\n\nSpain, Portugal, Morocco, Italy, Greece, Hungary, and the United States. Bot canker of oak kills trees in natural forests as well as in cork plantations. The cork industry in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, and Morocco has been dealing with declining oaks for several years from biotic and abiotic factors. This disease has been seen in many cork plantations and is the most important contributor to the decline in the cork industry. When cork is harvested from the trees, the cork cambium is exposed creating a", "id": "11666503" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\nthe Cork Tree\" was generally positive. In an extremely positive review of the album, Johnny Loftus of Allmusic said: \"Musically, Cork Tree's first five tracks are relentless, with razor-sharp melodies that seem familiar but sound totally unique at the same time. The 'Oh! Oh!'s and punchy chords of 'Of All the Gin Joints in All the World' are a thrill greater than any Jimmy Eat World album ever; 'Sugar, We're Going Down' 's half-time shifts are", "id": "20485468" }, { "contents": "Fall Out Boy\n\n\nTree\" was recorded in Burbank, California, and served as the first time the band had stayed in California for an extended period of time. The group lived in corporate housing during the making of the album. In contrast to \"Take This to Your Grave\"'s rushed recording schedule, Fall Out Boy took a much more gradual pace while working on \"From Under the Cork Tree\". It was the first Fall Out Boy record in which Stump created all the music and Wentz wrote all the lyrics, continuing the", "id": "14673997" }, { "contents": "A Single Shard\n\n\naudience it would otherwise have not reached. Tree-ear is an orphan who lives under a bridge with Crane-man, a physically disabled man who took him in when Tree-ear was only a small child. Tree-ear is fascinated with the nearby potters in his village, especially Min, and often watches them work. One day Tree-ear goes into Min's yard and investigates the work that he was drying in the sun. When Min comes out and startles Tree-ear, he drops and breaks", "id": "8906059" }, { "contents": "Gorgon-class monitor\n\n\ndemonstrated that it had been subject to temperatures of at least . Recorded temperatures inside the magazine did not exceed and a test of red-hot ashes was inconclusive. Other tests did reveal that the cork could give off flammable fumes under high heat and pressurized air. As a precaution, \"Gorgon\"s cork lagging was stripped out and replaced by silicate wool which revealed the real cause. Part of the cork was missing and folded newspapers were found in the empty space. Furthermore, a number of rivets were entirely missing which meant that", "id": "8159693" }, { "contents": "Eoghan Murphy (hurler)\n\n\nat juvenile and underage levels and enjoyed championship success in the minor and under-21 grades. Murphy first lined out for Cork when he captained the minor team during the 2015 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance for the team at centre-back on 8 April in a 2-20 to 1-13 defeat of Limerick. On 13 July 2017, Murphy made his first appearance for the Cork under-21 hurling team when he lined out at full-back in Cork's one-point defeat of Waterford. On 26 July he", "id": "5303706" }, { "contents": "Quercus suber\n\n\nexample, the holm oak). The bark of the cork oak allows it to survive fires and then simply regrow branches to fill out the canopy. The quick regeneration of this oak makes it successful in the fire-adapted ecosystems of the Mediterranean biome. The tree forms a thick, rugged bark containing high levels of suberin. Over time the cork cambium layer of bark can develop considerable thickness and can be harvested every 7 to 10 years to produce cork. The harvesting of cork does not harm the tree (though such", "id": "408063" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\ntriumphs of tumbling words; and the opening track meditates wryly on all-ages shows' fame. Further, when Fall Out Boy rip into 'Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year,' summer 2005 will not be able to ignore them. 'We're the therapists pumping through your speakers/Delivering just what you need,' they sing. It's obviously time to embrace our inner mall kid.\" \"Entertainment Weekly\" gave the album a B+ in one of its \"short takes\" and called it \"", "id": "20485469" }, { "contents": "Graham Canty\n\n\nOnce again, success was slow in coming; however, in 2001 he was appointed captain of the county's under-21 team. That year he guided Cork to a Munster final appearance against Limerick. That game ended in a 1–12 to 0–8 victory for 'the Rebels'. Not only did Canty collect a Munster under-21 winners' medal but he also had the honour of lifting the cup on behalf of his county. Cork were later defeated in the All-Ireland semi-final. In 2001 Canty established himself in the full", "id": "7330829" }, { "contents": "Alan Cadogan\n\n\n4 May, he scored a point from right wing-forward when Cork suffered a 1-14 to 1-11 defeat by Galway in the All-Ireland final. Cadogan became a dual player in the under-21 grade on 17 July when he lined out for the Cork under-21 hurling team in their 5-19 to 2-13 defeat by Tipperary in the Munster Championship. Cadogan won a third successive Munster Championship medal with the Cork under-21 football team on 9 April 2014 when he scored five points from play in the 1", "id": "1708211" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\n\" by Munro Leaf, which Wentz was intrigued by. The story focuses on a bull named Ferdinand who would rather sniff flowers under a cork tree than participate in fights. The album cover features a van with a trailer in a slump of snow. This is a reference to the car accident the band was in while they were driving to New York City to film the video for \"Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy\" from their album \"Take This to Your Grave\". Critical reaction to \"From Under", "id": "20485467" }, { "contents": "Tweetie Pie\n\n\ncork boil, and the heat launches the cork into the air and the cork hits a refrigerator door which has one end of a string tied to a handle and the other end attached to the hand of a cuckoo clock, and when being hit by a cork, the refrigerator door opens, pulling on the hand of the cuckoo clock, which causes the clock to strike the hour, opening the door out of which the cuckoo bird comes, releasing a bowling ball, and of course, the trap backfires and injures Thomas", "id": "10440814" }, { "contents": "Quercus suber\n\n\naround 50% of the world cork harvest. Cork oaks cannot legally be cut down in Portugal, except for forest management felling of old, unproductive trees, and, even in those cases, farmers need special permission from the Ministry of Agriculture. \"Q. suber\" is commonly grown in agroforestry systems, known as \"montado\" in Portugal and \"dehesa\" in Spain. These are open woods with low tree density (50–300 trees/ha). In these systems, forage species are commonly grown under the trees", "id": "408065" }, { "contents": "Patrick Stump\n\n\n(their next entry week would be at No. 9 with \"From Under the Cork Tree\"). It also peaked at No. 5 on the \"Billboard\" Heatseeker Albums and No. 10 on the \"Billboard\" Independent Albums. This was followed by their third studio album, \"From Under the Cork Tree\" released on May 3, 2005, which was the band's mainstream breakthrough. It has since been certified double platinum by the RIAA, with a sales total of more than 2.5 million. It", "id": "6307732" }, { "contents": "Fall Out Boy\n\n\nhis own self-doubt. \"It is particularly overwhelming when you are on the cusp of doing something very big and thinking that it will be a big flop\", he said later. Wentz swallowed a handful of Ativan anxiety pills (he described the act as \"hypermedicating\") in the Chicago Best Buy parking lot. After being rushed to the hospital and having his stomach pumped, Wentz moved back home to Wilmette to live with his parents. \"From Under the Cork Tree\" debuted and peaked at number nine", "id": "14674000" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\nSixteen Candles\" reached No. 38 on the singles chart. The band considered between \"A Little Less Sixteen Candles...\" and \"Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year\" as the third and last single, deciding on the former. On March 14, 2006, a separate version of the album was released entitled \"From Under the Cork Tree (Limited \"Black Clouds and Underdogs\" edition)\". This consisted of a total 18 tracks, the first 13 being the original release. The album rose to No", "id": "20485481" }, { "contents": "John Halbert (hurler)\n\n\nby 2-13 to 2-08 to win the Cork Intermediate Championship. Halbert also lined out with divisional side Imokilly on a number of occasions. On 1 April 2005, Halbert made his first appearance for the Cork minor hurling team, scoring two points after coming on as a substitute in Cork's Munster Championship quarter-final defeat of Kerry. On 26 June 2005, he was at left corner-forward when Cork defeated Limerick by 2-18 to 1-12 to win the Munster title. Halbert subsequently joined", "id": "21972895" }, { "contents": "Eoin Cadogan\n\n\n. On 1 August, Cadogan scored two points from centre-back in Cork's 1-20 to 0-10 defeat of Waterford to win the Munster Championship. Cadogan was in his second year at under-21 level when he joined the Cork senior football team. On 27 January 2007, he claimed his first silverware when he played at centre-back on Cork's pre-season McGrath Cup-winning team. Cadogan made his first National League appearance on 3 February when he lined out at left wing-back when Cork", "id": "15120908" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\n. 9 on the \"Billboard\" 200 upon its re-release, its second week at its peak position. The three new songs and two dance remixes are as follows and in this order: The iTunes Store released a similar \"From Under the Cork Tree (Limited \"Black Clouds and Underdogs\" Edition)\" EP consisting of 8 tracks: the above 5 as well as the music videos for \"Sugar We're Goin Down\" and \"Dance, Dance\". It also contains a live performance of \"Sugar", "id": "20485482" }, { "contents": "Liam O'Donovan (Gaelic footballer)\n\n\nat left wing-forward when Cork suffered a 2-16 to 0-06 defeat by Kerry in the Munster final. O'Donovan was appointed captain of the Cork under-20 team for the 2018 Munster Championship. He lined out at left corner-back when Cork were defeated by Kerry by 3-11 to 0-14 in the Munster final on 29 June 2018. O'Donovan was added to the Cork senior team in advance of the 2019 season. He made his first appearance for the team on 12 January 2019 when he lined", "id": "9397228" }, { "contents": "Fergal McCormack\n\n\n\"second-class citizens.\" He went on to say: \"There is almost a them and us attitude between players and officials and the perception that we are only players. I have been involved in the panel since 1995 and that problem has always been there. Players of the past have, I know from talking to them, felt the same way but did not really come out and said anything about it.\" The dissatisfaction between the players and the Cork County Board culminated with all 30 members of the Cork", "id": "6535193" }, { "contents": "Fergal McCormack\n\n\n. McCormack subsequently progressed onto the Mallow under-21 team as a dual player. On 13 November 1994, he lined out at centre-back with the Mallow under-21 hurling team when St. Finbarr's defeated Mallow by 4-13 to 5-03 to win the Cork Under-21 Championship. On 22 October 1995, McCormack was at midfield when the Mallow under-21 football team faced Naomh Abán in the final of the Cork Under-21 Championship. McCormack was still eligible for the minor grade when he was drafted onto the Mallow intermediate team for the 1992", "id": "6535181" }, { "contents": "Pat Leahy (Cork hurler)\n\n\nPat Leahy (4 August 1878 – 1 April 1950) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Dungourney and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1902 until 1907. Leahy played his club hurling with the famous Dungourney team in Cork and enjoyed some success. He won three county senior championship titles in all, with these victories coming in 1902, 1907 and 1909. Leahy first tasted success on the inter-county scene with Cork in 1902 when he lined out in his first", "id": "2354469" }, { "contents": "Patrick Stump\n\n\nThe band heavily toured in 2005 and 2006 in support of \"From Under the Cork Tree\", including headlining Warped Tour, the Nintendo Fusion Tour, and the Black Clouds And Underdogs tour, as well as playing a secret show under the name of Saved Latin at a small venue. Fall Out Boy was nominated for the Best New Artist Grammy Award in 2005. Fall Out Boy's third studio effort, \"Infinity on High\", was released to major chart success in 2007. It debuted at No. 1 on", "id": "6307734" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\nthe primary composer for \"From Under the Cork Tree\". He said of the album's musical style: \"We experimented quite a bit with all sorts of stuff. Some metal, some folk, some R&B. But ultimately, your band sounds like your band. You can put those things in it, but it's still going to sound like you.\" Niyaz Pirani of \"The Orange County Register\" referred to \"Dance, Dance\" as \"pop-punk-meets-swing-dance glory\".", "id": "20485461" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\nOn earlier works, Stump collaborated with Wentz on the lyrics. For \"From Under the Cork Tree\" and albums thereafter, Wentz handled all the lyrical duties. He called them \"more introspective\" than the group's previous album. \"\"Take This To Your Grave\" was very reactionary,\" says Wentz. \"It was like this person does this to you. But part of growing up is understanding that if you end up in the same situation over and over again you probably have to examine your own self", "id": "20485462" }, { "contents": "Cork (material)\n\n\ntraditionally stripped from the trunks every nine years, with the first two harvests generally producing lower quality cork. The trees live for about 300 years. The cork industry is generally regarded as environmentally friendly. Cork production is generally considered sustainable because the cork tree is not cut down to obtain cork; only the bark is stripped to harvest the cork. The tree continues to live and grow. The sustainability of production and the easy recycling of cork products and by-products are two of its most distinctive aspects. Cork oak forests", "id": "496049" }, { "contents": "1978 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final\n\n\nthe throw-in. His shot went straight over the bar to put Cork on the scoreboard after just twenty-five seconds of play. Immediately after the puck-out the play switched to the Cork goalmouth, however, a Frank Cummins shot went wide. Back at the other end of the field after the puck-out team captain Charlie McCarthy did likewise for Cork when his first shot of the day went wide. Soon after this the ball broke to Ray Cummins down on the wing on the Hogan Stand side and", "id": "7085509" }, { "contents": "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)\n\n\nCork Tree\" and \"Live in Phoenix\", along with a Fall Out Boy wristband and Fall Out Toy Works comics. 2 Chainz then uses a flamethrower to speed up the incineration process, while the women return to the van and open its rear doors, revealing four hooded, bound men that are implied to be Fall Out Boy themselves. The camera then closes in on 2 Chainz's face as he holds up a match and stares at the band menacingly, ending the video. Fall Out Boy's capture is shown", "id": "5684217" }, { "contents": "Różanka Rose Garden\n\n\nunder the care of the Roman Catholic Church. Since 2005 it has been maintained by the City Council. In 2006–2007 the garden was reconstructed in the style of the garden in the 1930s. This was carried out and funded by the City Council. The work was completed on 20 April 2007, after which over nine thousand roses of 99 varieties were planted. Apart from the flowers there are also exotic trees and shrubs planted at the time of the establishment of the garden. These include such trees as chestnut, Amur cork,", "id": "13784909" }, { "contents": "Neil Ronan\n\n\n1998 after coming on as a substitute in Cork's 3-18 to 1-10 defeat of Tipperary in the final. He made the starting fifteen at right wing-forward for the subsequent 2-15 to 2-10 All-Ireland final defeat of Galway on 20 September. Ronan was still a member of the under-21 team when he made his first appearance for the Cork senior team on 21 February 1999. He scored a point in Cork's 0-14 to 1-09 defeat of Kilkenny in the National", "id": "9385115" }, { "contents": "Weary Willies\n\n\nthe train. When the guard opens the door and peeps in, Oswald, coming out from another exit, kicks the officer in and makes a run for it. Wondering on the countryside, the hungry Oswald sees a homeless bear camping under a tree. The two meet and befriend each other. They then start to fry an egg using the camp fire and other limited equipment that they have. While Oswald and the bear couldn't agree on how they should have the fried egg, a squirrel pops out from the tree", "id": "10442106" }, { "contents": "Gerald Murphy (hurler)\n\n\nwith the intention of upsetting their opponents physically and did just that, however, the game remains clouded in controversy due to the injury to the Galway captain, Mick Burke. The result remained in doubt right up to the final whistle, however, Cork secured a 3-3 to 0-8 victory. Murphy had won his second All-Ireland medal. After the match at the Gresham Hotel in Dublin a fight broke out when another Galway player struck Cork's Christy Ring. The following morning another fight broke out when", "id": "19238053" }, { "contents": "Dominic Cork\n\n\nOpening the bowling with Kyle Hogg, Cork did not take any Sussex wickets, but did run-out Richard Montgomerie and Carl Hopkinson. His not out 35 in Lancashire's innings was in vain as Sussex ran out winners by 15 runs in a low scoring match. Cork was banned for the first 50-over game of 2007 after an incident at the previous season's final against Sussex, and was fined £2,500. This was later reduced to £500 on appeal. The 2007 season panned out in a similar fashion to the", "id": "1277053" }, { "contents": "Hurricane Ophelia (2017)\n\n\nreached , with gusts of . ESB Group confirmed that more than 360,000 customers were without power in the wake of the storm. Two people, a man in Dundalk and a woman in Aglish, County Waterford, were killed when trees fell on their cars. In County Tipperary, another fatality occurred when a man was clearing a fallen tree with a chainsaw. Two men died in separate incidents after suffering fatal injuries while carrying out repairs to damage caused by Ophelia and Storm Brian. In Cork, a man died after he fell", "id": "5125478" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\n200 at No. 190 for a 78th week on the strength of the band's \"American Beauty/American Psycho\" No. 1 album release. On the 2005 year-end charts, \"Cork Tree\" was No. 53 on the \"Billboard\" 200, No. 26 in 2006, and No. 187 on the 2000s decade-end chart. Three singles were released from this album: \"Sugar, We're Goin Down\", \"Dance, Dance\" and \"A Little Less Sixteen Candles,", "id": "20485475" }, { "contents": "Dara Ó Cinnéide\n\n\ndebut to come in a provincial semi-final against Limerick. Kerry won that day and Ó Cinnéide lined out in the subsequent Munster final against archrivals Cork. Expectations were high that 'the Kingdom' could defeat 'the Rebels' and break back into the big time after a period in the wilderness. The game was a disappointing one for Ó Cinnéide as his side lost by 0–15 to 1–9. In 1996 Kerry regrouped under new manager Páidí Ó Sé and Ó Cinnéide lined out in his second provincial decider. Cork provided the", "id": "5185617" }, { "contents": "Conor Cahalane\n\n\nChampionship medal after coming on as a 22nd-minute substitute for Darragh Fitzgibbon in Cork's 2-23 to 1-13 defeat of Tipperary in the final. On 26 August 2018, he lined out at midfield when Cork faced Tipperary in the All-Ireland final. Cahalane top scored with 1-03 from play but ended on the losing side following a 3-13 to 1-16 defeat in what was his last game in the grade. Cahalane made his first appearance for the Cork senior hurling team on 14", "id": "16257597" }, { "contents": "United States of Europe\n\n\nEngland\" and said: \"A day will come when all nations on our continent will form a European brotherhood ... A day will come when we shall see ... the United States of America and the United States of Europe face to face, reaching out for each other across the seas\". Hugo planted a tree in the grounds of his residence on the Island of Guernsey and was noted in saying that when this tree matured the United States of Europe would have come into being. This tree to this day is still growing", "id": "16694058" }, { "contents": "History of Cork\n\n\nThe local IRA units, for the most part, did not accept the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiated to end the war -ultimately repudiating the authority of the newly created Irish Free State. After the withdrawal of British troops in early 1922, they took over the military barracks in Cork and the surrounding area. By July 1922, when the Irish Civil War, broke out, Cork was held by anti-Treaty forces as part of a self-styled Munster Republic -intended to be a stronghold for the preservation of the Irish Republic", "id": "13678236" }, { "contents": "Páirc Uí Rinn\n\n\nCork Celtic moved the game from their regular home ground, Turners Cross, to the much larger Flower Lodge. An estimated 12,500 fans turned out, with Celtic receiving over £6,000 in gate receipts. Three other Cork clubs who played in the League of Ireland also played home games at Flower Lodge. When Albert Rovers replaced Cork Hibernians in the League of Ireland, they also replaced them as tenants at Flower Lodge. They continued playing there from 1976 until 1980, playing under the names Cork Albert and Cork Alberts. In their", "id": "13755245" }, { "contents": "Tom Kenny (hurler)\n\n\nmight say they [the strikes] were counterproductive. But I was probably on the higher end of the scale of the experienced players and I still stand by that we were doing what needed to be done...If you feel at the time something is the right thing to do, you have to do it and that’s what we did. I think history will prove long-term that what we did served Cork well.\" On 2 May 2010, Kenny lined out as midfield partner to Lorcán McLoughlin when Cork faced", "id": "9194796" }, { "contents": "Jackie O'Shea\n\n\nJackie O'Shea was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Dungourney and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1902 until 1907. O'Shea played his club hurling as goal keeper with the famous Dungourney team in Cork and enjoyed some success. He won three county senior championship titles in all, with these victories coming in 1902, 1907 and 1909. O'Shea first tasted success on the inter-county scene with Cork in 1902 when he lined out in his first Munster final. Limerick provided the", "id": "2354429" }, { "contents": "Jerry Desmond\n\n\nJerry Desmond was an Irish sportsman. He played hurling with his local club Dungourney and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1902 until 1907. Desmond played his club hurling with his local Dungourney team in Cork and enjoyed some success. He won three county senior championship titles in all, with victory coming in 1902, 1907 and 1909. Desmond first tasted success on the inter-county scene with Cork in 1902 when he lined out in his first Munster final. Limerick provided the opposition on that occasion", "id": "2354433" }, { "contents": "Stephen Moylan (hurler)\n\n\nappearance for the Cork under-21 team in a 1-14 to 2-10 defeat of Tipperary in the Munster Championship. On 1 August, he was a non-playing substitute in Cork's 1-20 to 0-10 defeat of Waterford in the Munster final. Moylan played his last game for the under-21 team on 20 July 2008 when he lined out at right corner-forward in a 1-20 to 1-11 defeat by Clare. Moylan was drafted onto the Cork intermediate team for the 2009 Munster Championship", "id": "19263311" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\nRock Track\" and \"Single\", and helped the band win \"People's Choice: Favorite International Group\" at the MuchMusic Video Awards. \"A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More \"Touch Me\"\", the album's third and last single, was much less popular than \"Cork Tree\"s first two singles but managed to reach No. 65 on the Hot 100. It charted for 13 weeks. On \"Billboard\" Alternative Songs, it peaked at No. 38. In the UK, \"", "id": "20485480" }, { "contents": "Eudie Coughlan\n\n\na Cork selection in a game in aid of Republican prisoners. Later that same year he was a non-playing substitute on the Cork team that defeated Dublin to win the All-Ireland final. The following year Coughlan was still a member of the substitute's bench when Cork won the Munster title. He did line out in the subsequent All-Ireland final with Dublin providing the opposition once again. In a close game 'the Dubs' avenged the defeat of 1919 by winning on a score line of 4–9 to 4–3", "id": "9649844" }, { "contents": "1944 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final\n\n\nfour All-Ireland hurling titles in-a-row. Cork achieved their first treble in 1894 while Tipperary and Kilkenny followed suit in 1900 and 1913 respectively. On a damp September afternoon in 1944 Cork were out to break all records. With the pre-match festivities completed the game began at 3:15pm. Wartime travel restrictions meant that the attendance was just below 27,000, while a damp day resulted in a heavy sod under foot. The opening ten minutes did not go Cork’s way as many commentators had anticipated. Dublin", "id": "12419517" }, { "contents": "Ideas of European unity before 1945\n\n\ncome when all nations on our continent will form a European brotherhood ... A day will come when we shall see ... the United States of America and the United States of Europe face to face, reaching out for each other across the seas.\" However, he was laughed out of the hall, yet returned to his idea again in 1851. Victor Hugo planted a tree in the grounds of his residence on the Island of Guernsey he was noted in saying that when this tree matured the United States of Europe would have come", "id": "8048180" }, { "contents": "Wesley Eisold\n\n\nCold Cave, which represents his first venture into instrumentation. Eisold was born with one hand which led him to electronic music. After a public row over alleged plagiarism, Eisold settled out of court and has been given songwriting credits for Fall Out Boy's songs \"The Carpal Tunnel of Love\", \"Golden\", and \"Bang the Doldrums\" from the album \"Infinity on High\". On Fall Out Boy's 2005 album, \"From Under the Cork Tree\", Eisold is credited as 'Inspirador. In", "id": "14735711" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\nIFPI's list of the \"Top 50 Best Selling Albums of 2005\" worldwide. Internationally it impacted in the UK and Canada. Fall Out Boy formed near Chicago, Illinois, in 2001. The band debuted with a self-released demo in the same year, and in 2002 released a split EP with Project Rocket through Uprising Records. A first mini-album, \"Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend\" was recorded in 2002 but released in 2003 by Uprising against the band's wishes. Both releases", "id": "20485454" }, { "contents": "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out\n\n\n, they sent a link to Fall Out Boy bass guitarist Pete Wentz via a LiveJournal account, and around this time they changed the name of the band to Panic at the Disco. Wentz, who was in Los Angeles at the time with the rest of Fall Out Boy working on their first major-label album, \"From Under the Cork Tree\", drove to Las Vegas to meet the band. On hearing \"two to three\" songs during band practice, Wentz was impressed and immediately wanted the band to sign", "id": "7836104" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\nworldwide. As of February 2013 \"Cork Tree\" has 2.7 million US sales. The album produced two hugely popular hit singles, \"Sugar, We're Goin Down\" and \"Dance, Dance\" peaking at No. 8 and No. 9 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 respectively and receiving regular radio play at both Pop and Alternative stations. In 2005 the album was ranked eighteenth on the \"Top 100 best-selling albums of the year in the US\" with 1,654,320 sales and at No. 43 on", "id": "20485453" }, { "contents": "Los Alcornocales Natural Park\n\n\npark's forests are exploited for the production of cork. The cork oak (\"Quercus suber\") is a tree with a spongy layer of material lying between the outer surface of its bark and the underlying living layer called the \"phloem\" (which, in turn, encloses the non-living woody stem.) Cork is generated by a specialized layer of tissue called \"cork cambium\". Properly done, harvesting cork from a given tree can be undertaken every ten to twelve years without damaging the tree; the", "id": "15935367" }, { "contents": "Patrick Stump\n\n\nFall Out Boy single \"Dance, Dance\" available on the \"Sugar, We're Goin' Down\" EP, a \"Sugar, We're Goin Down\" remix on Fall Out Boy's \"From Under the Cork Tree\" special edition release, and \"Pace Yourself\" for The Higher on their album, \"On Fire\". He also remixed Good Charlotte's \"Little Things\" for their remix compilation, \"Greatest Remixes\". On February 1, 2009, Gretsch released the G5135CVT-PS Patrick Vaughn Stump", "id": "6307759" }, { "contents": "Michael O'Halloran (Cork hurler)\n\n\nCork's 2-20 to 1-13 defeat by Limerick. On 2 July, O'Halloran played his last game in the minor grade when he lined out at centre-forward in a 1-14 to 0-14 defeat by Limerick. O'Halloran joined the Cork under-21 team for the 2016 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance for the team on 28 June when he came on as a 45th-minute substitute for Tim O'Mahony at full-forward in a 3-19 to 2-15 defeat by Limerick.", "id": "16318151" }, { "contents": "Jerome Cahill\n\n\nCork in the Munster final. On 26 August 2018, both Tipperary and Cork faced each other again in the All-Ireland final. Cahill ended the game with a winners' medal after scoring three points in the 3-13 to 1-16 victory. On 9 July 2019, Cahill made his first appearance for Tipperary's inaugural under-20 team when he lined out at midfield in the 3-23 to 0-10 defeat of Waterford. On 23 July 2019, he scored a point when Tipperary defeated Cork by 3", "id": "18920360" }, { "contents": "American Nightmare (US band)\n\n\n, the band's lyricist, resulting in an out-of-court settlement and a credit in the liner notes of both the multi-platinum selling \"From Under the Cork Tree\" and \"Infinity on High\". After seven years of disbandment, the band reunited under their original name and performed two reunion shows in December 2011. The band performed in Revere, Massachusetts on December 29, and in Los Angeles on December 31. Deathwish Inc. reissued the albums \"Background Music\" (2001) and \"We're", "id": "11645210" }, { "contents": "Seán O'Donoghue\n\n\nthe Gaelic football team in 2016. On 30 April 2016, he lined out in the All-Ireland final, however, Cork were defeated by Mayo by 5-07 to 1-14. O'Donoghue was appointed captain of the Cork under-21 football team in 2017. O'Donoghue made his senior debut for Cork on 10 January 2015 when he played at left corner-back in a Waterford Crystal Cup against the University of Limerick. He played a number of games during the pre-season tournament but was not included on Cork's", "id": "20991342" }, { "contents": "Mark O'Sullivan\n\n\nMark O'Sullivan (born 1973) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played as a full-forward for the Cork senior team. Born in Newmarket, County Cork, O'Sullivan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team in 1991, before lining out with the under-21 side in 1994. Both teams were to win All Ireland titles. 2 Sigerson Cup titles followed with UCC in 1994 and 1995. He made his senior debut for Cork in the 1994", "id": "7871221" }, { "contents": "Fall Out Boy\n\n\nand Underdogs Tour, a pop punk event that featured The All-American Rejects, Well-Known Secret, Hawthorne Heights, and From First to Last. The tour also featured The Hush Sound for half of the tour and October Fall for half. The band played to 53 dates in the U.S., Canada, and the UK. After taking a two-month-long break following the band's Black Clouds and Underdogs tour in promotion of the band's 2005 album \"From Under the Cork Tree\", Fall Out", "id": "14674005" }, { "contents": "The Academy Is...\n\n\n. 185 on The Billboard 200. Later on in 2005, while Pete Wentz was finishing up work on Fall Out Boy's second album From Under the Cork Tree and his \"latest side project\" with John Janick of Fueled by Ramen, he discovered Panic! at the Disco and helped them release their debut album \"A Fever You Can't Sweat Out\" through his label Decaydance. The Academy Is... was also signed to Decaydance that year. On October 26, 2006, The Academy Is... had announced via the", "id": "17308622" }, { "contents": "Dance, Dance (Fall Out Boy song)\n\n\n. The picture on the back of the book that Andy Hurley is reading at a scene where he is on the bleachers is also on the album \"From Under the Cork Tree\". Katrina Bowden, best known now as Cerie in the television series \"30 Rock\", has a minor role in this music video; in 2013 Bowden married Ben Jorgensen, who also appeared in this video. The black-and-white-striped jacket Patrick wears in the video can be seen in the music video for Fall Out", "id": "18124803" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\nthings out. To us, we're throwing the fight, but we didn't write a record that's throwing a fight. We wrote a record that means a lot to us but maybe isn't going to mean a lot to the people who are hyping us as the next big thing. And that's fine. We don't want to be the saviors of anything — we just want to be ourselves. We made a record we really like, and that's all we ever wanted. Fall Out Boy have", "id": "20485465" }, { "contents": "From Under the Cork Tree\n\n\nin the top 20 out of a total of 30 chart weeks before it was retired, being certified Platinum by the RIAA for the shipment of one million units. \"Dance, Dance\" is Fall Out Boy's highest hit on Alternative radio, peaking at No. 2 on \"Billboard\" Alternative Songs. It charted at No. 35 on Ireland's singles chart. \"Dance, Dance\"'s music video won an award for \"Viewer's Choice\" at the 2006 MTV awards, two Teen Choice Awards for \"", "id": "20485479" }, { "contents": "William Beckett (singer)\n\n\nComeback of the Year\" from Fall Out Boy's 2005 album, \"From Under the Cork Tree\". He sang backing vocals on Fall Out Boy's \"What a Catch, Donnie\". Other songs he has sung on include \"There's a Class for This\" from Cute Is What We Aim For's 2006 album \"The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch\", \"7 Weeks\" from Gym Class Heroes's album \"As Cruel as School Children\", and the Cobra Starship song \"Snakes", "id": "9687257" }, { "contents": "MC Tree G\n\n\nfor nine years in the Women's Footwear department at Nordstrom's before leaving to officially pursue his music career. He started recording under the nickname his family had for him, Tree, short for Tremaine. He received support from the producers of Project Mayhem and started writing music in the 1990s but didn't release any music until 2010. Tree did not officially release an album until he was 27 years old. Tree has released six albums since 2012: \"Sunday School\", \"Sunday School II: When Church Lets Out\",\"The", "id": "19375249" }, { "contents": "Ronan McCarthy\n\n\nhis debut on the inter-county scene when he was selected on the Cork minor team in 1991. He was an unused substitute throughout that years' championship campaign, however, he did win an All-Ireland medal. After being overlooked for the Cork under-21 team, he played one season with the Cork junior team in 1995. McCarthy made his senior debut during the 1997 championship. Over the course of the next six seasons, he won two Munster medals and one National Football League medal. McCarthy played his last game", "id": "1147156" }, { "contents": "Johnny O'Callaghan\n\n\nJohn \"Johnny\" O'Callaghan (born 1964) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Cork senior team. Born in Ballyhea, County Cork, O'Callaghan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the senior panel during the 1985 championship. O'Callaghan was largely an unused substitute during his career, however, he did win one All-Ireland medal and two Munster medals", "id": "22135617" }, { "contents": "Frank O'Sullivan\n\n\nFrank O'Sullivan (born 1954) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Cork senior team. Born in Blackpool, Cork, O'Sullivan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the senior panel during the 1986 championship. O'Sullivan was largely an unused substitute during his career, however, he did win one All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal as a non-playing substitute.", "id": "22150383" }, { "contents": "Nathanael (follower of Jesus)\n\n\n— Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph”. Nathanael is described as initially being skeptical about whether the Messiah could come from Nazareth, saying: \"Can anything good come out of Nazareth?\", but nonetheless, he accepts Philip's invitation to find out. Jesus immediately characterizes him as \"an Israelite in whom is no deceit\". Some scholars hold that Jesus' quote \"Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you\", is based on a Jewish figure of", "id": "19916437" }, { "contents": "Bella's Tree\n\n\nlong as it can come sing in the tree on Christmas Day. When Bella brings the tree home, Nan tells her that it is not the right kind of tree. They decorate it anyway, and Nan teaches Bella a song to remind her to look for an evergreen tree. The next day, Bella and Bruno set out to find an evergreen tree. Bella finds a spruce tree, promising the chickadee sitting in that it may come sing in the tree on Christmas Day. Once Nan finishes telling Bella that a spruce", "id": "7736488" }, { "contents": "Cork GAA\n\n\n, was about to come out of retirement to play for Cork, however, this didn't happen. While Kilkenny were the favourites Gerald McCarthy captained one of the youngest Cork teams ever to victory. Kilkenny had their revenge over Cork in 1969, however, in 1970 Cork captured the Liam MacCarthy Cup with a massive win over Wexford. The 1970s was to be a glorious decade for Cork's hurlers. In 1975 Cork won their first Munster title since 1972. It was to be the first of five Munster Championship victories in", "id": "3271520" }, { "contents": "Quercus suber\n\n\nand grazed by cattle during the summer. Cork oaks commonly live more than 200 years. Virgin cork (or 'male' cork) is the first cork cut from generally 25-year-old trees. Another 9 to 12 years is required for the second harvest, and a tree can be harvested about twelve times in its lifetime. Cork harvesting is done entirely without machinery, being dependent solely on human labor. Usually five people are required to harvest the tree's bark, using a small axe. The process requires training due", "id": "408066" }, { "contents": "Billy Hennessy\n\n\nto 0-14 defeat by Limerick. Hennessy subsequently progressed onto the Cork under-21 team. He made his first appearance on 13 July 2017 when he played at left wing-back in a 2-17 to 1-19 Munster semi-final defeat of Waterford. Hennessy was dropped from the starting fifteen for Cork's subsequent 0-16 to 1-11 defeat by Limerick on 26 July 2017. Hennessy won a Munster Championship medal on 4 July 2018 when he lined out at right wing-back in Cork's 2", "id": "2398985" }, { "contents": "Conor Counihan\n\n\nConor Counihan (born 28 September 1959) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-back for the Cork senior team. Born in Aghada, County Cork, Counihan first played competitive football during his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty when he first linked up with the Cork under-21 team, before later lining out with the junior side. He made his senior debut in the 1980–81 National Football League. Counihan went on to play a key part for Cork in what", "id": "564078" }, { "contents": "Cork borer\n\n\nA cork borer, often used in a chemistry or biology laboratory, is a metal tool for cutting a hole in a cork or rubber stopper to insert glass tubing. Cork borers usually come in a set of nested sizes along with a solid pin for pushing the removed cork (or rubber) out of the borer. The individual borer is a hollow tube, tapered at the edge, generally with some kind of handle at the other end. A separate device is a \"cork borer sharpener\" used to hone the cutting", "id": "20388009" }, { "contents": "Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend\n\n\nwithout the band's involvement, following the band's very successful major label debut \"From Under the Cork Tree\". It eventually sold over 127,000 copies in the United States by August 2008, according to \"Billboard\". The photograph on the cover of this album was shot by Adeet Deshmukh in Chicago's Pick Me Up Café located at 3408 N. Clark Street. The girl who is pictured on the cover is a waitress at said café, and her name is Lavinia, as noted in the booklet of the album.", "id": "11064552" }, { "contents": "Fall Out Boy\n\n\nsinger Patrick Stump, however, is also influenced by artists he listened to while growing up including Prince, Michael Jackson, and David Bowie. Fall Out Boy's albums \"Take This to Your Grave\" and \"From Under the Cork Tree\" are both said to have pop punk as well as punk rock sounds and influences, and \"Infinity on High\" features a wide range of styles and instrumentation, including orchestral arrangements (\"Thnks fr th Mmrs\") and a slower piano ballad (\"Golden\").", "id": "14674054" } ]

[ { "contents": "List of ambassadors of the United States to South Korea\n\n\na unity government for Korea failed and in 1948, two separate Korean states were created: the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). The United States established diplomatic relations with the new South Korean government, but did not recognize North Korea. Other countries, like the Soviet Union, recognized the Pyongyang government in North Korea, but did not initially establish relations with the South Korean government in Seoul. The United States has maintained constant diplomatic relations with South Korea since", "id": "4987510" }, { "contents": "North Korea at the Olympics\n\n\n, the nation has appeared in every Summer Games, except when North Korea joined the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics, and when they boycotted the 1988 Games in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea's attendance at the Winter Games has been sporadic; eight of the last thirteen Games have included a North Korean team. During the 1998-2007 Sunshine Policy era, North Korea and South Korea symbolically marched as one team at the opening ceremonies of the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, but competed separately. In 2010", "id": "19231525" }, { "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony\n\n\nMujer 2000. Unlike in previous years, North and South Korea did not send a unified team; their athletes marched in separately as Republic of Korea (South Korea, ) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea, ). Taiwan marched under the name \"Chinese Taipei\" () as per a 1989 agreement and in the Olympics since then – and the Chinese media has followed suit, referring to Taiwan as \"Zhonghua Taibei\" instead of the previously used and controversial \"Zhongguo Taibei\" (, literally", "id": "10629003" }, { "contents": "South Korea–United States relations\n\n\nthe North. Initial talks in 1945-6 to achieve a unified, independent Korea were not successful, and in 1948 two separate nations were established - the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the South, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the North. In 1949, the United States established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Korea. Cross-border skirmishes and raids at the 38th Parallel escalated into open warfare when the North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. The Korean", "id": "4486025" }, { "contents": "April 2018 inter-Korean summit\n\n\ntheir balloon propaganda campaigns as well. At the same time, North Korea agreed to realign its time with South Korea. On 5 May, North Korea changed its time zone so it would match that of South Korea. Also on May 5, an attempt by North Korean defectors to continue the balloon campaign across the border from South Korea was halted by the South Korean government. During the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships, the table tennis teams from the two Koreas entered separately, but when they were paired against each other", "id": "3804567" }, { "contents": "Demographics of North Korea\n\n\n(%). Korea was annexed by the Empire of Japan in 1910, in which the Korean Peninsula was occupied by Japanese. In 1945, when Japan was defeated in World War II, Korea was divided into two occupied zones: North occupied by the Soviet Union and the South by the United States. Negotiations on unification failed, and in 1948 two separate countries were formed: North and South Korea. Korean is the official language of North Korea. \"The World Factbook\" states \"traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some", "id": "1439500" }, { "contents": "Pukkwan Victory Monument\n\n\nseen as commemorating the militarism that had caused immense suffering in Korea. Despite requests by the South Korean government and civic groups that the monument be returned, Japan refused, stating that doing so violated their principle of \"separation of religion and politics\" and that as the monument originally stood in what was now North Korea, South Korea was not in a position to negotiate its return. The deadlock was finally broken in December 2004, when Buddhist monks from North and South Korea agreed to work together to retrieve the monument. South", "id": "10702487" }, { "contents": "Outline of North Korea\n\n\nThe following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to North Korea: North Korea – sovereign country located on the northern half of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. To the south, separated by the Korean Demilitarized Zone, lies South Korea, with which it formed one nation until division following World War II. At its northern Amnok River border are China and, separated by the Tumen River in the extreme north-east, Russia. The capital of North Korea is the city of Pyongyang. North Korea is", "id": "10028539" }, { "contents": "Tourism in North Korea\n\n\njust south of the border in South Korea. When South Korea did not respond to North Korean demands to stop the propaganda balloons, North Korea suspended the Kaesong tours. The tours to Kaesong resumed in April 2010, but were again suspended in May 2010 following the ROKS \"Cheonan\" sinking. In April 2010, the first tourist trains from Dandong, China brought visitors to North Korea for a four-day tour. Before that, the international train from Beijing to Pyongyang was used as a tourist train. In June 2011", "id": "11539045" }, { "contents": "Korean State Railway\n\n\nsurvey began when ten working-level South Korean surveyors entered North Korea to work with ten North Korean surveyors on a survey of a section of the eastern Tonghae Line. On 24 December, the four-day survey was completed after a separate team of ten South Korean surveyors entered North Korea and joined ten North Korean surveyors to inspect a road in Kaesŏng, and on 26 December the groundbreaking ceremony was held as scheduled in Kaesŏng; about 100 South Korean officials entered North Korea to attend the ceremony. However, it has been", "id": "13518109" }, { "contents": "North Korea–South Korea relations\n\n\nfirst reunion of separated families in 1985, as well as a series of cultural exchanges. Goodwill dissipated with the staging of the US-South Korean military exercise, Team Spirit, in 1986. When Seoul was chosen to host the 1988 Summer Olympics, North Korea tried to arrange a boycott by its Communist allies or a joint hosting of the Games. This failed, and the bombing of Korean Air Flight 858 in 1987 was seen as North Korea's revenge. However, at the same time, amid a global thawing of", "id": "11625663" }, { "contents": "Foreign relations of North Korea\n\n\ngovernment. In August 1971, both North and South Korea agreed to hold talks through their respective Red Cross societies with the aim of reuniting the many Korean families separated following the division of Korea after the Korean War. After a series of secret meetings, both sides announced on 4 July 1972, an agreement to work toward peaceful reunification and an end to the hostile atmosphere prevailing on the peninsula. Dialogue was renewed on several fronts in September 1984, when South Korea accepted the North's offer to provide relief goods to victims of", "id": "1588963" }, { "contents": "North Korea–South Korea relations\n\n\nzone between the two sides, that intersected the 38th parallel but did not follow it. North Korea has announced that it will no longer abide by the armistice at least six times, in the years 1994, 1996, 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2013. Large numbers of people were displaced as a result of the war, and many families were divided by the reconstituted border. In 2007 it was estimated that around 750,000 people remained separated from immediate family members, and family reunions have long been a diplomatic priority for", "id": "11625657" }, { "contents": "Korean Peninsula\n\n\nStates, and liberated Korea north of the 38th parallel. U.S. forces subsequently moved into the south. By 1948, as a product of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, Korea was divided into two regions, with separate governments. Both claimed to be the legitimate government of all of Korea, and neither accepted the border as permanent. The conflict escalated into open warfare when North Korean forces—supported by the Soviet Union and China—moved into the south on 25 June 1950. Since the ended", "id": "12841806" }, { "contents": "Korean War\n\n\nair combat for the first time in history, and Soviet pilots covertly flew in defense of their communist allies. The fighting ended on 27 July 1953, when the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed. The agreement created the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to separate North and South Korea, and allowed the return of prisoners. However, no peace treaty was ever signed, and the two Koreas are technically still at war, engaged in a frozen conflict. In April 2018, the leaders of North and South Korea met at the", "id": "16892583" }, { "contents": "North Korea at the 2002 Asian Games\n\n\nDue to the legacy of bitterness in between the relationships of North Korea and its two neighboring countries, South Korea and Japan, North Korea did not participate in the 1986 and 1994 Asian Games hosted by South Korea and Japan, respectively. This was the first time in the history that North Korea competed in an international sporting event hosted by South Korea. North Korea also boycotted the 1988 Summer Olympics held in the national capital of South Korea, Seoul. National Olympic Committee of North Korea, Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's", "id": "2937824" }, { "contents": "Korean nationalism\n\n\nthe reasons put forth to explain South Koreans' lack of support or affinity for the South Korean state is due to a popular misconception that only North Korea purged its regime of pro-Japanese collaborators of the colonial period and that South Korea did not, while in reality the former did not do so. Another reason given is that South Koreans view their interactions with their state in negative contexts, such as when having to report for mandatory military service or paying fines. Contemporary Korean nationalism, at least in South Korea, often", "id": "424720" }, { "contents": "Names of Korea\n\n\n( \"North Han\") and South Korean as \"Nánhán\" ( \"South Han\"). The Republic of China previously maintained diplomatic relations with South Korea, but has never had relations with North Korea. As a result, in the past, \"Hánguó\" () had been used to refer to the whole Korea, and Taiwanese textbooks treated Korea as a unified nation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China under the Democratic Progressive Party Government considered North and South Koreas two separate countries. However", "id": "14347556" }, { "contents": "Korean War POWs detained in North Korea\n\n\nSouth Korea government did expect its gesture to lead to more cooperation and eventual reconciliation between the two sides. Contrary to the Seoul government's expectation, North Korea only enraged liberals and conservatives alike in the South Korean legislature when it demanded billions of dollars in compensation for alleged atrocities against the repatriated agents. North Korea has consistently refused to discuss the POW issue. During the second inter-Korea summit of October 2007, President Roh Moo-hyun received no response from his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong-il. Human rights", "id": "6447603" }, { "contents": "North Korea–South Korea football rivalry\n\n\nthe 1994 World Cup on goal difference ahead of Japan. Following their final match of the last round of the AFC qualifiers for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, North Korea withdrew from international football for five years, and did not again attempt to qualify for the World Cup before the 2006 edition. During the 2002 FIFA World Cup, which South Korea co-hosted with Japan, and in which North Korea did not take part, the South's team reportedly had \"supporters in the North\", and North Korean newspaper \"", "id": "812996" }, { "contents": "Korean reunification\n\n\nagree on the details of its implementation. In the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba, Japan, the two countries formed a unified team. A Unified Korea women's ice hockey team competed under a separate IOC country code designation (COR) in the 2018 Winter Olympics; in all other sports, there were a separate North Korea team and a separate South Korea team. Eventual political integration of the Koreas under a democratic government from the South is generally viewed as inevitable by the U.S. and South Korea. However, the", "id": "15431213" }, { "contents": "Sokcho\n\n\nSokcho (; ()) is a city in Gangwon-do province, South Korea. It is located in the far northeast of Gangwon-do. Lying north of the 38th parallel, the city belonged to North Korea from 1945 until the end of the Korean War, when the dividing line between the two Korean states was officially altered. Abai Maeul was originally set up as an area to house North Korean refugees in Sokcho due to the separation of the two Koreas. Consequently, many of the population have relatives in North", "id": "18975156" }, { "contents": "Provinces of Korea\n\n\n. In 1948, the two zones became the independent countries of North Korea and South Korea. Three provinces—Hwanghae, Gyeonggi, and Gangwon—were divided by the 38th parallel. Also in 1946, the cities of Seoul in the south and Pyongyang in the north separated from Gyeonggi and South Pyongan Provinces respectively to become Special Cities. Both North Korea and South Korea upgraded cities to a level equal to a province, and these cities are sometimes counted along with provinces. Finally, the new provinces of Jeju Province (in", "id": "1387812" }, { "contents": "International adoption of South Korean children\n\n\nit considered to be South Korea's practice of selling South Korean children. The South Korean director general wanted to decrease the numbers of South Korean children being adopted internationally, so North Korea would no longer have the issue to use for its propaganda against South Korea. The news article also said that North Korea did not allow couples in other countries to adopt North Korean children. The 1988 article was serialized by The People's Korea, a pro-North Korea magazine, and the resulting publicity caused South Korea to have the image", "id": "8027991" }, { "contents": "South Korea at the 2018 Winter Paralympics\n\n\nSouth Korea competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9–18 March 2018, as the host nation. In February 2018, the IPC had recommended North Korea to participate, and so North Korea made its Winter Paralympic debut. Teams representing South Korea and North Korea had planned to enter the Opening Ceremony marching under the Korean Unification Flag, however talks between the two teams failed to do so, and they entered separately in the opening ceremony under their own respective flags. The following is the list of number", "id": "16269120" }, { "contents": "North Korea–South Korea relations\n\n\nto invest in the North. In the early 2000s South Korea ceased infiltrating its agents into the North. US President George W Bush, however, did not support the Sunshine Policy and in 2002 branded North Korea as a member of an Axis of Evil. Continuing concerns about North Korea's potential to develop nuclear missiles led in 2003 to the six-party talks that included North Korea, South Korea, the USA, Russia, China, and Japan. In 2006, however, North Korea resumed testing missiles and on October", "id": "11625669" }, { "contents": "North Korea–South Korea relations\n\n\nOlympics in South Korea. The Seoul–Pyongyang hotline was reopened after almost two years. At the Winter Olympics, North and South Korea marched together in the opening ceremony and fielded a united women's ice hockey team. As well as the athletes, North Korea sent an unprecedented high-level delegation, headed by Kim Yo-jong, sister of Kim Jong-un, and President Kim Yong-nam, and including performers like the Samjiyon Orchestra. A North Korean art troupe also performed in two separate South Korean cities", "id": "11625683" }, { "contents": "North Korea\n\n\nTumen rivers and to the south it is bordered by South Korea, with the heavily fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two. Nevertheless, North Korea, like its southern counterpart, claims to be the legitimate government of the entire peninsula and adjacent islands. In 1910, Korea was annexed by Imperial Japan. After the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II in 1945, Korea was divided into two zones, with the north occupied by the Soviet Union and the south occupied by the United States. Negotiations", "id": "1439293" }, { "contents": "South Korean passport\n\n\nnot allowed to visit North Korea, except with special authorizations granted by the Ministry of Unification and North Korean authorities on a limited basis (e.g. workers and businessmen visiting or commuting to/from Kaesong Industrial Complex). South Koreans who are allowed to visit North Korea are issued a North Korean visa on a separate sheet of paper, not in the South Korean passport. The Republic of Korea passport can be used to enter North Korea, because passport is one of the government's approved identity documents, but it is being only", "id": "10182051" }, { "contents": "Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Korea)\n\n\naccused of holding positions in North Korea's occupation authority in the region, and they were targeted for the mass killings that South Korean authorities conducted when they re-entered the region. However, at the time of the incident, most of the voluntary collaborators with North Korean forces had already evacuated and crossed the border to the North, and thus it was mostly civilians who spontaneously joined the local leftists who became victims of the incident. There were no clear distinctions to separate the guilty from the innocent, and many used the", "id": "12243508" }, { "contents": "1993 Japan v Iraq football match\n\n\nround of matches, Japan defeated South Korea 1-0 taking first place in the standings going into the final match. Although just one point separated the 1st and 5th spots and only North Korea had been eliminated, Japan would have qualified for the finals with a win regardless of any other results. Japan still would have qualified with a draw as long as either South Korea or Saudi Arabia failed to win its last match and Iran did not defeat Saudi Arabia by more than four goals. The match was held on 28 October", "id": "494474" }, { "contents": "USS Horace A. Bass (APD-124)\n\n\n. \"Horace A. Bass\" steamed toward Korea again on 24 September 1951, and after stopping at Yokosuka resumed bombardment and raiding duties along the coast of North Korea. In 14 separate raids with American, British, and Republic of Korea landing parties, \"Horace A. Bass\" did much to interrupt the all-important supply lines from the north, which proved vulnerable to mobile forces afloat. She completed her second tour of duty in Korea on 3 July 1952, when she sailed from Yokosuka. She arrived at San Diego", "id": "5597587" }, { "contents": "Mount Kumgang\n\n\nseizing the properties, North Korea also alluded to the Baengnyeong incident, showing displeasure with South Korea blaming North Korea for the sinking of the ship. Since April 2010, North Korea is now permitting companies to run tours from the North Korean side, making it appear increasingly unlikely that tours will be resumed from the South. However, on October 1, 2010, news reports said, \"Red Cross officials from the two Koreas agreed Friday to hold reunions for families separated by the Korean War amid mixed signals from North Korea on", "id": "1029191" }, { "contents": "Korean nationalism\n\n\nthe South Korean state in the eyes of South Koreans as constituting \"an unloved republic\". Whereas in North Korea, most of its citizens view their state and race as being the same thing, most South Koreans on the other hand tend to see the \"Korean race\" and their (South Korean) state as being separate entities due to the existence of a competing Korean state in North Korea. According to Korea scholar Brian Reynolds Myers, a professor at Dongseo University, while race-based nationalism in North Korea strengthens", "id": "424713" }, { "contents": "Russia–South Korea relations\n\n\nRussia–South Korea relations (, Rossiisko-yuzhnokoreiskie otnosheniya, , hanreo gwangye) refers to the bilateral foreign relations between Russia and South Korea. Modern relations between the two countries began on September 30, 1990. Immediately following Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of Korea, the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States created the division of Korea into North and South states. Thereafter, since the two sides were separated by North Korea and opposing ideologies, there was little contact until the fall of the Soviet", "id": "16436627" }, { "contents": "Cold War (1947–1953)\n\n\n's Republic of China and, thus, did not veto the Council's approval of UN action to oppose the North Korean invasion. A joint UN force of personnel from South Korea, the United States, Britain, Turkey, Canada, Australia, France, the Philippines, the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand and other countries joined to stop the invasion. After a Chinese invasion to assist the North Koreans, fighting stabilized along the 38th parallel, which had separated the Koreas. Truman faced a hostile China, a Sino-", "id": "4961015" }, { "contents": "Korean Seon\n\n\nintroduced in Korean Buddhism, and a bifurcation developed between monks and scholars. After the Second World War the United Nations developed plans for a trusteeship administration, the Soviet Union administering the peninsula north of the 38th parallel and the United States Army Military Government in Korea administering the south. The politics of the Cold War resulted in the 1948 establishment of two separate governments, North Korea and South Korea. Since the middle of the 20th century Christianity has competed with Buddhism in South Korea, while religious practice has been suppressed in North Korea", "id": "6008382" }, { "contents": "Ryanggang Province\n\n\nRyanggang Province (Ryanggangdo; , \"Ryanggang-do\", ) is a province in North Korea. The province is bordered by China (Jilin) on the north, North Hamgyong on the east, South Hamgyong on the south, and Chagang on the west. Ryanggang was formed in 1954, when it was separated from South Hamgyŏng. The provincial capital is Hyesan. In South Korean usage, \"Ryanggang\" is spelled and pronounced as \"Yanggang\" (, \"Yanggang-do\", ) Along the northern border", "id": "14808742" }, { "contents": "September 2018 inter-Korean summit\n\n\nhold a groundbreaking ceremony. The same day, a four day inter-Korean road survey began when ten working-level South Korean surveyors entered North Korea to work with ten North Korean surveyors on a three day survey 100-kilometer-long section on the eastern Donghae Line. On 24 December 2018, the four-day survey was completed after a separate team of ten South Korean surveyors entered North Korea and joined ten North Korean surveyors to survey a 4-kilometer-long road in Kaesong. On 26 December 2018, the groundbreaking ceremony was", "id": "3121562" }, { "contents": "UN offensive into North Korea\n\n\nni is the village of Sudong (). There, just below the steep climb to the plateau, the PVA 124th Division held its blocking position. south of Sudong the road, climbing northward, crosses from the west to the east side of a mountain stream. The bridge at this crossing was of importance; if it were destroyed the UN forces north and south of it would be separated and those on the north cut off from their source of supply. Hill 698 dominated this bridge from the west, as did Hill", "id": "8737999" }, { "contents": "Gangwon Province, South Korea\n\n\nGangwon-do () is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. It is bounded on the east part by the East Sea, and borders Gyeonggi Province to its west, and North Gyeongsang Province and North Chungcheong Province to its south. Its northern boundary is the Military Demarcation Line, separating it from North Korea's Kangwŏn Province. Before the division of Korea in 1945 Gangwon and Kangwŏn formed a single province. Pyeongchang County hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Paralympics. Gangwon-do was one", "id": "12697149" }, { "contents": "38th parallel north\n\n\nof cross-border raids and gunfire from both the Northern and the Southern sides, the North Korean Army crossed the parallel and invaded South Korea. This sparked a United Nations resolution against the aggression and the Korean War, with United Nations troops (mostly Americans) helping to defend South Korea. After the Armistice agreement was signed on July 27, 1953, a new line was established to separate North Korea and South Korea. This Military Demarcation Line is surrounded by a Demilitarized Zone. It crosses the 38th parallel, from the", "id": "22074240" }, { "contents": "North Korea–South Korea relations\n\n\nthe South, and advanced into North Korea. As they neared the border with China, Chinese forces intervened on behalf of North Korea, shifting the balance of the war again. Fighting ended on July 27, 1953, with an armistice that approximately restored the original boundaries between North and South Korea. Syngman Rhee refused to sign the armistice, but reluctantly agreed to abide by it. The armistice inaugurated an official ceasefire but did not lead to a peace treaty. It established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a buffer", "id": "11625656" }, { "contents": "Eighth United States Army\n\n\nof Panmunjom in the summer of 1951, and they dragged on for two years. During the final combat operation of the war, Lieutenant General Maxwell D. Taylor (promoted to general 23 June 1953) commanded the Eighth Army. When the Military Demarcation Line was finally agreed to by the , South Korea and North Korea continued on as separate states. During the aftermath of the Korean War, the Eighth Army remained in South Korea. By the 1960s, I Corps, consisting of the 7th Infantry Division and the 2nd Infantry Division", "id": "10172217" }, { "contents": "North–South differences in the Korean language\n\n\nThe Korean language has changed between North and South Korea due to the length of time that the two states have been separated. Underlying dialect differences have been extended, in part by government policies and in part by the isolation of North Korea from the outside world. Korean orthography, as defined by the Korean Language Society in 1933 in the \"Proposal for Unified Korean Orthography\" (), continued to be used by the North and the South after liberation of Korea from Japan in 1945, but with the establishments of the Democratic", "id": "20577731" }, { "contents": "Korean Armistice Agreement\n\n\nof prisoners of war. The DMZ runs close to the 38th parallel and has separated North and South Korea since the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed in 1953. South Korea never signed the Armistice Agreement due to President Syngman Rhee's refusal to accept the division of Korea. China normalized relations and signed a peace treaty with South Korea in 1992. In 1994, China withdrew from the Military Armistice Commission, essentially leaving North Korea and the UN Command as the only participants in the armistice agreement. By mid-December 1950, the", "id": "16186630" }, { "contents": "Tanks of South Korea\n\n\nCairo Declaration, escalating Cold War antagonism between the Soviet Union and the United States eventually led to the establishment of separate governments, each with its own ideology, leading to Korea's division into two political entities in 1948: North Korea and South Korea. In the North, a former anti-Japanese guerrilla and communist activist, Kim Il-sung gained power through Soviet support. In the South, elections supervised by the United Nations were held, a Republic of Korea was declared, and Syngman Rhee inaugurated as its first president", "id": "19138490" }, { "contents": "Korean cuisine\n\n\n) and the Cold War, which separated the country into North Korea and South Korea. Both of these periods continued the limited food provisions for Koreans, and the stew called \"budae jjigae\", which makes use of inexpensive meats such as sausage and Spam, originated during this period. At this point, the history of North and South Korea sharply diverged. In the 1960s under President Park Chung-hee, industrialization began to give South Korea the economic and cultural power it holds in the global economy today. Agriculture was", "id": "16958649" }, { "contents": "Superdollar\n\n\ntime Banco Delta Asia had knowingly handled counterfeit money was in 1994 when it discovered and turned over $10,000 in counterfeit $100 bills to local authorities. The United States has threatened North Korea with sanctions over its alleged involvement with the supernotes, though it said those sanctions would be a separate issue from the [[Sanctions against North Korea|nuclear sanctions]]. South Korea has attempted to play a middle role, encouraging all parties to reach an acceptable conclusion without animosity. In a major meeting on January 22, 2006, the", "id": "20880089" }, { "contents": "Tactical Air Command\n\n\nreductions, and preoccupied with the threat of the Soviet Union, was thrust into its first war as a separate service when North Korea invaded South Korea. Air bases in the United States went on mobility alert to prepare for overseas movement in response to what was then describes as the \"Korean Emergency.\" Units from SAC and CONAC were deployed to Japan and South Korea, while Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units were recalled to active duty and, in the case of the Air National Guard, placed under Federal Service", "id": "16067161" }, { "contents": "Geography of North Korea\n\n\nNorth Korea is located in East Asia on the Northern half of the Korean Peninsula. North Korea shares a border with three countries; China along the Amnok River, Russia along the Tumen River, and South Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The Yellow Sea and the Korea Bay are off the west coast and the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea) is off the east coast. Most of North Korea is a series of medium-sized to large-sized Mountain Ranges and large hills, separated", "id": "1439485" }, { "contents": "K-pop\n\n\nfollowing week. Recordings of both performances have been made public to South Koreans, though no reports have been made of their release to the North Korean public. Despite sharing a similar past, the Taiwanese did not carry a positive sentiment towards South Korea after 1992, which is when South Korea broke off its diplomatic relationship with Taiwan in order to pursue one with mainland China. This changed in the early 2000s as the cultural dispersion of \"Hallyu\" has contributed to the reconstruction of South Korea's image among the Taiwanese. This", "id": "1995633" }, { "contents": "2018 Winter Olympics\n\n\nDemilitarized Zone into South Korea to compete in the Games. The two nations marched together under the Korean Unification Flag during the opening ceremony. A unified Korean team, consisting of 12 players from North Korea and 23 from South Korea, competed in the women's ice hockey tournament under a special IOC country code designation (COR) following talks in Panmunjom on 17 January 2018. The two nations also participated separately: the South Korea team competed in every sport and the North Korea team competed in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing", "id": "7440163" }, { "contents": "Politics of North Korea\n\n\nperceived external threats. Recently, North Korean efforts to improve relations with South Korea to increase trade and to receive development assistance have been mildly successful. North Korea has tried to improve its relations with South Korea by participating in the Pyeongchang Olympics (North Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics), when Kim Jong-un sent his band and a few officials to visit South Korea. But North Korea's determination to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles has prevented stable relations with both South Korea and the United States. North Korea has", "id": "1439545" }, { "contents": "Balloon propaganda campaigns in Korea\n\n\nagainst both regimes. Unlike in other Asian nations, like Japan, South Koreans did not resist Western missionaries, and as a result, Christianity became politically linked to the anti-communist movement in South Korea. The Bush administration's hard line towards North Korea and funding for anti-North organizations has also had an important impact on the formation of an international human rights movement against North Korea. There has also been competition between the two major Broadcasting companies in South Korea during the Cold War in the messages sent to the North", "id": "4907005" }, { "contents": "North Korea–South Korea relations\n\n\nNorth Korea–South Korea relations are the bilateral relations between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Formerly a single nation that was annexed by the Empire of Japan in 1910, the two nations have been divided since the end of World War II in 1945 and engaged in the Korean War from 1950–1953. North Korea is a one-party state run by the Kim dynasty. South Korea was formerly governed by one-party military dictatorships until 1987 when it", "id": "11625648" }, { "contents": "South Korea\n\n\nEuropean Union conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) to reduce trade barriers. South Korea went on to sign a Free Trade Agreements with Canada and Australia in 2014, and another with New Zealand in 2015. Both North and South Korea claim complete sovereignty over the entire peninsula and outlying islands. Despite mutual animosity, reconciliation efforts have continued since the initial separation between North and South Korea. Political figures such as Kim Koo worked to reconcile the two governments even after the Korean War. With longstanding animosity following the Korean War from", "id": "7248544" }, { "contents": "India–North Korea relations\n\n\nand her father was 蔡仁揆 채송년 Ch'ae In'gyu during the reign of 忠烈 Chungnyeol of Goryeo, recorded in the Dongguk Tonggam, Goryeosa and 留夢炎 Liu Mengyan's 中俺集 Zhong'anji. 桑哥 Sangha was a Tibetan. India condemned North Korea as an aggressor when the Korean War started, supporting Security Council resolutions 82 and 83 on the crisis. However, India did not support resolution 84 for military assistance to South Korea. As a non-aligned country, India hesitated to involve itself in a military commitment against North Korea. Instead, India", "id": "17253784" }, { "contents": "Korean reunification\n\n\n, the war ended with at approximately the same boundary. Despite now being politically separate entities, the governments of North and South Korea have proclaimed the eventual restoration of Korea as a single state as a goal. After the \"Nixon Shock\" in 1971 that led to détente between the United States and China, in 1972 the North and South Korean governments made a 7 · 4 South and North Korea Joint Statement that a representative of each government had secretly visited the capital city of the other side and that both sides had agreed", "id": "15431209" }, { "contents": "Chunghwa County\n\n\nChunghwa County is a county of North Hwanghae, formerly one of the four suburban counties of East Pyongyang, North Korea. It sits north of Hwangju-gun, North Hwanghae, east of Kangnam-gun, North Hwanghae, west of Sangwŏn-gun, North Hwanghae, and south of Ryŏkp'o-guyŏk (Ryokpo District), Pyongyang. It became part of Pyongyang in May 1963, when it separated from South P'yŏngan Province. Chunghwa-gun is the location of a few historic sights (both Revolutionary and pre-Japanese", "id": "17896190" }, { "contents": "Gloria Steinem\n\n\nIn Korea with Mairead Maguire. The group's main goal is to advocate disarmament and seek Korea's reunification. It will be holding international peace symposiums both in Pyongyang and Seoul in which women from both North Korea and South Korea can share experiences and ideas of mobilizing women to stop the Korean crisis. The group's specific hope is to walk across the 2-mile wide Korean Demilitarized Zone that separates North Korea and South Korea which is meant to be a symbolic action taken for peace in the Korean peninsular suffering for 70 years after its", "id": "7189593" }, { "contents": "Korean War\n\n\nThe POW exchange proceeded without access to South Korean POWs not on the PVA/KPA rosters. North Korea continued to claim that any South Korean POW who stayed in the North did so voluntarily. However, since 1994, South Korean POWs have been escaping North Korea on their own after decades of captivity. , the South Korean Ministry of Unification reported that 79 ROK POWs escaped the North. The South Korean government estimates 500 South Korean POWs continue to be detained in North Korea. The escaped POWs have testified about their treatment and", "id": "16892760" }, { "contents": "History of Japan–Korea relations\n\n\nthat line. Korea was then divided into Soviet (North Korean) and U.S. (South Korean) spheres. South Korea refused diplomatic and trade relations with Japan, using tensions with Japan to rally support for the South Korean government. The early ROK (Republic of Korea; South Korea) government derived its legitimacy from its opposition to Japan and North Korea, portraying South Korea as under threat from the North and South. The diplomatic relationship between Japan and South Korea was established in 1965, when the Treaty on Basic Relations was", "id": "18884468" }, { "contents": "Military Police Corps (United States)\n\n\nConstabulary, a police-like patrol organization. It was disbanded in the 1950s. In 1949, the newly formed Defense Department was in the process of reorganizing the Army and plans were developed to disband the Military Police Corps. But when Congress passed the Army Reorganization Act in May 1950, the Corps survived, remaining a separate branch of the Army. When North Korea invaded South Korea in June 1950, there were some MP units stationed in Korea. One of those was the 55th Military Police Company, which had been assigned", "id": "9416706" }, { "contents": "Thunder in the East (1950 film)\n\n\nby the Japanese. The demarkation line separated families, as free movement was not allowed while hydro-electric power from the north was also curtailed. In Korea, two different types of governments emerged on each side of the border. Elections in 1947 monitored by the United Nations were not permitted in the Communist-held north that ultimately became Democratic People's Republic of Korea. South Korea held UN-sponsored elections and created the First Republic of South Korea. In 1950, tensions between the two rival states intensified, with North", "id": "3531480" }, { "contents": "Bombing of North Korea 1950-1953\n\n\n, but did not separately report the number of deaths. Charles Armstrong, Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University, estimated that 12–15 percent of the North Korean population was killed in the war, or approximately 1,167,000 to 1,459,000 people. Armstrong did not separately estimate bombing deaths. Estimates of battle deaths range from a U.S. Department of Defense estimate of 214,899 to a Republic of Korea estimate of 294,931, according to the PRIO Battle Deaths Dataset. Irish historian Jon Halliday cites \"a Soviet source\" showing that the overall", "id": "21896298" }, { "contents": "Peace Treaty on Korean Peninsula\n\n\nthe United States. North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, beginning the Korean War. The war ended in a 1953 stalemate. After the war, despite South Korean president Syngman Rhee's disagreement with the United States' pursuit of a ceasefire with China and the separation of North and South Korea under US-led United Nations intervention, the two Koreas were divided on July 27, 1953. After the 1954 Geneva Conference, Rhee hoped for reunification under the United Nations before his resignation in 1960. On May 16, 1961", "id": "22068431" }, { "contents": "Exclusive economic zone of North Korea\n\n\nin both the West Sea and the Sea of Japan. The North Korean exclusive economic zone (EEZ) had been born. South Korea objected to North Korea's EEZ plans, and has given a statement: \"The [South] Korean government makes it clear that it is not recognizing North Korea's Military Boundary Zones and 200-nautical mile EEZs because they may bring about change in the status quo of the Korean Peninsula since armistice in 1953\". Japan protested the move as well, but China did not. North Korea has", "id": "7985375" }, { "contents": "Korean Demilitarized Zone\n\n\nNorth Korean side of the DMZ primarily serves to defend North Korea from invasion by South Korean forces. It also serves a similar function as the Berlin Wall and the inner German border did against its own citizens in the former East Germany in that it stops North Korean citizens from defecting to South Korea. From the armistice until 1972, approximately 7,700 South Korean soldiers and agents infiltrated North Korea to sabotage military bases and industrial areas. North Korea has thousands of artillery pieces near the DMZ. According to a 2018 article in \"The", "id": "17303788" }, { "contents": "North Korea\n\n\nuntil the early 1990s, with a brief period in the early 1980s when North Korea offered to provide flood relief to its southern neighbor. Although the offer was initially welcomed, talks over how to deliver the relief goods broke down and none of the promised aid ever crossed the border. The two countries also organized a reunion of 92 separated families. The Sunshine Policy instituted by South Korean president Kim Dae-jung in 1998 was a watershed in inter-Korean relations. It encouraged other countries to engage with the North, which", "id": "1439348" }, { "contents": "Call signs in Korea\n\n\nused a P5 prefix. The Korea Contest Club special callsign of D9K is non-standard, with no separating numeral. It is on Chuja Island as part of an IOTA DXpedition. It is unknown if North Korea assigns a separating numeral after their assigned prefix based on geographical regions. Based on the manner in which P5/4L4FN (above) signed as a foreign national, there seems to be no protocol. South Korea assigns their prefix separating numeral according to the following geographical location: Amateurs in the HL block retain their suffix", "id": "7272084" }, { "contents": "Visa policy of North Korea\n\n\nVisitors to North Korea must obtain a visa from one of the North Korean diplomatic missions. All ordinary passport holders of visitors (except South Korea) must require an advanced visa in order to enter to North Korea. Holders of ordinary passports of all countries require a visa to visit North Korea. All visitors traveling for tourism require authorization from a travel agency registered with the State General Bureau of Tourist Guidance. Visas are issued in a separate paper, and in the form of a tourist card for tourists and no stamps are stamped", "id": "9619466" }, { "contents": "Reconciliation theology\n\n\nthe South and USSR from the North. During the war, at least a million Korean were killed, and more than a million were relocated and separated from their families. Since the war, the divided Koreas remain with bitter conflict against one other. During the 1980s the Korean Christian Federation (North Korea) and the National Council of Churches in Korea (South Korea) began to initiate conversations related to the unification of their two governments, often with the assistance of the World Council of Churches. Due to these activities,", "id": "18201640" }, { "contents": "National symbols of North Korea\n\n\nKim Won-gyun in 1946. Musically, it is similar to South Korea's national anthem, spelled \"Aegukga\". In addition to \"Aegukka\", the \"Song of General Kim Il-sung and \"Song of General Kim Jong-il\" play an equally important role. The folk song \"Arirang\" is known as the \"unofficial national anthem of Korea\". North and South Korea have submitted it separately to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The first 1948 constitution defined", "id": "21525695" }, { "contents": "North Korea\n\n\non reunification failed, and in 1948, separate governments were formed: the socialist Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the north, and the capitalist Republic of Korea in the south. An invasion initiated by North Korea led to the Korean War (1950–1953). The Korean Armistice Agreement brought about a ceasefire, but no peace treaty was signed. North Korea officially describes itself as a \"self-reliant\" socialist state, and formally holds elections, though said elections have been described by outside observers as sham elections. Outside", "id": "1439294" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Korean peace process\n\n\njong, sister of Kim Jong-un, and President Kim Yong-nam, and including performers like the Samjiyon Orchestra. The delegation passed on an invitation to President Moon to visit North Korea. Together a performance North Korea Orchestra's performance at the Olympics also marked the first time since 2006 that any North Korean artist performed in South Korea. A North Korean art troupe also performed in two separate South Korean cities, including Seoul, in honor of the Olympic games as well. The North Korean ship which carried the art", "id": "8420609" }, { "contents": "Jang Song-thaek\n\n\nfloor leader of the governing Saenuri Party, had said previously that Kim had been \"separated\" from Jang and did not oppose his purge. Following the execution, \"Chosun Ilbo\" reported that Choe Ryong-hae may now be the \"number 2 man\" in North Korea. The South Korean newspaper reported claims that Kim Jong-il \"asked Choe on his deathbed to help his son Jong-un\" but that the North Korean military disapproves of Choe. In January 2014, the South Korean Yonhap News Agency reported", "id": "21271460" }, { "contents": "Foreign policy of the Donald Trump administration\n\n\n\" and led to the North Korean government warning of a possible thermonuclear war. However, on April 18 the Pentagon clarified that the strike group had instead headed south for scheduled training exercises with the Australian navy but would be arriving at the Korean peninsula the following week. Meanwhile, on April 16 Vice President Mike Pence visited South Korea, viewed the Demilitarized Zone which separates North from South Korea, and warned that the U.S. \"era of strategic patience\" toward North Korea's nuclear and missile programs is over. He added that", "id": "19674217" }, { "contents": "2nd Central Committee of the Workers' Party of North Korea\n\n\nChu Yong-ha were reelected deputy chairmen. All the members of the 1st Political Committee were reelected (the other two being Ho Ka-i and Choi Chang-ik), while two new were added; Kim Chaek, a partisan, and Pak Il-u from the Yanan faction. When the Workers' Party of North Korea merged with the Workers' Party of South Korea on 11 June 1949 to form the Workers' Party of Korea, so did their central committees. The 2nd Central Committee was reinforced with", "id": "21739840" }, { "contents": "Kangnam County\n\n\nKangnam County is one of the four suburban counties of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is north-west of Songrim, north-east of Hwangju County, west of Chunghwa County, and south of Nakrang-guyok. It is the location of cooperative farms and smaller industrial complexes. It became part of Pyongyang in May 1963, when it was separated from South P'yŏngan. In 2010, it was administratively reassigned from Pyongyang to North Hwanghae; foreign media attributed the change as an attempt to relieve shortages in Pyongyang's food distribution", "id": "17896179" }, { "contents": "North Korea–South Korea football rivalry\n\n\nThe People's Korea\" published North Korean Football Association chairman Ri Gwang Gun's congratulations to his South Korean counterpart on the South's \"great success in the World Cup\", which he described as \"a striking demonstration of the advantages and tenacity of the Korean nation to the world\". Glyn Ford, an expert on East Asia, has noted that when North Koreans \"can't support North Korea they'll support South Korea. They'd prefer South Korea to win against anyone else, unless they're playing them.", "id": "812997" }, { "contents": "History of North Korea\n\n\nThe history of North Korea began at the end of World War II in 1945. The surrender of Japan led to the division of Korea at the 38th parallel, with the Soviet Union occupying the north, and the United States occupying the south. The Soviet Union and the United States failed to agree on a way to unify the country, and in 1948 they established two separate governments – the Soviet-aligned Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Western-aligned Republic of Korea – each claiming to be the legitimate government", "id": "1439423" }, { "contents": "Geography of Korea\n\n\nKorea is located on the Korean Peninsula in North-East Asia. To the northwest, the Amnok River (Yalu River) separates Korea from China and to the northeast, the Duman River (Tumen River) separates Korea from China and Russia. The Yellow Sea is to the west, the East China Sea and Korea Strait is to the south, and the Sea of Japan (East Sea) is to the east. Notable islands include Jeju Island (Jejudo), Ulleung Island (Ulleungdo), and Liancourt Rocks.", "id": "15101300" }, { "contents": "Songwon County\n\n\nSongwŏn County is a \"kun\", or county, in southwestern Chagang province, North Korea. It borders Usi and Kop'ung counties to the north, Tongsin to the east, and Hŭich'ŏn to the south, as well as North P'yŏngan's Tongchang county to the west. Originally part of Chosan, it was established as a separate county in 1949, when Chagang province was created. The Ch'ongch'ŏn and Chungman Rivers both flow through Songwŏn. The terrain is mountainous, with the Pinandŏk and Chogyuryong Mountains rising in the county's south", "id": "16513687" }, { "contents": "South Korea\n\n\n1910–45). At the end of World War II, the Japanese surrendered to Soviet and U.S. forces who occupied the northern and southern halves of Korea, respectively. Despite the initial plan of a unified Korea in the 1943 Cairo Declaration, escalating Cold War antagonism between the Soviet Union and the United States eventually led to the establishment of separate governments, each with its own ideology, leading to the division of Korea into two political entities in 1948: North Korea and South Korea. In the South, Syngman Rhee, an opponent", "id": "7248485" }, { "contents": "History of South Korea\n\n\naligned First Republic of Korea – each claiming to be the legitimate government of all of Korea. On June 25, 1950 the Korean War broke out. After much destruction, the war ended on July 27, 1953 with the 1948 status quo being restored, as neither the DPRK nor the First Republic had succeeded in conquering the other's portion of the divided Korea. The peninsula was divided by the Korean Demilitarized Zone and the two separate governments stabilised into the existing political entities of North and South Korea. South Korea's subsequent", "id": "7248635" }, { "contents": "National Liberation Day of Korea\n\n\nThe National Liberation Day of Korea is a holiday celebrated annually on August 15 in both North and South Korea. It commemorates Victory over Japan Day, when U.S. and Soviet forces ended the decades-long Japanese occupation of Korea. It is notable for being the only Korean public holiday celebrated by both North and South Korea. In South Korea it is known as Gwangbokjeol (광복절; literally, \"the day the light returned\"), and is one of the public holidays in South Korea. In North Korea it is known", "id": "18130108" }, { "contents": "Communism in Korea\n\n\nto the formation of a South Korean state. In February–March 1948 it instigated general strikes in opposition to the plans to create a separate South Korean state. On April 3, 1948 the party led a popular uprising on Jeju island, against the unilateral declaration of the foundation of the Republic of Korea. In the suppression of the revolt, thousands of islanders were killed (see Jeju massacre). At the time there were four separate tendencies or factions in the Workers Party of North Korea. The factions were represented proportionately", "id": "14451666" }, { "contents": "Sport in South Korea\n\n\nbefore the next Olympic Games. North Korea, still officially at war with South Korea, and its allies, Albania, Cuba, Madagascar and Seychelles boycotted the games. For differing reasons, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, and Albania (who declared an Olympic-record fourth consecutive boycott) did not participate in the Games. However, the much larger boycotts seen in the previous three Summer Olympics were avoided, resulting in the largest ever number of participating nations to that date. North Korea and South Korea marched together in the 2000 and", "id": "3318940" }, { "contents": "South Gyeongsang Province\n\n\npart of South Korea. In 1963, Busan separated from South Gyeongsang Province to become a Directly Governed City (\"Jikhalsi\"). In 1983, the provincial capital moved from Busan to Changwon. In 1995, Busan became a Metropolitan City (\"Gwangyeoksi\"), and Ulsan separated from South Gyeongsang Province to become a Metropolitan City in 1997. The province is part of the Yeongnam region, on the north by North Gyeongsang Province, on the west by North Jeolla Province and South Jeolla Province, and on the south", "id": "14401526" }, { "contents": "ROKS Cheonan sinking\n\n\nRussian Navy also did not concur with the report. The United Nations Security Council made a Presidential Statement condemning the attack but without identifying the attacker. Baengnyeong Island is a South Korean island in the Yellow Sea, off the Ongjin peninsula in North Korea. It lies less than from the North Korean coast, and is over from the South Korean mainland. The island is to the south and west of the Northern Limit Line, the \"de facto\" maritime boundary dividing South Korea (ROK) from North Korea (DPRK)", "id": "20286992" }, { "contents": "Transport in North Korea\n\n\ntheir country. On October 14, 2018, North and South Korea agreed to restore inter-Korean rail and road transportation. On November 22, 2018, North and South Korea reopened a road on the Korean border which had been closed since 2004. On November 30, 2018, inter-Korean rail transportation resumed when a South Korean train crossed into North Korea for the first time since November 2008. On December 8, 2018, a South Korean bus crossed into North Korea. Fuel constraints and the near absence of private", "id": "1588882" }, { "contents": "Exclusive mandate\n\n\ncountries that recognize the ROC. The ROC also participates in sporting events under the name \"\"Chinese Taipei\"\" and the World Trade Organization as the \"Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu\". When North Korea and South Korea were created within months of each other in 1948, both claimed sovereignty over all of Korea. Both states claimed that the other was an unlawfully constituted puppet state of the United States and the Soviet Union, respectively. In 1991, however, both nations joined the", "id": "822429" }, { "contents": "Battle of Chosin Reservoir\n\n\nNorth Korea with the intention of reuniting North and South Korea before the end of 1950. North Korea is divided through the center by the impassable Taebaek Mountains, which separated the UN forces into two groups. The US Eighth Army advanced north through the western coast of the Korean Peninsula, while the Republic of Korea (ROK) I Corps and the US X Corps advanced north on the eastern coast. At the same time the People's Republic of China entered the conflict after issuing several warnings to the United Nations. On 19", "id": "4761216" }, { "contents": "Seoul–Pyongyang hotline\n\n\nMarch and 3 July, when it withdrew from the 1953 armistice and voided non-aggression pacts with South Korea. This was in response to rising tension between North Korea, South Korea, and the United States. According to a government official from South Korea on 11 March 2013 a call was placed \"at 9 a.m. and there was no response\". North Korea reopened the hotline on 7 June 2013. In February 2016, North Korea cut off the hotline communications after South Korea suspended the cooperation between both countries in the", "id": "11584532" }, { "contents": "Korean War POWs detained in North Korea\n\n\npay and pensions for their military service from the South Korean government once they reach South Korea. This adds up to a significant payment and is much higher than the assistance that typical North Korean refugees receive when they successfully reach South Korea. Information about the South Korea's policy toward former POWs has circulated among POWs in North Korea and that has encouraged them to try to leave. Private \"brokers\" are also aware of such policies and actively seek former POWs in North Korea and help arrange their escape for hefty fees. There", "id": "6447609" }, { "contents": "Demographics of South Korea\n\n\nby the Japanese majority and partly because a large number of resident Koreans, loyal to the North Korean regime of Kim Il Sung, preferred to remain separate from and hostile to the Japanese mainstream. The pro–North Korea Chongryon (General Association of Korean Residents in Japan) initially was more successful than the pro–South Korea Mindan (Association for Korean Residents in Japan) in attracting adherents among residents in Japan. Since diplomatic relations were established between Seoul and Tokyo in 1965, however, the South Korean government has taken an", "id": "7248775" }, { "contents": "North Korean abductions of South Koreans\n\n\nKorean defector to South Korea who was abducted on August 8, 2004, when she had returned to the China-North Korea border region using her South Korean passport. During wartime, North Korea kidnapped South Koreans to increase its human capacity for rehabilitation after the war. It recruited intelligentsia who were exhausted in North Korea and kidnapped those needed for postwar rehabilitation, technical specialists, and laborers. There was an intention to drain the intelligentsia of South Korean society, exacerbate societal confusion, and promote communization of South Korea by making postwar", "id": "11877193" }, { "contents": "North Korea–South Korea football rivalry\n\n\nThey're cheering for Koreans.\" In 2008, on two occasions, a 2010 World Cup qualifying match between the two countries, due to be played in Pyongyang, had to be moved to Shanghai when authorities in the North refused to allow the South Korean national anthem to be played in Kim Il-sung Stadium, or the flag of South Korea to be flown. (North and South Korea have never granted each other formal diplomatic recognition.) When the teams met again the following year for a return game in Seoul", "id": "812998" }, { "contents": "North–South differences in the Korean language\n\n\ncame about between the standard language in the North and the South. In 1987, North Korea revised the aforementioned rules further, and these have remained in use until today. In addition, the rules for spacing were separately laid out in the \"Standard Spacing Rules in Writing Korean\" () in 2000 but have since been superseded by \"Rules for Spacing in Writing Korean\" (), issued in 2003. South Korea continued to use the \"\" as defined in 1933, until its amendment \"Korean Orthography\" (", "id": "20577734" } ]

[ { "contents": "Mickey Mouse universe\n\n\nalso the dangers of atomic physics just a few years before the first atom bombs were developed. After that, Einmug did not re-appear in American comics for almost 50 years, but he was used in Italian ones, starting some 12 years later in 1959 when he appeared in Romano Scarpa's \"Topolino e la dimensione Delta\" (\"Mickey Mouse and the Delta Dimension\"). In this story he had discovered the means to travel to what he called the Delta Dimension, which was effectively an infinite void of", "id": "1280119" }, { "contents": "Atomism\n\n\nidea that man created gods and that gods did not create man to Democritus. For example, Sextus Empiricus noted: Three hundred years after Epicurus, Lucretius in his epic poem \"On the Nature of Things\" would depict him as the hero who crushed the monster Religion through educating the people in what was possible in the atoms and what was \"not\" possible in the atoms. However, Epicurus expressed a non-aggressive attitude characterized by his statement: \"The man who best knows how to meet external threats makes into", "id": "4832163" }, { "contents": "Rydberg atom\n\n\nconverging on the first ionization energy. These closely spaced Rydberg states form what is commonly referred to as the \"Rydberg series\". Figure 2 shows some of the energy levels of the lowest three values of orbital angular momentum in lithium. The existence of the Rydberg series was first demonstrated in 1885 when Johann Balmer discovered a simple empirical formula for the wavelengths of light associated with transitions in atomic hydrogen. Three years later, the Swedish physicist Johannes Rydberg presented a generalized and more intuitive version of Balmer's formula that came to be", "id": "10403727" }, { "contents": "List of unmade Doctor Who serials and films\n\n\nto the Nevada Desert, where they discover they have been shrunk to a tenth of an inch in height. To make matters worse, they learn that the local ants have been made super-intelligent by atomic bomb tests and plan to take over the Earth. Written by Roger Dixon, this story was submitted in early 1967. Notes – Simon bar Kokhba was the Jewish leader of what is known as the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire in 132 AD, establishing an independent Jewish state which he ruled for three years", "id": "5352779" }, { "contents": "Counterstrike (1969 TV series)\n\n\n. The businessmen turn out to be far from respectable and the journalist, they discover, is not a journalist. Who is Simon King — or rather, what is he? Every war has a flash-point, a fuse, a detonator — something, however small, that triggers it off. In 1914 it was an assassin's bullet at Sarajevo. What could trigger off an atomic war today? The Centaurans think they have the answer. And Simon, of all people, appears to be helping them... Three", "id": "17249603" }, { "contents": "Japanese war crimes\n\n\nof torture on prisoners, usually in an effort to gather military intelligence quickly. Tortured prisoners were often later executed. A former Japanese Army officer who served in China, Uno Shintaro, stated: The effectiveness of torture might also have been counterproductive to Japan's war effort. After the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, the Japanese military tortured a captured American P-51 fighter pilot named Marcus McDilda in order to discover how many atomic bombs the Allies had and what the future targets were. McDilda", "id": "8545968" }, { "contents": "Psycho-Pirate\n\n\nbusiness failure, divorce, foreclosure—a series of lies designed to crush the spirit of his employer. To remove the Atom, he convinced the hero that the JSA had been captured and sent the Mighty Mite to rescue them. The Atom discovered the ruse and defeated the criminal's henchmen disguised as JSAers. In doing so, the Atom discovered the true identity of the Psycho-Pirate, who shot him to preserve his secrecy. Wounded, the Atom made it to the \"Courier\" just as the JSA returned and", "id": "20823555" }, { "contents": "Captain Atom\n\n\nPower Girl, telling him it was Maxwell Lord who was responsible for all of this. Atom is then pulled back into the present, and tells the rest of the team that the world needs them to stop the instigated Max. After discovering that the OMACs had dismembered a droid, Captain Atom was struck by Magog who simply scoffs at the notion and states that he has come to kill Captain Atom at the behest of Max. In their battle, Captain Atom manages to convince Magog he is being manipulated by Max. Magog", "id": "17362868" }, { "contents": "Cathode ray\n\n\n, electrically charged atoms. German scientists Eilhard Wiedemann, Heinrich Hertz and Goldstein believed they were \"aether waves\", some new form of electromagnetic radiation, and were separate from what carried the electric current through the tube. The debate was resolved in 1897 when J. J. Thomson measured the mass of cathode rays, showing they were made of particles, but were around 1800 times lighter than the lightest atom, hydrogen. Therefore, they were not atoms, but a new particle, the first \"subatomic\" particle to be discovered", "id": "7037868" }, { "contents": "Acetylene\n\n\nall four atoms in the same straight line, with CCH bond angles of 180°. Acetylene was discovered in 1836 by Edmund Davy, who identified it as a \"new carburet of hydrogen\". It was an accidental discovery while attempting to isolate potassium metal. By heating potassium carbonate with carbon at very high temperatures, he produced a residue of what is now known as potassium carbide, (KC), which reacted with water to release the new gas. It was rediscovered in 1860 by French chemist Marcellin Berthelot, who", "id": "1594615" }, { "contents": "Johannes Rydberg\n\n\nhe began studying the standard atomic weight, because he wondered what was the reason for the seemingly random increase in weight for the atoms in Mendeleev's periodic system. He searched for a formula for several years to no avail. His next work was about investigating the atomic spectra, explaining why these occurred. Rydberg's research was preceded by Johann Jakob Balmer's, who presented an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom in 1885. However, Rydberg's research led him to publish a formula in 1888 which", "id": "20297143" }, { "contents": "Creature with the Atom Brain (film)\n\n\ncustody, but Buchanan uses a reanimated dead cop to kill one of them, and a reanimated dead police captain to kill the remaining two. When the zombie captain is captured, police doctor, Dr. Chet Walker (Denning) discovers an atomic-powered remote control brain implant and deduces what has been going on. Police and army troops converge on Buchanan's lead-lined mansion, and he sends out his unkillable zombies to battle them. Walker, however, is able to get into the mansion and smash the atomic-", "id": "14105194" }, { "contents": "Empire of the Atom\n\n\nyears from now, a noblewoman gives birth to a deformed child, a consequence of having been accidentally exposed to radiation from one of the temples of the Atom Gods. The baby is kept alive because one of the atom priests wants to conduct an experiment to see what will happen if the boy, unlike other mutant children, is given the full education of an atom priest. In his teens the mutant boy Clane helps his father win a war with Mars. He also continues his studies while his grandfather, who is Lord", "id": "2648812" }, { "contents": "Science and engineering in Manchester\n\n\nequally the same could be said of J. J. Thomson who discovered the electron and isotopes, and ultimately taught Rutherford who later go on to split the atom. Scientists who were part of the 'nuclear family' in Manchester included J. J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr, Hans Geiger, Ernest Marsden, John Cockcroft and James Chadwick. J. J. Thomson, a Manchester-born physicist hailing from Cheetham Hill, who enrolled to Owens College as a 14-year-old. Thomson would go on to discover the electron in 1897", "id": "4785894" }, { "contents": "List of The Authority story arcs\n\n\nkills Grifter (of the Wildcats) who is fighting on Captain Atom's side. In retaliation Captain Atom kills Apollo, Midnighter, and Jenny Quantum, and the surviving members of the Authority discover too late that even Captain Atom's death would not save the Wildstorm Universe. It transpires that Wildcats superhero Void, now occupying the body of young EMT worker Nikola Hanssen, has located the missing half of her fractured essence in Captain Atom's body, and she reclaims it to fulfill her own power. It is she who ultimately", "id": "2354512" }, { "contents": "Enrico Fermi\n\n\nthe top 100 persons of the twentieth century. Fermi was widely regarded as an unusual case of a 20th-century physicist who excelled both theoretically and experimentally. The historian of physics, C. P. Snow, wrote that \"if Fermi had been born a few years earlier, one could well imagine him discovering Rutherford's atomic nucleus, and then developing Bohr's theory of the hydrogen atom. If this sounds like hyperbole, anything about Fermi is likely to sound like hyperbole\". Fermi was known as an inspiring teacher, and", "id": "10200318" }, { "contents": "Boron group\n\n\nfirst reported by the Dubna Joint Institute for Nuclear Research team in Russia and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States, though it was the Dubna team who successfully conducted the experiment in August 2003. Nihonium was discovered in the decay chain of moscovium, which produced a few precious atoms of nihonium. The results were published in January of the following year. Since then around 13 atoms have been synthesized and various isotopes characterized. However, their results did not meet the stringent criteria for being counted as a discovery, and", "id": "14490398" }, { "contents": "Bleed (comics)\n\n\nafter his stint in the Wildstorm Universe and brief return to the mainstream DC Universe, retreated into the Bleed. Upon this he discovered that the Monitors (still aware of everything about the universes and the Multiverse itself), are unable to know what happens in the Bleed. In \"Ion\" #10, Kyle Rayner makes his way into the Bleed with the help of the Tangent Comics Green Lantern's lantern. From there he meets Captain Atom who sends him back to his Earth. In \"Sinestro Corps Special\" #", "id": "1444011" }, { "contents": "Inside the Atom\n\n\nInside the Atom is a popular science book by American author Isaac Asimov. The first edition of the book was published in 1956 by Abelard-Schuman. Revised editions were brought out in subsequent years. The book describes the internal structure of the atom. The sequence of concepts described in the book follows the sequence that those facts were discovered in. It describes the various sub-atomic structures within the atom, and the functions they fill in the whole structure. Later chapters describe chemical elements and isotopes, the stability and instability", "id": "13155985" }, { "contents": "Atomic clock\n\n\nsecond. For context, a femtosecond () is to a second what a second is to about 31.71 million () years and an attosecond () is to a second what a second is to about 31.71 billion () years. 21st century experimental atomic clocks that provide non-caesium-based secondary representations of the second are becoming so precise that they are likely to be used as extremely sensitive detectors for other things besides measuring frequency and time. For example, the frequency of atomic clocks is altered slightly by gravity,", "id": "15492215" }, { "contents": "Captain Atom\n\n\nvillain Major Force, a bloodthirsty madman lacking Captain Atom's morality and classic military/A.F. discipline. Atom/Adam serves under Eiling reluctantly while befriending research scientist Dr. Megala of Project Atom, who helps Nathaniel discover more about his powers. Captain Atom later succeeds in clearing his name of the original treason charge and eventually rebels against Eiling, resigning from the Air Force and becoming an actual superhero. Captain Atom joins the Justice League at the request of the U.S. government, eventually serving as leader of Justice League Europe. During his", "id": "17362844" }, { "contents": "List of biophysically important macromolecular crystal structures\n\n\nCrystal structures of protein and nucleic acid molecules and their complexes are central to the practice of most parts of biophysics, and have shaped much of what we understand scientifically at the atomic-detail level of biology. Their importance is underlined by the United Nations declaring 2014 as the International Year of Crystallography, as the 100th anniversary of Max von Laue's 1914 Nobel prize for discovering the diffraction of X-rays by crystals. This chronological list of biophysically notable protein and nucleic acid structures is loosely based on a review in the Biophysical", "id": "5495825" }, { "contents": "Supersolid\n\n\nJohn Goodkind from UCSD discovered the first 'anomaly' in a solid by using ultrasound. Inspired by his observation, Eun-Seong Kim and Moses Chan at Pennsylvania State University saw phenomena which were interpreted as supersolid behavior. Specifically, they observed what they later named Non-Classical Rotational Inertia, an unusual decoupling of the solid helium from a container's walls which could not be explained by classical models but which was consistent with a superfluid-like decoupling of a small percentage of the atoms from the rest of the atoms in", "id": "2837117" }, { "contents": "Lise Meitner\n\n\nfor which she was awarded the Leibniz Medal by the Berlin Academy of Sciences. That year, Meitner was given her own physics section at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry. In 1922, she discovered the cause of the emission of electrons from surfaces of atoms with 'signature' energies, known as the Auger effect. The effect is named for Pierre Victor Auger, a French scientist who independently discovered the effect in 1923. In 1926, Meitner became the first woman in Germany to assume a post of full professor in physics", "id": "18303789" }, { "contents": "Linus Pauling\n\n\n. In 1931, the American Chemical Society awarded Pauling the Langmuir Prize for the most significant work in pure science by a person 30 years of age or younger. The following year, Pauling published what he regarded as his most important paper, in which he first laid out the concept of hybridization of atomic orbitals and analyzed the tetravalency of the carbon atom. At Caltech, Pauling struck up a close friendship with theoretical physicist Robert Oppenheimer, who spent part of his research and teaching schedule away from U.C. Berkeley at Caltech every year", "id": "16636878" }, { "contents": "Build a Better Mousetrap\n\n\nNational Distrust\" and inspects the place. Steed meets with the operator of the atomic plant who mentions that he believes the sisters to be the daughters of a late nuclear scientist of considerable renown. The daughters investigate the \"National Distrust\" in their directories and realize Steed is a spy. Steed revisits and battles with an assailant outside the mill and discovers the body of the atomic plant operator. Later, Dave, a gang member, tells Cathy that he has investigated the mill and has discovered the lock on one of the", "id": "21537944" }, { "contents": "Superstripes\n\n\nin superstripes matter is provided by the anomalous variation of the isotope effect on the critical temperature by tuning the chemical potential. It was known that the high-temperature cuprate superconductors have a complex lattice structure. In 1993 it was proposed that these materials belong to a particular class of materials called heterostructures at atomic limit made of a superlattice of superconducting atomic layers intercalated by a different material with the role of spacer. All new high-temperature superconducting materials discovered in the years 2001–2013 are heterostructures at atomic limit made of the active atomic", "id": "14817237" }, { "contents": "Early life of L. Ron Hubbard\n\n\nbenefit, he would first have to learn to handle himself.\" He enrolled on a nuclear physics course \"to synthesise and test all knowledge for what was observable, workable and could truly help solve man's problems.\" Another profile calls him \"a product of the atomic age\" and describes how his classmates dreamed of unlocking the energy of the atom, while Hubbard himself sought to \"discover the basic equations of life force, simply, to him, another kind of energy.\" Hubbard stated that he \"set", "id": "15333995" }, { "contents": "Project-706\n\n\nAbdus Salam formed another group, Laser Physics Group (LPG), headed by Shaukat Hameed Khan. The Laser Physics Group was charged to carry out research and discover a process to separate NU into EU and DU. The LPG used advanced laser technologies, and examined the problems in molecular isotopic of separation of U—whether to use infrared or Ultra violet lasers—and Electromagnetic radiation and atomic spectroscopy— what would be its wavelength and how atoms separated and ionized. In early 1974, under the advice of Abdus Salam, PAEC", "id": "8702221" }, { "contents": "Otto Laporte\n\n\nHis doctorate was granted in 1924. While at LMU, he also analyzed various spectra and made a contribution to understanding atomic structure. Through these research efforts, he discovered what is known in spectroscopy as the Laporte rule. When Sommerfeld was a visiting professor in the United States, he learned about the International Education Board fellowships set up through the Rockefeller Foundation. Sommerfeld heartily recommended Laporte for a fellowship, which was granted to him for two years starting in 1924. Laporte used the fellowship to do postdoctoral studies and research at the", "id": "8642315" }, { "contents": "Lead bismuthate\n\n\nLead bismuthate is a superconductor with the formula Pb(BiO). has only been discovered in recent years in the laboratory as it is not naturally occurring. Lead bismuthate forms a pentavalent structure, significantly different from the regular ionic interactions of sodium bismuthate, but similar to that of strontium bismuthate. In the structure, six oxygen atoms are coordinated octahedrally to both the bismuth and lead atoms. The bismuth and oxygen atoms form negatively charged layers by creating repeating octahedral geometries. The positively charged lead atoms are then disbursed within the layers, forming", "id": "10182310" }, { "contents": "Captain Atom\n\n\nsingle human on the planet, save for those present at the embassy. and the others. Afterwards, Captain Atom discovers that Max has mentally influenced the US army into believing that he had betrayed them. Captain Atom shares with the group that when he absorbed a nuclear bomb Max had set off, he found himself thrown through time to the future of 24th century, an Earth that had fallen into chaos through metahuman wars and backward in technology. Atom found a woman elderly and grotesque, who turned out to be an aged", "id": "17362867" }, { "contents": "SS-GB\n\n\nticket to Brindle Sands, where the Germans have an atomic research facility. Despite stolen identification identifying the man as Peter Thomas, Archer discovers that the man's true identity is William Spode, a British atomic physicist in the German atomic program who is also secretly involved with the British Resistance movement. Since this case is linked to the German atomic program, Berlin dispatches SS \"Standartenführer\", Oskar Huth, arrives to supervise the investigation. Archer soon finds himself in the middle of a power struggle between Huth and Kellerman, which", "id": "2242905" }, { "contents": "Atomic nucleus\n\n\n(hydrogen atomic radius is about ). The branch of physics concerned with the study and understanding of the atomic nucleus, including its composition and the forces which bind it together, is called nuclear physics. The nucleus was discovered in 1911, as a result of Ernest Rutherford's efforts to test Thomson's \"plum pudding model\" of the atom. The electron had already been discovered earlier by J.J. Thomson himself. Knowing that atoms are electrically neutral, Thomson postulated that there must be a positive charge as well. In his", "id": "19678627" }, { "contents": "The Final Last of the Ultimate End\n\n\nman who is a pilot of an experimental project, accelerating a spaceship to the speed of light, reaches extremely far future, due to accidental time dilation. He realizes that the time he is arrived at is the heat death of the universe, which means that he cannot see any person, any living creature, any planet, any star, any reactive atom, nor any active thing what so ever. Suffering from extreme loneliness and boredom, he tries to discover one meaningful thing, thinking of his own study of", "id": "15663333" }, { "contents": "Effectiveness of torture for interrogation\n\n\nwas the first person in his time to present strong written and spoken arguments against torture, especially with regards to its unreliability in obtaining \"truth\" from someone undergoing painful questioning. It was found that subjects would make up stories if it meant the torture would cease. After the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, the Japanese military tortured a captured American P-51 fighter pilot, Marcus McDilda, in order to discover how many atomic bombs the Allies had and what the future targets were. McDilda", "id": "9693947" }, { "contents": "Rutherford model\n\n\nRutherford's paper appeared, the proposal regarding the exact identity of atomic number and nuclear charge \"was\" made by Antonius van den Broek, and later confirmed experimentally within two years, by Henry Moseley. These are the key indicators- After Rutherford's discovery, scientists started to realize that the atom is not ultimately a single particle, but is made up of far smaller subatomic particles. Subsequent research determined the exact atomic structure which led to Rutherford's gold foil experiment. Scientists eventually discovered that atoms have a positively charged nucleus (", "id": "6063651" }, { "contents": "Geiger–Marsden experiment\n\n\nat the time of Rutherford's experiment was the \"plum pudding model\". This model was devised by Lord Kelvin and further developed by J. J. Thomson. Thomson was the scientist who discovered the electron, and that it was a component of every atom. Thomson believed the atom was a sphere of positive charge throughout which the electrons were distributed, a bit like plums in a Christmas pudding. The existence of protons and neutrons was unknown at this time. They knew atoms were very tiny (Rutherford assumed they were in the", "id": "14401899" }, { "contents": "Captain Atom\n\n\nstruggle with the League, Captain Atom tells them what he can remember. The League reminds him he was a hero who once saved the planet. He feels he has changed from the man he once was, and that he needs to go back to the magic world to make right what he has done. The Shadowpact are called on to join him on his quest and provide a way for him to reach Sorcerers' World. Captain Atom appears as one of the central characters in \"\", a maxi-series that", "id": "17362865" }, { "contents": "Convergence (comics)\n\n\na rebodied Captain Atom who has used the project he was working on, the Machinovirus, to rebuild himself and the Monster Society Of Evil with Gotham by Gaslight's villains. As he emerges from the ruins of the exhibition hall, the Marvels, Tawny, and the Bullets attack. Captain Marvel figures out that Mister Atom is just a suit of armor, protecting Mr. Mind. Discovered, Mr. Mind self-destructs the Mister Atom suit. Gotham goes away and the Marvels and their allies fly off into the sky. Having", "id": "11073108" }, { "contents": "Cognitive acceleration\n\n\nmastered by using an abstract idea. Early CASE lessons focus on: classification, scale, ratio, proportion, probability, variables, fair testing. The teacher sets up good learning-context and intervenes to guide the learners toward the learning goal. A mediator asks probing questions: \"What do you think?\", \"Which one will heat up most?\" \"What's happening to the atoms?\" gradually leading the learners to discover the answer for themselves. The mediator can offer clues which direct the learner,", "id": "7502646" }, { "contents": "Moseley's law\n\n\nthe K-alpha line. Following conversations in 1913 with Niels Bohr, a fellow worker in Ernest Rutherford's Cavendish laboratory, Moseley had become interested in the Bohr model of the atom, in which the spectra of light emitted by atoms is proportional to the square of \"Z\", the charge on their nucleus (which had just been discovered two years before). Bohr's formula had worked well to give the previously known Rydberg formula for the hydrogen atom, but it was not known then if it would also give", "id": "17723367" }, { "contents": "Mass–energy equivalence\n\n\namount of energy is released per atom in radium, due to the half-life of the substance (1602 years), only a small fraction of radium atoms decay over an experimentally measurable period of time. Once the nucleus was discovered, experimenters realized that the very high binding energies of the atomic nuclei should allow calculation of their binding energies, simply from mass differences. But it was not until the discovery of the neutron in 1932, and the measurement of the neutron mass, that this calculation could actually be performed (", "id": "671241" }, { "contents": "What Was Lost\n\n\nWhat Was Lost is the 2007 début novel by Catherine O'Flynn. The novel is about a girl who goes missing in a shopping centre in 1984, and the people who try to discover what happened to her twenty years later. \"What Was Lost\" won the First Novel Award at the 2007 Costa Book Awards, and was short-listed for the overall Costa Book of the Year Award. O'Flynn found inspiration for \"What Was Lost\" while she was working as an assistant manager in a record shop. She was interested", "id": "8084211" }, { "contents": "Publication history of Wonder Woman\n\n\nsome reason, Booster Gold, Captain Atom, Fire and Ice are the only ones who remember Max's existence. Fire tries talking to Wonder Woman of her killing Max, but she refuses to believe it and tells Fire that Checkmate has dismissed her for failing her psychological evaluation. Fire discovers that Lord has mentally influenced everyone. Later, in the new timeline, Lord is baffled to discover that all records of Wonder Woman have been erased. Former Justice League members Booster Gold, Captain Atom, Fire and Ice also retain memories", "id": "15920477" }, { "contents": "Abdul Qadeer Khan\n\n\nthe scientists who work on the development of atomic bomb projects were extremely \"serious\". They were sobered by the weight of what they don't know; Abdul Qadeer Khan is a showman.\" During the timeline of atomic bomb project, Qadeer Khan pushed his research into rigorous Theoretical Physics calculations and topics to compete, but yet failed to impress his fellow theorists at PAEC, generally at the physics community. In later years, Abdul Qadeer Khan became a staunch critic of Munir Ahmad Khan's research in physics, and on", "id": "7515522" }, { "contents": "Nuclear physics\n\n\nhad internal structure. At the beginning of the 20th century the accepted model of the atom was J. J. Thomson's \"plum pudding\" model in which the atom was a positively charged ball with smaller negatively charged electrons embedded inside it. In the years that followed, radioactivity was extensively investigated, notably by Marie and Pierre Curie as well as by Ernest Rutherford and his collaborators. By the turn of the century physicists had also discovered three types of radiation emanating from atoms, which they named alpha, beta, and gamma radiation", "id": "1590078" }, { "contents": "Bug-Eyed Bandit\n\n\nBandit. He was thwarted by the Atom. Later, he accidentally discovered Atom's identity of Ray Palmer and fought him on different occasions. When he was about to use an amnesiac gas he had invented on Atom, he accidentally uses it on himself. He remains in a state of amnesia for years. During the \"Crisis on Infinite Earths\", millions of Shadow Demons, servants of the Anti-Monitor, attack the Earth. Bertram is one of the many casualties. Marv Wolfman has gone on record saying that", "id": "18744006" }, { "contents": "Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki\n\n\nif the atomic bombs had not been dropped by saying resistance would have continued through November or December 1945. Historians such as Bernstein, Hasegawa, and Newman have criticized Nitze for drawing a conclusion they say went far beyond what the available evidence warranted, in order to promote the reputation of the Air Force at the expense of the Army and Navy. Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote in his memoir \"The White House Years\": Other U.S. military officers who disagreed with the necessity of the bombings include General of the Army Douglas MacArthur,", "id": "5455120" }, { "contents": "Ice (comics)\n\n\nFire, Booster Gold, and Captain Atom. The former Justice League members awake to discover that Lord has used his mental abilities to erase his existence from the minds of every single human on the planet, save for those present at the embassy. and the others. After trying to talk to Guy and tell him what has transpired, Tora discovers that Max has mentally influenced the world into believing that she had attempted to murder Guy shortly after the events of Blackest Night, thus ruining any credibility she has. Ice, Fire", "id": "3578902" }, { "contents": "Cyclopropane\n\n\nCyclopropane is the cycloalkane molecule with the molecular formula CH, consisting of three carbon atoms linked to each other to form a ring, with each carbon atom bearing two hydrogen atoms resulting in D molecular symmetry. The small size of the ring creates substantial ring strain in the structure. Cyclopropane is an anaesthetic when inhaled. In modern anaesthetic practice, it has been superseded by other agents. Due to its extreme reactivity, cyclopropane-oxygen mixtures may explode. Cyclopropane was discovered in 1881 by August Freund, who also proposed the correct", "id": "11502010" }, { "contents": "Tin\n\n\nstable isotopes is thought to be a direct result of the atomic number 50, a \"magic number\" in nuclear physics. Tin also occurs in 29 unstable isotopes, encompassing all the remaining atomic masses from 99 to 137. Apart from Sn, with a half-life of 230,000 years, all the radioisotopes have a half-life of less than a year. The radioactive Sn, discovered in 1994, and Sn are two of the few nuclides with a \"doubly magic\" nucleus: despite being unstable, having very", "id": "10740731" }, { "contents": "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists\n\n\nparent organization and fundraising mechanism of the \"Bulletin\". In 2003, the Board of Directors voted to change the foundation's name to Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The \"Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists\" began as an emergency action undertaken by scientists who saw urgent need for an immediate educational program about atomic weapons. The intention was to educate fellow scientists about the relationship between their world of science and the world of national and international politics. A second was to help the American people understand what nuclear energy and its possible", "id": "12647947" }, { "contents": "Moseley's law\n\n\nspectra for other elements with higher \"Z\" numbers, or even precisely what the \"Z\" numbers (in terms of charge) for heavier elements were. In particular, only two years earlier, Rutherford in 1911 had postulated that \"Z\" for gold atoms might be about half of its atomic weight, and only shortly afterward, Antonius van den Broek had made the bold suggestion that \"Z\" was not half of the atomic weight for elements, but instead was exactly equal to the element's atomic number,", "id": "17723368" }, { "contents": "List of Atomic Betty characters\n\n\nWilliam Shatner in \"The No-L 9\", Gary Krawford in \"Mission: Earth\") is the husband of Beatrixo Barrett, the father of Mrs. Barrett, the father-in-law of Mr. Barrett, and the maternal grandfather of Betty and Kyle. He was a scientist who was studying the musicality of space rocks. He was lost years earlier while trying to discover sounds on a distant planet, but was found on \"The No-L 9\", a collection of singing planets in \"The", "id": "22163692" }, { "contents": "Richard Bader\n\n\nUK, in 2010. Over his long career, he published 223 refereed articles and book chapters about chemistry and physics. Bader's works in recent years are cited more than 3000 times per year. Richard Bader discovered that electron density is very important in explaining the behavior of atoms in the molecules. According to his theory, there are no atomic orbitals in the molecules. This was a new idea and went against accepted theories. He fought hard for his revolutionary ideas and found it difficult to publish. In the end,", "id": "14099356" }, { "contents": "Atomic recoil\n\n\nAtomic recoil is the result of the interaction of an atom with an energetic elementary particle, when the momentum of the interacting particle is transferred to the atom as whole without altering non-translational degrees of freedom of the atom. It is a purely quantum phenomenon. Atomic recoil was discovered by Harriet Brooks, Canada's first female nuclear physicist. If the transferred momentum of atomic recoil is enough to disrupt the crystal lattice of the material, a vacancy defect is formed; otherwise a phonon is generated. Closely related to atomic recoil", "id": "16517765" }, { "contents": "Atomic gardening\n\n\ndiscovered atomic energy to use. Many scientists and members of the public believed that atomic energy could be harnessed to address a great number of worldwide issues, including famine and energy shortages, leading them to embrace the new atomic era. Some scientists that had worked on the military application of atomic energy in the past invested in or sponsored programs dedicated to bringing more peaceful applications of atomic energy to the public domain, and this included atomic gardening. As public skepticism of atomic energy grew, and as nuclear arsenals continued to increase in", "id": "11395101" }, { "contents": "The Ghost in the Machine\n\n\npersonal experience of duality arises from what Koestler calls a \"holon\". The notion of a holon emerges from the observation that everything in the nature is both a whole and a part. It is true for atoms who are a whole in themselves, but also a part of a molecule, of atom who could be a whole and part of cell, of cells who are both an autonomous unity and part of an organism. It is also true for human beings who have an independent life and are part of social systems", "id": "11824212" }, { "contents": "Black Box (game)\n\n\nwork of Godfrey Hounsfield who was awarded the 1979 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his invention of the CAT scanner. \"Black Box\" is played on a two-dimensional grid. The object of the game is to discover the location of objects (\"atoms\", represented by metal balls in the Waddingtons game and by yellow balls in the Parker Brothers version) hidden within the grid, by the use of the minimum number of probes (\"rays\"). The atoms are hidden by a person in a two-", "id": "8123385" }, { "contents": "Victor Ambartsumian\n\n\nto prominence in physics when in 1929 with Dmitry Ivanenko he published a paper demonstrating that atomic nuclei could not be made from protons and electrons. Three years later this was confirmed when Sir James Chadwick discovered neutrons, which with protons make up atomic nuclei. In 1930 he married Vera Feodorovna Klochihina (born at Lisva, Solikamsk uyezd, Perm). After three years of affiliation at Leningrad University in 1934 Hambardzumyan founded and headed the first astrophysics chair. In 1939–1941 Hambardzumyan was the director of the Leningrad University Observatory. In 1940 he", "id": "180135" }, { "contents": "Single Integrated Operational Plan\n\n\nand later that year General Curtis LeMay, head of Strategic Air Command (SAC), asked Tedder to allow the basing of American atomic weapons in Britain. By the end of 1948, several British bases were atomic-capable or were close to being so, but the ability to fight an atomic war from Britain did not exist until April 1949 when Silverplate B-29 bombers began rotating through the bases, and no American atomic weapons were present in Britain until 1952. Aware that with or without bombs, the bases made Britain what", "id": "11913996" }, { "contents": "List of dreams\n\n\nthe sinking. Niels Bohr won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922 for his discovery of the structure of the atom. He recalled that the electrons revolving around the nucleus, like the solar system, came to him in a dream. Upon testing his \"dream\" hypothesis, he was able to discover that the atomic structure was, in fact, similar to it. Dmitri Mendeleev, who created the periodic table foundational to our understanding of chemistry, claimed to have envisioned the complete arrangement of the elements in a dream.", "id": "12553965" }, { "contents": "Hemoglobin\n\n\nform of anemia. In 1825 J. F. Engelhard discovered that the ratio of iron to protein is identical in the hemoglobins of several species. From the known atomic mass of iron he calculated the molecular mass of hemoglobin to \"n\" × 16000 (\"n\" = number of iron atoms per hemoglobin, now known to be 4), the first determination of a protein's molecular mass. This \"hasty conclusion\" drew a lot of ridicule at the time from scientists who could not believe that any molecule could be that", "id": "13116543" }, { "contents": "Chemistry\n\n\nof the table. At the turn of the twentieth century the theoretical underpinnings of chemistry were finally understood due to a series of remarkable discoveries that succeeded in probing and discovering the very nature of the internal structure of atoms. In 1897, J.J. Thomson of Cambridge University discovered the electron and soon after the French scientist Becquerel as well as the couple Pierre and Marie Curie investigated the phenomenon of radioactivity. In a series of pioneering scattering experiments Ernest Rutherford at the University of Manchester discovered the internal structure of the atom and the existence of", "id": "4896912" }, { "contents": "Proton\n\n\nrepresented by the symbol \"Z\"). Since each element has a unique number of protons, each element has its own unique atomic number. The word \"proton\" is Greek for \"first\", and this name was given to the hydrogen nucleus by Ernest Rutherford in 1920. In previous years, Rutherford had discovered that the hydrogen nucleus (known to be the lightest nucleus) could be extracted from the nuclei of nitrogen by atomic collisions. Protons were therefore a candidate to be a fundamental particle, and hence a", "id": "3722347" }, { "contents": "Laser\n\n\ntransition in an atom or molecule. This is a quantum phenomenon discovered by Einstein who derived the relationship between the A coefficient describing spontaneous emission and the B coefficient which applies to absorption and stimulated emission. However, in the case of the free electron laser, atomic energy levels are not involved; it appears that the operation of this rather exotic device can be explained without reference to quantum mechanics. A laser can be classified as operating in either continuous or pulsed mode, depending on whether the power output is essentially continuous over time", "id": "17643013" }, { "contents": "Atomic theory\n\n\n's model they were not stationary). Thomson's plum pudding model was disproved in 1909 by one of his former students, Ernest Rutherford, who discovered that most of the mass and positive charge of an atom is concentrated in a very small fraction of its volume, which he assumed to be at the very center. In the Geiger–Marsden experiment, Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden (colleagues of Rutherford working at his behest) shot alpha particles at thin sheets of metal and measured their deflection through the use of a fluorescent", "id": "2598483" }, { "contents": "Per Teodor Cleve\n\n\npraseodymium and neodymium in 1885 by Carl Auer von Welsbach. In 1879, Cleve proved that the newly discovered element scandium was an element predicted by Dmitri Mendeleev to be \"eka-boron\". He isolated a quantity of scandium in this same year and determined its atomic weight. He discovered the element holmium in 1879 by examining a sample of erbium oxide. While removing impurities from a sample of erbium oxide, Cleve discovered a brown substance and a green substance, and the brown substance was holmium oxide (the green substance was", "id": "3747173" }, { "contents": "List of Atomic Betty characters\n\n\nTo protect her, she was placed in the Galactic Guardians' witness protection program, hoping not to be discovered. Under the program, Paloma is looked after by a Galactic Guardian named Juanita (Nissae Isen), who, on the outside, is introduced as Paloma's younger sister. Eventually, she is later discovered and captured by her twin sister Pandora, who had hatched a plot to sacrifice her in order to unseal their demon father from the box. Paloma is rescued by Betty and Juanita, and uses her powers", "id": "22163778" }, { "contents": "Atmosphere of Mercury\n\n\nformed that Mercury, like the Moon, lacked any substantial atmosphere. This conclusion was confirmed in 1974 when the unmanned \"Mariner 10\" spaceprobe discovered only a tenuous exosphere. Later, in 2008, improved measurements were obtained by the \"MESSENGER\" spacecraft, which discovered magnesium in the Mercurian exosphere. The Mercurian exosphere consists of a variety of species originating either from the Solar wind or from the planetary crust. The first constituents discovered were atomic hydrogen (H), helium (He) and atomic oxygen (O),", "id": "3912538" }, { "contents": "Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry\n\n\nunrepresented\" as \"the particles,\" (such as atoms and subatomic particles) though he does not mean that literally but only as a kind of concession to the conventional view, which he adopts to begin with for the sake of discussion. If one reads him carefully, however, one discovers that by \"unrepresented,\" he means a provisionally \"unknown\" \"subsensible\" or \"supersensible\" base; whether that base is in fact merely what physics suggests, or is something more, he leaves open to begin", "id": "20315149" }, { "contents": "Moseley's law\n\n\nMoseley's law is an empirical law concerning the characteristic x-rays that are emitted by atoms. The law was discovered and published by the English physicist Henry Moseley in 1913. It is historically important in quantitatively justifying the conception of the nuclear model of the atom, with all, or nearly all, positive charges of the atom located in the nucleus, and associated on an integer basis with atomic number. Until Moseley's work, \"atomic number\" was merely an element's place in the periodic table, and was", "id": "17723364" }, { "contents": "Calcium monohydride\n\n\nCalcium monohydride is a molecule composed of calcium and hydrogen with formula CaH. It can be found in stars as a gas formed when calcium atoms are present with hydrogen atoms. Calcium monohydride was first discovered when its spectrum was observed in Alpha Herculis and ο Ceti by Alfred Fowler in 1907. It was observed in sunspots the following year by C. M. Olmsted. Next, it was made in a laboratory in 1909 by A. Eagle, and with early research by Hulthèn, and Watson and Weber in 1935. It was further observed in", "id": "13919925" }, { "contents": "Dmitri Mendeleev\n\n\natomic weights when they conflicted, e.g. putting beryllium in the magnesium family because it patterns with it even though by atomic weight it seemed to belong with nitrogen and phosphorus. In both cases, the periodicities they discovered would later be explained by a theory of the internal structure of the elements. The original draft made by Mendeleev would be found years later and published under the name \"Tentative System of Elements.\" Dmitri Mendeleev is often referred to as the Father of the Periodic Table. He called his table or matrix, \"", "id": "15054774" }, { "contents": "Pnictogen\n\n\ndiscovered by an alchemist in 1400. Within 80 years of bismuth's discovery, it had applications in printing and decorated caskets. The Incas were also using bismuth in knives by 1500. Bismuth was originally thought to be the same as lead, but in 1753, Claude François Geoffroy proved that bismuth was different from lead. Moscovium was successfully produced in 2003 by bombarding americium-243 atoms with calcium-48 atoms. The term \"pnictogen\" was suggested by the Dutch chemist Anton Eduard van Arkel in the early 1950s. It is also spelled \"", "id": "16050543" }, { "contents": "Atom\n\n\ngas-discharge lamp containing the same element. Helium was discovered in this way in the spectrum of the Sun 23 years before it was found on Earth. Baryonic matter forms about 4% of the total energy density of the observable Universe, with an average density of about 0.25 particles/m (mostly protons and electrons). Within a galaxy such as the Milky Way, particles have a much higher concentration, with the density of matter in the interstellar medium (ISM) ranging from 10 to 10 atoms/m.", "id": "336558" }, { "contents": "Iminosugar\n\n\nAn iminosugar, also known as an iminosaccharide, is any analog of a sugar where a nitrogen atom has replaced the oxygen atom in the ring of the structure. Iminosugars are common components of plants and may be responsible for some of their medicinal properties. The first iminosugar to be isolated from a natural source, 1-deoxynojirimycin (DNJ), found in Mulberry, was reported in 1976, but few others were discovered until many years later. In terms of biochemical activity for medicinal applications, DNJ and 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino--arabinitol (DAB,", "id": "7607516" }, { "contents": "High politics\n\n\nwere embodied and provided by the State. However, interpreting Hobbes, these ingredients are what we call \"high politics.\" The term \"high politics\" in itself was probably coined during the Cold War, given the stakes of an atomic war. The advent of the atomic bomb made it clear what was ultimately worth fighting for and what was not. Hence, made clear what \"high politics\" meant. In that sense, the United States and the former USSR would have gone to war for a direct atomic (", "id": "6853001" }, { "contents": "Brides of Blood\n\n\nhandsome young man who invites them to stay with him. Jim declines, but Carla insists that she and Paul stay. Esteban suffers from migraines, and reveals that the natives were all moved to the island after the atomic bomb tests; while they seem unaffected by the fallout, the flora and fauna of the island seem to have been altered. The group is startled to discover that the youthful-looking Esteban is actually 50 years old. On their way back to the village, a banana tree grabs Carla with its branches", "id": "16847527" }, { "contents": "Cloak and Dagger (1946 film)\n\n\nleads a group of American paratroopers into Germany to discover the remains of an underground factory, the bodies of dead concentration camp workers, and evidence the factory was working on nuclear weapons. Jesper remarks that the factory may have been relocated to Spain or Argentina and launched a diatribe saying: \"This is the Year One of the Atomic Age and God help us if we think we can keep this secret from the World!\" Producer Milton Sperling, who had frequently quarreled with Lang on the set, thought the final scene ridiculous", "id": "17972139" }, { "contents": "Mereological nihilism\n\n\ndecompose in the way nihilists imagine they do. In addition, some philosophers have speculated that there may not be a \"bottom level\" of reality. Atoms used to be understood as the most fundamental material objects, but were later discovered to be composed of subatomic particles and quarks. Perhaps what we take to be the most fundamental entities of current physics can actually be decomposed, and their parts can be further decomposed, on down the line. If matter is infinitely decomposable in this respect, then there are no mereological simples", "id": "13300816" }, { "contents": "Geiger–Marsden experiment\n\n\nthat the number of scintillations that appeared on the zinc sulfide screen was indeed proportional to the thickness as long as said thickness was small. Geiger and Marsden reused the above apparatus to measure how the scattering pattern varied with the square of the nuclear charge (i.e. if \"s ∝ Q\"). Geiger and Marsden didn't know what the positive charge of the nucleus of their metals were (they had only just discovered the nucleus existed at all), but they assumed it was proportional to the atomic weight, so they", "id": "14401927" }, { "contents": "Halogen\n\n\nCorson, K.R. Mackenzie, and Emilio G. Segrè, who bombarded bismuth with alpha particles. In 2010, a team led by nuclear physicist Yuri Oganessian involving scientists from the JINR, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Vanderbilt University successfully bombarded berkelium-249 atoms with calcium-48 atoms to make tennessine-294. As of 2019, it is the most recent element to be discovered. In 1811, the German chemist Johann Schweigger proposed that the name \"halogen\" – meaning \"salt producer\", from αλς [als] \"", "id": "12885086" }, { "contents": "Yahoo Serious\n\n\n\"Young Einstein\", an intentionally inaccurate movie portraying Albert Einstein as a young apple farmer in Tasmania who derives the formula E=mc² while trying to discover a means of creating beer bubbles, splitting the beer atom in the process. After leaving Tasmania for Sydney on the mainland to patent his discovery, he goes on to develop rock music and surfing, romances Marie Curie, and saves Paris from an atomic bomb. The film's popularity propelled Serious to stardom which saw him appear on the cover of \"Time\" and", "id": "15266352" }, { "contents": "Brilliant Light Power\n\n\nBrilliant Light Power, Inc. (BLP), formerly BlackLight Power, Inc. of Cranbury, New Jersey, is a company founded by Randell L. Mills, who claims to have discovered a new energy source. The purported energy source is based on Mills' assertion that the electron in a hydrogen atom can drop below the lowest energy state known as the ground state. Mills calls these hypothetical hydrogen atoms that are in an energy state below ground level, \"hydrinos\". Mills self-published a closely related book, \"The", "id": "7717616" }, { "contents": "Howard W. Blakeslee\n\n\n's tercentenary celebration. A better-known winner that year was Margaret Mitchell, who won for Gone With the Wind. Blakeslee reported extensively on the atomic bomb in the immediate post-war era and was among the group of reporters who witnessed the early tests at Yucca Flat. Also interested in the subject of atomic power, his book publications include \"Miracle of Atomics\" (1945), \"The Atomic Future\" (1946), and \"Atomic Progress: The Hydrogen Race\" (1951). In addition to", "id": "16122958" }, { "contents": "Atom\n\n\nof the atom is concentrated in a tiny nucleus at the center of the atom. While experimenting with the products of radioactive decay, in 1913 radiochemist Frederick Soddy discovered that there appeared to be more than one type of atom at each position on the periodic table. The term isotope was coined by Margaret Todd as a suitable name for different atoms that belong to the same element. J.J. Thomson created a technique for isotope separation through his work on ionized gases, which subsequently led to the discovery of stable isotopes. In 1913 the", "id": "336494" }, { "contents": "Whole number rule\n\n\nof an atom and its atomic mass. In 1932, James Chadwick discovered an uncharged particle of approximately the mass as the proton, which he called the neutron. The fact that the atomic nucleus is composed of protons and neutrons was rapidly accepted and Chadwick was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935 for his discovery. The modern form of the whole number rule is that the atomic mass of a given elemental isotope is approximately the mass number (number of protons plus neutrons) times an atomic mass unit (approximate mass of", "id": "6478009" }, { "contents": "Equipartition theorem\n\n\n1819, the French physicists Pierre Louis Dulong and Alexis Thérèse Petit discovered that the specific heat capacities of solid elements at room temperature were inversely proportional to the atomic weight of the element. Their law was used for many years as a technique for measuring atomic weights. However, subsequent studies by James Dewar and Heinrich Friedrich Weber showed that this Dulong–Petit law holds only at high temperatures; at lower temperatures, or for exceptionally hard solids such as diamond, the specific heat capacity was lower. Experimental observations of the specific heat", "id": "1015397" }, { "contents": "The Mighty Atom (Thunderbirds)\n\n\nplant in an Australian desert when he is discovered and challenged by a security guard. A gunfight ensues and one of the Hood's bullets hits a gas cylinder, starting a fire that quickly consumes the facility. Unable to shut down the atomic reactor, Controller Wade and his staff are airlifted to safety before the plant is destroyed in a nuclear explosion. The resulting radioactive cloud seems poised to engulf Melbourne but is dispersed by high winds. One year later, the disguised Hood hypnotises delegates at a science conference and steals the \"", "id": "1988516" }, { "contents": "Atomic Age\n\n\nage,” with nuclear energy as the global, utopian technology for the satisfaction of human needs, has been a recurring theme ever since. But \"Soddy also saw that atomic energy could possibly be used to create terrible new weapons\". The concept of a nuclear chain reaction was hypothesized in 1933, shortly after Chadwick's discovery of the neutron. Only a few years later, in December 1938 nuclear fission was discovered by Otto Hahn and his assistant Fritz Strassmann, and proved with Hahn's radiochemical methods. The first artificial", "id": "753503" }, { "contents": "Survival Under Atomic Attack\n\n\nSurvival Under Atomic Attack was the title of an official United States government booklet released by the Executive Office of the President, the National Security Resources Board (document 130), and the Civil Defense Office. Released at the onset of the Cold War era, the pamphlet was in line with rising fears that the Soviet Union would launch a nuclear attack against the United States, and outlined what to do in the event of an atomic attack. Published in 1950 by the Government Printing Office, one year after the Soviet Union detonated", "id": "2191345" }, { "contents": "Electron\n\n\nthousand seconds, releasing a proton and electron in the process, For about the next –, the excess electrons remained too energetic to bind with atomic nuclei. What followed is a period known as recombination, when neutral atoms were formed and the expanding universe became transparent to radiation. Roughly one million years after the big bang, the first generation of stars began to form. Within a star, stellar nucleosynthesis results in the production of positrons from the fusion of atomic nuclei. These antimatter particles immediately annihilate with electrons, releasing gamma", "id": "9491172" }, { "contents": "Atomic spies\n\n\nthat Moscow succeeded in obtaining from the Manhattan Project. Once the Soviets had learned of the American plans to develop an atomic bomb during the 1940s, Moscow began recruiting agents to get information. Moscow sought very specific information from its intelligence cells in America, and demanded updates on the progress of the Allied project. Moscow was also greatly concerned with the procedures being used for U-235 separation, what method of detonation was being used, and what industrial equipment was being used for these techniques. The Soviet Union needed spies who had security", "id": "3122767" }, { "contents": "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus\n\n\nnot \"say\" what an object is. We can, however, talk about them as \"indestructible\" and \"common to all possible worlds.\" Wittgenstein believed that the philosopher's job was to discover the structure of language through analysis. Anthony Kenny provides a useful analogy for understanding Wittgenstein's logical atomism: a slightly modified game of chess. Just like objects in states of affairs, the chess pieces do not alone constitute the game—their arrangements, together with the pieces (objects) themselves, determine the state", "id": "10889336" }, { "contents": "Waldo (short story)\n\n\nAmerican Power-Air (NAPA), is desperate to discover what is causing vehicles driven by broadcast power to cease functioning. Society has harnessed cheap atomic power, broadcast by NAPA, to run homes, factories, ground vehicles, and even personal aircraft which can travel into space. If the failures continue, not only will he lose his job but the entire power system of the country could collapse. The heart of the technology is the \"deKalb receptor\". The deKalbs are failing, and no one can identify the", "id": "11942283" }, { "contents": "William Gregor\n\n\nHeinrich Klaproth discovered what is now known as titanium in the mineral rutile. Believing this to be a new discovery, Klaproth named it \"titanium\" after the Titans of Greek Mythology, but eventually it was clarified that Gregor made the discovery first. Gregor was credited with the discovery, but the element kept the name chosen by Klaproth. Gregor later found titanium in corundum from Tibet, and in a tourmaline from a local tin mine. Titanium is now used for many things. Titanium is a transition metal with the atomic number", "id": "12117071" }, { "contents": "Henry Moseley\n\n\n(discovered 1925). Nothing was known about these four elements in Moseley's lifetime, not even their very existence. Based on the intuition of a very experienced chemist, Dmitri Mendeleev had predicted the existence of a missing element in the Periodic Table, which was later found to be filled by technetium, and Bohuslav Brauner had predicted the existence of another missing element in this Table, which was later found to be filled by promethium. Henry Moseley's experiments confirmed these predictions, by showing exactly what the missing atomic numbers were", "id": "14704834" }, { "contents": "Kharasch addition\n\n\nThe Kharasch addition is an organic reaction and a metal-catalysed free radical addition of CXCl compounds (X = Cl, Br, H) to alkenes. The reaction was discovered by Morris S. Kharasch in the 1940s. The basic reaction scheme runs as follows: and proceeds through the CXCl free radical. Examples of organohalides are carbon tetrachloride and chloroform. The addition is an anti-Markovnikov addition. Early work linked the addition to olefin polymerization and is therefore considered a first step into what was to become atom transfer radical polymerization", "id": "14758220" } ]

[ { "contents": "Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\n, section 9, clause 7) states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills. The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 falls under the jurisdiction of the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. The bill covers appropriations for the Department of Defense. The House and Senate currently consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the", "id": "4898133" }, { "contents": "Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\nConsequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills. The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 falls under the jurisdiction of the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies. The bill covers appropriations for military construction and for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, but not most of the United States Department of Defense or its operations,", "id": "19010700" }, { "contents": "Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\nunder the jurisdiction of the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch. The bill covers appropriations for the United States Congress and its related agencies. The House and Senate currently consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. In 2013, Congress was unable to pass all twelve appropriations bills (for fiscal year", "id": "19342025" }, { "contents": "Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\nin that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. The U.S. Constitution (Article I, section 9, clause 7) states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills. The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015 falls under the jurisdiction of the United States House", "id": "10387392" }, { "contents": "Appropriations bill (United States)\n\n\nsimultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. The United States House Committee on Appropriations and the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations have jurisdiction over appropriations bills. Both committees have twelve matching subcommittees tasked with working on one of the twelve annual regular appropriations bills. Other Committees and lawmakers in Congress write legislation creating programs and reauthorizing old", "id": "3023789" }, { "contents": "Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation\n\n\nbills, nor is the distinction between Congressional appropriation bills, nor is the distinction provided with any conceptual plausibility.\" They said \"The Constitution does not distinguish between Congressional appropriations made to administrative 'spending programs' and Congressional budget appropriations made to the executive branch. All appropriations require Congressional legislative action. The Congressional 'power of the purse' refers to this exclusive power of Congress to appropriate funds, which power derives from specific provisions of the Constitution, including Article I, § 8, which empowers Congress to 'pay the", "id": "12821453" }, { "contents": "Appropriation (law)\n\n\nlaw.\" This places the responsibility and power of deciding appropriations under the jurisdiction of the United States House Committee on Appropriations and the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations. Both committees have twelve matching subcommittees, each tasked with working on one of the twelve annual regular appropriations bills. Appropriations bills in the United States can also come in the format of an omnibus spending bill, a continuing resolution, or a supplemental appropriation bill. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the start of a new fiscal year, it", "id": "19579566" }, { "contents": "Authorization bill\n\n\nchamber of Congress, unlike revenue raising bills, which must originate in the House. They can also be considered at any time during the year. According to a reference glossary provided by the United States Senate, an authorization act is \"A law that establishes or continues one or more Federal agencies or programs, establishes the terms and conditions under which they operate, authorizes the enactment of appropriations, and specifies how appropriated funds are to be used. Authorizations acts sometimes provide permanent appropriations.\" Authorization bills create, modify, and/or", "id": "11599047" }, { "contents": "Appropriation bill\n\n\nnot need an additional authorisation in order for spending under the program to occur. An authorization bill can create programs and make known Congress's intended level of spending for programs that also require an appropriation. What distinguishes a mandatory program from a discretionary program is that after Congress enacts a law creating a mandatory program, the program is permitted to spend funds until the program expires based on a provision in law, or until a subsequent law either terminates the program or reauthorizes it. \"Discretionary\" programs typically require annual appropriations legislation.", "id": "20124217" }, { "contents": "Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\nlarger United States budget and spending process. They are preceded in that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. The U.S. Constitution (Article I, section 9, clause 7) states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills. The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015 falls", "id": "19342024" }, { "contents": "Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\nin that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. The U.S. Constitution (Article I, section 9, clause 7) states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills. The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 falls", "id": "4767014" }, { "contents": "2015 United States federal appropriations\n\n\nappropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (H.R. 4800; 113th Congress) would appropriate $20.9 billion. The funding would go to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its programs and services, such as the United States Secretary of Agriculture, the National Appeals Division, the Under Secretary of Agriculture", "id": "6175353" }, { "contents": "Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\nwhich is handled separately. The House and Senate currently consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. In 2013, Congress was unable to pass all twelve appropriations bills (for fiscal year 2014) before October 1, 2013 when the new fiscal year. This led to the United States federal government shutdown of 2013", "id": "19010701" }, { "contents": "United States Court of Federal Claims\n\n\nCourt of Claims had 16 trial judges who conducted trials of cases in the first instance. Judgments, which are required to be paid out of appropriations by Congress, were originally paid by individual appropriations passed separately or as part of other appropriations bills. In 1955, Congress provided for a standing appropriation for judgments of $100,000 or less. Finally, in 1977, Congress created a permanent, indefinite appropriation for all judgments awarded by the court. The Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 created the modern court. While the appellate division", "id": "5650992" }, { "contents": "Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\nmake these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills. The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 falls under the jurisdiction of the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies. The bill covers appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, as well as for a variety of agencies with a scientific emphasis. The House and Senate currently consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on", "id": "1248791" }, { "contents": "Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\nAppropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. In 2013, Congress was unable to pass all twelve appropriations bills (for fiscal year 2014) before October 1, 2013 when the new fiscal year. This led to the United States federal government shutdown of 2013. The shutdown lasted for 16 days. Finally, late in the evening of October 16, Congress passed the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014", "id": "1248792" }, { "contents": "Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act\n\n\none of the goals of the PAHPAI law is to develop new therapies that are effective at treating infectious diseases. An “authorization” bill in Congress is legislation that creates, or continues, the existence of federal agencies and programs. Authorization bills also define the terms and conditions under which the agencies and programs operate, authorize Congress to appropriate funds to those programs, and spell out how the programs must use their funds. Therefore, a “reauthorization” bill is legislation that redefines these specifics for federal agencies and programs. PAHPAI", "id": "20003227" }, { "contents": "Appropriations bill (United States)\n\n\nIn the United States Congress, an appropriations bill is legislation to appropriate federal funds to specific federal government departments, agencies and programs. The money provides funding for operations, personnel, equipment and activities. Regular appropriations bills are passed annually, with the funding they provide covering one fiscal year. The \"fiscal year\" is the accounting period of the federal government, which runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year. Appropriations bills are under the jurisdiction of the United States House Committee on Appropriations and the United States", "id": "3023779" }, { "contents": "Appropriations bill (United States)\n\n\n. Appropriations bills are one part of a larger United States budget and spending process. They are preceded in that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. of the U.S. Constitution states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills. However, the President does not have line-", "id": "3023782" }, { "contents": "War Powers Resolution\n\n\nthe Syrian Civil War on several occasions, including a well-publicized Ghouta chemical attack on 21 August 2013, Obama asked Congress for authorization to use military force in Syria, which Congress rejected. Instead, Congress passed a bill that specified that the Defense Secretary was authorized \"...to provide assistance, including training, equipment, supplies, and sustainment, to appropriately vetted elements of the Syrian opposition and other appropriately vetted Syrian groups and individuals...\" The bill specifically prohibited the introduction of U.S. troops or other U.S. forces into hostilities", "id": "753923" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies\n\n\n, clause 7, states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills. This subcommittee has jurisdiction funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation. It also oversees funding for the Federal Housing Administration and economic and community development programs, such as Community Development Block Grants. Specific agencies under its jurisdiction are", "id": "10604582" }, { "contents": "Appropriation bill\n\n\ncuts-and-pastes,\" substituting the language of its version of a particular appropriation bill for the language of the House bill, then agrees to the bill as amended. The United States House Committee on Appropriations and the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations have jurisdiction over appropriations bills. Both committees have twelve matching subcommittees tasked with working on one of the twelve annual regular appropriations bills. Other Committees and lawmakers in Congress write legislation creating programs and reauthorizing old ones to continue. This legislation is called an authorization bill. In", "id": "20124221" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense\n\n\nwhat gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills. Funding requirements for the United States military are laid out in the U.S Constitution. In addition to the general requirement that funds withdrawn from the Treasury only through \"appropriations made by law\" (), the Constitution gives Congress the authority to \"raise and support Armies,\" but limits funding for the military to a maximum of two years (). This restriction is generally not an issue for Congress", "id": "14676832" }, { "contents": "Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\nThe Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015 () is an appropriations bill that would make appropriations for the United States Congress for fiscal year 2015. The bill is considered one of the two easiest appropriations bills to pass each year. The bill would appropriate $3.3 billion to the legislative branch for FY 2015, which is approximately the same amount it received in FY 2014. The bill was introduced in and passed in the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. An appropriations bill is a bill that appropriates (", "id": "19342022" }, { "contents": "United States House Committee on Appropriations\n\n\n. The constitutional basis for the Appropriations Committee comes from Article one, Section nine, Clause seven of the U.S. Constitution, which says This clearly delegated the power of appropriating money to Congress, but was vague beyond that. Originally, the power of appropriating was taken by the Committee on Ways and Means, but the United States Civil War placed a large burden on the Congress, and at the end of that conflict, a reorganization occurred. The Committee on Appropriations was created on December 11, 1865, when the U.S. House", "id": "6182241" }, { "contents": "Procedures of the United States Congress\n\n\n\" As a result, the Senate does not have the power to initiate bills imposing taxes. Furthermore, the House of Representatives holds that the Senate does not have the power to originate appropriation bills, or bills authorizing the expenditure of federal funds. Historically, the Senate has disputed the interpretation advocated by the House. However, whenever the Senate originates an appropriations bill, the House simply refuses to consider it, thereby settling the dispute in practice. Nevertheless, while the Senate cannot originate revenue and appropriation bills, it does", "id": "19644651" }, { "contents": "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010\n\n\nThe Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 is the name of a United States appropriations bill created in the conference report for , originally the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2010. The bill, signed into law on December 16, 2009, combined six of the seven fiscal year 2010 appropriations bills that were still pending before Congress near the end of 2009. The six bills contained within the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 are: The defense appropriations dealt with separately soon after passage. The bill follows a similar bill from", "id": "395537" }, { "contents": "Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\nbetween appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. In 2013, Congress was unable to pass all twelve appropriations bills (for fiscal year 2014) before October 1, 2013 when the new fiscal year. This led to the United States federal government shutdown of 2013. The shutdown lasted for 16 days. Finally, late in the evening of October 16, 2013, Congress passed the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014, and the President signed it shortly after midnight on October 17, ending the government", "id": "2707054" }, { "contents": "Benigno Aquino III\n\n\nwhich Aquino was seriously injured. The Budget Impoundment and Control Act (SB 3121), wherein \"impoundment\" refers to the power of the president to refuse the release of funds appropriated by the Congress of the Philippines, is another bill Aquino is proud of; he regretted, however, that such power has been used and abused by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, a result of which abuse has been the significant emasculation of Congress' ability to check the president's authority. Aquino filed this bill so the president would have", "id": "2360752" }, { "contents": "Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\nHouse went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. In 2013, Congress was unable to pass all twelve appropriations bills (for fiscal year 2014) before October 1, 2013 when the new fiscal year. This led to the United States federal government shutdown of 2013. The shutdown lasted for 16 days. Finally, late in the evening of October 16,", "id": "4898134" }, { "contents": "Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\n. Appropriations bills are one part of a larger United States budget and spending process. They are preceded in that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. The U.S. Constitution (Article I, section 9, clause 7) states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills.", "id": "9106482" }, { "contents": "Indian Appropriations Act\n\n\nThe Indian Appropriation Act is the name of several acts passed by the United States Congress. A considerable number of acts were passed under the same name throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, but the most notable landmark acts consist of the Appropriation Bill for Indian Affairs of 1851 and the 1871 Indian Appropriations Act. The 1851 Indian Appropriations Act allocated funds to move Western tribes onto reservations. Reservations were protected and enclosed by the United States government. According to the federal government at that time, reservations were to be created in order", "id": "18993849" }, { "contents": "United States budget process\n\n\n), it is said to be under the \"discretion\" of the Congress. Some appropriations last for more than one year (see Appropriation bill for details). In particular, multi-year appropriations are often used for housing programs and military procurement programs. There are currently 12 appropriation bills that must be passed each fiscal year in order for continued discretionary spending to occur. The subject of each appropriations bill corresponds to the jurisdiction of the respective House and Senate appropriation subcommittees: As of 2012, there are 12 appropriations bills", "id": "9301531" }, { "contents": "Poor People's Campaign\n\n\non the Committee of 100. Many delegates received the opportunity to tell their stories for the first time, publicly challenging those in power (who typically enjoyed automatic access to the media). Congress's reaction, as quoted in the media, was hostile. Appropriations chair George H. Mahon suggested that the Committee would be mostly ignored because Congress could not \"legislate under threats of violence. On June 5, activist Bayard Rustin had drafted an \"Economic Bill of Rights,\" which he published in \"The New York Times\"", "id": "16330175" }, { "contents": "United States federal budget\n\n\nor veto it. A vetoed bill is sent back to Congress, which can pass it into law with a two-thirds majority in each legislative chamber. Congress may also combine all or some appropriations bills into one omnibus reconciliation bill. In addition, the president may request and the Congress may pass supplemental appropriations bills or emergency supplemental appropriations bills. Several government agencies provide budget data and analysis. These include the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Office of Management and Budget (", "id": "3674590" }, { "contents": "United States federal budget\n\n\nsets a limit on how much money may be expended. However, this account remains empty until Congress approves an \"appropriation\", which requires the U.S. Treasury to provide funds (up to the limit provided for in the authorization). Congress is not required to appropriate as much money as is authorized. Congress may both authorize and appropriate in the same bill. Known as \"authorization bills\", such legislation usually provides for a multi-year authorization and appropriation. Authorization bills are particularly useful when funding entitlement programs (benefits", "id": "3674604" }, { "contents": "Powers of the United States Congress\n\n\nof the purse is one of Congress' primary checks on the executive branch. Other powers granted to Congress include the authority to borrow money on the credit of the United States, regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the states, and coin money. Generally both Senate and House have equal legislative authority although only the House may originate revenue bills and, by tradition, appropriation bills. The Constitution also gives Congress an important role in national defense, including the exclusive power to declare war, to raise and maintain the armed forces", "id": "19644563" }, { "contents": "Appropriation bill\n\n\nBill\", which serves to validate taxation and spending incurred in the previous year which fell outside the previous year's Budget, and \"Imprest Supply Bills,\" typically several in a year, which grant interim authority to the Government to tax and spend. Both Appropriation and Imprest Supply bills fall under the rubric of confidence and supply. A refusal by the House to pass such a Bill conventionally leads to either the resignation of the Government (unlikely, since there is usually no alternative Government immediately available) or to a dissolution", "id": "20124215" }, { "contents": "Librarian of Congress\n\n\nJuly 13, 2016, the US Senate confirmed Carla Hayden as the librarian by a vote of 74–18 and she was sworn in on September 14, 2016. On April 24, 1800, the 6th United States Congress passed an appropriations bill signed by President John Adams which created the Library of Congress. This law was to serve a \"further provision for the removal and accommodation of the Government of the United States.\" The fifth section of the act specifically created the Library of Congress and designated some of its early capabilities.", "id": "13222005" }, { "contents": "October 2013 mini-continuing resolutions\n\n\nof appropriations bills in this fashion is not a serious or responsible way to run the United States Government.\" As a result, chances of the bill becoming law were considered to be \"slim to none.\" Congress annually considers several appropriations measures, which provide funding for numerous activities. Appropriations measures are under the jurisdiction of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. In recent years these measures have provided approximately 35% to 39% of total federal spending, with the remainder comprising mandatory spending and net interest on the public debt", "id": "10619856" }, { "contents": "Appropriation bill\n\n\na supplemental appropriation bill. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the start of a new fiscal year, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time. An omnibus spending bill is simply a combination of multiple appropriations bills into one larger appropriations bill. Supplemental appropriations bills increase funding for activities that were already funded in previous appropriations bills or the provide new funding for unexpected expenses", "id": "20124223" }, { "contents": "History of turnpikes and canals in the United States\n\n\nCongress to the need of establishing \"a comprehensive system of roads and canals\". Soon after Congress met, it took under consideration a bill drafted by John C. Calhoun proposing an appropriation of $1,500,000 for internal improvements. Because this appropriation was to be met by the moneys paid by the National Bank to the government, the bill was commonly referred to as the \"Bonus Bill\". But on the day before he left office, Madison vetoed the bill because he felt it was unconstitutional. Having less regard for consistency,", "id": "3243008" }, { "contents": "2015 United States federal appropriations\n\n\neach tasked with working on one of the twelve annual regular appropriations bills. There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it may pass a continuing resolution, which generally continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as", "id": "6175350" }, { "contents": "Appropriations bill (United States)\n\n\nSenate Committee on Appropriations. Both Committees have twelve matching subcommittees, each tasked with working on one of the twelve annual regular appropriations bills. There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it may pass a continuing resolution, which", "id": "3023780" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies\n\n\ngovernment, which runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year. There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as", "id": "14189878" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies\n\n\naccounting period of the federal government, which runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year. There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations", "id": "14676571" }, { "contents": "United States federal budget\n\n\nbills passed by both houses to the President for signature. Congressional decisions are governed by rules and legislation regarding the federal budget process. Budget committees set spending limits for the House and Senate committees and for Appropriations subcommittees, which then approve individual appropriations bills to allocate funding to various federal programs. If Congress fails to pass an annual budget, then several appropriations bills must be passed as \"stop gap\" measures. After Congress approves an appropriations bill, it is then sent to the President, who may either sign it into law", "id": "3674589" }, { "contents": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development\n\n\nOctober 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time. The third type of appropriations bills are supplemental appropriations bills, which add additional funding above and beyond what was originally appropriated at the beginning of the fiscal year. Supplemental appropriations bills can be used for things like disaster relief. Appropriations bills are one part of", "id": "10731269" }, { "contents": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies\n\n\nenacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time. The third type of appropriations bills are supplemental appropriations bills, which add additional funding above and beyond what was originally appropriated at the beginning of the fiscal year. Supplemental appropriations bills can be used for things like disaster relief. Appropriations bills", "id": "10731377" }, { "contents": "Appropriations bill (United States)\n\n\nones to continue. This legislation is called an authorization bill. In this legislation, they \"authorize\" these programs to exist, and they authorize the expenditure of funds on them, but they cannot actually give them the money. That second step, of granting the money, is done in an appropriations bill. The appropriations committees have power because they can decide whether to fund these programs at the maximum level authorized, a lesser amount, or not at all. Between fiscal year 1977 and fiscal year 2012, Congress", "id": "3023790" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense\n\n\nRegular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time. The third type of appropriations bills are supplemental appropriations bills, which add additional funding above and beyond", "id": "14676830" }, { "contents": "Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\n, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 is an example of a regular appropriations bill. Appropriations bills are one part of a larger United States budget and spending process. They are preceded in that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. The U.S. Constitution (Article I, section 9, clause 7) states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to", "id": "1248790" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security\n\n\nyear and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time. The third type of appropriations bills are supplemental appropriations bills, which add additional funding above and beyond what was originally appropriated at the beginning of the fiscal year. Supplemental appropriations bills can be used for", "id": "20104115" }, { "contents": "Appropriations bill (United States)\n\n\ngenerally continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time. If Congress fails to pass an appropriation bill or a continuing resolution, or if the President vetoes a passed bill, it may result in a government shutdown. The third type of appropriations bills are supplemental appropriations bills, which add additional funding above and beyond what was originally appropriated at the beginning of the fiscal year. Supplemental appropriations bills can be used for things like disaster relief", "id": "3023781" }, { "contents": "Authorization bill\n\n\nand (to a lesser extent) the Senate. The rules are meant \"to ensure that substantive and financial issues are subjected to separate and independent analysis.\" However, these rules are often not followed. The two types of bills - authorization bills and appropriations bills - are separated into the jurisdiction of different committees. Appropriations bills are handled by the United States House Committee on Appropriations and the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations and their twelve subcommittees. Authorizing bills fall under the jurisdiction of most of the other standing committees of", "id": "11599051" }, { "contents": "Continuing resolution\n\n\nthey provide covering one fiscal year. There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor", "id": "12256625" }, { "contents": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government\n\n\nRegular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time. The third type of appropriations bills are supplemental appropriations bills, which add additional funding above and beyond", "id": "13001904" }, { "contents": "Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\nThe Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 falls under the jurisdiction of the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development. The bill covers appropriations for the Department of Energy and the Army Corps of Engineers (Civil), as well as for a variety of related agencies. The House and Senate currently consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills", "id": "9106483" }, { "contents": "Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\nthe fall. In 2013, Congress was unable to pass all twelve appropriations bills (for fiscal year 2014) before October 1, 2013 when the new fiscal year. This led to the United States federal government shutdown of 2013. The shutdown lasted for 16 days. Finally, late in the evening of October 16, 2013, Congress passed the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014, and the President signed it shortly after midnight on October 17, ending the government shutdown and suspending the debt limit until February 7, 2014. In", "id": "10387394" }, { "contents": "Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\npassed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. In 2013, Congress was unable to pass all twelve appropriations bills (for fiscal year 2014) before October 1, 2013 when the new fiscal year. This led to the United States federal government shutdown of 2013. The shutdown lasted for 16 days. Finally, late in the evening of October 16, 2013, Congress passed the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014, and the President signed it shortly after midnight on October 17, ending the government shutdown and suspending", "id": "9106484" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies\n\n\nto September 30 of the following year. There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with", "id": "10604580" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government\n\n\nyear. There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set", "id": "14677668" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies\n\n\nyear. There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set", "id": "5443003" }, { "contents": "United States Congress\n\n\nthe Constitution states, \"All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.\" While the Senate cannot originate revenue and appropriation bills, it has power to amend or reject them. Congress has sought ways to establish appropriate spending levels. Each chamber determines its own internal rules of operation unless specified in the Constitution or prescribed by law. In the House, a Rules Committee guides legislation; in the Senate, a Standing Rules committee is in charge. Each branch has its own traditions; for example,", "id": "13186764" }, { "contents": "Double dissolution\n\n\nA double dissolution is a procedure permitted under the Australian Constitution to resolve deadlocks in the bicameral Parliament of Australia between the House of Representatives (lower house) and the Senate (upper house). A double dissolution is the only circumstance in which the entire Senate can be dissolved. Similar to the United States Congress, but unlike the British Parliament, Australia's two parliamentary houses generally have almost equal legislative power (the Senate cannot amend, although may reject outright, appropriation (money) bills, which must originate in the", "id": "14701004" }, { "contents": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense\n\n\nappropriations bills are passed annually, with the funding they provide covering one fiscal year. The \"fiscal year\" is the accounting period of the federal government, which runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year. There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not", "id": "10731233" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch\n\n\nfiscal year. The \"fiscal year\" is the accounting period of the federal government, which runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year. There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a", "id": "18267245" }, { "contents": "Appropriations bill (United States)\n\n\nhaving one. The appropriations bill provides a specified amount of money for each individual account, and can also include conditions or restrictions on the use of the money. Agencies cannot move money from one account to another without permission from Congress (or having the president declare a national emergency), which can be found in some appropriations bills. These are known as transfers. Agencies can shift some of the funding around to different activities within the same account, known as reprogramming. The appropriations subcommittees oversee such changes. Occasionally Congress", "id": "3023784" }, { "contents": "Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\nunder the jurisdiction of the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies. The bill covers appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, as well as for a variety of related agencies. The House and Senate currently consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall.", "id": "4767015" }, { "contents": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies\n\n\ngovernment for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time. The third type of appropriations bills are supplemental appropriations bills, which add additional funding above and beyond what was originally appropriated at the beginning of the fiscal year. Supplemental appropriations bills", "id": "10731525" }, { "contents": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies\n\n\ngovernment for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time. The third type of appropriations bills are supplemental appropriations bills, which add additional funding above and beyond what was originally appropriated at the beginning of the fiscal year. Supplemental appropriations bills", "id": "11373222" }, { "contents": "United States federal budget\n\n\nas parts of the 2000 Census of Population and Housing. Special appropriations have been used to fund most of the costs of war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan so far. Budget resolutions and appropriations bills, which reflect spending priorities of Congress, will usually differ from funding levels in the president's budget. The president, however, retains substantial influence over the budget process through veto power and through congressional allies when the president's party has a majority in Congress. The amount of budget authority and outlays for a fiscal year usually", "id": "3674601" }, { "contents": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies\n\n\nthe twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time. The third type of appropriations bills are supplemental appropriations bills, which add additional funding above and beyond what was originally appropriated", "id": "10731542" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development\n\n\nprovide covering one fiscal year. The \"fiscal year\" is the accounting period of the federal government, which runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year. There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it", "id": "14737711" }, { "contents": "Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\nThe Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 () is a bill that would make appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for FY2015. The bill would appropriate $34 billion, which is only $50 million less than these agencies currently receive. The appropriations for the United States Department of Energy and the United States Army Corps of Engineers are made by this bill. The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. An appropriations bill is a bill", "id": "9106480" }, { "contents": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch\n\n\nappropriations bills are passed annually, with the funding they provide covering one fiscal year. The \"fiscal year\" is the accounting period of the federal government, which runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year. There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not", "id": "914267" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security\n\n\nU.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security is one of twelve subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. It was formally established in 2003 in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 to oversee national security programs and the newly created Department of Homeland Security. The United States Senate Committee on Appropriations has joint jurisdiction with the United States House Committee on Appropriations over all appropriations bills in the United States Congress. Each committee has 12 matching subcommittees, each of which is tasked with working on one of the twelve annual regular", "id": "20104111" }, { "contents": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies\n\n\nSupplemental appropriations bills can be used for things like disaster relief. Appropriations bills are one part of a larger United States budget and spending process. They are preceded in that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. Article One of the United States Constitution, section 9, clause 7, states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President", "id": "10731383" }, { "contents": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch\n\n\nThe United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch is a standing subcommittee within the House Appropriations Committee. The United States House Committee on Appropriations has joint jurisdiction with the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations over all appropriations bills in the United States Congress. Each committee has 12 matching subcommittees, each of which is tasked with working on one of the twelve annual regular appropriations bills. This subcommittee has jurisdiction over the budget for the United States Congress. Traditionally, after a federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year has been passed,", "id": "914264" }, { "contents": "2015 United States federal appropriations\n\n\nwould appropriate $21.285 billion. \"The Hill\" described this bill as \"one of the most contentious of the annual 12 appropriations bills.\" The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015 (H.R. 4487; 113th Congress) would appropriate $3.3 billion to the United States Congress for fiscal year 2015. The bill is considered one of the two easiest appropriations bills to pass each year. The House and Senate customarily defer to each other regarding each chamber's spending levels, so this bill only includes funding for the House and not", "id": "6175361" }, { "contents": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies\n\n\nwith the funding they provide covering one fiscal year. The \"fiscal year\" is the accounting period of the federal government, which runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year. There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by", "id": "10731221" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies\n\n\nthey provide covering one fiscal year. The \"fiscal year\" is the accounting period of the federal government, which runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year. There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time,", "id": "18903702" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies\n\n\nthe twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time. The third type of appropriations bills are supplemental appropriations bills, which add additional funding above and beyond what was originally appropriated", "id": "6905245" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs\n\n\nannually, with the funding they provide covering one fiscal year. The \"fiscal year\" is the accounting period of the federal government, which runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year. There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations", "id": "19093597" }, { "contents": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs\n\n\nthe fiscal year. Supplemental appropriations bills can be used for things like disaster relief. Appropriations bills are one part of a larger United States budget and spending process. They are preceded in that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. Article One of the United States Constitution, section 9, clause 7, states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these", "id": "10731277" }, { "contents": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security\n\n\nbills are passed annually, with the funding they provide covering one fiscal year. The \"fiscal year\" is the accounting period of the federal government, which runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year. There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted", "id": "10731345" }, { "contents": "Technological and industrial history of the United States\n\n\nIn 1816, with the experiences of the war before him, no well-informed statesman could shut his eyes to the national aspects of the problem. Even President Madison invited the attention of Congress to the need of establishing \"a comprehensive system of roads and canals\". Soon after Congress met, it took under consideration a bill drafted by Calhoun which proposed an appropriation of $1,500,000 ($ in 2018 consumer dollars) for internal improvements. Because this appropriation was to be met by the moneys paid by the National Bank to", "id": "4362182" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government\n\n\n\"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills. This subcommittee continues to have jurisdiction over the budget of the District of Columbia, and was given jurisdiction over agency funding handled by the Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary and Housing and Urban Development. The new subcommittee is responsible for funding general provisions of the federal government, with", "id": "14677670" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development\n\n\npresident's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. Article One of the United States Constitution, section 9, clause 7, states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills. This subcommittee, as its name implies, is responsible for funding related to the Department of Energy and water development projects in", "id": "14737713" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch\n\n\nproposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. Article One of the United States Constitution, section 9, clause 7, states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills. This subcommittee is responsible for funding operations of the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate. The subcommittee recommends funding for several joint", "id": "18267247" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security\n\n\nthings like disaster relief. Appropriations bills are one part of a larger United States budget and spending process. They are preceded in that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. Article One of the United States Constitution, section 9, clause 7, states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power", "id": "20104116" }, { "contents": "Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\npart of a larger United States budget and spending process. They are preceded in that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. The U.S. Constitution (Article I, section 9, clause 7) states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills. The Transportation, Housing and", "id": "2707052" }, { "contents": "Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015\n\n\nUrban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 falls under the jurisdiction of the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies. The bill covers appropriations for the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as well as for a variety of related agencies. The House and Senate currently consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences", "id": "2707053" }, { "contents": "Appropriation bill\n\n\nof the House and a subsequent general election. Under the U.S. presidential system, the support of the Congress for the President's appropriations requests is not necessary for the separately elected President to remain in office, but can severely limit the President's ability to govern effectively. In the United States, there are two types of appropriations. When Congress sets up particular programs, the legislation may itself set up the necessary appropriation mechanism, such as the social security program where payment of benefits are \"mandatory\". A mandatory program does", "id": "20124216" }, { "contents": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs\n\n\nthat cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time. The third type of appropriations bills are supplemental appropriations bills, which add additional funding above and beyond what was originally appropriated at the beginning of", "id": "10731276" }, { "contents": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies\n\n\nfor the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time. The third type of appropriations bills are supplemental appropriations bills, which add additional funding above and beyond what was originally appropriated at the beginning of the fiscal year.", "id": "10731382" }, { "contents": "2015 United States federal appropriations\n\n\nEvery year, the United States Congress is responsible for writing, passing, reconciling, and submitting to the President of the United States a series of appropriations bills that appropriate money to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs for their use to operate in the subsequent fiscal year. The money provides funding for operations, personnel, equipment, and activities. In 2014, Congress was responsible for passing the appropriations bills that would fund the federal government in fiscal year 2015, which runs from October 1, 2014 to September 30", "id": "6175347" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies\n\n\nallocation. Article One of the United States Constitution, section 9, clause 7, states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills. This subcommittee is responsible for discretionary spending at the Commerce Department and the Justice Department, as well various independent federal agencies, such as the International Trade Commission, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "id": "14676573" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies\n\n\nthe president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. Article One of the United States Constitution, section 9, clause 7, states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills. This subcommittee is responsible for funding the Department of Veterans Affairs and all construction activities within the Department of Defense, including", "id": "18903704" }, { "contents": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs\n\n\npreceded in that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. Article One of the United States Constitution, section 9, clause 7, states that \"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law...\" This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills. This subcommittee oversees the U.S. State Department and several international programs and agencies, including international programs", "id": "19093599" } ]

[ { "contents": "Let Me Know (Tamar Braxton song)\n\n\nafraid to talk about what's really happening in our personal relationships.\" Throughout the song, Braxton sings lyrics to her partner such as: \"We've been through so many things / Ups and downs and in-betweens / If you need more love from me / I give you more, just let me know.\" She also talks about love, saying: \"When it's right, you don't let go\" and \"You don’t give it up to nobody / When you love somebody.\"", "id": "3834788" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (Mario song)\n\n\nand Ultratip Bubbling Under charts. \"Let Me Love You\" is a moderate R&B ballad in G minor, centered around the progression C minor / G minor / F major. It is written in common time. The song was written by Ne-Yo, and features him singing backing vocals in two-part harmony and unison. Jon Parales from \"The New York Times\" commented that \"Let Me Love You\" \"looks back to another 1980s blockbuster, lifting its keyboard sound from Tina Turner's 'What's", "id": "2199456" }, { "contents": "Violet Hill\n\n\nme go?\", talks about a man's love of a woman, who does not reciprocate his love. The song ends with Martin playing the piano and singing, and pleading in nearly spoken-words: \"If you love me, won't you let me know?\" In live performances of the song, he plays the piano part on his acoustic guitar. According to Neil McCormick of \"The Sydney Morning Herald\", he writes that the lyrics \"I don't want to be a soldier\",", "id": "2403405" }, { "contents": "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)\n\n\n\"If You Love Me (Let Me Know)\" is a song written by John Rostill that was a 1974 hit single for Olivia Newton-John. It was her second release to hit the top 10 in the United States, reaching number 5 on the pop chart and number 2 on the Easy Listening chart. It also reached number 2 on the \"Billboard\" country chart. As with her single \"Let Me Be There\", Mike Sammes sings a bass harmony. Brian Collins covered the song for Dot Records", "id": "18693482" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (Tamara Todevska, Vrčak and Adrijan Gaxha song)\n\n\nLjubov E\" with Esma Redžepova. Vrčak, Tamara and Adrian have also taken some promotional photos of their Macedonian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. \"Vo ime na ljubovta\" is an R&B-style song with several hip hop verses. Tamara sings about the person she loves, explaining that \"without you every second is killing me slowly\". She sings that \"I don't know where you are [and] I'm waiting for you to come and save me\". The song did not sound as it", "id": "3416840" }, { "contents": "Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song\n\n\nan alternate version of \"Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song\", which featured on his 2010 release \"A to B\" EP. A live version of \"Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song\" features on his 2011 release \"Live Sessions\" EP. According to an interview with Mike Ragogna, Matt said the song was written for his wife Rachel. The song has received generally favorable reviews from music critics. \"The album’s song, \"“Honey, Let Me Sing You A Song,", "id": "3768724" }, { "contents": "Let Me Know (Tamar Braxton song)\n\n\n\"Let Me Know\" ends with Braxton singing in belts and whistle notes. Future does not sing a separate verse, but provides the song's hook instead; his vocals are processed through Auto-Tune, which Benjamin described as part of the performer's \"signature\" style. Future's lyrics include: \"Do you love the way I do / When I’m loving your body.\" Wetpaint's Afiya Augustine described Future as \"the male persona to complement Tamar’s lyrics of staying by her man’s side no", "id": "3834789" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (Ariana Grande song)\n\n\ndeep bass, a steady beat, trap-lite sound, hip-hop beats, and interspersed vocals. It features Grande's whispering vocals, while also having \"sultry, breathy falsetto singing and belted-out vocal runs.\" In the chorus, her vocals are stuttered. Wayne appears halfway through the track, and near the end they sing back and forth until it fades out. Ariana's vocals on the song span from the low note of E to the high note of D. Lyrically, \"Let Me Love", "id": "5435525" }, { "contents": "The Open Door\n\n\n, it contains \"Eastern motifs\" and \"distorted vocals\" in the opening lines \"Feels like the weight of the world / Like God in heaven gave me a turn / Don't cling to me, I swear I can't fix you\" and in the chorus, \"If you love me, then let go of me / I won't be held down by who I used to be\". \"Lithium\" is a slow-tempo rock song; the protagonist sings about the fear of lithium in a", "id": "4728678" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)\n\n\nAustralian indie pop singer and songwriter Sia Furler wrote and recorded the \"top line vocals\". Sia built the song's chorus around the line \"Let me love you, and I will love you/ Until you learn to love yourself\", which would also become the song's title. The record was then heard by Ne-Yo who decided to record the song, and proceeded to re-write some of the lyrics in the verses. Speaking about the song Ne-Yo said he was inspired by the powerful chorus", "id": "12483858" }, { "contents": "Portia Nelson\n\n\nlounge Celeste, accompanied by songwriter and pianist Bart Howard, who soon became the emcee at the Blue Angel. At Celeste, Nelson performed many of the songs (including \"In Other Words,\" later retitled \"Fly Me to the Moon\") that she would gather on her album \"Let Me Love You: Portia Nelson Sings the Songs of Bart Howard\". She championed Howard for the rest of her career. The singer had made an auspicious recorded debut with the album \"Love Songs for a Late Evening\"", "id": "16649810" }, { "contents": "Streets of Laredo (song)\n\n\nto gambling A shot from a six-shooter took my life away. Beat your drums lightly, play your fifes merrily Sing your dearth march as you bear me along Take me to the grave yard, lay the sod o'er me I'm a young cow-boy and know I've done wrong. My curse let it rest, rest on the fair one Who drove me from friends that I loved and from home Who told me she loved me, just to deceive me My curse rest upon her, wherever she roam", "id": "19630041" }, { "contents": "One in a Million (Aaliyah song)\n\n\n.\"Baby you don't know, what you do to me/Between me and you, I feel a chemistry/Won't let no one come and take your place/Cause the love you give can't be replaced\", she sings. According to Bob Waliszewski from Plugged In on the song \"Aaliyah communicates love and commitment to her man\". According to Khal from Complex \"One in a Million showcased an unstoppable trio, with Aaliyah being a perfect muse for the futuristic vibes that Missy and Timbaland were creating,", "id": "3032643" }, { "contents": "Madonna (Madonna album)\n\n\nlove that is never quite fulfilled. According to author Santiago Fouz-Hernández and his book \"Madonna's drowned worlds\", the lyrics of the song like \"Something in the way you love me won't let me be/I don't want to be your prisoner so baby won't you set me free\" depicted a rebellion against male chauvinism. Madonna used a refined and expressive voice to sing the song, backed by Lucas's instrumentation. It opens with a keyboard rich intro and a catchy synth melody provided by", "id": "13874131" }, { "contents": "All About You (Hilary Duff song)\n\n\nwith Duff talking about how hooked she is on her boyfriend, and she is willing to prove her true love for him by \"turning the lights down\" and going to action. \"Think you're all about me / But I'm all about you,\" she sings. \"Turn the lights down let me show you it's true / Get a lot of taste what I'm into.\" For Emily Blake, the song is about \"that honeymoon-phase kind of love — the kind of feeling when", "id": "14372798" }, { "contents": "Love Is a Beautiful Thing (Al Green song)\n\n\nthe song, Al Green acknowledges that \"Love Is a Beautiful Thing\" summed him up the most: nine seconds into the song Green says \"This is what I believe.\" Then, near the end (at 4 minutes and 43 seconds), over the music he sings the titles of six of his own biggest hit songs: \"Let's Stay Together\" (which he sings twice), \"I'm Still in Love with You\", \"Call Me\", \"For the Good Times\",", "id": "86443" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (Junggigo and Chanyeol song)\n\n\n\"Let Me Love You\", is a song by South Korean singers Junggigo and Chanyeol, a member of K-pop group EXO. It was released on February 23, 2017 by Starship Entertainment. On February 16, 2017, Junggigo and Chanyeol were announced to be collaborating on a duet titled \"Let Me Love You\". The song is described as a melodic love confession song. On the same day, Junggigo's agency Starship Entertainment released a teaser image for the upcoming duet with the details of the song's", "id": "14183699" }, { "contents": "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know\n\n\ndoos\". Lyrically, \"Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know\" alludes to how Spears wants to hear her boyfriend say he needs her all the way and that he loves her. Spears considered it a \"pure and delicate\" song. \"It's just one of those songs that pull you in. That's why I like it, and I like singing it as well\", she continued. \"I think they wrote it 'specially for me, because the lyrics of the song, if", "id": "13360215" }, { "contents": "You Wouldn't Know (Bee Gees song)\n\n\nHave to Cry\". The version of this song on \"Brilliant from Birth\" (1998) is faded 7 seconds early at 1:59 and you can hear Robin Gibb shouting and laughing on the fadeout. It was the first song on which Maurice Gibb is credited playing organ. The song starts with a guitar strumming, the riff and an organ and then Barry starts to sing the line \"Come a bit close to me, let me be kissed, Come on and give to me what I have missed, I love", "id": "21679012" }, { "contents": "Borderline (Madonna song)\n\n\nsong's lyrics like \"Something in way you love me won't let me be/I don't want to be your prisoner so baby won't you set me free\" depicted a rebellion against male chauvinism. Madonna used a refined and expressive singing voice, backed by Lucas's instrumentations. The song is considered to be the best example of the working relationship between Lucas and Madonna, as Lucas pushed the singer to find emotional depth in the song. Although sounding icy, the chorus is contemporary in style, and the", "id": "3141499" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)\n\n\n\"Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)\" is a song performed by American singer and songwriter Ne-Yo, taken from his fifth studio album, \"R.E.D.\" (2012). Released on July 10, 2012 by Motown Records, the song serves as the mainstream lead single from the album following the release of an R&B-tinged lead single, \"Lazy Love\". \"Let Me Love You\" combines elements of synthpop and Europop with a celebratory chorus co-written with indie pop", "id": "12483852" }, { "contents": "True Love (Coldplay song)\n\n\nbelow/ I've lost you now, you've let me go/ But one last time/ Tell me you love me.\" In the chorus, the truth is too painful to bear, so the singer instructs his partner \"Just tell me you love me/ If you don't, then lie/ Oh, lie to me.\" \"True Love\" received acclaim from music critics, who went on to praise its lyrics and instrumentation. Caryn Ganz of \"Rolling Stone\" felt that the song's \"detuned, squalling guitar solo", "id": "13867851" }, { "contents": "Bunny Mack\n\n\nscene after the release of his song \"Let Me Love You\", which became a disco hit in 1981. He was voted Musician of the Year by \"African Muzik Magazine\" and received a Gold Disc for \"Let Me Love You\". In November 2009, American rapper Wale made a remix version of the song that was included on the album \"Attention Deficit\". The song was also featured in the British music Charts In 2014, the remix version of the song LET ME LOVE YOU was also featured on", "id": "3322840" }, { "contents": "Please Don't Let Me Love You\n\n\n\"Please Don't Let Me Love You\" is a song by country singer Hank Williams. It was written by Ralph Jones. In 1955, MGM acquired the Johnnie Fair Syrup shows. Between January and May 1949, Williams had pre-recorded early morning radio shows for Johnnie Fair, and MGM issued several songs from the surviving acetates as singles to satisfy the unyielding demand for product by the late country singer, who was quickly becoming a mythic figure in country music. The performance of \"Please Don't Let Me Love", "id": "7345528" }, { "contents": "La Llorona (song)\n\n\n, Llorona, because you don't know I weep (for you). You don't know that I love you, Llorona, because you don't know I weep (for you). If because I love you, you want, Llorona, That you want me to die. If because I love you, you want, Llorona, That you want me to die. Let your will be done, Llorona, let me die so someone else lives. Let your will be done, Llorona, let me", "id": "4180384" }, { "contents": "Let Love Lead the Way\n\n\nBrown, Emma Bunton and Melanie Chisholm, along with Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III and Harvey Mason Jr., while production was handled by Jerkins and Mason Jr. \"Let Love Lead the Way\" is an inspirational song, with the girls singing words of wisdom to a girl. In the chorus, they sing, \"Part of me laughs/Part of me cries/Part of me wants to question why [...] Just keep the faith/And let love lead the way.\" The song is", "id": "9159039" }, { "contents": "Peter Link\n\n\nand occasionally Broadway. His song, \"(If You Let Me Make Love To You), Then Why Can’t I Touch You\", as recorded by Ronnie Dyson sold over a million records for Columbia Records. In his early career, his songs were also recorded by Johnnie Mathis (\"(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You\" appeared on Close to You), Dionne Warwick (who also used the former Dyson track on From Within), Peggy Lee (", "id": "9988697" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (DJ Rebel and Mohombi song)\n\n\n\"Let Me Love You\" is a song by Belgian Electro house artist DJ Rebel and Swedish singer Mohombi featuring Shaggy. The song comes from his upcoming album. It contains samples of music from the tradition Algerian song \"Abdel Kader\" made famous by Algerian artist Khaled. The song was released on 1 August 2016. \"Let Me Love You\" contains sampling of an Algerian traditional song, which was later made famous even more famous by \"Abdel Kader\" (1993). DJ Rebel sampled the musical refrain from it", "id": "15190930" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)\n\n\ncombines elements of Europop and synthpop. The original instrumental track was written and produced British producers Mike Di Scala and Mark Hadfield, who began a production partnership in November 2011. In February 2012, the duo sent the then untitled \"Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)\" along with eleven other songs to the management team of Norwegian production duo Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Hermansen, better known under their production moniker of Stargate. The Norwegian duo subsequently worked on the song writing additional music elements, while", "id": "12483857" }, { "contents": "25 (Adele album)\n\n\n\" is a mid-tempo pop song, featuring an electro-drum beat and a tropical, trip hop riff, with Adele proclaiming to her lover \"If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently/Don't pretend that you don't want me/Our love ain't water under the bridge\". The gospel-tinged \"River Lea\" talks about the singer growing up in Tottenham, London, England, Adele sings about The Lea, a river in London. During the song Adele speaks", "id": "16122355" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (Mario song)\n\n\nfor \"Let Me Love You\". \"Let Me Love You\" held the number-one position on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart for nine consecutive weeks from January to February 2005, and, as of 2018, is Mario's biggest single. It also reached number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Internationally, it reached the number-one position on the singles charts in Germany, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. In the United Kingdom, the song reached number two", "id": "2199459" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You Tonight\n\n\n\"Let Me Love You Tonight\" is a 1980 song by the American pop and country rock band Pure Prairie League. Taken as the first single from their 1980 album, \"Firin' Up\", \"Let Me Love You Tonight\" became the band's first (and, to date, only) song to enter the top 10 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number 10 during the summer of 1980, and remained in the Top 40 for 11 weeks. The song also spent", "id": "3950935" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (Ariana Grande song)\n\n\n\"Let Me Love You\" was written by Thomas Brown, Victoria McCants, Steven Franks, Ariana Grande and Dwayne Carter. The song was produced by Brown and Franks. It features American rapper Lil Wayne and contains an interpolation of the song \"All the Time\", recorded by Jeremih, Wayne and Natasha Mosley, and produced by Fki. \"Let Me Love You\" is a \"a slow-paced sultry jam\", having a laid back R&B melody, delicate piano chords, electro-beats, smooth,", "id": "5435524" }, { "contents": "Rocket (Beyoncé song)\n\n\nIt opens with Beyoncé expressing feelings of lust in the first line, \"Let me sit this assssss on ya\" for which she adopts a soft and sultry vocal style. She further sings about love-making with a male lover and the second line includes the lyrics: \"Let me take this off while you watch me / that's my'ass appeal\". It features explicit and metaphorical lyrics throughout and sees Beyoncé instructing her love interest to watch her perform a striptease. She further talks about how their evening together is going", "id": "16844523" }, { "contents": "Justino Romea\n\n\nask you to join me sing this song br of prayer for SJIT br Born out of the midst of the beautiful dream, br Nursed by the love of its founder. br Here I set my eyes to find my place br in the sun, br here I lift up to the skies my ambition br to serve God and man.br So, dear Lord, in Heaven,br Bless my dear SJIT br May it live forever, let us sing, and let us pray. BSAT Hymn Let us sing and let us", "id": "15129118" }, { "contents": "Two Eleven\n\n\nfar and \"violating her trust\", it includes the lyrics \"How far do you think I'll let you push me before I cross the line?\". Not all of the songs are mid-tempo or ballads, Bangladesh also produced a song called \"Let Me Go\" which Hammp described as an \"up-tempo club song.\" On the chorus, Norwood sings \"You know how I get when you let me go\", and later in the song she makes reference to Twitter and her mother", "id": "6747438" }, { "contents": "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long\n\n\nthe conventional form of address from a man to a woman, in the persistent use of 'baby'\". These elements appear in the song's chorus, where Harrison sings: \"How I love you / Baby, so don't let me wait too long.\" Harrison biographer Simon Leng views \"pop-soul music\" as \"the obvious root\" of \"Don't Let Me Wait Too Long\" and cites musical tension as one facet of the pop-soul style that Harrison adopts. This tension is", "id": "6147094" }, { "contents": "Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song\n\n\nThe Hotel Cafe\" EP. This is the song that will make him a household name, and should be all over the radio and at the top of the charts in no time at all.\" —This Is Modern \"...Hires requests, \"“Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song”\". With his folky pop and aching croon, how could you deny him?\" —People Magazine from \"\"Take Us to the Start\"\" from \"\"Live From the Hotel Café EP\" /", "id": "3768726" }, { "contents": "James Paul McCartney (TV program)\n\n\nta Dance\"\" Part 8br A music video segment were McCartney introduces \"Live And Let Die\", the title theme from the 1973 James Bond movie.br \"Songs: \"Live and Let Die\"\" Part 9br \"Beatles Medley\": a filmed segment with street passers-by singing various Beatles songs (off key) to comedic effect.br \"Songs: \"When I'm 64\", \"A Hard Day's Night\", \"Can't Buy Me Love\", \"She Loves You\", \"Ob-", "id": "11889372" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (Ariana Grande song)\n\n\n\"Let Me Love You\" is a song recorded by American singer Ariana Grande, featuring American rapper Lil Wayne from her third studio album \"Dangerous Woman\" (2016). It was written by Thomas Brown, Victoria McCants, Steven Franks, Grande and Wayne, with production being done by Franks and Brown, the latter under the name TB Hits. The song was released as the second promotional single from the album on April 18, 2016. A slow-paced, sultry R&B track, \"Let Me Love You", "id": "5435520" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (DJ Snake song)\n\n\nreleased on November 29, 2016 on YouTube. \"Let Me Love You\" is written in the key of C minor with a tempo of 100 beats per minute in common time. The song follows a chord progression of CmEE/GAE/GA, and Bieber's vocals span from C to C. The music video for \"Let Me Love You\" was released on November 29, 2016 on DJ Snake’s YouTube channel. \"Rolling Stone\" magazine referred to the video as \"Bonnie and Clyde with a twist\" as", "id": "3770779" }, { "contents": "Let You Love Me\n\n\nvideo for \"Let You Love Me\" was released on YouTube on 21 September 2018. The video was filmed in London and directed by Malia James. An acoustic performance of the song was uploaded on 9 November 2018. Ora performed \"Let You Love Me\" for the first time at the Gibraltar Music Festival on 22 September 2018. Her first televised performance of the single was on the 6 October episode of \"The Jonathan Ross Show\". On 26 October, Ora performed the song in costume as Post Malone at KISS", "id": "6236627" }, { "contents": "(I Would) Die for You\n\n\nand preceding Denmark's Rollo & King with \"Never Ever Let You Go\". At the close of voting, it had received 147 points, placing 3rd in a field of 23. The song, with lyrics by Antonis Pappas and music by Nikos Terzis, who would later compose \"Love Me Tonight\" for Belarus, is an up-tempo number inspired in part by Greek folk music. Lyrically, it deals with the realization on the part of the singers, who sing in unison for most of the performance,", "id": "11607121" }, { "contents": "The Duke Is Tops\n\n\nbeginning...\" Horne also sings \"Don't Let Our Love Song Turn Me Blue\", with a lyric that foreshadows one of her future great roles: \"True love will guide us through stormy weather\"; and she reprises \"I Know You Remember\". The Cats & the Fiddle sing \"Killin' Jive.\" This is a great performance, four guys harmonizing on a very jumpin' good song. \"The Duke Is Tops\" has been released on DVD in North America. The film is in the", "id": "20209095" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)\n\n\npop / mainstream stations. It was released for US digital downloads on July 31, 2012. Internationally, \"Let Me Love You\" is the sole lead single for the album. On November 6, 2012, a remix was released with a different type of beat and an additional rap verse from French Montana. At 4:14 in length, \"Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)\" is an up-tempo club song with a chord progression in F major-D minor-C major which", "id": "12483856" }, { "contents": "Somebody Loves You (Nik Kershaw song)\n\n\npublicity. You know, you walk into a room. You didn't have to try too hard. Everyone knew who you were. It's just the images and pictures for me of that time, when I was onstage and saw the faces singing all those songs back to me. It was weird. And the chorus, \"Somebody Loves You\", that's really what it feels like. There is all this love coming back towards you. You have stop and think, \"How much of that is really", "id": "19841532" }, { "contents": "Let Me Entertain You (Robbie Williams song)\n\n\nformer band Take That after 15 years apart. The lyric \"\"You're my rock of empathy\"\" was replaced with \"\"Hello [venue] remember me?\"\" Williams rarely sings the chorus himself, often relying on the audience and backing vocalists to carry the song for him as he shouts words of encouragement for the audience. However, on the Swings Both Ways Arena Tour in 2014, Williams performed a Jazz arrangement of the song, instead singing \"Let Me Enter You\" to individual members of the", "id": "4067192" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (DJ Snake song)\n\n\n\"Let Me Love You\" debuted at number 12 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 on the issue dated August 27, 2016. The single opened at number-one on Digital Songs with 113,000 downloads, becoming DJ Snake's first and Bieber's sixth number-one on the chart. On the issue dated 1 October 2016, \"Let Me Love You\" advanced at sixth place, becoming DJ Snake's third top 10 single in the Hot 100 after \"Turn Down for What\" and \"Lean On\" with", "id": "3770781" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (Ariana Grande song)\n\n\nspawned a nomination for Best Collaboration Video at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. \"Let Me Love You\" was the first song Grande recorded for the album, which initially was called \"Moonlight\". It was written and recorded in late 2014, as stated by Grande during an interview with Ryan Seacrest. Later, on March 11, 2016, Grande revealed the title of four tracks from the track list of \"Dangerous Woman\", with one being \"Let Me Love You\", which was said to have American", "id": "5435522" }, { "contents": "Triumphant Quartet\n\n\nquartet to never change membership among the vocalists. Their songs, \"I Bring You Forgiveness,\" \"Don't Let the Sandals Fool Ya,\" \"Hey, Jonah,\" \"The Great I Am Still Is,\" \"The Old White Flag\", and \"When the Trumpet Sounds\" \"somebody died for me\", Love came calling\", \"Saved by Grace\", \"Take it from me, Meshach\", and \"Because He Loved Me\", were given Singing News Fan Awards nominations", "id": "13406013" }, { "contents": "Fortune Records\n\n\nBeatle Walk / Argentina 1964 862 The Lapels Bad Luck / Dusty Roads 1964 863 The Continental Four Jack The Ripper / Scramble 1964 864 The Destinations Valley Of Tears / Come On And Let Me Love You 1964 865 The Pat Holben Trio Monkey Jerk / I Am The Greatest 1964 866 Concertina Millie Trio Who Is Singing My Song / Swiss Girl 1964 867 Lee and the Leopards What About Me / Don't Press Your Luck 1964 868 Joe Day and the Dares Talking About My Love / True, True Love 1965 869 The Flaming Embers", "id": "13317874" }, { "contents": "Lay You Down\n\n\none of the more sensual songs on \"Versus\", Mark Nero of About.com wrote \"the best of which might be the piano-laced 'Lay You Down,' on which Usher sings: 'This ain't bump 'n grind, I'll show you what love is if you let me lay you down. Sarah Rodman of \"The Boston Globe\" commended Usher's use of falsetto, whilst writing that the song \"is an urgent boudoir jam that draws a neat line\"– she also commented on how", "id": "17946574" }, { "contents": "Oops!... I Did It Again (album)\n\n\nlover. The ballad \"Where Are You Now\" talks about wanting to know where a previous love is, and what that person is up to, so that she can finally let them go and find closure. Lines on \"Can't Make You Love Me\", a Europop song, state that fancy cars and money pale in comparison to true love, with Spears singing: \"I'm just a girl with a crush on you.\" The mid-tempo, synth-backed \"When Your Eyes Say It", "id": "22186855" }, { "contents": "A to B (EP)\n\n\nA to B is a 4-track EP by American pop-rock singer-songwriter Matt Hires, released on August 17, 2010. The Ep includes the original album version of \"Honey Let Me Sing You a Song\" – first found on the Tampa-based tunesmith's acclaimed 2009 debut, \"Take Us to the Start\", it also features 2 new songs \"A To B\", \"Rock N' Roll Heart\" and a new recording of \"Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song (Alternate Version", "id": "10398412" }, { "contents": "Violet Hill\n\n\na jagged, fuzzbox distortion effect, enters. Martin sings about medieval imagery of carnivals, cathedrals, religion and war, culminating in a soaring chorus with an anthemic theme. The momentum of the song builds around guitarist Jonny Buckland, who plays a solo. The lyrics start off with Martin recalling: \"Was a long and dark December/From the rooftops I remember/There was snow\". Martin emphasizes towards the thoughts of a soldier going into battle. The line \"If you love me, why'd you let", "id": "2403404" }, { "contents": "If You Had My Love\n\n\na chance with the budding starlet. Bottom line: liars and cheaters need not apply.\" In the song's opening lines, Lopez states: \"Now if I gave you me, this is how it's got to be / First of all I won't take you cheatin' on me / Tell me who can I trust if I can't trust in you / And I refuse to let you play me for a fool.\" In the chorus, she poses the question: \"If you had my love", "id": "19338938" }, { "contents": "On the First Warm Day\n\n\non side B. Cabaret singer Portia Nelson, who was described as Bart Howard's muse of the 1950s, was 36 in 1956, when she recorded an entire album of his songs, \"Let Me Love You: Portia Nelson Sings the Songs of Bart Howard\", with musical arrangements by Ralph Burns and liner notes by Liz Smith. Among the twelve songs comprising the album, \"First Warm Day\" was track 2. In 1958, two of Rosemary Clooney's contemporaries, Chris Connor and Eydie Gormé, incorporated the tune", "id": "21151365" }, { "contents": "Consideration (song)\n\n\nher career,\" outlining \"her worth as artist and business asset.\" The song opens with \"a Peter Pan metaphor about being held back from maturing,\" where she sings: \"I come fluttering in from Neverland [...] Why will you never let me grow?.\" In the chorus, she bluntly sings: \"I got to do things my own way, darling,\" while also complaining and asking \"in a thick patois\": \"Will you ever let me? Will you ever respect", "id": "18863804" }, { "contents": "Lalah Hathaway\n\n\nwith Rex Rideout and Rahsaan Patterson, is inspired by a past heartbreak, the idea for the song came to her in a dream. While Hathaway is often known for singing down tempo songs, during the period of 2004 and 2008, she had done mid-tempo songs such as \"Let Go\", \"Let Me Love You\", and \"Better and Better\". Keeping with the theme of her family, she often journeys back to her childhood with \"Little Girl\", which she co-produced with", "id": "6997281" }, { "contents": "Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song\n\n\n\"Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song\" is a song by American pop-rock singer-songwriter Matt Hires from his first full-length studio album \"Take Us to the Start\", the song featured in many uses in media, including ABC's hit show \"Cougar Town\" and \"Life Unexpected\" on The CW. The demo version featured in the soundtrack album of 2010 Touchstone Pictures release, \"When in Rome\" and 2008 release \"Live From the Hotel Café\" EP. Matt has recorded", "id": "3768723" }, { "contents": "Have You Never Been Mellow\n\n\nSo Easy\", was cut off. Also note: The CD contains 12 tracks, in this case the 12th being \"If You Love Me (Let Me Know)\", which is how the original LP was released in Australia. That is because the song \"If You Love Me (Let Me Know)\" was first released in the US only, in 1974, as the only newly issued song on Olivia's 1974 US LP of the same name. In the wake of the single's big US success", "id": "16881054" }, { "contents": "Somebody Loves You (Betty Who song)\n\n\nSpy, Who said \"Two days after she passed away, we were in the studio listening to lots of classics and it made me realise that there's no joy in pop music right now. The message is either 'you hurt me' or 'let's get down in the club.' I wanted to write a song that would make people feel happy and that's where \"Somebody Loves You\" comes from.\" The song debuted at number 4 on Spotify's Most Viral list, gaining more than six", "id": "10300656" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)\n\n\nsince \"So Sick\" reached that position in February 2006. In the United Kingdom, \"Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)\" entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart on September 9, 2012 ― for the week ending date September 15, 2012 ― becoming Ne-Yo's fourth number one song in Britain after \"So Sick\" in March 2006, \"Closer\" in June 2008 and \"Beautiful Monster\" in August 2010. The song sold 89,000 copies there the first week", "id": "12483864" }, { "contents": "The Incident (Modern Family)\n\n\nTy Burrell) refuse to let her go. Later, everything comes into play when the whole family meets at Claire's house for dinner. Dylan sings a song to prove that he is good enough to take Haley to the concert. While the song still sounds appropriate Phil and Claire are considering to let her go with him at the concert. When though Dylan starts singing the words \"I just wanna do you, do you. Do you wanna do me, do me\" and the parents see that Haley is smiling", "id": "15052978" }, { "contents": "Take Us to the Start\n\n\nincludes additional three bonus demo tracks, music video of \"Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song\", and a digital booklet. The album has earned advance critical praise and received generally favorable reviews from most music critics. \"People Magazine\" hailed the collection, noting \"on the opening cut of his debut, Hires requests, 'Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song'. With his folky pop and aching croon, how could you deny him?\" Creative Loafing commended the album as \"crafted and interesting", "id": "3768640" }, { "contents": "You Found Me\n\n\nsong you should really listen to it. I love it as if it were my own child. The heart ache, the let down that comes with life. Sometimes you're let down, sometimes you're the one who lets someone else down. It gets hard to know who you can trust, who you can count on. This song came out of a tough time, and I'm still right in the thick of it. There's some difficult circumstances my family and friends have been going through over the past", "id": "9304619" }, { "contents": "Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song\n\n\n”\" begins quietly then bursts into the chorus as Hires begs his lady not to run away, to listen to his words (as they come out wrong). It’s sweeping and expressive, but — as cute as Hires is — watching the completely unrelated music video kinda warps the experience.\" —Creative Loafing \"The lead off track is \"“Honey, Let Me Sing You A Song,”\" which Hires gave us a little taste of in the form of an acoustic demo on his \"Live From", "id": "3768725" }, { "contents": "You and Me Against the World (song)\n\n\npotential. Williams himself debuted \"You and Me Against the World\" on his 1974 album \"Here Comes Inspiration\", singing it as a traditional love ballad. Helen Reddy considered the song's lyrics too \"paternalistic\" to be convincing as a woman's declaration of love for a man; instead, she interpreted the song as a mother singing to a child, which her version clarified by her daughter Traci's speaking to \"Mommy\" at the start and end. Released as the second single from \"Love Song For", "id": "3398522" }, { "contents": "You Don't Know Me (Eddy Arnold song)\n\n\nMe.'\" \"But I know \"you\",\" teased Walker. \"This is serious, replied Eddy, who proceeded to outline his idea. The songwriter promised to let the idea stew in her head for a while. And soon, she remembered, the lyrics tumbled onto the page. \"The song just started singing. It sort of wrote itself...\" The best-selling version of the song is by Ray Charles, who took it to #2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart", "id": "17053820" }, { "contents": "New Guy (song)\n\n\nwhich drew comparisons to the works of the track's producer, CedSolo. Sarkodie sings during the track's refrain: \"Ace, let me take you to Africa / My people, they'll love you\". He also believes that his music is for the Ghanaian people and has the motivation to become a leader in the industry: \"So I grind Sunday to Monday / Because there's no role models, there's no true leaders left / So it's up to me to make sure the world know that I", "id": "2364314" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (Mario song)\n\n\nLove Got to Do with It'.\" In 2004, \"Let Me Love You\" was nominated for a Vibe Award for Best R&B Song and two Teen Choice Awards, Choice Love Song and Choice R&B/Rap Track, but it failed to receive any awards. In 2005, it received nominations for \"Billboard\" Music Awards, including \"Hot 100 Single of the Year\", \"Hot 100 Airplay Single of the Year\", \"Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Single of the Year\", \"Hot", "id": "2199457" }, { "contents": "Love Me (Leiber/Stoller song)\n\n\n. At that meeting, Jimmy Page joked with Elvis that we never soundchecked - but if we did, all I wanted to do was sing Elvis songs. Elvis thought that was funny and asked me, 'Which songs do you sing?' I told him I liked the ones with all the moods, like that great country song 'Love Me' - 'Treat me like a fool/Treat me mean and cruel/But love me.' So when we were leaving, after a most illuminating and funny 90", "id": "15934206" }, { "contents": "Karylle\n\n\nTime to Shine\" from Universal Records with the dance single \"Can't Live Without You\". Her second album was released on 2005 entitled \"You Make Me Sing\". She wrote the songs \"Coz, I Love You\" and \"Hiling\". Also included in the album is the theme song, \"Mahiwagang Puso\", for her hit fantaserye \"Encantadia\", in which she starred as Sang'gre Alena. Three years later, she released her third album \"Time for Letting Go\" under a new recording", "id": "5885538" }, { "contents": "If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something\n\n\n\"You Are Loved\". St. James co-wrote 11 out of the 12 tracks on the album, with the songs \"God Help Me\" and \"You Are Loved\" being written solely by the singer. St. James wrote \"God Help Me\" on her 27th birthday and says of the song, \"I love singing this song because to me it’s an essential thought of the Christian life... 'God help me... I’m not enough!'\" The album's first single, \"Alive\"", "id": "7283086" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (Tamara Todevska, Vrčak and Adrijan Gaxha song)\n\n\n\"Vo Ime Na Ljubovta\" (; translated \"In the Name of Love\"), is a song by Tamara Todevska, Vrčak and Adrian Gaxha. The trio competed with the song at Skopje Fest 2008. The song won, having been awarded the most televotes by the general public and the 7-member expert jury. The English language version (\"Let Me Love You\") represented Republic of Macedonia The song was also released in Russian (titled \"Во Имя Любви\", \"Vo Imya Lyubvi\"), Serbian (", "id": "3416837" }, { "contents": "Downhere\n\n\nSong You Sing\". \"You're Not Alone\" was released as a single in May 2010. In May 2011, the first single,\"Let Me Rediscover You\", from their upcoming album \"On the Altar of Love\" was released. The album itself was released August 23, 2011. In September 2011, lead singer Marc Martel also gained attention on YouTube for his cover of \"Somebody to Love\" by Queen, auditioning to be part of the Queen tribute band. Martel was noted for his vocal and visual resemblance", "id": "11556962" }, { "contents": "Broken-Hearted Girl\n\n\n, she sings, \"I know that I love you but let me just say / I don't want to love you in no kind of way\". The woman gains confidence, and towards the end of the song, she wants to spend her life with her lover despite the previous letdowns. Babyface's demo was released online on June 15, 2009. \"Broken-Hearted Girl\" and \"Ego\" were initially planned for simultaneous release as singles in the United States, but \"Broken-Hearted Girl\"", "id": "19333388" }, { "contents": "Satisfied (Jewel song)\n\n\nCountry Vocal Performance, Female. The song was a very minor hit on the Country Songs chart, but it charted better on the Adult contemporary charts. Backed by shakers and a piano melody, Jewel sings about \"Letting someone know you love them, while you can.\" She said on her website: \"Hands down my favorite message on the album. This is up there with 'Hands,' and 'Life Uncommon' for me. I really believe we don't always know what it takes to be happy", "id": "7979100" }, { "contents": "I've Been Loving You Too Long\n\n\n\", she said: Then when Jimmy left, I started singing the song, because it was a very good show song, and I started mimicking Jimmy, but putting my own female thing into it. I was really involved with that song in the beginning. Then I became bored with it, but Ike wouldn't let me stop. He started making those noises in the background, and it became really pornographic. Embarrassing. But the people loved it. In 1992 Australian ARIA award-winning musician, Diesel recorded", "id": "4346984" }, { "contents": "End of Time (song)\n\n\nher vocal lines over a shooting horn sequence; with her multiple-layered vocals, she commands, \"Boy come to me\", and towards the end, she repeatedly sings, \"Say you’ll never let me go\". Knowles \"finds the strength in two\" as she affirms to her romantic interest, \"I just wanna be with you / I just wanna live for you / I'd never let you go!\". \"End of Time\" was lauded by music critics, who appreciated its production", "id": "12345042" }, { "contents": "Violet Hill\n\n\nis a way that Martin can conjure John Lennon into the song's melody. McCormick, however, notes that Martin \"adds his own poetic twist\" to the lyric \"Who the captain of some sinking ship would stow, far below/So if you love me, why'd you let me go?\". Musically, it is one of Coldplay's more diverse pieces, featuring many different time signatures. While the majority of the song is in common time, or 4/4, the interlude of \"if you love", "id": "2403406" }, { "contents": "Who Says (Selena Gomez & the Scene song)\n\n\n, having an \"overarching feel-good vibe\", lyrically, the song speaks of \"embracing who you are and not letting your critics get you down\". Gomez sings of insecurities, and people telling her she is not good enough, before asserting \"I'm sure you got some things/ You'd like to change about yourself/ But when it comes to me/ I wouldn't want to be anybody else.\" According to Brian Voerding of AOL Radio Blog, \"Gomez sings about staying true to herself, particularly in", "id": "14326439" }, { "contents": "Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle\n\n\nSing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle is a 2012 documentary film directed by Lian Lunson. It follows a memorial concert on May 12, 2011 at Town Hall in New York City had been made to pay tribute to musician Kate McGarrigle, who died from sarcoma at the age of 63 in 2010. The concert was headlined by Kate's children Martha and Rufus Wainwright, while also featuring her sisters Jane and Anna McGarrigle, comedian Jimmy Fallon, and musicians Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones,", "id": "10118214" }, { "contents": "It's Real (K-Ci & JoJo album)\n\n\non international charts, and was certified gold by Music Canada. Upon release, \"It's Real\" received average reviews. The album would spawn four singles including the number-two hit single \"Tell Me It's Real\". The tenth track, \"Girl\", the duo is expressing sorrow to a woman who is not dedicated to holding on to their hearts, with the duo singing, \"Girl, if you really do love me, just let me go, let me be so I can find someone", "id": "7208025" }, { "contents": "I Need You to Love Me\n\n\n\"I Need You to Love Me\" is a song by Christian rock band BarlowGirl, from their 2005 album \"Another Journal Entry\". It was released as a radio single on January 27, 2006. The song was the most played song of 2006 on the R&R Christian Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) chart, with 30 845 plays. The music video for the sing \"I Need You to Love Me\" was released concurrently with the radio single. It is BarlowGirl's second music video. In it, the", "id": "4088287" }, { "contents": "Wings (Delta Goodrem song)\n\n\nIn the chorus, she sings: \"What if I lose my self-control? What if I choose to let it go? I wanna let you and me collide / Baby, these wings were made, these wings were made to fly.\" While commenting about the song, Goodrem explained: \"I wanted to make sure I had a song that incorporated all the things that make me feel like a powerful woman... you always want a song to represent where you are now. I feel like the most important", "id": "9488104" }, { "contents": "Black Widow (Iggy Azalea song)\n\n\nOra uses a seething element to sing the track's hook, \"I'm gonna love ya, until you hate me / And I'm gonna show ya, what's really crazy / You should've known better, than to mess with me harder / I'm gonna love you, I'm gonna love you / Gonna love you, gonna love you / Like a black widow baby\". Combined, Ora and Azalea's vocals are based on a call and response structure throughout the song", "id": "16101528" }, { "contents": "Olivia Newton-John\n\n\nalbum was released in the US as \"If You Love Me, Let Me Know\" with the six Eurovision songs dropped for four different, more country-oriented tracks intended to capitalise on the success of \"Let Me Be There\". The title track was the first single reaching No. 5 Pop, No. 2 Country (her best country position to date) and No. 2 AC. The next single, \"I Honestly Love You\", became Newton-John's signature song. Written and composed by", "id": "8626208" }, { "contents": "Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me\n\n\nSam Lansky of Idolator. Amy Sciaretto of PopCrush noted that the lyrics address to \"how the love of a good man can make you beautiful, and that love, not looks, are what’s important in life.\" During the chorus, the group sings, \"Right now the whole world could call me ugly / So what? To you, I'm not / You don't love me cause I'm beautiful, oh no / I'm beautiful cause you love me.\" When asked about the song,", "id": "10120938" }, { "contents": "Bad Girl (Avril Lavigne song)\n\n\nLavigne asking Manson to choke her. Lavigne sings \"I've been a bad girl, don't you know?/Come get it now or never/I'll let you do whatever\" and \"Miss me. Miss me. Now you wanna kiss me.\" At different points in the song, Lavigne purrs and screams. Laurence Green of \"musicOMH\" wrote that \"Bad Girl\" \"sounds like the soundtrack to that bit in every corny teen movie where the good girl decides it's time to 'let loose' and hit", "id": "7025185" }, { "contents": "Let Me Love You (Mario song)\n\n\n\"Let Me Love You\" is a song by American singer Mario. It was released on 2004 from his second studio album, \"Turning Point\" (2004). It was written by Ne-Yo, and produced by Scott Storch. The remix of the song, also produced by Storch, contains rapped verses from Jadakiss and T.I.. The song was an instant hit, garnering Mario a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 2006. In 2008, it was ranked at number 45 on \"Billboard\"s", "id": "2199454" }, { "contents": "Heart (Glee)\n\n\nfrom the previous episode, \"The Spanish Teacher\". Will (Matthew Morrison) assigns the members of New Directions to perform the best love songs for Valentine's Day. Sugar (Vanessa Lengies) takes the opportunity to announce a Valentine's Day party, for which everyone must have a date, including herself. Artie (Kevin McHale) and Rory (Damian McGinty) both set out to woo Sugar with gifts, and she vacillates between them, so they move to song: Artie sings \"Let Me Love You\"", "id": "19742074" }, { "contents": "Não Dá pra Resistir\n\n\na love that is irresistible, where the protagonist tries to disguise, but ends up falling in love with the loved one. The song begins with Luciana on lead vocals, followed by Patricia, who changes versions with Luciana to the chorus. In the chorus, the girls sing, \"I can not resist your love, you look at me like this, baby, I go, your kisses just for me, and your taste, I can not resist I need your love.\" After the chorus, Karin sings", "id": "3542494" }, { "contents": "Guava Jelly (song)\n\n\nrisqué lyrics'\". Authors Ian McCann and Harry Hawke predicted that \"innocent\" listeners would not recognize the explicit lyrics because of its \"island charm\". Marley begins the track by singing the line: \"You said you love me\" and follows with: \"I said I love you\". By incorporating \"the concerns of soul\" into the lyrics, he sings into the chorus: \"Here I am / Me said, 'Come rub in 'pon me belly' / 'With you guava jelly", "id": "8409417" }, { "contents": "Unconditional (Clay Davidson song)\n\n\n\". After an argument with his father about how he must abide by his rules, he leaves saying \"I hate you.\" His father then explains: \"You can't stop my love for you / It will be here, that's a given / As long as I am living on this Earth / One thing is true / You can turn away, forget me / Curse my name, but love won't let me let you go / Son, always know / My love is unconditional.\" In", "id": "15045908" }, { "contents": "Inside My Head\n\n\nInside My Head is a two disc compilation album by Richard Marx, his tenth overall. It consists of songs from previous albums Emotional Remains and Sundown, new recordings of some of his biggest hits, as well as new material. The album features four new never before released songs: \"Wouldn't Let Me Love You,\" \"Like Heaven,\" \"All Over Me,\" and \"Scars.\" \"Wouldn't Let You Love Me\" was released May 21, 2012 as the lead single. The album", "id": "18100901" }, { "contents": "Let You Love Me\n\n\nis common during the parade, after there was an issue with the sound on her float, so it appeared that she was singing out of time with the song. She was praised for her recovery by fellow artists and performers during the parade. Ora performed the song at the 2018 ARIA Awards on 28 November. She later performed the song on \"Michael McIntyre's Big Show\" on 1 December, and on Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2018 on 2 December. She also performed the song with a live band on \"", "id": "6236629" }, { "contents": "They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy\n\n\nbright sparkling vocals have made her one of the most successful females on the country music scene. A sense of boundless happiness is inherent in all her songs, even if they are of the ballad lament type. The lady sings with a refined sense of interpretation that ranks her among the very best of the female country performers. The title track was recently a chart topper. Fine renditions of such country classics as \"Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich song)\", \"If You Love Me (Let Me Know)\"", "id": "1257309" }, { "contents": "Stripped (song)\n\n\nalbum \"For the Masses\". This version cut the line \"Let me see you stripped down to the bone\" to \"Let me see you stripped\" because of singer Till Lindemann's difficulty singing \"down to the bone\" in a manner that fit with the rest of the song (the entire line is restored in the \"Heavy Mental Mix\" by Charlie Clouser). Released as a single on 28 July 1998, it reached number 14 on the German single charts. The song also appears as the twelfth", "id": "17887016" }, { "contents": "Say Yes (Michelle Williams song)\n\n\nmore than a hundred years ago. I don't think anyone knows who wrote it or who started singing that chorus. When the song leaked last week, so many people from Africa and Nigeria were trying to let me know where it came from.\" Williams sings the lead vocals while Beyoncé and Rowland sing their respective solo verses and serve as background vocalists throughout the song. Eric Corpus from \"The Christian Post\" interpreted the song's lyrics as a praise of God's sovereignty and \"magnetism\" of Jesus' love", "id": "1912105" } ]

[ { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\nmonths as her parents preferred the dictatorship of Trujillo to the US. Clearly in the novel, this is not the case, however throughout, the reader witnesses the Garcia family assimilate into American society. Although their Hispanic roots are reflected in their personalities, it is evident that the stories which focus on the four daughters depict many problems that normal North American girls do. Even though \"How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\" was written in the United States, there are significant historical ties between the novel and the author’s", "id": "19496431" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 1)\n\n\nalways interesting and occasionally the storytelling has abrupt moments. But my occasional complaints have been overwhelmed by my growing appreciation of what creator Michelle Lovretta has done with this light drama: She's created a Hero's Journey with a self-confident woman — a succubus, no less — at the center of it...Lovretta has done something subversively impressive with \"Lost Girl\". She's built a whole show around the idea of a woman who is learning just how much she can or should take from others, and how much", "id": "22058511" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\nthree public library systems have released their hand-picked list of '21 new classics for the 21st century'\" and the novel was included on the list. A number of scholarly articles and papers have been written on Alvarez's book since its publication, including \"A Search for Identity in Julia Alvarez's \"How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\"\" by William Luis and Joan Hoffman's \"She Wants to be Called Yolanda Now: Identity, Language, and the Third Sister in \"How the García Girls Lost", "id": "19496487" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 1)\n\n\nmid-aughts was followed by the zombie bonanza of the last couple of years; all in all, we're awash in various undead and otherworldly creatures...But one of the reasons \"Lost Girl\" has made such a big impression on me...is because the Syfy show does what so many genre programs fail to do these days: It has fun with its premise...But don't expect \"Lost Girl\" to be perfect: Bo's universe can seem constricted at times, the weekly clients and monsters aren't", "id": "22058510" }, { "contents": "Flavor of Love (season 3)\n\n\nspeaker, Sheryl Lee Ralph. She asked the girls to be nice to each other, and during that time, Shy and El revealed how they lost their parents. All of the girls seemed to be moved by that session, except for Sinceer, who chose to not pay any attention to Sheryl Lee Ralph nor get emotional because she only cared about Flav. Seemingly, they all played charades, in which they acted out each other. After someone impersonated how Sinceer drank a lot, she got mad and then did an", "id": "3389719" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\ngiven the reverse-chronological narration of \"How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\", are left behind with the García's home in the Dominican Republic. Sofia, \"Fifi\", is the youngest of the four girls, and is the maverick out of her sisters. She gains the attention of the reader multiple times throughout the book, as her stories are different in nature from those of the other García girls. In the book Alvarez quotes \"Sofia was the one without the degrees. She had always gone her", "id": "19496448" }, { "contents": "Jaanwar (1982 film)\n\n\ncan make use of her. But Raju opposes this and takes the girl back to the forest. The rest of the story is about how Ram Singh proves his innocence, how he makes the Maharani Veena realize that this girl is her own long lost daughter, how Mangal changes the girl into a modern woman worthy of being princess and how Pradeep arranges for a treatment by which the girl forgets Raju and how Raju makes Rajkumari remember her past and how treasure is not allowed to be taken by Pradeep back to the kingdom.", "id": "7541354" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\ngirls go on to attend the best schools, lose their Spanish accents and acquire the same psychological disorders as their upper-class American counterparts. Sandra battles anorexia, Carla and Yolanda both have failed marriages, Yolanda and Sandra are both institutionalized for psychiatric issues at one time or another, and Sofía is impregnated out of wedlock. \"How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\" is rife with the constant presence of fear which manifests itself in a seemingly endless variety of outlets. Alvarez depicts quite vividly the fear evoked in the girls", "id": "19496476" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 2)\n\n\n) of \"Lost Girl\" from Prodigy Pictures. Showcase announced in a July 7, 2011, press release that the Season Two premiere would be on September 4, 2011, and that an additional nine episodes had been ordered to make the season a total of 22 episodes. The order for more episodes was made public two weeks before the first appearance of \"Lost Girl\" cast and producers at San Diego Comic-Con International 2011. On December 12, 2011, Syfy announced the United States debut of \"Lost Girl", "id": "5668825" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\nprivileged, wealthy existence led by the García girls in the Dominican Republic serves to further complicate their process of assimilation. The girls are vastly unaware of their good fortune until they are faced with the economic hardships of immigration in the United States. \"How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\" confirms the suspicion widely expressed in circles of Latin American literature that North Americans choose not to differentiate between political and economic exile. Alvarez pointedly demonstrates the North American tendency to undervalue cultural diversity by highlighting instances of American ignorance toward distinctions between different", "id": "19496473" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\nget kidnapped, you will get raped, you will get killed\". As scholar Julie Barak has put it, \"the vocabulary of fear that accompanies them is not only a part of their Spanish, but also of their English vocabulary\" and the García family can therefore never hold legitimate hopes of escaping the fear. William Luis argues that \"How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\" \"is an attempt to understand memory, the past and a time before the sisters lost their innocence and accents\". Memory plays a", "id": "19496481" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\nin their somewhat adjusted, adult states enables her to first evoke certain assumptions in the reader and subsequently shatter these assumptions with the disclosure of the García family's troubled past. Scholar Julie Barak argues that the reverse chronological order Alvarez employs is actually a unique stylistic technique which adds \"to the reader's uncertainty and instability, [allowing for the recreation] of the Garcia girls' own ambiguities\". Scholar William Luis observes a strong resemblance between the structure of Julia Alvarez’s \"How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\" and", "id": "19496457" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\nand structurally. Perhaps one of the most prominent themes in \"How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\" is that of the fragmented concept of the self. The fragmentation of one's personal identity is a serious issue suffered by all four García girls throughout the course of the novel. Their immigration has left them as multiple beings, torn between their Dominican and American identities. As a college student, Yolanda encounters a boy named Rudy Elmenhurst, who is relentless in his attempts to pressure her into bed with him. When he", "id": "19496463" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\nnegative force in the García girls’ constant struggle to unearth their true identities. When \"How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\" was published in 1991, the book \"made a resounding splash on the literary scene\" according to Jonathan Bing in the 1996 Publishers Weekly review of the novel. Although it was her first novel, Alvarez gained significant attention for the book, including a part in the New York Public Library's 1991 exhibit \"The Hand of the Poet from John Donne to Julia Alvarez\". The \"Women", "id": "19496484" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl\n\n\nmake the season a total of 22 episodes. The order for more episodes was made public two weeks before the first appearance of \"Lost Girl\" cast and producers at San Diego Comic-Con International. Naming \"Lost Girl\" its \"highest rated drama series\", Showcase announced the renewal for a third season on December 9, 2011, with production beginning in spring 2012. The United States debut of \"Lost Girl\" on January 16, 2012, was announced by Syfy on December 12, 2011; with the", "id": "13746608" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl\n\n\nat San Diego Comic-Con 2011. On April 14, 2013, Showcase released \"Lost Girl: The Game\", a free interactive mobile game app for iOS and Android devices. The release of the game coincided with the Season 3 finale. Syfy launched the game on April 22, 2013, to correspond with the conclusion of the season in the United States. On January 6, 2013, Showcase and Prodigy Pictures held the first \"Lost Girl\" live tweeting event during the broadcasts of the \"Lost Girl ConFAEdential", "id": "13746642" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl\n\n\nEntertainment released Season 1 on DVD on February 25, 2013; Season 2 on September 9, 2013; Season 3 on March 3, 2014; and Season 4 on May 19, 2014. As a promotional lead-in to the show's premiere, \"Lost Girl: The Interactive Motion Comic\", a series of six motion comics, was released on Showcase's official \"Lost Girl\" website. The first chapter streamed on August 20, 2010. Around the time of the release of Chapter 5, the individual", "id": "13746640" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 4)\n\n\nsacrifices herself. It ends with Bo visiting Kenzi's grave. Midway through Season Three, Showcase announced the renewal of \"Lost Girl\" for a fourth season on February 28, 2013, citing consistent delivery of \"stellar ratings\" and a \"cornerstone series\" for the network. Later on the same day, Syfy announced it had renewed \"Lost Girl\" for a fourth season containing thirteen episodes, and premiering in 2014. On May 31, 2013, Prodigy Pictures and Showcase announced that filming had begun on thirteen episodes", "id": "21840027" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 2)\n\n\n\" on January 16, 2012. Season Two premiered on April 16, 2012 (one week after the finale episode of Season One). The finale of Season Two on April 1, 2012, was preceded by the Showcase special, \"Lost Girl Finale Pre-Show\". Filmed on the series' \"Dal Riata\" set, the live audience one-hour program hosted by \"Lost Girl\" writer Steve Cochrane featured behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Anna Silk, Kris Holden-Ried, Ksenia", "id": "5668826" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 3)\n\n\n). Syfy confirmed the January 14, 2013, U.S. premiere of Season Three in a general press release on November 12, 2012. The following day (November 13), Showcase announced the Canadian premiere date of January 6, 2013. \"Lost Girl ConFAEdential\", a special roundtable discussion about the previous two seasons and characters, aired on Showcase before the premiere of Season Three on January 6, 2013. Moderated by Jay Firestone, Executive Producer of \"Lost Girl\", it featured (in order of introduction)", "id": "7029050" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\nself. Though this lack of memory makes her the least divided of her sisters in many ways... the most disturbed, the most rebellious against her circumstances.\" Ironically enough, Chucha’s voodoo prediction itself is largely concerned with the concept of memory, as she insists that after leaving the island the girls \"will be haunted by what they do and don't remember. But they have spirit in them. They will invent what they need to survive\". Julie Barak confirms this notion of memory as both a positive and", "id": "19496483" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\npoet and a writer. Her nicknames, which reflect and represent the different aspects of her personality, consist of \"Joe\", \"Yosita\", \"Yoyo\" and simply \"Yo\", which is also the title of the sequel to \"How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\". Each of these nicknames are the product of one of Yolanda's multiple personalities. There is important significance in her character as \"Yo\", Spanish first person pronoun, the \"I\" of the narrator. The nickname \"", "id": "19496452" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl\n\n\nday (November 13), Showcase announced the Canadian premiere date of January 6, 2013. Midway through Season 3, Showcase announced the renewal of \"Lost Girl\" for a fourth season on February 28, 2013, citing consistent delivery of \"stellar ratings\" and a \"cornerstone series\" for the network. Later on the same day, Syfy announced it had renewed \"Lost Girl\" for a fourth season containing thirteen episodes, and premiering in 2014. On May 31, 2013, Prodigy Pictures and Showcase announced that", "id": "13746610" }, { "contents": "Unbearable (short story collection)\n\n\nan episode of \"Round The Twist\", was one of two adaptions to be combined into one episode. A girl tells her mother the story of how she helped one of her friends, who spends all his time wearing paper and watching the clouds and has many animals for friends, with an operation, and how she lost one of his jewels to a goat. Was later adapted as an episode of \"Round The Twist\", was one of two adaptions to be combined into one episode. A boy goes to", "id": "9551215" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\n, also comes from an important family: her father is a factory owner and a diplomat with the United Nations. Many members of the extended family live as neighbours in large houses on an expansive compound with numerous servants. In the early 1950s the García girls are born. Carla, Sandra, Yolanda and Sofía enjoy a happy, protected childhood and are brought up by their parents, aunts and uncles to preserve the family traditions. Their countless cousins serve them as playmates. The first part of the novel establishes Yolanda at the", "id": "19496436" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl\n\n\nreally special. A character's sexual identity in \"Lost Girl\" is precisely what audiences see without needing explanations in the storyline. The series premiered in Australia on July 14, 2011, on Sci Fi, with Season 2 returning on February 23, 2012, and Season 3 on SF (formerly Sci Fi) on January 10, 2013. After SF ceased operations in December 2013, \"Lost Girl\" was left without a premiere network in Australia. Free-to-air network SBS2 thereafter acquired the rights to Seasons", "id": "13746630" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 1)\n\n\nof \"Lost Girl\" from Prodigy Pictures. The United States debut of \"Lost Girl\" on January 16, 2012, was announced by Syfy on December 12, 2011. Episodes broadcast by Syfy in the United States are edited from their original 44:00 minutes to allow more time for commercial advertisements. In Canada, Entertainment One, Ltd. released the DVD of Season One on April 24, 2012. In Australia (Region 4), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released Season 1 on DVD on November 23, 2011; In the", "id": "22058504" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl\n\n\n, no less — at the center of it...Lovretta has done something subversively impressive with \"Lost Girl\". She's built a whole show around the idea of a woman who is learning just how much she can or should take from others, and how much she can rely on herself.\" The relationship between Bo and Lauren became popularly referred to as \"Doccubus\" after fans of the couple combined \"Doctor\" Lauren Lewis with Bo's \"Succubus\" species (i.e. Doc+cubus) to create the alias. The", "id": "13746649" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\nonly a select few were allowed to leave the island. Critic William Luis describes the situation of immigrants from the Dominican Republic to the United States during the revolution: \"The displacement of Caribbean people from their islands to the United States, for political or economical reasons, has produced a tension between the culture of the country of origin and that of the adopted homeland, one representing the past and the other future of the immigrant\". The García family is an example of this phenomenon. In \"How the García Girls Lost", "id": "19496429" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\n's Review of Books\" also lauds the author, stating that \"With this first novel, Julia Alvarez joins the rank of other Latina writers such as Nicholasa Mohr and Helena María Viramontes\". The novel was generally critically acclaimed, with Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés of The \"Women's Review of Books\" writing that \"\"How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\" is a noteworthy book, demanding our attention.\" The \"Publishers Weekly\" article notes that \"the novel provided a keen look at the island social structure they", "id": "19496485" }, { "contents": "Suomen huippumalli haussa (season 1)\n\n\nfailing to produce a photo that would have pleased the judges. \"Original airdate: 20 April 2008 The girls are cheered up by two handsome young personal trainers coming to visit the house. Each girl gets some time with the trainers to talk about nutrition and fitness, and many of the girls are revealed to have rather unhealthy and irregular lifestyles. Another important guest came to dinner later on: long-term Finnish model Leena Sarvi advised the girls on how to behave in demanding company and situations. The challenge for this episode", "id": "19285817" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\nreveals the impact of this widespread cultural paranoia through the character of Yolanda, who mistakes her first experience of snowfall for \"the beginning of a much anticipated nuclear attack\", causing a panicked outbreak of general hysteria in her classroom. As they continue to grow and mature, the girls have many disappointing encounters which leave them fearful of the loneliness that must await them in this foreign country where they struggle hopelessly to fit in and be understood. Even as a grown woman, returning to her Dominican roots, Yolanda finds she can", "id": "19496479" }, { "contents": "The Wrong Goodbye (Gossip Girl)\n\n\nreferences from past seasons and commented on how the season finale was written. \"The Last Episode of the Fourth Season of the Greatest Show of Our Time felt in many ways like it might have been written to end the series, what with the many This Is Your Life moments (such as the return of Georgina Sparks and Blair's old minions Izzy and Kati), the wry references to episodes past, the wrapping up of story lines (including the revelation that Dan has been secretly novelizing his observations of the Upper East", "id": "12640323" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\n[the García family] wistfully remember and the political turmoil they escaped\". Since 1991, the book has become widely read and referenced; a well-known part of the canon of Latino literature. Julia Alvarez was awarded the status of Doctor Honoris Causa, Humanidades, by Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santiago, Dominican Republic on January 24, 2006 for \"How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\". In 1999, \"Library Journal\" reported that a \"select cadre of librarians representing New York City's", "id": "19496486" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 2)\n\n\n, \"Lost Girl\" was rated one of the top ten, most watched shows. In a Slate magazine 2012 year-end list of 15 favorite television shows that are a pleasure to watch, \"Lost Girl\" (on Syfy) was named \"Number 1\" on the list, and hailed as \"Sexy, snarky, and Canadian.\" On November 13, 2012, Berkshire Axis Media released Season Two in Canada on DVD and Blu-ray. In the United States (Region 1), Giant Ape", "id": "5668829" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl\n\n\n, became showrunner effective Season 3. In an interview for \"The Huffington Post\" after the announcement by Syfy that it had renewed the show for a third season, Andras described what direction she would like to see \"Lost Girl\" go in the future: Into a world where a bisexual protagonist is non-news. I'm so proud of the comedic ambitions of \"Lost Girl\", that it's dedicated genre [fare] that doesn't take itself too seriously, but I also love exploring the shades of", "id": "13746621" }, { "contents": "Sersale\n\n\nhis descendants who did not share his values. Their greed and disdain for human life caused misery for the settlers. At certain periods, because the children of the owners did not have to work, they caused many problems such as taking advantage of the young girls and getting them pregnant, as well as increasing the fees for land usage incommensurate with the produce of the land. The great-grandchildren of this Baron also lost pieces of land by making bad investments; and this is how eventually the land was owned by many", "id": "13691433" }, { "contents": "Girls (TV series)\n\n\nmany positive reviews, several critics criticized the characters themselves. Gawker's John Cook strongly criticised \"Girls\", saying it was \"a television program about the children of wealthy famous people and shitty music and Facebook and how hard it is to know who you are and Thought Catalog and sexually transmitted diseases and the exhaustion of ceaselessly dramatizing your own life while posing as someone who understands the fundamental emptiness and narcissism of that very self-dramatization.\" The second season of \"Girls\" continued to receive critical acclaim. On Metacritic", "id": "15059448" }, { "contents": "New Zealand's Next Top Model (season 2)\n\n\nphotographers. After much deliberation by the judges on how the girls performed in their photo shoot, it was time for the next elimination. Gathered together in one room, there were tears from many of the remaining 21 as they waited for their name to be called. On-by-one Sara called forward 13 girls and then in a shocking twist, she revealed that the decision on who to take to Auckland had been too hard and that they would actually be taking 14 girls. Holly was lucky number 14. Original", "id": "3461884" }, { "contents": "Lost Girls (non-fiction book)\n\n\nThe book explores how Gardner became a killer. The \"San Diego Reader\" said \"Lost Girls\" \"draws a terrifying portrait of a man who was sweet and cuddly one day and a crazed killer the next.\" It explains how the criminal justice system allowed a previous sex offender like Gardner to commit more offenses, including those against Dubois and King. Rother conducted an interview of Gardner in a California state prison, included in 15 pages in the book. The author also repeatedly interviewed Gardner's mother, a psychiatric", "id": "1383086" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\nHow the García Girls Lost Their Accents is a 1991 novel written by Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist Julia Alvarez. Told in reverse chronological order and narrated from shifting perspectives, the text possesses distinct qualities of a bildungsroman novel. Spanning more than thirty years in the lives of four sisters, the story begins with their adult lives in the United States and ends with their childhood in the Dominican Republic, from which their family was forced to flee due to the father’s opposition to Rafael Leónidas Trujillo's dictatorship.", "id": "19496426" }, { "contents": "Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain (season 2)\n\n\nthat how she got her address but she said her that she had got her 3 months ago. She said her that she is also girl-friend of Mansoor. But he can never come in affair with someone and they are very funny friends doing mazaaks. He asked her that how many days would she live here and she said that she would gone 4 days to 12 days. She said him that she thinks that he is in love with other girl, call comes of her that she shouldn't tell her all", "id": "19108811" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl\n\n\nPre-Show\". Filmed on the series' \"Dal Riata\" set, the live audience one-hour program hosted by \"Lost Girl\" writer Steve Cochrane featured behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Anna Silk, Kris Holden-Ried, Ksenia Solo, Zoie Palmer, Rick Howland, K.C. Collins, Paul Amos, and executive producer Jay Firestone. \"Lost Girl ConFAEdential\", a special roundtable discussion about the previous two seasons and characters, aired on Showcase before the premiere of Season 3 on January", "id": "13746634" }, { "contents": "Ibn Zaydún\n\n\nof Seville conquered Cordoba. Much of his life was spent in exile and the themes of lost youth and nostalgia for his city are present in many of his poems. In a poem about Cordoba he remembers his city and his youth: \"God has sent showers upon abandoned dwelling places of those we loved. He has woven upon them a striped many-coloured garment of flowers, and raised among them a flower like a star. How many girls like images trailed their garmets among such flowers, when life was fresh and", "id": "4392892" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\nStefanko has concluded that \"as hybrid selves who cross and recross borders of language and culture, these Latina writers create hybrid texts in order to 'survive in diaspora,' to use Donna Haraway's term, seeking to heal the fractures and ruptures resulting from exile and dispersal\". Through her creation of \"How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\" Alvarez has intentionally fictionalized her own life story in a polyphonous manner which extends beyond the boundaries of traditional style and genre, thus setting herself apart from the average author both stylistically", "id": "19496462" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 4)\n\n\n\"Lost Girl\" was rated \"Number 6\" by some of Canada's top critics and television editors in \"Canada's Best in Show\" by TV Guide (Canada). HuffPost Canada TV ranked \"Lost Girl\" as the \"Number 4\" television show in its \"Best Canadian TV Of 2013\". In the annual \"AfterEllen Visibility Awards\", \"Lost Girl\", Lauren Lewis, and Zoie Palmer won the categories in which they were candidates for year 2013. At the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards,", "id": "21840031" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 1)\n\n\nat 10:40 p.m., making \"Lost Girl\" the \"highest-rated Canadian scripted series premiere of all time on Showcase.\" The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 75% approval rating with an average rating of 7.4 out of 10 based on 12 reviews. The consensus reads: \"Strong storytelling and intriguing characters help make \"Lost Girl\" a better-than-average supernatural/sci-fi series, even if the special effects leave something to be desired.\" On Metacritic, the season scored 68 out", "id": "22058506" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 1)\n\n\ngreen-light for a 13-episode, one-hour supernatural drama series named \"Lost Girl\". On April 6, 2010, Prodigy Pictures reported that \"principal photography is underway for 13 one-hour episodes of the new original Canadian fantasy-noir series, \"Lost Girl.\"\" Filming will take place at a West Toronto soundstage and on location in the vicinities of Toronto and Hamilton until June 25, 2010. The series is set to air on Showcase in the fall. \"Lost Girl\" follows supernatural seductress", "id": "22058499" }, { "contents": "Sheffield RUFC\n\n\n, finishing 2nd in season 2012–13, and having only lost 1 game all season. Sheffield has supported Emily Braun in her early days before she gained her first England caps in the 6 nations in 2010. Sheffield Ladies has had many girls represent Yorkshire with Charlotte Evans captaining them for 2 years, Charlotte has also represented North of England for 3 years and has been an England trials. Sheffield Ladies is a section which helps girls develop in any aspect of rugby they wish. They have good links with the Sheffield Hallam and Sheffield", "id": "3055200" }, { "contents": "Are You Lost?\n\n\nFour girls enjoying a school life witness their lives take a turn for the unexpected when they are suddenly stranded on a deserted island. Fortunately, Homare Onishima has experience in surviving in the wild and teaches the other girls on how to make the best of their current situation but it will take true teamwork if the girls are to survive and return home. \"Are You Lost?\", written by Kentarō Okamoto and illustrated by Riri Sagara, began serialization in Kodansha's \"Weekly Young Magazine\" magazine since January 2017. Kodansha", "id": "4851966" }, { "contents": "What Was Lost\n\n\nA girl holding a soft toy is seen in a CCTV security monitor. Kurt and Lisa follow the girl through Green Oaks and investigate how she is connected to Green Oaks' unsettling history. It is revealed that both Kurt and Lisa have connections to the case of the missing girl. \"What Was Lost\" was the winner in the first novel category of the Costa Book Awards. O'Flynn received a £5,000 prize. It was short-listed for the overall Costa Book of the Year Award. The Costa Book Awards'", "id": "8084215" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl\n\n\nseasons back-to-back, with Season 1 ending on April 9, 2012 and Season 2 starting on April 16, 2012. Season 3 premiered on January 14, 2013. Season 4 premiered on January 13, 2014, with the time slot changed from its normal 10 p.m. schedule to 8 p.m., but returned to 10 p.m. on January 27, 2014, with \"Lovers. Apart.\". The finale of Season 2 on April 1, 2012, was preceded by the Showcase special, \"Lost Girl Finale", "id": "13746633" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 3)\n\n\n9, 2011, Showcase announced that \"Lost Girl\" had been renewed for a third season. Season Three premiered on January 6, 2013. In Australia, Season Three premiered on SF (formerly Sci Fi) on January 10, 2013. In the United States, Season Three premiered on Syfy on January 14, 2013. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Season Three premiered on Syfy (UK) on April 23, 2013. With Fae society in upheaval, Bo finds herself facing further changes and challenges as former", "id": "7029046" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 3)\n\n\npowerful biological father (who may be \"The Wanderer\" that recurred throughout the season's story arc). Naming \"Lost Girl\" its \"highest rated drama series\", Showcase announced the renewal for a third season on December 9, 2011, with production beginning in Spring 2012. Prodigy Pictures announced the start of principal photography on Season Three on April 17, 2012, with the season premiere slated for Fall 2012. On July 12, 2012, Showcase announced Season Three would premiere in Winter 2013 (i.e. early 2013", "id": "7029049" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 2)\n\n\n12, 2010, Showcase renewed \"Lost Girl\" for a second season, announcing \"record-breaking ratings\" and the \"number one scripted series for Adults 25-54 across all specialty channels\" in Canada. On July 7, 2011, Showcase announced that the Season Two premiere would be on September 4, 2011, and that an additional nine episodes had been ordered to make the season a total of 22 episodes. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Season Two premiered on Syfy (UK) on January 12", "id": "5668820" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl\n\n\n6, 2013. Moderated by Jay Firestone, Executive Producer of \"Lost Girl\", it featured (in order of introduction): Rick Howland (\"Trick\"), Zoie Palmer (\"Dr. Lauren Lewis\"), Anna Silk (\"Bo\"), Kris Holden-Ried (\"Dyson\"), Ksenia Solo (\"Kenzi\"), and K.C. Collins (\"Hale\"). The premiere of Season 4 was preceded by \"Lost Girl: An Evening at the Clubhouse\", a", "id": "13746635" }, { "contents": "Little Miss Lost\n\n\nhe keeps seeing, just before these disasters occur. Sodalitas Quaerito researches this girl, who has been spotted in many countries, and who is known in many countries as some variation of the English translation \"Little Miss Lost\". She has been spotted at the site of many disasters, just before they occur, and her death is usually caused by blunt force trauma. This girl is also frequently the one body that is never claimed from each of these tragedies. They come to the conclusion that this little girl is the", "id": "5889123" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 4)\n\n\n28, 2013, Showcase renewed \"Lost Girl\" for a fourth season consisting of thirteen episodes, with production starting in the spring. Season Four premiered November 10, 2013, with its Sunday night broadcast changed from a 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. time slot. In the United States, Syfy announced on the same date the renewal for a fourth season to begin in 2014. On November 22, 2013, Syfy announced the January 13, 2014, premiere of Season Four, with the show's Monday broadcast schedule changed from", "id": "21840021" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 4)\n\n\n, as a little girl, and grows up with Kenzi as her pseudo-mom. Massimo steals from Bo and Kenzi in an attempt to convince Kenzi to pay him, and Bo figures out that he is not Fae, but human. He also kidnaps Tamsin to acquire her Valkyrie hair, and after being defeated by Bo, chases after the hair into a pit of lava, where at that point he is presumed to be dead. Many of Trick's secrets and past actions are revealed, including a tie to a", "id": "21840024" }, { "contents": "Xxplosive\n\n\nDre did not rap on \"Xxplosive,\" instead the song features Kurupt, Nate Dogg, Hittman and Six-Two. In the first verse, Hittman raps about how pimping has made him a changed man due to \"all the girls\" saying \"now his shit's the bomb\" after claiming that \"girls used to turn him back.\" Kurupt, Nate Dogg, and Six-Two's verses deal with how good they are at pimping, how many girls they can get, and how much money they", "id": "566109" }, { "contents": "Julia Alvarez\n\n\na subsequent generation of Dominican-American writers, such as Angie Cruz, Loida Maritza Pérez, Nelly Rosario, and Junot Díaz, have been inspired by Alvarez's success. Alvarez admits \"the bad part of being a 'Latina Writer' is that people want to make me into a spokesperson. There is no spokesperson! There are many realities, different shades and classes\". \"How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\" is the first novel by a Dominican-American woman to receive widespread acclaim and attention in the", "id": "20361486" }, { "contents": "Red Riding Hood (1989 film)\n\n\nhome and be a good little girl. Linet answers how good little girls hardly ever see the world (\"Lost in the Woods\"). When they arrive at the house, Lady Jean (Isabella Rossellini) raises an eyebrow at Linet's disheveled condition. Linet apologizes, but tells her mother how she came close to actually seeing an elf; and if she doesn't look, then she'll never know for sure. As Lady Jean sends her inside to change, Peter comments to her how Linet is growing up", "id": "20344338" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl\n\n\nLost Girl\" website, with the first episode released on October 13, 2013. On November 22, 2013, Syfy announced the January 13, 2014, premiere of Season 4, with the show's Monday broadcast schedule changed from 10 p.m. to 8 p.m. Syfy announced on \"Twitter\" on January 23, 2014, that the series' broadcast was returning to 10 p.m. effective January 27, 2014 (episode \"Lovers. Apart.\"). Showcase and Shaw Media announced the renewal for a fifth season of \"Lost", "id": "13746612" }, { "contents": "Louis Howe\n\n\ntwo stepsisters, Maria and Cora, from his mother's previous marriage. Howe was sickly and fragile as a child, suffered from asthma, and was generally kept home by his parents; he would never grow to more than five feet tall. Fearing to expose Howe to public school, his parents instead enrolled him in an all-girls seminary. Edward speculated heavily in real estate, and gradually lost the family's wealth in the depression that followed the Panic of 1873. When Louis was seven, the family lost their", "id": "7600060" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 4)\n\n\nfor Season Four, with an expected premiere in Fall 2013; followed with a start of production announcement by Syfy on June 4, 2013. Showcase announced its 2013 Fall schedule on July 11, 2013, with Season Four premiering on November 10, 2013, and its Sunday night broadcast changing from a 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. time slot. As a lead-in to the premiere of Season Four, Showcase announced the streaming of a four-part original web series on the \"Lost Girl\" website, with the first", "id": "21840028" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 1)\n\n\nquestions about the show and have promotional items available for audience members as well. \"Lost Girl\" premiered on Showcase on September 12, 2010. The show's debut became \"the highest-rated Canadian scripted series premiere of all time on Showcase.\" The first season episode \"Vexed\" (1.08) is the original pilot shown to Showcase to obtain the green-light for the series. On May 18, 2011, Syfy (U.S.) announced that it had acquired 26 episodes (Season One and Season Two)", "id": "22058503" }, { "contents": "Adolescent sexuality\n\n\nwhat their first sexual encounters would be like; many girls reported feeling negative emotions towards sex before their first time. The researchers think this is because adolescent girls are taught that society views adolescent pre-marital sex in negative terms. When they reported positive feelings, the most commonly listed one was feeling attractive. This shows how many girls objectify their own bodies and often think about this before they think of their own sexual desires and needs. Researchers found that having an older sibling, especially an older brother, affected how girls", "id": "1270983" }, { "contents": "Hurrah! Hurrah for the Christmas Ship\n\n\nyouth and their families during the Christmas season. Come, boys and girls, just listen to This news for you and me: They're going to send a Christmas Ship Across the great blue sea! It's going to be filled with gifts For families abroad Who've suffered in this cruel war From fire, gun, and sword Now all the boys and all the girls Will ev'ry effort bend To see how many useful things They to the ship can send; But I was thinking we could do About as much real", "id": "3965141" }, { "contents": "List of Totally Spies! characters\n\n\nwho manages to garner the romantic affections of all three of the spy girls (and Mandy). He is introduced in the season 2 episode \"It's How You Play The Game\". He has many varied interests such as painting and poetry, but also dabbles in extreme sports such as rock climbing and street luge. He is oblivious to the girls' attempts to garner his attention and thinks of them as just friends, or like a sister. In his interviews when producer David Michel was asked if he could share", "id": "5062920" }, { "contents": "Eastern Cincinnati Conference\n\n\nfor the 2014-2015 season. The ECC officially recognizes the following as Fall sports: boys and girls cross country, boys football, boys and girls soccer, girls volleyball, girls tennis, and boys and girls golf. Football is one of the more competitive sports in the ECC, with games taking place on Friday nights during the football season, usually late August to early November, depending on how far the team advances in the playoffs. In 2012, the first season the ECC existed, Turpin dominated the conference with", "id": "7332688" }, { "contents": "Thirty Three & 1/3\n\n\nminor masterpiece ...\" In the 2004 \"Rolling Stone Album Guide\", Mac Randall named \"Beautiful Girl\" as \"one of the many highlights of his upbeat return to pop form, \"Thirty-Three & 1/3\"\". Writing for \"The Word\" that year, Paul Du Noyer referred to the album as \"the lost treasure\" among Harrison's \"Dark Horse Years\" reissues, and in a concurrent review for \"Blender\", he highlighted \"Crackerbox Palace\" and \"Learning How to Love You", "id": "8192945" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl\n\n\n. In Season 3, Bo asked Lauren to join her in a physically monogamous relationship, but her feeding needs ultimately made it unsustainable. Other main characters in \"Lost Girl\" are heterosexual (Kenzi, Trick, Hale), while the sexual range of recurring characters varies. For example, the leader of the Dark Fae clan, The Morrigan, was seduced by Bo in Season 2, and Lauren in Season 4; the Dark mesmer, Vex, was shown initially as a BDSM submissive with a dominatrix and the first", "id": "13746627" }, { "contents": "Suomen huippumalli haussa (season 1)\n\n\nfirst challenge is a Vero Moda spring 2008 show. Tatjana, however, did not participate due to her mother's funeral. The first photo shoot is for the promo photos where the girls wear only a pair of jeans and shoes, causing insecurity in many of the girls. At judging, Ani and Maria are praised for their physique, while Tatjana and Anu gain praise for their intense eyes: meanwhile, Mariem is criticized for looking bored, Ana for not looking dignified, Daniela for looking lost, and Marje for having", "id": "19285813" }, { "contents": "Pretty Little Liars (season 6)\n\n\nto take care of him. The girls' plan is leave Hanna waiting for 'Uber A' to arrive at Lost Woods Resort, while Aria and the boys are out hiding, but when Hanna goes missing they find out that 'Uber A' used a secret passage and kidnapped her. Looking over footage from cameras outside, they all are shocked to see what looks to be Mrs. D, asking themselves how this is possible. At Alison's house, \"Wilden\" rips off his mask revealing himself to be Elliott", "id": "9232120" }, { "contents": "Marion High School (Wisconsin)\n\n\nis a Marion High School graduate. With the building of Marion's first community golf course, Perry's Landing, a golf team was started. The golf season is in the spring and allows boys and girls to play. The girls' basketball team lost to Iola in the regional playoffs in 2000. It won the CWC-10 Conference championship in 2014. The boys' basketball team, in both the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons, lost in the sectional finals, capping 21-win seasons. The 2011-12 team", "id": "10108363" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl\n\n\n2010. The show's debut became \"the highest-rated Canadian scripted series premiere of all time on Showcase.\" The first-season episode \"Vexed\" (1.08) is the original pilot shown to Showcase to obtain the green-light for the series. Showcase renewed \"Lost Girl\" for a second season on November 12, 2010, announcing \"record-breaking ratings\" and the \"number one scripted series for Adults 25–54 across all specialty channels\" in Canada. Production on thirteen episodes for Season 2 began", "id": "13746606" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl\n\n\non May 17, 2011, with filming taking place at a Toronto soundstage and at locations in and around the city until September 22, for a targeted Fall 2011 premiere. On May 18, 2011, Syfy (U.S.) announced that it had acquired 26 episodes (Season 1 and Season 2) of \"Lost Girl\" from Prodigy Pictures. Showcase announced in a July 7, 2011, press release that the Season 2 premiere would be on September 4, 2011, and that an additional nine episodes had been ordered to", "id": "13746607" }, { "contents": "Twice Upon a Time (Doctor Who)\n\n\nthe episode, writing Matt Smith's first words as the Eleventh Doctor. The episode includes a cameo appearance of Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald, as the Doctor's memories of Clara, lost during \"Hell Bent\", are restored. The scene was the last to be filmed for the episode and while Coleman was willing to come back to film, timing between the filming of this special and her work in \"Victoria\" was difficult to arrange. Moffat said \"How many times have I killed that girl off and she", "id": "12190990" }, { "contents": "Dionne Warwick\n\n\nSo Long\", \"How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye\" (\"So Amazing\"), and \"Finder of Lost Loves\" (\"Without Your Love\"), all expanded with bonus material. In December 2015, Warwick's website released the \"Tropical Love\" EP with five tracks previously unreleased from the Aquarel Do Brasil Sessions in 1994 - To Say Goodbye (Pra Dizer Adeus) with Edu Lobo - Love Me - Lullaby - Bridges (Travessia) - Rainy Day Girl with Ivan Lins. A \"", "id": "5413764" }, { "contents": "Little Girl Lost (The Twilight Zone)\n\n\nRhoda Williams, who was then 32 years old. During the opening narration the outline to the fourth dimension is behind Rod Serling, indicating that the opening narration was filmed last. The critic Camille Paglia calls \"Little Girl Lost\" the \"first great script\" of \"The Twilight Zone\" in \"Sexual Personae\" (1990). \"Little Girl Lost\" was parodied in \"Homer\", a segment of \"Treehouse of Horror VI\", an episode from the seventh season of \"The Simpsons\". In", "id": "21442447" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 1)\n\n\nofficial site was opened at the beginning of August 2010 at www.lostgirlseries.com. It contained a short trailer for the series and a summary of information on the show and its characters. On August 20, 2010, \"\"Lost Girl: The Interactive Motion Comic\"\" was released as a lead-in to the series. On the same date, a press release indicated that \"Lost Girl\" cast and crew would be making an appearance at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto on August 27–29, 2010, where they would be answering", "id": "22058502" }, { "contents": "America's Next Top Model (season 11)\n\n\n, a bee attack (with McKey saving the bee after it is hairsprayed by Clark), and Hannah talking about her life in Alaska and \"Alaska Pixie Dust.\" \"First aired October 22, 2008\" The girls got a lesson from the Aswirl Twins on how to properly showcase a garment. This was immediately followed by a challenge in which the girls wore green bodysuits to mask their bodies via greenscreen, while modeling clothing for Petro Zillia, judged by Ann Shoket. While many were criticized, Elina was chosen as", "id": "5498604" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl\n\n\n\" Bo and Kenzi relationship is my own little love poem to all the BFFs out there who do it right. Series creator Michelle Lovretta teamed with industry veteran Peter Mohan to co-showrun Season 1. Lovretta and Mohan left (on good terms) after the first season to pursue other opportunities, and the Season 2 showrunner role was split between \"Lost Girl\" writer Jeremy Boxen and another industry veteran, Grant Rosenberg. Emily Andras, who had been involved with the series as a writer and consulting producer since Season 1", "id": "13746620" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 5)\n\n\nSeptember 6. After Part 1 mid-season finale episode \"End of Faes\" aired on June 4 in the United States, Syfy announced in a preview of Part 2 that \"Lost Girl\" would return in 2016. Showcase released the first episode of Part 2, \"44 Minutes to Save the World\", online on August 21, 2015, in advance of the broadcast premiere on September 6, 2015. It was made available for viewing on its website and on multi digital platforms. Note: Showcase released season", "id": "17300380" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl (season 4)\n\n\nepisode released on October 13, 2013. On November 22, 2013, Syfy announced the January 13, 2014, premiere of Season Four, with the show's Monday broadcast schedule changed from 10 p.m. to 8 p.m. On January 23, 2014, Syfy announced that the series' broadcast was returning to 10 p.m. (effective Episode 4.03 on January 27, 2014). The premiere of Season Four was preceded by \"Lost Girl: An Evening at the Clubhouse\", a one-hour special featuring cast-on-cast", "id": "21840029" }, { "contents": "2010–11 Derby County F.C. season\n\n\nStamps Trophy to John Brayford. The match ended in a 0–2 defeat and meant that Derby lost 11 of their 23 home games throughout the campaign. In a post-match interview Clough stated that whilst talking with the fellow management staff during the game he had wondered \"How many of those players out who started today we want out there on 6 August (and the answer is) not too many\" and that he intended to bring in \"6, 8, maybe 10\" new players in the close season. Flying", "id": "6857108" }, { "contents": "The Martha Raye Show\n\n\n\"The Martha Raye Show\" lasted for two additional seasons. In the episode which aired on September 20, 1955, guest star Tallulah Bankhead and Raye welcomed Gloria Lockerman, a 12-year-old African American girl who had been a winner on CBS's \"The $64,000 Question\". Bankhead and Raye hugged and kissed the girl. Many protest letters came, and \"TV Guide\" claimed \"The Martha Raye Show\" lost popularity because of the incident. Other Raye regulars were Carl Hoff and his Orchestra. Among the", "id": "7460793" }, { "contents": "Girls Aloud: Off the Record\n\n\nof the many sacrifices she has to make being a part of Girls Aloud. The final episode focused on the buildup to Girls Aloud's Chemistry Tour, which was a week away. The girls had a meeting at Polydor Records over the direction of the tour, but Nadine and Sarah didn't seem to be interested, and Cheryl mentioned how the meetings were holding up her wedding plans. An argument started between the girls, and filming was halted. Cheryl then spoke about how the other girls can sometimes get on her nerves", "id": "3366550" }, { "contents": "List of NCIS characters\n\n\nget married on the spot so he can assist the rest of the team in the Harper Dearing case. In episode \"Damned If You Do\", Jimmy tells Ducky that he and Breena are on a waiting list for adoption, seeing as how there are so many children without parents. In the season 11 episode, \"The Admiral's Daughter\" it is revealed to Jimmy through a word game that Breena is pregnant. Breena gives birth to the baby girl in the season twelve episode \"We Build, We Fight\"", "id": "3715648" }, { "contents": "Bad Girls Club\n\n\nTanisha Thomas, one of the \"bad girls\" of season two. It was broadcast after season six debuted on Oxygen, and focused on the cast of season six, occasionally bringing in \"Bad Girls\" from earlier seasons. Thomas asked the girls several questions to prompt rumors and confessions. Many homophobic slurs have caught the attention of media outlets. Many adolescents have emulated \"The Bad Girls Club\". Mary Mitchell of \"Sun Times\" stated that the show was \"hazardous to the female psyche\" and wrote,", "id": "4790410" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\ndefies the Aristotelian notion of a well-knit plot, as the story is told in reverse chronological order through a series of fifteen chapters, with no linear, unifying storyline. In \"Julia Alvarez: A critical companion\", Scholar Silvio Sirias argues that \"a well-constructed plot has an underlying structure that promises the reader that the author is in control, and that any event she is telling will eventually make sense\". Sirias then goes on to explain how Alvarez's initial exposure of the girls to the reader", "id": "19496456" }, { "contents": "List of Lost Girl characters\n\n\nhas extensive knowledge of the different types of Fae and their abilities. In the first season, she helped Bo learn how to control her powers so that she could have sex with both Fae and humans without hurting or killing them. It is later revealed that she had a human girlfriend, Nadia, who had fallen into a coma five years earlier after contracting a mysterious virus while in the Congo with her. In exchange for her servitude, The Ash offered Lauren access to the Light Fae's laboratory and resources to find a", "id": "5668759" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\nTrujillo revolution, something she did as a child. The novel encompasses the impact living under a regime can have on a family, and the way it shaped the four girls' upbringing. It is also an attempt to understand memory, the past, and a time before the sisters lost their innocence and accents. The novel is written episodically and in reverse-chronological order. It consists of fifteen chapters in three parts: Part I (1989–1972), Part II (1970–1960), and Part III (1960–1956).", "id": "19496434" }, { "contents": "How the West Was Fun\n\n\nhelp of George, Stephen, Natty, the girls, and Laura Forrester (Greene), Steven's girlfriend. The activities are set up. However, each is sabotaged by Bart. Just when all appears to be lost, the girls decide to find a lost treasure since they have a map. But first, they trap Bart so he cannot do any more damage. They and everyone else find the gold, which turns out to be fool's gold, but still pleases McRugger and his executives. He agrees", "id": "2407151" }, { "contents": "America's Next Top Model (season 17)\n\n\n. This week’s photo shoot saw the girls paired up (one from each of the immune and non-immune group) on stilts. Many of the non-immune girls felt the pressure and produced stunning photos; Bianca’s fear of heights caused her to cry before the shoot, although she produced a strong shot nevertheless. At panel, Tyra noted that the non-immune were overall much better. Angelea was praised for asking Nigel to clarify how she should balance both a professional style of answering interviews while still being", "id": "12048307" }, { "contents": "Mean Girls\n\n\nonto many pieces and merchandise items. The 6th episode of \"How to Get Away with Murder\" season 3 included several references to the film, including Aja Naomi King's character Michaela Pratt using the line \"you can't sit with us\", Viola Davis's character Annalise Keating eating her lunch in a toilet cubicle after feeling like an outcast, Karla Souza's character Laurel Castillo using sweatpants on a Monday and Behzad Dabu's character Simon Drake calling several other students \"mean girls\". A novel based on the film", "id": "1717713" }, { "contents": "Ocean View High School\n\n\nalso coached them to the 2006 CIF Championship (Angels Stadium). Not confirmed how many other coaches have led two different schools to CIF Titles in back-to-back seasons. 2005 championship game pitcher Alex Burnett currently pitches for the Chicago Cubs. In 1992, the girls' cross country team, led by Coach Beth Chilcott, won the Division II CIF State Title. In 1997, the girls' volleyball team won California Div III State Championship; def. El Molina (of Forestwood, Northern California) at Cypress", "id": "666163" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\nYoyo\" is reminiscent of the toy that goes up and down, back and forth, similar to Yolanda’s bouncing from culture to culture, from one extreme to another. The last, \"Joe\" represents the American version of Yolanda. Her ultimate return to the Island \"represents her desire to displace herself from the North American Joe to the Yolanda of her family and youth.\" These nicknames \"act to properly define and name the many diverse facets of her complex personality\". Her character is that whose voice and", "id": "19496453" }, { "contents": "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\n\n\nthe hyper-sensitive authorities when her father forces her to discard her empowering, rebellious achievement of artistic self-expression for \"two brief pages of stale compliments and the polite commonplaces on teachers. A speech wrought by necessity and without much invention\". Julie Barak affirms that \"although this incident is in many ways a defeat for both Yolanda and her mother, it does teach them the lesson of conformity that is so important to living peacefully in America. Yolanda learns to fit in, to do the expected\". The", "id": "19496475" }, { "contents": "Lost Girl\n\n\nexplicitly sexual disclosure about him was in a bisexual fantasy in Season 5. The Dark valkyrie, Tamsin, seduced Dyson in Season 4; and in Season 5 offered Bo her random one-night stand male after she had sex with him, followed by her commencing a sexual affair with Bo. In the \"Lost Girl\" universe, sexuality is a natural, judgement-free affirmation of life. The sex-positive series has been praised by critics and fans for its seamless portrayal of amorous desire and groundbreaking representation of bisexuality", "id": "13746628" } ]

[ { "contents": "South African Meat Merino\n\n\n\"German Mutton Merino\". The South African breed was recognised as separate in 1971 when the name was changed to South African Mutton Merino. The SAMM has been developed as a versatile, hardy, polled dual-purpose breed. Ewes have a good maternal instinct and high milk production. Mature ewes will grow up to about and rams to over . Ewes will produce to of medium/strong wool. The wool is classified separately from the higher quality wool of Merinos, to avoid the risk of contamination of the latter with", "id": "9194089" }, { "contents": "Wool\n\n\nowing to dying and other modifications of the material. Australia is a leading producer of wool which is mostly from Merino sheep but has been eclipsed by China in terms of total weight. New Zealand (2016) is the third-largest producer of wool, and the largest producer of crossbred wool. Breeds such as Lincoln, Romney, Drysdale, and Elliotdale produce coarser fibers, and wool from these sheep is usually used for making carpets. In the United States, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado have large commercial sheep", "id": "17628518" }, { "contents": "James Edwin Duerden\n\n\nleading authority on wool, leading to his appointment as the Director of Wool Research at the Department of Agriculture. He devised the Duerden Crimp Scale in 1927, for use by the wool industry. Duerden was elected as the President of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science in 1921. Duerden spoke and published on eugenics whilst in this position. Duerden retired from Rhodes University in 1932, though continued to work with the Grootfontein Agricultural College. This college has an annual prize named in his honour, the Duerden Shield,", "id": "2683945" }, { "contents": "South African Wool Board\n\n\nThe South African Wool Board was constituted in 1946 as an independent and non-profit making statutory board under the Wool Act (Act No 19 of 1946) in response to the rapid rise synthetic replacements for natural wool fibre. It was wound up in 1997. Improve marketing research, advertising and technical research of South Africa's wool and wool textiles. The board was founded in 1946 under the Wool Act (Act No 19 of 1946). In 1972 the Wool Commission was merged with it. It was wound up in", "id": "10434792" }, { "contents": "South African Meat Merino\n\n\nhair and kemp fibre from the SAMM wool. The SAMM is bred specifically to produce a slaughter lamb at an early age ( at 100 days of age). In judging SAMMs the emphasis is on conformation (in relation to producing meat), 60%, and not on the animal's wool (40%). SAMM rams have almost entirely replaced British breeds as terminal sires in the harsh regions of South Africa, where they (and their hybrids) are more adaptable than the former breeds. They were first imported", "id": "9194090" }, { "contents": "South African law of agency\n\n\n. In SA law of contract: “independent contractor” normally used to mean \"conductor operis\"—one who’s obliged to produce certain finished work. “Typical examples,” as cited by Kerr, “are a builder who is obliged to complete a house or a building, a manufacturer who is obliged to build a ship, a weaver who is obliged to make cloth from wool supplied to him, and a person who is obliged to wash or mend clothes.” Independent contract operates in similar way to that of the mandatory", "id": "20371052" }, { "contents": "Economy of Rajasthan\n\n\nIndia and the second largest producer of oilseeds. Rajasthan is also the biggest wool-producing state in India. There are mainly two crop seasons Kharif and Rabi. The main source of irrigation is wells and tanks. The Indira Gandhi Canal irrigates northwestern Rajasthan. Rajasthan is largest producer of rapeseed, bajra, mustard and wool in India and second largest producer of oilseeds and spices and milk. Rajasthan is third largest producer of soya bean and coarse cereals in India. Rajasthan is also the leading producer of milk in North India.", "id": "21049661" }, { "contents": "Wool\n\n\nhas awarded a cup for the world's finest bale of wool that produces just enough fabric for 50 tailor-made suits. The prize is awarded to an Australian or New Zealand wool grower who produces the year's finest bale. The New England Merino Field days which display local studs, wool, and sheep are held during January, in even numbered years around the Walcha, New South Wales district. The Annual Wool Fashion Awards, which showcase the use of Merino wool by fashion designers, are hosted by the city of", "id": "17628533" }, { "contents": "Mohair\n\n\nin the 1990s. South Africa accounts for 60% of total production. South African mohair is generally exported raw or semi-processed to textile makers in Europe, the UK and the Far East. Prices for adult mohair declined in 2010 while prices for kid mohair remained the same. An emerging market for mohair producers has been China. During World War II, U.S. soldiers wore uniforms made of wool. Worried that domestic producers could not supply enough for future wars, Congress enacted loan and price support programs for wool and mohair", "id": "8151112" }, { "contents": "Rya sheep\n\n\nRya, also known as Ryafår or Swedish Carpet Wool Sheep, is a breed of sheep that is native to Sweden. The breed originated from the Swedish and Norwegian landrace breeds. This double-coated breed of Swedish Landrace origin also contains some Norwegian Spælsau heritage. The purpose of the sheep was to use the long, wavy, and shiny wool to produce rya-wool, which is often used to make carpets. In the early twentieth century, few long wool sheep remained in the province of Dalarna, leading to the", "id": "20351577" }, { "contents": "Steel wool\n\n\nif ingested, severe internal damage may lead to death. When steel wool is heated or allowed to rust, it increases in mass due to the combination of oxygen with iron. The fine cross-section of steel wool makes it combustible in air. Light painting, where many sparks are released, is one application. Very fine steel wool can also be used as tinder in emergency situations, as it burns even when wet and can be ignited by fire, a spark, or by connecting a battery to produce joule heating", "id": "3359423" }, { "contents": "Boston, Lincolnshire\n\n\nport of the Hanseatic League. In the thirteenth century it was said to be the second port in the country. Edward III named it a staple port for the wool trade in 1369. Apart from wool, Boston also exported salt, produced locally on the Holland coast, grain, produced up-river, and lead, produced in Derbyshire and brought via Lincoln, up-river. A quarrel between the local and foreign merchants led to the withdrawal of the Hansards around 1470. Around the same time, the decline of", "id": "17409802" }, { "contents": "Bakhtiari rug\n\n\n) with a wool weft usually taken from the herds of the producing tribe. This leads to unique carpets that differ depending on the characteristics of each tribe’s wool. The wool can range from dull to extreme glossy and the resultant pile is clipped medium to high. The best carpets with the highest knot density are often known as \"Bibibaff\". Prices range considerably with the highest knot density rugs generally being the most expensive, but price is also affected by criteria such as the pattern and the dyes used. \"Chapel", "id": "21700379" }, { "contents": "Bradford\n\n\nBradford contributed a quarter of all the coal and iron produced in Yorkshire. The population of the township in 1841 was 34,560. In 1825 the wool-combers union called a strike that lasted five-months but workers were forced to return to work through hardship leading to the introduction of machine-combing. This Industrial Revolution led to rapid growth, with wool imported in vast quantities for the manufacture of worsted cloth in which Bradford specialised, and the town soon became known as the wool capital of the world. A permanent military", "id": "63558" }, { "contents": "Lead wool\n\n\nLead wool consists of thin strands of lead metal that can be used to cold-caulk cast iron and steel pipes. It was manufactured by the New York Lead Wool Company in the United States and by The Lead Wool Company, Limited in Snodland, Kent, England. The Lead Wool Company (the British company) was incorporated on 9 October 1919 (although some references indicate that it was active before that date) and was still active in 1983. The British company also developed a device to test pipe joints internally.", "id": "20993734" }, { "contents": "Monckton Synnot\n\n\nDegraves & Co., and set up the Flinders Wool Warehouse in Flinders Lane: in this he followed the lead of his elder brother George who, opening in Geelong as a stock and station agent, had held one of the first auction sales of wool there in November 1858. Synnot entered Melbourne wool-broking in prosperous and expansive times, when many firms were offering warehouse services, selling wool by auction or privately, or arranging and often financing its shipping for sale overseas. A pioneer of the wool trade with the East", "id": "6619436" }, { "contents": "Faroe sheep\n\n\nin the total prescribed number of ewes that the land can support, being 70.384. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Scottish sheep were imported, mostly in order to produce better wool. This has resulted in some Faroese sheep being of a mixed breed; the majority are still pure. Traditionally, wool and wool products have been the leading economic factor for the Faroese households. A considerable number of knitted sweaters were exported with standing orders to the Danish army, specially during the Napoleonic wars, when several thousand sweaters", "id": "19331969" }, { "contents": "Wood wool\n\n\npine wood-wool.\" According to E. Littell, it was produced in Breslau, Silesia (today Wrocław, Poland) by von Pannewich, who mentioned that in 1842 five hundred counterpanes made of it were purchased for a hospital in Vienna. The process was chemical and made use of the leaves (needles) of Scots Pine. In England, yet another product known as wood wool was produced by the chemical breakdown of wood strips by means of sulphurous acid, for use in such applications as absorbent material in surgical dressings", "id": "11776097" }, { "contents": "History of Coventry\n\n\nthey would be free of rent and dues for a period of two years from when they began to build. This quickly encouraged the exchange of local produce such as wool, soap, needles, metal and leather goods. The abundant grazing land around the town, suited to sheep farming and wool production, enabled it to become a centre of many textile trades by the 13th century, especially those related to wool. Coventry's prosperity then rested largely on the dyers who produced \"Coventry blue\" cloth, which was highly sought", "id": "5652041" }, { "contents": "British Wool Marketing Board\n\n\nreturning to producers the market price for their wool, with its own costs deducted. Under the Wool Marketing Act 1950, British Wool is required to register all producers with four or more sheep with the exception of producers in Shetland, which has its own arrangement by selling through a cooperative. This system was developed after the Second World War, when farmers were trying to sell their wool on an open market. The system was described as being \"chaotic and discriminatory\". According to British Wool, there were between 40,000 and", "id": "14800961" }, { "contents": "Glass wool\n\n\nGlass wool is an insulating material made from fibres of glass arranged using a binder into a texture similar to wool. The process traps many small pockets of air between the glass, and these small air pockets result in high thermal insulation properties. Glass wool is produced in rolls or in slabs, with different thermal and mechanical properties. It may also be produced as a material that can be sprayed or applied in place, on the surface to be insulated. The modern method for producing glass wool is the invention of Games Slayter", "id": "8488051" }, { "contents": "Hay, New South Wales\n\n\nof Australia's leading wool growing and sheep meat producing areas, with the area home to around 26 parent studs. Cattle are also produced for sale for slaughter and, in recent years, for sale to feedlots for fattening. In irrigated areas, crops such as lettuce, pumpkins, tomatoes, garlic, corn, rockmelons, watermelons and broccoli are grown, picked and packaged in the area. Hay is also the leading producer in the Riverina of safflower, lettuce and broccoli. In recent years, rice and cotton have been", "id": "21377742" }, { "contents": "The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal\n\n\nThe Sydney Wool and Stock Journal was a weekly newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from 1890 until 1917. It was originally published as \"The Sydney Wool and Produce Journal\". \"The Sydney Wool and Produce Journal\" was first published on 15 November 1890 by John Leach of the Sydney Wool Exchange. The newspaper changed its name to \"The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal\" in 1899. The \"Journal\" published market reports for the members of the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association and the Fat", "id": "20892783" }, { "contents": "Roman colonies in Berber Africa\n\n\nand exports included the textiles, marble, wine, timber, livestock, pottery such as African Red Slip, and wool. The incorporation of colonial cities into the Roman Empire brought an unparalleled degree of urbanization to vast areas of territory, particularly in North Africa. This level of rapid urbanization had a structural impact on the town economy, and artisan production in Roman cities became closely tied to the agrarian spheres of production. As Rome's population grew, so did her demand for North African produce. This flourishing trade allowed the", "id": "18982606" }, { "contents": "Wood wool\n\n\nor eucalyptus. For evaporative cooler pads, the dominant source is the aspen. Wood wool can be produced in either horizontal or vertical shredding machines. A possible further processing option is washing, which removes dust. Wood-wool processing may involve drying to reduce moisture in compliance with local requirements, as in the UK. Finally, wood wool can be dyed to produce a variety of colored products. A different product was once known as \"wood wool,\" as well as \"pine needle-wool,\" or \"", "id": "11776096" }, { "contents": "Agriculture in Australia\n\n\nfine quality wool sector, producing 50% of the world's Merino wool. Although sheep are farmed Australia-wide, 36% of the flock is in New South Wales. Research and development for the industry are led by Australian Wool Innovation Limited (AWI), a producer owned company. Australian wool is marketed by the Woolmark company. Both companies are held by Australian Wool Services, a company created by legislation. The industry is export-oriented. Historically, up to 90% of Australian wool was exported. The", "id": "204864" }, { "contents": "Cashmere wool\n\n\nThe Shawls were introduced into western Europe when the General in Chief of the French campaign in Egypt (1799-1802) sent one to Paris. The shawl's arrival is said to have created an immediate sensation and plans were put in place to start manufacturing the product in France. In 1799 at his factory in Reims, William-Louis Ternaux, the leading woolens manufacturer in France under Napoleon, began to produce imitation India shawls (\"cachemires\") using the wool of Spanish merino sheep. By 1811, with government", "id": "18514108" }, { "contents": "Textile\n\n\nto a finer yarn spun from longer fibres which have been combed to be parallel. Wool is commonly used for warm clothing. Cashmere, the hair of the Indian cashmere goat, and mohair, the hair of the North African angora goat, are types of wool known for their softness. Other animal textiles which are made from hair or fur are alpaca wool, vicuña wool, llama wool, and camel hair, generally used in the production of coats, jackets, ponchos, blankets, and other warm coverings. Angora refers", "id": "6730348" }, { "contents": "Polar fleece\n\n\n(synthetic chinchilla). It was a new, light, strong pile fabric meant to mimic, and in some ways surpass, wool. Malden Mills CEO Aaron Feuerstein intentionally declined to patent polar fleece, allowing the material to be produced cheaply and widely by many vendors, leading to the material's quick and wide acceptance. A lightweight, warm and soft fabric, fleece has some of wool's good qualities but weighs a fraction of the lightest available woolens. Polar fleece garments traditionally come in different thicknesses: micro, 100", "id": "10735332" }, { "contents": "Agriculture in Zimbabwe\n\n\nAgriculture in Zimbabwe is overseen by the Ministry of Agriculture. Agriculture accounts for 18% of Zimbabwe's GDP as of 2015. In addition to food production, principal products include tobacco, cotton and wool. Zimbabwe's arable land surface is relatively small compared to major food producers in Africa, but its agriculture was rather well performing from 1961 to 2001 (up to 10% of African maize production in 1985). There are five natural regions that make up the agriculture of Zimbabwe. The first three regions are used for producing", "id": "21874980" }, { "contents": "Qatari art\n\n\ncarved by an ancient fertility cult. This theory was disputed by Muhammad Abdul Nayeem, who believes that they are simply abstract symbols or tribal marks. Weaving and dyeing played a substantial role in Bedouin culture. The process of spinning sheep's and camel's wool to produce cloth was laborious. The wool was first disentangled and tied to a bobbin, which would serve as a core and keep the fibers rigid. This was followed by spinning the wool by hand on a spindle known as a \"noul\". They were then", "id": "9425621" }, { "contents": "Mineral wool\n\n\n. In contrast, the more commonly used vitreous fibre wools produced since 2000, including insulation glass wool, stone wool, and slag wool, are considered \"not classifiable as to carcinogenicity in humans\" (Group 3). High biosoluble fibres are produced that do not cause damage to the human cell. These newer materials have been tested for carcinogenicity and most are found to be noncarcinogenic. IARC elected not to make an overall evaluation of the newly developed fibres designed to be less biopersistent such as the alkaline earth silicate or high", "id": "10146685" }, { "contents": "Wool\n\n\n% drop; with occasional interruptions, the price has tended down. The result has been sharply reduced production and movement of resources into production of other commodities, in the case of sheep growers, to production of meat. Superwash wool (or washable wool) technology first appeared in the early 1970s to produce wool that has been specially treated so it is machine washable and may be tumble-dried. This wool is produced using an acid bath that removes the \"scales\" from the fiber, or by coating the fiber with", "id": "17628514" }, { "contents": "Merino\n\n\nactually 100% merino wool from a Merino strain bred specifically for its wool. The wool of any Merino sheep, whether reared in Spain or elsewhere, is known as \"merino wool\". However, not all merino sheep produce wool suitable for clothing, and especially for clothing worn next to the skin or as a second skin. This depends on the particular strain of the breed. Merino sheep bred for meat do not produce a fleece with a fine enough staple for this purpose. The Phoenicians introduced sheep from Asia Minor", "id": "2680193" }, { "contents": "Wool classing\n\n\nin-shed wool testing, but this can only be used as a guide. This enables wool classers to place wool into lines of a consistent quality. A shed hand, known as a wool presser, places the wool into approved wool packs in a wool press to produce a bale of wool that must meet regulations concerning its fastenings, length, weight, and branding if it is to be sold at auction in Australasia. All Merino fleece wool sold at auction in Australia is objectively measured for fiber diameter, yield (", "id": "14828232" }, { "contents": "Jackie Gleason\n\n\nin which he played a poor, mute janitor who befriended and rescued a prostitute and her small daughter. It was a box office flop. But the film's script was adapted and produced as the television film \"The Wool Cap\" (2004), starring William H. Macy in the role of the mute janitor; the television film received modestly good reviews. Gleason played the lead in the Otto Preminger-directed \"Skidoo\" (1968), considered an all-star failure. In 1969 William Friedkin wanted to cast", "id": "13605103" }, { "contents": "Bradbourne Priory\n\n\nMeyland, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield confirmed and recognised Bradbourne Priory and its chapelries. In 1291 the priory was valued as worth 60 marks; however, by 1295 Bradbourne Priory had fallen into poverty. To help alleviate this, all the wool produced at the priory was granted to the support of the three brethren who served the church and chapels. In 1305 the prior took Roger Bradbourn, lord of the manor of Bradbourne, to court, accusing him (and five others) of mining lead ore worth 100 shillings from the", "id": "14011976" }, { "contents": "Wool\n\n\nof farmers sell wool directly to private buyers and end-users. United States sheep producers market wool with private or cooperative wool warehouses, but wool pools are common in many states. In some cases, wool is pooled in a local market area, but sold through a wool warehouse. Wool offered with objective measurement test results is preferred. Imported apparel wool and carpet wool goes directly to central markets, where it is handled by the large merchants and manufacturers. Shoddy or recycled wool is made by cutting or tearing apart existing", "id": "17628525" }, { "contents": "McKinley Tariff\n\n\nwool of very low quality not produced in the US. The government wanted to ensure that importers were not declaring higher-quality wool as carpet wool to evade the tariff. The tariff was not well received by Americans who suffered a steep increase in prices. In the 1890 election, Republicans lost their majority in the House with the number of seats they won reduced by nearly half, from 171 to 88. Also, in the 1892 presidential election, Harrison was soundly defeated by Grover Cleveland, and the Senate, House,", "id": "10896733" }, { "contents": "Romanov sheep\n\n\nthe year. The ewe can produce quadruplets, quintuplets, and even sometimes sextuplets. Romanov ewes tend to lamb in litters, unlike other sheep who give single or twin births. British and North American breeds of domesticated sheep are genetically different because the Romanov breed is a \"pure gene\", not a \"cross\". But, they are often crossed with more popular breeds to increase their prolificacy. Romanov wool is very strong and resourceful. The wool is double coated with mean diameter of wool fibers of 20.9 micrometres and", "id": "13683313" }, { "contents": "Weaving\n\n\nan artisan could call himself a weaver. By the 13th century, an organisational change took place, and a system of putting out was introduced. The cloth merchant purchased the wool and provided it to the weaver, who sold his produce back to the merchant. The merchant controlled the rates of pay and economically dominated the cloth industry. The merchants' prosperity is reflected in the wool towns of eastern England; Norwich, Bury St Edmunds and Lavenham being good examples. Wool was a political issue. The supply of thread has", "id": "6793442" }, { "contents": "Wool\n\n\npesticides and vegetable matter from the animal's environment. Before the wool can be used for commercial purposes, it must be scoured, a process of cleaning the greasy wool. Scouring may be as simple as a bath in warm water or as complicated as an industrial process using detergent and alkali in specialized equipment. In north west England, special potash pits were constructed to produce potash used in the manufacture of a soft soap for scouring locally produced white wool. In commercial wool, vegetable matter is often removed by chemical carbonization.", "id": "17628497" }, { "contents": "Merino\n\n\nbred to balance wool production and carcass quality. Merino have been domesticated and bred in ways that would not allow them to survive well without regular shearing by their owners. They must be shorn at least once a year because their wool does not stop growing. If this is neglected, the overabundance of wool can cause heat stress, mobility issues, and even blindness. Merino wool is fine and soft. Staples are commonly long. A Saxon Merino produces of greasy wool a year, while a good quality Peppin Merino ram produces", "id": "2680191" }, { "contents": "Shearing shed\n\n\nof wool contribute to the problem. Ceiling fans are reasonably priced and helpful in this regard. The grinding area (for sharpening combs and cutters) should be situated away from walkways to reduce the risk of injury. Power operated, self pinning wool presses with inbuilt scales, which produce standard wool bales, have made a major contribution to shearing shed productivity. The wool producer is responsible for ensuring that the shearing shed is ready for shearing by testing the equipment, cleaning, disinfecting the shed and supplying emery papers, wool packs", "id": "8543112" }, { "contents": "Natural dye\n\n\nPolygonum tinctorum\") from Japan and the coasts of China, and the West African shrub \"Lonchocarpus cyanescens\". In medieval Europe, purple, violet, murrey and similar colors were produced by dyeing wool with woad or indigo in the fleece and then piece-dyeing the woven cloth with red dyes, either the common madder or the luxury dyes kermes and cochineal. Madder could also produce purples when used with alum. Brazilwood also gave purple shades with vitriol (sulfuric acid) or potash. Choctaw artists traditionally used maple (", "id": "617980" }, { "contents": "Breeda Wool\n\n\n\" (2005), \"\" (1999) and \"\" Wool was an executive producer and co-writer for the short film \"Mother's Little Helpers\". She also was a producer for \"Rflktr\" (2018) and \"Miss Miao\" (2014), as well as a writer for the short film \"Shelton's Oasis\" (2013). In 2013, Wool was cast as Victoria in Amazon's web series \"Betas\". In 2015, Wool appeared in the first season of \"", "id": "5999382" }, { "contents": "The Wool Hall\n\n\nreference to the tension of the earlier Smiths' sessions. Other artists who used the studio included Annie Lennox, Joni Mitchell (parts of \"Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm\"), Julia Neigel, The Pretenders (\"Last of the Independents\"), David Sylvian (\"Secrets of the Beehive\", recorded in August 1986), Sisters of Mercy (parts of \"Floodland\"), 808 State, Stereophonics, and Paul Weller. Music producer Denis Ingoldsby purchased Wool Hall in 2006, where he produced music", "id": "12722025" }, { "contents": "Manx Loaghtan\n\n\nFood movement maintains. Craft spinners and weavers like the wool for its softness and rich brown colour. The crafters use the undyed material to produce woollens and tweeds. The wool from Jersey's flock of Loaghtans (see below) is sold locally. The Loaghtan's wool has a high coating of lanolin wax, also known as wool wax or wool grease. Warm weather makes the lanolin viscous, which aids shearing. Some speciality soap producers also use the lanolin as an ingredient in a mild soap. The Loaghtan is believed to", "id": "3211798" }, { "contents": "Wool Winder\n\n\nhis breeder Edward William David Baird at Exning, Wool Winder was sired by Martagon, winner of the 1892 Ascot Gold Vase and Goodwood Cup. Martagon was owned by Edward Baird's brother, Douglas Baird. Wool Winder was the first foal of his dam, St. Windeline, who was second to Sceptre in the 1,000 Guineas. St. Windeline was an ill-tempered mare that was prone to kick, notably injuring Theodore Andrea Cook and losing a shoe before running in the Oaks. She also produced Shepherd King, a full-", "id": "22114203" }, { "contents": "Persian carpet\n\n\nthe finer fibers of the wool. Usually, sheep are shorn in spring and fall. The spring shear produces wool of finer quality. The lowest grade of wool used in carpet weaving is \"skin\" wool, which is removed chemically from dead animal skin. Higher grades of Persian wool are often referred to as kurk, or kork wool, which is gained from the wool growing on the sheep's neck. Modern production also makes use of imported wool, e.g. Merino wool from New Zealand, because the high demand on", "id": "17793143" }, { "contents": "Wool alien\n\n\nThe term wool alien is used for any plant species whose occurrence at a particular site is due to transportation there as a result of the making of wool products. The most common source of wool aliens is when a plant, seed, or bur attaches to the wool of a sheep or other wool-producing animal prior to shearing. After the animal is shorn and the raw wool is transported to a refinery mill, the impurities are discarded along with the attached seed, which then successfully germinates. Wool aliens are typically found", "id": "8012264" }, { "contents": "William Arnett\n\n\nWilliam S. Arnett (born May 10, 1939) is an Atlanta-based writer, editor, curator and art collector who has built internationally important collections of African, Asian, and African American art. Arnett is the founder and chairman emeritus of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, an organization dedicated to the preservation and documentation of African American art from the Deep South that works in coordination with leading museums and scholars to produce groundbreaking exhibitions and publications using its extensive holdings. His efforts have produced 13 books with nearly 100 essays by", "id": "13808778" }, { "contents": "Anglo-Saxon dress\n\n\ncreate textiles were wool from sheep, linen from flax and imported silk. Wool was produced from a variety of sheep breeds, including primitive brown sheep (ancestors to the Soay sheep breed), white sheep brought by the Romans to Britain and black-faced sheep who were introduced during the Viking invasions. Clothing made from the wool of sheep, would be available in a selection of colour variations from white to brown and black. Silk was not cultivated in England, but imported as finished garments, lengths of cloth or sewing", "id": "16308549" }, { "contents": "The Natural Fibre Company\n\n\nyarn in small quantities for craftspeople and smaller businesses. The Natural Fibre Company has been spinning wool since 1991. Following its takeover and relocation to Cornwall in 2005, TNFC launched its own brand of wool products, Blacker Designs. Although the company was started in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, by Myra Mortlock in 1991 to spin wool on a small scale, largely for smallholders, it was a continuation of a business bought from Rose Elworthy who had launched it in the mid-1980s. With her husband Philip, Myra produced natural and undyed", "id": "16828651" }, { "contents": "Gabriela Hearst\n\n\nWhiteley, Vanessa Kirby, Julianna Margulies, Glenn Close, Gabrielle Union, and more. For the Fall 2016 collection she partnered with , a non-profit organization that pays living wages to craftswoman who handmade the tweeds using wool from her farm. In April 2016 she collaborated with Peter Miles on the design of signature socks used as a parting gift for guests at the annual gala of \"The Paris Review\". In 2017 Hearst collaborated with an Italian mill to produce cloth for fine wool suiting from merino wool from her ranch", "id": "5081209" }, { "contents": "History of Hobart\n\n\nhigh prices, and Van Diemen's Land became noted throughout the empire for its fine wool. Wheat crops were produced in such abundance that it was being exported to Sydney to subsidise their less successful crops. The Van Diemen's Land Company was formed in 1825 to raise sheep in the colony to provide wool for British cloth manufacturers who were then buying wool from Spain and Germany, as sheep bred in Britain were largely meat breeds. The Van Diemen's Land Company was very unpopular in Hobart Town. The settlers felt that it", "id": "7560903" }, { "contents": "Cholecalciferol\n\n\ningested. Cholecalciferol \"is\" synthesized by the body during UVB radiation exposure. The three steps in the synthesis and activation of vitamin D are regulated as follows: Cholecalciferol is produced industrially for use in vitamin supplements and to fortify foods. As a pharmaceutical drug it is called cholecalciferol (USAN) or colecalciferol (INN, BAN). It is produced by the ultraviolet irradiation of 7-dehydrocholesterol extracted from lanolin found in sheep's wool. Cholesterol is extracted from wool grease and wool wax alcohols obtained from the cleaning of wool after shearing", "id": "12237323" }, { "contents": "Shetland sheep\n\n\nA distinguishing feature of northern short-tailed sheep is the short, fluke-shaped tail, broad at the base, tapering to a point, and covered towards the tip in hair, not wool. Shetlands occur in many different colours and patterns, most of which have particular traditional names. The rams weigh approximately and ewes about . The wool produced by the Shetland has historically been a valuable commodity. Shetlands produce numerous shades of wool colours (see below), and this variety was commercially important to the wool industry of", "id": "19851709" }, { "contents": "Glass wool\n\n\nstructure. The same principle used in glass wool is used in other man-made insulators such as rock wool, Styrofoam, wet suit neoprene foam fabrics, and fabrics such as Gore-Tex and polar fleece. The air-trapping property is also the insulation principle used in nature in down feathers, and insulating hair such as natural wool. Natural sand and recycled glass are mixed and heated to 1,450 °C, to produce glass. The fiberglass is usually produced by a method similar to making cotton candy, by forcing", "id": "8488054" }, { "contents": "Comeback sheep\n\n\nThe Comeback is a type of domestic sheep originating in Australia. This type of sheep results from crossbreds produced by British Longwool sheep and Merinos being mated back to Merinos. This cross is made to achieve a finer, better style of wool. Comeback style wool is also produced by Bond, Cormo and Polwarth sheep and they may prove easier to breed than Comebacks. The Comeback sheep are raised for meat and their fine wool. The staple length of the bulky wool is with an average diameter of 21 to 25 microns. The", "id": "8801319" }, { "contents": "Wool\n\n\nmicrons). The finest and most valuable wool comes from Merino hoggets. Wool taken from sheep produced for meat is typically more coarse, and has fibers in length. Damage or breaks in the wool can occur if the sheep is stressed while it is growing its fleece, resulting in a thin spot where the fleece is likely to break. Wool is also separated into grades based on the measurement of the wool's diameter in microns and also its style. These grades may vary depending on the breed or purpose of the wool", "id": "17628500" }, { "contents": "South African Meat Merino\n\n\nThe South African Meat Merino or SAMM is a wool and meat sheep originating in South Africa, but now found throughout the world. The SAMM is derived from the German \"Merinofleischschaf\" animals imported into South Africa from Europe in 1932, to improve the quality of wool and meat from sheep in South Africa. The \"Deutsche Fleisch Merino\" is a common meat sheep in Germany, Austria, and Poland. In South Africa, the German name was translated into Afrikaans as \"Duitse Vleis Merino\" and then into English as", "id": "9194088" }, { "contents": "Baring family\n\n\nBremen. He was the father of Johann Baring (1697–1748), who moved from his hometown Bremen to Exeter in England to take up an apprenticeship at a wool-exporting company in 1717. Over the years Johann Baring, who was later also known as John, built a small fortune as a wool merchant. His sons Francis Baring and John Baring moved to London, where they founded the \"John and Francis Baring Company\", commonly known as Barings Bank, in 1762. Barings Bank became one of the leading London", "id": "19652230" }, { "contents": "Wool 100%\n\n\nWool 100% () is a 2006 Japanese comedy-fantasy film directed by Mai Tominaga. It was released on October 28, 2006 in Japan and had a United States release on September 12, 2007. The film stars Kyōko Kishida and Kazuko Yoshiyuki as two elderly sisters who discover a mysterious young girl in their house who continually knits a red sweater, leading them to name her \"Knit-again\" (\"Aminaoshi\"). Elderly sisters Ume (Kyōko Kishida) and Kame (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) spend their days", "id": "4335609" }, { "contents": "Ed Wool\n\n\nwas voted the best blues guitarist in the Capital Region (Albany, NY), and won the King of The Blues contest. Also in 2011, the WOOL album, produced by David Rosner and Margo Guryan, was released digitally by OGLIO Records on iTunes and 300 other online music stores. In 2012 Ed Wool and The BeBaBlues Band won 70% of the popular vote at the CDBN Blues Band Shootout. In 2013 Wool, and record producer Michael Joyce, began working on his next album, traveling between the famous Muscle", "id": "10036041" }, { "contents": "Shetland sheep\n\n\nthe Shetland Isles, where natural wools are often used undyed. Tweed is also produced from the coarser Shetland wool, but the Isles are best known for their multi-coloured knitwear (made using Fair Isle knitting) and for the traditional knitted lace shawls which are so fine, they will pass through a wedding ring. Fleeces usually weigh between . In November 2011, Shetland wool produced in the Shetlands gained protected geographical status with a protected designation of origin (PDO) classification as \"Native Shetland Wool\". It was the", "id": "19851710" }, { "contents": "British Wool Marketing Board\n\n\nThe British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB [also known as British Wool]) operates the central marketing system for UK fleece wool. A farmer-run organisation, British Wool was established in 1950 with the aim of achieving the best possible net return for producers. It is the only organisation in the world that collects, grades, sells and promotes fleece wool and is the only remaining agricultural commodity board in the UK. Receiving no financial support, although operating commercially, British Wool is a non-profit-making organisation,", "id": "14800960" }, { "contents": "Clothing in ancient Rome\n\n\nsenatorial tradition. Wool was the most commonly used fibre in Roman clothing. The sheep of Tarentum were renowned for the quality of their wool, although the Romans never ceased trying to optimise the quality of wool through cross-breeding. Miletus in Asia Minor and the province of Gallia Belgica were also renowned for the quality of their wool exports, the latter producing a heavy, rough wool suitable for winter. For most garments, white wool was preferred; it could then be further bleached, or dyed. Naturally dark wool was", "id": "14811217" }, { "contents": "Wool\n\n\nare small cells located in the skin. These follicles are located in the upper layer of the skin called the epidermis and push down into the second skin layer called the dermis as the wool fibers grow. Follicles can be classed as either primary or secondary follicles. Primary follicles produce three types of fiber: kemp, medullated fibers, and true wool fibers. Secondary follicles only produce true wool fibers. Medullated fibers share nearly identical characteristics to hair and are long but lack crimp and elasticity. Kemp fibers are very coarse and shed", "id": "17628490" }, { "contents": "International Wool Secretariat\n\n\nThe International Wool Secretariat was formed in 1937 to promote the sale of wool on behalf of woolgrowers and review research carried out by independent bodies such as the Wool Industries' Research Association at Torridon, Headingley Lane, Leeds, England. It was supported by levies on wool grown in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Uruguay. It was an organised response by the three main woolgrowing countries to the leap in production of artificial fibres such as rayon (now polyester) used in place of wool. Germany alone produced 9,200 tons", "id": "10434703" }, { "contents": "Wool top\n\n\nTopmaking mills make wool top, a semi-processed product from raw wool. The process requires that the wool be scoured (washed) and combed and sorted. The longer fibers resulting from the process are called tops, and are in a form ready for spinning. To be closer to customers, much of the industry has moved from Australia, Europe and the USA to China. Many British companies produce high quality wool top in Britain from British wool and fibre; most work with the fleece from cleaning it to hand dying", "id": "5801319" }, { "contents": "Strategies for International Development\n\n\nnear Lake Titicaca to increase the productivity and income on a variety of products and services including dairy products, wool, and tourism. SID helped producers assess their markets and identify opportunities to increase sales. In 2009 and 2010, SID worked on democracy building by helping citizens in dairy and alpaca wool producing municipalities to select projects, establish priorities, and define farming practices in order to increase assistance in infrastructure and inputs from municipal governments. Simultaneously, starting in 2008 and ending in 2012, SID worked with alpaca wool producing families in", "id": "2766964" }, { "contents": "John Brown (abolitionist)\n\n\nthe nation's most influential newspapers—were deeply involved and emotionally invested in the anti-slavery movement. Brown and Perkins' intent was to represent the interests of the Ohio's wool growers as opposed to those of New England's wool manufacturers—thus Brown and Perkins set up a wool commission operation. While in Springfield, Brown lived in a house at 51 Franklin Street. Two years before Brown's arrival in Springfield, in 1844, the city's African-American abolitionists had founded the Sanford Street Free Church—now", "id": "1027400" }, { "contents": "Standard Wool\n\n\nStandard Wool is a global group of companies which sources, processes and supply’s quality wool and its by-products to its worldwide customer base. The company’s origins date back to the 18th century and they now have trading and sourcing facilities in the United Kingdom, Chile, China and New Zealand. The firm is headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Standard Wool is a multi-million pound group of five companies that together make up one of the world’s leading wool trading businesses. It has customer", "id": "13456266" }, { "contents": "Mort's Dock\n\n\nfirst to held solely for wool), later of livestock and property. Organising wool sales in London, we was one of our first exporters and laid a pattern for future wool brokers. Mort's Wool Store at Circular Quay was designed by Edmund Blacket, on the site of today's AMP centre. By 1850 Mort was Sydney's leading auctioneer with a fortune from land speculation in search of port space for his wool vessels. Mort's Dock was the brainchild of industrialist Mort and former steamship captain T. S. Rountree (or", "id": "17562353" }, { "contents": "Penduline tit\n\n\nfeet in order to insect them, and clasping large prey items with one foot while dismembering them. The common name of the family reflects the tendency of most species to construct elaborate pear-shaped nests. These nests are woven from spiderweb, wool and animal hair and soft plant materials and is suspended from twigs and branches in trees. The nests of the African genus \"Anthoscopus\" are even more elaborate than the Eurasian \"Remiz\", incorporating a false entrance above the true entrance which leads to a false chamber. The", "id": "2272398" }, { "contents": "Africa (Roman province)\n\n\nto one estimate, produced one million tons of cereals each year, one-quarter of which was exported. Additional crops included beans, figs, grapes, and other fruits. By the 2nd century, olive oil rivaled cereals as an export item. In addition to the cultivation of slaves, and the capture and transporting of exotic wild animals, the principal production and exports included the textiles, marble, wine, timber, livestock, pottery such as African Red Slip, and wool. The incorporation of colonial cities into the", "id": "11920555" }, { "contents": "British Battledress\n\n\nof Service Dress, meaning their BD was for export to other Commonwealth nations, such as the British. Buttons were in sheradised steel or plastic resin. South African Battledress appeared in both khaki wool and tan twill. The short jacket was referred to as a bunny jacket. Overalls, Denim were a version of Battle Dress intended for working clothing, and were produced from khaki coloured cotton denim, with several manufacturer's variants. It was issued a size larger as it was intended to be worn over the regular uniform. Buttons", "id": "3259161" }, { "contents": "Art of Cesar Department\n\n\narrival from Mesoamerica and the Caribbean. Then there are different cultural expressions from the extinct Taironas, the Arhuacos, Kankuamos mostly present in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range. The culture of the Arhuacos is specially rich in sawing wool and \"fique\", drawings on stones, pottery, work on wood, and other handicrafts. With the arrival of the Spanish the European art expressions were also introduced, and the Spanish also introduced the African slaves who developed their own artistic expressions in the Cesar Department based on their African", "id": "3865916" }, { "contents": "Wool-stapler\n\n\nA wool-stapler is a dealer in wool. The wool-stapler buys wool from the producer, sorts and grades it, and sells it on to manufacturers. Staple in this particular context means a market. Before the 17th century a staple was also a particular type of market, \"a place appointed by royal authority, in which a body of merchants had exclusive right of purchase of certain goods destined for export\". The now best known English staple was at Calais but in medieval times there were, at various", "id": "16496373" }, { "contents": "Ed Wool and the Nomads\n\n\nby Ed Wool, a graduate of the Watertown High School class of 1962. From a young age Wool was a guitar prodigy and songwriter. He became influenced by the British Invasion sound, then later by soul and R&B. The band's initial lineup consisted of Ed Wool on lead guitar and vocals, Phil Udaskin on bass, and Al Grant on drums. Shortly afterward, Chris Christie replaced Udaskin on bass. In the mid-1960s Ed Wool and The Nomads became one of the biggest bands in the northern Upstate New York region and", "id": "4077149" }, { "contents": "Woolstores in Geelong\n\n\nand fell into disrepair, some being lost to demolition. Those surviving have now been repurposed for a variety of functions, which allows the city to continue to develop whilst still celebrating its heritage. Prior to the 1850s wool storage was fragmented within Geelong. Few Geelong merchants handled wool exclusively. However, as the economic importance of wool began to rise, local wool brokers recognised the need for local auctions and sales. C.J Denny was a leading figure in creating collective action to commence wool auctions in Geelong. He proposed a series", "id": "8491604" }, { "contents": "William Greville\n\n\n\". This language is reminiscent of that used to describe certain prominent knights such as Edward, the Black Prince (d.1376) who was described by Froissart (d. circa 1405) as \"la fleur de toutte chevalerie dou monde\" (\"the flower of all chivalry of the world\") and was likely intended to suggest a degree of equivalence between mercantile and martial activities\". He was amongst the richest and most influential wool merchants of his era and was the leading purchaser of wool from the Cotswold Hills. He was", "id": "2172026" }, { "contents": "Wood wool\n\n\n. Another application of this product was use in sanitary towels, as shown in advertisements from 1885–1892 in Britain for \"wood wool diapers\" or \"sanitary wood wool sheets\". European \"wood wool\" was known in America in the late nineteenth century as being distinctly different from excelsior. The wood wool that is the topic of this article is what has traditionally been known as excelsior in the United States. Fifteen US patents related to \"slivering machines\" for producing the small wood shreds \"known as \"excelsior\"\"", "id": "11776098" }, { "contents": "Wool bale\n\n\nopened for grading and sorting into one of several dozen different qualities, based on breed of sheep, which dictates fineness of wool, and physical condition of the wool, for example damp dirty or stained fleeces will be graded lowly. Once a sufficient volume of fleeces of a particular grade has filled a grading bin, the wool is compressed into a bale by a packing machine, producing a single bale equivalent to the capacity of some 5 1/2 wool sheets, a weight of . Such bales are most economical for shipping purposes,", "id": "2306566" }, { "contents": "Protectionism in the United States\n\n\nof their cotton, tobacco and wheat. In the late 1860s the wool manufacturers (based near Boston and Philadelphia) formed the first national lobby, and cut deals with wool-growing farmers in several states. Their challenge was that fastidious wool producers in Britain and Australia marketed a higher quality fleece than the careless Americans, and that British manufacturers had costs as low as the American mills. The result was a wool tariff that helped the farmers by a high rate on imported wool—a tariff the American manufacturers had to pay", "id": "993156" }, { "contents": "Hakkari\n\n\ncollected for horses, all these supplies having been gathered together by the acting satrap of the district. The people of Tyari were renowned even amongst neighbouring Kurds and Armenians for their yogurt, cheese and other dairy products mostly made from sheep or goat's milk. They were also famous for their textiles, which were spun and woven from sheep's wool. As of 1920, Hakkari was producing lead. The lead, which came from a government owned mine, was used to make bullets. As a vilayet, the region of", "id": "7627448" }, { "contents": "Mineral wool\n\n\nmaterial properties and classification temperatures. AES wool consists of amorphous glass fibres that are produced by melting a combination of calcium oxide (CaO−), magnesium oxide (MgO−), and silicon dioxide (SiO). Products made from AES wool are generally used in equipment that continuously operates and in domestic appliances. AES wool has the advantage of being bio-soluble—it dissolves in bodily fluids within a few weeks and is quickly cleared from the lungs. Alumino silicate wool, also known as refractory ceramic fibre (RCF),", "id": "10146677" }, { "contents": "H. Huntsman & Sons\n\n\ncloth that was originally an exclusive Huntsman fabric woven in 1952 and favoured by Peck for the majority of his life. The House also has a reputation for the production of limited edition suitings, working closely with wool producers and weavers on exclusive projects. In 2007, the house purchased the world's only bale of 11.9 micron, 1PP graded wool at a wool auction in Melbourne, Australia. The combination of such a low micron count together with the AWEX 1PP award for wool-quality effectively graded the wool as the finest ever", "id": "12574005" }, { "contents": "Romney sheep\n\n\n. The increased fleece weight of a long-wooled sheep comes from the longer fiber length produced. A finer-wooled sheep (e.g. Merino, Rambouillet) actually has far more wool follicles than the long-wooled sheep, but each supports a slower-growing fiber that is, therefore, shorter at periodic shearing. The “clean yield” (net weight after thorough washing) is typically high for Romneys, 75-80%; this is a higher yield than is got for most fine-wooled sheep. Perhaps", "id": "13271130" }, { "contents": "Wool measurement\n\n\ndiameter by older instruments—\"Airflow\" in many parts of the world, and even a projection microscope in some cases. Weaner and hogget wool is finer and generally more valuable than the wool from older sheep. Most wool between 11.5 and 24 microns in fibre diameter is made into clothing. The remainder is used for other textiles such as blankets, insulation and furnishings. The finest bale of wool ever auctioned sold for a seasonal record of 269,000 cents per during June, 2008. This bale was produced by the Hillcreston Pinehill Partnership and measured", "id": "18958764" }, { "contents": "Oriental rug\n\n\nfall. The spring shear produces wool of finer quality. The lowest grade of wool used in carpet weaving is “skin” wool, which is removed chemically from dead animal skin. Fibers from camels and goats are also used. Goat hair is mainly used for fastening the borders, or selvages, of Baluchi and Turkmen rugs, since it is more resistant to abrasion. Camel wool is occasionally used in Middle Eastern rugs. It is often dyed in black, or used in its natural colour. More often, wool said", "id": "19121683" }, { "contents": "Medieval English wool trade\n\n\nThe medieval English wool trade was one of the most important factors in the medieval English economy. 'No form of manufacturing had a greater impact upon the economy and society of medieval Britain than did those industries producing cloths from various kinds of wool'. The trade's liveliest period, 1250–1350, was 'an era when trade in wool had been \"the\" backbone and driving force in the English medieval economy'. The wool trade was a major driver of enclosure (the privatisation of common land) in English agriculture,", "id": "3142554" }, { "contents": "Wool insulation\n\n\nmaterial which performs better than its rated R value because it can absorb and release moisture. Mongolian nomads used felted and woven sheep wool pads as an insulating layer on the walls and floors of their dwellings, called ger or yurts. The use of wool for insulation is starting to rise in popularity. It is already popular in Australia, which produces 55% of the world's raw and processed wool, as well as in Europe and Canada, and is gaining ground in the United States Wool insulation commonly comes in rolls of", "id": "5765623" }, { "contents": "Potash pit\n\n\ntogether with water and quicklime. The alkaline solution produced by the ashes and added quicklime could be filtered to remove particles and once the required alkalinity was reached fats were added to produce a soft soap for the scouring or degreasing of the wool as a vital step in the production of wool for spinning into yarn. Many potash pits were built in or near areas of suitable deciduous woodlands and as such they are an important landscape features indicating both the processing of wool and the presence of a suitable hardwood woodland present at the site or", "id": "16979508" }, { "contents": "Bean Brothers\n\n\n. Before it could make its first voyage, the ship was set fire by a disgruntled crewman, E. W. Holloway. Other ships owned or managed by Bean Brothers were the steamer Kura, the Brigantines Nightingale and Mary Bannatyne, the brig African Maid, and schooners St. Kilda (three-masted), Prosperity, Stephen, Lady Darling, and Io. From 1877 they produced a monthly circular containing information as here on demand and prices for wool, skins and bark. In 1881 G. T. Bean floated a company Adelaide and", "id": "16745231" }, { "contents": "Meirion Mill\n\n\nwas converted into a sawmill for local timber production, and remained in use for timber into the 1920s. After a period of disuse, the building was taken over in 1946 by a consortium of local farmers who converted it into a woollen mill. Their principal product was sheep's wool, and by joining together they could produce high-value woven products from the fleeces. They incorporated as The Wool Society Ltd. in 1947. This enterprise was initially successful, but by 1952 it was taken over by the Welsh Agricultural Organisation Society", "id": "1582731" }, { "contents": "Barunah Plains Homestead\n\n\na merino stud. It was sold to brothers Thomas and Philip Russell in 1851, who renamed the property Barunah Plains. The Weekly Times reported in 2000 that the Barunah Plains wool stud \"has provided the genetic base for many of Australia's leading fine wool studs\". At its peak, the station held over 50,000 sheep and was the largest sheep station in the state. It remained in the Russell family until 1978. Graham Mills bought the property from the Russell family in 1978, and subsequently restored the homestead and surrounds", "id": "10422116" }, { "contents": "Johann Baring\n\n\nFranz Baring (1657–1697), a professor of theology in Bremen, who died aged forty only a few weeks before Johann was born, by his wife Rebecca Vogds, the daughter of one of Bremen's leading wool merchants. Following the early death of Johann's father, he was brought up by the Vogds family. At the age of twenty Johann was sent to England to learn the wool trade in Exeter, Devon. Originally having planned to return to Bremen after his apprenticeship, he decided to stay in England, where", "id": "1659019" }, { "contents": "Luther (comic strip)\n\n\nLuther is an American syndicated newspaper comic strip published from 1968 to 1986, created and produced by cartoonist Brumsic Brandon Jr. The series, about an African-American elementary-school child, was the second mainstream comic strip to star an African-American in the lead role, following \"\" (1968-1974), the first to do so. Another predecessor, \"Wee Pals\" (1965-2014), featured an African-American among an ensemble cast of different races and ethnicities. Brumsic Brandon Jr., who", "id": "19281373" } ]

[ { "contents": "Joe McDonnell (ice hockey)\n\n\nwas over, he signed as an undrafted free agent with the Vancouver Canucks. He played seven games with the Canucks, but played most of his first professional season with the Dallas Black Hawks of the Central Hockey League. McDonnell bounced around in the AHL until the 1984–85 NHL season where he played 40 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, scoring 2 goals and 11 points for the Penguins in 40 games that season. After playing only three games in the NHL next season; all with the Penguins, he retired from professional hockey.", "id": "823918" }, { "contents": "Ice hockey in the United States\n\n\n1924, the Boston Bruins were the first American team to join the National Hockey League. During that season, the first NHL game was played in the United States where the Boston Bruins defeated the Montreal Maroons 2-1. That same season, the NHL increased the season schedule from 24 games to 30 games. Three more American teams the New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Cougars, joined the NHL in the year 1926. That same year, the Western Hockey League fell apart and sold most of its players", "id": "14725731" }, { "contents": "David Gove\n\n\nand in the Boston area. As a youth, he played in the 1992 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Boston Bruins minor ice hockey team. He later played college hockey for the Western Michigan University Broncos, where he was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award for the top player in NCAA men's hockey. Undrafted, Gove played in two NHL games with the Carolina Hurricanes over his professional career. Gove was recalled by the Hurricanes on January 30, 2006 and recorded an assist in his first NHL game", "id": "6572928" }, { "contents": "Wayne Primeau\n\n\nWayne Michael Primeau (born June 4, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the younger brother of Keith Primeau. Primeau was a first round draft pick of the Owen Sound Platers in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and played with the Platers for three years from 1992 to 1995. He was drafted 17th overall in 1994 by the Buffalo Sabres, where he scored his first NHL goal in his first NHL game against Martin Brodeur of the", "id": "19427162" }, { "contents": "Matt Higgins (ice hockey)\n\n\nMatthew Warren Higgins(born October 29, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens. Matt Higgins was selected 18th overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. He played in 57 regular season NHL games throughout the 1997–98 NHL season to the 2000–01 NHL season. He began his hockey career with the Western Hockey League Moose Jaw Warriors in 1993 where he played until he was drafted. He then played for the American Hockey League Fredericton Canadiens", "id": "7319248" }, { "contents": "List of NHL players with 500 consecutive games played\n\n\nFor ice hockey players in the National Hockey League (NHL), playing 500 consecutive regular season games is considered a highly significant achievement. This is often referred to as an \"iron man streak\". As of the completion of the 2018–19 NHL season — the 101st regular season of play of the NHL — a total of 24 different players had played at least 500 consecutive regular season games in their NHL career, making it one of the most exclusive 500-clubs in the NHL. The first player to play 500 consecutive games was", "id": "18326696" }, { "contents": "List of Boston Bruins players\n\n\nThis is a complete list of ice hockey players who have played for the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League (NHL). It includes players that have played at least one game, either in the NHL regular season or in the NHL playoffs. \"The \"Seasons\" column lists the first year of the season of the player's first game and the last year of the season of the player's last game. For example, a player who played one game in the 2000–2001 season would be listed as playing with", "id": "14091614" }, { "contents": "Jim Kyte\n\n\nCornwall Royals of the Ontario Hockey League in 1981-82, where in 52 games, Kyte had four goals and 17 points, helping the club clinch the final playoff spot in the Leyden Division. In five playoff games, Kyte was held pointless. Kyte was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in the first round, 12th overall, in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft. Kyte played his first National Hockey League (NHL) games late in the 1982-83 season, appearing in two games with Winnipeg, as he was held", "id": "7461743" }, { "contents": "Olli Malmivaara\n\n\nthe 2000 NHL Entry Draft. In 2006, he signed with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). Malmivaara was a physical defenceman in the Finnish league, where he racked up an average of over 100 penalty minutes a season. The Devils signed him looking for defensive depth in Lowell. He played his first NHL game on October 31, 2007 against the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 6–1 win where he played just over 10 minutes. He would only play one other game in the 2007–08 NHL season", "id": "17969188" }, { "contents": "Bob Laforest\n\n\nseason. The highlight of his NHL career occurred in the first game of the 1983–84 season, when Laforest scored his only NHL goal against Minnesota North Stars goaltender Gilles Meloche. After his 5 NHL games Laforest was sent to the minors where he split time between the New Haven Nighthawks and the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League. The following year Laforest began a two-year stint in the International Hockey League (IHL) playing for the Indianapolis Checkers, Fort Wayne Komets, and Milwaukee Admirals. After his playing career Laforest", "id": "4713972" }, { "contents": "1956 Boston Bruins exhibition game in Newfoundland\n\n\noutdoor arena with an artificial ice surface that opened in February 1956. This game was only the second ice hockey match played outdoors that featured an NHL team. It also had significance as the first outdoor game in Canada featuring an NHL team and the first to be open to public spectators. These exhibition games were not held under normal rules. In Bay Roberts, where each of the four Conception Bay area teams played a period against the Bruins, the game wound up with a 'free-for-all' where all", "id": "9413889" }, { "contents": "National Hockey League All-Star Game\n\n\n-Star weekend also featured the \"NHL YoungStars Game\", an exhibition game exclusively featuring rookies, playing under slightly modified rules. In 2011 this game was eliminated in favor of having the rookies compete in the skills competition. The first official All-Star Game was held during the 1947–48 NHL season. Prior to that, there have been several occasions when benefit games and All-Star Games were played. The first All-Star game in ice hockey predates the NHL. It was played on January 2, 1908,", "id": "2255545" }, { "contents": "List of NHL records (team)\n\n\nThis is a list of team records recognized by the National Hockey League through the end of the 2018–19 NHL season. During the first eight years the NHL existed, teams played between 18 and 36 games in a season. Beginning in 1926, teams played 44–60 games. This would end in 1949 where teams now play 70 or more games. There have been two other instances when teams have only played 48 games in a season. Both the 1994–95 season and 2012–13 season were reduced to 48 games due to lockouts. For more", "id": "7899762" }, { "contents": "Jason Bowen (ice hockey)\n\n\nJason Bowen (born November 9, 1973) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. He was a defenceman and left winger who played in 77 National Hockey League (NHL) games with the Philadelphia Flyers and Edmonton Oilers over parts of six seasons. After serving a four-year apprenticeship in the Western Hockey League with the Tri-City Americans, he was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, 15th overall, where he began his six-season NHL career, alternating", "id": "6091739" }, { "contents": "Jeff Ware (ice hockey)\n\n\n, Ontario. Ware played major junior hockey for the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League, where he won the league championship in 1997. During his junior career, he also won a gold medal with Team Canada at the World Juniors hockey tournament in Geneva, Switzerland. The Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Ware in the first round, 15th overall, at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. Ware played 21 career games in the NHL, tallying one assist and twelve penalty minutes. He retired from hockey in 2002 following five knee surgeries", "id": "11387379" }, { "contents": "Edgar Laprade\n\n\nin the army, he still played hockey regularly with the Winnipeg Army. In 1944-45, he played one season with the Barriefield Bears before moving on to the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers. In his first season of NHL hockey, Laprade recorded 34 points in 49 games. His effort impressed the league and he was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy. Laprade finished the 1946-47 NHL season with 40 points, and earned a spot in the first NHL All-Star Game. He also played in", "id": "18984362" }, { "contents": "Gord Kluzak\n\n\n), Phil Housley (6th, 1495 NHL games played), Dave Andreychuk (16th, 1639 NHL games played), Tomas Sandstrom (36th, 983 NHL games played), Pat Verbeek (43rd, 1434 NHL games played), and Doug Gilmour (134th, 1474 NHL games played). Kluzak, on the other hand was out of hockey at the age of 27 - felled by knee injuries, after playing in only 299 NHL games. He managed to avoid knee injuries for his first two NHL seasons.", "id": "17895115" }, { "contents": "Ron Duguay\n\n\nhometown Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League. Duguay was drafted 13th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft. He played 864 career NHL games, scoring 274 goals and 346 assists for 620 points. After being drafted in 1977, Duguay made the jump directly from junior hockey to the NHL, with 20 goals in his rookie year. Duguay played his first six seasons in New York, where he was known as much for his long hair and flashy behaviour as he was for his play on the", "id": "811265" }, { "contents": "Shawn Heaphy\n\n\nShawn M. Heaphy (born November 27, 1968) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre who played in one National Hockey League game for the Calgary Flames during the 1992–93 NHL season. His sole game was played against the Tampa Bay Lightning, where he failed to register a point, but was credited with two shots on goal. Before the NHL, Heaphy played for the Michigan State Spartans. After his one-game stint in the NHL, he played in various leagues, including stops in the Italian League, Swiss", "id": "1649977" }, { "contents": "Gary Roberts (ice hockey)\n\n\nhis elbow, caused Roberts to miss 33 games of the 2008–09 season. He played only 30 games and recorded seven points. The Lightning placed him on waivers as the 2009 trade deadline approached, but no team claimed him. Nine days after playing his final NHL game, an 8–6 win in Calgary where he recorded an assist, Roberts announced his retirement on March 10, 2009. Roberts entered his first NHL training camp with the Flames in 1984 believing his summer lacrosse schedule was enough to keep him in proper hockey game shape", "id": "5046680" }, { "contents": "Peter Ferraro\n\n\nPee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers minor ice hockey teams. He was the first of the twins to be drafted into the NHL, and was drafted in the first round (#24 overall) in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. During his NHL career, he played for the New York Rangers, the Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins and the Washington Capitals. Despite playing professional hockey for a combined thirty years, neither Ferraro managed to play over 100 NHL games.", "id": "13855405" }, { "contents": "Kurt Walker (ice hockey)\n\n\nKurt Walker (June 10, 1954 – August 17, 2018) was an American professional ice hockey player who played 71 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Walker started his professional career with the Saginaw Gears, of the International Hockey League, in the 1974–75 IHL season. Walker played 71 NHL games, over parts of the 1975–76 through 1977–78 NHL seasons, all with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He scored his first career NHL goal against the Vancouver Canucks on January 21, 1977.", "id": "16214686" }, { "contents": "Mathieu Biron\n\n\nMathieu Biron (born April 29, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played over 250 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). After retiring as a hockey player, he became a firefighter. As a youth, Biron played in the 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Charlesbourg, Quebec City. He was drafted by the National Hockey League's (NHL) Los Angeles Kings in the first round (twenty-first overall) of the 1998 NHL", "id": "16074337" }, { "contents": "Vinnie Hinostroza\n\n\nVincent Enrique \"Vinnie\" Hinostroza (born April 3, 1994) is an American professional ice hockey player. He currently plays with the Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League (NHL). Hinostroza was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 6th round (169th overall) of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. Hinostroza played for the Chicago Mission AAA Youth Hockey Club (where his future NHL teammates Ryan Hartman and Nick Schmaltz also played for). While playing for the Mission's U16 midget team, he played in 34 games", "id": "1522607" }, { "contents": "National Hockey League All-Star Game\n\n\na prize. With the realignment of the NHL into four divisions for the 1974–75 season, the 1975 All-Star Game was the first to pit the Wales Conference against the Campbell Conference. In 1978, amidst renewed interest in international hockey, the NHL decided to replace the 1979 All-Star Game with a three-game series where the League's top players played against the Soviet Union's top players in the Challenge Cup, held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Challenge Cup was being touted as a", "id": "2255568" }, { "contents": "1922–23 NHL season\n\n\ntheir respective leagues. This year, it was all the first place teams. The NHL \"total goals\" playoffs for the O'Brien Cup were won by the Ottawa Senators 3 goals to 2, despite the dirty play of several Montreal Canadiens players. (citation needed) The Pacific Coast Hockey Association abandoned its seven-man hockey in favour of the six-man rules used in the NHL and the Western Canada Hockey League. This allowed the PCHA and the WCHL to play interleague games. Despite playing interleague games, the two", "id": "5316380" }, { "contents": "Dean Morton\n\n\nDean Morton (born February 27, 1968) is a Canadian ice hockey referee in the National Hockey League (NHL), and a retired defenceman who played one game in the NHL. As a youth, Morton played in the 1981 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Peterborough, Ontario. He played in one NHL game for the Detroit Red Wings during the 1989–90 NHL season, and is one of only four players to score a goal in their only NHL game, along with Brad", "id": "2367025" }, { "contents": "Michael Henrich\n\n\nMichael Henrich (born March 4, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. An NHL first-round draft pick of the Edmonton Oilers in 1998, Henrich played several years of professional hockey in North America before moving to professional hockey in Europe. Henrich is the first Jewish player to be selected in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft, and the only player taken in the first round of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft who did not play a regular season game in the National Hockey League. Henrich's", "id": "13359133" }, { "contents": "Jānis Sprukts\n\n\n, where he signed with the Florida Panthers. He started the 2006/2007 season in Panthers farmclub American Hockey League team Rochester Americans. In October 2006, after 4 games in AHL, he was called up to the Florida Panthers. On 20 October he played his first NHL game against the Philadelphia Flyers, but on 21 December, playing against the New York Rangers, recorded his first point in the NHL. On April 6, 2007, Jānis scored his first career NHL goal against Marc Denis and the Tampa Bay Lightning in a", "id": "17633426" }, { "contents": "Backyard Hockey (2007 video game)\n\n\nBackyard Hockey is a sports game by Canadian studio Mistic Software released on October 2, 2007. This is the fourth iteration of the Backyard Hockey game from the Backyard Sports series. \"Backyard Hockey\" allows you to play ice hockey as professional NHL players as kids.The cover athlete for the game is Nicklas Lidström of the Detroit Red Wings. This was the first ice hockey game released for Nintendo DS in the United States. \"Backyard Hockey\" recreates ice hockey as the player controls either a fictional kid or professional NHL", "id": "16834967" }, { "contents": "Carey Wilson (ice hockey)\n\n\nCarey John Wilson (born May 19, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League for ten seasons. His father, Jerry Wilson, played three games in the NHL for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1950s, and later was the team doctor for the Winnipeg Jets. Wilson was a rarity in that he played in the Canadian Hockey League, NCAA, Division I hockey in Europe, and the Canadian National Team all before playing his first game in the NHL. He started his", "id": "8045140" }, { "contents": "Chris Kreider\n\n\nChristopher James Kreider (born April 30, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey winger and an alternate captain of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played college ice hockey at Boston College and was drafted in the first round, 19th overall, by the Rangers in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He holds the NHL record for most Stanley Cup playoff goals before playing his first NHL regular season game, with five. Kreider played for Masconomet Regional High School, and later Phillips Academy", "id": "11300434" }, { "contents": "Justin Braun (ice hockey)\n\n\nhe played briefly in the United States Hockey League for the Green Bay Gamblers, then played college hockey for the University of Massachusetts-Amherst for four years. He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks 201st overall in the 7th round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. In the 2010–11 season, Braun made his NHL debut November 26, 2010 against the Vancouver Canucks. His first point came the next night in a game against the Edmonton Oilers. His first NHL goal was in his fourth game, on December 2, 2010", "id": "6309597" }, { "contents": "Pat Brisson\n\n\n1990s, Brisson founded \"Skate with the Pros\" and \"California Dreamin\"—youth hockey schools that feature NHL stars and coaches as instructors. He was an important figure in the growth of hockey in Southern California with his involvement with Iceoplex, a chain of ice rinks. Brisson enjoyed a successful junior hockey career in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), averaging over a point per game with the Verdun Juniors, Drummondville Voltigeurs and Hull Olympiques, where he played for future NHL coach Pat Burns and played with NHL great Luc", "id": "10395749" }, { "contents": "Ray Ferraro\n\n\nand Ottawa Senators games on TSN on a rotating basis. On May 5, 2014, EA Sports announced that Ferraro would be an \"Inside-the-Glass\" reporter for \"NHL 15\" along with play-by-play commentator Mike Emrick and color commentator Eddie Olczyk. He returned as an \"Inside-the-Glass\" reporter for NHL 16. On November 23, 2015, Ferraro became the first hockey broadcaster to broadcast a game where his child also played in the same game, with the Toronto Maple", "id": "13353435" }, { "contents": "John Adams (ice hockey, born 1946)\n\n\non the Stanley Cup, making him one of the very few players to have his name on the Stanley Cup before playing a NHL game. Adams would not play his first NHL game for another three seasons. In 1972–73, with Cheevers gone to the World Hockey Association and disruption in the Boston net, he played fourteen games for the defending champion Bruins while splitting his time with the new Bruins' affiliate Boston Braves of the American Hockey League. Traded to the minor-league San Diego Gulls of the Western Hockey League the", "id": "5676207" }, { "contents": "Bob Murray (ice hockey, born 1948)\n\n\nround draft pick to the Atlanta Flames, where he played one and a half seasons before being traded again to the Vancouver Canucks for Gerry Meehan, March 9, 1975. He played 194 NHL games with the Flames and Canucks. After the 1976–77 season he began playing in Germany, where he would play another 11 years of professional hockey. His younger brother, Jim Murray, was selected by the New York Islanders in the 16th round (226th overall) of the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft, but never played in the NHL", "id": "15513548" }, { "contents": "Leland Irving\n\n\nLeland Bruce Irving (born April 11, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for the HC Bolzano in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). He was a first round selection of the Calgary Flames, 26th overall at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft and played parts of two National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with the team. He made his NHL debut on December 16, 2011, in a shootout loss to the Florida Panthers and won his first NHL game one week later in his second start", "id": "2259263" }, { "contents": "21st National Hockey League All-Star Game\n\n\nThe 21st National Hockey League All-Star Game was played in Maple Leaf Gardens on January 16, 1968, where the host Toronto Maple Leafs battled a team of all-stars from the remaining NHL teams. It was the last time that Maple Leaf Gardens would host the game, and it was also the final game under the Stanley Cup champions-versus-NHL All-Stars format, as the NHL would switch to a divisional format for the game in 1969. The game, compared to other years, was in", "id": "2211335" }, { "contents": "Donald MacLean (ice hockey)\n\n\nwith a minor ice hockey team from Bedford, Nova Scotia. MacLean was selected 33rd overall in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft by the Los Angeles Kings. MacLean spent three years playing junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. In his second year he tallied 89 points in 61 games playing for three different teams (Beauport Harfangs, Laval Titan Collège Français and Hull Olympiques). His NHL debut was in Los Angeles in the 1997–1998 season where he played 22 games notching five goals and two assists. On February 23,", "id": "5301530" }, { "contents": "NHL YoungStars Game\n\n\nThe NHL YoungStars Game was an annual match held as part of the National Hockey League All-Star Game weekend activities, which ran from the 2002 All-Star Game to the 2009 game, featuring notable young NHL players and leading prospects. Replacing the Heroes of Hockey Old-Timers matches during the All-Star Weekend activities, the first four games were played as separate games to the actual All-Star Game, but starting in 2008, it was changed to become part of the NHL Super Skills Competition, with the", "id": "19615318" }, { "contents": "Brad Ference\n\n\nBradley W. Ference (born April 2, 1979) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played 250 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). Born in Calgary, Alberta, Ference played junior hockey with the Spokane Chiefs, and Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League. Ference was drafted in the first round, 10th overall, of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks. Before ever playing a game for the Canucks, Ference was traded on January 17, 1999 along with Pavel Bure", "id": "20348398" }, { "contents": "Black players in ice hockey\n\n\nDiversity Program all over North America with amateur youth and adult hockey players. On April 3, 2001, Jay Sharrers made NHL history as the first black referee to officiate an NHL game. He worked his first game as an NHL ref when the Philadelphia Flyers faced the visiting Florida Panthers. During the 1958 season, Willie O’Ree became the first player of African descent to join the National Hockey League.  Playing a short career of only 45 games, O’Ree faced racism after being recalled from the Canadian minor leagues.  While in the", "id": "12182734" }, { "contents": "Martin Nečas\n\n\na second year in a row. Nečas started the 2018–19 season with the Hurricanes in the NHL. On 16 October 2018, he recorded his first career NHL goal on a pass from fellow rookie Warren Foegele in a 4–2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. After seven games with the Hurricanes, where he had one goal and one assist, Nečas was assigned to the team's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate. Nečas first played internationally with the Czech U-17 team at the 2015 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, where he served", "id": "6408671" }, { "contents": "Bill Clement\n\n\nDeepwoods Off. He was also one of the in-game announcers on EA Sports' NHL video games from \"NHL 07\" through \"NHL 14\", as well as on 2K Sports' \"NHL 2K\" series in \"ESPN NHL Hockey\" and \"ESPN NHL 2K5\". Prior to his career as a broadcaster, Clement was an NHL hockey player. As a native of Buckingham, he played in nearby Thurso with Guy Lafleur. He played Junior Hockey with the Ottawa 67s of the O.H.A.,", "id": "11825004" }, { "contents": "Ice hockey rules\n\n\nIce hockey rules define the parameters of the sport of ice hockey. The sport is governed by several organizations including the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the National Hockey League (NHL), Hockey Canada, USA Hockey and others. The rules define the size of the hockey rink where a game is played, the playing and safety equipment, the game definition, including time of play and whether tie-breaking methods are used and the actual playing rules themselves. The IIHF rule book is used in both amateur and", "id": "13933725" }, { "contents": "Art Stratton\n\n\nArthur Stratton (born October 8, 1935) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. He played 95 games in the NHL for 5 separate teams. These included the New York Rangers (18 games), Detroit Red Wings (5 games), Chicago Black Hawks (2 games), Pittsburgh Penguins (58 games), and Philadelphia Flyers (12 games). Stratton's NHL career was scattered across 4 playing seasons between 1959 and 1968, where he scored 18 goals and 33 assists. Stratton's professional hockey", "id": "17544434" }, { "contents": "Joe Micheletti\n\n\nJoseph Robert Micheletti (born October 24, 1954 in International Falls, Minnesota) is an American ice hockey analyst and reporter. He is also a retired National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA) defenseman who played in 142 WHA games with the Calgary Cowboys and Edmonton Oilers between 1977 and 1979, and 158 NHL games with the St. Louis Blues and Colorado Rockies between 1979 and 1982. He is the brother of former NHL player Pat Micheletti. Joe Micheletti was raised in Hibbing, Minnesota where he attended", "id": "6875877" }, { "contents": "Ice hockey\n\n\non Ice\" in the United States. Restrictions on professional players were fully dropped at the 1988 games in Calgary. NHL agreed to participate ten years later. 1998 Games saw the full participation of players from the NHL, which suspended operations during the Games and has done so in subsequent Games. The 2010 games in Vancouver were the first played in an NHL city since the inclusion of NHL players. The 2010 games were the first played on NHL-sized ice rinks, which are narrower than the IIHF standard. National teams", "id": "14951137" }, { "contents": "Steve Durbano\n\n\nMarlboros of the Ontario Hockey Association. He was drafted by the New York Rangers in the first round of the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft. He never played a game for the Rangers, though, and was traded to the St. Louis Blues where he began his career. Durbano quickly gained a reputation for being one of the toughest players in the league, amassing 1,411 major league-career penalty minutes, including an NHL-leading 370 PIM in the 1975–76 season. He played 220 NHL games over the course of his career for", "id": "5982752" }, { "contents": "Thomas Coulter (ice hockey)\n\n\nThomas Henry \"Tom\" Coulter (April 21, 1911 – December 17, 2003) was a professional ice hockey defenceman who played two National Hockey League games for the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1933–34 NHL season as a way to pay for tuition as an Engineer. He was brother to Arthur Coulter and was the first NHL player to play in an Australian ice hockey league, playing one game for St. George's IHC. Coulter also served as Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry for 27 years.", "id": "16500486" }, { "contents": "John Hanna (ice hockey)\n\n\nJohn Isaac \"Junior\" Hanna (April 5, 1935 – November 20, 2005) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and coach. Hanna is considered to be the first player in the National Hockey League (NHL) of Lebanese descent. Hanna was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He played junior hockey for the Trois-Rivières Aigles and the Chicoutimi Sagueneens before signing a professional contract. He played 198 games in the NHL with the New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers. He also played 66 games", "id": "2235705" }, { "contents": "History of the National Hockey League on United States television\n\n\nas for Anaheim, which competes with the older Los Angeles Kings in its market) and market size (such as for Buffalo, where hockey ratings are the highest in the league, but the market itself is the smallest of any American NHL team). NBC did also televise the 2011 NHL Winter Classic between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals on January 1, 2011 from Pittsburgh. The Penguins become the first NHL team ever to play more than one outdoor game. On April 19, 2011, NBC Sports and then Versus", "id": "21527227" }, { "contents": "List of Arizona Coyotes players\n\n\nThis is a list of players who have played at least one game for the Arizona Coyotes (1996–97 to present) of the National Hockey League (NHL). This list does not include players for the Winnipeg Jets of the NHL and World Hockey Association (WHA). \"The \"Seasons\" column lists the first year of the season of the player's first game and the last year of the season of the player's last game. For example, a player who played one game in the 2000–2001 season would be", "id": "17736827" }, { "contents": "List of NHL players with 500 goals\n\n\nFor ice hockey players in the National Hockey League (NHL), scoring 500 regular season goals is considered a highly significant achievement. As of the completion of the 2018–19 NHL season—the 101th regular season of play of the National Hockey League—a total of 45 players have scored at least 500 regular season goals in their NHL career. A 500-goal career was first achieved in 1957–58, the 41st season of the NHL, when Maurice Richard scored his 500th goal in his 863rd game played. The most recent player to score", "id": "12477520" }, { "contents": "Marty McSorley\n\n\n2001. McSorley would never play in another NHL game. During his suspension, he attempted to continue playing hockey in the United Kingdom with the London Knights, where his elder brother Chris was coaching, but this move was blocked by the International Ice Hockey Federation, in deference to the NHL suspension. A similar intention to play in Germany for the Munich Barons also failed, but he then played for the Grand Rapids Griffins in their final IHL season, dressing for 14 games. In the autumn of 2001, following the completion", "id": "15924946" }, { "contents": "Craig Smith (ice hockey)\n\n\nice hockey team. He then went on to play two years for the University of Wisconsin. After coming out of college early, Smith became the first player since Colin Wilson to make the Predators without first playing for the Milwaukee Admirals. On October 7, 2011, Smith scored his first NHL goal in his first NHL game against Steve Mason of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Following the 2014–15 NHL season Smith became a restricted free agent under the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Predators made him a qualifying offer to retain his NHL", "id": "6748352" }, { "contents": "Tyler Weiman\n\n\nTyler Ray Weiman (born June 5, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing Allan Cup Hockey with the Lacombe Generals. He formerly played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Colorado Avalanche. Weiman was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He was drafted 164th overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche. He was drafted from the Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League and played for four years before leaving for the CHL where he won a Presidents Cup", "id": "14503452" }, { "contents": "Lude Check\n\n\nLudic Check (May 22, 1918 – May 11, 2009) was a professional hockey player who played for the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League. After several years of hockey in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New York, Check was signed by the Montreal Canadiens after a season playing with the Quebec Senior Hockey League in 1943. In his first NHL season, he played only one professional game, with the Red Wings in 1944. Check was then loaned to the Black Hawks, where he", "id": "5751966" }, { "contents": "Ed Courtenay\n\n\nKalamazoo Wings in the International Hockey League (IHL) where he spent his first three professional seasons. Courtenay was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the 1991 Dispersal Draft when the NHL expanded to include San Jose. During the 1991–92 and 1992–93 seasons Courtenay played 44 NHL games for San Jose. Courtenay spent the next four seasons playing for the Kansas City Blades, the Chicago Wolves, the Peoria Rivermen and the San Francisco Spiders in the IHL; the Reno Renegades in the West Coast Hockey League (WCHL); and the", "id": "3933706" }, { "contents": "Mark Johnson (ice hockey)\n\n\nMark Einar Johnson (born September 22, 1957) is an American ice hockey coach for the University of Wisconsin–Madison women's ice hockey team. He is a former NHL player who appeared in 669 NHL regular season games between 1980 and 1990. He also played for the gold medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey team. As a teenager, Johnson attended James Madison Memorial High School, where he was on the hockey team. He then played for the University of Wisconsin–Madison ice hockey team for three years under", "id": "11496799" }, { "contents": "National Hockey League All-Star Game\n\n\nplay in the NHL within three years, and an arrangement that would allow NHL players to play in the Olympics was announced within nine. The 41st All-Star Game in 1990 was held on a Sunday, after having been held on Tuesdays since 1968. That edition, the NHL All-Star Skills Competition and the Heroes of Hockey game were both introduced. The Heroes of Hockey game featured NHL alumni and was set up much like the main game, with Wales vs. Campbell. Many of these players retired before the introduction", "id": "2255573" }, { "contents": "Joey Crabb\n\n\nJoseph Michael Crabb (born April 3, 1983), is an American former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Atlanta Thrashers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals and Florida Panthers. Previously, Crabb played for Colorado College of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League (AHL), and the Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Thrashers (NHL). He scored his first NHL goal on December 10, 2008 in a game against", "id": "15483758" }, { "contents": "Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)\n\n\n, didn't play). The 2003 Heritage Classic was an outdoor ice hockey game played on November 22 between the National Hockey League (NHL) sides Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens. The first regular-season NHL game to be played outdoors, it saw the Canadiens win 4–3 in front of a crowd of 57,167, despite temperatures of close to −18 °C, −30 °C (−22 °F) with wind chill. It was held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Edmonton Oilers joining the NHL in 1979", "id": "919989" }, { "contents": "1927–28 NHL season\n\n\nThe 1927–28 NHL season was the 11th season of the National Hockey League. Ten teams played 44 games each. The New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup beating the Montreal Maroons, becoming the first United States-based \"NHL\" team to win it. The O'Brien Cup, which used to go to the National Hockey Association (NHA), later the NHL league champion, would now go to the winner of the Canadian Division. The Prince of Wales Trophy, first awarded to the winner of the first game at Madison", "id": "20303538" }, { "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic\n\n\nThe 2008 NHL Winter Classic (known via corporate sponsorship as the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic) was an outdoor regular season National Hockey League (NHL) game, part of the Winter Classic series, played on January 1, 2008, at Ralph Wilson Stadium (now known as New Era Field) in Orchard Park, New York. The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 2–1, in a shootout, on a goal by captain Sidney Crosby. It was the first outdoor regular season professional ice hockey game to be played", "id": "9290542" }, { "contents": "Alexander Wennberg\n\n\nthe Buffalo Sabres, where he also recorded his first NHL point. He was re-assigned to Columbus' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Springfield Falcons, after playing in seven NHL games, as defenceman Ryan Murray was activated off injured reserve. However, he was recalled to Columbus the next day after the team placed Matt Calvert on injured reserve. Wennberg scored his first career NHL goal on 22 December in a 5–1 loss to the Nashville Predators. Wennberg missed the first five games of the 2015–16 season to", "id": "19938075" }, { "contents": "Scott Parse\n\n\nScott Parse (born September 5, 1984) is an American former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings. He was drafted 174th overall by the Kings in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Parse signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Kings on July 9, 2009. He played his first NHL game on October 24, 2009, against the Phoenix Coyotes. In the 3rd period of his debut game, Parse recorded his first NHL point with an assist to forward", "id": "1055678" }, { "contents": "Rolly Huard\n\n\nJoseph Albert Marcel Rolland Huard (September 6, 1902 – September 16, 1979) was a professional ice hockey centre who played in one National Hockey League game for the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1930–31 NHL season and became the first player (of four, as of 2018) to score a goal in his only NHL game. Huard would ultimately play eight seasons of pro hockey from 1926-34, primarily in the Canadian Professional Hockey League (later the International Hockey League.) He died in 1979 on a fishing trip", "id": "3462786" }, { "contents": "Scott Walker (ice hockey)\n\n\nScott Walker (born July 19, 1973) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who was recently a player development consultant for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). During his 17 seasons as a professional hockey player, Walker played in 829 regular season games in the NHL where he scored 397 points and earned 1,135 minutes in penalties before retiring as a player following the 2009–10 NHL season. He also competed in three Ice Hockey World Championships (1999, 2001, and 2005) as a member of", "id": "20426472" }, { "contents": "Colton Orr\n\n\nColton \"Bobby\" Douglas Orr (born March 3, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Having played nearly 500 games in the NHL, Orr was known as an enforcer for his physical style of play and for regularly fighting. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Orr played junior hockey for the Swift Current Broncos, Kamloops Blazers and Regina Pats in Western Hockey League (WHL). Orr went undrafted and signed as a free agent with the Boston Bruins. He played his first NHL game against", "id": "11391282" }, { "contents": "Brett Lebda\n\n\nHockey League. Lebda was unable to suit up for a NHL game until the 2005–06 NHL season due to the NHL lockout. He became the first Red Wing since Greg Johnson in 1993 to score his first NHL goal on opening night. He played in 46 games that regular season and all of Detroit's six opening round playoff games. He played in 76 games during the 2006–07 NHL season to go with 12 games that playoff year. He set a career high in points with 18, and participated in the only fight of", "id": "19102807" }, { "contents": "NHL 18\n\n\nas a playable tournament. Like the Champions Hockey League, this is the first time the Spengler Cup would be playable in an ice-hockey video game. \"NHL 18\" also revamped their ratings system, with the intention of bringing more parity between players of different skill levels. This is so that \"better\" players are considerably easier to play with than \"worse\" players. It was a common complaint among fans of the \"NHL\" series that in past games, most players played very similarly, if not", "id": "10674676" }, { "contents": "Scott Glennie\n\n\nScott Glennie (born February 22, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent, having most recently played with the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League (AHL). Glennie was drafted in the first round, 8th overall, by the Dallas Stars in the 2009 National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft. As of the start of the 2018-19 NHL season, he has played one single game at the NHL level. Prior to turning professional, Glennie played for the", "id": "11568448" }, { "contents": "Rick Bowness\n\n\nthe Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association (WHA) in the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft. Bowness spent majority of first professional hockey season in 1975–76 with Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hockey League (CHL), where in 64 games, he earned 25 goals and 63 points, and had 160 penalty minutes. In nine playoff games, Bowness had four goals and seven points. Bowness also played two games with Nova Scotia Voyageurs of American Hockey League (AHL), recording one assist. Bowness also made his National Hockey League(NHL", "id": "7970701" }, { "contents": "Connor Murphy\n\n\nsigning with the Sting, Murphy committed to Miami University, but decided to play in the Ontario Hockey League for the Sarnia Sting instead. Murphy has previously played for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program of the United States Hockey League (USHL). On November 16, 2013, Connor made his NHL debut with the Phoenix Coyotes, and in his first NHL game he scored his first NHL goal past Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Anders Lindback. On July 28, 2016, Murphy signed a six-year, $23.1 million", "id": "4683238" }, { "contents": "Christian Bäckman\n\n\nplay in the NHL. He only played four games for St. Louis in his first season, spending the rest of the season playing for Worcester Ice Cats in the American Hockey League (AHL). Between 2003–04 and 2007–08 he was a regular for St. Louis recording 64 points (19 goals, 45 assists), and 130 penalty minutes in 228 games. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout Bäckman played for his Swedish youth club Frölunda in Elitserien where he totalled 19 points in 50 games, winning the Elitserien playoffs. St. Louis announced", "id": "6169167" }, { "contents": "Jeff Madill\n\n\nmaking his National Hockey League debut with New Jersey in 1990–91. He played fourteen regular season and seven playoff games with the Devils that season. He also became the first Devil to score his first NHL goal in his debut game. Madill would have no further NHL experience in his career. He played six seasons in the International Hockey League with seven different teams before retiring in 1998. While serving as an assistant coach for the Kansas City Outlaws of the United Hockey League during the 2004–05 season, Madill suited up and played in", "id": "9700530" }, { "contents": "2003–04 Edmonton Oilers season\n\n\n. The Heritage Classic was an outdoor ice hockey game played on November 22, 2003, in Edmonton between the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens. It was the second NHL outdoor game and the first regular season outdoor game in the history of the NHL, and was modeled after the success of the \"cold war\" game between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University in 2001. The first NHL game to be played outdoors was in 1991 when the Los Angeles Kings played the New York Rangers in an exhibition game outside", "id": "3865524" }, { "contents": "Brett Callighen\n\n\nBrett Callighen (born May 15, 1953) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey forward who played 160 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) and 213 games in the World Hockey Association (WHA). He played for the New England Whalers and Edmonton Oilers. He was Wayne Gretzky's first regular left winger. Callighen's career was cut short after his left eye was clipped by Brad McCrimmon's stick on 24 February 1980, during the team's first NHL season, missing the remainder of that season. Callighen", "id": "7693394" }, { "contents": "Olaf Kölzig\n\n\nByron Dafoe. The two later became teammates friendly rivals in the NHL, each serving as the other's best man for their respective weddings. On 29 November 1989, Kölzig scored a goal while playing for Tri-City. The Capitals selected him in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. Kölzig played his first NHL game in the 1989–90 NHL season, but was sent down to the minors where he remained for several years. He spent several years in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Baltimore Skipjacks, Rochester Americans,", "id": "17116611" }, { "contents": "Steve Eminger\n\n\nSteve Eminger (born October 31, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). Eminger, who is also known for his physical play, started his hockey career with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League in 1999. He was drafted in the first round, 12th overall by the Washington Capitals at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. He made his NHL debut the next season, but after 17 games in Washington he was sent back down to Kitchener. Kitchener", "id": "20821481" }, { "contents": "Paul Jacobs (ice hockey)\n\n\nPaul Oronhyatekha Jacobs (March 9, 1894 – May 1, 1973) was a Canadian professional ice hockey and lacrosse player. Jacobs played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Arenas during the 1918–19 NHL season. Jacobs may have been the first aboriginal ice hockey player in the NHL. Jacobs was a resident of the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, south of Montreal. Jacobs was proficient as a youth playing lacrosse. Photographs exist of Jacobs as a member of the reserve lacrosse team in 1910. Jacobs was", "id": "2781241" }, { "contents": "Jean-François Damphousse\n\n\nJersey Devils in the first round of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft with the 24th overall pick. After playing three years of junior hockey with the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and a brief stop with the Augusta Lynx of the ECHL, Damphousse moved up to the Devils' American Hockey League affiliate, the Albany River Rats. In the 2001–02 NHL season, Damphousse made his only National Hockey League appearances, playing in six games with the Devils. In the seasons following his brief NHL experience, Damphousse bounced", "id": "3988990" }, { "contents": "Václav Karabáček\n\n\nVáclav Karabáček (born May 2, 1996) is a Czech professional ice hockey right wing who currently plays for Motor České Budějovice of the 1st Czech Republic Hockey League on loan from Mountfield HK of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He was drafted in the second round, 49th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Karabáček played the first game of the 2014 NHL preseason with the Sabres before being sent back to the QMJHL. After playing one preseason game for the team in the 2015 NHL preseason", "id": "21582073" }, { "contents": "Carl Sneep\n\n\nCarl Michael Sneep (born November 5, 1987) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played in one National Hockey League (NHL) game with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2011–12 season. Before attending Boston College, Sneep played for the Lincoln Stars of the USHL, based out of Lincoln, NE. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2nd round (32nd overall) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. He played his first NHL game for the Penguins on December 17, 2011 against the Buffalo", "id": "900422" }, { "contents": "Charles Dinsmore\n\n\nCharles Adrian Dinsmore (July 23, 1903 – December 5, 1982) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 100 games in the National Hockey League. Known variously as Chas, Chuck, or \"Dinny\" Dinsmore, he was born in Toronto, Ontario, where he played for the amateur Toronto Aura Lee Juniors hockey team and the Toronto Argonauts football team, before eventually playing pro hockey for the Montreal Maroons. The 1924–25 NHL season was the first for both the Maroons and the Boston Bruins, and on December", "id": "5428266" }, { "contents": "1921–22 NHL season\n\n\nThe 1921–22 NHL season was the fifth season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Four teams each played 24 games. The league dropped the split season and the two top teams played off for the league championship. The second-place Toronto St. Patricks defeated the first-place Ottawa Senators for the league championship. For the first four seasons of the NHL, the winner of the league playoffs had faced the winner of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) for the Stanley Cup. That changed this season with the", "id": "11823169" }, { "contents": "List of Carolina Hurricanes players\n\n\nThis is a complete list of ice hockey players who have played for the Carolina Hurricanes in the National Hockey League (NHL). It includes players that have played at least one match, either in the NHL regular season or in the NHL playoffs. This list does not include players from the Hartford Whalers of the NHL (1979–80 to 1996–97) and New England Whalers of the WHA (1972–73 to 1978–79). \"The \"Seasons\" column lists the first year of the season of the player's first game and the", "id": "13630498" }, { "contents": "RPI Engineers men's ice hockey\n\n\n. Continuing into the 1985–86 season, RPI continued undefeated over 38 games, including two wins over Toronto. Adam Oates and Daren Puppa, two players during that time, both went on to become stars in the NHL. Joe Juneau, who played from 1987 to 1991, also spent many years in the NHL. Graeme Townshend, who also played in the late 1980s, had a brief NHL career. He is the first person of Jamaican ancestry to play in the National Hockey League. The hockey team plays a significant role", "id": "16537593" }, { "contents": "History of the National Hockey League (1992–present)\n\n\nPenguins. Today's NHL is led by arguably its three biggest young stars: Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals, and Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers. The Canada Cup gave way to the World Cup of Hockey in 1996, while NHL players first competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics. To promote itself worldwide, the NHL played regular season games in Japan in 1996, and throughout Europe since 2007. The league played its first outdoor regular season game between the Canadiens and the host Edmonton", "id": "3720164" }, { "contents": "20th National Hockey League All-Star Game\n\n\nThe 20th National Hockey League All-Star Game was played in Montreal Forum on January 18, 1967, where the host Montreal Canadiens defeated a team of all-stars from the remaining NHL teams 3–0. It was the first, and to date, only time a shutout occurred in an All-Star Game. It was the first All-Star Game held in mid-season. The previous Game was held in October 1965. The game was considered a dull affair by the writers. Only three minor penalties were called", "id": "566775" }, { "contents": "NHL Network (1975 TV program)\n\n\nthe NHL Network began simulcasting many games with \"Hockey Night in Canada\". In these games, Dan Kelly, who was the NHL Network's lead play-by-play announcer, was assigned to do play-by-play along with \"HNIC\" color commentators. This for example, happened in Game 7 of the quarterfinal series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders (April 29), where Kelly teamed up with Brian McFarlane. The entire 1979 Stanley Cup Finals between the Montreal Canadiens and New York", "id": "5271418" }, { "contents": "Jerred Smithson\n\n\nJerred Smithson (born February 4, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). Undrafted, Smithson played in the Western Hockey League with the Calgary Hitmen before he signed his first NHL contract as a free agent with the Los Angeles Kings. Smithson scored the game-winning goal for the Nashville Predators in Game 5 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs quarterfinals to beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2. The Predators went on to defeat the Ducks in 6 games to", "id": "3306341" }, { "contents": "Scott Daniels (ice hockey)\n\n\ndraft pick overall, for the Hartford Whalers, in 1989, but did not play his first National Hockey League (NHL) game until 1993. Daniels stood out to his coaches in his debut game by accumulating nineteen minutes in penalties however, he continued to play in the American Hockey League (AHL) for the Springfield Indians until his second NHL game, in the 1994-95 season, again for the Hartford Whalers. In 1996 Daniels was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers, and later to the New Jersey Devils in 1997", "id": "9026854" }, { "contents": "Tom Martin (ice hockey, born 1964)\n\n\nseason in the AHL with the Binghamton Whalers where he scored 28 goals and 89 points in 71 games. He was named a First Team AHL All-Star that season. He was acquired on waivers by the Minnesota North Stars at the start of the 1988–89 NHL season, but was sent back to Hartford, also on waivers, after four games. He played 50 more NHL games for Hartford over the next two seasons. He signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Kings in 1990. Martin played 22 games with", "id": "12693431" }, { "contents": "Boston Pride\n\n\n31, 2015, the Boston Pride played the Montreal Les Canadiennes of the Canadian Women's Hockey League to a 1–1 tie in the first ever 2016 Outdoor Women's Classic the day before at the site of the 2016 NHL Winter Classic at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. It was the first outdoor professional Women's hockey game, the first game sanctioned by the NHL and the first game between the NWHL and the CWHL. In the second period of the game, Denna Laing would crash into the boards and suffer a career", "id": "3430251" }, { "contents": "Scott Metcalfe\n\n\n, plus 5 goals and 5 assists in 13 playoff games. He also played for Team Canada at the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, scoring 7 points (2 goals, 5 assists) in six games. Metcalfe was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers with their first pick, 20th overall in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft. Metcalfe began the 1987–88 season with the Nova Scotia Oilers of the American Hockey League (AHL), where he had 28 points (9G-19A) in 43 games, and played 2 games with Edmonton,", "id": "9368479" }, { "contents": "2014–15 NHL season\n\n\nLevi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The 60th National Hockey League All-Star Game was an exhibition ice hockey game played on January 25, 2015. The game was held in Columbus, Ohio, at Nationwide Arena, home of the Columbus Blue Jackets. This was Columbus's first time hosting the NHL All-Star Game. This was originally scheduled to take place on January 27, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. It was canceled as a result of the ongoing 2012–13 NHL lockout. There was no all", "id": "20730797" }, { "contents": "1927–28 NHL season\n\n\n. \"Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points\" Source: NHL \"Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shut outs; GAA = Goals against average\" Source: hockey-reference.com The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1927–28 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs): The following is a list of players of note that", "id": "20303549" } ]

[ { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\npremium due its additional gold finish. As of 2015–16, there were still a significant number of customers who preferred the 4-inch screen size of iPhone 5S, which remained the second-most popular iPhone after the iPhone 6 and ahead of the iPhone 6S. Apple stated in their event that they sold 30 million 4-inch iPhones in 2015, even as that form factor was succeeded as the flagship iPhone by the redesigned larger display 4.7/5.5-inch iPhone 6 and 6 Plus back in September 2014. Furthermore, the 5/5S design was regarded as \"long been", "id": "20052045" }, { "contents": "IPhone SE\n\n\n4-inch screen size of the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 5S. Apple stated in the \"Let us loop you in\" event on March 21, 2016 that they sold over 30 million 4-inch iPhones in 2015, further explaining that some people love smaller compact phones. Later in the event they presented the iPhone SE, describing it as \"the most powerful 4-inch phone ever.\" With a total mass of 113 grams (or 4.0 ounces), the iPhone SE is one of the lightest iPhone models released, only surpassed by the", "id": "3529635" }, { "contents": "Apple Inc.\n\n\n2014, Apple introduced the iPhone 6, alongside the iPhone 6 Plus that both have screen sizes over 4-inches. One year later, Apple introduced the iPhone 6S, and iPhone 6S Plus, which introduced a new technology called 3D Touch, including an increase of the rear camera to 12 MP, and the FaceTime camera to 5 MP. On March 21, 2016, Apple introduced the iPhone SE that has a 4-inch screen size last used with the 5S and has nearly the same internal hardware as the 6S. In July 2016,", "id": "286775" }, { "contents": "IPhone SE\n\n\ndesign and dimensions as the iPhone 5S, but has upgraded internal hardware, including the newer Apple A9 system-on-chip, greater battery capacity, and a 12-megapixel rear camera that can record 4K video. Along with the iPhone 6S and the iPhone X, the iPhone SE was discontinued by Apple on September 12, 2018. The previous major redesign of the iPhone, the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus, resulted in larger screen sizes. However, a significant number of customers still preferred the smaller", "id": "3529634" }, { "contents": "IPhone 6\n\n\nUS markets in May 2017, and Canada in July 2017. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus supported iOS 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 before being dropped by iOS 13, and they are the third to support five versions of iOS after the iPhone 4S and the iPhone 5s. From the launch of the original iPhone to the iPhone 4S, iPhones used 3.5-inch displays—which are smaller than screens used by flagship phones from competitors. The iPhone 5 and its immediate successors featured a display that was taller, but", "id": "12513865" }, { "contents": "IPhone 6\n\n\npre-loaded with iOS 8, while the iPhone 5S was supplied pre-loaded with iOS 7. Apps are able to take advantage of the increased screen size in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus to display more information on-screen; for example, the Mail app uses a dual-pane layout similar to its iPad version when the device is in landscape mode on the iPhone 6 Plus. As it uses an identical aspect ratio, apps designed for the iPhone 5, iPhone 5C, and 5S can be upscaled for", "id": "12513880" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nfrom iPhone 6, which feels substantial in size alone. Plus, unlike the ubiquitous rounded corners of the 6, iPhone 5 didn’t really look like anything else on the market at the time\". However, the iPhone 5/5S design was not suited to scaling up, in contrast to the iPhone 6/6S which could better accommodate the growing consumer trend towards larger screen sizes and indeed spawned the 6/6S Plus phablet models. When Apple discontinued the iPhone 5S, it was replaced by the iPhone SE which outwardly appears almost identical to the", "id": "20052047" }, { "contents": "Apple motion coprocessors\n\n\nthe iPhone 5S and the updated version, M8 was introduced in September 2014 with the iPhone 6 and also processes data from the barometer that is included in the iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2. September 2015 brought the M9 motion coprocessor embedded within the A9 chip found in the iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone SE and within the A9X chip found in the iPad Pro. The iPhone 7, iPad Pro 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch feature the M10 motion coprocessor. Apple included the M11 in the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and iPhone", "id": "91097" }, { "contents": "History of Apple Inc.\n\n\ndesign to its predecessors, headed by Jony Ive., followed by OS X Yosemite a year later with a similar design. During this time, Apple released the iPhone 5, the first iPhone to have a screen larger than 3.5\", the iPod Touch 5, also with a 4\" screen, the iPhone 5S with fingerprint scanning technology in the form of Touch ID, and iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, with screens at 4.7\" and 5.5\". They released the iPad 3rd generation with Retina Display,", "id": "7512616" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\niPhone 6S and 6S Plus had not met expectations since their September 2015 release and the iPhone family was expected to suffer its first ever negative growth quarter in 2016. The iPhone 5S maintains a similar design to the iPhone 5, with a LCD multi-touch Retina display and a screen resolution of 640×1136 at 326 ppi. Its home button has been updated with a new flat design using a laser-cut sapphire cover surrounded by a metallic ring; the button is no longer concave, nor does it contain the familiar squircle icon", "id": "20052024" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\niPhone 5C were sold on their weekend of release, breaking Apple's sales record for iPhones. The iPhone 5S was the best selling phone on all major U.S. carriers in September 2013. The iPhone 5S was succeeded as Apple's flagship smartphone by the larger iPhone 6 in September 2014. On March 21, 2016, the 5S received a direct replacement with the announcement of the iPhone SE, which incorporated internal hardware similar to the iPhone 6S while retaining the smaller form factor and design of the 5S. The iPhone 5S is the only", "id": "20052017" }, { "contents": "Tuhao\n\n\ngold iPhone 5s. The official price for the golden version of the iPhone 5s was 5,288 yuan (USD 862). But in China, the price of a golden iPhone 5s was above 8,800 yuan (USD 1,435). It had become a must-have item for many Chinese and soon sold out in China, prompting huge reactions on the Chinese internet. The media nicknamed the iPhone's gold color as \"tuhao jin\", denoting the lavish, garish and excessive tastes of China's emerging extravagant \"tuhaos\".", "id": "6678310" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nThe iPhone 5S (stylized and marketed as iPhone 5s) is a smartphone that was designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the seventh generation of the iPhone, succeeding the iPhone 5. The device was unveiled on September 10, 2013, at Apple's Cupertino headquarters. It was released on September 20, 2013, along with its lower-cost counterpart, the iPhone 5C. The iPhone 5S maintains almost the same external design as its predecessor, the iPhone 5, although the 5S received a new white/gold color scheme", "id": "20052013" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nfor the iPhone 4 in 2010, and 549 for the iPhone 3G in 2008 on their respective release days. This was the first time that Apple launched two models simultaneously. The first-day release in China also contributed to the record sales result. On launch day, major in-stock shortages were reported in most stores, across all countries where the iPhone 5S initially went on sale. A great many customers in line outside Apple Stores worldwide were left disappointed due to severe shortages across all 5S models, with the", "id": "20052049" }, { "contents": "LifeProof\n\n\nLifeProof Nüüd is a technology that exposes the original screen of the device while protecting the phone from water, dirt, snow, and drop damage. This allows for zero visual interference, glare, loss of contrast or touch interference. The technology is currently supported on the iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy S5, iPad, and iPad Mini. The", "id": "21778855" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nreleased and both iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C were moved to the mid and low end of the iPhone range, respectively; the iPhone 5S still had 16 or 32 GB storage available while the iPhone 5C had to make do with 8 GB storage with only 4.9GB available to the user after installing iOS 8. Furthermore, the 5C's polycarbonate exterior received a mixed reception and was seen as a cost-cutting downgrade compared to the iPhone 5's aluminum/glass case; the 5S retained the latter design and looked even more", "id": "20052044" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5\n\n\nhas a display size of 6.7 square inches, compared to 5.7 in iPhone 4 and 4s. The pixel density remains the same as the 4s model, which is 326 pixels per inch. Screen icons of the iPhone 5 are arranged in a matrix of six rows of four icons each. The increased screen size allows the sixth row of icons to be added to the five rows that were present in the iPhone 4. In-cell touch sensor technology from Sharp slims the screen which allows for a thinner phone. The screen", "id": "17859855" }, { "contents": "IOS 7\n\n\nincluded support for iCloud Keychain, a password generator for the Safari web browser, updated the lock screen with a delay of the \"Slide to Unlock\" text when Touch ID is in use, and many bug fixes. iOS 7.0.4 was released on November 14, 2013, with bug fixes addressing some FaceTime calls failing. iOS 7.0.5 was released on January 29, 2014, with a fix correcting network provisioning for some iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C models in China. iOS 7.0.6 was released on February 21, 2014, with a", "id": "21632268" }, { "contents": "IPhone\n\n\nKorean mobile carrier SK Telecom to release the next generation iPhone with LTE Advanced technology. On July 22, 2013, the company's suppliers said that Apple is testing out larger screens for the iPhone and iPad. \"Apple has asked for prototype smartphone screens larger than four inches and has also asked for screen designs for a new tablet device measuring slightly less than 13 inches diagonally, they said.\" On September 10, 2013, Apple unveiled two new iPhone models during a highly anticipated press event in Cupertino. The iPhone 5C", "id": "1270271" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5C\n\n\ntime. The iPhone 5C lacks the major new features introduced in the iPhone 5S. It does not have the iPhone 5S's Touch ID fingerprint scanner. It also does not have the 64-bit A7 SoC with the M7 motion co-processor. However the iPhone 5C does support snapping still photos while video recording and 3x digital zooming. The iPhone 5C uses a Nano SIM card, same as the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5. During the iPhone's media event, Apple announced a case for the iPhone 5C that is available in", "id": "17445451" }, { "contents": "Consumer Electronics Show\n\n\nphone also has a transparent photovoltaic screen that lets light recharge the phone. LG debuted its webOS on smartTVs and new 77-inch curved OLED Ultra HD TV. Samsung unveiled its curved TVs with two series of concave TVs. ProtectCELL showcased its comprehensive mobile protection plans for all major devices, including the iPhone 5S and 5C, iPad Air, iPad Mini 2 and Galaxy S4. With demonstrations such as blending a Blackberry, ProtectCELL proves they will cover all damages. The AMD presentation mentioned (among others) – the Kaveri CPU of the", "id": "770154" }, { "contents": "Apple Inc.\n\n\na noisy room or hear someone speaking across the room. Apple sold 4million iPhone 4S phones in the first three days of availability. On September 12, 2012, Apple introduced the iPhone 5. It has a 4-inch display, 4G LTE connectivity, and the upgraded Apple A6 chip, among several other improvements. Two million iPhones were sold in the first twenty-four hours of pre-ordering and over five million handsets were sold in the first three days of its launch. Upon the launch of the iPhone 5S and", "id": "286772" }, { "contents": "Chevrolet Silverado\n\n\nengine options: 4.3 L EcoTec3 V6, 5.3 L EcoTec3 V8, or 6.2 L EcoTec3 V8. Chevrolet's MyLink touch-screen multimedia interface system will be available on most models. It will have A2DP stereo streaming technologies, Bluetooth hands-free telephone, USB hookups, and an input for an Apple iPod or iPhone. When connected via the USB port, an iPhone 4/4S, iPhone 5/iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, or iPhone 6 Plus will be able to stream music from Pandora Radio. A Bose premium audio", "id": "14925233" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nfor purchase at a reduced price, while the 64GB version was discontinued. The gold edition of the iPhone 5S was discontinued on September 9, 2015, when Apple revealed the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus The iPhone 5S was discontinued on March 21, 2016, and succeeded by the iPhone SE, which continues the same form factor but features vastly upgraded internals similar to the flagship iPhone 6S. This was a break with Apple's product positioning trend (in North America and Western Europe), starting with iPhone 4S released in", "id": "20052022" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nthe iPhone 4 Bumpers. Docks for both the iPhone 5S and 5C were found on the Apple online store after the announcement. Because of the casing difference between the iPhone 5S and 5C, they have separate docks, each made specifically for each respective phone. The iPhone 5S received a mostly positive reception from reviewers and commentators. Walt Mossberg of All Things Digital gave the phone a favorable review, saying that Touch ID \"sounds like a gimmick, but it’s a real advance, the biggest step ever in biometric authentication for", "id": "20052037" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\n2014, Apple announced that sales of the iPhone brand had exceeded 500 million units. By May 2014, despite having been on the market for eight months, the iPhone 5S reportedly outsold the newly released Samsung Galaxy S5 by 40%, with 7 million iPhone 5S units versus 5 million Galaxy S5 units. The Galaxy S5's failure to oust the iPhone 5S from the top selling spot was a major setback for Samsung Mobile, as the preceding Samsung Galaxy SIII and Samsung Galaxy S4, in the first quarter of their releases,", "id": "20052053" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\n5S even as the SE's internal hardware has been upgraded significantly. The iPhone 5S and 5C sold over nine million units in the first three days, setting a record for first weekend smartphone sales, with the 5S selling three times more units than the 5C. After the first day of release, 1% of all iPhones in the US were iPhone 5Ss, while 0.3% were iPhone 5Cs. Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray reported that the line at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store contained 1,417 people on release day, compared to 1,300", "id": "20052048" }, { "contents": "Retina display\n\n\nGalaxy S4 and HTC One (M8) had 1080p (FHD) screens around 5-inches for a 400+ PPI which surpassed the Retina density on the iPhone 5. The latest major redesign of the iPhone, the iPhone 6, has a 1334 × 750 resolution on a 4.7-inch screen, while rivals such as the Samsung Galaxy S6 have a QHD display of 2560 × 1440 resolution, close to four times the number of pixels found in the iPhone 6, giving the S6 a 577 PPI that is almost twice that of the iPhone", "id": "16873881" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\ninternet radio service. Earphones known as EarPods were included with the 5S, and Apple released accessories including a case and a dock. Reception towards the device was generally positive, with some outlets considering it to be the best smartphone available on the market due to its upgraded hardware, Touch ID, and other changes introduced by iOS 7. Some criticized the iPhone 5S for keeping the design and small display of the iPhone 5, and others expressed security concerns about the Touch ID system. Nine million units of the iPhone 5S and", "id": "20052016" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nwas the biggest change in the iPhone series, citing utilitarian interface changes as the main contributor to this. Scott Stein of CNET criticized the lack of design change over iPhone 5 and said that although the iPhone 5S \"is not a required upgrade, but it's easily the fastest and most advanced Apple smartphone to date.\" Although praised for its camera, 64-bit A7 chip, M7 motion-chip, and fingerprint scanning capabilities, some investors thought that the iPhone 5S, although a notable improvement over the iPhone 5, was", "id": "20052039" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nStore. Users could also search through their history of previous songs. Apple announced in June 2018 that the iPhone 5s will support the iOS 12 update. This made the iPhone 5s the longest supported iOS device, having supported six major versions of the iOS operating system, on par with the iPad 2 which supported iOS 4 through iOS 9. The iPhone 5S will also receive major speed boosts of up to 70%, according to Apple. This includes the camera, keyboard and other functions. After having supported 6 versions of", "id": "20052035" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\niOS 7 and leaked packaging for an iPhone 5S showing that the traditional home button now had a metallic \"ring\" around it. Similar ring-based imagery was seen on the official invitation to Apple's iPhone press event in September 2013, where the new device was unveiled. Shortly before its official unveiling, \"The Wall Street Journal\" also reported the rumor. Apple announced the iPhone 5C and the iPhone 5S during a media event at its Cupertino headquarters on September 10, 2013. While the iPhone 5C became available for", "id": "20052019" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\n, 2013, in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, China, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. It was released in 25 additional countries on October 25, 2013, and in 12 countries on November 1, 2013. Indonesia was the last country to receive the iPhone 5S, on January 26, 2014. On September 19, 2014, the iPhone 5S was succeeded as Apple's flagship smartphone by the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, but the older model remained available", "id": "20052021" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nseen on previous models. The phone itself is thick and weighs . The phone uses an aluminum composite frame. The device is available in three color finishes; \"space gray\" (replacing black with slate trim on the iPhone 5), white with silver trim, and white with gold trim. The iPhone 5S was the first iPhone to be available in a gold color; this decision was influenced by the fact that gold is seen as a popular sign of a luxury product among Chinese customers. The iPhone 5S is powered", "id": "20052025" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\niOS (iOS 7 - iOS 12) and the only iPhone to do so, it was revealed that the iPhone 5S will not be receiving the iOS 13 update which debuted June 3, 2019, at WWDC and will come out in later in 2019 during Autumn. During the keynote, Apple announced a case for the iPhone 5S that was made of soft microfiber on the inside and leather on the outside. This case was announced along with iPhone 5C's case, both of which were the first cases Apple had announced since", "id": "20052036" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\n64-bit system-on-chip was not released until 2015. Most reviewers recommended the iPhone 5S over the iPhone 5C which was released at the same time. The 5C retained almost the same hardware as the discontinued iPhone 5, while the iPhone 5S featured substantially improved performance/features thanks to its new 64-bit A7 processor, as well as extra storage space, all for a relatively small additional upfront cost over the iPhone 5C (US$650 versus US$550 in March 2014). This was especially the case when iOS 8 was", "id": "20052043" }, { "contents": "IPhone SE\n\n\nof adapting the 6S's hardware to three different form factors; the smaller 4.0-inch SE, 4.7-inch 6S, and 5.5-inch 6S Plus. In a later article, \"CNET\" summarized the iPhone SE to be “the smaller, more pocketable member of the iPhone family. It was Apple's compact, budget option, and its 4-inch screen and tinier overall size were total throwback stuff. Consumers loved the battery life and that it still had a headphone jack.” \"The Verge\" considered the iPhone SE to be \"a", "id": "3529644" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\ngold model in particular being in highly limited supply. While this situation eased in the US in the days following the launch, other countries reported receiving few restocks. Some commentators questioned how Apple handled the initial release, as online pre-orders were not offered for the iPhone 5S, meaning large numbers of people queuing outside physical stores, with most in line not receiving a unit. In the US, Apple offered an online reservation system, so customers could keep checking for units available at their local Apple Stores, and order", "id": "20052050" }, { "contents": "IPhone\n\n\nhas a 4-inch display, up from its predecessors' 3.5-inch screen. The device comes with the same 326 pixels per inch found in the iPhone 4 and 4S. The iPhone 5 has the SoC A6 processor, the chip is 22% smaller than the iPhone 4S' A5 and is twice as fast, doubling the graphics performance of its predecessor. The device is 18% thinner than the iPhone 4S, measuring , and is 20% lighter at . On July 6, 2013, it was reported that Apple was in talks with", "id": "1270270" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5C\n\n\navailable to the user after installing iOS 8; in contrast to iPhone 5S which offers a minimum of 16 GB storage. The iPhone 5C was regarded as too expensive to compete with affordable flagship smartphones such as the Nexus 5 and OnePlus One, or smartphones designed for developing markets such as the Moto G. The iPhone 5S and 5C sold over nine million units in the first three days, which set a record for first weekend smartphone sales, with the 5S selling three times more units than iPhone 5C. After the first day of release", "id": "17445455" }, { "contents": "IPhone 6\n\n\nand pixel density in comparison to other recent smartphones – including those with the same physical screen size as the iPhone 6, such as the HTC One, and for not having a sufficient justification for its significantly higher price in comparison to similar devices running Android or Windows Phone. \"The Verge\" considered the iPhone 6 to be \"simply and cleanly designed\" in comparison to the 5s, noting that the phone still felt usable despite its larger size, but criticized the antenna plastic, the protruding camera lens (which prevents the", "id": "12513883" }, { "contents": "IPhone\n\n\n. On all iPhones running , it can also be accessed from the lock screen directly. The iPhone 5S features True Tone Flash, which has two LED lights, white and amber, that will improve white balance and will be adjusted in 1,000 combinations. Its image sensor is now 15 percent larger than its previous model. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus include phase detection autofocus, while the 6 Plus has Optical Image Stabilization. Both models can shoot 1080p videos at 60 frames per second. With the release of iOS 8,", "id": "1270331" }, { "contents": "IPhone\n\n\nThe screens on the first three generations have a resolution of 320×480 (HVGA) at 163 ppi; those on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S have a resolution of 640×960 at 326 ppi; the 4-inch models, with 640×1136 at 326 ppi; the 4.7-inch models, with 750×1334 at 326 ppi; the 5.5-inch models, with 1080×1920 at 401 ppi; and the 5.8-inch model X, with 1125×2436 at 458 ppi. The initial models were using twisted-nematic (TN) LCDs. Starting with iPhone 4, the technology was changed", "id": "1270302" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nfor pickup. Online orders were also in short supply on launch day, with the shipping date across all model sizes and colors changing from \"7-10 working days\" to \"October\" in all countries, within hours of online orders being taken. The iPhone 5S was the best selling phone on AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile in September 2013 in the United States, outselling the iPhone 5C and Samsung Galaxy S4. According to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, the iPhone 5S outsold the 5C by a", "id": "20052051" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5C\n\n\n, 1% of all iPhone in the US were iPhone 5S, while 0.3% were iPhone 5C. Commentators viewed iPhone 5C as a flop because of supply chain cuts signifying a decline in demand in October 2013. Apple CEO Tim Cook admitted that the company overstocked the iPhone 5C while having shortages of the iPhone 5S, as a result of failing to anticipate the sales ratio between both phones. Six months after the release of the iPhone 5C, on March 25, 2014, Apple announced that sales of the iPhone line has crossed", "id": "17445456" }, { "contents": "IPhone 7\n\n\nA10 Fusion 64-bit system-on-chip, which consists of two low-power cores and two high-power cores (only two cores are used at any point in time). The A10 chip also features a hexa-core graphics chip capable of \"console-level gaming\". As with prior models, iPhone 7 is available in two sizes: one with a 4.7-inch screen, and a \"Plus\" variant with a 5.5-inch screen. The displays have identical sizes and resolutions to iPhone 6S, but with a", "id": "12617278" }, { "contents": "IPhone\n\n\nIn 2013, Apple released the iPhone 5S with improved hardware and a fingerprint reader, and the lower-cost iPhone 5C, a version of the 5 with colored plastic casings instead of metal. They were followed by the larger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, with models featuring displays. The iPhone 6S was introduced the following year, which featured hardware upgrades and support for pressure-sensitive touch inputs, as well as the iPhone SE—which featured hardware from the 6S but the smaller form factor of the 5S. In 2016", "id": "1270256" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5C\n\n\nto the aluminum bodies of the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S. Most reviewers generally noted that the iPhone 5S offered more features (thanks to its 64-bit A7 SoC with the M7 motion co-processor) and storage space for a relatively small additional upfront cost ($650 USD versus $550 USD in March 2014) over the iPhone 5C, during the period that both phones were sold side by side. The 8 GB version of the iPhone 5C, released in 2014, was described as \"unusable\" as only 4.9GB is", "id": "17445454" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\npreorder on September 13, 2013, the iPhone 5S was not available for preorder. Both devices were released on September 20, 2013. While most of the promotion focused on Touch ID, the 64-bit Apple A7 processor was also a highlight during the event. Schiller then showed demos of \"Infinity Blade III\" to demonstrate the A7's processing power and the device's camera using untouched photographs. The release of iOS 7 on September 18, 2013 was also announced during the keynote. The iPhone 5S was released on September 20", "id": "20052020" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nApp Store and iTunes purchases instead of an Apple ID password. The sensor can be trained to recognize the fingerprints of multiple fingers and multiple users. Fingerprint data is stored in an encrypted format within a \"secure enclave\" of the A7 chip itself, and is not accessible to any other apps or servers (including iCloud). The iPhone 5S's camera was paired with a double LED flash, allowing for higher quality nighttime photos. Included with iOS 7 was a new camera app, allowing the iPhone 5S to capture fast", "id": "20052030" }, { "contents": "Apple Inc.\n\n\nthe third and fourth generation iPads, which featured Retina displays; and the iPad Mini, which featured a 7.9-inch screen in contrast to the iPad's 9.7-inch screen. These launches were successful, with the iPhone 5 (released September 21, 2012) becoming Apple's biggest iPhone launch with over two million pre-orders and sales of three million iPads in three days following the launch of the iPad Mini and fourth generation iPad (released November 3, 2012). Apple also released a third-generation 13-inch MacBook Pro with a", "id": "286750" }, { "contents": "IPhone SE\n\n\nmuch-improved, well-designed, small phone with great battery life\" and a \"great upgrade\" for existing owners of the 4S or 5S models, noting the device's familiar form factor, high performance (going as far as considering the screen size itself to be the only hindrance to multitasking and certain apps), and improved battery life. Giving the device an 8.7 out of 10, Goode argued that \"the iPhone SE is not a tiny little engine of innovation. It's today's tech in yesterday", "id": "3529645" }, { "contents": "Apple Pay\n\n\niPhone 5s has Touch ID but not NFC; iPhone 5s users must use an Apple Watch and confirm using Touch ID on the iPhone 5s.) Instead, Apple Pay is activated with a passcode and remains active for as long as the user wears the Apple Watch. It can store 8 or 12 cards depending upon the device. Apple Pay uses the EMV Payment Tokenisation Specification. The service keeps customer payment information private from the retailer by replacing the customer's credit or debit card Funding Primary Account Number (FPAN) with a", "id": "19312651" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nand a dual-LED flash optimized for different color temperatures. The iPhone 5S originally shipped with iOS 7, which introduced a revamped visual appearance among other new features. Designed by Jony Ive, iOS 7 departed from skeuomorphic elements used in previous versions of iOS in favor of a flat, colorful design. Among new software features introduced to the iPhone 5S were AirDrop, an ad-hoc Wi-Fi sharing platform; Control Center, a control panel containing a number of commonly used functions; and iTunes Radio, an", "id": "20052015" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\ntwo-to-one margin during its September release, confirming Apple CEO Tim Cook's view that the high-end smartphone market was not reaching a point of market saturation. While commentators viewed the 5C as a flop because of supply chain cuts signifying a decline in demand, the 5S was viewed as a massive success. Apple admitted that it had failed to anticipate the sales ratio, leading to an overstocking of the 5C and shortages of the 5S. Six months after the release of the iPhone 5S, on March 25,", "id": "20052052" }, { "contents": "IPhone accessories\n\n\nright side of the headphones (there is no volume control, and only limited control of calls). A series of docks released for the iPhone 5, 5s, and 5c, were announced and released on September 10, 2013. The docks have an identical design, with an audio-out and Lightning-in port on the back, and a Lightning connector on the top. One dock was released solely for the iPhone 5 and 5s, with another dock optimized for the iPhone 5c. The dock is not compatible", "id": "481698" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nnoticeably departs from skeuomorphic elements such as green felt in Game Center, wood in Newsstand, and leather in Calendar, in favor of flat, colorful design. iOS 7 adds AirDrop, an ad-hoc Wi-Fi sharing platform. Users can share files with the iPhone 5 onwards, the iPod Touch (5th generation), iPad (4th generation) onwards, or iPad Mini (1st generation) onwards. The operating system also adds Control Center, a control panel accessed by swiping up from the bottom of the screen", "id": "20052033" }, { "contents": "IPhone SE\n\n\nthe iPhone 5S, with the exception of matte-chamfered edges and an inset stainless steel rear Apple logo. Cases designed to fit the 5 and the 5S will also fit an . The iPhone SE was available in the colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold, and Rose Gold. The iPhone SE incorporates the Apple A9 system-on-chip (SoC) with an M9 motion coprocessor and supports near field communication for Apple Pay. It was originally released with or of internal storage. It features a rear-facing camera", "id": "3529641" }, { "contents": "IPhone 4\n\n\n5S/iPhone 5C. The iPhone 4 had the longest lifespan of any iPhone ever produced, spanning close to four years and available in some developing countries until early 2015. Before the official unveiling of the iPhone 4 on June 7, 2010, two prototypes were brought to the attention of the media, breaching Apple's normally secretive development process. Many of the speculations regarding technical specifications proved accurate. On January 27, 2010, gadget website Engadget received leaked images of the unreleased iPad. Unbeknownst to the editors and readers these images", "id": "14354588" }, { "contents": "Retina display\n\n\nfor these models, including \"Retina HD Display\" for iPhone 6 and later versions, and \"Retina 4K/5K Display\" for iMac. Apple's Retina displays are not an absolute standard but vary depending on the size of the display on the device, and how close the user would typically be viewing the screen. Where users view the screen at a closer distance to their eyes, as on smaller devices with smaller displays, the displays have more PPI (Pixels Per Inch), while larger devices with larger displays where", "id": "16873865" }, { "contents": "IPhone\n\n\nincrease the number of customers who purchase iPhones at Apple stores rather than carrier stores. On September 20, 2013, the sales date of the iPhone 5S and 5C models, the longest ever queue was observed at the New York City flagship Apple store, in addition to prominent queues in San Francisco, US and Canada; however, locations throughout the world were identified for the anticipation of corresponding consumers. Apple also increased production of the gold-colored iPhone 5S by an additional one-third due to the particularly strong demand that", "id": "1270286" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nstill relatively unchanged from its predecessor, and worried that the iPhone line had become a stagnant, dull product. Apple's share price fell 5.4% after the launch to close at a month low of $467.71 on the NASDAQ. Darrell Etherington of TechCrunch who praised the iPhone 5S as the best smartphone available said \"looks may not be different from the iPhone 5, but the internal components have a dramatic impact on day-to-day activities normal for a smartphone user,\" and went into detail explaining the impact of", "id": "20052040" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nhad outsold the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 respectively. A number of technology writers, including Adrian Kingsley-Hughes of ZDNet and Kevin Roose of \"New York\" believed that the fingerprint scanning functionality of the iPhone 5S could help spur the adoption of the technology as an alternative to passwords by mainstream users (especially in \"bring your own device\" scenarios), as fingerprint-based authentication systems have only enjoyed wider usage in enterprise environments. However, citing research by biometrics engineer Geppy Parziale, Roose suggested that the CMOS-", "id": "20052054" }, { "contents": "IOS 7\n\n\n7.0.1 was released on September 20, 2013, specifically for the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S. The update included bug fixes that allow users to purchase iTunes content with the Touch ID fingerprint recognition scanner rather than with a passcode. iOS 7.0.2 was released on September 26, 2013. The update fixed bugs that could allow someone to bypass the lock screen passcode, and reintroduced a Greek keyboard option for passcode entry. iOS 7.0.3 was released on October 23, 2013, with support for the iPad Air and iPad Mini 2. It also", "id": "21632267" }, { "contents": "IPhone 6\n\n\nGPU performance might indeed break away from previous generations doubling of performance at each yearly release, scoring 21204.26 in Base mark X compared to 20253.80, 10973.36 and 5034.75 on respectively the 5s, 5 and 4s. The expanded LTE connectivity on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus is improved to LTE Advanced, with support for over 20 LTE bands (seven more than the iPhone 5s), for up to 150 Mbit/s download speed, and VoLTE support. Wi-Fi performance has been improved with support for 802.11ac specifications,", "id": "12513877" }, { "contents": "IOS\n\n\nintroducing minor user interface tweaks, along with many new features such as a redesigned Reminders app, a swipe keyboard, an enhanced Photos app, and a new Dark Mode. iOS 13 will end support for a several iOS devices, including the iPhone 5s, iPod Touch (6th generation), iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which still make up over 10% of all iOS devices. The release of iOS 13 will be exclusively for the iPhone and iPod touch, as the iPad will branch off into a new iOS", "id": "7892486" }, { "contents": "HTC One X\n\n\none of the greatest phones of all time.\" Brent Rose of Gizmodo writes that \"The HTC One X is easily better than the iPhone 4S\" and \"The screen is most definitely better, there are many more features, and the design is far superior, and the larger screen size is a definite plus\", conceding that to not like this device, \"you must be insane.\" Rose went on to say \"By the beard of Zeus, the screen! The 4.7-inch Super LCD2 is simply the best", "id": "5668996" }, { "contents": "IPhone 6S\n\n\ndisplays are the same sizes as those of the iPhone 6, coming in 4.7-inch 750p and 5.5-inch 1080p (Plus) sizes. The iPhone 6S features a technology known as 3D Touch; sensors are embedded in the screen's backlight layer that measure the firmness of the user's touch input by the distance between it and the cover glass, allowing the device to distinguish between normal and more forceful presses. 3D Touch is combined with a Taptic Engine vibrator to provide associated haptic feedback. Although similar, this is distinct from the Force", "id": "12373570" }, { "contents": "IPhone\n\n\niPhone was a GSM phone and established design precedents, such as a button placement that has persisted throughout all releases and a screen size maintained for the next four iterations. The iPhone 3G added 3G network support, and was followed by the iPhone 3GS with improved hardware, the iPhone 4 with a metal chassis, higher display resolution and front-facing camera, and the iPhone 4S with improved hardware and the voice assistant Siri. The iPhone 5 featured a taller, 4-inch display and Apple's newly introduced Lightning connector.", "id": "1270255" }, { "contents": "BlackBerry Torch 9800\n\n\nnew users. Key complaints were the 624 MHz processor included in the Torch, whereas the HTC Evo 4G and Motorola Droid X (among others of their class) featured a 1 GHz processor. The Torch's 3.2 inch screen with 480x360 screen resolution was also criticized as being smaller than iPhone 4's 3.5 inch screen with 960x640 resolution and the Motorola Droid X's 4.3 inch with 854 x 480. The Torch has a screen that is the same size as the Storm and Storm 2 with a resolution the same as the", "id": "7056563" }, { "contents": "BlackBerry Torch\n\n\nthe Torch, whereas the HTC Evo 4G and Motorola Droid X (among others of their class) featured a 1 GHz processor. The Torch's 3.2 inch screen with 480x360 screen resolution was also criticized as being smaller than iPhone 4's 3.5 inch screen with 960x640 resolution and the Motorola Droid X's 4.3 inch with 854 x 480. The Torch has a screen that is the same size as the Storm and Storm 2 with a resolution the same as the Bold 9700, Bold 9650 and Tour 9630. Some critics also", "id": "7199945" }, { "contents": "IPhone 7\n\n\nwider color gamut and increased brightness. The screen-to-body ratio is about ~66% and ~68% for the 7 and 7 Plus, respectively. Both device variants also contain a new iteration of Apple's motion coprocessor, the M10. Unlike previous iPhone models, internal storage options for iPhone 7 begin at 32 GB instead of 16 GB, and max out at 256 GB. iPhone 7 Plus offers 3 GB of RAM, more than any other previous iPhone; the 4.7-inch iPhone 7 has 2 GB. The iPhone", "id": "12617279" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nOctober 2011, which gave each newly released model one year as the flagship phone, then moving it to midrange for its second year of production, with the third and final year as the entry-level offering before discontinuation. While the iPhone 5S was expected to continue on sale until September 2016, replacing it and its A7 processor early meant that Apple \"just reduced its long-term chip support window by a year\" for iOS. In addition, a new iPhone launch was meant to stimulate demand, as sales of", "id": "20052023" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nthe improved camera and specifications on the phone. Etherington suggested that the 64-bit A7 processor will not reach its full potential until developers create applications supporting it. Myriam Joire of Engadget found that the iPhone 5S could benefit significantly from the A7 if developers created applications optimized for the 64-bit processor. Anand Lal Shimpi of AnandTech praised the phone's A7 processor, describing it as \"seriously impressive\", and stated that it was the most \"futureproof of any iPhone ever launched. As much as it pains me to use the word futureproof", "id": "20052041" }, { "contents": "Touch ID\n\n\nFollowing leaks and speculation in early September, the iPhone 5S was unveiled on September 10, 2013, was the first phone on a major US carrier to feature the technology. Apple's Vice President of Marketing, Phil Schiller, announced the feature at Apple's iPhone media event and spent several minutes (the major portion of the conference) discussing the feature. Wells Fargo analyst Maynard Um predicted on September 4, 2013, that a fingerprint sensor in the iPhone 5S would help mobile commerce and boost adoption in the corporate environment.", "id": "91133" }, { "contents": "IPhone\n\n\ngeneration, the iPhone employs A-GPS operated by the United States. Since the iPhone 4S generation the device also supports the GLONASS global positioning system, which is operated by Russia. The iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, introduced in 2015, feature 3D Touch displays which allows the screen to recognize how hard it is being pressed using pressure sensitive multi-touch technology. All subsequent iPhones with the exception of the iPhone SE and iPhone XR have this feature. An example of how this technology will be used is lightly pressing the", "id": "1270308" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\n, the lens has a larger aperture (2.2) and larger sized pixels in its image sensor than previous iPhone models. The flashlight has dual \"True Tone\" flashes, consisting of an amber LED and a white LED, which are variably used based on the color temperature of the photo to improve color balancing. The camera also includes automatic image stabilization, dynamic tone mapping, 10 fps burst mode, \"best shot\" mode and slow motion video at 120 fps. The home button on the iPhone 5S incorporates a fingerprint", "id": "20052028" }, { "contents": "List of Apple Inc. media events\n\n\ncalled \"This should brighten everyone's day.\" at its Cupertino headquarters on September 10, 2013. While the iPhone 5C became available for preorder on September 13, 2013, the iPhone 5S first became available on September 20, 2013. While most of the promotion focused on Touch ID, the 64-bit Apple A7 was also a highlight during the event: Schiller then showed demos of \"Infinity Blade III\" to demonstrate the A7's processing power and the iPhone 5S camera using unretouched photographs. The release of iOS 7 on", "id": "7621619" }, { "contents": "List of Apple Inc. media events\n\n\ngeneration of MacBook Pro was announced. The 2017 Apple WWDC was held from 5–9 June 2017 in San Jose, California at its Convention Center. An all-new iPad Pro model was introduced with thinner bezels and a 10.5-inch screen size. It acquired many of the specs from the iPhone 7 and an A10X chip. The iPad Pro 12.9-inch was also refreshed with updated internals. iOS 11 was announced, with a developer beta released just after. Apple previewed many new Macs such as the MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, and", "id": "7621628" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5\n\n\nThe iPhone 5 is a smartphone that was designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the sixth generation of the iPhone succeeding the iPhone 4S and preceding the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. Formally unveiled as part of a press event on September 12, 2012, it was released on September 21, 2012. The iPhone 5 is the first iPhone to be announced in September and, setting a trend for subsequent iPhone releases, the first iPhone to be completely developed under the guidance of Tim Cook and the last iPhone to be overseen by", "id": "17859825" }, { "contents": "Apple Watch\n\n\nuse in its Health app and other HealthKit-enabled software. With watchOS 3, Reminders, Home, Find My Friends, Heart Rate, and Breathe were added to the many stock apps. With the release of watchOS 4 and the Series 3 Apple Watch, iPhone 5 support was dropped, requiring users to use an iPhone 5s or later with iOS 11 or later to use watchOS 4. Apple Watches still running watchOS 3 or below remain compatible with the iPhone 5. Further, watchOS 5 will not support the first Generation", "id": "9049022" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5C\n\n\nThe iPhone 5C (marketed with a stylized lowercase 'c' as iPhone 5c) is a smartphone that was designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the sixth generation of the iPhone. The device was part of the iPhone series and was unveiled on September 10, 2013, and released on September 20, 2013, along with its higher-end counterpart, the iPhone 5S. The iPhone 5C is a variant of the iPhone 5, with similar hardware specifications but a hard-coated polycarbonate shell instead of the aluminium of the", "id": "17445437" }, { "contents": "IPhone 6\n\n\nThe iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the eighth generation of the iPhone, succeeding the iPhone 5S, and was announced on September 9, 2014 and released on September 19, 2014. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus jointly were themselves replaced as the flagship devices of the iPhone series by the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus on September 9, 2015. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus include larger displays, a faster processor, upgraded cameras, improved LTE and Wi-", "id": "12513860" }, { "contents": "IPhone 4S\n\n\niPhone 4). On September 10, 2013, the iPhone 4S name was re-stylised as iPhone 4s, using a lower case 's' to reflect the names of the newly announced iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c. This was unusual for Apple as an upper case 'S' had been used since the introduction of the iPhone 3GS in 2009. On September 9, 2014, the iPhone 4S was officially discontinued following the reveal of the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus. However, 4S production did continue for developing markets", "id": "13219788" }, { "contents": "LifeProof\n\n\nLifeproof Frē is a technology based on LifeProof's original technological developments and provides built-in scratch protection to safely shield device touchscreens from damage. The product is also completely waterproof, dirtproof, snowproof, and dropproof. It is currently available for the iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy S5, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S7, Galaxy S8", "id": "21778856" }, { "contents": "IPhone\n\n\nan event in Cupertino. Both devices had a larger screen than their predecessor, at 4.7 and 5.5 inches respectively. In 2016, Apple unveiled the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, which added water and dust resistance, improved system and graphics performance, a new dual-camera setup on the Plus model, new color options, and featured the removal of the 3.5mm headphone jack from the iPhone. On September 12, 2017, Apple officially unveiled the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, which features a new glass design, camera", "id": "1270273" }, { "contents": "IPhone X\n\n\nthe iPhone X ships with, it was divulged that there were initial plans to release a gold option for the device. However, it was put on hold due to production issues. Apple released a revised B model for the iPhone X that fixed NFC issues for users in Japan, China, and America. The iPhone X has a 5.8-inch OLED color-accurate screen that supports DCI-P3 wide color gamut, sRGB, and high dynamic range, and has a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1. The Super Retina display has the", "id": "316775" }, { "contents": "IPhone SE\n\n\niPhone 5S and the iPhone 5 (both having a total mass of 112 grams, or 3.95 ounces). The iPhone SE, iPhone 6S, and iPhone 6S Plus were the last iPhone models to feature a standard 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack. No affordable successor to the iPhone SE was announced during the September 12, 2018 \"Apple Special Event\", and \"Business Insider\" stated that \"Apple made a big mistake by removing its smallest and most affordable iPhone from its lineup\", suggesting that the company was disregarding", "id": "3529636" }, { "contents": "IPhone 6\n\n\nfront that is curved around the edges of the display, and an aluminum rear that contains two plastic strips for the antenna. The back is built of 6000-series aluminum. Both models come in gold, silver, and \"space gray\" finishes. The iPhone 6 has a thickness of , while the iPhone 6 Plus is in thickness; both are thinner than the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s, with the iPhone 6 being Apple's thinnest phone to date. The most significant changes to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are", "id": "12513873" }, { "contents": "IPhone 4\n\n\n28, 2011, for both GSM and CDMA. The release of the white iPhone 4 was carried out on April 28. During Apple's official unveiling of the iPhone 4S on October 4, 2011, it was announced that Sprint would begin carrying the reconfigured CDMA iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S in the US on October 14. In September 2013, after the release of the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, Apple stopped selling the iPhone 4 in most of their stores as well as on their website. It was replaced by", "id": "14354599" }, { "contents": "IPhone\n\n\nin 16 and 32GB variants, as well as an 8GB variant to be sold alongside the iPhone 4S at a reduced price point. The iPhone 4S was available in three sizes: 16, 32, and 64GB. The iPhone 5 and 5S were available in the same three sizes as the iPhone 4S: 16, 32, and 64GB.. The lower-cost iPhone 5C model was initially available in 16 and 32GB models; an 8GB model was added later. The iPhone 6 and 6S were", "id": "1270337" }, { "contents": "IPad\n\n\n. Steve Jobs said a 7-inch screen would be \"too small to express the software\" and that 10 inches was the minimum for a tablet screen. Like the iPhone, the iPad is designed to be controlled by bare fingers; normal, non-conductive gloves and styli do not work, although there are special gloves and capacitive styli designed for this use. The display responds to other sensors: an ambient light sensor to adjust screen brightness and a 3-axis accelerometer to sense iPad orientation and switch between portrait and landscape modes.", "id": "4980340" }, { "contents": "IPad Pro\n\n\ndiscontinued. The third generation of iPad Pro was announced on October 30, 2018. It is available in two screen sizes: and . They feature full screen displays, with the 11-inch model replacing the 10.5-inch model of the previous generation. They also feature up to 1 TB of storage and Face ID which works in both vertical and horizontal orientations, a feature that does not apply to iPhones with Face ID. The third generation does not feature a home button. The 12.9-inch version of the iPad Pro was announced during an Apple", "id": "18691333" }, { "contents": "IPhone\n\n\ncited were that radio drains less power and is useful in an emergency such as the 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire. Until 2017, iPhone models starting from iPhone 5S (excluding the iPhone 5C) featured Apple's fingerprint recognition sensor. It is used for unlocking the device and authenticating Apple Pay purchases (since the iPhone 6) using Touch ID. It is located in the home button. Touch ID has been replaced by Face ID, starting with the iPhone X. Included on the iPhone 6 and later (excluding the iPhone SE)", "id": "1270314" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5C\n\n\noriginal iPhone 5. The iPhone 5C was available in several color options, and shipped with iOS 7. The iPhone 5C was sold at a discounted price point in comparison to the 5S: unlike Apple's usual practice of lowering the price of the previous model upon release of a new version, the iPhone 5 was explicitly discontinued and replaced by the 5C. On September 9, 2014, the 16 and 32 GB iPhone 5C models were replaced by the 8 GB model with the announcement of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.", "id": "17445438" }, { "contents": "IPhone 6\n\n\ninclude an Apple A8 system-on-chip, and an M8 motion co-processor—an update of the M7 chip from the iPhone 5s. The primary difference between the M8 and the original M7 coprocessor is that the M8 also includes a barometer to measure altitude changes. Phil Schiller touted that the A8 chip would provide, in comparison to the 5s, a 25% increase in CPU performance, a 50% increase in graphics performance, and less heat output. Early hands-on reports suggested that the A8's", "id": "12513876" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nopined that the EarPods are inferior to other earphones of a similar price. The iPhone 5S was initially supplied with iOS 7, released on September 20, 2013. Jonathan Ive, the designer of iOS 7's new elements, described the update as \"bringing order to complexity\", highlighting features such as refined typography, new icons, translucency, layering, physics, and gyroscope-driven parallaxing as some of the major changes to the design. The design of both iOS 7 and OS X Yosemite (version 10.10)", "id": "20052032" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\n. Control Center contains a number of commonly used functions, such as volume and brightness controls, along with toggles for enabling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, and for using the rear camera's flash LED as a flashlight. iTunes Radio, an Internet radio service, was also included on the iPhone 5S. It was a free, ad-supported service available to all iTunes users, featuring Siri integration on iOS. Users were able to skip tracks, customize stations, and purchase the station's songs from the iTunes", "id": "20052034" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nthe golden child of Apple phone design and a benchmark for phones in general\" (with the 5S's gold finish adding a premium touch to the 5's already well-regarded look), while the succeeding 6 and 6S design was less critically acclaimed as it \"felt a little bit wrong, as though you were holding a slick $650 bar of soap\". The iPhone 5 was described as \"elegance rooted in the way the aluminum and glass work together. It felt streamlined, yet substantial, which is different", "id": "20052046" }, { "contents": "IPhone 5S\n\n\nrecognition system known as Touch ID, based on technology from AuthenTec, a company which Apple had acquired in 2012. The sensor uses a capacitive CMOS-based sensor which can detect the \"sub-epidermal layers\" of fingers at 500 pixels per inch, and uses a 360-degree design that can read the print at any angle. The sensor itself is activated by a touch-sensitive metallic ring surrounding the button. Touch ID can be used for various authentication activities within the operating system, such as unlocking the device or authenticating", "id": "20052029" } ]

[ { "contents": "Apoptosis\n\n\nwith the \"p\" silent), which comes from the same root \"to fall\", and is already used to describe the drooping of the upper eyelid.\" The initiation of apoptosis is tightly regulated by activation mechanisms, because once apoptosis has begun, it inevitably leads to the death of the cell. The two best-understood activation mechanisms are the intrinsic pathway (also called the mitochondrial pathway) and the extrinsic pathway. The \"intrinsic pathway\" is activated by intracellular signals generated when cells are stressed and depends", "id": "2327429" }, { "contents": "Inhibitor of apoptosis\n\n\nApoptosis, or programmed cell death, is a highly regulated process used by many multicellular organisms. Like any regulated process, apoptosis is subject to either activation or inhibition by a variety of chemical factors. Apoptosis can be triggered through two main pathways; extrinsic and intrinsic. The extrinsic pathway mostly involves extracellular signals triggering intracellular apoptosis mechanisms by binding to receptors in the cell membrane and sending signals from the outside of the cell. Intrinsic pathways involved internal cell signaling primarily through the mitochondria. Inhibitors of apoptosis are a group of proteins that", "id": "17406458" }, { "contents": "The Hallmarks of Cancer\n\n\n-destruct'; a process known as apoptosis. This is required for organisms to grow and develop properly, for maintaining tissues of the body, and is also initiated when a cell is damaged or infected. Cancer cells, however, lose this ability; even though cells may become grossly abnormal, they do not apoptosis. The cancer cells may do this by altering the mechanisms that detect the damage or abnormalities. This means that proper signaling cannot occur, thus apoptosis cannot activate. They may also have defects in", "id": "20048756" }, { "contents": "UNC-5\n\n\na significant role in tumorigenesis. Recent observations on DCC's functions in intracellular signaling have renewed interest in the potential contribution of DCC inactivation to cancer. Data shows that, when engaged by netrin ligands, DCC may activate downstream signaling pathways and in settings where netrin is absent or at low levels, DCC can promote apoptosis. The binding of netrin-1 to its receptors inhibits the tumor suppressor p53 dependent apoptosis. Such receptors share the property of inducing apoptosis in the absence of ligand, hence creating a cellular state of dependence on the ligand", "id": "16535748" }, { "contents": "ENDOG\n\n\nnucleus, where it degrades DNA to effect apoptosis. Therefore, maintaining low levels of EndoG could prevent cell death caused by stress conditions. In epithelial cells, the nuclear localization and proapoptotic function of EndoG leads it to play a role in cell senescence. In addition to DNA degradation, EndoG also stimulates inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) to target proteins for proteasomal degradation. The Endonuclase G enzyme is an important constituent in apoptotic signaling and oxidative stress, most notably as part of the mitochondrial death pathway and cardiac myocyte apoptosis signaling", "id": "9920968" }, { "contents": "Activation-induced cell death\n\n\n8 together form a death-inducing signaling complex (DISC). Activated caspase 8 is released into the cytosol, where it activates the caspase cascade that initiates apoptosis. FasL is primarily regulated at the transcriptional level. (The other option is regulation of the signal emanating from the death receptor itself, controlling sensitivity to the induction of apoptosis.) NFAT activated by TCR stimulation activates FasL transcription, possibly indirectly by upregulating early growth response proteins. T cell activation-induced transcription of FasL is further regulated by c-Myc–", "id": "1546396" }, { "contents": "Death fold\n\n\ncontained on cytokine receptors in the TNF receptor family. DD proteins function in apoptosis and NF-κB signaling in mammals, but only NF-κB signaling \"Drosophila\". Death effector domain (DED) DEDs are present on caspases and are involved in caspase activation. DED-containing caspases function in death receptor-induced apoptosis in mammals, but differ in insects where they are involved in NF-κB signaling and antibacterial responses. PYRIN PYRINS are the most recently discovered death-fold domain, and their functions and interactions have", "id": "8779821" }, { "contents": "Suicide gene\n\n\nthe DNA in the nucleus of the cell. The cell shrinks and sends out distress signals, which are answered by macrophages. The macrophages clean away the shrunken cells, leaving no trace, so these cells have no chance to cause the damage that necrotic cells do. Apoptosis also differs from necrosis in that it's essential to human development. For example, in the womb, our fingers and toes are connected to one another by a sort of webbing. Apoptosis is what causes that webbing to disappear, leaving us with 10", "id": "2511785" }, { "contents": "Apoptosis\n\n\nsuch as TNF or TRAIL), antagonize the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 pathway, or introduce Smac mimetics to inhibit the inhibitor (IAPs). The addition of agents such as Herceptin, Iressa, or Gleevec works to stop cells from cycling and causes apoptosis activation by blocking growth and survival signaling further upstream. Finally, adding p53-MDM2 complexes displaces p53 and activates the p53 pathway, leading to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Many different methods can be used either to stimulate or to inhibit apoptosis in various places along the death signaling pathway", "id": "2327465" }, { "contents": "Apoptosis\n\n\nHIV, CD4+ lymphocytes die at an accelerated rate through uncontrolled apoptosis, when stimulated. At the molecular level, hyperactive apoptosis can be caused by defects in signaling pathways that regulate the Bcl-2 family proteins. Increased expression of apoptotic proteins such as BIM, or their decreased proteolysis, leads to cell death, and can cause a number of pathologies, depending on the cells where excessive activity of BIM occurs. Cancer cells can escape apoptosis through mechanisms that suppress BIM expression or by increased proteolysis of BIM. Treatments aiming to inhibit works", "id": "2327468" }, { "contents": "Apoptosis\n\n\n, by damage to the membrane, can all trigger the release of intracellular apoptotic signals by a damaged cell. A number of cellular components, such as poly ADP ribose polymerase, may also help regulate apoptosis. Single cell fluctuations have been observed in experimental studies of stress induced apoptosis. Before the actual process of cell death is precipitated by enzymes, apoptotic signals must cause regulatory proteins to initiate the apoptosis pathway. This step allows those signals to cause cell death, or the process to be stopped, should the cell no longer", "id": "2327431" }, { "contents": "Parthanatos\n\n\nParthanatos (derived from the Greek Θάνατος, \"Death\") is a form of programmed cell death that is distinct from other cell death processes such as necrosis and apoptosis. While necrosis is caused by acute cell injury resulting in traumatic cell death and apoptosis is a highly controlled process signalled by apoptotic intracellular signals, parthanatos is caused by the accumulation of PAR and the nuclear translocation of apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) from mitochondria. Parthanatos is also known as PARP-1 dependent cell death. PARP-1 mediates parthanatos when it is over-", "id": "9354176" }, { "contents": "PRKCQ\n\n\n-dependent protein kinase. This kinase is important for T-cell activation. It is required for the activation of the transcription factors NF-kappaB and AP-1, and may link the T cell receptor (TCR) signaling complex to the activation of the transcription factors. PKC-θ also play a role in the apoptosis of lymphoid cells where it negatively influence and delay the aggregation of spectrin in an early phase of apoptosis. PKC-θ has a role in the transduction of signals in T cells, the kinase influences their", "id": "10387271" }, { "contents": "Reptin\n\n\nforming dynein arms in the cilia. Reptin also plays a part in the synthesis of small nucleolar ribonucleoproteins (snoRNP) which process non-messenger RNAs. Reptin participates in apoptosis signaling by binding to the ATPase p400 (SWI2/domino) which interacts with an apoptosis signal cascade. This event occurs in the NuA4 protein complex. One more function of reptin is its interaction with heat shock protein 90 (HSP90), where it forms the complex, R2TP. This complex functions mainly in processing snoRNA and assembling RNA polymerase II (", "id": "1940255" }, { "contents": "Necroptosis\n\n\nheterodimer. Many components of the two pathways are also shared. The Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor can signal for both apoptosis and necroptosis. The RIPK1 protein can also signal for both apoptosis and necroptosis depending on post-translational modifications mediated by other signalling proteins. Furthermore, RIPK1 can be regulated by cellular inhibitor of apoptosis proteins 1 and 2 (cIAP1, cIAP2) which polyubiquitinate RIPK1 leading to cell survival through downstream NF-kB signalling. cIAP1 and cIAP2 can also be regulated by the pro-apoptotic protein SMAC (second mitochondria-", "id": "6896740" }, { "contents": "Apoptosis\n\n\napoptosis despite defects in the cell cycle is useful for cancer treatment. The main method of treatment for potential death from signaling-related diseases involves either increasing or decreasing the susceptibility of apoptosis in diseased cells, depending on whether the disease is caused by either the inhibition of or excess apoptosis. For instance, treatments aim to restore apoptosis to treat diseases with deficient cell death, and to increase the apoptotic threshold to treat diseases involved with excessive cell death. To stimulate apoptosis, one can increase the number of death receptor ligands (", "id": "2327464" }, { "contents": "Akt/PKB signaling pathway\n\n\nto the cytosol, where it is sequestered by 14-3-3 proteins. Akt phosphorylates Caspase-9 on Ser196, preventing a caspase cascade leading to cell death. Akt also phosphorylates MAP kinase kinase kinases (MAPKKK) upstream of the stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK) pathway. Phosphorylation of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) on Ser83 and mixed lineage kinase 3 (MLK3) on Ser674 inhibits their activity and prevents MAP kinase induced apoptosis. Akt regulates TFEB, a master controller of lysosomal biogenesis, by direct", "id": "6920002" }, { "contents": "Autocrine signaling\n\n\nmice. In addition, drugs may be developed that activate autocrine signaling in cancer cells that would not otherwise occur. For example, a small-molecule mimetic of Smac/Diablo that counteracts the inhibition of apoptosis has been shown to enhance apoptosis caused by chemotherapeutic drugs through autocrine-secreted tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα). In response to autocrine TNFα signaling, the Smac mimetic promotes formation of a RIPK1-dependent caspase-8-activating complex, leading to apoptosis. Recent studies have reported the ability of drug-resistant cancer cells to acquire mitogenic signals", "id": "13135943" }, { "contents": "Apoptosis\n\n\ncannot stop once it has begun, it is a highly regulated process. Apoptosis can be initiated through one of two pathways. In the \"intrinsic pathway\" the cell kills itself because it senses cell stress, while in the \"extrinsic pathway\" the cell kills itself because of signals from other cells. Weak external signals may also activate the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis. Both pathways induce cell death by activating caspases, which are proteases, or enzymes that degrade proteins. The two pathways both activate initiator caspases, which then", "id": "2327421" }, { "contents": "UNC (biology)\n\n\n, DCC may activate downstream signaling pathways and in settings where netrin is absent or at low levels, DCC can promote apoptosis. The binding of netrin-1 to its receptors inhibits the tumor suppressor p53 dependent apoptosis. Such receptors share the property of inducing apoptosis in the absence of ligand, hence creating a cellular state of dependence on the ligand. Thus, netrin-1 may not only be a chemotropic factor for neurons but also a survival factor. This discovery shows that netrin-1 receptor pathways play an important role in tumorigenesis. A study was performed", "id": "2753021" }, { "contents": "Cellular Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein 1\n\n\nis desubiquinated apoptosis is induced. The absence of cIAP1 means that RIP1 will remain nonubiquitinated. As a consequence RIP1 forms a cytosolic complex with the adaptor molecule FADD and caspase 8, which leads to cell death. When cIAP1 ubiquitinates RIP1 this molecule acts as a signal activating the canonical NF-κB signaling pathway. The activation of this pathway stops the noncanonical one and simultaneously the apoptosis. cIAP1 is important for the activation of MAPK signaling. MAPKs are involved in directing cellular responses to a diverse array os stimuli, such as mitogens", "id": "18616262" }, { "contents": "Bacterial effector protein\n\n\nNF-kB-induced apoptosis. \"Salmonella\" inhibits apoptosis and activates pro-survival signals, dependent on the effectors AvrA and SopB, respectively. Induction of cell death. In contrast to inhibition of apoptosis, several effectors appear to induce programmed cell death. For instance, EHEC effectors EspF, EspH, and Cif induce apoptosis. Inflammatory response. Human cells have receptors that recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). When bacteria bind to these receptors, they activate signaling cascades such as the NF-kB and", "id": "6811338" }, { "contents": "Suicide gene\n\n\ndamage from spreading. Scientist are trying to learn how they can modulate apoptosis, so that they can control which cells live and which undergo programmed cell death. Anti-cancer drugs and radiation, for example, work by triggering apoptosis in diseased cells. Many diseases and disorders are linked with the life and death of cells—increased apoptosis is a characteristic of AIDS, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease, while decreased apoptosis can signal lupus or cancer. Understanding how to regulate apoptosis could be the first step to treating these", "id": "2511787" }, { "contents": "Stefan Grimm\n\n\nin cell transformation and apoptosis. From 1995 to 1998 he was postdoctoral fellow with Philip Leder at Harvard University, he then took up a junior post as a group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry. In 2004 he moved to Imperial College London, where he was appointed Professor of Toxicology. Grimm's research programme focused primarily on apoptosis, signalling pathways, and tumour-genesis. Here, he made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of cell death in connection with the development of cancer.", "id": "22095742" }, { "contents": "Blebbishield emergency program\n\n\nof blebbishields as well as sub-sequent cancer stem cell spheres. Caspase-3 plays a dual role where it is needed for induction of proper apoptosis: to activate Bax and Bak by cleavage to kill the cells and also needed for transformation from blebbishields. VEGF signaling, especially VEGF-A to VEGFR2 signaling plays a commanding role during the transformation from blebbishields. VEGF signaling leads to IRES translation of N-Myc, which in concert with mitochondrial oligomers to boost glycolysis to power blebbishield formation and transformation from blebbishields. Lactic acid, a", "id": "10848458" }, { "contents": "Apoptosis\n\n\nit more permeable. Nitric oxide has been implicated in initiating and inhibiting apoptosis through its possible action as a signal molecule of subsequent pathways that activate apoptosis. During apoptosis, cytochrome \"c\" is released from mitochondria through the actions of the proteins Bax and Bak. The mechanism of this release is enigmatic, but appears to stem from a multitude of Bax/Bak homo- and hetero-dimers of Bax/Bak inserted into the outer membrane. Once cytochrome \"c\" is released it binds with Apoptotic protease activating factor – 1", "id": "2327434" }, { "contents": "GSK-3\n\n\n. GSK-3 is therefore a part of the canonical Beta-catenin/Wnt pathway, which signals the cell to divide and proliferate. GSK-3 also participates in a number of apoptotic signaling pathways by phosphorylating transcription factors that regulate apoptosis. GSK-3 can promote apoptosis by both activating pro-apoptotic factors such as p53 and inactivating survival-promoting factors through phosphorylation. The role of GSK-3 in regulating apoptosis is controversial, however, as some studies have shown that GSK-3β knockout mice are overly sensitized to apoptosis and die in the embryonic stage, while", "id": "7846470" }, { "contents": "TRPV2\n\n\nthrough the Fas pathway, also known as the death-inducing signaling complex. Activation of TRPV2 by growth factors and hormones induces the receptor to translocate from intracellular compartments to the plasma membrane, which initiates the development of death signals. An example of the role of TRPV2 in apoptosis is its expression in the bladder cancer t24 cell line. TRPV2 in bladder cancer leads to apoptosis through the influx of calcium ions through the TPRV2 channel. In some tumors, the over-expression of TRPV2 can lead to abnormal signaling pathways that drives", "id": "14273196" }, { "contents": "Danger model\n\n\n. \"Danger signals\" are also introduced into extracellular space when stressed cells die by immunologic not-silent cell death such as necrosis or pyroptosis (as opposed to apoptosis, controlled cell death). This model also suggests that, despite their potential immunogenicity, neoplastic tumors do not induce significant immune responses to induce the destruction of the malignant cells. According to the danger model, the immune surveillance system fails to detect tumor antigens because transformed cells do not send any danger signals which could activate dendritic cells and initiate an immune response", "id": "5683760" }, { "contents": "Development of analogs of thalidomide\n\n\ninhibitors do not inhibit angiogenesis. \"In vivo\" anti-tumor activity of thalidomide is believed to be due to the potent anti-angiogenic effect and also through changes in cytokine expression. \"In vitro\" assays on apoptosis in MM cells have been shown, when treated with thalidomide and its analogs, to upregulate the activity of caspase-8. This causes cross talking of apoptotic signaling between caspase-8 and caspase-9 leading to indirect upregulation of caspase-9 activity. Further anti-tumor activity is mediated through the inhibition of apoptosis protein-2 and pro-", "id": "2183415" }, { "contents": "C-jun\n\n\nexpression and the JNK signaling pathway. C-jun protects cells from UV-induced apoptosis, and it cooperates with NF-κB to prevent apoptosis induced by TNFα. The protection from apoptosis by c-jun requires serines 63/73 (involved in phosphorylation of Jun), which is not required in c-jun-mediated G1 progress. This suggests that c-jun regulates cell cycle progression and apoptosis through two separated mechanisms. A study utilized liver-specific inactivation of c-jun in hepatocellular carcinoma, which showed impaired tumor", "id": "10444197" }, { "contents": "IκB kinase\n\n\nbowel diseases, and multiple sclerosis. Specifically, constitutive NF-κB activity promotes continuous inflammatory signaling at the molecular level that translates to chronic inflammation phenotypically. Furthermore, the ability of NF-κB to simultaneously suppress apoptosis and promote continuous lymphocyte growth and proliferation explains its intimate connection with many types of cancer. This enzyme participates in 15 pathways related to metabolism: MapK signaling, apoptosis, Toll-like receptor signaling, T-cell receptor signaling, B-cell receptor signaling, insulin signaling, adipokine signaling, Type 2 diabetes", "id": "14679778" }, { "contents": "Deleted in Colorectal Cancer\n\n\ndependence receptor system. When DCC is present on the membrane and bound to netrin-1, signals are conveyed that can lead to proliferation and cell migration. In the absence of netrin-1, DCC signaling has been shown to induce apoptosis. Only in the absence of DCC is there an absence of downstream signaling. There are therefore three possible signaling states for dependence receptors: on (ligand-bound, migration and proliferation), off (ligand-unbound, apoptosis inducing) and absent (lack of signal). DCC's role in", "id": "1715337" }, { "contents": "Apoptosis\n\n\nthe aquatic, vegetarian tadpole into the terrestrial, carnivorous frog. Negative regulation of apoptosis inhibits cell death signaling pathways, helping tumors to evade cell death and developing drug resistance. Many families of proteins act as negative regulators categorized into either antiapoptotic factors, such as IAPs and Bcl-2 proteins or prosurvival factors like cFLIP, BNIP3, FADD, Akt, and NF-κB. Many pathways and signals lead to apoptosis, but these converge on a single mechanism that actually causes the death of the cell. After a cell receives stimulus, it", "id": "2327444" }, { "contents": "Ras GTPase\n\n\ncell adhesion, apoptosis, and cell migration. Ras and Ras-related proteins are often deregulated in cancers, leading to increased invasion and metastasis, and decreased apoptosis. Ras activates several pathways, of which the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase cascade has been well-studied. This cascade transmits signals downstream and results in the transcription of genes involved in cell growth and division. Another Ras-activated signaling pathway is the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, which stimulates protein synthesis and cellular growth, and inhibits apoptosis", "id": "7804392" }, { "contents": "Hsp90\n\n\nandrogen, estrogen, and progesterone. Cancerous cells overexpress a number of proteins, including growth factor receptors, such as EGFR, or signal transduction proteins such as PI3K and AKT (Inhibition of these proteins may trigger apoptosis). Hsp90 stabilizes various growth factor receptors and some signaling molecules including PI3K and AKT proteins. Hence inhibition of Hsp90 may induce apoptosis through inhibition of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway and growth factor signaling generally. Another important role of Hsp90 in cancer is the stabilization of mutant proteins such as v-", "id": "1378420" }, { "contents": "MTOR inhibitors\n\n\nTo date, attempts to identify biomarkers of rapalog response have been unsuccessful. Clinical and translational data suggest that sensitive tumor types, with adequate parameters and functional apoptosis pathways, might not need high doses of mTOR inhibitors to trigger apoptosis. In most cases, cancer cells might only be partially sensitive to mTOR inhibitors due to redundant signal transduction or lack of functional apoptosis signaling pathways. In situations like this, high doses of mTOR inhibitors might be required. In recent study of patients with Renal cell carcinoma, resistance to Temsirolimus was associated", "id": "2183591" }, { "contents": "Apoptosis\n\n\nα signaling by binding to TRAF2. FLIP inhibits the activation of caspase-8. Binding of this receptor can also indirectly lead to the activation of transcription factors involved in cell survival and inflammatory responses. However, signalling through TNFR1 might also induce apoptosis in a caspase-independent manner. The link between TNF-alpha and apoptosis shows why an abnormal production of TNF-alpha plays a fundamental role in several human diseases, especially in autoimmune diseases. The TNF-alpha receptor superfamily also includes death receptors (DRs), such as DR4", "id": "2327438" }, { "contents": "Bat wing development\n\n\nare expressed in the interdigit tissue and blocking BMP signaling will prevent interdigital apoptosis. However, in bats, BMP genes are still expressed in the interdigits and yet interdigit apoptosis is repressed. FGF signaling has been associated with blocking cell death. \"Fgf8\" is expressed in bat interdigit tissue during a time when apoptosis occurs which does not occur in mice. Thus, FGFs may play a role in blocking the apoptotic effects of BMPs in the bat wing interdigit. Finally, applying ectopic BMPs and FGF antagonists to developing bat wings results", "id": "912393" }, { "contents": "UVB-induced apoptosis\n\n\nthis triggers a series of processes, caused in part by damage to the DNA. A study indicates that it may be at the mitochondria where the various processes (ligan-dependent receptor activation and cytosolic signaling) pathways are activated by the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that may direct the destruction of keratinocytes through apoptosis by activating caspase. As a result of increased exposure to an oxygen-reduced environment, this promotes the development of ROS thereby linking the incidence of ROS with keratinocytes and making these cells more sensitive to", "id": "14378411" }, { "contents": "CED9 (gene)\n\n\n. \"CED-9\" gain of function mutations are unresponsive to apoptosis signalling and allow cells fated to die, to survive. A notable example of a \"CED-9\" dominant gain of function mutation would be the \"n1950\" mutation which was the first mutation documented for \"CED-9\" and responsible for the gene's discovery. Loss of function mutations cause inappropriate cell death in the absence of apoptosis stimuli. Mutations in \"CED-9\" also reveal its maternal effect; where the genotype of the mother determines the phenotype of the progeny.", "id": "7729462" }, { "contents": "Apoptosis\n\n\nand DR5. These receptors bind to the proteinTRAIL and mediate apoptosis. Apoptosis is known to be one of the primary mechanisms of targeted cancer therapy. Luminescent iridium complex-peptide hybrids (IPHs) have recently been designed, which mimic TRAIL and bind to death receptors on cancer cells, thereby inducing their apoptosis. The fas receptor (First apoptosis signal) – (also known as \"Apo-1\" or \"CD95\") is a transmembrane protein of the TNF family which binds the Fas ligand (FasL). The interaction between", "id": "2327439" }, { "contents": "Hippo signaling pathway\n\n\ndivision and programmed cell death (or apoptosis). The Hippo signaling pathway is involved in restraining cell proliferation and promoting apoptosis. As many cancers are marked by unchecked cell division, this signaling pathway has become increasingly significant in the study of human cancer. Hippo pathway also has critical role in stem cell and tissue specific progenitor cell self-renewal and expansion. The Hippo signaling pathway appears to be highly conserved. While most of the Hippo pathway components were identified in the fruit fly (\"Drosophila melanogaster\") using mosaic genetic", "id": "3796169" }, { "contents": "ACAMPs\n\n\nprotectin (CD59). Phagocytes are attracted to the site with apoptotic cells by so-called come-get-me or find-me signals. During apoptosis, caspase 3 activates the Ca2+-independent phospholipase A2, leading to release of lysophosphatidylcholine which acts as such attractant. Other find-me signals include fractalkine, sphingosine-1-phosphate, ATP and UTP nucleotides, or endothelial monocyte-activating polypeptide II (EMAP II). Diversity of ACAMPs requires many receptor families for their recognition. These include scavenger receptors (e.g. CD36, CD68", "id": "4486902" }, { "contents": "Survivin\n\n\nstructural integrity of the determined crystal structure of survivin is quite reliable, as physiological conditions were used to obtain the images. Apoptosis, the process of programmed cell death, involves complex signaling pathways and cascades of molecular events. This process is needed for proper development during embryonic and fetal growth where there is destruction and reconstruction of cellular structures. In adult organisms, apoptosis is needed to maintain differentiated tissue by striking the balance between proliferation and cell death. It is known that intracellular proteases called caspases degrade the cellular contents of the cell", "id": "7270145" }, { "contents": "TP53-inducible glycolysis and apoptosis regulator\n\n\nfall, the rate of respiration decreases and causes the electron transport chain to become over-reduced with excess electrons. These excess electrons pass to oxygen and form ROS. The action of the TIGAR/HK2 complex only protects cells from apoptosis under low oxygen conditions. Under normal or glucose starved conditions, TIGAR mediated protection from apoptosis comes from its bis-phosphatase activity alone. TIGAR cannot prevent apoptosis via death pathways that are independent from ROS and p53. In some cells, TIGAR expression can push cells further towards apoptosis.", "id": "13351097" }, { "contents": "Phosphatidylserine\n\n\nPhosphatidylserine (abbreviated Ptd-L-Ser or PS) is a phospholipid and is a component of the cell membrane. It plays a key role in cell cycle signaling, specifically in relation to apoptosis. It is a key pathway for viruses to enter cells via apoptotic mimicry. Phosphatidylserine is a phospholipid (more specifically a glycerophospholipid). It consists of two fatty acids attached in ester linkage to the first and second carbon of glycerol and serine attached through a phosphodiester linkage to the third carbon of the glycerol. Phosphatidylserine coming from", "id": "11835107" }, { "contents": "Sphingomyelin\n\n\nhas been discovered that sphingomyelin plays a significant role in cell signaling pathways. The synthesis of sphingomyelin at the plasma membrane by sphingomyelin synthase 2 produces diacylglycerol, which is a lipid-soluble second messenger that can pass along a signal cascade. In addition, the degradation of sphingomyelin can produce ceramide which is involved in the apoptotic signaling pathway. Sphingomyelin has been found to have a role in cell apoptosis by hydrolyzing into ceramide. Studies in the late 1990s had found that ceramide was produced in a variety of conditions leading to apoptosis.", "id": "10502631" }, { "contents": "Death-inducing signaling complex\n\n\nThe death-inducing signaling complex or DISC is a multi-protein complex formed by members of the \"death receptor\" family of apoptosis-inducing cellular receptors. A typical example is FasR, which forms the DISC upon trimerization as a result of its ligand (FasL) binding. The DISC is composed of the death receptor, FADD, and caspase 8. It transduces a downstream signal cascade resulting in apoptosis. The Fas ligands, or cytotoxicity-dependent APO-1-associated proteins, physically associate with APO-1 (also known as the Fas", "id": "12660594" }, { "contents": "Cell death\n\n\nothers following a more generalized pathway to deletion, but both usually being genetically and synthetically motivated. There is some evidence that certain symptoms of \"apoptosis\" such as endonuclease activation can be spuriously induced without engaging a genetic cascade, however, presumably true apoptosis and programmed cell death must be genetically mediated. It is also becoming clear that mitosis and apoptosis are toggled or linked in some way and that the balance achieved depends on signals received from appropriate growth or survival factors. Autophagy is \"cytoplasmic\", characterized by the formation of", "id": "1605538" }, { "contents": "Programmed cell death\n\n\ngeneralized pathway to deletion, but both usually being genetically and synthetically motivated. There is some evidence that certain symptoms of \"apoptosis\" such as endonuclease activation can be spuriously induced without engaging a genetic cascade, however, presumably true apoptosis and programmed cell death must be genetically mediated. It is also becoming clear that mitosis and apoptosis are toggled or linked in some way and that the balance achieved depends on signals received from appropriate growth or survival factors. Macroautophagy, often referred to as autophagy, is a catabolic process that results in", "id": "8333118" }, { "contents": "CED-12\n\n\nwhen CED-12 was knocked-out. Expression of CED-12 with CED-5 and CED-2 activated CED-10, which lead to the activation of apoptotic phagocytosis. CED-12 is an adaptor protein (proteins involved in facilitating the formation of signalling complexes) that is translated once apoptosis has been triggered in a cell. Apoptosis, also known as programmed cell death, activates during development as well as in situations where a cell has received sufficient physical damage. Many of the contents within a cell are reactive with the environment outside of the cell and must be disposed", "id": "15135296" }, { "contents": "P53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis\n\n\ncytochrome c, SMAC, and apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) leading to caspase activation and cell death. Because PUMA has high affinity for binding to Bcl-2 family members, another hypothesis is that PUMA directly activates Bax and/or Bak and through Bax multimerization triggers mitochondrial translocation and with it induces apoptosis. Various studies have shown though, that PUMA does not rely on direct interaction with Bax/Bak to induce apoptosis. The majority of PUMA induced apoptosis occurs through activation of the tumor suppressor protein p53. p53 is activated by survival signals", "id": "15404288" }, { "contents": "Peginterferon alfa-2b\n\n\nwith IFNAR1 is phosphorylated which in turn phosphorylates Jak1 associated with IFNAR2. This kinase continues its signal transduction by phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 1 and 2 via Jak 1 and Tyk2 respectively. The phosphorylated STATs then dissociate from the receptor heterodimer and form an interferon transcription factor with p48 and IRF9 to form the interferon stimulate transcription factor-3 (ISGF3). This transcription factor then translocates to the nucleus where it will transcribe several genes involved in cell cycle control, cell differentiation, apoptosis, and immune response.", "id": "19636952" }, { "contents": "Phosphatidylserine\n\n\nplants and phosphatidylserine coming from animals differ in fatty acid composition. Phosphatidylserine(s) are actively held facing the cytosolic (inner) side of the cell membrane by the enzyme flippase. However, when a cell undergoes apoptosis, phosphatidylserine is no longer restricted to the cytosolic side by flippase. Instead scramblase catalyzes the rapid exchange of phosphatidylserine between the two sides. When the phosphatidylserines flip to the extracellular (outer) surface of the cell, they act as a signal for macrophages to engulf the cells. Phosphatidylserine plays a role in blood coagulation", "id": "11835108" }, { "contents": "MAP4K4\n\n\n-regulates MAP4K4 expression leading to the activation of the JNK signaling pathway. siRNA knockdown experiments have also shown a reduction of p53 induced apoptosis. Current evidence therefore suggests that MAP4K4 has a modulating effect on p53 induced apoptosis in the JNK signaling pathway. MAP4K4 has been identified to be involved in the negative regulation of insulin-dependent glucose transport. There is increasing evidence suggesting cytokines such as TNF-α mediate biological effects antagonistic to insulin action and induce inflammation observed in obesity. TNF-α specifically attenuates the signaling pathway initiated by", "id": "21215590" }, { "contents": "Ferroptosis\n\n\ntyrosine kinase receptor, TrkA, which activates phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-Akt (PI3K-Akt) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Raf-MEK-ERK) signaling pathways. This occurs during normal development which promotes neuronal growth in the sympathetic nervous system. During embryonic development, the absence of NGF activates apoptosis by decreasing the activity of the signaling pathways normally activated by NGF. this pathway of apoptosis has also been named the intrinsic pathway, as it is activated by intrinsic factors over external factors. Without NGF, the neurons of", "id": "977463" }, { "contents": "Myristoylation\n\n\naddition, in signal transduction via G protein, palmitoylation of the α subunit, prenylation of the γ subunit, and myristoylation is involved in tethering the G protein to the inner surface of the plasma membrane so that the G protein can interact with its receptor. Myristoylation is an integral part of apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Apoptosis is necessary for cell homeostasis and occurs when cells are under stress such as hypoxia or DNA damage. Apoptosis can proceed by either mitochondrial or receptor mediated activation. In receptor mediated apoptosis, apoptotic pathways", "id": "17551006" }, { "contents": "Follicular atresia\n\n\nprotein that is expressed on granulosa cells, mediates signals that induce apoptosis by binding Fas ligand and therefore plays an important role in follicular atresia. Lack of a functional Fas ligand / Fas receptor system has been linked to abnormal follicle development, and greater numbers of secondary follicles as a result of the inability to induce apoptosis. TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand TRAIL activates Caspase 3 (CASP3), which in turn interacts with caspases 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 to induce apoptosis in granulosa cells. In", "id": "19111242" }, { "contents": "Anticancer gene\n\n\ncarrying tumour-selective apoptosis capabilities. ORCTL3, a cation transporter, was recently discovered as a novel anti-cancer gene. Par-4 encodes a protein that features a leucine zipper and mediates many diverse signals for apoptosis at its endogenous expression level. TRAIL (TNF related apoptosis-inducing ligand) is a member of the TNF family of apoptosis-inducing ligands TP53 is another anti-cancer/anti-tumor gene (elephants have twenty copies of the TP53 gene). Some of these genes are in clinical development. TRAIL,", "id": "21901589" }, { "contents": "Bipolar neuron\n\n\nbipolar cells are crucial as they serve as both direct and indirect cell pathways. The specific location of the bipolar cells allow them to facilitate the passage of signals from where they start in the receptors to where they arrive at the amacrine and ganglion cells. Bipolar cells in the retina are also unusual in that they do not fire impulses like the other cells found within the nervous system. Rather, they pass the information by graded signal changes. Bipolar cells come in two varieties, having either an on-center or an off", "id": "4995987" }, { "contents": "DLC1\n\n\nmitochondrial-mediated apoptosis. The process of apoptosis, or programmed cell death, allows cells which are stressed or damaged to die in a controlled and contained manner. Experiments have shown that DLC1 expression initiates a signaling cascade which cleaves the precursor protein procaspase-3 into caspase-3, thereby allowing it to induce caspase-3-mediated apoptosis. Therefore, in the absence of DLC1, apoptosis of cells which are proliferating and passing through the cell cycle uncontrollably is significantly reduced. These cells are unable to destroy themselves, and therefore continue to proliferate and form tumors.", "id": "20906502" }, { "contents": "Lysophosphatidylcholine\n\n\n: those born with genes that prevent adequate uptake suffer from lethal microcephaly. LPCs occur in many foods naturally. In Starch: Chemistry and Technology third edition on page 592, the authors state that \"lysophosphatidylcholine makes up about 70% of the lipids in oat starch\". The anti-cancer abilities of synthetic LPC variants are special since they do not target the cell DNA but insert into the plasma membrane and cause apoptosis through influencing several signal pathways. Therefore, their effects are independent of the proliferation state of the tumor cell", "id": "2995641" }, { "contents": "P53\n\n\nmediated apoptosis. Some isoforms lack the Proline rich domain, such as Δ133p53β,γ and Δ160p53α,β,γ; hence some isoforms of p53 are not mediating apoptosis, emphasizing the diversifying roles of the \"TP53\" gene. Afterwards there is the DNA binding domain (DBD), which enables the proteins to sequence specific binding. The carboxyl terminal domain completes the protein. It includes the nuclear localization signal (NLS), the nuclear export signal (NES) and the oligomerisation domain (OD). The NLS and", "id": "4968792" }, { "contents": "Protein kinase B\n\n\nretardation and increased spontaneous apoptosis in tissues such as testes and thymus. Since it can block apoptosis, and thereby promote cell survival, Akt1 has been implicated as a major factor in many types of cancer. Akt (now also called Akt1) was originally identified as the oncogene in the transforming retrovirus, AKT8. Akt2 is an important signaling molecule in the insulin signaling pathway. It is required to induce glucose transport. In a mouse which is null for Akt1 but normal for Akt2, glucose homeostasis is unperturbed, but the animals", "id": "19872405" }, { "contents": "DIDO1\n\n\nDeath-inducer obliterator 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"DIDO1\" gene. Apoptosis, a major form of cell death, is an efficient mechanism for eliminating unwanted cells and is of central importance for development and homeostasis in metazoan animals. In mice, the death inducer-obliterator-1 gene is upregulated by apoptotic signals and encodes a cytoplasmic protein that translocates to the nucleus upon apoptotic signal activation. When overexpressed, the mouse protein induced apoptosis in cell lines growing in vitro. This gene is similar to the", "id": "377993" }, { "contents": "CED9 (gene)\n\n\n-terminus. CED-9 also includes a transmembrane domain on the C-terminal end of the structure that anchors the protein to the mitochondrial membrane. However, research shown that the C-terminal domain is not necessary for the protein's main function as an inhibitor of the CED-4 protein found in the same apoptosis signalling pathway. Cell death, or apoptosis during early development is crucial for the correct morphology and refractivity of adult \"C. elegans\". This process involves a signal and interaction cascade of proteins leading to the engulfment and death", "id": "7729457" }, { "contents": "Liver cancer\n\n\nincrease the risk for HCC. Many genetic and epigenetic changes are formed in liver cells during HCV and HBV infection, which is a major factor in the production of the liver tumors. The viruses induce malignant changes in cells by altering gene methylation, affecting gene expression, and promoting or repressing cellular signal transduction pathways. By doing this, the viruses can prevent cells from undergoing a programmed form of cell death (apoptosis) and promote viral replication and persistence. HBV and HCV also induce malignant changes by causing DNA damage and genomic", "id": "3837183" }, { "contents": "Cardiac neural crest cells\n\n\ncardiac outflow tract contribute to the formation of the cardiac ganglia and mesenchyme at the junction of the subaortic and sub pulmonary myocardium (muscular heart tissue) of the outflow tract. A smaller portion of the CNCCs migrate to the proximal outflow tract where they help to close the ventricular outflow septum. Many signaling molecules are required for the differentiation, proliferation, migration and apoptosis of the CNCCs. The molecular pathways involved include the Wnt, Notch, BMP, FGF8 and GATA families of molecules. In addition to these signaling pathways, these", "id": "11160460" }, { "contents": "Caspase-activated DNase\n\n\nimidazole ring of its His-237. The caspase-3 His-237 stabilizes the target Aspartate causing the break of the association of ICAD and CAD leaving the endonuclease CAD active allowing it to degrade chromosomal DNA. Once the inhibitor is released and in order to properly function, two CAD monomers need to come together to form a functional dimer that has vertical symmetry. DFFB has been shown to interact with DFFA. Caspase 3 is responsible for cellular differentiation, although it is unclear how this kind of protein can promote the cell apoptosis. Caspase signals resulting from", "id": "9229860" }, { "contents": "Lipid signaling\n\n\ncathepsin D. Cathepsin D has been proposed as the main target for ceramide formed in organelles called lysosomes, making lysosomal acidic SMase enzymes one of the key players in the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis. Ceramide was also shown to activate PKCζ, implicating it to the inhibition of AKT, regulation of the voltage difference between the interior and exterior of the cell (membrane potential) and signaling functions that favor apoptosis. Chemotherapeutic agents such as daunorubicin and etoposide enhance the \"de novo\" synthesis of ceramide in studies done on mammalian cells. The", "id": "12462163" }, { "contents": "Cellular Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein 1\n\n\ncell survival under endoplasmatic reticulum (ER) stress. Studies show that when the protein is exposed to palmitate the concentration of cIAP1 decreases and, as a result, the apoptosis is no longer inhibited resulting in the death of the cell. ER stress increases cIAP1 expression in cancer cells through the UPR pathway, that is why, the induction of cIAP1 is suggested to be important for cancerous cell survival under stress conditions. Crohn's disease. cIAP1 is responsible for NOD signalling. When this signalling is defective, Crohn's disease is", "id": "18616264" }, { "contents": "PTK2\n\n\nsignaling in human endothelial cells, FAK is cleaved by caspase 3 at Asp-772, generating two FAK fragments of approximately 90 and 130 kDa in length. The smaller FAK fragment is termed \"killer FAT\" and becomes the domain associated with death signaling. Throughout apoptosis, FAK is an important contributor to cell rounding, loss of focal contacts and apoptotic membrane formations such as blebbing, which involves contracting the cortical actin ring and is followed by chromatin condensation and nuclear fragmentation. Overexpression of FAK leads to inhibition of apoptosis and an increase in", "id": "2477525" }, { "contents": "Convallatoxin\n\n\neffects at nano doses. It has been shown to inhibit cell proliferation, invasion and migration of cancer cells. The underlying mechanisms of this are not fully known. However, it has been demonstrated that convallatoxin induces apoptosis and autophagy at a dose of 10 nM per 3 days. It was also shown to inhibit angiogenesis through autophagy and apoptosis at concentrations of 2-4 nM. Autophagy is induced in human cervical carcinoma cells, or HeLa cells by convallatoxin blocking the mTOR signalling pathway. This signalling pathway usually inhibits autophagy in cells.", "id": "7665439" }, { "contents": "Death receptor 6\n\n\nThe free serum levels of this DR6 are heightened with anti-cell death factors in patients that have later stage ovarian cancer. DR6 is also thought to be involved in neurodegeneration in the brain that causes Alzheimer's disease as well as signal transduction in stress response and cellular survival. DR6 induces apoptosis when it is over expressed, however the manner in which the death signal is intracellularly transduced is currently unknown. It has been determined that Bax translocation is necessary for the apoptosis triggered by DR6, but through an unknown pathway instead of", "id": "9921390" }, { "contents": "BOK (gene)\n\n\n, Bok-S, lacks exon 3. This results in a fusion of the BH3 domain with the BH1 domain. The BH3 domain is involved in the interaction of Bok with Mcl-1 and other molecules. It is dispensable for the induction of apoptosis. Expression of Bok-S may be an immediate response to stress signals. It has been shown to induce apoptosis regardless of the presence of anti-apoptotic molecules. Another splice variant termed Bok-P was found in placental tissue from patients suffering from pre-eclampsia. While", "id": "6269111" }, { "contents": "Mitochondria associated membranes\n\n\nto the mechanisms controlling cellular apoptosis and to inter-organelle Ca2 + signals. The mitochondria-associated ER membranes (MAMs), play role in cell death modulation. Mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP), is a reason of the higher matrix Ca2 + levels, which is acts as a trigger for apoptosis. MOMP is the process before apoptosis, which is accompanied to permeability of the inner membrane of the mitochondria (IMM). Permeability transition pore (PTP) opening induces mitochondrial swelling and outer membrane of the mitochondria (", "id": "8723358" }, { "contents": "C-Met inhibitor\n\n\ndimerization as well as autophosphorylation of two tyrosines occur in the activation loop (A-loop) in the kinase domain of Met. Phosphorylation occurs in tyrosines close to the C-terminus, creating a multi-functional docking site which recruits adaptor proteins and leads to downstream signalling. The signaling is mediated by Ras/Mapk, PI3K/Akt, c-Src and STAT3/5 and include cell proliferation, reduced apoptosis, altered cytoskeletal function and more. The kinase domain usually consists of a bi-lobed structure, where the lobes", "id": "16780143" }, { "contents": "Immunogenic cell death\n\n\nspecies (ROS). Both ER stress and ROS production are key players of intracellular signaling pathways that govern ICD. ICD is characterized by secretion of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs).There are three most important DAMPs which are exposed to the cell surface during ICD. Calreticulin (CRT), one of the DAMP molecules, which is normally in the lumen of endoplasmic reticulum (ER), is translocated after the induction of immunogenic apoptosis to the surface of dying cell where it functions as an \"eat me\" signal for professional", "id": "21899880" }, { "contents": "VDAC2\n\n\nof sperm flagella. It also localizes to the acrosomal membrane of the sperm, where it putatively mediates calcium ion transmembrane transport. The VDAC2 protein belongs to a group of mitochondrial membrane channels involved in translocation of adenine nucleotides through the outer membrane. These channels may also function as a mitochondrial binding site for hexokinase and glycerol kinase. The VDAC is an important constituent in apoptotic signaling and oxidative stress, most notably as part of the mitochondrial death pathway and cardiac myocyte apoptosis signaling. Programmed cell death is a distinct genetic and biochemical pathway", "id": "7880784" }, { "contents": "Hsp90 inhibitor\n\n\nin multiple signaling networks in tumorogenesis. Mitochondrial Hsp90 is involved in complex signaling pathway that prevents initiation of induced apoptosis. Gamitrinib is a resorcinolic small molecule that specifically act on mitochondrial Hsp90. It induces a sudden loss of membrane potential which is followed by membrane rupture and initiation of apoptosis. Also gamitrinib is highly selective and does not affect normal cells. HSP90 is gaining increasing importance as a cancer target, in large part because of the potential for combinatorial targeting of multiple oncogenic protein pathways and biological effects. The good tolerability seen with", "id": "10985435" }, { "contents": "ADP/ATP translocase 2\n\n\nused as a growth marker and targeted for studies in tumor cell growth. The SLC25A5 enzyme is an important constituent in apoptotic signaling and oxidative stress, most notably as part of the mitochondrial death pathway and cardiac myocyte apoptosis signaling. Programmed cell death is a distinct genetic and biochemical pathway essential to metazoans. An intact death pathway is required for successful embryonic development and the maintenance of normal tissue homeostasis. Apoptosis has proven to be tightly interwoven with other essential cell pathways. The identification of critical control points in the cell death pathway has", "id": "1484415" }, { "contents": "Galectin\n\n\nare distinct in that they can regulate cell death both intracellularly and extracellularly. Extracellularly, they cross link glycans on the outside of cells and transduce signals across the membrane to directly cause cell death or activate downstream signaling that triggers apoptosis. Intracellularly, they can directly regulate proteins that control cell fate. Many galectins have roles in apoptosis: Galectin-3 has an essential role in negatively regulating T cell receptor (TCR) activation. Crosslinking of T cell receptors and other glycoproteins by galectin-3 on the membrane of T cells prevents clustering of TCRs and", "id": "3903377" }, { "contents": "VDAC3\n\n\nnucleotides through the outer membrane. These channels may also function as a mitochondrial binding site for hexokinase and glycerol kinase. The VDAC is an important constituent in apoptotic signaling and oxidative stress, most notably as part of the mitochondrial death pathway and cardiac myocyte apoptosis signaling. Programmed cell death is a distinct genetic and biochemical pathway essential to metazoans. An intact death pathway is required for successful embryonic development and the maintenance of normal tissue homeostasis. Apoptosis has proven to be tightly interwoven with other essential cell pathways. The identification of critical control", "id": "7881133" }, { "contents": "FAM162A\n\n\n, which indicates that it may participate in the caspase-independent apoptotic pathway depending on cell type or organism. Human growth and transformation-dependent protein (HGTD-P) is involved in intrinsic apoptosis. Apoptosis, an ancient Greek word used to describe the \"falling off\" of petals from flowers or leaves from trees, is a highly regulated, evolutionarily conserved, and energy-requiring process by which activation of specific signaling cascades ultimately leads to cell death. An apoptotic cell undergoes structural changes including cell shrinkage, plasma membrane", "id": "385476" }, { "contents": "Death receptor 5\n\n\nDeath receptor 5 (DR5), also known as TRAIL receptor 2 (TRAILR2) and tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 10B (TNFRSF10B), is a cell surface receptor of the TNF-receptor superfamily that binds TRAIL and mediates apoptosis. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the TNF-receptor superfamily, and contains an intracellular death domain. This receptor can be activated by tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis inducing ligand (TNFSF10/TRAIL/APO-2L), and transduces apoptosis signal. Mice have a homologous", "id": "13112722" }, { "contents": "Anti-dsDNA antibodies\n\n\nApoptosis is the highly organised process of programmed cell death in which the cell degrades the nuclear DNA and signals for phagocytosis. In people with SLE and other autoimmune disorders this process is thought to be defective, causing either an increase in cell death and/or a decrease in the rate of dead cell clearance. There is a higher rate of apoptosis in people with SLE and various changes in genes and proteins have been implicated in the defects in apoptosis. These include increased levels of soluble Fas and bcl-2 and polymorphisms in the programmed cell death", "id": "16629124" }, { "contents": "Pericyte\n\n\npericytes contribute to the survival of endothelial cells because they secrete the protein Bcl-w during cellular crosstalk. Bcl-w is an instrumental protein in the pathway that enforces VEGF-A expression and discourages apoptosis. Although there is some speculation as to why VEGF is directly responsible for preventing apoptosis, it is believed to be responsible for modulating apoptotic signal transduction pathways and inhibiting activation of apoptosis-inducing enzymes. Two biochemical mechanisms utilized by VEGF to accomplish such would be phosphorylation of extracellular regulatory kinase 1 (ERK-1), which sustains", "id": "23334" }, { "contents": "Suicide gene\n\n\nseparate digits. As our brains develop, the body, the body creates millions more cells than it needs; the ones that don't form synaptic connections undergo apoptosis so that the remaining cells function well. Programmed cell death is also necessary to start the process of menstruation. That's not to say that apoptosis is a perfect process. Rather than dying due to injury, cells that go through apoptosis die in response to signals within the body. When cells recognize viruses and gene mutations, they may induce death to prevent the", "id": "2511786" }, { "contents": "Death receptor 4\n\n\nDeath receptor 4 (DR4), also known as TRAIL receptor 1 (TRAILR1) and tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 10A (TNFRSF10A), is a cell surface receptor of the TNF-receptor superfamily that binds TRAIL and mediates apoptosis. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the TNF-receptor superfamily. This receptor is activated by tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis inducing ligand (TNFSF10/TRAIL), and thus transduces cell death signal and induces cell apoptosis. Studies with FADD-deficient mice suggested that", "id": "6185586" }, { "contents": "HIPK2\n\n\nThese genes encode transcription factors that act to regulate target genes. HIPK2 also acts in signal transduction, specifically the pathway leading to programmed cell death (apoptosis). HIPK2 can promote apoptosis either in association with p53 or by a separate mechanism. HIPK2 phosphorylates the S46 residue of p53, leading to its activation, which in turn leads to the transcription of factors that induce apoptosis. Phosphorylation of p53 by HIPK2 prevents the association of negative regulator Mdm2 to p53 and is necessary for the acetylation of the K382 residue in p53, which", "id": "6559238" }, { "contents": "GPR56\n\n\n. Silenced expression of GPR56 in HeLa cells enhanced apoptosis and anoikis, but suppressed anchorage-independent growth and cell adhesion. High ecotropic viral integration site-1 acute myeloid leukemia (EVI1-high AML) expresses GPR56 that was found to be a transcriptional target of EVI1. Silencing expression of GPR56 decreases adhesion, cell growth and induces apoptosis through reduced RhoA signaling. GPR56 suppresses the angiogenesis and melanoma growth through inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) via PKCα signaling pathway. Furthermore, GPR56 expression was found to be negatively correlated with the malignancy", "id": "15045990" }, { "contents": "SHC1\n\n\ndomain. Overexpression of SHC proteins are associated with cancer mitogenesis, carcinogenesis and metastasis. The SHC and its adaptor proteins transmit signaling of the cell surface receptors such as EGFR, erbV-2 and insulin receptors. p52SHC and p46SHC activate the Ras-ERK pathway. p66SHC inhibits ERK1/2 activity and antagonize mitogenic and survival abilities of T-lymphoma Jurkat cell lines. A rise in p66SHC promotes stress induced apoptosis. p66SHC functionally is also involved in regulating oxidative and stress- induced apoptosis – mediating steroid action through the redox signaling pathway. P52SHC and p66SHC", "id": "3752815" }, { "contents": "CHD8\n\n\nregulates Wnt signaling. Wnt signaling is important in the vertebrate early development and morphogenesis. It is believed that CHD8 also recruits the linker histone H1 and causes the repression of β-catenin and p53 target genes. The importance of CHD8 can be observed in studies where CHD8-knockout mice died after 5.5 embryonic days because of widespread p53 induced apoptosis. Mutations in this gene have been linked to a subset of autism cases. Mutations in CHD8 could lead to upregulation of β-catenin-regulated genes, in some part of the brain this", "id": "1948487" }, { "contents": "Apoptosis\n\n\nFas and FasL results in the formation of the \"death-inducing signaling complex\" (DISC), which contains the FADD, caspase-8 and caspase-10. In some types of cells (type I), processed caspase-8 directly activates other members of the caspase family, and triggers the execution of apoptosis of the cell. In other types of cells (type II), the \"Fas\"-DISC starts a feedback loop that spirals into increasing release of proapoptotic factors from mitochondria and the amplified activation of caspase-8. Following \"TNF-R1\"", "id": "2327440" }, { "contents": "Survivin\n\n\n. Survivin’s role in cancer development in the context of a signaling pathway is its ability to inhibit activation of downstream caspase-3 and -7 from apoptosis inducing stimuli. The overexpression of survivin in tumors may serve to increase the tumors resistance to apoptosis and, thus, contribute to cell immortality even in the presence of death stimuli. In this experiment, the oligonucleotide 4003 that targets nucleotides 232-251 of survivin mRNA was found to be the most effective at down-regulating the levels of survivin mRNA in the A549 tumour line. The", "id": "7270187" }, { "contents": "Notch signaling pathway\n\n\nmaturation. In gliogenesis, Notch appears to have an instructive role that can directly promote the differentiation of many glial cell subtypes. For example, activation of Notch signaling in the retina favors the generation of Muller glia cells at the expense of neurons, whereas reduced Notch signaling induces production of ganglion cells, causing a reduction in the number of Muller glia. Apart from its role in development, evidence shows that Notch signaling is also involved in neuronal apoptosis, neurite retraction, and neurodegeneration of ischemic stroke in the brain In addition to", "id": "7055764" }, { "contents": "Interleukin 15\n\n\namino acids long PT region (Figure 6). IL-15 regulates the activation and proliferation of T and natural killer (NK) cells. Survival signals that maintain memory T cells in the absence of antigen are provided by IL-15. This cytokine is also implicated in NK cell development. In rodent lymphocytes, IL-15 prevents apoptosis by inducing BCL2L1/BCL-x(L), an inhibitor of the apoptosis pathway. In humans with celiac disease IL-15 similarly suppresses apoptosis in T-lymphocytes by inducing Bcl-2 and/or Bcl-xL. A hematopoietin receptor,", "id": "14034507" }, { "contents": "P53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis\n\n\nThe p53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA) also known as Bcl-2-binding component 3 (BBC3), is a pro-apoptotic protein, member of the Bcl-2 protein family. In humans, the Bcl-2-binding component 3 protein is encoded by the \"BBC3\" gene. The expression of PUMA is regulated by the tumor suppressor p53. PUMA is involved in p53-dependent and -independent apoptosis induced by a variety of signals, and is regulated by transcription factors, not by post-translational modifications. After activation, PUMA interacts with antiapoptotic Bcl-2 family", "id": "15404285" }, { "contents": "NeuroSky\n\n\non a conversation at a loud concert. In the past, EEG devices circumvented this problem by measuring these signals in environments where electrical activity is strictly controlled and increasing the signal strength of the data coming from the brain through the application of a conductive solution. However, most people don’t have rooms in their house devoid of electronic devices nor do they want to apply a conductive liquid to their head every time they use a BCI device. NeuroSky has developed complex algorithms built into their products which filter out this “noise”", "id": "17527633" } ]

[ { "contents": "History of Delhi\n\n\n.Delhi is very famous It is considered to be a city built, destroyed and rebuilt several times, as outsiders who successfully invaded the Indian Subcontinent would ransack the existing capital city in Delhi, and those who came to conquer and stay would be so impressed by the city's strategic location as to make it their capital and rebuild it in their own way. The Delhi Sultanate is the name given for a series of five successive dynasties, which remained as a dominant power of Indian subcontinent with Delhi as their capital. The", "id": "15382914" }, { "contents": "Delhi Capitals\n\n\nhard but closely lost the match by just 4 runs. The Delhi Daredevils next played the dominant Chennai Super Kings side who batted first and posted 168. Delhi failed to gain momentum throughout the match and eventually lost by 33 runs. The following match was against Kings XI Punjab who defeated them again, this time by 7 runs, as they failed to chase 172. Their final game was against Pune Warriors India. Delhi bowled first and the Pune Warriors posted a total of 171. In the second innings, Delhi started well", "id": "448113" }, { "contents": "Delhi Capitals\n\n\nJayant Yadav to the Mumbai Indians after the IPL 2019 auction. The Capitals started their campaign with a 37 run victory over three-time champions Mumbai. The Capitals finally entered the playoffs after 7 years, and they won their first-ever playoffs match. The Capitals ended up as 2nd runner up in the playoffs. The Delhi Capitals play their home matches in the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, the second-oldest cricket stadium in India after Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai located in New Delhi. They also have the modern Shaheed Veer", "id": "448127" }, { "contents": "Sabina Sehgal Saikia\n\n\nposition of editor of a popular Indian paper called ‘Delhi Times’. Her work with ‘Delhi Times’ is where Indian journalism began to recognize the talents she had for reviewing restaurants. Sabina’s knack for analyzing the ambience, service, value for money and, food of restaurants made her a famous food critic that could determine the future of any eateries in India. When Sabina perished in the attacks on Mumbai her impact as a journalist was renowned from all over the capital even from people who did not know her personally", "id": "2386317" }, { "contents": "Capital: The Eruption of Delhi\n\n\nCapital: The Eruption of Delhi (also published as Capital: A Portrait of Twenty-First Century Delhi) is a 2014 book by British-born, Indian-based writer Rana Dasgupta. \"Capital\" is an exploration of the transformation of Delhi since Dasgupta first moved to the city in 2001. It explores the changes Delhi has experienced since the boom of the Indian economy, particularly through encounters with residents of Delhi, ranging from billionaires to slum dwellers and drug dealers to metal traders. These personal stories are interwoven with", "id": "4001727" }, { "contents": "Delhi\n\n\ndo open defecation. Delhi's culture has been influenced by its lengthy history and historic association as the capital of India, Although a strong Punjabi Influence can be seen in language, Dress and Cuisine brought by the large number of refugees who came following the partition in 1947 the recent migration from other parts of India has made it a melting pot. This is exemplified by many significant monuments in the city. Delhi is also identified as the location of Indraprastha, the ancient capital of the Pandavas. The Archaeological Survey of India recognises", "id": "17055909" }, { "contents": "Delhi\n\n\ncity came under the direct control of the British Government in 1858. It was made a district province of the Punjab. In 1911, it was announced that the capital of British-held territories in India was to be transferred from Calcutta to Delhi. The name \"New Delhi\" was given in 1927, and the new capital was inaugurated on 13 February 1931. New Delhi, also known as \"Lutyens' Delhi\", was officially declared as the capital of the Union of India after the country gained independence on 15", "id": "17055863" }, { "contents": "Angellica Aribam\n\n\nin Indian prisons. In 2015, she was detained by Delhi Police after a protest demanding greater women’s security in the national capital. Her time in detention was mired in trauma as the prison couldn’t provide her basic request for a menstrual pad. Following which, she took up the cause with Delhi Police urging that free sanitary pads be made available in prisons. Aribam is an intersectional feminist who believes in fourth-wave feminism. In September 2016, Aribam wrote an article highlighting the alleged sexism and misogyny that was prevalent", "id": "18796322" }, { "contents": "Mayank Austen Soofi\n\n\nMayank Austen Soofi is a Delhi-based Indian writer, blogger and photojournalist, who writes popular columns for \"Hindustan Times\" and \"Mint\" on culture, food and literary landscapes of Delhi. He is best known for his website and blog, \"The Delhi Walla\", a multifaceted guide of the city, that has been praised as being \"the most compelling guide to India’s capital\" (The Independent) and \"a one-man encyclopedia of the city\" (Time Out Delhi). Soofi was", "id": "13620168" }, { "contents": "1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election\n\n\nLegislative Assembly elections were held in Delhi in 1993. The result was a victory for the Bhartiya Janata Party, which won 49 of the 70 seats in the Assembly. First Legislative Assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1952. But under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Delhi was made a Union Territory under the direct administration of the President of India and the Delhi Legislative Assembly was abolished simultaneously. So the next legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1993, when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as National Capital Territory", "id": "1538024" }, { "contents": "History of Delhi\n\n\nbut the city once became the capital in 1648 during the rule of Shah Jahan, and remained the capital until the fall of the empire. During this time, Delhi became a center for culture, and poets such as Ghalib, Dard, Dagh and Zauq lived in the city and sought patronage of the emperor. The Mughals also built several monuments in the city including Humayun's Tomb, Red Fort, and Jama Masjid. The first Mughal Emperors Babur and Humayun ruled from Agra, unlike the preceding Delhi Sultanate. In the", "id": "15382931" }, { "contents": "History of Delhi\n\n\nPithora. The Chauhan king Prithviraj III was defeated in 1192 by Muhammad Ghori. From 1206, Delhi became the capital of the Delhi Sultanate under the Slave Dynasty. The first Sultan of Delhi, Qutb-ud-din Aybak, was a former slave who rose through the ranks to become a general, a governor and then Sultan of Delhi. Qutb-ud-din started the construction of the Qutub Minar, a recognisable symbol of Delhi, to commemorate his victory but died before its completion. In the Qutb complex he", "id": "15382927" }, { "contents": "Hyderabad\n\n\nto the Delhi sultanate in 1325, bringing Warangal under the rule of the Tughlaq dynasty until 1347 when Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah, a governor under bin Tughluq, rebelled against Delhi and established the Bahmani Sultanate in the Deccan Plateau, with Gulbarga, west of Hyderabad, as its capital. The Hyderabad area was under the control of the Musunuri Nayaks at this time, who, however, were forced to cede it to the Bahmani Sultanate in 1364. The Bahmani kings ruled the region until 1518 and were the first", "id": "16803943" }, { "contents": "First Legislative Assembly of Delhi\n\n\nThe First Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted in Nov 1993 after the \"Council of Minister\" was replaced by the Delhi Legislative Assembly through the Constitution Act 1991 and by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Indian constitution. The amendment declared the Union Territory of Delhi to be formally known as National Capital Territory of Delhi, subsequently Delhi holding the 1st state elections. Total six national parties, three state parties, forty-one registered (unrecognised) parties and other independent", "id": "2667435" }, { "contents": "Tamil Nadu Express\n\n\nto combine at one of these stations and operate to New Delhi. The first \"Superfast\" to connect the Southern Metro with the state capital the train beat the record of G T Express which held the superfast train status of the South that time and fastest to reach New Delhi. Timings were not convenient for Delhi travelers, leading to daily and timings altered to leave Chennai in the evening. The Tamil Nadu Express faced a problem with the engine when it had to haul 18+ coaches. The train could not cover the", "id": "12494276" }, { "contents": "Delhi Sultanate\n\n\nThe capital move failed because Daulatabad was arid and did not have enough drinking water to support the new capital. The capital then returned to Delhi. Nevertheless, Muhammad bin Tughlaq's orders affected history as a large number of Delhi Muslims who came to the Deccan area did not return to Delhi to live near Muhammad bin Tughlaq. This influx of the then-Delhi residents into the Deccan region led to a growth of Muslim population in central and southern India. Muhammad bin Tughlaq's adventures in the Deccan region also marked campaigns of", "id": "6195456" }, { "contents": "Delhi Gadhakal\n\n\neyes of a Malayali youth, named Sahadevan, who lands in the capital after securing a job in a travel agency. On his arrival in the capital, carrying high hopes and aspirations, Sahadevan is welcomed by a shocker when he learns that China had attacked India. It was a historical jolt for the Left movement. This along with his first sight of old Delhi, which in those days looked like an ordinary village with plenty of wheat and cauliflower fields forms the first chapters of the novel. In the following chapters,", "id": "10664008" }, { "contents": "Delhi Legislative Assembly\n\n\nThe Legislative Assembly of Delhi, also known as Delhi Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral law making body of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, one of the 7 union territories in India. It is situated at Delhi, the state capital of Delhi, with 70 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). The seat of assembly is the Old Secretariat building, which is also the seat of the Delhi Government. The Delhi Legislative Assembly was first constituted on 7 March 1952 under the Government of Part C States Act, 1951", "id": "10233093" }, { "contents": "List of Delhi Metro stations\n\n\nThis is a list of all stations of the Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system serving Delhi and its satellite cities in the National Capital Region of India. As of now, there are a total of 227 metro stations including the Airport Express stations (250 stations if each station is counted multiple times for each transfer). Delhi Metro is the third transit system in India, after Kolkata Metro and the Chennai MRTS. The first section of the Delhi Metro opened on 25 December 2002 with the Red Line, and has since", "id": "14233447" }, { "contents": "Delhi Capitals\n\n\n, including Delhi. The teams were put up for auction in Mumbai on 20 February 2008 and the Delhi team was successfully bought by the property development company GMR Group, who paid US$84 million for it. In March 2018, GMR sold a 50% stake in Delhi Daredevils to JSW Sports for . In December 2018, the team changed its name from the Delhi Daredevils to the Delhi Capitals. The Delhi Daredevils had a good run in the inaugural edition of the IPL. They won the initial two matches against Rajasthan Royals", "id": "448102" }, { "contents": "Delhi Metro\n\n\nconnectivity to Najafgarh and Dhansa Bus Stand, both of which are congested and busy areas in the national capital. After taking over the operation of the Delhi Airport Express Metro, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has taken over the operation of Gurugram Rapid Metro. In this regard, an agreement between the Haryana Government and the DMRC has been signed. According to sources, the DMRC took the complete operation of Gurugram Rapid Metro from February 5. However, no changes were be made in the fares and timings of the", "id": "10578571" }, { "contents": "Gwalior\n\n\nshifted his capital from Delhi to Gwalior and constructed 'Sher Shah Mandir' (or 'Sher Shah Fort') in his father's memory. Islam Shah operated from Gwalior until his death in 1553. Islam Shah had appointed the Hindu warrior 'Hemu' or Hem Chandra Vikramaditya as his Prime Minister in Sher Shah Fort for the first time, who later on became the Hem Chandra Vikramaditya king at Delhi and established 'Hindu Raj' in North India. In the east of the city are two examples of early Mughal architecture", "id": "14518271" }, { "contents": "2012 Delhi gang rape\n\n\nto meet the victim and described Delhi as a \"rape capital\" in interviews. She said that senior police officials should be held accountable for the failure to take adequate measures to stop such incidents and called for \"immediate setting up of fast-track courts to try rape cases and to get justice in a time-bound manner\". The three constables who had refused to take action upon Ram Adhar's complaint of robbery were suspended for dereliction of duty. On 24 December 2012, in his first official reaction after the", "id": "17261926" }, { "contents": "Delhi School of Management\n\n\nAssembly. Prof. P.B. Sharma, the then Dean of DCE, was nominated as the university's first Vice Chancellor. At that time, DTU introduced new courses in M.Tech, Ph.D and B.Tech programmes. MBA was introduced as a new programme in the newly established university. Delhi Technological University (DTU), formerly known as Delhi College of Engineering, was established in 1941 as Delhi Polytechnic, and was under the control of the Government of India. The college has been under the government of the National Capital Territory of", "id": "13262712" }, { "contents": "Government of Delhi\n\n\n-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991 came into force, followed by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Constitution of India, declared the Union Territory of Delhi to be formally known as National Capital Territory of Delhi. The first Chief minister of Delhi was Ch. Braham Prakash (INC) and the first women CM was Sushma Swaraj of BJP. Guru Radha Kishan (CPI) had the rare distinction of representing his constituency in MCD (DMC initially) for most years", "id": "9616604" }, { "contents": "Naseem Mirza Changezi\n\n\nNaseem Mirza Changezi (1910 – April 12, 2018) was an Indian independence activist. He was also believed to had been one of the oldest living persons in India at the time of his death. In 2016, Naseem Mirza Changezi claimed to be 106 years old. Naseem Mirza Changezi traces his family's roots in Old Delhi from the times of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan who had decided to shift his capital from Agra to 'Old Delhi' area and ruled India from 1628 to 1658. 'Old Delhi' was then", "id": "13060651" }, { "contents": "Salil Oberoi\n\n\nSalil Oberoi (born 7 December 1983 in Delhi) is an Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket in England for Oxford UCCE. He also represented Delhi having coming through their youth teams. Oberoi was a Rhodes Scholar and an alumnus of St. Stephen's College, Delhi, where he studied Economics between 2001 and 2004. He completed his schooling from Modern School, Delhi In 2005, Oberoi made 247 against Cambridge at Fenner's in the Varsity Match. This was the third-highest of all time for a side representing", "id": "16831381" }, { "contents": "Tughlaq dynasty\n\n\n. The capital then returned to Delhi. Nevertheless, Muhammad bin Tughlaq orders affected history as large number of Delhi Muslims who came to Deccan area, did not return to Delhi to live near Muhammad bin Tughlaq. This influx of the then Delhi residents into Deccan region led to a growth of Muslim population in central and southern India. Revolts against Muhammad bin Tughlaq began in 1327, continued over his reign, and over time the geographical reach of the Sultanate shrunk particularly after 1335. The Vijayanagara Empire originated in southern India as a", "id": "5619309" }, { "contents": "New Delhi\n\n\ncreated massive political and religious upsurge including political assassinations of British officials in Calcutta. The anti-colonial sentiments amongst the public led to complete boycott of British goods, which forced the colonial government to reunite Bengal and immediately shift the capital to New Delhi. Old Delhi had served as the political and financial centre of several empires of ancient India and the Delhi Sultanate, most notably of the Mughal Empire from 1649 to 1857. During the early 1900s, a proposal was made to the British administration to shift the capital of the British", "id": "6485554" }, { "contents": "Mehrauli\n\n\nGhori, Qutubuddin enthroned himself as the first Sultan of Delhi. Thus Delhi became the capital of the Mamluk dynasty of Delhi (Slave dynasty), the first dynasty of Muslim sultans to rule over northern India. Mehrauli remained the capital of the Mamluk dynasty which ruled until 1290. During the Khalji dynasty, the capital shifted to Siri. In 12th-century Jain scriptures, the location is also mentioned as \"Yogninipura\", now noticeable by the presence of the \"Yogmaya Temple\", near the Qutub Minar complex, believed", "id": "17228482" }, { "contents": "List of Delhi Capitals cricketers\n\n\nThe Delhi Daredevils (DD) is a franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India, and is one of the teams participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL). It played its first match in the first season of the IPL against the Rajasthan Royals. DD has reached the IPL playoffs three times, and has topped the group stage table twice. Its performances in the competition have resulted in their qualification for the 2009 and 2012 Champions League Twenty20, in which it reached the semi-finals on the second occasion.", "id": "13706982" }, { "contents": "New Delhi\n\n\nVihar district with an index of 319. Levels of PM2.5 were recorded at 710 µg/m³, more than 11 times the World Health Organization's safe limit. In a 2018 study, New Delhi was found to be the most polluted capital out of 61 capital cities around the world. New Delhi has a population of 142,004. Hindi is the most widely spoken language in New Delhi and the lingua franca of the city. English is primarily used as the formal language by business and government institutes. New Delhi has a literacy", "id": "6485576" }, { "contents": "Delhi–Kolkata high-speed rail corridor\n\n\nDelhi–Kolkata high-speed rail corridor is one of the route of the proposed high-speed rail in India. The line is part of the Diamond Quadrilateral Program, which seeks to unite the cities of New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai via high speed rail. This travels along the Delhi–Howrah main line from Tundla to Howrah. The train expects to cut the journey time for the between the national capital of India, New Delhi, and the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, the city", "id": "8640576" }, { "contents": "Salaam Baalak Trust\n\n\n13, under the City Walk Program, about 593 walks were conducted and 4849 people were sensitised from across the world. In addition to the City Walk tour, SBT also offers a Heritage Walk through Old Delhi, showcasing six hidden places, including markets, havelis, and five different religions that have existed in the region since 1638. This walk acquaints tourists with all that has survived in Old Delhi since Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal Emperor who made Delhi the capital of his empire. The walk takes tourists on a rickshaw", "id": "9305139" }, { "contents": "Indian Rebellion of 1857\n\n\nNawab. The British historian Philip Mason notes that it was inevitable that most of the sepoys and sowars from Meerut should have made for Delhi on the night of 10 May. It was a strong walled city located only forty miles away, it was the ancient capital and present seat of the nominal Mughal Emperor and finally there were no British troops in garrison there in contrast to Meerut. No effort was made to pursue them. Early on 11 May, the first parties of the 3rd Cavalry reached Delhi. From beneath the windows of", "id": "16396926" }, { "contents": "Daulatabad, Maharashtra\n\n\nit famously remained the capital of Tughlaq dynasty, under Muhammad bin Tughluq (r. 1325-1351), who also changed its name, and forcibly moved the entire population of Delhi for two years before it was abandoned for lack of water and Tughluq was constantly known to shift the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad and Daulatabad to Delhi. There is a belief that Devagiri was built in 1203 AD by a Dhangar or herdsman who acquired vast wealth by his good fortune. He had a brother who was a shepherd named 'Raja Ram", "id": "1083415" }, { "contents": "History of Mymensingh\n\n\narea. When Tugralkhan refused to accept the sovereignty of the Delhi Sultanate in 1279, Ghiyas ud din Balban launched a campaign against Tugralkhan, who fled but Ghiyas ud din pursued him and reached Sonargaon. Dunaj Roy, the ruler of Sonargaon warmly welcomed Ghiyas ud din. The latter made his second son Nasiruddin Mohammad the ruler of Bengal and left for Delhi. Nasirabad, named after him, later became Mymensingh town. Subsequently, Feroze Shah divided Bengal into three parts and made Sonargaon the capital of the eastern region. Fakiruddin on", "id": "16262606" }, { "contents": "Delhi Multan Road\n\n\nDelhi Multan Road (), ancient route had existed since the time of king Ashoka or earlier, was renovated by the Delhi Sultanate ruler Sher Shah Suri (1486–1545) in order to improve transit in the areas between Delhi and Multan, leading to Kandhar and Herat in Afghanistan, eventually to Mashhad capital of Khorasan province of Iran, providing access to capital city Ashgabat of Turkmenistan.\" There were small posts every few miles where horses were ready to receive messages to send from one post to another. Messages from the Delhi court", "id": "11532281" }, { "contents": "Colin Ingram\n\n\nthe first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament. In December 2018, he was bought by the Delhi Capitals in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League. On 24 February 2019, he became the first player of the team Karachi Kings to score a century, as well as the highest individual scorer in Pakistan Super League at that time. In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Belfast Titans in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. Ingram made his Twenty20 International debut against Zimbabwe", "id": "16313481" }, { "contents": "Jainism in Delhi\n\n\nat Hansi which was in the royal storage, was released with his efforts. It is now said to be located at the Jain temple at Chelpuri in Delhi. Both Akbar and Jahangir, who had their capital at Agra, invited and met Jain monks. Shahjahan moved his capital to Delhi after building the walled city of Delhi called Shahjahanabad. Several Jain, such as Sahu Todar served as the imperial treasurers during the Mughal rule. A part of Shahjahanabad was allocated to the Jains on the south side of the Chandni Chowk canal", "id": "12577715" }, { "contents": "Delhi Durga Puja Samiti\n\n\nhad to leave home to serve in different parts of the country during British times. This brought a clutch of Bengalis to the city. And in 1911, when Delhi was officially declared the Capital of British India, a good chunk of them came to work in various government offices. These educated Bengalis formed a close knit community, unhindered by petty professional jealousies. This gave a huge thrust to the annual Durga puja celebrations. At first (in 1910 & 1911), the puja in Delhi was performed by ritually consecrating the", "id": "4325764" }, { "contents": "Delhi Durbar\n\n\nwithout his jewellery on, and after a simple bow turned his back to them when leaving. His action was interpreted at the time as a sign of dissent to British rule. Afterwards, the royal couple ascended to the domed royal pavilion, where the King-Emperor announced the move of India's capital from Calcutta to Delhi. The annulment of the Partition of Bengal was also announced during the ceremony. The day after, on 13 December, the royal couple made a darshan (an appearance) at the jharoka (balcony", "id": "3298171" }, { "contents": "Habibganj - New Delhi Shatabdi Express\n\n\nThe New Delhi Bhopal Habibganj Shatabdi Express is a train operated by the Northern Railway which runs between New Delhi, the main railway station of India's capital territory, New Delhi, and Habibganj the sub-urban railway station of Bhopal City, the state capital of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is one of the fastest train in India with a maximum permissible speed of 150 km/h. It runs on the New Delhi-Agra stretch. The train commenced service in 1988 and was the first Shatabdi train to", "id": "6989852" }, { "contents": "Delhi Capitals\n\n\nfirst game and won by big margins against RPS and KXIP. After this, they lost five consecutive games. However, they bounced back by chasing 189 and 214 against Defending Champions SRH and GL respectively. Keralite Wicketkeeper Sanju Samson got the first century of the season. Young Keeper and Local Boy Pant made a mammoth 97 against GL. But DD lost to then two-time ChampionsMI by a big margin of 146 runs which was the highest win by runs in IPL history to date. During the middle of the tournament,", "id": "448123" }, { "contents": "The Imperial, New Delhi\n\n\nassociate of Edwin Lutyens, who in turn designed the new capital of British Raj, New Delhi, also inaugurated in the same year, and contained in Lutyens' Delhi. The Imperial was built by S.B.S. Ranjit Singh, son of R.B.S. Narain Singh, honoured by the British Raj, at the Coronation Durbar of 1911, wherein New Delhi was declared the new Capital of India from Calcutta. The hotel was restored by its General Manager and Vice President, Mr Harvinder Sekhon, between 1996 and 2001. During his tenure, the", "id": "16534885" }, { "contents": "Lutyens' Delhi\n\n\nAirport, National Stadium and several government houses, William Henry Nicholls, CG Blomfield, FB Blomfield, Walter Sykes George, Arthur Gordon Shoosmith and Henry Medd. It is on the 2002 World Monuments Watch list of 100 Most Endangered Sites made by World Monuments Fund, a heritage organization based in New York. The area was constructed after the British decided to move the capital of their Indian Empire from Calcutta to Delhi, by creating a new district of the latter entitled New Delhi Before the new imperial capital was established in 1911,", "id": "20863136" }, { "contents": "Malik Kafur's invasion of the Pandya kingdom\n\n\n. From Barmatpuri, the Delhi army marched back to its camp at Birdhul, where it arrived on 3 April 1311. There, the invaders destroyed the temple of Vira Pandya. The Delhi forces then arrived Kanum (identified with Kadambavanam) on 7 April 1311. 5 days later, they reached Madurai (called \"Mathura\" by Khusrau), the capital of Sundara Pandya. By this time, Sundara Pandya had already fled the city with his queens. The Delhi army first visited the temple of \"Jagnar\", hoping", "id": "20703731" }, { "contents": "Highways passing from Delhi\n\n\nDevelopment Project. National Highway 8 (NH 8), is a National Highway in India that connects the Indian capital city of New Delhi with the Indian Financial capital city of Mumbai. The highway passes through the State capitals of Gandhinagar and Jaipur, as well as important cities like Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara. This highway is part of the Golden Quadrilateral project undertaken by National Highways Authority of India and was the first part to be completed. The Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway is a part of NH 8. Before entering downtown Mumbai,", "id": "21295179" }, { "contents": "Siege of Warangal (1318)\n\n\nIn 1318, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah sent an army to subjugate the Kakatiya ruler Prataparudra who had stopped making tribute payments to Delhi. The invading army, led by Khusrau Khan and other generals, besieged the Kakatiya capital Warangal. Prataparudra negotiated a truce after a brief siege, agreeing to pay tribute to Delhi. The Kakatiya kingdom, with its capital at Warangal, had been subdued by the forces of Qutbuddin's father Alauddin in 1310. However, the Kakatiya ruler Prataparudra had stopped making tribute payments to Delhi.", "id": "22130098" }, { "contents": "Dhar\n\n\nSlightly later Dhār was sacked by the Cāḷukyas of Gujarāt under Siddharāja. The devastation and political fragmentation caused by these wars meant that no significant opposition was offered when Sultān of Delhi, Ala ud din Khilji dispatched an army to Mālwa in the early 14th century. The region was annexed to Delhi and Dhār made the capital of the province under 'Ayn al-Mulk Mūltānī. He served as governor until 1313. Events during the following seventy years are unclear, but some time in A.H. 793/C.E. 1390-91 Dilawar Khan", "id": "765692" }, { "contents": "Timurid Empire\n\n\nTughlaq dynasty of the Sultanate of Delhi. Delhi became a vassal of the Timurids but obtained independence in the years following the death of Timur. In 1400–1401 he conquered Aleppo, Damascus and eastern Anatolia, in 1401 he destroyed Baghdad and in 1402 defeated the Ottomans in the Battle of Ankara. This made Timur the most preeminent Muslim ruler of the time, as the Ottoman Empire plunged into civil war. Meanwhile, he transformed Samarkand into a major capital and seat of his realm. Timur appointed his sons and grandsons to the main", "id": "8996856" }, { "contents": "New Delhi\n\n\nIndian Empire, as India was officially named, from Calcutta on the east coast, to Delhi. The Government of British India felt that it would be logistically easier to administer India from Delhi, which is in the centre of northern India. The land for building the new city of Delhi was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act 1894. During the Delhi Durbar on 12 December 1911, George V, then Emperor of India, along with Queen Mary, his consort, made the announcement that the capital of the Raj was to", "id": "6485555" }, { "contents": "Delhi Gymkhana\n\n\nThe Delhi Gymkhana Club or Delhi Gymkhana (Hindi: दिल्ली जिमख़ाना) is a club in New Delhi. Originally called the 'Imperial Delhi Gymkhana Club', it was founded on 3 July 1913, at Coronation Grounds, Delhi, and its first president was Spencer Harcourt Butler, first governor of the then United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. When new imperial capital of India, New Delhi was built, the club was allotted 27.3 acres of land in 1928 on perpetual lease. The word imperial was dropped when India gained independence", "id": "11776259" }, { "contents": "Origin of Vijayanagara Empire\n\n\nsafeguard the Hindu religion. This was in 1336 and Harihara was made first king of the fledgling empire. Robert Sewell considered various such theories and concluded that Harihara and Bukka were treasury officers of Kuruba Gowda caste, in the court of Warangal, the capital of the (Kakatiya dynasty). The Delhi Sultan who captured and converted the brothers to Islam, sent them back to put down the rebellion of Hoysala king. They succeeded in suppressing the rebellion but laid foundation of an independent kingdom at the behest of Vidyaranya. Historians Venkataramanayya", "id": "8663670" }, { "contents": "Delhi\n\n\nNCT of Delhi. Delhi hosted the first and ninth Asian Games in 1951 and 1982, respectively, 1983 NAM Summit, 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup, 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2012 BRICS Summit and was one of the major host cities of the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Delhi is also the centre of the National Capital Region (NCR), which is a unique 'interstate regional planning' area created by the National Capital Region Planning Board Act of 1985. There are a number of myths and legends associated with the origin", "id": "17055847" }, { "contents": "Khalji dynasty\n\n\nNadu. He then looted the treasury in capitals and from the temples of south India. Among these loots was the Warangal loot that included one of the largest known diamond in human history, the Koh-i-noor. Malik Kafur returned to Delhi in 1311, laden with loot and war booty from Deccan peninsula which he submitted to Alauddin Khalji. This made Malik Kafur, born in a Hindu family and who had converted to Islam before becoming Delhi Sultanate's army commander, a favorite of Alauddin Khalji. In 1311,", "id": "11505177" }, { "contents": "Iltutmish\n\n\n, whose efforts created a stable entity. Amongst his innovations were the importation of the iqtadari system, to reduce the power of hereditary feudal lords, and a new coinage system. Though he was devout Muslim, he overruled those in the Ulema who wanted the state to vigorously pursue the religious conversion of Hindus. He understood the limits to which Islamic Law could be implemented in a largely non-Muslim country. This balance became a feature of Turkic rule in Delhi. He made Delhi the capital of his kingdom and invested in", "id": "16092724" }, { "contents": "UBA Pro Basketball League\n\n\nsaw the division leaders Delhi Capitals (North) and Chennai Slam (South) book their places in the semifinals series. In the North Division, Mumbai Challengers eliminated Punjab Steelers (78-76) in a knockout play-in game for a semifinals berth against Delhi Capitals. South Division play-in game saw Pune Peshwas edge out Bengaluru Beast (79-73) for a semifinals matchup with Chennai Slam. The semifinals and finals series were best of three contests each. North Division semifinals saw Delhi Capitals drop their first", "id": "1390618" }, { "contents": "Yogender Chandolia\n\n\nYogender Chandolia is the current standing committee chairperson of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). He is also a Municipal Councilor for Dev Nagar, Karol Bagh Zone, Delhi. He has been active into politics since his college days and has been elected as the Municipal Councillor several times. He belongs to the (BJP). He is the first from the Regar community to make it to the post of Chairman of the Standing Committee, MCD. He is the first politician from karol bagh constituency who made HAT-TRICK", "id": "7275898" }, { "contents": "Delhi Capitals\n\n\nseason under the captaincy of former India opener and Delhi-native Gautam Gambhir, finishing at the top of the table. The likes of former India opener and triple-Centurion Sehwag and Gambhir both had developed greatly since the prior season and set up many large totals for the Daredevils, with South Africa Power Hitter and Part-time Keeper AB de Villiers hitting one of only two centuries in the 2009 IPL (the other was made by Indian Young Batsman Manish Pandey), which was held in South Africa. The bowling team", "id": "448104" }, { "contents": "Bengali language movement in India\n\n\nDelhi in the capital of India. At that time, Chittaranjan Park was the main residence in Delhi. Bengali's living in Delhi from last 200 years when Bengal regiment captured Delhi from Maratha in 1803. Bengali's living in Delhi from the time of Mughal when Sultan of Bengal used to do trade. Many Bengali buinsessman used to come to Delhi and stayed. Many Bengali school which established before independence. Around more than 10 Bengali school's opened before independence and they are N P Bengali Girls Senior Secondary School, Shyama Prasad", "id": "18396562" }, { "contents": "Lahore\n\n\nGhaznavid rule over Lahore. Lahore was made capital of the Mamluk Dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate following the assassination of Muhammad of Ghor in 1206. Under the reign of Mamluk sultan Qutbu l-Din Aibak, Lahore attracted poets and scholars from as far away as Turkestan, Greater Khorasan, Persia, and Mesopotamia. Lahore at this time had more poets writing in Persian than any city in Persia or Khorasan. Following the death of Aibak, Lahore came to be disputed among Ghurid officers. The city first came under control of the", "id": "4081777" }, { "contents": "Old Delhi\n\n\nOld Delhi or Purani Dilli was founded as a walled city of Delhi, India, founded as Shahjahanabad in 1639, when Shah Jahan, the Mughal emperor at the time, decided to shift the Mughal capital from Agra. The construction of the city was completed in 1648, and it remained the capital of the Mughal Empire until its fall in 1857, when the British Raj took over a paramount power in India. It was once filled with mansions of nobles and members of the royal court, along with elegant mosques and gardens", "id": "6246431" }, { "contents": "Tughlaq dynasty\n\n\nthe capital of his Sultanate be moved from Delhi to Deogiri in present-day Indian state of Maharashtra (renaming it to Daulatabad). He ordered a forced mass migration of Delhi's population. Those who refused were killed. One blind person who failed to move to Deogir, was dragged for the entire journey of 40 days - the man died, his body fell apart, and only his tied leg reached Daulatabad. The capital move failed because Daulatabad was arid and did not have enough drinking water to support the new capital", "id": "5619308" }, { "contents": "Siege of Warangal (1323)\n\n\nIn 1323, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq sent an army led by his son Ulugh Khan (later Muhammad bin Tughluq) to the Kakatiya capital Warangal, after the Kakatiya ruler Prataparudra refused to make tribute payments. Ulugh Khan's first siege of Warangal failed because of a rebellion resulting from a false rumour about Ghiyath al-Din's death in Delhi. Ulugh Khan had to retreat to Devagiri, but he returned to Warangal within four months, this time with refinforcements from Delhi. Prataparudra was defeated and taken", "id": "3691403" }, { "contents": "Timurid conquests and invasions\n\n\ndefeated all important administrative centres of Delhi Sultanate before his arrival to Delhi. The battle between Sultan Nasir-ud-Din Tughlaq allied with Mallu Iqbal and Timur took place on 17 December 1398. Indian forces had war elephants armored with chain mail and poison on their tusks which gave difficult time to Timurid forces as Tatars experienced this first time. But within a passage of time Timur had understood that elephants were easily panicked. He capitalized on the subsequent disruption in the forces of Nasir-ud-Din Tughluq, securing an easy", "id": "2786525" }, { "contents": "Punjabis\n\n\nSikhs and Punjabi Hindus who predominantly live in India. A variety of Muslim dynasties and kingdoms ruled the Punjab region, including Ghaznavids under Mahmud of Ghazni, the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughal Empire and finally the Durrani Empire. The province became an important centre and Lahore was made into a second capital of the Ghaznavid Empire. The Delhi Sultanate and later Mughal Empire ruled the region. Missionary Sufi saints whose dargahs dot the landscape of Punjab region also played the dominant role in bringing about conversion. Sufis also comprised the educated elites of", "id": "14656946" }, { "contents": "V. K. N.\n\n\nDelhi, where he spent about 10 years as a journalist. The New Delhi of the 1960s had a defining role in modern Malayalam literature. It was the group of young writers who happened to come together on various professional engagements in the country's capital that made Malayalam literature, fiction in particular, what it is today. Prominent among whom were O.V. Vijayan, M. Mukundan, George Varghese Kakkanadan and M. P. Narayana Pillai. VKN \"landed\" in this circle. These writers used to meet regularly to thrash out literature,", "id": "18861957" }, { "contents": "Rishabh Pant\n\n\nRishabh Pant (born 4 October 1997) is a professional Indian cricketer who plays for India, Delhi, and the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. In December 2015, he was named in India's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. On 1 February 2016, during the tournament, he hit an 18-ball fifty, the fastest at this level. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for India in January 2017, his Test debut in August 2018, and his One Day International (ODI)", "id": "3818222" }, { "contents": "Delhi Capitals\n\n\nRohrer's brilliant half-century, however, that effort was in vain as Rajasthan chased the total down easily with only one wicket falling. This loss for the Daredevils officially eliminated them from the 2013 season. In their next match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi managed to contain the Royal Challengers who were 106 in 16.0 overs, but Bangalore scored 77 in their last four overs and reached a total of 183, thanks to a well-made 99 by RCB Skipper and Power Hitter Virat Kohli. Nonetheless, the Daredevils fought", "id": "448112" }, { "contents": "Soul of Sand\n\n\nSoul of Sand () is a 2010 Indian drama film directed by Sidarth Srinivasan, about a lower caste watchman, Bhanu Kumar who stands guard at his master Lakhmichand Ahlawat's abandoned silica mine on the outskirts of Delhi. It film deals with issues of caste system and land politics, feudalism and the urbanization of the Delhi NCR (National Capital Region). The film had its world premiere at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on 12 September 2010. The film was made with a grant from the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s", "id": "7578408" }, { "contents": "List of Delhi Capitals records\n\n\nThe Delhi Capitals are a franchise cricket team that represents the city of Delhi in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008 as Delhi Daredevils (DD), the franchise is owned by the GMR Group and JSW Group. The team's home ground is Feroz Shah Kotla Ground which is in New Delhi. Ahead of the 2018 IPL, 50% of the franchise ownership was transferred to the JSW Group. In December 2018, the team changed its name from the Delhi Daredevils to the Delhi Capitals. Giving the", "id": "21203394" }, { "contents": "Delhi Capitals\n\n\nThe Delhi Capitals is a franchise cricket team that represent the city of Delhi in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008 as Delhi Daredevils (DD), the franchise is owned by the GMR Group and JSW Group. The team's home ground is Feroz Shah Kotla Ground and is located in New Delhi. Ahead of the 2018 IPL, 50% of the franchise ownership was transferred to the JSW Group. In December 2018, the team changed its name from the Delhi Daredevils to the Delhi Capitals. Giving", "id": "448099" }, { "contents": "Delhi Female Medical Mission\n\n\nthe funding for the DFMM came from the White Ladies Association, capital also came from the USPG, Punjab government, and Delhi Municipality. The Punjab government gave the DFMM 410 rupees per year to fund medicinal purchases, and the Delhi Municipality gave 75 rupees a month to subsidize a scholarship to train local women nurses. The Mission also hired English women, and their first employee, Mrs. Littler, was a trained midwife who worked from the Mission's opening until her death in 1873. Between December 1870 and October 1871, the", "id": "16466916" }, { "contents": "Prem Singh (Delhi politician)\n\n\nChaudhary Prem Singh (1932–2017) was an Indian politician from Delhi. He contested his first election from Ambedkar Nagar in 1958, and made a World Record of Continuously Winning 12 elections from Same Party & Same Constituency. Prem Singh was elected to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in 1958 and 1962. He was then elected to the Metropolitan Council of Delhi four times during 1972–1983. He was elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly four times in a row during 1993–2008. His name features in the Limca Book of Records for", "id": "15727221" }, { "contents": "Delhi Capitals\n\n\nthe rationale behind changing the team's name, co-owner and chairman Parth Jindal said, \"Delhi is the power centre of the country, it is the capital, therefore the name Delhi Capitals.\" Co-owner Kiran Kumar Grandhi said, \"The new name symbolizes Delhi’s identity and just like the city, we are aiming to be the centre of all action going forward.\" The Delhi Capitals are the only current team to have never appeared in an Indian Premier League final, and, prior to the", "id": "448100" }, { "contents": "Shreyas Iyer\n\n\n2019 IPL Season, he led Delhi Capitals into the playoffs for the first time after seven years. In March 2017, he was added to India's Test squad as cover for Virat Kohli, ahead of the fourth Test against Australia. He came on as a substitute fielder in the fourth test and ran out Stephen O'Keefe for 8. In October 2017, he was named in India's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against New Zealand. He made his T20I debut for India against New Zealand on 1 November", "id": "16059264" }, { "contents": "Bareilly\n\n\nson Kusha went from Ayodhya to Rohtas, Narwar, Gwalior and Bareilly respectively their capital. In the 21st generation, Maharaja Nala, Soddevji made Gopachal (Gwalior) the capital. The time of going to Gwalior to Bareilly looks like Vikrama 933. In the 12th century, the kingdom was under the rule by different clans of Kshatriya Rajputs. Then the region became part of the Muslim Turkic Delhi Sultanate for 325 years before getting absorbed in the emerging Mughal Empire. The foundation of the modern City of Bareilly foundation was laid by", "id": "14249809" }, { "contents": "Delhi Gymkhana\n\n\nin 1947. The club is located in the heart of Lutyens' Delhi on Safdarjung Road, occupying of land as per the site plan made on the drawing board by Sir Edwin Lutyens as part of his grand design for Imperial Celebrations. Lutyens Delhi - the eighth in line - was built in an area littered with stones, tombs, domes, ruined walls and gardens of imperial former capitals - the historic cross roads and battle grounds of India. On February 2014, a teen was allegedly raped inside the Delhi Gymkhana club.", "id": "11776260" }, { "contents": "Secretariat Building, New Delhi\n\n\nThe Secretariat Building or Central Secretariat is where the Cabinet Secretariat is housed, which administers the Government of India. Built in the 1910s, it is home to some of the most important ministries of the Cabinet of India. Situated on Raisina Hill, New Delhi, the Secretariat buildings are two blocks of symmetrical buildings (North Block and South Block) on opposite sides of the great axis of Rajpath, and flanking the Rashtrapati Bhavan (President's House). The planning of New Delhi began in earnest after Delhi was made capital", "id": "7012636" }, { "contents": "Janakpuri\n\n\nJanakpuri is in the Southwest Delhi district of Delhi, India. It is among the most popular and posh districts of Delhi.The Locality falls under Category 'A' of residential colonies in Delhi alongside other Category 'A' colonies National Capital Territory of Delhi. It is located near the Delhi Cantonment area and is accessible by road and Delhi Metro.Population here is majority punjabi refugees who The present geographical structure of Janakpuri constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of", "id": "7261535" }, { "contents": "Jalal-ud-din Khalji\n\n\naround 70 years old at the time of his ascension, was known as a mild-mannered, humble and kind monarch to the general public. During the first year of his reign, he ruled from Kilokhri to avoid confrontations with the old Turkic nobles of the imperial capital Delhi. Several nobles considered him as a weak ruler, and unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow him at different times. He meted out lenient punishments to the rebels, except in case of a dervish Sidi Maula, who was executed for allegedly conspiring to dethrone him", "id": "18237975" }, { "contents": "The Bioscope Man\n\n\n\" is the recollections of Abani Chatterjee, a washed-out silent-era movie actor, who, through this book, makes a bid to convince the reader that misfortune and bad taste of the times conspired to turn him into a non-entity. As Calcutta's star begins to fade, with the capital of His Majesty's India shifting to Delhi, Abani's is on the rise. He is well on his way to becoming the country's first silent-screen star. But just as he is about to", "id": "6701626" }, { "contents": "List of lieutenant governors of Delhi\n\n\nThe Lieutenant Governor of Delhi is the constitutional head of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The post was first established in September 1966, when The Delhi Administration Act, 1966 came into effect. Thus the former Delhi Legislative Assembly was replaced by the Delhi Metropolitan Council with 56 elected and 5 nominated members with the Lt. Governor of Delhi as its head. The Council however had no legislative powers, only an advisory role in the governance of Delhi. This set up functioned till 1990, when Assembly was reinstated, the Lt", "id": "3438937" }, { "contents": "Delhi Technological University\n\n\nDelhi Technological University (DTU), formerly known as the Delhi College of Engineering (DCE), is a premier public university located in New Delhi, India. It is Delhi's first Engineering college and among those few engineering colleges of India which were set up before independence. It was established in 1941 as Delhi Polytechnic and was under the control of the Government of India. The college has been under the government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi since 1963 and was affiliated with the University of Delhi from 1952 to 2009", "id": "4978455" }, { "contents": "Delhi, Ontario\n\n\nwas built in 1892. By around 1900, the village had an opera house, two tanneries, a railroad station, an Orange Hall and a Mechanics’ Institute as well as a flour mill, the Quance Mills or Sovereen-Quance Mills. At the time, the primary crops in the area were still fruit and vegetables. Delhi Cemetery was first established sometime in the 19th century. While it was originally a cemetery exclusively for residents who were members of the Roman Catholic Church, changes in cemetery policy made it possible to", "id": "18626342" }, { "contents": "Civil Lines, Delhi\n\n\nThe Civil Lines is an affluent residential area and subdivision of North Delhi District in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India. It is one of the 12 zones under the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. It was the hub of European-style hotels in the city until New Delhi came into being in 1911. The name Civil Lines is a relic of British Raj times, when the city of Delhi was organized into separate areas where the British military and civilian buildings were located. Areas, where civilians lived, were demarcated as", "id": "18337725" }, { "contents": "History of Multan\n\n\nregion, as the Imam-caliph Mustansir dispatched new da’is to replace those who were killed in the attacks. Like his predecessor, Mahmud of Ghazni, Muhammad of Ghor first took, in 1178, the Ismaili Multan sultans in northern Sindh, which had regained independence from Ghaznavid rule. Muhammad Ghori as a part of his campaigns to conquer north India, again massacred them. After Sultan Muhammad Ghori's victories in India, and his establishment of a capital in Delhi, Multan was made a part of his empire. However,", "id": "3860040" }, { "contents": "Delhi Sultanate\n\n\ngreatly expanded Indian cotton textile production. The Indian population had largely been stagnant at 75 million during the Middle Kingdoms era from 1 AD to 1000 AD. During the Medieval Delhi Sultanate era from 1000 to 1500, India experienced lasting population growth for the first time in a thousand years, with its population increasing nearly 50% to 110 million by 1500 AD. While the Indian subcontinent has had invaders from Central Asia since ancient times, what made the Muslim invasions different is that unlike the preceding invaders who assimilated into the prevalent social", "id": "6195477" }, { "contents": "Gulbarga Fort\n\n\nwas occupied by Muhammad bin Tughluq of the Delhi Sultanate, which included Gulbarga. The revolt of the Muslim officers appointed from Delhi resulted in the founding of the Bahmani Sultanate in 1347 by Alauddin Hassan, who chose Gulbarga (named as 'Ahsenabad' during this period) to be his capital. Gulbarga was the capital of the Bahmani kingdom (1347–1527) (with headquarters at the Gulbarga fort), a newly founded independent state, until 1424 when the capital was transferred to Bidar. It is said that with the establishment of", "id": "5812367" }, { "contents": "Delhi\n\n\nof agricultural waste in nearby Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh regions results in severe intensification of smog over Delhi. The Circles of Sustainability assessment of Delhi gives a marginally more favourable impression of the ecological sustainability of the city only because it is based on a more comprehensive series of measures than only air pollution. Part of the reason that the city remains assessed at basic sustainability is because of the low resource-use and carbon emissions of its poorer neighbourhoods. Currently, the National Capital Territory of Delhi is made up of one division", "id": "17055877" }, { "contents": "Surinder Khanna\n\n\nSurinder Khanna (born 3 June 1956, in Delhi, India) is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Delhi and played ten One Day Internationals for India between 1979 and 1984. He was a Wicket-keeper. Surinder Khanna was born at 3 June 1956 in the capital of India, Delhi. He was ex-wicketkeeper. Surinder Khanna played for Delhi in the Ranji Trophy. He made his debut in 1976. A century in each innings (111 and 128) in the Ranji Trophy final against", "id": "3319578" }, { "contents": "Souvik Chakrabarti\n\n\nof midfield in Mohun Bagan's 2016 Indian Federation Cup Final victory over Aizawl FC before being substituted in the 88th minute. On 28 February 2017, Souvik started as the captain for the first time for Mohun Bagan in the AFC Cup against Club Valencia. In August 2014, Delhi based ISL franchisee Delhi Dynamos signed him in domestic draft. He made total 7 ISL appearances for Delhi Dynamos in first season, but unfortunately Delhi finished fifth in final League table. In June 2015, Delhi Dynamos retained him for next season ISL along", "id": "2597630" }, { "contents": "Delhi, New York\n\n\nDelhi ( ) is a town in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 5,117 at the 2010 census. The town is in the east-central part of the county and contains the village of Delhi. The State University of New York at Delhi is located in the town. The town is named after the city of Delhi, the capital territory of India. The name was in honor of founder Ebenezer Foote, who was known as \"The Great Mogul\". Another founder, Erastus Root,", "id": "16998360" }, { "contents": "Teen Murti Bhavan\n\n\nHaifa war with the help of Mysore and Hyderabad forces. Major Shekhawat died fighting at Haifa. He is known as Hero of Haifa. In 1911 the decision was made to transfer the winter capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi (Simla remained the summer capital for the remainder of colonial rule). The slow, decades-long process of constructing the imperial complex in New Delhi commenced shortly thereafter. Inaugurated as 'Flagstaff House' in 1930, the building was the winter headquarters and residence of the Commander-in-", "id": "3679039" }, { "contents": "National Science Centre, Delhi\n\n\nof explosive growth, with science centres opening in most state capitals of India. With Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai Centres functional, a need for a big Centre in the Nation's capital in Delhi in the north was felt, and work started in earnest in 1984. Starting with a small shed near a municipal swimming pool in R K Puram and thereafter within a shrub forest in Timarpur, the National Science Centre was conceived, designed, built and made operational in 1992. It was inaugurated on 9 January 1992 by the then", "id": "7096368" }, { "contents": "Delhi\n\n\nand rebuilt several times, particularly during the medieval period, and modern Delhi is a cluster of a number of cities spread across the metropolitan region. A union territory, the political administration of the NCT of Delhi today more closely resembles that of a state of India, with its own legislature, high court and an executive council of ministers headed by a Chief Minister. New Delhi is jointly administered by the federal government of India and the local government of Delhi, and serves as the capital of the nation as well as the", "id": "17055846" }, { "contents": "New Delhi\n\n\nSuburban Railway exists. The Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system serving New Delhi, Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida, and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of India. Delhi Metro is the world's 12th largest metro system in terms of length. Delhi Metro was India's first modern public transportation system, which had revolutionised travel by providing a fast, reliable, safe, and comfortable means of transport. Presently, the Delhi Metro network consists of of track, with 160 stations along with six more stations of the", "id": "6485599" }, { "contents": "National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai\n\n\nand gave shape to the new capital in Delhi. Along with buildings designed for other princely potentates like Bikaner and Hyderabad, Jaipur House girded the India Gate circle. The famous architect conceptualized a harmony of facades giving the buildings a distinctive character. NGMA's inauguration was marked by an exhibition of sculptures. All the prominent sculptors of the time like Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury, Ramkinkar Baij, Sankho Chaudhuri, Dhanraj Bhagat, Sarbari Roy Chowdhury and others had participated. The show spoke of the painstaking preparations made by NGMA's first curator", "id": "7476298" }, { "contents": "New Delhi\n\n\n, New Delhi is jointly administered by both the Central Government of India and the local Government of Delhi, it is also the capital of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi. , the government structure of the New Delhi Municipal Council includes a chairperson, three members of New Delhi's Legislative Assembly, two members nominated by the Chief Minister of the NCT of Delhi and five members nominated by the central government. The head of state of Delhi is the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Delhi, appointed by the", "id": "6485578" } ]

[ { "contents": "History of electricity supply in Brisbane\n\n\nThe electricity supply in Brisbane has been an important part of the economic and social development of the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In 1882, a demonstration of what electricity could do was conducted with eight arc lights along Queen Street in Brisbane, the capital and largest city in Queensland. Power was supplied by a 10 hp generator driven by a small engine in a foundry in Adelaide Street. This was Australia's first recorded use of electricity for public purposes. The first practical use of electricity was for lighting in the", "id": "12301244" }, { "contents": "Theatre Royal, Melbourne\n\n\nThe Theatre Royal was one of the premier theatres in the city of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia, throughout the 19th century and early 20th century. First built in 1855, it was located at what is now 236 Bourke Street, Melbourne, in the heart of what was once the city's theatre and entertainment district. The Theatre Royal was built in 1855 by John Melton Black. It was capable of holding 3300 people and was comparable in size to London's Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres. The opening", "id": "16775175" }, { "contents": "Adelaide\n\n\ngovernments to rename or include Kaurna names for many local places. South Australia was officially proclaimed a British colony on 28 December 1836, near The Old Gum Tree in what is now the suburb of Glenelg North. The event is commemorated in South Australia as Proclamation Day. The site of the colony's capital was surveyed and laid out by Colonel William Light, the first Surveyor-General of South Australia, through the design made by the architect George Strickland Kingston. The city was named after Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen", "id": "543377" }, { "contents": "City of Whittlesea\n\n\nThe City of Whittlesea is a local government area located in the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covers an area of , and at the 2016 Census, it had a population of 197,491. What became the City of Whittlesea had its origins in two separate districts. The first, Whittlesea, was incorporated on 12 December 1862 and became a Shire in 1874. The second, Epping, was incorporated on 25 July 1864, became the Shire of Darebin on 7 October 1870 and", "id": "11475166" }, { "contents": "Capital city\n\n\nand three territories all have capital cities. The states of such countries as Mexico, Brazil (including the famous cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, capitals of their respective states), and Australia all have capital cities. For example, the six state capitals of Australia are Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney. In Australia, the term \"capital cities\" is regularly used to refer to the aforementioned state capitals plus the federal capital Canberra and Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory", "id": "13273839" }, { "contents": "Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia\n\n\nmembership was largely outside major cities. Currently (2017) about 60% of the following is in the capital cities of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. The PCEA is distinguished from the Presbyterian Church of Australia by adherence to \"the whole doctrine\" of the Confession of Faith as adopted by the Church of Scotland in 1647 and vindicated in the Scottish Disruption of 1843. It does not have what it considers an ambiguous Declaratory Statement, such as that of the Presbyterian Church of Australia (the \"PCA\"), which includes", "id": "1743551" }, { "contents": "City of Bairnsdale\n\n\nThe City of Bairnsdale was a local government area about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The City covered an area of , and existed from its split from the Shire of Bairnsdale in 1967 until 1994. Originally inhabited by the Kurnai Aborigines, the area was explored by Angus McMillan in 1840. It was McMillan who named the Mitchell River on which the nearby land the township stands. Two years later Frederick Jones became the first European settler in the area when he settled at what is now known as", "id": "8696519" }, { "contents": "Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory\n\n\nsite of the former Yarralumla homestead at the beginning of the 1890s. Campbell's house would later form the basis of what is now the Governor-General of Australia's official Canberra residence, known colloquially as \"Yarralumla\" or \"Government House\". Campbell also built a large wooden woolshed nearby in 1904. It remains standing to this day. In 1908, the Limestone Plains area, including Yarralumla, was selected as the site for the capital city of the newly established Commonwealth of Australia. Soon afterwards in 1913, the", "id": "20748287" }, { "contents": "List of cities in Australia with the most skyscrapers\n\n\nleast one skyscraper – all of which are state capitals, with the exception of the Gold Coast, a city in the state of Queensland. Of Australian cities which comprise skyscrapers, Sydney constructed the first skyscraper in the country in 1967, followed by Melbourne in 1972, Brisbane and Perth in 1988, and most recently, the Gold Coast in 2005. Most skyscrapers in Australia are concentrated in the Eastern states (Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria), whilst a smaller number are located in the Western Australia state capital", "id": "5584406" }, { "contents": "List of former national capitals\n\n\nThroughout the world there are many cities that were once national capitals but no longer have that status because the country ceased to exist, the capital was moved, or the capital city was renamed. This is a list of such cities, sorted by country and then by date. Where a city name has changed, the name of the city when it was a capital is listed first, followed by its modern name in brackets. Note: Melbourne is sometimes said to have been the inaugural capital of Australia, from 1901 until", "id": "49403" }, { "contents": "A Hundred Million Suns\n\n\na further five countries. The interactive iPhone application was well received, and was downloaded more than 30,000 times in its first week. The album has been certified Gold in Australia, Platinum in the UK and 3× Platinum in Ireland. The track 'What if This Storm Ends?' was used as a single for the band's 2013 Greatest Hits album. On 3 October 2008, Snow Patrol announced their \"Taking Back the Cities Tour\". The band played in four capital cities in a 48-hour period. The tour began", "id": "15219815" }, { "contents": "Deborah De Williams\n\n\n. On 6 June 2009 at GPS co-ordinates S 13° 03.130’ E 131°06.663’, De Williams ended her attempt to run around Australia after 224 days and 10,824.8 km. Even though the first attempt was disrupted, De Williams raised over $100,000 for the National Breast Cancer foundation and became the first female to run from Hobart (the southernmost capital city in Australia) to Darwin (the northernmost capital city in Australia). On 27 March 2010, after recovering from surgery to both feet, De Williams", "id": "20492349" }, { "contents": "List of cities in Australia with the most skyscrapers\n\n\n, Perth. The cities with the highest number of skyscrapers have traditionally been either Sydney or Melbourne since the 1970s. The only other capital cities in Australia to not feature any skyscrapers whatsoever are Adelaide in South Australia, Hobart in Tasmania, Darwin in the Northern Territory, and Australia's capital, Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. This is a list of all the city precincts in Australia with skyscrapers or greater in height. Included in this table are precincts with no existing skyscrapers, but that have at least one skyscraper under", "id": "5584407" }, { "contents": "1994 French rugby league Oceania tour\n\n\ntest match victory eclipsing the 58–0 win here in Sydney. Of this test team, only reserve forward Mark Hohn was not selected to the 1994 Kangaroo Tour. France would not play another test against Australia until 2004 while they would not play again in Australia until the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. In what was Fiji's first official rugby league test match, they defeated the French team 20–12 at the National Stadium in Fiji's capital city of Suva. The French team were in the grip of a 22 match losing streak (", "id": "627313" }, { "contents": "List of Australian capital cities\n\n\nThere are eight capital cities in Australia, each of which functions as the seat of government for the state or territory in which it is located. One of these, Canberra, is also the national capital. (The national capital was initially Melbourne, following the 1901 Federation of Australia. In 1927, the seat of national government was moved to the newly created city of Canberra.) Each capital city hosts the judicial, administrative and legislative functions for its jurisdiction. In each state and internal territory, the capital is also", "id": "15163189" }, { "contents": "Phil Smyth\n\n\nwith the Canberra Cannons from 1983. At this time he also moved from Adelaide to Canberra for what would prove to be 10 seasons in Australia's capital city. During that time he enhanced his reputation as one of the best ever Australian basketball players and helped transform the Cannons into a championship winning team. Canberra won their first NBL Championship in 1983, Smyth's first season with the club. The Cannons defeated the defending champion West Adelaide Bearcats 75-73 in the grand final. They would go on to win the championship", "id": "1974164" }, { "contents": "Australia Forum\n\n\nThe Australia Forum is a proposed convention centre complex for Canberra, Australia. In response to the Australian capital's \"...lack of a sufficiently large, high quality, secure venue that can be locked down without disrupting the city, as well as a lack of sufficient accommodation of a suitably high standard\" a proposal was announced on 11 April 2011 for a $328 million complex in what is now Acton park on the shore of the Western basin of Lake Burley Griffin. The complex would include a plenary hall catering for up", "id": "3199932" }, { "contents": "Wallangarra railway station\n\n\nunchanged until 1908, when a more powerful locomotive C16 class was introduced. In 1923 a new and heavier Sydney Mail train was constructed consisting of nine carriages including a parlour car based on observation platform at the rear of the train, to be hauled at what was the time the most powerful locomotives on a narrow gauge in Australia. In 1921 the Federal Royal Commission into Standard Gauge had recommended that the mainland States of Australia and the Australian Government commit themselves to providing a uniform railway network linking the capital cities of Australia with a", "id": "16001359" }, { "contents": "City of Stirling\n\n\nThe City of Stirling is a local government area in the northern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about north of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and had a population of over 210,000 as at the 2016 Census, making it the largest local government area by population in Western Australia. Stirling was established in 1871 as the Perth Road District under the \"District Roads Act 1871\". The district at that time included what are now the Cities of Wanneroo, Joondalup, Bayswater and Belmont", "id": "9761768" }, { "contents": "Sky News Australia\n\n\n, completing this with the opening of its Hobart studio in 2013. In 2016, it opened a bureau in Cairns, making it the first non-capital city bureau. In 2017, a Gold Coast bureau was opened marking the third non-capital city studio after Cairns and Geelong. The base of Sky News Australia is in the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park, where the majority of its news and programming is broadcast from. Its Melbourne studio was upgraded in 2014, allowing it to be used as a secondary broadcast studio", "id": "12783953" }, { "contents": "Tamworth, New South Wales\n\n\nas the \"Country Music Capital of Australia\", annually hosting the Tamworth Country Music Festival in late January; the second-biggest country music festival in the world. The city is recognised as the National Equine Capital of Australia because of the high number of equine events held in the city and the construction of the world-class Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre, the biggest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. The first reference to the Tamworth Gaol is the appointment of David Williamson Irving, Police Magistrate at Tamworth as", "id": "9404556" }, { "contents": "History of Adelaide\n\n\nThis article details the History of Adelaide from the first human activity in the region to the 20th century. Adelaide is a planned city founded in 1836 and the capital of South Australia. The Adelaide plains were inhabited by the Kaurna tribe before European settlement, their territory extending from what is now Cape Jervis to Port Broughton. The Kaurna lived in family groups called \"yerta\", a word which also referred to the area of land which supported the family group. Each yerta was the responsibility of Kaurna adults who inherited the land", "id": "16868599" }, { "contents": "Canberra\n\n\nCanberra () is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory; south-west of Sydney and north-east of Melbourne. On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies of Australia was achieved. Section 125 of the new Australian Constitution provided that land, situated in New South Wales", "id": "6793540" }, { "contents": "Adelaide\n\n\n2010s by The Economist Intelligence Unit, although dropping to tenth place in 2018 after holding fifth position in the previous three years. It was ranked the most liveable city in Australia by the Property Council of Australia, based on surveys of residents’ views of their own city, between 2010 and 2013, dropping to second place in 2014. Adelaide, as the capital of South Australia, is the seat of the Government of South Australia. As Adelaide is South Australia's capital and most populous city, the State Government co-", "id": "543411" }, { "contents": "Casino Canberra\n\n\nCasino Canberra (or Canberra Casino) is a casino located in the Central Business District of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. It was the first legal casino to open in the Australian Capital Territory, built on land excised from Glebe Park under a 99-year lease agreement between the casino licensee and the territory government. It is small in comparison with other casinos in Australia and does not incorporate any hotel accommodation, theatres, auditoriums or retail stores. It is the only casino in Australia not licensed to operate poker machines. There", "id": "9264370" }, { "contents": "Cultural depictions of Queen Victoria\n\n\nof Australia building on Macquarie Street, looking across the road to a statue of her husband, inscribed \"Albert the Good\". In Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, the Queen Victoria Gardens named after her also features a large memorial statue in marble and granite. In Perth, capital city of Western Australia a marble statue stands in King's Park overlooking the city. In Adelaide, capital city of the state of South Australia, the Queen Victoria Square, named after her also has a large statue of her. In", "id": "20861662" }, { "contents": "Perth\n\n\nPerth ( ) is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia (WA). It is named after the city of Perth, Scotland and is the fourth-most populous city in Australia, with a population of 2.06 million living in Greater Perth. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with the majority of the metropolitan area located on the Swan Coastal Plain, a narrow strip between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The first areas settled were on the Swan River", "id": "4682717" }, { "contents": "Historical European Martial Arts in Australia\n\n\nThe practice of Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) first started in Australia in the late 19th century before largely dying out. There was then a revival of interest in the late 20th century to the current day. The practice of HEMA in Australia has grown to be a popular activity, with clubs all in capital cities, and the larger cities in Australia, Sydney and Melbourne, each have a number of clubs teaching various styles. Unusually, Australia was the scene for relatively well attended broadsword competitions, in the late 19th", "id": "17999263" }, { "contents": "Stereosonic\n\n\npatrons across five Australian capital cities. The festival is awarded the most popular festival in Australia at the inthemix awards. Totem Onelove partners with AIDs charity, (RED) for the first ever live stream of Stereosonic in an effort to raise awareness of the fight against AIDs. 2013: Totem Onelove Group purchased by SFX Entertainment. Stereosonic, Australia's premier electronic music festival, expands from a one-day festival to a two-day festival across five Australian capital cities. David Guetta, Calvin Harris and Armin van Buuren lead", "id": "3136852" }, { "contents": "Ngambri\n\n\nNgambri is an Aboriginal name for a locality in the south-east of Australia, near the centre of what is now Australia's capital city of Canberra. The area is close to Black Mountain along Sullivans Creek down to the Yeelamgigee, now Molonglo River. The extent of recognised Ngambri territory, and of their distinction from the Walgalu, has been the subject of controversy in recent years. Canberra, where Ngambri claims are made, lay close to the tribal boundaries that separated the Ngarigo from the Ngunawal. The location was settled", "id": "20100706" }, { "contents": "1989 Australian Capital Territory general election\n\n\nunicameral Assembly, formed Government with the support of various non-aligned minor parties. Follett was elected the first Chief Minister at the first sitting of the first Assembly on 11 May 1989. The Australian Capital Territory was established in 1911, initially called the Federal Capital Territory. The Territory was carved out of the state of New South Wales to make way for the site of the capital of Australia. As the Territory grew, particularly the city of Canberra from the 1960s, there were increasing calls for some form of self-", "id": "16016171" }, { "contents": "City of Albany\n\n\nThe City of Albany is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about south-southeast of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It covers an area of , including the Greater Albany metropolitan area and the Port of Albany, as well as the surrounding agricultural district and some national parks. The City of Albany had a population of over 36,000 at the 2016 census. The first church was built here in 1848; Reverend John Wollaston was its first clergyman, and in October he was visited by", "id": "17866406" }, { "contents": "Billboard\n\n\nthe release of the FHWA report \"Research review of potential safety effects of electronic billboards on driver attention and distraction\" in 2001. What level of regulation is appropriate for billboards in different areas is still under discussion by road safety experts around the world. Billboards are largely absent in Australia's capital city, Canberra, due to a 1937 ordinance which prohibited unauthorised signs on Commonwealth land. In 2017, the Australian Capital Territory considered relaxing this law to allow more outdoor advertising. An Inquiry into billboards received a record 166 submissions,", "id": "12584883" }, { "contents": "List of cities in Australia by population\n\n\nGreater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA), which according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) represents a broad socioeconomic definition of each of the eight state and territory capital cities. Significant Urban Areas are similarly defined but include population centres which are not capital cities. In Australia, the population of the GCCSA/SUA is the most-often quoted figure for that city's population, though these correspond to the more common and international usage of metropolitan areas. The following ranks GCCSAs and SUAs which are not included within", "id": "8347986" }, { "contents": "City of Richmond\n\n\nThe City of Richmond was a local government area about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1855 until 1994. Richmond was incorporated as a municipality on 24 April 1855, having split from the City of Melbourne on the same day as the neighbouring City of Collingwood. It became a town on 28 September 1872 and a city on 17 February 1882. In 1920, it became the first municipal council in Australia to have a female councillor when Mary Catherine", "id": "135632" }, { "contents": "Port Lincoln\n\n\nPort Lincoln is a city on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia. It is situated on the shore of Boston Bay, which opens eastward into Spencer Gulf. It is the largest city in the West Coast region, and is located approximately 280 km as the crow flies from the State's capital city of Adelaide (646 km by road). The city is reputed to have the most millionaires per capita in Australia. The town claims to be the \"Seafood Capital of Australia\". The Eyre", "id": "2779139" }, { "contents": "Oregon\n\n\nthe Willamette Valley, which stretches from Eugene in the south (home of the University of Oregon) through Corvallis (home of Oregon State University) and Salem (the capital) to Portland (Oregon's largest city). Astoria, at the mouth of the Columbia River, was the first permanent English-speaking settlement west of the Rockies in what is now the United States. Oregon City, at the end of the Oregon Trail, was the Oregon Territory's first incorporated city, and was its first capital from 1848", "id": "75194" }, { "contents": "Gold mining in Western Australia\n\n\nnot sharing the current boom with most of the work force residing in Perth, Kalgoorlie or even the capital cities on the east coast. Population and services in the Goldfields towns are far short of what they were during the golden era of the 1930s. Western Australia produced over 50% ($69.5 billion) of all Australian mineral and petroleum sales, which made up 88% of the state's merchandise exports in 2015-16. In 2015-16, gold was ranked third in the list of resources exported by Western", "id": "1626863" }, { "contents": "Bouvard, Western Australia\n\n\nBouvard is the 2nd southernmost suburb of Mandurah, Western Australia, and is south of the state capital, Perth. Its local government area is the City of Mandurah. Bouvard is named after Cape Bouvard some to the west, which was named by Nicolas Baudin, who sighted the cape en route to Rottnest Island from what is now Bunbury in 1802-1803, either after Charles Bouvard (1572-1658), a French chemist, or Alexis Bouvard (1767-1843), an astronomer and director of Paris Observatory.", "id": "2843812" }, { "contents": "The Big Blue (A-League)\n\n\n. At the time, the A-League operated under the \"one-team, one-city\" model, so the rivalry was almost instantaneous. The cities of Sydney and Melbourne have had a long-standing rivalry that dates back to pre-Federation Australia. Such was the rivalry, that neither city was chosen as the capital of Australia when federation occurred in 1901. Instead Melbourne served as a temporary capital until the permanent capital of Canberra, that was to be created closer to Sydney, was established. To", "id": "17203748" }, { "contents": "South Perth, Western Australia\n\n\nSouth Perth is a residential suburb 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of the central business district of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, which adjoins the southern shore of Perth Water on the Swan River. The suburb adjoins two major arterial roads—Canning Highway and the Kwinana Freeway—and is within the City of South Perth local government area. The history of the area now known as South Perth before permanent European settlement was broadly similar to that in other parts of what became the Swan River Colony. The area was", "id": "8036032" }, { "contents": "State Circle\n\n\nState Circle is a circular road surrounding Capital Hill in the centre of Canberra, Australia's capital city. It is the outermost of the three concentric roads on the hill, with Capital Circle and Parliament Drive located within State Circle. Capital Circle is a bi-directional four-lane road with most intersections being signalised and at-grade. The speed limit is 70 km/h. It is named for the states of Australia. Roads named for each of Australia's state capitals are also among those that intersect or terminate", "id": "19151230" }, { "contents": "City of Heidelberg\n\n\nThe City of Heidelberg was a local government area about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1840 until 1994. Heidelberg was first incorporated as a trust in 1840, making it one of the earliest local government formations in Australia. On 12 October 1860 it became a road district, administered by a Roads Board. It became a shire on 27 January 1871 and was proclaimed a city on 11 April 1934. In the 1960s it lost significant sections of", "id": "5123082" }, { "contents": "Ella Stack\n\n\nin 1979 when it became a capital city. She was the first female Lord Mayor of an Australian capital city. Stack was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1979 for services rendered to the people of Darwin following the cyclone. Stack resigned as Lord Mayor in May 1980 to run for the Country Liberal Party as candidate in the seat of Fannie Bay in the June election. She lost to the incumbent, Pam O'Neil. In 1985, Stack served as the Northern Territory representative on the first National Australia Day", "id": "5335821" }, { "contents": "Benalla\n\n\nBenalla is a small city located on the Broken River in the High Country north-eastern region of Victoria, Australia, about north east of the state capital Melbourne. At the the population was 9,298. It is the administrative centre for the Rural City of Benalla local government area. Prior to the European settlement of Australia, the Benalla region was populated by the Taungurong people, an Indigenous Australian people. It was first sighted by Europeans during an expedition of Hamilton Hume and William Hovell in 1824, when the area, first", "id": "16794441" }, { "contents": "Darwin, Northern Territory\n\n\nDarwin ( ) is the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia, situated on the Timor Sea. It is the largest city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, with a population of 148,564. It is the smallest, wettest and most northerly of the Australian capital cities, and acts as the Top End's regional centre. Darwin's proximity to South East Asia makes it a link between Australia and countries such as Indonesia and East Timor. The Stuart Highway begins in Darwin, extends southerly across central Australia through Tennant Creek", "id": "8379049" }, { "contents": "Capital districts and territories\n\n\ncity, previously in the Federal District of Argentina. In 1996, under the 1994 reform of the Argentine Constitution, the city gained autonomous city status, and changed its formal name to Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, and held its first mayoral elections. Buenos Aires is represented in the Argentine Senate by three senators and in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies by 25 national deputies. The Australian Capital Territory is one of two self-governing internal territories of the Commonwealth of Australia, the other being the Northern Territory. Created in 1911", "id": "747916" }, { "contents": "University of Canberra Capitals\n\n\nfirst time in the 1999/00 season, defeating the Adelaide Lightning in South Australia. Since that time the Capitals have remained a perennial force in the WNBL despite the significant turnover in playing personnel over the past 15 seasons. The Capitals have competed in 10 Grand Finals, winning 8 (both WNBL records): In 1992 the Canberra City Group Capitals made the WNBL finals for the first time since their inception in 1984. The team finished 4th in the 11 team competition under coach Jerry Lee, with an 11-9 win/", "id": "15475213" }, { "contents": "Cooloongup, Western Australia\n\n\nCooloongup is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, located within the City of Rockingham. It is principally a suburb of residential dwellings. The suburb of Cooloongup, first named in 1974, is named after Lake Cooloongup. The name \"Lake Cooloongup\" was first recorded by Surveyor AC Gregory in 1843. While Landgate has noted that it is an Aboriginal name, it has also claimed that the meaning of the name is not known. An elder of the Nyungar people, the traditional Aboriginal occupants", "id": "11689721" }, { "contents": "Australia TradeCoast\n\n\nAustralia TradeCoast is an economic development area of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. The concept of branding and promoting the empty space around Brisbane's port and airport, following many years of Government reports and soul-searching on what might be done with the \"Brisbane Gateway Ports Area\", was first proposed to then Queensland Premier Peter Beattie by a 3PR marketing consultant who had developed Amsterdam Airport Area for Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. Beattie took up the idea with enthusiasm, so a partnership was formed between the Queensland", "id": "4885407" }, { "contents": "Eurovision Song Contest 1983\n\n\n1983 contest was the first to be televised in Australia, via Channel 0/28 (now SBS Television) in Sydney and Melbourne. The contest went to become a very popular show in Australia, leading to an intended one-off participation in the 60th anniversary contest in 2015, and their invitation to return to the 2016 contest. Ireland was not in the contest because RTÉ was in strike action at that time. Munich is a German city and capital of the Bavarian state. As capital, Munich houses the parliament and state government", "id": "17558082" }, { "contents": "Sydney - Capital of New South Wales (painting)\n\n\nSydney - Capital of New South Wales, c 1800 is in the collection of the State Library of New South Wales, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the first oil paintings depicting Sydney town from what is now East Circular Quay. The full title on the frame of the painting reads: \"Sydney - Capital New South Wales - founded by Governor Phillip - named after Lord Sydney Secretary for the Colonies: 1788\". The oil painting measures 62 x 136 cm, and inside its", "id": "15799636" }, { "contents": "Summer Olympic Games\n\n\nOlympic Games in the capital city, London, which became the first city ever to have hosted the Summer Olympic Games three times. The cities of Los Angeles, Paris, and Athens have each hosted two Summer Olympic Games. In 2024, France will host its third Summer Olympic Games in its capital, making Paris the second city ever to have hosted three Summer Olympics. In 2028, Los Angeles will become the third city ever to have hosted the Games three times. Australia, France, Germany and Greece have all hosted", "id": "7767892" }, { "contents": "History of Canberra\n\n\nthe 19th century. She died in the nearby town of Queanbeyan in 1897. The district's transformation from a New South Wales rural area to a built-up national capital began during political debates over Federation in the late 19th century. Due to a temporary Gold Rush at the time, Melbourne was Australia's largest city and a potential place for the capital. However Sydney was Australia's oldest city, and so also had a justifiable claim to host the new nation's Federal polity. Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria", "id": "14592995" }, { "contents": "History of Australia (1901–45)\n\n\ntemporary seat of government while a purpose-designed capital city, Canberra, was constructed. The future King George V, then the Duke of York, opened the first Parliament of Australia on 9 May 1901, and his successor (later to be King George VI) opened the first session in Canberra during May 1927. Australia became officially autonomous in both internal and external affairs with the passage of the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act on 9 October 1942. The Australia Act 1986 eliminated the last vestiges of British legal authority at the", "id": "7518699" }, { "contents": "Canberra Airport\n\n\nCanberra Airport , is a major airport serving Australia's capital city, Canberra, as well as the nearby city of Queanbeyan and regional areas of the Australian Capital Territory and southeastern New South Wales. Located approximately from the city centre, within the North Canberra district, it is the eighth-busiest airport in Australia. The airport serves direct flights to most Australian state capitals and regionally to Newcastle, Dubbo and the Gold Coast. Direct international links also operate from Canberra to Singapore. Flights to Qatar also operate via Sydney. Canberra", "id": "3988299" }, { "contents": "States and territories of Australia\n\n\nuntil this was revoked in 2015. The term \"geographic Australia\" is used by the Australian government to describe the area covered by demographic statistics such as national population figures. This area comprises Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in addition to the six states and three mainland territories; Norfolk Island is the only territory with a permanent population that is not part of geographic Australia. At Federation in 1901, what is now the Northern Territory was within South Australia, what are now the Australian Capital Territory and the Jervis", "id": "2105433" }, { "contents": "Capital Circle\n\n\nCapital Circle is a circular road surrounding Capital Hill in the centre of Canberra, Australia's capital city. It is one of three concentric roads on the hill, with State Circle the outermost and Parliament Drive the innermost. There are no buildings on Capital Circle. Parliament Drive surrounds New Parliament House. Roads named for each of Australia's state capitals converge at Capital Circle or State Circle. The main roads leading from the circle are Commonwealth Avenue to the north and Canberra Avenue and Adelaide Avenue to the south. Capital Circle is", "id": "17797127" }, { "contents": "City of Brisbane\n\n\nmetropolitan area, serving almost half of the population of the Brisbane Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA, formerly statistical division). As such, it has a larger population than any other local government area in Australia. The City of Brisbane was the first Australian LGA to reach a population of more than one million. Its population is roughly equivalent to the populations of Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory combined. In 2016–2017, the council administers a budget of over $3 billion, by far the largest", "id": "4029069" }, { "contents": "History of San Jose, California\n\n\ncity in the U.S. state of California; the first mayor was Josiah Belden. It also served as the state's first capital with the first and second sessions of the California Legislature, known as the \"Legislature of a Thousand Drinks\", being held there in 1850 and 1851. The legislature was unhappy with the location, as no buildings suitable for a state government were available in the city, and took up State Senator Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo's offer to build a new capital on land he donated to the state in what", "id": "7793879" }, { "contents": "Human rights in Australia\n\n\nbecame the first Aboriginal Australian to sit in the federal Parliament. Rosemary Follett was elected Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory in 1989, becoming the first woman elected to lead a state or territory. In 2010, Julia Gillard became the first female Prime Minister of Australia. By 2010, the people of Australia's oldest city, Sydney, had female leaders occupying every major political office above them, with Clover Moore as Lord Mayor, Kristina Keneally as Premier of New South Wales, Marie Bashir as Governor of New South Wales", "id": "6276576" }, { "contents": "List of cities in Australia by population\n\n\nThis list of Australian cities by population provides rankings of Australian cities according to various systems defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Firstly, they are ranked by Greater Capital City Statistical Area (for capital cities excluding Canberra) and Significant Urban Area (for other cities not otherwise included in a Greater Capital City Statistical Area). In separate tables, they are then also ranked by Significant Urban Area (all cities) and by Local Government Area (known internationally as 'cities proper'). Each capital city forms its own", "id": "8347985" }, { "contents": "Australian pub\n\n\nand many fine examples were built in the state capitals and major regional cities and towns. Some of the best colonial-era pubs in Australia's major cities have fallen victim to urban re-development, which has destroyed a significant portion of Australia's 19th-century architectural heritage. State capitals like Melbourne and Adelaide, and large regional cities and towns such as Kalgoorlie in Western Australia still boast some examples, and many other 19th century pubs survive in country towns. Among the colonial-era hotels, now lost to development", "id": "13062177" }, { "contents": "Inter-city rail\n\n\n, as well as others. In Australia the national interstate network operated by Great Southern Rail connects all mainland Australian capital cities except Canberra and Brisbane. Intrastate inter-city trains that traverse shorter distances are operated by V/Line, NSW TrainLink, Queensland Rail and Transwa. Many of Australia's inter-city trains are not true inter-city services, given their leisurely average speed and primary role to transport people between regional areas and the nearest capital city or for the tourist market. As a result, Australian networks refer", "id": "15523748" }, { "contents": "Sydney central business district\n\n\nThe Sydney City Centre (also Sydney Central Business District, Sydney CBD, and often referred to simply as \"Town\" or \"the City\") is the main commercial centre of Sydney, the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. It extends southwards for about from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement in which the Sydney region was initially established. Due to its pivotal role in Australia's early history, it is one of the oldest established areas in the country. Geographically", "id": "17171483" }, { "contents": "Stirling, Western Australia\n\n\nStirling is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, about 10 km north of Perth's central business district (CBD) along the Mitchell Freeway. Its local government area is the City of Stirling, whose council offices and administration centre are located in the southwest of the mostly residential suburb. Stirling is named after James Stirling, the first Western Australian governor (1829–1838). The name was approved in April 1976 at the request of the City of Stirling, as the area contained the Council's headquarters.", "id": "17549355" }, { "contents": "Diggers & Dealers\n\n\nDiggers & Dealers is an annual mining conference held in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia which was first held in 1992. The 2012 event represented the 20th running of the event. It is \"Australia's premier international mining conference\". The annual conference was initiated by Geoffrey J. Stokes in 1992, when the first edition, consisting of 150 delegates was held, but has since expanded to over 2,000 delegates annually. Despite the conference having somewhat outgrown Kalgoorlie, a move to one of Australia's capital cities has not been considered. Former", "id": "1567070" }, { "contents": "City of St Kilda\n\n\nThe City of St Kilda was a local government area on Port Phillip, about south of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1855 until 1994. St Kilda was first incorporated as a municipal district on 24 April 1855, and became a borough in April 1863. It was proclaimed a city on 8 September 1890. Council meetings were first held at the St Kilda Police Station, at St Kilda Junction, before the city's first town hall was built in", "id": "2800010" }, { "contents": "History of Missouri\n\n\nfollowing year, 1821, Missouri was admitted as the 24th state, with the state capital temporarily located in Saint Charles until a permanent capital could be built. Missouri was the first state entirely west of the Mississippi River to be admitted to the Union. The state capital moved to Jefferson City in 1826. At the time of its admission, the western border of Missouri was a straight line from Iowa to Arkansas based on the confluence of the Kaw River with the Missouri River in the Kansas City West Bottoms. Land in what", "id": "10352749" }, { "contents": "Division of Perth\n\n\nThe Division of Perth is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia. It is named after Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, where the Division is located. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It extends northeast along the north bank of the Swan River from Perth, including suburbs such as Maylands, Mount Lawley, Bayswater, Ashfield, Bedford, Morley, Beechboro and the Perth city centre. It is a", "id": "8786222" }, { "contents": "Southern Australia\n\n\nThe term Southern Australia is generally considered to include the states and territories of Australia of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia. The part of Western Australia south of latitude 26° south – a definition widely used in law and state government policy – is also usually included. Although it comprises about half of the total area of Australia, Southern Australia includes about three-quarters of the Australian population, the two largest cities (Sydney and Melbourne), the political capital (Canberra)", "id": "18239330" }, { "contents": "Planned community\n\n\n, Boa Vista, Palmas, Londrina, and Maringá (the latter two in the state of Paraná). Australia's most prominent fully planned city is Canberra, its capital, designed by American architect Walter Burley Griffin. The early central areas of two state capital cities – Adelaide and Melbourne – were also planned by surveyors. Walter Burley Griffin was Australia's most notable city planner, having also designed smaller cities and towns, including Leeton and Griffith in New South Wales. A controversial Japanese-backed planned city, Multifunction Polis", "id": "18859215" }, { "contents": "Community capitalism\n\n\nof Congress and governors, and the general public. In 2013, George R. Tyler published the book \"What Went Wrong: How the 1% Hijacked the American Middle Class\" \". . . and What Other Countries Got Right\", which describes the 'Community Capitalism' models (which he terms Family Capitalism) used by countries that have helped their citizens to prosper, despite the forces of globalization. He contrasts the experience of the U.S. over the past 30 years to that of Australia and the major nations of northern", "id": "19212030" }, { "contents": "List of cities in Australia by population\n\n\nas such can only be as up-to-date as the most recent census year. Local government areas (LGAs) are the main units of local government in Australia. They may be termed cities, shires, councils or other names, and all function similarly. Brisbane, which covers multiple LGAs, is the only state capital city with a local government area covering a significant portion of its urban area. Other capital cities are serviced by LGAs which cover a much smaller proportion of their total urban areas. A New", "id": "8347988" }, { "contents": "Tanunda, South Australia\n\n\nTanunda is a town situated in the Barossa Valley region of South Australia, 70 kilometres north-east of the state capital, Adelaide. The town derives its name from an Aboriginal word meaning \"water hole\". The town's population is approximately 4600. The postcode is 5352 The first settlement in the vicinity of what is today known as Tanunda was the village of \"Bethanien\", settled in 1842. This village was settled by Prussian immigrants who arrived with Pastor Gotthard Fritzsche. In 1843, the village of \"Langmeil", "id": "5154394" }, { "contents": "Chewton, Victoria\n\n\nChewton is a town in central Victoria, Australia in the Shire of Mount Alexander local government area, 116 kilometres north west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Chewton had a population of 403. Prior to European settlement, the Chewton area was inhabited by the Dja Dja Wurrung Aboriginal people, part of the Kulin nation. The first European in the area was the explorer Major Thomas Mitchell on his way to discovering what he termed \"Australia Felix\" in 1836-37. Not long after, a", "id": "8317546" }, { "contents": "Vegueria of Tarragona\n\n\nThe Vegueria of Tarragona was a historical territorial entity of Catalonia (in what is now Spain) that agglutinated the counties of Tarragona. In all the moments of validity of this territorial division, the capital of the Vegueria of Tarragona has been the city of Tarragona. This city has been the genesis of all the territory. Tarraco constituted, since the republican period, a Roman site of first order on the territory as the capital of the Hispania Citerior (the biggest province of all the Roman Empire). The city accommodated the", "id": "19218320" }, { "contents": "City Index Group\n\n\nincluding Introducing brokers, white label partnerships, multi-asset liquidity access and institutional ECN (Electronic Communication Network) trading. GAIN Capital handles an average monthly trade volume of $501.2bn and employs over 800 people worldwide. GAIN Capital is regulated in 9 jurisdictions worldwide and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as GCAP. City index now operates in four major regions, the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore and the Middle East. City Index Limited – Established in 1983 as one of Britain's first spread betting", "id": "15606884" }, { "contents": "Federal Circuit Court of Australia\n\n\nincreased jurisdiction and its role as an intermediate court servicing regional centres as well as capital cities throughout Australia, it was renamed the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and its judicial officers received the title \"Judge\" instead of \"Federal Magistrate\". There are now over 60 judges of the Court. The first Chief Federal Magistrate, Diana Bryant left the court in 2004 when she was appointed Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, the third person to be appointed that position since the establishment of the Family Court. The current", "id": "22121719" }, { "contents": "Duncraig, Western Australia\n\n\nDuncraig is a northern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located north of Perth's central business district (CBD) between Marmion Avenue and Mitchell Freeway. Its local government area is the City of Joondalup. Not much is known about Duncraig before the residential settlement boom - the majority of land in the area remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s. In 1969, the name Duncraig was approved, and was first used as a promotional name. It is of Scottish origin. In 1967, planning stages", "id": "6222373" }, { "contents": "Gwelup, Western Australia\n\n\nGwelup is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia 12 km north of Perth's central business district (CBD) along the Mitchell Freeway. Its local government area is the City of Stirling. The name \"Gwelup\" refers to a small swamp located within the southern portion of the suburb. It was derived from the Noongar word \"Gwelgannow\" meaning \"to shift position\". Hence, Lake Gwelup was referred to as \"the lake that shifts position\". The name first appears in Lands Department records", "id": "9761896" }, { "contents": "History of anarchism\n\n\n. What is certain, though, is that their critique of state and capitalism ultimately proved right, as the world was marching towards totalitarianism and fascism. As empires and capitalism were expanding at the turn of the century, so was Anarchism which soon flourished in Latin America, East Asia, South Africa and Australia. Anarchism found fertile ground in Asia and was the most vibrant ideology among other socialist currents during the first decades of 20th century. The works of European philosophers, especially Kropotkin's, were popular among revolutionary youth.", "id": "1145004" }, { "contents": "B. A. Santamaria\n\n\nfirst editor of the paper which declared itself opposed to both communism and capitalism. Although the group campaigned for the rights of workers and against what it saw as the excesses of capitalism, Santamaria came to see the Communist Party of Australia, which in the 1940s made great advances in the Australian trade union movement, as the main enemy. In 1937 he was persuaded by Archbishop Daniel Mannix to join the National Secretariat of Catholic Action, a lay activist organisation. During World War II, Santamaria gained an exemption from military service.", "id": "18629981" }, { "contents": "Cricket in Australia\n\n\ncalendar year. Australia's victory over New Zealand in the 2015 Cricket World Cup Final was the most-watched sports match ever in Australia, peaking at 4.218 million viewers nationally. The second innings of the match, which saw Australia winning the match with seven wickets to spare, averaged 2.404 million in the five capital cities and 3.285 million nationally. A further 522,000 watched Australia's innings on pay-TV channel Fox Sports 3, while 492,000 watched the first session. 3.196 million viewers peaked in for the 2015 Cricket World Cup", "id": "21276721" }, { "contents": "ACTION\n\n\nACTION is a bus operator in Canberra, Australia owned by the ACT Government. On 19 July 1926, the Federal Capital Commission commenced operating public bus services between Eastlake (now Kingston) in the south and Ainslie in the north. The service was first known as Canberra City Omnibus Service, but it has had a number of names over the years, including Canberra City Bus Service, Canberra Omnibus Service and Canberra Bus Service. On 14 February 1977, it was renamed as the Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network, or ACTION", "id": "918097" }, { "contents": "Old Treasury Building, Melbourne\n\n\nwere moved in 1877-78, the building was nicknamed the 'Old Treasury'. The building is also notable as it was the unofficial first capital building of Australia. In February 1899, a \"secret\" Premiers' conference was convened, after which it was decided Melbourne's Parliament House would be the temporary capital until the location of the Australian National Capital was officially announced. The Old Treasury Building previously housed City Museum and reopened in 2010 as a not-for-profit organisation with permanent exhibitions detailing the history of", "id": "19798047" }, { "contents": "History of Australia since 1945\n\n\n, who became the first woman Prime Minister of Australia and narrowly retained office against the Liberal-National Coalition led by Tony Abbott, at the 2010 Federal election by securing the support of independent members of the first hung parliament in Australia since the 1940 election. The drought was broken definitively by severe flooding associated with the La Niña weather effect in the summer of 2010–2011. Queensland in particular suffered dramatic flooding which swept through parts of the capital city of Brisbane and caused some deaths and serious financial loss. Soon after tropical cyclone Yasi", "id": "7518876" }, { "contents": "Oceania Continent Handball Federation\n\n\nOceania Senior Men's and Women's Championships were held in the Australian Capital city of Canberra, at the Australian Institute of Sport. This inaugural event was played between New Zealand and Australia Senior Men's and Women's teams in which Australia prevailed in both. In 1995, the first ever Oceania Junior Championships were held for men and women (Porirua, New Zealand). Australia won the Junior Men's Championship and New Zealand won the Junior Women's Championships. Although these games were called Continental championships, only Australia and New", "id": "1213809" }, { "contents": "Screening of soap operas in Australia\n\n\n4:30 am. \"Coronation Street\" is a British soap opera that first aired in Australia in 1963 on TCN-9 Sydney, GTV-9 Melbourne and NWS-9 Adelaide. By 1966, \"Coronation Street\" was more popular in Australia than in the United Kingdom. The show eventually left some free-to-air television stations in Australia in the 1970s. It remained on some regional stations throughout the late 1970's and the 1980's and could be viewed in capital cities until 1989. It briefly returned to the Nine Network in a daytime", "id": "6708807" }, { "contents": "Amy Cure\n\n\nTitles in New South Wales. She finished third in the U17 Criterium Australia Junior Road Titles in the Australian Capital Territory. She finished fourth in the U17 Sprint Australia Junior Track Titles in New South Wales. She finished seventh in the U17 Road Race Australia Junior Road Titles in the Australian Capital Territory. Cure competed in several races in 2008. She finished first in the U17 Scratch Race Australia Junior Track Titles in New South Wales. She finished first in the U17 Road Race Australia Junior Road Titles in the Australian Capital Territory.", "id": "8001106" }, { "contents": "Garden city movement\n\n\n. Greenbelts and urban greenspaces have been redesigned to incorporate more living spaces. Garden City principles greatly influenced the design of colonial and post-colonial capitals during the early part of the 20th century. This is the case for New Delhi (designed as the new capital of British India after World War I), of Canberra (capital of Australia established in 1913) and of Quezon City (established in 1939, capital of the Philippines from 1948–76). The garden city model was also applied to many colonial hill stations, such", "id": "17209176" }, { "contents": "John Gale (journalist)\n\n\nbook \"Canberra History & Legends\" that on Christmas Day 1855, he was riding his horse across the Limestone Plains to Kurrajong Hill (now called Capital Hill where the new Parliament House is built) when he had a \"prophetic inspiration\": \"... with the mountains to the south and to the east and the shimmer from the river, the scene invoked a mental, if not a vocal, exclamation: \"What a magnificent site for one of Australia's future cities!\" On 11 June 1900, Gale (", "id": "21672688" }, { "contents": "Greycliffe House\n\n\ndwelt at Greycliffe until 1859—when he retired from the Customs Service and they moved to their new home, Yarralumla homestead, in what is now the capital city of Canberra. (Yarralumla is nowadays an official residence of the Governor-General of Australia.) A succession of private leaseholders lived at Greycliffe after the departure of Mrs and Mrs Gibbes. In 1911, the house was transferred to public ownership and given over by the New South Wales Government for use as a hospital for babies and then as a mothercraft centre. Then,", "id": "3064730" }, { "contents": "The Voice Kids (Australian season 1)\n\n\n' auditions in various capital cities. Two of the audition cities were Perth, Western Australia, held on 18 October 2013; and Adelaide, South Australia. The producers' auditions consisted of three stages. Firstly, the contestants were grouped and had to sing a song together. Selected contestants from the first stage then moved on to the second stage, where they had to sing for \"The Voice Kids\" head vocal coach, Lindsay Field. The last stage of the auditions required the contestants to sing for the show's", "id": "7113796" }, { "contents": "History of Perth, Western Australia\n\n\nthe national average, however in the first decade of the 21st century, driven by the West Australian mining boom and associated economic development, it became Australia's fastest growing capital. From 2001 to 2011, the city's population increased by 346,000, which is comparable to Sydney's 499,000 over the same period despite being only one third the size. As with Melbourne, most population growth was absorbed by the outer suburbs, primarily in the City of Wanneroo, and the southern coastal suburbs (Cockburn, Rockingham and Kwinana).", "id": "9168970" }, { "contents": "Australian labour movement\n\n\nLabour Organization, of which Australia is a member. On 30 June 2005, up to 100,000 people marched through Melbourne in opposition to the proposed industrial relations changes, with meetings also held in capital cities and regional towns around Australia. On 15 November 2005, the ACTU organised a national day of protest, during which the ACTU estimated 546,000 people took part in marches and protests in Australia's state capitals and other cities. The rallies were addressed by State premiers and religious leaders. Other notable Australians, including former Prime Minister Bob", "id": "8088163" }, { "contents": "Hindley Street, Adelaide\n\n\nHindley Street is located in the north-west quarter of the centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs between King William Street and West Terrace. The street was named after British parliamentarian and social reformist, Charles Hindley. Now known for its atmosphere and active nightlife, the street was one of the first built in Adelaide and is thus of historical significance. The first newspaper in South Australia was printed in premises on Hindley Street. As well as housing the first meeting of Adelaide City Council, the oldest", "id": "17811507" }, { "contents": "Tamworth Country Music Festival\n\n\nModern Country Music Association, now the Capital Country Music Association (CCMA), began a talent quest on the Australia Day January Long weekend. The talent quest, now known as the CCMA National Talent Quest, is considered a major influence in what was to become the Festival in January 1973 with the first staging, by local radio station 2TM, of the Australasian Country Music Awards (aka the Golden Guitar Awards for its unique \"golden guitar\" trophy) as part of its Country Music Capital promotion which had commenced in 1969", "id": "13874386" }, { "contents": "Skiing in the Australian Capital Territory\n\n\nskiing takes place in areas such as the Namadgi National Park, Bimberi Nature Reserve, Mount Franklin, Mount Ginini and Mount Gingera when conditions allow. The more extensive and developed New South Wales skifields are located south-west of the Territory. The most northerly ski fields in Australia are located in the Australian Capital Territory – in the ranges west of Australia's capital city, Canberra. During the Southern Hemisphere winter, skiing in Australia takes place in the ACT and in three States: New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.", "id": "14128732" }, { "contents": "South Australia\n\n\nand the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia appointed William Light as the leader of its 'First Expedition', tasked with examining 1500 miles of the South Australian coastline and selecting the best site for the capital, and with then planning and surveying the site of the city into one-acre Town Sections and its surrounds into 134-acre Country Sections. Eager to commence the establishment of their whale and seal fisheries, the South Australian Company sought, and obtained, the Commissioners' permission to send Company ships to South Australia, in advance of", "id": "6917963" } ]

[ { "contents": "2017 Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament was a women's college conference tournament held March 11–12, 2017 at the Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. It was the first postseason tournament held by the Ivy League in women's basketball. Penn won the tournament, earning an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament. The Ivy League was the last NCAA Division I conference not to hold a postseason tournament, instead choosing to award its automatic bids to the NCAA men's and women's tournaments to its", "id": "17721592" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Elon Phoenix women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Elon Phoenix women's basketball team represents Elon University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Phoenix, led by seventh year head coach Charlotte Smith, play their home games at Alumni Gym and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 25–8, 14–4 in CAA play to finish in third place. They also won the CAA Tournament Championship for the second straight year and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. They lost in the first round", "id": "16118172" }, { "contents": "2017 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Colonial Athletic Association Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason event was held from March 8–11, 2017 at the JMU Convocation Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Elon won their first CAA Women's Basketball Tournament in school history and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament. Due to the revelation that Charleston had supplied improperly sized basketballs in its home conference wins over William & Mary and UNCW, the CAA announced on February 2 that those games would be treated as Charleston losses for purposes of CAA tournament seeding, although", "id": "9164715" }, { "contents": "2017 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA was held from March 8–11, 2017 in Birmingham, Alabama. The first two rounds will take place at Bartow Arena while the semifinals and championship will take place at Legacy Arena. WKU won their 2nd C-USA tournament title and earns an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament. The top twelve teams will qualify for the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams", "id": "5941371" }, { "contents": "2017 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference was held from March 1 to 5, 2017, in Conway, South Carolina, at the HTC Center. It was originally scheduled to be played in Greensboro, North Carolina, but was moved due to HB2 law. Notre Dame won their 4th straight ACC tournament title to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament. Tournament seeds are determined by teams' regular season conference record with tiebreakers determined by ACC", "id": "5941374" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Central Michigan Chippewas women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Central Michigan Chippewas women's basketball team represents Central Michigan University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Chippewas, led by eleventh year head coach Sue Guevara, play their home games at McGuirk Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 30–5, 16–1 in MAC play to win MAC West Division. They won the MAC Women's Tournament and earns an automatic to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset LSU in the first round to win their", "id": "17601323" }, { "contents": "2017–18 American Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 American Eagles women's basketball team represents American University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fifth year head coach Megan Gebbia, play their home games at Bender Arena and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 26–7, 16–2 in Patriot League play win the Patriot League regular season. They won the Patriot League Women's Tournament by defeating Navy and earns an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to UCLA in the first round. They", "id": "18551741" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team represents Belmont University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by first year head coach Bart Brooks, play their home games at the Curb Event Center as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 31–4, 18–0 in OVC play win the OVC regular season. They won the OVC Women's Tournament by defeating UT Martin and earns an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Duke in the first", "id": "4129841" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Mercer Bears women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Mercer Bears women's basketball team represents Mercer University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears, led by eighth-year head coach Susie Gardner, play their home games at the Hawkins Arena as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They finished the season 30–3, 14–0 in Southern Conference play win the Southern Conference regular season. They won the SoCon Women's Tournament for the first time in school history and earns their first automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost", "id": "4130514" }, { "contents": "Buffalo Bulls\n\n\nand indoor season. In 2015 UB's men track and field star, Jonathan Jones, became the first national champion in UB's Division I history when he won the shot put at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The current UB women's basketball coach is Felisha Legette-Jack. In 2016 the women's basketball team won the MAC tournament and made their first trip to the NCAA Tournament in program history. In 2017 the women's team made another trip to the NCAA Tournament beating South Florida in the first round", "id": "7183397" }, { "contents": "2017 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament was a post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2016–17 college basketball season. Tournament first round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 6. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland between March 8–11. Toledo won their 8th MAC Women's Tournament and received the conference's automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Tournament. Unlike with the recent tournaments, where the top two seeds received byes into the semifinals", "id": "4860825" }, { "contents": "2018 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the concluding event of the 2017–18 season of the Northeast Conference (NEC), held from March 7–11, 2018. Unlike most NCAA Division I basketball conference tournaments, the NEC tournament does not include all of the league's teams. The tournament instead features only the top eight teams from regular-season NEC play. Regular-season co-champion Saint Francis of Pennsylvania won the tournament and with it the NEC's automatic berth in the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament", "id": "2693228" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ducks, led by fourth-year head coach Kelly Graves, play their games at the Matthew Knight Arena as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 33–5, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to win the Pac-12 regular season title. They also won the Pac-12 Women's Tournament for the first time in school history and earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Seattle", "id": "17917655" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Nicholls State Colonels women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Nicholls State Colonels women's basketball team represented Nicholls State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Colonels, led by tenth year head coach DoBee Plaisance, played their home games at Stopher Gym and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 19–13, 11–7 in Southland play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place. They won their first Southland Women's Tournament and earns an automatic trip to their first NCAA Women's Tournament in school history where they lost in the", "id": "3035121" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Cal State Northridge Matadors women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Cal State Northridge Matadors women's basketball team represents California State University, Northridge during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Matadors, led by eighth year head coach Jason Flowers, play their home games at the Matadome as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 19–16, 8–8 in Big West play to finish in fifth place. They won the Big Women's Tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Notre Dame in the first round.", "id": "4416848" }, { "contents": "2017 America East Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 America East Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the America East Conference. It was held from March 4 through March 10, 2017. The quarterfinals and semifinals were held at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, ME, with the finals being held at the SEFCU Arena in Albany, NY. Albany won their 6th straight American East tournament title to earn an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical", "id": "20442036" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Liberty Lady Flames basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Liberty Lady Flames basketball team represents Liberty University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by nineteenth-year head coach Carey Green, play their home games at the Vines Center and were members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 24–10, 16–3 in Big South play win the Big South regular season title. They won the Big South Women's Basketball Tournament and earn an received automatic bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where lost to Tennessee in the first round.", "id": "4416595" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in", "id": "14939652" }, { "contents": "2017–18 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team will represent George Washington University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Colonials, led by second year head coach Jennifer Rizzotti, play their home games at Charles E. Smith Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 10–6 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They won the A-10 tournament by defeating Saint Joseph's and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Ohio", "id": "8023644" }, { "contents": "2017 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament is a basketball tournament held on March 9–12, 2017 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The #1 seed in the tournament received a first round bye to the semifinals. Grand Canyon did not compete in the 2017 women's basketball tournament. As a D2 to D1 transitioning school, they are ineligible to compete in the NCAA tournament until the 2018 season, so they could not win the conference tournament since the winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. However Grand Canyon", "id": "9164687" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey for her 17th season. The team played its home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas and were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 33–2, 18–0 in Big 12 to win the Big 12 regular season title. They also won the Big 12 Women's Tournament and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they", "id": "14065350" }, { "contents": "2017 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, took place March 9–12, 2017 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The winner of the tournament, the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears, received the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament. Only the Top 8 teams advanced to the Southland Conference Tournament. The co-regular season champion Abilene Christian Wildcats were ineligible for the NCAA Tourney. Their seed fell to the next eligible team. Abilene", "id": "464710" }, { "contents": "2017 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament (also known as Motor City Madness) was the conference tournament that ended the 2016–17 season of the Horizon League. It was played from March 3 through March 7, 2017 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. Regular-season co-champion Green Bay won the tournament and earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Women's Tournament. All 10 teams participated in the tournament. The top six teams received a bye into the Second Round. This was a change from", "id": "803556" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball team represents Western Kentucky University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Toppers are led by fifth year head coach Michelle Clark-Heard. They play their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 24–9, 12–4 in C-USA play to finish in second place. They won the Conference USA Tournament for the 2nd year in a row and earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they", "id": "17147387" }, { "contents": "Jacksonville State University\n\n\nGamecocks won the OVC championship and received an automatic bid for the annual NCAA regional tournament. The Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Jacksonville State University. The school's team currently competes in the Ohio Valley Conference. During the 2016–2017 season, the Gamecocks won the OVC championship and received their first NCAA tournament bid under the direction of head coach, Ray Harper. The Jacksonville State Gamecocks women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Jacksonville State University. The team currently", "id": "10247802" }, { "contents": "2017 Women's Basketball Invitational\n\n\nThe 2017 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) is a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament or 2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament. The 2017 field was announced on March 13. First round WBI games took place on March 15 and 16; second-round games were played March 18 and March 19. The tournament semifinals were held March 23 with the 2017 WBI Championship game played the final weekend of", "id": "18806761" }, { "contents": "Rice University\n\n\nin track and field. In 2006-07, the Rice women's basketball team made the NCAA tournament, while again five Rice track and field athletes received individual NCAA berths. In 2008, the women's volleyball team again made the NCAA tournament. In 2011 the Women's Swim team won their first conference championship in the history of the university. This was an impressive feat considering they won without having a diving team. The team repeated their C-USA success in 2013 and 2014. In 2017, the women's", "id": "6273612" }, { "contents": "2017 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament involved 64 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the NCAA Division II women's college basketball national champion. It began on March 10, 2017, and concluded with the championship game on March 24, 2017. The first three rounds were hosted by top-seeded teams in regional play. The eight regional winners met for the quarterfinal and semifinals, better known as the \"Elite Eight\" and \"Final Four\" respectively, and National Championship game at the Alumni", "id": "21192764" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Seattle Redhawks women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Seattle Redhawks women's basketball team represents Seattle University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Redhawks, led by second year head coach Suzy Barcomb, play their home games at the Connolly Center and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 18–15, 9–5 in WAC play to finish in a tie for third place. They won the WAC Women's Tournament for the first time in school history by defeating Cal State Bakersfield to earn an automatic trip to their first NCAA Women's", "id": "4491472" }, { "contents": "2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nWomen's Basketball Championship were announced at 7 p.m. Eastern time, Monday, March 13 via ESPN. The basis for the subregionals returned to the approach used between 1982 and 2002; the top sixteen teams, as chosen in the bracket selection process, hosted the first two rounds on campus. A total of 64 teams entered the 2017 tournament. 32 automatic bids teams were given to teams that won their conference tournament. The remaining 32 teams were granted \"at-large\" bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee", "id": "13638262" }, { "contents": "LSU Lady Tigers basketball\n\n\nled the Lady Tigers to five NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament appearances in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017. LSU has played in five Final Fours in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship tournament. LSU has won three regular-season conference championships and two conference tournament championships in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Conference tournament winners noted with #br Source: The Pete Maravich Assembly Center is a 13,215-seat multi-purpose arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The arena opened in 1972 and is home", "id": "4524652" }, { "contents": "2018 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament ended the 2017–18 season of Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball. The tournament was held February 28–March 3 at Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. Regular-season champion Belmont won the tournament and with it the OVC's automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. The OVC women's tournament is a traditional single-elimination tournament featuring the top eight teams in the conference regular-season standings. This differs from the format used in the OVC men's tournament; while that tournament also involves", "id": "14403829" }, { "contents": "2018 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament was a post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2017–18 college basketball season. Tournament first round games was held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 5th. The remaining rounds was held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland between March 7–10. Central Michigan won the MAC Women's Tournament received the conference's automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Unlike with the recent tournaments, where the top two seeds received byes into the semifinals,", "id": "2012184" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2017 and concluded in March with the 2017 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. The South Carolina Gamecocks were both regular season and tournament champions, with the Mississippi State Bulldogs as runner-up. Both teams received bids to the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament and", "id": "6533895" }, { "contents": "Hampton University\n\n\nconference basketball tournament. Their NCAA tournament record is 2–6, including the play-in game. The \"Lady Pirates\" basketball team has seen great success as well, and made trips to the NCAA tournament in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010–2014, and 2017. In 1988, as a Division II school, the Lady Pirates won the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship, defeating West Texas State. In 2011, as a number-13 seed, the Lady Pirates nearly upset Kentucky, but fell in overtime, 66-", "id": "17222864" }, { "contents": "Baylor Bears and Lady Bears\n\n\n, and won their second national NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship. In 2013, the Lady Bears won both the Big 12 regular season and tournament titles and made it to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament before falling to Louisville in one of the biggest upsets in the history of the women's tournament. In 2019, they won the The NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. The men's basketball program was plagued by a scandal in 2003. Patrick Dennehy, a player for the team, was murdered by", "id": "15916452" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2018–19 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team represented Abilene Christian University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by seventh year head coach Julie Goodenough, played their home games at the Moody Coliseum. They finished the season 23–10, 13–5 in Southland play to finish in fourth place. They won the Southland Women's Tournament to earn an automatic to the NCAA Women's Tournament for the first time in school history. They lost in the first round to Baylor. The Wildcats finished the 2017–18", "id": "4391235" }, { "contents": "Penn Quakers women's basketball\n\n\nThe Penn Quakers women's basketball team is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing University of Pennsylvania. The school competes in the Ivy League in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Quakers play home basketball games at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Quakers have a 562–654 as of the 2017–18 season. They have won five Ivy League titles (2001, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2017). They were the champion of the first Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament in 2017, beating", "id": "12281240" }, { "contents": "U.S. Bank Arena\n\n\nTournament and the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The arena was also host to the 1997 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship Final Four, as well as the 1996 men's Division I hockey Frozen Four, which was won by Michigan. In 2017, the site will host the NCAA Division 1 Ice Hockey Midwest Regional, where Denver University, Union, Penn State, Michigan Tech, will play for a spot in the 2017 Frozen Four. The venue hosted part of the 1981 and all of the 1992", "id": "3475110" }, { "contents": "2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team will represent West Virginia University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers are coached by sixteenth year head coach Mike Carey and play their home games at WVU Coliseum and are members of the Big 12 Conference. The team finished sixth in the regular season but won the 2017 Big 12 Tournament. They finished with a record of 24–11, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where", "id": "5038370" }, { "contents": "A'ja Wilson\n\n\nA'ja Riyadh Wilson (born August 8, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Wilson played for the South Carolina Gamecocks in college, and helped lead the Gamecocks to their first NCAA Women's Basketball Championship in 2017, and won the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player award. In the 2018 WNBA Draft, she was drafted first overall by the Aces. That same year, she won a record 3rd straight SEC Player of the Year award", "id": "5269562" }, { "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was held from February 28 through March 4, 2018 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Ohio State defeated Maryland 79–69 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Tournament. All 14 Big Ten schools are participating in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2017–18 Big Ten Conference season record.", "id": "12722769" }, { "contents": "Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball\n\n\nThe Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team, formerly known as the Lady Mocs, represents the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in NCAA women's basketball competition. The team is currently coached by head coach Katie Burrows, entering her first year, and play their home games at McKenzie Arena. The team has won 18 SoCon Tournament championships, five consecutively since 2013, and have made 15 NCAA Tournament appearances, most recently in 2017. The 2015–16 team began the season ranked 25th in the AP Poll. The", "id": "19006523" }, { "contents": "Fordham Rams\n\n\nlosses (.539 win percentage). Women's basketball at Fordham began as a club team in 1963–64. They became an NCAA competitive team in 1970–71. The Rams have won the Patriot League Championship in 1992 and 1994 and the Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament in 2014. They have played in the 1994 NCAA Tournament, the 2013 WNIT, and the 2014 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. Tackle Ed Franco was a consensus All-American. So was center Alex Wojciechowicz who later became an All-Pro with Detroit", "id": "13789390" }, { "contents": "Denver Pioneers\n\n\nadvance to the NCAA final eight for the first time in 2017. The women's basketball team appeared in the 2001 NCAA Tournament, where it lost to Virginia Tech in the first round. The women's golf team won the 2009 NCAA West Regional and later finished 5th in the finals of the 2009 NCAA tournament. DU also appeared in the 2008 (6th) and 2007 (14th) NCAA finals, as well as multiple NCAA regionals. Denver's first athletic event was in a baseball game in 1867 (a loss to", "id": "21067626" }, { "contents": "Tennessee–UConn women's basketball rivalry\n\n\nis Geno Auriemma, who has won eleven of the last twenty-four NCAA women's tournaments, four at the expense of Summitt in the finals. A media firebrand in the heart of ESPN country, Auriemma has become the most accomplished coach in the last decade, which included a record-breaking 111-game winning streak which began in the fall of 2014 and ended during the Final Four of 2017 NCAA women's tournament. He has seven Naismith awards to Summitt's six. The two poured gasoline on the fire in press conferences", "id": "15216328" }, { "contents": "2019 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2019 Colonial Athletic Association Women's Basketball Tournament is the upcoming postseason women's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament will be held March 13–16, 2019 at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Delaware. The champion will receive the CAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Towson won the conference tournament championship game over Drexel, 53–49 to send Towson to their first ever NCAA tournament. All 10 CAA teams participated in the tournament. Teams", "id": "20289002" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team\n\n\n-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as a No. 1 seed in the Albany region where they defeated Robert Morris and Michigan in the first and second rounds, Oregon State in the sweet sixteen before losing to Connecticut in the elite eight. The Cardinals finished the 2017–18 season at 36–3, 15–1 in ACC play to finish in a tie for first place. They won the ACC Women's Tournament. They received an automatic bid for the NCAA Women's Tournament as a number one seed. In the tournament, they", "id": "10634526" }, { "contents": "West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball\n\n\nThe West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represents West Virginia University in NCAA Division I college basketball competition. They are a member of the Big 12 Conference. West Virginia has earned eight bids to the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship, led by West Virginia coach and former WVU player Mike Carey. Most recently, they won the 2017 Big 12 Tournament, despite finishing sixth in the regular season. The first women's basketball team was started in 1973, as a result of the Title IX mandates. The first coach", "id": "15614912" }, { "contents": "2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season\n\n\ntiebreakers used as needed in the case of ties for the top seeding. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. The NCAA has never recognized a consensus All-America team in women's basketball. This differs from the practice in men's basketball, in which the NCAA uses a combination of selections by the Associated Press (AP), the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the \"Sporting News\", and the United States Basketball Writers Association (", "id": "13862995" }, { "contents": "University at Buffalo\n\n\nPress poll. The basketball team was nationally ranked for most of the season with a high ranking of #14 on both the AP and Coaches Polls. The women's basketball team won the MAC championship and made their first trip to the NCAA Tournament in program history in 2016. In 2017 the women's team made another trip to the NCAA Tournament beating South Florida in the first round and Florida State in the second round, making the sweet sixteen for the first time in program history. The rowing program is an associate member", "id": "11092787" }, { "contents": "New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball\n\n\nThe New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team is the basketball team that represent the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire. The school's team currently competes in the America East Conference and plays its home games at Lundholm Gym. The Wildcats won back-to-back Eastern College Athletic Conference conference titles in 1983 and 1984 but they were not invited to the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats have never won the America East Conference Tournament, but they have made the Semifinals in 2013, 2014, and 2017. They won", "id": "9439189" }, { "contents": "2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game\n\n\nThe 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game was the final game of the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. The game was played on April 2, 2017, at American Airlines Center in Dallas. The South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs, 67–55, to claim their first-ever national championship. Going into the game, South Carolina and Mississippi State have met 35 times in women's basketball since December 29, 1984, with the Gamecocks holding a one-game edge over the Bulldogs in", "id": "20789194" }, { "contents": "Troy Trojans women's basketball\n\n\nThe Troy Trojans women's basketball program is the intercollegiate women's basketball of Troy University. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I and the team competes in the Sun Belt Conference. The head coach of the Trojans is Chanda Rigby, who is in her third season at Troy. During her first five seasons as head coach at Troy, the Trojans have made two NCAA Tournament appearances, one WBI Tournament appearance, and have won two Sun Belt Tournament titles. The team plays home games in Trojan Arena, which", "id": "6973788" }, { "contents": "2018 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament (also known as Motor City Madness) was the conference tournament that ended the 2017–18 season of the Horizon League. It was being played from March 2 through March 6, 2018 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. Regular-season champion Green Bay won the tournament and earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Women's Tournament. All 10 teams are participating in the tournament. The top six teams received a bye into the Second Round. This was a change from", "id": "1905887" }, { "contents": "At-large bid\n\n\nbasketball tournaments. However, a similar procedure applies in most other NCAA-sponsored tournaments, and in other tournaments that use an NCAA-style system. Each year, the NCAA grants automatic berths in both the men's and women's Division I basketball tournaments to the winners of 32 conferences. Since the Ivy League added a conference tournament in 2017, every conference's automatic berth is granted to the team that wins its conference postseason tournament. The NCAA has established Selection Committees for both the men's and women's tournaments.", "id": "18719576" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team represents Creighton University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bluejays, led by fifteenth year head coach Jim Flanery, play their home games at D. J. Sokol Arena and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 19–13, 11–7 in Big East play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East Women's Tournament where they lost to Marquette. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament", "id": "1009654" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by thirty-second year head coach Tara VanDerveer, played their home games at the Maples Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 14–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Oregon. They received an at-large the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated", "id": "10450858" }, { "contents": "2017–18 California Golden Bears women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represents University of California, Berkeley during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by seventh year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, play their home games at the Haas Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament where they lost to UCLA. They received at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament", "id": "11292128" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Drake University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by sixth year head coach Jennie Baranczyk, play their home games at Knapp Center and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 18–0 in MVC play to win the MVC regular season championship. They defeated Valparaiso, Southern Illinois and Northern Iowa to become champions of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they", "id": "15781552" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team represents Oregon State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beavers, led by eighth year head coach Scott Rueck, play their games at the Gill Coliseum and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 14–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to Arizona State. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they", "id": "1604938" }, { "contents": "2017–18 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by tenth year head coach Dawn Staley, played their home games at the Colonial Life Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 29–7, 12–4 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi State to win the SEC Women's Tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament", "id": "9121084" }, { "contents": "Radford Highlanders women's basketball\n\n\nThe Radford Highlanders women's basketball team represents Radford University in NCAA Division I intercollegiate women's basketball competition. They are a member of the Big South Conference. Radford began play in 1971. As of the end of the 2016–17 season, the Highlanders have an all-time record of 707–868–5. They have won six regular season titles and nine conference titles. They have appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times (1994, 1995, 1996, 2019) and the WNIT four times (1989, 2008, 2015, 2017)", "id": "21944302" }, { "contents": "2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nmaking every NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at 36 consecutive appearances. Connecticut also continued its record streak of 10 consecutive Final Four appearances. The first two rounds, also referred to as the subregionals, were played at the sites of the top 16 seeds, as was done in 2016. The following are the sites that hosted each round of the 2017 tournament. First and Second Rounds Regional Semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) National Semifinals and Championship (Final Four and Championship) Selections for the 2017 NCAA Division I", "id": "13638261" }, { "contents": "Western Illinois Leathernecks women's basketball\n\n\nfor their 2016–2017 record where they finished 26–7 in the Summit League and advancing to the NCAA tournament. Western Illinois was the Number 1 seed in the tournament. They won the Summit League Tournament on March 7, 2017, with a 77–69 overtime win defeating IUPUI. The win sends the Leatherneck's to the NCAA Tournament, their first appearance since 1995. The win was WIU's 11th consecutive of the season, tying the team record set in 1995. Both Morgan Blumer and Emily Clemens were named to the All-Tournament League", "id": "19034442" }, { "contents": "Hampton Lady Pirates basketball\n\n\n1988 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament, beating West Texas State 65–48. They joined Division I in 1995. Since joining Division I (and the MEAC), they have won conference tournament titles in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 (reaching the NCAA Tournament in those corresponding years) and regular season titles in 1999, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. As of the end of the 2015-16 season, the", "id": "20833819" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Boise State Broncos women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Boise State Broncos women's basketball team represents Boise State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Broncos, led by 13th-year head coach Gordy Presnell, play their home games at Taco Bell Arena as a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 14–4 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain West regular season title with UNLV. They were also champions of the Mountain West Women's Tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they", "id": "14404818" }, { "contents": "2017–18 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball represent South Dakota State University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jackrabbits, led by eighteenth year head coach Aaron Johnston. The Jackrabbits compete in the Summit League. They play home games in Frost Arena, in Brookings, South Dakota. They finished the season 26–7, 12–2 in Summit League play to finish in second place. They were champions of The Summit League Women's Tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost", "id": "3737701" }, { "contents": "2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season\n\n\n, the first team listed won the tiebreaker for top seed in the tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. The Great West Conference began play in 2009–10 and does not receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. This season saw the debut of a third national postseason tournament in the Women's Basketball Invitational, a 16-team affair with all games", "id": "21687875" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team represents Quinnipiac University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats are led by twenty-third year head coach, Tricia Fabbri. They play their home games in TD Bank Sports Center and are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 28–6, 18–0 in MAAC play to win MAAC regular season and tournament titles to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament. They defeated Miami in the first round before losing to Connecticut in the", "id": "4129691" }, { "contents": "University of New Mexico\n\n\n, upset the University of Houston. The UNM women's basketball team has won the Mountain West championship for four of the past five years, and have gone to the NCAA Tournament for the past six consecutive years. The UNM women's cross-country team won the NCAA championship in 2015 and 2017. Lobo Ednah Kurgat also won the individual title in 2017. The Lobo football team plays at Dreamstyle Stadium, which is located across the street from The Pit. The team has been to six bowl games since 1997 after a", "id": "16815577" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball team\n\n\nin the first round before losing to Duquense in the second round. They finished the season 17–13, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in sixth place. They lost in quarterfinals of the Big East Women's Tournament to Marquette. They were invited to the WNIT where they lost to Fordham in the first round. !colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season !colspan=9 style=| Conference regular season !colspan=9 style=| Big East Women's Tournament !colspan=9 style=| NCAA Women's Tournament 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2017–18 Georgetown Hoyas", "id": "1502334" }, { "contents": "2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 3–6, 2017 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Connecticut received an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. All the teams in the American Athletic Conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system was used. Teams seeded 6–11 played in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–5 received a bye to the quarterfinals. All tournament games are nationally televised", "id": "3711429" }, { "contents": "2018 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament (also known as Motor City Madness) was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Horizon League of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 2 through March 6, 2018 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. The tournament was won by No. 2 seed Wright State, who defeated No. 8 seed Cleveland State in the championship game, and received the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. All 10 teams participated in the tournament", "id": "613271" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team represents the University of Arkansas at Little Rock during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans, led by fifteenth year head coach Joe Foley, play their home games at the Jack Stephens Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 17–1 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season and tournament titles to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State", "id": "19288536" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team\n\n\nbid of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they defeated Maine and Arizona State in the first and second rounds before losing to UCLA in the sweet sixteen. They are coming off a season in which they finished the season 25–9, 15–3 in Big 12 play to finish in second place and advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to West Virginia. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they defeated Central Arkansas and NC State in the first and second", "id": "8828558" }, { "contents": "2016–17 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2016–17 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season was the 41st season of Atlantic 10 Conference basketball. The 2017 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was held at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from March 8–12, 2017. Dayton won the regular season championship. Rhode Island won the A-10 Tournament by beating VCU in the tournament championship. As a result, Rhode Island received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Three A-10 teams received bids to the NCAA Tournament: Dayton, VCU, and Rhode Island.", "id": "7289863" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team\n\n\nto become champions of the WCC Women's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost in the first round to Stanford. They finished the season 26–7, 14–4 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season. They defeat Pacific, San Francisco and Saint Mary's to become champions of the WCC Women's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they were defeated by Oklahoma in the first round. !colspan=9 style=| Exhibition !colspan=9 style=| Non-conference", "id": "19459612" }, { "contents": "2018 Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament was held from March 5-9, 2018 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The winner of the tournament received an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Tournament. The 2017 tournament, saw Boise State defeat Fresno State 66-53 to receive an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record", "id": "14335595" }, { "contents": "UCF Knights women's basketball\n\n\n, and making their first appearance in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament (though they were eliminated in the first round). In 1996–97 season, UCF hired Lynn Bria as their women's basketball head coach, and the team began to see more success. During the 1998–99 season, the Knights finally won the TAAC regular season title with a 13–3 record and the Conference Tournament, allowing the team to enter the NCAA Tournament a second time. After their NCAA Tournament ouster, Bria was replaced as head coach by Gail Striegler.", "id": "21962949" }, { "contents": "Lander Bearcats\n\n\npreviously existing women's team in that sport and wrestling added for men only. In March 2007, Lander won the Peach Belt Conference Men's Basketball tournament. They advanced to the NCAA tournament against the defending national champions, Virginia Union. The Lander women's basketball team won the Peach Belt regular season title in 2008 and conference tournament title in 2008 and 2009. In March 2008, The Lander Lady Bearcats competed in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight in the national tournament and have been involved in the NCAA tournaments every year except", "id": "21652270" }, { "contents": "2017–18 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represents DePaul University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Demons, led by thirty-second year head coach Doug Bruno, play their home games at the Wintrust Arena. They were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 27–8, 15–3 in Big East play to share the Big East regular season title with Marquette. They won the Big East Women's Tournament by defeating Marquette in the championship game. They received an automatic bid to", "id": "14180268" }, { "contents": "2017–18 North Carolina A&T Aggies women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 North Carolina A&T Aggies women's basketball team represents North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies, led by sixth year head coach Tarrell Robinson, play their home games at the Corbett Sports Center in Greensboro, North Carolina as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 23–9, 15–1 in MEAC play win the MEAC regular season title with Bethune–Cookman. They won the MEAC Women's Tournament and earn an received automatic bid of", "id": "4416871" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Maine Black Bears in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by seventh year head coach Richard Barron and interim head coach Amy Vachon, play their home games at the Cross Insurance Center with 2 games played at Memorial Gym and are members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 15–1 in America East play to win the America East Regular Season. They also won of the America East Women's Tournament", "id": "7920333" }, { "contents": "2018 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2018 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, took place March 8–11, 2018 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The winner of the tournament received the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Only the top eight teams advanced to the Southland Conference Tournament. This chart shows all the teams records and standings and explains why teams advanced to the conference tourney or finished in certain tiebreaking positions. Source: Source: Tournament MVP: Cassidy", "id": "2506992" }, { "contents": "Rice Owls\n\n\nMorris Almond was selected in the 2007 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. Women's basketball The Rice women's basketball team has achieved great success in recent years having most recently won the 2019 Conference USA Tournament and regular season and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Rice has been more successful in their women's sports. In 2004-05, Rice sent its women's volleyball, soccer, and basketball teams to their respective NCAA tournaments. In 2005-06, the women's soccer, basketball, and tennis", "id": "2454473" }, { "contents": "University of Connecticut\n\n\n1999, 2004, 2011 and 2014) while the women's basketball teams have won eleven National Championships (1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016) and have played in a total of 19 NCAA Final Fours, including nine in a row. The women's team went undefeated in the 1995, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2014 and 2016 seasons and ended a 111-game winning streak in the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. UConn is the", "id": "10085023" }, { "contents": "2018–19 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team\n\n\nthat win they earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Rutgers in the first round before losing to Connecticut in the second round. The Bulls finished the 2017–18 season 29–6, 16–2 in MAC play to win the MAC East Division. They advanced to the championship game of the Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to Central Michigan. They received an at-large to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset South Florida in the first round to win their first NCAA tournament win", "id": "15340783" }, { "contents": "Illinois Fighting Illini\n\n\nIt was then used in newspaper articles, football programs and other publications eventually becoming the official nickname. Illinois has won 18 overall men's and women's NCAA team national championships through the 2017 NCAA athletic season. Illinois ranks thirty-sixth all-time in total NCAA Division I national championships through the 2017 NCAA athletic season. Illini baseball has 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances, 33 Big Ten Champions titles and 4 Big Ten Tournament Championships from 1989, 1990, 2000 and 2011. Illini Basketball titles include Helms National Champions in 1915,", "id": "16090193" }, { "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held from March 2–7, 2017 at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas Valley community of Paradise, Nevada. Seeds were determined solely on conference record. Regular-season champion Gonzaga added the tournament crown to its résumé, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. WCC tiebreaker procedures went as follows: \"* Overall record at end of regular season.\" Broadcasters: \"Spencer Linton\" & \"Kristen Kozlowski\" Series History:", "id": "5638274" }, { "contents": "2017 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason tournament men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 8 through March 11, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The championship was won by Villanova who defeated Creighton in the championship game. The tournament win was Villanova's third all-time tournament championship and second in the prior three years. As a result, Villanova received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. All 10 Big East schools participated in the", "id": "13869646" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season\n\n\nThe 2017–18 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late December 2017 and will conclude in March with the 2018 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC. The regular season and tournament champions were the Louisville Cardinals. There were no coaching changes prior to the 2017–18 season. However, after the season ended, Erik Johnson resigned as the head coach of Boston", "id": "3257611" }, { "contents": "2017 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe 2017 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic 10 Conference. It was held March 8–12, 2017 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The championship was won by Rhode Island who defeated VCU in the championship game. As a result, Rhode Island received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. All 14 A-10 schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The", "id": "8668957" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team\n\n\nNCAA Women's Basketball where they lost to Arizona State in the first round. ! colspan=\"9\" style=\"background: #E11D38; color: #ffffff\"| Exhibition ! colspan=\"9\" style=\"background: #E11D38; color: #ffffff\"| Non-conference regular season ! colspan=\"9\" style=\"background: #E11D38; color: #ffffff\"| Big Ten conference season ! colspan=\"9\" style=\"background: #E11D38; color: #fff\"| Big Ten Women's Tournament ! colspan=\"9\" style=\"background: #E11D38; color: #fff\"| NCAA Women's Tournament 2017–18 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball", "id": "12668597" }, { "contents": "2017–18 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team\n\n\nan at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Dayton in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round. They finished the season 25–8, 13–5 in Big East play to finish in third place. They won the Big East Tournament title for the first time in school history and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they got upset by Quinnipiac in the first round. !colspan=9 style=|Exhibition !colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season !colspan=9 style=| Big East regular season !", "id": "1009622" }, { "contents": "1986 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nremain until being shortened to 35 seconds beginning in the 1994 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, and further shortened to 30 seconds (the same as NCAA women's basketball) starting with the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The 1986 tournament was also the last to not feature the three-point shot. LSU's 1985–86 team is tied for the lowest-seeded team (#11) to ever make the Final Four with the 2005–06 George Mason Patriots, the 2010–11 VCU Rams, and the 2017-", "id": "8943451" }, { "contents": "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament\n\n\nThe NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament is an annual college basketball tournament for women. Held each March, the Women's Championship was inaugurated in the 1981–82 season. The NCAA tournament was preceded by the AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament, which was held annually from 1972 to 1982. Basketball was one of 12 women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) for sole governance of women's collegiate sports.", "id": "5160831" }, { "contents": "Kansas State Wildcats\n\n\nteam spent much of the year ranked in the Top 10 of the national polls and finished second in the Big 12. That team went on to advance to the Elite Eight of the 2010 NCAA Tournament, a feat repeated by the 2017–18 team. Kansas State's women's basketball team began intercollegiate competition in 1968. The team is among the top 15 all-time winningest programs in the NCAA. The women's team has participated in 21 total NCAA basketball tournaments and AIAW tournaments (pre-NCAA), the second-", "id": "9235360" }, { "contents": "2014–15 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team\n\n\nNCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Syracuse in the first round. The Nebraska Cornhuskers finished the 2013-14 season with an overall record of 26–7, with a record of 12–4 in the Big Ten regular season for a 3rd-place finish. In the 2014 Big Ten Tournament, the Cornhuskers won their first Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament in school history. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, making their 12th appearance. They lost in the second round to BYU. !colspan=9", "id": "17509019" }, { "contents": "2015–16 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers women's basketball team\n\n\nThe 2015–16 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers women's basketball team represents St. Francis College during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Terrier's home games are played at the Generoso Pope Athletic Complex. The team has been a member of the Northeast Conference since 1988. St. Francis Brooklyn is coached by John Thurston, who is in his fourth year at the helm of the Terriers. Last year, the Terriers won the programs first NEC Tournament and participated in their first NCAA Tournament. For this season the Terriers return only", "id": "6253232" } ]

[ { "contents": "Eastern Time Zone\n\n\nof daylight saving time as of 1987. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 extended daylight saving time in the United States beginning in 2007. So local times change at 2:00 a.m. EST to 3:00 a.m. EDT on the second Sunday in March and return at 2:00 a.m. EDT to 1:00 a.m. EST on the first Sunday in November. In Canada, the time changes as it does in the United States. In Canada, the following provinces and territories are part of the Eastern Time Zone: All observe daylight saving time in sync with the", "id": "18200026" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in the Americas\n\n\nGuadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin do not observe Daylight Saving Time. Haiti had reestablished Daylight Saving Time again in 2012, following the US/Canada DST Rules, starting on second Sunday in March and ending on first Sunday in November. This was then discontinued in 2016,but was re-introduced in 2017. Jamaica previously used Daylight Saving Time, utilising the US and Canadian rules. The practise was used from 1974 before being discontinued in 1983. Trinidad and Tobago remains on Atlantic Standard Time and does not", "id": "20977474" }, { "contents": "List of States Passing Full-Year Daylight Savings Time\n\n\nyear-round observance of Mountain Standard Time (instead of Pacific Standard Time) without daylight savings time. A number of other states have also proposed bills to enact year-round standard time for their current time zone. Many of these bills have failed since current research does not support there to be many benefits to year-round standard time observance. The most commonly cited benefits for abandoning the time switch to standard time includes: traffic safety, economic increases, and energy usage reductions. With the extra hour of daylight in", "id": "13740520" }, { "contents": "Time in Argentina\n\n\nArgentina is located at a longitude that would naturally put it in the or time zone; however, it actually uses the time zone. Argentina determines whether to observe daylight saving time on a year-by-year basis, and individual provinces may opt out of the federal decision. At present, Argentina does not observe daylight saving time. The Argentine Hydrographic Service maintains the official national time. The first official standardization took place on 31 October 1894. The official time switched between and from 1920 to 1969, and then between", "id": "15926667" }, { "contents": "Time in Arizona\n\n\nwhich does observe DST. The Hopi Reservation, which is not part of the Navajo Nation but is geographically surrounded within it, does not observe DST. The tz database version contains two time zones for Arizona: When daylight saving is not active, the time in Phoenix and Denver is the same (Mountain Standard Time), and both are one hour ahead of San Diego (Pacific Standard Time). When daylight saving is active, the time in Phoenix (Mountain Standard Time) and San Diego (Pacific Daylight Time)", "id": "6397259" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time\n\n\nin a year-independent way. Partial workarounds, which mishandled older time stamps, included manually switching zone files every year and a Microsoft tool that switches zones automatically. In 2013, Israel standardized its daylight saving time according to the Gregorian calendar. Microsoft Windows keeps the system real-time clock in local time. This causes several problems, including compatibility when multi booting with operating systems that set the clock to UTC, and double-adjusting the clock when multi booting different Windows versions, such as with a rescue boot disk", "id": "3352408" }, { "contents": "Central Time Zone\n\n\nStandard Time during the Southern Hemisphere winter and Central Daylight Time during the Southern Hemisphere summer; the remainder of Chile uses Atlantic Standard Time and Atlantic Daylight Time. Daylight saving time (DST) is in effect in much of the Central time zone between mid-March and early November. The modified time is called \"Central Daylight Time\" (CDT) and is . In Canada, Saskatchewan does not observe a time change. One reason for Saskatchewan's lack of a time change is that, geographically, the entire province is", "id": "14634440" }, { "contents": "List of States Passing Full-Year Daylight Savings Time\n\n\nThe Uniform Time Act was passed in 1966 to define a uniform observance of time for the whole country. The Act included the setting when to begin and end of daylight saving time. The Uniform Time Act also permits states to choose whether they want to observe daylight saving time or remain on standard time permanently all year without any legislative approval from the federal congress. However, the act does not permit states the option to remain on daylight saving time permanently all year. A change in federal law is necessary to allow states to", "id": "13740517" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in the Americas\n\n\nyear-round without the twice yearly switch. The United States territory of Puerto Rico adopted DST through legislation passed in 2000 but, after a change in governors, dropped it in 2001, three days before it would have gone into effect. Since 2007, in areas of Canada and United States in which it is used, daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November. In Mexico, Congress has consistently been refusing to adopt this schedule on a nationwide basis for nearly a", "id": "20977468" }, { "contents": "Daylight Saving Party\n\n\nThe Daylight Saving Party is a registered political party in Western Australia. The Daylight Saving Party was founded in September 2016 by Wilson Tucker. It was registered as a political party on 29 November 2016. An earlier Daylight Saving Party registration in 2005 was cancelled in 2008 when the Electoral Commissioner found that it did not have at least 500 members. That party fielded one candidate each in five of the six regions in the September 2008 election before being deregistered in November the same year. Western Australia does not observe daylight saving time,", "id": "14183670" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in the Americas\n\n\nDaylight saving time in the Americas is the arrangement in the Americas by which clocks are advanced by one hour in spring and moved back in autumn, to make the most of seasonal daylight. The practice is widespread in North America, with most of Canada, Mexico, and the United States participating, but much less so in South America. Canada, Mexico, and the United States use daylight saving time on a wide scale, with only a few states/provinces and parts thereof opting out of the practice or adopting it", "id": "20977467" }, { "contents": "Mountain Time Zone\n\n\nand Canada, this time zone is generically called Mountain Time (MT). Specifically, it is Mountain Standard Time (MST) when observing standard time, and Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) when observing daylight saving time. The term refers to how the Rocky Mountains, which range from northwestern Canada to the US state of New Mexico, are located almost entirely in the time zone. In Mexico, this time zone is known as the Zona Pacífico (Pacific Zone). In the US and Canada, the Mountain Time", "id": "18200185" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in the Americas\n\n\nobserve DST. Turks and Caicos discontinued Daylight Saving Time in March 2015, at the same time moving from the Eastern Time Zone to the Atlantic Time Zone. The end result being the same as having year-round Daylight Saving in the Eastern Time Zone. In 2018 the island reintroduced daylight saving time by setting the clocks back 1 hour to Eastern Standard Time; the island follows the same daylight saving schedule as the United States and Canada. Guatemala has used DST during energy crises. The last time it used DST was on", "id": "20977475" }, { "contents": "Pacific Time Zone\n\n\n(early November to mid-March), and \"Pacific Daylight Time\" (PDT) when daylight saving time (mid-March to early November) is being observed. In Mexico, the corresponding time zone is known as the \"Zona Noroeste\" (Northwest Zone) and observes the same daylight saving schedule as the U.S. and Canada. The largest city in the Pacific Time Zone is Los Angeles; the Los Angeles metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in the zone. The zone is two hours ahead of the", "id": "2679427" }, { "contents": "Time in Thailand\n\n\nThailand follows , which is 7 hours ahead of UTC. The local mean time in Bangkok was originally UTC+06:42:04. Thailand used this local mean time until 1920, when it changed to Indochina Time, UTC+07:00; ICT is used all year round as Thailand does not observe daylight saving time. Thailand declared that people would move their clocks ahead by 17 minutes, 56 seconds on 31 March 1920 to match the time in use in Southeast Asia. The time was switched on 1 April 1920 at 00:00 (old time) to 00:17:56 (", "id": "8839704" }, { "contents": "Mitch Daniels\n\n\nand southwest corners that are in the Central Time Zone. The Eastern Time counties, being in the extreme western side of that time zone, did not observe Daylight Savings Time, although the counties in southeastern Indiana near Cincinnati, Ohio, did observe it unofficially due to being in that city's metropolitan area. The Central Time counties officially observed Daylight Saving Time. Interests for both time zones had prevented the official adoption of daylight saving since the 1960s, leading to decades of debate. Daniels pressed for the entire state to switch", "id": "10416659" }, { "contents": "Eastern Time Zone\n\n\nthe remaining time zones to calculate start time in their own areas. The Bahamas and Haiti officially observe both Eastern Standard Time during the winter months and Eastern Daylight Time during the summer months. Cuba generally follows the U.S. with Eastern Standard Time in the winter, and Eastern Daylight Time in the summer, but the exact day of change varies year to year. Cayman Islands and Jamaica use Eastern Standard Time year-round. The Turks and Caicos Islands followed eastern time with daylight saving until 2015, when the territory switched to the", "id": "18200033" }, { "contents": "List of States Passing Full-Year Daylight Savings Time\n\n\n-state commerce purposes, but it was really started by Germany and France during World War I in an effort to save coal by reducing energy consumption with a longer day. Today, the reality is that this reduction in energy consumption benefit is needed just as much if not more during the winter months than the summer months. In 2018, the European Commission performed a public survey and discovered that 84 percent of European citizens were in favor of discontinuing daylight savings time switches. The commission then proposed ending daylight saving time changes as", "id": "13740522" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in Canada\n\n\ndoes not change clocks spring and fall, it technically observes DST year round. This means that clocks in most of the province match clocks in Winnipeg during the winter and Calgary and Edmonton during the summer. This time zone designation was implemented in 1966, when the Saskatchewan Time Act was passed in order to standardize time province-wide. The charter of the city of Lloydminster, which is bisected by the Saskatchewan–Alberta boundary, gives it a special exemption. Lloydminster and the immediately surrounding region in Saskatchewan observe Mountain Time year", "id": "20894921" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time\n\n\nthe NTFS file that changes seen time. This effect should be kept in mind when trying to determine if a file is a duplicate of another, although there are other methods of comparing files for equality (such as using a checksum algorithm). A ready clue is if the time stamps differ by precisely 1 hour. A move to \"permanent daylight saving time\" (staying on summer hours all year with no time shifts) is sometimes advocated and is currently implemented in some jurisdictions such as Argentina, Belarus, Canada (", "id": "3352411" }, { "contents": "Lloydminster\n\n\nRural Municipality (R.M.) of Britannia No. 502, Saskatchewan, on the northeast and the R.M. of Wilton No. 472, Saskatchewan, on the southeast. Lloydminster's distinctive situation is reflected in other legal matters, including its time zone. Most of Saskatchewan does not observe daylight saving time, instead staying on Central Standard Time year-round. However, Alberta mandates daylight saving time. Lloydminster's charter allows the city to follow Alberta's use of daylight saving time on both sides of the provincial border in order to", "id": "11815172" }, { "contents": "2008 Skate Canada International\n\n\nThe 2008 Skate Canada International was the second event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario on October 30 – November 2. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008–09 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Paso Doble. The switch from daylight saving time to standard time was", "id": "20526045" }, { "contents": "Time zone\n\n\nUTC is 23:00 on Monday when or where daylight saving time is not in effect: Some examples when UTC is 02:00 on Tuesday when or where daylight saving time is not in effect: The time-zone adjustment for a specific location may vary because of daylight saving time. For example, New Zealand, which is usually UTC+12, observes a one-hour daylight saving time adjustment during the Southern Hemisphere summer, resulting in a local time of UTC+13. Conversion between time zones obeys the relationship in which each side of the equation", "id": "12397916" }, { "contents": "Economy 10\n\n\nsupply company and they vary across the fourteen regions in the UK. Times are switched automatically, and it is common for the switching times to be locked to either GMT or BST when the meter is installed. Some metering systems use a radio teleswitch controlled by the supplier to vary switching times, and effect the daylight saving time switchover twice a year. Economy 10 thus requires a special multi-tariff meter, different from an Economy 7 meter. For example, customers in central Scotland (within the Scottish Power Energy Networks DNO", "id": "11350807" }, { "contents": "Time in Hawaii\n\n\nHawaii is located in the Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone and does not observe daylight saving time. Most cable providers in Hawaii carry the west coast feed of television networks, though since Hawaii doesn't use daylight saving time, all programs air three hours earlier than what they were advertised as for a majority of the year. Even when the rest of the country is on standard time, programs air two hours earlier. So from November to March, programs advertised as airing at 8:00 really air at 6:00 in Hawaii. And from", "id": "10992938" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in Canada\n\n\nDaylight saving time (DST) is observed in all ten Canadian provinces and three territories. However, there are exceptions within several provinces and the territory of Nunavut, including most of Saskatchewan, which observes Central Standard Time year-round even though the province is in the Mountain Zone, effectively putting it on DST year-round. Under the Canadian Constitution, laws related to timekeeping are a purely provincial or territorial matter. In regions where daylight saving time is used, it commences on the second Sunday of March, and standard", "id": "20894915" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in Canada\n\n\ntime restarts on the first Sunday in November. Daylight saving time lasts for a total of 34 weeks (238 days) every year, about 65% of the entire year. Port Arthur, Ontario, was the first municipality in the world to enact DST, on July 1, 1908. Five Canadian cities, by local ordinance, used daylight saving time before 1918: Brandon, Manitoba and Winnipeg, Manitoba (already in 1916) as well as Halifax, Nova Scotia, Hamilton, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec.", "id": "20894916" }, { "contents": "List of States Passing Full-Year Daylight Savings Time\n\n\nwinter months, this should eliminate in the increase in traffic accidents observed immediately after the time switch. Another commonly cited benefit includes the economic gains observed by shoppers and those dining out after work in the summer months continuing into the winter months. With more people going out to public venues and others going home after the work-day but not using lighting, there should be a reduction in energy usage with the extra hour of daylight in the evenings. Many people believe that daylight savings time was first created for agricultural or inter", "id": "13740521" }, { "contents": "List of States Passing Full-Year Daylight Savings Time\n\n\nlies to the east of Eastern Standard Time, and then opt out of observing daylight saving. This would be the equivalent of observing daylight savings time year-round for the Eastern time zone. The benefit of this option is that it would not need a congressional vote, instead these state proposals could be approved by the federal Department of Transportation. Similarly, Washington state enacted a bill for year-round DST pending congressional approval but also has an alternative bill that could be enacted if congress does not act where it would enact", "id": "13740519" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in the Americas\n\n\nthe mid-2000s (decade), Cuba stayed on DST throughout the year. In 2009 it was on DST from the second Sunday in March to the last Sunday of October. In 2011, it was on DST from the third Sunday in March to the second Sunday in November. Dominica in the Caribbean does not observe Daylight Saving Time, like several other Caribbean nations. The Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten do not observe Daylight Saving Time. The French Caribbean islands of", "id": "20977473" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in Africa\n\n\nThe only African countries and regions that use daylight saving time are: Daylight saving time is permanently observed in Morocco as of 2018. The British first instituted daylight saving time in Egypt during the Second World War, specifically between 1940 and 1945. The practice was stopped after the war, but resumed 12 years later, in 1957. Egypt normally observed daylight saving time between the last Friday in April and the last Thursday in September when the clocks were three hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+3). The change occurred one", "id": "20978104" }, { "contents": "Prairie River, Saskatchewan\n\n\nPrairie River is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 35 in the Canada 2006 Census. The hamlet contains the Prairie River railway station now used to house the Prairie River Museum. The Location is 1510 ft (460 meters) above sea level, and is located in the Central Standard time zone, or CST. It does not observe daylight saving time. the telephone area codes for the area are (306) and (639)", "id": "18996453" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in the United States\n\n\nthe state of Arizona and is an enclave within the Navajo Indian Reservation, but does not observe DST. California voters passed Proposition 12 in 1949, approving DST in the state. In 2018, voters ratified a legislative plan for year-round daylight saving time, subject to congressional approval. Daylight saving time is less useful in Florida compared to other states because its southern location leads to less variations in day length between winter and summer. Without DST, Miami, for instance, would experience similar sunrise and sunset times throughout the", "id": "8695122" }, { "contents": "Time in Indiana\n\n\nvs. city debate, the Indiana General Assembly passed a law to put all of Indiana on Central Standard Time and to outlaw daylight saving time. However, the law had no enforcement power, and it was largely ignored by communities who wanted to observe Eastern Standard Time. The Indiana General Assembly passed a law to make Central Time the official time zone of the state in 1957, but permitted any community to switch to daylight saving time during the summer. The law did, however, make it illegal for communities to observe \"", "id": "19735047" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time\n\n\nof American Usage and Style explains the development and current situation as follows: \"Although the singular form \"daylight saving time\" is the original one, dating from the early 20th century—and is preferred by some usage critics—the plural form is now extremely common in AmE. [...] The rise of \"daylight savings time\" appears to have resulted from the avoidance of a miscue: when \"saving\" is used, readers might puzzle momentarily over whether \"saving\" is a gerund (the saving of daylight)", "id": "3352398" }, { "contents": "Daylight harvesting\n\n\nchanges in electric lighting due to daylight harvesting, whereas they are very likely to notice the changes due to on-off or step switching. Several studies have recorded the energy savings due to daylight harvesting. Energy savings for electric lighting in the range of 20-60% are common. Savings are very dependent on the type of space the light harvesting control system is deployed in, and its usage. Clearly, savings can only accrue in spaces with substantial daylight where electric lighting would have been otherwise used. Therefore, daylight", "id": "8279823" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time\n\n\n1911 to 1912. The first states to adopt DST () nationally were those of the German Empire and its World War I ally Austria-Hungary commencing April 30, 1916, as a way to conserve coal during wartime. Britain, most of its allies, and many European neutrals soon followed. Russia and a few other countries waited until the next year, and the United States adopted daylight saving in 1918. Most jurisdictions abandoned daylight saving time in the years after the war ended in 1918, with exceptions including Canada,", "id": "3352350" }, { "contents": "2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200\n\n\nof a live audience of sixty thousand people. The pre-race ceremonies began at 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Saving Time with the invocation in both of Canada's official languages along with the national anthems of Canada (\"O Canada\" in a mixture of French and English) and the United States of America (a completely English version of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\"). Actual racing began at approximately 2:49 PM Eastern Daylight Saving Time and ended at approximately 5:56 PM EDT. Allgaier allegedly bumped a slower moving Jacques Villeneuve", "id": "5310153" }, { "contents": "Time in Maine\n\n\n11:50 in the southwestern part of the state, and 11:35 at West Quoddy Head Light, the easternmost point of the contiguous United States. During winter, sunset can occur in some areas as early as 3:42 p.m. Most of the New England states have considered using the Atlantic Time Zone without daylight saving to mitigate this. In 2005, the Maine Legislature considered switching the entire state to Atlantic Standard Time all year long and eliminating daylight saving time. The bill did not pass. Time in New England states: Connecticut, Maine,", "id": "12729140" }, { "contents": "Time in Denmark\n\n\nDenmark, including the dependencies Faroe Islands and Greenland, uses six different time zones. as standard time, and as daylight saving time, with transition dates according to the European Union rules. as standard time, and as daylight saving time. year around, no daylight saving time as standard time, and as daylight saving time. as standard time, and as daylight saving time. as standard time, and as daylight saving time, with transition dates according to the United States rules. All of Greenland uses daylight saving time", "id": "9448095" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in Brazil\n\n\nduration of DST in Brazil was shortened by two or three weeks. The change was enacted because in the Brazilian election calendar, runoff elections and their vote tallying commonly happen in late October, after the former dates of the switch to DST. This used to cause anomalies and distortions in the electoral process between states with and without DST. In 2019, Brazil scrapped daylight saving time and now stays on standard time year round, though DST may be reintroduced in 2020. Before 2008, there were no fixed start and end dates", "id": "20895788" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in the Americas\n\n\ndecade. Therefore, only certain border cities in Mexican states that observe DST follow the same pattern as Canada and the United States. The rest of Mexico remains out of phase beginning DST on the first Sunday of April and ending on the last Sunday of October, the same schedule followed by Canada and the United States prior to 2007. Saint Pierre and Miquelon, located near the Canadian coast, belongs to France, but observes daylight saving time according to Canadian rules. Greenland (excluding two minor areas at Danmarkshavn and Pituffik)", "id": "20977469" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time\n\n\nfirst. This is because the older form is still very common in print and preferred by many editors. (\"Although \"daylight saving time\" is considered correct, \"daylight savings time\" (with an \"s\") is commonly used.\") The first two words are sometimes hyphenated (\"daylight-saving(s) time\"). Merriam-Webster's also lists the forms daylight saving (without \"time\"), daylight savings (without \"time\"), and daylight time. The Oxford Dictionary", "id": "3352397" }, { "contents": "Time in Arizona\n\n\nTime in Arizona, as in all US states, is regulated by the United States Department of Transportation. Arizona is in the Mountain Time Zone and most of the state (with exceptions noted below) remains in Mountain Standard Time (MST) all year. Thus, during daylight saving time, from March to November, most of Arizona has the same time as the Pacific Time Zone. Unlike most of the United States, Arizona does not observe daylight saving time (DST), with the exception of the Navajo Nation,", "id": "6397258" }, { "contents": "Time in Russia\n\n\na decision of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. Daylight saving time began on 1 April and ended on 1 October each year, until mid-1984, when the USSR began following European daylight saving time rules, moving clocks forward one hour at 02:00 local standard time on the last Sunday in March, and back one hour at 03:00 local daylight time on the last Sunday in September until 1995, after which the change back occurred on the last Sunday in October. The usage of daylight saving time continued after the Soviet collapse but", "id": "20721198" }, { "contents": "Time in Maine\n\n\nTime in Maine, as in all US states, is regulated by the United States Department of Transportation. All of Maine is in the Eastern Time Zone (ET) and observes daylight saving time (DST). Eastern Maine has the earliest solar noon of the contiguous United States, and the portion of the state that is east of 67.5°W longitude is geographically in the Atlantic Time Zone, which is used by adjacent New Brunswick, Canada. Independent of daylight saving time, solar noon at the March equinox is approximately", "id": "12729139" }, { "contents": "Quintana Roo\n\n\nFebruary 1, 2015, Quintana Roo officially adopted a new time zone, Southeastern, which is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (). Quintana Roo does not observe daylight saving time, so Southeastern Time is constant throughout the year (that is, it does not shift forward in the spring and back in the fall). Southeastern Time (ST) is the same as Eastern Standard Time (EST) and Central Daylight Time (CDT). This means that in the winter, Quintana Roo has the same time as", "id": "18348660" }, { "contents": "Daylighting\n\n\nDaylighting is the practice of placing windows, skylights, other openings, and reflective surfaces so that sunlight (direct or indirect) can provide effective internal lighting. Particular attention is given to daylighting while designing a building when the aim is to maximize visual comfort or to reduce energy use. Energy savings can be achieved from the reduced use of artificial (electric) lighting or from passive solar heating. Artificial lighting energy use can be reduced by simply installing fewer electric lights where daylight is present or by automatically dimming/switching off electric", "id": "636090" }, { "contents": "1985 Narita International Airport bombing\n\n\nAir India Flight 182 exploded mid-air and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Ireland, killing 329 people. Canadian security forces believe that the incidents were related, as noted in a 2010 report by a government commission. They were both developed by Babbar Khalsa, the Sikh separatist group operating in Canada. Investigators believe the bombings were intended to be simultaneous, but the terrorist planners were not aware that while Canada observes daylight saving time, Japan does not. The trial for the Narita bombing took place in", "id": "19725124" }, { "contents": "Air India Flight 182\n\n\nminutes before the Flight 182 bombing, it exploded at the terminal in Narita International Airport. Two Japanese baggage handlers were killed and four other people were injured. It appears the conspirators meant for both bombings to occur simultaneously, but they neglected to take into account that Japan does not observe daylight saving time, as does Canada. By 09:13 UTC, the cargo ship \"Laurentian Forest\" discovered wreckage of the aircraft and many bodies floating in the water. India's civil aviation minister announced the possibility that the plane had been destroyed", "id": "7692926" }, { "contents": "Pacific Time Zone\n\n\nThe Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (). During daylight saving time, a time offset of is used. In the United States and Canada, this time zone is generically called the \"Pacific Time Zone\". Specifically, time in this zone is referred to as \"Pacific Standard Time\" (PST) when standard time is being observed", "id": "2679426" }, { "contents": "Vladivostok Time\n\n\nVladivostok Time (VLAT) (, \"vladivostokskoye vremya\"), is a time zone in Russia, named after the city of Vladivostok. It is ten hours ahead of UTC () and seven hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+7). On 27 March 2011, Russia moved to year-round daylight saving time. Instead of switching between in winter and in summer, Vladivostok Time became fixed at until 2014, when it was reset back to year-round. In the zone.tab of the IANA time zone database the", "id": "19178801" }, { "contents": "Time in Michigan\n\n\nin the United States in 1883. This was in introduced in different years based on local decisions. Detroit introduced Central time on January 1, 1905. and Menominee on 18 September 18, 1885. In 1942, Detroit and most of Michigan changed to Eastern time. In 1967, when the Uniform Time Act came into effect, the Upper Peninsula went under year-round CST, with no daylight saving time. In 1973, the majority of the peninsula switched to Eastern Time; only the four western counties of Gogebic,", "id": "6397262" }, { "contents": "Time in Canada\n\n\nthe 24-hour clock in the United Kingdom. Four Canadian cities, by local ordinance, used Daylight Saving Time in 1916. Brandon, Manitoba on April 17 became the first place in the world to use it. It was followed by Winnipeg on April 23, Halifax on April 30, and Hamilton, Ontario on June 4. Daylight saving time is currently observed in all ten provinces and three territories but with several exceptions in several provinces and Nunavut, including most of Saskatchewan, which despite geographically being in the Mountain Time Zone observes", "id": "4411168" }, { "contents": "Singapore Standard Time\n\n\nthe pre-Occupation time at home and Tokyo time on personal watches. At the end of World War II and the return of Malaya to the British, Singapore reverted to its pre-war time zone. Although Singapore does not currently observe daylight saving time in the traditional sense due to its tropical location, a form of daylight saving time, using a 20-minute offset, was introduced on an annual basis by the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements in 1933. In 1932, Sir Arnold Robinson raised the idea of 20-minute offset", "id": "8339898" }, { "contents": "Israel Standard Time\n\n\n1948, which gave Israel the authority in determining its own time, specifically to enact daylight saving time. The difference from UTC is the same as Eastern European Time (), during most of the year. Because Israel switches to summer time on Friday, rather than Sunday as most other countries do, the change of time in spring occurs either 2 days before or 5 days after the switch to summer time in Europe. The switch on Friday is due to having the Jewish Sabbath as the common rest day of the week", "id": "9562004" }, { "contents": "United States Virgin Islands\n\n\n00850–00851 (Kingshill). The islands are part of the North American Numbering Plan, using area code 340, and island residents and visitors are able to call most toll-free US numbers. The U.S. Virgin Islands are located in the Atlantic Standard Time zone and do not participate in daylight saving time. When the mainland United States is on Standard Time, the U.S. Virgin Islands are one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time. When the mainland United States is on daylight saving time, Eastern Daylight Time is the same as Atlantic", "id": "13611032" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time\n\n\nanalysis of 44 studies found that DST leads to electricity savings of only 0.34% during the days when DST applies. The meta-analysis furthermore found that \"electricity savings are larger for countries farther away from the equator, while subtropical regions consume more electricity because of DST.\" This means that DST may conserve electricity in some countries, such as Canada and the United Kingdom, but be wasteful in other places, such as Mexico, the southern United States, and northern Africa. The savings in electricity may also be offset", "id": "3352374" }, { "contents": "Time switch\n\n\neliminates the need for a photocell (which may be repeatedly triggered on and off by the light which it operates) or for repeatedly re-setting a regular timer for seasonal changes in the length of day or for daylight-saving time. This allows exterior lighting like a porch light fixture to be controlled by simply replacing its indoor wall switch, or doing the same for a lamp in a dark interior corner (away from a window) by simply plugging-in a self-adjusting lamp timer. Time switches can be", "id": "20847955" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in Asia\n\n\nTime. Other sources claim that Malaysia ceased DST on January 1, 1936, along with Singapore. , the Philippines does not observe daylight saving time, although it was enforced for short periods during the presidency of Manuel L. Quezon in 1936-1937, Ramon Magsaysay in 1954, Ferdinand Marcos in 1978, and Corazon Aquino in 1990. DST was primarily intended to alleviate the energy crisis by minimizing the number of hours in which electric lighting was needed, reducing the strain on the national power grid. As power generation and transmission", "id": "20978101" }, { "contents": "ISO 8601\n\n\n\" for representing the same duration. But keep in mind that \"PT36H\" is not the same as \"P1DT12H\" when switching from or to Daylight saving time. Alternatively, a format for duration based on combined date and time representations may be used by agreement between the communicating parties either in the basic format PYYYYMMDDThhmmss or in the extended format . For example, the first duration shown above would be . However, individual date and time values cannot exceed their moduli (e.g. a value of 13 for the month or 25", "id": "15158166" }, { "contents": "Time in Australia\n\n\nAustralia uses three main time zones: Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; ), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; ), and Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; ). Time is regulated by the individual state governments, some of which observe daylight saving time (DST). Australia's external territories observe different time zones. Standard time was introduced in the 1890s when all of the Australian colonies adopted it. Before the switch to standard time zones, each local city or town was free to determine its local time", "id": "9713741" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time\n\n\nDaylight saving time (DST), also daylight savings time or daylight time (United States) and summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks during summer months so that evening daylight lasts longer, while sacrificing normal sunrise times. Typically, regions that use daylight saving time adjust clocks forward one hour close to the start of spring and adjust them backward in the autumn. In effect, DST causes a lost hour of sleep in the spring and an extra hour of sleep", "id": "3352337" }, { "contents": "Yukon Time Zone\n\n\nTime on October 28, 1973, leaving only Yakutat on the Yukon Time Zone. On October 30, 1983, coincident with the end of daylight saving time, Alaska switched in 1983 from four time zones to two time zones. The areas east of Yakutat set clocks back two hours to change from Pacific Daylight Time to what had been Yukon Standard Time, , and the time zone was named Alaska Standard Time at the end of November. Yakutat only set clocks back one hour on that date. Most of the remaining longitudes", "id": "15066317" }, { "contents": "Phoenix, Arizona\n\n\nof approximately 2,797 people per square mile. In comparison, Philadelphia, the sixth most populous city, has a density of over 11,000. As with most of Arizona, Phoenix does not observe daylight saving time. In 1973, Governor Jack Williams argued to the U.S. Congress that due to air conditioning units not being used as often in the morning on standard time, energy use would increase in the evening should the state observe daylight saving time. He went on to say that energy use would also rise early in the day \"", "id": "4698099" }, { "contents": "National Research Council Time Signal\n\n\nThe National Research Council Time Signal is Canada's longest running radio program. Heard every day since November 5, 1939 (three years and three days after the CBC's establishment), shortly before 13:00 Eastern Time across the CBC Radio One network, it lasts between 15 and 60 seconds, ending exactly at 13:00. During standard time, the signal is at 13:00 Eastern Standard Time and during Daylight Saving Time, the signal is at 13:00 Eastern Daylight Saving Time. The signal is also heard on some stations of the Ici Radio", "id": "151672" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in Oceania\n\n\nthe last Sunday in March, until 2008 excepting in 2000 when all the states observing DST moved forward the commencement date to Sunday, 27 August 2000 because of the Sydney Olympic Games which commenced in mid-September. From 2008/09 daylight saving has been extended another four weeks in NSW, Victoria, SA and the ACT, in addition to Tasmania, from the first Sunday in October to the first Sunday in April. Queensland again trialled daylight saving, for three years between 1989 and 1992, with a referendum on daylight saving held", "id": "131360" }, { "contents": "Speaking clock\n\n\nbeeps thus keeping the speaking clock in sync with Coordinated Universal Time. So it will sound like this: “At the third stroke, the time from BT will be, twelve o’clock precisely. Beep, Beep, Beep.” The current source of UK time is provided, though not monitored, by the National Physical Laboratory, UK. Since 2003, the British speaking clock has changed voices four times. Almost all changes have occurred on days when the clocks have switched from standard time to daylight saving time or vice versa", "id": "21565174" }, { "contents": "Casio AE-1000W\n\n\nThe watch denotes the currently selected time zone by a black segment on the world map display segment on its face (the map shows the home city time zone when in other modes). The selected home city can also be swapped for 4 preselected time zones by the user in the main timekeeping mode by pressing the search button. The watch also offers daylight saving time which can be switched on or off by using the adjust button. The Liquid Crystal analog display shows the home time in the same fashion as an analog watch", "id": "21548923" }, { "contents": "List of States Passing Full-Year Daylight Savings Time\n\n\ncountry. The Act does this by amending the time offsets by 1-hour for each of the standard time zones in use in the US which equates to the current daylight savings time offsets. It is currently co-sponsored by three senators including Senator Patty Murray(D) of Washington state where a bill has already been signed into law to enact permanent-DST for the state pending federal legislative approval. The other co-sponsors include Senator Rick Scott(R) of Florida and Senator Ron Wyden(D) of Oregon. The issue of permanent-DST", "id": "13740524" }, { "contents": "Saskatchewan Highway 3\n\n\nCentral Standard Time which is different from the time zone of Alberta which combines Mountain Daylight Time or (Central Standard Time) with daylight saving time. The North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA super corridor CanAm Highway travels along U.S. Route 85 connecting Mexico to Canada. The CanAm highway in Canada comprises Saskatchewan Highways Hwy 35, Hwy 39, Hwy 6, Hwy 3, and Hwy 2 The total length of the CanAm highway is , of which Hwy 3 contributes a segment length. The route designated as CanAm in the 1920s continues south", "id": "14240271" }, { "contents": "Time in Samoa\n\n\nSamoa uses as standard time and as daylight saving time, which it observes during summer in the Southern Hemisphere. In 2011, daylight saving time ended on Saturday, 2 April 2011, 04:00 local daylight time and started on Saturday, 24 September 2011, 03:00 local standard time. Due to its location in the South Pacific Ocean, Samoa traditionally did not observe daylight saving time. Initially planned for 2009, the introduction of daylight saving time in Samoa was postponed for one year due to the aftermath of the 2009 Samoa tsunami.", "id": "10992957" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in Australia\n\n\nTerritory did not. Queensland abandoned daylight saving time in 1972. Queensland and Western Australia have observed daylight saving over the past 40 years from time to time on trial bases. New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia observe DST every year. This has resulted in three time zones becoming five during the daylight-saving period. South Australia time becomes , called Central Daylight Time (CDT), possibly with \"Australia\" prefixed (ACDT). The time in the southeastern states becomes ,", "id": "20894962" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time\n\n\nDST does, often dividing daylight into 12 hours regardless of daytime, so that each daylight hour became progressively longer during spring and shorter during autumn. For example, the Romans kept time with water clocks that had different scales for different months of the year; at Rome's latitude, the third hour from sunrise (\"hora tertia\") started at 09:02 solar time and lasted 44 minutes at the winter solstice, but at the summer solstice it started at 06:58 and lasted 75 minutes. From the 14th century onwards, equal", "id": "3352344" }, { "contents": "Time zone\n\n\nwas switched to CET (Central European Time) during the German occupation of the country during World War II and did not switch back after the war. Similarly, prior to World War II, the Netherlands observed \"Amsterdam Time\", which was twenty minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. They were obliged to follow German time during the war, and kept it thereafter. In the mid 1970s the Netherlands, as with other European states, began observing daylight saving (summer) time. There is a tendency to draw time", "id": "12397922" }, { "contents": "Daylight\n\n\ndaylight into the building. This type of lighting is chosen to save energy, to avoid hypothesized adverse health effects of over-illumination by artificial light, and also for aesthetics. The amount of daylight received into an indoor space or room is defined as a daylight factor, being the ratio between the measured internal and external light levels. Artificial lighting energy use can be reduced by simply installing fewer electric lights because daylight is present, or by dimming/switching electric lights automatically in response to the presence of daylight, a process", "id": "4055719" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in Australia\n\n\n-year trial, while the 2006 \"Western Australian Daylight Saving Bill (No. 2) 2006\" instituted a daylight-saving trial that began on 3 December 2006 and lasted for three years. The referendum was defeated in 2009. In 2000, all eastern jurisdictions that normally observe daylight-saving time — New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania — started daylight-saving time early, due to the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. These jurisdictions changed on 27 August 2000. South Australia did not", "id": "20894971" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in the United States\n\n\nand the state of Arizona has not observed DST since 1967. This is in large part intended to conserve energy. Phoenix and Tucson are among the hottest U.S. metropolitan areas during the summer, resulting in more power usage from air conditioning units and evaporative coolers in homes and businesses. An extra hour of sunlight while people are active would cause people to run their cooling systems longer, thereby using more energy. The Navajo Indian Reservation extends into Utah and New Mexico and does observe daylight saving time. The Hopi Reservation is entirely within", "id": "8695121" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in the United States\n\n\nDaylight saving time in the United States is the practice of setting the clock forward by one hour during the warmer part of the year, so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Most areas of the United States observe daylight saving time (DST), the exceptions being Arizona (except for the Navajo, who do observe daylight saving time on tribal lands), Hawaii, and the overseas territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. The", "id": "8695097" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time\n\n\nnation by starting Daylight Saving Time, while Minneapolis opted to follow the later date set by state law. In the mid-1980s, Clorox and 7-Eleven provided the primary funding for the Daylight Saving Time Coalition behind the 1987 extension to U.S. DST, and both senators from Idaho voted for it based on the premise that fast-food restaurants sell more French fries during DST, which are made from Idaho potatoes. A referendum on daylight saving was held in Queensland, Australia, in 1992, after a three-year trial of daylight saving", "id": "3352366" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time\n\n\nor a participle (the time for saving). [...] Using \"savings\" as the adjective—as in \"savings account\" or \"savings bond\"—makes perfect sense. More than that, it ought to be accepted as the better form.\" In Britain, Willett's 1907 proposal used the term \"daylight saving\", but by 1911 the term \"summer time\" replaced \"daylight saving time\" in draft legislation. The same or similar expressions are used in many other languages: \"Sommerzeit\" in German", "id": "3352399" }, { "contents": "Time zone\n\n\nEuropean Central Time\" (UTC+1h). XX = ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, XX- = parts of the country, N = North, S = South, UTC = Universal Coordinated Time, DST = Daylight Saving Time These examples give the local time at various locations around the world when daylight saving time is not in effect: Where the adjustment for time zones results in a time at the other side of midnight from UTC, then the date at the location is one day later or earlier. Some examples when", "id": "12397915" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in Australia\n\n\nled to the reintroduction of daylight saving in that state during the summer, and this was repeated every summer since then. In 1971, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory followed Tasmania by observing daylight saving. Western Australia and the Northern Territory did not. Queensland abandoned daylight saving time in 1972. Originally Tasmania alone commenced daylight saving on the first Sunday in October, while the other states began on the last Sunday in October and finished on the last Sunday in March, until", "id": "20894973" }, { "contents": "Time in Indiana\n\n\nand Central Time was moved from the Pennsylvania-Ohio state line to the Indiana–Ohio state line. Daylight saving time (DST) was included in the original Standard Time Act. A year later, Congress repealed daylight saving time from the Standard Time Act of 1918, though some communities continued to follow it. During World War II, daylight saving time was once again mandated by Congress to conserve energy. After the war, the mandate to observe daylight saving time was lifted again. In 1949, in a heated rural", "id": "19735046" }, { "contents": "Daylight harvesting\n\n\ndevices, and compromising the daylight harvesting system. Even partially deployed venetian blinds can cut energy savings in half. Impressive energy savings estimates may not be realized in practice due to poor system design, calibration, or commissioning. Systems that dim or switch electric lighting in a distracting manner, or that produce overall light levels that are perceived as too low, can be sabotaged by occupants. The adoption of daylight harvesting technologies has been hampered by high costs and imperfect performance of the technologies. However, studies have shown that by using", "id": "8279825" }, { "contents": "Atlantic Time Zone\n\n\nThe Atlantic Time Zone is a geographical region that keeps standard time—called Atlantic Standard Time (AST)—by subtracting four hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), resulting in . During part of the year, some portions of the zone observe daylight saving time, referred to as Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT), by moving their clocks forward one hour to result in . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 60th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. In Canada, the provinces of New", "id": "705964" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time\n\n\n, \"zomertijd\" in Dutch, \"kesäaika\" in Finnish, \"horario de verano\" or \"hora de verano\" in Spanish, and \"heure d'été\" in French. The name of local time typically changes when DST is observed. American English replaces \"standard\" with \"daylight\": for example, \"Pacific Standard Time\" (\"PST\") becomes \"Pacific Daylight Time\" (\"PDT\"). In the United Kingdom, the standard term for UK time when advanced by one hour is", "id": "3352400" }, { "contents": "Central Time Zone\n\n\nThe North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Central Standard Time (CST) is behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). During summer most of the zone uses daylight saving time (DST), and changes to Central Daylight Time (CDT) which is behind UTC. The largest city in the Central Time Zone is Mexico City; the Mexico City metropolitan area is", "id": "14634435" }, { "contents": "Smart lighting\n\n\nperiod of inactivity. The control unit uses this signal to activate the switch/relay to turn equipment on or off. For lighting applications, there are three main sensor types: passive infrared, ultrasonic, and hybrid. In response to daylighting technology, daylight-linked automated response systems have been developed to further reduce energy consumption. These technologies are helpful, but they do have their downfalls. Many times, rapid and frequent switching of the lights on and off can occur, particularly during unstable weather conditions or when daylight levels", "id": "13220139" }, { "contents": "Lighting\n\n\nstandards (such as ZigBee), which provides benefits including easier installation (no need to run control wires) and interoperability with other standards-based building control systems (e.g. security). In response to daylighting technology, daylight harvesting systems have been developed to further reduce energy consumption. These technologies are helpful, but they do have their downfalls. Many times, rapid and frequent switching of the lights on and off can occur, particularly during unstable weather conditions or when daylight levels are changing around the switching illuminance. Not only", "id": "16117382" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in Australia\n\n\nThe choice of whether to use daylight saving time (DST) in Australia is a matter for the individual states and territories. However, during World War I and World War II all states and territories had daylight saving by federal acts under section 51 of the constitution (defence). In 1968 Tasmania became the first state since the war to practise daylight saving. In 1971, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory followed Tasmania by observing daylight saving. Western Australia and the Northern", "id": "20894961" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in Australia\n\n\ndaylight-saving time or for another referendum to be held. A petition in 2006 was signed by 62,232 people. In response to these petitions, then Queensland Premier Peter Beattie commissioned research to find out if daylight-saving time should be re-introduced into Queensland. Around this time, Premier Peter Beattie claimed that daylight-saving time in Queensland would increase the rate of skin cancer in the state, an unfounded claim for which there is no evidence according to the Queensland Cancer Fund. In October 2007, the completed government", "id": "20894966" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time\n\n\nby extra use of other types of energy, such as heating fuel. The period of Daylight Saving Time before the longest day is shorter than the period after, in several countries including the United States and Europe. For example, in the U.S. the period of Daylight Saving Time is defined by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The period for Daylight Saving Time was extended by changing the start date from the first Sunday of April to the second Sunday of March, and the end date from the last Sunday in October to", "id": "3352375" }, { "contents": "Newfoundland Time Zone\n\n\nthe face of stiff public opposition. Daylight saving time is observed throughout the province. In 1988, the provincial government experimented with double daylight saving time, moving clocks ahead two hours during daylight saving time instead of just one. However, this forced children to go to school in the dark in the latter part of the school year. In 2006, the province enacted an extension to daylight saving time, starting in 2007, following the lead of the United States and other Canadian provinces. This unusual time zone puts the island", "id": "4708030" }, { "contents": "Daylight harvesting\n\n\ndaylight harvesting technologies, owners can see an average annual energy savings of 24%. One method of predicting energy savings is to use commercially available software programs, such as TRACE 700 or (freeware) DOE-2, which considers thermal loads. There is an incremental cost to daylight harvesting systems. Dividing this cost by the annual energy savings provides a \"simple payback\", the number of years for the system to pay for itself. The shorter the calculated payback period, the more likely it is that a building owner will invest", "id": "8279826" }, { "contents": "UTC−04:00\n\n\nUTC−04:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −04:00. It is observed in the Eastern Time Zone (e.g., Canada and the United States) during the warm months of daylight saving time, as Eastern Daylight Time. The Atlantic Time Zone observes it during standard time (cold months). It is observed all year in the Eastern Caribbean. \"Principal cities: Halifax\" \"Principal cities: New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Montreal, Havana \"Principal cities: Santo Domingo, Manaus, Caracas, La", "id": "5114479" }, { "contents": "Analemma\n\n\nas seen from latitude 50° north, as is shown in the diagram); however, in some areas that use daylight saving time, the date of the latest sunrise occurs on the day before daylight saving time ends. Similarly, when the Sun is at the highest point on the analemma, near its top-left end, (on 15 June) the earliest sunrise of the year will occur. Likewise, at sunset, the earliest sunset will occur when the Sun is at its lowest point on the analemma when", "id": "3727078" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in Mexico\n\n\nstate of Baja California adopted daylight saving time in 1942, due to the state's close ties to the U.S. state of California. This made Baja California the first Mexican state to observe daylight savings time. The Government of Mexico adopted daylight saving time nationwide in 1996, in order to decrease energy consumption and to facilitate commerce and tourism with the neighboring United States. In December 2009, Congress gave permission to the municipalities located less than 20 kilometers from the US border to synchronize their time to that of their US counterparts, resulting", "id": "20894946" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in Australia\n\n\nchange until the regular time, which that year was on 29 October. In 2006, all states that followed daylight-saving time (the above listed states plus South Australia) delayed the return to their respective Standard Times by a week, due to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Daylight-saving time ended on 2 April 2006. Daylight saving was first used in Australia during World War I, and was applied in all states. It was used again during the Second World War. A drought in Tasmania in 1967", "id": "20894972" }, { "contents": "Daylight saving time in Canada\n\n\nSt. John's, Newfoundland (now Newfoundland and Labrador), which did not become part of Canada until 1949, also used DST before 1918. In practice, since the late 1960s DST across Canada has been closely or completely synchronized with its observance in the United States to facilitate consistent economic and social interaction. When the United States extended DST in 1987 to the first Sunday in April, all DST-observing Canadian jurisdictions followed suit to mimic the change. The latest United States change (Energy Policy Act of 2005),", "id": "20894917" } ]

[ { "contents": "Patriot Games\n\n\nwhere the bad guys escaped.' I feel a moral obligation to my readers to get it right. In the insurance business, you have to pay attention to details or a client could lose everything. A doctor has to, a cop, a fireman, why not a writer?\" Although he was criticized for doubling down on technical details in the novel, Clancy considers \"Patriot Games\" to be his best. Discussing about the final scene where Jack Ryan lets the primary antagonist Sean Miller live instead of killing him", "id": "2795945" }, { "contents": "Jack Ryan (character)\n\n\nit follows Ryan's move from his accident in the Marines into his CIA career. Jack Ryan is also portrayed by Alec Baldwin in the 1990 film \"The Hunt for Red October\", Harrison Ford in \"Patriot Games\" (1992), and \"Clear and Present Danger\" (1994), and Ben Affleck in the 2002 film \"The Sum of All Fears\". In the novels, \"Patriot Games\" occurs before \"The Hunt for Red October\", though the order was reversed in the film versions", "id": "12113706" }, { "contents": "Patriot Games\n\n\nPatriot Games is a thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published on July 1987. It is the indirect sequel to \"Without Remorse\", and is chronologically the first book featuring Jack Ryan, the main character in most of Clancy’s novels. The novel focuses on Ryan being the target of Irish terrorist group Ulster Liberation Army for thwarting their kidnapping attempt on the Prince and Princess of Wales in London. It debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. A film adaptation, starring Harrison Ford as Ryan", "id": "2795935" }, { "contents": "Jack Ryan (film series)\n\n\nThe \"Jack Ryan\" film series is an American series of thriller films, based on the fictional character of Jack Ryan, who originally appeared in a series of books by Tom Clancy. In the series of five films, four actors have portrayed Ryan. Despite inconsistency with its lead actors and crew members, the series has been distributed solely by Paramount Pictures since its inception. Mace Neufeld has produced every film in the series, with producing partner Robert Rehme co-producing \"Patriot Games\" and \"Clear and Present Danger", "id": "3148630" }, { "contents": "Jack Ryan (film series)\n\n\nmay be brought safely into US waters. Patriot Games (1992) begins with former CIA analyst, Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford), now a professor at the U.S. Naval Academy, who was badly wounded after intervening in an attack on the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in London and killing one of the assailants. The remaining attackers were able to escape, including Sean Miller (Sean Bean), the brother of the man Ryan killed. Miller now vows to hunt down and kill Ryan, no matter how long", "id": "3148634" }, { "contents": "Patriot Games\n\n\n, Clancy remarked: \"Of all the letters I got on \"Patriot Games\", not one said, 'He should have killed the little bastard.' Personally I'd have done it. You harm my kids and I'll blow you away. You don't touch my kids. But I'm not Jack Ryan. He has to be in control. He plays by the rules.\" Commercially, \"Patriot Games\" debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list for the week of August 2", "id": "2795946" }, { "contents": "The Sum of All Fears (film)\n\n\nThe Sum of All Fears is a 2002 American spy thriller film directed by Phil Alden Robinson, based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name. The film, which is set in the \"Jack Ryan\" film series, is a reboot taking place in 2002. Jack Ryan is portrayed as a younger character by Ben Affleck, in comparison with \"The Hunt for Red October\" starring Alec Baldwin, along with the film's subsequent sequels, \"Patriot Games\" and \"Clear and Present Danger\", both of", "id": "22193006" }, { "contents": "Jack Ryan (film series)\n\n\nappeared in the book. On February 7, 2003, Paramount announced a box set entitled \"The Jack Ryan Special Edition DVD Collection\", which includes new editions of \"The Hunt for Red October\", \"Patriot Games\" and \"Clear and Present Danger\" as well as the special edition of \"The Sum of All Fears\". Both the set and the individual editions of each film were released on May 6, 2003. While the four films were originally intended to be released in a Blu-ray collection", "id": "3148643" }, { "contents": "Rob Ryan\n\n\nseason with a berth in the Alamo Bowl. Prior to the 2000 season, new Patriots coach Bill Belichick hired Ryan to serve as the linebackers coach for the New England Patriots, where he spent the next four seasons. In 2003, the Patriots ranked first in the NFL in points allowed with 238, while ranking seventh overall in the NFL in total defense. Ryan's unit also contributed to one of the best scoring defenses in franchise history in 2001, as the Patriots allowed just 17 points-per-game and produced", "id": "14541564" }, { "contents": "Patriot Games\n\n\nto witness the birth of his son, Jack Ryan, Jr. \"Patriot Games\" was notable for subverting the moral ambiguity of the antagonists in espionage novels by John le Carré, Len Deighton, and Robert Ludlum. According to Marc Cerasini’s essay on the novel, “Clancy’s sensible revulsion toward the terrorists is so strident and intense...that it verges on the physical.” He added that “the author’s understandable disgust toward his villains is ‘bourgeois’, for there is not a shred of sympathy for these", "id": "2795942" }, { "contents": "Patriot Games\n\n\nthe Kremlin\" (1988). He says of his passion for accuracy and detail: \"When I was in London, researching \"Patriot Games\", I spent 20 hours walking around the Mall with a camera, clipboard and tape recorder, just choreographing my opening chapter, to make sure it would happen exactly the way I wrote it. Later, when I took my kids there, I could tell them, 'This is the tree that Jack Ryan hid his wife and daughter behind, and that's the road", "id": "2795944" }, { "contents": "Jack Ryan (streetball player)\n\n\nJack Ryan is an American streetball player from Brooklyn, New York. Ryan's basketball exploits began at John Jay High School, where, as a senior, he averaged 26 ppg. Ryan later took his game to East 5th St. Park in Brooklyn, where he mastered the tricks and shots he became well known for. In his first season in a recreational league at West 4th, Ryan played one game against former Detroit Piston Phil Sellers and scored 44 points. Ryan is most well known for his proficient 3-point shooting. According", "id": "1496567" }, { "contents": "Patriot Games (film)\n\n\nPatriot Games is a 1992 American spy thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name. It is a sequel to the 1990 film \"The Hunt for Red October\", but with different actors in the leading roles, Harrison Ford starring as Jack Ryan and Anne Archer as his wife. James Earl Jones is the lone holdover, reprising his role as Admiral James Greer. The cast also includes Sean Bean, Patrick Bergin, Thora Birch, Samuel L. Jackson, James Fox, and", "id": "3580740" }, { "contents": "Jack Ryan (character)\n\n\nStreet investment firm Merrill Lynch's Baltimore office. Ryan's parents died in a plane crash at Chicago Midway International Airport 19 months after his crash in Crete. He developed a fear of flying that persisted for years. The film version of \"The Hunt for Red October\" changed Ryan's educational background to being a 1972 graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, 20 miles south of Baltimore in the state capital. The film version of \"Patriot Games\" also implies that he is a graduate of Annapolis", "id": "12113656" }, { "contents": "Patriot Games\n\n\n, premiered on June 5, 1992. A kidnapping attempt on the Prince and Princess of Wales and their infant son occurs at the Mall in London. The attack is orchestrated by members of the Ulster Liberation Army, an ideologically Maoist and ultra-radical Irish terrorist group splintered from the Provisional Irish Republican Army. However, Jack Ryan, who happens to be nearby, interferes with their operation, incapacitating one of the attackers, Sean Miller, and killing the other, John Michael McCrory. During the gun battle, Ryan is", "id": "2795936" }, { "contents": "Matt Ryan (American football)\n\n\nto a five-year contract extension worth $103.75 million with the Falcons. On December 30, Ryan surpassed Steve Bartkowski for the all-time franchise leader in passing yards. The Falcons had a down year, where they limped to a 4–12 record, due to multiple injuries and losing key players on both sides of the ball. Some of Ryan's highlights in the down season were games against the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Against the Patriots in Week 4, he was 34-of-54 for a then career-", "id": "9362868" }, { "contents": "Steve Grogan\n\n\n's return, the Patriots went 3-2 in their remaining five games. Finishing the season with an 11-5 record, the Patriots earned a wild card berth into the playoffs and eventually reached Super Bowl XX, where they faced the Chicago Bears, who, with their defensive coach Buddy Ryan's \"46\" defense, had gone 15-1 during the regular season. Eason, who had led the Patriots to victory in the wild card, divisional, and conference playoff games, started the game, but the", "id": "2852338" }, { "contents": "Clear and Present Danger (film)\n\n\nClear and Present Danger is a 1994 American spy thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name. It was preceded by the 1990 film \"The Hunt for Red October\" and the 1992 film \"Patriot Games\", all three featuring Clancy's character Jack Ryan. It is the last film version of Clancy's novels to feature Harrison Ford as Ryan and James Earl Jones as Vice Admiral James Greer, as well as the final installment directed by Noyce. As in the novel,", "id": "2413082" }, { "contents": "Patriot Games (film)\n\n\nRichard Harris. The film premiered in theaters in the United States on June 5, 1992 and spent two weeks as the No. 1 film, grossing $178,051,587 in worldwide box office business. The next installment in the film series, \"Clear and Present Danger\", also starred Ford and Archer. Retired CIA analyst Jack Ryan is on vacation with his family in London. They witness a terrorist attack on Lord William Holmes, Minister of State for Northern Ireland. Ryan intervenes and is injured, but he kills one of", "id": "3580741" }, { "contents": "List of The Tribe characters\n\n\n, who lived in the same neighbourhood before the virus, are wandering the streets and end up taking refuge in the Mall where Jack is already living. They decide to stay here. Amber soon takes charge and asks Lex and Ryan to help protect the newly formed tribe. Bray and the very pregnant Trudy join them at the Mall but Amber is reluctant to let them stay here. But when Trudy unexpectedly goes into labor, Amber changes her mind. She does not want to let a baby live outside, with the Locos", "id": "16389316" }, { "contents": "Jets–Patriots rivalry\n\n\n-minute warning. The game went to overtime where Bill Belichick deferred to the Jets; the Jets responded as Ryan Fitzpatrick completed two passes (to Quincy Enunwa and Brandon Marshall) for 68 yards and then Eric Decker caught the game-winning touchdown. On October 15, 2017, the Patriots and Jets were tied with the Bills for the division lead at 3-2, with the Jets-Patriots game determining who would lead the division in Week 6. The Jets took an early 14-0 lead, but the", "id": "20051184" }, { "contents": "Characters of the BioShock series\n\n\nsinger Jasmine Jolene, \"Andrew Ryan's Favorite Girl.\" After becoming pregnant, Jasmine sold her fertilized egg to Brigid Tenenbaum, an employee of businessman Frank Fontaine. Fontaine arranged for Jack to undergo genetic conditioning so that he would age rapidly and to follow any order that followed \"would you kindly,\" a phrase which Atlas uses throughout the game to control the main character and his actions. There are two endings for Jack depending on how many Little Sisters he saved and/or harvested throughout the game: one where he lives", "id": "18068366" }, { "contents": "Zach Sudfeld\n\n\nEagles. On May 3, 2013, Sudfeld signed with the New England Patriots. Sudfeld's size and catching ability led at least one Patriots reporter to call Sudfeld a \"baby Gronk,\" referring to New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski. During the Patriots' second preseason game, against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sudfeld scored on a two-point conversion from Tom Brady and on a 22-yard touchdown from Ryan Mallett. On October 3, 2013, Sudfeld was released from the Patriots, after lackluster performances, where Sudfeld", "id": "22057795" }, { "contents": "2014 New England Patriots season\n\n\n, Darrelle Revis, and Brandon Browner (even though he was suspended for the first four games). After forcing a Patriots three-and-out, Chris McCain blocked the punt by Ryan Allen with Jason Trusnik recovering at the Patriots 15. Four plays later, Lamar Miller scored on a 4-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Tannehill, for a 7-0 Dolphins lead. The Patriots responded, marching 80 yards in 13 plays, with Shane Vereen tying the game on a 2-yard run. On the third play of the Dolphins", "id": "17210529" }, { "contents": "2014 New England Patriots season\n\n\nback when Cassel threw his third interception, this one to Ryan at the Vikings 45. The Patriots could only reach the Vikings 28, where Gostkowski was connected on a 46-yard field goal and the Patriots led 27-7. Following another Vikings punt the Patriots stormed to the Vikings 9, but their struggling offense couldn't get in the endzone, and Gostkowski's 39-yard field goal gave the Patriots a 30-7 lead. With less than seven minutes remaining in the game, rookie Dominique Easley intercepted Cassel at the Vikings 35", "id": "17210540" }, { "contents": "Independence High School (Charlotte, North Carolina)\n\n\nwas touted as the one team in that season which might actually end the Patriots winning streak, but the Patriots squeaked out yet another win in double overtime. Butlers' Ryan Houston fumbled in the first half of the second overtime period. Independence tailback Dequan Leak scored three plays later and the game was over. The NCHSAA sold broadcast rights for the state finals to News 14 Carolina and that game was carried live on December 9, 2006. The game was played at Duke's Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina,", "id": "15437602" }, { "contents": "Harrison Ford\n\n\nas Rick Deckard in Ridley Scott's cult sci-fi classic \"Blade Runner\" (1982), and in a number of dramatic-action films: Peter Weir's \"Witness\" (1985) and \"The Mosquito Coast\" (1986), and Roman Polanski's \"Frantic\" (1988). The 1990s brought Ford the role of Jack Ryan in Tom Clancy's \"Patriot Games\" (1992) and \"Clear and Present Danger\" (1994); as well as leading roles in Alan Pakula's", "id": "209097" }, { "contents": "Patriot Games\n\n\nwater.\" The novel was adapted as a feature film, which was released on June 5, 1992. Jack Ryan was played by Harrison Ford and Sean Miller was played by Sean Bean. The film is notable for being the sequel to the previous movie \"The Hunt for Red October\" (1990), although the order is the opposite in the books. Additionally, the Prince and Princess of Wales were replaced by Lord Holmes, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the Queen's cousin, as the ULA's", "id": "2795948" }, { "contents": "Harrison Ford\n\n\n\"Blade Runner 2049\" (2017); John Book in the thriller \"Witness\" (1985), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor; and Jack Ryan in the action films \"Patriot Games\" (1992) and \"Clear and Present Danger\" (1994). His career spans six decades and includes roles in several Hollywood blockbusters, including the epic war film \"Apocalypse Now\" (1979), the legal drama \"Presumed Innocent\" (1990), the action film \"", "id": "209077" }, { "contents": "Patriot Games (film)\n\n\nrefuge in a training camp in North Africa. A Special Air Service team attacks and kills everyone in the camp while Ryan looks on through a live satellite feed. Unbeknownst to Ryan, Miller and his companions have already left the camp and are on their way to the U.S. to stage their next attack. Lord Holmes decides to visit Ryan at his home to formally present his honorary knighthood in recognition of his role in foiling the first attack on Holmes. With the aid of Holmes' traitorous assistant, Miller's group tracks Holmes", "id": "3580745" }, { "contents": "Logan Ryan\n\n\nwith 42 combined tackles (29 solo), six pass deflections, and two interceptions in six starts and 16 games. The Patriots finished the season atop the AFC East with a 12-4 record. On January 10, 2015, Ryan played in his first career playoff game and made one tackle and forced a fumble in a 35–31 victory over the Baltimore Ravens. On February 1, 2015, Ryan appeared in Super Bowl XLIX and made a tackle and pass deflection during the Patriots' 28–24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks.", "id": "15695414" }, { "contents": "Matthew Wells (linebacker)\n\n\nMatthew Sean Wells (born November 26, 1990) is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New England Patriots with the 178th pick of the 2015 NFL draft. He played college football at Mississippi State, where he started 33 games. Wells was drafted in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL draft by the New England Patriots. On August 10, 2015, the Patriots traded Wells to the Chicago Bears for Ryan Groy. On September 5, 2015, he was released by", "id": "19475550" }, { "contents": "Tom Clancy\n\n\nwhen incompetent politicians or bureaucrats get in their way. Their unambiguous triumphs over evil provide symbolic relief from the legacy of the Vietnam War.\" Clancy's novels \"The Hunt for Red October\", \"Patriot Games\" (1987), \"Clear and Present Danger\" (1989), and \"The Sum of All Fears\" (1991), have been turned into commercially successful films with actors Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, and Ben Affleck as Clancy's most famous fictional character, Jack Ryan; his second most", "id": "11280094" }, { "contents": "Donald E. Stewart\n\n\nor co-wrote the screenplays for the Tom Clancy trilogy of Jack Ryan films: \"The Hunt for Red October\", \"Patriot Games\" and \"Clear and Present Danger\". Born in Detroit, Michigan, he had an early passion for cars. He began his writing career as a journalist for The Detroit Times. In his 20s, he founded and co-published \"Competition Press\", a weekly magazine devoted to car-racing that eventually became \"Autoweek\"; he also briefly edited \"Motor Life", "id": "13594967" }, { "contents": "Jack Ryan (film series)\n\n\n\" and Lorenzo di Bonaventura co-producing \"Shadow Recruit\". With a combined unadjusted worldwide gross of $788.4 million to date, the films constitute the 57th highest-grossing film series. The films have been nominated for four Academy Awards, winning one for Sound Effects (now Sound Editing) in \"The Hunt for Red October\" (at the 63rd Awards). The continuity of the films differ from the novels. In the novels, \"Patriot Games\" occurs before \"The Hunt for Red October\",", "id": "3148631" }, { "contents": "Patriot Games (film)\n\n\n\"flourish and tension\" while star Harrison Ford injected \"a commanding sense of decency and humanity to the role of CIA analyst Jack Ryan, making it his own.\" The film was a financial success, debuting at the number one position for the weekend of June 5, 1992. During that weekend, the film grossed $18,511,191 in business showing at 2,365 locations. The film's revenue dropped by 39.5% in its second week of release, earning $11,208,134. For that particular weekend, the film remained in 1st", "id": "3580753" }, { "contents": "BioShock\n\n\n, but Ryan destroys it before Jack can reach it. Enraged, Atlas directs Jack towards Ryan's mansion through Ryan's army of Splicers and Big Daddies. At times, Jack is forced to travel through areas controlled by Ryan's allies that have now become deranged, such as the mad doctor J.S. Steinman or Sander Cohen, a former musician and art dealer who now takes enjoyment in watching the death and misery of others. Eventually, Jack enters Ryan's office, where Ryan is patiently waiting for Jack by casually playing golf", "id": "12184738" }, { "contents": "Bills–Patriots rivalry\n\n\nplayed Brady during the first half of the game only. The Patriots played Jimmy Garoppolo in his place in the second half but both failed to find the endzone in the 17–9 Buffalo win. After the 2014 season, Buffalo hired former New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan. When asked if the Jets would be his focus during the 2015 season, Ryan admitted that the Patriots would still be his number one target. 2016 saw the Patriots hosting the Bills in week 4. The Patriots faced a shortage at quarterback, as Tom", "id": "16240942" }, { "contents": "Ryan's Hope\n\n\n, and eventually fell in love with Ryan. Jack Fenelli was unsupportive of his daughter dating Rick, who tended to live dangerously; in protest, Rick and Ryan ultimately fled to South Carolina in April 1986, where they eloped. Ryan was approached and assisted at the town hall ceremony by a woman named Maura (Kate Mulgrew), who bore more than a passing resemblance to Ryan's late mother, Mary (it was suggested that this was Mary returning yet again in ghostly form). The two were followed and then", "id": "6774806" }, { "contents": "Religion in Albania\n\n\nreading lesson in elementary schools introduced a patriotic catechism beginning with this sentence, \"I am an Albanian. My country is Albania.\" Then there follows in poetic form, \"But man himself, what does he love in life?\" \"He loves his country.\" \"Where does he live with hope? Where does he want to die?\" \"In his country.\" \"Where may he be happy, and live with honor?\" \"In Albania.\" On 7 April 1939, Albania was", "id": "5221680" }, { "contents": "2015 New England Patriots season\n\n\nthe game. This was the Patriots sixth straight win in the series. The game lead tied or changed five times by halfway through the third quarter. On the Jets' second play of the game, Ryan Fitzpatrick was strip-sacked by Jones with Hightower recovering at the Jets 19. The Patriots didn't gain a single yard, but Gostkowski gave the Patriots the lead on a 38-yard field goal. The Jets countered with a 15 play drive all the way to the Patriots 2-yard line, but were forced to settle for", "id": "9960455" }, { "contents": "Red Rabbit\n\n\nRed Rabbit is a spy thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 5, 2002. The plot occurs a few months after the events of \"Patriot Games\" (1987), and incorporates the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. Main character Jack Ryan, now an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency, takes part in the extraction of a Soviet defector who knows of a KGB plot to kill the pontiff. The book debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list. In", "id": "12567868" }, { "contents": "Harrison Ford filmography\n\n\nscreen: the anti-hero detective Rick Deckard in the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film \"Blade Runner\" (1982) and its sequel 35 years later \"Blade Runner 2049\" (2017) and CIA analyst Jack Ryan in the spy thrillers \"Patriot Games\" (1992) and \"Clear and Present Danger\" (1994). Ford also appeared in the acclaimed war film \"Apocalypse Now\" in 1979 before becoming a very high-profile movie star in leading roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s with such films", "id": "13459102" }, { "contents": "Patriot Games (film)\n\n\ngiving her the baby's latest test results. The film cuts to the credits before the gender of the baby is revealed. The actors who played Jack and Caroline Ryan in \"The Hunt for Red October\", Alec Baldwin and Gates McFadden, were unavailable. Baldwin had committed to perform in \"A Streetcar Named Desire\" on Broadway. In 2011, Baldwin claimed the role was recast due to David Kirkpatrick forcing him to choose between performing in \"A Streetcar Named Desire\" or agreeing to an open-ended clause relating", "id": "3580748" }, { "contents": "Action directe (armed group)\n\n\nthe Red Brigades.) Ralph Fiennes' character in the 2006 film \"Land of the Blind\" mentions Action directe as an example for a terrorist group whose names sound like rock bands', along with The Weathermen, Black September, and the Red Army Faction. In Tom Clancy's book \"Patriot Games\" protagonist Jack Ryan identifies a training camp used by the group which is later raided by French special forces. It is also briefly mentioned by Harrison Ford's character in the 1992 film of the same name. The", "id": "5262187" }, { "contents": "Thora Birch\n\n\n, she starred with Ethan Embry in the comedy \"All I Want for Christmas\", as a girl who plans to get her divorced parents back together for Christmas. The film received mediocre reviews and moderate attention from audiences upon its theatrical release, but developed a following on television and on home video in subsequent years. In 1992, she played the daughter of Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) in the spy thriller \"Patriot Games\", which was a commercial success, grossing US$178 million at the worldwide box office.", "id": "865819" }, { "contents": "Buddy Ryan\n\n\nguys on the team had to separate them—the offense getting Ditka away from Ryan and defensive guys holding Buddy.\" The Bears went on to lose the game 38–24, which was their only loss of the season. However, the team would go on to Super Bowl XX where they would dominate the New England Patriots 46–10. The Bears defense carried Ryan off the field on their shoulders \"...right behind Mike Ditka\", who was also being carried off the field. This was the first time two coaches were ever", "id": "13653465" }, { "contents": "Jarrett Stidham\n\n\nJarrett Ryan Stidham (born August 8, 1996) is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He began his college football career at Baylor University, starting three games as a true freshman for the Bears in 2015. He then transferred to McLennan Community College, where he did not play football in his one semester at the school. Stidham later transferred to Auburn University, where he started for the Tigers in 2017 and 2018. The Patriots selected him with the 133rd overall", "id": "5717405" }, { "contents": "Logan Ryan\n\n\ngames and starting 13. He started six games as the outside cornerback with Malcolm Butler and started seven games as the nickelback. The Patriots finished atop the AFC East after achieving a 14-2 record in 2016. On January 14, 2017, he started at nickelback in the AFC divisional round of the playoffs and collected seven combined tackles, three pass deflections, a sack, and intercepted a pass attempt by Houston Texans' quarterback Brock Osweiler, helping the Patriots defeat the Texans 34–16. On February 5, 2017, Ryan", "id": "15695421" }, { "contents": "Andrew Ryan (BioShock)\n\n\n\"ace in the hole\", a sleeper agent who would return to Rapture in the event the civil war didn't go his way. The package at the beginning of the game is revealed to be a gun, \"Would you kindly..?\" can be seen written on the accompanying note, sent by Fontaine, ordering Jack to hijack and crash the plane at the coordinates of the city. When Andrew Ryan and Jack finally meet, Ryan states that Jack was his \"greatest disappointment.\" Ryan gives a short", "id": "16629771" }, { "contents": "2012 New England Patriots season\n\n\nto Gronkowski. With the game out of reach, the Rams drove to the Patriots 25 on their next drive, but Dennard intercepted Bradford at the 4 and returned it 8 yards to the 12. The Patriots punted on their next drive, and the Rams responded by driving to the Patriots 15, but Tavon Wilson intercepted Kellen Clemens at the 1-yard line and returned it 45 yards to the Patriots 46. Ryan Mallett took three knees and the game was over. Brady threw for 304 yards and 4 touchdowns, 2 each to", "id": "16654860" }, { "contents": "History of the New England Patriots\n\n\nsecond, as the Patriots pulled away from Houston, winning 34-16. In the AFC Championship game, the Patriots were matched up against the Pittsburgh Steelers for the third time in the Brady/Belichick era. The winner of the game would be the first team in NFL history to make nine appearances in the Super Bowl. The Patriots won in comfortable fashion, 36-17, and advanced to the Super Bowl. On February 5, 2017, the Patriots faced newly crowned NFL MVP Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons", "id": "2258651" }, { "contents": "Jets–Patriots rivalry\n\n\nRyan. In the week prior to the game, Ryan placed a phone message to all Jets season ticket holders asking them to \"make it miserable for (Tom) Brady and company\", following up on his comments during the offseason that he would not \"kiss Bill Belichick's Super Bowl rings.\" He told the Jets fans that \"the Patriots had a better head coach and a better quarterback\", but that the game would decide \"who has a better team.\" Meanwhile, Jets safety Kerry Rhodes said", "id": "20051174" }, { "contents": "Characters of the BioShock series\n\n\nand in 1959 launched an all-out war against Ryan. Atlas serves as Jack's guide for most of the game, luring him towards Ryan under the guise of trying to save his fictitious wife and son that he claimed Ryan had taken hostage. He betrays Jack after the death of Ryan and becomes the game's final boss, using ADAM to attain physical perfection and becoming a blue-skinned humanoid with enhanced abilities. He is killed when a number of freed Little Sisters swarm him and stab him to death with their", "id": "18068371" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl LI\n\n\nline, Ryan threw a deep pass to Jones, who made an acrobatic catch at the right sideline for a 27-yard gain, giving the Falcons a first down on the Patriots 22-yard line with 4:40 left on the clock and a chance for a late-game two-score lead that would have clinched the game. On the next play, Freeman ran for a 1-yard loss on a tackle by Devin McCourty. Atlanta tried to pass the ball on second down, but Flowers sacked Ryan for a 12-yard loss on the Patriots 35-yard", "id": "6531953" }, { "contents": "2015 New England Patriots season\n\n\nBlount runs, Brady hit Gronkowski for a 47-yard touchdown pass for an early 7-0 lead. Ryan Allen's 35-yard punt stuck the Dolphins at their own -1. On third-and-10, Ryan Tannehill was sacked by for a safety and a 9-0 Patriots lead. The Patriots opened the game with a 14 play, 80-yard drive, converting three third-downs and taking eight-and-a-half minutes off the clock, scoring on a one-yard touchdown pass to Chandler. The Giants needed just", "id": "9960460" }, { "contents": "Sergio Dipp\n\n\nin 2013, mainly to work for their Spanish counterpart, ESPN Deportes. In Week 11 of the NFL Season, Dipp covered the Raiders vs. Patriots game in Mexico City for NFL Live and ESPN Sunday Countdown. In 2017, ESPN opened Monday Night Football with special back-to-back games. The regular broadcast team lead by Sean McDonough, Jon Gruden and Lisa Salters covered the first game. However, Beth Mowins, Rex Ryan and Dipp called the second game. When reporting from the sideline in the first quarter,", "id": "9121658" }, { "contents": "2017 New England Patriots season\n\n\ngo drive-for-drive against Brady. Watson threw two touchdowns, one of which to his tight end Ryan Griffin, who attended college in New England at Connecticut. Two field goals late in the game would give the Texans their final lead at 33-28. With less than 2:25 remaining in the game, Brady led the Patriots on a frantic 8-play 71-yard drive that culminated in a 25-yard reception by Brandin Cooks to give the Patriots the 36-33 win. The Patriots' third game at home this season was", "id": "19704091" }, { "contents": "Stephen Gostkowski\n\n\nalso scored two field goals during the game, was defended by Patriots coach Bill Belichick and teammates Julian Edelman, Logan Ryan, Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, Danny Amendola, and Malcolm Butler. It was also his first miss in 56 attempts since the NFL moved the spot for extra points from the 2-yard line back to the 15-yard line. Since \"The NFL Record & Fact Book\" does not count statistics from playoff games when calculating regular-season streaks, Gostkowski ended the regular season with his extra point streak active at", "id": "15908429" }, { "contents": "Solid Snake\n\n\n. Snake was written to act as father figure not only to protect those he cares but also leave a message for the future generation despite his imminent death. As a pacifist message, Snake's stress increases when killing enemies. According to Ryan Payton of Konami at the time, \"Guns of the Patriots\" is the final canonical \"Metal Gear\" game to feature Solid Snake as the main character. Kojima himself stated that the series will continue. Despite previously stating that he does not want the character to be handled by", "id": "7904706" }, { "contents": "Paul Hewitt\n\n\na 14–4 mark and 3rd-place finish in CAA play. Senior Ryan Pearson was named the CAA Player of the Year, just the third Patriot to earn the honor. In his second season as the head men's basketball coach Hewitt guided the Patriots to a 22–16 mark, including a 10–8 conference record. For the second year in a row Hewitt's team did not receive an NCAA or NIT invitation, but played instead in the College Basketball Invitation where it finished as runner-up losing in the championship game to Santa", "id": "12811550" }, { "contents": "Jack Ryan (character)\n\n\nwhere the Iranian ayatollah lives. The crisis and Elliot scandal drives Fowler to resign. On this note, Ryan retires from the CIA and flies to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia to witness the execution of the surviving terrorists, and is then honored by the U.S.'s Middle Eastern allies by being presented with the sword used to execute the terrorists. The film again departs from the novel, by presenting a younger, unmarried Ryan, an intelligent mistress-free Fowler, a Greer-like Cabot, and the nuclear bomb is detonated over", "id": "12113674" }, { "contents": "Matt Ryan (American football)\n\n\n220 yards, 3 touchdowns and a pick. In Week 3, Ryan and the Falcons lost to the New England Patriots. Ryan completed 17–28 for 199 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions. In the Week 5 game against the San Francisco 49ers, he completed 15 of 21 passes for 258 yards in the first half, setting a new career-high for the first half of play. Ryan finished the game having completed 22 of 32 passes for 329 yards and two touchdowns for a 110.0 passer rating. Ryan tossed a 31-yard", "id": "9362854" }, { "contents": "Ryan Vena\n\n\nlife. Vena received several college athletic scholarships upon his graduation from Chatfield Senior High School in Littleton, Colorado, after Vena's dad mailed his highlight film to 50 colleges, and Colgate University was where he ended up. Vena was named to 4 straight All-Patriot League 1st team All-conference selections, and was the 1st and only 3 time Patriot League MVP. Ryan finished his career as the Colgate and Patriot League's all-time leader in total offense with 9,435 yards. He was the first Patriot League quarterback", "id": "67963" }, { "contents": "Jack Ryan (character)\n\n\n\" director Daniel Sackheim would direct multiple episodes and produce the series. The series premiered on August 31, 2018, and is said to be inspired by the Harrison Ford Jack Ryan films. Four months before its premiere, the show was renewed for a second season. Many video games based on the series have been made, some based on the novels, some on the films, and some on the spin-offs. In addition, Ryan is a featured character in many of the \"Rainbow Six\" video games.", "id": "12113709" }, { "contents": "The Mouse That Jack Built\n\n\nBye Baby\" played on the violin, coming from within Jack's live-action cat. From there, the rodent versions of Jack and Mary emerge unharmed from the live-action cat. Following one last bit of animation (where the rodent Jack and Mary return to their mousehole), the real Jack Benny does one of his famous \"takes\" as the cartoon fades out. The cartoon was released on April 4, 1959. Written by Tedd Pierce, it is a parody of \"The Jack Benny Program\"", "id": "20494374" }, { "contents": "Bills–Patriots rivalry\n\n\n26, 2010 was noteworthy on several levels. The Patriots won 38–30, marking the 400th win in the history of the Patriots franchise (regular-season and playoffs). It was first start of the season for Buffalo's former backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. Randy Moss caught two touchdowns; they turned out to be his last with the Patriots. On September 25, 2011, the Bills came back from a 21–0 deficit to defeat the Patriots 34–31 and snap the Patriots' 15-game winning streak. Despite this win, the Patriots", "id": "16240939" }, { "contents": "2016 New England Patriots season\n\n\nThe Patriots posted their 10th all-time franchise victory against the Ravens. This was Brady's 100th career home win and his 9th 400+ yard passing game of his career and his second of the season. The Patriots faced the Denver Broncos in a rematch of the previous season's AFC Championship game. The Broncos won the coin toss and elected to kick. Beginning at their own 24, the Patriots went were unable to get a first down causing them to punt. Unluckily for the Broncos, during Ryan Allen's punt", "id": "4741679" }, { "contents": "1960 Boston Patriots season\n\n\nafter their terrific win over the Chargers, were given a rude awakening in Oakland. On just the third play of game, Jack Larscheid scored on an 87-yard run, and the Patriots never regained the lead. The Raiders quickly built up a 27–14 lead with 11:45 left to go in the first quarter. However, the Patriots twice drove deep into Oakland territory, both times winding up with Butch Songin throwing interceptions. The Patriots were sloppy throughout the game, with multiple unnecessary penalties and turnovers. Game 6: The Patriots dropped", "id": "2593298" }, { "contents": "Frank Ryan (sportscaster)\n\n\nthe United States Army Reserve. Ryan attended Boston College, but transferred to Harvard University, where he graduated with the class of 1924. From 1919 to 1929, Ryan was a sports reporter for the Boston Traveler. When Charles Adams formed the Boston Bruins in 1924, he named Ryan as the team's broadcaster. Ryan called play-by-play for home games and recreated road games from telegraph reports. During intermissions, Ryan's brother-in-law would provide updates in French for French Canadians living in New England", "id": "14224462" }, { "contents": "Mark Anderson (American football)\n\n\nthe Houston Texans, where he was reunited with his college teammate, DeMeco Ryans. On August 5, 2011, Anderson signed with the New England Patriots. Mark had a rebound year in New England, recording 10 sacks for the Patriots in the regular season. Anderson recorded 1.5 sacks and 5 tackles in Super Bowl XLVI. On March 21, 2012, Anderson signed a four-year contract worth 20 million dollars with the Buffalo Bills. In the 2012 season, Anderson had 12 combined tackles and 1 sack through 5 games", "id": "15907843" }, { "contents": "2014 New England Patriots season\n\n\nthe Patriots ahead 17-16. On the Patriots' next drive, two third-down conversions allowed the Patriots to run out the clock. With the win, the Patriots improved to 12–3, and they clinched home field advantage throughout the playoffs after the Broncos' loss to the Bengals on Monday night. This would wind up being Rex Ryan's last game against the Patriots as head coach of the New York Jets. The Patriots were far from outstanding on offense. Brady finished 23/35 but for just 146 yards and 1", "id": "17210642" }, { "contents": "Bills–Patriots rivalry\n\n\nin 1960. The game was played at Nickerson Field at Boston University on Friday, September 23, 1960. The Bills scored a touchdown in each of the first two quarters and shut the Patriots out 13–0. The two teams met for their first and only playoff match in the AFL divisional game in December 1963. The Patriots won 26–8. In this game, Jack Kemp played quarterback for the Bills and Gino Cappelletti made four field goals and two extra points to help lift the Patriots to victory. Throughout the remainder of the", "id": "16240925" }, { "contents": "Ryan Wendell\n\n\nand is a member of the school's hall of fame. After graduating from high school, Wendell attended Fresno State University, where he started in 9 games as a true Freshman in 2004 and earned WAC Co-Freshman of the Year. He started all 13 games of his Sophomore season and all 12 games of his Junior season (the first 8 at Guard and the last 4 at Center), earning All-WAC honors. As a Senior he started at Center. Wendell was signed by the Patriots as an undrafted", "id": "2712323" }, { "contents": "Ryan Wendell\n\n\nNight Football game against the Bengals, Wendell was moved to guard where he enjoyed immediate success on a Patriots team experimenting with their offensive line. The offensive line only allowed one sack the entire game. Wendell started the rest of the year at right guard, and was a part of the offensive line that won Super Bowl XLIX 28-24 over the Seattle Seahawks. Prior to the 2015 season, Wendell was voted a captain by his teammates for the first time in his career. He missed the first five games of the", "id": "2712327" }, { "contents": "Custody battle for Anna Mae He\n\n\nthe children, including Anna Mae. Radio station \"600 WREC\" in Memphis reported that Jack left the family in July after the two argued. Casey said that Jack wanted money from her family, offering her the three children for one hundred thousand dollars. She now lives near her family and said that she and the children are happy; all three of the children are in private schools where both Chinese and English are spoken. Casey does not know where Jack is and does not have his contact information. A November 29", "id": "12339033" }, { "contents": "Andrew Ryan (BioShock)\n\n\nto do whatever possible to kill Jack, who is guided through Rapture by Fontaine, still disguised as Atlas. Over the course of the game it is gradually revealed to the player that Jack is actually Andrew Ryan's illegitimate son. Year's prior, in 1956, Ryan had sex with a young female stripper named Jasmine Jolene, resulting in her pregnancy. Although Ryan was not aware of this. Fontaine, taking advantage of this opportunity, paid a high-ranking employee of his, Brigid Tenenbaum, to purchase the embryo", "id": "16629769" }, { "contents": "Jack Ryan (Moneygall hurler)\n\n\nJack Ryan (born 1946) is an Irish retired hurler and Gaelic footballer. His championship career as a dual player with the Tipperary senior teams spanned eleven seasons from 1967 until 1977. Born in Dunkerrin, County Offaly, Ryan was raised in a family that had a strong association with Gaelic games. His father, Séamus Ó Riain, had played junior hurling and football with Tipperary in the 1940s before becoming a Gaelic games administrator. He served in numerous roles with the Tipperary County Board and the Munster Council before becoming President of", "id": "15222678" }, { "contents": "Patriot Games (film)\n\n\naway from Holmes, O'Donnell and Annette try to persuade him to turn around. But an enraged Miller kills them both and continues his pursuit of Ryan. Miller reaches Ryan's boat, jumps aboard, and attacks Ryan. During their fight, Ryan impales Miller on an anchor, killing him. Ryan jumps clear of the boat just before it crashes into several rocks, and is rescued by an FBI helicopter. Sometime later, we find the Ryans about to have breakfast, when Ryan's wife receives a call from her obstetrician", "id": "3580747" }, { "contents": "Andrew Ryan (BioShock)\n\n\nfrom her. After Ryan became aware of this, he brutally murdered Jolene. The child was named Jack and Fontaine ordered a scientist under his employment, Dr. Yi Suchong to accelerate Jack's growth, and make him vulnerable to several mental techniques; one such technique was to force Jack to perform any requested action upon hearing the phrase \"Would you kindly?\" Jack, aged 2, already an adult at this point as a result of the genetic acceleration, was sent to live on the surface. Jack was Fontaine's", "id": "16629770" }, { "contents": "2012 New England Patriots season\n\n\nRidley, giving the Patriots an early 7-0 lead. Mayo intercepted Ryan Fitzpatrick on the Bills ensuing drive, but the Patriots punted. After another Fitzpatrick interception, the Patriots drove to the Bills 31, but Gostkowski missed a 49-yard field goal. Two possessions later, Gronkowski lost a fumble with the Jairus Byrd recovering at the Patriots 24. On the very first play, Fitzpatrick connected with Scott Chandler for a 24-yard touchdown pass, tying the game 7-7. Starting at their own 19, the Patriots drove to", "id": "16654830" }, { "contents": "2014 New England Patriots season\n\n\nthe Patriots and they went three-and-out again, but the Patriots failed to put the game away and punted. In just three plays the Raiders reached Patriots territory, but two plays later, on 3rd-and-7 at the Patriots 30-yard line, Carr threw an incomplete pass seemingly bringing up a do-or-die 4th down, but Ryan was called for pass interference moving the ball to the Patriots 6-yard line. On the very next play, Darren McFadden scored on a 6-yard touchdown run, but the score", "id": "17210546" }, { "contents": "Jets–Patriots rivalry\n\n\nthe Jets the lead in the game's final seconds was blocked. The Patriots hung on for a 27–25 win. Todd Bowles replaced Rex Ryan for the 2015 season. The two teams met in Foxboro on October 23, 2015, the Jets were 4-1 entering this game and the Patriots were 5-0. There were five ties or lead changes in the first three quarters as the Jets built a 20-16 lead, but in the fourth quarter, Tom Brady led two drives ending in touchdowns to Danny Amendola", "id": "20051182" }, { "contents": "Randy Moss\n\n\nin New England came in Week 4 on \"Monday Night Football\" against the Miami Dolphins; he did not record a catch in the game for the first time in his Patriots career as a touchdown pass attempt off a fake spike bounced off his hands in the end zone. Two days after the Patriots' game against Miami, Moss was traded to the Minnesota Vikings, in exchange for the Vikings' third-round selection (later used to select quarterback Ryan Mallett) in the 2011 NFL Draft. The Patriots also sent", "id": "7010104" }, { "contents": "64 Mayam\n\n\nSoysa does not know that the other two had escaped like this. He wants to take the gem himself. He does not tell this to others in the hospital. Ryan and Silva feels the same and they also do the same. There is a sub-plot where two family planning agents visit Soysa's house and they end up the conversation, arguing with him. Meanwhile, Ryan goes in search of the shop in Kithulpitiya. He stops a lady, Niluka who lives in Kithulpitiya who refuses to tell him that he", "id": "15682609" }, { "contents": "2014 New England Patriots season\n\n\n–Belichick era, and their 6th straight. Just like the earlier match-up, the second game against the Jets was another defensive battle with the game being decided late in the fourth quarter. Four the fourth time in their last five games against the Jets, the Patriots won by three points or less (the exception being the butt-fumble game of 2012). The first seven drives of the game ended in punts. On the second play of the quarter, Amendola returned Ryan Quigley's punt 39 yards to", "id": "17210637" }, { "contents": "24: The Game\n\n\nChase Edmunds, David Palmer, Max, Kate Warner, Chloe O'Brian, and Ryan Chappelle, with Peter Madsen being voiced by Christian Kane. The game begins with Jack Bauer waiting outside a ship in Los Angeles harbor where terrorists are going to release a ricin bomb in the water supply. A CTU team member triggers an alarm causing Jack and his team to storm the ship, discovering the whole ship's crew dead in a cargo hold. He later learns of an assassination attempt on Vice President Prescott through undercover agent Chase Edmunds", "id": "10531710" }, { "contents": "Ryan Allen (American football)\n\n\nBowl LII; however, the Patriots lost to the Philadelphia Eagles 41–33, and Allen never punted during the game. The next year, his former college teammate Johnny Hekker broke his Super Bowl record for the Los Angeles Rams, though the Patriots would win that game and give Allen his third Super Bowl championship. On March 22, 2019, Allen re-signed with the Patriots on a one-year deal. !style=\"text-align:center;\" colspan=\"2\"|Career ! 96 !! 409 !! 18,526 !! 45.3 !", "id": "17934165" }, { "contents": "2017 New England Patriots season\n\n\n, the Patriots scored on a 2-yard pass to Rob Gronkowski at the start of the second quarter. Later in the second quarter, the Chargers returner Travis Benjamin caught a Ryan Allen punt at his own 8-yard line and ran backwards into his own endzone in an attempt to evade the Patriots coverage team. The resulting safety by Brandon King gave the Patriots their first lead at 9-7, and the Patriots would never trail again, kicking four field goals, and holding off a late-game surge by the Chargers to preserve", "id": "19704099" }, { "contents": "Ryan Fitzpatrick\n\n\nthree games against the San Francisco 49ers, Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots. During the Dolphins game, Fitzpatrick relieved Petty due to injury early in the fourth quarter. Petty also suffered an injury in the Patriots game and was replaced by Fitzpatrick in the second quarter. Due to Petty's injury, Fitzpatrick started in the season finale on January 1, 2017, completing 20 of 30 passes for 210 yards and two touchdowns as the Jets beat the Bills by a score of 30–10. In 14 games (11 starts) of", "id": "6887477" }, { "contents": "The Entrance (film)\n\n\nhas resulted in many overdoses. At this time Ryan manages to escape to the parking ramp where he is chased by a demon. At this point Detective Porhowski, naturally, does not believe the story she is being told. Ryan asks the detective for a glass of water. When she returns she finds that the man has left, though he kidnaps her shortly afterward. At this time the final game is going on between the last two men, poker. As the game comes to an end, one of the men", "id": "15231564" }, { "contents": "Patriot Games (film)\n\n\nassassinate Ryan outside the United States Naval Academy. Ryan notices Clark following him and attacks him, but Clark manages to overwhelm Ryan, only to be shot by several Marines. Later, Miller and a henchman attack Ryan's pregnant wife and daughter on a busy highway, injuring them both. Enraged over the attack on his family, Ryan decides to go back to work for the CIA, having earlier rejected the appeal of his former superior, Vice Admiral James Greer. Ryan's analysis leads him to conclude that Miller has taken", "id": "3580744" }, { "contents": "The Teeth of the Tiger\n\n\nThe Teeth of the Tiger is a thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 11, 2003. Set in a post-9/11 world, it is the first book to feature The Campus, a covert intelligence agency created by President Jack Ryan before the end of his term as chief executive. While he does not appear in the book, his son Jack Ryan Jr., as well as his nephews Dominic and Brian Caruso, are featured as The Campus operatives. The book debuted at number one on the New York Times", "id": "11611865" }, { "contents": "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit\n\n\nattempt to reboot the series based on Tom Clancy characters does the most important thing right: It almost always feels like a Jack Ryan movie.\" Kyle Smith of the \"New York Post\" also gave the film a positive review. Smith said, \"Despite the occasional hard-to-believe moment, the reboot of the 1990s franchise is soundly structured, smart and fast, with a plausible central scenario, several gripping moments and well-wrought dialogue. If it isn't quite as gritty or intelligent as the Bourne", "id": "21289109" }, { "contents": "Butt fumble\n\n\nof Gregory's recovery of the fumble, \"it was just a good scoop-and-score play.\" With the extra point, the Patriots took a 21–0 lead. On the ensuing kickoff, Jets return specialist Joe McKnight fumbled; the Patriots' Julian Edelman recovered the fumble in mid-air, and returned it 22 yards for yet another touchdown. The Patriots' lead widened to 28–0, as the Patriots scored 21 points in 52 seconds of game time. The TV cameras found Rex Ryan on the sideline exclaiming", "id": "7882536" }, { "contents": "Marvin Hargrove\n\n\ngames in the 1990 season. His performance was adequate but not remarkable, until his last game. In a game against the Patriots, Hargrove missed two key passes, one of which resulted in an opposing touchdown. Hargrove was benched because of these errors, but his replacement also made significant errors. Hargrove was then brought back into the game, and despite a good punt return, coach Ryan chose to put him on waivers. While Ryan promised to put Hargrove on the team when there next was an opening, an opening", "id": "15007115" }, { "contents": "Alfonzo Dennard\n\n\nthe Patriots' AFC divisional game and recorded two solo tackles, defended four pass, and had two key interceptions off of passes from Indianapolis Colts' quarterback Andrew Luck during the Patriots' 43-22 victory. The following game, he collected three solo tackles as the Patriots' were eliminated from the playoffs after losing 26-16 to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship. He entered training camp in and faced stiff competition from Darrelle Revis, Kyle Arrington, Brandon Browner, and Logan Ryan for the vacant starting cornerback job", "id": "10819982" }, { "contents": "Rob Ryan\n\n\n47–14 loss to the Washington Redskins, and with the New Orleans defense ranked last in the NFL, Ryan was fired. New Orleans defensive assistant coach Dennis Allen was appointed Defensive Coordinator following Ryan's dismissal. On January 10, 2016, the Bills announced that Ryan would be joining his brother's staff with the Buffalo Bills as assistant head coach. Under Ryan, the Bills started out 0-2, then won four straight games, including a 16-0 shutout of the New England Patriots, the first time that the", "id": "14541569" }, { "contents": "Let's Play Live\n\n\ngames in a humorous manner to a live audience. Let's Play Live originated in Austin, Texas in 2015 featuring six Achievement Hunter personalities: Geoff Ramsey, Jack Pattillo, Ryan Haywood, Michael Jones, Gavin Free and Ray Narvaez, Jr. Drawing comparison to DigiTour Media, the first Let's Play Live took place at the Moody Theater on February 20, 2015. Let's Play Live sold out shows at Chicago's Chicago Theatre, New York City, and Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre in 2016. The NYC LPL took", "id": "16612464" }, { "contents": "2013 New England Patriots season\n\n\nextending the lead to 10-3. Right before half-time, Ryan and the Falcons stormed 80 yards in 8 plays eventually, scoring on Ryan's 21-yard touchdown pass to Tony González with 0:46 left in the half which tied the game at 10. After the first two drives of the second half ended in punts, the Patriots put together a 14 play, 89-yard drive, taking 6:15 off the clock, driving all the way to the Falcons 4, but were forced to settle for a 22-yard field goal, giving", "id": "17196089" } ]

[ { "contents": "List of medieval European scientists\n\n\nsignificant contributions to science was the development of the theory of impetus, that explained the movement of projectiles and objects in free-fall. This theory gave way to the dynamics of Galileo Galilei and for Isaac Newton's famous principle of Inertia. Guy de Chauliac (1300-1368) was a French physician and surgeon who wrote the \"Chirurgia magna\", a widely read publication throughout medieval Europe that became one of the standard textbooks for medical knowledge for the next three centuries. During the Black Death he clearly distinguished Bubonic Plague", "id": "9765782" }, { "contents": "Relative clause\n\n\nwhom\" I saw\"), while an indirect relative clause is used where the relativized element is a genitival (e.g. \"the man \"whose\" daughter is in the hospital\") or is the object of a preposition (e.g. \"the man \"to whom\" I gave the book\"). Direct relative clauses are formed with a relative pronoun (unmarked for case) at the beginning; a gap (in terms of syntactic theory, a trace, indicated by (\"t)\" in the examples below", "id": "20875385" }, { "contents": "Mid-twentieth century baby boom\n\n\nstability of the country and how people are raised to value material objects. The \"relative income\" theory explains the baby boom by suggesting that the late 1940s and the 1950s brought low desires to have material objects, because of the Great Depression and World War II, as well as plentiful job opportunities (being a post-war period). These two factors gave rise to a high relative income, which encouraged high fertility. Following this period, the next generation had a greater desire for material objects, however, an", "id": "4137771" }, { "contents": "Julio Garavito Armero\n\n\nwork was left unfinished at his death), and economics, by which he helped the country recover from the rough civil war. With this objective, he gave lectures and conferences in economics and the human factors which affected it, such as war or overpopulation. He was later the director of the Chorographic Commission, created with the objectives of developing the Colombian railways and defining the frontier with Venezuela. He opposed Albert Einstein's theory of relativity - probably he was opposing vague and contradictory opinions on this theory and its influence on", "id": "15126764" }, { "contents": "Poynting–Robertson effect\n\n\ncase of the Solar System, this can be thought of as affecting dust grains from to in diameter. Larger dust is likely to collide with another object long before such drag can have an effect. Poynting initially gave a description of the effect in 1903 based on the luminiferous aether theory, which was superseded by the theories of relativity in 1905–1915. In 1937 Robertson described the effect in terms of general relativity. Robertson considered dust motion in a beam of radiation emanating from a point source. A. W. Guess later considered the problem", "id": "21564582" }, { "contents": "Container space\n\n\nThe container theory of space is a metaphysical theory according to which space is a background against which objects rest and move, with the implication that it can continue to exist in the absence of matter. Its opposite is the relational theory. Newton favoured absolute time and space and the container theory, against Leibniz who was a relationist. The subject was famously debated in the Leibniz–Clarke correspondence. At first glance, the physical theory of relativity weighs in favour of relational space, but the general theory of relativity re-introduces", "id": "5887855" }, { "contents": "Pseudotensor\n\n\n\"pseudotensor\" is used is general relativity. In that theory, one cannot describe the energy and momentum of the gravitational field by an energy–momentum tensor. Instead, one introduces objects that behave as tensors only with respect to restricted coordinate transformations. Strictly speaking, such objects are not tensors at all. A famous example of such a pseudotensor is the Landau–Lifshitz pseudotensor. On non-orientable manifolds, one cannot define a volume form globally due to the non-orientability, but one can define a", "id": "5768990" }, { "contents": "Demographic history of the United States\n\n\nBust through the \"relative income\" theory. The \"relative income\" theory suggests that couples choose to have children based on a couple's ratio of potential earning power and the desire to obtain material objects. This ratio depends on the economic stability of the country in which they live and how people are raised to value material objects. The \"relative income\" theory explains the Baby Boom by suggesting that the late 1940s and 1950s brought low desires to have material objects, as a result of the Great Depression and WWII,", "id": "400438" }, { "contents": "History of physics\n\n\nEarth. Einstein also derived the famous equation, \"E\" = \"mc\", which expresses the equivalence of mass and energy. Einstein argued that the speed of light was a constant in all inertial reference frames and that electromagnetic laws should remain valid independent of reference frame—assertions which rendered the ether \"superfluous\" to physical theory, and that held that observations of time and length varied relative to how the observer was moving with respect to the object being measured (what came to be called the \"special theory of", "id": "13701122" }, { "contents": "Philosophy of space and time\n\n\nand the covariance group coincide, but they part ways in relativistic physics. The symmetry group of the general theory of relativity includes all differentiable transformations, i.e., all properties of an object are dynamical, in other words there are no absolute objects. The formulations of the general theory of relativity, unlike those of classical mechanics, do not share a standard, i.e., there is no single formulation paired with transformations. As such the covariance group of the general theory of relativity is just the covariance group of every theory. A", "id": "6769411" }, { "contents": "Grothendieck's relative point of view\n\n\nGrothendieck's relative point of view is a heuristic applied in certain abstract mathematical situations, with a rough meaning of taking for consideration families of 'objects' explicitly depending on parameters, as the basic field of study, rather than a single such object. It is named after Alexander Grothendieck, who made extensive use of it in treating foundational aspects of algebraic geometry. Outside that field, it has been influential particularly on category theory and categorical logic. In the usual formulation, the language of category theory is applied, to describe", "id": "1152541" }, { "contents": "George David Birkhoff\n\n\nBirkhoff introduced the chromatic polynomial. Even though this line of attack did not prove fruitful, the polynomial itself became an important object of study in algebraic graph theory. In 1913, he proved Poincaré's \"Last Geometric Theorem,\" a special case of the three-body problem, a result that made him world-famous. In 1927, he published his \"Dynamical Systems\". He wrote on the foundations of relativity and quantum mechanics, publishing (with R. E. Langer) the monograph \"Relativity and Modern Physics\"", "id": "10005560" }, { "contents": "Physical theories modified by general relativity\n\n\nderivative of a coordinate with respect to proper time. In the case of flat space in Cartesian coordinates, we have formula_6, so this equation reduces to the special relativity form. For gravitation, the relationship between Newton's theory of gravity and general relativity is governed by the correspondence principle: General relativity must produce the same results as gravity does for the cases where Newtonian physics has been shown to be accurate. Around a spherically symmetric object, the Newtonian theory of gravity predicts that objects will be physically accelerated towards the center on", "id": "3414729" }, { "contents": "Lighthouse paradox\n\n\n, at the speed of light. The theory of relativity says information cannot be transmitted faster than light. This experiment does not actually transmit a signal from object 1 to object 2. The time when the light beam strikes object 2 is controlled by the person at the lighthouse, not anyone on object 1, so no one on object 1 can transmit a message to object 2 by this method. Therefore the theory of relativity is not violated. A lighthouse sends a powerful beam of light which travels significant distances from the", "id": "5732661" }, { "contents": "Friedrich Simon Archenhold\n\n\nat the Observatory. Perhaps the most famous was Albert Einstein who gave his first public lecture on the Theory of Relativity on 2 June 1915. During 1920 Dr. Archenhold bought a fisherman's house with adobe walls and wooden cladding in the Baltic village of Bansin. When the long summer nights reduced his observation time F. S. Archenhold would take his family to his summer house in Bansin. Here he worked on the magazines and papers that he published at the observatory. By 1938 the Nazi party confiscated the home from the family. His", "id": "7486577" }, { "contents": "International Year of Light\n\n\n. Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who revolutionized our understanding of the universe, and who is widely acknowledged as the most important scientist of the 20th Century. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity fundamentally changed the way we understand gravity and the universe in general. He gave us a way to understand the universe as a whole and created one of the most beautiful theories in the history of science. The General Theory of Relativity gives us the law of gravitation and its relation to the other", "id": "5428700" }, { "contents": "The Adam and Joe Show\n\n\nShow\" regularly included songs on random pop cultural themes, co-written with their school friend Zac Sandler. The most memorable included \"The Footie Song\" from 1998 the same year when France hosted the world cup, an ode to football sung and written by people who clearly neither cared or knew anything about it, \"The Robert De Niro Calypso\", a tribute to the famous actor from 1999, \"My Name is Roscoe\", a country and western song whose lyrics included the theory of relativity and \"Song", "id": "7792376" }, { "contents": "Scientific theory\n\n\nGalilean invariance, also termed \"Galilean relativity\", with the electromagnetic field. By omitting from special relativity the luminiferous aether, Einstein stated that time dilation and length contraction measured in an object in relative motion is inertial—that is, the object exhibits constant velocity, which is speed with direction, when measured by its observer. He thereby duplicated the Lorentz transformation and the Lorentz contraction that had been hypothesized to resolve experimental riddles and inserted into electrodynamic theory as dynamical consequences of the aether's properties. An elegant theory, special", "id": "20123930" }, { "contents": "Criticism of the theory of relativity\n\n\nCriticism of the theory of relativity of Albert Einstein was mainly expressed in the early years after its publication in the early twentieth century, on scientific, pseudoscientific, philosophical, or ideological bases. Though some of these criticisms had the support of reputable scientists, Einstein's theory of relativity is now accepted by the scientific community. Reasons for criticism of the theory of relativity have included alternative theories, rejection of the abstract-mathematical method, and alleged errors of the theory. According to some authors, antisemitic objections to Einstein's Jewish", "id": "5558604" }, { "contents": "Empirical theory of perception\n\n\ncertain orientations relative to each other, therefore their source is at a certain distance), make \"associations\", so that for instance if certain co-occurring sensory attributes are usually present when an object is at a given distance an observer would see an object with those attributes as being at that distance. For Helmholtz Berkeleyan associations form the premises for inductive \"judgements,\" in Alhazen's sense of the term. Helmholtz was one of the first thinkers on the subject to augment his reasoning with detailed knowledge of the anatomy", "id": "2281173" }, { "contents": "History of special relativity\n\n\nHe described Einstein's theory as a \"generalization\" of Lorentz's theory and, to this \"Lorentz-Einstein-Theory\", he gave the name \"relative theory\"; while Alfred Bucherer changed Planck's nomenclature into the now common \"theory of relativity\" (\"\"Einsteinsche Relativitätstheorie\"\"). On the other hand, Einstein himself and many others continued to refer simply to the new method as the \"relativity principle\". And in an important overview article on the relativity principle (1908a), Einstein", "id": "21352200" }, { "contents": "Criticism of the theory of relativity\n\n\nmeaning. Einstein responded that, based on Mach's principle, one can think of these gravitational fields as induced by the distant masses. In this respect the criticism of Lenard and Mie has been vindicated, since according to the modern consensus, in agreement with Einstein's own mature views, Mach's principle as originally conceived by Einstein is not actually supported by general relativity, as already mentioned above. Ludwik Silberstein, who initially was a supporter of the special theory, objected at different occasions against general relativity. In 1920 he", "id": "5558644" }, { "contents": "Proper acceleration\n\n\nIn relativity theory, proper acceleration is the physical acceleration (i.e., measurable acceleration as by an accelerometer) experienced by an object. It is thus acceleration relative to a free-fall, or inertial, observer who is momentarily at rest relative to the object being measured. Gravitation therefore does not cause proper acceleration, since gravity acts upon the inertial observer that any proper acceleration must depart from. A corollary is that all inertial observers always have a proper acceleration of zero. Proper acceleration contrasts with coordinate acceleration, which is dependent", "id": "18432816" }, { "contents": "Tests of general relativity\n\n\ntimes as massive as the sun. Einstein's theory suggested that large objects bend the space around them, causing other objects to diverge from the straight lines they would otherwise follow. Although previous studies have validated Einstein's theory, this was the first time his theory had been tested on such a gigantic object. The findings were published in \"The Astrophysical Journal\". Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Telescope has made the precise test of general relativity on galactic scale. The nearby galaxy ESO 325-G004 acts as", "id": "20828658" }, { "contents": "Relational theory\n\n\nIn physics and philosophy, a relational theory (or relationism) is a framework to understand reality or a physical system in such a way that the positions and other properties of objects are only meaningful relative to other objects. In a relational spacetime theory, space does not exist unless there are objects in it; nor does time exist without events. The relational view proposes that space is contained in objects and that an object represents within itself relationships to other objects. Space can be defined through the relations among the objects that it", "id": "11167979" }, { "contents": "Introduction to the mathematics of general relativity\n\n\nThe mathematics of general relativity are complex. In Newton's theories of motion, an object's length and the rate at which time passes remain constant while the object accelerates, meaning that many problems in Newtonian mechanics may be solved by algebra alone. In relativity, however, an object's length and the rate at which time passes both change appreciably as the object's speed approaches the speed of light, meaning that more variables and more complicated mathematics are required to calculate the object's motion. As a result, relativity requires", "id": "21807285" }, { "contents": "Theory of relativity\n\n\nequations of electromagnetism). General relativity is a theory of gravitation developed by Einstein in the years 1907–1915. The development of general relativity began with the equivalence principle, under which the states of accelerated motion and being at rest in a gravitational field (for example, when standing on the surface of the Earth) are physically identical. The upshot of this is that free fall is inertial motion: an object in free fall is falling because that is how objects move when there is no force being exerted on them, instead of", "id": "10558648" }, { "contents": "Theory of relativity\n\n\nrelativity is a theory of gravitation whose defining feature is its use of the Einstein field equations. The solutions of the field equations are metric tensors which define the topology of the spacetime and how objects move inertially. Einstein stated that the theory of relativity belongs to a class of \"principle-theories\". As such, it employs an analytic method, which means that the elements of this theory are not based on hypothesis but on empirical discovery. By observing natural processes, we understand their general characteristics, devise mathematical models to", "id": "10558650" }, { "contents": "Theory of relativity\n\n\nthis being due to the force of gravity as is the case in classical mechanics. This is incompatible with classical mechanics and special relativity because in those theories inertially moving objects cannot accelerate with respect to each other, but objects in free fall do so. To resolve this difficulty Einstein first proposed that spacetime is curved. In 1915, he devised the Einstein field equations which relate the curvature of spacetime with the mass, energy, and any momentum within it. Some of the consequences of general relativity are: Technically, general", "id": "10558649" }, { "contents": "Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach\n\n\nbut which offered a prospect of more rapid advancement. At 23 he came into prominence by a vigorous criticism of Thomas Hobbes' theory on civil power. Soon afterwards, in lectures on criminal jurisprudence he set forth his famous theory, that in administering justice judges should be strictly limited in their decisions by the penal code. This new doctrine gave rise to a party called Rigorists, who supported his theory. Von Feuerbach was the originator of the famous maxim \"nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali\": \"There", "id": "4839381" }, { "contents": "Algebraic K-theory\n\n\nstill lacked adequate foundations. While it was believed that Quillen's \"K\"-theory gave the correct groups, it was not known that these groups had all of the envisaged properties. For this, algebraic \"K\"-theory had to be reformulated. This was done by Thomason in a lengthy monograph which he co-credited to his dead friend Thomas Trobaugh, who he said gave him a key idea in a dream. Thomason combined Waldhausen's construction of \"K\"-theory with the foundations of intersection theory described in volume six of Grothendieck's Séminaire de", "id": "18673917" }, { "contents": "Rest (physics)\n\n\nRest is a state in physics that refers to an object being stationary relative to a particular frame of reference or another object; when the position of a body with respect to its surroundings does not change with time it is said to be \"at rest\". According to the theory of relativity, it is said that an object is \"at rest relative to\" another. Two or more than two objects are said to be at rest, if its position with respect to each other is not changing or moving with uniform", "id": "14247786" }, { "contents": "Asymptotically flat spacetime\n\n\n, to construct \"rotating\" stellar models in which a perfect fluid interior is matched to an asymptotically flat vacuum exterior. This observation is the basis of the most prominent technical objection to the notion of asymptotic flatness in general relativity. Before explaining this objection in more detail, it seems appropriate to briefly discuss an often overlooked point about physical theories in general. Asymptotic flatness is an idealization, and a very useful one, both in our current \"Gold Standard\" theory of gravitation -- General Relativity—and in the simpler theory", "id": "10262371" }, { "contents": "Variational methods in general relativity\n\n\nVariational methods in general relativity refers to various mathematical techniques that employ the use of variational calculus in Einstein's theory of general relativity. The most commonly used tools are Lagrangians and Hamiltonians and are used to derive the Einstein field equations. The equations of motion in physical theories can often be derived from an object called the Lagrangian. In classical mechanics, this object is usually of the form, 'kinetic energy − potential energy'. In general, the Lagrangian is that function which when integrated over produces the Action functional. David", "id": "3778591" }, { "contents": "Rest (physics)\n\n\nvelocity with respect to each other; rest and motion are relative terms. In physics, rest is the state of an object being stationary relative to a particular frame of reference or another object; when the position of a body with respect to its surroundings does not change with time it is said to be \"at rest\". According to the theory of relativity, it is said that an object is \"at rest relative to\" another. For example, a train decelerates approaching a station and eventually comes to rest alongside", "id": "14247787" }, { "contents": "History of special relativity\n\n\nTheory, and a confirmation of Abraham's theory. For some years Kaufmann's experiments represented a weighty objection against the relativity principle, although it was criticized by Planck and Adolf Bestelmeyer (1906). Following Kaufmann other physicists, like Alfred Bucherer (1908) and Günther Neumann (1914), also examined the velocity-dependence of mass and this time it was thought that the \"Lorentz-Einstein theory\" and the relativity principle were confirmed, and Abraham's theory disproved. However, it was later pointed out that the", "id": "21352203" }, { "contents": "Theories of cloaking\n\n\nwavelengths with relatively low loss. Currently only microscopically small objects could possibly appear transparent. These materials are further described as a homogeneous, isotropic, metamaterial covers near plasma frequency dramatically reducing the fields scattered by a given object. Furthermore, These do not require any absorptive process, any anisotropy or inhomogeneity, and nor any interference cancellation. The \"classical theory\" of \"metamaterial covers\" works with light of only one specific frequency. A new research, of Kort-Kamp \"et al\", who won the prize “", "id": "13170922" }, { "contents": "Relatively Speaking (game show)\n\n\nRelatively Speaking is an American TV game show that aired in syndication from September 5, 1988, to June 23, 1989. The series was hosted by comedian John Byner, with John Harlan announcing. The object of the game was for four celebrities to identify a famous person who is related to an in-studio contestant. Playing on Byner's comedic skills, before each day's first game began, a video clip was shown of Byner impersonating a famous character (e.g., Indiana Jones) or person while explaining the rules", "id": "4485752" }, { "contents": "B-theory of time\n\n\nobject such as a rotting fruit will have the property of being not rotten one day and being rotten on another. On eternalism, and hence the B-theory, it seems that one is committed to two conflicting states for the same object. The spacetime (Minkowskian) interpretation of relativity adds an additional problem for endurantism under the B-theory. On the spacetime interpretation, an object may appear as a whole at its rest frame. On an inertial frame, however, that same object will have proper parts at different", "id": "16665851" }, { "contents": "Unified field theory\n\n\n1864, Maxwell published his famous paper on a dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field. This was the first example of a theory that was able to encompass previously separate field theories (namely electricity and magnetism) to provide a unifying theory of electromagnetism. By 1905, Albert Einstein had used the constancy of the speed of light in Maxwell's theory to unify our notions of space and time into an entity we now call spacetime and in 1915 he expanded this theory of special relativity to a description of gravity, general relativity, using", "id": "3963461" }, { "contents": "Exact solutions in general relativity\n\n\nnotion of point symmetry), one can obtain a multiple Kerr object solution, but unfortunately, this has some features which make it physically implausible. There are also various transformations (see Belinski-Zakharov transform) which can transform (for example) a vacuum solution found by other means into a new vacuum solution, or into an electrovacuum solution, or a fluid solution. These are analogous to the Bäcklund transformations known from the theory of certain partial differential equations, including some famous examples of soliton equations. This is no coincidence", "id": "10769317" }, { "contents": "Equivalence principle\n\n\nof the theory. In general relativity, objects in free-fall follow geodesics of spacetime, and what we perceive as the force of gravity is instead a result of our being unable to follow those geodesics of spacetime, because the mechanical resistance of matter prevents us from doing so. Since Einstein developed general relativity, there was a need to develop a framework to test the theory against other possible theories of gravity compatible with special relativity. This was developed by Robert Dicke as part of his program to test general relativity. Two", "id": "13425339" }, { "contents": "Mathematical physics\n\n\na devastating criticism of the foundation of Newton's theory of motion. Also in 1905, Albert Einstein (1879–1955) published his special theory of relativity, newly explaining both the electromagnetic field's invariance and Galilean invariance by discarding all hypotheses concerning aether, including the existence of aether itself. Refuting the framework of Newton's theory—absolute space and absolute time—special relativity refers to \"relative space\" and \"relative time\", whereby \"length\" contracts and \"time\" dilates along the travel pathway of an object.", "id": "8757090" }, { "contents": "Science\n\n\nwas true to be false. While there are such famous cases as the theory of relativity that required a complete reconceptualization, these are extreme exceptions. Knowledge in science is gained by a gradual synthesis of information from different experiments by various researchers across different branches of science; it is more like a climb than a leap. Theories vary in the extent to which they have been tested and verified, as well as their acceptance in the scientific community. For example, heliocentric theory, the theory of evolution, relativity theory, and", "id": "6917676" }, { "contents": "James Clerk Maxwell Foundation\n\n\nperson who is stationary may experience only an electric field but a person who is in relative motion may experience an electric current and a magnetic field. Thus the one field (called the electromagnetic field) may appear in different guises. In his famous 1905 'Special Relativity' paper, Albert Einstein showed that Maxwell's equations were invariant under a Lorentz transformation (as opposed to a Galilean transformation) and, inter alia, used this evidence to support his 'relativity theory' that the Lorentz transformation was the true transformation of Nature", "id": "8555116" }, { "contents": "Proper length\n\n\nProper length or rest length refers to the length of an object in the object's rest frame. The measurement of lengths is more complicated in the theory of relativity than in classical mechanics. In classical mechanics, lengths are measured based on the assumption that the locations of all points involved are measured simultaneously. But in the theory of relativity, the notion of simultaneity is dependent on the observer. A different term, proper distance, provides an invariant measure whose value is the same for all observers. \"Proper distance\" is", "id": "15750794" }, { "contents": "Equiconsistency\n\n\n—if we can do this we say that \"T\" is \"consistent relative to S\". If \"S\" is also consistent relative to \"T\" then we say that \"S\" and \"T\" are equiconsistent. In mathematical logic, formal theories are studied as mathematical objects. Since some theories are powerful enough to model different mathematical objects, it is natural to wonder about their own consistency. Hilbert proposed a program at the beginning of the 20th century whose ultimate goal was to show, using mathematical", "id": "21485318" }, { "contents": "Transsaccadic memory\n\n\nexperience is of a stable visual world; an example of perceptual constancy. Transsaccadic memory is a system that contributes to this stability. Transsaccadic memory is a relatively new topic of interest in the field of psychology. Conflicting views and theories have spurred several types of experiments intended to explain transsaccadic memory and the neural mechanisms involved. McConkie's and Currie's saccade target theory is similar to research by Schneider who came up with a similar \"reference object theory\". Both theories hypothesize that each saccade is preceded by processes in the visual", "id": "16223784" }, { "contents": "History of special relativity\n\n\nexactly derive the perihelion precession of Mercury, while the other theories gave erroneous results. In addition, only Einstein's theory gave the correct value for the deflection of light near the sun. The need to put together relativity and quantum mechanics was one of the major motivations in the development of quantum field theory. Pascual Jordan and Wolfgang Pauli showed in 1928 that quantum fields could be made to be relativistic, and Paul Dirac produced the Dirac equation for electrons, and in so doing predicted the existence of antimatter. Many other domains", "id": "21352245" }, { "contents": "World line\n\n\nrecalculated to show their (relatively) more absolute position states—to reveal the nature of special relativity or gravitational interactions. The idea of world lines originates in physics and was pioneered by Hermann Minkowski. The term is now most often used in relativity theories (i.e., special relativity and general relativity). In physics, a world line of an object (approximated as a point in space, e.g., a particle or observer) is the sequence of spacetime events corresponding to the history of the object. A world line is", "id": "4159577" }, { "contents": "Physical theories modified by general relativity\n\n\nthe object by the rule where \"G\" is Newton's Gravitational constant, \"M\" is the mass of the gravitating object, \"r\" is the distance to the gravitation object, and formula_8 is a unit vector identifying the direction to the massive object. In the weak-field approximation of general relativity, an identical coordinate acceleration must exist. For the Schwarzschild solution (which is the simplest possible spacetime surrounding a massive object), the same acceleration as that which (in Newtonian physics) is created by gravity", "id": "3414730" }, { "contents": "Walk of Ideas\n\n\nthe most well-known equation in physics: E=mc². It belongs to the revolutionizing papers of Albert Einstein concerning the Theory of Relativity. In 1905, his paper \"Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper\" (\"The electrodynamics of objects in motion\") established the Special Theory of Relativity, which revolutionized the understanding of space and time. In 1915, he published the General Theory of Relativity, in which the curvature of spacetime brings about gravity. Nowadays, Albert Einstein is seen by many as the epitome of a scientist", "id": "3666759" }, { "contents": "Expectation fulfilment theory of dreaming\n\n\nto be put to rigorous scientific testing, as interpretations of dream events are necessarily subjective. However, Griffin, by tracking through historical data, claims that the expectation fulfilment theory of dreaming provides a far more plausible explanation for two famous dreams interpreted by of Freud and Jung. Objectively, the theory fulfils the criteria for a satisfactory explanation of dreaming put forward by eminent sleep researcher Professor Bill Domhoff in a special issue of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, devoted to examining the most commonly promoted dream theories. Professor Domhoff, who did not", "id": "9462521" }, { "contents": "Preferred frame\n\n\nresult. As a consequence, within Lorentz aether theory the Galilean transformation was replaced by the Lorentz transformation. However, in Lorentz aether theory the existence of an undetectable aether is assumed and the relativity principle holds. The theory was quickly replaced by special relativity, which gave similar formulas without the existence of an unobservable aether. All inertial frames are physically equivalent, in both theories. More precisely, provided that no phenomenon violates the principle of relativity of motion, there is no means to measure the velocity of an inertial observer with", "id": "15788888" }, { "contents": "Milutin Milanković\n\n\n. Milanković did two papers on relativity. He wrote his first paper \"On the theory of Michelson's experiment\" in 1912. He was doing research in this theory as of 1924. In fact his papers on this matter were on special relativity and both are on Michelson experiment (now known as Michelson–Morley experiment) which gave the strong evidence against aether theory. In the light of the Michelson experiment he discussed on the validity of the second postulate of Special theory of relativity, that the speed of light is the", "id": "17645353" }, { "contents": "Relational approach to quantum physics\n\n\nterms of the disturbance of instruments, but is merely our starting point for further analysis; as in Einstein's theory of special relativity, we start from the \"fact\" that the speed of light is a constant. One can continue to consider an object's position measurement, in order to see more clearly what this hypothesis implies with regard to the notion of \"localizability\" in physics, similar to the discussion of simultaneity in Einstein's theory of special relativity. In Newtonian mechanics, one can measure an object's position", "id": "18953636" }, { "contents": "Vladimir Fock\n\n\neducation in the USSR through his books. He wrote the first textbook on quantum mechanics \"Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics\" (1931, 1978) and a very influential monograph \"The Theory of Space, Time and Gravitation\" (1955). Historians of science, such as Loren Graham, see Fock as a representative and proponent of Einstein's theory of relativity within the Soviet world. At a time when most Marxist philosophers objected to relativity theory, Fock emphasized a materialistic understanding of relativity that coincided philosophically with Marxism. He was", "id": "5913973" }, { "contents": "Physics\n\n\ntravelling at non-relativistic speeds, since they provide a very close approximation in such situations, and theories such as quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity simplify to their classical equivalents at such scales. However, inaccuracies in classical mechanics for very small objects and very high velocities led to the development of modern physics in the 20th century. Modern physics began in the early 20th century with the work of Max Planck in quantum theory and Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Both of these theories came about due to inaccuracies in classical", "id": "3214260" }, { "contents": "New Foundations\n\n\n1953). But it is also known (Jensen, 1969) that allowing urelements (multiple distinct objects lacking members) yields NFU, a theory that is consistent relative to Peano arithmetic; if Infinity and Choice are added, the resulting theory has the same consistency strength as type theory with infinity or bounded Zermelo set theory. (NFU corresponds to a type theory TSTU, where type 0 has urelements, not just a single empty set.) There are other relatively consistent variants of NF. NFU is, roughly speaking,", "id": "5419469" }, { "contents": "Faster-than-light\n\n\nwhich implies that the rest frame of the universe might be \"preferred\" by conventional measurements of natural law. If confirmed, this would imply special relativity is an approximation to a more general theory, but since the relevant comparison would (by definition) be outside the observable universe, it is difficult to imagine (much less construct) experiments to test this hypothesis. Although the theory of special relativity forbids objects to have a relative velocity greater than light speed, and general relativity reduces to special relativity in a local sense (", "id": "11263094" }, { "contents": "All the Delicate Duplicates\n\n\nengineer John inherits a collection of arcane objects, journals and sketches from an enigmatic relative named Mo, he confines them to his loft. Seeking inspiration for her school art class, John's daughter Charlotte accidentally uncovers these objects and journals, latching on to Mo's wild, surreal creativity and bizarre scientific theories with childlike obsession and wonder. Charlotte bombards John (who confesses he cannot remember Mo and knows nothing about her mysterious objects) with questions: Who was Mo? How did she die? Did she go insane?", "id": "14252529" }, { "contents": "Reduced relative clause\n\n\n\"the ball was \"kicked\"\") can give rise to confusion concerning a special form of reduced relative clause, called the \"reduced object relative passive clause\" (so called because the noun being modified is the direct object of the relative clause, and the relative clause is in passive voice), the most famous example of which is The horse raced past the barn fell. In sentences such as this, when the reader or hearer encounters the verb (in this case,\"raced\") he or she can interpret it", "id": "1608918" }, { "contents": "Criticism of the theory of relativity\n\n\nHilbert as regards completing the field equations of general relativity (see Relativity priority dispute). A collection of various criticisms can be found in the book \"Hundert Autoren gegen Einstein\" (\"A Hundred Authors Against Einstein\"), published in 1931. It contains very short texts from 28 authors, and excerpts from the publications of another 19 authors. The rest consists of a list that also includes people who only for some time were opposed to relativity. Besides philosophic objections (mostly based on Kantianism), also some alleged", "id": "5558675" }, { "contents": "A History of Political Theory\n\n\nhas covered the ground with surprising comprehensiveness.\" James Leahigh wrote that it was \"as objective and unbiased a study of the many characters presented throughout his work as any hitherto attempted compendious history of political theory.\" Leland Jenks chose to review it with ten other works on political theory and noted, \"Half of Sabine's material is devoted to men before Bodin, and his treatment of the nineteenth century while brilliant is relatively brief.\" Jenks considers the natural audience for it to be \"best for students who are to", "id": "19320116" }, { "contents": "Curriculum theory\n\n\nthat curriculum was a series of experiences that children have in order to meet \"objectives,\" or abilities and habits that people need for particular activities. Other famous theorists of this movement included Edward L. Thorndyke (1874-1949), the father of experimental psychology in education, Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915), with his theory of scientific management, David Snedden, an educational sociologist who promoted social efficiency and vocational education, and W.W. Charters (1875-1952), a teacher educator who felt that \"curriculum", "id": "471678" }, { "contents": "Value (economics)\n\n\nmetrics are the subject of a theory of value. Value theories are a large part of the differences and disagreements between the various schools of economic theory. In neoclassical economics, the value of an object or service is often seen as nothing but the price it would bring in an open and competitive market. This is determined primarily by the demand for the object relative to supply in a perfectly competitive market. Many neoclassical economic theories equate the value of a commodity with its price, whether the market is competitive or not. As", "id": "14365835" }, { "contents": "Scale relativity\n\n\nnature co-exist as two different things. In the scale relativity theory, there are not two things (in analogy with Einstein's general relativity theory in which gravitation is a manifestation of the curvature of space-time): the quantum laws are considered as manifestations of the fractality and nondifferentiability of space-time, so that they do not have to be added to the geometric description. They have in common to start from relativity theory and principles, and to fulfill the condition of background independence. El Naschie has developed", "id": "8822198" }, { "contents": "Representation theory of the Lorentz group\n\n\nboth particles and quantum fields in quantum field theory and of various objects in string theory and beyond. The representation theory also provides the theoretical ground for the concept of spin. The theory enters into general relativity in the sense that in small enough regions of spacetime, physics is that of special relativity. The finite-dimensional irreducible non-unitary representations together with the irreducible infinite-dimensional unitary representations of the \"inhomogeneous\" Lorentz group, the Poincare group, are the representations that have direct physical relevance. Infinite-dimensional unitary", "id": "21618553" }, { "contents": "Causal fermion system\n\n\nThe theory of causal fermion systems is an approach to describe fundamental physics. Its proponents claim it gives quantum mechanics, general relativity and quantum field theory as limiting cases and is therefore a candidate for a unified physical theory. Instead of introducing physical objects on a preexisting space-time manifold, the general concept is to derive space-time as well as all the objects therein as secondary objects from the structures of an underlying causal fermion system. This concept also makes it possible to generalize notions of differential geometry to the non-", "id": "3282252" }, { "contents": "Trouton–Rankine experiment\n\n\nto which observers at rest in a certain inertial reference frame, cannot measure their own translational motion by instruments at rest in the same frame. Consequently, also length contraction cannot be measured by co-moving observers. See also Tests of special relativity. The famous Michelson–Morley experiment of 1887 showed that the then-accepted aether theory needed to be modified. FitzGerald and Lorentz, independently of each other, proposed a length contraction of the experimental apparatus in the direction of motion (with respect to the Luminiferous aether", "id": "11068505" }, { "contents": "General relativity\n\n\ntheory. Einstein himself had shown in 1915 how his theory explained the anomalous perihelion advance of the planet Mercury without any arbitrary parameters (\"fudge factors\"). Similarly, a 1919 expedition led by Eddington confirmed general relativity's prediction for the deflection of starlight by the Sun during the total solar eclipse of May 29, 1919, making Einstein instantly famous. Yet the theory entered the mainstream of theoretical physics and astrophysics only with the developments between approximately 1960 and 1975, now known as the golden age of general relativity. Physicists", "id": "11619187" }, { "contents": "Philosophy of mathematics\n\n\nnumbers in a finite number of steps. In her book \"Philosophy of Set Theory\", Mary Tiles characterized those who allow countably infinite objects as classical finitists, and those who deny even countably infinite objects as strict finitists. The most famous proponent of finitism was Leopold Kronecker, who said: Ultrafinitism is an even more extreme version of finitism, which rejects not only infinities but finite quantities that cannot feasibly be constructed with available resources. Another variant of finitism is Euclidean arithmetic, a system developed by John Penn Mayberry in", "id": "2536915" }, { "contents": "Sticky bead argument\n\n\neditor of \"Physical Review\", Robertson wryly reported that in the end, Einstein had fully accepted the objections that had initially so upset him. In 1955, an important conference honoring the semi-centennial of special relativity was held in Bern, the Swiss capital city where Einstein was working in the famous patent office during the Annus mirabilis. Rosen attended and gave a talk in which he computed the \"Einstein pseudotensor\" and \"Landau–Lifshitz pseudotensor\" (two alternative, non-covariant, descriptions of the energy carried", "id": "16301936" }, { "contents": "History of gravitational theory\n\n\nis not always the case. Besides, this approach fails at short distances of the order of the Planck length. It is notable that in general relativity, gravitational radiation, which under the rules of quantum mechanics must be composed of gravitons, is created only in situations where the curvature of spacetime is oscillating, such as is the case with co-orbiting objects. The amount of gravitational radiation emitted by the solar system is far too small to measure. However, gravitational radiation has been observed both indirectly, as an energy", "id": "9969490" }, { "contents": "Objections to evolution\n\n\nmethod instead relies on observation and logical inference. In such fields, the test of falsifiability is satisfied when a theory is used to predict the results of new observations. When such observations contradict a theory's predictions, it may be revised or discarded if an alternative better explains the observed facts. For example, Newton's theory of gravitation was replaced by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity when the latter was observed to more precisely predict the orbit of Mercury. A related objection is that evolution is based on unreliable evidence,", "id": "21320965" }, { "contents": "Materialism\n\n\nMaterialism\", contained the following passage: The objections of Davies and Gribbin are shared by proponents of digital physics who view information rather than matter to be fundamental. Famous physicist and proponent of digital physics John Archibald Wheeler wrote, \"all matter and all things physical are information-theoretic in origin and this is a participatory universe\". Their objections were also shared by some founders of quantum theory, such as Max Planck, who wrote: James Jeans concurred with Planck saying, \"The Universe begins to look more like a", "id": "19661345" }, { "contents": "Moritz Traube\n\n\nincluding Justus von Liebig, Louis Pasteur, Felix Hoppe-Seyler and Julius Sachs, and to develop significant theories of his own with solid experimental foundations. The chemistry of oxygen and its significance to the organism were the central objects of his research and provided the common thread uniting almost all of his scientific activity. Moritz Traube was a younger brother of the famous Berlin physician Ludwig Traube (physician), the co-founder of the German experimental pathology. A son, Wilhelm Traube, evolved a process of purine synthesis. Hermann", "id": "3153555" }, { "contents": "General covariance\n\n\nmore general local Lorentz covariance (which applies to all frames), eventually producing his general theory of relativity. The local reduction of the metric tensor to the Minkowski metric tensor corresponds to free-falling (geodesic) motion, in this theory, thus encompassing the phenomenon of gravitation. Much of the work on classical unified field theories consisted of attempts to further extend the general theory of relativity to interpret additional physical phenomena, particularly electromagnetism, within the framework of general covariance, and more specifically as purely geometric objects in the space", "id": "11169033" }, { "contents": "Kalam cosmological argument\n\n\n-theory of time, also known as the \"tenseless theory of time\" or eternalism. The latter would allow the universe to exist tenselessly as a four-dimensional space-time block, under which circumstances the universe would not \"begin to exist\": Craig has defended the A-theory against objections from J. M. E. McTaggart and Hybrid A-B theorists. Philosopher Yuri Balashov has criticised Craig's attempt to reconcile the A-theory with special relativity by relying on a ‘neo‐Lorentzian interpretation’ of Special Relativity.", "id": "12873992" }, { "contents": "Paul Feyerabend\n\n\nthe earth did not move. If one uses ancient theories of impulse and relative motion, the Copernican theory indeed appears to be falsified by the fact that objects fall vertically on earth. This observation required a new interpretation to make it compatible with Copernican theory. Galileo was able to make such a change about the nature of impulse and relative motion. Before such theories were articulated, Galileo had to make use of ad hoc methods and proceed counterinductively. So, \"ad hoc\" hypotheses actually have a positive function: they temporarily", "id": "14507981" }, { "contents": "Tests of general relativity\n\n\ndeviations from theory. Albert Einstein proposed three tests of general relativity, subsequently called the \"classical tests\" of general relativity, in 1916: In the letter to the London \"Times\" on November 28, 1919, he described the theory of relativity and thanked his English colleagues for their understanding and testing of his work. He also mentioned three classical tests with comments: Under Newtonian physics, a two-body system consisting of a lone object orbiting a spherical mass would trace out an ellipse with the center of mass of", "id": "20828596" }, { "contents": "Urelement\n\n\nNeumann–Bernays–Gödel set theory described by Mendelson. In type theory, an object of type 0 can be called an urelement; hence the name \"atom.\" Adding urelements to the system New Foundations (NF) to produce NFU has surprising consequences. In particular, Jensen proved the consistency of NFU relative to Peano arithmetic; meanwhile, the consistency of NF relative to anything remains an open problem, pending verification of Holmes's proof of its consistency relative to ZF. Moreover, NFU remains relatively consistent when augmented with", "id": "4746930" }, { "contents": "Introduction to general relativity\n\n\nthe experimental data. Nevertheless, a number of open questions remain, the most fundamental of which is how general relativity can be reconciled with the laws of quantum physics to produce a complete and self-consistent theory of quantum gravity. In September 1905, Albert Einstein published his theory of special relativity, which reconciles Newton's laws of motion with electrodynamics (the interaction between objects with electric charge). Special relativity introduced a new framework for all of physics by proposing new concepts of space and time. Some then-accepted physical", "id": "775453" }, { "contents": "Philosophy of science\n\n\nbasic observations, they may disagree about what they are observing. For example, before Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, observers would have likely interpreted an image of the Einstein cross as five different objects in space. In light of that theory, however, astronomers will tell you that there are actually only two objects, one in the center and four different images of a second object around the sides. Alternatively, if other scientists suspect that something is wrong with the telescope and only one object is actually being observed,", "id": "16382256" }, { "contents": "Criticism of the theory of relativity\n\n\nheritage also occasionally played a role in these objections. There are still some critics of relativity today, but their opinions are not shared by the majority in the scientific community. Around the end of the 19th century, the view was widespread that all forces in nature are of electromagnetic origin (the \"electromagnetic worldview\"), especially in the works of Joseph Larmor (1897) and Wilhelm Wien (1900). This was apparently confirmed by the experiments of Walter Kaufmann (1901–1903), who measured an increase of the mass", "id": "5558605" }, { "contents": "Weightlessness\n\n\nway: A geostationary satellite is of special interest in this context. Unlike other objects in the sky which rise and set, an object in a geostationary orbit appears motionless in the sky, apparently defying gravity. In fact, it is in a circular equatorial orbit with a period of one day. To a modern physicist working with Einstein's general theory of relativity, the situation is even more complicated than is suggested above. Einstein's theory suggests that it actually is valid to consider that objects in inertial motion (such as", "id": "13143454" }, { "contents": "Physical theories modified by general relativity\n\n\nthe equations via the covariant derivative. The source equations of electrodynamics in curved spacetime are (in cgs units) where \"F\" is the electromagnetic field tensor representing the electromagnetic field and \"J\" is a four-current representing the sources of the electromagnetic field. The source-free equations are the same as their special relativity counterparts. The effect of an electromagnetic field on a charged object is then modified to where \"q\" is the charge on the object, \"m\" is the rest mass of the object", "id": "3414735" }, { "contents": "Criticism of the theory of relativity\n\n\nFor this reason they objected to the abstractness and inscrutability of the relativity theory, which was considered a pure calculation method that cannot reveal the true reasons underlying the phenomena. The \"free researchers\" often used Mechanical explanations of gravitation, in which gravity is caused by some sort of \"aether pressure\" or \"mass pressure from a distance\". Such models were regarded as an illustrative alternative to the abstract mathematical theories of gravitation of both Newton and Einstein. The enormous self-confidence of the \"free researchers\" is", "id": "5558661" }, { "contents": "Florian Znaniecki\n\n\ngaps: between empirical sociology and more theoretical approaches; between objectivity and subjectivity; between humanistic and naturalistic methodologies and viewpoints; and between American and European intellectual traditions. Szacki writes that, while Znaniecki's theoretical contributions were subsequently pushed into the background by Talcott Parsons' \"functionalism\", Znaniecki offered the most ambitious sociological theory known to America before Parsons. Znaniecki's most famous work remains \"The Polish Peasant in Europe and America\" (1918–20), co-authored with William I. Thomas. His other major works include \"", "id": "1078863" }, { "contents": "Criticism of the theory of relativity\n\n\n. However, as pointed out by Einstein, there is one fundamental difference between this concept and absolute space of Newton: the inertio-gravitational field of general relativity is determined by matter, thus it is not absolute. In the \"Bad Nauheim Debate\" (1920) between Einstein and (among others) Philipp Lenard, the latter stated the following objections: He criticized the lack of \"illustrativeness\" of Einstein's version of relativity, a condition that he suggested could only be met by an aether theory. Einstein responded", "id": "5558640" }, { "contents": "Aberration (astronomy)\n\n\nlatter is a change in the apparent position of a relatively nearby object, as measured by a moving observer, relative to more distant objects that define a reference frame. The amount of parallax depends on the \"distance\" of the object from the observer, whereas aberration does not. Aberration is also related to light-time correction and relativistic beaming, although it is often considered separately from these effects. Aberration is historically significant because of its role in the development of the theories of light, electromagnetism and, ultimately, the", "id": "2388239" }, { "contents": "Force\n\n\ngeneral relativity (GR) he turned his attention to the problem of Mercury's orbit and found that his theory added a correction, which could account for the discrepancy. This was the first time that Newton's Theory of Gravity had been shown to be inexact. Since then, general relativity has been acknowledged as the theory that best explains gravity. In GR, gravitation is not viewed as a force, but rather, objects moving freely in gravitational fields travel under their own inertia in straight lines through curved space-time –", "id": "10780709" }, { "contents": "Action at a distance\n\n\nthe rest of the universe. In Newton's theory of motion, space acts on objects, but is not acted upon. In Einstein's theory of motion, matter acts upon space-time geometry, deforming it; and space-time geometry acts upon matter, by affecting the behavior of geodesics. As a consequence, and unlike the classical theory, general relativity predicts that accelerating masses emit gravitational waves, i.e. disturbances in the curvature of spacetime that propagate outward at lightspeed. Their existence (like many other aspects of relativity", "id": "12450463" }, { "contents": "Relativism\n\n\nbe a position distinct from relativism—for instance, because \"statements about relational properties [...] assert an absolute truth about things in the world\". On the other hand, others wish to equate relativism, relationism and even relativity, which is a precise theory of relationships between physical objects: Nevertheless, \"This confluence of relativity theory with relativism became a strong contributing factor in the increasing prominence of relativism\". Whereas previous investigations of science only sought sociological or psychological explanations of failed scientific theories or pathological science, the", "id": "3655657" }, { "contents": "Criticism of the theory of relativity\n\n\nPierre Duhem regarded relativity as the product of the \"too formal and abstract\" German spirit, which was in conflict with the \"common sense\". Similarly, popular criticism in the Soviet Union and China, which partly was politically organized, rejected the theory not because of factual objections, but as ideologically motivated as the product of western decadence. So in those countries, the Germans or the Western civilization were the enemies. However, in Germany the Jewish ancestry of some leading relativity proponents such as Einstein and Minkowski made them", "id": "5558667" }, { "contents": "Introduction to general relativity\n\n\nmodern astrophysics. It provides the foundation for the current understanding of black holes, regions of space where the gravitational effect is strong enough that even light cannot escape. Their strong gravity is thought to be responsible for the intense radiation emitted by certain types of astronomical objects (such as active galactic nuclei or microquasars). General relativity is also part of the framework of the standard Big Bang model of cosmology. Although general relativity is not the only relativistic theory of gravity, it is the simplest such theory that is consistent with", "id": "775452" }, { "contents": "Alexius Meinong\n\n\nand was relatively strongly influenced by British empiricism. He is most noted, however, for his \"Über Gegenstandstheorie\" (Theory of Objects, 1904), which grew out of his work on intentionality and his belief in the possibility of intending nonexistent objects. The theory is based around the purported empirical observation that it is possible to think about something, such as a golden mountain, even though that object does not exist. Since we can refer to such things, they must have some sort of being. Meinong thus distinguishes", "id": "16815068" }, { "contents": "History of gravitational theory\n\n\nof general relativity. Paul Dirac developed the hypothesis that gravitation should have slowly and steadily decreased over the course of the history of the universe. In general relativity, the effects of gravitation are ascribed to spacetime curvature instead of to a force. The starting point for general relativity is the equivalence principle, which equates free fall with inertial motion. The issue that this creates is that free-falling objects can accelerate with respect to each other. In Newtonian physics, no such acceleration can occur unless at least one of the objects", "id": "9969486" }, { "contents": "Postulates of special relativity\n\n\nExperiment rules out the validity of the Galilean transformations. When the numerical values in both Einstein's and other approaches have been found then these different approaches result in the same theory. In the rigorous mathematical formulation of special relativity, we suppose that the universe exists on a four-dimensional spacetime \"M\". Individual points in spacetime are known as events; physical objects in spacetime are described by worldlines (if the object is a point particle) or worldsheets (if the object is larger than a point). The worldline", "id": "1242053" }, { "contents": "De Sitter double star experiment\n\n\n. For other experiments related to special relativity, see tests of special relativity. According to simple emission theory, light thrown off by an object should move at a speed of formula_1 with respect to the emitting object. If there are no complicating dragging effects, the light would then be expected to move at this same speed until it eventually reached an observer. For an object moving directly towards (or away from) the observer at formula_2 metres per second, this light would then be expected to still be travelling at formula_3 (", "id": "5325236" } ]

[ { "contents": "Rizzoli & Isles\n\n\n, taking the title role of police detective Jane Rizzoli. Sasha Alexander won the role of medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles after auditioning with Harmon. Bruce McGill signed as Rizzoli's former partner, Sgt. Vince Korsak. Lee Thompson Young was cast as her new partner, Barry Frost. The role of Rizzoli's younger brother Frankie was filled by Jordan Bridges. Lorraine Bracco signed on as Rizzoli's mother, Angela. In early 2010, Billy Burke was announced as FBI agent Gabriel Dean. In late January 2010, TNT green", "id": "16806643" }, { "contents": "Body Double (novel)\n\n\nBody Double is a 2004 novel written by Tess Gerritsen, the fourth book of the Maura Isles/Jane Rizzoli series. Returning to Boston from a business trip in Paris, Maura Isles encounters delays at Charles de Gaulle Airport, and finds upon landing in Boston that the airline has lost her luggage. When she finally makes it home, she finds her house taped off as a crime scene—and is surprised to see Jane Rizzoli (now about 8-months-pregnant) and Rizzoli's partner Barry Frost there. Rizzoli does a", "id": "12290708" }, { "contents": "Lee Thompson Young\n\n\ncharacter was an overweight child. The character becomes involved in a romance with one of the medical interns. Young played the role of Al Gough, an FBI agent, in the ABC television drama \"FlashForward\". He was written off the show in episode 7, when his character committed suicide to prevent the death of an innocent civilian. His last acting role was playing Barry Frost, partner of Jane Rizzoli (Angie Harmon) on the TNT drama \"Rizzoli & Isles\", and he made an appearance on the Fox", "id": "1299555" }, { "contents": "Sasha Alexander\n\n\n\"The Nine\" in the role of Nick's ex-wife, and also appeared in one episode of \"Friends\" (\"The One with Joey's Interview\"), playing a \"Soap Opera Digest\" reporter who interviewed Joey. From 2010–16, Alexander played Dr. Maura Isles for seven seasons on the TNT series \"Rizzoli & Isles\" – the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Chief Medical Examiner, who works with the Boston Police Department. Alexander costarred with Angie Harmon, who played Boston Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli, Isles", "id": "15457067" }, { "contents": "Angie Harmon\n\n\nin January 2012. In July 2012, during promotions for a new season of \"Rizzoli and Isles\", Harmon revealed on Conan O'Brien's late night series that she was a fan of and very interested in playing a movie version of the She-Hulk from Marvel Comics should such a movie become available. Harmon won Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series for \"Rizzoli & Isles\" at the 2012 Gracie Allen Awards. On March 13, 2000, Harmon became engaged to former NFL player Jason Sehorn", "id": "6394370" }, { "contents": "Lee Thompson Young\n\n\nLee Thompson Young (February 1, 1984 – August 19, 2013) was an American actor. He is best remembered for his adolescent role as the title character on the Disney Channel television series \"The Famous Jett Jackson\" (1998–2001) and as Chris Comer in the movie \"Friday Night Lights\" (2004). His last starring role was as Boston police detective Barry Frost on the TNT police drama series \"Rizzoli & Isles\" (2010–14). Young was born in Columbia, South Carolina, the son of", "id": "1299550" }, { "contents": "Rizzoli & Isles\n\n\nRizzoli & Isles is a TNT television series starring Angie Harmon as police detective Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander as medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles. The one-hour drama is based on the series of \"Rizzoli & Isles\" novels by Tess Gerritsen. It premiered on July 12, 2010, and aired 105 episodes in seven seasons, concluding on September 5, 2016. The series' backstory is inspired by the Maura Isles/Jane Rizzoli series of novels by Tess Gerritsen. Rizzoli appears in the series' first novel, \"", "id": "16806635" }, { "contents": "Boston Police Department\n\n\n\", \"Blown Away\", \"The Brinks Job\", \"That's My Boy\", \"R.I.P.D.\", \"The Heat\", \"What's The Worst That Could Happen?\", \"The Boondock Saints\", \"Surrogates\", and \"The Town\". BPD is also featured in the television series \"\", \"Rizzoli & Isles\", \"Leverage\", \"Crossing Jordan\", \"Fringe\", and the failed Katee Sackhoff/Goran Visnjic cop show pilot \"Boston's", "id": "12771703" }, { "contents": "Maxine Bahns\n\n\nThe Lost Tribe\" starring actress Emily Baldoni. In 2010, she co-starred in the drama film \"What Would Jesus Do?\" opposite actor John Schneider, and made a guest appearance on TNT's police procedural/crime-drama series \"Rizzoli & Isles\" episode \"Money for Nothing\". In 2011, she appeared in the comedy film \"Naked Run\" starring actor Charles Durning, and made an uncredited guest appearance on the NBC police procedural/legal drama \"\" episode \"Silver Lake\". In", "id": "1032502" }, { "contents": "Rizzoli & Isles\n\n\ndead at his Los Angeles apartment from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. In the second half of the fifth season, a new character, crime scene analyst Nina Holiday, played by Idara Victor, was introduced. Series executive producer Jan Nash stated that Nina would not replace Young's character, Frost, but is her own character. Instead, the existing characters were given \"new dynamics\", according to Nash. For example, Jane and Korsak work more cases together, and Frankie is more involved and has more access", "id": "16806646" }, { "contents": "Chris Vance (actor)\n\n\nGeorge Christopher Vance (born 30 December 1971) is an English actor. Vance is known for his roles as Jack Gallagher in the Fox series \"Mental\" (2009), and James Whistler in \"Prison Break\" (2007–2008). He played Frank Martin (in TNT's \"\") and has recurred on \"Burn Notice\" (as Mason Gilroy), \"Dexter\", the love interest of Angie Harmon's character on \"Rizzoli & Isles\", Non on the CBS show \"Supergirl\", and as", "id": "16145987" }, { "contents": "The Sinner (Gerritsen novel)\n\n\nThe Sinner is a 2003 mystery novel by Tess Gerritsen, the third book of the Maura Isles/Jane Rizzoli series. \"The Sinner\" involves Detective Jane Rizzoli and a main character new to the series, first seen in \"The Apprentice\" as a minor figure, medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles. When a young novice nun about to take vows is found murdered in the abbey's summer chapel, Isles and Rizzoli are immediately called to the scene. The elderly nuns are of little help to Isles and Rizzoli but when", "id": "13829706" }, { "contents": "Creagen Dow\n\n\nCreagen Dow (born May 1, 1991) is an American/Canadian actor, writer, producer who had a recurring role as Jeremiah Trottman on the Nickelodeon series \"Zoey 101\". He has also guest starred on \"The Big Bang Theory\", \"Rizzoli & Isles\", \"Hannah Montana\", \"Castle\", \"Entourage\", \"Hot in Cleveland\" and \"\", to name a few. Creagen received a Best Supporting Actor award for his role in the feature film \"Hamlet's Ghost", "id": "3739930" }, { "contents": "Rizzoli & Isles\n\n\n. \"Rizzoli & Isles\" started to air on GEM in Australia on . The series started to air on Super Channel in Canada on . As of 2016, Superchannel is no longer carrying the show. The series moved to Showcase in Canada on , on TVNorge in Norway on , M-Net Series in South Africa on , and on Warner TV in Singapore on . \"Rizzoli & Isles\" started to air on Alibi in the United Kingdom on . A subscription is required. The series second season premiered on . The", "id": "16806647" }, { "contents": "Rizzoli & Isles\n\n\nthe number one basic cable program in its fifth season. The show has been described as having lesbian undertones, and the purported sexual attraction between Rizzoli and Isles has been the subject of critical and fan attention, with sites such as \"The Advocate\" connecting the show's lesbian subtext to its popularity. Harmon said that she was not surprised by the attention and that, while it was \"'super fun' to play a role that has some same-sex romantic vibes\", the characters are \"straight\" and", "id": "16806650" }, { "contents": "Jimmy Smagula\n\n\nJames Paul Smagula (born January 15, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his work in television series such as \"The Sopranos\", \"Bones\", \"Grey's Anatomy\", \"Parks and Recreation\", and \"Rizzoli & Isles\" as well as films, including \"The Island\" and \"The Producers\". Smagula grew up in Lyndhurst, New Jersey and graduated from Lyndhurst High School in 1993. As a child, he was very active in music, playing piano", "id": "12667322" }, { "contents": "Robert Ri'chard\n\n\nthe fourth season, was promoted to a main character. Ri’chard was considered for the role of Barry Frost in Rizzoli & Isles but the role was given to Lee Thompson Young. Ri'chard was set to star in a new series entitled \"Eight Days a Week\", starring Christina Milian and Mario Lopez on the CW Television Network during the Fall 2007 season, but it was canceled due to the 2007 Writers Strike before airing. On November 16, 2011, it was announced that Robert Ri'chard was cast as Jamie in the TV", "id": "6103214" }, { "contents": "Billy Burke (actor)\n\n\nLussier and co-starred Amber Heard, Nicolas Cage, and William Fichtner. It was released on February 25, 2011. In July 2011, Burke appeared in the TNT drama series \"Rizzoli & Isles\". In 2012, he was cast as the lead in the NBC science-fiction series \"Revolution\", created by Eric Kripke and produced by J.J. Abrams. Burke reprised his role in \"The Closer\" (Season 7, episode 16, \"Hostile Witness,\" playing the rapist and murderer, attorney Phillip", "id": "22076840" }, { "contents": "The Bone Garden\n\n\nThe Bone Garden is a 2007 novel written by Tess Gerritsen, loosely part of the Jane Rizzoli / Maura Isles series. The book delves into Boston's past (1830), with Maura Isles playing a cameo role in present-day Boston. In the present, recently divorced 38-year-old Julia Hamill, trying to plant a garden for her newly purchased rural Massachusetts home finds a female skull buried in the rocky soil. She contacts medical examiner Maura Isles who finds it scarred with the marks of murder but can discover no", "id": "11885991" }, { "contents": "Rizzoli & Isles\n\n\nThe Surgeon\", and Isles is introduced in the second, \"The Apprentice\", which serves as the basis for the television series. Boston detective Jane Rizzoli has been investigating a serial killer named Charles Hoyt. Hoyt, who was banned from medical school for fondling a corpse, used his vast medical knowledge to systematically torture and kill people, usually choosing couples so that he could induce the most fear in his victims. Jane ascertains Hoyt's location, but as she is searching for him, she is hit in the", "id": "16806636" }, { "contents": "Sharon Lawrence\n\n\nwho comes to Tree Hill from Los Angeles to plan the upcoming wedding of Julian and Brooke Davis (Sophia Bush). She also played the lead character mother in a Lifetime comedy-drama \"Drop Dead Diva\" from 2009 to 2013. Also, she played the birth mother of Dr. Maura Isles (Sasha Alexander) in the TNT television series \"Rizzoli & Isles\", although in real life the actresses are only 12 years apart. In recent years, Lawrence has starred in several independent films. In 2013 she was", "id": "16950226" }, { "contents": "Tess Gerritsen\n\n\n: \"Life Support\", \"Bloodstream\", and \"Gravity\". In 2001, Gerritsen's first crime thriller, \"The Surgeon\", was published and introduced homicide detective Jane Rizzoli. Although a secondary character in \"The Surgeon\", Rizzoli has been a central focus of ten subsequent novels (see below) pairing her with medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles. The books inspired the \"Rizzoli & Isles\" television series starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander. Gerritsen also made an appearance in the series' final season", "id": "3914288" }, { "contents": "Angie Harmon\n\n\n. In 2010 Harmon hosted an infomercial for \"UpLiv\", a stress management program and also appeared in an infomercial for Olay \"Pro-X\" wrinkle cream. From 2010 to 2016, she co-starred with Sasha Alexander in the TNT crime-drama series \"Rizzoli & Isles\", playing Boston, Massachusetts, police detective Jane Rizzoli. The show premiered July 12, 2010. She directed the series' 100th episode. Harmon appears in the music video for Craig Morgan's \"This Ole Boy\", released", "id": "6394369" }, { "contents": "Maurizio Molinari\n\n\nLaterza, 2009), \"The Italians of New York\" (Laterza, 2011), \"Shadow Government\" (Rizzoli, 2012), \"The Eagle and the Butterfly\" (Rizzoli, 2013), \"The Caliphate of Terror\" (Rizzoli, 2015), \"Jihad. Attack to the West\" (Rizzoli, 2015), \"Duel in the Ghetto\" (Rizzoli, 2017), and \"Why It Did Happen Here\" (Nave di Teseo, 2018). His \"\"The Caliphate", "id": "19588201" }, { "contents": "Bruce McGill\n\n\nKorsak is the mentor and friend of Detective Jane Rizzoli, portrayed by Angie Harmon. Korsak saved Rizzoli's life from serial killer, Charles Hoyt. Korsak shot Hoyt's partner just before Hoyt was about to kill Rizzoli with a knife. In the episode \"She Works Hard for the Money\" of \"Rizzoli & Isles\" (season 1 episode 4) Korsak is asked where he went to college. He responds \"Didn't. Watched \"Animal House\" a few times\", which is a reference to his \"", "id": "11728662" }, { "contents": "Colin Egglesfield\n\n\nthe show during the thirteenth episode. In 2011, he starred in the film adaptation of \"Something Borrowed\" opposite Kate Hudson. As of August 2011, Egglesfield plays the recurring role of Tommy Rizzoli on TNT's \"Rizzoli & Isles\". From 2012 to 2013, he starred as Evan Parks on the Lifetime drama series \"The Client List\". He owns and runs his own New York City-based clothing company Shout Out Clothing!, which he principally uses as a vehicle to promote and support educational initiatives such", "id": "10139045" }, { "contents": "Sasha Alexander\n\n\nSuzana Drobnjaković (born May 17, 1973), known by her stage name Sasha Alexander, is a Serbian-American actress . She played Gretchen Witter on \"Dawson's Creek\" and has acted in films including \"Yes Man\" (2008) and \"He's Just Not That Into You\" (2009). Alexander played Caitlin Todd for the first two seasons of \"NCIS\". From July 2010 through September 2016, Alexander starred as Maura Isles in the TNT series \"Rizzoli & Isles\". Sasha Alexander", "id": "15457061" }, { "contents": "Jury Duty (The Office)\n\n\n, movies, and video games were referenced. Andy compares stress to a mayor who decrees it is illegal to dance—as in the plot of \"Footloose\"—and relieves his stress by dancing to the film's title song. Stanley complains that, after working late for Jim, he was forced to watch \"Rizzoli & Isles\" with his wife. Andy refers to Jim as \"Judge Judy\" when he asks what his jury case was about. Dwight mentions that Jim once tricked him into believing he had been chosen to appear", "id": "18986855" }, { "contents": "Rizzoli & Isles\n\n\nseries started strong in the ratings, as 7.55 million viewers tuned in for the premiere episode. \"Rizzoli & Isles\" was the second most-watched cable program on the evening of July 12, 2010, behind its lead-in, \"The Closer\", which had 110,000 more viewers. The show finished the week in third behind \"The Closer\" and the final episode of \"Deadliest Catch\". The premiere set a record as the highest-rated debut for a commercial-supported cable series, and it", "id": "16806648" }, { "contents": "Brian Goodman\n\n\n\" as Ryan Pryce. Some of his other appearances include 2001 film \"The Last Castle\", the 2002 film \" Catch Me If You Can\", The 2006 film \"\", two episodes of \"24\" and a recurring role on the first two seasons of \"Rizzoli & Isles\". His recurring role on \"Rizzoli & Isles\" led to him becoming a main cast member starting with the season 3 premiere. Goodman departed the main cast at the end of season 4, but has since made 3 guest", "id": "12565951" }, { "contents": "Rizzoli & Isles\n\n\n-lighted the pilot to series with the new title \"Rizzoli & Isles\". Ten episodes were ordered and the show premiered on July 12, 2010. The series is produced on the Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood, California. Owing to a sponsorship deal between MillerCoors and Turner Broadcasting for the summer 2010 season, the series included product placement for MGD 64, including billboards in the backgrounds of some scenes. The first season was additionally sponsored by Vonage. After having aired three episodes in 2010, the series was renewed for", "id": "16806644" }, { "contents": "Rizzoli & Isles\n\n\nold college professor of Hoyt's who was unaware of his expulsion—Hoyt, aided by a third apprentice, manages to capture Jane and Maura, only to have Jane beat Hoyt and then stab him when he and his apprentice try to kill Maura. The untitled project was on TNT's development slate as early as March 2008. In October 2009, TNT placed a cast-contingent pilot order under the original title, \"Rizzoli\". The pilot script was written by Janet Tamaro. Angie Harmon was the first actress cast", "id": "16806642" }, { "contents": "Rizzoli & Isles\n\n\nwas the second-highest debut ever for a basic cable TV series. \"Rizzoli & Isles\" is second only to the 2008 premiere of \"Raising the Bar\", which attracted 7.7 million viewers during its commercial-free debut. Live + 7 day ratings for the premiere updated the show's status as the all-time most-watched cable series launch, with DVR viewers increasing the show's rating to just over 9 million viewers. The show has ranked in the top five cable programs all five seasons and was", "id": "16806649" }, { "contents": "Emil Savundra\n\n\nwith pethidine before the interview, appearing oddly calm despite Frost's aggressive questioning. Frost encouraged the studio audience to heckle Savundra. For his part, Savundra called Frost the \"finest swordsman in England\" and also referred to the audience (which included his clients, victims of the insurance-company failure) as \"peasants\" and claimed \"no moral responsibility\" for what had happened. Frost (who had anticipated that Savundra would express remorse to his victims) confronted him about his conduct, and the programme ended with shouts", "id": "2771665" }, { "contents": "Kevin Shinick\n\n\nMan\" series for Disney XD titled \"Marvel's Spider-Man\" which debuted August 19, 2017. Also in 2017, Shinick joined the writing staff of the Netflix comedy \"Disjointed\" created by Chuck Lorre and David Javerbaum and starring Kathy Bates as the owner of a pot dispensary. As an actor, Shinick has guest starred on various television shows including \"Grimm\", \"Masters of Sex\", \"Major Crimes\", \"Trust Me\", \"Rizzoli & Isles\", \"Without a Trace\"", "id": "9457769" }, { "contents": "The Surgeon (novel)\n\n\nThe Surgeon (2001) is a suspense novel by Tess Gerritsen, the first of the Maura Isles/Jane Rizzoli series. A terrifying new serial killer begins stalking the streets of Boston, using his vast medical knowledge to systematically torture and kill vulnerable women, a modus operandi which has earned him the nickname \"the Surgeon\". As Jane Rizzoli, accompanied by detective Thomas Moore, works the case, she comes across trauma doctor Catherine Cordell, who almost died in the same fashion at the hands of another psychopath several years", "id": "4385635" }, { "contents": "The Apprentice (Gerritsen novel)\n\n\nThe Apprentice is a 2002 novel written by Tess Gerritsen, second book of the Maura Isles/Jane Rizzoli series. Both the hardcover and paperback editions reached number 10 in \"The New York Times\" Best Seller lists. When Rizzoli investigates a murder where cutting techniques similar to those of imprisoned Warren Hoyt but involving necrophilia (as determined by medical examiner Maura Isles), she is called by FBI Agent Gabriel Dean to Washington, D.C. Dean shows her a list of similar crimes committed in Bosnia, and terms the suspect \"The", "id": "12965686" }, { "contents": "9Gem\n\n\n\"Neighbours at War\", \"The Partridge Family\", \"Rizzoli & Isles\", \"Secret Diary of a Call Girl\", \"Secret Millionaire\", \"Southland\", \"Wife Swap\", \"The Great British Bake Off\", \"The Zoo\", and more. Australian programs include \"Alive and Cooking\", \"Random Acts of Kindness\", \"McLeod's Daughters\", \"What's Good For You?\", \"Amazing Medical Stories\", \"Sea Patrol\", \"", "id": "18010800" }, { "contents": "The Graveyard Book\n\n\n's great sorrow. Scarlett is shocked and appalled by the events of the night and Bod's questionable actions in the course of defeating Jack Frost (though it was the Sleer who killed Jack Frost, Bod knew it would happen and so arranged the events). Silas suggests the best course is to remove most of her memories of Bod and what happened that night. Bod disagrees with Silas, but Scarlett ends up with her memories taken anyway. Silas uses his power of suggestion to convince Scarlett and her mother to return to", "id": "9458763" }, { "contents": "Idara Victor\n\n\nIdara Victor is an American stage, television and film actress best known for her lead roles in \"Rizzoli & Isles\" and \"\". Idara Victor was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Barbara and Stan Victor, both from Akwa Ibom State in southern Nigeria, and she is the middle child of three girls, who grew up in Brooklyn and Long Island. Idara \"was probably the loudest of the siblings\", and started dancing and playing piano at the age of eight, that led to her singing an", "id": "22109733" }, { "contents": "Rizzoli & Isles\n\n\na second season, which aired from July 11 to December 26, 2011. In August 2011, TNT ordered a third season, which aired from June 5 through December 25, 2012. On June 29, 2012, TNT ordered a fourth season, which aired from June 25, 2013, through March 18, 2014. On December 9, 2014, TNT renewed \"Rizzoli & Isles\" for an 18-episode sixth season. In August 2013, production on the fourth season was suspended when cast member Lee Thompson Young was found", "id": "16806645" }, { "contents": "Ethan Phillips\n\n\n, \"Boston Legal\", \"Castle\", \"Rizzoli & Isles\", \"The Good Guys\" and \"The Mentalist\", \"Deadbeat\", \"The Good Wife\", and \"Veep\". He played the recurring role of Keith in the final two seasons of Lena Dunham's \"Girls\". In 1990 he began his \"Star Trek\" career playing the Ferengi character, Dr. Farek, in the \"Ménage à Troi\" episode of \"\". He went on to play Neelix on \"", "id": "4520920" }, { "contents": "Christopher Curry (actor)\n\n\nGlee (TV Series) Gunther - Tina in the Sky with Diamonds (2013) ... Gunther - Love, Love, Love (2013) ... Gunther 2013 Castle (TV Series) Gaston - Hunt (2013) ... Gaston 2013 Jobs Board Member #1 2012 BlackBoxTV (TV Series) Doctor Bannister - AEZP: The Hollow (2012) ... Doctor Bannister 2011 Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series) Judge Martin - Can I Get a Witness? (2011) ... Judge Martin 2011/I Claustrophobia Orwell 2010 The Young and", "id": "14782587" }, { "contents": "List of Doctors characters (2000)\n\n\nfind it hard to distinguish between the two…\". Andrea Green who played Sarah Finch opined that her most memorable scene was \"the very final scene of \"Doctors\" shot at Pebble Mill – it was with my friend Wicks\", commenting that it was \"weird\". Dr Steve Rawlings played by Mark Frost, made his first appearance on 26 March 2000 and last on 1 June 2001. In the press release for \"Doctors\" it was revealed that actor Mark Frost would be playing Steve. Frost played Steve", "id": "443281" }, { "contents": "Jarrod Bunch\n\n\n. http://www.jarrodbunch.com/bunchtime-productions/ He and his wife Robin Emtage moved to Beverly Hills, California in 2002. His acting credits include the role of the young George Foreman in the Emmy award winning HBO film, \"\". He has also appeared as a guest star in many television series, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120349/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Like, \"The Forgotten\" \"ER\", \"CSI Miami\", \"Rizzoli & Isles\", \"Entourage\" and others... He appears in Quentin Tarantino.s \"Django Unchained\" and is a principal actor in more than 100 national commercials", "id": "15358952" }, { "contents": "Disappearance of Helen Claire Frost\n\n\n. There are many cases like Helen's that do meet what the RCMP actually reports as the criteria for inclusion, however there have been no more victims added to the E-Pana list since it reached a total of 18 in 2007. In 2009, Sandy reported that her father told her \"I really hope I know what happened before I die.\" Unfortunately, Dennis died on July 20, 2014, without discovering what had happened to his daughter. At least four main theories exist as to how Helen Claire Frost", "id": "2902106" }, { "contents": "Julie Hébert\n\n\nin the same capacity for the fifth season and wrote and directed \"Thirty Six-Hours\" in 2008, directed \"Trouble in Chinatown\", and scripted \"Animal Rites\" in 2009. In 2010, Hébert worked in New York, writing two episodes for the CBS series \"Blue Bloods\" (\"Re-Do\" and \"What You See\"), and directing an episode of \"The Good Wife\" called \"Nine Hours\". In 2011 she became involved with the series \"Rizzoli & Isles\"", "id": "10817558" }, { "contents": "List of Agent Carter characters\n\n\nflown in\", calling it \"brilliantly courageous ... to do it to an actor you don’t know\" and \"so perfectly what they were hoping that Ana would be like.\" Aloysius Samberly (portrayed by Matt Braunger) is an SSR lab tech who eventually goes out into the field with Carter, Sousa, Jarvis and Roberts to help them retrieve old atomic bombs at Roxxon Oil. He then assists them in defeating Frost. Fazekas called him \"a comedy guy, who plays the lab tech who is kind of", "id": "20216877" }, { "contents": "Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao\n\n\noutlets (USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Hollywood Reporter, Wall Street Journal and the New York Post), serious negotiations leading to success were kickstarted in May 2014 by a very unlikely source: A Hollywood waiter/actor named Gabriel Salvador (Bones, Bluebloods, Rizzoli & Isles, ). Salvador forged a friendship with CBS Network President Leslie Moonves when Moonves became a regular at Craig's restaurant in West Hollywood, where Salvador worked part-time as a waiter. Salvador and Moonves bonded over their mutual love of boxing", "id": "10893693" }, { "contents": "Heaven Help Us\n\n\nhappy to be getting any firm assignment.\" Dinner said \"I came into this very idealistically, wanting to discover eight brand new faces who could play 16 and 17 year olds. But it didn't work out that way.\" He spent four months looking for actors around the country, including Boston and Philadelphia, but ended up casting them all out of New York via their agents. \"What happens here is that you stumble on kids with some stage experience who also seem natural as New York kids. What happens", "id": "1829892" }, { "contents": "Twin Peaks\n\n\nfilm stars Richard Beymer, Piper Laurie, and Russ Tamblyn. Other veteran actors included British actor James Booth (\"Zulu\"), former \"The Mod Squad\" star Peggy Lipton, and Michael Ontkean who co-starred in the 1970s crime drama \"The Rookies\". Kyle MacLachlan was cast as Agent Dale Cooper. Stage actor Warren Frost, father of Mark Frost, was cast as Dr. Will Hayward. Due to budget constraints, Lynch intended to cast a local girl from Seattle, reportedly \"just to play a", "id": "11510849" }, { "contents": "J. Grant Albrecht\n\n\nOrder\", \"Walker, Texas Ranger\", \"Touched by an Angel\", \"Just Shoot Me!\", \"Malcolm in the Middle\", \"The Guardian\", \"ER\", \"Brothers & Sisters\", \"Criminal Minds\", \"In Plain Sight\", \"Rizzoli & Isles\", and \"Notorious\". In broadway, he has performed at the Circle in the Square Theatre in New York City in a play of \"The Devil's Disciple\" that was directed by Stephen", "id": "18688359" }, { "contents": "Jaz Sinclair\n\n\nplayed the role of Tasha Williams in the three episodes of TNT's \"Rizzoli & Isles\". In 2015, Sinclair played Angela in the Jake Schreier-directed comedy-drama film \"Paper Towns\", along with Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne. The film is an adaptation of the novel of same name by John Green, and was released by 20th Century Fox on July 24, 2015. In 2016, Sinclair starred as Anna, a surrogate mother, in the thriller film \"When the Bough Breaks\", directed", "id": "10084317" }, { "contents": "Anne Dudek\n\n\nfilm \"White Chicks\". In 2012, she played an ISS astronaut in one episode of the TV show \"Touch\". She also reprised her role as Amber Volakis for the \"House\" series finale \"Everybody Dies\". In 2015, Dudek played villainess Dawn Lin in an episode of \"\", and also made a guest appearance in the fifth season finale of \"Rizzoli & Isles\". In 2017, she recurred on \"The Flash\" as Tracy Brand. Dudek was married to artist Matthew Heller.", "id": "2105397" }, { "contents": "Ever Carradine\n\n\ntelevision shows such as \"House\", \"\", \"\", \"Will & Grace\", \"Just Shoot Me!\", and \"24\". She had a recurring role on the TV series \"Eureka\", on Showtime's \"Shameless\", and guested on an episode of \"Rizzoli & Isles\". She appears in the Amazon series \"Goliath\". She portrays the character of Linda on the television show \"Code Black\". She has played Naomi Putnam on the Hulu series \"The", "id": "16114090" }, { "contents": "Henry Sutton (novelist)\n\n\nsource material\". Sutton's protagonist in Kids' Stuff (2005), his fifth book, is Mark – a practical man who is reunited with a long lost daughter, and is set in Norwich. His next book, First Frost (2011) was a collaborative effort with James Gurbutt. They co-authored the novel, which is set in Denton, Greater Manchester, in 1981, and illuminates Detective Sergeant Jack Frost's backstory. Actor David Jason, who played Jack Frost (detective) in A Touch of", "id": "16451624" }, { "contents": "Tess Gerritsen\n\n\nas a writer who helps Isles establish herself in the literary field. Although most of her recent books have been in the Rizzoli/Isles series, in 2007 Gerritsen wrote a stand-alone historical thriller titled \"The Bone Garden\". A tale of gruesome murders, the book is set primarily in 1830s Boston and includes a character based on Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Gerritsen's books have been published in 40 countries and have sold 25 million copies. Gerritsen co-wrote the story and screenplay for \"Adrift\", which", "id": "3914289" }, { "contents": "Niall Matter\n\n\nMotive\" he played a man driven to murder in revenge for his sister's death; in the short-lived NBC series \"Constantine\" he played a father struggling to deal with the supernatural and in the TNT police procedural \"Rizzoli and Isles\" he portrayed a Detective turned murderer. He also had a recurring role in the third season of the CBC series \"Arctic Air\" as Tag Cummins, the love interest of the series female protagonist, Krista Ivarson, portrayed by Pascale Hutton. Additionally, Matter appeared in the", "id": "16252163" }, { "contents": "Omar Dorsey\n\n\nSide\". In 2012, he co-starred in \"Django Unchained\". On television, he guest-starred on \"ER\", \"The Shield\", \"The Mentalist\", \"Castle\", \"Rizzoli & Isles\", and \"NCIS\". He had recurring roles in the Showtime drama \"Ray Donovan\" as Cookie Brown, the Fox comedy-drama \"Rake\", and the HBO comedy \"Eastbound & Down\". In 2014, Dorsey played Civil Rights Movement activist James Orange in", "id": "12203422" }, { "contents": "Emily Swallow\n\n\n\"Guiding Light\", and she later played parts in \"Southland\", \"Ringer\", \"The Good Wife\", \"NCIS\", \"Flight of the Conchords\", \"Medium\", as series regular Dr. Michelle Robidaux on TNT's medical drama \"Monday Mornings\" and \"Rizzoli & Isles\". She had a starring role in \"The Mentalist\" as FBI agent Kim Fischer. In 2015 she was cast in the eleventh season of \"Supernatural\" as the new character Amara, \"the Darkness", "id": "14961416" }, { "contents": "Lolita Davidovich\n\n\nWorse\", \"Now and Then\", \"Jungle 2 Jungle\", \"Gods and Monsters\" and \"Mystery, Alaska\". In 2000s, Davidovich had supporting roles on both film and television. She appeared in several episodes on the first season of the Showtime lesbian-themed drama series, \"The L Word\" playing the character Francesca Wolff, and has guest-starred on \"\", \"Criminal Minds\", \"Rizzoli & Isles\", \"Curb Your Enthusiasm\", and \"NCIS\".", "id": "1935300" }, { "contents": "David Frost\n\n\nhomes in London and the country. \"Frost/Nixon\" was originally a play written by Peter Morgan, developed from the Nixon Interviews that Frost had conducted with Richard Nixon in 1977. \"Frost/Nixon\" was presented as a stage production in London in 2006 and on Broadway in 2007. Frank Langella won a Leading Actor Tony Award for his portrayal of Nixon, the play also received nominations for Best Play and Best Direction. The play was adapted into a Hollywood motion picture entitled Frost/Nixon and starring Michael Sheen", "id": "14809455" }, { "contents": "Mike Leigh\n\n\nbuild insight and understanding of history, character and personal motivation. When an improvisation needs to be stopped, he says to the actors: 'Come out of character,' before they discuss what's happened or what might have happened in a situation. Leigh begins his projects without a script, but starts from a basic premise that is developed through improvisation by the actors. Leigh initially works one-to-one with each actor, developing a character who is based, in the first place, on someone he or she", "id": "13481407" }, { "contents": "Angie Harmon\n\n\nAngela Michelle Harmon (born August 10, 1972) is an American actress and model. She was a professional model before gaining international fame for her roles in \"Baywatch Nights\" and as New York A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael on \"Law & Order\". She also starred as Detective Jane Rizzoli on the TNT series \"Rizzoli & Isles\". She was born on August 10, 1972 in Highland Park, Texas, the daughter of Daphne Demar (\"née\" Caravageli) and Lawrence Paul \"Larry\" Harmon, a hospital", "id": "6394363" }, { "contents": "List of Home and Away characters (2017)\n\n\n, but she was told that she had secured the part after a second audition. Frost commented \"I grew up watching \"Home and Away\" and never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be on set and part of the cast.\" The role marks Frost's acting debut. Frost's casting attracted criticism from some actors, who dubbed it a publicity stunt. Jasmine's first scenes saw her involved in a car crash that results in the death of Kat Chapman, played by Pia Miller. Frost described", "id": "10469430" }, { "contents": "John Doman\n\n\ndifferent characters in the \"Law & Order\" franchise. From 2010 to 2011, Doman appeared in three episodes of \"Rizzoli & Isles\" as a mob enforcer, reuniting him with Sasha Alexander. The two had previously appeared in \"NCIS\" in the Season 2 episode \"Doppelganger\", where Doman played Lt. Cheney, the head of a local civilian law enforcement, while Alexander played Special Agent Kate Todd. Doman has also appeared in promotional advertisements for Versus Television. Doman has been the voice for Michelin tires and", "id": "16469555" }, { "contents": "Kelly Kruger\n\n\n\", and \"Rizzoli & Isles\". In 2014, it was announced that Kruger had joined the cast of \"The Bold and the Beautiful\", as a day player. Kruger will make her debut as Eva, in an episode as part of the show's location shoot in Paris, in August 2014. Kelly Kruger continues to recur as Eva. In 2017, Kruger played villainess Joelle in the Lifetime film, \"Girls Night Out\". On March 9, 2018, it was announced by the Soap Opera", "id": "2117761" }, { "contents": "Julius Caesar (play)\n\n\nread anyone suggesting that 'Julius Caesar' is a play that recommends assassination. Look what happens: Caesar is assassinated to stop him becoming a dictator. Result: civil war, massive slaughter, creation of an emperor, execution of many who sympathized with the conspiracy. Doesn't look much like a successful result for the conspirators to me.\" The play was interrupted several times by right-wing protesters, who accused the play of \"violence against the right\", and actors and members of theatres with Shakespeare in the", "id": "12264197" }, { "contents": "Rizzoli & Isles\n\n\nbut Jane manages to distract Lola long enough for Frankie to kill Lola with her own revolver. Hoyt returns again when he arranges for another inmate to be stabbed while he is dying of cancer, luring Jane into the prison so that he can taunt her about another unsolved murder he committed. While speaking to Jane in the prison infirmary, Hoyt tells her to look at what he is reading—Tess Gerritsen's novel \"The Silent Girl\". Although she manages to find the bodies of his victims—the family of an", "id": "16806641" }, { "contents": "Alvin Kersh\n\n\nanother great find\", adding that \"so many times over the course of the series we just got so lucky with the actors that we cast in these guest parts and just kept bringing them back because they were so wonderful. That's what happened with William B. Davis as the Cigarette-Smoking Man and with Nick Lea as Krycek, and with Mitch Pileggi as Walter Skinner, and that's what happened here with James Pickens. Just a fantastic actor, not at all like this person, really transformed himself to play", "id": "17063848" }, { "contents": "Chazz Palminteri\n\n\nthe role twice more in season 5. In June 2010, Palminteri began guest-starring on the TNT crime drama \"Rizzoli & Isles\" as Frank Rizzoli, Sr. He guest starred twice on the CBS drama \"Blue Bloods\" as Angelo Gallo, a mob lawyer and childhood friend of main character Frank Reagan. Palminteri portrayed deceased mobster Paul Castellano in the 2001 TV film \"Boss of Bosses\". In 2011, Palminteri opened a restaurant, Chazz: A Bronx Original, in Baltimore's Little Italy neighborhood; their", "id": "18673699" }, { "contents": "Safe House (2012 film)\n\n\ndevice contains evidence of corruption and bribery involving the CIA, MI6, and other intelligence agencies. Frost leaves Weston, who passes out from blood loss. Meanwhile, Linklater arrives in South Africa and informs Barlow of the device's existence, but not its contents. Barlow then kills her and travels to the safe house where he reveals that he is Vargas' employer. He confirms that the file contains incriminating evidence against him, and encourages Weston to lie about what has happened. Frost returns and kills Vargas' team but is", "id": "10366819" }, { "contents": "Terry Frost (actor)\n\n\nTerry Frost (October 26, 1906, in Bemidji, Minnesota – March 1, 1993, in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor who appeared in dozens of Western films during the 1940s and 1950s. Before Frost became an actor, he spent six years working as a cowboy, jack-of-all-trades, lumberjack, miner, and salesman across the United States. Frost began his entertainment career in vaudeville in 1929. In 1941, his film career began when he portrayed Sam Emery in \"Law", "id": "7268940" }, { "contents": "Sarah Oh\n\n\n2011 called Altergeist where she played a paranormal investigator. She later made more appearances in TV shows such as \"The Bold and the Beautiful\", \"Rizzoli and Isles\", \"Knotts\" and \"House of Lies\" along with features such as \"Dirty Teacher\", \"Capture\" (not yet released), \"Altergeist\". She aspires to make her way into the industry in Korea as well. On Splash and Bubbles she voices a number of recurring characters. Oh enjoys dancing and singing on her free", "id": "18470169" }, { "contents": "Roselyn Sánchez\n\n\nRico to hit the big time in New York, in which she played the principal part. The movie was filmed in 2005 and released in 2007. Also in 2007, she acted as Monique, the ballet teacher, in \"The Game Plan\", and in 2009, starred in \"The Perfect Sleep\", a neo-noir drama, co-starring Patrick Bauchau, Tony Amendola, Isaac Singleton, and Peter Lucas. In 2011, Sánchez made a guest appearance on TNT's \"Rizzoli & Isles\",", "id": "19550793" }, { "contents": "Women in law enforcement in the United States\n\n\n% in 2018) and the Chicago Police Department (24% in 2010). Women are overall better represented, but still underrepresented, in federal law enforcement agencies. In 2008, the percentage of women in federal agencies was: The media has an important role to play in shaping perceptions and representations of female police officers. Shows such as \"Law & Order\", \"Rizzoli & Isles\", \"The Closer\" and \"\" all portray female police officers in multifaceted lights, reflecting the many roles they take in", "id": "11734397" }, { "contents": "Kelly Rohrbach\n\n\nfor Greenwich and earned an athletic scholarship to Georgetown University to play golf for the Georgetown Hoyas. She graduated from Georgetown in 2012 with a degree in theatre, and enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art to pursue acting. Rohrbach had small roles in the TV series \"Two and a Half Men\", \"The New Normal\", \"Rizzoli & Isles\", \"Broad City\", and \"Rush\". After working in Hollywood for two years, Rohrbach began modeling. She appeared in Gap Inc.", "id": "15108123" }, { "contents": "Brett Tucker\n\n\n2005 film \"The Great Raid\". Since arriving in the US, Tucker has appeared in episodes of \"\", \"\", \"Castle\", \"Rizzoli & Isles\" and \"NCIS\". He also appeared in \"Off The Map\" and the TV film, \"Criminal Behaviour\". He also appeared as Harry Davis in \"Mistresses\". Brett also played Chief Lucas Ripley on Station 19 for 17 episodes, during 2018/2019. Born one of three sons and one daughter on 21 May 1972 to Ken", "id": "21312409" }, { "contents": "Frost/Nixon (film)\n\n\nFrost/Nixon is a 2008 British-American historical drama film based on the 2006 play of the same name by Peter Morgan, who also adapted the screenplay. The film tells the story behind the Frost/Nixon interviews of 1977. The film was directed by Ron Howard. It was produced for Universal Pictures by Howard, Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment, and Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title Films, and received five Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director. The film reunites its", "id": "19407759" }, { "contents": "Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu\n\n\nDiane Truby and Scott Eggers. The fact that Collins is underestimating Frost is (according to Monk) the fatal mistake Allegra made. After Monk reveals that Allegra was driving clients away from Madam Frost and putting her neighbor out of business, he gives a sumnation. Allegra Doucet was with a client on Friday night, when the client excused himself to go to the bathroom. Madam Frost then showed up on some friendly pretense, but Allegra didn't know what was happening until it was too late. Frost stabbed her several times", "id": "1169541" }, { "contents": "The Tempest (2010 film)\n\n\nname by William Shakespeare, is written and directed by Julie Taymor. The play's main character is Prospero, who is male in the original play. Taymor explained the casting decision, \"I didn't really have a male actor that excited me in mind, and yet there had been a couple of phenomenal females – Helen Mirren being one of them – who [made me think]: 'My God, does this play change? What happens if you make that role into a female role?'\" Taymor held", "id": "11833619" }, { "contents": "Bruce McGill\n\n\nAll Fears\", and Lt. Brooks in \"Ride Along\" and its sequel \"Ride Along 2\". Bruce McGill's television roles include Jack Dalton on \"MacGyver\" (1985–1992) and Det. Vince Korsak on \"Rizzoli & Isles\" (2010–2016). He also had recurring roles as Captain Braxton on \"Star Trek Voyager\" (1999) and voicing Lloyd Waterman, the owner of Waterman cable, on \"The Cleveland Show\" (2012–2014). He played Ralph Houk in Billy Crystal's made-", "id": "11728652" }, { "contents": "Alan Rachins\n\n\nstarred in a revival of \"Promises, Promises\" with Jason Alexander, Jean Smart and Alan Thicke at L.A.'s Freud Theatre. Rachins appeared on the ABC-TV series \"Eli Stone\", playing an attorney in consultation with Eli Stone. The name \"Brackman\" can be seen in inverted letters on a translucent wall behind Rachins. For two seasons, he provided the voice of Norman Osborn on the cartoon series \"The Spectacular Spider-Man\". He also appeared on the TNT TV series \"Rizzoli & Isles", "id": "1272597" }, { "contents": "Xavier Lamar Truesdell\n\n\n, Nike, Toyota, Hanes, Volkswagen and Mediacom. In 2012, he was featured in Lady Gaga's Fame fragrance campaign. Truesdell also appeared on \"Rizzoli & Isles as a snake charmer.\" \"In 2013, he did stunt work and played the role of a U.S.S. Enterprise security guard in \"Star Trek Into Darkness\". In 2011, Truesdell was known by his initials XL while writing and co-producing his debut EP \"Dance All Night\" together with Dem Jointz. In 2014, Truesdell became the", "id": "20198615" }, { "contents": "Jamie Bamber\n\n\n\", \"Rizzoli & Isles\" and the HBO miniseries \"Band of Brothers\". He played the role of detective Caolán Longstreet in \"17th Precinct\", a pilot by \"Galactica\" creator Ronald D. Moore described as a police drama which takes place in a world governed by magic. The pilot was not picked up by NBC for the fall 2011 season; it would have also re-united him with his \"Galactica\" co-stars James Callis and Tricia Helfer. Bamber starred as neurosurgeon Dr. Tyler Wilson in", "id": "6344798" }, { "contents": "Brenda Strong\n\n\nbased on a bestselling series of the same name by Gerald N. Lund. She starred in the 2006 Lifetime movie \"Family in Hiding\". Also in 2006, she played Ted Danson's love interest in the short-lived ABC comedy series \"Help Me Help You\". She also guest starred on \"Curb Your Enthusiasm\" as a love interest of Larry David, \"\", \"Boston Legal\", and \"Rizzoli & Isles\". During her final year on \"Desperate Housewives\", Strong signed on to", "id": "7501773" }, { "contents": "Rizzoli Bookstore\n\n\n. The direct parent company of the bookstore is Rizzoli International Publications, also known as Rizzoli New York. In 1964, Angelo Rizzoli opened Rizzoli Bookstore at 712 Fifth Avenue in New York City. Located in a landmarked building designed by Albert S. Gottlieb in 1907 and inspired by the classical style of 19th century Parisian town houses, the Rizzoli store attracted legions of customers with its \"marble floors, oak paneling, sparkling chandeliers.\" Gianfranco Monacelli, who went on to become the president and chief executive of Rizzoli Publications before creating", "id": "20734940" }, { "contents": "Monet Mazur\n\n\n, \"\", \"Cold Case\", \"Strange World\", \"Chuck\"\", and Rizzoli & Isles.\" Early in the first (2009) season of the television series \"\", Mazur appeared in a single episode as a Secret Service agent who is enamored with Chris O'Donnell's lead character. While the role was to potentially be recurring, Mazur’s character did not reappear on the series. She appeared in three episodes, over 2009 and 2010, of \"Castle\" as Gina, the publisher", "id": "7674197" }, { "contents": "Victor Buono\n\n\nfor which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. Shortly after \"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?\", Buono appeared in \"Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" (1964) as Big Sam Hollis, the father of Bette Davis, who played the title role. The film was also directed by Aldrich. In the Biblical epic \"The Greatest Story Ever Told\" (1965), Buono portrayed the High Priest Sorak, and", "id": "8580088" }, { "contents": "Polly Frost\n\n\nPolly Frost is a New York City-based writer, journalist, and playwright specializing in humor and erotic horror. Frost's current work can be seen performed by various NYC-based actors at the Cornelia Street Cafe . During her early journalistic days, Frost interviewed a variety of people, including Julia Child, Pauline Kael, and Winona Ryder. For the past two years, Frost has been touring the country performing her show \"Bad Role Models and What I Learned from Them\" and \"How to Survive Your Adult Relationship", "id": "21932480" }, { "contents": "Rizzoli & Isles\n\n\nJane and Maura discover that a recent murder victim is actually Maura's previously unknown half-brother, resulting in her discovery that her father is notorious criminal Patrick Doyle. Hoyt returns 18 months later through another apprentice, Lola, in \"I'm Your Boogie Man\". Having murdered Lola's abusive husband two years earlier, Hoyt uses her Stockholm syndrome to his advantage and uses her to stalk Jane. Lola seduces and captures Frankie Rizzoli before tying Jane up. She plans to kidnap Jane until Hoyt can escape from prison,", "id": "16806640" }, { "contents": "Shadow Play (film)\n\n\nfrom the lighthouse. Everyone has been made to believe that is what happened. The five actors who read for the play are all playing different parts of the same character. At first the character appears to be Morgan herself, but as it progresses it becomes more the character of Jeremy from beyond. Jeremy is the one writing the play from beyond the grave. As the underlying drama unfolds, Morgan begins to unravel thinking she is losing her mind. As the play progresses it takes on a far more supernatural tone and John", "id": "11812588" }, { "contents": "Bruce Alexander (actor)\n\n\nBruce John Alexander (born 28 May 1946 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English actor, best known for his portrayal of Superintendent Norman Mullett in the ITV television series \"A Touch of Frost\", where he plays the superior of the main character Jack Frost, played by David Jason. He has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He played Ferdinand in the 1989 production of John Webster's \"The Duchess of Malfi\". In November 2016, he was in a \"Read Not Dead\" performance of Beaumont and", "id": "6776264" }, { "contents": "Story of an Unknown Actor\n\n\nStory of an Unknown Actor () is a Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi in 1977. Pavel Pavlovich Goryaev, middle-aged actor. For many years, he played in the provincial theater on lead roles. The director of the piece based on the play, written for Goryaev, takes a young actor for his role. Goryaev first falls into despair, leaves the theater, makes an appeal to his friends. After a while, he digests what happened and realizes it's time to leave the scene adequately.", "id": "10914142" }, { "contents": "Play Motel\n\n\nPlay Motel is a 1979 Italian giallo film written and directed by Mario Gariazzo (credited as Roy Garrett) and starring Anna Maria Rizzoli and Ray Lovelock. \"Play Motel\" was released on blu-ray in a region 1 release by Raro Video in August 2015. The release contains an extra feature of the hardcore inserts. Patrizia and Roberto, theatrical actors and spouses, after having stayed at the Play Motel, accidentally find a body in the trunk of their car. They leave the car at the scene and go to", "id": "15974508" }, { "contents": "Jimmy Smagula\n\n\nElliot, where he performed the principal role of George over 50 times. He also appeared in the film Step Up 3D in 2010. From 2011 to 2016, Smagula appeared in television shows including Hot in Cleveland, Grey's Anatomy, Jessie, Betty White's Off Their Rockers, Parks and Recreation, Sam and Cat, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Rizzoli and Isles, Community, and Bones. In 2017, Smagula will play John Woodburn in the film \"Rebel in the Rye\", written and directed by Danny Strong", "id": "12667327" }, { "contents": "Michael M. Robin\n\n\nMichael M. Robin is an American Producer and Director who has worked on such series as \"NYPD Blue”, \"Nip/Tuck”, TNT's \"The Closer\", \"Rizzoli & Isles\", \"Major Crimes\" and “Dallas\". He has earned Producing Emmys for \"NYPD Blue\" and \"L.A. Law\" as well as three Golden Globes for “Nip/Tuck”, \"NYPD Blue” and \"L.A. Law”. Robin began his career as a production assistant on the hit series \"", "id": "1141216" }, { "contents": "Eve Langley\n\n\nWorld War II and immortal, one of the ancients come again to life\". Despite this, the Wilde obsession plays little part in the book, with Frost, herself, admitting that \"the narrator's other is Steve, not Oscar Wilde\", Steve being the name she uses for her first person narrator in \"The Pea-Pickers\" and other writings. Mark O'Flynn's play titled \"Eleanor and Eve\" speculates what might have happened had Australian writers Eve Langley and Eleanor Dark met. While both lived in", "id": "18983104" }, { "contents": "Isle of Man\n\n\nthe song's titular character, who is always in a state of ecstasy, no matter what happens to him. The song 'The Craic was 90 in the Isle of Man' by Christy Moore describes a lively visit during the Island's tourism heyday. The Island is also the birthplace of Maurice, Robin and Barry Gibb, of the Bee Gees. In the past, the basic national dish of the island was \"spuds and herrin\", boiled potatoes and herring. This plain dish was supported by the subsistence farmers", "id": "14894943" }, { "contents": "The Ascent\n\n\nplace at the \"Mosfilm\" sound stage, adjacent to where the auditions were being held, and during his breaks Vysotsky often went to see what was happening at Shepitko's sound stage. From the beginning of the search for the actor who would play Sotnikov, Larisa Shepitko instructed Emma Baskakova, her casting assistant, to keep in mind the image of Christ; although it was impossible to mention this out loud. Boris Plotnikov, a 25-year-old actor of the Sverdlovsk Theater, turned out to be the best candidate for", "id": "16084913" } ]

[ { "contents": "BinCARD\n\n\nBcl10-interacting CARD protein, also known as BinCARD, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"C9orf89\" gene on chromosome 9. BinCARD is a member of the death-domain superfamily and contains a caspase recruitment domain (CARD). This protein regulates apoptosis and the immune response by inhibiting Bcl10, thus implicating it in diseases stemming from Bcl10 dysfunction. BinCARD, as a CARD-containing protein, is a member of the death-domain superfamily, which shares a six—helix bundle. In humans, the", "id": "21893910" }, { "contents": "Perfectionist liberalism\n\n\nperfectionist. An eminent case of a comprehensive, yet non-perfectionist liberal theory is Lockean libertarianism, which is build on the ideal of self-ownership rather than on a conception of the good life. For Nussbaum \"liberalisms that base political principles on some comprehensive doctrine about human life\" cover \"not only the political domain but also the domain of human conduct generally.\". Furthermore, they depart from non-comprehensive (i.e. political or public reason) liberalism in grounding their political principles in a theory of the good", "id": "22129208" }, { "contents": "NBPF3\n\n\nNeuroblastoma breakpoint family, member 3, also known as NBPF3, is a human gene of the neuroblastoma breakpoint family, which resides on chromosome 1 of the human genome. NBPF3 is located at 1p36.12, immediately upstream of genes ALPL and RAP1GAP. The NBPF3 gene is 633 amino acids long and contains five DUF1220 domains, which are highlighted in the image below. DUF1220 domains are found in all other members of the neuroblastoma breakpoint family. The protein has a very repetitive structure, since, along with the remaining members of its protein", "id": "6470914" }, { "contents": "SNX9\n\n\nSorting nexin-9 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"SNX9\" gene. This gene encodes a member of the sorting nexin family. Members of this family contain a phox (PX) domain, which is a phosphoinositide binding domain, and are involved in intracellular trafficking. This protein does not contain a coiled coil region, like some family members, but does contain an SH3 domain near its N-terminus. This protein interacts with the cytoplasmic domains of the precursor but not the processed forms of a disintegrin and", "id": "21215310" }, { "contents": "SNX17\n\n\nSorting nexin-17 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"SNX17\" gene. This gene encodes a member of the sorting nexin family. Members of this family contain a phox (PX) domain, which is a phosphoinositide binding domain, and are involved in intracellular trafficking. This protein does not contain a coiled coil region, like some family members, but contains a B41 domain. This protein interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of P-selectin, and may function in the intracellular trafficking of P-selectin. SNX17", "id": "377863" }, { "contents": "Linguistic rights\n\n\nindividuals to use their language with other members of their linguistic group, regardless of the status of their language. They evolve from general human rights, in particular: non-discrimination, freedom of expression, right to private life, and the right of members of a linguistic minority to use their language with other members of their community. Individual linguistic rights are provided for in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Linguistic rights can be applied to the private arena and the public domain. Most treaties or language rights documents distinguish between", "id": "12137011" }, { "contents": "CNTNAP2\n\n\nContactin-associated protein-like 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"CNTNAP2\" gene. Since the most recent reference human genome GRCh38, CNTNAP2 is the longest gene in the human genome This gene encodes a member of the neurexin family which functions in the vertebrate nervous system as cell adhesion molecules and receptors. This protein, like other neurexin proteins, contains epidermal growth factor repeats and laminin G domains. In addition, it includes an F5/8 type C domain, discoidin/neuropilin- and fibrinogen-like domains", "id": "378296" }, { "contents": "E2F4\n\n\nin the suppression of proliferation-associated genes, and its gene mutation and increased expression may be associated with human cancer. The E2F proteins contain several evolutionally conserved domains found in most members of the family. These domains include a DNA binding domain, a dimerization domain which determines interaction with the differentiation regulated transcription factor proteins (DP), a transactivation domain enriched in acidic amino acids (Asp + Glu), and a tumor suppressor protein association domain which is embedded within the transactivation domain. E2F4 has been shown to interact with", "id": "6186245" }, { "contents": "Hugo de Garis\n\n\nand contemporarily dominant, but which upon closer study appears to be incapable of much further evolutionary development; and one \"younger\" domain which is struggling to survive, but which upon further study displays the potential to evolve into all the varieties of life existing on the Earth today, including humanity, and then queries the reader as to whether they would feel ethically compelled to destroy the dominant domain of life to ensure the survival of the younger one, or to destroy the younger one in order to ensure the survival of the older", "id": "13330344" }, { "contents": "Hélie de Saint Marc\n\n\nMoral that which is referred to today as the Ethics, are constantly being placed in cause, in particular in the domain of life, the manipulation of life, and the interruption of life. In these domains, terrible questions await us in the decades to come. Indeed, we live in a challenging period where systematic individualism, profit and the materials, are the dominant forces of the human spirit\". English Translation: Extract of what to tell to a twenty year old...\" Finally, I would say that of", "id": "12663259" }, { "contents": "E2F5\n\n\nTranscription factor E2F5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"E2F5\" gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the E2F family of transcription factors. The E2F family plays a crucial role in the control of cell cycle and action of tumor suppressor proteins and is also a target of the transforming proteins of small DNA tumor viruses. The E2F proteins contain several evolutionarily conserved domains that are present in most members of the family. These domains include a DNA binding domain, a dimerization domain which determines", "id": "21214659" }, { "contents": "E2F1\n\n\nTranscription factor E2F1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"E2F1\" gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the E2F family of transcription factors. The E2F family plays a crucial role in the control of cell cycle and action of tumor suppressor proteins and is also a target of the transforming proteins of small DNA tumor viruses. The E2F proteins contain several evolutionarily conserved domains found in most members of the family. These domains include a DNA binding domain, a dimerization domain which determines interaction with", "id": "2379302" }, { "contents": "E2F3\n\n\nTranscription factor E2F3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"E2F3\" gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the E2F family of transcription factors. The E2F family plays a crucial role in the control of cell cycle and action of tumor suppressor proteins and is also a target of the transforming proteins of small DNA tumor viruses. The E2F proteins contain several evolutionally conserved domains found in most members of the family. These domains include a DNA binding domain, a dimerization domain which determines interaction with", "id": "7354296" }, { "contents": "E2F2\n\n\nTranscription factor E2F2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"E2F2\" gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the E2F family of transcription factors. The E2F family plays a crucial role in the control of cell cycle and action of tumor suppressor proteins and is also a target of the transforming proteins of small DNA tumor viruses. The E2F proteins contain several evolutionally conserved domains found in most members of the family. These domains include a DNA binding domain, a dimerization domain which determines interaction with", "id": "7354717" }, { "contents": "Desire realm\n\n\n, however in most cases humans waste their lifetimes in materialistic pursuits rather than working towards enlightenment, and so end up reinforcing their unhelpful emotions, thoughts, and actions, rather than letting go of them. Because of this, it is almost always the case that one descends to a lower domain of rebirth after a human life, rather than immediately going on to another human birth, or going up to a higher domain. In the lower domains, such as the animal domain, it is a very slow and difficult process", "id": "18380793" }, { "contents": "Adhesion G protein-coupled receptor\n\n\namino acids with little homology to known protein domains suggesting the possibility of new structural domains being elucidated within their extracellular regions. A number of adhesion GPCRs may have important roles within the immune system. In particular, members the EGF-TM7 subfamily which possess N-terminal EGF-like domains are predominantly restricted to leukocytes suggesting a putative role in immune function. The human EGF‑TM7 family is composed of CD97, EMR1 (F4/80 receptor orthologue) EMR2, EMR3 and EMR4 (a probable pseudogene in humans). The human-restricted", "id": "1248479" }, { "contents": "UBAP2\n\n\nUbiquitin-associated protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"UBAP2\" gene. This gene is a novel gene isolated based on its expression in the human adrenal gland. The full-length protein encoded by this gene contains a UBA-domain (ubiquitin associated domain), which is a motif found in several proteins having connections to ubiquitin and the ubiquitination pathway. In addition, the protein contains a region similar to a domain found in members of the atrophin-1 family. The function of this protein has", "id": "6470577" }, { "contents": "GIPC3\n\n\nPDZ domain-containing protein GIPC3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"GIPC3\" gene. GIPC3 is a member of the GIPC (GAIP-interacting protein C terminus) gene family that also includes GIPC1 and GIPC2. The encoded protein, GIPC3, features a centrally located PDZ domain, which is flanked on each side by a single GIPC-homology domain. GIPC3 is thought to be important for acoustic signal acquisition and propagation in hair cells of the mammalian cochlea. The human \"GIPC3\" gene is located", "id": "11518178" }, { "contents": "SH2D3C\n\n\nSH2 domain containing 3C, also known as SH2D3C, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"SH2D3C\" gene. Sh2d3c is a gene on human chromosome 9 that encodes an SH2 domain containing protein known as NSP3. The mouse homologue is found on chromosome 2. The NSP (Novel SH2-containing Protein) family of proteins contains three members, NSP1, NSP2, and NSP3 (this protein), all of which have a similar architecture, with an N-terminal SH2 domain, a proline serine rich region,", "id": "5258809" }, { "contents": "IGFBP4\n\n\nInsulin-like growth factor-binding protein 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"IGFBP4\" gene. This gene is a member of the insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP) family and encodes a protein with an IGFBP domain and a thyroglobulin type-I domain. The protein binds both insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) I and II and circulates in the plasma in both glycosylated and non-glycosylated forms. Binding of this protein prolongs the half-life of the IGFs and", "id": "6350085" }, { "contents": "Fibroblast growth factor\n\n\nproteoglycans and they are released locally upon injury or tissue remodeling. In humans, 22 members of the FGF family have been identified, all of which are \"structurally\" related signaling molecules: The mammalian fibroblast growth factor receptor family has 4 members, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, and FGFR4. The FGFRs consist of three extracellular immunoglobulin-type domains (D1-D3), a single-span trans-membrane domain and an intracellular split tyrosine kinase domain. FGFs interact with the D2 and D3 domains, with the D3 interactions primarily", "id": "16486145" }, { "contents": "Syndecan 1\n\n\nSyndecan 1 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the \"SDC1\" gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a transmembrane (type I) heparan sulfate proteoglycan and is a member of the syndecan proteoglycan family. The syndecan-1 core protein consists of an extracellular domain which can be substituted with heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycan chains, a highly conserved transmembrane domain, and a highly conserved cytoplasmic domain, which contains two constant regions that are separated by a variable region. The extracellular domain can be cleaved (shed)", "id": "7756298" }, { "contents": "Dysferlin\n\n\nsimilar to the C2 domain at the corresponding position within other ferlin family members than the adjacent C2 domain within the same protein. This suggests that each individual C2 domain may in fact play a specific role in dysferlin function. A crystal structure of the C2A domain of human dysferlin has been solved, and reveals that the C2A domain changes conformation when interacting with calcium ions, which is consistent with a growing body of evidence suggesting that the C2A domain plays a role in calcium-dependent lipid binding. In addition to the C2 domains", "id": "10187354" }, { "contents": "Desire realm\n\n\nThe Asuras of some other domains, however, are fully malevolent (such as the corruptor Mara) and can be more closely related to the translation of demon that is sometimes ascribed to them. These evil Asuras can be alternatively referred to as Rakshasas. The Asuras are said to experience a much more pleasurable life than humans, but they are plagued by envy for the Devas, whom they can see just as animals can see humans. The \" domain\" (also known as the \"Human domain\") is based on", "id": "18380790" }, { "contents": "TBC1D24\n\n\nTBC1 domain family, member 24 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TBC1D24 gene. This gene encodes a protein with a conserved domain, referred to as the TBC domain, characteristic of proteins which interact with GTPases. TBC domain proteins may serve as GTPase-activating proteins for a particular group of GTPases, the Rab (Ras-related proteins in brain) small GTPases which are involved in the regulation of membrane trafficking. Mutations in this gene are associated with familial infantile myoclonic epilepsy. Alternative splicing results in multiple", "id": "19010159" }, { "contents": "SYN3\n\n\nSynapsin-3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"SYN3\" gene. This gene is a member of the synapsin gene family. Synapsins encode neuronal phosphoproteins which associate with the cytoplasmic surface of synaptic vesicles. Family members are characterized by common protein domains, and they are implicated in synaptogenesis and the modulation of neurotransmitter release, suggesting a potential role in several neuropsychiatric diseases. The protein encoded by this gene shares the synapsin family domain model, with domains A, C, and E exhibiting the highest degree of conservation.", "id": "1948668" }, { "contents": "GRAP\n\n\nGRB2-related adapter protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"GRAP\" gene. This gene encodes a member of the GRB2/Sem5 (\"C. elegans\" homolog)/Drk (\"Drosophila\" homolog) family. This member functions as a cytoplasmic signaling protein which contains an SH2 domain flanked by two SH3 domains. The SH2 domain interacts with ligand-activated receptors for stem cell factor and erythropoietin, and facilitates the formation of a stable complex with the BCR-ABL oncoprotein. This protein also associates with the Ras guanine", "id": "10176569" }, { "contents": "ACAD10\n\n\nAcyl-CoA dehydrogenase family, member 10 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ACAD10 gene. This gene encodes a member of the acyl-CoA dehydrogenase family of enzymes (ACADs), which participate in the beta-oxidation of fatty acids in mitochondria. The encoded enzyme contains a hydrolase domain at the N-terminal portion, a serine/threonine protein kinase catalytic domain in the central region, and a conserved ACAD domain at the C-terminus. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been", "id": "21937219" }, { "contents": "QKI\n\n\nQuaking homolog, KH domain RNA binding (mouse), also known as QKI, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the \"QKI\" gene. QKI belongs to a family of RNA-binding proteins called STAR proteins for Signal Transduction and Activation of RNA. They have an HNRNPK homology (KH) domain embedded in a 200-amino acid region called the GSG domain. Other members of this family include SAM68 (KHDRBS1) and SF1 . Two more new members are KHDRBS3 and KHDRBS2. The QKI gene is implicated as", "id": "377769" }, { "contents": "ID2\n\n\nDNA-binding protein inhibitor ID-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"ID2\" gene. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the inhibitor of DNA binding (ID) family, members of which are transcriptional regulators that contain a helix-loop-helix (HLH) domain but not a basic domain. Members of the ID family inhibit the functions of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors in a dominant-negative manner by suppressing their heterodimerization partners through the HLH domains. This protein may play", "id": "6287796" }, { "contents": "YTHDF2\n\n\nYTH N6-methyladenosine RNA binding protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the YTHDF2 gene. This gene encodes a member of the YTH (YT521-B homology) superfamily containing YTH domain. The YTH domain is typical for the eukaryotes and is particularly abundant in plants. The YTH domain is usually located in the middle of the protein sequence and may function in binding to RNA. In addition to a YTH domain, this protein has a proline rich region which may be involved in signal transduction. An Alu-rich domain has", "id": "16269122" }, { "contents": "KCTD7\n\n\nPotassium channel tetramerisation domain containing 7 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the KCTD7 gene. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. The KCTD7 gene encodes a member of the potassium channel tetramerisation domain-containing protein family. Family members are identified on a structural basis and contain an amino-terminal domain similar to the T1 domain present in the voltage-gated potassium channel. KCTD7 displays a primary sequence and hydropathy profile indicating intracytoplasmic localization. EST database analysis showed that KCTD7 is expressed in human and mouse brain. KCTD7", "id": "13798884" }, { "contents": "Death Domain database\n\n\nThe Death Domain database is a secondary database of protein-protein interactions (PPI) of the death domain superfamily. Members of this superfamily are key players in apoptosis, inflammation, necrosis, and immune cell signaling pathways. Negative death domain superfamily-mediated signaling events result in various human diseases which include, cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, and immunological disorders. Creating death domain databases are of particular interest to researchers in the biomedical field as it enables a further understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in death domain interactions while also providing easy", "id": "21485619" }, { "contents": "ETV6\n\n\nnetwork. The human ETV6 protein is a member of the ETS transcription factor family; however, it more often acts to inhibit than stimulate transcription of its target genes. ETV6 protein contains 3 domains: a) the pointed N-terminal (i.e. PNT) domain which forms oligomer partners with itself as well as other transcription factors (e.g. FLI1) and is required for ETV6's transcriptional repressing activity; b) the central regulatory domain; and c) the C-terminal DNA-binding domain, ETS, which binds to", "id": "12078706" }, { "contents": "DUF1220\n\n\nas NBPF15, cDNA IMAGE:843276), encoded 6 DUF1220 domains. DUF1220 protein domains are found almost exclusively in the NBPF(Neuroblastoma Breakpoint Family) gene family (which includes the MGC8902 gene), which was independently identified as a result of the first member of this family being disrupted in an individual with neuroblastoma. It was recently found that the exceptional increase in human DUF1220 copy number was the results of intragenic domain hyper-amplification primarily involving the three-domain unit called the HLS DUF1220 triplet. Hyper-amplification of the triplet resulted in", "id": "1715442" }, { "contents": "USP11\n\n\nUbiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase or Ubiquitin specific protease 11 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the \"USP11\" gene. USP11 belongs to the Ubiquitin specific proteases family (USPs) which is a sub-family of the Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs).USPs are multiple domain proteases and belong to the C19 cysteine proteases sub‒family. Depending on their domain architecture and position there is different homology between the various members. Generally the largest domain is the catalytic domain which harbours the three residue catalytic triad that is included inside conserved motifs (Cys", "id": "1947721" }, { "contents": "Base excision repair\n\n\n. In humans, two AP endonucleases, APEX1 and APEX2, have been identified. It is a member of the ExoIII family. In order for ligation to occur, a DNA strand break must have a hydroxyl on its 3' end and a phosphate on its 5' end. In humans, polynucleotide kinase-phosphatase (PNKP) promotes formation of these ends during BER. This protein has a kinase domain, which phosphorylates 5' hydroxyl ends, and a phosphatase domain, which removes phosphates from 3' ends. Together", "id": "19542969" }, { "contents": "DSC2\n\n\n\"N\"-Glycosylations, \"O\"-Mannosylations and disulfide bridges) were present in the extracellular domain of desmocollin-2 . The desmocollin family members are arranged as closely linked genes on human chromosome 18q12.1. Human \"DSC2\" consists of greater than 32 kb of DNA and has 17 exons, with exon 16 being alternatively spliced and encoding distinct isoforms. Desmocollin-2 contains five N-terminal extracellular domains, a transmembrane-spanning domain, and a C-terminal cytoplasmic tail. Desmocollin-2 binds to desmoglein family members through a calcium-dependent interaction with its extracellular domains", "id": "20652538" }, { "contents": "PTPN12\n\n\nTyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 12 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the \"PTPN12\" gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) family. PTPs are known to be signaling molecules that regulate a variety of cellular processes including cell growth, differentiation, mitotic cycle, and oncogenic transformation. This PTP contains a C-terminal PEST motif, which serves as a protein–protein interaction domain, and may be related to protein intracellular half-life", "id": "19926112" }, { "contents": "Methyl-cpg binding domain protein 5\n\n\nMethyl-CpG binding domain protein 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MBD5 gene. This gene encodes a member of the methyl-CpG-binding domain (MBD) family. The MBD consists of about 70 residues and is the minimal region required for a methyl-CpG-binding protein binding specifically to methylated DNA. In addition to the MBD domain, this protein contains a PWWP domain (Pro-Trp-Trp-Pro motif), which consists of 100-150 amino acids and is found", "id": "21973966" }, { "contents": "WFDC1\n\n\nWAP four-disulfide core domain protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"WFDC1\" gene. This gene encodes a member of the WAP-type four disulfide core domain family. The WAP-type four-disulfide core domain, or WAP signature motif, contains eight cysteines forming four disulfide bonds at the core of the protein, and functions as a protease inhibitor in many family members. The encoded protein shares 81% amino acid identity with the rat ps20 protein, which was originally identified as a", "id": "19286805" }, { "contents": "CUGBP1\n\n\nCUG triplet repeat, RNA binding protein 1, also known as CUGBP1, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the \"CUGBP1\" gene. Members of the CELF/BRUNOL protein family contain two N-terminal RNA recognition motif (RRM) domains, one C-terminal RRM domain, and a divergent segment of 160-230 aa between the second and third RRM domains. Members of this protein family regulate pre-mRNA alternative splicing and may also be involved in mRNA editing, and translation. This gene may", "id": "20652905" }, { "contents": "LMO7\n\n\nLIM domain only protein 7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"LMO7\" gene. This gene encodes a protein containing a calponin homology (CH) domain, a PDZ domain, and a LIM domain. An F-box (FBX) domain is present in alternative splice variants. Members of the LIM protein family carry the LIM domain, a unique cysteine-rich zinc-binding domain. Members of the FBX protein family are involved in protein-protein interactions. The encoded protein may be involved in", "id": "1755637" }, { "contents": "UBX protein domain\n\n\nIn molecular biology, the UBX protein domain is found in ubiquitin-regulatory proteins, which are members of the ubiquitination pathway, as well as a number of other ubiquitin-like proteins including FAF-1 (FAS-associated factor 1), the human Rep-8 reproduction protein and several hypothetical proteins from yeast. The function of the UBX domain is not known although the fragment of avian FAF-1 containing the UBX domain causes apoptosis of transfected cells. So far, as yet, no general function for the UBX domain has yet emerged. Additionally", "id": "12541250" }, { "contents": "Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase\n\n\ndiscovered that 19 out of the 20 human aaRSs have added at least one new domain or motif. These new domains and motifs vary in function and are observed in various forms of life. A common novel function within human aaRSs is providing additional regulation of biological processes. There exists a theory that the increasing number of aaRSs that add domains is due to the continuous evolution of higher organisms with more complex and efficient building blocks and biological mechanisms. One key piece of evidence to this theory is that after a new domain is added", "id": "21334597" }, { "contents": "PHLDA2\n\n\nPleckstrin homology-like domain family A member 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"PHLDA2\" gene. This gene is one of several genes in the imprinted gene domain of 11p15.5, which is considered to be an important tumor suppressor gene region. Alterations in this region may be associated with the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Wilms tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, adrenocortical carcinoma, and lung, ovarian, and breast cancer. Studies of the mouse gene, however, which is also located in an imprinted gene domain,", "id": "21216517" }, { "contents": "SNX5\n\n\nSorting nexin-5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"SNX5\" gene. This gene encodes a member of the sorting nexin family. Members of this family contain a phox (PX) domain, which is a phosphoinositide binding domain, and are involved in intracellular trafficking. This protein is a component of the mammalian retromer complex, which facilitates cargo retrieval from endosomes to the trans-Golgi network. It has also been shown to bind to the Fanconi anemia, complementation group A protein. This gene results in two", "id": "6157803" }, { "contents": "NBPF1\n\n\nNBPF genes also varies even within humans. DUF1220 domains also vary greatly from humans in other species in their NBPF proteins.The further away a species is from humans, the fewer DUF1220 domains the species has. Humans have on average 272 DUF1220 domains in their NBPF genes, while chimpanzees have 125, macaques have 35, and dolphins only have 4. Selected Orthologs of NBPF1 The paralogs for NBPF1 are other members of the NBPF protein family. The high similariy between these paralogs further shows evidence of gene duplication during human evolution.", "id": "2594536" }, { "contents": "FHOD1\n\n\nFH1/FH2 domain-containing protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"FHOD1\" gene. This gene encodes a protein which is a member of the formin/diaphanous family of proteins. The gene is ubiquitously expressed but is found in abundance in the spleen. The encoded protein has sequence homology to diaphanous and formin proteins within the Formin Homology (FH)1 and FH2 domains. It also contains a coiled-coil domain, a collagen-like domain, two nuclear localization signals, and several potential PKC", "id": "21215212" }, { "contents": "STAT5A\n\n\nSignal transducer and activator of transcription 5A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"STAT5A\" gene. \"STAT5A\" orthologs have been identified in several placentals for which complete genome data are available. STAT5a shares the same six functional domains as the other members of the STAT family. It contains 20 amino acids unique to its C-terminal domain and is 96% similar to its homolog, STAT5b. The six functional domains and their corresponding amino acid positions are as follows: In addition to the six functional domains", "id": "6559216" }, { "contents": "LIMS2\n\n\nLIM zinc finger domain containing 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LIMS2 gene. This gene encodes a member of a small family of focal adhesion proteins which interacts with ILK (integrin-linked kinase), a protein which effects protein-protein interactions with the extraceullar matrix. The encoded protein has five LIM domains, each domain forming two zinc fingers, which permit interactions which regulate cell shape and migration. A pseudogene of this gene is located on chromosome 4. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been", "id": "8827783" }, { "contents": "François Brousse\n\n\nThe cyclical nature of events regulates human life, people, humanities and the cosmos. This cycle connects with the idea of successive lives through which humans fully attain their ultimate ideal in the domains of Wisdom, Love and Beauty and when accomplished, marks the end of their return to Earth. The cycles regulate the atom's vortex and the massive take-off of galaxies. [...] History, like all subject areas, follows the law of rhythm. Man breathes. Humanity, which is a Big Man, also breathes", "id": "9668081" }, { "contents": "VLDL receptor\n\n\nlipoproteins, and neuronal migration in the developing brain. In humans, VLDLR is encoded by the \"VLDLR\" gene. Mutations of this gene may lead to a variety of symptoms and diseases, which include type I lissencephaly, cerebellar hypoplasia, and atherosclerosis. VLDLR is a member of the low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) receptor family, which is entirely composed of type I transmembrane lipoprotein receptors. All members of this family share five highly conserved structural domains: an extracellular N-terminal ligand-binding domain with cysteine", "id": "11539547" }, { "contents": "LILRB2\n\n\nLeukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor subfamily B member 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"LILRB2\" gene. This gene is a member of the leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor (LIR) family, which is found in a gene cluster at chromosomal region 19q13.4. The encoded protein belongs to the subfamily B class of LIR receptors which contain two or four extracellular immunoglobulin domains, a transmembrane domain, and two to four cytoplasmic immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motifs (ITIMs). The receptor is expressed on immune cells", "id": "20907242" }, { "contents": "LILRB4\n\n\nLeukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor subfamily B member 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"LILRB4\" gene. This gene is a member of the leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor (LIR) family, which is found in a gene cluster at chromosomal region 19q13.4. The encoded protein belongs to the subfamily B class of LIR receptors which contain two or four extracellular immunoglobulin domains, a transmembrane domain, and two to four cytoplasmic immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motifs (ITIMs). The receptor is expressed on immune cells", "id": "21214709" }, { "contents": "LILRB3\n\n\nLeukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor subfamily B member 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"LILRB3\" gene. This gene is a member of the leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor (LIR) family, which is found in a gene cluster at chromosomal region 19q13.4. The encoded protein belongs to the subfamily B class of LIR receptors which contain two or four extracellular immunoglobulin domains, a transmembrane domain, and two to four cytoplasmic immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motifs (ITIMs). The receptor is expressed on immune cells", "id": "5407710" }, { "contents": "LILRB1\n\n\nLeukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor subfamily B member 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"LILRB1\" gene. This gene is a member of the leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor (LIR) family, which is found in a gene cluster at chromosomal region 19q13.4. The encoded protein belongs to the subfamily B class of LIR receptors which contain two or four extracellular immunoglobulin domains, a transmembrane domain, and two to four cytoplasmic immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motifs (ITIMs). The receptor is expressed on immune cells", "id": "7240436" }, { "contents": "KIN2/PAR-1/MARK kinase family\n\n\nIn molecular biology, members of the KIN2/PAR-1/MARK kinase family of proteins are kinases that are conserved from yeast to human and share the same domain organisation: an N-terminal kinase domain and a C-terminal kinase associated domain 1 (KA1). Some members of this family also contain an UBA domain (ubiquitin-associated domain). Members of this kinase family are involved in various biological processes such as cell polarity, cell cycle control, intracellular signalling, microtubule stability and protein stability. The function of", "id": "20807976" }, { "contents": "TEAD1\n\n\nTranscriptional enhancer factor TEF-1 also known as TEA domain family member 1 (TEAD1) and transcription factor 13 (TCF-13) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"TEAD1\" gene. TEAD1 was the first member of the TEAD family of transcription factors to be identified. All members of the TEAD family share a highly conserved DNA binding domain called the TEA domain. This DNA binding domain has a consensus DNA sequence 5’-CATTCCA/T-3’ that is called the MCAT element. The three dimensional structure of the TEA domain has", "id": "20907062" }, { "contents": "GEN1, Holliday junction 5' flap endonuclease\n\n\nGEN1, Holliday junction 5' flap endonuclease is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GEN1 gene. This gene encodes a member of the Rad2/xeroderma pigmentosum group G nuclease family, whose members are characterized by N-terminal and internal xeroderma pigmentosum group G nuclease domains followed by helix-hairpin-helix domains and disordered C-terminal domains. The protein encoded by this gene is involved in resolution of Holliday junctions, which are intermediate four-way structures that covalently link DNA during homologous recombination and double-strand", "id": "6000953" }, { "contents": "Guanine nucleotide exchange factor\n\n\nwhich activate Ras GTPases. The CDC25 domain comprises approximately 500 amino acids and was first identified in the CDC25 protein in budding yeast \"Saccharomyces cerevisiae\". Dbl-like RhoGEFs were present at the origin of eukaryotes and evolved as highly adaptive cell signaling mediators. Dbl-like RhoGEFs are characterized by the presence of a Dbl Homology domain (DH domain), responsible for GEF catalytic activity for Rho GTPases. The human genome encodes 71 members, distributed into 20 subfamilies. All 71 members were already present in early Vertebrates, and", "id": "7600652" }, { "contents": "GUCY2D\n\n\nRetinal guanylyl cyclase 1 also known as guanylate cyclase 2D, retinal is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GUCY2D (guanylate cyclase 2D) gene. This gene encodes a retina-specific guanylate cyclase, which is a member of the membrane guanylyl cyclase family. Like other membrane guanylyl cyclases, this enzyme has a hydrophobic amino-terminal signal sequence followed by a large extracellular domain, a single membrane spanning domain, a kinase homology domain, and a guanylyl cyclase catalytic domain. In contrast to other membrane guanylyl cyclases,", "id": "10427061" }, { "contents": "Valosin-containing protein\n\n\nis a member of the AAA+ (extended family of ATPases associated with various cellular activities) ATPase family. Enzymes of this family are found in all species from bacteria to humans. Many of them are important chaperones that regulate folding or unfolding of substrate proteins. p97/CDC48 is a type II AAA+ ATPase, which means that it contains two tandem ATPase domains (named D1 and D2, respectively) (Figure 1). The two ATPase domains are connected by a short polypeptide linker. A domain preceding the D1 domain (", "id": "19055755" }, { "contents": "CNTNAP4\n\n\nContactin-associated protein-like 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"CNTNAP4\" gene. This gene product belongs to the neurexin family, members of which function in the vertebrate nervous system as cell adhesion molecules and receptors. This protein, like other neurexin proteins, contains epidermal growth factor repeats and laminin G domains. In addition, it includes an F5/8 type C domain, discoidin/neuropilin- and fibrinogen-like domains, and thrombospondin N-terminal-like domains. Alternative splicing results in two transcript", "id": "19570018" }, { "contents": "RFX1\n\n\nMHC class II regulatory factor RFX1 is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the \"RFX1\" gene located on the short arm of chromosome 19. The RFX1 gene is a member of the regulatory factor X (RFX) gene family, which encodes transcription factors that contain five conserved domains including a highly conserved, centrally located, winged helix DNA binding domain as well as a dimerization domain located in the C-terminal region of the sequence. Apart from the five conserved domains, the RFX proteins diverge significantly.", "id": "20652714" }, { "contents": "MUL1\n\n\nThe human protein Mitochondrial E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 1 is ~40 kDa in size and composed of 352 amino acids. The calculated theoretical pI of this protein is 7.28. MUL1 contains Ring domains at both its N-terminal and C-terminal, which are both exposed to the cytosol. The C-terminal Ring finger domain is homologous to that found in the IAP family members and responsible for its E3 ligase activity. In addition to these Ring domains, MUL1 is predicted to have two mitochondrial transmembrane helices, with the first domain", "id": "22039078" }, { "contents": "NXF1\n\n\nNuclear RNA export factor 1, also known as NXF1 or TAP, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the \"NXF1\" gene. This gene is one member of a family of nuclear RNA export factor genes. Common domain features of this family are a noncanonical RNP-type RNA-binding domain (RBD), 4 leucine-rich repeats (LRRs), a nuclear transport factor 2 (NTF2)-like domain that allows heterodimerization with NTF2-related export protein-1 (NXT1), and a ubiquitin-associated domain that mediates interactions", "id": "2703440" }, { "contents": "Latrophilin 1\n\n\nLatrophilin 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"ADGRL1\" gene. It is a member of the adhesion-GPCR family of receptors. Family members are characterized by an extended extracellular region with a variable number of protein domains coupled to a TM7 domain via a domain known as the GPCR-Autoproteolysis INducing (GAIN) domain. This gene encodes a member of the latrophilin subfamily of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR). Latrophilins may function in both cell adhesion and signal transduction. In experiments with non", "id": "12923638" }, { "contents": "Desire realm\n\n\nthe \"Animal domain\") is based on strong mental states of stupidity and prejudice cultivated in a previous life or lives. Buddhists believe that this domain is the domain of existence of the nonhuman animals on the Earth. Although humans and animals live in separate domains of existence, they can still see each other because their domains are so close to each other in the vertical cosmology, just like how the Devas and Asuras can see each other despite being in separate domains. The \"Preta domain\" (also known as the", "id": "18380795" }, { "contents": "FAM49A\n\n\nFamily with sequence similarity 49, member A, also known as FAM49A, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the \"FAM49A\" gene. Fam49A is located on human chromosome 2, at 2p24.3. It has 1512 base pairs in the reference sequence mRNA transcript. The Fam49A gene product is a 323 amino acid protein. The protein contains two domains: Residues 15-319 comprise the \"Domain of Unknown Function 1394\" (DUF1394, ). Residues 67-281 comprise the \"Cytoplasmic Fragile X Interacting Superfamily\"", "id": "19287274" }, { "contents": "STAU1\n\n\nDouble-stranded RNA-binding protein Staufen homolog 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"STAU1\" gene. Staufen is a member of the family of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-binding proteins involved in the transport and/or localization of mRNAs to different subcellular compartments and/or organelles. These proteins are characterized by the presence of multiple dsRNA-binding domains which are required to bind RNAs having double-stranded secondary structures. The human homologue of staufen encoded by STAU, in addition contains a microtubule-binding domain similar to", "id": "20963436" }, { "contents": "SYNE2\n\n\nNesprin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"SYNE2\" gene. The human SYNE2 gene consists of 116 exons and encodes nesprin-2, a member of the nuclear envelope (NE) spectrin-repeat (nesprin) family. Nesprins are modular proteins with a central extended spectrin-repeat (SR) rod domain and a C-terminal Klarsicht/ANC-1/Syne homology (KASH) transmembrane domain, which acts as a NE-targeting motif. Nesprin-2 (Nesp2) binds to cytoplasmic F-actin, tethering the", "id": "21294858" }, { "contents": "SEMA3F\n\n\nSemaphorin-3F is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"SEMA3F\" gene. The semaphorins are a family of proteins that are involved in signaling. All the family members have a secretion signal, a 500-amino acid sema domain, and 16 conserved cysteine residues (Kolodkin et al., 1993). Sequence comparisons have grouped the secreted semaphorins into 3 general classes (classes 2, 3 and V), all of which also have an immunoglobulin domain. The semaphorin 3 family, consisting of human semaphorins 3A-G (", "id": "21295198" }, { "contents": "Tsang Lap Chuen\n\n\nlife-limit. Life-limits are of three kinds, the top limit to our being which borders on that which transcends the natural and the human, the bottom limit to our being which borders on the non-existent, and the median limit which designates the bloom of our being in its domain. We come to an intensified awareness of our self-realization at a life-limit in our encounter with an object which is so construed that it elicits a set of thoughts and reactions pertaining to certain themes, including", "id": "4603492" }, { "contents": "POPDC2\n\n\nPopeye domain-containing protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"POPDC2\" gene. This gene encodes a member of the POP family of proteins which contain three putative transmembrane domains. This membrane associated protein is predominantly expressed in skeletal and cardiac muscle. The Popeye domain, which is located in the cytoplasmic part of the protein displays limited sequence homology to other proteins, while sequence conservation amongst Popeye proteins is high and amounts to approximately 40%–60%. The bacterial CAP or CRP proteins are the closest related non", "id": "20005945" }, { "contents": "Myod family inhibitor domain containing\n\n\nMyoD family inhibitor domain containing is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MDFIC gene. This gene product is a member of a family of proteins characterized by a specific cysteine-rich C-terminal domain, which is involved in transcriptional regulation of viral genome expression. Alternative translation initiation from an upstream non-AUG (GUG), and an in-frame, downstream AUG codon, results in the production of two isoforms, p40 and p32, respectively, which have different subcellular localization; p32 is mainly found in", "id": "20790841" }, { "contents": "RUFY2\n\n\nRUN and FYVE domain containing 2 (RUFY2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"RUFY2\" gene. The RUFY2 gene is named for two of its domains, the RUN domain and FYVE domains. RUFY2 is a member of the RUFY family of proteins that include RUFY1, RUFY2, RUFY3, and RUFY4. RUFY2 protein has a dynamic role in endosomal membrane trafficking. The human \"RUFY2\" gene is located on the long (q) arm of chromosome 10 at region 21 band 3, from base", "id": "20989676" }, { "contents": "LILRB5\n\n\nLeukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor subfamily B member 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"LILRB5\" gene. This gene is a member of the leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor (LIR) family, which is found in a gene cluster at chromosomal region 19q13.4. The encoded protein belongs to the subfamily B class of LIR receptors which contain two or four extracellular immunoglobulin domains, a transmembrane domain, and two to four cytoplasmic immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motifs (ITIMs). Several other LIR subfamily B receptors are", "id": "19570229" }, { "contents": "BRD4\n\n\nBromodomain-containing protein 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"BRD4\" gene. BRD4 is a member of the BET (bromodomain and extra terminal domain) family, which also includes BRD2, BRD3, and BRDT. BRD4, similar to other BET family members, contains two bromodomains that recognize acetylated lysine residues. BRD4 also has an extended C-terminal domain with little sequence homology to other BET family members. The two bromodomains in BRD4, termed BD1 and BD2, consist of 4 alpha-helices", "id": "21294867" }, { "contents": "Sirtuin 4\n\n\nSirtuin 4, also known as SIRT4, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the \"SIRT4\" gene. This gene encodes a member of the sirtuin family of proteins which are homologs of the Sir2 gene in budding yeast. Members of the sirtuin family are characterized by a sirtuin core domain and grouped into four classes. The functions of human sirtuins have not yet been fully determined; however, yeast sirtuin proteins are known to regulate epigenetic gene silencing and suppress recombination of rDNA. Studies suggest that the human sirtuins may", "id": "11253839" }, { "contents": "ZRF1\n\n\nDnaJ homolog subfamily C member 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"DNAJC2\" gene. This gene is a member of the M-phase phosphoprotein (MPP) family. The gene encodes a phosphoprotein with a J domain and a Myb DNA-binding domain which localizes to both the nucleus and the cytosol. The protein is capable of forming a heterodimeric complex that associates with ribosomes, acting as a molecular chaperone for nascent polypeptide chains as they exit the ribosome. This protein was identified as a leukemia-", "id": "9921332" }, { "contents": "SNX13\n\n\nSorting nexin-13 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"SNX13\" gene. This gene encodes a PHOX domain- and RGS domain-containing protein that belongs to the sorting nexin (SNX) family and the regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) family. The PHOX domain is a phosphoinositide binding domain, and the SNX family members are involved in intracellular trafficking. The RGS family members are regulatory molecules that act as GTPase activating proteins for G alpha subunits of heterotrimeric G proteins. The RGS domain of this protein interacts", "id": "10176727" }, { "contents": "ADAM15\n\n\nDisintegrin and metalloproteinase domain-containing protein 15 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the \"ADAM15\" gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase) protein family. ADAM family members are type I transmembrane glycoproteins known to be involved in cell adhesion and proteolytic ectodomain processing of cytokines and adhesion molecules. This protein contains multiple functional domains including a zinc-binding metalloprotease domain, a disintegrin-like domain, as well as an EGF-like domain. Through its", "id": "7354674" }, { "contents": "TMPRSS3\n\n\nTransmembrane protease, serine 3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the \"TMPRSS3\" gene. This gene encodes a member of the serine protease family. The encoded protein contains a serine protease domain, a transmembrane domain, an LDL receptor-like domain, and a scavenger receptor cysteine-rich domain. Serine proteases are known to be involved in a variety of biological processes, whose malfunction often leads to human diseases and disorders. This gene was identified by its association with both congenital and childhood onset autosomal recessive deafness", "id": "21216560" }, { "contents": "OSBPL2\n\n\nOxysterol-binding protein-related protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"OSBPL2\" gene. This gene encodes a member of the oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP) family, a group of intracellular lipid receptors. Most members contain an N-terminal pleckstrin homology domain and a highly conserved C-terminal OSBP-like sterol-binding domain, although some members contain only the sterol-binding domain. This encoded protein contains only the sterol-binding domain. In vitro studies have shown that the", "id": "14150513" }, { "contents": "ARID domain\n\n\nN-terminal alpha-helix; and Extended-ARID proteins, which contain the core domain and additional alpha-helices at their N- and C-termini. The human SWI-SNF complex protein p270 is an ARID family member with non-sequence-specific DNA binding activity. The ARID consensus and other structural features are common to both p270 and yeast SWI1, suggesting that p270 is a human counterpart of SWI1. The approximately 100-residue ARID sequence is present in a series of proteins strongly implicated in the regulation of cell growth", "id": "18485235" }, { "contents": "CASS4\n\n\n, and at 786 amino acids is the longest one. Amino acid sequence homology of this isoform of human CASS4 with other family members is 26% overall identity and 42% similarity. Using a yeast two-hybrid approach, the CASS4 protein SH3 domain was shown to interact with the FAK C-terminus, despite the lowest overall similarity to other SH3 domains in the CAS group. In addition, human CASS4 has a limited number of candidate SH2-binding sites, estimated at 10, which is similar to EFS (estimated at 9", "id": "603264" }, { "contents": "SNX15\n\n\nSorting nexin-15 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"SNX15\" gene. This gene encodes a member of the sorting nexin family. Members of this family contain a phox (PX) domain, which is a phosphoinositide binding domain, and are involved in intracellular trafficking. Overexpression of this gene results in a decrease in the processing of insulin and hepatocyte growth factor receptors to their mature subunits. This decrease is caused by the mislocalization of furin, the endoprotease responsible for cleavage of insulin and hepatocyte growth factor receptors.", "id": "10437309" }, { "contents": "IGSF1\n\n\nImmunoglobulin superfamily, member 1 is a plasma membrane glycoprotein encoded by the \"IGSF1\" gene, which maps to the X chromosome in humans and other mammalian species. IGSF1's function in normal cells is unresolved. The protein is a member of the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily. It was predicted to contain 12 Ig loops, a transmembrane domain, and a short cytoplasmic tail. However, during translation of the protein, it is cleaved into amino- and carboxy-terminal domains (NTD and CTD, respectively). Only the", "id": "20847987" }, { "contents": "Quality of life\n\n\nat a precise moment in time.” According to ecological economist Robert Costanza: One approach, called engaged theory, outlined in the journal of \"Applied Research in the Quality of Life\", posits four domains in assessing quality of life: ecology, economics, politics and culture. In the domain of culture, for example, it includes the following subdomains of quality of life: Also frequently related are concepts such as freedom, human rights, and happiness. However, since happiness is subjective and difficult to measure, other", "id": "3506615" }, { "contents": "WFDC5\n\n\nWAP four-disulfide core domain protein 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"WFDC5\" gene. This gene encodes a member of the WAP-type four-disulfide core (WFDC) domain family. Most WFDC proteins contain only one WFDC domain, and this encoded protein contains two WFDC domains. The WFDC domain, or WAP signature motif, contains eight cysteines forming four disulfide bonds at the core of the protein, and functions as a protease inhibitor. Most WFDC gene members are localized to chromosome 20q12-q13", "id": "10176645" }, { "contents": "Hook protein\n\n\nHOOK is a family of evolutionarily related proteins. This family consists of several HOOK1, 2 and 3 proteins from different eukaryotic organisms. The different members of the human gene family are HOOK1, HOOK2 and HOOK3. Different domains have been identified in the three human HOOK proteins, and it was demonstrated that the highly conserved N-terminal domain mediates attachment to microtubules, whereas the central coiled coil motif mediates homodimerisation and the more divergent C-terminal domains are involved in binding to specific organelles (organelle-binding domains). It", "id": "14286132" }, { "contents": "POU4F2\n\n\nPOU domain, class 4, transcription factor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"POU4F2\" gene. POU4F2 is a member of the POU-domain family of transcription factors. POU-domain proteins have been observed to play important roles in control of cell identity in several systems. A class IV POU-domain protein, POU4F2 is found in human retina exclusively within a subpopulation of ganglion cells where it may play a role in determining or maintaining the identities of a small subset of visual system neurons.[supplied by", "id": "1755800" }, { "contents": "PTPN13\n\n\nTyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 13 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the \"PTPN13\" gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) family. PTPs are known to be signaling molecules that regulate a variety of cellular processes including cell growth, differentiation, mitotic cycle, and oncogenic transformation. This PTP is a large protein that possesses a PTP domain at C-terminus, and multiple noncatalytic domains, which include a domain with similarity to band 4.1", "id": "19926364" }, { "contents": "PHC1\n\n\nPolyhomeotic-like protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"PHC1\" gene. This gene is a homolog of the Drosophila polyhomeotic gene, which is a member of the Polycomb group of genes. The gene product is a component of a multimeric protein complex that contains EDR2 and the vertebrate Polycomb protein BMH1. The gene product, the EDR2 protein, and the Drosophila polyhomeotic protein share 2 highly conserved domains, named homology domains I and II. These domains are involved in protein-protein interactions and may", "id": "21341871" }, { "contents": "TNFSF12-TNFSF13\n\n\nTumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily, member 12-member 13, also known as TNFSF12-TNFSF13, is a human gene. This gene belongs to the tumor necrosis factor superfamily (TNFSF). It encodes a hybrid protein composed of the cytoplasmic and transmembrane domains of the family member 12 fused to the C-terminal domain of the family member 13. The hybrid protein is membrane anchored and presents the receptor-binding domain of the family member 13 at the cell surface. It stimulates cycling in T-lymphoma and B-lymphoma cell", "id": "12311333" }, { "contents": "SNX4\n\n\nSorting nexin-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"SNX4\" gene. This gene encodes a member of the sorting nexin family. Members of this family contain a phox (PX) domain, which is a phosphoinositide binding domain, and are involved in intracellular trafficking. This protein associated with the long isoform of the leptin receptor and with receptor tyrosine kinases for platelet-derived growth factor, insulin, and epidermal growth factor in cell cultures, but its function is unknown. This protein may form oligomeric complexes with", "id": "19570004" }, { "contents": "FXYD5\n\n\nFXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 5 also named dysadherin (human) or RIC (mouse) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"FXYD5\" gene. This gene encodes a member of a family of small membrane proteins that share a 35-amino acid signature sequence domain, beginning with the sequence PFXYD and containing 7 invariant and 6 highly conserved amino acids. The approved human gene nomenclature for the family is FXYD-domain containing ion transport regulator. Mouse FXYD5 has been termed RIC (Related to Ion Channel)", "id": "378500" }, { "contents": "Ewing sarcoma breakpoint region 1\n\n\nRNA-binding protein EWS is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"EWSR1\" gene on human chromosome 22, specifically 22q12.2. This region of chromosome 22 encodes the N-terminal transactivation domain of the EWS protein and that region may become joined to one of several other chromosomes which encode various transcription factors, see The expression of a chimeric protein with the EWS transactivation domain fused to the DNA binding region of a transcription factor generates a powerful oncogenic protein causing Ewing sarcoma and other members of the Ewing family of tumors", "id": "19818325" }, { "contents": "World Human Powered Vehicle Association\n\n\nwith national organizations as members and an American association which adopted the name Human Powered Vehicle Association HPVA. Due to conflicts regarding record keeping and copyrights, the HPVA left the IHPVA in 2004. In 2008 the HPVA decided to rename itself to IHPVA while the IHPVA of this time decided to keep its name, resulting in two organizations with the same name. In a hostile takeover, the American IHPVA also seized control of the domain name ihpva.org away from the international IHPVA. The IHPVA tried to regain its domain by appealing to the", "id": "3745536" } ]

[ { "contents": "Franco-Persian alliance\n\n\nA Franco-Persian alliance or Franco-Iranian alliance was formed for a short period between the French Empire of Napoleon I and Fath Ali Shah against Russia and Great Britain between 1807 and 1809. The alliance was part of a plan to gather extra aid against Russia and by Persia's help, having another front on Russia's southern borders, namely the Caucasus region. The alliance unravelled when France finally allied with Russia and turned its focus to European campaigns. Due to the traditional friendly relations of France with the Ottoman Empire formalized", "id": "6130153" }, { "contents": "Institutions in the Southern Victory Series\n\n\nreaction to this was an alliance consisting of the Confederate States, the British Empire, France, and Russia. Japan, Argentina, China, Romania, Portugal, and Mexico later joined. These were the nations of the Entente, sometimes known as the Quadruple Entente (CSA, Britain, France, Russia). There were few neutrals in the Great War. One of them, Spain, served as the broker for prisoner exchanges between the Confederacy and the United States. By the outbreak of the Second Great War, the", "id": "11199355" }, { "contents": "Franco-Russian Alliance\n\n\nof the Triple Alliance in 1891, and the rumors that Great Britain would join the alliance laid the grounds for the conclusion of a political agreement between Russia and France. During a visit by a French squadron to Kronstadt in July 1891, the agreement of 1891 was concluded in the form of an exchange of letters between the ministers of foreign affairs. France was interested significantly more than Russia in a military alliance and endeavored to supplement the 1891 agreement with military obligations. As a result of the negotiations, the representatives of the Russian", "id": "10205160" }, { "contents": "Military alliance\n\n\ncarefully defined in the treaties. Thus the Triple Alliance of 1668 between Great Britain, Sweden and the Netherlands, and the Grand Alliance of 1689 between the Holy Roman Empire, Holland, England, Spain and Saxony, were both directed against the power of Louis XIV of France. The Quadruple or Grand Alliance of 1814, defined in the Treaty of Chaumont, between Great Britain, Austria, Russia and Prussia, had for its object the overthrow of Napoleon and his dynasty, and the confining of France within her traditional boundaries.", "id": "14045493" }, { "contents": "Planned French invasion of Britain (1759)\n\n\n, triggered what was later known as the Seven Years' War. France supported Austria and Russia in a land campaign against Prussia, and launched what she saw as her main effort in a maritime and colonial offensive against Great Britain. By the beginning of 1759 neither alliance had the advantage, in either the land or sea campaigns. Both France and Great Britain were having serious problems financing the war. In 1759 over 60% of French revenue went to service its debt, causing numerous shortages. The French navy in particular was", "id": "17074310" }, { "contents": "History of Russia (1721–96)\n\n\nTurkish War of 1735-1739, Russia reacquired the port of Azov, but Russia's greatest reach into Europe was during the Seven Years' War (1756–1763), which was fought on three continents between Great Britain and France with numerous allies on both sides. In that war, Russia continued its alliance with Austria, but Austria shifted to an alliance with France against Prussia. In 1760, Russian forces were at the gates of Berlin. Fortunately for the Kingdom of Prussia, Elizabeth died in 1762, and her successor,", "id": "15861207" }, { "contents": "History of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom\n\n\n1890s under the Salisbury government, repeatedly tried to open talks with Germany about some sort of an alliance. Germany was not interested. Instead, Berlin felt itself increasingly surrounded by France, Russia, and perhaps. Meanwhile, Paris went to great pains to woo Russia and Great Britain. Key markers were the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894, the 1904 Entente Cordiale linking France and Great Britain, and finally the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907 which became the Triple Entente. France thus had a formal alliance with Russia, and", "id": "9081771" }, { "contents": "Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin\n\n\nbordered it. The enemies of France thus necessarily became the friends of Russia, and her friends were conversely viewed as Russia's enemies. Consequently, Great Britain and Austria became Russia's \"natural\" allies, while the aggressive and energetic king Frederick II of Prussia, then engaged in the Silesian Wars and allied with France in the War of the Austrian Succession, presented a danger to guard against. Bestuzhev therefore adopted the policy of bringing about a quadruple alliance between Russia, Austria, Great Britain and Saxony, to counteract the", "id": "1810329" }, { "contents": "France–Iran relations\n\n\nto find an ally against that country. In 1796, two scientists, Jean-Guillaume Bruguières and Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, were sent to Persia by the Directoire, but were unsuccessful in obtaining an agreement. A Franco-Persian alliance was formed for a short period between the French Empire of Napoleon I and the Persian Empire of Fath Ali Shah against Russia and Great Britain between 1807 and 1809. The alliance was part of Napoleon's plan to create another front on Russia's southern borders, as Iran and Russia were directly", "id": "1449374" }, { "contents": "France–Germany relations\n\n\nwoo Russia and Great Britain. Key markers were the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894, the 1904 Entente Cordiale with Great Britain, and finally the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907 which became the Triple Entente. This formal alliance with Russia, and informal alignment with Britain, against Germany and Austria eventually led Russia and Britain to enter World War I as France's Allies. The Allied victory saw France regain Alsace-Lorraine and briefly resume its old position as the leading land power on the European continent. France was the leading", "id": "1772992" }, { "contents": "French Third Republic\n\n\nAfrica and Central Africa, and much of Polynesia. In an effort to isolate Germany, France went to great pains to woo Russia and Great Britain, first by means of the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894, then the 1904 Entente Cordiale with Great Britain, and finally the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907 which became the Triple Entente. This alliance with Britain and Russia against Germany and Austria eventually led Russia and Britain to enter World War I as France's Allies. French foreign policy in the years leading up to the", "id": "6547181" }, { "contents": "Louisa Ulrika of Prussia\n\n\nof the war and the recovery of Frederick I. In foreign policy, she was loyal to Prussia. Her brother Frederick the Great had given her the task to break the alliance between Sweden and Russia in favor of an alliance with Prussia: she made an alliance with Tessin, the Prussian ambassador and the Hats party, convinced Adolf Frederick to state his support for a Prussian alliance, and though she failed in the 1745 vote, the parliament voted for an alliance between Sweden, Prussia and France in 1747. In 1751, the", "id": "19557896" }, { "contents": "Hedvig Taube\n\n\n1738–39 ended with a new government of the Hats party. The Hat government was allied with France against Russia. They reportedly also used the matter of Hedvig Taube as a tool to control the king. When the king's brother William of Hesse married a British princess, the king accepted British money to Hesse, in his capacity as Landgrave of Hesse. This resulted in a crisis between the king and the Hats government, who saw the alliance between Sweden ad France undermined and discredited by the alliance between Great Britain and Hesse,", "id": "15402257" }, { "contents": "International relations of the Great Powers (1814–1919)\n\n\nThe Kaiser rejected the Russian alliance, and Russia in turn turned to an alliance with France. Between 1873 and 1877, Germany repeatedly intervened in the internal affairs of France's neighbors. In Belgium, Spain, and Italy, Bismarck exerted strong and sustained political pressure to support the election or appointment of liberal, anticlerical governments. This was part of an integrated strategy to promote republicanism in France by strategically and ideologically isolating the clerical-monarchist regime of President Patrice de Mac-Mahon. It was hoped that by ringing France with", "id": "13298914" }, { "contents": "International relations of the Great Powers (1814–1919)\n\n\nwars in the Crimea and the Napoleonic invasion; it saw republican France as a dangerous font of subversion to Russia's style of absolute monarchy. France, which had been shut out of the entire alliance system by Bismarck, decided to improve relations with Russia. It lent money to the Russians, expanded trade, and began selling warships after 1890. Meanwhile, after Bismarck lost office in 1890, there was no renewal of the Reinsurance treaty between Russia and Germany. The German bankers stopped lending to Russia, which increasingly depended on", "id": "13298918" }, { "contents": "Triple Entente\n\n\nsigned the secret Reinsurance Treaty with Russia in 1887. This treaty assured that both parties would remain neutral if war broke out. The alliance between Russia and France and Bismarck's exclusion of Russia from the German financial market in 1887 prevented the treaty from being renewed in 1890, ending the alliance between Germany and Russia. After the Reinsurance Treaty was not renewed in 1890, Russian leaders grew alarmed at the country's diplomatic isolation and joined the Franco-Russian Alliance in 1894. In 1904, Britain and France signed a series of", "id": "4503111" }, { "contents": "Great White Fleet\n\n\nmonarchs and other foreign celebrations, had become common in the 19th century. Port calls showcased pomp, ceremony, and militarism during a period of rising pre-war nationalism. In 1891, a large French fleet visited Kronstadt, Russia, in conjunction with negotiations between the two nations. Although France and Russia had been hostile to each other for at least three decades prior, the significance of the call was not lost on Russia, and Tsar Nicholas II signed a treaty of alliance with France in 1894. As navies grew larger", "id": "12799370" }, { "contents": "French–Habsburg rivalry\n\n\n' War, which involved Prussia, Great Britain, Russia, France, and Austria. In a move known as the Diplomatic Revolution, masterminded by Austrian diplomat Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, France and Austria became allies for the first time in over two hundred years. The alliance was sealed with the marriage of Austrian princess Marie Antoinette to the French Dauphin, who later became King Louis XVI. France and Austria, allied by virtue of a treaty concluded at Versailles in 1756 and a further treaty concluded in 1757, along with Russia", "id": "21728223" }, { "contents": "Central Powers\n\n\nmobilization of the Russian army that had resulted in Germany mobilizing in response. After Germany declared war on Russia, France with its alliance with Russia prepared a general mobilization in expectation of war. On 3 August 1914, Germany responded to this action by declaring war on France. Germany, facing a two-front war, enacted what was known as the Schlieffen Plan, that involved German armed forces needing to move through Belgium and swing south into France and towards the French capital of Paris. This plan was hoped to quickly gain", "id": "6814865" }, { "contents": "France–Russia relations\n\n\namended to name Great Britain as a threat and stipulated that should Britain attack France, Russia would invade India. The French provided a loan so that the Russians could start the construction of a railroad from Orenburg to [[Tashkent]]. Tashkent in its turn would be the base from which the Russians would invade Afghanistan as the prelude to invading India. In 1902, Japan formed a military alliance with Britain, which built up an [[Anglo-Japanese alliance]]. In response, Russia worked with France in", "id": "11472763" }, { "contents": "International relations of the Great Powers (1814–1919)\n\n\nserious disputes with Austria, and switched sides when the world war erupted. Britain was also moving toward alliances, having abandoned its policy of splendid isolation. By 1903, France settled its disputes with Britain. After Russia and Britain settled their disputes over Persia in 1907, the way was open for the Triple Entente of France, Britain, and Russia. It formed the basis of the Allies of the First World War. France was deeply split between the monarchists on one side, and the Republicans on the other. The Republicans", "id": "13298934" }, { "contents": "France–Asia relations\n\n\nthat Russia would surrender the territory. In exchange, Persia was to fight Great Britain, and allow France to cross the Persian territory to eventually reach India. Changes in the political atmosphere that marked the peace between France and Russia at the Treaty of Tilsit made the alliance lose its motivation. The ongoing Russo-Persian War (1804-1813) despite several successes partly influenced due to initial French assistance, resulted eventually in combination with the Treaty of Tilsit in a disaster for Persia, as not only was it forced to recognize", "id": "16524465" }, { "contents": "Historical characters in the Southern Victory Series\n\n\nGreat War on what appears to be a platform of rearmament, restoration of the British Empire's former borders, and a military alliance with France and Russia aimed at reversing the German Empire's dominant position in the world. Although he was a member of the Conservative Party, his government's actions were strongly influenced by Silver Shirt leader Oswald Mosley, who wielded much greater power and influence in the right-leaning revanchist Britain. In our timeline Mosley's British Union of Fascists were known as Blackshirts, though Turtledove may be referencing", "id": "7205168" }, { "contents": "Edwardian era\n\n\nwas not interested. Meanwhile, Paris went to great pains to woo Russia and Great Britain. Key markers were the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894, the 1904 Entente Cordiale linking France and Great Britain, and finally the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907 which became the Triple Entente. France thus had a formal alliance with Russia, and an informal alignment with Britain, against Germany and Austria. By 1903 good relations had been established with the United States and Japan. Britain abandoned the policy of holding aloof from the continental powers", "id": "12648000" }, { "contents": "Military alliance\n\n\nThe Triple Alliance of 1882 between Germany, Austria and Italy was ostensibly directed to the preservation of European peace against any possible aggressive action of France or Russia; and this led in turn, some ten years later, to the Dual Alliance between Russia and France, for mutual support in case of any hostile action of the other powers. Occasionally, however, attempts have been made to give alliances a more general character. Thus the Holy Alliance of 26 September 1815 was an attempt, inspired by the religious idealism of the Emperor", "id": "14045494" }, { "contents": "History of Austria\n\n\nholding onto Silesia, despite Russia, France, and Austria all combining against him, and with only Hanover as a significant ally on land. The end of the war saw Austria, poorly prepared at its start, exhausted. Austria continued the alliance with France (cemented in 1770 with the marriage of Maria Theresa's daughter Archduchess Maria Antonia to the Dauphin), but also facing a dangerous situation in Central Europe, faced with the alliance of Frederick the Great of Prussia and Catherine the Great of Russia. The Russo-Turkish", "id": "18307904" }, { "contents": "Great Northern War\n\n\nin June 1720. When Sweden finally was at peace with Hanover, Great Britain, Brandenburg-Prussia and Denmark–Norway, she hoped that the anti-Russian sentiments of the Vienna parties and France would culminate in an alliance that would restore her Russian-occupied eastern provinces. Yet, primarily due to internal conflicts in Great Britain and France, that did not happen. Therefore, the war was finally concluded by the Treaty of Nystad between Russia and Sweden in Uusikaupunki (\"Nystad\") on 30 August 1721 (OS", "id": "4293092" }, { "contents": "Franco-Russian Alliance\n\n\nby Germany. In Europe, two opposing hostile imperialist blocs had formed. Relying on Russian support, France intensified its colonial policy. After the Fashoda Incident of 1898 with Great Britain, it endeavored even more to strengthen the alliance with Russia. The alliance with France also facilitated the tsarist government’s expansion into Manchuria in the 1890s. During the preparatory period and the first years of the existence of the Russo-French Alliance, the determining role was played by Russia, but in time the situation altered. By constantly receiving new", "id": "10205162" }, { "contents": "Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh\n\n\nCastlereagh returned to the government, this time as Foreign Secretary, a role in which he served for the next ten years. He also became leader of the House of Commons in the wake of Spencer Perceval's assassination in 1812. In his role of Foreign Secretary he was instrumental in negotiating what has become known as the quadruple alliance between Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia at Chaumont in March 1814, in the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris that brought peace with France, and at the Congress of Vienna. The", "id": "19326871" }, { "contents": "Causes of World War I\n\n\nTibet. The alignment between Britain, France and Russia became known as the Triple Entente. Therefore, the Triple Entente was not conceived as a counterweight to the Triple Alliance but as a formula to secure imperial security between these three powers. The impact of the Triple Entente was therefore twofold: to improve British relations with France and her ally, Russia, and to demote the importance to Britain of good relations with Germany. Clark states it was \"not that antagonism toward Germany caused its isolation, but rather that the new system", "id": "13083743" }, { "contents": "Franco-Ottoman alliance\n\n\nthe Treaty of Tilsit were never returned, although the Ottomans themselves had complied with their part of the agreement by moving their troops south of the Danube. Faced with betrayal by Russia, and the failure of France to have the agreement enforced, the Ottoman Empire, now ruled by Mahmud II, finally signed on 5 January 1809 a Treaty of Peace, Commerce and Secret Alliance with Great Britain, which was now at war with both France and Russia. In 1812, through the Treaty of Bucharest, the Ottoman Empire and Russia", "id": "5723457" }, { "contents": "Franco-Indian alliances\n\n\nand India waned when he finally vanquished Russia at the Battle of Friedland in July 1807, leading to the Treaty of Tilsit, in December 1807. France as an ally of Russia became a strong repellent to both the Ottoman Empire and Persia. Great Britain signed a mutual defense treaty with Shah Shuja al-Mulk of Afghanistan on 17 June 1809 in order to better resist the Franco-Persian threat, but by that time Persia had already denounced its alliance with France and was moving towards Great Britain. These last events rendered the", "id": "6639746" }, { "contents": "Romania–Russia relations\n\n\n. If the neighbouring empire succeeds in accomplishing the dream it has pursued with so much confidence and tenacity, the Romanian state and people will become just a memory. This is the truth.” Between 1885-1913 Romania and Russia found themselves in two systems of opposed alliances, since both had divergent interests in the Balkan area. Russia’s efforts to expand its influence in the Balkans met with the Austro-Hungarian resistance. Since Russia’s claims in the Balkans were sustained in most cases by France and Great Britain, and", "id": "12881287" }, { "contents": "Jean-Antoine de Mesmes (1640–1709)\n\n\nan agent for France in order to create an alliance between Sweden and Denmark through a marriage of Charles XII to princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark. The purpose was to prevent a repetition of the alliances in the Franco-Dutch and Scanian wars where Denmark was allied with the Dutch Republic against France and Sweden. However, Charles XII never married. Jean-Antoine de Mesmes stayed in Sweden until summer 1699. In 1700 the Great Northern War broke out in which Denmark, Poland and Russia attacked Sweden. According to Saint-Simon", "id": "816862" }, { "contents": "Alexander III of Russia\n\n\npeaceful policies for which Alexander has been given credit. Girs was an architect of the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1891, which was later expanded into the Triple Entente with the addition of Great Britain. That alliance brought France out of diplomatic isolation, and moved Russia from the German orbit to a coalition with France, that was strongly supported by French financial assistance to Russia's economic modernization. Girs was in charge of a diplomacy that featured numerous negotiated settlements, treaties and conventions. These agreements defined Russian boundaries and restored equilibrium to", "id": "1524735" }, { "contents": "International relations of the Great Powers (1814–1919)\n\n\n. Colonial conflicts in Africa brought Britain and France to a major crisis The Fashoda crisis of 1898 brought Britain and France almost to the brink of war and ended with a humiliation of France that left it hostile to Britain. By 1892 Russia was the only opportunity for France to break out of its diplomatic isolation. Russia had been allied with Germany the new Kaiser Wilhelm removed Bismarck in 1890 and in 1892 ended the “Reinsurance treaty” with Russia. Russia was now alone diplomatically and like France, it needed a military alliance to", "id": "13298937" }, { "contents": "Napoleon\n\n\nagainst Russia and Britain. A Franco-Persian alliance was also formed between Napoleon and the Persian Empire of Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar. It collapsed in 1807, when France and Russia themselves formed an unexpected alliance. In the end, Napoleon had made no effective alliances in the Middle East. After Austerlitz, Napoleon established the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806. A collection of German states intended to serve as a buffer zone between France and Central Europe, the creation of the Confederation spelled the end of the Holy Roman Empire", "id": "20108421" }, { "contents": "Anglo-Japanese Alliance\n\n\nwas signed between France and Russia. China and the United States were strongly opposed to the alliance. Nevertheless, the nature of the Anglo-Japanese alliance meant that France was unable to come to Russia's aid in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 as this would have meant going to war with Britain. The alliance's provisions for mutual defence prompted Japan to enter the First World War on the British side. Japan attacked the German base at Tsingtao in 1914 and forced the Germans to surrender (see Siege of Tsingtao)", "id": "645856" }, { "contents": "France–Russia relations\n\n\nde Gaulle]] emphasized that [[Free France]] supported the USSR. In December 1944, de Gaulle went to Moscow; The two nations signed a treaty of alliance and mutual assistance. The treaty was finally renounced in 1955, long after the Cold War had begun. Stalin thought France was no longer a great power so de Gaulle had to make concessions to Stalin to obtain Soviet support against Anglo-Saxon dominance. There was a hope of making France a bridge between the Soviets and the Anglo-Americans.", "id": "11472769" }, { "contents": "Repudiation of debt at the Russian Revolution\n\n\nof the Russian government debt was held in France and 14% in Great Britain. Russia entered World War I in July 1914. Germany, France, Great Britain and Tsarist Russia had been preparing for war for a long time. Military spending was enormous and was financially catastrophic for the Russian government. Between the beginning of the war and Bolsheviks’ accession to power, the debt soared to £3,385 million, about 3.5 times what it had been. Furthermore, the Tsar's participation in the First World War caused 3,300,000 deaths", "id": "8689280" }, { "contents": "Viktoria Listunova\n\n\nOn the second day of event finals Listunova won gold on floor exercise and was the only competitor to score above 14. In July Listunova competed at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Iana Vorona and Irina Komnova. While there she helped Russia win the gold in the team final and individually she qualified first in the all-around. During the all-around final she once again placed first, finishing ahead of Odine Achampong of Great Britian and Vorona. During event finals she won gold on vault, uneven bars, and", "id": "18633322" }, { "contents": "History of French foreign relations\n\n\nthem. France had finally escaped its diplomatic isolation. After Otto von Bismarck's removal in 1890, French efforts to isolate Germany became successful; with the formation of the Triple Entente, Germany began to feel encircled. Foreign minister Delcassé, especially, went to great pains to woo Russia and Great Britain. Key markers were the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894, the 1904 Entente Cordiale with Great Britain, and finally the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907 which became the Triple Entente. This formal alliance with Russia, and informal", "id": "19131194" }, { "contents": "History of France\n\n\nFranco-Russian Alliance of 1894, then the 1904 Entente Cordiale with Great Britain, and finally the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907, which became the Triple Entente. This alliance with Britain and Russia against Germany and Austria eventually led Russia and Britain to enter World War I as France's Allies. Distrust of Germany, faith in the army, and native French anti-semitism combined to make the Dreyfus Affair (the unjust trial and condemnation of a Jewish military officer for \"treason\" in 1894) a political scandal of", "id": "13984445" }, { "contents": "Pierre Marteau\n\n\nand 1716 — covered by Marteau with all the old anti-French political bias: France promoted the Stuart Pretender in his fight against the newly established German King. The Great Alliance gave way to the Quadruple Alliance of 1718-1720 in which Austria, France, Great Britain, and the United Provinces joined their forces to resolve the next European conflict. The fate of Europe remained on the political agenda until 1721, with the other half of Europe fighting the Great Northern War. The conflict about Sweden's and Russia's future", "id": "5872714" }, { "contents": "France–Russia relations\n\n\n[[Emperor Nicholas II]] making no effort to hide his disgust at the lack of support from what was supposed to be his number one ally. Nicholas seriously considered abrogating the alliance with France, and was only stopped by the lack of an alternative. Further linking France and Russia together was a common economic interests. Russia wished to industrialize, but lacked the capital to do so while the French were more than prepared to lend the necessary money to finance Russia's industrialisation. By 1913, French investors had invested 12", "id": "11472765" }, { "contents": "International relations of the Great Powers (1814–1919)\n\n\nParis banks. In 1894 a secret treaty stipulated that Russia would come to the aid of France if France was attacked by Germany. Another stipulation was that in a war against Germany, France would immediately mobilize 1.3 million men, while Russia would mobilize 700,000 to 800,000. It provided that if any of the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, Italy) mobilized its reserves in preparation for war, then both Russia and France would mobilize theirs. \"The mobilization is the declaration of war,\" the French chief of staff told", "id": "13298919" }, { "contents": "History of German foreign policy\n\n\nthe leadership of Friedrich von Holstein. The foreign office argued that: first, a long-term coalition between France and Russia had to fall apart; secondly, Russia and Britain would never get together; and, finally, Britain would eventually seek an alliance with Germany. Germany refused to renew its treaties with Russia. But Russia did form a closer relationship with France in the Dual Alliance of 1894, since both were worried about the possibilities of German aggression. Furthermore, Anglo–German relations cooled as Germany aggressively tried to", "id": "21243614" }, { "contents": "Franco-Ottoman alliance\n\n\npersisted with the Franco-Ottoman alliance, and sent ambassador Halet Efendi to Paris to work out the details. Concurrently, Napoleon also formed a Franco-Persian alliance in 1807, through the signature of the Treaty of Finkenstein. In a final reversal however, Napoleon I finally vanquished Russia at the Battle of Friedland in July 1807. The alliance between France and the Ottoman Empire was maintained, and a peace settlement was brokered between Russia and the Ottomans, but the territories the Ottomans had been promised (Moldavia and Wallachia) through", "id": "5723456" }, { "contents": "Russo-Prussian alliance\n\n\nwhich was one of the primary intentions of the treaty. The treaty was a creation of the Russian diplomat Nikita Ivanovich Panin. It expanded on the Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1762, which ended the fighting in the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Russia. Signed on 11 April 1764, it laid the foundation for the \"northern system\" in Russian politics in which Russia and Prussia were allied with Great Britain. Although the Anglo-Prussian Alliance had waned around that time, the ties between Great Britain and Russia strengthened", "id": "13453498" }, { "contents": "International relations of the Great Powers (1814–1919)\n\n\nown course and react to them. The central development in Russian foreign policy was to move away from Germany and toward France. This became possible in 1890, when Bismarck was dismissed from office, and Germany refused to renew the secret 1887 Reinsurance Treaty with Russia. That encouraged Russian expansion into Bulgaria and the Straits. It meant that both France and Russia were without major allies; France took the initiative and funding Russian economic development, and in exploring a military alliance. Russia had never been friendly with France, and remembered the", "id": "13298917" }, { "contents": "France–Americas relations\n\n\nde la Marine\". Northern America became an important theater of the conflict between France and Great Britain in the Seven Years' War (1756–1763), known as the French and Indian War. The royal French forces allied with the various Native American forces in a Franco-Indian alliance. The conflict, the fourth such colonial war between the nations of France and Great Britain, resulted in the British conquest of Canada. The outcome was one of the most significant developments in a century of Anglo-French conflict. To compensate", "id": "19535981" }, { "contents": "Treaties of Tilsit\n\n\ntwo remaining enemies, Great Britain and Sweden, triggering the Anglo-Russian and Finnish War. Tilsit also freed French forces for the Peninsular War. Central Europe became a battlefield again in 1809, when Austria and Great Britain engaged France in the War of the Fifth Coalition. Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the Congress of Vienna would restore many Prussian territories. The treaty ended war between Imperial Russia and the French Empire and began an alliance between the two empires that rendered the rest of continental Europe almost powerless", "id": "14971217" }, { "contents": "Bashir Shihab II\n\n\nof troops and skilled officers in the 1838 revolt. After two years of diplomatic wrangling between Muhammad Ali, the Ottomans, Great Britain, France, and Russia, a war effort by an Ottoman-European alliance against Muhammad Ali's control over Syria was launched. Bashir's Druze and Christian rivals and dissidents to his rule in Mount Lebanon were courted and armed in an initiative by the British Foreign Secretary, Henry Palmerston. With British-Ottoman support, an alliance of sheikhs in Mount Lebanon, including the Abu Nakad, Abu'l", "id": "10857289" }, { "contents": "World War I\n\n\nalliances enlarged the crisis from a bilateral issue in the Balkans to one involving most of Europe. By July 1914, the great powers of Europe were divided into two coalitions: the Triple Entente—consisting of France, Russia, and Britain—and the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy (the Triple Alliance was primarily defensive in nature, allowing Italy to stay out of the war in 1914). Russia felt it necessary to back Serbia and, after Austria-Hungary shelled the Serbian capital of Belgrade", "id": "6153190" }, { "contents": "History of Germany\n\n\nTreaty was signed between Germany and Russia. In it, the two powers agreed on mutual military support in the case that France attacked Germany or an Austrian attack on Russia. Russia turned its attention eastward to Asia and remained largely inactive in European politics for the next 25 years. In 1882, Italy, seeking supporters for its interests in North Africa against France's colonial policy, joined the Dual Alliance, which became the Triple Alliance. In return for German and Austrian support, Italy committed itself to assisting Germany in the case", "id": "12884688" }, { "contents": "Nicholas II of Russia\n\n\nwas assassinated by a Bosnian Serb nationalist in Sarajevo, who opposed Austria-Hungary's annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The outbreak of war was not inevitable, but leaders, diplomats and nineteenth-century alliances created a climate for large-scale conflict. The concept of Pan-Slavism and shared religion created strong public sympathy between Russia and Serbia. Territorial conflict created rivalries between Germany and France and between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, and as a consequence alliance networks developed across Europe. The Triple Entente and Triple Alliance networks were", "id": "17762171" }, { "contents": "Splendid isolation\n\n\nthe 1873 League of the Three Emperors or \"Dreikaiserbund\" between Austria-Hungary, Russia and Germany. Austria left the League in 1878 due to conflicts with Russia in the Balkans; Bismarck replaced it with the 1879 Dual Alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary, which became the Triple Alliance when Italy joined in 1882. However, his primary foreign policy aim was keeping Russia and Germany aligned, and he persuaded Austria to join a reconstituted \"Dreikaiserbund\" in 1881 in response to attempts by France to engage with Russia diplomatically.", "id": "21179375" }, { "contents": "Yellow Peril\n\n\nAsian blood to avenge the Western colonists killed by rebellious Chinese natives. In response, Great Britain, the U.S., Imperial Japan, France, Imperial Russia, Imperial Germany, Austria–Hungary, and Italy formed the Eight-Nation Alliance, and despatched an international military expeditionary force to end the Siege of the International Legations in Beijing. In the Russian press, Yellow Peril ideology misrepresented anti-colonial revolt (the Boxer Rebellion) in racialist and religious terms: A cultural war between White Holy Russia and Yellow Pagan China.", "id": "18137951" }, { "contents": "History of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom\n\n\nJ. P. Taylor says that the seizure, which lasted seven decades, \"was a great event; indeed, the only real event in international relations between the Battle of Sedan and the defeat of Russia and the Russo-Japanese war.\" Taylor emphasizes long-term impact: After 1900 Britain ended its policy of \"splendid isolation\" by developing friendly relations with the United States and European powers – most notably France and Russia, in an alliance which fought the First World War. The \"Special Relationship\" with the United", "id": "9081769" }, { "contents": "Anglo-Prussian alliance (1788)\n\n\nThe Anglo-Prussian Alliance was a military alliance between Great Britain and Prussia which was signed on 13 August 1788, in response to the Austro-Russian alliance. Its aim was to limit the expansion of Austria and Russia at the cost of the Ottoman Empire, in the context of the Austro-Turkish War (1787–1791) and the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792). Prussia and Great Britain were concerned that Austria and Russia, having acquired new territories in the Black Sea region, would threaten the European balance of power", "id": "13665899" }, { "contents": "International relations of the Great Powers (1814–1919)\n\n\ntook erratic positions that baffled diplomats. No one could quite figure out his goals. Germany ended its secret treaties with Russia, and rejected close ties with Britain. France saw its opportunity, as Russia was looking for a new partner and French financiers invested heavily in Russian economic development. In 1893 Paris and St. Petersburg signed an alliance. France was no longer isolated – but Germany was increasingly isolated and distrusted, with only Austria as a serious ally. The Triple Alliance included Germany, Austria, and Italy, but Italy had", "id": "13298933" }, { "contents": "French entry into World War I\n\n\nAs the French ambassador to Germany (1907-1914) Jules Cambon worked hard to secure a friendly détente. He was frustrated by French leaders such as Raymond Poincaré, who decided Berlin was trying to weaken the Triple Entente of France, Russia and Britain, and was not sincere in seeking peace. The French consensus was that war was inevitable. The war arose from conflict between two alliances: the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria and Italy, and the Triple Entente of France, Russia and Britain. France had had a", "id": "22046805" }, { "contents": "History of German foreign policy\n\n\nReinsurance Treaty was signed between Germany and Russia: in it, the two powers agreed on mutual military support in the case that France attacked Germany, or in case of an Austrian attack on Russia. Russia turned its attention eastward to Asia and remained largely inactive in European politics for the next 25 years. In 1882, Italy joined the Dual Alliance to form a Triple Alliance. Italy wanted to defend its interests in North Africa against France's colonial policy. In return for German and Austrian support, Italy committed itself to assisting", "id": "21243611" }, { "contents": "Treaty of Paris (1812)\n\n\nThe Treaty of Paris of 5 March 1812 between Napoleon I of France and Frederick William III of Prussia established a Franco-Prussian alliance directed against Russia. On 24 June, Prussia joined the French invasion of Russia. The unpopular alliance broke down when the Prussian contingent in French service signed a separate armistice, the Convention of Tauroggen, with Russia on 30 December 1812. On 17 March 1813, Frederick William declared war on France and issued his famous proclamation \"To My People\". In East German historiography, the Franco-", "id": "4397117" }, { "contents": "Franco-Russian Alliance\n\n\nIn 1877, during the new Franco-German war scare, Russia maintained friendly relations with France. However, after the Berlin Congress of 1878, French diplomacy, in aiming at a rapprochement with Great Britain and Germany, assumed a hostile position vis-à-vis Russia. France’s alienation from Russia and her policy of colonial seizures lasted until 1885 when the Franco-German contradictions became heightened after the French defeat in Annam. Early in 1887, new complications arose in Franco-German relations. France appealed to the Russian", "id": "10205158" }, { "contents": "Wars and battles involving Prussia\n\n\n, the Electorate of Cologne, Spain, Sweden and Naples, whilst Prussia's main enemy, Austria allied itself with Great Britain, Sardinia, the Netherlands and Russia. For Prussia, the war was restricted to Silesia, and was able to capture the province after several victories. The Second Silesian War was also part of the Austrian War of Succession, but also a war fought for supremacy in Silesia between Prussia and Austria. Frederick II had allied himself at that time with France. Austria formed an alliance with Saxony, Great", "id": "1947029" }, { "contents": "World War I\n\n\nthe Three Emperors (German: \"Dreikaiserbund\") between Austria-Hungary, Russia and Germany. Concerned by Russia's victory in the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War and their influence in the Balkans, the League was dissolved in 1878, with Germany and Austria-Hungary subsequently forming the 1879 Dual Alliance; this became the Triple Alliance when Italy joined in 1882. The practical details of these alliances were limited, since their primary purpose was to ensure cooperation between the three Imperial Powers and isolate France. Attempts by Britain in 1880", "id": "6153204" }, { "contents": "History of Russia (1892–1917)\n\n\n, there was no renewal of the Reinsurance treaty between Russia and Germany. The German bankers stopped lending to Russia, which increasingly depended on Paris banks. In 1894 a secret treaty stipulated that Russia would come to the aid of France if France was attacked by Germany. Another stipulation was that in a possible war against Germany, France would immediately mobilize 1.3 million men, while Russia would mobilize 700,000 to 800,000. It provided that if any one or more of the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, Italy) mobilized their reserves", "id": "15861352" }, { "contents": "Role of geography in World War I\n\n\ntogether as the Triple Alliance and later became the Central powers due to their central positioning in Europe. France and Britain became allies along with Russia in order to defend their borders and support each other in case of war. Conflicts in the Balkans grew steadily, and after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, alliances drew almost all European nations and colonies into what would become known as World War I. Due to the geographical positioning of the Triple Entente, the Central Powers were faced on all sides by their enemies. Once Italy had", "id": "21995957" }, { "contents": "Théophile Delcassé\n\n\ndangerous man for Germany in France\". Delcassé improved relations between France and Italy: at the same time, he adhered firmly to the alliance with Russia, and in August 1899 made a visit to Saint Petersburg, which he repeated in April 1901. In June 1900 he made an arrangement with Spain, fixing the long-disputed boundaries of the French and Spanish possessions in West Africa. Finally, in his greatest achievement, he concluded the Entente Cordiale with Great Britain, covering colonial and other questions which had long been a", "id": "14348108" }, { "contents": "French–German enmity\n\n\nthe Austrian chancellor Wenzel Anton Kaunitz in 1756 ended the French-Habsburg enmity. The Diplomatic Revolution as an alliance between France, the Habsburg Empire and Russia manifested in 1756 in the Treaty of Versailles and the following Seven Years' War against Prussia and Great Britain. Although an overall German nation-state was on the horizon, the loyalties of the German population were primarily with smaller states. The French war against Prussia was justified through its role as guarantor of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, and France was fighting on the side", "id": "21650191" }, { "contents": "Bulgaria during World War I\n\n\nof the Balkan League, was unable to control the situation and settle the disputes between the allies. The failure of Russian diplomacy, and the Entente Cordiale among Russia, France, and Great Britain that stood behind it, was a victory for Austria-Hungary, which sought to undermine the unity between the Balkan countries. In June, the new Bulgarian government was asked by the Bulgarian General Staff to either take aggressive action or order demobilization within 10 days. The senior Bulgarian commanders were concerned by the new alliance between Serbia and", "id": "7310349" }, { "contents": "Military history of the Russian Empire\n\n\n, Frederick had lost many of his best troops, and the Russians and Austrians had demonstrated a newfound ability to nullify his tactics. Russia continued its alliance with Austria, but Austria shifted to an alliance with France against Prussia. In 1760 Russian forces captured Berlin. Fortunately for the Kingdom of Prussia, Elizabeth died in 1762, and her successor, Peter III, allied Russia with Prussia because of his devotion to the Prussian king, Frederick the Great. The Seven Years' War was the first war that Russia, previously embroiled", "id": "11881088" }, { "contents": "International relations of the Great Powers (1814–1919)\n\n\nfor independence with two armed uprisings. The later period (1815–1835) witnessed a peaceful consolidation of political power of the increasingly autonomous Serbia, culminating in the recognition of the right to hereditary rule by Serbian princes in 1830 and 1833 and the territorial expansion of the young monarchy. The adoption of the first written Constitution in 1835 abolished feudalism and serfdom, and made the country suzerain. The Crimean War (1853–1856) was fought between Russia on the one hand and an alliance of Great Britain, France, Sardinia, and the Ottoman", "id": "13298816" }, { "contents": "Causes of World War I\n\n\ninterest for France or for Russia. In the last 18 to 24 months before the outbreak of the war, this changed. At the end of 1911 and particularly during the Balkan wars themselves in 1912–13, the French view changed. France now accepted the importance of the Balkans to Russia. Moreover, France clearly stated that if, as a result of a conflict in the Balkans, war were to break out between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, France would stand by Russia. Thus the Franco-Russian alliance changed in character", "id": "13083693" }, { "contents": "Battle of the Ardennes\n\n\ntaught that \"the heart of France lies between Paris and Brussels\". In 1839, the Treaty of London masterminded by the British diplomat Lord Palmerston was signed by France, Prussia, Russia, Austria and the United Kingdom creating the independent Kingdom of Belgium. France and Russia joined in a military alliance in 1892, which threatened Germany with the possibility of a war on two fronts. German strategy gave priority to an offensive operation against France and a defensive against Russia. Planning would be determined by numerical inferiority, speed of mobilisation", "id": "15598046" }, { "contents": "Otto von Bismarck\n\n\ninto a trap with no exit. \"In retrospect it is easy to see that the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine was a tragic mistake.\" Once the annexation took place the only policy that made sense was trying to isolate France so it had no strong allies. However France complicated Berlin's plans when it became friends with Russia. In 1905 a German plan for an alliance with Russia fell through because Russia was too close to France. Between 1873 and 1877, Germany repeatedly manipulated the internal affairs of France's neighbors to", "id": "2526525" }, { "contents": "Elizabeth of Russia\n\n\nshe proposed the signature of a new treaty of alliance of a more comprehensive and explicit nature than the preceding treaties between the two powers without the knowledge of Austria. Elizabeth's object in the mysterious negotiation seems to have been to reconcile France and Great Britain, in return for which signal service France was to throw all her forces into the German war. This project, which lacked neither ability nor audacity, foundered upon Louis XV's invincible jealousy of the growth of Russian influence in Eastern Europe and his fear of offending the Porte", "id": "545666" }, { "contents": "Revanchism\n\n\nfelt might overthrow the Republic in 1889. This ultranationalist tradition influenced French politics up to 1921 and was one of the major reasons France went to great pains to woo the Russian Empire, resulting in the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894 and, after more accords, the Triple Entente of the three great Allied powers of World War I: France, Great Britain, and Russia. French revanchism influenced the Treaty of Versailles of 1919 following the end of World War I, which restored Alsace-Lorraine to France and extracted reparations from", "id": "8635637" }, { "contents": "Reinsurance Treaty\n\n\nMinister Nikolay Girs that in the absence of French friendship, was the best Russia could do. Bismarck refused Russia's request that Germany would stay neutral if Russia went to war with Austria, explaining how Berlin had an ironclad Triple Alliance with Vienna. Bismarck's long-term goal was peace in Europe, and that was threatened by the growing competition between Russia and Austria–Hungary for dominance over the Balkans, Bismarck felt that this agreement was essential to prevent a Russian alliance with France--it was always Bismarck's policy to", "id": "201463" }, { "contents": "Military history of the Russian Empire\n\n\nbegan in earnest in 1757, and immediately split into two theaters: a power struggle in continental Europe between Prussia, Austria, and Russia, and a colonial war in North America between France and Britain (known in American history as the French and Indian War). Britain concentrated on using its naval superiority and relatively small army in fighting its colonial war, a move that France mirrored. Thus, the bulk of continental fighting was taken up by the Austrian-Russian alliance against Prussia. Despite enormous differences in land area,", "id": "11881075" }, { "contents": "International relations of the Great Powers (1814–1919)\n\n\nmilitary alliance to join together in war if Germany attacked either of them. France had finally escaped its diplomatic isolation. In its continuing effort to isolate Germany, France went to great pains to woo Great Britain, notably in the 1904 Entente Cordiale with Great Britain, and finally the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907, which became the Triple Entente. Paris and London had a high-level military discussion about coordination in a joint war against Germany. By 1914, Russia and France worked together, and Britain was hostile enough toward", "id": "13298939" }, { "contents": "Treaty of The Hague (1720)\n\n\nThe Treaty of The Hague (also known as the Treaty of Den Haag) was signed on 17 February 1720. The treaty ended the War of the Quadruple Alliance, a conflict that arose between King Philip V of Spain and an alliance of Great Britain, France, Austria and the Dutch Republic. In 1700, the will of the childless King Charles II of Spain left Spain and the entire Spanish empire to the grandson of King Louis XIV of France, Philip d'Anjou, who was proclaimed King Philip V of Spain. As", "id": "19072832" }, { "contents": "France–Russia relations\n\n\nRussian embassy headed by the steward P. Potemkin, who had an audience with Louis XIV and Colbert and discussed the establishment of mutually beneficial trade relations between the two countries, traveled from Spain to Paris. The first diplomatic representation of Russia in France appeared in 1702 by decree of Peter I, interested in an alliance with Louis XIV due to the rapprochement between England and Sweden. A visit to France by Peter I himself in 1717 served as the starting point for the establishment of permanent diplomatic relations between the two countries, interrupted only", "id": "11472748" }, { "contents": "William I of Württemberg\n\n\nrather than the Constitution, corporal punishment was reintroduced in 1852 and the death penalty in 1853. Linden's conservative cabinet remained until shortly after William's death in office. In the 1850s, the polarity between Prussia and Austria came to a head in Germany. William pursued a foreign policy strategy shifting alliances and agreements with the major European powers. In the Crimean War between Russia on one hand and the Ottoman Empire, France and Great Britain on the other, he pushed for a neutrality of the German Confederation. This strengthened the", "id": "13036410" }, { "contents": "Steve Guinan\n\n\nwith the appointment as Assistant Coach to the Great Britain Universities Football Squad at the World University Games in Russia, 2013. Success followed Guinan again and his influence helped the Great Britain squad defeat Malaysia, Ukraine and Russia in the tournament before losing to France after extra time in the final but winning a silver medal for his efforts Guinan played four times for what was then known as the England National Game XI in June 2004. He was England's top scorer with 3 goals as they finished third in the Four Nations Tournament in", "id": "9219534" }, { "contents": "Triple Alliance (1788)\n\n\nalliance), and there were expectations of a war between the Alliance and Russia (and possibly Austria) around 1791. Great Britain did not want war, in so much as it would be content if Russia would retreat from its war with the Ottomans without any territorial changes, but it realized this was an unlikely outcome. Starting in August 1790, British and Prussian diplomats in Russia started pressuring the Russians to begin negotiations with the Ottomans, with no luck. Realizing that William Pitt the Younger was seriously considering hardline politics towards", "id": "16628245" }, { "contents": "Preobrazhenskoye District\n\n\nduring the rule of Alexis of Russia, the first professional theater in Russia was founded here. On November 18 1699, secret diplomatic negotiations between Peter the Great and Western embassies started here, resulting in the signing of an alliance between Russia, Denmark, and Poland-Lithuania against Sweden (November 22, 1699) and the subsequent Great Northern War of 1700-1721. The district has a reputation as the cradle of the Imperial Russian Navy. Peter the Great (born 1672) spent his adolescent years here together with his", "id": "1320692" }, { "contents": "Raymond Poincaré\n\n\nover the Ottomans was a great blow to German prestige, and correspondingly boosted French confidence. Poincaré rejected Joseph Caillaux's proposal for a Franco-German alliance, arguing that Paris would be the junior partner, thus tantamount to ending France's status as a great power. By contrast, the Treaty powers known as the Triple Entente being between two more or less equal powers, would preserve the current \"status quo ante bellum\". Poincaré's foreign policy was to maintain France as a great power in face of Germany's demands", "id": "9071084" }, { "contents": "France–Russia relations\n\n\nto war by presenting it with the threat of a two-front war; neither France or Russia could hope to defeat Germany on its own, but their combined power might do so. France had finally escaped its diplomatic isolation. The alliance was secret until 1897, when the French government realized that secrecy was defeating its deterrent value. After France was humiliated by Britain in the [[Fashoda Incident]] of 1898, the French wanted the alliance to become an anti-British alliance. In 1900, the alliance was", "id": "11472762" }, { "contents": "Stanisław Leszczyński\n\n\nas an ambassador and correspondence secretary. The Polish king's first act was to cement an alliance with Charles XII whereby the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth engaged to assist Sweden against the Russian tsar. Stanisław did what he could to assist his patron. Thus, he induced Ivan Mazepa, the Cossack hetman, to desert Peter the Great at the most critical period of the Great Northern War between Russia and Sweden, and Stanisław placed a small army corps at the disposal of the Swedes. But Stanisław depended so entirely on the success of", "id": "16878645" }, { "contents": "Franco-Russian Alliance\n\n\nThe Franco-Russian Alliance, or Russo-French Rapprochement, was an alliance formed by the agreements of 1891–93; it lasted until 1917. The strengthening of the German Empire, the creation of the Triple Alliance of 1882, and the exacerbation of Franco-German and Russo-German contradictions at the end of the 1880s led to a common foreign policy and mutual strategic military interests between France and Russia. The development of financial ties between the two countries created the economic prerequisites for the Russo-French Alliance. The history of", "id": "10205156" }, { "contents": "Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)\n\n\nParis Peace Treaty included guarantees of Ottoman territorial integrity by Great Britain, France and Austria; only Prussia remained friendly to Russia. The newly appointed Russian chancellor, Alexander Gorchakov depended upon alliance with Prussia and its chancellor Bismarck. Russia consistently supported Prussia in her wars with Denmark (1864), Austria (1866) and France (1870). In March 1871, using the crushing French defeat and the support of a grateful Germany, Russia achieved international recognition of its earlier denouncement of Article 11 of the Paris Peace Treaty, thus", "id": "1151392" }, { "contents": "International relations of the Great Powers (1814–1919)\n\n\nfor the security of the Ottoman Empire, sent a fleet to join with the French expecting the Russians would back down. Diplomatic efforts failed. The Sultan declared war against Russia in October 1851. Following an Ottoman naval disaster in November, Britain and France declared war against Russia. Most of the battles took place in the Crimean peninsula, which the Allies finally seized. London, shocked to discover that France was secretly negotiating with Russia to form a postwar alliance to dominate Europe, dropped its plans to attack St. Petersburg and instead", "id": "13298818" }, { "contents": "Franco-Indian alliances\n\n\nVarious Franco-Indian alliances were formed between France and Indian polities between the 18th century to the ascent of Napoleon. Following the alliances of Dupleix, a formal alliance was formed between by Louis XVI's France during the late 18th century in an attempt to oust Great Britain from the Indian subcontinent. Later, numerous proposals of alliance were made by Tipu Sultan, leading to the dispatch of a French fleet of volunteers to help him, and even motivating an effort by Napoleon to make a junction with India, through the 1798 Campaign", "id": "6639734" }, { "contents": "Empire of Japan–Russian Empire relations\n\n\npower in the Orient, where the supremacy of either constituted a threat to growing America.\" The alliance with Britain had served Japan greatly by discouraging France, Russia's European ally, from intervening in the war as this would mean war with Great Britain. (If France had intervened, it would have been the second hostile Power, and, as such, would have triggered Article 3 of the Treaty.) The alliance was renewed and strengthened in 1905 and 1911. The treaty expired in 1921 and was officially terminated in", "id": "18262091" }, { "contents": "Scramble for Africa\n\n\nallied Serbia, Germany would intervene to support Austria-Hungary against Russia. Since Russia had a military alliance with France against Germany, the German General Staff, led by General von Moltke decided to realise the well prepared Schlieffen Plan to invade and quickly knock France out of the war before turning against Russia in what was expected to be a long campaign. This required an invasion of Belgium which brought Britain into the war against Germany, Austria-Hungary and their allies. German U-Boat campaigns against ships bound for Britain eventually", "id": "3561051" }, { "contents": "Russia–United Kingdom relations\n\n\nWorld War I. In the summer of 1914, Austria attacked Serbia, Russia promised to help Serbia, Germany promised to help Austria, and war broke out between Russia and Germany. France supported Russia. Britain was neutral until Germany suddenly invaded neutral Belgium, then Britain joined France and Russia against Germany and Austria. The alliance lasted while the February 1917 Revolution in Russia overthrew the tsar. However when the Bolsheviks took power in November, it made peace with Germany and broke all relations with Britain. The British supported the anti-", "id": "5600162" }, { "contents": "Triple Alliance (1788)\n\n\nThe Triple Alliance of 1788 was a military alliance between Great Britain, Prussia and the United Provinces. Great Britain saw it as necessary to maintain the balance of power, and Prussia was hoping for the territorial gains. The alliance was primarily aimed at the Russian Empire, which stood to increase its influence with its looming victory over the Ottoman Empire. Due to efforts of Russian diplomacy, particularly in fostering parliamentary dissent in Great Britain, where the main proponent of action against Russia, William Pitt the Younger, lost support, the", "id": "16628242" }, { "contents": "History of Russia (1855–92)\n\n\nRussia's sponsorship of Bulgarian independence brought negative results as the Bulgarians, angry at Russia's continuing interference in domestic affairs, sought the support of Austria-Hungary. In the dispute that arose between Austria-Hungary and Russia, Germany took a firm position toward Russia while mollifying the tsar with a bilateral defensive alliance, the Reinsurance Treaty of 1887 between Germany and Russia. Within a year, Russo-German acrimony led to Otto von Bismarck's forbidding further loans to Russia, and France replaced Germany as Russia's financier. When", "id": "15861473" } ]

[ { "contents": "Capital punishment in the United States\n\n\nOregon abolished the death penalty by popular vote in 1916 and 1964 respectively, but both reinstated it, again by popular vote, some years later; Arizona reinstated the death penalty in 1918 and Oregon in 1978. In Oregon, the measure reinstating the death penalty was overturned by the Oregon Supreme Court in 1981, but Oregon voters again reinstated the death penalty in 1984. Puerto Rico and Michigan are the only two U.S. jurisdictions to have explicitly prohibited capital punishment in their constitutions: in 1952 and 1964, respectively. Nevertheless, capital", "id": "19518854" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Kansas\n\n\nwere a subject of Truman Capote's 1966 bestselling documentary novel \"In Cold Blood\". After the 1976 United States Supreme Court decision in \"Gregg v. Georgia\" permitted states to reinstate the death penalty, the Kansas legislature made numerous attempts to do so, but Governor John W. Carlin vetoed such legislation in 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1985. The death penalty was eventually reinstated on April 23, 1994. Of states that still allow the death penalty, Kansas was the last to reinstate the death penalty in the modern", "id": "7042385" }, { "contents": "Repeal the repeal\n\n\na movie in favor of reinstating the death penalty. This campaign had at least three specified objectives: In an interview on the Santa Fe Reporter, Darren White said he was opposed to the death penalty for crimes other than murder. According to Public Opinion Strategies, 67% of the voters in New Mexico supported capital punishment for \"the most heinous murders\". In March 2011, two attempts to reinstate capital punishment failed in the New Mexico legislature. One bill would have reinstated the death penalty by statute; the other proposed", "id": "9915988" }, { "contents": "Marvin Gabrion\n\n\na special national interest like treason or terrorism different from the normal state interest in punishing murder. The jury should be given the opportunity to consider whether one or more of them would choose a life sentence rather than the death penalty when the same jury considering the same defendant's proper punishment for the same crime but prosecuted in Michigan state court could not impose the death penalty. In 2013, the sentence appeal was overturned and the death penalty was reinstated. He is currently on death row at the federal prison in Terre Haute,", "id": "454160" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Iowa\n\n\nlaw was Charles A. Kelly on September 6, 1962. Iowa abolished the death penalty for a second time in 1965, with a bill signed by Governor Harold Hughes. Since then, there have been repeated attempts to reinstate the death penalty, but none have managed to pass both houses of the Iowa State Legislature. Then-Governor Terry Branstad made reinstatement of the death penalty a central focus of his 1994 re-election campaign; however, despite successfully being re-elected, he was unable to implement this policy due to", "id": "10345053" }, { "contents": "Khaltmaagiin Battulga\n\n\nlay wreaths at the monuments to Damdin Sükhbaatar and Chinggis Khaan. He also received state heraldry, including the state stamp and the presidential certificate. Within days of his inauguration, he took measures to reinstate the death penalty for sexual offenders. This came days after the death penalty in its entirety was abolished in the country. On 16 October, Battulga announced the creation of an expert group to look into the reinstatement of the death penalty for premeditated murder committed and rape circumstances. The following month, he submitted his proposal to the", "id": "5180028" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Colorado\n\n\nCapital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Colorado. It was reinstated in 1974 by popular vote, with 61% in favor of the measure that was referred to the voters by the state legislature. When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, a life sentence is issued, even if a single juror opposed death (there is no retrial). From 1995 to 2003,", "id": "7619607" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in the Philippines\n\n\n, tortured or simply disappeared for opposition to his rule. After Marcos was deposed in 1986, the newly drafted 1987 Constitution prohibited the death penalty but allowed the Congress to reinstate it \"hereafter\" for \"heinous crimes\"; making the Philippines the first Asian country to abolish capital punishment. When the Philippines had the death penalty, male inmates condemned to death were held at New Bilibid Prison and female inmates condemned to death were held at Correctional Institution for Women (Mandaluyong). The death chamber for inmates to be electrocuted was", "id": "2665439" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in the United States\n\n\ndeath penalty statute.. Nebraska's legislature also passed a repeal in 2015, but a referendum campaign gathered enough signatures to suspend it. Capital punishment was reinstated by popular vote on November 8, 2016. The same day, California's electorate defeated a proposal to repeal the death penalty, and adopted another initiative to speed up its appeal process. On October 11, 2018, Washington state became the 20th state to abolish capital punishment when its state Supreme Court deemed the death penalty unconstitutional on the grounds of racial bias. New Hampshire", "id": "19518869" }, { "contents": "National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty\n\n\nThe National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) is a large organization dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty in the United States. Founded in 1976 (the same year the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court of the United States) by Henry Schwarzschild, the NCADP is the only fully staffed nationwide organization in the United States dedicated to the total abolition of the death penalty in the country. It also provides extensive information regarding imminent and past executions, death penalty defendants, numbers of people executed in the", "id": "13211991" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in South Dakota\n\n\nCapital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of October 2018, four condemned, all white males, have been executed since capital punishment was reinstated in the state in 1979; two of those cases were prisoners who waived their normal appeals and chose to be put to death. When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, a life sentence is issued, even", "id": "1371667" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Alabama\n\n\nThe 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case \"Furman v. Georgia,\" requiring a degree of consistency in the application of the death penalty, established a \"de facto\" moratorium on capital punishment across the United States. That moratorium remained until July 2, 1976, when \"Gregg v. Georgia\" decided how states could impose death sentences without violating the Eighth Amendment's ban against cruel and unusual punishment. Alabama passed legislation reinstating use of the death penalty on March 25, 1976, when Alabama's legislature passed, and Governor George Wallace", "id": "1183503" }, { "contents": "List of people executed in New Mexico\n\n\nA total of 103 executions have been recorded in New Mexico: four during the Spanish Colonial era (1598–1821), none during the Mexican era (1821–1846), 51 during the Territorial era (1846–1913), 20 by the U.S. Military during the Taos Rebellion (1847), 27 between 1913 and 1960, when the death penalty was removed except for the murder of a police officer, and one since 1976, when the death penalty was reinstated; it remained until March 18, 2009, when Governor Bill Richardson signed a", "id": "20215284" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Poland\n\n\nthe death penalty for a short period of time. Some politicians of the centre-right Citizens' Platform (PO) stated that they would support death penalty if it was legal in the EU. To support the move, Kaczyński has stated that the death penalty remains popular with most Poles and that abolishing the death penalty gives criminals advantages over victims. A poll by CBOS, a publicly funded Polish research institute, showed that 63% favored reinstating the death penalty. Both the Catholic Church hierarchy, as well as former President", "id": "11499407" }, { "contents": "Smith v. Spisak\n\n\nreinstated its earlier opinion. Again the State appealed and the Supreme Court granted review. The unanimous decision was handed down by Justice Breyer. The court asked two questions; Did the Sixth Circuit disobey the directives of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) and Did the Sixth Circuit exceed its authority when it presumed that Mr. Spisak suffered harm by deficient counsel? It answered yes to both. In \"Mills v. Maryland\" (1988), the Supreme Court ruled that when imposing the death penalty the jury must be", "id": "3471890" }, { "contents": "Oregon Supreme Court\n\n\nas death penalty appeals. Decisions of the court are published in the \"Oregon Reporter\" published by the Oregon Judicial Department. The Territorial Supreme Court was created in 1848 when the Oregon Territory was formed out of the old Oregon Country region, followed by the creation of the State Supreme Court in 1859 when Oregon was admitted to the Union on February 14. The court is composed of seven elected justices, each of whom serves a six-year term after winning a nonpartisan election. Justices, like other Oregon state court judges", "id": "3173375" }, { "contents": "Crime in Oregon\n\n\nThis article refers to crime in the U.S. state of Oregon. Reported cases of crime in the state of Oregon between 1960 and 2009: The Oregon Constitution originally had no provision for a death penalty. A statute was enacted in 1864 allowing for the death penalty in cases of first degree murder. Authority to conduct executions was initially granted to local sheriffs, but in 1903, the Oregon Legislative Assembly passed a law requiring all executions to be conducted at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, the first state prison in Oregon which opened", "id": "11306436" }, { "contents": "Democratic Party (United States)\n\n\nhave led efforts to overturn state death penalty laws, particularly in New Jersey and in New Mexico. They have also sought to prevent the reinstatement of the death penalty in those states which prohibit it, including Massachusetts and New York. During the Clinton administration, Democrats led the expansion of the federal death penalty. These efforts resulted in the passage of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, signed into law by President Clinton, which heavily limited appeals in death penalty cases. In 1992, 1993 and 1995, Democratic", "id": "20046087" }, { "contents": "Bill Clinton\n\n\nsince 1964 (the death penalty had been reinstated in 1976). As Governor, he oversaw four executions: one by electric chair and three by lethal injection. Later, Clinton was the first president to pardon a death-row inmate since the federal death penalty was reinstated in 1988. In 1987, the media speculated that Clinton would enter the Presidential race after incumbent New York Governor Mario Cuomo declined to run and Democratic front-runner Gary Hart withdrew owing to revelations of multiple marital infidelities. Clinton decided to remain as Arkansas", "id": "3018084" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Romania\n\n\nDecember explicitly prohibited the death penalty; the prohibition was retained when an updated version of the constitution was adopted in 2003. The Constitution provides that no amendment is allowed if it were to result in the suppression of fundamental rights and freedoms, which has been interpreted to mean that the death penalty may not be reinstated as long as the present constitution is in force. Romania is also subject to the European Convention on Human Rights (since May 1994) and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (since January 2007)", "id": "18954863" }, { "contents": "Political positions of Leni Robredo\n\n\nfor retribution. He warned during Senator Manny Pacquiao's birthday in December 2016 that there would be five to six executions daily. As Congress moves towards reinstating the death penalty, Robredo commented that the bill was rushed \"to accommodate the wishes of the president.\" In August 2018, the Office of the President stated it would not give up on reinstating death penalty, in the midst of the opposition of Pope Francis and the Catholic Church. Robredo would speak out against the killings in the drug war, noting that while there", "id": "12921495" }, { "contents": "Crime in Oregon\n\n\nin 1866. Oregon voters amended the Constitution in 1914 to repeal the death penalty, with 50.04% of the vote. The repeal was an initiative of Governor Oswald West. The death penalty was restored, again by constitutional amendment, in 1920. Initially, all executions were performed by hanging; lethal gas was adopted as the method after 1931. Voters outlawed the death penalty in the general election of 1964, with 60% of the vote. Governor Mark Hatfield commuted the sentences of three death row inmates two days later.", "id": "11306437" }, { "contents": "Reubin Askew\n\n\nin \"Furman v. Georgia\" effectively overturned existing state laws for capital punishment in the United States, Florida was the first state to enact a new death penalty statute, which Governor Askew signed. But, Askew personally believed that the death penalty was appropriate only in rare cases. Afterward the Supreme Court accepted new state death-penalty laws in \"Gregg v. Georgia\". Immediately after the ruling, which effectively reinstated the use of the death penalty in the United States, Governor Askew began signing death warrants. Executions were not", "id": "3190125" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment\n\n\nPhilippines, saw their executives making moves to reinstate the death penalty. , passage of the law in the Philippines awaits the Senate's approval. The public opinion on the death penalty varies considerably by country and by the crime in question. Countries where a majority of people are against execution include Norway where only 25 percent are in favour. Most French, Finns and Italians also oppose the death penalty. A 2016 Gallup poll shows that 60% of Americans support the death penalty, down from 64% in 2010, 65%", "id": "6127309" }, { "contents": "Leo Glynn\n\n\nBrotherhood inmates. Throughout the season several inmates die in Em City, mainly caught in the drug war between the Italian and Black inmates. This angers Devlin, who is already in the process of reinstating the death penalty. The death penalty is reinstated and Homeboy leader Jefferson Keane is executed by the state for murdering other inmates. Another inmate, Donald Groves, attempts to murder Glynn as he is trying to help the cause of Kareem Saïd. Groves instead kills African American CO Lawrence Smith and as a result he is sentenced to", "id": "8782210" }, { "contents": "Repeal the repeal\n\n\nRepeal the repeal is the name of a campaign pushed by Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White to reinstate the death penalty in the state of New Mexico following the repeal of capital punishment by the state legislature, signed into law by Governor Bill Richardson on March 18, 2009. RepealTheRepeal is a non-profit, non-partisan organization whose goal is reinstating the death penalty in New Mexico for \"the most heinous crimes\". RTR will try to achieve this goal through a multi-pronged approach. RepealTheRepeal opened a website and distributed", "id": "9915987" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in New Zealand\n\n\nof the \"Abolition of the Death Penalty Act 1989\", and there were no further executions during the interim period. Passage of the \"Abolition of the Death Penalty Act\" ended all capital punishment in New Zealand. The Cook Islands, which based its statutes on New Zealand law, formally retained the death penalty for treason until it was abolished in 2007. The death penalty was never used in the Cook Islands. Occasional calls to reinstate capital punishment still occur, but no major political party has made capital punishment an element", "id": "18033949" }, { "contents": "John Edward Robinson\n\n\nbecause she was killed before Kansas reinstated the death penalty). He also received a five-to-20-year prison sentence for \"interfering with the parental custody\" of Stasi's baby, 20½ years for kidnapping Trouten, and seven months for theft. After his Kansas convictions, Robinson faced additional murder charges in Missouri, based on the evidence discovered in that state. Missouri is far more aggressive in its pursuit of capital punishment convictions (Kansas has not executed anyone since reinstating its death penalty statute in 1994), and Robinson's attorneys", "id": "2751084" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment for juveniles in the United States\n\n\nthe Maryland gas chamber on April 10, 1959, at the age of 17. No one has been under the age of 19 at the time of execution since at least 1964. Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976 when the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty did not violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, 22 people have been executed for crimes committed while they were under the age of 18. All of the 22 executed individuals were males. Twenty-one of them were age", "id": "10826791" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Utah\n\n\nstate formally reinstated capital punishment on January 7, 1973, and the new death penalty statutes were approved by the United States Supreme Court with the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1976. The reinstatement allowed Utah to move forward with the death sentences of Dale Selby Pierre and William Andrews for crimes committed in 1974 prior to the reinstatement of capital punishment. They were later executed in 1987 and 1992, respectively. On January 17, 1977, Utah became the first state to execute a prisoner after the moratorium ended: Gary Gilmore was executed", "id": "20149429" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Oregon\n\n\nCapital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Oregon. In November 2011, Governor John Kitzhaber announced a moratorium on executions in Oregon, canceling a planned execution and ordering a review of the death penalty system in the state. Kitzhaber's successor, Governor Kate Brown, affirmed her commitment to the moratorium. Although Oregon allows for nonunanimous juries in felony cases, all capital cases in Oregon (along with other murder cases) require a unanimous jury verdict. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the", "id": "20214682" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Oregon\n\n\nright to be tried by a jury of their peers. In 1984, Measure 6 amended the state constitution to once more make the death penalty legal. Measure 7, a statutory measure passed in the same year, required a separate sentencing hearing before a jury in cases of aggravated murder. In 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in \"Penry v. Lynaugh\" affected the Oregon death penalty, because Oregon's law is based on the Texas law involved in the case. Seventeen Oregon cases were remanded for resentencing following \"Penry", "id": "20214688" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Iowa\n\n\nopposition from Democrats in the Iowa State Senate. In 2006, a Des Moines Register poll found 66% of Iowa adults favored reinstating the death penalty, while 29% opposed it. While the death penalty is abolished at a state level in Iowa, the death penalty applies throughout the United States, including Iowa, under federal law. In 2005, a federal court in Sioux City handed down the first death sentence in Iowa since the 1960s, to Dustin Honken and Angela Johnson. (Johnson's death sentence was overturned on", "id": "10345054" }, { "contents": "Marvin Gabrion\n\n\nnot within the legal jurisdiction of the State of Michigan but is directly subject to U.S. federal law - which \"does\" authorise the death penalty. Gabrion, who was tried in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, thus is the first person sentenced to death by a federal court located in a non-death penalty state since the federal death penalty was reinstated in 1988. On August 7, 1996, Rachel Timmerman reported to Newaygo County Sheriff's department that she had been raped by Marvin Gabrion. The", "id": "454144" }, { "contents": "Peter Lundin\n\n\nJune 7, 2002. In the spring of 2001, \"The National Association of the Execution of Peter Lundin\" was founded by the former convicted smuggler and heavyweight boxer Mark Hulstrøm, and other anonymous people. The association did not demand reinstatement of the death penalty in the criminal code, but that the Folketing adopt a special law that would give the death penalty exclusively to Peter Lundin. Lundin apparently believed that there was death penalty in Denmark at the time, explaining this on a cassette tape in the prison, which \"", "id": "7238618" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Wyoming\n\n\nCapital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in the United States in 1976, Wyoming carried out only one execution: that of Mark Hopkinson in 1992 for ordering the murder of four people. Currently, only one person, Dale Eaton, is on Wyoming's death row, and his death sentence is currently being challenged. Death penalty repeal bills have been introduced in the Wyoming legislature every year since 2013, all without success. In 2019, one repeal bill passed", "id": "1370757" }, { "contents": "Witness to Innocence\n\n\nof empowerment for its membership of exonerated death row survivors to share their stories with audiences around the country. Since its foundation, the WTI speakers' bureau has reached over 25,000 people at nearly 500 events in 37 states. Witness to Innocence has also played a collaborative role in the abolition of the New Jersey death penalty in 2007, the successful campaign against reinstating the death penalty in Wisconsin, and – most recently – the repeal of New Mexico's death penalty in 2009. Witness to Innocence utilizes the innocence list compiled by the", "id": "7286057" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment debate in the United States\n\n\nsystemic presence of racial, socio-economic, geographic, and gender bias in its implementation as evidence of how the practice is illegitimate and in need of suspension or abolition. Anti-death penalty groups specifically argue that the death penalty is unfairly applied to African Americans. African Americans have constituted 34.5 percent of those persons executed since the death penalty's reinstatement in 1976 and 41 percent of death row inmates as of April 2018, despite representing only 13 percent of the general population in 2010. Furthermore, the race of the victim", "id": "8413209" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Iowa\n\n\n, which was widely blamed on the abolition, and lead to its reinstatement in 1878. Iowa was the first ever state to reinstate the death penalty having previously abolished it. The last execution to take place in Iowa was on March 15, 1963, at Iowa State Penitentiary, when Victor Harry Feguer was hanged for murder and kidnapping; however, Feguer's execution was under federal law; Feguer's execution was the last federal execution until Timothy McVeigh's in 2001. The last person to be executed in Iowa under Iowa state", "id": "10345052" }, { "contents": "Death penalty (NCAA)\n\n\nthat destroyed the program are not going to beset it again.\" His decision made international headlines, to the degree that while visiting San Francisco in 1983, Queen Elizabeth II pulled Lo Schiavo aside to ask when he would reinstate the basketball program. Drastic as it was, the move was widely applauded by several members of the coaching fraternity. San Francisco reinstated men's basketball in 1985. Gone, too, was the overzealous booster club, the Dons Century Club. In its place was the Green and Gold Club, a", "id": "11218240" }, { "contents": "Harry Blackmun\n\n\npercent. In 1972, Blackmun joined Burger and the other two Nixon appointees to the Court in dissenting from the \"Furman v. Georgia\" decision that invalidated all capital punishment laws then in force in the United States, and in 1976, he voted to reinstate the death penalty in \"Gregg v. Georgia\", even the mandatory death penalty statutes, although in both instances he indicated his personal opinion of its shortcomings as a policy. Blackmun, however, insisted his political opinions should have no bearing on the death penalty's constitutionality", "id": "108747" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Minnesota\n\n\nCapital punishment was formerly used by the state of Minnesota until its abolition in 1911. Between 1860 and 1906, 27 people were executed by hanging in Minnesota. Following the botched execution of murderer William Williams in 1906, public opinion in the state turned against the death penalty. In 1911, an abolition bill was signed into law, outlawing the death penalty in Minnesota. Since 1911, there have been 23 attempts to reinstate the death penalty in Minnesota, with the most recent being in 2005, but none of these bills passed", "id": "13881670" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment debate in the United States\n\n\nto its \"arbitrary and discriminatory manner\" of application. The court, however, left states with the option to revamp their laws and make them more constitutional. Twenty eight states did just that and the court eventually allowed the death penalty again through a series of cases in 1976, collectively known as \"Gregg v. Georgia\". The anti-death penalty movement rose again in response to the reinstatement of capital punishment in many states. In the courts, the movement's response has yielded certain limitations on the death penalty's", "id": "8413165" }, { "contents": "Huntsville Unit\n\n\nwith 561 (as of April 24, 2019) executions since 1982, when the death penalty was reinstated in Texas (see List of individuals executed in Texas). The prison's first inmates arrived on October 1, 1849. The unit was named after the City of Huntsville. Robert Perkinson, the author of \"\", wrote that the unit was, within Texas, \"the first public work of any importance\". Originally Huntsville Unit was only for white Texans; the only penalties available to black Texans were whipping", "id": "3978355" }, { "contents": "John Gordon (Rhode Island)\n\n\nagain by the state in 1984. In the 1990s, when the Rhode Island General Assembly considered reinstating the death penalty, Gordon's case has been used by those against reinstatement to demonstrate the dangers of capital punishment. Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee pardoned Gordon on June 29, 2011, following passage of legislation by the state's General Assembly urging such action. The legislation was sponsored in the House of Representatives by Peter F. Martin and in the Senate by Michael McCaffrey. Chafee signed the proclamation of pardon at the Old State House", "id": "18406629" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Mongolia\n\n\nthe death penalty within its jurisdiction.” Capital punishment was formally removed from statutes by a 2015 Act, which took effect on July 1, 2016. Mongolia is one of the last Eastern Bloc states (not including Eastern Europe) to abolish the death penalty. On October 16, 2017, the newly elected president Khaltmaagiin Battulga announced that he had created an expert group to reinstate the death penalty for premeditated murder committed with aggravating circumstances and rape with aggravating circumstances. In late November, he forwarded his proposal to the ministry of", "id": "1320682" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in New Jersey\n\n\nreinstated the death penalty in 1982, the state has not executed anyone since 1963. The abolition vote was recommended by a report from the New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission. On December 17, 2007, following the passage of an abolition bill that passed in the General Assembly by a 44–36 margin, Governor Jon Corzine signed the bill, making New Jersey the 14th state without a death penalty and the first state to abolish it by legislative action rather than by judicial decision since \"Gregg v. Georgia\". All eight inmates on", "id": "17680789" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in the United States\n\n\nmaking unavailable any appeal. The state lower house has since blocked all attempts to reinstate the death penalty by adopting a valid sentencing scheme. In 2016, Delaware's death penalty statute was also struck down by its state supreme court. In 2007, New Jersey became the first state to repeal the death penalty by legislative vote since \"Gregg v. Georgia\", followed by New Mexico in 2009, Illinois in 2011, Connecticut in 2012, and Maryland in 2013. The repeals were not retroactive, but in New Jersey, Illinois", "id": "19518867" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in California\n\n\nAlarcon, long-time judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, and law professor Paula Mitchell, concluded that \"since reinstating the death penalty in 1978, California taxpayers have spent roughly $4 billion to fund a dysfunctional death penalty system that has carried out no more than 13 executions.\" A coalition of death penalty opponents including law enforcement officials, murder victims' family members, and wrongly convicted people launched an initiative campaign for the \"Savings, Accountability, and Full Enforcement for California Act,\" or SAFE California", "id": "20149265" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in South Africa\n\n\nAlthough the death penalty was abolished in 1995, opinion polls suggest significant public support for its reinstatement. A 2014 poll in South Africa found that 76 percent of millennium generation South Africans support re-introduction of the death penalty. There are a number of parties in South Africa that currently support the return of the death penalty. They are the National Party South Africa, the African Christian Democratic Party, African Covenant , the African Transformation Movement (ATM) and the National Conservative Party of South Africa. 2018 saw growing calls for", "id": "2628565" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Rhode Island\n\n\nconcerning Gordon’s conviction and the merits of capital punishment, the Senate Committee on Education issued a report. The report contained literary references to the death penalty, and outlined U.S. and European practices regarding it. On February 11, 1852, the Rhode Island General Assembly abolished capital punishment. The death penalty was reinstated in 1872 for murders committed while under sentence of life imprisonment, but no one was ever executed under this provision. On June 26, 1973, the Rhode Island General Assembly instituted the penalty of death by gas inhalation", "id": "6475202" }, { "contents": "Frank-Walter Steinmeier\n\n\nrights policy. The death penalty goes against our fundamental ethic and moral principles\". He personally called for the abolition of the death penalty in Uzbekistan; capital punishment in Uzbekistan has been abolished since 2008. In April 2014, he summoned the Egyptian ambassador Mohamed Higazy after a Cairo court sentenced 683 individuals to death for inciting violence during protests in summer 2013, following the military overthrow of elected President Mohammed Morsi. Following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, he warned that any move by Turkey to reinstate the death penalty would derail", "id": "6762440" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in the United States\n\n\nan indefinite moratorium on March 13, 2019. On November 25, 2009, the Kentucky Supreme Court affirmed a decision by the Franklin County Circuit Court suspending executions until the state adopts regulations for carrying out the penalty by lethal injection. In November 2011, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber announced a moratorium on executions in Oregon, canceling a planned execution and ordering a review of the death penalty system in the state. On February 13, 2015, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced a moratorium on the death penalty. Wolf will issue a reprieve", "id": "19518943" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Illinois\n\n\nCapital punishment was a legal form of punishment in the U.S. state of Illinois until 2011, when it was abolished. Initially, Illinois used death by hanging as a form of execution. The last person executed by this method was the public execution of Charles Birger. In 1928, the electric chair was substituted for death by hanging. After being struck down by \"Furman v. Georgia\" in 1972, the death penalty was reinstated in Illinois on July 1, 1974 but voided by the Supreme Court of Illinois in 1975. Illinois", "id": "3331021" }, { "contents": "Oregon Supreme Court\n\n\ndirectly from the trial level courts of the state, with some exceptions such as death penalty cases. Other changes came in 1981 when the Oregon Legislature and justice Arno Denecke reformed the chief justice position from a simple head of the court in title only, to the administrative head of the entire Oregon judicial system. The following year, 1982, the court received its first female member when Governor Vic Atiyeh appointed Betty Roberts as an associate justice. Then from 1991 to 2005 Wallace P. Carson, Jr. served as chief justice of the", "id": "3173404" }, { "contents": "Walter Moody\n\n\nWalter Leroy Moody Jr. (March 24, 1935 – April 19, 2018) was an American convicted murderer who was sentenced to death and executed in Alabama for the 1989 letter bomb murder of Robert S. Vance, a U.S. federal judge serving on the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. When Moody was executed by lethal injection in April 2018, he became the oldest death row inmate to be executed since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Moody was born on March 24, 1935, in Rex, Georgia, and", "id": "3089720" }, { "contents": "Keith Wells\n\n\nKeith Eugene Wells (May 11, 1962 – January 6, 1994) was convicted of the murders of John Justad and Brandi Rains. He was executed in 1994 at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution by the State of Idaho by lethal injection, only one year and nine months after having been sentenced to death. He became the first person to be executed in Idaho since 1976 when the death penalty was reinstated and only the tenth since Idaho gained statehood. He chose not to appeal the death sentence, although it was appealed on", "id": "6053841" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Oregon\n\n\n-inhalation executions took place on 20 August 1962, with the execution of Leeroy Sanford McGahuey. In 1964 voters passed Measure 1, a constitutional amendment prohibiting capital punishment, with 60% of voters approving. Governor Mark Hatfield commuted the sentences of three death row inmates two days later. Voters reenacted the death penalty in the general election of 1978, by statute; Measure 8 required the death penalty in certain murder cases. Measure 8 was overturned by the Oregon Supreme Court in 1981, on the grounds that it denied defendants the", "id": "20214687" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment debate in the United States\n\n\nsay the threat of the death penalty could be used to urge capital defendants to plead guilty, testify against accomplices, or disclose the location of the victim's body. Norman Frink, a senior deputy district attorney in the state of Oregon, considers capital punishment a valuable tool for prosecutors. The threat of death leads defendants to enter plea deals for life without parole or life with a minimum of 30 years the two other penalties, besides death, that Oregon allows for aggravated murder. In a plea agreement reached with Washington state", "id": "8413192" }, { "contents": "People v. Anderson\n\n\n1969. Sirhan Sirhan also had his death sentence, for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, commuted to life in prison. Any person ever charged with a murder committed in California before 1972 cannot receive the death penalty. The US Supreme Court, in \"Aikens v. California\", 406 U.S. 813 (1972), denied an appeal of a death sentence: Later in 1972, the people of California amended the state constitution by initiative process to supersede the court ruling and reinstate the death penalty. Rather than", "id": "11323674" }, { "contents": "Capital Jury Project\n\n\ndeath penalty which was not reinstated until \"Gregg v. Georgia\" in 1976. In 1987, the Supreme Court ruled in \"McCleskey v. Kemp\" that statistics showed that blacks in Georgia were more likely to be sentenced to death than whites, but concluded that the evidence of specific racial discrimination in McCleskey's case was lacking so McCleskey's death sentence was not unconstitutional. However, this decision raised the issue of whether the problem of arbitrary or racist death penalties has been resolved. The CJP is a continuing research program. Its", "id": "20902508" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Sri Lanka\n\n\ntold the government, which earlier had unanimously backed the reinstatement of capital punishment, that he “was ready to sign the death warrants”. In February 2019 he told parliament that the death penalty for convicted drug offenders would be reinstated within two months. On June 26, President Maithripala Sirisena signed death warrants with the execution dates for four convicts with drug-related offenses, the first time that executions were ordered in 43 years. According to the president's office, the executions are meant to be a powerful message to those", "id": "15665367" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment debate in the United States\n\n\nAbolish the Death Penalty, and the national Committee to Abolish the Federal Death Penalty. In addition to growing organizations, the movement also profited from growing European abolishment of the death penalty and from the controversial executions of Barbara Graham and Caryl Chessman. Success mounted in the late 1950s as Alaska, Hawaii, and Delaware abolished capital punishment. Oregon and Iowa followed their leads in the 1960s. Many other states added laws that restricted the use of the death penalty except in cases of extreme serious offenses. Abolitionists began to strongly challenge the", "id": "8413163" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Sri Lanka\n\n\nelected President Maithripala Sirisena, in 2015, said he supports a dialogue on the introduction of the death penalty should it be approved by Parliament. The statement coming after a series of high profile incidents of rape, killing and sexual abuse. The death penalty, if put into action, would be carried out by hanging in the gallows situated in Colombo. As of 2015 there are 1,116 convicts on death row. In 2018, it was reported that Sri Lanka is going to reinstate capital punishment for drug dealers. President Maithripala Sirisena", "id": "15665366" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Tennessee\n\n\nchair was introduced and used for 45 years. Between 1960 and 2000, the death penalty however was not applied in this state. The death penalty was reinstated there in 1975, but executions did not resume until 2000, with the lethal injection that had become a legal method of execution at the end of this period. However, those sentenced to death before 1998 can request to be executed in the electric chair; moreover, faced with difficulties in acquiring the drugs needed for lethal injections, Tennessee law was amended to once more", "id": "6144375" }, { "contents": "Governorship of Mitt Romney\n\n\nof scientific evidence such as DNA to sentence someone to death and a tougher standard of \"no doubt\" of guilt for juries to sentence defendants. This differs from the \"beyond a reasonable doubt\" standard used in traditional criminal cases. The legislation called for a pool of certified capital case lawyers to ensure proper representation for the accused and allowed jurors who do not personally support the death penalty to serve in the guilt phase of the trial. Romney said; \"In the past, efforts to reinstate the death penalty in Massachusetts", "id": "801925" }, { "contents": "Murder of Roxanne Ellis and Michelle Abdill\n\n\n30 years (see Capital punishment in Oregon). One month later he entered a not guilty plea and his lawyers filed motions to overturn Oregon's death penalty. On September 11, 1996, Acremant pleaded guilty to the murders of Ellis and Abdill. On October 27, 1997, an Oregon jury sentenced Acremant to death by lethal injection for the murders of Roxanne Ellis and Michelle Abdill. On March 15, 2005, Oregon's high court upheld Acremant's death sentence. In February 2011 an Oregon court declared Acremant so delusional", "id": "12339195" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in California\n\n\nCapital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of California. As of March 2019, further executions are halted by an official moratorium ordered by Governor Gavin Newsom. The state carried out 709 executions from 1778 to the 1972 California Supreme Court decision in \"People v. Anderson\" that struck down the state capital punishment statute. California voters reinstated the death penalty a few months later, with Proposition 17 legalizing the death penalty in the state constitution and ending the \"Anderson\" ruling. Since that ruling, there have been just", "id": "20149245" }, { "contents": "Scott Hain\n\n\n. In February 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a stay of execution that had been put in place by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, and Hain was executed by lethal injection at the age of 32. He was the 60th person executed by Oklahoma since 1976 when the death penalty was reinstated by the United States Supreme Court. Hain's partner, Lambert, who had been convicted and sentenced in 1994, was retried, convicted and sentenced again to death. But, in 2005, Lambert's case went to the", "id": "2239686" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Peru\n\n\nCapital punishment in Peru was last used in 1979. In the same year, the death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes. Capital punishment is currently legal only during times of international or civil war, with several restrictions. Death sentences during this time are allowed for specific crimes, and may only be imposed by military courts during states of war. Execution is carried out by a firing squad and is permitted for six specific crimes (if committed during wartime): The national Constitution allows reinstating the death penalty for peacetime terrorism.", "id": "13541733" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in South Dakota\n\n\nbetween 1877 and its admission to the union in 1889, and 10 men between that time and the abolition of South Dakota's death penalty in 1915. Each of these death sentences were carried out by hanging. The death penalty was reinstated in 1939 and electric chair became the sole method. George Sitts was the only person electrocuted in South Dakota. There was speculation that his 1947 execution was in an electric chair borrowed from Nebraska due to problems with South Dakota's official chair. South Dakota was the second-to-last", "id": "1371669" }, { "contents": "Steve Earle\n\n\nproduced an off-Broadway play about the death of Karla Faye Tucker, the first woman executed since the death penalty was reinstated in Texas. In the early 2000s Earle's album \"Jerusalem\" expressed his anti-war, anti-death penalty and his other \"leftist views\". The album's song \"John Walker's Blues\", about the captured American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh created controversy. Earle responded by appearing on a variety of news and editorial programs and defended the song and his views on patriotism and", "id": "18860147" }, { "contents": "Furman v. Georgia\n\n\nFurman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), was a criminal case in which the United States Supreme Court struck down all death penalty schemes in the United States in a 5–4 decision, with each member of the majority writing a separate opinion. Following \"Furman\", in order to reinstate the death penalty, states had to at least remove arbitrary and discriminatory effects, to satisfy the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The decision ruled on the requirement for a degree of consistency in the application of the death", "id": "2177837" }, { "contents": "George Ryan\n\n\nhis state's death penalty in 2000. This decision was heavily influenced by lawsuits filed by exonerated prisoners who made false confessions as a result of police torture under the direction of a police commander named Jon Burge. \"We have now freed more people than we have put to death under our system,\" he said. \"There is a flaw in the system, without question, and it needs to be studied.\" At the time, Illinois had executed 12 people since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1977,", "id": "21795890" }, { "contents": "Penitentiary of New Mexico\n\n\nfor inmate classification and restriction. The regular daily population is about 790 inmates, whose average age is 32. The Level VI Supermax site contains New Mexico's Death Row. This is where Terry Clark was executed in 2001. He remains, as of 2017, the only execution in New Mexico since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The death penalty was repealed in New Mexico in 2009, and therefore no further executions have taken place. However, as of August 2016, the 31st governor of the state, Susana", "id": "3978830" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in New Mexico\n\n\nCapital punishment was abolished in the U.S. State of New Mexico in 2009. The law replaced the death penalty for the most serious crimes with life imprisonment and life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. This makes New Mexico the fifteenth state in the U.S. to abolish capital punishment. Since the death penalty was reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1976 (in the case of \"Gregg v. Georgia\"), only one person has been executed in New Mexico. This was Terry Clark, who was put to death in 2001,", "id": "6421435" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment by the United States military\n\n\nCapital punishment is a legal penalty under the U.S. military criminal justice system. The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ruled in 1983 that the military death penalty was unconstitutional, and after new standards intended to rectify the Armed Forces Court of Appeals' objections, the military death penalty was reinstated by an executive order of President Ronald Reagan the following year. On 28 July 2008, President George W. Bush approved the execution of Former United States Army Private Ronald A. Gray, who had been convicted in April 1988 of multiple", "id": "19134264" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Oregon\n\n\n\"; eight convicts were re-sentenced to death. In 2000, the Benetton Group featured several inmates on Oregon's death row in a controversial anti-death penalty advertising campaign. Cesar Barone, Conan Wayne Hale, Jesse Caleb Compton, and Alberto Reyes Camarena were featured in the ad. Between 1904 and 1994, 115 people were sentenced to death in Oregon, and 58 of those were executed. As of January 2019 there are 35 inmates on death row (34 men and one woman). Two people have been", "id": "20214689" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Oregon\n\n\nrepeal the death penalty, by a margin of 50.04%. The repeal was an initiative of Governor Oswald West. However, the death penalty was restored in 1920 with 56% of voters favoring its use. From 1864 to 1931, executions were carried out by hanging. However, beginning with the execution of LeRoy Hershel McCarthy, on January 30, 1939, Oregon began using lethal gas in gas-chamber executions. The state executed seventeen men in this manner, including Robert E. Lee Folkes. The last of these gas", "id": "20214686" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Washington (state)\n\n\nrecent three were by hanging. As of 2017, the Washington State Department of Corrections lists eight men on death row. The first hangings occurred on January 5, 1849, when Cussas and Quallahworst, two Native Americans, were hanged for murder. Executions are rarely carried out in the state — the most executions in one year was five in 1939, and there was an average of less than one hanging per year between 1849 and 1963. The death penalty was abolished in 1914 and reinstated in 1919. The statute remained unchanged", "id": "20149440" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in the Philippines\n\n\nbe used. In 1996, Republic Act 8177 was passed, prescribing the use of lethal injection as the method of carrying out capital punishment. Executions resumed in 1999, starting with Leo Echegaray, who was put to death by lethal injection under Ramos' successor, Joseph Estrada, marking the first execution after the reinstatement of the death penalty. The next execution saw an embarrassing mishap when President Estrada decided to grant a last-minute reprieve, but failed to get through to the prison authorities in time to stop the execution.", "id": "2665441" }, { "contents": "Jimmy Lee Gray\n\n\nin Mississippi since 1976 when the death penalty was reinstated. Dan Lohwasser, a reporter for United Press International, was one of the observers who witnessed Gray's execution. Lohwasser's account of Gray's death sparked controversy, because of the suffering that Gray exhibited. At the time of Gray's execution, the gas chamber used in Mississippi had a vertical iron bar directly behind the inmate's chair. There was no headrest or strap used to restrain Gray's head. As Gray began breathing in the toxic gas, he started", "id": "6054548" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in the District of Columbia\n\n\nreinstating the death penalty (the District is a liberal stronghold which usually give at least 85% of its votes to the Democratic candidate in presidential elections). In 1997, Mayor Marion Barry proposed a bill allowing capital punishment for the murder of public safety employees, which was rejected by the Council's Judiciary Committee. The first recorded execution in District of Columbia, was the hanging of James McGirk in 1802. The last execution under the authority of the District took place in 1957, when Robert Carter was put to death by", "id": "6317511" }, { "contents": "Leo Echegaray\n\n\nLeo Echegaray (11 July 1960 – 5 February 1999) was the first Filipino to be meted the death penalty after its reinstatement in the Philippines in 1993, some 23 years after the last judicial execution was carried out. His death sparked national debate over the legality and morality of the death penalty, which was later suspended on 15 April 2006. A house painter by trade, Echegaray was accused of the April 1994 rape of the 10-year-old daughter of his live in partner Rodessa (nicknamed \"Baby\" by the press", "id": "14689745" }, { "contents": "U. W. Clemon\n\n\nemployers in Alabama. In 1974, Clemon was one of the first two blacks elected to the Alabama Senate since Reconstruction. As chairman of the Rules Committee and later the Judiciary Committee, he fought against Governor George Wallace's exclusion of black citizens from state boards and agencies. He also fought against reinstatement of the death penalty after the state rewrote its law on capital sentencing. Wallace approved reprieves and postponements for many men on death row, as he disapproved of the death penalty. Clemon was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on January", "id": "19583168" }, { "contents": "Morgan Chu\n\n\nChair of U.S.C. Law School's Intellectual Property Law Institute (2004–06), and has served on its Executive Committee since 2004. Chu serves on the Board and Executive Committee of Public Counsel, the largest pro bono public interest law firm in the world. In one of his pro bono cases, Chu spent six years securing the reversal of a conviction of a death row inmate, the first reversal upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court of a conviction and death penalty in the 20 years since California had reinstated the death penalty. Chu", "id": "21481531" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in New Mexico\n\n\ntried, convicted and condemned for a homicide that occurred prior to 2009. Only one death penalty trial has taken place since 2009 for crimes that were committed beforehand, that of Michael Astorga, and because the jurors in that case were unable to agree on a death sentence, he received life imprisonment. Republican Governor Susana Martinez announced on August 17, 2016, that she will introduce legislation to reinstate the death penalty in the 2017 legislative session. On October 14, 2016, the New Mexico House of Representatives approved the bill on", "id": "6421438" }, { "contents": "Donald Harding (murderer)\n\n\nDonald Eugene Harding (March 1, 1949 – April 6, 1992) was convicted of the January 25, 1980, murders of Robert Wise and Martin Concannon. He was executed in 1992 by the state of Arizona by gas chamber. He became the first person to be executed in Arizona since 1976 when the death penalty was reinstated. Harding's execution is also noteworthy in that his asphyxiation in the gas chamber took 11 minutes before death was finally confirmed. The prison warden stated that he would quit before ever performing another gas", "id": "6053793" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Tennessee\n\n\nunconstitutional or if any drug necessary to carry it out is unavailable through no fault of the department of corrections. If electrocution is held unconstitutional, state statutes then provide the use of \"any constitutional method of execution\". First degree-murder can be punished by death when it involves any of the following aggravating factors: Tennessee has carried out ten executions since the reinstatement of the death penalty: one in 2000 under governor Don Sundquist, five from 2006 to 2009 under governor Phil Bredesen, and four during the term of Bill", "id": "6144371" }, { "contents": "Kennedy v. Louisiana\n\n\nthe question whether the death penalty for the targeted offense of raping a young child is consistent with prevailing standards of decency.\" In this Alito followed former Chief Justice Warren Burger, who had dissented from \"Coker\" because it, in his view, prevented a full debate over the uses of the recently reinstated death penalty. In this vein, Alito also argued that \"The Eighth Amendment protects the right of an accused. It does not authorize this Court to strike down federal or state criminal laws on the ground that they", "id": "12773316" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Romania\n\n\nsummarily shot, the leaders of the National Salvation Front abolished the death penalty by decree; some Romanians saw this as a way for former Communists to escape punishment and demanded reinstatement of the death penalty in a series of protests in January 1990. In response, the leadership scheduled a referendum on the question for 28 January, but cancelled the vote ten days before it was to take place. On 27 February 1991, Romania ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant (Law nr. 7/1991). The constitution ratified that", "id": "18954862" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in France\n\n\na bill aimed at abolishing it. The advocate was Louis-Michel Lepeletier of Saint-Fargeau and the bill was supported by Maximilien de Robespierre. However, the National Constituent Assembly, on 6 October 1791, refused to abolish the death penalty. On 26 October 1795, the National Convention abolished capital punishment, but only to signify the day of general peace. With the arrival of Napoleon Bonaparte, the death penalty was reinstated on 12 February 1810, in the French Imperial Penal Code. The President of the Republic Armand Fallières", "id": "3778948" }, { "contents": "2009 shooting of Pittsburgh police officers\n\n\nmedia. Although Pennsylvania has the death penalty on the books, and has hundreds of convicted murderers on death row, the last time the state actually executed anyone was in 1999. Since the state reinstated the death penalty in 1978, only three people have been executed, and all three had waived their appeal rights. Pennsylvania has never executed anyone who has taken full advantage of the appeal process. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, if Poplawski chooses to take full advantage of the appeal process, then even if he is", "id": "7050409" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Sri Lanka\n\n\nmotion that commuted all death sentences to life in prison was revoked in January 2001. On November 19, 2004, High Court Judge Sarath Ambepitiya was gunned down as he arrived home from work. He had a reputation for handing out tough sentences. The assassination immediately prompted Kumaratunga to effectively reinstate capital punishment. With the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War the country saw a sharp rise in child abuse, rape, murder and drug trafficking, prompting some lawyers and politicians to call for the reinstatement of the death penalty. Newly", "id": "15665365" }, { "contents": "Death penalty (NCAA)\n\n\nbe reinstated; when asked if there was any chance it would return, he replied, \"Permanent means permanent.\" However, he relented in 1988 when students who wanted a return of basketball convinced him that they were effectively being punished for something that happened before they came to Tulane. The program resumed play in the 1989–90 season, with Tulane returning to the Metro. On April 14, 2015, Western Kentucky University suspended its men's and women's swimming and diving programs for five years. The suspension came about as", "id": "11218245" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment\n\n\nexecutions. The U.S. federal government, the U.S. military, and 31 states have a valid death penalty statute, and over 1,400 executions have been carried in the United States since it reinstated the death penalty in 1976, including 28 in 2015 alone. Japan has 109 inmates with finalized death sentences , after executing 15 inmates including Shoko Asahara and six other senior members of Aum Shinrikyo, a cult group which carried out multiple atrocities involving thousands of victims such as the Tokyo subway sarin attack, which took place on 20 March 1995,", "id": "6127330" }, { "contents": "American Convention on Human Rights\n\n\neffect on 16 November 1999 and has been ratified by 16 nations (see below). The second, the Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty, was adopted at Asunción, Paraguay, on 8 June 1990. While Article 4 of the American Convention had already placed severe restrictions on the states' ability to impose the death penalty – only applicable for the most serious crimes; no reinstatement once abolished; not to be used for political offenses or common crimes; not to be used against those", "id": "15820350" }, { "contents": "Anand Mohan Singh\n\n\nthere was no evidence that Singh was the actual assailant. In 2012 Singh failed in his appeal to the Supreme Court of India against the reduced sentence. The same Supreme Court hearing dismissed an appeal from the Government of Bihar for reinstatement of the death penalty and for an overturning of the acquittal of the six other people. At the time of the original sentence in 2007, Singh was the first Indian politician since independence to have been given a death penalty. Soon after that sentence, upon being transferred from Patna's Beur jail", "id": "16215201" }, { "contents": "Hastings Arthur Wise\n\n\n, he just stared at the ceiling. He was pronounced dead at 6:18 p.m. EST. Wise was the second person executed in South Carolina in 2005 and the thirty-fourth inmate executed there since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. According to a roster maintained by the prosecutor of Clark County, Indiana, Wise was the 992nd person to be executed nationwide since the restoration of the death penalty in 1976. Ten people who were survivors of the shooting, or relatives of the dead, filed a civil suit against the security", "id": "18124451" }, { "contents": "Capital punishment in Mexico\n\n\na factor in the debate in Mexico. During a debate in 2018 during the 2018 Mexican general election candidate Jaime Rodríguez Calderón proposed to reinstate the death penalty for drug traffickers, hijackers, infanticides and serial killers. The Mexican Drug War has fueled rising rates of violent crimes such as kidnapping and murder, prompting a reemergence of capital punishment into the political discourse. The Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM), the fourth biggest political force in the country, waged a campaign to promote restoration of the death penalty, including the", "id": "22026405" } ]

[ { "contents": "Bara-lacha la\n\n\nto Tandi, where consequently both met and the celestial marriage was performed. Bhaga covered about distance, which was very difficult. Baralachala means summit with cross roads from Spiti, Ladakh, Zanskar and Lahaul meet here and in ancient times it was part of a trade route. On the North West lies the Bhaga River while the Chandra flows south-east. Near below the Baralacha-la is having a beautiful emerald lake the Suraj tal (Sun lake), the source of the river Bhaga. \"Mr. Shaw thus describes", "id": "13733904" }, { "contents": "Bara-lacha la\n\n\n. The pass also acts as a water-divide between the Bhaga river and the Yunam river. Folklore states that there were two lovers, Chandra being the daughter of the Moon and Bhaga the son of the Sun god. To perform their eternal marriage, they decided to climb to the Bara-lacha-la and from there they ran in opposite directions. Chandra being active and smart, easily found her way and reached Tandi after covering the distance of . Soon Bhaga was found coming with great struggle through the narrow gorges", "id": "13733903" }, { "contents": "Chenab River\n\n\nof Uch Sharif. The waters of the Chenab were allocated to Pakistan under the terms of the Indus Waters Treaty. The river is formed by the confluence of two rivers, Chandra and Bhaga, at Tandi, 8 km southwest of Kyelang, in the Lahaul and Spiti district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The Bhaga river originates from Surya taal lake, which is situated a few kilometers east of the Bara-lacha la pass in the in Himachal Pradesh. The Chandra river originates from glaciers east of the same pass", "id": "6162757" }, { "contents": "Suraj Tal\n\n\nnullahs (streams) originating from the Bara-lacha-la pass, which is long and is also called the \"Pass with crossroads on summit\" since roads from Zanskar, Ladakh, Spiti and Lahaul meet at this pass. In addition to the Suraj Tal and the Bhaga River that originates from it, Bara-lacha-la Pass is also the source of the Chandra and Yunan Rivers in the northwest and north, respectively. The lake is situated in the Upper Himalayan Zone or High Latitudinal Zone part of the Himalayas", "id": "12384771" }, { "contents": "Origins of Lahore\n\n\nthe rivers Bidastes (Jhelum River), Sandabal or Chandra Bhaga (Chenab River), and Adris (Ravi River). This place, from its name and locality, Wilford would identify with Lahore. With this inference General Cunningham agrees, identifying Lahore with the Labokla of Ptolemy, and taking the first two syllables, \"Labo\", to represent the name of Lava (or Lov), the son of Rama. The identification was, according to the same authority, first made in Kiepert’s Map of India according", "id": "17126856" }, { "contents": "Rivers in Himachal Pradesh\n\n\nstreams namely, Chandra and Bhaga at Tandi, in Lahaul. It flows and covers an area of . in Himachal, before entering Kashmir. The Chandra passes through the barren tribal land. The Ravi is born in Bara Banghal, Kangra district as a joint stream formed by the glacier fead \"Bhadal\" and \"Tantgari\". The river is about long and has a catchment area of nearly . Chamba lies on its right bank. The Sutlej originates in distant Tibet. The river cuts through both the great Himalayan and the", "id": "7817900" }, { "contents": "Kyelang\n\n\nKyelang (or Keylong) is the administrative centre of the Lahaul and Spiti district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, north of Manali and from the Indo-Tibetan border. It is located along the Manali-Leh Highway, about north-east of intersection of the Chandra Valley, the Bhaga Valley, and the Chenab Valley; on the banks of Bhaga River. Kyelang faces the famous Kardang Monastery, the largest and most important monastery in Lahaul, of the Drukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism, which is on a slope", "id": "12142139" }, { "contents": "Marala Headworks\n\n\nMarala Headworks is a headworks situated on the River Chenab near the city of Sialkot in Punjab province of the Pakistan. Marala Headworks is a large hydro engineering project and is used to control water flow and flood control in the River Chenab. Chenab is a long river which originates from Chandra Taal in the Lahul & Spiti District of Himachal Pradesh in India where it is known as Chandrabhaga after the two tributaries Chandra and Bhaga join at Tandi in Lahul & Spiti district and acquires the name Chenab when it enters Jammu and Kashmir near Kishtwar", "id": "20156545" }, { "contents": "Suraj Tal\n\n\nPradesh territory, and as it enters Jammu and Kashmir it is renamed as the Chenab River. The Bhaga River (a tributary of the Chandrabhaga or Chenab) originates from Surya taal. The other major tributary of the Chandrabhaga, the Chandra originates from the glacier close to the Chandra Taal lake in the Spiti district. Suraj Tal is from Keylong, the district headquarters of the Lahaul Spiti district, a frontier district of India which is approachable by road by the National Highway NH 21, also known as the Leh-Manali Highway", "id": "12384769" }, { "contents": "Chenab River\n\n\nto \"Acesines\". In the Mahabharata, the common name of the river was Chandrabhaga () because the river is formed from the confluence of the Chandra and the Bhaga rivers. This name was also known to the Ancient Greeks, who Hellenised it in various forms such as \"Sandrophagos\", \"Sandabaga\" and \"Cantabra\". The similarity of \"Sandrophagos\" (Σανδροφάγος) to \"Androphagos\" (Ἀνδροφάγος), meaning cannibals, or to \"Alexandrophagos\" (Ἀλεξανδροφάγος), meaning those who would eat Alexander", "id": "6162759" }, { "contents": "Chenab River\n\n\n. This pass also acts as a water-divide between these two rivers. The Chandra river transverses before the confluence. The Bhaga river transverses through narrow gorges a distance of before the confluence at Tandi. The Chenab river was called ' () in the Rigveda (VIII.20.25, X.75.5). The name meant that it was seen to have dark-coloured waters. The term Krishana is also found in the Atharvaveda. A later form of Askikni was ' () and the Greek form was - \"Akesínes\"; Latinized", "id": "6162758" }, { "contents": "Rivers in Himachal Pradesh\n\n\nHimachal Pradesh provides water to both the Indus and Ganges basins. The drainage systems of the region are the Chandra Bhaga or the Chenab, the Ravi, the Beas, the Sutlej and the Yamuna. These rivers are perennial and are fed by snow and rainfall. They are protected by an extensive cover of natural vegetation. The Beas rises in the \"Pir Panjal\" range near the Rohtang Pass and flows about in Himachal Pradesh. The river is formed by a numerous of tributaries; the major tributaries are the \"Parbati\"", "id": "7817898" }, { "contents": "Himachal Pradesh\n\n\nlies on the foothills of the Dhauladhar Range. At 6,816 m, Reo Purgyil is the highest mountain peak in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The drainage system of Himachal is composed both of rivers and glaciers. Himalayan rivers criss-cross the entire mountain chain. Himachal Pradesh provides water to both the Indus and Ganges basins. The drainage systems of the region are the Chandra Bhaga or the Chenab, the Ravi, the Beas, the Sutlej, and the Yamuna. These rivers are perennial and are fed by snow and rainfall", "id": "14368013" }, { "contents": "Suraj Tal\n\n\nSuraj Tal or Suraj Tal Lake also called Surya taal, is a sacred body of water, literally means the Lake of the Sun God, and lies just below the Bara-lacha-la pass (4,890m) ( in length) in the Lahaul and Spiti valley of Himachal Pradesh state in India and is the third highest lake in India, and the 21st-highest in the world. Suraj Tal Lake is the source of Bhaga River which joins the Chandra River downstream at Tandi to form the Chandrabhaga River in Himachal", "id": "12384768" }, { "contents": "History of Lahore\n\n\nsupposedly founded the city. Lahore Fort has a vacant temple dedicated in honour of Lava. Likewise, the Ravi River that flows through northern Lahore was said to be named in honour of the Hindu goddess Durga. Ptolemy, the celebrated astronomer and geographer, mentions in his Geographia a city called Labokla situated on the route between the Indus river in a region described as extending along the rivers Bidastes or Vitasta (Jhelum), Sandabal or Chandra Bhaga (Chenab), and Adris or Iravati (Ravi). The oldest authentic document", "id": "6240292" }, { "contents": "Bunan language\n\n\nBunan, also known as Gahri, Ghara, Lahuli of Bunan, Boonan, Punan, Poonan, Erankad, Keylong Boli or Bunan, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The number of people speaking the language is only approximately 4,000 in India. According to \"Ethnologue\", Bunan is spoken in the Gahr Valley along the Bhaga River from its confluence with the Chandra River and upstream about . It is spoken in villages such as Biling, Kardang, Kyelang, Guskyar, Yurnad,", "id": "17915463" }, { "contents": "Bara-lacha la\n\n\nBara-lacha la also known as Bara-lacha Pass, or Bārā Lācha La, (el. ) is a high mountain pass in Zanskar range, connecting Lahaul district in Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, situated along the Leh–Manali Highway. The Bhaga river, a tributary of the Chandrabhaga or Chenab river, originates from Surya taal lake, which is situated a few of kilometers from the pass towards Manali. The other major tributary of the Chandrabhaga, the Chandra also originates from glacier in this region", "id": "13733902" }, { "contents": "Gandhola Monastery\n\n\nGandhola Monastery (Gaṅdolā, also called Gondla, Gondhla, Kundlah, or Guru Ghantal Gompa) is about before Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh, India on the road from Manali, Himachal Pradesh. It is located on a hill above Tupchiling Village at the sacred junction of the Chandra and Bhaga rivers, which together form the Chandrabhaga or Chenab River. The village is at 3,160 m (10,370 ft) and is famous for its 7-storey tower fort. The monastery is said to have been founded by Padmasambhava in", "id": "16171269" }, { "contents": "Trilokinath Temple at Tunde\n\n\nmarble Avalokiteshvara, which is attributed by some to the 12th century. It is revered as Avalokiteshvara by Buddhists and as Shiva by Hindus and is crowned with an image of Amitabha Buddha - the 'Buddha of Boundless Light.' The original image is said to have been coeval with the Avalokiteshvara head found near the confluence of the Chandra and Bhaga rivers and is now housed at the Guru Ghantal or Gandhola Monastery. This head has been claimed to date to the time of Nagarjuna (2nd century CE) which may indicate some connection", "id": "11640865" }, { "contents": "Early Telugu epigraphy\n\n\n. This fragmentary record mentions the pontiff Santa Bhiksha Vritti Ayyavaru and his three spiritual sons, the Narapati, Asvapati and Gajapati kings who seem to have made some gifts to god Mallikarjuna of Srisaila worshipped by them. The inscription which is damaged, records a grant of 14 putti and 10 tumu of land constituting it into a village by name Lingapuram, by Ling Amma, wife of Veligoti Komara Timma Nayaka to the gods Ishta Kamesvara and Viresvara of Macherla situated to the north of Macherla and west of the Chandra Bhaga river, in", "id": "10348405" }, { "contents": "Bhaga\n\n\nportrayed as requesting the Bhaga to share in \"bhaga\". In the Rigveda, the Bhaga is occasionally associated with the sun: in \"RV\" 1.123, the Dawn (Ushas) is said to be the Bhaga's sister, and in \"RV\" 1.136, the Bhaga's eye is adorned with rays. The 5th/6th-century BCE \"Nirukta\" (\"Nir.\" 12.13) describes Bhaga as the god of the morning. In the Rigveda, the Bhaga is named as one of the Adityas, the", "id": "12798685" }, { "contents": "Bodh people\n\n\nThe Bodh people, also known as Bhot, are an ethnic group of Himachal Pradesh, India. They are found in Lahaul tehsil, Lahaul and Spiti district, predominantly in the Bhaga and Chandra valleys, but also to a lesser extent in Pattani valley, Miyar Valley, in the upper reaches of Pangi, Himachal Pradesh and Paddar valley, Jammu and Kashmir. Their religion is predominantly Buddhism. The art and craft of any region is a reflection of its environment, people and traditions. This statement is apt for Negi and", "id": "12911640" }, { "contents": "Savitr\n\n\n, now termed as the Gayatri mantra, with which Savitr was in later times invoked at the beginning of Vedic study. Mitra: Savitr is also said to become Mitra by reason of his laws. Bhaga: Savitr seems sometimes to be identified with Bhaga also, unless the latter word is here only an epithet of Savitr. The name of Bhaga, the good god bestowing benefits is indeed often added to that of Savitr so as to form the single expression Savitr Bhaga or Bhaga Savitr, with the term Bhaga simply acting as", "id": "12798662" }, { "contents": "Bhaga\n\n\nseven (or eight) celestial sons of Aditi, the Rigvedic mother of the gods. In the medieval Bhagavata Purana, the Bhaga reappears with the Puranic Adityas, which are by then twelve solar gods. Elsewhere, the Bhaga continues as a god of wealth and marriage, in a role that is also attested for the Sogdian (Buddhist) equivalent of the Bhaga. In myths related to the figure, Virabhadra, a powerful hero created by Shiva, who once blinded him. The common noun \"bhaga\" survives in the", "id": "12798686" }, { "contents": "Sarala Temple\n\n\ncentury. The Goddess “Maa Sarala” was being worshiped in this temple till the end of Hindu rule in 1568 A.D. History, tradition, legend and literature remained as the silent witness to the existence of Sarola Chandi in the Sarola grama (village). In this context, one among the great verses of Oriya Mahabharat may be quoted here. \"Nila sunder giri uttar diga kone. Saraswata bhumi bharata khanda aisanya, Chandra bhaga bolikari nadi eka goti, Brudha matanka paruse maho dadhi bheti, Se nadi titare parsuramje ghatoi,", "id": "5360923" }, { "contents": "Anglo-Hindu law\n\n\ndifference of opinion: those who follow the Mitakshara and those who follow the Daya Bhaga. The Daya Bhaga and the Mitakshara differ in the most vital points because each applied different principles. First, the Daya Bhaga treated religious efficacy as the ruling canon in determining the order of succession, rejecting the preference of agnates to cognates. Secondly, the Daya Bhaga denies the doctrine that property is by birth, the cornerstone of the joint family system. Thirdly, the brothers of the joint family system in the Daya Bhaga recognize their right", "id": "15346796" }, { "contents": "Bhaga\n\n\nprimarily in \"RV\" 7.41, which is devoted to the praise of the Bhaga and of the deities closest to him, and in which the Bhaga is invoked about 60 times, together with Agni, Indra, the dual Mitra-Varuna, the two Ashvins, Pusan, Brahmanaspati, Soma and Rudra. The Bhaga is also invoked elsewhere in the company of Indra, Varuna and Mitra (e.g. \"RV\" 10.35, 42.396). The personification is occasionally intentionally ambiguous, as in \"RV\" 5.46 where men are", "id": "12798684" }, { "contents": "List of suktas and stutis\n\n\nThis page contains a list of Hindu hymns, known as suktas, stotras or stutis. 1.Prataragnim pratarindragum havamahe pratarmitra varuna pratarasvinaa pratarbhagam Pushanam Bhramhanas patim pratassoma muta rudragum huvema 2. Pratar jitam Bhaga mugragum Huvema vayam purtram aditeh yo vidhartaa,ardrascidyam manya manas turascit raja cidyam bhagam bhakshityaha. 3. Bhagapranetar bhagasatyaradho bhagemaam dhiyam udavadadannah, bhaga prano janaya gobhirasvair bhagapranrubhir nruvantasyama. 4. Utedanim bhagavantasyamota prapitva uta madhye anhnam utodita maghavan suryasya vayam devanagum sumatau syama 5. Bhaga eva bhagavagumastu devaastena vayam bhagavantah ssyama tam tva bhaga sarva ijjo havimi sano bhaga", "id": "11906062" }, { "contents": "A.K. Golam Jilani\n\n\n. In the Galimpur village, Golam Jilani and the revolutionary leader Asab Ali Beg called for a meeting where they invited the people to join the revolutionaries against the British Raj for the independence of India from the Great Britain. At Nawabganj, many meetings and conferences took place for the Indian independence movement, for which many honourable leaders like Satish Chandra Dasgupta, Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, Indra Narayn Dasgupta and Mahatma Gandhi visited Algichor to meet Golam Jilani. In a meeting at Nawabganj in 1932, Golam Jilani gave a ferocious speech against the", "id": "12042952" }, { "contents": "Suraj Tal\n\n\nconfluence point with Chandra River, is long. The valley, which is a narrow gorge, is devoid of any vegetation up to Darcha and thereafter it widens up to its confluence with Chandra River at Tandi with terraces between Darcha and Tandi which are under cultivation in the lower slopes, with the middle slopes having grasslands. Plantation of trees and shrubs to meet fuel wood and fodder requirements have been done on the hill slopes. Lahaul Spiti valley is common a destination for Indian and foreign tourists for road trips, trekking and motorcycling", "id": "12384774" }, { "contents": "Imamganj\n\n\n, including 951 males and 913 females. Muslims constitute 13 per cent of the population in Imamganj. The population of the city is increasing day by day as the people from the rural area is settling in imamganj.Imamganj has a CRPF camp in the block campus.Two rivers surrounding imamganj flow namely Morhar And sorhar, they together meet at bhaghar and is called domuhan. However, in the 2014 Indian general election, the local voters defied the Maoists and voted heavily. Noted bestselling author Satyapal Chandra belongs to this place.", "id": "5939138" }, { "contents": "Mukhalinga\n\n\nunder the classification of \"manusha-linga\" (\"man-made lingas\"), the other category being Swayambhu or naturally occurring lingas. A \"manusha-linga\" has three parts: the \"Brahma-bhaga\", the lowest part of the linga which is a square platform; \"Vishnu-bhaga\" - the middle section of the linga with a pedestal or \"pitha\" and \"Rudra-bhaga\", the topmost part of the central shaft with a rounded tip. Mukhalinga should be \"sarvasama", "id": "8212041" }, { "contents": "Bhaga\n\n\npart of the function of a chieftain or leader to distribute riches or spoils among his followers. The name of the city of Baghdad derives from Middle Persian \"baga-data\", \"lord-given\". In the Sanskrit Rigveda, \"bhaga\" is an epithet of both mortals and gods (e.g. of Savitr, Indra and Agni) who bestow wealth and prosperity, as well as the personification of a particular god, \"the\" Bhaga, who bestows the same. In the Rigveda, the personification is attested", "id": "12798683" }, { "contents": "Kathana\n\n\nthen flows south in tortuous course, cutting off pargana Chandra from rest of the district and joins Gomati just north of the village of Dadhnamau. The river is not navigable and it banks are in places covered with jungle. There is narrow flood plain along the banks but the soil is not of very good quality. Beyond the plains, the soil is sandy but better than that in the neighborhood of Gomati. In the middle of Chandra pargana, it gives place to loam, but here the drainage, in palaces, is", "id": "8873661" }, { "contents": "Brahmanda Purana\n\n\n, states Wilson. The published manuscript of the \"Brahmanda Purana\" have three \"Bhaga\" (parts). The first part is subdivided into two \"Pada\" (sub-parts), while the other two have just one \"Pada\" each. The first \"Bhaga\" has 38 \"Adhyaya\" (chapters), the second is structured into 74 chapters, while the third and last \"Bhaga\" has 44 chapters. These published text has a cumulative total of 156 chapters. Other unpublished versions of the", "id": "17258304" }, { "contents": "Gopatha Brahmana\n\n\nuttara-bhaga\" or \"uttara-brahmana\" comprising six \"prapathaka\"s. Each \"prapathaka\" is further divided into \"kandika\"s. The \"purva-bhaga\" comrprises 135 \"kandika\"s and the \"uttara-bhaga\" comprises 123 \"kandikas\". The Atharvaveda (AV) once existed in nine recensions, each with an exclusive group of adherents. The nine schools with different titles in brackets are, Gopatha Brahmana is the only Brahmana representing all schools of the Atharvaveda listed above. Adhikari quotes Sayana (\"tathā ca", "id": "1701920" }, { "contents": "Government Polytechnic Bhaga\n\n\nGovernment Polytechnic Bhaga, also known as Bhaga Mining, is the oldest mining college of Asia established in 1905. Although the college was founded in 1887 and the studies of mining started, the institution was formally established 18 years later in 1905. The institute excels in the studies of mining and related fields. It has created many national gems across India in the mining sector. Many of the students are now at prestigious positions in the mining sector of India. Now, they are leading the mining sector of India towards a new", "id": "11249233" }, { "contents": "Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas contributions to the Indian railways\n\n\n, Baraut, Shamli, Nanauta. In 1904 Bhojudih to Bhaga to Mahuda section of Bengal Nagpur Railway was done by Keshawlal Dalpatram of Ahmedabad – built bridge over Damodar near Bhojudih, Khimjee Dossa of Nagalpar – near Sijua, Karman Vasta & Bhimjee Dossa both of Devaliya – built Malkera Station. The total section from Bhojudih to Bhaga via Bhowrah of about 9 miles and from Bhaga to Mahuda – 13 miles. Total 22 miles of this section was done by above persons. In Bengal Nagpur Railway – Nainpur to Chhindwara NG section in", "id": "8523009" }, { "contents": "Irulum Oliyum\n\n\nof Kanagal's own Kannada film \"Kappu Bilupu\" (1969). In the film, Vanisri plays the dual role of Banu and Chandra, cousins who look alike. They switch places for a few days to escape from each of their family problems. How their lives change after the switch forms the rest of the story. One of the identical cousins, Chandra, is dark and old-fashioned, whereas the other, Banu, is modern and fair, who takes life easy and meets the poor but well-", "id": "9526874" }, { "contents": "Girish Chandra Ghosh\n\n\nMission took place on 1 May 1897 in Balaram Bose's house in which Girish Chandra Ghosh was one of the prominent representatives. He wholeheartedly supported Swamiji's proposal of service for the mankind as one of the mottos of the association in that meeting. When Swami Vivekananda's plan of social commitment for the monks of Ramakrishna order was criticised by many householder and monastic disciples of Sri Ramakrishna as deviation from Sri Ramakrishna's teachings, Girish came out strongly in Swami's defence. In his article \"Ramakrishna o Bivekananda\" in Bengali (", "id": "16120247" }, { "contents": "Young Bengal\n\n\nThe Academic Association, established in 1828 under the guidance of Derozio, arranged discussions on subjects such as: After moving around for a place for its meetings, it settled down in Maniktala. Derozio was its president. One of his students, Uma Charan Basu, was its secretary. The principal speakers in the association were: Rasik Krishna Mallick, Krishna Mohan Banerjee, Ramgopal Ghosh, Radhanath Sikdar, Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee, and Hara Chandra Ghosh. Amongst its organisers were Ramtanu Lahiri, Sib Chandra Deb and Peary Chand Mitra. The", "id": "1852436" }, { "contents": "Kardang Monastery\n\n\nas its head lama. Because the monastery is on the southern bank of the Bhaga River, it gets very little sun, while Keylong on the opposite side gets far more as it is facing south. Because of this the Moravian Christian mission, which was established here in 1857, was later moved across the river to Keylong. The old monastery temple was fully destroyed by rain at 1998. The new temple was rebuilt at 1999-2009 by present monastery head Lama Paljor. The previous monastery head - Lama Apo rinponche came", "id": "16109835" }, { "contents": "Ward No. 141, Kolkata Municipal Corporation\n\n\nTollygunge was merged with Kolkata in 1953. The Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act 1980, which came into effect in 1984, extended the boundaries of Kolkata by including South Suburban, Garden Reach and Jadavpur municipalities in Kolkata. With the addition of Joka to Kolkata, the number of wards rose to 144. Ward No. 141 is bordered on the north by the southern bank of the Hooghly River; on the east by a line drawn between southern bank of river Hooghly and Garden Reach Road, Jeliapara Road, Bagdipara Road and Bhaga Khal", "id": "5556487" }, { "contents": "Ram Chandra Datta\n\n\nwas the venue of meetings where Ramakrishna was happy to be present and one of his householder disciples present on this occasion was Ram Chandra Datta along with his 16-year-old cousin Narendra Nath Datta who was still a student and he used to sing at such gatherings. Ramakrishna liked the youngster’s singing and he asked Ram Chandra and Surendra to bring the youngster to his Dakshineswar abode. He was so anxious to meet the young Narendra that he also directly asked Narendra to come and meet him. He was so enamored of Narendra and", "id": "11760951" }, { "contents": "Lahaul and Spiti district\n\n\nis from Chandra Tal. This district is connected to Manali through the Rohtang Pass. To the south, Spiti ends from Tabo, at the Sumdo where the road enters Kinnaur and joins with National Highway No. 22. The two valleys are quite different in character. Spiti is more barren and difficult to cross, with an average elevation of the valley floor of . It is enclosed between lofty ranges, with the Spiti river rushing out of a gorge in the southeast to meet the Sutlej River. It is a typical mountain", "id": "7123489" }, { "contents": "Chandra Taal\n\n\nChandra Taal (meaning the \"Lake of the Moon\"), or Chandra Tal is a lake in the Spiti part of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh (India). Chandra Taal lake is on the Samudra Tapu plateau, which overlooks the Chandra River. The name of the lake originates from its crescent shape. It is at an altitude of about in the Himalayas. Mountains of scree overlook the lake on one side, and a cirque encloses it on the other. Chandra Taal is a tourist destination for", "id": "1292837" }, { "contents": "Mandala 7\n\n\n, Mitra-Varuna, the Asvins, Ushas (Dawn), Indra-Varuna, Varuna, Vayu (Wind), two each to Sarasvati, Rudra, the Waters, the Adityas, Vishnu, Vastospati, Brhaspati, one each to the Apris, to Vashista, Savitar, Bhaga, the Dadhikras, the Rbhus, Dyaus and Prthivi (Heaven and Earth), Parjanya (Rain) and Indra-Soma. 7.103 is dedicated to the frogs. The rivers mentioned in the 7th Mandala are the Sarasvati, Asikni,", "id": "10210372" }, { "contents": "Chandralekha (TV series)\n\n\narrange for blood. Hearing to this, Meena immediately goes to meet Vasundhara in the police station and asks her to give blood for Chandra. When she comes to the police station, she takes the permission of the inspector and sees Vasundhara in the jail and tells the condition of Chandra. But Vasundhara refuses to give blood to Chandra and speaks harsh words about Chandra and Meena. Meena also says that Chandra's blood group and Vasundhara's blood group is the same. Hearing to this, Vasundhara is shocked for a moment and", "id": "2077361" }, { "contents": "Indian Coffee House\n\n\nin April 1876. Later, the Coffee Board decided to start a coffee joint from the Albert Hall in 1942. Notable citizens, including Rabindranath Tagore and Subhas Chandra Bose, were frequent visitors to the place. In 1947, the Central Government changed the name of the place to \"Coffee House\". The place became a meeting place for poets, artistes, literati and people from the world of art and culture. The coffee house is famous for its \"adda\" sessions, and as the breeding place of several political", "id": "8088778" }, { "contents": "Bhaga\n\n\nSanskrit bhaga (IAST: ) is a term for \"lord, patron\", but also for \"wealth, prosperity\". The cognate term in Avestan and Old Persian is \"\", of uncertain meaning but used in a sense in which \"lord, patron, sharer/distributor of good fortune\" might also apply. The cognate in Slavic languages is the root bogъ. The semantics is similar to English \"lord\" (from \"hlaford\" \"bread-warden\"), the idea being that it is", "id": "12798682" }, { "contents": "Love In Kerala\n\n\nMr Raja, who had returned from working along the Persian Gulf, and Swamiji, a yogi. Chandra appoints Kunjunni as his assistant to investigate this case, and meets with both Raja and Swamiji without producing any leads. During his investigation, he also meets Mr Raja's daughters, Maala and Kala. Chandra falls in love with Maala, and discovers that Shankar is in love with Kala. Chandra then gets a chance to visit the \"Lover's Club\", which had a secret link to Silver Head, and learn", "id": "1428820" }, { "contents": "Mukhalinga\n\n\n\" (\"all-equal\"), where the three parts are equal. On the topmost \"rudra-bhaga\" or \"puja-bhaga\", one face and a maximum of five faces may be carved. If the sanctum (\"garbhagriha\") has only one door, then the linga should have only one face on the front (the east), facing the door. In case of two doors, it should have two faces - front and back - facing the doors in the east and the", "id": "8212042" }, { "contents": "Chandralekha (TV series)\n\n\nscare Gemini Ganesan (Vasundhara father) as she wants to pretend saving them to create a good image of her in a two days time. Then with the help of Nila, Chandra left the prison leaving Nila in the prison as Chandra. Both of them decided to act as each and other in order to not let the others to be curious about their behaviour. Siddarth had too helped Chandra to prove her innocence. While trying to prove Chandra's innocence, Chandra had gotten a chance to capture and meet Paal Pandi for", "id": "2077338" }, { "contents": "Vedic period\n\n\n. The main deities of the Vedic pantheon were Indra, Agni (the sacrificial fire), and Soma and some deities of social order such as Mitra–Varuna, Aryaman, Bhaga and Amsa, further nature deities such as Surya (the Sun), Vayu (the wind), and Prithivi (the earth). Goddesses included Ushas (the dawn), Prithvi, and Aditi (the mother of the Aditya gods or sometimes the cow). Rivers, especially Saraswati, were also considered goddesses. Deities were not", "id": "11669667" }, { "contents": "Bahlikas\n\n\nthe Kambojas etc. Since the Kambojas were located in Badakshan and Pamirs, the Tusharas on the north of Pamirs and the Sakas on the river Jaxartes and beyond, the Bahlikas or Bahlams, as neighbors to these people should be placed in Bactria. The Brahmanda Purana attests that river Chaksu (Oxus or Amu Darya) flowed through the land of Bahlavas (Bahlikas). The Iron pillar of Delhi inscription by King Chandra (4 CE), also makes mention of Bahlikas as living on the west side of the Indus River (", "id": "22141177" }, { "contents": "Bengali Hindu Homeland Movement\n\n\nBengal. The meeting was attended by Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Kshitish Chandra Niyogi, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, Nalini Ranjan Sarkar, Dr. Pramathanath Banerjee, Debendra Lal Khan, Makhanlal Sen and Atul Chandra Gupta among others. After this, the Bengal Hindu Sabha and the Congress intensified their campaigns. No less than 76 Partition meetings were held, of which 59 were convened by the Congress, 12 by the Mahasabha and five jointly. Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee further clarified that the movement for the partition of Bengal was not directly related", "id": "16744849" }, { "contents": "Pushkaram\n\n\nto erase all sins. The first twelve days are known as \"Adi Pushkaram\", and the last twelve days are called \"Anthya Pushkaram\". It is believed that during the above period of twenty-four days, \"Pushkar\", imbued with the power to make any river holy, will travel with Jupiter as Jupiter moves from one Zodiac house to another. Planets that fall in the \"Pushkara navamsa\" or \"Puskara bhaga\" of a birthchart are considered to be very beneficial and auspicious in jyotish astrology.", "id": "1907923" }, { "contents": "Darcha\n\n\nDarcha (elevation 3,360 m or 11,020 ft) is a village on the Bhaga River in Lahaul region in Lahaul and Spiti district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is the northernmost permanent settlement in Himachal Pradesh along the Manali-Leh Highway. The \"Rough Guide to India\" describes it as \"a lonely cluster of dry-stone huts and dingy tent camps\". The village has 65 households and a total population of 298, of which 152 are male and 146 are female. There are 2 residents belonging", "id": "595422" }, { "contents": "Linga Purana\n\n\n\" has a complicated chronology. Cornelia Dimmitt and J. A. B. van Buitenen state that each of the Puranas is encyclopedic in style, and it is difficult to ascertain when, where, why and by whom these were written: The Linga Purana survives in many versions, consisting of two parts – the \"Purva-bhaga\" (older part, sometimes called Purvardha) with 108 chapters and \"Uttara-bhaga\" (later part, sometimes called Uttarardha) with 55 chapters. However, the manuscripts of the text assert in", "id": "17257900" }, { "contents": "Eurypteryx bhaga\n\n\nEurypteryx bhaga, the hook-winged hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1866. The wingspan is 82–84 mm. It is similar to \"Daphnis\" species, but easily distinguished by the falcate apex of the forewing, which also lacks a large oval dark green basal patch on the upperside. It is also similar to \"Eurypteryx obtruncata\", but the forewing outer margin is less curved and the hindwing apex is evenly rounded. There is an incomplete line on the forewing upperside running", "id": "7573527" }, { "contents": "Hindu iconography\n\n\n; it is octagonal in cross section. Both the Brahma bhaagam and Vishnu Bhaagam are embedded in peetham (the ornamental pedestal). A visible 1/3rd Shiva Pooja bhaagam or Pooja bhaga( also known as Rudra bhaagam or Rudra bhaga) which is top most part which is worshiped. It is circular in cross section and cylindrical in shape. It represents Rudra (Shiva), the Dissoluter or Destroyer of the World. It is known as Pooja bhaagam because this part is worshipped. Brahmasutras: These are certain essential lines present on", "id": "12750307" }, { "contents": "Linga Purana\n\n\nverse 2.55.37 that the Uttara-bhaga only has 46 chapters, suggesting that the text was expanded over time. Some scholars suggest that the entire Uttara-bhaga may be a later insertion or attachment to the older part. The text is titled after its theme, that is the worship of Linga, and the text is primarily focussed on Shiva as Supreme. However, along with Shiva-related themes, the \"Linga Purana\" includes chapters dedicated to Vedic themes, as well as includes reverence for Vishnu and Brahma. Linga", "id": "17257901" }, { "contents": "Linga Purana\n\n\nis the manifested Linga, a union of unchanging Principles and the ever changing nature. The \"Linga Purana\" text builds on this foundation. The Linga Purana consists of two parts – the longer \"Purva-bhaga\" and the shorter \"Uttara-bhaga\". They discuss diverse range of topics, and illustrative sections include: The Linga Purana is notable for its aggressiveness in retaliating against those who censure Shiva, suggesting in chapter 1.107 that Shiva devotee should be willing to give his life to end the censorship of Shiva,", "id": "17257903" }, { "contents": "Kardang Monastery\n\n\nKardang Monastery or Gompa is a famous Drukpa Lineage monastery, and is the most important monastery the Lahaul valley, India. The associated village of Kardang was once the capital of Lahaul. The monastery is a huge white building bedecked with prayer flags. It is situated on a ridge below the 15,000 foot (4,572 metres) Rangcha peak, at an altitude of 3,500m on the left bank of the Bhaga River, facing the town of Keylong, about 8 km away. Kardang is well connected by the road via the Tandi", "id": "16109830" }, { "contents": "Suraj Tal\n\n\nwhich cover the Lake and the Bara-lacha-la pass, en route from Manali to Leh. Trekking tours are a common feature. One such trek route is the Zingzingbar–Suraj Tal–Bara-lacha-la, which involves trek along the Bhaga River for , cross a bridge to the North bank, then a further climb of from the bridge followed by a steep foot trail up to Suraj Tal. Motorcycle trips during the season when the area is approachable are undertaken by tourists. During such trips from Manali", "id": "12384775" }, { "contents": "Tinno, Lahaul\n\n\nTinno is a village in Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh. It is around 14 km from Keylong, which is district headquarters. The village is along Manali-Leh Highway on left bank of Bhaga river, which originates from Suraj Taal lake.It has a total of 29 families residing in the village. The Tinno village has a population of 125, of which 59 are males while 66 are females as per Population Census 2011. In 2011, the literacy rate of Tinno village was 82.35%. In Tinno male", "id": "21396990" }, { "contents": "LGBT themes in Hindu mythology\n\n\nbut by the blessings of the sage Ashtavakra, the child was restored to full health. Ashtavakra named the child \"Bhagiratha\" – he who was born from two vulvas (\"bhaga\"). Bhagiratha later became one of the most famous kings of India and is credited with bringing the Ganges River down to earth through his austerities. The elephant-headed, wisdom god Ganesha's conception has numerous versions. Some sources consider him to be the progeny of Shiva and Parvati, although conception occurs outside the womb. However,", "id": "2817714" }, { "contents": "Jispa\n\n\nJispa (elevation 3,200 m or 10,500 ft; population 332) is a village in Lahaul, in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Jispa is located 20 km north of Keylong and 7 km south of Darcha, along the Manali-Leh Highway and the Bhaga river. There are approximately 20 villages between Jispa and Keylong. According to the 2001 census, of the town's 332 residents, 235 were male and 97 were female. Four belong to scheduled castes, and 149 belong to scheduled tribes. The village has 78", "id": "594852" }, { "contents": "Subash Chandra Bose (film)\n\n\na Patriotic action drama based movie in which Ashok (Venkatesh) working in a TV channel with his girlfriend Anita (Genelia), covers the meeting of a politician (Prakash Raj). By seeing Prakash Raj there, Ashok gets images from the bygone era. In a flashback, it is revealed that in the year 1946, a man named Subash Chandra Bose alias Chandram (Venkatesh) fights against local British officer (Gulshan Grover). Subash Chandra Bose worships the real freedom fighter Subash Chandra Bose. When the state governor", "id": "2038667" }, { "contents": "Pootkee Balihari Area\n\n\nof producing 3 million tonnes per annum. Producing mines: The new 1&2 sections of PB section and SB 5/7 pit section was amalgamated in 2005 to form PB Project Colliery. It is located in the central part of the Jharia Coalfield on the Bhaga Putkee Road and has a mineable reserve of 571.03 million tonnes. KB 10/12 Pits colliery operates in XV and XVI seam with hydraulic sand stowing. It was earlier worked by Sethia Brothers. It is on Putkee Bhaga DB Road and has a mineable reserve of 3.501 million tonnes. Bhagaband", "id": "18633816" }, { "contents": "Krishnanagar, Nadia\n\n\nChandra Ray is a prominent place of tourist attraction though the remnants of the past glory have been eroded and only a dilapidated structure of the exquisite places with carving on its inner walls exists today. Krishnanagar is located at . It has an average elevation of 14 metres (45 feet). Krishnanagar is beside the Jalangi River. The Tropic of Cancer passes through outskirts of Krishnanagar, Latitude of Tropic of Cancer: 23° 26′ 5″ N. Krishnanagar municipality was established in the year 1864 and is one of the oldest. This place", "id": "17766580" }, { "contents": "Chandra Kumar Bose\n\n\nChandra Kumar Bose is a Bengali businessman and politician Bose's father Late Amiya Nath Bose was a Member of Parliament elected from Aramabag. He is the grand nephew of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and grandson of Sarat Chandra Bose. Bose studied economics from Hendon College of London and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from IMM Kolkata in 1982. He joined Tata Management Training Centre at Jamshedpur. After leaving the job he opened Bose Information Technology. Bose joined the BJP in a public meeting in Howrah on 23 January 2016. In 2016 West", "id": "12089914" }, { "contents": "Kachari Kingdom\n\n\nThe last king, Govinda Chandra Hasnu, was restored by the British after the Yandaboo Treaty in 1826, but he was unable to subjugate Tularam Senapati who ruled the hilly regions. Tularam Senapati's domain was Mahur River and the Naga hills in the south, the Doyang river on the west, the Dhansiri River on the east and Jamuna and Doyang in the north. In 1830, Govinda Chandra Hasnu died. In 1832, Tularam Senapati (A Tiwa Lalung King) was pensioned off and his region was annexed by the British", "id": "2843705" }, { "contents": "Arnoraja\n\n\nthe text, these invaders came through the desert, and had to drink the blood of their horses in absence of water. After defeating these invaders, Arnoraja purified the place of their death by commissioning a lake, which is identified with the modern Ana Sagar. The lake was filled with the water of the Chandra river, identified with the modern Bandi River. Historian H. C. Ray theorized that the Muslim invaders defeated by Arnoraja were the Yamini generals of Lahore. However, R. B. Singh identifies the invader as Bahram Shah of", "id": "16561503" }, { "contents": "Limkheda\n\n\nLimkheda is a village in Dahod district, Gujarat, India. It is located at at an elevation of Limkheda is the heart of Dahod district, it is situated on the river bank of Hadaf, the River HADAF is Passing between Limkheda@ palli. Limkheda is famous for its hotel chandra vilasha kachori, Limkheda has very good old 0Hasteshwar mahadev temple, it is good place for picnic, in Limkheda deshi bazaar is known as HAT, its arranging at every Sunday. Limkheda is west of Dahod. Nearest airport is Harni Airport at", "id": "21875292" }, { "contents": "Chandannagar\n\n\nderived from the shape of the bank of the river Hooghly which is bent like a half moon (in Bengali, \"Chand\" means moon and \"Nagar\" implies city), so originally it was chander nagar. From the river bank, it looked like a moon-shaped necklace (crescent moon). Some local people say that once, the place was the major hub of the trade of Sandal (Bengali-\"chandan)\". In some old documents the spelling of Chandannagar was Chandernagore which probably came from Chandra Nagar.", "id": "6997712" }, { "contents": "Sibagat River\n\n\nSibagat River (; ) is a stream located in Sibagat, Agusan del Sur, Caraga Region, Philippines. It is a tributary of the larger Wawa River with headwaters located in the mountain boundaries of Sibagat and Butuan City. \"Sibagat River\" is named after its town's name \"Sibagat\" that comes from the word \"bagat\" which means meet or meeting place. According to the oral history, Sibagat River is the place where the warring tribes meet and fight. The losing tribe would retreat downstream to the Wawa River", "id": "21367772" }, { "contents": "Chirakumar Sabha\n\n\nhardened bachelors who meet on a regular basis, and eventually settle for marriage. Purna is a newcomer to the group of bachelors at Professor Chandra Basu’s house. Also attending are three other bachelors Akshay, Bipin and Shirish. Alshay is ousted from the committee when he gets married. He suggests that all members meet at his place instead. Nirmala, the Professor’s daughter also joins the crowd becoming the only female member. Purna is attracted to Nirmala and suggests marriage, which Nirmala refuses. Akshay has three sisters Shailabala a", "id": "18121930" }, { "contents": "Anaagat\n\n\nAnaagat () is a 2019 Nepali language psychological thriller directed by Samten Bhutia and produced by Mountain River Films and Tiny but Big Pictures Production. The seed for the film was sown when Chandra K. Jha, who went on to become one of the producers of the film, pitched his story idea to Samten Bhutia. In subsequent meetings between the two of them and Prabachan Shrestha, the screenwriter, the story took shape quickly and a full-fledged screenplay followed soon after. Even at this early stage, there was a unanimous", "id": "16139479" }, { "contents": "Chandrakumari\n\n\n. Later they go to a bank and ask the manager for a loan. Chandra 1st Aunt, tries marry her Grandson Aadhav to Chandra's daughter Anjali. After a sequence of events, Chandra tells Anjali about her Aunt and brother and the bank loan also gets sanctioned. Then Mukundhan( Neelakandan's sister son) knowing this kidnappes Anjali and Aadhav. Mukundhan and Anjali jumped in to place called Shankarapuram (Chandra's poorviga veedu). Anjali was saved by Chandra's 2nd aunt's grandson Sathyamoorthy after that. Then Anjali and", "id": "19240425" }, { "contents": "Vikram Chandra (journalist)\n\n\nof NDTV Networks. He added NDTV Convergence to his portfolio in 2009. Chandra's first work of fiction, the thriller \"The Srinagar Conspiracy\", was published in 2000 and became a best seller. The book was notable for its combination of setting the action in Kashmir, a place in which Chandra had become familiar through his journalism, and of using English. As a reporter, Chandra was assigned to Kashmir, where he reported on war and conflict. Chandra had an exclusive footage of the army camps at the Saltoro", "id": "6852994" }, { "contents": "Love In Kerala\n\n\nSwamiji arranges a hotel room for Jackson to meet with Maala. Disguised as hotel staff, Chandra and Kunjunni come to the hotel room, capture Jackson, and lock him in a police station. Later, Shankar secretly sneaks into the police station and helps Jackson to escape. Jackson uses a gangland connection to arrange an escape route, but is again captured by Chandra and Kunjunni. Swamiji and the gangsters capture Chandra and Kunjunni, and lock them in the gang's secret dungeon, intending to kill them, but Maala arrives and", "id": "1428822" }, { "contents": "Chandrakumari\n\n\nShe vows to kill Chandrakumari. Back to the present... The Chandrakumari book has been burned by itself. Later she decides to move to Chennai. On the way, she was being followed by the evil fly. The Rajaguru of Manglapuri who was in the penance for these long years turns into a transgender woman and protects her. Meanwhile, in the jail, the transgender(Rajaguru) meets Chandra (incarnation of queen Chandrakumari).The Transgender (Rajaguru) brought Chandra to her house and give her a vilva leave.After that,Chandra get", "id": "19240422" }, { "contents": "Ahista Ahista (1981 film)\n\n\nKannada film \"Gejje Pooje\" directed by Puttanna Kanagal in 1969. Courtesan Madame Subbalaxmi heads a household where men are not born, but are welcome. Women are not welcome, but their birth is. Subbalaxmi is thrilled when her protege, Sangeeta, gives birth to a baby girl, who they name Chandra. Shortly thereafter they relocate to a small community. Sangeeta wants Chandra to study, and she is allowed to do so. Chandra meets her neighbor, Kunal, and their family, and is welcomed by them.", "id": "20432714" }, { "contents": "Kowi Chandra\n\n\nChampionships 2012, as well as the third position for mixed doubles while pairing with one of his students, Lisa Chang. Chandra was the recipient of 2013 USAB Development Coach of The Year. Chandra is a member of Coaching Advisory Group, leading critical role for the development of badminton in the US. In 2015, Chandra led Team USA for the World University Games and Pan American Junior Championships. During Pan Am Junior Championships, the team won the 1st place title (Gold Medal). Later this year, Chandra will also", "id": "15704369" }, { "contents": "Bhagavan\n\n\nas one perfect creator that a devotee seeks to partake from, share his place with, by living in god, in the way of god, the loving participation between the two being its own reward. Buddha is referred to as Bhagavan in ancient and medieval Theravada, Mahayana and Tantra Buddhist texts, where it connotes, \"Lord, Blessed One, Fortunate One\". The Vedic texts neither mention nor provide a basis to explain the origin of the \"Bhagavān\" concept. The root of \"Bhagavan\", \"Bhaga", "id": "11674700" }, { "contents": "National Council of Education\n\n\n. On 10 December 1905, the Landholders Society organized a meeting at Park Street, attended by around 1500 delegates, including Rabindranath Tagore, Aurobindo Ghosh, Raja Subodh Chandra Mullick and Brajendra Kishore Roychowdhury. The idea of the National Council of Education was mooted here. While in a meeting held on 9 November 1905 at the Field and Academic Club, Subodh Chandra Mullick pledged Rupees one lakh for the foundation of a National University in Bengal. The objective in setting up the institution that was to challenge the British rule over education by", "id": "17484579" }, { "contents": "Tarak Nath Das\n\n\nwhen the former was invited to preside over the Sitaram Festival at Mohammadpur in Jessore, the ancient capital of Bengal. On this occasion, during a closeted meeting around Jatin were present, in addition to Tarak, Shrish Chandra Sen, Satyendra Sen and Adhar Chandra Laskar: all the four, one after the other, were to leave for higher studies abroad. Nothing was known about the object of this meeting till in 1952 when, during a conversation, Tarak spoke of it. Along with specific higher education, they were to", "id": "21483701" }, { "contents": "History and culture of Elavumthitta\n\n\n. There was a meeting held in SNDP hall of Nediyakala, barely one and a half km away from Elavumthitta market. Besides Mr. Chandra Dattan, members present in the meeting were; Mr.V.R Gopinathan Nair, Mr. C. A Gangadharan, T. K. Sadanandan, P. K. Gangadharan, A. D. Kuttappanachari and Mr. Satyapalan. It was decided that the club will be based in Elavumthitta and the aim and objective of the club will have to promote arts and sports in Elavumthitta. Mr. C. Chandra Dattan as president, Mr. V. R.", "id": "7038294" }, { "contents": "Khejuri II\n\n\nthe Rasulpur River. It stood 75 feet high and was visible for 15 miles. It still exists today and works though not required by any mariner or ships. People from various parts of India come to visit this historical place. It's also here where Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel's Kapalkundala temple is situated. Sagar Light House is located 13 miles away across the river on Sagar Island. Kaukhali light-house was abandoned in 1925. Raja Rammohun Roy sailed for England from Khejuri port in 1825. Later in the 18th", "id": "5105416" }, { "contents": "Mohan Lal Sukhadia\n\n\ninstead. Finally, college authorities had to bow down against the demands of students. Sukhadia had successfully led his first revolt against British Rule exemplifying his uncanny leadership abilities and managerial skills. In college, he came in contact with prominent national leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Yusuf Meherally and Ashok Mehta. Sukhadia regularly attended meetings of Congress workers and volunteers headed by Patel in Mumbai. When he came back to Nathdwara, he started a small Electrical workshop. This shop was essentially a meeting place where Sukhadia and", "id": "11934139" }, { "contents": "Six Months Ago\n\n\nability is, but he doesn't want it. Gabriel then picks up a crystal from the table and kills Brian. Gabriel meets with Chandra again and demonstrates telekinetic power by moving a glass across the table until it is moved off the table and the glass flies and smashes against the wall. Gabriel apologizes for his previous behavior, and Chandra understands his anger. Gabriel tells him that he feels different now, as if he has a chance to start over with a new life and new purpose. He tells Chandra, \"", "id": "12070928" }, { "contents": "Chandra Khonnokyoong\n\n\ncontact her father in the afterlife. Wat Phra Dhammakaya often emphasizes Maechi Chandra's illiteracy, to make the point that she became a spiritual leader solely because of her character and spiritual maturity, rather than academic knowledge. The temple's biography states that \"she made a classroom of the vast paddy fields of her youth\". In 1938, with the permission of the mistress of the house, Chandra was taken by Ajan Thongsuk to meet Luang Pu Sodh for the first time. She was going to spend a month at Wat", "id": "19091283" }, { "contents": "Intiki Deepam Illale\n\n\nT. Rama Rao) & Chandra Shekar (Jaggayya) are brothers hailing from a Zamindar family. The elder one, Raja Shekar is good in nature, but an alcoholic, while the younger one Chandra Shekar is a successful medical practitioner at Madras. Chandra Shekar stays as a tenant in the house of widowed Devamma (Malathi) and her daughter Malathi (E. V. Saroja), who loves him. However, on a rail journey to his hometown, he meets an elderly man, Dharmalingam (Chittor V. Nagaiah) with his", "id": "2507780" }, { "contents": "Vachina Kodalu Nachindi\n\n\ndecide to earn by performing dances in the street. Chandra meets Ravi in one of the performances, gets attracted and they love each other. Raju and Jogulu are annoyed about this and inform CID Venkat Swamy (Relangi). Venkat Swamy cautions Ravi’s mother Jayamma (Kannamba) about this and advises her to marry Ravi. Meanwhile, Ravi suspects Chandra by the plan played by Jogulu and Raju and they get separated. But to rescue Ravi from Raju, Chandra goes to his village. When Ravi reaches home, his mother", "id": "6279294" }, { "contents": "Chak Number Three\n\n\nChak Number Three is a place in Mandi Bahauddin District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is a small village with about 300 houses. It is south from Bhaga pind, west from Sohawa, east from Chemun and north from Bhiki sherief. There is one mosque in the village. The majority of the young generation is living abroad in United States, Canada, UK, and Europe. Agriculture includes growing bamboo in their fields. The Warraich tribe forms a majority of the population followed by the Cheema and the Gujjar.", "id": "8702457" }, { "contents": "Chandra X-ray Observatory\n\n\n. On October 10, 2018, Chandra entered safe mode operations, due to a gyroscope glitch. NASA reported that all science instruments were safe. Within days, the 3-second error in data from one gyro was understood, and plans were made to return Chandra to full service. The gyroscope that experienced the glitch was placed in reserve and is otherwise healthy. The data gathered by Chandra has greatly advanced the field of X-ray astronomy. Here are some examples of discoveries supported by observations from Chandra: Unlike optical telescopes which", "id": "3840449" }, { "contents": "Sekhar Suri\n\n\nin Hyderabad. He discontinued his degree in commerce to become a film maker. His original name is SS Chandra Sekhar. Since Chandra Sekhar is a very common name in the film industry, he changed his name to Sekhar Suri. Another Tollywood director Indraganti Mohanakrishna is his cousin. He happened to meet actor Tarun on an occasion with the help of his friend. With the help of Tarun, he got a chance to meet the owner of Super Good Films. This way he got a chance to direct Tarun for the film", "id": "2637145" }, { "contents": "Arnab Jan Deka\n\n\nKatha International Short Story Festival held in New Delhi in January, 2004, awarded him with the Katha-Goriyoshi Award for his short-story \"Himalayan Mystic Meeting\". He is also a recipient of the Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray Memorial Award (\"Smarak Samman\") 2010 in Calcutta, conferred upon him in recognition of his lifetime contributions to literature, art and scientific research. He is the international chairman of the Indo-British environmental project Save the Brahmaputra River. He was the youngest Indian radio playwright. His first", "id": "2964237" }, { "contents": "Ram Chandra Datta\n\n\nthe effect was so profound which made him cry for six months till Narendra met him. But Narendra took time to meet him as he thought Ramakrishna was a \"monomaniac\". In 1898, when Ram Chandra was seriously ill, Swami Vivekananda, after returning from the Western countries, visited Ram Chandra to inquire about his cousin's health. At that time Vivekananda even helped him to wear his slippers to go to the toilet as there was no body else in the room. Ram was so touched by this visit and kind", "id": "11760952" } ]

[ { "contents": "Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh\n\n\nwith the RSS, the Muslim National Guard was also banned. The ban was lifted on 28 January 1947. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh initially did not recognise the Tricolor as the National Flag of India. The RSS-inspired publication, the \"Organiser\", demanded, in an editorial titled \"National Flag\", that the \"Bhagwa Dhwaj\" (Saffron Flag) be adopted as the National Flag of India. After the Tricolor was adopted as the National Flag by the Constituent Assembly of India on 22 July 1947, the", "id": "9513386" }, { "contents": "Flag code of India\n\n\nThe middle panel shall be white, bearing at its centre the design of Ashoka Chakra in navy blue colour with 24 equally spaced spokes.\" It was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947, when it became the official flag of the Dominion of India. The flag was subsequently retained as that of the Republic of India. In India, the term \"tricolour\" (, Tirangā) almost always refers to the Indian national flag. The flag is based on the \"", "id": "4409522" }, { "contents": "Flag of India\n\n\nThe National Flag of India is a horizontal rectangular tricolour of India saffron, white and India green; with the ', a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre. It was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947, and it became the official flag of the Dominion of India on 15 August 1947. The flag was subsequently retained as that of the Republic of India. In India, the term \"tricolour\" () almost always refers to the Indian national", "id": "10145325" }, { "contents": "Ashoka\n\n\nSarnath and The Ashoka Pillar. The most visible use of the Ashoka Chakra today is at the centre of the National flag of the Republic of India (adopted on 22 July 1947), where it is rendered in a Navy-blue color on a White background, by replacing the symbol of Charkha (spinning wheel) of the pre-independence versions of the flag. The Ashoka Chakra can also been seen on the base of the Lion Capital of Ashoka which has been adopted as the National Emblem of India. The Ashoka", "id": "1252141" }, { "contents": "Flag of the East India Company\n\n\nadopted a new flag including the King's Colours, as was shown when blue cloth, in addition to red and white, was requested for making a new flag for the fort in Bombay \"if the King’s colours were to be kept there; 'if not, white and red will be sufficient'”. The King's Colours were later formally adopted as the flag of Great Britain when the Kingdom of Great Britain was formed by the Acts of Union 1707 at the behest of Queen Anne. The flag of the", "id": "7078101" }, { "contents": "Flag of India\n\n\nnational flag is regulated by three documents issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). All of the flags are made out of khadi cloth of silk or cotton. The standards were created in 1968 and were updated in 2008. Nine standard sizes of the flag are specified by law. In 1951, after India became a republic, the Indian Standards Institute (now the BIS) brought out the first official specifications for the flag. These were revised in 1964 to conform to the metric system which was adopted in India", "id": "10145353" }, { "contents": "Flag of the East India Company\n\n\nEast India Company is considered to have inspired the Grand Union Flag, the first flag of the United States, as the two flags were of the same design. This connection is attributed to numerous sources. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania once gave a speech endorsing the adoption of the Company's flag by the United States as their national flag. He said to George Washington of Virginia, \"While the field of your flag must be new in the details of its design, it need not be entirely new in its elements. There", "id": "7078102" }, { "contents": "Flag of India\n\n\n1947, the assembly set up an \"ad hoc\" committee headed by Rajendra Prasad and including Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Sarojini Naidu, C. Rajagopalachari, K. M. Munshi and B. R. Ambedkar as its members. On 14 July 1947, the committee recommended that the flag of the Indian National Congress be adopted as the National Flag of India with suitable modifications, so as to make it acceptable to all parties and communities. It was also resolved that the flag should not have any communal undertones. The spinning wheel of the Congress", "id": "10145350" }, { "contents": "List of sovereign states by date of current flag adoption\n\n\nThis is a list of sovereign states by the date in which they adopted their current national flag. For most sovereign states, the date of flag adoption is obvious, but for others it is more contested. The exact date or year of flag adoption can be unknown or disputed because of design changes. This list defines the moment of flag adoption as the year since when the current flag had a continuous use to represent a nation, autonomous region or occupied state. Only countries that currently form a sovereign state are listed although", "id": "6931654" }, { "contents": "Flag of the East India Company\n\n\nin the Indian Ocean by Queen Elizabeth I in 1600, the English East India Company adopted a flag of thirteen red and white stripes with the flag of England in canton. It was reported that the number of stripes was chosen because many of the East India Company's shareholders were Freemasons, and the number thirteen is considered powerful in freemasonry. However, different reports gave varying initial numbers of stripes. The flag caused problems for the East India Company at first when trading in the Far East, because of its use of the", "id": "7078096" }, { "contents": "Flag code of India\n\n\nthe preceding rule is when it is flown along with the flag of the United Nations, which may be placed to the right of the Indian flag. When the Indian flag is displayed with non-national flags, including corporate flags and advertising banners, the rules state that if the flags are on separate staffs, the flag of India should be in the middle, or the furthest left from the viewpoint of the onlookers, or at least one flag's breadth higher than the other flags in the group. Its flagpole must", "id": "4409534" }, { "contents": "Flag code of India\n\n\nshould be flown on the aircraft carrying these Constitutional Post President, Vice-President, Prime Minister, Chief Justice of India, Speaker [Lok Sabha] on a visit to a foreign country. Alongside the National Flag, the flag of the country visited should also be flown; however, when the aircraft lands in countries en route, the national flags of the respective countries would be flown instead. When carrying the President within India, aircraft display the flag on the side the President embarks or disembarks; the flag is similarly", "id": "4409531" }, { "contents": "All India Forward Bloc (Ramayan Singh)\n\n\nAll India Forward Bloc (Ramayan Singh) was a political party in India. Ramayan Singh, an All India Forward Bloc leader from Bihar, had been expelled from AIFB in 1978. In May 1979 he regrouped his followers at a meeting in Delhi and constituted a parallel AIFB. Singh's party adopted the tricolour with a tiger as their flag, identical to the flag of the Indian National Army. In the 1982 West Bengal assembly elections, Singh's party supported the Indian National Congress. Singh's party didn't win any", "id": "2492570" }, { "contents": "Flag of Azerbaijan\n\n\npresidential decree declared 9 November, the date when in 1918 this flag was adopted as the national flag of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, as the national Flag Day. The national flag of Azerbaijan consists of three horizontal stripes of equal width, from top to bottom: light blue, red, and green. In the center are a white crescent and eight-pointed star. The basic description of the flag, along with the ratio, can be found in the Constitution of Azerbaijan, which was adopted 12 November 1995: Further specifications", "id": "20410874" }, { "contents": "Flag of Kuwait\n\n\nOttomans both using the same flag. Because of this, Kuwait adopted a new flag, red with the كويت (\"Kuwait\") in Arabic writing. This flag was in use until 1921, when Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah added the Shahada to the flag. This version was in use until 1940, when he also added the \"Wasm\" to the flag. These flags were also depicted on the Emblems of Kuwait. The red flag remained the national flag of Kuwait until the adoption of the current", "id": "9201107" }, { "contents": "Flag of India\n\n\nthe respective countries would be flown instead. When carrying the president within India, aircraft display the flag on the side the president embarks or disembarks; the flag is similarly flown on trains, but only when the train is stationary or approaching a railway station. When the Indian flag is flown on Indian territory along with other national flags, the general rule is that the Indian flag should be the starting point of all flags. When flags are placed in a straight line, the rightmost flag (leftmost to the observer facing the", "id": "10145373" }, { "contents": "National symbols of Pakistan\n\n\nPakistan has several official national symbols including a historic document, a flag, an emblem, an anthem, a memorial tower as well as several national heroes. The symbols were adopted at various stages in the existence of Pakistan and there are various rules and regulations governing their definition or use. The oldest symbol is the Lahore Resolution, adopted by the All India Muslim League on 23 March 1940, and which presented the official demand for the creation of a separate country for the Muslims of India. The Minar-e-Pakistan", "id": "10140600" }, { "contents": "Flag of Jammu and Kashmir\n\n\nwas adopted by the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, a political party. Then on 7 June 1952, a resolution was passed by the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, making it the official flag of the State. Meanwhile, according to the Delhi Agreement between Nehru and Sheikh Abdullah, the national flag has the same status in Jammu and Kashmir as in the rest of India. Article 144 states that flag of the state shall be rectangular 3:2 format. Its color is red, which originally represented the blood of the martyrs", "id": "13951682" }, { "contents": "Flag of Azerbaijan\n\n\nhouse in Maştağa on 20 January 1990. During the late 1980s, unrest in Soviet Azerbaijan, the tricolor Azerbaijan Democratic Republic flag was used in demonstrations calling for independence. On 17 November 1990 on the first session of the Supreme Assembly of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, the 1918 Azerbaijani flag was adopted as the national flag of the autonomous state. This flag was later adopted when the decree, \"On change the name and national flag of Azerbaijan SSR\", was issued on 29 November 1990. The decree was ratified on 5", "id": "20410887" }, { "contents": "Flag of Vanuatu\n\n\nThe flag of Vanuatu was adopted on 18 February 1980. In 1977 a flag of almost the same colours and symbolism as the future national flag was designed by local artist Kalontas Malon and adopted by the Vanua'aku Pati. When the party led the New Hebrides to independence as Vanuatu in 1980, the colours of the party flag (red, green, black and yellow) were chosen to be the basis for the national flag on Independence Day, July 30, 1980. A parliamentary committee chose the final design based on submissions from", "id": "9340036" }, { "contents": "Flag of Pakistan\n\n\nand enthusiasm at the Wagah Border attended by hundreds of spectators. The leadership of the Muslim League adopted the flag of the Dominion of Pakistan on 11 August 1947. The government of Pakistan has pronounced rules about the flying of the flag. It is to be displayed at full mast on 23 March of each year, marking the adoption of the Lahore Resolution in the 1940s and the Declaration of the Republic of Pakistan in 1956, and on 14 August in celebration of Independence Day, when Pakistan was carved out from British India as", "id": "8332435" }, { "contents": "Flag code of India\n\n\nflown on trains, but only when the train is stationary or approaching a railway station. When the Indian flag is flown on Indian territory along with other national flags, the general rule is that the Indian flag should be the starting point of all flags. When flags are placed in a straight line, the rightmost flag is the Indian flag, followed by other national flags in alphabetical order. When placed in a circle, the Indian flag is the first point and is followed by other flags alphabetically. In such placement,", "id": "4409532" }, { "contents": "Flag of India\n\n\nrow or circle alphabetically. When placed on crossed poles, the Indian flag should be in front of the other flag, and to the right (observer's left) of the other flag. The only exception to the preceding rule is when it is flown along with the flag of the United Nations, which may be placed to the right of the Indian flag. When the Indian flag is displayed with non-national flags, including corporate flags and advertising banners, the rules state that if the flags are on separate staffs", "id": "10145375" }, { "contents": "National symbols of Pakistan\n\n\nmemorial tower which was built in 1968 on the site where the Lahore Resolution was passed. The national flag was adopted just before independence was achieved on 14 August 1947. The national anthem and the state emblem were each adopted in 1954. There are also several other symbols including the national animal, bird, flower and tree. The Lahore Resolution (\"Qarardad-e-Lahore\")) (), also known as the Pakistan Resolution, was a formal political statement adopted by the All India Muslim League at the occasion", "id": "10140601" }, { "contents": "Flag of the United States\n\n\nof the era, and Sir Charles Fawcett argued in 1937 that the company flag inspired the design. Both flags could have been easily constructed by adding white stripes to a British Red Ensign, one of the three maritime flags used throughout the British Empire at the time. However, an East India Company flag could have from nine to 13 stripes, and was not allowed to be flown outside the Indian Ocean. Benjamin Franklin once gave a speech endorsing the adoption of the Company's flag by the United States as their national flag", "id": "11263197" }, { "contents": "Flag of Tibet\n\n\nThe Tibetan flag, also known as the \"snow lion flag\" (\"gangs seng dar cha\"), is the national flag of Tibet, adopted by the 13th Dalai Lama in 1916. Banned by the Chinese government since 1959, today the flag is used by the Tibetan Government in Exile, based in Dharamshala, India. In February 1913, shortly after the fall of the Qing dynasty, the 13th Dalai Lama, Tibet's political and spiritual leader, declared independence from China and began modernizing the Tibetan army.", "id": "6699720" }, { "contents": "Flag of Estonia\n\n\nthe Finnish flag, and the colours were ascribed symbolic meanings. The Estonian flag was therefore officially adopted first as a student organisation flag on 17 September 1881 by the constituent assembly of the first Estonian national student Corps \"Vironia\" (modern Estonian Students Society) in the city of Tartu. The colours and the pattern eventually became the national flag. The flag became associated with Estonian nationalism and was used as the national flag (\"riigilipp\") when the Estonian Declaration of Independence was issued on 24 February 1918. The flag", "id": "12954458" }, { "contents": "Fort St. George, India\n\n\ncolonial period. Original letters written by Clive and Cornwallis make fascinating reading. One set of quaint period uniforms is displayed for viewing, as well. However, the \"piece de resistance\" is a large statue of Lord Cornwallis. The National Flag of India was designed by Pingali Venkayya and adopted in its present form during the meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947, a few days before India's independence from the British on 15 August 1947. The first ever flag flown after the independence is stored in the", "id": "1210350" }, { "contents": "Proposed flag of Karnataka\n\n\n, scholars, and Kannada literati, headed by G. S. Siddaramaya, Principal Secretary of the Department of Kannada and Culture, to study the legality and judicial implications of the formal adoption of a flag for the state. After the committee submitted a report, a team of designers was instituted, which came up with the latest version that is now in effect. The current version is a symbolic confluence of the National flag of India—with tri-colour strips—and the old Karnataka flag, as well as the Emblem of", "id": "1689052" }, { "contents": "Flag of Zimbabwe\n\n\nwas adopted. This was a green-white-green vertical triband, charged centrally with the national coat of arms. This was the first national flag to contain the Zimbabwe Bird, which had been present in the coat of arms since 1924. In 1979, when the country reconstituted itself as Zimbabwe Rhodesia following the Internal Settlement between the government and moderate black nationalists, a new flag was adopted to mark the transition on 4 September of that year. The flag of Zimbabwe Rhodesia was designed by Flight Lieutenant Cedric Herbert of the", "id": "9339220" }, { "contents": "Flag of Tibet\n\n\na flag that imitated the flag of Chushi Gangdruk instead. After the 1959 Tibetan Rebellion, the 14th Dalai Lama left his position as governor of Tibet, denounced the 17-point agreement with the PRC, and established the exile Central Tibetan Administration in India. As part of his project to inculcate pan-Tibetan nationalism (of all Tibetan people and not just those in his previous domain of the Tibet Autonomous Region), he standardized and adopted symbols as nationalist symbols, such as the Lhasa dialect of Tibetan, a Tibetan national anthem,", "id": "6699729" }, { "contents": "National symbols of Estonia\n\n\nstate flag on 24 February, when Estonia declared independence. The Provisional Government of Estonia adopted a resolution on 21 November 1918, proclaiming the blue-black-white flag the state flag. The Law on State Flag was adopted by the Parliament (Riigikogu) on 27 June 1922. After the forcible annexation of Estonia by the Soviet Union in June, 1940, this flag was banned. The flag was created by Aleksander Mõtus. The colors of the flag are said to symbolize: The invasion by the Soviet Union in June", "id": "5040089" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Republic of China\n\n\nflag of Japan was flown in the island from 1895 to 1945. At the same time, when the government of the Republic of China was established on January 1, 1912, the \"Five-Colored Flag\" was selected by the provisional Senate as the national flag. The was adopted by the army and the modern flag was adopted as a naval ensign. Sun Yat-sen, however, did not consider the five-colored flag appropriate, reasoning that horizontal order implied a hierarchy or class like that which existed during", "id": "14447323" }, { "contents": "Flag of Texas\n\n\nas the final national flag of the Republic of Texas. \"Accompanying the original Act ... is a drawing by Peter Krag of the national flag and seal ... although in the original President Lamar's approval and signature are at the top and upside down[.]\" When Texas became the 28th U.S. state on December 29, 1845, the national flag became the state flag. From 1879 until 1933 there was no official state flag, although the Lone Star Flag remained the de facto state flag; in adopting the Revised Civil", "id": "11564093" }, { "contents": "Tricolour (flag)\n\n\n. The first national flag of the New World inspired by this symbolism was the flag of Mexico, adopted when the First Mexican Empire gained independence from Spain in 1821. After 1848, the young republican nation states continued to pick triband designs, but now more prevalently expressing the sentiment of nationalism or ethnic identity than anti-monarchism, the flag of Hungary (1848), the flag of Romania (1848), the Flag of Ireland (1848), the flag of Estonia (1880s), the flag of Lithuania (", "id": "3840125" }, { "contents": "Flag of Rhodesia\n\n\nThe flag of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) changed many times as a result of political changes in the country. In 1970, as a result of becoming a republic, Rhodesia adopted a new national flag. When Rhodesia became Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979, a new flag was adopted with more African elements. This flag was, however, short-lived as the state soon became Zimbabwe. Before 1953, the then Colony of Southern Rhodesia followed British colonial practice, by using a Blue Ensign with the Union Flag in the canton and", "id": "13446696" }, { "contents": "Flag of Zimbabwe\n\n\non 11 August 1924. It was first used on a national flag when the full arms were displayed on the Rhodesian flag that was adopted on 11 November 1968. It then appeared alone on the Zimbabwe Rhodesian flag of 1979, and it is now displayed on the flag of Zimbabwe. The arms of 1924 were initially retained by the Zimbabwean Government until a new coat of arms were adopted on 12 September 1981. Anyone who has been to Zimbabwe or seen a photograph of a Zimbabwean flag made in Zimbabwe will notice that the Zimbabwe", "id": "9339228" }, { "contents": "Flag of Malawi\n\n\nThe flag of Malawi was officially adopted on 6 July 1964 when the colony of Nyasaland became independent from British rule and renamed itself Malawi. The first flag of independent Malawi was adopted on 6 July 1964. The rising sun represents the dawn of hope and freedom for the continent of Africa (when the flag was created, more countries in Africa were gaining independence from European rule). The 31 rays of the sun represent the fact that Malawi was the 31st African nation at the time of its independence. The black represents the", "id": "9339237" }, { "contents": "Flag of East Timor\n\n\nThe national flag of East Timor (Portuguese: \"Bandeira de Timor-Leste\") is one of the official symbols of East Timor. It consists of a red field with the black isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side bearing a white five-pointed star in the center superimposed on the larger yellow triangle, also based on the hoist-side, that extends to the center of the flag. The flag of East Timor was adopted in 2002. It is the same as the flag that was originally adopted when", "id": "9200624" }, { "contents": "Flag of Zanzibar\n\n\nThe flag of Zanzibar was adopted on 9 January 2005. It is a horizontal tricolour of blue, black, and green with the national flag of Tanzania in the canton. Zanzibar was a part of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, which flew a plain red flag, beginning in 1698. Majid bin Said declared an independent Sultanate of Zanzibar on 2 November 1856 but did not adopt a new flag. The red flag remained in use during the British protectorate period. When Zanzibar gained independence from the United Kingdom on 10 December", "id": "17157861" }, { "contents": "Flag of India\n\n\ncar. When a foreign dignitary travels in a car provided by government, the flag should be flown on the right side of the car while the flag of the foreign country should be flown on the left side. The flag should be flown on the aircraft carrying the President, the Vice-President or the Prime Minister on a visit to a foreign country. Alongside the National Flag, the flag of the country visited should also be flown; however, when the aircraft lands in countries en route, the national flags of", "id": "10145372" }, { "contents": "Flag of Rwanda\n\n\nThe flag of Rwanda was adopted on October 25, 2001. The flag has four colours: blue, green, yellow, and gold. The blue band represents happiness and peace, the yellow band symbolizes economic development, and the green band symbolizes the hope of prosperity. The gold sun represents enlightenment. The new flag represents national unity, respect for work, heroism, and confidence in the future. It was adopted to avoid connotations to the 1994 genocide. The flag was designed by Alphonse Kirimobenecyo. When hung vertically,", "id": "9339604" }, { "contents": "Flag of Sudan\n\n\nexisted for Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, the disk instead contained the words \"GOVERNOR GENERAL OF THE SUDAN\". Upon independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom on 1 January 1956, Sudan adopted a blue-yellow-green tricolour as its national flag. This flag remained in use until 1970, when the current flag was adopted. The colours of the flag represented the River Nile (blue), the Sahara (yellow) and farmlands (green). They were chosen as they were neutral between ethnic groups and political parties", "id": "9339757" }, { "contents": "Star of India (flag)\n\n\nthe Star of India. The civil ensign and naval ensign, were the Red Ensign or Blue Ensign respectively, defaced with the Star of India emblem. Ideas for a flag for areas under British India were initially imperial ones, rather than nationalist ones. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the later establishment of the British Raj, a representative symbol of the new government was pending. Various designs were proposed for the first Star of India flag in 1863, keeping similar flag designs adopted in other British colonies such as Canada and", "id": "15028001" }, { "contents": "Bharatpur State\n\n\nin national and regional affairs. Several members of the family have served as members of parliament and in the state legislature. The chronology of Sinsinwar Jat clan rulers of Bharatpur is: The line is nominally continued The former flag of the princely state was a rectangular tricolor with three horizontal stripes of saffron, white and blue. Its design and colour scheme happened to be very similar to the official flag that would be adopted for the future independent Dominion of India. In the last three years before joining the Indian Union a new flag", "id": "22026495" }, { "contents": "List of countries and territories with the Union Jack displayed on their flag\n\n\nThis is a list of countries and territories with a flag that incorporates the Union Flag. Five Commonwealth nations have the Union Flag on their national flag. The first Commonwealth country to drop the Union Flag was Canada in 1965, after adopting a new national flag. The most recent country to drop the Union Flag from its flag was South Africa in 1994, after adopting a new national flag. The only overseas territory without the Union Flag on its current flag is Gibraltar. The list also includes overseas territories, provinces and states", "id": "15972061" }, { "contents": "Flag of Chad\n\n\nthe constitution of 1962. Despite many political upheavals within Chad since independence, the flag has not been changed. This may be because the flag is not associated with any of the main power rivals within Chad, which had no sense of national identity before independence, and little after independence. The flag of Chad is almost identical to the national flag of Romania, but with a darker tint of blue. When Chad adopted its flag, Romania's flag was different: it used to feature an insignia in the middle of the", "id": "484245" }, { "contents": "Flag of North Vietnam\n\n\nThe Flag of North Vietnam, also known as \"red flag with yellow star\", was adopted as the national flag of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) on 30 November 1955. It became the national flag of Vietnam following reunification with South Vietnam on 2 July 1976. The flag was designed by Nguyễn Hữu Tiến , a communist revolutionary of the 1940 Cochinchina Uprising (\"Nam Kỳ Khởi nghĩa\") against French colonialism, when the flag was seen on the first time. The uprising failed, and Tiến", "id": "8968800" }, { "contents": "Flag of Mexico\n\n\nnow Mexico City. The current law of national symbols, Law on the National Arms, Flag, and Anthem, that governs the use of the national flag has been in place since 1984. The current national flag is also used as the Mexican naval ensign by ships registered in Mexico. Before the adoption of the first national flag, various flags were used during the War of Independence from Spain. Though it was never adopted as an official flag, many historians consider the first Mexican flag to be the Standard of the Virgin", "id": "109331" }, { "contents": "Flag of China\n\n\n, a \"Five-Colored Flag\" () (Five Races Under One Union flag) was used of five horizontal stripes representing the five major nationalities of China: the Han (red), the Manchu (yellow), the Mongol (blue), the Hui (white), and the Tibetan (black). When the government of the Republic of China was established on January 1, 1912, the \"Five-Colored Flag\" was selected by the provisional Senate as the national flag. The was adopted", "id": "3064827" }, { "contents": "Afghan Air Force\n\n\nunderside of the wings. The Afghan flag was possibly used as well. Afghanistan adopted a black, red, and green flag after the 1929 revolt, and when the Air Force was given aircraft again in 1937, it placed this flag on the rudder, and adopted wing and fuselage roundels based on the three colors. The Royal Afghan Air Force retained the roundels until adopting a new style in 1967, with a unique insignia consisting of a tri-color triangle using the national colors upon a white disc, on which was", "id": "10051503" }, { "contents": "Flag of India\n\n\nflag) is the Indian flag, followed by other national flags in alphabetical order. When placed in a circle, the Indian flag is the first point and is followed by other flags alphabetically. In such placement, all other flags should be of approximately the same size with no other flag being larger than the Indian flag. Each national flag should also be flown from its own pole and no flag should be placed higher than another. In addition to being the first flag, the Indian flag may also be placed within the", "id": "10145374" }, { "contents": "Confederate States of America\n\n\nmany variations sprang from the original square configuration. Although it was never officially adopted by the Confederate government, the popularity of the Southern Cross among both soldiers and the civilian population was a primary reason why it was made the main color feature when a new national flag was adopted in 1863. This new standard – known as the \"Stainless Banner\" – consisted of a lengthened white field area with a Battle Flag canton. This flag too had its problems when used in military operations as, on a windless day, it could", "id": "7353789" }, { "contents": "Flag of Afghanistan\n\n\nThe national flag of Afghanistan (; Dari Persian: ) consists of a vertical tricolor with the classical National Emblem in the center. The current flag was adopted on August 19, 2013, but many similar designs had been in use throughout most of the 20th century. Afghanistan has had 25 different flags since the first flag when the Hotaki dynasty was established in 1709. During the 20th century alone, Afghanistan went through 18 different national flags, more than any other country during that time period, and most of them had the colors", "id": "2763707" }, { "contents": "Largest Human Flag of India\n\n\nLargest Human Flag of India was an event organised to form the world's largest human national flag in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was organised on 7 December 2014 by Rotary International in India with a slogan Rotary My Flag My India. More than 50,000 Indians gathered in YMCA Grounds, Chennai to form the world's largest human national flag. It is the official attempt to break the previous world record was in the name of Sports Club of Lahore, Pakistan. They made their national flag by gathering 28,957 human on", "id": "12898534" }, { "contents": "Flag of Ghana\n\n\nthe subsequent founding of the Ghana Air Force in 1959. The Ghanaian government flag, adopted in 1957, was flown until 1962. Similarly, when the country formed the Union of African States, the flag of the Union was modeled on Bolivia's flag, but with two black stars, representing the nations. In May 1959, a third star was added. Following the January 1964 constitutional referendum, Ghana adopted a variant of the 1957 tricolour with white in the place of yellow, after the colours of Kwame Nkrumah's ruling", "id": "9200739" }, { "contents": "Flag of Palau\n\n\nThe flag of Palau was adopted on 1 January 1981, when the island group separated from the United Nations Trust Territory. As with the flags of several other Pacific island groups, blue is the colour used to represent the ocean and the nation's place within it. While this puts Palau in common with the Federated States of Micronesia and other neighboring island groups, the disc on the flag (similar to that on Japan's flag) is off-centre like that of the flag of Bangladesh, but in this case represents", "id": "9339563" }, { "contents": "Flag code of India\n\n\nThe Flag Code of India is a set of laws, practices and conventions that apply to the display of the national flag. Flag Code of India, 2002, has been divided into three parts. Part I of the code contains a general description of the national flag. Part II of the code is devoted to the display of the national flag by members of public, private organizations, educational institutions, etc. Part III of the code relates to display of the national flag by Central and state governments and their organizations and", "id": "4409519" }, { "contents": "History of the flags of the United States\n\n\nuse to date.) Dates in parentheses denote when the current flag was adopted by the state's legislature. The U.S. national flag is the official flag for all islands, atolls, and reefs composing the United States Minor Outlying Islands. However, unofficial flags are in use on five of these nine insular areas: While the countries mentioned are recognized independent nations with UN seats, the U.S. maintains and exercises jurisdictional control over the countries in defense, security, and funding grants. Since 1777, the national ensign of the United", "id": "22118994" }, { "contents": "Flag of India\n\n\nthe run up to Empire Day pointing out that there existed \"no flag representative of India as a whole or any Indian province... Surely this is strange, seeing that but for India there would be no Empire.\" In 1916, Pingali Venkayya submitted thirty new designs, in the form of a booklet funded by members of the High Court of Madras. These many proposals and recommendations did little more than keep the flag movement alive. The same year, Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak adopted a new flag as part of", "id": "10145340" }, { "contents": "Star of India (flag)\n\n\nAustralia, combining symbols of Imperial authority such as the Union Jack, the royal crown, with symbols specific to the colony in question. Upon receiving Royal Assent to trade in the Indian Ocean by Queen Elizabeth I in 1600, the English East India Company adopted a flag of thirteen red and white stripes with the flag of England in canton. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British government passed the Government of India Act 1858, nationalising the East India Company and taking over all of their possessions within India, where they", "id": "15028002" }, { "contents": "Flag of the East India Company\n\n\nThe flag of the East India Company represented the British East India Company between 1600 and 1874. The flag was altered as the nation changed from England to Great Britain to the United Kingdom. It was initially a red and white striped ensign with the flag of England in canton. The flag was later updated to include the flag of Great Britain and flag of the United Kingdom in 1707 and 1801 respectively, as the nation developed. It was succeeded by the Star of India series of flags. Upon receiving Royal Assent to trade", "id": "7078095" }, { "contents": "EuroBasket 2011\n\n\nother basketball championship). Flags covering the opposite side of the car mirrors are also popular. Some foreign fans who visited Lithuania during the championship adopted this practice as well. A major Lithuanian news company adopted the practice of predicting each Lithuania national basketball team match in the EuroBasket. Lazdeika the Crab served as the oracle. The crab selected one of the two coconut shells to hide in when light was shone on it. Each of the two coconut shells has a country's flag – Lithuania's flag and opponent flag. At", "id": "13189825" }, { "contents": "Flag of India\n\n\n\"charkha\" was replaced by the Ashoka Chakra representing the eternal wheel of law. The philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who later became India's first Vice President and second President, clarified the adopted flag and described its significance as follows: A number of flags with varying designs were used in the period preceding the Indian Independence Movement by the rulers of different princely states; the idea of a single Indian flag was first raised by the British rulers of India after the rebellion of 1857, which resulted in the establishment of direct imperial rule", "id": "10145333" }, { "contents": "Flag of Ukraine\n\n\nThe flag of Ukraine is a banner of two equally sized horizontal bands of blue and yellow (Constitution of Ukraine, ). The combination of blue and yellow as a symbol of Ukrainian lands comes from the flag of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia used in the 12th century. As a national flag, the blue and yellow bicolour has been officially used since the 1848 Spring of Nations, when it was hoisted over the Lviv Rathaus. It was officially adopted as a state flag for the first time in 1918 by the short", "id": "9339834" }, { "contents": "Flag of the Hopi Nation\n\n\nThe flag of the Hopi Nation is used by the Native American Hopi people of Arizona in the United States who live on the Hopi Reservation. The flag is a vertical tricolour of turquoise, white, and yellow, with the Hopi symbol in the middle. The flag is accompanied by a red fringe. The Hopi reservation is completely surrounded by the Navajo Nation. In 2002, Leigh Kuwanwisiwma proposed a tribal flag. Talks about the adoption of a flag had arisen in 1993, however the current flag was only adopted in the", "id": "9613573" }, { "contents": "Flags of the Egyptian Armed Forces\n\n\nflag and a golden eagle, depicted in the center of the white stripe. Navy The flag of the Egyptian Navy was adopted in c.1800, when the Navy was founded Air Force The flag of the Egyptian Air Force was adopted in c.1937, when the Air force had become an independent branch. The flag features the Egyptian Flag on the top hoist side and a target on the left side. Air Defense The flag of the Egyptian Air Defense Force was adopted in c.1968, when the Defense Force had formed. Similar to the", "id": "7221088" }, { "contents": "Galmudug\n\n\nhas a small but growing seaport. The current flag of Galmudug was adopted on June 17, 2015 in Adado City. since 2006 Galmudug used the Flag of Somalia until 2010 when it adopted its first regional state flag. Galmudug's regional flag Design: White chevron bearing two green stars facing horizontally on a light blue field bearing a white star on the right side. The Coat of arms of Galmudug are nearly identical to the Somali national coat of arms, with the addition of a wreath around the arms to represent peace,", "id": "16042163" }, { "contents": "Flags of the Confederate States of America\n\n\nStainless Banner\" was to drape the coffin of General Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson as it lay in state in the Virginia capitol, May 12, 1863. The third national flag (also called the \"Blood-Stained Banner\") was adopted March 4, 1865. The red vertical bar was proposed by Major Arthur L. Rogers, who argued that the pure white field of the Second National flag could be mistaken as a flag of truce: when hanging limp in no wind, the flag's \"Southern Cross\"", "id": "16767601" }, { "contents": "Ashoka\n\n\nMuseum. This Lion Capital of Ashoka from Sarnath has been adopted as the National Emblem of India and the wheel (\"Ashoka Chakra\") from its base was placed onto the center of the National Flag of India. The capital contains four lions (Indian / Asiatic Lions), standing back to back, mounted on a short cylindrical abacus, with a frieze carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull, and a lion, separated by intervening spoked chariot-wheels over a bell-", "id": "1252146" }, { "contents": "Flag of Ukraine\n\n\nwere the colours common on coats of arms in Galicia. In fact, the coat of arms of Lviv to this day remains a golden lion on a blue field. Some put the starting point of the adoption of the current national flag of Ukraine to 1848 when, during the Spring of the Nations on 22 April 1848, a yellow and blue banner was adopted by the Main Ruthenian Council in Lemberg (Lviv), the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, and flew over the city's magistrate for the first", "id": "9339845" }, { "contents": "Flag of India\n\n\ncan the flag be sold. Display and usage of the flag is governed by the Flag Code of India, 2002 (successor to the Flag Code – India, the original flag code); the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950; and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971. Insults to the national flag, including gross affronts or indignities to it, as well as using it in a manner so as to violate the provisions of the Flag Code, are punishable by law", "id": "10145359" }, { "contents": "Flag of India\n\n\n. During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the flag, or when the flag is passing in a parade or in a review, all persons present should face the flag and stand at attention. Those present in uniform should render the appropriate salute. When the flag is in a moving column, persons present will stand at attention or salute as the flag passes them. A dignitary may take the salute without a head dress. The flag salutation should be followed by the playing of the national anthem. The privilege of flying the", "id": "10145370" }, { "contents": "Star of India (flag)\n\n\nnaval purposes, the Red Ensign was used as the civil ensign, merchant ensign and sometimes represented India in international events, notably in the Declaration by United Nations during World War II. From around 1885, the Viceroy of India was allowed to fly a Union Flag augmented in the centre with the 'Star of India' surmounted by a Crown. It was often used to represent India, acting as an \"unofficial national flag\", in international events etc. This flag was not the Viceroy's personal flag; it was", "id": "15028004" }, { "contents": "Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador\n\n\nNational Assembly, which sat at the Colonial Building in St. John's, when Newfoundland became an independent Dominion of the British Empire in 1907. It was not until the Newfoundland National Flag Act of 1931 that the Newfoundland parliament officially adopted the Union Jack as the national flag of Newfoundland and re-affirmed the red and blue ensigns as official flags for marine identification. Between 1907 and 1931, however, the red ensign gained wide enough use, both at sea and on land by civilians and government alike, that it was considered", "id": "4257921" }, { "contents": "Flag of India\n\n\nAs of 2009, the Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha has been the sole manufacturer of the flag. Usage of the flag is governed by the Flag Code of India and other laws relating to the national emblems. The original code prohibited use of the flag by private citizens except on national days such as the Independence day and the Republic Day. In 2002, on hearing an appeal from a private citizen, Naveen Jindal, the Supreme Court of India directed the Government of India to amend the code to allow flag usage by private", "id": "10145327" }, { "contents": "Flag of China\n\n\nby the army and the modern flag was adopted as a naval ensign. Sun Yat-sen, however, did not consider the five-colored flag appropriate, reasoning that horizontal order implied a hierarchy or class like that which existed during dynastic times. After President Yuan Shikai assumed dictatorial powers in 1913 by dissolving the National Assembly and outlawing the KMT, Sun Yat-sen established a government-in-exile in Tokyo and employed the modern flag as the national ROC flag. He continued using this design when the KMT established", "id": "3064828" }, { "contents": "Canadian royal symbols\n\n\nCanadian symbols, such as the Canadian Red Ensign. When the country's present national flag was adopted in 1965, the Union Flag was retained as an official flag of Canada and uniquely named the \"Royal Union Flag\", intended as a marker of Canada's loyalty to the Crown and membership in the Commonwealth of Nations. Both it and the standard of royal France have a prominent place in the Royal Arms of Canada. Music and song are utilised in various ways as reminders and identifiers of the sovereign or viceroys. The", "id": "1937620" }, { "contents": "National flag\n\n\nflag of Great Britain and first Union Flag. With the emergence of nationalist sentiment from the late 18th century national flags began to be displayed in civilian contexts as well. Notable early examples include the US flag, which was first adopted as a naval ensign in 1777 but began to be displayed as a generic symbol of the United States after the American Revolution, and the French Tricolore, which became a symbol of the Republic in the 1790s. Most countries of Europe adopted a national flag in the course of the 19th and early", "id": "2034839" }, { "contents": "Flag Satyagraha\n\n\nlarge processions and nationalist crowds. On 31 December 1929 the Congress concluded the adoption of the Purna Swaraj declaration of independence with Congress President Jawaharlal Nehru hoisting the nationalist flag along the banks of the Ravi River. The flag was also hoisted at the commencement of the Quit India rebellion on 7 August 1942 at Gowalia Tank in Mumbai (then Bombay). The flag satyagraha of Nagpur and Jabalpur occurred over several months in 1923. The arrest of nationalist protestors demanding the right to hoist the flag caused an outcry across India especially as Gandhi", "id": "14268521" }, { "contents": "Flag code of India\n\n\nagencies. The Flag Code of India, 2002, took effect from 26 January 2002 and superseded the “Flag Code-India” as it existed earlier. Earlier, the display of the national flag is governed by the provisions of \" The Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act\", 1950 (No.12 of 1950) and the \"[Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act]\", 1971 (No. 69 of 1971.The Flag Code of India, 2002, is an attempt to bring together all such", "id": "4409520" }, { "contents": "Flag of Lithuania\n\n\nlower is red; the flag ratio was to be 1:2 (as that of Soviet flags). This flag was confirmed by the Provisional Constitution of 11 March 1990 № I-10. After independence from the Soviet Union, the tricolor flag was written into the new Constitution of Lithuania, which was adopted by a referendum in 1992. This constitution has not specified the flag aspect ratio and therefore it remained 1:2 until 2004, when 1991 law \"On the national flag and other flags\" was revised by 8 July 2004 law no.", "id": "9339161" }, { "contents": "Flag\n\n\n, the rainbow flag was adopted as a symbol of the LGBT social movements. Its derivatives include the Bisexual pride and Transgender pride flags. Some of these political flags have become national flags, such as the red flag of the Soviet Union and national socialist banners for Nazi Germany. The present Flag of Portugal is based on what had been the political flag of the Portuguese Republican Party previous to the 5 October 1910 revolution which brought this party to power. Some disability advocacy groups have adopted flags to raise awareness of their causes.", "id": "11262859" }, { "contents": "Malay tricolour\n\n\n1933, when the Royal Malay Regiment was founded. Both the regimental crest and flag bear the tricolour, as soldiers of the regiment swore their allegiance to the Sultans of Malay states, then the protectorates of the British Empire. In 1946, when Malay nationalist movement at its peak, the right wing United Malays National Organisation (Umno) adopted the tricolour in its flag. The party, which would lead Malaya to its independence and govern the nation until 2018, included the additional white band to its flag to symbolise purity.", "id": "15080285" }, { "contents": "Flags of the U.S. states and territories\n\n\nwas rated the worst design (Georgia adopted a new flag in 2003; Nebraska's state flag, whose design was rated second worst, remains in use to date). Dates in parentheses denote when the current flag was adopted by the state's legislature. This is the current flag of the District of Columbia. These are the current official flags of the permanently-inhabited territories of the United States. Dates in parenthesis denote when the territory's current flag was adopted by its respective political body. Maine and Massachusetts have ensigns", "id": "427870" }, { "contents": "Flag of Estonia\n\n\nThe national flag of Estonia () is a tricolour featuring three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black, and white. The normal size is . In Estonian it is colloquially called the \"\"sinimustvalge\"\" (), after the colours of the bands. First adopted on 21 November 1918 after its independence, it was used as a national flag until 1940 when the Soviet Union occupied Estonia. After World War II, from 1944 to 1990, the Soviet Estonian flag consisted first of a generic red Soviet", "id": "12954452" }, { "contents": "Governor-General of New Zealand\n\n\n-general's flag may be flown from a vehicle in which the governor-general is travelling, or from a building in which the governor-general is present or is residing. The flag in its present form was adopted in 2008 and is a blue field with the shield of the New Zealand coat of arms surmounted by a crown in the centre. It takes precedence over the national flag. When the governor-general undertakes a state visit abroad, however, the national flag is generally employed to mark his or her", "id": "21940618" }, { "contents": "Flag of Singapore\n\n\nThe national flag of Singapore was adopted in 1959, the year Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire. It was reconfirmed as the national flag when the republic gained independence on 9 August 1965. Prior to its independence, it was the only state flag in Malaysia not to have a 1:2 ratio. The design is a horizontal bicolour of red above white, overlaid in the canton (upper-left quadrant) by a white crescent moon facing a pentagon of five small white five-pointed stars. The elements of", "id": "550108" }, { "contents": "Flag of Tonga\n\n\nused in 1866. A new constitution for the kingdom was formulated and proclaimed on 4 November 1875. It \"codified\" the new flag design, and marks when it was adopted as the national flag. Under Article 47 of the Constitution, the flag can \"never be altered\" and \"shall always be the flag\" of Tonga. The colours and symbols of the flag carry cultural, political, and regional meanings. The red couped cross alludes to Christianity, the religion practised by approximately 97% of the country's", "id": "9339811" }, { "contents": "Flag of Vietnam\n\n\nin the village of Tân Trào in the North. When the Japanese surrendered at the end of World War II, the Viet Minh entered Hanoi and proclaimed the \"Democratic Republic of Vietnam\" on 2 September. On 5 September, DRV President Ho Chi Minh signed a decree adopting the Vietminh flag. French troops returned in October and restored colonial rule in the South. The National Assembly voted unanimously to adopt the flag on 2 March 1946. Following the Geneva Accord between Viet Minh and France in 1954, the DRV became the", "id": "9339183" }, { "contents": "Flag of the United States\n\n\nas the first national flag. The Continental Navy raised the Colors as the ensign of the fledgling nation in the American War for Independence—likely with the expedient of transforming their previous British red ensigns by adding white stripes—and would use this flag until 1777, when it would form the basis for the subsequent \"de jure\" designs. The name \"Grand Union\" was first applied to the Continental Colors by George Preble in his 1872 history of the U.S. flag. The flag closely resembles the British East India Company flag", "id": "11263196" }, { "contents": "Flag of Palestine\n\n\nthe flag of the Arab national movement in the Mashriq. On October 18, 1948, the flag of the Arab Revolt was adopted. A modified version (changing the order of stripes) was officially adopted as the flag of the Palestinian people by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964. On November 15, 1988 the PLO adopted the flag as the flag of the State of Palestine. On the ground the flag became widely used since the Oslo Agreements, with the establishment of the Palestinian Authority in 1993. Today", "id": "17754421" }, { "contents": "Flag of South Africa\n\n\nthe chief negotiators of the African National Congress and the National Party government of the day respectively, were given the task of resolving the flag issue. A final design was adopted on 15 March 1994, derived from a design developed by the State Herald Fred Brownell, who had also previously designed the Namibian flag. This interim flag was hoisted officially for the first time on the 27 April 1994, the day when the nation’s first fully inclusive elections commenced which resulted in Nelson Mandela being inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratically elected", "id": "6950848" }, { "contents": "Flag of Belarus\n\n\na five-pointed star (similar to that used in national emblem). The diamond-pattern represents another continuation of Soviet flag-traditions. The flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted by decree on 25 December 1951. The flag was slightly modified in 1956 when construction details were added for the red star, and golden hammer and sickle. The final specifications of the flag was set in Article 120 of the Constitution of the Byelorussian SSR and are very similar to the current Belarusian flag. The flag had a", "id": "21442482" }, { "contents": "Flag code of India\n\n\nlaws, conventions, practices and instructions for the guidance and benefit of all concerned.Advocate B M Birajdar said, \"The Flag Code of India 2002 permits unrestricted display of the tricolour, consistent with the honour and dignity of the flag,\" The Flag Code of India has been divided into three parts:- The National flag of India is officially described in the Flag Code of India as follows: \"The colour of the top panel shall be India saffron (Kesari) and that of the bottom panel shall be India green.", "id": "4409521" }, { "contents": "Flag of Kurdistan\n\n\ndealing with the adaptation to international flag standards of the National Flag of Kurdistan was prepared by Mehrdad Izady and Bijhan Eliasi in 1998. It was instantly adopted by the international Flag Institute. In 1999, the Parliament of the Kurdistan Regional Government adopted the standardized flag to be the official and standard presentation of the Kurdish National Flag in all its aspects. Due to Iranian roots of the Kurds, the colours used in flags used by Kurds are the same that are used in other Iranian-origin areas like Iran and Tajikistan.,", "id": "14595513" }, { "contents": "Flag of Egypt\n\n\nIn 1958, Egypt and Syria united as the United Arab Republic (UAR) and adopted a national flag based on the original Egyptian Liberation flag after the revolution,but with two green stars (representing the two countries of the union) replacing the former Egyptian Eagle in the white band. A modified version of that Eagle was then adopted as the UAR's coat of arms. The flag with the 2 green stars, representing the two nations is now still used as the national flag of Syria. Though Syria withdrew from the", "id": "9200673" }, { "contents": "Flag of India\n\n\ncitizens. Subsequently, the Union Cabinet of India amended the code to allow limited usage. The code was amended once more in 2005 to allow some additional use including adaptations on certain forms of clothing. The flag code also governs the protocol of flying the flag and its use in conjunction with other national and non-national flags. According to the Flag code of India, the Indian flag has a ratio of two by three (where the length of the flag is 1.5 times that of the width). All three stripes", "id": "10145328" }, { "contents": "Flags of the Ottoman Empire\n\n\nThe Ottoman Empire used a variety of flags, especially as naval ensigns, during its history. The star and crescent came into use in the second half of the 18th century. A \"\" (decree) from 1793 required that the ships of the Ottoman Navy were to use a red flag with the star and crescent in white. In 1844, a version of this flag, with a five-pointed star, was officially adopted as the Ottoman national flag. The decision to adopt a national flag was part of the", "id": "8071536" }, { "contents": "Flag of Cambodia\n\n\n, when a new flag was introduced for Lon Nol's Khmer Republic that lasted until the takeover of the Khmer Rouge in 1975. The subsequent state of Democratic Kampuchea, which existed from 1975 to 1979, used a red flag with a three-towered Angkor Wat design retained in yellow beginning in 1976. The People's Republic of Kampuchea was established in 1979, after the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia. The Kampuchean National United Front for National Salvation (FUNSK) revived the flag adopted by the Khmer Issarak in the days of anti", "id": "6795459" } ]

[ { "contents": "Ancient Egyptian religion\n\n\nthe Second Intermediate Period (c. 1650–1550 BC), but the country was again reunited by Theban rulers, who became the first pharaohs of the New Kingdom. Under the new regime, Amun became the supreme state god. He was syncretized with Ra, the long-established patron of kingship, and his temple at Karnak in Thebes became Egypt's most important religious center. Amun's elevation was partly due to the great importance of Thebes, but it was also due to the increasingly professional priesthood. Their sophisticated theological discussion produced", "id": "10260965" }, { "contents": "High steward (Ancient Egypt)\n\n\n; important title holders of the 12th Dynasty were Siese and Khnumhotep III, both were later in their career appointed vizier. The title was still very important in the New Kingdom and was in this period often called high steward of the king. An important title holder of the New Kingdom was Senenmut under Hatshepsut, other include Wadjetrenput serving under the same queen. During the 25th and 26th dynasties, the role of God's Wife of Amun greatly rose in importance, both religiously and politically. Their offices required several servants and employees", "id": "7344676" }, { "contents": "High steward (Ancient Egypt)\n\n\nThe high steward (also called chief steward or great overseer of the house; Egyptian: \"imi-r pr wr\") was an important official at the royal court in Ancient Egypt in the Middle Kingdom and in the New Kingdom. He was the main person in charge of the estates supplying the palace and the royal residence with food. The office appears in the 11th Dynasty. To the earliest title holders belong Henenu and Meketre. After the vizier and the treasurer this was the most important office at the royal court", "id": "7344675" }, { "contents": "Ancient Egyptian funerary texts\n\n\nThe literature that makes up the ancient Egyptian funerary texts is a collection of religious documents that were used in ancient Egypt, usually to help the spirit of the concerned person to be preserved in the afterlife. They evolved over time, beginning with the Pyramid Texts in the Old Kingdom through the Coffin Texts of the Middle Kingdom and into several books, most famously the Book of the Dead, in the New Kingdom and later times. The funerary texts of the Old Kingdom were initially reserved for the king only. Towards the end", "id": "13854426" }, { "contents": "Thinis\n\n\ncapital after unification of old Egypt by Menes. Thinis's location on the border of the competing Heracleopolitan and Theban dynasties of the First Intermediate Period and its proximity to certain oases of possible military importance ensured Thinis some continued significance in the Old and New Kingdoms. This was a brief respite and Thinis eventually lost its position as a regional administrative centre by the Roman period. Due to its ancient heritage, Thinis remained a significant religious centre, housing the tomb and mummy of the regional deity. In ancient Egyptian religious cosmology, as", "id": "14289001" }, { "contents": "God's Wife of Amun\n\n\nGod's Wife of Amun (Egyptian: \"ḥm.t nṯr n ỉmn\") was the highest-ranking priestess of the Amun cult, an important religious institution in ancient Egypt. The cult was centered in Thebes in Upper Egypt during the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth dynasties (circa 740–525 BC). The office had political importance as well as religious, since the two were closely related in ancient Egypt. Although the title is first attested in the Middle Kingdom, its full political potential was not realized until the advent", "id": "237360" }, { "contents": "Ancient Egypt\n\n\ncould afford them. Early instruments included flutes and harps, while instruments similar to trumpets, oboes, and pipes developed later and became popular. In the New Kingdom, the Egyptians played on bells, cymbals, tambourines, drums, and imported lutes and lyres from Asia. The sistrum was a rattle-like musical instrument that was especially important in religious ceremonies. The ancient Egyptians enjoyed a variety of leisure activities, including games and music. Senet, a board game where pieces moved according to random chance, was particularly popular", "id": "335736" }, { "contents": "Priest\n\n\nthe gods were believed to take up residence and performing other rituals for their benefit. Little is known about what training may have been required of priests, and the selection of personnel for positions was affected by a tangled set of traditions, although the pharaoh had the final say. In the New Kingdom of Egypt, when temples owned great estates, the high priests of the most important cult—that of Amun at Karnak—were important political figures. High-ranking priestly roles were usually held by men. Women were generally", "id": "4151733" }, { "contents": "Ancient Egyptian deities\n\n\nresult, upholding the ideals of \"maat\" grew less important than gaining the gods' favor as a way to guarantee a good life. Even the pharaohs were regarded as dependent on divine aid, and after the New Kingdom came to an end, government was increasingly influenced by oracles communicating the gods' will. Official religious practices, which maintained \"maat\" for the benefit of all Egypt, were related to, but distinct from, the religious practices of ordinary people, who sought the gods' help for their personal", "id": "19156590" }, { "contents": "Ancient Egyptian literature\n\n\ntomb occupants. However, it was only customary during the late Middle Kingdom and first half of the New Kingdom to place non-religious papyri in burial chambers. Thus, the majority of well-preserved literary papyri are dated to this period. Most settlements in ancient Egypt were situated on the alluvium of the Nile floodplain. This moist environment was unfavorable for long-term preservation of papyrus documents. Archaeologists have discovered a larger quantity of papyrus documents in desert settlements on land elevated above the floodplain, and in settlements that lacked", "id": "12704726" }, { "contents": "Ancient Egyptian religion\n\n\ndetailed descriptions of Amun's universal power. Increased contact with outside peoples in this period led to the adoption of many Near Eastern deities into the pantheon. At the same time, the subjugated Nubians absorbed Egyptian religious beliefs, and in particular, adopted Amun as their own. The New Kingdom religious order was disrupted when Akhenaten acceded, and replaced Amun with the Aten as the state god. Eventually he eliminated the official worship of most other gods, and moved Egypt's capital to a new city at Amarna. This part of", "id": "10260966" }, { "contents": "House of Eternity (Ancient Egypt)\n\n\nthe Old Kingdom is connected with a religious addition to the cult of the dead in the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. With the addition of the Duat, a new three-levelled view of the world was created in writing, with the 'access to the afterlife of the heavens, and the Duat' through the preparation of the non-sovereign cult of the dead among others; and the new evermore commonly used coffin texts. The 'earlier funeral feast of the elite' started to reach to a wider audience with the", "id": "15235118" }, { "contents": "Block statue\n\n\nThe block statue is a type of memorial statue that first emerged in the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. The block statue grew in popularity in the New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period, and by the Late Period, this type of statue was the most common. These statues were used in temples typically as funerary monuments of non-royal yet important individuals. According to primary sources from the New Kingdom, the posture of the statue was possibly intended to resemble a guardian seated in the gateway of a temple. In addition", "id": "3228818" }, { "contents": "New Kingdom of Egypt\n\n\nThe New Kingdom, also referred to as the Egyptian Empire, is the period in ancient Egyptian history between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC, covering the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties of Egypt. Radiocarbon dating places the exact beginning of the New Kingdom between 1570 BC and 1544 BC. The New Kingdom followed the Second Intermediate Period and was succeeded by the Third Intermediate Period. It was Egypt's most prosperous time and marked the peak of its power. The later part of this period, under the", "id": "15029818" }, { "contents": "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt\n\n\nChrist the Lord: Out of Egypt (2005) is a book by Anne Rice that depicts the life of Jesus Christ at the age of 7 to 8. Rice wrote the novel after returning to the Catholic Church in 1998. Beliefnet named \"Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt\" its 2005 Book of the Year on the basis of its \"creativity, its unique spin on one of the world's most important religious figures, and for its impact on Christians and other readers\". Janet Maslin of \"The New", "id": "2794445" }, { "contents": "Military of ancient Egypt\n\n\nby a succession of foreign powers in the late period, and the rule of the pharaohs officially ended in 31 BC when the early Roman Empire conquered Egypt and made it a province. Although the Egyptian military forces in the Old and Middle kingdoms were well maintained, the new form that emerged in the New Kingdom showed the state becoming more organized to serve its needs. For most parts of its long history, ancient Egypt was unified under one government. The main military concern for the nation was to keep enemies out. The", "id": "14269002" }, { "contents": "Scarab (artifact)\n\n\nScarabs were popular amulets and impression seals in Ancient Egypt. They survive in large numbers and, through their inscriptions and typology, they are an important source of information for archaeologists and historians of the ancient world. They also represent a significant body of ancient art. For reasons that are not clear (although no doubt connected to the religious significance of the Egyptian god Khepri), amulets in the form of scarab beetles had become enormously popular in Ancient Egypt by the early Middle Kingdom (approx. 2000 BCE) and remained popular", "id": "16124854" }, { "contents": "Art of ancient Egypt\n\n\n, perhaps to emphasize their figures. As in most societies, fashions in Egypt changed over time; different clothes were worn in different seasons of the year, and by different sections of society. Particular office-holders, especially priests and the king, had their own special garments. For the general population, clothing was simple, predominantly of linen, and probably white or off-white in color. It would have shown the dirt easily, and professional launderers are known to have been attached to the New Kingdom workmen's", "id": "13398969" }, { "contents": "Art of ancient Egypt\n\n\n). New Kingdom jewelry is generally more elaborate and garish than that of earlier periods, and was influenced by styles from the Ancient Greece and the Levant. Many fine examples were found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. Jewelry, both royal and private, was replete with religious symbolism. It was also used to display the wealth and rank of the wearer. Royal jewels were always the most elaborate, as exemplified by the pieces found at Dahshur and Lahun, made for princesses of the 18th Dynasty, favored courtiers were rewarded with", "id": "13398959" }, { "contents": "Pyramid Texts\n\n\npharaoh and were not illustrated. Following the earlier Palermo Stone, the pyramid texts mark the next-oldest known mention of Osiris, who would become the most important deity associated with afterlife in the Ancient Egyptian religion. The use and occurrence of pyramid texts changed between the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms of Ancient Egypt. During the Old Kingdom (2686 BCE – 2181 BCE), pyramid texts could be found in the pyramids of kings as well as three queens named Wedjebten, Neith, and Iput. During the Middle", "id": "6505436" }, { "contents": "New Chronology (Rohl)\n\n\nthe present), by several centuries, of the New Kingdom of Egypt, thus needing a major revision of the conventional chronology of ancient Egypt. Rohl asserts that this would let scholars identify some of the major events in the Hebrew Bible with events in the archaeological record and identify some of the well-known biblical characters with historical figures who appear in contemporary ancient texts. Lowering the Egyptian dates also dramatically affects the dating of dependent chronologies, such as that currently used for the Greek Heroic Age of the Late Bronze Age,", "id": "13561532" }, { "contents": "Stone quarries of ancient Egypt\n\n\nincluding neutron activation analysis. In June 2006 the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) of Egypt established a new department for conservation of ancient quarries and mines in Egypt. The new department was designed to work in close cooperation with the regional SCA offices, and special training programmes for \"Inspectors of Antiquities\" will be carried out to enable the regional authorities to tackle inventory, documentation, risk assessment and management of the ancient quarries and mines. This article details some of the most important ancient quarry sites in Egypt. The quarries", "id": "4016716" }, { "contents": "Ancient Egyptian architecture\n\n\nnumber of bricks stamped with various inscriptions, such as \"the temple of Amun in the house of Rejoicing\" or \"Nebmaarta in the Temple of Amun in the house of Rejoicing\". Overall the temple of Malakata shares many with other cult temples of the New Kingdom, with magnificent halls and religiously oriented rooms with many others more closely resemble store rooms. Fortifications within Ancient Egypt were built in times of conflict between rival principalities. Out of all fortresses analyzed within this time frame, most (if not all) were built", "id": "13295492" }, { "contents": "Art of ancient Egypt\n\n\n, 19th, and 20th dynasties of Egypt. The New Kingdom followed the Second Intermediate Period and was succeeded by the Third Intermediate Period. It was Egypt's most prosperous time and marked the peak of its power. The Amarna period is named for the extensive archeological site at Amarna, where pharaoh Akhenaten moved the capital in the late Eighteenth Dynasty. This period, and the years leading to it, form the most drastic interruption to the continuity of style in the Old and New Kingdoms. Amarna art is characterized by a sense", "id": "13398911" }, { "contents": "Dwarfs and pygmies in ancient Egypt\n\n\nEgypt from elsewhere. Later, in the Old Kingdom (c. 2680–2180 BC), dwarfs were employed as jewellers, tailors, cup-bearers and zookeepers, could found families or be brought into one. Pygmies were employed as dancers for special occasions and religious festivals. The social position of dwarfs seems to have declined after the Old Kingdom. By the time of the New Kingdom (c. 1550–1070 BC) they were depicted in ridiculing ways, and while the papyrus \"\"The wise doctrine of Amenemope, son of Kanakht\"", "id": "18173036" }, { "contents": "Military of ancient Egypt\n\n\nuse. After the conquest by Alexander the Great, Egypt was heavily hellenised and the main military force became the infantry phalanx. The ancient Egyptians were not great innovators in weapons technology, and most weapons technology innovation came from Western Asia and the Greek world. As early as the Old Kingdom (c.2686-2160 BC) Egypt used specific military units, with military hierarchy appearing in the Middle Kingdom (c.2055-1650 BC). By the New Kingdom (c.1550-1069 BC), the Egyptian military consisted of three major", "id": "14269020" }, { "contents": "Treasurer (Ancient Egypt)\n\n\nThe Treasurer (or often also translated as Chancellor) in Ancient Egypt is the modern translation of the title \"imi-r ḫtmt\" (word by word: Overseer of the Seal or Overseer of sealed things). The office is known since the end of the Old Kingdom, where people with this title appear sporadically in the organization of private estates. In the Middle Kingdom, the office became one of the most important ones at the royal court. At the end of the 18th Dynasty, the title lost its importance", "id": "472481" }, { "contents": "Ancient Greek religion\n\n\nexpanding over at least some of Alexander's conquests. The new dynasties of diadochi, kings and tyrants often spent lavishly on temples, often following Alexander in trying to insinuate themselves into religious cult; this was much easier for the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, where the traditional ancient Egyptian religion had long had deified monarchs. The enormous raised Pergamon Altar (now in Berlin) and the Altar of Hieron in Sicily are examples of unprecedentedly large constructions of the period. New cults of imported deities such as Isis from Egypt, Atargatis from", "id": "831003" }, { "contents": "Amduat\n\n\nThe Amduat (, literally \"That Which Is In the Afterworld\", also translated as \"Text of the Hidden Chamber Which is in the Underworld\" and \"Book of What is in the Underworld\") is an important ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom of Egypt. Like many funerary texts, it was found written on the inside of the pharaoh's tomb for reference. Unlike other funerary texts, however, it was reserved only for pharaohs (until the Twenty-first Dynasty almost exclusively) or very favored", "id": "525226" }, { "contents": "Tjauti\n\n\nTjauti was an Ancient Egyptian official who lived at the end of the Eighth Dynasty, around 2150 BC. He is known from a number of sources providing evidence that he was an important figure in the Coptic Nome in Upper Egypt. However, the sources are often broken and the figure of Tjauti remains therefore enigmatic. The most important objects naming Tjauti are the fragments of a false door found near Khozam (compare: Iushenshen) where he is called \"overseer of Upper Egypt\", which was one of the most important titles", "id": "2999025" }, { "contents": "History of robots\n\n\nIn ancient Egypt statues of divinities were made of stone, metal or wood. The statues were animated and played a key role in religious ceremonies. They were believed to have a soul (a kꜣ), derived from the divinity they represented. In the New Kingdom of Egypt, from the 16th century BC till the 11th century BC, ancient Egyptians would frequently consult these statues for advice. The statues would reply with a movement of the head. According to Egyptian lore, pharaoh Hatshepsut dispatched her squadron to the \"Land", "id": "1684092" }, { "contents": "Arllechwedd\n\n\nThe ancient Welsh cantref of Arllechwedd in north-west Wales was part of the kingdom of Gwynedd for much of its history until it was included in the new county of Caernarfonshire, together with Arfon and Llŷn under the terms of the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284. In the middle ages the Cantref Arllechwedd was one of the core territories of the Kingdom of Gwynedd and formed the entire west bank of the River Conwy. Within this cantref were found some of the most important civil, religious and military centres of that kingdom, including", "id": "21127416" }, { "contents": "Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt\n\n\nBC. The dynasty began with Kashta's invasion of Upper Egypt and culminated in several years of both successful and unsuccessful wars with the Mesopotamia-based Neo-Assyrian Empire. The 25th Dynasty's reunification of Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt, and Kush created the largest Egyptian empire since the New Kingdom. They assimilated into society by reaffirming Ancient Egyptian religious traditions, temples, and artistic forms, while introducing some unique aspects of Kushite culture. It was during the 25th dynasty that the Nile valley saw the first widespread construction of pyramids", "id": "19128814" }, { "contents": "Military of ancient Egypt\n\n\nAncient Egypt was an ancient civilization of eastern North Africa, concentrated along the northern reaches of the Nile River in Egypt. The civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh, and it developed over the next three millennia. Its history occurred in a series of stable \"kingdoms\", separated by periods of relative instability known as \"intermediate periods\". Ancient Egypt reached its pinnacle during the New Kingdom, after which it entered a period of slow decline. Egypt was conquered", "id": "14269001" }, { "contents": "Akoris, Egypt\n\n\nIt was an important administrative town in the 17th upper-Egyptian nome in all ancient Egyptian times. It is the site of many rock-cut tombs, which belonged to officials of the Old Kingdom and the priests of the Late Period. Archaeological remains came only from the New Kingdom and earlier times. In the New Kingdom the Temple of Amun was established in a former Old Kingdom tomb by Ramesses II and enlarged by Ramesses III. It is assumed that a fortress was established at this site in Persian times because of the", "id": "11594957" }, { "contents": "Religions of the ancient Near East\n\n\n, the name \"Shed\" assumed also the meaning of a propitious genius in Babylonian magical literature. Ancient Iranian lands had a diversity of spiritual beliefs, and the religions included Zoroastrianism, Mazdakism, Manichaeism, Yazdanism, Mandeanism, and others. Ancient Mitanni was centred in modern-day Kurdistan, and from excavations it was discovered to have a history of Zoroastrian practices. The dominant religious rituals and beliefs of ancient Egypt merged and developed over time. As an example, during the New Kingdom, the gods Ra and Amun were", "id": "6526052" }, { "contents": "Dark Horse (Katy Perry song)\n\n\nthem, Ancient Egypt is part of what he calls our \"shared collective mythology\". He said: \"The most important thing is that when you create something, and this is actually something Katy and I worked to do — you bring a new spin to it.\" Egyptologist David P. Silverman praised the music video's use of Egyptian imagery and the interest it could generate to viewers: \"[Egypt has] always been a part of popular culture. It encourages people to think of these things, and some of", "id": "21187781" }, { "contents": "History of the Jews in Egypt\n\n\nin ancient Egypt, but native Egyptian kingdoms were not heavily slave-based. The Exodus story is considered to be historically inaccurate, although important to various religions. In the Elephantine papyri, caches of legal documents and letters written in Aramaic amply document the lives of a community of Jewish soldiers stationed there as part of a frontier garrison in Egypt for the Achaemenid Empire. Established at Elephantine in about 650 BCE during Manasseh's reign, these soldiers assisted Pharaoh Psammetichus I in his Nubian campaign. Their religious system shows strong traces of", "id": "12699296" }, { "contents": "Memphis, Egypt\n\n\na large precinct within the city's centre. Enriched by centuries of veneration, the temple was one of the three foremost places of worship in Ancient Egypt, the others being the great temples of Ra in Heliopolis, and of Amun in Thebes. Much of what is known about the ancient temple today comes from the writings of Herodotus, who visited the site at the time of the first Persian invasion, long after the fall of the New Kingdom. Herodotus claimed that the temple had been founded by Menes himself, and that", "id": "11486757" }, { "contents": "Vizier (Ancient Egypt)\n\n\nThe vizier ( or ) was the highest official in Ancient Egypt to serve the pharaoh (king) during the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms. Vizier is the generally accepted rendering of ancient Egyptian \"tjati\", \"tjaty\" etc., among Egyptologists. The \"Instruction of Rekhmire\" (\"Installation of the Vizier\"), a New Kingdom text, defines many of the duties of the \"tjaty\", and lays down codes of behavior. The viziers were often appointed by the pharaoh. During the", "id": "3015529" }, { "contents": "Bronze Age\n\n\n16th to the 11th century BC. The New Kingdom followed the Second Intermediate Period and was succeeded by the Third Intermediate Period. It was Egypt's most prosperous time and marked the peak of Egypt's power. The later New Kingdom, i.e. the 19th and 20th Dynasties (1292–1069 BC), is also known as the Ramesside period, after the eleven pharaohs that took the name of Ramesses. Elam was a \"pre-Iranic\" ancient civilization located to the east of Mesopotamia. In the Old Elamite period (Middle Bronze", "id": "4412287" }, { "contents": "Nebamun\n\n\nNebamun was a middle-ranking official \"scribe and grain accountant\" during the period of the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt. He is thought to have lived and worked at the vast temple complex near Thebes (now Luxor) where the state-god Amun was worshipped. His name was translated as \"My Lord is Amun\", and his association with the temple, coupled with the importance of grain supplies to Egypt, meant that he was a person of considerable practical importance, though not of the highest rank. Nebamun", "id": "19090814" }, { "contents": "Nubians\n\n\nlanguages spoken by modern Nubians are based on ancient Sudanic dialects. From north to south, they are: Kenuz, Fadicha (Matoki), Sukkot, Mahas, Danagla. Kerma, Nepata and Meroe were Nubia's largest population centres. The rich agricultural lands of Nubia supported these cities. Ancient Egyptian rulers sought control of Nubia's wealth, including gold, and the important trade routes within its territories. Nubia's trade links with Egypt led to Egypt's domination over Nubia during the New Kingdom period. The emergence of the", "id": "12952361" }, { "contents": "Military of ancient Egypt\n\n\n, before his brother Ahmose finally succeeded in driving them out. This marked the beginning of the New Kingdom. In the New Kingdom new threats emerged. However, the military contributions of the Hyksos allowed Egypt to defend themselves from these foreign invasions successfully. The Hittites hailed from further northeast than had been previously encountered. They attempted to conquer Egypt, yet were defeated and a peace treaty was made. Also, the mysterious Sea Peoples invaded the entire ancient Near East during this time. The Sea Peoples caused many problems, but", "id": "14269012" }, { "contents": "Ancient Egypt in the Western imagination\n\n\nKingdom. It is, at the same time, one of the most compelling literary reconstructions of life at every level of ancient Egyptian society. In 1966, the novel was adapted as a Polish feature film. In 1912, the discovery of an exquisite painted limestone bust of Nefertiti, unearthed from its sculptor's workshop near the royal city of Amarna, added the first new celebrity of Egypt. The bust, now in Berlin's Egyptian Museum, became so famous through the medium of photography that it became the most familiar,", "id": "2719943" }, { "contents": "History of Cagliari\n\n\noutbreak of plague in 1656, from which came by municipal vow the Feast of Sant'Efisio, still the most important religious event of the island. In 1718, after the brief rule of the Austrian Habsburgs, the Savoy dynasty obtained the Kingdom of Sardinia, which remained an autonomous institution in relation to the mainland states of the dynasty and solemnly swore to respect the ancient customs and privileges. But the eighteenth century was the era of absolute monarchies, and the new ruling house gradually transformed the old kingdom created by the medieval Aragonese kings", "id": "18637201" }, { "contents": "Ancient Egyptian pottery\n\n\nthe Badari culture. In the Old Kingdom, it was used for the most important types and it was used for figures and models in all periods. The resulting product had thick walls. The technique is recognisable by pressure marks where individual bits of clay have been pressed together. In the weaving technique, flat rectangular pieces of clay were woven together. The technique can be recognised by the fact that the broken vessels tend to form rectangular sherds. The technique seems to have come into widespread use in early Egypt, from the", "id": "9081119" }, { "contents": "Art of ancient Egypt\n\n\nBC to around 1710 BC, stretching from the reunification of Egypt under the reign of Mentuhotep II of the Eleventh Dynasty to the end of the Twelfth Dynasty. The Eleventh Dynasty ruled from Thebes and the Twelfth Dynasty ruled from el-Lisht. During the Middle Kingdom period, Osiris became the most important deity in popular religion. The Middle Kingdom was followed by the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt, another period of division that involved foreign invasions of the country by the Hyksos of West Asia. After the reunification of Egypt in the", "id": "13398908" }, { "contents": "Islamopedia Online\n\n\nIslamopedia Online was a website dedicated to providing a comprehensive database of information regarding Islam, its most influential leaders, and translations of current topics and religious opinions. The stated purpose of Islamopedia Online is to provide news and background analysis on Muslim countries and Islamic topics that are not covered in the Western media due to lack of familiarity with the country, the issues, or the personalities as well as the inability to access reliable sources in their original language. Islamopedia features a database of what they deem the most important religious figures in", "id": "15478258" }, { "contents": "Perspective (graphical)\n\n\naccording to their spiritual or thematic importance, not their distance from the viewer, and did not use foreshortening. The most important figures are often shown as the highest in a composition, also from hieratic motives, leading to the so-called \"vertical perspective\", common in the art of Ancient Egypt, where a group of \"nearer\" figures are shown below the larger figure or figures. The only method to indicate the relative position of elements in the composition was by overlapping, of which much use is made in", "id": "10459130" }, { "contents": "Egyptian temple\n\n\nwithin. The most important part of the temple was the sanctuary, which typically contained a cult image, a statue of its god. The rooms outside the sanctuary grew larger and more elaborate over time, so that temples evolved from small shrines in late Prehistoric Egypt (late fourth millennium BC) to large stone edifices in the New Kingdom (c. 1550–1070 BC) and later. These edifices are among the largest and most enduring examples of Egyptian architecture, with their elements arranged and decorated according to complex patterns of religious symbolism.", "id": "5660763" }, { "contents": "Military of ancient Egypt\n\n\nbeginning in the late Old Kingdom, Asiatic \"maryannu\" troops were used in the Middle and New Kingdoms, the Sherden, Libyans, and the \"Na'arn\" were used in the Ramesside Period, (New Kingdom, Dynasties XIX and XX, c.1292-1075 BC) and Phoenicians, Carians, and Greeks were used during the Late Period. Chariotry, the backbone of the Egyptian army, was introduced into ancient Egypt from Western Asia at the end of the Second Intermediate Period (c.1650-1550 BC) / the beginning", "id": "14269026" }, { "contents": "Nubia\n\n\nNubia () is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between Aswan in southern Egypt and Khartoum in central Sudan. It was the seat of one of the earliest civilizations of ancient Africa, with a history that can be traced from at least 2500 BC onward with the Kerma culture. The latter was conquered by the New Kingdom of Egypt under pharaoh Thutmose I around 1500 BC. Nubia was home to several empires, most prominently the kingdom of Kush, which conquered Egypt during the 8th century BC during the reign of", "id": "12058371" }, { "contents": "Chiddingstone Castle\n\n\nmost important in a private collection, whilst displays at the castle also feature swords, armour and haniwa figures. The Ancient Egyptian collection spans the whole history of the civilisation and includes both grave goods, such as ushabti figures and amulets, and items from everyday life, including food and drink vessels. In 2013, items from the collection were lent to the Houston Museum of Natural Science for display in their Hall of Ancient Egypt. In British history, Bower was most interested in the House of Stuart and Jacobitism and was a", "id": "414568" }, { "contents": "Heliopolis (ancient Egypt)\n\n\nHeliopolis ( “the Pillars” ; \"Hēlioúpοlis\" “City of the Sun”) was a major city of ancient Egypt. It was the capital of the 13th or Heliopolite Nome of Lower Egypt and a major religious center. It is now located in Ayn Shams, a northeastern suburb of Cairo. Heliopolis was one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt, occupied since the Predynastic Period. It greatly expanded under the Old and Middle Kingdoms but is today mostly destroyed, its temples and other buildings having been scavenged for the", "id": "11730268" }, { "contents": "Abraham of Egypt\n\n\nAbraham of Egypt or Abraham of Minuf was a fourth-century monk and hermit of Egypt, is known only from the Synaxarion. He was a native of Minuf in the Delta, born of Christian parents who held an important position in the world. We do not know at what age he joined the monastic life. From the ancient text we know only that \"when he grew up, he went off to the land of Akhmim, to join the great Pachomius, who gave him the religious habit.\" He remained", "id": "5525908" }, { "contents": "Gao Empire\n\n\nrealms of the Sūdān, the most important and most powerful. All the kingdoms obey its king. Al-Kawkaw is the name of the town. Besides this there are a number of kingdoms of which the rulers pay allegiance to him and acknowledge his sovereignty, although they are kings in their own lands. Ibn al-Faqih (writing c. 903) mentions a caravan route from Egypt to ancient Ghana via Kawkaw. but Ibn Hawqal (writing c. 988) states that the old route from Egypt to the Sudan was abandoned", "id": "6166198" }, { "contents": "Idolatry\n\n\nwhat, if any connection with religious beliefs, these figures had, or whether they had other meaning and uses, even as toys. The earliest historic records confirming cult images are from the ancient Egyptian civilization, thereafter related to the Greek civilization. By the 2nd millennium BC two broad forms of cult image appear, in one images are zoomorphic (god in the image of animal or animal-human fusion) and in another anthropomorphic (god in the image of man). The former is more commonly found in ancient Egypt", "id": "17877984" }, { "contents": "Mining industry of Egypt\n\n\nin the next 1,500 years, with interruptions when the kingdom broke down. During the New Kingdom, the production of gold steadily increased, and mining became more intensive as new fields were developed. British historian Paul Johnson says that it was gold rather than military power which sustained the Egyptian empire and made it the world power throughout the third quarter of the second millennium BCE. Most gold mines known today in Egypt have been exploited for high-grade gold (15 g/t gold or greater) by the ancient Egyptians.", "id": "12823522" }, { "contents": "African military systems to 1800\n\n\nGovernor of El Kab, an important provincial capital during the latter part of the 17th Dynasty. According to V. Davies, Director of the Department of Ancient Egypt and the Sudan: “[Kush] swept over the mountains, over the Nile, without limit.. Had they stayed to occupy Egypt, the Kushites might have eliminated it. That’s how close Egypt came to extinction. But the Egyptians were resilient enough to survive, and shortly afterwards inaugurated the great imperial age known as the New Kingdom. The Kushites weren’t", "id": "18366777" }, { "contents": "List of ancient great powers\n\n\nbuilding and the pyramids of Giza were constructed under the kings Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure. Egypt attained its first sustained peak of civilization—the first of three so-called \"Kingdom\" periods (followed by the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom) which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley. During the Old Kingdom, the pyramid building in ancient Egypt began during the Third Dynasty under the rule of king Djoser when he built the Step Pyramid of Djoser (Egypt's first Pyramid) and peaked during Fourth", "id": "15805327" }, { "contents": "List of ancient great powers\n\n\n, the Levant (modern Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestinian Authority), Ancient Egypt, and at times Anatolia (modern Turkey). Ancient Egypt was one of the world's first civilizations, with its beginnings in the fertile Nile valley around 3150 BC. Ancient Egypt reached the zenith of its power during the New Kingdom (1570–1070 BC) under great pharaohs. Ancient Egypt was a great power to be contended with by both the ancient Near East, the Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa. The empire expanded", "id": "15805323" }, { "contents": "Wisdom literature\n\n\nsource of knowledge similar to the wisdom literature of Egypt, Babylonia, and Israel. In ancient Egyptian literature, wisdom literature belonged to the \"sebayt\" (\"teaching\") genre which flourished during the Middle Kingdom of Egypt and became canonical during the New Kingdom. Notable works of this genre include the \"Instructions of Kagemni\", \"The Maxims of Ptahhotep\", the \"Instructions of Amenemhat\", and the \"Loyalist Teaching\". The most famous examples of wisdom literature are found in the Bible. The term", "id": "1362593" }, { "contents": "The Greatest Pharaohs\n\n\nart, and technology and had built what was arguably the most advanced culture at that time in civilized history. However, the Old Kingdom started to decay when a child became Pharaoh. There were centuries of chaos before Egypt was reborn under a series of militarily inclined pharaohs who established the New Kingdom. Covers Menkaura, Pepi II, Mentuhotep II, and Ahmose I. By 1353 BCE, Egypt was again stable, with much of the prosperity of the Old Kingdom. However, the ascension of Akhenaten brought a new crisis. Akhenaten", "id": "7784580" }, { "contents": "Art of ancient Egypt\n\n\nIntermediate Period when new types of coffin decoration focused on the Osiris myth and extracts from the \"Book of the Dead\", to aid the resurrection of the deceased. In the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, a cartonnage mask was often fixed directly onto the mummy wrappings as a substitute for a coffin. Coffins were generally made of wood; those of high-status individuals used fine quality, imported cedar. From the Middle Kingdom onward, wealthy individuals were often provided with a set of two or three nested coffins. The most", "id": "13398979" }, { "contents": "Slavery in ancient Egypt\n\n\nSlavery in ancient Egypt existed at least since the New Kingdom (1550-1175 BC). Discussions of slavery in Pharaonic Egypt are complicated by terminology used by the Egyptians to refer to different classes of servitude over the course of dynastic history. Interpretation of the textual evidence of classes of slaves in ancient Egypt has been difficult to differentiate by word usage alone. There were three types of enslavement in Ancient Egypt: chattel slavery, bonded labor, and forced labor. But even these types of slavery are susceptible to individual interpretation based", "id": "22087991" }, { "contents": "Foreign contacts of ancient Egypt\n\n\nof Ancient Egypt seem to have been mere extensions of those of the New Kingdom. Military expeditions again persist, everywhere but in ancient Greece. In fact, there is in this period evidence of Greek soldiers fighting for Egyptian pharaohs and the establishment of a Greek trading post, called Naucratis, within Egypt. Nubia would become dominated by ancient Egypt in this period. Eventually, however, by the 25th dynasty, Nubia conquers and controls Egypt, only themselves to become later ousted by the Assyrians. Further, some scholars believe the", "id": "3385297" }, { "contents": "Cultural depictions of lions\n\n\nlioness as one of the most powerful cultural figures, protecting the people and especially, their rulers, as well as being assigned powerful roles in nature. As human groups moved from being isolated clans and tribes to cities, kingdoms, and countries, ancient symbols retained their importance as they assumed new roles and lions have remained as popular symbols through to modern times. Depictions of lions in other cultures resembled this and all changed into more supportive roles as human figures began to be portrayed as deities. Similar imagery persisted and was retained", "id": "6930440" }, { "contents": "History of ancient Lebanon\n\n\nPhoenicians turned to the sea, where they engaged in trade and navigation. Each of the coastal cities was an independent kingdom noted for the special activities of its inhabitants. Tyre and Sidon were important maritime and trade centers; Gubla (later known as Byblos and now as Jubayl) and Berytus (present-day Beirut) were trade and religious centers. Gubla was the first Phoenician city to trade actively with Egypt and the pharaohs of the Old Kingdom (2686-2181 BC), exporting cedar, olive oil, and wine", "id": "16645634" }, { "contents": "Ancient Egypt\n\n\nKingdom of the Middle Bronze Age and the New Kingdom of the Late Bronze Age. Egypt reached the pinnacle of its power in the New Kingdom, ruling much of Nubia and a sizable portion of the Near East, after which it entered a period of slow decline. During the course of its history Egypt was invaded or conquered by a number of foreign powers, including the Hyksos, the Libyans, the Nubians, the Assyrians, the Achaemenid Persians, and the Macedonians under the command of Alexander the Great. The Greek Ptolemaic", "id": "335654" }, { "contents": "Seneb\n\n\nSeneb was a high-ranking court official in the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, \"circa\" 2520 BC. A dwarf, Seneb was a person of considerable importance and wealth who owned thousands of cattle, held twenty palaces and religious titles and was married to a high-ranking priestess of average size with whom he had three children. His successful career and the lavishness of his burial arrangements are indicative of the acceptance given to dwarfs in ancient Egyptian society, whose texts advocated the acceptance and integration of those with physical disabilities", "id": "8809451" }, { "contents": "Ancient Egypt\n\n\n4500 years, from the time of King Cheops on the Red Sea coast near Wadi el-Jarf (about 110 miles south of Suez). In 1977, an ancient north-south canal dating to the Middle Kingdom of Egypt was discovered extending from Lake Timsah to the Ballah Lakes. It was dated to the Middle Kingdom of Egypt by extrapolating dates of ancient sites constructed along its course. The earliest attested examples of mathematical calculations date to the predynastic Naqada period, and show a fully developed numeral system. The importance of", "id": "335772" }, { "contents": "Ramose and Hatnofer\n\n\nRamose was the father and Hatnofer the mother of Senenmut, one of the most important state officials under the reign of the Egyptian queen Hatshepsut in the 18th dynasty of Egypt's New Kingdom. The commoner origins of Ramose and the rise of his son Senenmut were long considered to be prime examples of high social mobility in New Kingdom Egypt. For instance, almost nothing is known of Ramose's origins, but he seems to have been a man of modest means—anything from a tenant peasant or farmer, to an artisan or", "id": "9018728" }, { "contents": "Pharaoh (novel)\n\n\ndemise of the Son of the Sun the eternally living Ramses XIII, the throne was seized by, and the uraeus came to adorn the brow of, the eternally living Son of the Sun Sem-amen-Herhor, High Priest of Amon.\" What the novel will subsequently reveal is the elements that lead to this denouement—the character traits of the principals, the social forces in play. Ancient Egypt at the end of its New Kingdom period is experiencing adversities. The deserts are eroding Egypt's arable land. The", "id": "18039" }, { "contents": "Ancient history\n\n\nand the most widespread culture is known as the Kerma civilization. Egyptians referred to Nubia as \"Ta-Seti,\" or \"The Land of the Bow,\" since the Nubians were known to be expert archers. The two civilization shared an abundance of peaceful cultural interchange and cooperation, including mixed marriages and even the same gods. In the New Kingdom, Nubians became indistinguishable in the archaeological record from Egyptians. The Kingdom of Kush survived longer than that of Egypt and at its greatest extent Nubia ruled over Egypt (under", "id": "6233796" }, { "contents": "Art of ancient Egypt\n\n\nthe New Kingdom. In all periods, women's dresses may have been enhanced by colorful bead netting worn over the top. In the Roman Period, Egypt became known for the manufacture of fine clothing. Sandals of leather or basketry are the most commonly attested types of footwear. Examples of these, together with linen shirts and other clothing, were discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun. Use of makeup, especially around the eyes, was a characteristic feature of ancient Egyptian culture from Predynastic times. \"Kohl\" (eye-", "id": "13398971" }, { "contents": "Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt\n\n\nThe Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XVIII, alternatively 18th Dynasty or Dynasty 18) is classified as the first dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the era in which ancient Egypt achieved the peak of its power. The Eighteenth Dynasty spanned the period from 1549/1550 to 1292 BC. This dynasty is also known as the Thutmosid Dynasty for the four pharaohs named Thutmose. Several of Egypt's most famous pharaohs were from the Eighteenth Dynasty, including Tutankhamun, whose tomb was found by Howard Carter in 1922. Other famous pharaohs", "id": "18670888" }, { "contents": "Military of ancient Egypt\n\n\nmain army corps. Most Egyptian cities lacked city walls and other defenses. The history of ancient Egypt is divided into three kingdoms and two intermediate periods. During the three kingdoms Egypt was unified under one government. During the intermediate periods (the periods of time between kingdoms) government control was in the hands of the various nomes (provinces within Egypt) and various foreigners. The geography of Egypt served to isolate the country and allowed it to thrive. This circumstance set the stage for many of Egypt's military conquests. They", "id": "14269004" }, { "contents": "Ancient Egypt\n\n\n. Pyramids were built during the Old and Middle Kingdoms, but most later rulers abandoned them in favor of less conspicuous rock-cut tombs. The use of the pyramid form continued in private tomb chapels of the New Kingdom and in the royal pyramids of Nubia. The ancient Egyptians produced art to serve functional purposes. For over 3500 years, artists adhered to artistic forms and iconography that were developed during the Old Kingdom, following a strict set of principles that resisted foreign influence and internal change. These artistic standards—simple lines", "id": "335743" }, { "contents": "Ancient Egyptian creation myths\n\n\nAncient Egyptian creation myths are the ancient Egyptian accounts of the creation of the world. The Pyramid Texts, tomb wall decorations and writings, dating back to the Old Kingdom (2780–2250 BC) have given us most of our information regarding early Egyptian creation myths. These myths also form the earliest religious compilations in the world. The ancient Egyptians had many creator gods and associated legends. Thus the world or more specifically Egypt was created in diverse ways according to different parts of the country. In all of these myths, the world", "id": "5319686" }, { "contents": "Ancient Egypt\n\n\nthe New Kingdom that followed, the military became a central priority for the kings, who sought to expand Egypt's borders and attempted to gain mastery of the Near East. The New Kingdom pharaohs established a period of unprecedented prosperity by securing their borders and strengthening diplomatic ties with their neighbours, including the Mitanni Empire, Assyria, and Canaan. Military campaigns waged under Tuthmosis I and his grandson Tuthmosis III extended the influence of the pharaohs to the largest empire Egypt had ever seen. Beginning with Merneptah the rulers of Egypt adopted the", "id": "335678" }, { "contents": "Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt\n\n\nThe Twelfth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Dynasty XII), is often combined with the Eleventh, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Dynasties under the group title Middle Kingdom. Known rulers of the Twelfth Dynasty are as follows: The chronology of the 12th dynasty is the most stable of any period before the New Kingdom. The Ramses Papyrus canon (1290 BC) in Turin gives 213 years (1991–1778 BC). Manetho stated that it was based in Thebes, but from contemporary records it is clear that the first king moved its capital to a", "id": "17275703" }, { "contents": "History of diabetes\n\n\ntexts, and contains a passage from the First Dynasty (c. 3400 BCE). The document is named after Georg Ebers, who purchased the document in 1872 in the city of Luxor, the site of Thebes (known to Ancient Egyptians as Waset). Thebes was the most venerated city of Ancient Egypt in its heyday during the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom. The Ebers Papyrus is thought to contain the first known medical reference to diabetes, by the phrase: \"...to eliminate urine which is too \"asha\"\"", "id": "18416176" }, { "contents": "Gao\n\n\nin around 872: There is the kingdom of the Kawkaw, which is the greatest of the realms of the Sūdān, the most important and most powerful. All the kingdoms obey its king. Al-Kawkaw is the name of the town. Besides this there are a number of kingdoms of which the rulers pay allegiance to him and acknowledge his sovereignty, although they are kings in their own lands. Ibn al-Faqih (writing c. 903) mentions a caravan route from Egypt to ancient Ghana via Kawkaw, but Ibn", "id": "5477540" }, { "contents": "Ancient Greek coinage\n\n\nworld. Greek-speaking kingdoms were established in Egypt and Syria, and for a time also in Iran and as far east as what is now Afghanistan and northwestern India. Greek traders spread Greek coins across this vast area, and the new kingdoms soon began to produce their own coins. Because these kingdoms were much larger and wealthier than the Greek city states of the classical period, their coins tended to be more mass-produced, as well as larger, and more frequently in gold. They often lacked the aesthetic delicacy", "id": "10603012" }, { "contents": "History of ancient Egypt\n\n\nkings of this dynasty were Seqenenre Tao and Kamose. Ahmose I completed the conquest and expulsion of the Hyksos from the Nile Delta, restored Theban rule over the whole of Egypt and successfully reasserted Egyptian power in its formerly subject territories of Nubia and the Southern Levant. His reign marks this beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the New Kingdom. Possibly as a result of the foreign rule of the Hyksos during the Second Intermediate Period, the New Kingdom saw Egypt attempt to create a buffer between the Levant and Egypt, and attain its", "id": "9354823" }, { "contents": "Military of ancient Egypt\n\n\neither end. Some of the longer self bows were strengthened at certain points by binding the wooden rod with cord. Drawing a single-arched bow was harder and one lost the advantage of draw-length double curvature provided. During the New Kingdom the composite bow came into use, having been introduced by the Asiatic Hyksos. Often these bows were not made in Egypt itself but imported from the Middle East, like other 'modern' weapons. The older, single-curved bow was not completely abandoned, however. For", "id": "14269043" }, { "contents": "Ancient Egypt\n\n\ntitle of pharaoh. Between their reigns, Hatshepsut, a queen who established herself as pharaoh, launched many building projects, including restoration of temples damaged by the Hyksos, and sent trading expenditions to Punt and the Sinai. When Tuthmosis III died in 1425 BC, Egypt had an empire extending from Niya in north west Syria to the Fourth Cataract of the Nile in Nubia, cementing loyalties and opening access to critical imports such as bronze and wood. The New Kingdom pharaohs began a large-scale building campaign to promote the god", "id": "335679" }, { "contents": "Vizier (Ancient Egypt)\n\n\nDynasty onwards, viziers, whom by then were the highest civilian bureaucratic official, held supreme responsibility for the administration of the palace and government, including jurisdiction, scribes, state archives, central granaries, treasury, storage of surplus products and their redistribution, and supervision of building projects such as the royal pyramid.In the New Kingdom, there were two viziers, one for Upper Egypt and one for Lower Egypt. According to the \"Installation of the Vizier\", a New Kingdom document describing the office of the vizier,", "id": "3015532" }, { "contents": "Overseer of the treasuries\n\n\nThe overseer of the treasuries (alternative translation: \"overseer of the two treasuries\"; imy-r prwy ḥḏ) was an important official at the ancient Egyptian court of the Old and the New Kingdom. The title is first attested in the Fourth Dynasty. The title is not common in the Middle Kingdom, but is in the New Kingdom one of the most important ones at the royal court. The \"treasury\" was the place in the royal palace where precious materials were stored, such as metal objects, but", "id": "21767021" }, { "contents": "Khufu\n\n\nwhile the king enjoyed a long-lasting cultural heritage preservation during the period of the Old Kingdom and the New Kingdom, the ancient historians Manetho, Diodorus and Herodotus hand down a very negative depiction of Khufu's character. Thanks to these documents, an obscure and critical picture of Khufu's personality persists. Khufu's name was dedicated to the earth deity Khnum, which might point to an increase of Khnum's popularity and religious importance. In fact, several royal and religious titles introduced at his time may point out that Egyptian", "id": "11315377" }, { "contents": "Amanitore\n\n\nThe two rulers also built Amun temples at Naqa and Amara. The quantity of building that was completed during the middle part of the first century indicates that this was the most prosperous time in Meroitic history. More than two hundred Nubian pyramids were built, most plundered in ancient times. Her country was immediately south of what was Ancient Egypt and shared its language in surviving texts. Other aspects of the culture differ significantly, but are not well known and others seem to have influenced the Ancient Egyptian culture—including religious influences.", "id": "21071151" }, { "contents": "Foreign contacts of ancient Egypt\n\n\nalso lived in ancient Egypt in this period. Eastward contacts are represented by objects and motific works of ancient Egypt found in the Near East, including modern Anatolia and Byblos and those ancient regions around Canaan and Syria. Some kings of Byblos have been found buried with Egyptian items. Westward, evidence of contact with Libya is generally limited to military expeditions. Northward, evidence of contact with the Aegean includes Minoan relics found in Egypt. New Kingdom contacts (everywhere except Greece) seem to have been dominated by military activities. Strong", "id": "3385295" }, { "contents": "Ancient Egyptian religion\n\n\ncults, a characteristically Egyptian form of worship, became increasingly popular in this period, possibly as a response to the uncertainty and foreign influence of the time. Isis grew more popular as a goddess of protection, magic, and personal salvation, and became the most important goddess in Egypt. In the 4th century BC, Egypt became a Hellenistic kingdom under the Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BC), which assumed the pharaonic role, maintaining the traditional religion and building or rebuilding many temples. The kingdom's Greek ruling class identified the", "id": "10260970" }, { "contents": "Ancient Egyptian religion\n\n\nand less divine. The importance of oracles as a means of decision-making grew, as did the wealth and influence of the oracles' interpreters, the priesthood. These trends undermined the traditional structure of society and contributed to the breakdown of the New Kingdom. In the 1st millennium BC, Egypt was significantly weaker than in earlier times, and in several periods foreigners seized the country and assumed the position of pharaoh. The importance of the pharaoh continued to decline, and the emphasis on popular piety continued to increase. Animal", "id": "10260969" }, { "contents": "Nubians\n\n\nfirst nome or administrative region of ancient Egypt), were continuously a part of ancient Egypt throughout the dynastic era. Other parts of Nubia, particularly Lower or Upper Nubia, were at times a part of ancient Pharaonic Egypt and at other times a rival state representing parts of Meroë or the Kingdom of Kush. However, by the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, all of Nubia was united with Egypt, extending down to what is now Khartoum. Towards the end of the dynastic era, Upper Nubia broke off from Egypt proper.", "id": "12952342" }, { "contents": "House of Eternity (Ancient Egypt)\n\n\ncomplexes of the Middle Kingdom were partly built in Lisht, in a grand style. In Thebes, there existed smaller variants made of mud bricks. In the New Kingdom, this type of tomb reached its heyday, especially in Saqqara, a large number of these tombs were found and excavated. The walls were often decorated with reliefs and rarely with paintings. Small pyramids were innovated around this time as well. Most ancient Egyptians were buried in simple shafts, or pits, for cost reasons. The Valley of the Kings is", "id": "15235129" }, { "contents": "Obstetrics\n\n\nas a specific medical specialty. However, the subject matter and interest in the female reproductive system and sexual practice can be traced back to Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece. Soranus of Ephesus sometimes is called the most important figure in ancient gynecology. Living in the late first century A.D. and early second century, he studied anatomy and had opinions and techniques on abortion, contraception –most notably \"coitus interruptus\"– and birth complications. After his death, techniques and works of gynecology declined; very little of his works were recorded", "id": "8182614" }, { "contents": "Gardens of ancient Egypt\n\n\n. The rulers of ancient Egypt, such as Queen Hatshepsut (1503–1482 BC), and Ramses III (1198–1166 BC) used pots to bring back to Egypt new kinds of trees and flowers discovered during their conquests in Libya, Syria, and Cyrenia. Beginning during the New Kingdom, pleasure gardens became a common feature of luxury residences. According to paintings in tombs in Thebes from the 18th Dynasty (1552–1296 BC), gardens of that time had a standard design. They had a pond, usually rectangular, in the centre", "id": "10061891" }, { "contents": "Women in ancient Egypt\n\n\npower since many pharaohs were very young when they succeed the throne. For example, the great pharaoh Ahmose I in New Kingdom, always took advice from his mother, Akhotep, and his principal wife, Nefertari. Although the women of ancient Egypt were viewed as one of the most independent groups of women, if their husband died leaving them a widow, people began to grow suspicious of them due to the lack of male control in the household. Widows also gained more legal freedom, being able to buy and sell land", "id": "13099393" } ]

[ { "contents": "36-line Bible\n\n\nThe 36-line Bible, also known as the \"Bamberg Bible\", (and sometimes called a \"Gutenberg Bible\") was the second moveable-type-printed edition of the Bible. It is believed to have been printed in Bamberg, Germany, circa 1458–1460. No printer's name appears in the book, but it is possible that Johannes Gutenberg was the printer. The primary, or particular meaning of the term Gutenberg Bible, is the first moveable-type-printed edition of the Bible, circa 1450–1455. The", "id": "13971280" }, { "contents": "Korean influence on Japanese culture\n\n\nwas used to print the first part of the Nihon Shoki. Eighty percent of Japan's book production was printed using moveable type between 1593 and 1625, but ultimately moveable type printing was supplanted by woodblock printing and was rarely used after 1650. Prior to the invasion, Korea's high-quality ceramic pottery was prized in Japan, particularly the Korean teabowls used in the Japanese tea ceremony. Because of this, Japanese soldiers made great efforts to find skilled Korean potters and transfer them to Japan. For this reason, the Japanese", "id": "5497805" }, { "contents": "History of printing in East Asia\n\n\neven before becoming \"shōgun\", effected the creation of the first native movable type, using wooden type-pieces rather than metal. He oversaw the creation of 100,000 type-pieces, which were used to print a number of political and historical texts. An edition of the Confucian \"Analects\" was printed in 1598 using metal moveable type printing equipment at the order of Emperor Go-Yōzei. This document is the oldest work of Japanese moveable type printing extant today. Despite the appeal of moveable type, however, it", "id": "8284575" }, { "contents": "Movable type\n\n\nMovable type (US English; moveable type in British English) is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document (usually individual alphanumeric characters or punctuation marks) usually on the medium of paper. The world's first movable type printing technology for printing paper books was made of porcelain materials and was invented around 1040 AD in China during the Northern Song Dynasty by the inventor Bi Sheng (990–1051). The oldest extant book printed with movable metal type, Jikji, was", "id": "3294651" }, { "contents": "Buddhist influences on print technology\n\n\nand Korea which rendered moveable type easier for Korea than China. First, China did not have a script reform that made the use of moveable type more practical as in Korea. The large number of characters used in written Chinese posed a great challenge to the use of moveable type. Instead of making type for every character all at once, why not make new type as it was needed? In this way a gradual shift to moveable type printing could have been accomplished. Second, the historical record shows that in China there", "id": "19056872" }, { "contents": "Book illustration\n\n\n. Printers of large early books often reused several times, and also had detachable \"plugs\" of figures, or the attributes of saints, which they could rearrange within a larger image to make several variations. Luxury books were for a few decades often printed with blank spaces for manual illumination in the old way. Unlike later techniques, woodcut uses relief printing just as metal moveable type does, so that pages including both text and illustration can be set up and printed together. However the technique either gives rather crude results or", "id": "12700672" }, { "contents": "Bois Protat\n\n\nfor texts of all sorts. The Bois Protat is the earliest surviving example of the 14th-century arrival of woodblock printing in Europe. The technology did not become widespread until the 15th century, when paper became readily available. Prints tended to be religious; they were more affordable to most people than devotional paintings, and often illustrated religious books. Playing cards and other secular prints were also popular. From the mid-15th century woodcuts were combined with Gutenberg's moveable type; particularly in Germany, woodcuts appeared by master artists such as", "id": "5318014" }, { "contents": "Typometry (printing)\n\n\n, such as the 1777 map of Sicily, which features toponyms printed with moveable type as well as roads, coasts, divisions and rivers printed with folding metal filaments. Special moveable topographic symbols mark the mountain ranges of the island, its fortifications, and other landmarks. The printer Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, based in Leipzig (Germany) was at first critical with the invention, claiming that it was impossible to accurately adapt and assemble different shapes of types to create a new form. But, after the typometric prints were proven", "id": "20312799" }, { "contents": "Woodblock printing\n\n\n. This document is the oldest work of Japanese moveable type printing extant today. Despite the appeal of moveable type, however, it was soon decided that the running script style of Japanese writing would be better reproduced using woodblocks, and so woodblocks were once more adopted; by 1640 they were once again being used for nearly all purposes. The technology quickly gained popularity among publishers, and was used to produce affordable prints as well as books. As a result, Japan began to see something of literary mass production and increasing literacy", "id": "2734848" }, { "contents": "Korean influence on Japanese culture\n\n\nin Kyushu in 1590. The second was the looting of Korean books and book printing technology after the invasion of Korea. Before 1590, Buddhist monasteries handled virtually all book printing in Japan, and, according to historian Donald Shively, books and moveable type transported from Korea \"helped bring about the end of the monastic monopoly on printing.\" At the start of the invasion in 1592, Korean books and book printing technology were one of Japan's top priorities for looting, especially metal moveable type. One commander alone, Ukita", "id": "5497803" }, { "contents": "Buddhist influences on print technology\n\n\ncountries of having an alphabet that facilitated the use of moveable type. This is not to say that woodblocks were not used. Once moveable type came into use, Korea was no longer quite as dependent on China for texts. Sometime in the 4th century the Chinese educational system was introduced to what was then the Koguryo state. A civil service examination system was established in Silla after the Korean states consolidated in the 7th century. As the power of the government grew, demand for books from China increased. Korea began to print", "id": "19056860" }, { "contents": "History of printing in East Asia\n\n\nAsia by the 16th century but was not fully adopted until centuries later. Traditionally, there have been two main printing techniques in East Asia: woodblock printing (xylography) and moveable type printing. In the woodblock technique, ink is applied to letters carved upon a wooden board, which is then pressed onto paper. With moveable type, the board is assembled using different lettertypes, according to the page being printed. Wooden printing was used in the East from the 8th century onwards, and moveable metal type came into use during", "id": "8284547" }, { "contents": "Woodblock printing in Japan\n\n\nspread of the medium as well. An edition of the Confucian \"Analects\" was printed in 1598, using a Korean moveable type printing press, at the order of Emperor Go-Yōzei. This document is the oldest work of Japanese moveable type printing extant today. Despite the appeal of moveable type, however, craftsmen soon decided that the running script style of Japanese writings was better reproduced using woodblocks. By 1640 woodblocks were once again used for nearly all purposes. The medium quickly gained popularity, and was used to produce", "id": "3666730" }, { "contents": "Music engraving\n\n\nincluded, each syllable matches vertically with its assigned melody. Horizontally, subdivisions of beats are marked not only by their flags and beams, but also by the relative space between them on the page. The logistics of creating such precise copies posed several problems for early music engravers, and have resulted in the development of several music engraving technologies. Similar to book printing, music printing began in the fifteenth century with the use of moveable type. The central problem posed to early music engravers using moveable type was the proper integration of", "id": "8625357" }, { "contents": "Michigan State University Libraries\n\n\noldest printed book in the MSU Libraries is held in Special Collections. Its title is Scriptores Rei Rusticae, and was printed in Venice in 1472, only a short time after the invention of the moveable type printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in Germany about 1455. A Division or Branch of the Special Collections Department is \"The Comic Art Collection\". The Comic Art Collection holds over 200,000 items. It is the largest library comic book collection in the world. While the bulk of the collection is made up of American comic books", "id": "6599786" }, { "contents": "Book of hours\n\n\n-class could afford to buy a printed book of hours, and new manuscripts were only commissioned by the very wealthy. Paper was rare and most books of hours consisted of parchment sheets made from the skins of either sheep or goats. The \"Kitab salat al-sawai\" (1514), widely considered the first book in Arabic printed using moveable type, is a book of hours intended for Arabic-speaking Christians and presumably commissioned by Pope Julius II. As many books of hours are richly illuminated, they form an", "id": "14924663" }, { "contents": "Rob Roy Kelly\n\n\ndesign through basic principles, sequence, criteria, and repetition. Kelly amassed a large collection of American wood type, a type of moveable type designed for advertising, and specimen books purchased from printers. In 1969, he published \"American Wood Type, 1828-1900\", which was one of the first books to explore wood type in vernacular printing. While rare, Kelly allowed students to use and design with the type to learn design history. In 1966, Kelly sold the collection to the Museum of Modern Art.", "id": "20887295" }, { "contents": "Kitab salat al-sawai\n\n\nThe Kitab salat al-sawai is widely considered the first book in Arabic printed using moveable type. It was a book of hours intended for Arabic-speaking Christians and presumably commissioned by Pope Julius II. It had 120 un-numbered pages. Some eight or nine copies are known to survive. The book is dated 12 September 1514, and was almost certainly printed by Gregorio di Gregorii, very probably in Venice, despite the colophonic attribution to Fano. The psalms used are those of the eleventh-century Malachite bishop Abd", "id": "13600097" }, { "contents": "Buddhist influences on print technology\n\n\nwas a preference for that which was already established and familiar (e.g. the preference of bamboo/wood books over the usage of paper books). Chinese moveable type was made from baked clay, rendering it breakable. Little is known about the techniques and procedures used for woodblock printing before 1600 in Japan; printing and publishing in the Tokugawa period became more commercialized and thus there is more information about it.(47) First a manuscript is passed to a copyist and a clean copy (\"hanshita\") is written out. Sometimes a", "id": "19056873" }, { "contents": "Bernardo Cennini\n\n\nby moveable type, and seeing some printed books, Cennini puzzled out the procedure for himself, cast his own type font and, working with his sons Pietro, a humanist poet and manuscript illuminator, and Domenico, produced the first of the incunabula printed at Florence, starting in 1471. The book was the commentary of Virgil, \"In Tria Virgilii Opera Expositio\" by the late fourth-century grammarian Maurus Servius Honoratus. In the first page of the book, Cennini commemorates his own invention, and at the conclusion is", "id": "4038119" }, { "contents": "Kelly Writers House\n\n\nits entirety in one sitting. Participants switch off reading sections of the chosen book until it is finished and eat foods associated with the book. Past books include \"Jack Kerouac's On the Road\", Vladimir Nabokov's \"Lolita\", and F Scott Fitzgerald's \"The Great Gatsby\". The Robinson Press is a space in which students learn to design printing projects, hand-set moveable type, ink and clean press, and produce hand-printed broadsides. There are two broadside series, one of which features", "id": "18020091" }, { "contents": "Andrea Antico\n\n\n. Unlike Petrucci, who used moveable type and a multiple-impression technique, Antico made woodblock prints. While this technology was older than moveable type and more laborious to prepare, it allowed for high-quality prints when done by a fine craftsman, and Antico was acknowledged to be one of the finest woodblock printers of the time. One of his Roman-period publications, the \"Liber quindecim missarum\" of May 9, 1516, contained masses by Josquin des Prez, Pierre de La Rue, Antoine Brumel, Jean", "id": "18872160" }, { "contents": "Edward Kidder\n\n\nEdward Kidder (1665/66–1739) was a British 18th century pastry chef, or, as he called himself, \"pastry-master,\" who worked in the Cheapside section of London. Kidder is remembered for his cookbook of \"Receipts of Pastry and Cookery For the Use of his Scholars\", The book was printed using engraved copper plates in contrast to most books of the time which used moveable types. The frontispiece showed a portrait of Kidder in a full wig and period attire. Kidder died in 1739 at age 73.", "id": "7388010" }, { "contents": "Woodblock printing\n\n\nfrom Korea in 1593 had far greater influence on the development of the medium. Four years later, Tokugawa Ieyasu, even before becoming \"shōgun\", effected the creation of the first native movable type, using wooden type-pieces rather than metal. He oversaw the creation of 100,000 type-pieces, which were used to print a number of political and historical texts. An edition of the Confucian \"Analects\" was printed in 1598, using a Korean moveable type printing press, at the order of Emperor Go-Yōzei", "id": "2734847" }, { "contents": "Chepman and Myllar Press\n\n\nThe Aberdeen Breviary. Fragments of two other publications also exist. These were editions of The Wallace and The Buke of the Howlat. The press seems to have had a brief existence. The earliest surviving example of its work dates to 1508 and the latest to 1510. Chepman and Myllar's press is also referred to as The Southgait Press. Johannes Gutenberg developed printing with moveable type in Germany in the decade after 1440. The new technology spread rapidly. Scots began to commission the printing of books in other countries. France,", "id": "20225949" }, { "contents": "Serial (literature)\n\n\nperiodicals. Popular short stories series are often published together in book form as collections. The growth of moveable type in the 17th century prompted episodic and often disconnected narratives such as \"L'Astrée\" and \"Le Grand Cyrus\". At that time, books remained a premium item, so to reduce the price and expand the market, publishers produced large works in lower-cost installments called fascicles. Serialized fiction surged in popularity during Britain's Victorian era, due to a combination of the rise of literacy, technological advances in printing", "id": "18809439" }, { "contents": "History of printing in East Asia\n\n\nof more than 60,000 Chinese characters. Soon afterwards, he summarized his invention in his book \"A method of making moveable wooden types for printing books\". This system was later enhanced by pressing wooden blocks into sand and casting metal types from the depression in copper, bronze, iron or tin. This new method overcame many of the shortcomings of woodblock printing. Rather than manually carving an individual block to print a single page, movable type printing allowed for the quick assembly of a page of text. Furthermore, these new", "id": "8284562" }, { "contents": "Korean influence on Japanese culture\n\n\nnor Choson gained any advantages from this war, Japan gained cultural benefits from the importation of moveable type printing, technological benefits from ceramics, and diplomatic benefits from its contact with Ming China.\" Moveable type printing was invented in China in the eleventh century, and the technology was further refined in Korea. According to the historian Lawrence Marceau, during the late-sixteenth century, dramatic changes in Japanese printing technology were sparked by \"two overseas sources\". The first was the movable type printing-press established by the Jesuits", "id": "5497802" }, { "contents": "Nisthananda Bajracharya\n\n\n1909, Bajracharya published \"Ek Bishanti Prajnaparamita\", the first book in Nepal Bhasa to be printed with moveable type. \"Lalita Vistara\", his most famous work which is based on the Buddha's life story, and \"Swayambhu Purana\" were published in 1914. Bajracharya travelled to Kolkata, India to procure letterpress type as printing facilities were not available in Kathmandu. He did the typesetting and printing himself. \"Lalita Vistara\" also contributed to the revival of Buddhism in the 1920s. A bust of Bajracharya was erected", "id": "14840277" }, { "contents": "Logographic printing\n\n\nLogographic printing is a form of moveable type printing where the font comprises words or parts of words rather than single letters. The system, whilst not widely adopted, was used to produce a number of books in the eighteenth century, as well as \"The Times\" or \"The Daily Universal Register\" as it was originally known. The edition of 12 March 1788, for example was \"printed Logographically\" by \"R. Nutkins\" at the Logographic Press, Printing House Square, Blackfriars. The press was owned, though", "id": "17318250" }, { "contents": "Woodblock printing in Japan\n\n\ncreation of the first native moveable type, using wooden type-pieces rather than metal. He oversaw the creation of 100,000 type-pieces, which were used to print a number of political and historical texts. As shōgun, Ieyasu promoted literacy and learning, contributing to the emergence of an educated urban public. Printing was not dominated by the shogunate at this point, however. Private printers appeared in Kyoto at the beginning of the 17th century, and Toyotomi Hideyori, Ieyasu's primary political opponent, aided in the development and", "id": "3666729" }, { "contents": "Buddhist influences on print technology\n\n\nin Korea’s development of moveable type. First, the Song dynasty (which was apparently the only source outside of Korea for books) fled south after the Chin invasion in 1127. Second, many of Korea’s libraries were destroyed resulting in the loss of many texts and woodblocks during a power struggle in the royal court. Thirdly, the scarcity of hardwoods used in the production of woodblocks in Korea contributed to the need for a more readily made printing source. Pine was the most common wood available in Korea at the time", "id": "19056865" }, { "contents": "Dean & Son\n\n\nsuch as \"Dean's Moveable Dogs Party\", showed upper class Victorian class divisions and taught social mores. The books were expensive to make: they were printed on letterpress, then hand-coloured in \"pochoir\" stencil method, and most likely printed in limited editions. Nevertheless, the firm was the first to bring to the mass market moving picture books, having up to 50 titles of moveable books in print by the latter half of the 19th century, making them leading publisher of these books. Children found the", "id": "3485052" }, { "contents": "Ben Lane Print Shop\n\n\nlithography, the new technology arrived slowly to rural areas. Subsequently a press, such as the Ben Lane Printing Shop, continued to use moveable-type letterpress production similar to that devised by Johann Gutenberg in the mid-15th century. The Ben Lane Printing Shop houses the type of equipment that a proprietor and his successors would accumulate in adapting their press to a half-century’s technological advancements. In the first decades of the 20th century print shops continued to use old-fashioned presses for specific purposes. In the case of the", "id": "3976042" }, { "contents": "Nepalese scripts\n\n\n1950s. After the Rana dynasty was overthrown and democracy established in 1951, restrictions on Nepal Bhasa were lifted. Attempts were made to study and revive the old scripts, and alphabet books were published. Hemraj Shakyavamsha published an alphabet book of 15 types of Nepalese alphabets including Ranjana, Bhujimol and Pachumol. In 1952, a pressman Pushpa Ratna Sagar of Kathmandu had moveable type of Nepal script made in India. The metal type was used to print the dateline and the titles of the articles in \"Thaunkanhe\" monthly. In 1989", "id": "10731894" }, { "contents": "History of books\n\n\nthe Arabs in Spain in the 11th and 12th centuries. It was used in particular for ordinary copies, while parchment was used for luxury editions. The invention of the moveable type on the printing press by Johann Fust, Peter Schoffer and Johannes Gutenberg around 1440 marks the entry of the book into the industrial age. The Western book was no longer a single object, written or reproduced by request. The publication of a book became an enterprise, requiring capital for its realization and a market for its distribution. The cost of", "id": "20164389" }, { "contents": "Movable type\n\n\nafter being soaked in ink. In 1298, Wang Zhen (王祯/王禎), a Yuan dynasty governmental official of Jingde County, Anhui Province, China, re-invented a method of making movable wooden types. He made more than 30,000 wooden movable types and printed 100 copies of \"Records of Jingde County\" (《旌德縣志》), a book of more than 60,000 Chinese characters. Soon afterwards, he summarized his invention in his book \"A method of making moveable wooden types for printing books\". Although the wooden", "id": "3294666" }, { "contents": "Buddhist influences on print technology\n\n\nmention, and I would suggest, is that moveable type was used because it would have taken too long to re-carve the woodblocks. Thus moveable type was utilized to meet the urgent demand for the texts. There is more evidence for the influence that Buddhism had on the printing of texts. In 1446, King Sejong introduced the Hunmin chong um, a text that introduced the new system for writing vernacular Korean. In the preface to this text, there is a line (“Even the sound of the winds,", "id": "19056869" }, { "contents": "Four Great Inventions\n\n\ncentury or before, via the Islamic world, and by around 1400 was being used on paper for old master prints and playing cards. Printing in Northern China was further advanced by the 11th century, as it was written by the Song Dynasty scientist and statesman Shen Kuo (1031–1095) that the common artisan Bi Sheng (990-1051) invented ceramic movable type printing. Then there were those such as Wang Zhen (fl. 1290-1333) who invented respectively wooden type setting, which later influenced developing metal moveable type", "id": "8825184" }, { "contents": "Laurens Janszoon Coster\n\n\nand observed that the letters left impressions on the sand. He proceeded to invent a new type of ink that didn't run, and he began a printing company based on his invention with a primitive typesetting arrangement using moveable type. Since the Haarlemmerhout was burned during a siege by the Kennemers in 1426 during the Hook and Cod wars, this must have been early in the 1420s. Using wooden letters at first, he later used lead and tin movable type. His company prospered and grew. He is said to have printed", "id": "19047265" }, { "contents": "Technology of the Discworld\n\n\nthe Engravers' high rates, the Patrician decides to allow moveable type printing in the city, against the opposition of the priests, despite his initial fear that the new media would spark some kind of occult catastrophe, as happened in \"Moving Pictures\" and \"Soul Music\". The University was amongst the printers' first customers, hiring them to print non-magical items, having also become annoyed at the Engravers' rates. The Discworld moveable type press works in basically the same way as that in the real world", "id": "20625375" }, { "contents": "Samuel Dyer\n\n\nin China and played a significant part in its development. Maria opened school for girls with 23 students, but she was forced to close it later in the year. By 1828 Samuel was preaching in Chinese only 5 months after their arrival. He grew committed to the production of Christian literature in Chinese, printing Bibles, tracts, and books with the moveable, metal-cast type with a controlled vocabulary that he developed. In 1829 they had their first daughter, Maria, who died about two years later. The same", "id": "17501432" }, { "contents": "Movable type\n\n\naccording to the method described by Shen Kuo in his \"Dream Pool Essays\", and printed his book \"Notes of The Jade Hall\" (《玉堂雜記》). The claim that Bi Sheng's clay types were \"fragile\" and \"not practical for large-scale printing\" and \"short lived\" was refuted by facts and experiments. Bao Shicheng (1775–1885) wrote that baked clay moveable type was \"as hard and tough as horn\"; experiments show that clay type, after being baked in an oven", "id": "3294663" }, { "contents": "Ivan Fyodorov (printer)\n\n\nthe Bible printed in moveable type, as well as a number of other books. Fyodorov returned to Lviv after a quarrel with Prince Konstantyn Ostrogski, but his attempt to reopen his printing shop was unsuccessful. His printing facilities became the property of the Lviv Dormition Brotherhood (later the Stauropegion Institute). The brotherhood used Fyodorov's original designs until the early 19th century. In 1583 he visited Vienna and Kraków, where he showed the Emperor his latest inventions. He then returned to Lviv, where he died on December 16,", "id": "13589208" }, { "contents": "History of printing\n\n\nfor printing than the clay, wooden or bronze types used in East Asia. To create these lead types, Gutenberg used what some considered his most ingenious invention: a special matrix which enabled the moulding of new movable types with an unprecedented precision at short notice. Within a year of printing the Gutenberg Bible, Gutenberg also published the first coloured prints. The invention of the printing press revolutionized communication and book production, leading to the spread of knowledge. Printing was rapidly spread from Germany by emigrating German printers, but also by", "id": "13304060" }, { "contents": "Technology of the Discworld\n\n\ninvent improvements such as printing iconographs and in colour. Previous to \"The Truth\", the Guild of Engravers along with the Patrician, the Unseen University and the priests, had managed to keep moveable type out of the city. The Guild wanted to maintain its monopoly, while the wizards and the priests were concerned about what might happen if the type for a magical or religious book was used for something else, and the Patrician did not want people to have too much information. Prompted by the development of the Clacks and", "id": "20625374" }, { "contents": "John of God\n\n\nregion of Andalusia, trying to find what God might want from him. It was during this period of his life that Cidade is said to have had a vision of the Infant Jesus, who bestowed on him the name by which he was later known, John of God, also directing him to go to Granada. Cidade then settled in that city, where he worked disseminating books, using the recent moveable type printing press of Johannes Gutenberg to provide people with works of chivalry and devotional literature. Cidade experienced a major religious", "id": "3668652" }, { "contents": "Miniature book\n\n\nprinted at the command of Japanese Empress Shōtoku. 1674: \"Bloem-Hofje\" (Amsterdam: Benedict Schmidt, 1674). For more than two centuries, this remained the smallest book printed with moveable type. 1878: Dante, \"Divina Commedia\" (Milan: Gnocchi, 1878). 500 pages. 5 cm x 3.5 cm. Typeset and printed by the Salmin Brothers of Padua. 1897: Galileo Galilei. \"Galileo a Madama Cristina di Loren\"a (Padua: dei Fratelli Salmin, 1897). 150 pages", "id": "9318011" }, { "contents": "Theodosius of Sinai\n\n\ndeath of his wife however drove him into a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. In 1828 Teohar became a monk in Saint Catherine's Monastery and there he adopted the monastic name Teodosiues (\"Theodosiy\" in Bulgarian). After returning to the Balkans, Theodosius was appointed a priest in \"St. Minas\" church in Solun (Thessaloniki) in 1831. While in Solun, he established the firsts printing house in Bulgarian language in 1838. Theodosius used the movable type printing press of Daskal Kamche from Vatasha. The moveable types of", "id": "1071420" }, { "contents": "Print culture\n\n\nfirst book produced with moveable type in Europe. Martin Luther's Bible, which was published in German in 1522, started the Protestant Reformation. Latin's importance as a language started languishing with the rise of texts written in national languages. The shift from scholarly Latin to everyday languages marked an important turning point in print culture. The vernacular Bibles were important to other nations, as well. The King James Authorized Version was published in 1611, for example. Along with the religious tracts, the scientific revolution was largely due to", "id": "11781403" }, { "contents": "Buddhist influences on print technology\n\n\npa that can be traced back to Srong-brtsan-sgam-po, the king who introduced Buddhism to Tibet. “The Buddhist impetus, in turn, carried through to King Sejong’s Hunmin chong um.” (731, 734) This illustrates that not only did Buddhism wield an influence on printing, but also on language reform, which in turn further influenced printing. With the introduction of Hunmin chong um, printing using moveable type in Korea became much more practical. There are a number of differences between China", "id": "19056871" }, { "contents": "David Hughes (Eos Iâl)\n\n\nkeen competitor until 1835. In 1839 he published a volume of verse, which proved enormously popular. says, of his 1839 collection: \"Much of its content is of a popular appeal and of ephemeral value.\" The majority of his poems criticized the social and moral decay he saw during his lifetime. In 1837 he built a wooden printing press at his home, acquired some moveable type from Thomas Thomas, a printer from Chester, and used it to print a few books and a number of carols and ballads.", "id": "6113563" }, { "contents": "Woodcut\n\n\nthe status of the \"single-leaf\" woodcut (i.e. an image sold separately). Because woodcuts and movable type are both relief-printed, they can easily be printed together. Consequently woodcut was the main medium for book illustrations until the late sixteenth century. The first woodcut book illustration dates to about 1461, only a few years after the beginning of printing with movable type, printed by Albrecht Pfister in Bamberg. Woodcut was used less often for individual (\"single-leaf\") fine-art prints from", "id": "2200663" }, { "contents": "Dwarfs (Discworld)\n\n\ngroup of other dwarves, including 'his' fiancée, Boddony, introduce the moveable type printing press to Ankh-Morpork and found the city's first newspaper, the \"Ankh-Morpork Times\". Like most dwarfs, 'he' is primarily interested in gold and technology, but 'he' seems to also want to keep the \"Times\" going for reasons beyond this. 'His' name is a play on Johann Gutenberg, the German inventor of moveable type, being a rough translation of \"Gutenberg\"", "id": "19428972" }, { "contents": "Printing in Goa\n\n\nwoodblock) was printed in Goa for the book \"Constituciones Do Arcebispado De Goa\". Another Spaniard to play a major role in the history of printing in India was Joao Gonsalves, who is credited with preparing the first printing types of an Indian script- Tamil. However, since they were not satisfactory, new casts were made in Quilon(Kollam) by Father Joao da Faria. On 20 October 1578, these types were used to print the first book in an Indian language \"in India\" (the first Tamil book was printed", "id": "14947780" }, { "contents": "Kickshaws\n\n\nKickshaws (sometimes Association Kickshaws, a non-profit Association under French law) is a private press run by John Crombie and Sheila Bourne. Based in Paris, the press was founded in 1979 by Crombie as a vehicle for his literary and design aspirations; since then, he and Bourne (who often creates artwork for the books), have printed by hand and published more than 150 small books. The design and typography of Kickshaws publications is unusual, involving a wide range of (often French) type designs, letterpress", "id": "12642462" }, { "contents": "National Print Museum\n\n\ndeveloped and brought information, in all its forms, to the world. The museum is fully accredited under The Heritage Council’s Museum Standards Programme for Ireland. The museum holds over 10,000 items including printing machinery, printing blocks, metal and wooden moveable type, ephemera, photographs, books, pamphlets and periodicals. On exhibit is a representative display of the equipment and artefacts of the rich centuries-old printing heritage, including a replica Gutenberg press (on loan from The Tudors TV series). There was also an original 1916", "id": "12317631" }, { "contents": "Type casting (typography)\n\n\nType casting is a technique for casting the individual letters known as sorts used in hot metal typesetting by pouring molten metal into brass moulds called matrices. It was the invention of efficient metal type casting that was Gutenberg's most important invention. Woodblock printing had been known in China for centuries, and Laurens Janszoon Coster and other Dutch printers developed moveable type before Gutenberg. It was innovations in type casting that made for Gutenberg's breakthrough of commercially printing. Although using matrices was a technique known well before his time, Johannes Gutenberg adapted", "id": "2776857" }, { "contents": "Medhurst's Chinese and English Dictionary\n\n\nuse letterpress printing for the \"English and Chinese Dictionary\", which required the cutting of small type. The LMS had previously used small type to print Christian translations and tracts that were smuggled into China, where they were forbidden. In Shanghai, Medhurst employed Chinese workers to punchcut moveable-type Chinese characters on blank shanks, \"about 15,000 sorts, and nearly 100,000 individual types\" that were required for the dictionary (Medhurst 1847: v). For the bilingual sources of his English-Chinese dictionary, Medhurst says he", "id": "17360055" }, { "contents": "Armenian printing\n\n\nAfter the introduction of movable printing type to Europe by Johannes Gutenberg in Germany (circa 1439), Armenians from throughout the diaspora began to publish Armenian-language books. The first book which had Armenian letters was published in Mainz (Germany) in 1486. The first Armenian book to be published by the printing press was \"Urbatagirq\"—Book of Friday prayers—which was published by Hakob Meghapart in Venice in 1512. In the 16th century there were published 31 books, in 17th century – 164 and in 18th there were 824 Armenian", "id": "7778361" }, { "contents": "Orotone\n\n\noften require specialized frames in order to prevent breakage. Other types of prints can be made with the same negative used to make an orotone. Consequently, silver gelatin prints and platinotypes (platinum and palladium prints) are also made by those who produce orotone prints. The making of orotone prints was contemporary art in the early twentieth century. Orotones are often to be seen in interiors associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. Many of these orotones are by the Seattle photographer Edward S. Curtis, who produced hundreds of orotone photographs of", "id": "19094799" }, { "contents": "Serif\n\n\nThey are used more often for general-purpose body text, such as book printing, in Europe. They remain popular in the printing of Greek, as the Didot family were among the first to establish a printing press in newly independent Greece. The period of Didone types' greatest popularity coincided with the rapid spread of printed posters and commercial ephemera and the arrival of bold type. As a result, many Didone typefaces are among the earliest designed for \"display\" use, with an ultra-bold \"fat face\"", "id": "16953292" }, { "contents": "Bernhard von Mallinckrodt\n\n\nBernhard von Mallinckrodt (29 November 1591 in Ahlen — 7 March 1664, Burg Ottenstein), dean (\"Domdechant\") of Münster cathedral, was a bibliophile from a noble family of Protestants, who converted to Catholicism. In 1639 he issued a pamphlet at Cologne to mark the bicentennary of the invention of printing by moveable type in Europe, defending the priority of Gutenberg; it was titled (\"Of the rise and progress of the typographic art\"), that includes the phrase , \"the first infancy of printing", "id": "4098700" }, { "contents": "Buddhist influences on print technology\n\n\n. There are other examples of how Buddhism stimulated printing in Korea. Despite the difficulties the Mongol invasion presented, printing of texts continued. While in exile on Kangwha Island, the Koryo government re-carved a woodblock edition of a Buddhist text crucial to the Son sect that had become scarce. Sohn also suggests that the invention of moveable type was due to the general scarcity of books after 1127 but before the Mongol invasion. Sohn mentions that there was an urgent need for these texts. (98) What he does not", "id": "19056868" }, { "contents": "Board book\n\n\nA board book is a type of children's book printed on thick paperboard. The paperboard is printed and used for both the cover and the interior pages. Each page panel is a minimum of two plies of paperboard thickness. Unlike a typical paper book that is bound with saddle stitching (staples) or perfect binding, a board book's pages are specially folded and bound together. Board books are very durable and consequently intended for children, who often tend to be less gentle with books. Most of the board books produced", "id": "15111787" }, { "contents": "Wedding invitation\n\n\n, or her social secretary to select the guest list and address envelopes, or by hiring a service. With computer technology, some are able to print directly on envelopes from a guest list using a mail merge with word processing and spreadsheet software. Prior to the invention of the moveable-type printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in 1447, weddings in England were typically announced by means of a Town crier: a man who would walk through the streets announcing in a loud voice the news of the day. Traditionally, anyone within", "id": "15074472" }, { "contents": "Ralph J. Bunche Library\n\n\nConstantinople and the maritime explorations the Portuguese, though there is no mention of Columbus' voyage of 1492. Schedel left two blank pages at the end for recording the rest of history. The \"Chronicle\", which contains the first printed map of Europe, is the Library's only piece of incunabula, the Latin word for books published with moveable type before 1501 (including Gutenberg's Bible, published in 1455). Theodore Dwight, then the Department Librarian, purchased the \"Chronicle\" in 1880 or 1881 from a London", "id": "4475200" }, { "contents": "Centaur (typeface)\n\n\nthe page than Jenson's work and most other revivals, an effect possibly amplified in the digital release compared to the metal type. It has been popular in fine book printing and is often used both for printing body text and especially titles and headings. One of its most notable uses has been in the designs of Penguin Books, who have regularly used it for titling. Rogers' primary influence was Nicholas Jenson's 1470 \"Eusebius,\" considered the model for the modern upright printing of the Roman alphabet, which Rogers studied", "id": "4265887" }, { "contents": "Vincent of Beauvais\n\n\npart medieval readers not recognizing the work to be organized as a whole. With the advent of moveable type, the \"Great Mirror\" saw renewed interest since it was easier to reproduce such a sizeable work. Accordingly, there were five editions of the \"Great Mirror\" printed between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. The four-volume complete edition Speculum quadruplex (with the speculum morale) appeared in Douai in 1624 and was reprinted in 1964/65 in Graz. Printed editions of the \"Great Mirror\" often include a fourth section", "id": "10875785" }, { "contents": "Typometry (printing)\n\n\nTypometry was a short-lived relief printing technique developed during the 18th and 19th centuries to compose maps, drawings and other designs, using moveable type to reproduce words, lineworks and map symbols. During the European Renaissance, many engravers and printers revolved to typography to solve the problem of small lettering on maps, which was very difficult to reproduce solely by using custom engraved lettering. One of the techniques they relied on was the setting of metal type, which was fitted inside a special form, surrounded by spacing material. Words", "id": "20312796" }, { "contents": "Typography\n\n\nand Central Asia, however. Modern lead-based movable type, along with the mechanical printing press, is most often attributed to the goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg in 1439. His type pieces, made from a lead-based alloy, suited printing purposes so well that the alloy is still used today. Gutenberg developed specialized techniques for casting and combining cheap copies of letter punches in the vast quantities required to print multiple copies of texts. This technical breakthrough was instrumental in starting the Printing Revolution and the first book printed with lead-", "id": "12671132" }, { "contents": "Jikji\n\n\noriginally consisted of two volumes totaling 307 chapters, but the first volume of the metal printed version is no longer extant. There is a record indicating that in 1377 Baegun's students, priests Seoksan and Daldam, helped in the publication of \"Jikji\" by using moveable metal type and the priestess Myodeok contributed her efforts as well. The surviving metal type's dimensions are 24.6 x 17.0 cm. Its paper is very slight and white. The whole text is doubly folded very slightly. The cover looks re-made. The", "id": "5153010" }, { "contents": "Buddhist influences on print technology\n\n\nwrites, “…may be analyzed sociolinguistically as emanating from the fundamentally demotic impulses of the religion.\"(721) The story of printing in Korea is slightly different from in China, but Buddhism did play an important role in the development of printing. Just as in China and Japan, woodblock printing was the primary technique used for printing, but a scarcity of resources needed for the production of woodblocks in Korea created a need for the invention of an alternative, which was moveable type. Korea was in the unique position among Asian", "id": "19056859" }, { "contents": "Ivan Fyodorov (printer)\n\n\nUniversity in Kraków, Poland in 1532 with a bachelor's degree. In 1564–5 Fedorov accepted an appointment as a deacon in the church of Saint Nicolas (Gostunsky) in the Moscow Kremlin. Together with Pyotr Timofeev from Mstislavl, i.e. Mstislavets he established the Moscow Print Yard and published a number of liturgical works in Church Slavonic using moveable type. This technical innovation created competition for the Muscovite scribes, who began to persecute Fyodorov and Mstislavets, finally forcing them to flee to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania after their printing workshop had been", "id": "13589205" }, { "contents": "Herbal\n\n\nIndia, and Europe as the medical wisdom of the day accumulated by herbalists, apothecaries and physicians. Herbals were also among the first books to be printed in both China and Europe. In Western Europe herbals flourished for two centuries following the introduction of moveable type (c. 1470–1670). In the late 17th century, the rise of modern chemistry, toxicology and pharmacology reduced the medicinal value of the classical herbal. As reference manuals for botanical study and plant identification herbals were supplanted by Floras – systematic accounts of the plants found growing", "id": "695472" }, { "contents": "Buddhist influences on print technology\n\n\n, but is not a good source for woodblocks. There was birch, but these trees were not common and were to be found mostly on mountainous terrain making it difficult to get to and expensive to transport. (98) The Koreans at that time were most likely already aware of moveable type as it had already been invented in China. In China, moveable type was made from baked clay, but the Koreans improved upon this by making cast-type. Metal casting existed in Korea, but with the introduction of a", "id": "19056866" }, { "contents": "Albrecht Pfister\n\n\nAlbrecht Pfister (c. 1420 – c. 1466) was one of the very first European printers to use movable type, following its invention by Johannes Gutenberg. Working in Bamberg, Germany, he is believed to have been responsible for two innovations in the use of the new technology: printing books in the German language, and adding woodcuts to printed books. The typefaces of Pfister, although similar to Gutenberg's, have their own peculiarities. Very little is known of his life. He is known to have been a cleric in", "id": "3666034" }, { "contents": "Frančesko Micalović\n\n\n, style and language of the prayer book and concluded that it is the first book printed on Serbian vernacular language because Oktoih (printed in 1494) was printed in Church Slavonic language. In 1938 Rešetar, who was a Serb Catholic from Dubrovnik, published a prologue of the phototypic edition of Micalovićs books. In this prologue Rešetar stated \"\"some letters used for printing of the prayer book were actually its own type of Cyrillic letters, based on the fastwrite Cyrillic (Western Cyrillic) which at that time was not used to", "id": "5879916" }, { "contents": "Four Pillars of Nepal Bhasa\n\n\nas the four pillars of the Nepal Bhasa renaissance are author Nisthananda Bajracharya, poet Siddhidas Mahaju, educationist Jagat Sundar Malla and poet Yogbir Singh Kansakar. Nisthananda Bajracharya (1858 - 1935) marked a turning point by breaking away from the classical style and writing prose in colloquial language. In 1909, Bajracharya published \"Ek Bishanti Prajnaparamita\", the first book in Nepal Bhasa to be printed with moveable type. \"Lalita Vistara\", his most famous work which is based on the Buddha's life story, and \"Swayambhu Purana", "id": "4104361" }, { "contents": "Stereotype (printing)\n\n\non their hands, Ticknor & Fields neglected at this time to invest in stereotype plates, and thus were forced to pay to reset the type for a third time just four months later when they finally stereotyped the book. English sources often describe the process as having been invented in 1725 by William Ged, who apparently stereotyped plates for the Bible at Cambridge University before abandoning the business. However, Count Canstein had been publishing stereotyped Bibles in Germany since 1712 and an earlier form of stereotyping from flong was described in Germany in 1702", "id": "20772437" }, { "contents": "Germany\n\n\nDürer. Johannes Gutenberg introduced moveable-type printing to Europe, a development that laid the basis for the spread of learning to the masses. In 1517, the Wittenberg priest Martin Luther nailed the \"Ninety-five Theses\" to the church door, challenging the practice of selling of indulgences. He was subsequently excommunicated in the papal bull \"Exsurge Domine\" in 1520, and his followers were condemned in the 1521 Diet of Worms, which divided Western Christianity. In 1555, the Peace of Augsburg tolerated the \"Evangelical\"", "id": "11576823" }, { "contents": "Hua Sui\n\n\nemployed by a Mr. Tong of Guangdong in the 19th century, who figured out how to make it more compatible with the inking process. Hua Sui, who did not become a scholar until about the age of fifty, became interested in printing books. He had accumulated a sizable fortune, and desired to use that fortune in order to establish the reputation as a printer in the region. Hua Sui became the first of his familial clan to use his resources in establishing bronze-type printing in 1490. The first book printed", "id": "13245154" }, { "contents": "Public library\n\n\ntimes to encourage early literacy, quiet study and work areas for students and professionals, or book clubs to encourage appreciation of literature in adults. Public libraries typically allow users to \"borrow\" books and other materials, i.e., take off the premises temporarily; they also have non-circulating reference collections and provide computer and Internet access to patrons. The culmination of centuries of advances in the printing press, moveable type, paper, ink, publishing, and distribution, combined with an ever-growing information-oriented middle class", "id": "13586728" }, { "contents": "Biblia pauperum\n\n\nbook form, mainly in the Netherlands and Germany, where both text and images were done entirely in a single woodcut for each page. The first of many editions printed using movable type was printed in German, in Bamberg in about 1462 by Albrecht Pfister; there were about eighteen incunabulum editions. A \"Biblia pauperum\" was not intended to be bought by the poor — some manuscripts were opulent and very expensive, although the block-book versions were far cheaper, and probably affordable by parish priests. The simpler versions were", "id": "9216064" }, { "contents": "Reverse-contrast typefaces\n\n\nand bottom of the letter. This was known as \"French Clarendon\" type. The advantage of French Clarendon type was that it allowed very large, eye-catching serifs while the letters remained narrow, suiting the desire of poster-makers for condensed but very bold type. French Clarendon designs were often created in wood type, used for large-print letters on posters. They are often associated with \"wild-west\" printing and seen on circus posters and wanted notices in western movies, although the style was really", "id": "3648612" }, { "contents": "Neoplasm\n\n\nincreased heat, and redness). (His treatise, \"De Medicina\", was the first medical book printed in 1478 following the invention of the movable-type printing press.) In contemporary English, the word \"tumor\" is often used as a synonym for a cystic (liquid-filled) growth or solid neoplasm (cancerous or non-cancerous), with other forms of swelling often referred to as \"swellings\". Related terms occur commonly in the medical literature, where the nouns \"tumefaction\" and", "id": "2932939" }, { "contents": "Early New High German\n\n\nand the end of the Thirty Years' War. Arguably, the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, by ending religious wars and creating a Germany of many small sovereign states, brought about the essential political conditions for the final development of a universally acceptable standard language in the subsequent New High German period. Alternative periodisations take the period to begin later, such as the invention of printing with moveable type in the 1450s. There was no standard Early New High German, and all forms of language display some local or regional characteristics.", "id": "17372499" }, { "contents": "Gutenberg Bible\n\n\nThe Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42) was among the earliest major books printed using mass-produced movable metal type in Europe. It marked the start of the \"Gutenberg Revolution\" and the age of printed books in the West. The book is valued and revered for its high aesthetic and artistic qualities as well as its historic significance. It is an edition of the Vulgate printed in the 1450s in Latin by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, in present-day Germany.", "id": "3508233" }, { "contents": "Movable type\n\n\nhand on scrolls and paper, or print-makers printed texts from hand-carved wooden blocks. Either process took a long time; even a small book could take months to complete. Because carved letters or blocks were flimsy and the wood susceptible to ink, the blocks had a limited lifespan. Gutenberg and his associates developed oil-based inks ideally suited to printing with a press on paper, and the first Latin typefaces. His method of casting type may have differed from the hand-mould used in subsequent decades.", "id": "3294682" }, { "contents": "Buddhist influences on print technology\n\n\nnew method of coin casting from China in 1102, Korea finally had the technology to create an effective method of printing using moveable type. This method of casting came in the form of carving two molds that were joined together with the liquid metal presumably being poured into the hollow thus created. (98-100) So with the zealous desire for Buddhist texts, the scarcity of resources for woodblock production, the introduction of new technology, and the cessation of trade with China, Korea was able to continue to print Buddhist texts", "id": "19056867" }, { "contents": "Page layout\n\n\nsketch as a guide. With ancient woodblock printing, all elements of the page were carved directly into wood, though later layout decisions might need to be made if the printing was transferred onto a larger work, such as a large piece of fabric, potentially with multiple block impressions. With the Renaissance invention of letterpress printing and cold-metal moveable type, typesetting was accomplished by physically assembling characters using a composing stick into a galley—a long tray. Any images would be created by engraving. The original document would be", "id": "9066918" }, { "contents": "History of Asia\n\n\n. The Northern and Southern Dynasties passed through until finally, by 557, the Northern Zhou dynasty ruled the north and the Chen dynasty ruled the south. During this period, the Eastern world empires continued to expand through trade, migration and conquests of neighboring areas. Gunpowder was widely used as early as the 11th century and they were using moveable type printing five hundred years before Gutenberg created his press. Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism were the dominant philosophies of the Far East during the Middle Ages. Marco Polo was not the first", "id": "14305205" }, { "contents": "Andreas Reyher\n\n\nGermany, and as the appetite for improved educational structures increased it became a template for other German states. There were those who said that the Duke of Saxe-Gotha's peasants were better educated than the nobility in other jurisdictions. The name of Andreas Reyher is also associated with the establishment of the first printing business in Gotha, and one of the oldest printing businesses in the whole Thuringia region. He was the publisher of numerous text books and other scholarly volumes, but also the publisher and printer of books written by himself", "id": "14238956" }, { "contents": "René Alphonse Higonnet\n\n\nHall of Fame described how the photocomposing process \"definitely revolutionized the printing industry\", allowing books, magazines and newspapers to be printed more easily and at substantially lower cost. The Photon machine they created could generate type four times faster than a Linotype machine and could be operated by anyone who could type, without the assistance of specialized workers. The foundation had spent $1 million by 1949 to develop the process, which was available for use at a price of $400 per month. The first book printed by their device", "id": "615718" }, { "contents": "Johnston (typeface)\n\n\nyears, such as Underground or Johnston's Railway Type, before later being generally called simply Johnston. (A similar problem exists with Gill Sans, which was at first often referred to by other names such as its order number, Series 238, Gill Sans-serif, or Monotype Sans-serif.) Johnston was originally printed using wood type for large signs and metal type for print. (London Transport often did not use Johnston for general small printing, with many documents such as bus timetables using other typefaces such as", "id": "16320570" }, { "contents": "Anna Rügerin\n\n\nAnna Rügerin (d. after 1484), is considered to be the first female typographer to inscribe her name in the colophon of a book, in the 15th century. In 1484, Rügerin printed two books in the in-folio format, in a press she owned in the city of Augsburg (Germany). Her work appeared less than twenty years after the arrival of the movable-type printing press in that city. The first of Rügerin's known books is an edition of Eike of Repgow's compendium of customary law", "id": "18000306" }, { "contents": "Books in Germany\n\n\nHamburg, and the regional metropolises of Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, and Munich.\" In the 1450s in Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg printed a \"Bible\" using movable metal type, a technique that quickly spread to other German towns and throughout Europe. In the 1930s Nazis conducted book burnings. German publishers issued around 61,000 book titles in 1990, and around 83,000 in 2000. Recent historians of the book in Germany include and . The influential Frankfurt Book Fair began in 1454, and the Leipzig Book Fair in 1632. Outside", "id": "11521521" }, { "contents": "History of Western typography\n\n\n. The early printers of Spain were Germans who began by printing in up-to-date roman types but soon gave these up and adopted Gothic typefaces based on the letterforms of Spanish manuscripts. Valencia in the Kingdom of Aragon was the location of the first press, established in 1473. From there printers moved to other cities to set up presses. Roman types were used by the printers of Salamanca for their editions of classical authors. Printing in Portuguese began at Lisbon in 1495 (the first book printed in Portugal was a", "id": "16563190" }, { "contents": "History of printing in East Asia\n\n\nare in Chinese. Both blocks and moveable type printing has been discovered at Turfan as well as several hundred wooden type for Uighur. After the Mongols conquered Turfan, a great number of Uighurs were recruited into the Mongol army and after the Mongols incorporated Persia in the middle of the 13th century, paper money was printed in Tabriz in 1294, following the Chinese system. The was made by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani in 1301–11 in his history of the world. Some fifty pieces of printed matter have been found in Egypt", "id": "8284557" }, { "contents": "Movable type\n\n\n\"cameo\") on wax or clay—a miniature forerunner of rotogravure printing used by wealthy individuals to seal and certify documents. By 650 BC the ancient Greeks were using larger diameter punches to imprint small page images onto coins and tokens. The designs of the artists who made the first coin punches were stylized with a degree of skill that could not be mistaken for common handiwork—salient and very specific types designed to be reproduced \"ad infinitum\". Unlike the first typefaces used to print books in the 13th century,", "id": "3294656" } ]

[ { "contents": "Sinoatrial block\n\n\nchest pain, hypoperfusion, and signs of shock. They can also lead to cessation of the SA node and more serious dysrhythmias. In a first degree sinoatrial block, there is a lag between the time that the SA node fires and actual depolarization of the atria. This rhythm is not recognizable on an ECG strip because a strip does not denote when the SA node fires. It can be detected only during an electrophysiology study when a small wire is placed against the SA node from within the heart and the electrical impulses can", "id": "1825767" }, { "contents": "Sinoatrial node\n\n\nblood supply to the SA node (most commonly due to a myocardial infarction or progressive coronary artery disease) can therefore cause ischaemia and cell death in the SA node. This can disrupt the electrical pacemaker function of the SA node, and can result in sick sinus syndrome. If the SA node does not function, or the impulse generated in the SA node is blocked before it travels down the electrical conduction system, a group of cells further down the heart will become its pacemaker. The sinoatrial node was first discovered by a", "id": "18674085" }, { "contents": "Sinoatrial node\n\n\nin the SA node is higher than previously) usually produced an increased heart rate whereas an inferior shift (i.e. the cell producing the fastest action potential within the SA node is further down than previously) produced a decreased heart rate. Sinus node dysfunction describes an irregular heartbeat caused by faulty electrical signals of the heart. When the heart's sinoatrial node is defective, the heart’s rhythms become abnormal – typically too slow or exhibiting pauses in its function or a combination, and very rarely faster than normal. Blockage of the arterial", "id": "18674084" }, { "contents": "Electrical conduction system of the heart\n\n\nis situated within the myocardium. There is a skeleton of fibrous tissue that surrounds the conduction system which can be seen on an ECG. Dysfunction of the conduction system can cause irregular, fast, or slow heart rhythms. Electrical signals arising in the SA node (located in the right atrium) stimulate the atria to contract. Then the signals travel to the atrioventricular node (AV node), which is located in the interatrial septum. After a delay, the electrical signal diverges and is conducted through the left and right bundle", "id": "6197645" }, { "contents": "Idioventricular rhythm\n\n\nNormally, the pacemaker of the heart that is responsible for triggering each heart beat (ventricular contraction) is the SA (Sino Atrial) node. However, if the ventricle does not receive triggering signals at a rate high enough from either the SA node or the AV (Atrioventricular) node, the ventricular myocardium itself becomes the pacemaker (escape rhythm). This is called Idioventricular Rhythm. Ventricular signals are transmitted cell-to-cell between cardiomyocytes and not by the conduction system, creating wide sometimes bizarre QRS complexes( 0.12", "id": "9662910" }, { "contents": "Bradycardia\n\n\ncomplex. An AV junctional escape is a delayed heartbeat originating from an ectopic focus somewhere in the AV junction. It occurs when the rate of depolarization of the SA node falls below the rate of the AV node. This dysrhythmia also may occur when the electrical impulses from the SA node fail to reach the AV node because of SA or AV block. This is a protective mechanism for the heart, to compensate for an SA node that is no longer handling the pacemaking activity, and is one of a series of backup sites", "id": "6028335" }, { "contents": "Tachycardia-dependent bundle branch block\n\n\nblock) In a healthy heart, specialized cells in the sinoatrial node are responsible for the generation of contractile stimuli that are directed throughout the heart. A direct neural-like pathway propagates this electrical signal from the SA node through the atrial tissue to a central nodal point in the center of the heart, the atrioventricular node. From here, the signal travels down a signal conducting channel (the bundle of His) where it will diverge into a left and right branch that will control the left and right ventricle, respectively.", "id": "15411405" }, { "contents": "Cardiac pacemaker\n\n\nthe cell to reset itself and enables it to repeat the process of spontaneous depolarization leading to activation of an action potential. If the SA node does not function, or the impulse generated in the SA node is blocked before it travels down the electrical conduction system, a group of cells further down the heart will become its pacemaker. This center is typically represented by cells inside the atrioventricular node (AV node), which is an area between the atria and ventricles, within the atrial septum. If the AV node also fails", "id": "8424619" }, { "contents": "Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome\n\n\nexperience palpitations, dizziness, shortness of breath, or infrequently syncope (fainting or near fainting) during episodes of supraventricular tachycardia. The telltale \"delta wave\" may sometimes be seen on an electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG). Electrical activity in the normal human heart begins when a cardiac action potential arises in the sinoatrial (SA) node, which is located in the right atrium. From there, the electrical stimulus is transmitted via internodal pathways to the atrioventricular (AV) node. After a brief delay at the AV node", "id": "11604684" }, { "contents": "Tedisamil\n\n\nis continual quivering of the atria as contraction of the muscle is uncoordinated. Under normal conditions, an electrical impulse from the sinoatrial (SA) node is distributed rapidly throughout the atria causing coordinated excitement and inactivation of atrial muscle cell ion channels resulting in uniform contraction and relaxation of the muscle fibres. During fibrillation, other electrical signals overwhelm the SA node and ion channel excitement is no longer uniform throughout the atria. This results in inappropriate activation properties, further preventing uniform contraction and relaxation of the muscle. Subsequent action potentials from the", "id": "10799768" }, { "contents": "Junctional escape beat\n\n\nA junctional escape beat is a delayed heartbeat originating not from the atrium but from an ectopic focus somewhere in the atrioventricular junction. It occurs when the rate of depolarization of the sinoatrial node falls below the rate of the atrioventricular node. This dysrhythmia also may occur when the electrical impulses from the SA node fail to reach the AV node because of SA or AV block. It is a protective mechanism for the heart, to compensate for the SA node no longer handling the pacemaking activity, and is one of a series of backup", "id": "13475999" }, { "contents": "Ventricular escape beat\n\n\nescape beats occur when the rate of electrical discharge reaching the ventricles (normally initiated by the heart's sinoatrial node (SA node), transmitted to the atrioventricular node (AV node), and then further transmitted to the ventricles) falls below the base rate determined by the rate of Phase 4 spontaneous depolarisation of ventricular pacemaker cells. An escape beat usually occurs 2–3 seconds after an electrical impulse has failed to reach the ventricles. This phenomenon can be caused by the sinoatrial node (SA node) failing to initiate a beat,", "id": "19860345" }, { "contents": "Electrical conduction system of the heart\n\n\nrates slower than 60bpm when not exercising. If the SA node fails to initialize, the AV junction can take over as the main pacemaker of the heart. The AV junction consists of the AV node, the bundle of His, and the surrounding area; it has a regular rate of 40 to 60bpm. These \"junctional\" rhythms are characterized by a missing or inverted P wave. If both the SA node and the AV junction fail to initialize the electrical impulse, the ventricles can fire the electrical impulses themselves at a", "id": "6197657" }, { "contents": "Systole\n\n\nbetween the P and the ordinary myocardial cells. Intact, the SA node provides continual electrical discharge known as sinus rhythm through the atrial mass, the signals of which then coalesce at the atrioventricular node, there to be organized to provide a rhythmic electrical pulse into and across the ventricles through sodium-, potassium- or calcium-gated ion channels. The continual rhythmic discharge generates a wavelike movement of electrical ripples that stimulate the smooth muscles of the myocardium and cause rhythmic contractions to progress from top to bottom of the heart. As the pulse", "id": "11206427" }, { "contents": "Cardiac pacemaker\n\n\ncontrol contraction in all other cardiomyocytes. Cells in the SA node spontaneously depolarize, ultimately resulting in contraction, approximately 100 times per minute. This native rate is constantly modified by the activity of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve fibers via the autonomic nervous system, so that the average resting cardiac rate in adult humans is about 70 beats per minute. Because the sinoatrial node is responsible for the rest of the heart's electrical activity, it is sometimes called the \"primary pacemaker\". If the SA node does not function properly and is", "id": "8424609" }, { "contents": "Heart block\n\n\n\"the most common indication for pacemaker implantation in the US\". Types of SA nodal blocks include: In addition to the above blocks, the SA node can be suppressed by any other arrhythmia that reaches it. This includes retrograde conduction from the ventricles, ectopic atrial beats, atrial fibrillation, and atrial flutter. The difference between SA node block and SA node suppression is that in SA node block an electrical impulse is generated by the SA node that doesn't make the atria contract. In SA node suppression, on the", "id": "9963270" }, { "contents": "Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome\n\n\nand secondary repolarization changes (reflected in ST segment-T wave changes). In individuals with WPW, electrical activity that is initiated in the SA node travels through the accessory pathway, as well as through the AV node to activate the ventricles via both pathways. Since the accessory pathway does not have the impulse slowing properties of the AV node, the electrical impulse first activates the ventricles via the accessory pathway, and immediately afterwards via the AV node. This gives the short PR interval and slurred upstroke of the QRS complex known", "id": "11604692" }, { "contents": "Heart block\n\n\nsince in the event of SA block, the AV node contains a secondary pacemaker which would still maintain a heart rate of around 40 - 60 beats per minute, sufficient for consciousness and much of daily life in the majority of individuals. Following the path of the electrical signals, the places where conduction can be blocked give rise to different kinds of heart blocks: SA and AV node blocks are each divided into three degrees, with second degree blocks being divided into two types (written either \"type I or II\" or", "id": "9963267" }, { "contents": "Hybrid fibre-coaxial\n\n\nis sent to the nodes. Fiber optic cables connect the headend or hub to optical nodes in a point-to-point or star topology, or in some cases, in a protected ring topology. A fiber optic node has a broadband optical receiver, which converts the downstream optically modulated signal coming from the headend or hub to an electrical signal going to the homes. , the downstream signal is a RF modulated signal that typically begins at 50 MHz and ranges from 550–1000 MHz on the upper end. The fiber optic node", "id": "21953355" }, { "contents": "Sinoatrial node\n\n\nof the atrium. The connective tissue, along with the paranodal cells, insulate the SA node from the rest of the atrium, preventing the electrical activity of the atrial cells from affecting the SA node cells. The SA node cells are smaller and paler than the surrounding atrial cells, with the average cell being around 8 micrometers in diameter and 20-30 micrometers in length (1 micrometer= 0.000001 meter). Unlike the atrial cells, SA node cells contain fewer mitochondria (the power plant of the cell), fewer myofibers", "id": "18674068" }, { "contents": "Sinoatrial node\n\n\nThe sinoatrial node (also known as the SA node or the sinus node) is a group of cells located in the wall of the right atrium of the heart. These cells have the ability to spontaneously produce an electrical impulse (action potential; see below for more details), that travels through the heart via the electrical conduction system (see figure 1) causing it to contract. In a healthy heart, the SA node continuously produces action potential, setting the rhythm of the heart and so is known as the heart", "id": "18674065" }, { "contents": "Ectopic pacemaker\n\n\nnormal signal transduction pathway, and can render the heart refractory or incapable of transmitting the normal signal from the SA node. Location of the pacemaker can also change its effect on the SA node and its rhythm. An ectopic pacemaker located in the atria is known as an atrial pacemaker and can cause the atrial contraction to be faster. An ectopic pacemaker situated near the AV node and the septum is known as a junctional pacemaker. The pacemaker that is operating in the ventricles is known as the ventricular. Other such ectopic pacemakers can", "id": "9244771" }, { "contents": "Cardiac pacemaker\n\n\nspontaneous depolarization, thus they initiate action potentials the quickest. The action potential generated by the SA node passes down the electrical conduction system of the heart, and depolarizes the other potential pacemaker cells (AV node) to initiate action potentials before these other cells have had a chance to generate their own spontaneous action potential, thus they contract and propagate electrical impulses to the pace set by the cells of the SA node. This is the normal conduction of electrical activity in the heart. There are 3 main stages in the generation of", "id": "8424612" }, { "contents": "Atrial fibrillation\n\n\nnode (SA node) of the heart to be propagated to and stimulate the myocardium (muscular layer of the heart). When the myocardium is stimulated, it contracts. It is the ordered stimulation of the myocardium that allows efficient contraction of the heart, thereby allowing blood to be pumped to the body. In AF, the normal regular electrical impulses generated by the sinoatrial node in the right atrium of the heart are overwhelmed by disorganized electrical impulses usually originating in the roots of the pulmonary veins. This leads to irregular conduction", "id": "21071994" }, { "contents": "Bradycardia\n\n\nthat can take over pacemaker function when the SA node fails to do so. This would present with a longer PR interval. A junctional escape complex is a normal response that may result from excessive vagal tone on the SA node. Pathological causes include sinus bradycardia, sinus arrest, sinus exit block, or AV block. A ventricular bradycardia, also known as ventricular escape rhythm or idioventricular rhythm, is a heart rate of less than 50 BPM. This is a safety mechanism when a lack of electrical impulse or stimuli from the", "id": "6028336" }, { "contents": "Heart block\n\n\n\"type 1 or 2\"). In an SA block, the electrical impulse is delayed or blocked on the way to the atria, thus delaying atrial depolarization. By contrast, an AV block occurs in the AV node and delays ventricular depolarization. The term \"Wenckebach block\" is also used for some heart blocks, and can refer to a second degree type I block in \"either the SA node or the AV node\", however the ECG features of the two are quite distinctly different. SA blocks rarely give", "id": "9963268" }, { "contents": "Cardiac pacemaker\n\n\nOne percent of the cardiomyocytes in the myocardium possess the ability to generate electrical impulses (or action potentials) spontaneously. A specialized portion of the heart, called the sinoatrial node (SA node), is responsible for atrial propagation of this potential. The sinoatrial node (SA node) is a group of cells positioned on the wall of the right atrium, near the entrance of the superior vena cava. These cells are modified cardiomyocytes. They possess rudimentary contractile filaments, but contract relatively weakly compared to the cardiac contractile cells.", "id": "8424607" }, { "contents": "Network topology\n\n\nthe nodes of the network that are connected to a common transmission medium which has exactly two endpoints (this is the 'bus', which is also commonly referred to as the backbone, or trunk) – all data that is transmitted in between nodes in the network is transmitted over this common transmission medium and is able to be received by all nodes in the network simultaneously. Note: When the electrical signal reaches the end of the bus, the signal is reflected back down the line, causing unwanted interference. As a", "id": "19170572" }, { "contents": "Electrical conduction system of the heart\n\n\nThe electrical conduction system of the heart transmits signals generated usually by the sinoatrial node to cause contraction of the heart muscle. The pacemaking signal generated in the sinoatrial node travels through the right atrium to the atrioventricular node, along the Bundle of His and through bundle branches to cause contraction of the heart muscle. This signal stimulates contraction first of the right and left atrium, and then the right and left ventricles. This process allows blood to be pumped throughout the body. The conduction system consists of specialised heart muscle cells, and", "id": "6197644" }, { "contents": "Electrical conduction system of the heart\n\n\nand a heartbeat faster than 100 is known as a tachycardia. Some individuals, for example trained athletes, may have heart beats slower than 60 beats per minute when not exercising. If the SA node fails to initialize, the AV junction can take over as the main pacemaker of the heart. The AV junction \"surrounds\" the AV node (the AV node is not able to initialize its own impulses) and has a regular rate of 40 to 60 bpm. These \"junctional\" rhythms are characterized by a missing or", "id": "6197659" }, { "contents": "Junctional rhythm\n\n\nthis does not happen by the normal pathway of activation and instead is due to a backwards or retrograde conduction (conduction comes from the AV node into and through the atria). Junctional rhythm can be diagnosed by looking at an ECG: it usually presents without a P wave or with an inverted P wave. Retrograde P waves refers to the depolarization from the AV node back towards the SA node. Accelerated junctional rhythm is when the rhythm of emerged impulses is more than 40 to 60 beats per minute, which is the natural", "id": "17775656" }, { "contents": "Heart\n\n\n, noradrenaline and dopamine. \"Negative\" inotropes decrease the force of contraction and include calcium channel blockers. The normal rhythmical heart beat, called sinus rhythm, is established by the sinoatrial node, the heart's pacemaker. Here an electrical signal is created that travels through the heart, causing the heart muscle to contract. The sinoatrial node is found in the upper part of the right atrium near to the junction with the superior vena cava. The electrical signal generated by the sinoatrial node travels through the right atrium in a radial", "id": "16207090" }, { "contents": "Purkinje fibers\n\n\nability is compromised. In contrast, the SA node in normal state can fire at 60-100 beats per minute. In short, they generate action potentials, but at a slower rate than sinoatrial node. This capability is normally suppressed. Thus, they serve as the last resort when other pacemakers fail. When a Purkinje fiber does fire, it is called a premature ventricular contraction or PVC, or in other situations can be a ventricular escape. It plays a vital role in the circulatory system. They are named after", "id": "14369329" }, { "contents": "Cardiac skeleton\n\n\nand brain. The cardiac skeleton ensures that the electrical and autonomic energy generated above is ushered below and cannot return. The cardiac skeleton does this by establishing an electrically impermeable boundary to autonomic electrical influence within the heart. Simply put, the dense connective tissue within the cardiac skeleton does not conduct electricity and its deposition within the myocardial matrix is not accidental. The anchored and electrically inert collagen framework of the four valves allows normal anatomy to house the atrioventricular node (AV node) in its center. The AV node is the", "id": "20518891" }, { "contents": "Cardiac action potential\n\n\nElectrical activity that originates from the sinoatrial node is propagated via the His-Purkinje network, the fastest conduction pathway within the heart. The electrical signal travels from the sinoatrial node (SAN), which stimulates the atria to contract, to the atrioventricular node (AVN) which slows down conduction of the action potential, from the atria to the ventricles. This delay allows the ventricles to fully fill with blood before contraction. The signal then passes down through a bundle of fibres called the bundle of His, located between the ventricles", "id": "13425206" }, { "contents": "Electrical conduction system of the heart\n\n\nSA node to the AV node. The AV node functions as a critical delay in the conduction system. Without this delay, the atria and ventricles would contract at the same time, and blood wouldn't flow effectively from the atria to the ventricles. The delay in the AV node forms much of the PR segment on the ECG, and part of atrial repolarization can be represented by the PR segment. The distal portion of the AV node is known as the bundle of His. The bundle of His splits into two branches", "id": "6197652" }, { "contents": "Cardiac pacemaker\n\n\n(SA) node is the natural pacemaker, and the resultant rhythm is a sinus rhythm. Sometimes an ectopic pacemaker sets the pace, if the SA node is damaged or if the electrical conduction system of the heart has problems. Cardiac arrhythmias can cause heart block, in which the contractions lose any useful rhythm. In humans, and occasionally in animals, a mechanical device called an artificial pacemaker (or simply \"pacemaker\") may be used after damage to the body's intrinsic conduction system to produce these impulses synthetically.", "id": "8424606" }, { "contents": "Atomic commit\n\n\nvoting phase the prepare to commit phase begins. During this phase the coordinator sends a prepare message to each node. Each node must acknowledge the prepare message and reply. If any reply is missed or any node return that they are not prepared then the coordinator sends an abort message. Any node that does not receive a prepare message before the timeout expires aborts the commit. After all nodes have replied to the prepare message then the commit phase begins. In this phase the coordinator sends a commit message to each node. When", "id": "8197288" }, { "contents": "Electrical conduction system of the heart\n\n\nCa causes muscle contraction. After a delay, potassium channels reopen, and the resulting flow of K out of the cell causes repolarization to the resting state. There are important physiological differences between nodal cells and ventricular cells; the specific differences in ion channels and mechanisms of polarization give rise to unique properties of SA node cells, most important, the spontaneous depolarizations necessary for the SA node's pacemaker activity. In order to maximize efficiency of contractions and cardiac output, the conduction system of the heart has: An electrocardiogram is a", "id": "6197650" }, { "contents": "Junctional ectopic tachycardia\n\n\nin the right atrium), propagates to the atrioventricular (AV) node, and then through the bundle of His to the ventricles of the heart. (See electrical conduction system of the heart). The AV node acts as a gatekeeper, limiting the electrical activity that reaches the ventricles of the heart. This function of the AV node is important, because if the signals generated in the atria of the heart were to increase in rate (as they do during atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter), the AV node will", "id": "19136527" }, { "contents": "Atrioventricular block\n\n\nAtrioventricular block (AV block) is a type of heart block in which the conduction between the atria and ventricles of the heart is impaired. Under normal conditions, the sinoatrial node (SA node) in the atria sets the pace for the heart, and these impulses travel down to the ventricles. In an AV block, this message does not reach the ventricles or is impaired along the way. The ventricles of the heart have their own pacing mechanisms, which can maintain a lowered heart rate in the absence of SA stimulation", "id": "2812239" }, { "contents": "Wandering atrial pacemaker\n\n\nWandering atrial pacemaker (WAP) is an atrial arrhythmia that occurs when the natural cardiac pacemaker site shifts between the sinoatrial node (SA node), the atria, and/or the atrioventricular node (AV node). This shifting of the pacemaker from the SA node to adjacent tissues is identifiable on ECG Lead II by morphological changes in the P-wave; sinus beats have smooth upright P waves, while atrial beats have flattened, notched, or diphasic P-waves. It is often seen in the very young, very old", "id": "13000996" }, { "contents": "Saltatory conduction\n\n\nthat occur between the myelinated internodes. It is by this restriction that saltatory conduction propagates an action potential along the axon of a neuron at rates significantly higher than would be possible without the myelination of the axon (150 m/s compared to 0.5 to 10 m/s). As sodium rushes into the node it creates an electrical force which pushes on the ions already inside the axon. This rapid conduction of electrical signal reaches the next node and creates another action potential, thus refreshing the signal. In this manner,", "id": "16893400" }, { "contents": "Situation awareness\n\n\nof a decision, such as the number of interrelationships, the certainty and time-lag of the information arriving, risk to desired outcome or effect, etc., together with the processing aspects, to do with the number of signals, accuracy and completeness of the information and importance to the operational context. In other words, instead of asking does a modification to the system provide more SA, we are asking does this modification to the system provide more SA in a form that can be used at the time when it", "id": "16852429" }, { "contents": "Cable television\n\n\nMost systems use hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) distribution; this means the trunklines that carry the signal from the headend to local neighborhoods are optical fiber to provide greater bandwidth and also extra capacity for future expansion. At the headend, the electrical signal is translated into an optical signal and sent through the fiber. The fiber trunkline goes to several \"distribution hubs\", from which multiple fibers fan out to carry the signal to boxes called \"optical nodes\" in local communities. At the optical node, the optical signal", "id": "7745591" }, { "contents": "Cooperative diversity\n\n\nnot accounted for. When we can take advantage of such a signal and increase in diversity order results. Thus, in the following we consider the cooperative scheme which decodes the combined signal of both the direct and relayed signals. For cooperative decoding, the destination node combines two signals received from the source and the relay nodes which results in the diversity advantage. The whole received signal vector at the destination node can be modeled as: where formula_16 and formula_17 are the signals received at the destination node from the source and relay nodes", "id": "14472994" }, { "contents": "Junctional ectopic tachycardia\n\n\nJunctional ectopic tachycardia (JET) is a rare syndrome of the heart that manifests in patients recovering from heart surgery. It is characterized by cardiac arrhythmia, or irregular beating of the heart, caused by abnormal conduction from or through the atrioventricular node (AV node). In newborns and infants up to 6 weeks old, the disease may also be referred to as \"His bundle tachycardia\" or \"congenital JET\". In normal individuals, electrical activity in the heart is initiated in the sinoatrial (SA) node (located", "id": "19136526" }, { "contents": "Crowds\n\n\na \"jondo\" (from \"John Doe\"), which is a small process that will forward and receive requests from other users. When the jondo is started all nodes in the network are informed of the new node's entrance, and will begin to select him as a forwarder. To actually send a message a node chooses randomly (with uniform probability) from all nodes in the network and forwards the message to them. Upon receiving the message the node flips a biased coin (with probability formula_5) and if", "id": "8326392" }, { "contents": "Heart\n\n\nway that is not completely understood. It travels to the left atrium via Bachmann's bundle, such that the muscles of the left and right atria contract together. The signal then travels to the atrioventricular node. This is found at the bottom of the right atrium in the atrioventricular septum—the boundary between the right atrium and the left ventricle. The septum is part of the cardiac skeleton, tissue within the heart that the electrical signal cannot pass through, which forces the signal to pass through the atrioventricular node only.", "id": "16207091" }, { "contents": "Heart arrhythmia\n\n\nnode or SA node. The impulse initially causes both atria to contract, then activates the atrioventricular (or AV) node, which is normally the only electrical connection between the atria and the ventricles (main pumping chambers). The impulse then spreads through both ventricles via the Bundle of His and the Purkinje fibres causing a synchronised contraction of the heart muscle and, thus, the pulse. In adults the normal resting heart rate ranges from 60 to 90 beats per minute. The resting heart rate in children is much faster.", "id": "11331885" }, { "contents": "Cardiac physiology\n\n\nvena cava. The SA node has the highest rate of depolarization. This impulse spreads from its initiation in the SA node throughout the atria through specialized internodal pathways, to the atrial myocardial contractile cells and the atrioventricular node. The internodal pathways consist of three bands (anterior, middle, and posterior) that lead directly from the SA node to the next node in the conduction system, the atrioventricular node. The impulse takes approximately 50 ms (milliseconds) to travel between these two nodes. The relative importance of this pathway has", "id": "1157515" }, { "contents": "Electrical conduction system of the heart\n\n\nrecording of the electrical activity of the heart. Under normal conditions, electrical activity is spontaneously generated by the SA node, the cardiac pacemaker. This electrical impulse is propagated throughout the right atrium, and through Bachmann's bundle to the left atrium, stimulating the myocardium of the atria to contract. The conduction of the electrical impulses throughout the atria is seen on the ECG as the P wave. As the electrical activity is spreading throughout the atria, it travels via specialized pathways, known as \"internodal tracts\", from the", "id": "6197651" }, { "contents": "Electrical conduction system of the heart\n\n\nfrom the vagus nerve and the thoracic spinal accessory ganglia. An impulse (action potential) that originates from the SA node at a relative rate of 60-100bpm is known as \"normal sinus rhythm\". If SA nodal impulses occur at a rate less than 60bpm, the heart rhythm is known as sinus bradycardia. If SA nodal impulses occur at a rate exceeding 100bpm, the consequent rapid heart rate is sinus tachycardia. These conditions are not necessarily bad symptoms, however. Trained athletes, for example, usually show heart", "id": "6197656" }, { "contents": "Signal-flow graph\n\n\n, the signal is multiplied the weight of the branch. When two or more branches direct into the same node, their outputs are added. For systems described by linear algebraic or differential equations, the signal-flow graph is mathematically equivalent to the system of equations describing the system, and the equations governing the nodes are discovered for each node by summing incoming branches to that node. These incoming branches convey the contributions of the other nodes, expressed as the connected node value multiplied by the weight of the connecting branch, usually", "id": "8792208" }, { "contents": "Network interface layer security\n\n\nmay require that they communicate through a wireless access point. But only one device can transmit at a time in order to avoid packet collisions. Prior to transmitting, Node A sends out a Ready to Send (RTS) signal. If it is not receiving any other traffic the access point will broadcast a Clear to Send (CTS) signal over the network. Node A will then begin transmitting while Node B knows to hold off transmitting its data for the time being. Even though it cannot directly communicate with Node A", "id": "3110167" }, { "contents": "Pacemaker potential\n\n\n. In reality, the heart has several pacemakers known as autonomic foci, each which fires at its own intrinsic rate: The potentials will normally travel in order SA node → atrial foci → junctional foci → ventricular foci Pacemaker potentials are fired not only by SA node, but also by the other foci. However, the other firing frequencies are slower than the one of the SA node (as seen above). Normally, all the foci will end up firing at the SA node rate, not their intrinsic rate. The", "id": "18674107" }, { "contents": "Pacemaker potential\n\n\nother foci attempt to fire at their intrinsic rate, but they are activated by the SA node before they can fire. This rapid firing causes all the foci to fire faster than their intrinsic rates, a phenomenon known as overdrive-suppression. Thus, in the normal, healthy heart, only the SA node intrinsic rate is observable. However, in pathological conditions, the intrinsic rate becomes apparent. Consider a heart attack which damages the region of the heart between the SA node and the atrial foci. SA node → |block|", "id": "18674108" }, { "contents": "Multifocal atrial tachycardia\n\n\nMultifocal (or multiform) atrial tachycardia (MAT) is an abnormal heart rhythm, specifically a type of supraventricular tachycardia, that is particularly common in older people and is associated with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Normally, the heart rate is controlled by a cluster of cells called the sinoatrial node (SA node). When a number of different clusters of cells outside the SA node take over control of the heart rate, and the rate exceeds 100 beats per minute, this is called multifocal atrial tachycardia", "id": "7208108" }, { "contents": "Regional differentiation\n\n\ninduction of a primitive streak, however, PMZ does not contribute to the streak itself. Similar to the Nieuwkoop center, the PMZ expresses both Vg1 and nuclear localized β-catenin. The Hensen's node is equivalent to the organizer. Transplantation of Hensen's node results in the formation of a secondary axis. Hensen's node is the site where gastrulation begins and it becomes the dorsal mesoderm. Hensen's node is formed from the induction of PMZ on the anterior part of the PMZ called Koller's sickle. When the primitive", "id": "6560885" }, { "contents": "Sinoatrial node\n\n\nFinally, the SA node artery commonly passes behind the superior vena cava, before reaching the SA node; however in some instances it passes in front. Despite these many differences, there doesn’t appear to be any advantage to how many sinoatrial nodal arteries an individual has, or where they originate There are no large veins that drain blood away from the SA node. Instead, smaller venules drain the blood directly into the right atrium. The main role of a sinoatrial node cell is to initiate action potentials of the heart,", "id": "18674071" }, { "contents": "Backpressure routing\n\n\nsignal-to-noise-plus-interefernce ratio (SINR) can be carried out using randomization. Each node randomly decides to transmit every slot \"t\" (transmitting a \"null\" packet if it currently does not have a packet to send). The actual transmission rates, and the corresponding actual packets to send, are determined by a 2-step handshake: On the first step, the randomly selected transmitter nodes send a pilot signal with signal strength proportional to that of an actual transmission. On the second step,", "id": "15008359" }, { "contents": "NPL network\n\n\npacket switching. The design was the first to describe the concept of an \"Interface computer\", today known as a router. The next year (1967) a written version of the proposal entitled \"NPL Data Network\" was presented by Roger Scantlebury at a conference at Gatlinburg of the proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery, which described how equipment (\"nodes\") used to transmit signals (\"packets\") would be connected by electrical links to re-transmit the signals between and to the nodes, and", "id": "13957570" }, { "contents": "Heart block\n\n\nhave more serious potential the closer they are to the \"end\" of the electrical path (the muscles of the heart regulated by the heartbeat), and less serious effects the closer they are to the \"start\" (at the SA node), because the potential disruption becomes greater as more of the \"path\" is \"blocked\" from its \"end\" point. Therefore, most of the important heart blocks are AV nodal blocks and infra-Hisian blocks. SA blocks are usually of lesser clinical significance,", "id": "9963266" }, { "contents": "Heart arrhythmia\n\n\nmay be caused by a slowed signal from the sinus node (sinus bradycardia), by a pause in the normal activity of the sinus node (sinus arrest), or by blocking of the electrical impulse on its way from the atria to the ventricles (AV block or heart block). Heart block comes in varying degrees and severity. It may be caused by reversible poisoning of the AV node (with drugs that impair conduction) or by irreversible damage to the node. Bradycardias may also be present in the normally functioning", "id": "11331887" }, { "contents": "Bellini–Tosi direction finder\n\n\nin signal processing. Radio signals consist of constantly varying electric and magnetic fields arranged at right angles. When the magnetic field passes a metal object, it will cause the electrons in the metal to begin moving synchronously with the signal. According to Faraday's law of induction, this effect is maximized when the object and field are at right angles to each other (alternately, one can think of the electric field being in-line with the object). Although radio signals will propagate in any orientation, for the signals considered", "id": "10712468" }, { "contents": "List of Internet pioneers\n\n\nhe headed a team which produced a design for a local area network to serve the needs of NPL and prove the feasibility of packet switching. In 1967, a written version of the proposal entitled \"NPL Data Network\" was presented by a member of his team (Roger Scantlebury) at the ACM conference in Gatlinburg. The paper described how equipment (\"nodes\") used to transmit signals (\"packets\") would be connected by electrical links to re-transmit the signals between and to the nodes, and interface", "id": "20101344" }, { "contents": "Network topology\n\n\n. Network nodes are the points of connection of the transmission medium to transmitters and receivers of the electrical, optical, or radio signals carried in the medium. Nodes may be associated with a computer, but certain types may have only a microcontroller at a node or possibly no programmable device at all. In the simplest of serial arrangements, one RS-232 transmitter can be connected by a pair of wires to one receiver, forming two nodes on one link, or a Point-to-Point topology. Some protocols permit a single", "id": "19170557" }, { "contents": "Sinoatrial node\n\n\n\". It is positioned roughly between a groove called the crista terminalis located on the internal surface of the heart and the corresponding sulcus terminalis, on the external surface. These grooves run between the entrance of the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava. The cells of the SA node are spread out within a mesh of connective tissue, containing nerves, blood vessels, collagen and fat. Immediately surrounding the SA node cells are paranodal cells. These cells have structures intermediate between that of the SA node cells and the rest", "id": "18674067" }, { "contents": "Sinoatrial node\n\n\n(the contractile machinery of the cell), and a smaller sarcoplasmic reticulum (a calcium storage organelle that releases calcium for contraction). This means that the SA node cells are less equipped to contract compared to the atrial and ventricular cells. Action potentials pass from one cardiac cell to the next through pores known as gap junctions. These gap junctions are made of proteins called connexins. There are fewer gap junctions within the SA node and they are smaller in size. This is again important in insulating the SA node from the", "id": "18674069" }, { "contents": "Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome\n\n\n, the stimulus travels through the bundle of His to the left and right bundle branches and then to the Purkinje fibers and the endocardium at the apex of the heart, then finally to the ventricular myocardium. The AV node serves an important function as a \"gatekeeper\", limiting the electrical activity that reaches the ventricles. In situations where the atria generate excessively rapid electrical activity (such as atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter), the AV node limits the number of signals conducted to the ventricles. For example, if the atria", "id": "11604685" }, { "contents": "Sinoatrial block\n\n\nand cause them to contract. In an SA block, the electrical impulse is delayed or blocked on the way to the atria, thus delaying the atrial beat. (An AV block, occurs in the AV node and delays ventricular depolarisation). SA blocks are categorized into three classes based on the length of the delay. Sinoatrial blocks are typically well-tolerated. They are not as serious as an AV block and most often do not require treatment. In some people, they can cause fainting, altered mental status,", "id": "1825766" }, { "contents": "Seven Bridges of Königsberg\n\n\nthe classic problem, no Euler walk is possible; coloring does not affect this. All four nodes have an odd number of edges. Bridge 8: Euler walks are possible if exactly zero or two nodes have an odd number of edges. If we have 2 nodes with an odd number of edges, the walk must begin at one such node and end at the other. Since there are only 4 nodes in the puzzle, the solution is simple. The walk desired must begin at the blue node and end at the", "id": "18123632" }, { "contents": "Atrial fibrillation\n\n\nof the SA node is progressive with prolonged episodes of atrial fibrillation. There are multiple theories about the cause of atrial fibrillation. An important theory is that, in atrial fibrillation, the regular impulses produced by the sinus node for a normal heartbeat are overwhelmed by rapid electrical discharges produced in the atria and adjacent parts of the pulmonary veins. Sources of these disturbances are either automatic foci, often localized at one of the pulmonary veins, or a small number of localized sources in the form of either a re-entrant leading circle", "id": "21071998" }, { "contents": "Bundle branch block\n\n\nA bundle branch block is a defect of the bundle branches or fascicles in the electrical conduction system of the heart. The heart's electrical activity begins in the sinoatrial node (the heart's natural pacemaker), which is situated on the upper right atrium. The impulse travels next through the left and right atria and summates at the atrioventricular node. From the AV node the electrical impulse travels down the bundle of His and divides into the right and left bundle branches. The right bundle branch contains one fascicle. The left bundle", "id": "16089658" }, { "contents": "Heart\n\n\nThe signal then travels along the bundle of His to left and right bundle branches through to the ventricles of the heart. In the ventricles the signal is carried by specialized tissue called the Purkinje fibers which then transmit the electric charge to the heart muscle. The normal resting heart rate is called the sinus rhythm, created and sustained by the sinoatrial node, a group of pacemaking cells found in the wall of the right atrium. Cells in the sinoatrial node do this by creating an action potential. The cardiac action potential is created", "id": "16207092" }, { "contents": "Wireless network\n\n\nof long-distance rural cell signals. In multipath fading two or more different routes taken by the signal, due to reflections, can cause the signal to cancel out at certain locations, and to be stronger in other places (upfade). The hidden node problem occurs in some types of network when a node is visible from a wireless access point (AP), but not from other nodes communicating with that AP. This leads to difficulties in media access control (collisions). The exposed terminal problem is when a", "id": "14608669" }, { "contents": "32nd Signal Battalion (United States)\n\n\nlater be known, was to become the major logistical hub for central Iraq. As the Corps Rear’s base of operations, LSA Anaconda’s impact on the outcome of the war and later peacekeeping operations cannot be underestimated. A Company with Node Centers 01 and 02, and C Company with Node Center 05 arrived there in late April and early May to begin signal operations. In May 2003, LSA Anaconda had a population of 16,000 soldiers and contractors. At its height there were six Node Centers, one LEN, and", "id": "13190370" }, { "contents": "Cardiac cycle\n\n\nstimulate heart muscle to contract and thereby to eject blood from the ventricles into the arteries and the cardiac circulatory system; and they provide a system of intricately-timed and persistent signaling that controls the rhythmic beating of the heart muscle cells, especially the complex impulse-generation and muscle contractions in the atrial chambers. The rhythmic sequence (or sinus rhythm) of this signaling across the heart is coordinated by two groups of specialized cells, the sinoatrial (SA) node, which is situated in the upper wall of the right atrium", "id": "1599641" }, { "contents": "Ventricular escape beat\n\n\nfrom both the SA and AV node fall below the discharge rate of ventricular pacemaker cells, a ventricular escape beat ensues. An escape beat is a form of cardiac arrhythmia, in this case known as an ectopic beat. It can be considered a form of ectopic pacemaker activity that is unveiled by lack of other pacemakers to stimulate the ventricles. Ventricular pacemaker cells discharge at a slower rate than the SA or AV node. While the SA node typically initiates a rate of 70 beats per minute (BPM), the atrioventricular node", "id": "19860347" }, { "contents": "Ectopic pacemaker\n\n\nAn ectopic pacemaker is an excitable group of cells that causes a premature heart beat outside the normally functioning SA node of the heart. It is thus a cardiac pacemaker that is ectopic, producing an ectopic beat. Acute occurrence is usually non-life-threatening, but chronic occurrence can progress into tachycardia, bradycardia or ventricular fibrillation. In a normal heart beat rhythm, the SA node usually suppresses the ectopic pacemaker activity due to the higher impulse rate of the SA node. However, in the instance of either a malfunctioning SA", "id": "9244768" }, { "contents": "Beat deafness\n\n\nmusic. Mathieu could not identify when the person was or was not dancing in time to the music. Other participants demonstrated no problem with this task. When sound waves reach the ears, the energy they contain is converted into electrical signals, which are sent via the auditory nerves to the brain. Sound processing begins when these electrical signals reach the primary auditory receiving area in the core part of the temporal lobe. Signals then travel to the area surrounding the core, known as the belt area, and are then transmitted to", "id": "18482690" }, { "contents": "Heart block\n\n\nregular heartbeat in a living person; incorrect conduction or interference from external sources can lead to mild or serious symptoms depending upon the location of the blockage and how severely conduction is being blocked. Conduction is initiated by the sinoatrial node (\"sinus node\" or \"SA node\"), and then travels to the atrioventricular node (\"AV node\") which also contains a secondary \"pacemaker\" that acts as a backup for the SA nodes, then to the bundle of His and then via the bundle branches to the", "id": "9963263" }, { "contents": "Cardiac cycle\n\n\nare coordinated by a series of electrical impulses produced by specialised pacemaker cells found within the sinoatrial node and the atrioventricular node. Cardiac muscle is composed of myocytes which initiate their internal contractions without applying to external nerves—with the exception of changes in the heart rate due to metabolic demand. In an electrocardiogram, electrical systole initiates the atrial systole at the P wave deflection of a steady signal; and it starts contractions (systole) of the ventricles at the Q deflection of the QRS complex. (Completing the P wave represents the", "id": "1599633" }, { "contents": "SGPIO\n\n\n) concept. The SGPIO specification is maintained by the Small Form Factor Committee in the SFF-8485 standard. The International Blinking Pattern Interpretation indicates how SGPIO signals are interpreted into blinking light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on disk arrays and storage backplanes. The SGPIO signal consists of 4 electrical signals; it typically originates from a host bus adapter (HBA). iPass connectors (Usually SFF-8087 or SFF-8484) carry both SAS/SATA electrical connections between the HBA and the hard drives as well as the 4 SGPIO signals. A backplane is", "id": "15039925" }, { "contents": "Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome\n\n\nwith WPW have an accessory pathway that communicates between the atria and the ventricles, in addition to the AV node. This accessory pathway is known as the bundle of Kent. This accessory pathway does not share the rate-slowing properties of the AV node, and may conduct electrical activity at a significantly higher rate than the AV node. For instance, in the example above, if an individual had an atrial rate of 300 beats per minute, the accessory bundle may conduct all the electrical impulses from the atria to the ventricles", "id": "11604687" }, { "contents": "Ventricular escape beat\n\n\nby a failure of the conductivity from the SA node to the atrioventricular node (AV node), or by atrioventricular block (especially third degree AV block). Normally, the pacemaker cells of the sinoatrial node discharge at the highest frequency and are thus dominant over other cells with pacemaker activity. The AV node normally has the second fastest discharge rate. When the sinus rate falls below the discharge rate of the AV node, this becomes the dominant pacemaker, and the result is called a junctional escape beat. If the rate", "id": "19860346" }, { "contents": "Tbx18 transduction\n\n\nInside atrial muscle cells the Tbx18 gene is expressed. Tbx18 turns on genes that drive SA node cell development, simultaneously turning off genes that create atrial muscle cells. Tbx18 gene therapy has been successful in rodent hearts, converting atrial muscle cells into SA node cells by expression of the Tbx18 transcription factor. Tbx18 expression in atrial myocytes was shown to convert them into functional SA nodal cells in an experiment done in rodents. These converted SA node cells are able to respond to the nervous system, allowing the heart to be regulated as", "id": "11585115" }, { "contents": "Tellegen's theorem\n\n\nthe absolute potentials at the nodes to the reference node formula_22. Using KVL: because formula_28 by KCL. So: Network analogs have been constructed for a wide variety of physical systems, and have proven extremely useful in analyzing their dynamic behavior. The classical application area for network theory and Tellegen's theorem is electrical circuit theory. It is mainly in use to design filters in signal processing applications. A more recent application of Tellegen's theorem is in the area of chemical and biological processes. The assumptions for electrical circuits (Kirchhoff", "id": "391063" }, { "contents": "Physical neural network\n\n\nabandoned as solid state electronics became mature. Alex Nugent describes a physical neural network as one or more nonlinear neuron-like nodes used to sum signals and nanoconnections formed from nanoparticles, nanowires, or nanotubes which determine the signal strength input to the nodes. Alignment or self-assembly of the nanoconnections is determined by the history of the applied electric field performing a function analogous to neural synapses. Numerous applications for such physical neural networks are possible. For example, a temporal summation device can be composed of one or more nanoconnections having", "id": "1287727" }, { "contents": "International Municipal Signal Association\n\n\nThe International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA) is one of the two main professional organizations contributing input to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in revising and developing highway standards concerning traffic signals and control devices. Primarily these standards are represented by the most current edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). Through its members, the IMSA participates on national committees such as the Standards Committee of the IEEE-SA's National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), National Electrical Code (NEC), and the National", "id": "18843084" }, { "contents": "Myelin\n\n\nmyelin sheath results in saltatory conduction whereby the action potential \"jumps\" from one node of Ranvier, over a long myelinated stretch of the axon called the internode, before \"recharging\" at the next node of Ranvier, and so on, until it reaches the axon terminal. Nodes of Ranvier are the short (~1 micron) unmyelinated regions of the axon between adjacent long (~0.2 mm - 1 mm) myelinated internodes. Once it reaches the axon terminal, this electrical signal provokes the release of a chemical message or neurotransmitter", "id": "19611435" }, { "contents": "Carrier-sense multiple access\n\n\nCarrier-sense multiple access (CSMA) is a media access control (MAC) protocol in which a node verifies the absence of other traffic before transmitting on a shared transmission medium, such as an electrical bus or a band of the electromagnetic spectrum. A transmitter attempts to determine whether another transmission is in progress before initiating a transmission using a carrier-sense mechanism. That is, it tries to detect the presence of a carrier signal from another node before attempting to transmit. If a carrier is sensed, the node waits", "id": "3133242" }, { "contents": "Heart arrhythmia\n\n\noutflow tract tachycardia is the most common type of ventricular tachycardia in otherwise healthy individuals. This defect is due to an electrical node in the right ventricle just before the pulmonary artery. When the node is stimulated, the patient will go into ventricular tachycardia, which does not allow the heart to fill with blood before beating again. Long QT syndrome is another complex problem in the heart and has been labeled as an independent factor in mortality. There are multiple methods of treatment for these including cardiac ablations, medication treatment, or lifestyle", "id": "11331891" }, { "contents": "Parasystole\n\n\nParasystole is a kind of arrhythmia caused by the presence and function of a secondary pacemaker in the heart, which works in parallel with the SA node. Parasystolic pacemakers are protected from depolarization by the SA node by some kind of \"entrance block\". This block can be complete or incomplete. Parasystolic pacemakers can exist in both the atrium or the ventricle. Atrial parasystolia are characterized by narrow QRS complexes Two forms of ventricular parasystole have been described in the literature, fixed parasystole and modulated parasystole. Fixed ventricular parasystole occurs when an", "id": "12392998" }, { "contents": "T-type calcium channel\n\n\ndepolarization events in the pace-making activity of the sinoatrial (SA) Node in the heart and in the neuron relays of the thalamus so that quick transmission of action potentials can occur. This is very important for the heart when stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system that causes the heart rate to increase, in that not only does the T-type calcium channel provide an extra depolarization punch in addition to the voltage gated sodium channels to cause a stronger depolarization, but it also helps provide a quicker depolarization of the cardiac cells", "id": "5705234" }, { "contents": "Serial Attached SCSI\n\n\nis the expander, which is not connected to another expander via a subtractive port. Therefore, if a fanout expander exists in the configuration, it must be the domain's root node. The root node contains routes for all end devices connected to the domain. Note that with the advent in SAS-2.0 of table-to-table routing and new rules for end-to-end zoning, more complex topologies built upon SAS-2.0 rules do not contain a single root node. SAS connectors are much smaller than traditional parallel SCSI connectors", "id": "12172216" }, { "contents": "Balanced line\n\n\nis actually differential signaling. Balanced lines and differential signaling are often used together, but they are not the same thing. Differential signalling does not make a line balanced, nor does noise rejection in balanced cables require differential signalling. Transmission of a signal over a balanced line reduces the influence of noise or interference due to external stray electric fields. Any external signal sources tend to induce only a common mode signal on the line, and the balanced impedances to ground minimizes differential pickup due to stray electric fields. The conductors are sometimes", "id": "19038488" }, { "contents": "Signal-flow graph\n\n\nby considering the value of a determinant and how it changes as variables are added to the graph. [...]\" Robichaud \"et al.\" identify the domain of application of SFGs as follows: The following illustration and its meaning were introduced by Mason to illustrate basic concepts: In the simple flow graphs of the figure, a functional dependence of a node is indicated by an incoming arrow, the node originating this influence is the beginning of this arrow, and in its most general form the signal flow graph indicates by", "id": "8792201" }, { "contents": "Wandering atrial pacemaker\n\n\n, and in athletes, and rarely causes symptoms or requires treatment. Wandering pacemaker is usually caused by varying vagal tone. With increased vagal tone the SA Node slows, allowing a pacemaker in the atria or AV Nodal area, which may briefly become slightly faster. After vagal tone decreases, the SA Node assumes its natural pace. A wandering atrial pacemaker, also termed multifocal atrial rhythm, is present when there are three or more ectopic foci within the atrial myocardium that serve as the dominant pacemaker. Since they discharge in random", "id": "13000997" }, { "contents": "Junctional escape beat\n\n\nsites that can take over pacemaker function when the SA node fails to do so. Junctional rhythms (if a bradycardia) can cause decreased cardiac output. Therefore, the person may exhibit signs and symptoms similar to other bradycardia such as lightheadedness, dizziness, low blood pressure, and fainting. This rhythm can usually be tolerated if the rate is above 50 beats per minute. A junctional escape complex is a normal response that may result from excessive vagal tone on the SA node (e.g. digoxin toxicity), a pathological slowing of", "id": "13476000" } ]

[ { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\n\n\nYear. In his book \"The Encyclopedia of Popular Music\", Colin Larkin describes the Traveling Wilburys as \"the last of the great supergroups\" and writes of the band's accidental origins: \"This wonderful potpourri of stars reintroduced 'having a good time' to their vocabulary and the result was not a Harrison solo album but the superb debut of the Traveling Wilburys. The outing proved to be a major success, bringing out the best of each artist; in particular, this [album] proved to be the marvellous", "id": "3946824" }, { "contents": "The Traveling Wilburys Collection\n\n\navailable for the first time since they went out of print in the mid 1990s. Two of the bonus tracks were completed for the box set by Jeff Lynne, who co-founded the Wilburys in 1988, and Harrison's son Dhani. \"The Traveling Wilburys Collection\" was commercially successful, topping albums charts in Britain, Ireland, Australia and several other countries. All songs written by the Traveling Wilburys. All songs written by the Traveling Wilburys, except where noted. The Vinyl Edition features the originally released Vol. 1", "id": "9566387" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nde-mythologizing\" rock history. Inspired by the Traveling Wilburys' success and particularly its benefit to Petty and Orbison as artists, Lenny Waronker encouraged American guitarist Ry Cooder to form the band Little Village and record for Warner Bros. The group, comprising Cooder, Keltner, John Hiatt and Nick Lowe, released a self-titled album in 1992. Greg Kot of the \"Chicago Tribune\" described the Notting Hillbillies' \"Missing ... Presumed Having a Good Time\" as a Traveling Wilburys-type side project for Mark Knopfler of", "id": "12671069" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nequipment, Harrison jokingly remarked to Lynne, \"\"We'll bury\" 'em in the mix.\" Thereafter, they used the term for any small error in performance. Harrison first suggested \"the Trembling Wilburys\" as the group's name; at Lynne's suggestion, they amended it to \"Traveling Wilburys\". During his \"Rockline\" interview, Harrison voiced his support for Dylan, at a time when the latter was experiencing an artistic and commercial low point in his career. Harrison and Lynne became friends with Tom", "id": "12671043" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3\n\n\n, was recorded and released in June 1990 as a charity single in aid of Olivia Harrison's Romanian Angel Appeal. The song was also the title track of a multi-artist fundraising album compiled by the Harrisons, \"\". \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3\" was dedicated to the memory of \"Lefty Wilbury\" (Roy Orbison). Released in October 1990, the album was less positively received than \"Vol. 1\", yet still saw a fair measure of success. In the United States, \"She", "id": "16217748" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\n\n\nclaim to the band, he signed them up to Warner Bros. Records, which distributed his solo recordings, and incorporated their own Wilbury Records label, in addition to producing the sessions with Lynne that spring. Petty subsequently signed to Warner Bros. himself as a solo artist, and one of the company's subsidiaries, Reprise Records, released Lynne's solo album \"Armchair Theatre\" in 1990. According to statements by Harrison in the documentary \"The True History of the Traveling Wilburys\" (filmed in 1988 about the making of the", "id": "3946818" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nof Fame, although the band itself has not been inducted. Orbison and Dylan were inducted as solo artists, Harrison was inducted as a member of the Beatles and, posthumously, as a solo artist, Petty as the leader of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Lynne as a member of the Electric Light Orchestra. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the two Traveling Wilburys albums had limited availability and were out of print in most areas. Harrison, as primary holder of the rights, did not reissue them before", "id": "12671072" }, { "contents": "Tom Petty\n\n\nof Harrison's singles, but was judged too good for that purpose and the group decided to record a full album, \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\". A second Wilburys album, mischievously titled \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3\" and recorded without the recently deceased Orbison, followed in 1990. The album was named \"Vol. 3\" as a response to a series of bootlegged studio sessions being sold as \"Travelling Wilburys Vol. 2\". Petty incorporated Traveling Wilburys songs into his live shows, consistently playing \"", "id": "15757558" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3\n\n\nTraveling Wilburys Vol. 3 is the second and final studio album by the Traveling Wilburys, a group consisting of George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. It was released on October 29, 1990 as the follow-up to their 1988 debut, \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\". The band members again adopted pseudonyms for their contributions, using new names from the fictitious Wilbury brothers. Though it was their second release, the album was mischievously titled \"Vol. 3\" by George Harrison. According", "id": "16217746" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nus.\" Harrison was the most active in promoting the Wilburys, carrying out interviews well into 1989. He said he was \"wait[ing] for all the other Wilburys to finish being solo artists\" so that they could renew the collaboration. By contrast, according to author Clinton Heylin, Dylan appeared to give the band little attention as he focused on re-establishing himself as a live performer before recording his 1989 album \"Oh Mercy\". In March 1990, Harrison, Lynne, Petty and Dylan reunited to work on", "id": "12671059" }, { "contents": "Jeff Lynne\n\n\nmember and principal songwriter. After ELO's original disbandment in 1986, Lynne released two solo albums: \"Armchair Theatre\" (1990) and \"Long Wave\" (2012). Additionally, he began producing various artists. In 1988, under the pseudonyms Otis Wilbury and Clayton Wilbury, he co-founded the supergroup Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty. Lynne's songwriting and production collaborations with former Beatles led him to co-produce their \"Anthology\" reunion singles \"Free", "id": "16761821" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\n\n\nswan song for Roy Orbison who tragically died soon afterwards.\" After Harrison’s distribution deal with Warner Bros. expired in 1995, ownership of the Dark Horse Records catalog as well as the two Traveling Wilburys albums reverted to Harrison and the albums went out of print. On June 12, 2007, \"Volume One\" and \"Vol. 3\" were reissued by Rhino Records as \"The Traveling Wilburys Collection\", packaged together with bonus tracks and a DVD. The box set debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart", "id": "3946825" }, { "contents": "The Traveling Wilburys Collection\n\n\nThe Traveling Wilburys Collection is a box set compilation album by the British-American supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. It comprises the two studio albums recorded by the band in 1988 and 1990, with additional bonus tracks, and a DVD containing their music videos and a documentary about the group. The box set was released on 11 June 2007 by Rhino, in association with Wilbury Records. The release was overseen by George Harrison's estate, as the rights holder for the Wilburys' catalogue, and ensured that the band's recordings were", "id": "9566386" }, { "contents": "Heading for the Light\n\n\nLynne also co-produced. Among reviews of the song, it has been seen as a reflection of Harrison's confidence during his successful return to music-making in the late 1980s, as a solo artist and then as the de facto leader of the Traveling Wilburys. George Harrison and Jeff Lynne first discussed the idea for the Traveling Wilburys in early 1987 when they were recording \"Cloud Nine\", Harrison's first album in five years. When Harrison suggested they should form their \"dream\" band, Lynne chose Roy", "id": "7621635" }, { "contents": "Heading for the Light\n\n\n\"Heading for the Light\" is a song by the British–American supergroup the Traveling Wilburys from their 1988 album \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\". It was written primarily by George Harrison but credited to all five members of the band. Harrison sings the song with Jeff Lynne, who also co-produced the track and, with Harrison, formulated the idea for starting the Wilburys. The song was issued as a promotional single in the United States, where it peaked at number 7 on \"Billboard\"s Album Rock Tracks", "id": "7621633" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nagreed to record a full album, titled \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\". Following Orbison's death in December 1988, the band released a second album, which they titled \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3\", in 1990. The project's work received much anticipation given the diverse nature of the singer-songwriters. The band members adopted tongue-in-cheek pseudonyms as half-brothers from a fictional Wilbury family of travelling musicians. \"Vol. 1\" was a critical and commercial success, helping to revitalise", "id": "12671039" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\n\"). The Traveling Wilburys contributed the title track, \"Nobody's Child\", to the Romanian Angel Appeal benefit album \"\", released on 24 July 1990. Harrison appeared as Nelson Wilbury on Warner Bros. Records' 1988 holiday promo album \"Winter Warnerland\" (which also included Paul Reubens as \"Pee Wee Wilbury\"). In his capacity as producer, Harrison credited himself as \"Spike and Nelson Wilbury\" on his 1992 live album \"Live in Japan\". The same year, the Tom Petty and", "id": "12671078" }, { "contents": "End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys song)\n\n\n\"End of the Line\" is a song by the British-American supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. Released in October 1988, it was the final track on their debut album, \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\". It was also issued as the band's second single, in January 1989. The recording features all the Wilburys except Bob Dylan as lead singers: George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison sing the choruses in turn, while Tom Petty sings the verses. The song was mainly written by Harrison and was", "id": "7648460" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nDylan's and Petty's respective careers. In 1990, the album won the Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group. Although Harrison envisaged a series of Wilburys albums and a film about the band, produced through his company HandMade, the group's final release was in February 1991. After several years of unavailability, the two Wilburys albums were reissued by the Harrison estate in the 2007 box set \"The Traveling Wilburys Collection\". The box set included a DVD containing their music videos and a documentary on the", "id": "12671040" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nthe end of recording in the summer, contractual issues had been successfully negotiated between Warner's and the record companies representing Dylan, Petty, Lynne and Orbison. As was the case in 1971 when EMI prepared Harrison's multi-artist live album from the Concert for Bangladesh for release, Columbia, Dylan's label, presented the main stumbling block. In the album credits, the \"Wilburys\" joke was extended further, with the band members listed under various pseudonyms and pretending to be half-brothers – sons of a fictional", "id": "12671054" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\ngo, 'He's in our band, too.' ... We were all so excited.\" Available at Rock's Backpages (subscription required)./ref The band members decided to create a full album together, \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\". Video footage of the creative process was later edited by Harrison into a promotional film for Warner Bros. staff, titled \"Whatever Wilbury Wilbury\". The album was recorded primarily over a ten-day period in May 1988, to allow for Dylan's limited availability as he prepared for", "id": "12671049" }, { "contents": "Wilbury Twist\n\n\n\"Wilbury Twist\" is a song by the British–American supergroup the Traveling Wilburys and is the final track on their 1990 album \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3\". The song was also released in March 1991 as the second single from that album. The original music video featured cameos from many contemporary celebrities including: Woody Harrelson, Whoopi Goldberg, Fred Savage, Ben Savage, Kala Savage, Thomas Guzman-Sanchez of Rhythm Tribe, Milli Vanilli, Cheech Marin, John Candy and Eric Idle. The Band and special", "id": "9653597" }, { "contents": "Handle with Care (song)\n\n\nhe, Lynne, Dylan, Orbison and Petty began recording the album \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\". The recordings were completed by Harrison and Lynne, the Wilburys' producers, over the summer, at Harrison's Friar Park studio in England. In October 1988, the Wilburys filmed a music video for \"Handle with Care\" at Union Station in Los Angeles. It was directed by David Leland, who had recently directed Harrison's HandMade Films production \"Checking Out\". The video features the group members performing the", "id": "12709774" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nreunite, whereas Harrison wavered in his enthusiasm. While Harrison was against the idea of touring, Petty recalled: \"I kept getting down on my knees in front of George, saying, 'Please, it's so much money!\" After his 1991 tour of Japan – his first series of concerts since 1974 – Harrison spoke of a possible Traveling Wilburys tour: The Wilburys tour never came about. Petty said about the Wilburys touring: In the Rolling Stone Press book \"The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll", "id": "12671064" }, { "contents": "She's My Baby (Traveling Wilburys song)\n\n\n\"She's My Baby\" is a song by the British–American supergroup the Traveling Wilburys and the opening track of their 1990 album \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3\". The song was written by all four members of the band – George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty – and each of them sing a portion of the track. The song was released as the first single from the album, although it was only issued as a promotional single in the United States. The lead guitar part is", "id": "1024512" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nband's formation. George Harrison first mentioned the Traveling Wilburys publicly during a radio interview with Bob Coburn on the show \"Rockline\" in February 1988. When asked how he planned to follow up the success of his \"Cloud Nine\" album, Harrison replied: \"What I'd really like to do next is ... to do an album with me and some of my mates ... It's this new group I got [in mind]: it's called the Traveling Wilburys, I'd like to do an album with", "id": "12671041" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nhis death. In June 2007, the two albums were reissued as \"The Traveling Wilburys Collection\", a box set including both albums on CD (with bonus tracks) and a DVD featuring a 25-minute documentary titled \"The True History of the Traveling Wilburys\" and a collection of music videos. The box set was released in three editions; the standard edition, with both CDs and DVD in a double Digipak package and a 16-page booklet; a \"deluxe\" boxed edition with the CDs and DVD and an extensive 40-page", "id": "12671073" }, { "contents": "Inside Out (Traveling Wilburys song)\n\n\n\"Inside Out\" is a song by the British–American supergroup the Traveling Wilburys from their 1990 album \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3\". It was written by all the members of the band, which had been reduced to a foursome following the death of Roy Orbison in December 1988, and it was the first song they worked on for the album. The lyrics address environmental issues and describe a world turned yellow. Recording for the track began at a private studio in Bel Air in Los Angeles, in April 1990", "id": "7621665" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\n\n\nThe Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 is the debut studio album by the English-American supergroup Traveling Wilburys, comprising George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. It was released in October 1988 to commercial success and critical acclaim. Although Harrison had long planned to start such a band, the project came about through happenstance. Harrison was in Los Angeles and in need of a B-side for a single from his \"Cloud Nine\" album, which resulted in the participants collaborating informally on the", "id": "3946811" }, { "contents": "Tweeter and the Monkey Man\n\n\n\"Tweeter and the Monkey Man\" is a song by the British–American supergroup the Traveling Wilburys that first appeared on the 1988 album \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\". The songwriting credit goes officially to all members of the band, but the song is published by Bob Dylan's Special Rider Music label, indicating that the main writer is Dylan, who is also the lead singer on the record. This is partially contradicted by George Harrison's account of the song in the 2007 documentary \"The True History of the", "id": "2238243" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\n\n\nthe US charts, \"The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\" was later certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. While Harrison and Petty had recent successes, Dylan, Orbison (who died of a sudden heart attack on December 6, 1988) and Lynne had not seen an album climb that high in several years. At the time, no Dylan album had ever achieved two million in sales. As one critic put it, it was \"one of the great commercial coups of the decade\".", "id": "3946822" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nGenesis Publications, a company with which Harrison had been associated since the late 1970s, announced the release of a limited edition fine-bound book titled \"The Traveling Wilburys\". Compiled by Olivia Harrison, the book includes rare photographs, recording notes, handwritten lyrics, sketches, and first-hand commentary on the band's history, together with a foreword by Lynne. Petty, Lynne, Olivia Harrison, Barbara Orbison, Keltner and Idle were among those who attended the US launch at a Beverly Hills bookshop in March 2010", "id": "12671075" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\na second Wilburys album, which they intentionally misnumbered \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3\". It was preceded by a non-album single, a cover of \"Nobody's Child\", which the band recorded for Olivia Harrison's Romanian Angel Appeal charity project. The duration of the main album sessions was again dictated by Dylan's touring schedule and limited availability. Having asked Dylan to record a lead vocal for all the songs before his departure, Harrison was then loath to replace many of the parts, resulting in a greater", "id": "12671060" }, { "contents": "Not Alone Any More\n\n\n\"Not Alone Any More\" is a song by the British–American supergroup the Traveling Wilburys from their 1988 album \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\". It was sung by Roy Orbison and serves as his main contribution to the album. The song was written mainly by Jeff Lynne, although all five members of the Wilburys are credited as songwriters. A longtime admirer of Orbison, Lynne wrote \"Not Alone Any More\" as a vehicle for the singer's operatic vocal style. The song's lyrical theme of loneliness similarly", "id": "21148195" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\n\n\nsong \"Handle with Care\" at Dylan's home. Adopting alter egos as the five Wilbury brothers, they then recorded a full album, produced by Lynne and Harrison. \"The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1989 and helped revitalise the careers of Dylan, Orbison and Petty. It has been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. In early April 1988, George Harrison was in Los Angeles and needed to record a B-side for", "id": "3946812" }, { "contents": "Inside Out (Traveling Wilburys song)\n\n\n\"Traveling Wilburys Podcast Series with Bob Harris\". BBC Radio 2./ref The Wilburys, together with their drummer, Jim Keltner, recorded the basic track for \"Inside Out\" in Bel Air. As with all the songs on the album, other instrumentation and the vocals were overdubbed at Harrison's Friar Park studio in July. The song was sequenced as the second track on \"Vol. 3\", between \"She's My Baby\" and \"If You Belonged to Me\". The album was released on the band", "id": "7621671" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nThe Traveling Wilburys (sometimes shortened to the Wilburys) were an English–American supergroup consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. Originating from an idea discussed by Harrison and Lynne during the sessions for Harrison's 1987 album \"Cloud Nine\", the band formed in April 1988 after the five members united to record a bonus track for Harrison's next European single. When this collaboration, \"Handle with Care\", was deemed too good for such a limited release, the group", "id": "12671038" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nevidence of Lonnie Donegan's continued influence on popular music long after the early 1960s. In his book \"Lonnie Donegan and the Birth of British Rock & Roll\", Patrick Humphries describes the Wilburys as \"a makeshift quintet whose roots were firmly and joyously planted in low-key, low-tech skiffle music\". He credits the band with inspiring a brief revival of Donegan's \"DIY skiffle\", which included Knopfler's Notting Hillbillies. Each member of the Traveling Wilburys has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall", "id": "12671071" }, { "contents": "Inside Out (Traveling Wilburys song)\n\n\nrecorded for the Traveling Wilburys' second album, which they jokingly titled \"Vol. 3\". Reduced to a four-piece following the death of Roy Orbison in December 1988, the group gathered at a private house they dubbed \"Camp Wilbury\", at the top of Coldwater Canyon in Bel Air, in April 1990, for the writing and initial recording sessions. George Harrison recalled that he, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Bob Dylan had the musical part of the song finished \"within an hour\" of starting", "id": "7621667" }, { "contents": "Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989\n\n\n\". Rather than record a follow-up to his successful 1987 comeback album, \"Cloud Nine\", in 1989, George Harrison chose to wait for his Traveling Wilburys bandmates – Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty – to become available to start work on a new album. As the de facto leader of the Wilburys project, Harrison was the most active member in promoting their 1988 debut, \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\". In a July 1989 interview, he described the album as \"one of the", "id": "916917" }, { "contents": "Far (album)\n\n\nor big hit would be. The most notable producers include David Kahne, who produced her last album \"Begin to Hope\", and Jeff Lynne, former member of Electric Light Orchestra and The Traveling Wilburys. Although Lynne has an expansive musical background, Spektor did not know of his work when she originally met him. \"Regina's songs are like literature,\" said Lynne, who doesn't usually work with new artists, but said that Spektor's demo tapes blew him away. \"It hits you right in the", "id": "2678570" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nAccording to Petty, Harrison's dream for the Wilburys was to handpick the participants and create \"the perfect little band\", but the criteria for inclusion were governed most by \"who you could hang out with\". The five musicians also bonded over a shared appreciation of the English comedy troupe Monty Python. Harrison, who had worked with the members of Monty Python on various productions by his company HandMade Films since the late 1970s, particularly appreciated Orbison's gift for impersonation and his ability to recite entire sketches by the troupe", "id": "12671045" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nthem and then later we can all do our own albums again.\" According to Jeff Lynne, who co-produced \"Cloud Nine\", Harrison introduced the idea of the two of them starting a band together around two months into the sessions for his album, which began in early January 1987. When discussing who the other members might be, Harrison chose Bob Dylan and Lynne opted for Roy Orbison. The term \"Wilbury\" also originated during the \"Cloud Nine\" sessions. Referring to recording errors created by faulty", "id": "12671042" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\ngood to be used as a B-side. In Petty's recollection, Harrison and Lynne then decided to realise their idea of forming a Wilburys band, and first invited him to join before phoning Dylan, who also agreed to join. That night, Harrison, Lynne and Petty drove to Anaheim to see Orbison perform at the Celebrity Theatre and recruited him for the group shortly before he went on stage. In Petty's description, Orbison performed an \"unbelievable show\", during which \"we'd punch each other and", "id": "12671048" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nanother Python member, who again adopted a pseudonym. For the band's final single, \"Wilbury Twist\", they filmed a video in which Idle, John Candy and other comedic actors attempt to master the song's eponymous dance style. The clip was filmed in Los Angeles and completed on 28 February 1991. According to Jim Keltner, the decision on the group's future after \"Vol. 3\" lay with Harrison. Keltner said that from his conversations with Lynne, Petty and Dylan, they were all keen to", "id": "12671063" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\n. In an interview to publicise the book, Lynne expressed his sadness at the deaths of Harrison and Orbison, and reflected: \"The Wilburys was such a wonderful band, such a marvellous thing to be part of. They were the best people I could ever wish to work with. Every day was like, 'Wow!' ... it was fun from day one.\" Jim Keltner, the session drummer and percussionist, was not listed as a Wilbury on either album. However, he is seen in all of", "id": "12671076" }, { "contents": "List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty\n\n\nTom Petty was a rock artist who released 10 studio albums as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, three solo albums, two albums with Mudcrutch, and two albums as part of the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys. The American Music Awards are awarded annually by votes of music buyers and the general public. Petty received one nomination, in 1990. The Billboard Music Awards are sponsored by \"Billboard\" magazine and is held annually in December. Tom Petty won one award. The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording", "id": "12571483" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\n(all that's missing is a Rolling Stone), but in another sense it's hard to call the Wilburys a true supergroup, since they arrived nearly two decades after the all-star craze of the '70s peaked, and they never had the self-important air of nearly all the other supergroups. That, of course, was the key to their charm …\" Speaking to music journalist Paul Zollo in 2004, Petty agreed that humour and self-effacement had been key factors in the Wilburys' success,", "id": "12671066" }, { "contents": "Inside Out (Traveling Wilburys song)\n\n\n\", pairing it with the Wilburys' rewriting of the standard \"Blue Moon\" as \"7 Deadly Sins\", and said that \"For all its disposability, this record is loaded with charm.\" Writing in \"Rolling Stone\" in 2002, Kot cited \"Inside Out\" among examples of \"Vol. 3\"s \"ingratiating goofiness\" and said that, more so than the band's debut, the album demonstrated the Wilburys' embrace of a \"common vernacular in the rock & roll of the Fifties and early", "id": "7621676" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nlater described Harrison as the Wilburys' \"leader and manager\", and credited him with being a bandleader and producer that had a natural instinct for bringing out the best in people and keeping a recording session productive. As the group's producers, Harrison and Lynne directed the sessions, with Harrison often auditioning each member to decide who should sing a particular lead vocal part. The two producers then flew back to England; Lynne recalls that, throughout the flight, he and Harrison enthused about how to turn the sparse, acoustic", "id": "12671052" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\ndocking in a hovercraft terminal\". The album produced two successful singles and went on to achieve triple-platinum certification for sales in the United States. It was nominated for several awards and won the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group. Liner notes on the album cover were written by Monty Python's Michael Palin under a pseudonym. Palin's essay was based on an idea by Derek Taylor, who wrote an extensive fictional history of the Wilburys family that otherwise went unused. Harrison planned a feature", "id": "12671056" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nDire Straits. Writing in \"New York\" magazine in late 1990, Elizabeth Wurtzel cited the Notting Hillbillies' album and the self-titled debut by Hindu Love Gods (a band consisting of Warren Zevon and members of R.E.M.) as examples of a trend whereby, following the Wilburys' \"Vol. 1\", \"more and more albums seem to be the rock-and-roll equivalents of bowling night.\" Writing in \"The Encyclopedia of Popular Music\", Colin Larkin cites the Wilburys' contemporary skiffle as", "id": "12671070" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nthe group's music videos, and on the DVD released in 2007, he is given the nickname \"Buster Sidebury\". Overdubs to the bonus tracks \"Maxine\" and \"Like a Ship\" also credited as \"Ayrton Wilbury\", a pseudonym for Dhani Harrison. The name Ayrton was used in honour of F1 racer Ayrton Senna. Jim Horn played saxophone on both albums. The lead guitar on the \"Volume 3\" song \"She's My Baby\" was played by rock guitarist Gary Moore (\"Ken Wilbury", "id": "12671077" }, { "contents": "Handle with Care (song)\n\n\nof 1989, and number 4 in New Zealand. It was the highest charting of all the Wilburys' singles in the UK and the US. As with \"Vol. 1\", \"Handle with Care\" received highly favourable reviews from music critics, even though the Wilburys' sound was at odds with contemporary musical trends. In a review of their second album, which Harrison chose to title \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3\", Elizabeth Wurtzel of \"New York\" magazine highlighted \"Handle with Care\" among the", "id": "12709780" }, { "contents": "Handle with Care (song)\n\n\n-night karaoke\" rendition next to the superlative performances of Harrison and Orbison on the Wilburys' \"classic\". Writing in March 2007, after the announcement that the long-unavailable Wilburys' catalogue was about to be reissued, in the box set \"The Traveling Wilburys Collection\", Whitney Pastorek of \"Entertainment Weekly\" said: \"while Petty's been doing the tune in concert for years, Jenny Lewis' decision to cover that song on last year's \"Rabbit Fur Coat\" seemed to get plenty of hipsters", "id": "12709789" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\n\n\nand mixing were carried out in England at Harrison’s home studio, FPSHOT (short for Friar Park Studio, Henley-on-Thames). Masquerading as the Wilbury brothers, the participants would be known as Nelson (Harrison), Otis (Lynne), Lucky (Dylan), Lefty (Orbison), and Charlie T. Jr. (Petty) Wilbury, with drummer Jim Keltner credited as Buster Sidebury. Harrison was no stranger to the use of alternate identities, as he had adopted them with \"Sgt. Pepper's", "id": "3946816" }, { "contents": "Heading for the Light\n\n\nsoaked to the skin with Jim Horn's saxophone playing\". \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\" was released on 18 October 1988. Although the Wilburys were viewed as being mainly Harrison's project, all the participants were keen to maintain a collaborative identity. Rather than use his Dark Horse record label, they released the album on a new Warner's imprint, Wilbury Records. \"Heading for the Light\" was sequenced as the second track on side two of the LP and cassette, between \"Congratulations\", which was", "id": "7621648" }, { "contents": "Inside Out (Traveling Wilburys song)\n\n\n's Wilbury record label on 29 October 1990 in the UK and 6 November in the United States. Authors Chip Madinger and Mark Easter describe \"Inside Out\" as arguably the most commercial track on \"Vol. 3\". Warner Bros. Records, which distributed Wilbury Records, considered the song for release on a commercial single in the US but, as with \"She's My Baby\", decided to issue it only as a promotional single there. The band filmed a music video for \"Inside Out\", in which", "id": "7621672" }, { "contents": "Olivia Harrison\n\n\nthe 2005 reissue of the \"Concert for Bangladesh\" album and film. She was reissue producer (with Dhani) of \"Living in the Material World\" in 2006. In 2007, Harrison produced the documentary included in the Traveling Wilburys' box set \"The Traveling Wilburys Collection\". In 2010, she served as compilation producer of George's works with Ravi Shankar, in a box set titled \"Collaborations\" – a project she described as a \"labor of love for me\". In addition to designing the elaborate", "id": "13078994" }, { "contents": "Full Moon Fever\n\n\nwith the Heartbreakers' \"Damn the Torpedoes\". This review notes there are no weak tracks on the album, calling it a \"minor masterpiece\". The original \"Rolling Stone\" review compared the album favorably to the Traveling Wilburys' debut, \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\", saying it has the \"same restless charm\", but commenting that \"Full Moon Fever\" at times seems \"sprawling\". The review claims the album is \"another rewarding, low-key side project for Petty\",", "id": "16037139" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\n\", the Traveling Wilburys are described as \"the ultimate supergroup\", with a line-up that represented four eras of rock music history and included \"three indisputable gods\" in Dylan, Harrison and Orbison. The editors also recognise the band as \"the antithesis of a supergroup\", however, due to the musicians' adoption of fraternal alter egos and the humour inherent in the project. AllMusic managing editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine has similarly written: \"It's impossible to picture a supergroup with a stronger pedigree than that", "id": "12671065" }, { "contents": "Handle with Care (song)\n\n\n\"Handle with Care\" is a song by the British-American supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. It was released in October 1988 as their debut single and as the opening track of their album \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\". The song was the first recording made by the group, although it was originally intended as a bonus track on a European single by George Harrison. When he and Jeff Lynne presented the song to Harrison's record company, the executives insisted it was too good for that purpose, a decision that", "id": "12709761" }, { "contents": "Jeff Lynne\n\n\nDream\", all co-written by Lynne. This album and \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\" received nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Album of the Year in 1989. The Traveling Wilburys won a Grammy for \"Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocal\" that year. Lynne's song \"One Way Love\" was released as a single by Agnetha Fältskog and appeared on her second post-ABBA album, \"Eyes of a Woman\". Lynne co-wrote and produced the track \"Let", "id": "16761843" }, { "contents": "Young Lions (album)\n\n\n, a song Belew had co-written for the King Crimson album \"Beat\" while he was a member; and \"Not Alone Anymore\", a Traveling Wilburys song from \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\". The other songwriting collaboration on the album, however unwittingly, is with Nashville radio evangelist Prophet Omega. Working decades-old tapes of Prophet Omega's broadcasts into \"I Am What I Am\", Belew, \"listed him as a co-author, so in case a couple of hefty guys drop", "id": "18311929" }, { "contents": "This Is Love (George Harrison song)\n\n\nPetty recorded at Bob Dylan's studio in Santa Monica, California. When executives at Harrison's distributor Warner Bros. Records heard the track, they decided it was too good to be released as single \"filler\", a decision that resulted in the formation of the Traveling Wilburys, and the album \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\", with \"Handle with Care\" as the lead track and single. Steve Wood and Daniel May composed music to the 1998 IMAX documentary film \"Everest\" incorporating melodies from some of Harrison's", "id": "18897531" }, { "contents": "Susanna Wales\n\n\nSusanna (sometimes spelled Susannah) Wales, Lady Malet was a British artist. Wales was the daughter of Scottish artist James Wales. Wales appears to have travelled with her father to India in the 1790s, either to Poona or Bombay, before she was married. On 17 September 1799 she married Sir Charles Malet, whom her father had met while working in India. The couple had eight sons and lived at Wilbury House, Wiltshire. Wales is credited to a portrait of Sir Alexander Malet and his wife Marian Malet, posed", "id": "18569161" }, { "contents": "Electric Light Orchestra\n\n\n\". ELO's last performance for several years occurred on 13 July 1986 in Stuttgart, Germany playing as opening act to Rod Stewart. ELO effectively disbanded after that final show in Stuttgart in 1986, but there was no announcement made of it for the next two years, during which George Harrison's Lynne-produced album \"Cloud Nine\" and the pair's follow-up (with Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty as Traveling Wilburys) \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\" were released. Bevan (under an", "id": "10321799" }, { "contents": "Bob Dylan\n\n\nhis previous studio album. Michael Gray wrote: \"The very title undercuts any idea that inspired work may lie within. Here was a further devaluing of the notion of a new Bob Dylan album as something significant.\" The critical and commercial disappointment of that album was swiftly followed by the success of the Traveling Wilburys. Dylan co-founded the band with George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty, and in late 1988 their multi-platinum \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\" reached three on the", "id": "22167654" }, { "contents": "List of UK top-ten albums in 2007\n\n\nwent straight in at number ten. Richard Hawley saw the first of his solo albums reach the top 10 in 2007, however he was part of the line-up of Pulp for their 2001 album \"We Love Life\" which peaked at the number 6 spot. The Traveling Wilburys consisted of four notable singers with decades of success behind them - George Harrison (The Beatles), Tom Petty (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), Jeff Lynne (ELO) and Bob Dylan. \"The Traveling Wilburys Collection\" was a", "id": "3121438" }, { "contents": "List of UK top-ten albums in 2007\n\n\nboxset of their two studio albums (\"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\" and \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3\"), neither of which reached the top ten on their first release in 1988 and 1990 respectively. Amy Winehouse had the best-selling album of the year with \"Back to Black\". The album spent fifty-four weeks in the top 10 (including three weeks at number one), sold over 1.586 million copies and was certified 6x platinum by the BPI. \"Spirit\" by Leona Lewis came", "id": "3121439" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\n\n\nLonely Hearts Club Band\" and with his plethora of pseudonyms as a session musician, including L'Angelo Misterioso, George O'Hara and Hari Georgeson. During the Beatles' first tour of Scotland, in 1960, he had used the pseudonym \"Carl Harrison\", in reference to one of his favourite musicians, Carl Perkins. With the Traveling Wilburys, this concept was taken a step further, since the participants' real names do not appear anywhere on the album, liner notes, or the songwriting credits. With Harrison having the greatest", "id": "3946817" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\n\n\n\" book are more revealing about the actual songwriters, as each of the credited publishers belongs to a single member: The separation was not repeated for the publishing credits of \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3\", which show all songs as being published by all four publishers. Released on October 18, 1988, \"Volume One\" became a surprise commercial success, reaching number 3 in the US and selling 2 million copies there within six months. The album also reached number 16 in the UK. With over 50 weeks on", "id": "3946821" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\n\n\nalbum and re-released on the bonus DVD included in \"The Traveling Wilburys Collection\"), the whole band gave various contributions to all songs, although each song was mainly written by a single member; the joint songwriting credit came from the fact that giving individualized credits looked egotistical. Lynne commented that the songwriting process was relaxed and enjoyable: We would arrive about twelve or one o'clock and have some coffee. Somebody would say, 'What about this?' and start on a riff. Then we'd all join", "id": "3946819" }, { "contents": "The Traveling Wilburys Collection\n\n\nand Vol. 3 Plus a Bonus 12\" featuring: The set is available in four different configurations: Traveling Wilburys Additional musicians Though the original issues enjoyed success, this re-release reached even greater heights, quickly topping the UK Albums Chart, the Australian ARIA Charts, Ireland's Albums Chart, New Zealand's Albums Chart, Apple's iTunes, and Amazon's pre-order and sales list. In its first week, the set sold over 110,000 copies in the United Kingdom and 269.000 copies worldwide. In the United", "id": "9566388" }, { "contents": "Live in Japan (George Harrison album)\n\n\nAll Things Must Pass\", with previously unavailable bonus tracks, \"Live in Japan\" was Harrison's last release before his death in November 2001. In 1991, a year after releasing the second Traveling Wilburys album, \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3\", Harrison was persuaded by close friend Eric Clapton to tour Japan with him. Although mindful of his troubled 1974 North American tour for \"Dark Horse\", Harrison performed a series of well-received shows in December 1991, which also featured a short set of Clapton", "id": "7866455" }, { "contents": "Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989\n\n\nThis state of affairs surely can't last much longer.\" In a 2018 review for \"Uncut\", Peter Watts said that while the 1976–89 period is not widely considered to be the artist's most productive period, \"It's a testament to Harrison's talent that he could put together such a strong selection of songs ... and that's without including a couple of charting singles ('This Song', 'This Is Love') or anything by the Traveling Wilburys. Even today, it's the only place", "id": "916927" }, { "contents": "Joey Tempest\n\n\n\"Azalea Place\", was released in 1997. The next solo album was recorded in Nashville by producer Richard Dodd, known for producing artists such as The Travelling Wilburys and Tom Petty. Where \"A Place To Call Home\" had Tempest writing all the material, the new album was written together with others. Among these were Chris Difford from Squeeze and Will Jennings. \"\"Azalea Place\" was mostly written in the studio and was therefore more improvised and experimental\", Tempest commented on the production. \"The Match", "id": "21175020" }, { "contents": "Rockabilly\n\n\nof Johnny Burnette's \"You're Sixteen\". In the 1980s, McCartney recorded a duet with Carl Perkins, and George Harrison collaborated with Roy Orbison in the Traveling Wilburys. In 1999, McCartney released \"Run Devil Run\", his own record of rockabilly covers. The Beatles were not the only British Invasion artists influenced by rockabilly. The Rolling Stones recorded Buddy Holly's \"Not Fade Away\" on an early single and later a rockabilly-style song, \"Rip This Joint\", on \"Exile on Main", "id": "7889973" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nthe strengths behind the concept was that it was free of any intervention from record company, management or marketing concerns, and instead developed naturally from a spirit of co-operation and mutual admiration among five established artists. Author Simon Leng recognises the venture as primarily a channel through which Harrison and Dylan could escape the restrictions of their serious media images, but also, in its guise as a \"phantom band\", a development by Harrison of the Rutles' satirical approach to the Beatles' legacy, in this case by \"", "id": "12671068" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nbooklet, artist postcards, and photographs; or a \"deluxe\" boxed edition on vinyl. This version omits the DVD, but adds a 12-inch vinyl disc with rare versions of the songs. The release debuted at number 1 in the UK and topped the albums chart in Australia, Ireland and other countries. On the US \"Billboard\" 200 it reached number 9. The collection sold 500,000 copies worldwide during the first three weeks and remained in the UK top 5 for seven weeks after its release. In November 2009,", "id": "12671074" }, { "contents": "Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989\n\n\nLittle Girl\" and \"Cockamamie Business\". Despite the popularity of Harrison's work over this period – both as a solo artist with his \"Cloud Nine\" album (1987), and as a member of the Traveling Wilburys – the compilation failed to achieve commercial success. \"Best of Dark Horse\" became out of print in the early 1990s, and it remained unavailable when Harrison's Dark Horse catalogue was reissued in 2004. It remains the only official release to include \"Poor Little Girl\" and \"Cockamamie Business", "id": "916916" }, { "contents": "George Harrison\n\n\n, a precursor to later benefit concerts such as Live Aid. In his role as a music and film producer, Harrison produced acts signed to the Beatles' Apple record label before founding Dark Horse Records in 1974 and co-founding HandMade Films in 1978. Harrison released several best-selling singles and albums as a solo performer. In 1988, he co-founded the platinum-selling supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. A prolific recording artist, he was featured as a guest guitarist on tracks by Badfinger, Ronnie Wood and Billy", "id": "12535173" }, { "contents": "George Harrison\n\n\nthe thousands of Romanian orphans left abandoned by the state following the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. Harrison recorded a benefit single, \"Nobody's Child\", with the Traveling Wilburys, and assembled a fundraising album with contributions from other artists including Clapton, Starr, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Donovan and Van Morrison. The Concert for Bangladesh has been described as an innovative precursor for the large-scale charity rock shows that followed, including Live Aid. The George Harrison Humanitarian Fund for UNICEF, a joint effort between", "id": "12535275" }, { "contents": "Tom Petty\n\n\nThomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He was the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch. He was also a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. Petty recorded a number of hit singles with the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist. In his career, he sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one", "id": "15757545" }, { "contents": "George Harrison\n\n\n\"Cheer Down\", which Harrison had recently contributed to the \"Lethal Weapon 2\" film soundtrack. Following Orbison's death in December 1988, the Wilburys recorded as a four-piece. Their second album, issued in October 1990, was mischievously titled \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3\". According to Lynne, \"That was George's idea. He said, 'Let's confuse the buggers.'\" It peaked at number 14 in the UK and number 11 in the US, where it was certified platinum", "id": "12535224" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nadding: \"We wanted to make something good in a world that seemed to get uglier and uglier and meaner and meaner … And I'm really proud that I was part of it. Because I do think that it brought a little sunshine into the world.\" Harrison said the project was an opportunity to \"put a finger up to the rules\" by challenging the norms associated with the music industry. Discussing the Wilburys in Peter Bogdanovich's 2007 documentary \"Runnin' Down a Dream\", Petty said that one of", "id": "12671067" }, { "contents": "Heading for the Light\n\n\n\"Buster Sidebury\" in keeping with the five bandmates' Wilbury personas, then overdubbed drums on the recordings. As the group's producers, Harrison and Lynne completed the album during the second round of sessions, held at Harrison's Friar Park studio in Henley in England. Available at Rock's Backpages (subscription required). In the 2007 documentary on the making of \"Vol. 1\", included in the \"Traveling Wilburys Collection\" box set, \"Heading for the Light\" plays over footage of Harrison and Lynne", "id": "7621645" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3\n\n\nto Jeff Lynne, \"That was George's idea. He said, 'Let's confuse the buggers.'\" As the dynamics within the band had shifted with Roy Orbison's death, the four remaining members all adopted new Wilbury pseudonyms: Spike (George Harrison), Clayton (Jeff Lynne), Muddy (Tom Petty) and Boo (Bob Dylan). With Harrison and Lynne producing again, the sessions were undertaken in the spring of 1990. An additional track, a cover of \"Nobody's Child\"", "id": "16217747" }, { "contents": "George Harrison\n\n\nJeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. The band had gathered in Dylan's garage to record a song for a Harrison European single release. Harrison's record company decided the track, \"Handle with Care\", was too good for its original purpose as a B-side and asked for a full album. The LP, \"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1\", was released in October 1988 and recorded under pseudonyms as half-brothers, supposed sons of Charles Truscott Wilbury, Sr. It reached", "id": "12535222" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\n-based tracks into completed recordings. Overdubs and further recording took place at Harrison's studio, FPSHOT, with \"Sideburys\" Jim Keltner (drums), Jim Horn (saxophones) and Ray Cooper (percussion). Harrison described the band's sound as \"skiffle for the 1990s\". The album was released on 18 October 1988. Distributed by Warner Bros., it appeared on the new Wilbury record label rather than on Harrison's Dark Horse label, in the interests of maintaining the group identity. Over the months following", "id": "12671053" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nCharles Truscott Wilbury, Sr. During promotion for the album, Orbison played along with the mock history, saying: \"Some people say Daddy was a cad and a bounder, but I remember him as a Baptist minister.\" \"Vol. 1\" was a critical and commercial success, and revitalised the careers of Dylan, Orbison and Petty. As Harrison had intended, the album defied contemporary musical trends such as hip hop, acid house and synthesised pop; author Alan Clayson likens its release to \"a Viking longship", "id": "12671055" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nwas released on 29 October 1990. It was dedicated to Orbison, as \"Lefty Wilbury\", the pseudonym that Orbison had used in 1988 in honour of his hero Lefty Frizzell. The album met with less success than the previous one. According to Mo Ostin, the choice of album title came about through \"George being George\"; apparently Harrison was making a wry reference to the appearance of a bootleg that served as a sort of \"Volume 2\". The album's liner notes were written by Eric Idle,", "id": "12671062" }, { "contents": "Dhani Harrison\n\n\nperformed a duet that will appear on a Lynch album. He collaborated with Jakob Dylan on the John Lennon song \"Gimme Some Truth\" for the Lennon tribute album \"\", which was released on 12 June 2007. Dhani is credited on two unreleased Traveling Wilburys tracks under the pseudonym Ayrton Wilbury, a tribute to Ayrton Senna. In April 2006, it was announced that Harrison's band, thenewno2, had begun recording. The band released a music video, \"Choose What You're Watching\", on its website.", "id": "1412047" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3\n\n\n-wop, rockabilly and Buddy Holly. But their second album is faster, jokier, lighter and meaner than the first.\" \"Rolling Stone\" described the blending of the four participants' musical styles as \"seemingly effortless\", and said that the album showed they continued to enjoy their collaboration. In the years following \"Vol. 3\", there was speculation about further Wilbury releases. Since Harrison was viewed as the de facto leader of the group, his death in November 2001 ended the possibility of any future", "id": "16217750" }, { "contents": "Tweeter and the Monkey Man\n\n\nthe song, each being the title of a Springsteen song released after the Traveling Wilburys album. Only Dylan, Harrison, Petty and Lynne took part in recording the song. This is the only Wilburys song on \"Vol. 1\" not to feature Roy Orbison on lead or backing vocals. Dylan sings lead on the song's verses, with the rest of the group joining, excepting Orbison, singing backup on the chorus sections. At five verses in 5 minutes 27 seconds, \"Tweeter and the Monkey Man\" is", "id": "2238247" }, { "contents": "Inside Out (Traveling Wilburys song)\n\n\nthe four Wilburys and Keltner are seen performing the track. Set on a concert stage, the original clip began with the sound of an orchestra warming up and closed with muted applause. The song was given a commercial single release in Canada and Germany, with an instrumental version of the \"Vol. 3\" track \"New Blue Moon\" as the B-side. The single peaked at number 50 on Canada's \"RPM\" 100. In the US, the song reached number 16 on \"Billboard\"s Album Rock Tracks", "id": "7621673" }, { "contents": "End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys song)\n\n\nassigned to his publishing company, Umlaut Corporation. In keeping with the collaborative concept behind the Wilburys project, however, all five members received a songwriting credit. In the United States, the single peaked at number 63 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, while peaking at number 2 on the Album Rock Tracks chart, blocked out the top spot by \"Driven Out\" by The Fixx and \"Working on It\" by Chris Rea. The music video for \"End of the Line\" was directed by Willy Smax", "id": "7648461" }, { "contents": "List of songs produced by Jeff Lynne\n\n\nThis is a list of songs and artists that Jeff Lynne has produced. All music and lyrics were written by Jeff Lynne. Orchestra and choral arrangements by Jeff Lynne, Richard Tandy and Louis Clark. Orchestra conducted by Louis Clark. \"All Songs Written by Jeff Lynne except the latter, written by Maron McKenzie and Del Shannon\" \"All songs written by George Harrison, except track 10, written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler.\" \"All songs written by the Traveling Wilburys ( Harrison, Lynne, Bob Dylan,", "id": "13425568" }, { "contents": "List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees\n\n\nas a solo artist in the Award for Musical Excellence category in 2015). He also holds the record for the longest time between first and second inductions, at 27 years. Both of Stills' inductions happened during the 1997 ceremony and Clapton and McPhatter were inducted in back-to-back years (1987/88 for McPhatter, 1992/93 for Clapton, as well as his solo induction in 2000). The Traveling Wilburys are the only band to have all of its members be inducted without the band itself having been inducted: Roy", "id": "14005286" }, { "contents": "Cletis Carr\n\n\nMelbourne and released two more solo albums, \"Tales of Ordinary Madness\" in 1991 and \"Wooden Nails\" in 1992 before joining country-rock band Big Whiskey. He wrote the bulk of their debut album which was released in 1994, then left the band to concentrate on his new project, the \"Traveling Wilburys\"-styled acoustic outfit Hillbilly Moon, formed with Wells and Top-40 recording artist Paul Norton. The trio were augmented by Norton's wife, singer Wendy Stapleton and Wells' writing partner DeSoto, as well as former Divinyls", "id": "15093667" } ]

[ { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\ninto the sea and send suicide bombers to swim to and board the Greek ships with their flame bombs. Artemisia and her men fire flaming arrows and torches to ignite the tar, but an Athenian manages to kill one of the Persians, who falls into the tar carrying a torch, causing ships from both sides to explode. Themistokles is thrown into the sea by an explosion and nearly drowns before being rescued by Aeskylos, and stands by Scyllias's side as he succumbs to his injuries. Believing Themistokles to be dead, Artemisia", "id": "19463657" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nhistorical errors. For example, Darius was not killed as depicted as neither Xerxes nor Darius was present at the Battle of Marathon. Artemisia, historically a queen and not an abused, orphaned slave, actually argued against sailing into the straits and survived the Persian Wars. In addition, the Spartan navy contributed a mere sixteen warships to the Greek fleet of 400 warships in the ending battle scene, not the huge armada shown. \"300: Rise of an Empire\" was released on the iTunes Store on June 3, 2014", "id": "19463680" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nhe is alive, Artemisia leaves to ready her entire navy for battle. Xerxes suggests it is most likely a trap, but she still leaves after reminding him that she made him king through her efforts while he sat safely at a distance and watched. The remaining Greek ships charge into the Persians ships, and the two armies battle, beginning the decisive Battle of Salamis. Themistokles and Artemisia engage in a duel, which ends in a stalemate with both receiving severe injuries. At this moment Gorgo, who had been narrating the", "id": "19463660" }, { "contents": "Eva Green\n\n\n, she played Artemisia in the \"300\" sequel, \"\" for which she received excellent reviews. Rafer Guzman in his \"Newsday\" review stated, \"The one bright spot is Eva Green as Xerxes' machinator, Artemesia, a raccoon-eyed warrior princess... Green plays a snarling, insatiable, self-hating femme fatale and completely steals the show.\" Stephanie Zacharek writing for \"The Village Voice\" exclaimed, \"\"Rise of an Empire\" might have been essentially more of the same, but for", "id": "18038848" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\n, and Zack Snyder, co-screenwriter and director of \"300\", was interested in directing the adaptation, but instead chose to develop and direct the Superman reboot \"Man of Steel\". Noam Murro directed instead, while Snyder produced. The film was centered on the Greek leader Themistocles, portrayed by Australian actor Sullivan Stapleton. During pre-production, the film was titled \"300: Battle of Artemisium\" (although this was widely misreported as \"Battle of Artemisia\"); the film was retitled \"300", "id": "19463663" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\ntale to the Spartans, arrives at the battle along with ships from numerous Greek city states including Delphi, Thebes, Olympia, Arcadia, and Sparta, all of them uniting against the surrounded Persians. Daxos leads the Arcadian army while Themistokles urges Artemisia to surrender. Xerxes, watching the battle from a cliff, turns his back on her, acknowledging his naval defeat and continuing the march of his army. Artemisia tries to kill Themistokles one last time but is killed as he stabs her through the stomach. While Dilios leads the", "id": "19463661" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nthen travels to Sparta to ask King Leonidas for help, but is informed by Dilios that Leonidas is consulting the Oracle, and Gorgo is reluctant to side with Athens. Themistokles later reunites with his old friend Scyllias, who infiltrated the Persian troops and learned Artemisia was born Greek, but defected to Persia as her family was raped and murdered by Greek hoplites and she was taken as a sex slave, and subsequently left for dead in the streets. She was rescued and adopted by a Persian emissary. Her lust for vengeance gained", "id": "19463654" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nand her forces withdraw. After recovering from his injuries, Themistokles learns that only a few hundred of his warriors and six of his ships survived the disastrous attack executed by Artemisia. Daxos, an Arcadian general, tells Themistokles that Leonidas and his 300 men were killed after Ephialtes betrayed the Greeks to Xerxes. Themistokles returns to Athens and confronts Ephialtes. The deformed Spartan traitor reveals that Xerxes plans to attack and burn Athens to the ground. Ephialtes acknowledges and regrets his betrayal shamefully, and welcomes death. Themistokles spares him instead,", "id": "19463658" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nthe Greeks\". Darius's naval commander, Artemisia, claims that Darius' last words were in fact a challenge and sends Xerxes on a journey through the desert. Xerxes finally reaches a cave and bathes in an otherworldly liquid, emerging as the 8-foot tall \"God-King\". He returns to Persia and declares war on Greece to avenge his father. As Xerxes's forces advance towards Thermopylae, Themistokles meets with the council and convinces them to provide him with a fleet to engage the Persians at the sea. Themistokles", "id": "19463653" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\na half stars out of four, saying \"There is much grinding of teeth, and mauling of history, and anachronistic use of gunpowder, until we plug our ears and desperately pray to the gods of Olympus, or the brothers of Warner, that they might make an end.\" Despite mixed reviews for the film as a whole, Eva Green's performance as the naval officer Artemisia received positive reviews, with some going so far as to say she was more interesting than the heroes, and saved the film. Ty", "id": "19463677" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nfollowing day, the Greeks feign a retreat and lead a group of Persian ships into a crevice, where they become stuck. The Greeks charge the Persian ships from the cliffs above and kill more Persians. Impressed with Themistokles' skills, Artemisia brings him onto her ship where she has sex with him, in an attempt to lure him to the Persian side as her second-in-command. He refuses, causing her to shove him in the middle of sex, and swear revenge on him. The Persians spill tar", "id": "19463656" }, { "contents": "Eva Green\n\n\nreceived the BAFTA Rising Star Award. Green has since starred in numerous independent films, including \"Cracks\" (2009), \"Womb\" (2010), and \"Perfect Sense\" (2011). In 2014, she played Artemisia in the \"300\" sequel, \"\", and Ava Lord in Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez's \"Sin City\" sequel, \"\". Green is also known for her collaborations with director Tim Burton, starring as Angelique Bouchard in the horror comedy film \"Dark Shadows\"", "id": "18038830" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nLos Angeles Times\" gave the film a positive review, saying \"The spectacularly brutal fighting is the film's main calling card, and in that \"Rise of an Empire\" doesn't disappoint.\" Nicolas Rapold of \"The New York Times\" gave the film a mixed review, saying \"The naval collisions and melees play out in panel-like renderings that are bold and satisfying for the first half-hour but lack the momentum and bombastic je ne sais quoi of \"300\".\" David Hiltbrand of \"", "id": "19463674" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nof fundamental dissatisfaction. The movie delivers all the necessary elements but their impact is dull.\" Joe Neumaier of the \"New York Daily News\" gave the film one out of five stars, saying \"The film winds up looking like an ashen video game. It's even more muddy in IMAX and 3-D.\" Colin Covert of the \"Star Tribune\" gave the film two out of four stars, saying \"\"300: Rise of an Empire\" plays like a collaboration between the Marquis de Sade and Michael Bay.", "id": "19463671" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\n300: Rise of an Empire is a 2014 American period action film directed by Noam Murro. It is a sequel to the 2006 film \"300\", taking place before, during, and after the main events of that film, and is very loosely based on the Battle of Artemisium and the Battle of Salamis with considerable altering of historical facts. It is based on the Frank Miller comic mini-series \"Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander\" (released April–September 2018", "id": "19463650" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\n: Rise of an Empire\" in September 2012. Principal photography commenced in early July 2012 at the Nu Boyana Film Studios in Sofia, Bulgaria. On May 10, 2013, it was announced the film's release date would be pushed back from August 2, 2013, to March 7, 2014. \"300: Rise of an Empire\" grossed $106.6 million in North America and $231 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $337.6 million, against a production budget of $110 million. In North", "id": "19463664" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nBurr of \"The Boston Globe\", in his positive review stated, \"\"Rise of an Empire\" may strike some as an improvement on the first film, if only for two reasons: naval warfare and the glorious absurdity of Eva Green.\" According to Rafer Guzman's \"Newsday\" review, \"The one bright spot is Eva Green as Xerxes' machinator, Artemesia, a raccoon-eyed warrior princess... Green plays a snarling, insatiable, self-hating femme fatale and completely steals the show.\"", "id": "19463678" }, { "contents": "Artemisia serrata\n\n\nArtemisia serrata is a North American species in the sunflower family, with the common name serrate-leaved sage or saw-tooth wormwood. It is native to the north-central part of the United States (Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, with isolated populations in New York State). \"Artemisia serrata\" is a perennial occasionally reaching a height of 300 cm (10 feet). It has up to 5 stems and bicolor leaves (white and green). It has many small", "id": "22171926" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\n). Zack Snyder, who directed and co-wrote the original film, acted as writer and producer of \"Rise of an Empire\". The cast includes Lena Headey, Peter Mensah, David Wenham, Andrew Tiernan, Andrew Pleavin, and Rodrigo Santoro reprising their roles from the first film, alongside Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Hans Matheson, and Callan Mulvey. It was released in 3D and IMAX 3D on March 7, 2014. The film's score was composed by Junkie XL. The film was released to", "id": "19463651" }, { "contents": "Callan Mulvey\n\n\n. In 2014, he starred in the Katie Holmes black comedy \"Miss Meadows\" as Skylar. Following this, he then starred as Jack Taylor in \"Kill Me Three Times\" along with Sullivan Stapleton (who he previously worked with on \"300: Rise of an Empire\"), Teresa Palmer, Simon Pegg, Alice Braga and Bryan Brown. Mulvey played Anatoli Knyazev in \"\" (2016). In the film, Knyazev does not appear as KGBeast and is only a hired gun. In 2016, Mulvey", "id": "4432269" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nThe Philadelphia Inquirer\" gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying \"With its slo-mo ultraviolence, gushers of blood, impressive 3-D effects, homoerotic subtext, and self-important plot, this is a fan boy's fantasy, a four-star wonderment.\" Tom Long of \"The Detroit News\" gave the film a D, saying \"\"300: Rise of an Empire\" is a bloodbath and not much else.\" Adam Nayman of \"The Globe and Mail\" gave", "id": "19463675" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nOr maybe the History Channel and the \"Saw\" franchise.\" Ann Hornaday of \"The Washington Post\" gave the film one out of four stars, saying \"\"Rise of an Empire\" is no fun at all - even those famous six-pack abs from \"300\" seem to be missing a can or two in this desperate attempt to up an already dubious ante.\" Drew Hunt of the \"Chicago Reader\" gave the film a negative review, saying \"The slow-motion battle scenes are technically", "id": "19463672" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\n189 reviews, with an average rating of 5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"It's bound to hit some viewers as an empty exercise in stylish gore, and despite a gonzo starring performance from Eva Green, \"300: Rise of an Empire\" is a step down from its predecessor.\" On Metacritic, the film has a score of 48 out of 100 score, based on 34 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"", "id": "19463666" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\ndedication to creating a moviegoing experience designed to totally engulf its audience.\" James Rocchi of Film.com gave the film a zero out of ten, saying \"Long on crimson spurts of blood but low on character, larded with production value but bereft of any other kind of it, \"300: Rise of an Empire\" is a 3D joke.\" James Berardinelli of \"ReelViews\" gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying \"The lack of a creative driver behind the film leads to a level", "id": "19463670" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nthe film one and a half stars out of four, saying \"An extension of the 300 universe, like an add-on content pack for a video game.\" Mark Jenkins of NPR gave the film a negative review, saying \"If the movie's action recalls video games, the dramatically artificial lighting suggests 1980s rock videos. Indeed, \"Rise of an Empire\" is so campy that it might work better as a musical.\" Stephen Whitty of the \"Newark Star-Ledger\" gave the film one and", "id": "19463676" }, { "contents": "Marcia Euphemia\n\n\nof the Eastern Roman Empire from 422 to 424. According to Sidonius Apollinaris, the \"magister militum\" was a namesake descendant of Procopius who had served as a rival emperor from 365 to 366. Father and son are considered possible descendants of Artemisia, mentioned by John Chrysostom in about 380 as the widow of a failed Roman usurper reduced to poverty following the end of a rebellion. By the time John mentioned her, Artemisia was living the life of a blind beggar. Zosimus reports that Procopius had been survived by his unnamed", "id": "20424933" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nAmerica, the film opened to number one in its first weekend with $45 million. In its second weekend, the film dropped to number two, grossing an additional $19.2 million. In its third weekend, the film dropped to number five, grossing $8.5 million. In its fourth weekend, the film dropped to number nine, grossing $4.2 million. \"300: Rise of an Empire\" received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 44% based on", "id": "19463665" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nAnd perhaps most emphatically, Stephanie Zacharek writing for \"The Village Voice\" exclaimed, \"\"Rise of an Empire\" might have been essentially more of the same, but for one distinction that makes it 300 times better than its predecessor: Mere mortals of Athens, Sparta, and every city from Mumbai to Minneapolis, behold the magnificent Eva Green, and tremble!\" Some critics have identified the film as an example of Iranophobia. Paul Cartledge, a professor of Greek culture at Cambridge University, noted that the film contains", "id": "19463679" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nGreek assault, Themistokles and Gorgo take a moment to silently acknowledge one another's alliance as the remaining Persians attempt a counter-attack. The three then charge at the opposing Persians with the whole Greek army. In June 2008, producers Gianni Nunnari, Mark Canton, and Bernie Goldmann revealed that work had begun on a sequel to \"300\". Legendary Pictures announced that Frank Miller, who wrote the 1998 comic book limited series on which the film \"300\" was based, was writing a follow-up graphic novel", "id": "19463662" }, { "contents": "Artemisia II of Caria\n\n\nArtemisia II of Caria (Greek: Ἀρτεμισία; died 350 BC) was a naval strategist, commander and the sister (and later spouse) and the successor of Mausolus, ruler of Caria. Mausolus was a satrap of the Achaemenid Empire, yet enjoyed the status of king or dynast of the Hecatomnid dynasty. After the death of her brother/husband, Artemisia reigned for two years, from 353 to 351 BCE. Her ascension to the throne prompted a revolt in some of the island and coastal cities under her command due", "id": "3474581" }, { "contents": "Artemisia Gentileschi\n\n\n. Artemisia befriended Tuzia; however, Tuzia allowed Agostino Tassi and Cosimo Quorlis to accompany Artemisia in Artemisia's home on multiple occasions. The day the rape occurred, Artemisia cried for the help of Tuzia, but Tuzia simply ignored Artemisia and pretended she knew nothing of what happened. Artemisia felt betrayed by Tuzia, and Tuzia's role in facilitating the rape has been compared to the role of a procuress who is complicit in the sexual exploitation of a prostitute. The painting called \"Mother and Child\" is attributed to those early", "id": "3669841" }, { "contents": "Artemisia Gentileschi\n\n\nCasa Buonarroti. She became a successful court painter, enjoying the patronage of the House of Medici and Charles I of England. It has been proposed that during this period Artemisia also painted the \"Virgin and Child\", now in the Palazzo Spada, Rome. While in Florence, Artemisia and Pierantonio had a daughter around 1618, Prudentia, but who was also known as Palmira, which has led some scholars to conclude erroneously that Artemisia had two children, not one. Prudentia was named after Artemisia's mother, who died", "id": "3669843" }, { "contents": "Artemisia II of Caria\n\n\nfleet against Artemisia without knowing that her deceased husband had built a secret harbour. Artemisia hid ships rowers, and marines and allowed the Rhodians to enter the main harbour. Artemisia and her citizens met the Rhodians at the city walls and invited them into the city. When the Rhodians began exiting their ships, Artemisia sailed her fleet through an outlet in the sea and into the main harbour. She captured empty Rhodian ships, and the Rhodian men who disembarked were killed in the marketplace. Artemisia then put her men on the Rhodian", "id": "3474585" }, { "contents": "Artemisia Gentileschi\n\n\nembroidered. A later and clearer use of Gentileschi's story appears in Anna Banti's \"Artemisia\". Banti's book is written in an \"open diary\" format, in which she maintains a dialogue with Artemisia. Gentileschi is one of the women represented in \"The Dinner Party\", an installation artwork by Judy Chicago that was first exhibited in 1979. Artemisia, and more specifically her painting \"Judith Beheading Holofernes\", are referred to in Wendy Wasserstein's 1988 play, \"The Heidi Chronicles\", in which", "id": "3669885" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nglistening ton, pausing only for stray bits of backstory.\" Kyle Smith of the \"New York Post\" gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying \"The film works as a high-tech boy-fantasy successor to \"Conan the Barbarian\".\" Soren Anderson of \"The Seattle Times\" gave the film three out of five stars, saying \"\"Rise of an Empire\" is not great by any stretch of the imagination, but it's very impressive in its single-minded", "id": "19463669" }, { "contents": "Artemisia gorgonum\n\n\nArtemisia gorgonum is a species of flowering plants of the \"Asteraceae\" family, endemic to Cape Verde. Its local name is \"losna\" or \"lasna\". The plant plays a role in traditional medicine. \"Artemisia gorgonum\" is an aromatic shrub that can reach 2 metres. It has small yellow flowers. \"Artemisia gorgonum\" occurs in the islands of Santo Antão, Santiago and Fogo, in semi-arid, subhumid and humid zones. It grows mainly on plains and stony slopes. The main altitudinal distribution", "id": "6543852" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nB\" on an A+ to F scale. Todd Gilchrist of \"The Wrap\" gave the film a negative review, saying \"\"Rise of an Empire\" lacks director Snyder's shrewd deconstruction of cartoonish hagiography, undermining the glorious, robust escapism of testosterone-fueled historical reenactment with an underdog story that's almost too reflective to be rousing.\" Todd McCarthy of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" gave the film a negative review, saying \"Although Gerard Butler's star has significantly fallen due to the 17 mediocre films he's", "id": "19463667" }, { "contents": "Artemisia Gentileschi\n\n\nHolofernes\" painting played a pivotal role in the 1997 miniseries \"Painted Lady\", starring Helen Mirren. The film \"Artemisia\" (1997), by Agnès Merlet, tells the story of Artemisia's entry into being a professional artist, her relationship with Tassi, and the trial. Merlet exonerates Tassi of rape, not only by depicting their sex as loving and consensual (which sparked controversy upon the film's release), but also by two ahistorical fabrications: Artemisia \"denies\" the rape under torture, while Tassi", "id": "3669887" }, { "contents": "Artemisia maritima\n\n\nit extends eastwards, covering immense tracts in Southern Russia, the region of the Caspian Sea and Central Siberia to Chinese Mongolia. In Britain it is found as far as Wigton on the West and Aberdeen on the East; also in north-east Ireland and in the Channel Islands. It can be also found in Italy, on the Northern Adriatic coast. The plant somewhat resembles \"Artemisia absinthium\", the absinthe wormwood, but is smaller. The stems rise about a foot or 18 inches in height. The leaves are", "id": "10397160" }, { "contents": "Carole Harmel\n\n\n, the Art Institute (AIC), and the women's cooperative Artemisia Gallery. Her work won a prize at the 1973 AIC \"Chicago and Vicinity Show\" (for \"Masks\", 1973), appeared in \"Heresies\", and drew both critical attention and controversy. At Artemisia, she co-founded its photography gallery with Carol Turchan and Jane Wenger, and helped spur the collective's rise to recognition with artists such as Margaret Wharton, Hollis Sigler, Barbara Grad and Vera Klement; in the 1974 \"", "id": "9080881" }, { "contents": "Artemisia Gentileschi\n\n\nmerits, Longhi's statement that Artemisia was \"the only woman in Italy who ever knew about painting\" is clearly false, and there is no doubt that Artemisia continues to be among the most highly regarded of women artists, and she has attained her place among the great Baroque artists. The first writer who produced a novel around the figure of Artemisia may have been George Eliot in Romola (1862–63), where some aspects of Gentileschi's story, while set in Florence in Gentileschi's time, are recognizable, but much", "id": "3669884" }, { "contents": "Esther before Ahasuerus (Artemisia Gentileschi)\n\n\nthe patron or the commissioner of the painting is still unknown. Scholars of Baroque art and Artemisia Gentileschi hold various opinions over when the painting was created; many believe “Esther before Ahasuerus” was painted during the 1630s, during Artemisia’s first Neapolitan period. Artemisia Gentileschi was one of the only women in the Baroque period who was given the training and ability to become a skilled painter, and became one of the most prominent painters of this era because of this. Artemisia was the eldest child of artist Orazio Gentileschi and was", "id": "16447615" }, { "contents": "Artemisia (ship)\n\n\ngale commenced from the southward, and a terrific sea instantly rising, the men were unable to pull against it. On two or three occasions they were almost buried in the sea; but fortunately, with a great deal of exertion, were enabled to run up North Harbour, where they encamped for the night, returning to Watson's Bay, yesterday morning. The only recompense we believe Mr. Gibson received from Captain Ridley was £2. With the strong southerly wind of Saturday night, the Artemisia, is doubtless now a", "id": "12854827" }, { "contents": "300 (film)\n\n\nrevealed that work had begun on a sequel to \"300\", \"300: Rise of an Empire\". Legendary Pictures had announced that Frank Miller started writing the follow-up graphic novel, and Zack Snyder was interested in directing the adaptation, but moved on to develop and direct the Superman reboot \"Man of Steel\". Noam Murro directed instead, while Zack Snyder produced. The film focused on the Athenian admiral, Themistocles, as portrayed by Australian actor Sullivan Stapleton. The sequel, \"\", was released", "id": "18129778" }, { "contents": "Artemisia frigida\n\n\nit for gastritis and indigestion. It also has ceremonial and veterinary applications, including for the Blackfoot, who reportedly used the crushed leaves to \"revive gophers after children clubbed them while playing a game\". Among the Zuni, the whole plant is made into an infusion for colds. Sprigs of this plant and corn ears are attached to decorated tablets and carried by female dancers in a drama. The sprigs are also dipped in water and planted with corn so the corn will grow abundantly. \"Artemisia frigida\" is also used", "id": "15552684" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nmade since \"300\", it must be admitted that he's missed here.\" Scott Foundas of \"Variety\" gave the film a positive review, saying \"This highly entertaining time-filler lacks the mythic resonances that made \"300\" feel like an instant classic, but works surprisingly well on its own terms.\" Guy Lodge of \"Time Out\" gave the film three out of five stars, saying \"It's flesh and carnage that the audience is here to see, and Murro delivers it by the", "id": "19463668" }, { "contents": "Pisindelis\n\n\nPisindelis (), ruled c.460–450 BCE, was a tyrant of Caria, from its capital Halicarnassus, under the Achaemenid Empire. He was the son of Artemisia I of Caria, and part of the Lygdamid dynasty. He was said to be a young man already at the time his mother Artemisia fought at the head of the Carian fleet at the Battle of Salamis (479 BCE) under King Xerxes I. He is mentioned by Herodotus as he described the involvement of his mother at Salamis: He probably had to abandon his throne", "id": "16983656" }, { "contents": "Artemisia (ship)\n\n\nand chose the \"Artemisia\" for Moreton Bay. Built at Sunderland in 1847, the \"Artemisia\" was a new vessel, a barquentine of 492 tons (558 tonnes) owned by Anthony Ridley and the journey to Australia was the maiden voyage. The master of the \"Artemisia\" was Captain John Prest Ridley who was to command her on other voyages. He died in Mauritius aged 47 on 6 June 1859 when in command of the \"Adamant\". The upper deck of the ship was fitted out for the wealthier", "id": "12854815" }, { "contents": "The 300 Spartans\n\n\nonly to fulfill the idea of \"one world ruled by one master\", but also to avenge the defeat of his father Darius at the Battle of Marathon ten years before. Accompanying him are Artemisia, the Queen of Halicarnassus, who beguiles Xerxes with her feminine charm, and Demaratus, an exiled king of Sparta, to whose warnings Xerxes pays little heed. In Corinth, Themistocles of Athens wins the support of the Greek allies and convinces both the delegates and the Spartan representative, warrior king Leonidas I, to grant Sparta", "id": "2654011" }, { "contents": "Artemisia verlotiorum\n\n\nArtemisia verlotiorum, the Chinese mugwort, is a species of plant in the sunflower family, widespread across much of Eurasia. It is named for Jean Baptiste Verlot, who first distinguished the plant from \"Artemisia vulgaris\" in 1877 and for his brother Pierre Bernard Verlot, and is sometimes referred to as Verlot's Mugwort. It has oblong reddish to brown capitula, its stems are green and the leaves broader, lighter colored and denser on the stem. The plant is more strongly and pleasantly aromatic than \"Artemisia vulgaris\".", "id": "10903772" }, { "contents": "Artemisia (genus)\n\n\n), the namesake of Greek Queens Artemisia I and II. A more specific reference may be to Artemisia II of Caria, a botanist and medical researcher who died in 350 BC. The aromatic leaves of some species are used for flavouring. Most species have an extremely bitter taste. \"A. dracunculus\" (tarragon) is widely used as a culinary herb, particularly important in French cuisine. \"Artemisia vulgaris\" (mugwort) was used to repel midges (mug midge), fleas and moths, intestinal worms, and", "id": "15161983" }, { "contents": "Artemisia I of Caria\n\n\nmostly known through the writings of Herodotus, himself a native of Halicarnassus, who praises her courage and the respect in which Xerxes held her. Another Artemisia also is well-known, Artemisia II of Caria, satrap of Caria and builder of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus in the 4th century BC. Artemisia's father was the satrap of Halicarnassus, Lygdamis I () and her mother was from the island of Crete. She took the throne after the death of her husband, as she had a son, named Pisindelis ()", "id": "1623479" }, { "contents": "Artemisia I of Caria\n\n\nmonument was the portico which they called \"Persian\" (), because it was made from spoils taken in the Persian wars. Over time, the Spartans altered it until it became very large and splendid. On the pillars were white-marble figures of Persians, including Mardonius. There was also a figure of Artemisia. Also, the encyclopedia called the \"Suda\" mentioned Artemisia. Artemisia was succeeded by her son Pisindelis, who became the new tyrant of Caria. He would himself later be succeeded by his son Lygdamis", "id": "1623502" }, { "contents": "Political history of the world\n\n\narose in lower Mexico, this empire lasted over 300 years and at their prime, held over 5,000 square kilometers of land. 200 years after the Aztec and Toltec empires began, northern and central Asia saw the rise of the Mongol empire. By the late 13th century, the Empire extended across Europe and Asia, briefly creating a state capable of ruling and administrating immensely diverse cultures. In 1299, the Ottomans entered the scene. These Turkish nomads took control of Asia Minor along with much of south-eastern Europe over a", "id": "10786443" }, { "contents": "Artemisia (film)\n\n\nArtemisia is a 1997 French-German-Italian biographical film about Artemisia Gentileschi, the female Italian Baroque painter. The film was directed by Agnès Merlet, and stars Valentina Cervi and Michel Serrault. Seventeen-year-old Artemisia Gentileschi (Valentina Cervi), the daughter of Orazio Gentileschi, a renowned Italian painter, exhibits her father's talent, and is encouraged by her father, who has no sons and wishes his art to survive after him. However, in the chauvinistic world of the early 17th century, Italian women", "id": "14710001" }, { "contents": "Artemisia Gallery\n\n\nArtemisia Gallery was an alternative exhibition space in Chicago, Illinois. It operated from 1973 to 2003. The gallery was a cooperative, started by 20 women who were frustrated by the lack of opportunities for female artists in Chicago, and opened in the same month as the ARC Gallery, another Chicago women’s cooperative. Artmesia was named after Artemisia Gentileschi, an Italian 17th-century artist and painter whose best work was first attributed to her father. From 1973 to 2003, Artemisia exhibited local, national, and international artists,", "id": "3152039" }, { "contents": "Artemisia (film)\n\n\nDaphne Merkin wrote in the \"New Yorker\": This controversial and confused new film, written and directed by Agnès Merlet, is ostensibly about the seventeenth-century painter Artemisia Gentileschi, but it is really the silliest form of late-twentieth-century iconography. The movie, which stars the fetching Valentina Cervi, makes a sexy love story out of Artemisia's relationship with her teacher, Agostino Tassi (played by Miki Manojlovic): it's art lessons as foreplay. \"Let yourself go,\" Tassi tells his young", "id": "14710014" }, { "contents": "Awaken the Empire\n\n\nwith Century Media Records, and that the single \"Rise and Fall\" would officially be released via iTunes on March 5, 2013. On March 5, 2013, Awaken The Empire released \"Rise and Fall\" for free on their Facebook page as part of their signing with Century Media Records, and the \"Rise And Fall\" game was also announced on their page for fans to download and play while \"Rise and Fall\" plays in the background, seemingly to go along with the release of the song. On", "id": "7704269" }, { "contents": "Artemisia I of Caria\n\n\nPhotius writes that a man called Draco (), who was the son of Eupompus () of Samos, was in the service of Xerxes for a thousand talents. He had a very good sight and could easily see at twenty stades. He described to Xerxes what he saw from the battle and how brave the Artemisia was. Plutarch, in his work Parallel Lives () at the part which mention Themistocles, says that it was Artemisia who recognised the body of Ariamenes () (Herodotus says that his name was Ariabignes", "id": "1623493" }, { "contents": "Empire Hotel, Dunedin\n\n\nLiverpool in terms of what it helped spawn, even if compared to the Beatles neither the bands who played in it, or the venue itself, is a household name…it cannot be underestimated the role the Empire played in nurturing a local music scene that is acknowledged within alternative music circles around the world.\" (Dr. Graeme Downes, founder of The Verlaines) The Empire Hotel is part of a historic precinct containing numerous Victorian and Edwardian buildings, several of which have NZHPT classification. Rising three storeys, it has", "id": "19034274" }, { "contents": "Southern Europe\n\n\nthe Western Mediterranean, such as Cádiz in Spain and most notably Carthage in North Africa, and even the Atlantic Ocean. The civilisation spread across the Mediterranean between 1500 BC and 300 BC. The period known as classical antiquity began with the rise of the city-states of Ancient Greece. Greek influence reached its zenith under the expansive empire of Alexander the Great, spreading throughout Asia. The Roman Empire came to dominate the entire Mediterranean Basin in a vast empire based on Roman law and Roman legions. It promoted trade, tolerance", "id": "18747713" }, { "contents": "Mark Twight\n\n\nunderwent in the movie came to be known as the 300 Workout, spawning many variations by other fitness personalities and trainers. Through Gym Jones, Twight continues to prepare actors for movie roles. His credits include, \"Man of Steel\", \"300: Rise of an Empire\", \"Batman vs. Superman\", \"Wonder Woman\" and \"Justice League\". The name \"Gym Jones\" was chosen by Twight's former-wife, Lisa. It is a reference to People's Temple leader Jim Jones.", "id": "2457417" }, { "contents": "Empires: Dawn of the Modern World\n\n\nwithout overlapping styles of play. \"Empires\" was positively received by critics, who enjoyed its multiplayer component. However, certain reviewers disliked its single-player mode, and opinion clashed on the game's level of uniqueness compared to competitors such as \"Rise of Nations\". The sales of \"Empires\", when combined with those of \"Empire Earth\", totaled 2.5 million units by 2004. The game was later released on GOG.com in May 2017. \"Empires: Dawn of the Modern World\" is a real", "id": "17767902" }, { "contents": "Finnish literature\n\n\nin 1548) and a primer, \"Abckiria\", in Finnish. The first grammar of Finnish was published by Aeschillus Petraeus in 1649, and includes eight Finnish riddles. Another major step towards developing a written vernacular literature came with the work of Cristfried Ganander, who published over 300 riddles in 1783. Until 1800, most of the literature published in Finnish was religious. After becoming a part of Russian Empire in early 19-th century the rise in education and nationalism promoted public interest to folklore in Finland and resulted in increase of", "id": "9281643" }, { "contents": "The Stars, Like Dust\n\n\nBiron and Artemisia are allowed to marry. It is eventually revealed that there is indeed a rebellion in the making, on Rhodia itself. The Director is its leader; he deliberately took on the persona of a nervous and timid old man to throw off suspicion from himself and his planet. It is further revealed that the Director, who possesses a collection of ancient documents, has searched for and has found a document that will help a future empire, likely Trantor, govern the galaxy. The document is eventually revealed to be", "id": "7782471" }, { "contents": "Jay Keasling\n\n\nworld problems including the production of the antimalarial drug artemisinin and drop-in biofuels. Keasling has published over 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has over 30 issued patents. Malaria is a global health problem that threatens 300-500 million people and kills more than one million people annually. The chloroquine-based drugs that were used widely in the past have lost effectiveness because the Plasmodium parasite that causes malaria has become resistant to them. Artemisinin, a sesquiterpene lactone endoperoxide, extracted from \"Artemisia annua\" L is highly", "id": "21171450" }, { "contents": "Idrieus\n\n\nIdrieus, or Hidrieos (; died 344 BC) was a ruler of Caria under the Achaemenid Empire, nominally a Satrap, who enjoyed the status of king or dynast by virtue of the powerful position his predecessors of the House of Hecatomnus (the Hecatomnids) created when they succeeded the assassinated Persian Satrap Tissaphernes in the Carian satrapy. He was the second son of Hecatomnus, and succeeded to the throne on the death of his sister Artemisia II of Caria in 351 BC. Shortly after his accession he was required by the Persian king", "id": "12576615" }, { "contents": "Halicarnassus\n\n\n, is notorious for having put to death the poet Panyasis and causing Herodotus, possibly the best known Halicarnassian, to leave his native city (c. 457 BC). Hecatomnus became king of Caria, at that time part of the Persian Empire, ruling from 404 BC to 358 BC and establishing the Hekatomnid dynasty. He left three sons, Mausolus, Idrieus and Pixodarus—all of whom—in their turn, succeeded him in the sovereignty; and two daughters, Artemisia and Ada, who were married to their brothers Mausolus", "id": "16577545" }, { "contents": "Caria\n\n\nEmpire following the conquests of Alexander the Great and the Siege of Halicarnassus in 334 BC. Halicarnassus was the location of the famed Mausoleum dedicated to Mausolus, a satrap of Caria between 377–353 BC, by his wife, Artemisia II of Caria. The monument became one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and from which the Romans named any grand tomb a \"mausoleum.\" Caria was conquered by Alexander III of Macedon in 334 BC with the help of the former queen of the land Ada of Caria who had been", "id": "8292" }, { "contents": "Mali Empire\n\n\nSahara was fertile and rich in wildlife. By 300 BC, large organised settlements had developed, most notable near Djenné, one of West Africa's oldest cities. By the 6th century AD, the lucrative trans-Saharan trade in gold, salt and slaves had begun, facilitating the rise of West Africa's great empires. There are a few references to Mali in early written literature. Among these are references to \"Pene\" and \"Malal\" in the work of al-Bakri in 1068, the story of the", "id": "13646134" }, { "contents": "Alexander the Great\n\n\n, and was the largest state of its time. Many of these areas remained in Macedonian hands or under Greek influence for the next 200–300 years. The successor states that emerged were, at least initially, dominant forces, and these 300 years are often referred to as the Hellenistic period. The eastern borders of Alexander's empire began to collapse even during his lifetime. However, the power vacuum he left in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent directly gave rise to one of the most powerful Indian dynasties in history, the Maurya", "id": "217905" }, { "contents": "Artemisia (genus)\n\n\ncapitula morphology, challenging past assumptions based on floral characteristics. To better understand the rapid diversification and radiation relative to Old World \"Artemisia\", a closer study of Beriginian or Arctic species may provide missing links. Section \"Tridentatae\" includes above species with exception of \"Artemisia longiloba\", which is treated as a subspecies of \"Artemisia arbuscula\". Section \"Nebulae\" includes \"Artemisia californica\", \"Artemisia nesiotica\", and \"Artemisia filifolia\". The Old World species which different classifications put into the genus or", "id": "15161993" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nimpressive and occasionally elegant, but there's enough machismo here to choke a thousand NFL locker rooms.\" Richard Roeper gave the film three and a half stars out of four, calling the film \"A triumph of production design, costumes, brilliantly choreographed battle sequences and stunning CGI.\" Scott Bowles of \"USA Today\" gave the film two out of four stars, saying \"For anyone looking for a sense of script (forget plausibility), \"Empire\" is a Trojan horse.\" Betsy Sharkey of the \"", "id": "19463673" }, { "contents": "Artemisia I of Caria\n\n\n, who was still a youth. Artemisia's grandson, Lygdamis II (), was the satrap of Halicarnassus when Herodotus was exiled from there and the poet Panyasis () was sentenced to death, after the unsuccessful uprising against him. The name Artemisia derives from Artemis (\"n\", \"f\".; Roman equivalent: Diana), itself of unknown origin and etymology although various ones have been proposed; for example according to Jablonski, the name is also Phrygian and could be \"compared with the royal appellation", "id": "1623480" }, { "contents": "Artemisia Gentileschi\n\n\nthe city. The Neapolitan debut of Artemisia is represented by the \"Annunciation\" in the Capodimonte Museum. She remained in Naples for the remainder of her career with the exceptions of a brief trip to London and some other journeys. On Saturday, March 18, 1634, the traveller Bullen Reymes records in his diary visiting Artemisia and Palmira ('who also paints') with a group of fellow-Englishmen. She had relations with many renowned artists, among them Massimo Stanzione, with whom, Bernardo de' Dominici reports", "id": "3669857" }, { "contents": "Artemisia Gentileschi\n\n\nher fame from the rape trial to cater to a niche market in sexually charged, female-dominant art for male patrons. The most recent critics, starting from the difficult reconstruction of the entire catalogue of the Gentileschi, tried to give a less reductive reading of the career of Artemisia, placing it more accurately in the context of the different artistic environments in which the painter actively participated. A reading such as this restores Artemisia as an artist who fought with determination—using the weapon of personality and of the artistic qualities—", "id": "3669870" }, { "contents": "Artemisia absinthium\n\n\nnot been shown to be the cause of excessive doses’ toxicity for any kind of wormwood extracts, including absinthe. \"Artemisia\" comes from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία, from Ἄρτεμις (Artemis). In Hellenistic culture, Artemis was a goddess of the hunt, and protector of the forest and children. \"absinthum\" comes from the Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον, meaning the same. An alternative derivation is that the genus was named after Queen Artemisia who was the wife and sister of Mausolus ruler of Caria. When Mausolus died c. 353", "id": "9666580" }, { "contents": "Moira (album)\n\n\n's guidance, Misia has grown into a young woman who can read the stars to foretell the future (\"Sibyl of the Star Goddess - Artemisia\"). Though concerned by foreboding events relating to herself and her brother, Artemisia accepts her fate has in store when she offers herself to Scorpius as a sacrifice to the water god Hydra in place of Sophia's assistant Phyllis. Elef arrives to Lesbos too late to find Artemisia already dead (\"The Dying Virgin with the Moon's reflection in Her Hand - Parthenos\")", "id": "323967" }, { "contents": "Cucullia artemisiae\n\n\nCucullia artemisiae (scarce wormwood) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from central and southern Europe to the Korean Peninsula and Japan and from western Siberia to Manchuria. It is also present in Turkey and central Asia. The wingspan is 37–42 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July. The larvae feed on \"Artemisia\" species, including \"Artemisia absinthium\", \"Artemisia campestris\" and \"Artemisia vulgaris\". Other recorded food plants include \"Matricaria\" and \"Tanacetum vulgare\"", "id": "17153886" }, { "contents": "Artemisia Gentileschi\n\n\nthe main character, Heidi, lectures about it as part of her art history course on female painters. At the end of the play, Heidi adopts a daughter she names Judy, which is at least a partial reference to the painting. Canadian playwright Sally Clark wrote several stage plays based on the events leading up to and following the rape of Artemisia. \"Life Without Instruction,\" commissioned by Nightwood Theatre in 1988, premiered at Theatre Plus Toronto on August 2, 1991. Gentileschi's life and the \"Judith Slaying", "id": "3669886" }, { "contents": "300: Rise of an Empire\n\n\nthe attention of King Darius and he made her a naval commander after she killed many of his enemies. Themistokles also learns that Leonidas has marched to fight the Persians with only 300 men. Themistokles leads his fleet of fifty warships and several thousand men, which include Scyllias, Scyllias's son Calisto, and Themistokles' right-hand man Aeskylos to the Aegean Sea, starting the Battle of Artemisium. They ram their ships into the Persian ships, charge them, slaughtering several soldiers before retreating from the sinking Persian ships. The", "id": "19463655" }, { "contents": "Artemisia Gentileschi\n\n\nknown works assignable with certainty to this period. It is known that Artemisia had already left England by 1642, when the English Civil War was just starting. Nothing much is known about her subsequent movements. Historians know that in 1649 she was in Naples again, corresponding with Don Antonio Ruffo of Sicily, who became her mentor during this second Neapolitan period. The last known letter to her mentor is dated 1650 and makes clear that she still was fully active. As Artemisia grew older, her work became more graceful and \"", "id": "3669862" }, { "contents": "Artemisia Gentileschi\n\n\npaper from the catalogue of the exhibition \"Orazio e Artemisia Gentileschi\" which took place in Rome in 2001 (and after in New York), Judith W. Mann critiques feminist opinion of Artemisia, finding that old stereotypes of Artemisia as sexually immoral have been replaced by new stereotypes established in feminist readings of Artemisia's paintings: Because Artemisia returned again and again to violent subject matter such as Judith and Holofernes, a repressed-vengeance theory has been postulated. Some art historians suggest, however, that she was shrewdly taking advantage of", "id": "3669869" }, { "contents": "Artemisia I of Caria\n\n\nAmeinias didn't know that Artemisia was on the ship, because otherwise he would not have ceased his pursuit until either he had captured her or had been captured himself, because \"orders had been given to the Athenian captains, and moreover a prize was offered of ten thousand drachmas for the man who should take her alive; since they thought it intolerable that a woman should make an expedition against Athens.\" Polyaenus in his work Stratagems () says that Artemisia had in her ship two different standards. When she chased a", "id": "1623490" }, { "contents": "Iranian nationalism\n\n\nofficial state religion and henceforth played an important role in the reconstruction of a new ethno-religious identity for the Iranian people. Furthermore, the rise of the Safavid empire coincided with the rise of the neighbouring Ottoman empire in West Asia and North Africa (and most importantly, for centuries Iran's geo-political as well as ideological arch rival), the Mughal empire in India, and the Uzbek empire in Central Asia, all adhering to Sunni Islam. The formation of these political entities helped create a distinct Iranian-Shia", "id": "36639" }, { "contents": "Decline of the Byzantine Empire\n\n\nnumber of small Byzantine successor states survived and eventually reclaimed Constantinople in 1261, the empire had been severely weakened. In the longer term, the rise of Turkish power in Anatolia eventually gave rise to the Ottoman Empire which rapidly conquered the former Byzantine heartland over the course of the 14th and 15th centuries, culminating in the Fall of Constantinople to the army of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in 1453. The most significant events generally agreed by historians to have played a role in the decline of the Byzantine empire are summarised below: Probably the", "id": "2101385" }, { "contents": "Artemisia afra\n\n\nArtemisia afra, the African wormwood, is a common species of the genus \"Artemisia\" in Africa, with a wide distribution from South Africa, to areas reaching to the North and East, as far north as Ethiopia. \"Artemisia afra\" is the only indigenous species in this genus. \"Artemisia afra\" grows in clumps, with ridged, woody stems, reaching from 0.5 meters to 2 meters in height. The leaves are dark green, of soft texture, and similar in shape to fern leaves. The undersides", "id": "10743179" }, { "contents": "Artemisia afra\n\n\nare used as enemas, poultices, infusions, lotions, inhaled (e.g. smoked or snuffed), or as an essential oil. In addition, \"Artemisia afra\" is frequently used as a moth repellent, and in organic insecticidal sprays. [4][5][8] Essential oil extracts of \"Artemisia afra\" are prepared by steam distillation using twigs and blossoms. Extracts contain the following components (via gas chromatography) which are typical of extracts of the genus \"Artemisia\": Research suggests that the extract of \"Artemisia afra\" could", "id": "10743182" }, { "contents": "Artemisia I of Caria\n\n\n. Several modern ships were named after Artemisia. An Iranian destroyer (Persian: ناوشکن) purchased during the Pahlavi dynasty was named \"Artemis\" in her honour. This destroyer was the largest ship in the Iranian Navy. The previous name of the Greek ferryboat, \"Panagia Skiadeni\", was \"Artemisia\" (ex-Star A, Orient Star and Ferry Tachibana). In the municipality of Nea Alikarnassos in Crete there is a cultural association founded in 1979 named \"Artemisia\", after Queen Artemisia. In the 1962", "id": "1623503" }, { "contents": "Artemisia scoparia\n\n\nArtemisia scoparia is a Eurasian species in the genus \"Artemisia\", in the sunflower family. It is widespread across much of Eurasia from France to Japan, including China, India, Russia, Germany, Poland, central + southwest Asia, etc. The English common name of \"Artemisia scoparia\" is virgate wormwood, capillary wormwood, or redstem wormwood. In Mandarin Chinese it is known as yīn chén (Traditional: 茵陳) and it is an important traditional Chinese medicine, and is considered interchangeable with \"Artemisia capillaris\"", "id": "3140945" }, { "contents": "Artemisia (genus)\n\n\nsome articles suggest that to be monophyletic, section \"Tridentatae\" should exclude \"Artemisia bigelovii\" and \"Artemisia palmeri\". and include \"Artemisia pygmaea\" and \"Artemisia rigida\". These results were supported by extensive chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) and nrDNA sequencing which departed from prior morphological, anatomical, and behavioral data. Traditional lineages within \"Tridentatae\" were proposed on the basis of leaf morphology, habitat preference, and the ability to leaf-sprout, among other morphological and behavioral characteristics. For instance, sagebrush in", "id": "15161991" }, { "contents": "Artemisia tridentata\n\n\nArtemisia tridentata, commonly called big sagebrush, Great Basin sagebrush or (locally) simply sagebrush, is an aromatic shrub from the family Asteraceae, which grows in arid and semi-arid conditions, throughout a range of cold desert, steppe, and mountain habitats in the Intermountain West of North America. The vernacular name \"sagebrush\" is also used for several related members of the genus \"Artemisia\", such as California sagebrush (\"Artemisia californica\"). Big Sagebrush and other \"Artemisia\" shrubs are the dominant plant", "id": "3962571" }, { "contents": "Schinia scutosa\n\n\nmarginal border, with two pale spots between 2 and 4, preceded by a sinuous outer line; a large black discoidal lunule. Adults are on wing from July to September. There are two generations per year in southern Europe. Larva dark green, the sides and venter yellow; lines yellow, the subdorsal freckled with black; head yellow with black spots. The larvae feed on \"Artemisia\" species, including \"Artemisia vulgaris\", \"Artemisia campestris\", \"Artemisia scoparia\", \"Artemisia abrotanum\" and \"", "id": "515163" }, { "contents": "Artemisia (genus)\n\n\ncina\" and other Old World species are the source of the antihelminthic drug, santonin. Chinese mugwort, \"Artemisia argyi\", is used in traditional Chinese medicine. Artemisia capillaris Thunberg (A. capillaris) has been found to have potent sedative-hypnotic effects, which are probably mediated through potentiation of the GABA receptor- Cl ion channel complex \"Artemisia austriaca\" has beneficial effects in reducing the withdrawal syndrome of morphine. \"Artemisia\" has been mentioned and used in popular culture for centuries. A few examples are: Classification of", "id": "15161987" }, { "contents": "Artemisia nova\n\n\nbecause this species is similar in appearance to Little sagebrush, \"Artemisia arbuscula\", and it easily hybridizes with Big sagebrush, \"Artemisia tridentata\", when it grows in the same area, leading to intermediate forms. Also, \"Artemisia nova\" has two main morphological forms, a darker, easily recognized form, and a less common light gray-green colored variant which closely resembles other sagebrush species. In general, \"Artemisia nova\" is a small, erect shrub producing upright stems branched off a central trunklike base", "id": "17283572" }, { "contents": "Artemisia spinescens\n\n\nArtemisia spinescens is a North American species of sagebrush in the sunflower family, known by the common name budsage. Many sources treat the species separately from genus \"Artemisia\" and named Picrothamnus desertorum. This separation has not, however, been supported by genetic analysis. \"Artemisia spinescens\" is native to the western United States from southern + eastern California and the Great Basin, north to Idaho and Montana, and east to western Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. \"Artemisia spinescens\" grows in scrub and other habitat on clay and", "id": "17458008" }, { "contents": "Artemisia vulgaris\n\n\nArtemisia vulgaris (common mugwort) is one of several species in the genus \"Artemisia\" commonly known as mugwort, although \"Artemisia vulgaris\" is the species most often called mugwort. This species is also occasionally known as riverside wormwood, felon herb, chrysanthemum weed, wild wormwood, old Uncle Henry, sailor's tobacco, naughty man, old man or St. John's plant (not to be confused with St John's wort). Mugworts have been used medicinally and as culinary herbs. \"Artemisia vulgaris\" is native", "id": "19659965" }, { "contents": "Artemisia I of Caria\n\n\nfollowed her advice, leaving Mardonius to conduct the war in Greece. He sent her to Ephesus to take care of his illegitimate sons. In return, Artemisia's lands did well by their alliance with the Persians. Herodotus had a favourable opinion of Artemisia, despite her support of Persia and praises her decisiveness and intelligence and emphasises her influence on Xerxes. Polyaenus says that Xerxes praised her gallantry. He also in the eighth book of his work \"Stratagems\", mentions that when Artemisia (he may have referred to Artemisia I", "id": "1623497" }, { "contents": "Artemisia Gentileschi\n\n\npromise to marry Artemisia. Nine months after the rape, when he learnt that Artemisia and Tassi were not going to be married, Orazio pressed charges against Tassi. Orazio also claimed that Tassi stole a painting of Judith from the Gentileschi household. The major issue of this trial was the fact that Tassi had taken Artemisia's virginity. If Artemisia had not been a virgin before Tassi raped her, the Gentileschis would not have been able to press charges. During the ensuing seven-month trial, it was discovered that Tassi had", "id": "3669839" }, { "contents": "Rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire\n\n\nThe rise of the Western notion of nationalism under the Ottoman Empire eventually caused the breakdown of the Ottoman \"millet\" concept. An understanding of the concept of the nationhood prevalent in the Ottoman Empire, which was different from the current one as it was centered on religion, helps us to understand what happened during the decline of the Ottoman Empire. In the Ottoman Empire, the Islamic faith was the official religion, with members holding all rights, as opposed to non-Muslims who were restricted. Non-Muslim (\"", "id": "5276641" } ]

[ { "contents": "List of most-streamed artists on Spotify\n\n\nThis is a list of the most-streamed artists on Spotify. Timeline of artists who have held the peak position each month as the most streamed artist since September 2015, when the feature was first made public. Spotify's most streamed artist of 2018 was Drake with 8.2 billion streams that year. Spotify's most streamed artist of 2017 was Ed Sheeran with 6.3 billion streams that year. This was his second year topping the list. Spotify's most streamed artist of 2016 was Drake with 4.7 billion streams that year. He", "id": "4114823" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Spotify\n\n\nSpotify, a music streaming company, has attracted significant criticism since its 2008 launch, mainly over artist compensation. Unlike physical sales or downloads, which pay artists a fixed price per song or album sold, Spotify pays royalties based on the artist's \"market share\"—the number of streams for their songs as a proportion of total songs streamed on the service. Spotify distributes approximately 70% of its total revenue to rights holders, who then pay artists based on their individual agreements. Multiple artists have criticised the policy, most notably Thom", "id": "3138822" }, { "contents": "List of most-streamed songs on Spotify\n\n\nwith 3 entries each. The following table lists the top 100 most-streamed songs on Spotify, with streams rounded to the nearest million, as well as the artist(s), the album it is currently published to Spotify on, and the date it was originally published on Spotify. This is a list of artists with the most songs in the top 100. It includes an artist's solo and featured songs. The following table lists the last six songs to become Spotify's most-streamed song, from 2013 to the", "id": "18143434" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nThe project, which will feature awards, \"Songshops\" songwriting workshops, curated playlists, and podcasts, is an effort to \"shine a light on these people behind the scenes who play such a big role in some of the most important moments of our lives. When the general public hears a song they automatically associate it with the artist who sings it, not the people behind the scenes who make it happen, so we thought the title Secret Genius was appropriate\", Spotify's Global Head of Creator Services Troy Carter", "id": "4778298" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Spotify\n\n\non \"Spotify's secret weapon\": musician D. A. Wallach, member of the band Chester French and former Harvard classmate of Mark Zuckerberg. He acts as Spotify's \"artist-in-residence\" and helps Spotify \"brainstorm artist-friendly applications that can be carved from the gusher of data it collects\". One such application includes geographical data of which cities listen to artists' music the most as suitable tour locations. He told \"Forbes\": We're working very carefully to make Spotify the most artist-", "id": "3138837" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Spotify\n\n\nfrom \"very senior figures in the music business\" with alleged knowledge of the practice. The publication listed 50 of the top artists under suspicion, and asked them to contact the publication to verify their authenticity, adding that \"We’re pretty sure A&R teams from across the globe would love to hear about artists with no online presence who have managed to rack up millions of Spotify plays with their first few tracks\". In May 2018, Spotify attracted criticism for its \"Hate Content & Hateful Conduct policy\" that removed the", "id": "3138871" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nfor Artists\", that explained its business model and revenue data. Spotify gets its content from major record labels as well as independent artists, and pays copyright holders royalties for streamed music. The company pays 70% of its total revenue to rights holders. Spotify for Artists states that the company does not have a fixed per-play rate, instead considers factors such as the user's home country and the individual artist's royalty rate. Rights holders received an average per-play payout between $.006 and $.0084.", "id": "4778285" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Spotify\n\n\nhugely positive effect on artists and new music\", and that it is \"100% committed to making Spotify the most artist-friendly music service possible, and are constantly talking to artists and managers about how Spotify can help build their career\". In 2015, Brian Message, partner at Radiohead's management company Courtyard Management, stated that he disagreed with Yorke, noting that Spotify pays 70 percent of its revenue back to the music industry. He said that \"Thom's issue was that the pipe has become so jammed", "id": "3138842" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\n2017, Spotify was the most downloaded music app on the iOS platform in the United States. Spotify has attracted significant criticism since its 2008 launch. The primary point of criticism centres around what artists, music creators and the media have described as \"unsustainable\" compensation. Unlike physical sales or legal downloads, which pay artists a fixed price per song or album sold, Spotify pays royalties based on their \"market share\"—the number of streams for their songs as a proportion of total songs streamed on the service. Spotify distributes approximately 70", "id": "4778323" }, { "contents": "One Dance\n\n\n\"One Dance\" became the most played song ever on streaming media service Spotify, with over one billion individual streams, overtaking the previous record held by Major Lazer and DJ Snake's \"Lean On\". Ed Sheeran's \"Shape of You\" overtook \"One Dance\" as the most streamed song on Spotify on September 21, 2017. \"One Dance\" was the best-performing single worldwide of 2016 and is one of the best-selling singles of all-time. In early 2016, UK funky artist", "id": "9881212" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nroyalties based on the number of artists' streams as a proportion of total songs streamed. It distributes approximately 70% of total revenue to rights holders, who then pay artists based on their individual agreements. Spotify has faced criticism from artists and producers including Taylor Swift and Thom Yorke, who have argued that it does not fairly compensate musicians. In 2017, as part of its efforts to renegotiate license deals for an interest in going public, Spotify announced that artists would be able to make albums temporarily exclusive to paid subscriptions if", "id": "4778251" }, { "contents": "List of most-streamed songs on Spotify\n\n\nbeat the previous record of 101 days set by Drake's \"One Dance\" and later tied by Luis Fonsi's \"Despacito (Remix)\". The following table lists the 20 songs to get the most streams in a single day. The following table lists the 10 songs to get the most streams in a single week. The table below lists the most streamed song on Spotify by country, as well as the artist(s), the album it is currently published to Spotify on, and the date it was originally published", "id": "18143436" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nare playing in Spotify. The functionality is limited to selected playlists and was only available on Spotify's iOS app at launch, being expanded to the Android app in April 2017. In May 2017, Spotify introduced Spotify Codes for its mobile apps, a way for users to share specific artists, tracks, playlists or albums with other people. Users find the relevant content to share and press a \"soundwave-like barcode\" on the display. A camera icon in the apps' search fields lets other users point their device", "id": "4778309" }, { "contents": "Xcelencia\n\n\nplaylist on Spotify where he will be releasing a digital single every week on the platform before the release of his next official single. After the success of his last album reaching over 2 million plays across Spotify, Xcelencia announces new single in collaboration with independent distributor Symphonic Distribution With more than 270,000 monthly listeners on Spotify from Chile, Mexico, Argentina or Peru, Xcelencia on March 22 released his latest single \"Te Sigo Soñando\" produced by Argentinian beat maker Shine, who has worked for artists like J Alvarez or Ken-Y", "id": "19740378" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Spotify\n\n\nartists a fixed price per song or album sold, Spotify pays royalties based on their \"market share\"—the number of streams for their songs as a proportion of total songs streamed on the service. Spotify distributes approximately 70% of its total revenue to rights-holders, who will then pay artists based on their individual agreements. The variable (and some say unsustainable) nature of this compensation, has led to criticism. In a 2009 \"Guardian\" article, Helienne Lindvall wrote about why \"major labels love Spotify\", writing", "id": "3138825" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nIn August 2016, Spotify launched Release Radar, a personalised playlist that allows users to stay up-to-date on new music released by artists they listen to the most. It also helps users discover new music, by mixing in other artists' music. The playlist is updated every Friday, and can be a maximum of up to two hours in length. In September 2016, Spotify introduced Daily Mix, a series of (up to six) playlists that have \"near endless playback\" and mixes the user's", "id": "4778313" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nyearly growth rates in earnings from Spotify, while clarifying that Spotify pays labels, not artists. In May 2018, Spotify attracted criticism for its \"Hate Content & Hateful Conduct policy\" that removed the music of R. Kelly and XXXTentacion from its editorial and algorithmic playlists because \"When we look at promotion, we look at issues around hateful conduct, where you have an artist or another creator who has done something off-platform that is so particularly out of line with our values, egregious, in a way that it becomes", "id": "4778326" }, { "contents": "Carlos Sadness\n\n\nthree consecutive times. Those events attracted the attention of the Mexican media and festivals, where he was invited to perform the following year. In 2017, Sadness released a single with which he became the first Spanish “indie” artist to exceed the 600,000 monthly playbacks on Spotify. He played in Vive Latino and did an American tour with 10 concerts. His song \"Amor Papaya\" with Caloncho was the most listened-to Spanish indie song in Spotify in 2017. Currently, in 2018, the singer has published the album", "id": "12809110" }, { "contents": "Jonas W. Karlsson\n\n\nJonas W. Karlsson is a Finnish producer and songwriter. He is known from the Finnish band Elokuu, which he formed together with Finnish reggae artist Nopsajalka and rap artist Juno. The band's first single \"Soutaa huopaa\" was Finland's most purchased song on iTunes after its release. It was also the most listened song on Spotify for three weeks in Finland and one of the most-played songs on the radio in 2012. Karlsson has written and produced music for artists such as Kasmir, Anna Abreu, Pernilla Karlsson and", "id": "19563104" }, { "contents": "Ben Bazen\n\n\n, Simge was the second female artist with the most number of streams in Turkey in 2018 after Hande Yener. She was also the female singer with the most number of listeners on the digital music platform Muud and the fifth female artist with the most number of streams on Spotify Türkiye. Simge promoted \"Ben Bazen\" through digital music platforms, concerts, television and radio programs. A part of the promotion was done by Spotify Türkiye, through advertisement in the main area of Istanbul and on the billboards and shopping centers. Also", "id": "18535179" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Spotify\n\n\n, as well as for controversial moves including a significant change to its privacy policy, \"pay-for-play\" practices based on receiving money from labels for putting specific songs on popular playlists, and allegedly creating \"fake artists\" for prominent playlist placement, which Spotify denies. Spotify, together with the music streaming industry in general, faces criticism from some artists and producers, claiming they are being unfairly compensated for their work as music sales decline and music streaming increases. Unlike physical sales or legal downloads, which pay", "id": "3138824" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\n% of its total revenue to rights-holders, who will then pay artists based on their individual agreements. Spotify has been criticized by artists including Thom Yorke and Taylor Swift, who withdrew their music from the service. Their catalogues returned to the service in 2017. While the streaming music industry in general faces the same critique about inadequate payments, Spotify, being the leading service, faces particular scrutiny due to its free service tier, allowing users to listen to music for free, though with advertisements between tracks. The free", "id": "4778324" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\n, or genre, and can create, edit, and share playlists. Spotify is available in most of Europe and the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Africa and Asia, and on most modern devices, including Windows, macOS, and Linux computers, and iOS, and Android smartphones and tablets. As of July 2019, it had 232 million monthly active users, including 108 million paying subscribers. Unlike physical or download sales, which pay artists a fixed price per song or album sold, Spotify pays", "id": "4778250" }, { "contents": "Sophie Francis\n\n\ndeal with renown dance label Spinnin' Records, which she said was \"a dream coming true\". She released her first single with them on the 17th of February: \"Without You\" which she created together with The Companions. The track was very well received and played by artists as Tiësto, Nicky Romero, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and is being played on radio stations worldwide. She has been named on Spotify's \"Top 25 Most Influential Artists Under 25\" alongside artists such as Martin Garrix and Oliver Heldens", "id": "12087550" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Spotify\n\n\nby lead singer Dahvie Vanity. On June 27, 2018, when rapper Drake released his fifth studio album \"Scorpion\", Spotify revamped most of its playlists to include the rapper and singer's face, even when the playlist didn't specifically have a Drake song in it. The change was dubbed \"Scorpion SZN\" by Spotify. However, some users complained about the repetitive use of the artist's likeness on the website's front page, while Spotify Premium users demanded refunds, dissatisfied with seeing music promotion on what was", "id": "3138874" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\n's camera at the code, which takes them to the same content. In January 2019, Spotify introduced Car View for Android, allowing devices running Android to have a compact Now Playing screen when the device is connected to a car 's Bluetooth. Also in January 2019, Spotify beta-tested its Canvas feature, where artists and/or labels can upload looping 3 to 8-second moving visuals to their tracks, replacing album covers in the \"Now Playing\" view; users have the option to turn off this feature. Canvas is only", "id": "4778310" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Spotify\n\n\nmade available for streaming on 1 December 2017. Spotify states in its support pages that: \"We want all the world’s music on Spotify. However, some artists and tracks are not currently available. Sometimes agreements can’t be reached with the artist or label, or a change may happen in music ownership.\" Furthermore, in its apps, Spotify states a message for unavailable content: \"The artist or their representatives have decided not to release this album on Spotify. We are working on it and hope they will", "id": "3138855" }, { "contents": "MishCatt\n\n\nMishCatt is the artistic pseudonym for Michelle Gonzalez, a singer-songwriter from San Jose, Costa Rica. She has previously performed and released music in the Costa Rica-based pop band Patterns, but left the band in 2014 to focus on her solo project. She released her debut EP \"EP\" in March 2016, and it quickly became the most played Costa Rican artist in the history of Spotify, getting more than 6 million plays in less than two months. The EP was recorded in Stockholm, Sweden and is", "id": "17729422" }, { "contents": "Suicideboys\n\n\nsuicidal ideation and depression. As of October 2018, their most viewed music video on YouTube is for their song \"Paris\", reaching over 60 million views; \"Paris\" is additionally the song with the most plays on their Spotify page, with 60 million plays. The duo were featured in Billboard's list titled \"Billboard Dance's 15 Artists to Watch in 2017\". In late 2018, a rumor arose that the group had broken up following a series of ominous tweets. However, they soon clarified that the", "id": "13390848" }, { "contents": "List of most-streamed songs on Spotify\n\n\npresent. The following table lists the songs that reached the No. 1 position on Spotify's weekly most-played chart. The table only records No. 1 songs from late September 2013, as the data from before that is not available. \"Señorita\" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello is the current number-one song on the Spotify Global Top 200 for the week ending 25 July 2019. Post Malone has the longest-running global No. 1 song on Spotify with 113 days in the top position. He", "id": "18143435" }, { "contents": "Big Machine Records\n\n\nthat the revenue streams were \"very meaningful.\" On November 3, 2014, Swift removed all but one of her songs from Spotify after indications of her disapproval of the streaming service emerged in July of the same year. Swift, statistically one of the world's most popular music artists at the time, had previously delayed the streaming of her 2012 album, \"Red\". Big Machine country music artists Justin Moore and Brantley Gilbert removed their music from Spotify on November 12, 2014. Like Swift, both artists allowed", "id": "12522840" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Spotify\n\n\nimplications of the practice meant certain rightsholders who normally earned decent payouts from being featured on such playlists were excluded. After being mentioned in an article by \"Vulture\" in July 2017, a Spotify spokesperson told \"Billboard\" that \"We do not and have never created 'fake' artists and put them on Spotify playlists. Categorically untrue, full stop [...] We pay royalties -- sound and publishing -- for all tracks on Spotify, and for everything we playlist. We do not own rights, we’re not a", "id": "3138869" }, { "contents": "Mon Laferte\n\n\nNorma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte (born 2 May 1983), known professionally as Mon Laferte, is a Chilean singer-songwriter and actress who is currently the most listened to Chilean artist on Spotify worldwide. She is also the Chilean artist with the most nominations in a single edition of the Latin Grammy Awards (5 in 2017). To date she has sold in Latin America 1,500,000 digital copies between albums and singles, making her the Chilean singer with the most sales in the digital era. Some of her most outstanding successes are", "id": "22136488" }, { "contents": "Maren Morris\n\n\nin 2016. Maren spent several years in Nashville writing songs for other artists, including \"Last Turn Home\" on Tim McGraw's 2014 album \"Sundown Heaven Town\", and \"Second Wind\", which Kelly Clarkson sang on her 2015 album \"Piece by Piece\". Morris initially self-released five songs as an eponymous extended play, \"Maren Morris\", on Spotify in August 2015. The songs gained 2.5 million streams on Spotify in a month, with three songs appearing on Spotify's US and Global \"", "id": "7472606" }, { "contents": "R.LUM.R\n\n\nReginald Lamar Williams, Jr (born January 18, 1990), known professionally as R.LUM.R, is an American Alternative R&B artist from Bradenton, Florida. Previously a singer-songwriter playing classical guitar under his nickname Reggie Williams, Williams has since relocated to Nashville, Tennessee where he now resides. R.LUM.R is most well known for his viral 2016 single, \"Frustrated\" which has garnered nearly 20 million plays on Spotify alone as of July 20, 2017. In 2017 NPR Music named him one of their \"Artists to watch", "id": "14952374" }, { "contents": "Justin Bieber\n\n\nthe UK Singles Chart. As of 2016, Bieber has received fourteen titles in the Guinness World Records, which include eight that were achieved from the success of his album \"Purpose\" and was featured in the 2017 Edition. These records included the most streamed track on Spotify in one week, the most streamed album on Spotify in one week, the most simultaneous tracks and most simultaneous new entries on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 by a solo artist, the first act to occupy all top three positions simultaneously on the", "id": "19165624" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Spotify\n\n\npopularity, the amount she is getting paid is increasing. [Ek] took her trend line and ran it forward a year to get to the highest possible number he could quote.\" According to Borchetta, the amount Swift earned from streaming her videos on Vevo was greater than the payout she received from Spotify. He told \"Time\": \"The facts show that the music industry was much better off before Spotify hit these shores ... Don’t forget this is for the most successful artist in music today. What about", "id": "3138849" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Spotify\n\n\n, the payments Merlin’s labels received from Spotify rose 250 percent from the year ending March 2011 to the year ending March 2012, while at the time, the revenue per user was \"the highest it has been since the launch of the service\". Caldas said that Merlin had observed \"consistent, ongoing growth on revenue per user, revenue per stream, and the total revenue\" that Spotify generates for the labels it represents. \"The thing about ‘Spotify doesn’t pay artists enough’—Spotify doesn’t pay artists... They", "id": "3138834" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nall artists and managers. Additional features include the ability to get \"verified\" status with a blue checkmark on an artist's profile, receiving artist support from Spotify, customising the profile page with photos and promoting a certain song as their \"pick\". In September 2018, Spotify announced \"Upload Beta\", allowing artists to upload directly to the platform instead of going through a distributor or record label. The feature was rolled out to a small number of US-based artists by invitation only. Uploading was free and", "id": "4778296" }, { "contents": "David Gray (musician)\n\n\nchanges shape every Monday. David Emery of Kobalt Label Services told MBW that the format would give Kobalt and Gray the opportunity to keep the artist's 850,000-plus monthly listeners on Spotify engaged. He said, \"We didn't just want to make a static playlist – Kobalt has the technology to create something special that changes and adapts with David Gray as an artist. We have noticed that the tracks that are most popular for [David Gray] change over time on Spotify, and a lot of that is driven by playlists.", "id": "17009220" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Spotify\n\n\n\"In the world I want to live in, I envision artists fairly compensated for their creations, because we (the audience) believe in the value of what artists create. The artist's passion, dedication, and expression is respected and rewarded. Spotify is NOT a service that does this. Projekt will not be part of this unprincipled concept.\" In March 2012, Patrick Carney of The Black Keys said that \"Spotify isn't fair to artists\", and further commented that streaming services \"are becoming more popular", "id": "3138828" }, { "contents": "Music industry\n\n\n\"market share\" (the number of streams for their songs as a proportion of total songs streamed on the service). Spotify distributes approximately 70% to rights-holders, who will then pay artists based on their individual agreements. The variable, and (some say) inadequate nature of this compensation, has led to criticism. Spotify reports paying on average US$0.006 to US$0.008 per stream. In response to concerns, Spotify claims that they are benefiting the music business by migrating \"them away from piracy and less", "id": "13923194" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nintroduced our own music streaming service or when Spotify became a competitor\". Furthermore, he stated that \"There is nothing in Apple’s conduct that ‘amounts to a violation of applicable antitrust laws.’ Far from it. ... I would be happy to facilitate an expeditious review and approval of your app as soon as you provide us with something that is compliant with the App Store's rules\". The following months, Spotify began efforts to \"punish\" artists who gave Apple Music exclusives by displaying their content less prominently", "id": "4778279" }, { "contents": "Invasion of Privacy (album)\n\n\nof 2018 in Apple Music globally, being the highest for a female artist. It was the tenth most streamed album in Canada on the streaming service. It was also the fifth most streamed album in that platform ever, being the highest for a female artist. In Spotify, it was the fourth most streamed album of the year in the United States, also being the highest for a female artist, with Cardi being the most streamed female artist. As of January 2019, \"Invasion of Privacy\" has moved 2,060,000 album", "id": "6016535" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\n. The deal \"may be months away from being finalized, but Spotify is said to have cleared this particular clause with major record labels\". New reports in April confirmed that Spotify and Universal Music Group had reached an agreement to allow artists part of Universal to limit their new album releases to the Premium service tier for a maximum of two weeks. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek commented that \"We know that not every album by every artist should be released the same way, and we’ve worked hard with UMG to develop a", "id": "4778266" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nSpain. Users could purchase tracks from Spotify, which partnered with 7digital to incorporate the feature. However, the ability to purchase and download music tracks via the app was removed on 4 January 2013. In November 2015, Spotify introduced a \"Fan Insights\" panel in limited beta form, letting artists and managers access data on monthly listeners, geographical data, demographic information, music preferences and more. In April 2017, the panel was upgraded to leave beta status, renamed as \"Spotify for Artists\", and opened to", "id": "4778295" }, { "contents": "Ed Sheeran\n\n\n's accompaniment, where he performed a ballroom dance. It became his second single to reach number one in the UK, and it also spent eight weeks at number two on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 (with only \"Uptown Funk\" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars keeping it from top spot). In 2014, combined streams on Sheeran's catalogue in Spotify reached 860 million; Spotify named him the most-streamed artist and \"x\" the most-streamed album. In the same year, the album", "id": "2864857" }, { "contents": "Sleepify\n\n\nRolling Stone\" noted that Spotify still streams the Cage composition \"4′33″\"—a performance piece in which musicians refrain from playing their instruments. A similar concept emerged in June 2015 via a website known as Eternify, by the band Ohm & Sport, which allowed users to play the first 30 seconds of any Spotify song on a loop, thus accumulating royalty payments for the artist. On July 22, 2014, \"Billboard\" reported that Vulfpeck received royalty payments totaling $19,655 with an additional $1,100 forthcoming. The payment calculation was based", "id": "20992321" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nartists received 100% of the revenue from songs they uploaded; artists were able to control when their release went public. On July 1, 2019 Spotify deprecated the program and announced plans to stop accepting direct uploads by the end of that month, and eventually remove all content uploaded in this manner. In June 2017, \"Variety\" reported that Spotify would announce \"Secret Genius\", a new initiative aimed at highlighting songwriters and producers, and the effect those people have to the music industry and the artists' careers.", "id": "4778297" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Spotify\n\n\narguably the most important current catalog there is\", and stated that the streaming issue is \"about each individual artist, and the real mission here is to bring ... attention to it.\" In November 2014, Borchetta stated in a radio interview that \"If this fan went and purchased the record, CD, iTunes, wherever, and then their friends go, 'Why did you pay for it? It's free on Spotify', we're being completely disrespectful to that superfan.\" In December 2015, a", "id": "3138851" }, { "contents": "R. Kelly\n\n\ndon't censor content because of an artist's or creator's behavior, but we want our editorial decisions—what we choose to program—to reflect our values.\" Two days later, Apple Music and Pandora also announced that they will no longer be featuring or promoting R. Kelly's music. Spotify received criticism from members of the music industry who expressed worries of a \"slippery slope\" of muting artists, since R. Kelly had not ever actually been convicted of any crime. Spotify ultimately reversed this decision. \"The", "id": "10825868" }, { "contents": "DistroKid\n\n\n, making this the first time a #1 charting artist was able to keep 100% of their earnings. In May 2016, DistroKid launched a feature called \"Teams\" that makes it possible for royalties to be automatically sent to collaborators and shareholders. Since then Distrokid has made several other developments including partnering with Spotify to support cross-platform uploads for Spotify artists who upload directly or have direct licensing deals with the company and an investment from Silversmith Capital Partners. DistroKid was developed in 2012 by Philip J. Kaplan and launched in", "id": "13681595" }, { "contents": "Fricky\n\n\na smash hit that later paved the way for his mix-tape \"Aqua Aura\" released in 2018. Aqua Aura featured songs as \"Mästerort\", \"Je T'aime\" and \"Aqua Aura\". The latter being one of the most streamed songs on Spotify in Sweden that year. Majority of the songs from the EP was produced by fellow collective artist and close friend Academics. Fricky was given the award for Artist of the Year from P3 Guld 2019. He is married to Swedish rapper Cleo who gave birth to", "id": "20878015" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nIn June 2017, Spotify became available as an app through Windows Store. In Spotify's apps, music can be browsed or searched for via various parameters, such as artist, album, genre, playlist, or record label. Users can create, edit and share playlists, share tracks on social media, and make playlists with other users. Spotify provides access to over 40 million songs. In November 2011, Spotify introduced a Spotify Apps service that made it possible for third-party developers to design applications that could be", "id": "4778303" }, { "contents": "Spinnup\n\n\nSpinnup is a digital music distribution service owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 2013 in Sweden. Spinnup is a signed distribution platform that offers an aggregator service to musicians and artist who are not signed to major labels so they can distribute their music worldwide via online retailers such as Deezer, Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Tidal, Napster, Amazon Music and Google Play. As a Universal Music company, a key feature of Spinnup is being able to help independent artists get signed by Universal Music's labels.", "id": "21404533" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\n. The Waze partnership will allow Android app users to view directions to destinations within the Spotify app, and access their Spotify playlists through the Waze app. In October 2017, Microsoft announced that it would be ending its Groove Music streaming service by December, with all music from users transferring to Spotify as part of a new partnership. In November 2017, it was announced that Pat McGrath Labs cosmetics would be sold through Spotify via Merchbar on singer Maggie Lindemann's artist page. In December 2017, Spotify and Tencent's music arm", "id": "4778274" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nfavourite tracks with new, recommended songs. New users can access Daily Mix after approximately two weeks of listening to music through Spotify. Daily Mixes were only available on the Android and iOS mobile apps at launch, but the feature was later expanded to Spotify's computer app in December 2016. In July 2018, Spotify introduced a new beta feature that gives artists, labels and teams an easy way to submit unreleased music directly to Spotify's editorial team for playlist consideration. In June 2019, Spotify launched a custom playlist titled \"", "id": "4778314" }, { "contents": "Kris Angelica\n\n\nthe hit songs “Dati” by Sam Concepcion, “Hanap-Hanap” by James Reid , “Para-paraan” by Nadine Lustre, and Sarah Geronimo’s “Ikot-Ikot” and “Kilometro.” In just 2 days after its released on Spotify, \"Sabi-Sabi\" has garnered more than 5,000 plays, a big number to hit for a new OPM artist in the said music streaming platform. A week after \"Sabi-Sabi\" has become the No. 1 single in Spotify Philippines Viral", "id": "1100793" }, { "contents": "VVAVES\n\n\nit is in the studio. In July 29, \"Boys Like You\" entered the number 26 on iTunes Peru. In an interview with EDM Sauce, VVAVES cited Shaggy, Christina Aguilera, 3OH!3, Taylor Swift, and The Verve for creating her top 5 music guilty pleasures. In her personal playlist on Spotify, there are artists like Tove Styrke, Kiiara and even herself, she says that these singers are constantly playing on their Spotify. On Twitter, she's talk a little bit about pronouncing your name VVAVES:", "id": "14226448" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Spotify\n\n\nof her 2012 album \"Red\". Swift stated: \"I'm not willing to contribute my life's work to an experiment that I don't feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music. And I just don't agree with perpetuating the perception that music has no value and should be free.\" Spotify launched a social media campaign to persuade Swift to return and, in a statement on its website, claimed that nearly 16 million of over 40 million users had played her music", "id": "3138846" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\n. In April 2016, Spotify acquired CrowdAlbum, a \"startup that collects photos and videos of performances shared on social networks\", and would \"enhance the development of products that help artists understand, activate, and monetize their audiences\". In March 2017, Spotify acquired Sonalytic, an audio detection startup, for an undisclosed amount of money. Spotify stated that Sonalytic will be used to improve the company's personalised playlists, better match songs with compositions, and improve the company's publishing data system. Spotify also acquired MightyTV", "id": "4778269" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Spotify\n\n\nIn a tweet, Yorke stated: \"Make no mistake—new artists you discover on #Spotify will not get paid. Meanwhile, shareholders will shortly be rolling in it. Simples.\" Godrich stated: \"[Streaming] cannot work as a way of supporting new artists' work. Spotify and the like either have to address that fact and change the model for new releases, or else all new music producers should be bold and vote with their feet.\" In an October 2013 interview with Mexican website \"", "id": "3138840" }, { "contents": "Between You & Me (Betty Who song)\n\n\nsong would serve as a suitable anthem for characters Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott) before they became a couple. \"Between You & Me\" was released on November 14, 2018 by AWAL Recordings, as the lead single from Who's third studio album \"Betty\". It was distributed to several online music services, including Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Google Play, Deezer and Tidal. \"Between You & Me\" was one of Who's first singles as an independent artist", "id": "14020894" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nlater in March, an app connected to television streaming services, including Netflix and HBO Go, that recommends content to users. Spotify will mainly be using MightyTV to improve its advertising efforts on the free tier of service. In April 2017, Spotify acquired Mediachain, a blockchain startup with several technologies that can aid Spotify's effort in connecting artists and rights-holders with the tracks on its service. In May 2017, Spotify acquired artificial intelligence startup Niland, and will use its technology to improve its personalisation and recommendation features for", "id": "4778270" }, { "contents": "Don Sanders\n\n\nsites such as Spotify. For a long time, Sanders was a recognizable face onstage at the Kerrville Folk Festival, another influential hub for exchange between musicians in and outside of Texas. There was an intricate network of influence that existed between the work of artists such as Sanders, who stayed fairly local for most of his performing life, and those such as Lovett, who went onto stardom. An interview with Sanders and one of his songs, \"On the Southern Coast of France\" are featured in a documentary about Anderson", "id": "9820781" }, { "contents": "Death Valley Driver\n\n\nLagwagon, Protest The Hero, Misery Index, Obscura and many others. Their 4 album discography is available on all streaming media sites, such as Apple Music, Spotify and Google Play. The discography is as follows and is available on Spotify here – 2011 – Choke The River 2013 – Graveyard Dead 2014 – Carnivores Oath 2018 – Wolf Crown Death Valley Driver won Music PEI's Loud Recording Of The Year, as well as being nominated for Group Recording of the Year and Best New Artist in 2012. They were also nominated", "id": "20385773" }, { "contents": "Claire Rachel Wilkinson\n\n\nLive in the Vineyard in Napa Valley. Wilkinson cited artists such as Coldplay, Imogen Heap, Sia, and Kate Nash as influences. In 2016, Wilkinson worked on the single \"Renaissance\" with DJ Steve James, 17-year producer of Justin Bieber's song \"Purpose\". The song amassed over 4 million plays on Spotify in a month reaching #1 on both Spotify Global Viral 50 & US Viral 50. In addition, the song hit #1 on Hype Machine. In 2016, her single \"DNA\" was", "id": "8701242" }, { "contents": "Lucian Grainge\n\n\nglobal license agreement between UMG and Spotify. Following the deal, Grainge was praised by Spotify Chairman & CEO Daniel Ek for his leadership and for delivering \"on the promise of the new music economy for all the people who make music and all the people who love it.\" Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, said Grainge's deal with the platform \"can drive more value to the industry, break and support more artists and deliver an incredible music experience to fans around the world.\" Grainge led the acquisition of Bravado", "id": "6931577" }, { "contents": "Ed Sheeran\n\n\nsong titled \"Perfect Duet\", a collaboration with Beyoncé, reached number one in the US and the UK, becoming the year's UK Christmas number one. On 7 November, Taylor Swift revealed that Sheeran collaborated on the song \"End Game\" for her sixth studio album \"Reputation\". The song, which also features rapper Future, was released on 10 November. On 4 December, Sheeran was named Spotify's most streamed artist of 2017 with 6.3 billion streams. He has Spotify's biggest album of the year", "id": "2864870" }, { "contents": "Lift Me Up (Five Finger Death Punch song)\n\n\n. The song was number one in the Internet music app Spotify in its first week of release over pop songs from Mariah Carey, Daft Punk, Fergie, and others. The list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it from Monday, May 13, to Sunday, May 19, via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify. In April 2014, the song won a \"Revolver\" Golden Gods Award for \"Song of the Year", "id": "374985" }, { "contents": "Cardi B\n\n\nBillboard\" Year-End Top Artists chart, while \"Invasion of Privacy\" ranked sixth. She also topped streaming services' rankings, including Apple Music (the most-streamed album of the year by a female artist globally) and Spotify (the most streamed female artist of the year in the United States). Editorial staff from Apple Music and \"Billboard\" named \"I Like It\" the best song of 2018, while \"Time\" magazine and \"Rolling Stone\" named \"Invasion of Privacy\" the best", "id": "20611569" }, { "contents": "Payola\n\n\nfor the company, stated that the acts selected are based solely on the quality of their music and not on label pressure. On Spotify, labels can pay for tracks to appear in user play-lists as \"Sponsored Songs\". It is possible to opt out of it using a setting. In Mexico, South America and some regions of the U.S. southern border, it is common to hear the sudden appearance of \"new artists\", mainly in folk radio stations, who are not known in the music industry,", "id": "9041293" }, { "contents": "Nebu Kiniza\n\n\nto create – received over 52 million listens on SoundCloud, 34 million views on YouTube and 80 million plays on Spotify. Kiniza reached #10 on the Next Big Sound chart (24 December 2016), and \"Gassed Up\" hit #15 on the Spotify Velocity chart and #18 on BigChampagne's Emerging Artist chart on 2 March 2017. With respect to his moniker, he explained that his aunt jokingly suggested naming him after King Nebuchadnezzar when he was born. He thus felt identified with the name for his whole life", "id": "18060587" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nnew, flexible release policy. Starting today, Universal artists can choose to release new albums on premium only for two weeks, offering subscribers an earlier chance to explore the complete creative work, while the singles are available across Spotify for all our listeners to enjoy\". It was announced later in April that this type of agreement would be extended to indie artists signed to the Merlin Network agency. After going live on the New York Stock Exchange on 3 April 2018, CNBC reported that Spotify opened at $165.90, more than", "id": "4778267" }, { "contents": "Thank U, Next\n\n\nboyfriend Mac Miller and her break up with fiancé Pete Davidson. The title track was released as the album's lead single on November 3, 2018, peaking atop the charts of 12 countries and becoming Grande's first number-one single on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The track also broke a string of records, including the record for the most plays in a single day by a female artist on Spotify. Its second single, \"7 Rings\", was released on January 18, 2019, peaking at", "id": "12502053" }, { "contents": "Sarah Geronimo\n\n\nSarah G Popsters. The app officially launched on November 24, 2015, and is already available for download in Google Play for free. In December 2015, for the second consecutive year, Spotify Philippines hailed Sarah Geronimo as one of the most streamed Filipino artists alongside bands Eraserheads and Up Dharma Down. On December 9, 2015, Sarah Geronimo bagged her 10th Awit Award. At the 28th Awit Awards, \"Perfectly Imperfect\" was awarded \"Album of the Year\". On December 18, 2015, Sarah Geronimo was voted", "id": "22072285" }, { "contents": "Six60\n\n\nIn 2018 the band won five Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards and were the most streamed artist by New Zealanders on Spotify. On 23 February 2019, SIX60 became the first New Zealand band to play a sold out concert at the iconic Western Springs Stadium, to a crowd of 50,000 fans. Six60 was formed in Dunedin; the founding members met while attending University of Otago. The band created their name from the street number of the house they lived at in Dunedin, 660 Castle Street. As Ji Fraser said, \"That", "id": "292868" }, { "contents": "Bola Rebola\n\n\n. In December, 2017, Brazilian recording artist Anitta released \"Vai Malandra\", a funk carioca collaboration with Maejor, Tropkillaz, Mc Zaac and DJ Yuri Martins as the conclusion of her \"Check Mate\" project. The song instantly became a hit, receiving over one million plays on Spotify on its first day of release and breaking the record for the most streams received in a day in Brazil – held previously by Taylor Swift's \"Look What You Made Me Do\". On its second day of release, the", "id": "4851308" }, { "contents": "Bola Rebola\n\n\nsong was played more than two million times, surpassing once again the record for the most streamed song in a day in Brazil. Due to the amount of streams received on its first days of release, the song even debuted on the Global Top 50 chart in Spotify and became the first song in Portuguese to hit the top 20 on that chart on December 20, 2017. In 2019, Tropkillaz announced a new collaboration with Anitta and Mc Zaac titled \"Bola Rebola\", which also was announced to feature Colombian recording artist", "id": "4851309" }, { "contents": "Thank U, Next (song)\n\n\n, Next\" broke the record for the most streams received by a song in a single day by a female artist on Spotify, with 8.19 million streams globally, and continued to break this record daily until November 9, when it received 9.6 million streams. The record was broken by Mariah Carey's \"All I Want for Christmas Is You\" the following month. \"Thank U, Next\" surpassed 100 million streams in Spotify eleven days after its release on November 14, 2018, becoming the fastest song to do so", "id": "12502110" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nby Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ was its most streamed song of all time with over 525 million streams worldwide. In April 2016, Rihanna overtook Justin Bieber to become the biggest artist on Spotify, with 31.3 million monthly active listeners. In May 2016, Rihanna was overtaken by Drake with 3.185 billion total streams. In December 2016, Drake's just-under 36 million monthly listeners were overtaken by the Weeknd's 36.068 million. Later that month, Drake's song \"One Dance\" became the first song to hit", "id": "4778260" }, { "contents": "List of most-streamed songs on Spotify\n\n\n2016. \"One Dance\" became the first song to 1 billion streams 12 December 2016, and held the streaming record for almost a year before being surpassed by \"Shape of You\" on 21 September 2017. The artists with the most singles in the top 100 are Justin Bieber with a total of 7 (3 as a lead artist and 4 as a featured artist), Post Malone with 6 (all lead), and Drake with 5 (4 lead and 1 featured). The fastest song to reach 1", "id": "18143432" }, { "contents": "Linkin Park\n\n\nbecame the fifteenth most liked page on Facebook, tenth most liked artist, and most liked group followed by the Black Eyed Peas. Linkin Park's \"Numb\" is the third and \"In the End\" is the sixth \"timeless song\" on Spotify. The two songs making Linkin Park the only artist to have two timeless songs in top ten. \"Hybrid Theory\" by the group is listed in the book \"1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die\", It was also ranked at #11 on \"", "id": "18900974" }, { "contents": "A Moon Shaped Pool\n\n\ntheir criticisms of Spotify, arguing that it cannot support new artists. Spotify had been in \"advanced discussions\" with XL and Radiohead's management to make \"A Moon Shaped Pool\" the first album available exclusively to Spotify users with paid premium subscriptions, but no agreement was reached. Spotify spokesman Jonathan Prince said they and the band had explored \"new approaches\", but could not overcome technical problems in time for the release. Radiohead sold a special edition of \"A Moon Shaped Pool\" from their website, shipped", "id": "16139811" }, { "contents": "Criticism of Spotify\n\n\n... We encourage all of our artists to take a long-term approach ... Plan for the long term, understand that it's a tough game.\" On 17 June 2016, Radiohead's ninth album, \"A Moon Shaped Pool\", was made available on Spotify, six weeks after it was released on paid-for streaming services including Apple Music and Tidal. Spotify had been in \"advanced discussions\" with Radiohead's management and label to make \"A Moon Shaped Pool\" the first album available exclusively to Spotify", "id": "3138843" }, { "contents": "UMI (artist)\n\n\nother songs. This made her start writing and posting her own original songs. In 2017, UMI released five singles before her four-track debut EP, \"Interlude\". This led to making it onto Spotify’s Fresh Finds Best of 2017 playlist. Her songs are extremely relatable to the typical college student. She opened for rapper ODIE in Los Angeles. UMI's top hit to date is Remember Me. She has over 6.5 million views on YouTube and 7.8 million plays on Spotify. The song flawlessly highlights the universalism", "id": "15177396" }, { "contents": "Maejor\n\n\non Spotify on its first day of release and broke the record for the most streams received in a day in Brazil – held previously by Taylor Swift's \"Look What You Made Me Do\". On its second day of release, the song was played more than 2 million times, surpassing the record for the most streamed song in a day in Brazil. Due to the amount of streams received on its first days of release, the song debuted on the Global Top 50 chart in Spotify and became the first song in", "id": "18981075" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nhelp users discover and explore artists performing at the conference. Two more partnerships were announced in March; one with WNYC Studios, and one with Waze. The WNYC Studios partnership will bring various podcasts from WNYC to Spotify, including Note To Self, On the Media and Here's the Thing. Spotify also announced that the third season of WNYC Studios' 2 Dope Queens podcast will premiere with a two-week exclusivity period on the service on 21 March 2017. The podcasts will be available for all Spotify Free and Premium users", "id": "4778273" }, { "contents": "Spotify\n\n\nprogram aimed at promoting emerging artists. On 31 January 2018, Spotify started testing a new Pandora-styled standalone app called Stations by Spotify for Australian Android users. It features 62 music channels, each devoted to a particular genre. Spotify itself has two channels named after its playlists that link directly to the users' profile: \"Release Radar\" and \"Discover Weekly\". The aim is to help users to listen to the music they want without information overload or spending time building their own playlists. At launch, the", "id": "4778300" }, { "contents": "Gardiner Sisters\n\n\nThe Gardiner Sisters are a family musical group from Concord, North Carolina. The group consists of sisters Hailey, Allie, Mandi, Lindsay, Abby and Lucy Gardiner. The sisters have over 80 million views on YouTube and are one of the most popular independent music artists on Spotify with over 120 million plays. The group began in 2006 when they won the Mt. Pleasant's Got Talent July 4th singing competition. In 2009 they first started posting videos of themselves singing on YouTube. As of January 2018, the Gardiner Sisters'", "id": "11533769" }, { "contents": "Anish Sood\n\n\nenables children from poor backgrounds to achieve better education in co-operation with the United We Are Foundation and Guestlist Events. On 28 August 2016, Anish was the first electronic artist invited to perform at the renowned National Centre for the Performing Arts (India). Anish also performed at the debut Electric Daisy Carnival in New Delhi on 13 November 2016. Towards the end of 2016 he released a remix of Autograf's Metaphysical which has since become one of his most successful releases to-date with over 700,000 plays on Spotify as", "id": "20978268" }, { "contents": "Apple Music\n\n\nhis former label, being a part of the deal. The exclusive deal reportedly \"ignited a music streaming war\". The move followed in the footsteps of other artists, including Adele, Coldplay, Future, Drake, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Kanye West, who released albums on exclusive terms with music streaming competitors of leading service Spotify. Jonathan Prince, Spotify's head of communications, told \"The Verge\" that \"We’re not really in the business of paying for exclusives, because we think they’re bad for", "id": "1863575" }, { "contents": "Yeni Ay\n\n\nand \"Yabancı\" also became the songs with the most number of views on Spotify in Turkey. \"Yeni Ay\" also became the album with the most number streams on Deezer in May 2014. At the 2014 Kral Turkey Music Awards, \"Yeni Ay\" received the Best Album award, while Sıla was given the Best Female Artist award and was named the Artist with the Most Number of Streams on Radios. \"Yabancı\"'s remixed version earned Bedük the Best Remix award. Haliç University gave \"Yeni Ay\" the", "id": "19184901" }, { "contents": "Tidal (service)\n\n\nmillion. One artist has stated that artist royalties per track from Aspiro/Tidal are currently over three times than those paid by Spotify, but that royalties may decrease to provide a sufficient return on investment. Jay-Z commented in an interview to \"Billboard\" that artists would be paid more by being streamed on Tidal than with Spotify, stating \"Will artists make more money? Even if it means less profit for our bottom line? Absolutely.\" In the same interview he also stressed the service was for people \"", "id": "11274654" }, { "contents": "Bang (company)\n\n\nthe company had mixed over 260 live artist session for Spotify, including Kendrick Lamar, John Legend, Jackson Browne, Nate Ruess, Jason Derulo, Run The Jewels, Metallica, Willie Nelson, Passion Pit, Kacey Musgraves, Green Day, and Leon Bridges. BANG's mixing and mastering work for Spotify has continued with Spotify's video content. In 2013, Nick Cipriano joined the company, also in the capacity of Senior Engineer, providing additional support for the \"Spotify Sessions\" mixes, commercial recordings, record mixes,", "id": "14649727" }, { "contents": "Erika Jayne\n\n\nfinancially lucrative for the performing artist. When it comes to iTunes sales, YouTube views and plays on Spotify, Girardi said her numbers are rapidly rising, as well.\" Jayne was parodied in the \"New Wife\" sketch by Cecily Strong on the late-night show \"Saturday Night Live\" aired on November 4, 2017. In December 2017, Kim Kardashian's mobile game, \"\" added Jayne as a new virtual character as a part of a special quest for players. Players who pass the seventh level of", "id": "22006293" }, { "contents": "Raquel Sofía\n\n\nand over 28 million Spotify streams to date. Raquel was nominated for the 2015 Latin GRAMMY® “Best New Artist” category and made her Award show debut performing on the live broadcast in November. Raquel was also chosen as Spotify’s “Artist To Watch” in 2015. Raquel presented her sophomore album, \"\", in January 2018, an album inspired by jazz, soul and pop, full of intimate lyrics and personal stories that reflect her as an artist and as a woman. The album includes her successful and", "id": "19791418" }, { "contents": "Alan Walker (music producer)\n\n\nAustria, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden, iTunes charts in 33 countries, as well as entering top 10 in Spotify Global Chart. The music video on YouTube has over 2.2 billion views and 15 million likes, placing it among the top 10 most liked YouTube videos. It has over 780 million plays on Spotify, and is also one of the Top 10 Most Shazamed tracks of 2016. The single also received official remixes from Tiësto, Dash Berlin, and Hardwell. He later released an acoustic \"restrung\" version of the", "id": "15505945" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Francis Leftwich\n\n\n\", was released in July 2011. \"The Fly\" called it \"a majestic debut\" \"The Skinny\", while the \"Sunday Express\" called it \"lovely\". Hazel Sheffield, writing in \"The Guardian\", gave it a 3/5 rating, as did David Pollock, writing for \"The Scotsman\", who drew comparisons to Damien Rice and José González. Leftwich's \"Shine\" was named Spotify's most addictive track of 2014, the most repeat-played song of the year. Leftwich", "id": "14293341" }, { "contents": "Despacito\n\n\nChanson D'Amour\". It is also the 30th best-selling single in the country with 1,900,599 combined sales (566,425 digital sales and 1,334,174 streaming-equivalent sales) as of September 19, 2017. It also became the song with most weeks at number one in Switzerland and Germany. The success of the song and its remix version led Daddy Yankee to become the most listened-to artist worldwide on the streaming service Spotify on July 9, 2017, being the first Latin artist to do so. He later became the fifth", "id": "12156083" } ]

[ { "contents": "Healing\n\n\nand resumption of (normal) functioning. Medicine includes the process by which the cell(s) in the body regenerate and repair to reduce the size of a damaged or necrotic area and replace it with new living tissue. The replacement can happen in two ways: by \"regeneration\" in which the necrotic cells are replaced by new cells that form \"like\" tissue as was originally there; or by \"repair\" in which injured tissue is replaced with scar tissue. Most organs will heal using a mixture of both mechanisms.", "id": "9866406" }, { "contents": "Wandering cell\n\n\nIn anatomy and histology, the term wandering cell (or ameboid cell) is used to describe cells that are found in connective tissue, but are not fixed in place. This term is used occasionally and usually refers to blood leukocytes (which are not fixed and organized in solid tissue) in particular mononuclear phagocytes. Frequently, the term refers to circulating macrophages and has been used also for stationary macrophages fixed in tissues (histiocytes), which are sometimes referred to as \"resting wandering cells\". Connective tissue cells are typically", "id": "15529282" }, { "contents": "Frostbite\n\n\nthe tissues. The process of freezing causes ice crystals to form in the tissue, which in turn causes damage at the cellular level. Ice crystals can damage cell membranes directly. In addition, ice crystals can damage small blood vessels at the site of injury. Scar tissue forms when fibroblasts replace the dead cells. Rewarming causes tissue damage through reperfusion injury, which involves vasodilation, swelling (edema), and poor blood flow (stasis). Platelet aggregation is another possible mechanism of injury. Blisters and spasm of blood vessels", "id": "9301244" }, { "contents": "Cell damage\n\n\ndamaged cells keeping the organ or tissue intact and fully functional. When a cell cannot be regenerated the body will replace it with stromal connective tissue to maintain tissue/organ function. Stromal cells are the cells that support the parenchymal cells in any organ. Fibroblasts, immune cells, pericytes, and inflammatory cells are the most common types of stromal cells. ATP (adenosine triphosphate) depletion is a common biological alteration that occurs with cellular injury. This change can happen despite the inciting agent of the cell damage. A reduction", "id": "3696188" }, { "contents": "Quality control in tissue engineering\n\n\nThe rapid development in the multidisciplinary field of tissue engineering has resulted in a variety of new and innovative medicinal products, often carrying living cells, intended to repair, regenerate or replace damaged human tissue. Tissue engineered medicinal products (TEMPs) vary in terms of the type and origin of cells and the product’s complexity. As all medicinal products, the safety and efficacy of TEMPs must be consistent throughout the manufacturing process. Quality control and assurance are of paramount importance and products are constantly assessed throughout the manufacturing process to ensure their", "id": "15109255" }, { "contents": "Cardiac muscle cell\n\n\n, they cannot be replaced, thus causing permanent damage. Current research indicates, however, that it may be possible to repair damaged cardiac tissue with stem cells. The cardiomyopathies are a group of diseases characterized by disruptions to cardiac muscle cell growth and / or organization. Presentation can range from asymptomatic to sudden cardiac death. Cardiomyopathy can be caused by genetic, endocrine, environmental, or other factors. Significant damage to cardiac muscle cells is referred to as myocytolysis. It was first described in medical literature by Schlesinger and Reiner", "id": "14383740" }, { "contents": "Cell fusion\n\n\nfull flexibility of which cells to fuse and fusion can be performed in any buffer condition unlike electroformation which is affected by salt. Alternative forms of restoring organ function and replacing damaged cells are needed with donor organs and tissue for transplantation being so scarce. It is because of the scarcity that biologists have begun considering the potential for therapeutic cell fusion. Biologists have been discussing implications of the observation that cell fusion can occur with restorative effects following tissue damage or cell transplantation. Though using cell fusion for this is being talked about and worked", "id": "2007066" }, { "contents": "Progenitor cell\n\n\ntheir main role is to replace cells lost by normal attrition. In case of tissue injury, damaged or dead cells, progenitor cells can be activated. Growth factors or cytokines are two substances that trigger the progenitors to mobilize toward the damaged tissue. At the same time, they start to differentiate into the target cells. Not all progenitors are mobile and are situated near the tissue of their target differentiation. When the cytokines, growth factors and other cell division-enhancing stimulators take on the progenitors, a higher rate of cell", "id": "17059711" }, { "contents": "Clinical uses of mesenchymal stem cells\n\n\nAdult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are being used by researchers in the fields of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, to artificially reconstruct human tissue which has been previously damaged. Mesenchymal stem cells have the capacity to become any type of fully developed cell, which can contribute to replacing muscle tissues or internal organs. To help discover the therapeutic uses of these stem cells they are grown in laboratories or by using medication to stimulate new cell growth within the human body. In MSC therapy the cells are extracted from the adult patient’s", "id": "18817065" }, { "contents": "William A. Haseltine\n\n\ntissue engineering, and biomechanical prosthetics — collectively opened up a new ability, to which he applied the term \"regenerative medicine\" in the way that it is used today: \"an approach to therapy that ... employs human genes, proteins and cells to re-grow, restore or provide mechanical replacements for tissues that have been injured by trauma, damaged by disease or worn by time\" and \"offers the prospect of curing diseases that cannot be treated effectively today, including those related to aging.\" Haseltine went on", "id": "13500270" }, { "contents": "Cell damage\n\n\nfunctions. If a cell dies the body will remove it and replace it with another functioning cell, or fill the gap with connective tissue to provide structural support for the remaining cells. The motto of the repair process is to fill a gap caused by the damaged cells to regain structural continuity. Normal cells try to regenerate the damaged cells but this cannot always happen. Asexual reproduction is what repairs cells Regeneration of parenchyma cells, or the functional cells, of an organism. The body can make more cells to replace the", "id": "3696187" }, { "contents": "Cryostasis (clathrate hydrates)\n\n\nThe term cryostasis was introduced to name the reversible preservation technology for live biological objects which is based on using clathrate-forming gaseous substances under increased hydrostatic pressure and hypothermic temperatures. Living tissues cooled below the freezing point of water are damaged by the dehydration of the cells as ice is formed between the cells. The mechanism of freezing damage in living biological tissues has been elucidated by Renfret. The vapor pressure of the ice is lower than the vapor pressure of the solute water in the surrounding cells and as heat is removed at the", "id": "20516996" }, { "contents": "Regenerative medicine\n\n\nRegenerative medicine is a branch of translational research in tissue engineering and molecular biology which deals with the \"process of replacing, engineering or regenerating human cells, tissues or organs to restore or establish normal function\". This field holds the promise of engineering damaged tissues and organs by stimulating the body's own repair mechanisms to functionally heal previously irreparable tissues or organs. Regenerative medicine also includes the possibility of growing tissues and organs in the laboratory and implanting them when the body cannot heal itself. If a regenerated organ's cells would", "id": "2873760" }, { "contents": "Process of tattooing\n\n\nwhich the presence of foreign material activates the immune system's phagocytes to engulf the pigment particles. As healing proceeds, the damaged epidermis flakes away (eliminating surface pigment) while deeper in the skin granulation tissue forms, which is later converted to connective tissue by collagen growth. This mends the upper dermis, where pigment remains trapped within fibroblasts, ultimately concentrating in a layer just below the dermis/epidermis boundary. Its presence there is stable, but in the long term (decades) the pigment tends to migrate deeper into the", "id": "16011490" }, { "contents": "Wound healing\n\n\ninjured tissue, such as skin. Non-injured skin has a continued replacement and regeneration of cells which always results in complete regeneration. There is a subtle distinction between 'repair' and 'regeneration'. \"Repair\" means \"incomplete regeneration\". Repair or incomplete regeneration, refers to the physiologic adaptation of an organ after injury in an effort to re-establish continuity without regards to exact replacement of lost/damaged tissue. \"True tissue regeneration\" or \"complete regeneration\", refers to the replacement of lost", "id": "694847" }, { "contents": "Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences\n\n\n. The topics of the fifth term, 2007-2008 were selected to be for Grand Hamdan International Award - Stem Cells Research, and for Hamdan Award for Medical Research Excellence - Therapy in Malignancy, Molecular Therapy in Drug Targeting (Pharmacogenomics), Organ & Tissue Transplantation. Stem cells are one of the most fascinating areas of biology today. Knowledge in this field has advanced in the area of healthy cell replacement of damaged cells and in the area of the development of an organism from a single cell, a promising area of", "id": "10139933" }, { "contents": "Acidophile (histology)\n\n\nAcidophile (or acidophil, or, as an adjectival form, acidophilic) is a term used by histologists to describe a particular staining pattern of cells and tissues when using haematoxylin and eosin stains. Specifically, the name refers to structures which \"love\" acid, and take it up readily. More specifically, acidophilia can be described by cationic groups of most often proteins in the cell readily reacting with acidic stains. It describes the microscopic appearance of cells and tissues, as seen through a microscope, after a histological section has", "id": "921760" }, { "contents": "Radiosensitivity\n\n\nsensitive cells are also oocytes and lymphocytes, although they are resting cells and do not meet the criteria described above. The reasons for their sensitivity are not clear. There also appears to be a genetic basis for the varied vulnerability of cells to ionizing radiation. This has been demonstrated across several cancer types and in normal tissues. The damage to the cell can be \"lethal\" (the cell dies) or \"sublethal\" (the cell can repair itself). Cell damage can ultimately lead to health effects which can be", "id": "16037793" }, { "contents": "Gerontology\n\n\nwide spectrum of the types of theories for the causes of aging with programmed theories on one extreme and error theories on the other. Regardless of the theory, a commonality is that as humans age, functions of the body decline. Stochastic theories of aging is the suggestion that aging is caused by small changes in the body over time and the body's failure to restore the system and mend the damages to the body. The cells and tissues are eventually injured due to the damage gathered over time. This causes the diminishes in", "id": "4289615" }, { "contents": "Noise-induced hearing loss\n\n\nthe area is not sealed and leakage continues further tissue damage will occur. The ‘scars’ that form to replace the damaged hair cell are caused by supporting hair cells undergoing apoptosis and sealing the reticular lamina, which prevents fluid leakage. The cell death of two supporting hair cells rapidly expands their apical domain, which compresses the hair cell beneath its apical domain. Recent studies have investigated additional mechanisms of NIHL involving delayed or disabled electrochemical transmission of nerve impulses from the hair cell to and along the auditory nerve. In cases of", "id": "6221717" }, { "contents": "Neural stem cell\n\n\ndisorders in animal models. There are two approaches to using NSCs as a therapeutic treatment: (1) stimulate intrinsic NSCs to promote proliferation in order to replace injured tissue, and (2) transplant NSCs into the damaged brain area in order to allow the NSCs to restore the tissue. Lentivirus vectors were used to infect human NSCs (hNSCs) with Galectin-1 which were later transplanted into the damaged tissue. The hGal-1-hNSCs induced better and faster brain recovery of the injured tissue as well as a reduction in motor and sensory deficits as", "id": "4937165" }, { "contents": "Ovarian germ cell tumors\n\n\nbeen made. During ovulation, the follicle ruptures resulting in epithelial cell damage. In order to heal the tissue and replace the damage, the cells undergoes cell division. Each time the cell divides, there is a possibility for mutations to occur and the chance of tumor formation increases. The tumor is caused when the germ cells in the ovaries begin divide uncontrollably and become malignant which are characterized with their less organized nuclei and unclearly defined border. Another potential etiology is the dysfunctioning of the tumor suppressor gene, TRC8/RNF139,", "id": "8101401" }, { "contents": "HSPA1L\n\n\nand fragmentation of the DNA and nucleus. This is followed by fragmentation into apoptotic bodies that are quickly removed by phagocytes, thereby preventing an inflammatory response. It is a mode of cell death defined by characteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. In later stages of apoptosis the entire cell becomes fragmented, forming a number of plasma membrane-bounded apoptotic bodies which contain nuclear and", "id": "20906747" }, { "contents": "Ground tissue\n\n\nare known for increasing structural support and integrity. The first use of \"collenchyma\" () was by Link (1837) who used it to describe the sticky substance on \"Bletia\" (Orchidaceae) pollen. Complaining about Link's excessive nomenclature, Schleiden (1839) stated mockingly that the term \"collenchyma\" could have more easily been used to describe elongated sub-epidermal cells with unevenly thickened cell walls. Sclerenchyma is the tissue which makes the plant hard and stiff. Sclerenchyma is the supporting tissue in plants. Two", "id": "2068122" }, { "contents": "Chronic electrode implant\n\n\nthe neural tissue. Damage caused by electrodes in the short term is caused by the insertion into the tissue. Consequently, research into minimizing this is focused on the geometry of the electrode and the proper technique for insertion. Short term effects of electrode insertion on surrounding tissue have been documented extensively. They include cell death (both neuronal and glial), severed neuronal processes and blood vessels, mechanical tissue compression, and collection of debris resulting from cell death. In the Bjornsson et al. 2006 study, an ex vivo apparatus", "id": "5133961" }, { "contents": "Regenerative endodontics\n\n\nRegenerative endodontics is the use of biologically based procedures designed to replace damaged tooth structures such as dentin, root structures and cells of the pulp-dentin complete. Regenerative endodontics is the extension of root canal therapy. Conventional root canal therapy cleans and fills the pulp chamber with biologically inert material after destruction of the pulp due to dental caries, congenital deformity or trauma. Regenerative endodontics instead seeks to replace live tissue in the pulp chamber. To replace live tissue, either the existing cells of the body are stimulated to regrow the tissue", "id": "1014160" }, { "contents": "BinCARD\n\n\nremoved by phagocytes, thereby preventing an inflammatory response. It is a mode of cell death defined by characteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. In later stages of apoptosis the entire cell becomes fragmented, forming a number of plasma membrane-bounded apoptotic bodies which contain nuclear and or cytoplasmic elements. The ultrastructural appearance of necrosis is quite different, the main features being mitochondrial swelling", "id": "21893915" }, { "contents": "MUL1\n\n\n. This is followed by fragmentation into apoptotic bodies that are quickly removed by phagocytes, thereby preventing an inflammatory response. It is a mode of cell death defined by characteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. In later stages of apoptosis the entire cell becomes fragmented, forming a number of plasma membrane-bounded apoptotic bodies which contain nuclear and or cytoplasmic elements. The ultrastructural appearance", "id": "22039082" }, { "contents": "Madin-Darby Canine Kidney cells\n\n\n3T3 fibroblasts, in which media could exchange but the cell types were not in direct contact. This cell culture strategy, termed coculture, induced MDCK acini to undergo branching morphogenesis, in which cells rearrange into a network of interconnected tubules that resembles the development of many tissues. In the same year, the \"scatter factor\" was shown to be a previously described protein secreted by fibroblasts, hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). This work solved an outstanding mystery of MDCK culture, as the tissue from which these cells were derived", "id": "20023904" }, { "contents": "Cirrhosis\n\n\nIf the cause is removed at this stage, the changes are fully reversible. The pathological hallmark of cirrhosis is the development of scar tissue that replaces normal parenchyma. This scar tissue blocks the portal flow of blood through the organ, raising the blood pressure and disturbing normal function. Recent research shows the pivotal role of the stellate cell, a cell type that normally stores vitamin A, in the development of cirrhosis. Damage to the hepatic parenchyma (due to inflammation) leads to activation of stellate cells, which increases fibrosis (", "id": "9211571" }, { "contents": "Tissue stress\n\n\nthey are stimulated by external regulatory influences. An inhibition of cells specialized functions by the TAS mechanism may promote defense of intensively functioning cells from self-damage and also their pass into the “resting” state. Thus, the properties of tissue stress executive mechanism – CURD – allow it to raise tissue functions stability in conditions of continuous intensive activity in many ways. According to the TAS concept, tissue stress possess the ability to regulate the cell mass of homologous tissue via executive mechanism described above – the CURD. As in the", "id": "12779709" }, { "contents": "G0 phase\n\n\nresponse to tissue damage before differentiating and engaging in regeneration. Some tissue stem cells exist in a reversible, quiescent state indefinitely until being activated by external stimuli. Many different types of tissue stem cells exist, including muscle stem cells (MuSCs), neural stem cells (NSCs), intestinal stem cells (ISCs), and many others. Stem cell quiescence has been recently suggested to be composed of two distinct functional phases, G and an ‘alert’ phase termed G. Stem cells are believed to actively and reversibly transition between", "id": "22036736" }, { "contents": "Cell damage\n\n\nor neighbouring cells. Unlike necrotic cell death, neighbouring cells are not damaged by apoptosis as cytosolic products are safely isolated by membranes prior to undergoing phagocytosis. In the average adult between 50 and 70 billion cells die each day due to apoptosis. Inhibition of apoptosis can result in a number of cancers, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, and viral infections. Hyperactive apoptosis can lead to neurodegenerative diseases, hematologic diseases, and tissue damage. When a cell is damaged the body will try to repair or replace the cell to continue normal", "id": "3696186" }, { "contents": "ACAMPs\n\n\nApoptotic-cell associated molecular patterns (ACAMPs) are molecular markers present on cells which are going through apoptosis, i.e. programmed cell death (similarly, Pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) are markers of invading pathogens and Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are markers of damaged tissue). The term was used for the first time by C. D. Gregory in 2000. Recognition of these patterns by the pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) of phagocytes then leads to phagocytosis of the apoptotic cell. These patterns include eat-", "id": "4486894" }, { "contents": "Oral mucosa tissue engineering\n\n\nlayer that consists of a network of type I and III collagen and elastin fibers. The main cells of the lamina propria are the fibroblasts, which are responsible for the production of the extracellular matrix. The basement membrane forms the border between the epithelial layer and the lamina propria. Cell culture techniques make it possible to produce epithelial sheets for the replacement of damaged oral mucosa. Partial-thickness tissue engineering uses one type of cell layer, this can be in monolayers or multilayers. Monolayer epithelial sheets suffice for the study of the", "id": "1353110" }, { "contents": "ADP/ATP translocase 4\n\n\nby fragmentation into apoptotic bodies that are quickly removed by phagocytes, thereby preventing an inflammatory response. It is a mode of cell death defined by characteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. In later stages of apoptosis the entire cell becomes fragmented, forming a number of plasma membrane-bounded apoptotic bodies which contain nuclear and or cytoplasmic elements. The ultrastructural appearance of necrosis is quite", "id": "19569689" }, { "contents": "DAP3\n\n\nIt is a mode of cell death defined by characteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. In later stages of apoptosis the entire cell becomes fragmented, forming a number of plasma membrane-bounded apoptotic bodies which contain nuclear and or cytoplasmic elements. The ultrastructural appearance of necrosis is quite different, the main features being mitochondrial swelling, plasma membrane breakdown and cellular disintegration. Apoptosis occurs", "id": "21019709" }, { "contents": "VDAC3\n\n\nis a mode of cell death defined by characteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. In later stages of apoptosis the entire cell becomes fragmented, forming a number of plasma membrane-bounded apoptotic bodies which contain nuclear and or cytoplasmic elements. The ultrastructural appearance of necrosis is quite different, the main features being mitochondrial swelling, plasma membrane breakdown and cellular disintegration. Apoptosis occurs in", "id": "7881135" }, { "contents": "SOD2\n\n\napoptotic cell undergoes structural changes including cell shrinkage, plasma membrane blebbing, nuclear condensation, and fragmentation of the DNA and nucleus. This is followed by fragmentation into apoptotic bodies that are quickly removed by phagocytes, thereby preventing an inflammatory response. It is a mode of cell death defined by characteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. In later stages of apoptosis the entire cell becomes", "id": "3370826" }, { "contents": "Tissue stress\n\n\nchalones, and contactins), which possess a unique feature of tissue specificity in their action on homologous tissue cells without species specificity. The second one is increase in sensitivity of damaged cells to these regulators, as it was demonstrated on the example of comuton. These effectors cause tissuespecific self-damage of homologous cells via disturbance of their ion homeostasis and energy-production processes. As a result, unspecific reaction to damage (CURD) is activated in the cells. This universal physiological reaction plays a role of TAS executive mechanism.", "id": "12779698" }, { "contents": "Mitochondrial replacement therapy\n\n\nMitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT, sometimes called mitochondrial donation) is the replacement of mitochondria in one or more cells to prevent or ameliorate disease. MRT originated as a special form of in vitro fertilisation in which some or all of the future baby's mitochondrial DNA comes from a third party. This technique is used in cases when mothers carry genes for mitochondrial diseases. The therapy is approved for use in the United Kingdom. A second application is to use autologous mitochondria to replace mitochondria in damaged tissue to restore the tissue to a", "id": "14685900" }, { "contents": "Effect of spaceflight on the human body\n\n\n's ability to protect itself against diseases. Radiation can penetrate living tissue and cause both short and long-term damage to the bone marrow stem cells which create the blood and immune systems. In particular, it causes 'chromosomal aberrations' in lymphocytes. As these cells are central to the immune system, any damage weakens the immune system, which means that in addition to increased vulnerability to new exposures, viruses already present in the body—which would normally be suppressed—become active. In space, T-cells (", "id": "1976940" }, { "contents": "Stem-cell therapy\n\n\n. In an adult, wounded tissue is most often replaced by scar tissue, which is characterized in the skin by disorganized collagen structure, loss of hair follicles and irregular vascular structure. In the case of wounded fetal tissue, however, wounded tissue is replaced with normal tissue through the activity of stem cells. A possible method for tissue regeneration in adults is to place adult stem cell \"seeds\" inside a tissue bed \"soil\" in a wound bed and allow the stem cells to stimulate differentiation in the tissue bed cells", "id": "2666621" }, { "contents": "FASTKD2\n\n\ndevelopments and processes in cancer, an apoptotic cell undergoes structural changes including cell shrinkage, plasma membrane blebbing, nuclear condensation, and fragmentation of the DNA and nucleus. This is followed by fragmentation into apoptotic bodies that are quickly removed by phagocytes, thereby preventing an inflammatory response. It is a mode of cell death defined by characteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. In later", "id": "22088450" }, { "contents": "HSPA1A\n\n\nand processes in cancer, an apoptotic cell undergoes structural changes including cell shrinkage, plasma membrane blebbing, nuclear condensation, and fragmentation of the DNA and nucleus. This is followed by fragmentation into apoptotic bodies that are quickly removed by phagocytes, thereby preventing an inflammatory response. It is a mode of cell death defined by characteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. In later stages", "id": "3371372" }, { "contents": "FAM162A\n\n\nblebbing, nuclear condensation, and fragmentation of the DNA and nucleus. This is followed by fragmentation into apoptotic bodies that are quickly removed by phagocytes, thereby preventing an inflammatory response. It is a mode of cell death defined by characteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. During apoptosis the cell decrease in size, loose contact with neighboring cells, and loose specialized surface elements such", "id": "385477" }, { "contents": "VDAC2\n\n\ncell shrinkage, plasma membrane blebbing, nuclear condensation, and fragmentation of the DNA and nucleus. This is followed by fragmentation into apoptotic bodies that are quickly removed by phagocytes, thereby preventing an inflammatory response. It is a mode of cell death defined by characteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. In later stages of apoptosis the entire cell becomes fragmented, forming a number of", "id": "7880786" }, { "contents": "ENDOG\n\n\nprocesses in cancer, an apoptotic cell undergoes structural changes including cell shrinkage, plasma membrane blebbing, nuclear condensation, and fragmentation of the DNA and nucleus. This is followed by fragmentation into apoptotic bodies that are quickly removed by phagocytes, thereby preventing an inflammatory response. It is a mode of cell death defined by characteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. In later stages of", "id": "9920970" }, { "contents": "Induced stem cells\n\n\nvivo. After injury, mature terminally differentiated kidney cells dedifferentiate into more primordial versions of themselves and then differentiate into the cell types needing replacement in the damaged tissue Macrophages can self-renew by local proliferation of mature differentiated cells. In newts, muscle tissue is regenerated from specialized muscle cells that dedifferentiate and forget the type of cell they had been. This capacity to regenerate does not decline with age and may be linked to their ability to make new stem cells from muscle cells on demand. A variety of nontumorigenic stem cells display", "id": "9570481" }, { "contents": "Peptidylprolyl isomerase A\n\n\ncancer, an apoptotic cell undergoes structural changes including cell shrinkage, plasma membrane blebbing, nuclear condensation, and fragmentation of the DNA and nucleus. This is followed by fragmentation into apoptotic bodies that are quickly removed by phagocytes, thereby preventing an inflammatory response. It is a mode of cell death defined by characteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. In later stages of apoptosis the", "id": "4955708" }, { "contents": "Muscle tissue engineering\n\n\nMuscle tissue engineering is a subset of the general field of tissue engineering, which studies the combined use of cells and scaffolds to design therapeutic tissue implants. The major motivation for muscle tissue engineering is to treat a condition called volumetric muscle loss (VML). VML can be caused by a variety of injuries or diseases, including general trauma, postoperative damage, cancer ablation, congenital defects, and degenerative myopathy. Although muscle contains a stem cell population called satellite cells that are capable of regenerating small muscle injuries, muscle damage in", "id": "7837296" }, { "contents": "Myosatellite cell\n\n\nmuscle regeneration involves considerable remodeling of extracellular matrix and, where extensive damage occurs, is incomplete. Fibroblasts within the muscle deposit scar tissue, which can impair muscle function, and is a significant part of the pathology of muscular dystrophies. Satellite cells proliferate following muscle trauma and form new myofibers through a process similar to fetal muscle development. After several cell divisions, the satellite cells begin to fuse with the damaged myotubes and undergo further differentiations and maturation, with peripheral nuclei as in hallmark. One of the first roles described for IGF-1", "id": "1562538" }, { "contents": "Stem cell theory of aging\n\n\nThe stem cell theory of aging postulates that the aging process is the result of the inability of various types of stem cells to continue to replenish the tissues of an organism with functional differentiated cells capable of maintaining that tissue's (or organ's) original function. Damage and error accumulation in genetic material is always a problem for systems regardless of the age. The number of stem cells in young people is very much higher than older people and thus creates a better and more efficient replacement mechanism in the young contrary to the old", "id": "11531900" }, { "contents": "Myocardial disarray\n\n\nMyocardial disarray, also known as myocyte disarray, is a term to describe the loss of the normal parallel alignment of myocytes (the muscle cells of the heart). Instead, the myocytes usually form circles around foci of connective tissue. Myocardial disarray is associated with myocardial fibrosis (the replacement of the myocytes with non-contractile scar tissue). Myocardial disarray can be seen in a number of disease states, including: The common factor amongst all these diseases is that they all cause varying degrees of remodelling (myocardial fibrosis)", "id": "2352996" }, { "contents": "Protofection\n\n\nProtofection is the transfection of foreign mitochondrial DNA into the mitochondria of cells in a tissue to supplement or replace the native mitochondrial DNA already present. As mitochondrial DNA becomes progressively more damaged with age, this may provide a method of at least partially rejuvenating mitochondria in old tissue, restoring them to their original, youthful function. Protofection is also a basis for constructing gene therapies for inherited genetic diseases such as Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy in which mitochondrial DNA is mutated. One hypothesis is that mitochondrial damage and dysfunction play an important role", "id": "20618058" }, { "contents": "Infiltration (medical)\n\n\nInfiltration is the diffusion or accumulation (in a tissue or cells) of foreign substances or in amounts in excess of the normal. The material collected in those tissues or cells is called infiltrate. As part of a disease process, infiltration is sometimes used to define the invasion of cancer cells into the underlying matrix or the blood vessels. Similarly, the term may describe the deposition of amyloid protein. During leukocyte extravasation, white blood cells move in response to cytokines from within the blood, into the diseased or infected tissues,", "id": "9626290" }, { "contents": "Somatic cell nuclear transfer\n\n\nor disease research. Embryonic stem cells are undifferentiated cells of an embryo. These cells are deemed to have a pluripotent potential because they have the ability to give rise to all of the tissues found in an adult organism. This ability allows stem cells to create any cell type, which could then be transplanted to replace damaged or destroyed cells. Controversy surrounds human ESC work due to the destruction of viable human embryos. Leading scientists to seek an alternative method of obtaining stem cells, SCNT is one such method. A potential use", "id": "6370811" }, { "contents": "Knee cartilage replacement therapy\n\n\nstep procedure. Once cartilage damage is assessed there are two methods to access the joint to proceed with the AMIC surgery. First is to perform a mini arthrotomy. Second is an all-arthroscopic procedure. The human body's own cartilage is still the best material for lining knee joints. This drives efforts to develop ways of using a person's own cells to grow, or re-grow cartilage tissue to replace missing or damaged cartilage. One cell-based replacement technique is called autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) or autologous", "id": "17001500" }, { "contents": "Necrosis\n\n\nto external or internal factors. External factors may involve mechanical trauma (physical damage to the body which causes cellular breakdown), damage to blood vessels (which may disrupt blood supply to associated tissue), and ischemia. Thermal effects (extremely high or low temperature) can result in necrosis due to the disruption of cells. In frostbite, crystals form, increasing the pressure of remaining tissue and fluid causing the cells to burst. Under extreme conditions tissues and cells die through an unregulated process of destruction of membranes and cytosol.", "id": "18488474" }, { "contents": "Type III hypersensitivity\n\n\n, are viewed as being highly pathogenic. Such depositions in tissues often induce an inflammatory response, and can cause damage wherever they precipitate. The cause of damage is as a result of the action of cleaved complement anaphylotoxins C3a and C5a, which, respectively, mediate the induction of granule release from mast cells (from which histamine can cause urticaria), and recruitment of inflammatory cells into the tissue (mainly those with lysosomal action, leading to tissue damage through frustrated phagocytosis by PMNs and macrophages). The reaction can take hours", "id": "16276872" }, { "contents": "HSPA8\n\n\nplasma membrane blebbing, nuclear condensation, and fragmentation of the DNA and nucleus. This is followed by fragmentation into apoptotic bodies that are quickly removed by phagocytes, thereby preventing an inflammatory response. It is a mode of cell death defined by characteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. In later stages of apoptosis the entire cell becomes fragmented, forming a number of plasma membrane-", "id": "15665027" }, { "contents": "Epulis fissuratum\n\n\nneoplasia, e.g. in the presence of suspicious ulceration. The appearance may also be confused with pyogenic granuloma. The excessive tissue is composed of cellular, inflamed fibrous connective tissue. The appearance of an epulis fissuratum microscopically is an overgrowth of cells from the fibrous connective tissue. The epithelial cells are usually hyperkeratotic and irregular, hyperplastic rete ridges are often seen. Epulis (literally, 'on the gingiva') is a general term for any gingival or alveolar tumor (i.e. lump on the gum). This term describes only the", "id": "7392135" }, { "contents": "Kearns–Sayre syndrome\n\n\nsize and location of a mutation. Mitochondria replicate during each cell division during gestation and throughout life. Because the mutation in mitochondrial disease most often occurs early in gestation in these diseases, only those mitochondria in the mutated lineage are defective. This results in an uneven distribution of dysfunctional mitochondria within each cell, and among different tissues of the body. This describes the term heteroplasmic which is characteristic of mitochondrial diseases including KSS. The distribution of mutated mtDNA in each cell, tissue, and organ, is dependent on when and where", "id": "16259992" }, { "contents": "Ocular immune system\n\n\nby Langerhans cells in the cornea. These Langerhans cells are antigen-presenting cells, which pick up pieces of invading pathogens and use them to elicit an immune response. Cell-mediated immune responses are much slower acting but more efficient, but can cause damage to surrounding tissue, resulting in damage to the vision. Both innate and acquired responses are important in ocular defenses. One major pathway in which both are incorporated is the network of lymphoid cells that form the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT). MALT is a", "id": "16133581" }, { "contents": "Stem-cell therapy\n\n\nanti-inflammatory effect, 2) homing to damaged tissues and recruiting other cells, such as endothelial progenitor cells, that are necessary for tissue growth, 3) supporting tissue remodeling over scar formation, 4) inhibiting apoptosis, and 5) differentiating into bone, cartilage, tendon, and ligament tissue. To further enrich blood supply to the damaged areas, and consequently promote tissue regeneration, platelet-rich plasma could be used in conjunction with stem cell transplantation. The efficacy of some stem cell populations may also be affected by", "id": "2666625" }, { "contents": "Hyaluronic acid\n\n\ngranulation tissue matrix can be achieved by moderating inflammation. HA functions as an important moderator in this moderation process, which contradicts its role in inflammatory stimulation, as described above. HA can protect against free-radical damage to cells. This may attribute to its free-radical scavenging property, a physicochemical characteristic shared by large polyionic polymers. In a rat model of free-radical scavenging property, HA has been shown to reduce damage to the granulation tissue. In addition to the free-radical scavenging role, HA may also", "id": "3409380" }, { "contents": "Scar free healing\n\n\nlost during progression to adulthood. In amphibians, tissue regeneration occurs, for example, as in skin regeneration in the adult axolotl. Scarring takes place in response to damaged or missing tissue following injury due to biological processes or wounding: it is a process that occurs in order to replace the lost tissue. The process of scarring is complex, it involves the inflammatory response and remodelling amongst other cell activities. Many growth factors and cytokines are also involved in the process, as well as extracellular matrix interactions. Mast cells are one", "id": "15571590" }, { "contents": "Hemotoxin\n\n\nHemotoxins, haemotoxins or hematotoxins are toxins that destroy red blood cells (that is, cause haemotoxin), disrupt blood clotting, and/or cause organ degeneration and generalized tissue damage. The term \"hemotoxin\" is to some degree a misnomer since toxins that damage the blood also damage other tissues. Injury from a hemotoxic agent is often very painful and can cause permanent damage and in severe cases death. Loss of an affected limb is possible even with prompt treatment. Hemotoxins are frequently employed by venomous animals, including vipers and pit vipers", "id": "12789756" }, { "contents": "Tissue stress\n\n\nunspecific resistance under the influence of tissue-specific self-damage of cells by TAS effectors. This prevents entrance of postmitotic cells both into MC and apoptosis. The TAS dynamic phase forms under “strong” external unspecific damaging or “loading” influences on cells specialized functions. According to TAS concept in dynamic phase of tissue stress a summation of damaging influence of stressor (stressors) with cells self-damage by TAS effectors occurs. This leads to stimulation of proliferation (see Proliferation) and to an increase of apoptotic activity (", "id": "12779713" }, { "contents": "Homogenization (biology)\n\n\ncell lysis. To prevent lysis however, the tissue (or collection of cells, e.g. from cell culture) can be kept at temperatures slightly above zero to prevent autolysis, and in an isotonic solution to prevent osmotic damage. If freezing the tissue is possible, cryohomogenization can be performed under \"dry\" conditions, and is often the method of choice whenever it is desirable to collect several distinct molecular classes (e.g. both protein and RNA) from a single sample, or combined set of samples, or when long-term", "id": "6129809" }, { "contents": "Necrosis\n\n\n, necrosis is almost always detrimental and can be fatal. Cellular death due to necrosis does not follow the apoptotic signal transduction pathway, but rather various receptors are activated, and result in the loss of cell membrane integrity and an uncontrolled release of products of cell death into the extracellular space. This initiates in the surrounding tissue an inflammatory response which attracts leukocytes and nearby phagocytes which eliminate the dead cells by phagocytosis. However, microbial damaging substances released by leukocytes would create collateral damage to surrounding tissues. This excess collateral damage inhibits the", "id": "18488472" }, { "contents": "Tendinopathy\n\n\nprevalence from 0.5% to 7.4%. Tendonitis is a very common, but misleading term. By definition, the suffix \"-itis\" means \"inflammation of\". Inflammation is the body's local response to tissue damage which involves red blood cells, white blood cells, blood proteins with dilation of blood vessels around the site of injury. Tendons are relatively avascular. Corticosteroids are drugs that reduce inflammation. Corticosteroids can be useful to relieve chronic tendinopathy pain, improve function, and reduce swelling in the short term. However,", "id": "11757793" }, { "contents": "DNA repair\n\n\nbut rapidly dividing cells such as progenitor cells in the gut, skin, and hematopoietic system are also affected. Modern cancer treatments attempt to localize the DNA damage to cells and tissues only associated with cancer, either by physical means (concentrating the therapeutic agent in the region of the tumor) or by biochemical means (exploiting a feature unique to cancer cells in the body). In the context of therapies targeting DNA damage response genes, the latter approach has been termed 'synthetic lethality'. Perhaps the most well-known", "id": "12948498" }, { "contents": "Knee cartilage replacement therapy\n\n\narea from either the intercondylar notch or the superior ridge of the medial or lateral femoral condyles. 10,000 cells are harvested and grown in vitro for approximately six weeks until the population reaches 10-12 million cells. Then these cells are seeded onto a film that is implanted into the area of cartilage damage and absorbed back into the tissue into the patient. The implanted chondrocytes then divide and integrate with surrounding tissue and potentially generate hyaline-like cartilage. Another ACI technique, using \"chondospheres\", uses only chondrocytes and no matrix", "id": "17001502" }, { "contents": "Wandering cell\n\n\ndivided into two types, fixed cells and wandering cells. Fibrocytes, or fibroblasts and fat cells(adipocytes) are fixed cells, where as macrophages, monocytes, lymphocytes, plasma cells, eosinophils and mast cells are wandering cells. Fibrocytes are the most common cell type in connective tissues. If fibrocytes are stimulated by damage to the surrounding tissue, the fibrocyte is altered into a fibroblast. The fibroblasts contain organelles that are necessary for the synthesis and excretion of proteins needed to repair the tissue damage. Fibrocytes usually do not leave the connective", "id": "15529283" }, { "contents": "Tissue stress\n\n\nactively functioning tissue (or cells) form two populations where one is in “intensive functioning” state and the other one – is in “resting” state. Thereat the “rest” is not a passive state since there active reparation of cellular structures occurs damaged in the course of specialized functions performing by cells. “Intermittent” pattern of tissue cells specialized functions realization is that the cells pass from one population to another when the tissue is in intensive functioning mode. In such a way the cells damaged in consequence of intensive", "id": "12779706" }, { "contents": "Ischemia\n\n\nmaintain cell membranes, mitochondrial damage, and eventual leakage of autolyzing proteolytic enzymes into the cell and surrounding tissues. Restoration of blood supply to ischemic tissues can cause additional damage known as reperfusion injury that can be more damaging than the initial ischemia. Reintroduction of blood flow brings oxygen back to the tissues, causing a greater production of free radicals and reactive oxygen species that damage cells. It also brings more calcium ions to the tissues causing further calcium overloading and can result in potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmias and also accelerates cellular self-destruction", "id": "16627493" }, { "contents": "Paolo Macchiarini\n\n\nresearch project there. In June 2008, Macchiarini conducted a transplant of a donated trachea colonized with the stem cells of the recipient, Claudia Castillo; the tissue was used to replace her left bronchus, which had been damaged by tuberculosis, and her left lung had collapsed. The trachea came from a cadaver, and was stripped of its cells and seeded with cells taken from Castillo's bone marrow. The bone marrow cells were cultured at Bristol University, the donor trachea was stripped at University of Padua, the stripped trachea was", "id": "12121829" }, { "contents": "Carcinogenesis\n\n\ncommunication between the cells present at the site of damage, and the immune system. Key factor in healing is the regulation of cytokine gene expression, which enables complementary groups of cells to respond to inflammatory mediators in a manner that gradually produces essential changes in tissue physiology. Cancer cells have either permanent (genetic) or reversible (epigenetic) changes on their genome, which partly inhibit their communication with surrounding cells and with the immune system. Cancer cells do not communicate with their tissue microenvironment in a manner that protects tissue integrity;", "id": "6778537" }, { "contents": "Immunostaining\n\n\nIn biochemistry, immunostaining is any use of an antibody-based method to detect a specific protein in a sample. The term \"immunostaining\" was originally used to refer to the immunohistochemical staining of tissue sections, as first described by Albert Coons in 1941. However, immunostaining now encompasses a broad range of techniques used in histology, cell biology, and molecular biology that use antibody-based staining methods. Immunohistochemistry or IHC staining of tissue sections (or immunocytochemistry, which is the staining of cells), is perhaps the most", "id": "20782096" }, { "contents": "Hwang Woo-suk\n\n\nstem cell biologists, it might be possible to harness this ability to turn stem cells into a super \"repair kit\" for the body, theoretically to use stem cells to generate healthy tissue to replace that either damaged by trauma or compromised by disease. The many conditions and illnesses that may eventually be treated by stem cell therapy include Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, diabetes, burns, and spinal cord damage. In March 2012, it was announced that Hwang would collaborate with Russian", "id": "15527309" }, { "contents": "Inflammatory bowel disease\n\n\ncells which line the gut, it is thought that they are involved in repairing the lining of the gut when damaged. The team deliberately damaged the cells to cause inflammation of the gut lining and then added synthetically produced cannabinoids; the result was that gut started to heal: the broken cells were repaired and brought back closer together to mend the tears. It is believed that in a healthy gut, natural endogenous cannabinoids are released from endothelial cells when they are injured, which then bind to the CB1 receptors. The process appears", "id": "21823539" }, { "contents": "ADP/ATP translocase 2\n\n\nby characteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. In later stages of apoptosis the entire cell becomes fragmented, forming a number of plasma membrane-bounded apoptotic bodies which contain nuclear and or cytoplasmic elements. The ultrastructural appearance of necrosis is quite different, the main features being mitochondrial swelling, plasma membrane breakdown and cellular disintegration. Apoptosis occurs in many physiological and pathological processes. It", "id": "1484417" }, { "contents": "FASTKD1\n\n\nand molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. In later stages of apoptosis the entire cell becomes fragmented, forming a number of plasma membrane-bounded apoptotic bodies which contain nuclear and or cytoplasmic elements. The ultrastructural appearance of necrosis is quite different, the main features being mitochondrial swelling, plasma membrane breakdown and cellular disintegration. Apoptosis occurs in many physiological and pathological processes. It plays an important role during", "id": "22087935" }, { "contents": "YWHAZ\n\n\ncharacteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a \"shrinkage necrosis\", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role opposite mitosis in tissue kinetics. In later stages of apoptosis the entire cell becomes fragmented, forming a number of plasma membrane-bounded apoptotic bodies which contain nuclear and or cytoplasmic elements. The ultrastructural appearance of necrosis is quite different, the main features being mitochondrial swelling, plasma membrane breakdown and cellular disintegration. Apoptosis occurs in many physiological and pathological processes. It plays", "id": "3371464" }, { "contents": "Knee cartilage replacement therapy\n\n\nmaterial. The cells grow in self-organized spheroid matrices which are implanted via injected fluid or inserted tissue matrix. Because mesenchymal stem cells may regenerate cartilage, cartilage growth in human knees using autologous cultured mesenchymal stem cells is under research and preliminary clinical use, and appears to be safe as of 2016. An advantage to this approach is that a person's own stem cells are used, avoiding tissue rejection by the immune system. Stem cells enable surgeons to grow replacement cartilage, which gives the new tissue greater growth potential.", "id": "17001503" }, { "contents": "Tissue stress\n\n\nWhen the cell is slightly damaged, it begins to form the phase of metabolism stimulation. Strong damaging influences initiate the CURD phase of metabolism inhibition in the cell. According to the TAS concept, the protective effect of the tissue stress is realized in the case of forming of CURD metabolism stimulation phase by TAS effectors as a result of acceleration of reparative processes in the damaged cell. In the process of forming of CURD phase of metabolism inhibition by the above effectors the protective influence of tissue stress develops a result of cell reactivity decrease", "id": "12779700" }, { "contents": "Wound healing\n\n\ninvestigated which may be able to turn off myofibroblast differentiation. A new way of thinking derived from the notion that heparan sulfates are key player in tissue homeostasis: the process that makes the tissue replace dead cells by identical cells. In wound areas, tissue homeostasis is lost as the heparan sulfates are degraded preventing the replacement of dead cells by identical cells. Heparan sulfate analogues cannot be degraded by all know heparanases and glycanases and bind to the free heparin sulfate binding spots on the ECM, therefore preserving the normal tissue homeostasis and", "id": "694850" }, { "contents": "Wildfire\n\n\nterm effects with stronger impact. Smaller particulate moves further into the respiratory system creating issues deep into the lungs and the bloodstream. In asthma patients, PM causes inflammation but also increases oxidative stress in the epithelial cells. These particulates also cause apoptosis and autophagy in lung epithelial cells. Both processes cause the cells to be damaged and impacts the cell function. This damage impacts those with respiratory conditions such as asthma where the lung tissues and function are already compromised. The third PM type is ultra-fine PM (UFP).", "id": "11476697" }, { "contents": "Organ culture\n\n\nat Yale. A beating rat heart has been cultured by Doris Taylor at the University of Minnesota. An artificial kidney has been cultured by H. David Humes at the University of Michigan. Silk cut from silkworm cocoons has been successfully used as growth scaffolding for heart tissue production. Heart tissue does not regenerate if damaged, so producing replacement patches is of great interest. The experiment used rat heart cells and produced functional heart tissue. In order to further test applications to humans as a cure, a way to transform human stem cells", "id": "4946243" }, { "contents": "Regenerative medicine\n\n\nused the term \"regenerative medicine\" in the way that it is used today: \"an approach to therapy that ... employs human genes, proteins and cells to re-grow, restore or provide mechanical replacements for tissues that have been injured by trauma, damaged by disease or worn by time\" and \"offers the prospect of curing diseases that cannot be treated effectively today, including those related to aging\". From 1995 to 1998 Michael D. West, PhD, organized and managed the research between Geron Corporation and its", "id": "2873764" }, { "contents": "Basophilic\n\n\nBasophilic is a technical term used by histologists. It describes the microscopic appearance of cells and tissues, as seen down the microscope, after a histological section has been stained with a basic dye. The most common such dye is haematoxylin. Basophilic describes the appearance of structures seen in histological sections which take up basic dyes. The structures usually stained are those that contain negative charges, such as the phosphate backbone of DNA in the cell nucleus and ribosomes. \"Basophils\" are cells that \"love\" the blue, and usually", "id": "8764337" }, { "contents": "Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1\n\n\nto slow down the appearance of SCA1-linked neuropathologies such as lack of motor coordination. MitoQ also prevented oxidative stress induced DNA damage and Purkinje cell loss. One treatment option being investigated is stem cell therapy, which attempts to replace dead tissue by transplanting stem cells into affected region and either stimulating them to differentiate into the desired cell types or allowing them to stimulate endogenous regenerative mechanisms. These techniques are of interest to researchers as a possible treatment for neurodegenerative diseases, but currently are of limited success in animal models, and in in-", "id": "11869350" }, { "contents": "Brain damage\n\n\nmay be useful in order to discover novel therapeutic strategies. At the current time, they are already in clinical trials. Brain injuries can result from a number of conditions including: Chemotherapy can cause brain damage to the neural stem cells and oligodendrocyte cells that produce myelin. Radiation and chemotherapy can lead to brain tissue damage by disrupting or stopping blood flow to the affected areas of the brain. This damage can cause long term effects such as but not limited to; memory loss, confusion, and loss of cognitive function. The", "id": "9545783" }, { "contents": "Tissue stress\n\n\nTissue stress (tissue adaptive syndrome) is an unspecific adaptive reaction universal for all tissues of adult organism which forms in tissue as a response to various external influences. The latter are tissue cells’ damage, overload of their specialized functions or regulatory influences. According to tissue adaptive syndrome (TAS) concept, this adaptive mechanism (see adaptation) comes into effect in damaged tissue (see Tissue (biology)) as a result of concurrence of two events. The first one is accumulation of TAS effectors in tissue (comutons,", "id": "12779697" }, { "contents": "Cancer cell\n\n\nCancer cells are cells that divide relentlessly, forming solid tumors or flooding the blood with abnormal cells. Cell division is a normal process used by the body for growth and repair. A parent cell divides to form two daughter cells, and these daughter cells are used to build new tissue, or to replace cells that have died because of aging or damage. Healthy cells stop dividing when there is no longer a need for more daughter cells, but cancer cells continue to produce copies. They are also able to spread from one", "id": "12633221" }, { "contents": "Sports injury\n\n\nthe highest injury rate is football, with greater than 12 times the number of injuries seen in the next most common sport. When soft tissue experiences trauma the dead and damaged cells release chemicals, which initiate an inflammatory response. The small blood vessels that are damaged become dilated which produce bleeding within the tissue. The body's normal response includes forming a small blood clot in order to stop the bleeding and allows a clot of special cells, called fibroblasts, to form. This begins the healing process by laying down scar tissue", "id": "18844316" }, { "contents": "Cirrhosis\n\n\nCirrhosis, also known as liver cirrhosis or hepatic cirrhosis, is a condition in which the liver does not function properly due to long-term damage. This damage is characterized by the replacement of normal liver tissue by scar tissue. Typically, the disease develops slowly over months or years. Early on, there are often no symptoms. As the disease worsens, a person may become tired, weak, itchy, have swelling in the lower legs, develop yellow skin, bruise easily, have fluid build up in the abdomen", "id": "9211563" }, { "contents": "Nerve injury\n\n\nbe described as a cleaning or clearing process that essentially prepares the distal stump for reinnervation. Schwann cells are glial cells in the peripheral nervous system that support neurons by forming myelin that encases nerves. During Wallerian degeneration Schwann cells and macrophages interact to remove debris, specifically myelin and the damaged axon, from the distal injury site. (medscape) Calcium has a role in the degeneration of the damage axon. Bands of Büngner are formed when un-innervated Schwann cells proliferate and the remaining connective tissue basement membrane forms endoneurial tubes.", "id": "1915263" }, { "contents": "Tissue engineering of heart valves\n\n\nhad to undergo reoperation, the short-term results appear to be going well as the valve is behaving similarly to a native, healthy valve. One animal trial combined the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure with tissue engineered heart valves (TEHVs). A TAVR stent integrated with human cell-derived extracellular matrix was implanted and examined in sheep, in which the valve upheld structural integrity and cell infiltration, allowing the potential clinical application to extend TAVR to younger patients. While many \"in vitro and in vivo\"", "id": "21549717" } ]

[ { "contents": "Earth\n\n\nreshape the Earth's surface over geological time. The continental crust consists of lower density material such as the igneous rocks granite and andesite. Less common is basalt, a denser volcanic rock that is the primary constituent of the ocean floors. Sedimentary rock is formed from the accumulation of sediment that becomes buried and compacted together. Nearly 75% of the continental surfaces are covered by sedimentary rocks, although they form about 5% of the crust. The third form of rock material found on Earth is metamorphic rock, which is created", "id": "9155336" }, { "contents": "Geology of solar terrestrial planets\n\n\nis the primary constituent of the ocean floors. Sedimentary rock is formed from the accumulation of sediment that becomes compacted together. Nearly 75% of the continental surfaces are covered by sedimentary rocks, although they form only about 5% of the crust. The third form of rock material found on Earth is metamorphic rock, which is created from the transformation of pre-existing rock types through high pressures, high temperatures, or both. The most abundant silicate minerals on the Earth's surface include quartz, the feldspars, amphibole,", "id": "13888886" }, { "contents": "Habitat\n\n\nunsuitable for most higher life forms. There are bacteria, for example, living in Lake Whillans, half a mile below the ice of Antarctica; in the absence of sunlight, they must rely on organic material from elsewhere, perhaps decaying matter from glacier melt water or minerals from the underlying rock. Other bacteria can be found in abundance in the Mariana Trench, the deepest place in the ocean and on Earth; marine snow drifts down from the surface layers of the sea and accumulates in this undersea valley, providing nourishment for", "id": "20626240" }, { "contents": "Snowball Earth\n\n\noceans to form carbonic acid. Although the boron variations may be evidence of extreme climate change, they need not imply a global glaciation. Earth's surface is very depleted in the element iridium, which primarily resides in the Earth's core. The only significant source of the element at the surface is cosmic particles that reach Earth. During a snowball Earth, iridium would accumulate on the ice sheets, and when the ice melted the resulting layer of sediment would be rich in iridium. An iridium anomaly has been discovered at the", "id": "9507478" }, { "contents": "Geological history of Earth\n\n\nlayer of the planet cooled to form a solid crust when water began accumulating in the atmosphere. The Moon formed soon afterwards, possibly as a result of the impact of a planetoid with the Earth. Outgassing and volcanic activity produced the primordial atmosphere. Condensing water vapor, augmented by ice delivered from comets, produced the oceans. As the surface continually reshaped itself over hundreds of millions of years, continents formed and broke apart. They migrated across the surface, occasionally combining to form a supercontinent. Roughly , the earliest-known", "id": "6516633" }, { "contents": "Colonization of the Moon\n\n\nenergy, as a material is kept very hot for an extended period of time. (This allows the molecular structure to realign.) Exporting material to Earth in trade from the Moon is more problematic due to the cost of transportation, which would vary greatly if the Moon is industrially developed (see \"Launch costs\" above). One suggested trade commodity is helium-3 (He) which is carried by the solar wind and accumulated on the Moon's surface over billions of years, but occurs only rarely on Earth. Helium-3", "id": "15307682" }, { "contents": "Planetary differentiation\n\n\nforms called diapirs when doing so. On Earth, salt domes are salt diapirs in the crust which rise through surrounding rock. Diapirs of molten low-density silicate rocks such as granite are abundant in the Earth's upper crust. The hydrated, low-density serpentinite formed by alteration of mantle material at subduction zones can also rise to the surface as diapirs. Other materials do likewise: a low-temperature, near-surface example is provided by mud volcanos. On the Moon, a distinctive basaltic material has been found", "id": "15598667" }, { "contents": "Land\n\n\nof planimetric Earth's surface, mainly in the form of oceans and ice formations; but this proportion is decreased by the land's increased terrain. \"Land cover\" is the physical material at the surface of the earth. Creation myths in many religions recall a story involving the creation of the world by a supernatural deity or deities, including accounts wherein the land is separated from the oceans and the air. The Earth itself has often been personified as a deity, in particular a goddess. In many cultures, the mother", "id": "16350909" }, { "contents": "Houdek (soil)\n\n\nto 4. It is clay loam or loam and is slightly or moderately alkaline. It contains few to many, fine or medium accumulations of carbonate. The last layer in the Houdek soil is the parent material. This layer represents the materials from which the Houdek soil has developed with time. It represents what the glacier originally left at the soil surface. Climate factors and vegetation/soil organisms have weathered the glacial parent materials to form the present day Houdek soil. The C horizon has hue of 10YR, 2.5Y, or", "id": "4436736" }, { "contents": "Ice wedge\n\n\ngeological term syngenetic, which means forming at the same time as the surrounding material. This is because syngenetic ice wedges grow as the upper permafrost surface rises in response to the addition of material on the ground surface. This allows syngenetic ice wedges to grow very deep, as the surface around them rises with the accumulation of alluvium (in floodplains), peat (in tundra), and gelifluction deposits (at the bottom of a slope), among other materials. Syngenetic ice wedges may only form if the thermal contraction and", "id": "1082038" }, { "contents": "Geological history of Earth\n\n\nrocks. The oldest dated zircons date from about . Earth was initially molten due to extreme volcanism and frequent collisions with other bodies. Eventually, the outer layer of the planet cooled to form a solid crust when water began accumulating in the atmosphere. The Moon formed soon afterwards, possibly as a result of the impact of a large planetoid with the Earth. Some of this object's mass merged with the Earth, significantly altering its internal composition, and a portion was ejected into space. Some of the material survived to form", "id": "6516636" }, { "contents": "Mass wasting\n\n\n. The surface soil can migrate under the influence of cycles of freezing and thawing, or hot and cold temperatures, inching its way towards the bottom of the slope forming terracettes. Landslides are often preceded by soil creep accompanied with soil sloughing — loose soil that falls and accumulates at the base of the steepest creep sections. A landslide, also called a landslip, is a slow or rapid movement of a large mass of earth and rocks down a hill or a mountainside. Little or no flowage of the materials occurs on a", "id": "9028089" }, { "contents": "Erosion and tectonics\n\n\nmass transported. Because tectonic processes are highly dependent on the current state of gravitational stresses, redistribution of surface material can lead to tectonic activity. While erosion in all of its forms, by definition, wears away material from the Earth's surface, the process of mass wasting as a product of deep fluvial incision has the highest tectonic implications. Mass wasting is the geomorphic process by which surface material move downslope typically as a mass, largely under the force of gravity As rivers flow down steeply sloping mountains, deep channel incision occurs", "id": "3288676" }, { "contents": "Petrochemistry\n\n\nin organic materials, accumulates beneath the earth's surface in extremely large quantities. The first commercial oil well was set up in 1859, two years after which the first oil refinery was set up. The industry grew in the late 1940s. Demand for products from the petrochemical industry grew during the World War II. The demand for synthetic materials increased, and this rising demand was met by replacing costly and sometimes less efficient products with these synthetic materials. This caused petrochemical processing to develop into a major industry. Before this,", "id": "20757956" }, { "contents": "Rock (geology)\n\n\ntemperature and pressure conditions in which they were formed. Sedimentary rocks are formed at the earth's surface by the accumulation and cementation of fragments of earlier rocks, minerals, and organisms or as chemical precipitates and organic growths in water (sedimentation). This process causes clastic sediments (pieces of rock) or organic particles (detritus) to settle and accumulate, or for minerals to chemically precipitate (evaporite) from a solution. The particulate matter then undergoes compaction and cementation at moderate temperatures and pressures (diagenesis). Before being", "id": "20416520" }, { "contents": "Grand tack hypothesis\n\n\nthe orbit of Mars to become decoupled from the other planets and remain on a stable orbit, they can also perturb the disk of material from which the moons of Mars form. These perturbations cause material to escape from the orbit of Mars or to impact on its surface reducing the mass of the disk resulting in the formation of smaller moons. Most of the accretion of Mars must have taken place outside the narrow annulus of material formed by the grand tack if Mars has a different composition than Earth and Venus. The planets that", "id": "15383666" }, { "contents": "Planetary differentiation\n\n\nis unevenly heated, lighter material migrates toward hotter zones and heavier material migrates towards colder areas, which is known as thermophoresis, thermomigration, or the Soret effect. This process can affect differentiation in magma chambers. Earth's Moon probably formed out of material splashed into orbit by the impact of a large body into the early Earth. Differentiation on Earth had probably already separated many lighter materials toward the surface, so that the impact removed a disproportionate amount of silicate material from Earth, and left the majority of the dense metal behind", "id": "15598670" }, { "contents": "Hemilepistus reaumuri\n\n\nstrategy to find it again. It begins with a spirally widening search, and develops into a more meandering approach the longer it is unable to find the burrow. \"Hemilepistus reaumuri\" has a significantly higher biomass than other herbivores in the Negev Desert, making it an important part of herbivore–omnivore food chains. They spend the day provisioning their burrows with leaf material from the surface of the desert, sometimes resting under stones or in crevices of rocks. Their faeces accumulates on the surface, and forms a \"faecal embankment", "id": "16972079" }, { "contents": "Unkar Group\n\n\nand eroded to form the surface of the nonconformity on which the Unkar Group lies. As these rocks were uplifted from mid-crustal depths, the timing of their cooling was recorded in cooling ages of feldspars and other minerals. As determined from these cooling ages, these basement rocks were uplifted from depths of between 1750 and 1660 Ma. Then, they were uplifted from a depth of to the Earth's surface between 1300 and 1250 Ma. Thus, the surface on which the Unkar Group accumulated, is about 1250 Ma old", "id": "21778257" }, { "contents": "Protalus rampart\n\n\nA protalus rampart (or pronival rampart) is a depositional landform of periglacial origin. It forms as rock debris falls onto a steep snow slope from a cliff above and slides down the snow surface to come to a rest at the foot of the slope. Over a long period of time, sufficient material can accumulate in this way to produce a distinct bank of stony material which, long after the snowbed has melted away, remains as a rampart (a bank or mound similar to a manmade rampart). The debris may", "id": "9344810" }, { "contents": "Origin of the Moon\n\n\n). The latter has sometimes been referred to as Theia, the name of the mother of Selene, the Moon goddess in Greek mythology. This size ratio is needed in order for the resulting system to have sufficient angular momentum to match the current orbital configuration. Such an impact would have put enough material into orbit around Earth to have eventually accumulated to form the Moon. Computer simulations show a need for a glancing blow, which causes a portion of the collider to form a long arm of material that then shears off.", "id": "18727370" }, { "contents": "Convection\n\n\ncarrying heat from the interior of the earth to the surface. It is one of 3 driving forces that causes tectonic plates to move around the Earth's surface. The Earth's surface is divided into a number of tectonic plates that are continuously being created and consumed at their opposite plate boundaries. Creation (accretion) occurs as mantle is added to the growing edges of a plate. This hot added material cools down by conduction and convection of heat. At the consumption edges of the plate, the material has thermally contracted to", "id": "3352028" }, { "contents": "Geochemistry of carbon\n\n\nnoble gases. The Earth is believed to have formed by the gravitational collapse of material like meteorites. Important effects on Earth in the first Hadian Era include strong solar winds during the T-Tauri stage of the Sun. The Moon forming impact caused major changes to the surface. Juvenile volatiles outgased from the early molten surface of the Earth. These included carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. The emissions probably did not include methane, but the Earth was probably free of molecular oxygen. The Late Heavy Bombardment was between 4.0 and 3.8", "id": "2004524" }, { "contents": "Snow\n\n\nSnow refers to forms of ice crystals that precipitate from the atmosphere (usually from clouds) and undergo changes on the Earth's surface. It pertains to frozen crystalline water throughout its life cycle, starting when, under suitable conditions, the ice crystals form in the atmosphere, increase to millimeter size, precipitate and accumulate on surfaces, then metamorphose in place, and ultimately melt, slide or sublimate away. Snowstorms organize and develop by feeding on sources of atmospheric moisture and cold air. Snowflakes nucleate around particles in the atmosphere by", "id": "8490360" }, { "contents": "Free surface\n\n\nIn physics, a free surface is the surface of a fluid that is subject to zero parallel shear stress, such as the interface between two homogeneous fluids, for example liquid water and the air in the Earth's atmosphere. Unlike liquids, gases cannot form a free surface on their own. Fluidized/liquified solids, including slurries, granular materials, and powders may form a free surface. A liquid in a gravitational field will form a free surface if unconfined from above. Under mechanical equilibrium this free surface must be", "id": "13859026" }, { "contents": "Hadean zircon\n\n\nHadean zircon is the oldest-surviving crustal material from the Earth's earliest geological time period, the Hadean eon, about 4 billion years ago. Zircon is a mineral that is commonly used for radiometric dating because it is highly resistant to chemical changes and appears in the form of small crystals or grains in most igneous and metamorphic host rocks. Hadean zircon has very low abundance around the globe because of recycling of material by plate tectonics. When the rock at the surface is buried deep in the Earth it is heated and can", "id": "3936165" }, { "contents": "Urea\n\n\nmetallic construction materials, even more resistant forms of stainless steel—especially in the hottest parts of the plant such as the stripper. Historically corrosion has been minimized (although not eliminated) by continuous injection of a small amount of oxygen (as air) into the plant to establish and maintain a passive oxide layer on exposed stainless steel surfaces. Because the carbon dioxide feed is recovered from ammonia synthesis gas, it contains traces of hydrogen that can mingle with passivation air to form an explosive mixture if allowed to accumulate. In the", "id": "13127753" }, { "contents": "Land\n\n\nEarth continuously shape the land by eroding and transporting solids on the surface. The crust, which currently forms the Earth's land, was created when the molten outer layer of the planet Earth cooled to form a solid mass as the accumulated water vapor began to act in the atmosphere. Once land became capable of supporting life, biodiversity evolved over hundreds of million years, expanding continually except when punctuated by mass extinctions. The two models that explain land mass propose either a steady growth to the present-day forms or, more", "id": "16350906" }, { "contents": "Regolith-hosted rare earth element deposits\n\n\nexhumation (an isostatic-uplifting process which deep-seated rock is brought to the land surface) occurs and hence, replenishes materials for on-going denudation. Thus, the dynamic equilibrium system between denudation and exhumation further facilitates the development of thicker weathering profile as well as the accumulation of REEs. In regolith-hosted rare earth element deposits, rare earth elements ores do not exist as free ions. Instead, they physically adhere on clay minerals as clay-REE complex or chemically bond with REE-hosting minerals. Exchangeable", "id": "9132754" }, { "contents": "Ice protection system\n\n\n-thousandth the weight. The amount of material needed to cover the wings of a jumbo jet weighs . The material cost is approximately 1% of nichrome. Aerogel heaters could be left on continuously at low power, to prevent ice from forming. A bleed air system is the method used by most larger jet aircraft to keep flight surfaces above the freezing temperature required for ice to accumulate (called anti-icing). The hot air is \"bled\" off the jet engine into piccolo tubes routed through wings, tail surfaces", "id": "2388551" }, { "contents": "Water\n\n\nwhich helps maintain a relatively steady surface temperature. If Earth were smaller, a thinner atmosphere would allow temperature extremes, thus preventing the accumulation of water except in polar ice caps (as on Mars). The surface temperature of Earth has been relatively constant through geologic time despite varying levels of incoming solar radiation (insolation), indicating that a dynamic process governs Earth's temperature via a combination of greenhouse gases and surface or atmospheric albedo. This proposal is known as the \"Gaia hypothesis\". The state of water on a", "id": "14723421" }, { "contents": "Earth analog\n\n\nas the temperature and quantities of ice. Many of Earth's surface materials and landforms are formed as a result of interaction with water (such as clay and sedimentary rocks) or as a byproduct of life (such as limestone or coal), interaction with the atmosphere, volcanically or artificially. A true Earth analog therefore might need to have formed through similar processes, having possessed an atmosphere, volcanic interactions with the surface, past or present liquid water and life forms. There are several factors that can determine planetary temperatures and", "id": "21304828" }, { "contents": "Houdek (soil)\n\n\n, and chroma of 2 or 3. It is clay loam averaging between 27 and 35 percent clay. Some pedons have thin horizons that exceed 35 percent clay. It is neutral or slightly alkaline. 2) Lime accumulation layer. As the Houdek soils weathered and formed, water from the soil surface carried lime and clay downward. These materials were deposited deeper, forming the two subsoil layers. The Bk horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6 and 4 or 5 moist, and chroma of 2", "id": "4436735" }, { "contents": "Bilayer graphene\n\n\nchange the intrinsic properties of graphene and/or induce poor interfaces. In 2014 a general route to obtain unstacked graphene via facile, templated, catalytic growth was announced. The resulting material has a specific surface area of 1628 m2 g-1, is electrically conductive and has a mesoporous structure. The material is made with a mesoporous nanoflake template. Graphene layers are deposited onto the template. The carbon atoms accumulate in the mesopores, forming protuberances that act as spacers to prevent stacking. The protuberance density is approximately . Graphene is deposited on both sides", "id": "21332181" }, { "contents": "Open-pit mining\n\n\nOpen-pit, open-cast or open cut mining is a surface mining technique of extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow. This form of mining differs from extractive methods that require tunnelling into the earth, such as long wall mining. Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially useful ore or rocks are found near the surface. It is applied to ore or rocks found at the surface because the overburden is relatively thin or the material of interest is structurally unsuitable", "id": "432148" }, { "contents": "Crust (geology)\n\n\nof Mars; however, again, this is debated. Like Earth, Venus lacks primary crust, as the entire planet has been repeatedly resurfaced and modified. Secondary crust is formed by partial melting of silicate materials in the mantle, and so is usually basaltic in composition. This is the most common type of crust in the Solar System. Most of the surfaces of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars comprise secondary crust, as do the lunar maria. On Earth, we see secondary crust forming primarily at mid-", "id": "15455354" }, { "contents": "Biofouling\n\n\ntryptophan, which radiates at 350 nm when irradiated at 280 nm. Anti-fouling is the process of preventing accumulations from forming. In industrial processes, bio-dispersants can be used to control biofouling. In less controlled environments, organisms are killed or repelled with coatings using biocides, thermal treatments, or pulses of energy. Nontoxic mechanical strategies that prevent organisms from attaching include choosing a material or coating with a slippery surface, creating an ultra-low fouling surface with the use of zwitterions, or creating nanoscale surface topologies similar", "id": "940894" }, { "contents": "Tholin\n\n\nform naturally on modern-day Earth, but they are found in great abundance on the surfaces of icy bodies in the outer Solar System, and as reddish aerosols in the atmosphere of outer Solar System planets and moons. In the presence of water, tholins can be raw materials for prebiotic chemistry, i.e. the non-living chemistry that forms the basic chemicals which form life. Their existence has implications for the origins of life on Earth and possibly on other planets. As particles in an atmosphere, tholins scatter light, and", "id": "9075153" }, { "contents": "Electrostatic discharge\n\n\nmaterial, the use of conductive filaments on garments worn by assembly workers, conducting wrist straps and foot-straps to prevent high voltages from accumulating on workers' bodies, anti-static mats or conductive flooring materials to conduct harmful electric charges away from the work area, and humidity control. Humid conditions prevent electrostatic charge generation because the thin layer of moisture that accumulates on most surfaces serves to dissipate electric charges. Ionizers are used especially when insulative materials cannot be grounded. Ionization systems help to neutralize charged surface regions on insulative", "id": "270632" }, { "contents": "In situ resource utilization\n\n\nof thin-film materials for solar cells. Solar arrays produced on the lunar surface can be used to support lunar surface operations as well as satellites off the lunar surface. Solar arrays produced on the lunar surface may prove more cost effective than solar arrays produced and shipped from Earth, but this trade depends heavily on the location of the particular application in question. Another potential application of lunar-derived solar arrays is providing power to Earth. In its original form, known as the solar power satellite, the proposal was intended", "id": "9235942" }, { "contents": "Deep carbon cycle\n\n\nThe deep carbon cycle is the movement of carbon through the Earth's mantle and core. It forms part of the carbon cycle and is intimately connected to the movement of carbon in the Earth's surface and atmosphere. By returning carbon to the deep Earth, it plays a critical role in maintaining the terrestrial conditions necessary for life to exist. Without it, carbon would accumulate in the atmosphere, reaching extremely high concentrations over long periods of time. Because the deep Earth is inaccessible to drilling, not much is conclusively known about", "id": "20878503" }, { "contents": "Earth\n\n\nThe evolution of photosynthesis allowed the Sun's energy to be harvested directly by life forms. The resultant molecular oxygen () accumulated in the atmosphere and due to interaction with ultraviolet solar radiation, formed a protective ozone layer () in the upper atmosphere. The incorporation of smaller cells within larger ones resulted in the development of complex cells called eukaryotes. True multicellular organisms formed as cells within colonies became increasingly specialized. Aided by the absorption of harmful ultraviolet radiation by the ozone layer, life colonized Earth's surface. Among the earliest", "id": "9155316" }, { "contents": "Secondary crater\n\n\n) to form from the collision are known as primary craters or impact craters. Material expelled from primary craters may form secondary craters (secondaries) under a few conditions: If ejected material is within an atmosphere, such as on Earth, Venus, or Titan, then it is more difficult to retain high enough velocity to create secondary impacts. Likewise, bodies with higher resurfacing rates, such as Io, also do not record surface cratering. Self-secondary craters are a those that form from ejected material of a primary crater", "id": "14691063" }, { "contents": "Casius quadrangle\n\n\nwith the movement of the glacier.Erratics on Earth were carried by similar means. Based on accurate topography measures of height at different points in these craters and calculations of how deep the craters should be based on their diameters, it is thought that the craters are 80% filled with mostly ice. That is, they hold hundreds of meters of material that probably consists of ice with a few tens of meters of surface debris. The ice accumulated in the crater from snowfall in previous climates. High resolution pictures taken with HiRISE", "id": "13768047" }, { "contents": "Global warming hiatus\n\n\n15-year period was too short to determine a meaningful trend, the IPCC included a section on a hiatus, which it defined as a much smaller increasing linear trend over the 15 years from 1998 to 2012, than over the 60 years from 1951 to 2012. Various studies examined possible causes of the short-term slowdown. Even though the overall climate system has continued to accumulate energy due to Earth's positive energy budget, the available temperature readings at the Earth's surface indicate slower rates of increase in surface warming than in the", "id": "7743188" }, { "contents": "Sedimentary rock\n\n\nSedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of small particles and subsequent cementation of mineral or organic particles on the floor of oceans or other bodies of water at the Earth's surface. Sedimentation is the collective name for processes that cause these particles to settle in place. The particles that form a sedimentary rock are called sediment, and may be composed of geological detritus (minerals) or biological detritus (organic matter). Before being deposited, the geological detritus was formed by weathering and erosion from", "id": "865446" }, { "contents": "Structure of the Earth\n\n\nof Earth is . Because the average density of surface material is only around , we must conclude that denser materials exist within Earth's core. This result has been known since the Schiehallion experiment, performed in the 1770s. Charles Hutton in his 1778 report concluded that the mean density of the Earth must be about formula_1 that of surface rock, concluding that the interior of the Earth must be metallic. Hutton estimated this metallic portion to occupy some 65% of the diameter of the Earth. Hutton's estimate on the mean density", "id": "1461172" }, { "contents": "Kirwin Reservoir\n\n\nits active conservation pool. When full, Kirwin Reservoir has a surface area of , a surface elevation of , and a volume of . When filled to maximum capacity, it has a surface area of , a surface elevation of , and a volume of . The streambed underlying the reservoir has an elevation of . Since the reservoir's initial flooding, sedimentation has gradually accumulated on the reservoir bottom thus raising its elevation. Kirwin Dam is a rolled earth-fill embankment dam with a structural height of and a length of . At", "id": "12641734" }, { "contents": "Transport geography\n\n\nTransport geography, also \"transportation geography\", is a branch of geography that investigates the movement and connections between people, goods and information on the Earth's surface. Transportation geography detects, describes, and explains the Earth's surface's transportation spaces regarding location, substance, form, function, and genesis. It also investigates the effects of transportation on land use, on the physical material patterns at the surface of the earth known as 'cover patterns', and on other spatial processes such as environmental alterations. Moreover,", "id": "4423839" }, { "contents": "Young stellar object\n\n\nYoung stellar object (YSO) denotes a star in its early stage of evolution. This class consists of two groups of objects: protostars and pre-main-sequence stars. A star forms by accumulation of material that falls in to a protostar from a circumstellar disk or envelope. Material in the disk is cooler than the surface of the protostar, so it radiates at longer wavelengths of light producing excess infrared emission. As material in the disk is depleted, the infrared excess decreases. Thus, YSOs are usually classified into", "id": "18039611" }, { "contents": "Earth shelter\n\n\nfinishing and significantly less maintenance. Problems of water seepage, internal condensation, bad acoustics, and poor indoor air quality can occur if an earth shelter has not been properly designed and ventilated. Very high humidity levels can allow mold or mildew growth, associated with a musty smell and potentially with health problems. The below-ground orientation of many earth-sheltered homes can allow accumulation of radon gas (which is known to increase the risk of lung cancer) or other undesirable materials (e.g. off gassing from construction materials).", "id": "21307611" }, { "contents": "Earth\n\n\nA subject of research is the formation of the Moon, some 4.53 Bya. A leading hypothesis is that it was formed by accretion from material loosed from Earth after a Mars-sized object, named Theia, hit Earth. In this view, the mass of Theia was approximately 10 percent of Earth, it hit Earth with a glancing blow and some of its mass merged with Earth. Between approximately 4.1 and , numerous asteroid impacts during the Late Heavy Bombardment caused significant changes to the greater surface environment of the Moon and,", "id": "9155312" }, { "contents": "Geothermal energy\n\n\nGeothermal energy is thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth. Thermal energy is the energy that determines the temperature of matter. The geothermal energy of the Earth's crust originates from the original formation of the planet and from radioactive decay of materials (in currently uncertain but possibly roughly equal proportions). The geothermal gradient, which is the difference in temperature between the core of the planet and its surface, drives a continuous conduction of thermal energy in the form of heat from the core to the surface. The adjective \"geothermal", "id": "21015955" }, { "contents": "Wilson Lake (Kansas)\n\n\nreservoir is considered full when filled to the capacity of its multi-purpose pool. When full, Wilson Lake has a surface area of , a surface elevation of , and a volume of . When filled to maximum capacity, it has a surface area of , a surface elevation of , and a volume of . The streambed underlying the reservoir has an elevation of . Since the reservoir's initial flooding, sedimentation has gradually accumulated on the reservoir bottom thus raising its elevation. Wilson Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam with", "id": "16738604" }, { "contents": "Waconda Lake\n\n\nof its active conservation pool. When full, Waconda Lake has a surface area of , a surface elevation of , and a volume of . When filled to maximum capacity, it has a surface area of , a surface elevation of , and a volume of . The streambed underlying the reservoir has an elevation of . Since the reservoir's initial flooding, sedimentation has gradually accumulated on the reservoir bottom thus raising its elevation. Glen Elder Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam with a structural height of tall and length of .", "id": "395454" }, { "contents": "Three-age system\n\n\nthe Earth, because of which the Latin word \"mater\", \"mother\", descends to English-speakers as matter and material. In Lucretius the Earth is a mother, Venus, to whom the poem is dedicated in the first few lines. She brought forth humankind by spontaneous generation. Having been given birth as a species, humans must grow to maturity by analogy with the individual. The different phases of their collective life are marked by the accumulation of customs to form material civilization: The earliest weapons were hands", "id": "12672741" }, { "contents": "Classe, ancient port of Ravenna\n\n\n. From below the surface there is material dating from Imperial rule; from , material from the Ostrogothic Kingdom; and from , material from the Republic. Due to the accumulation of silt, the coastline has moved to the east. If visiting Classe, one has to climb to the top of the last watch tower to see the ocean. On 16 July 2015 the archeological site became a museum which is open for visitors. Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe San Severo Because of the tumultuous times, few firsthand accounts survive to this", "id": "14813645" }, { "contents": "Fornax\n\n\nand has either accumulated material from, or merged with, a third star in the past. It is a strong source of X-rays. The pair is 46.4 ± 0.3 light-years distant from Earth. Beta Fornacis is a yellow-hued giant star of spectral type G8IIIb of magnitude 4.5 that has cooled and swelled to 11 times the Sun's diameter, 169 ± 6 light-years from Earth. It is a red clump giant, which means it has undergone helium flash and is currently generating energy through the", "id": "10949263" }, { "contents": "Roy Staab\n\n\nmaterials, Staab constructed simple, interlocking geometric forms in the shallows of a tidal enclosure. Like much of his future work, the form of this sculpture floats parallel to the water's surface on vertical supports, allowing the reflection to multiply and complicate the form. The stark geometric drawings of the late 1970s and 1980s foreshadow the rigidly geometric outdoor sculptures. His drawings are now made directly on the earth using reeds, branches and other local materials. Since 1983, he has worked exclusively in and with nature, making ephemeral environmental", "id": "10081599" }, { "contents": "Tom Tsuchiya\n\n\nsculpture depicts the mythical Greek Titan Atlas bearing the earth on his shoulders. In addition to being a recycling aid, \"Atlas\" itself is made mainly from reused materials. Pieces of 14 used atlases and road maps cover the entire surface of the sculpture. Most of the polymer and steel that form the structure were reused from the creation of some of the artist's previous sculptures. To celebrate Earth Day, \"Atlas\" has been exhibited in Cincinnati's Fountain Square, New York City's Grand Central Terminal and Washington D.C.", "id": "10467715" }, { "contents": "Diatomaceous earth\n\n\nin Germany, France, Denmark and the Czech Republic. The worldwide association of diatomite deposits and volcanic deposits suggests that the availability of silica from volcanic ash may be necessary for thick diatomite deposits. Diatomaceous earth is sometimes found on desert surfaces. Research has shown that the erosion of diatomaceous earth in such areas (such as the Bodélé Depression in the Sahara) is one of the most important sources of climate-affecting dust in the atmosphere. The siliceous frustules of diatoms accumulate in fresh and brackish wetlands and lakes. Some peats", "id": "3603230" }, { "contents": "Atmosphere of Titan\n\n\n's atmosphere, revealing that its surface pressure was higher than Earth's, at 1.5 bars (about x1.48 of Earth's atmosphere). The joint NASA/ESA \"Cassini-Huygens\" mission provided a wealth of information about Titan, and the Saturn system in general, since entering orbit on July 1, 2004. It was determined that Titan's atmospheric isotopic abundances were evidence that the abundant nitrogen in the atmosphere came from materials in the Oort cloud, associated with comets, and not from the materials that formed Saturn in", "id": "15335976" }, { "contents": "Parasitic cone\n\n\nA parasitic cone (also adventive cone or satellite cone) is the cone-shaped accumulation of volcanic material not part of the central vent of a volcano. It forms from eruptions from fractures on the flank of the volcano. These fractures occur because the flank of the volcano is unstable. Eventually, the fractures reach the magma chamber and generate eruptions called flank eruptions, which, in turn, produce a parasitic cone. A parasitic cone can also be formed from a dike or sill cutting up to the surface from the central", "id": "10060220" }, { "contents": "Mantle convection\n\n\nMantle convection is the slow creeping motion of Earth's solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior to the planet's surface. The Earth's surface lithosphere rides atop the asthenosphere and the two form the components of the upper mantle. The lithosphere is divided into a number of plates that are continuously being created and consumed at their opposite plate boundaries. Accretion occurs as mantle is added to the growing edges of a plate, associated with seafloor spreading. This hot added material cools down by conduction and convection of", "id": "7159323" }, { "contents": "Residuum (geology)\n\n\nResiduum is often used to refer to the soil and subsoil that forms as the result of long weathering over carbonate rocks (limestone and dolomite) bedrock. It is defined primarily as “the unconsolidated weathered at least partly, mineral material that has accumulated as consolidated rocks disintegrated in place. It is a type of soil parent material which has formed in place of origin. This distinguishes residuum from most other types of parent material. Parent material is classified by mode of transport. Parent material is one of the soil forming factors defined", "id": "18135767" }, { "contents": "Aeolian processes\n\n\nparticles. Almost half of Earth's desert surfaces are stony deflation zones. The rock mantle in desert pavements protects the underlying material from deflation. A dark, shiny stain, called desert varnish or rock varnish, is often found on the surfaces of some desert rocks that have been exposed at the surface for a long period of time. Manganese, iron oxides, hydroxides, and clay minerals form most varnishes and provide the shine. Deflation basins, called blowouts, are hollows formed by the removal of particles by wind. Blowouts", "id": "4693883" }, { "contents": "Non-rocket spacelaunch\n\n\ncarbon nanotube or boron nitride nanotube based materials have been proposed as the tensile element in the tether design. Their measured strengths are high compared to their linear densities. They hold promise as materials to make an Earth-based space elevator possible. Landis and Cafarelli suggested that a tension structure (\"space elevator\") extending downward from geosynchronous orbit could be combined with the compression structure (\"Tsiolkovski tower\") extending upward from the surface, forming the combined structure reaching geosynchronous orbit from the surface, and having structural advantages over", "id": "1760614" }, { "contents": "Patina\n\n\nPatinas can provide a protective covering to materials that would otherwise be damaged by corrosion or weathering. They may also be aesthetically appealing. On metal, patina is a coating of various chemical compounds such as oxides, carbonates, sulfides, or sulfates formed on the surface during exposure to atmospheric elements (oxygen, rain, acid rain, carbon dioxide, sulfur-bearing compounds), a common example of which is rust which forms on iron or steel when exposed to oxygen. Patina also refers to accumulated changes in surface texture and", "id": "17907360" }, { "contents": "Primitive mantle\n\n\nThe primitive mantle is, in geochemistry, a hypothetical reservoir with the composition of the Earth's crust and mantle taken together. The currently accepted scientific hypothesis is that the Earth was formed by accretion of material with a chondritic composition. Still during the accretionary phase planetary differentiation started, giving rise to the Earth's core, where heavy metallic siderophile elements accumulated. Around it was a (in this stage) undifferentiated mantle, the primitive mantle. Further differentiation would take place later, creating the different chemical reservoirs of crust and mantle", "id": "15278635" }, { "contents": "Mountain\n\n\nuplifted area down. Erosion causes the surface of mountains to be younger than the rocks that form the mountains themselves. Glacial processes produce characteristic landforms, such as pyramidal peaks, knife-edge arêtes, and bowl-shaped cirques that can contain lakes. Plateau mountains, such as the Catskills, are formed from the erosion of an uplifted plateau. In earth science, \"erosion\" is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on", "id": "17055827" }, { "contents": "Evolutionary history of life\n\n\nmaterial that formed the Moon. Another hypothesis is that the Earth and Moon started to coalesce at the same time but the Earth, having much stronger gravity than the early Moon, attracted almost all the iron particles in the area. Until 2001, the oldest rocks found on Earth were about 3.8 billion years old, leading scientists to estimate that the Earth's surface had been molten until then. Accordingly, they named this part of Earth's history the Hadean. However, analysis of zircons formed 4.4 Ga indicates that Earth's", "id": "4414838" }, { "contents": "Piazzi (crater)\n\n\nPiazzi is an impact crater that is located near the southwestern limb of the Moon, and is attached to the southeastern rim of the walled plain Lagrange. About three crater diameters to the south is the crater Inghirami. Piazzi is seen at an oblique angle from the Earth, and it appears oblong due to foreshortening. As with Lagrange, this formation has been heavily modified by the ejecta from the formation of the Mare Orientale impact basin to the northwest. This material has formed radial valleys and ridges across the surface of these craters", "id": "15092598" }, { "contents": "Crater counting\n\n\nCrater counting is a method for estimating the age of a planet's surface. The method is based upon the assumptions that when a piece of planetary surface is new, then it has no impact craters; impact craters accumulate after that at a rate that is assumed known. Consequently, counting how many craters of various sizes there are in a given area allows determining how long they have accumulated and, consequently, how long ago the surface has formed. The method has been calibrated using the ages obtained by radiometric dating of samples", "id": "19020846" }, { "contents": "Erosion and tectonics\n\n\n. Isostatic uplift is both a cause and an effect of erosion. When deformation occurs in the form of crustal thickening an isostatic response is induced causing the thickened crust to sink, and surrounding thinner crust to uplift. The resulting surface uplift leads to enhanced elevations, which in turn induces erosion. Alternatively, when a large amount of material is eroded away from the Earth's surface uplift occurs in order to maintain isostatic equilibrium. Because of isostasy, high erosion rates over significant horizontal areas can effectively suck up material from the lower", "id": "3288672" }, { "contents": "Accretion (astrophysics)\n\n\nIn astrophysics, accretion is the accumulation of particles into a massive object by gravitationally attracting more matter, typically gaseous matter, in an accretion disk. Most astronomical objects, such as galaxies, stars, and planets, are formed by accretion processes. The accretion model that Earth and the other terrestrial planets formed from meteoric material was proposed in 1944 by Otto Schmidt, followed by the \"protoplanet theory\" of William McCrea (1960) and finally the \"capture theory\" of Michael Woolfson. In 1978, Andrew Prentice resurrected the", "id": "7813446" }, { "contents": "Caliche\n\n\nat depths around 3 to 10 feet under the surface. It generally consists of carbonates in semiarid regions—in arid regions, less-soluble minerals form caliche layers after all the carbonates have been leached from the soil. The deposited calcium carbonate accumulates—first forming grains, then small clumps, then a discernible layer, and finally, a thicker, solid bed. As the caliche layer forms, the layer gradually becomes deeper, and eventually moves into the parent material, which lies under the upper soil horizons. However,", "id": "22056081" }, { "contents": "Lunar space elevator\n\n\nsince the total energy needed for transit between the Moon and Mars is considerably less than for between Earth and Mars, this concept could lower some of the engineering obstacles to sending humans to Mars. The lunar elevator could also be used to transport supplies and materials from the surface of the moon into the Earth's orbit and vice versa. According to Jerome Pearson, many of the Moon's material resources can be extracted and sent into Earth orbit more easily than if they were launched from the Earth's surface. For example,", "id": "1723170" }, { "contents": "Planetshine\n\n\nspheres of transparent material on the reflecting surface. When it encounters a transparent sphere, light is preferentially reflected and refracted in a path, within the sphere, which exits it in the direction from which it entered. On Earth, the spheres are droplets of water in clouds. On the Moon, large numbers of solid glassy spheres are found on the surface. They are thought to have been formed from drops of molten ejecta, produced by impact events, which cooled and solidified before falling back to the surface. Ringshine is", "id": "18124278" }, { "contents": "Weathering\n\n\nbeneath the Earth's surface. They are under tremendous pressure because of the overlying rock material. When erosion removes the overlying rock material, these intrusive rocks are exposed and the pressure on them is released. The outer parts of the rocks then tend to expand. The expansion sets up stresses which cause fractures parallel to the rock surface to form. Over time, sheets of rock break away from the exposed rocks along the fractures, a process known as exfoliation. Exfoliation due to pressure release is also known as \"sheeting\"", "id": "21379309" }, { "contents": "Surface and bulk erosion\n\n\nSurface and bulk erosion are two different forms of erosion that describe how a degrading polymer erodes. In surface erosion, the polymer degrades from the exterior surface. The inside of the material does not degrade until all the surrounding material around it has been degraded. In bulk erosion, degradation occurs throughout the whole material equally. Both the surface and the inside of the material degrade. Surface erosion and bulk erosion are not exclusive, many materials undergo a combination of surface and bulk erosion. Therefore, surface and bulk erosion can be", "id": "12911036" }, { "contents": "Precambrian\n\n\nfirst, oxygen would have quickly combined with other elements in Earth's crust, primarily iron, removing it from the atmosphere. After the supply of oxidizable surfaces ran out, oxygen would have begun to accumulate in the atmosphere, and the modern high-oxygen atmosphere would have developed. Evidence for this lies in older rocks that contain massive banded iron formations that were laid down as iron oxides. A terminology has evolved covering the early years of the Earth's existence, as radiometric dating has allowed real dates to be assigned to", "id": "4150875" }, { "contents": "Space weather\n\n\nfew cases, the radiation destroys a section of the electronics (single-event latchup). Spacecraft charging is the accumulation of an electrostatic charge on a non-conducting material on the spacecraft's surface by low energy particles. If enough charge is built up, a discharge (spark) occurs. This can cause an erroneous signal to be detected and acted on by the spacecraft computer. A recent study indicates that spacecraft charging is the predominant space weather effect on spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit. The orbits of spacecraft in low Earth", "id": "20959094" }, { "contents": "Geomorphology\n\n\nreactions that form soils and alter material properties, the stability and rate of change of topography under the force of gravity, and other factors, such as (in the very recent past) human alteration of the landscape. Many of these factors are strongly mediated by climate. Geologic processes include the uplift of mountain ranges, the growth of volcanoes, isostatic changes in land surface elevation (sometimes in response to surface processes), and the formation of deep sedimentary basins where the surface of the Earth drops and is filled with material", "id": "1856555" }, { "contents": "Tektite\n\n\nthe extreme conditions created by an hypervelocity meteorite impact, near-surface terrestrial sediments and rocks were either melted, vaporized, or some combination of these, and ejected from an impact crater. After ejection from the impact crater, the material formed millimeter- to centimeter-sized bodies of molten material, which as they re-entered the atmosphere, rapidly cooled to form tektites that fell to Earth to create a layer of distal ejecta hundreds or thousands of kilometers away from the impact site. The terrestrial source for tektites is supported by", "id": "1151804" }, { "contents": "Carbon capture and storage\n\n\n. Another similar approach is utilizing accumulation chambers. These chambers are sealed to the ground with an inlet and outlet flow stream connected to a gas analyzer. This also measures the vertical flux of . The disadvantage of accumulation chambers is its inability to monitor a large region which is necessary in detecting leaks over the entire sequestration site. InSAR monitoring is another type of surface monitoring. It involves a satellite sending signals down to the Earth's surface where it is reflected back to the satellite's receiver. From this, the satellite is", "id": "15149225" }, { "contents": "Teachings of Falun Gong\n\n\nwhich is \"related to the Earth and is composed of surface-matter particles\", has undergone transformation through cultivation of human-body, \"it has severed its connection to the particles in this environment, and hence is no longer restricted by cohesive forces caused by interaction of matter of this particular realm.\" Falun Gong teaches that the spirit is locked in the cycle of rebirth, also known as samsara due to the accumulation of karma. This is a negative, black substance that accumulates in other dimensions lifetime after lifetime", "id": "3180551" }, { "contents": "Space tether\n\n\noccurs. Beanstalks and rotovators are currently limited by the strengths of available materials. Although ultra-high strength plastic fibers (Kevlar and Spectra) permit rotovators to pluck masses from the surface of the Moon and Mars, a rotovator from these materials cannot lift from the surface of the Earth. In theory, high flying, supersonic (or hypersonic) aircraft could deliver a payload to a rotovator that dipped into Earth's upper atmosphere briefly at predictable locations throughout the tropic (and temperate) zone of Earth. As of May", "id": "2064692" }, { "contents": "Fossil fuel power station\n\n\n. Technological advancements in ion exchange membranes and electrodialysis systems has enabled high efficiency treatment of flue-gas desulfurization wastewater to meet recent (2015) EPA discharge limits. Coal is a sedimentary rock formed primarily from accumulated plant matter, and it includes many inorganic minerals and elements which were deposited along with organic material during its formation. As the rest of the Earth's crust, coal also contains low levels of uranium, thorium, and other naturally occurring radioactive isotopes whose release into the environment leads to radioactive contamination. While these substances", "id": "16758893" }, { "contents": "Chelation\n\n\nthe threads that it uses to secure itself to surfaces. In earth science, chemical weathering is attributed to organic chelating agents (\"e.g.\", peptides and sugars) that extract metal ions from minerals and rocks. Most metal complexes in the environment and in nature are bound in some form of chelate ring (\"e.g.\", with a humic acid or a protein). Thus, metal chelates are relevant to the mobilization of metals in the soil, the uptake and the accumulation of metals into plants and microorganisms. Selective", "id": "9857599" }, { "contents": "Equatorial layered deposits\n\n\nwere cemented together. On Earth, mineral-rich waters often evaporate forming large deposits of various types of salts and other minerals. Sometimes water flows through Earth's aquifers, and then evaporates at the surface just as is hypothesed for Mars. One location this occurs on Earth is the Great Artesian Basin of Australia. On Earth the hardness of many sedimentary rocks, like sandstone, is largely due to the cement that was put in place as water passed through. Much strong evidence for groundwater cementing materials comes from the results of", "id": "10685293" }, { "contents": "Primordial soup\n\n\nfirst organic compounds. Unbeknownst to Oparin, whose writing was circulated only in Russian, an English scientist John Burdon Sanderson Haldane independently arrived at similar conclusion in 1929. It was Haldane who first used the term \"\"soup\"\" to describe the accumulation of organic material and water in the primitive Earth Today the theory is variously known as the \"Heterotrophic origin of life theory\" or the \"Oparin-Haldane hypothesis\" Biochemist Robert Shapiro has summarized the basic points of the theory in its \"mature form\" as follows:", "id": "20283357" }, { "contents": "Tectonic–climatic interaction\n\n\nenvironments. Aside from admiring their majestic beauty, one might wonder how these geologic wonders work and what role they play in changing the landscape and atmosphere. Principally, volcanoes are geologic features that exude magmatic material from below Earth's surface onto the surface. Upon reaching the surface, the term \"magma\" disappears and \"lava\" becomes the common nomenclature. This lava cools and forms igneous rock. By examining igneous rocks, it is possible to derive a chain of events that led from the original melt of the magma to", "id": "7733505" }, { "contents": "Archean felsic volcanic rocks\n\n\nthe volcanics on the Earth's surface by volcanic eruption. Later they intruded the supracrustal rocks of similar age and composition in Archean. The uprising magma bodies deformed the surface greenstone belt in a cratonic scale. The two kinds of granitoids have different magma origins: (a) melting of water-rich mafic materials formed older sodium-rich TTG and (b) melting of felsic materials (e.g. TTG and/or sediments) formed younger potassium-rich GMS (see Table 3). They imply gradual chemical changes of the in the", "id": "6843313" }, { "contents": "World map\n\n\nthan half of the earth's coastlines, let alone its interior regions, were known to any culture. New knowledge of the Earth's surface has been accumulating ever since and continues to this day. Maps of the world generally focus either on political features or on physical features. Political maps emphasize territorial boundaries and human settlement. Physical maps show geographic features such as mountains, soil type or land use. Geological maps show not only the surface, but characteristics of the underlying rock, fault lines, and subsurface structures. Choropleth", "id": "3415452" }, { "contents": "Conservation and restoration of shipwreck artifacts\n\n\ncorrosion, oxides, and/or marine organism (limpets, molluscs, calcareous, etc.) accumulation on the metal's surface. There are several methods such as sandblasting and electrolytic reduction, including other methods done mechanically and chemically. Ceramics are made from clay and hardened by heat. Ceramics can also be coated with a protective coating to ensure impermeability. Clay is formed by the alteration of feldspathic rocks under the influence of atmospheric agents, such as rain, rivers, winds and gas releases from the Earth's crust. There are", "id": "7135266" }, { "contents": "2014 Oso mudslide\n\n\n, leaving the former delta \"hanging\" approximately above the current valley floor When the sand portion of a deposit has very little clay or \"fines\" to cement it together, it is structurally weak, leaving the area around it vulnerable. Such an area is also sensitive to water accumulation, increasing the internal \"pore\" pressure and subsequently contributing to ground failure. Water infiltrating from the surface will flow through the surface, save for contact with the less permeable clay, allowing the water to accumulate and form a zone of", "id": "13006314" }, { "contents": "Erosion and tectonics\n\n\norogens, most notably the Himalaya–Tibetan plateau system. In mountainous areas with heavy rainfall (thus, high erosion rates) deeply incising rivers will form. As these rivers wear away the Earth's surface two things occur: (1) pressure is reduced on the underlying rocks effectively making them weaker and (2) the underlying material moves closer to the surface. This reduction of crustal strength, coupled with the erosional exhumation, allows for the diversion of the underlying channel flow toward the Earth's surface. The term erosion", "id": "3288674" }, { "contents": "Planetary surface\n\n\nthrough processes rare elsewhere, such as the presence of volcanic magma and water. Surface mineral deposits such as olivine and hematite discovered on Mars by lunar rovers provide direct evidence of past stable water on the surface of Mars. Apart from water, many other abundant surface materials are unique to Earth in the Solar System as they are not only organic but have formed due to the presence of life – these include carbonate hardgrounds, limestone, vegetation and artificial structures although the latter is present due to probe exploration (see also List of", "id": "1405739" }, { "contents": "X Prize Cup\n\n\nspace elevator is a theoretical system using a super-strong ribbon going from the surface of the Earth to a point beyond geosynchronous orbit. The ribbon is held in place by a counterweight in orbit. As the Earth rotates, the ribbon is held taut. Vehicles would climb the ribbon powered by a beam of energy projected from the surface of the Earth. Building a space elevator requires materials and techniques that do not currently exist. The Space Elevator Games are meant to stimulate the development of such materials and techniques. The games", "id": "12205721" }, { "contents": "Martian surface\n\n\nthe interior of Valles Marineris and the chaotic terrain, suggesting that these areas contain a relatively large number of blocks and boulders. Radar studies provide a wealth of data on elevations, slopes, textures, and material properties of the Martian surface. Mars is an inviting target for Earth-based radar investigations because of its relative proximity to Earth and its favorable orbital and rotational characteristics that allow good coverage over wide areas of the planet’s surface. Radar echoes from Mars were first obtained in the early 1960s, and the technique has", "id": "20798529" } ]

[ { "contents": "2007 New York Giants season\n\n\njust .375). In fact, based on regular season performance, the 2007 New York Giants were the worst team to ever reach a Super Bowl, a curiosity later surpassed when the 2011 New York Giants won Super Bowl XLVI to become the first team with a negative point differential to win a Super Bowl. After their poor finish to the 2006 season, where the Giants lost 7 of their last 9 games after a 6-2 start (albeit achieving a playoff berth in the last week of the season), expectations", "id": "11044443" }, { "contents": "Big Blue Wrecking Crew\n\n\nThe Big Blue Wrecking Crew was the defense for the New York Giants during the 1980s that won two Super Bowl Championships, the first in Super Bowl XXI in 1986 and the other in Super Bowl XXV in 1990. A 3-4 defense, it was among the greatest NFL defenses of all time, and featured Lawrence Taylor as its star, considered by many to be the greatest defensive player in NFL history. The New York Giants, while historically a successful franchise, suffered a long playoff drought lasting from 1964 after losing", "id": "13522935" }, { "contents": "2011 New York Giants season\n\n\nwon Super Bowl XLII). The Giants were also close to rematching the Baltimore Ravens in the Super Bowl for the first time since 2001. Some news organizations, among them \"The St. Louis Post-Dispatch\", said that the Giants' victory in the Super Bowl made them NFL's version of the 2011 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, saying that these two championship teams that had been given the last rites by many near the end of the season, emerged as champions at the end. This season was the", "id": "11369943" }, { "contents": "2016 New York Giants season\n\n\nloss to the New Orleans Saints meant the Giants clinched a playoff trip for the first time since their last Super Bowl season in 2011. The Giants' first playoff game since Super Bowl XLVI ended in disappointment, as they were upended by the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card round at Lambeau Field. The Giants only managed to score 13 points and allowed a season high 38 points, ending their season. Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. The Giants won at AT&T Stadium for the first time since", "id": "5202641" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVII\n\n\nsame span, with the New York Giants (who won Super Bowls XLII and XLVI) being the only NFC team to make two appearances during that span. With the 49ers making their first Super Bowl appearance since Super Bowl XXIX, this left the Dallas Cowboys (last appeared in Super Bowl XXX), Detroit Lions (never appeared in a Super Bowl), Minnesota Vikings (last appeared in Super Bowl XI) and Washington Redskins (last appeared in Super Bowl XXVI) as the only NFC teams not to play in a", "id": "11763561" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII\n\n\nfour seconds left in the game. Carolina failed on their last chance, as Rod Smart went nowhere on the ensuing kickoff, and the Patriots had won their second Super Bowl in three years. This was the fourth Super Bowl to be decided on a field goal in the final seconds (Super Bowl V was won on a last second kick by the Baltimore Colts' Jim O'Brien to defeat the Dallas Cowboys, Super Bowl XXV had the Buffalo Bills' Scott Norwood miss his field goal chance against the New York Giants, and", "id": "1945990" }, { "contents": "New York Giants\n\n\nfour years earlier in the same game against the Packers. The New York Giants won Super Bowl XLVI against the New England Patriots with a score of 21–17. The winning touchdown was preceded by a 38-yard reception by receiver Mario Manningham. As in Super Bowl XLII, Eli Manning was Super Bowl MVP, defeating the New England Patriots for a second time in the Super Bowl. Ahmad Bradshaw scored the game-winning touchdown by falling into the end zone. The Patriots were allowing Bradshaw to get the touchdown so they would get the", "id": "2034186" }, { "contents": "Will Beatty\n\n\nWilliam Keith Beatty (born March 2, 1985) is an American football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Connecticut, and was drafted by the New York Giants in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He won two Super Bowl rings, one with the Giants when they won Super Bowl XLVI and one with the Eagles when they won Super Bowl LII, both against the New England Patriots. Beatty participated in the 2009 NFL Combine in Indianapolis. He wore the OL2 jersey.", "id": "19654033" }, { "contents": "History of the New York Giants\n\n\nyears earlier in the same game against the Green Bay Packers. The New York Giants won Super Bowl XLVI against the New England Patriots by a score of 21–17. The winning touchdown drive began with a 38-yard reception by wide receiver Mario Manningham. As in Super Bowl XLII, Eli Manning was the game's MVP, defeating Tom Brady for a second time in the Super Bowl. Despite winning 2 Super Bowl championships in 5 years, the 2012 (9-7), 2013 (7-9), and 2014 (", "id": "2105753" }, { "contents": "1990 New York Giants season\n\n\nThe New York Giants season was the franchise's 66th season in the National Football League. The Giants, who play in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL), won their sixth championship and second Super Bowl. Led by linebacker Lawrence Taylor and quarterbacks Phil Simms and Jeff Hostetler, the Giants posted a 13–3 record before defeating the Chicago Bears and the two-time defending Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers in the NFC playoffs. In Super Bowl XXV, they defeated the Buffalo Bills 20–19", "id": "408430" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLII\n\n\nhosted for the Giants a ticker tape parade up Broadway in Lower Manhattan. It was the first along the famed \"Canyon of Heroes\" since the New York Yankees won the 2000 World Series, and the Giants' first parade in New York. (Because of acrimonious relations at that time between New York City and the state of New Jersey, the team chose not to participate in a Manhattan parade for its Super Bowl XXI championship in 1987, but instead held a \"Victory Rally\" at Giants Stadium in The Meadowlands.", "id": "5966275" }, { "contents": "History of the New York Giants\n\n\nTaylor and Harry Carson. New York struggled throughout much of the 1990s as Parcells left the team, and players such as Simms and Taylor declined and eventually retired. They returned to the Super Bowl in 2000, but lost to the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV. The Giants then won against New England Patriots in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI. This leads them to having 4 Super Bowl Rings. The Giants were founded in 1925 by original owner Tim Mara with an investment of $500. Legally named \"New York Football", "id": "2105650" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXV\n\n\nwith a 12–4 record. Baltimore allowed only 152 yards of offense by New York (the third-lowest total ever in a Super Bowl), recorded 4 sacks, and forced 5 turnovers. All 16 of the Giants' possessions ended with punts or interceptions, with the exception of the last one, which ended when time expired in the game. New York's lone touchdown, a 97-yard kickoff return, was quickly answered by Baltimore on an 84-yard touchdown return on the ensuing kickoff. The Giants became the first team since", "id": "9756022" }, { "contents": "2011 New York Giants season\n\n\nThe 2011 New York Giants season was the 87th season for the team in the National Football League. They played all of their home games at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Although the team did not improve on their 10–6 mark from 2010, the Giants were able to qualify for the playoffs, and in another Cinderella run that paralleled what they did in 2007, they won Super Bowl XLVI, marking the fourth time in team history that they won a Super Bowl. Many analysts predicted a rough year for the", "id": "11369938" }, { "contents": "Theme from New York, New York\n\n\nSinatra's version of the song has been played at the end of all four Super Bowls that the New York Giants have won to date, as well as before kickoff of Super Bowl XLVIII, while Minnelli's version was heard after the Giants' Super Bowl XXXV loss. The song was the musical basis for Jimmy Picker's 1983 three-minute animated short, \"Sundae in New York\", which won the Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated) that year, with a likeness of then-mayor Ed Koch", "id": "15919259" }, { "contents": "2011 New York Giants season\n\n\nthe 11th time that there was a rematch in a Super Bowl. In doing so, the 2011 Giants became the first team with fewer than 10 wins (9 wins – 7 losses) in the regular season to win a Super Bowl. Furthermore, Super Bowl XLVI marked just the second time in Super Bowl history that opening score of the title game occurred with a safety when Justin Tuck pressured Tom Brady, and he was called for intentional grounding; the first instance was Super Bowl IX, when Pittsburgh registered a safety on", "id": "11369978" }, { "contents": "2007 New York Giants season\n\n\nplayoff games en route to a Super Bowl and set a league record for most consecutive road wins in a single season (11), though the Super Bowl is played on a neutral field rather than an opponent's stadium. It was the 7th league championship season for the New York Giants and their first since they won Super Bowl XXV in 1991. This season would also mark the end of defensive end Michael Strahan's NFL career as he retired following the Giants' Super Bowl victory. After playing 14 years for the Giants", "id": "11044439" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI\n\n\nthe fourth time in the Giant's five Super Bowl appearances that they faced their AFC opponent earlier during the regular season. In every season in which the Giants have won the Super Bowl they have faced their AFC Super bowl counterpart previously during the regular season. The Giants are now 4–0 in Super Bowls in which Bill Belichick has been on the sidelines. Belichick was the Giants' defensive coordinator for their first two Super Bowl victories, and the opposing head coach in their last two. Three of the Giants' victories have come", "id": "2666370" }, { "contents": "2007 New York Giants season\n\n\nand appearing in 2 Super Bowls with them (the other being Super Bowl XXXV), Strahan became a media personality, becoming a host of Fox NFL Sunday and co-hosted ABC's Live! with Kelly and Michael with Kelly Ripa from 2012 to 2016. 2007 marked the third consecutive season that the Giants made the playoffs, which was only the second time that had happened since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 (New York accomplished this feat in 1984, 1985, and 1986 and won the Super Bowl in the", "id": "11044440" }, { "contents": "New York Giants\n\n\n, 1986, 1990, 2007 and 2011. The first four of those championships came in the pre-Super Bowl era. New York's eight championships put them third among all active and defunct NFL teams, trailing only the Green Bay Packers (13) and the Chicago Bears (9). Before the Super Bowl was instituted, the Giants won four officially recognized NFL championships. The Giants have won four Super Bowls, tied with Green Bay for the fifth most behind only Dallas, San Francisco and New England (all", "id": "2034198" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVII\n\n\nSuper Bowl since 1998, with only the Vikings (on three occasions) even advancing to the NFC Championship Game. The 49ers attempted to follow the 2012 World Series championship victory of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants. The last time a metropolitan area won the World Series and Super Bowl in the same season was when the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series followed by the Patriots winning Super Bowl XXXIX (and the Patriots won Super Bowl XXXVIII earlier in 2004). As the 49ers – who were attempting to join", "id": "11763562" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl\n\n\n18–1 record under head coach Mike Ditka; quarterback Jim McMahon; and Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton. Their team won Super Bowl XX in dominant fashion. The Washington Redskins and New York Giants were also top teams of this period; the Redskins won Super Bowls XVII, XXII, and XXVI. The Giants claimed Super Bowls XXI and XXV. As in the 1970s, the Oakland Raiders were the only team to interrupt the Super Bowl dominance of other teams; they won Super Bowls XV and XVIII (the latter as", "id": "8017242" }, { "contents": "History of the New York Giants\n\n\nmoment, Norwood's attempt missed wide right, and the Giants won their second Super Bowl, 20–19. The Giants set a Super Bowl record for time of possession with a mark of 40:33, and Ottis Anderson was named MVP of the game after rushing for 102 yards and a touchdown. The 1990 season marked the end of an era. After the Super Bowl, defensive coordinator Bill Belichick left to become head coach of the Cleveland Browns. Parcells also decided to leave the Giants in the spring of 1991 to pursue a career", "id": "2105714" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXV\n\n\n, the Indianapolis Colts, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Patriots would have a Super Bowl appearance more than once, with New England and Pittsburgh winning more than once. The only other AFC team to make the Super Bowl in that stretch were the Oakland Raiders, in Super Bowl XXXVII. Had the Giants won, it would have marked the first year since 1989 that a Super Bowl and World Series champion came from the same metropolitan area. The New York Yankees won the World Series during the Giants' season. Including the", "id": "9756062" }, { "contents": "1990–91 NFL playoffs\n\n\nin which he was the referee for three Super Bowls (VI, XI and XII). The 49ers and Giants were meeting in the playoffs for the fifth time in ten years, with this being the first meeting since the Giants routed the 49ers in the 1986 playoffs. The teams were 2-2 against each other in the postseason, with San Francisco winning in 1981 and 1984 and New York in 1985 and 1986. The Giants were seeking their first trip to the Super Bowl since they won Super Bowl XXI, while", "id": "19944723" }, { "contents": "3–4 defense\n\n\nfirst team to win a Super Bowl with the 3–4 defense, going undefeated and using number 53, Bob Matheson, as a down lineman or rushing linebacker. When the Oakland Raiders defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XV, it marked the first Super Bowl in which both teams used the 3–4 as their base defense. Also notable, the Big Blue Wrecking Crew, the defensive unit for the 1986 New York Giants who won Super Bowl XXI, was a 3–4 defense and featured all-time great Lawrence Taylor as outside linebacker", "id": "1740818" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVII\n\n\nthe 49ers came into the game having won all five of their previous Super Bowl appearances, while the Ravens had won in their lone previous Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXXV against the New York Giants. Currently, this phenomenon can only be repeated if either the Ravens or the New York Jets play against either the Tampa Bay Buccaneers or the New Orleans Saints in a subsequent Super Bowl. Baltimore's victory made them the only current NFL franchise to have appeared in at least two Super Bowls without ever losing any of their appearances", "id": "11763534" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI\n\n\nseason; the Giants won that game, 24–20. Incidentally, the Giants and Patriots had also faced each other during the regular season prior to Super Bowl XLII with the Patriots winning that regular season matchup and the Giants going on to win that Super Bowl. Super Bowl XLVI marked the 13th Super Bowl that was a rematch of a regular season game. The loser in the regular season had been 7–5 in these games prior to Super Bowl XLVI. New York finished the season as the NFC East champion and the No. 4", "id": "2666315" }, { "contents": "Logos and uniforms of the New York Giants\n\n\nthe subsequent NFC Championship round in Green Bay, the Giants finally had to wear their road uniform, as the Packers went with their home greens. The Giants reached the Super Bowl, and since the AFC and NFC alternate \"home team\" designation in the Super Bowl, the New England Patriots wore their home blues, forcing the Giants to wear their road uniforms. The Giants ultimately won the game, marking their first Super Bowl victory in their road uniform. On March 16, 2013, NY Giants announced a new alternate", "id": "16495230" }, { "contents": "History of the New York Giants (1979–93)\n\n\ngraphic indicating that, on grass that season, Norwood had made just 3–of–7 field goals from at least 40 yards. A few moments later, in what became the game's signature moment, Norwood's attempt missed wide right, and the Giants won their second Super Bowl, 20–19. The Giants set a Super Bowl record for time of possession with a mark of 40:33, and Ottis Anderson was named MVP of the game after rushing for 102 yards and a touchdown. The 1990 season and Super Bowl win marked the end of", "id": "12707531" }, { "contents": "NFL on NBC\n\n\nteam to win Super Bowls televised on three different networks (the other two being Super Bowl XVI on CBS and Super Bowl XIX on ABC). Since then, the Washington Redskins (in 1992), the Green Bay Packers (in 1997), the Pittsburgh Steelers (in 2006) the New York Giants (in 2008) the New England Patriots (in 2015) and the Denver Broncos (in 2016) have accomplished this same feat. This was the last outdoor Super Bowl to start earlier than 6:00 pm Eastern Time", "id": "13465643" }, { "contents": "2007 New York Giants season\n\n\nfor the Giants were generally low. Many pundits began to consider Eli Manning as a potential draft bust, especially when considering fellow 2004 draft pick Ben Roethlisberger's Super Bowl run in 2005 and Philip Rivers leading his team, the Chargers, to a 14-2 regular season in 2006; making matters worse, older brother Peyton Manning, who Eli was often compared unfavorably to, had led the Colts to the Super Bowl victory that same year and won the MVP of the game. At the same time, head coach Tom", "id": "11044444" }, { "contents": "1986 New York Giants season\n\n\nThe New York Giants season was the franchise's 62nd season in the National Football League. The New York Giants, who play in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL), won their fifth championship—and first Super Bowl—in franchise history during the season. Led by consensus league Most Valuable Player (MVP) linebacker Lawrence Taylor and Super Bowl MVP quarterback Phil Simms, the Giants posted a 14–2 record during the regular season, tied for the best record in the league with the", "id": "20042734" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXIII\n\n\nregular season record. The 49ers also became the first team since the NFL went to a 16-game schedule in 1978 to win the Super Bowl after winning only 10 games during the regular season. Their six regular season losses were tied for the most ever by a Super Bowl champion, until the 9–7 New York Giants won Super Bowl XLVI following the 2011 season. Additionally, the 49ers' 13 combined regular season and postseason wins are tied for the lowest ever for a league champion, also tied with the 2011 New York Giants.", "id": "9615509" }, { "contents": "List of New York Giants seasons\n\n\nThe New York Giants are an American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. They are a member of the National Football League (NFL) and play in the NFL's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. In 94 completed seasons, the franchise has won eight NFL championships, including four Super Bowl victories. The Giants have won more than 600 games and appeared in the NFL playoffs 32 times. Though the Giants play home games in East Rutherford, they draw fans from throughout the New York metropolitan area", "id": "14501195" }, { "contents": "2012 New York Giants season\n\n\nThe New York Giants season was the franchise's 88th season in the National Football League, the ninth under head coach Tom Coughlin and the third playing their home games at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Giants began the 2012 season as defending Super Bowl Champions for the fourth time in their history, by virtue of their 21–17 victory in Super Bowl XLVI over the New England Patriots, their second Super Bowl victory over the Patriots. The Giants finished 9–7 for the second straight year, but failed to make the", "id": "16226587" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI\n\n\nagainst AFC East teams, with the Giants having defeated the Buffalo Bills and Patriots twice. The Giants continued their winning streak in road playoff games with their win in Super Bowl XLVI. The team won every playoff game they played away from their home stadium (Giants Stadium and MetLife Stadium) from 2007-2011. Prior to this run, last time the Giants were defeated in a game away from the Meadowlands was in 2006, when they were defeated by the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card round. This streak came to", "id": "2666371" }, { "contents": "History of the New York Giants (1979–93)\n\n\nthird straight time the Giants won their first round Wild Card playoff game, this time playing at home (the first Giants home playoff game since 1962), 17–3 over the defending champion 49ers. In the divisional playoffs they were defeated by the eventual Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears 21–0. After the loss Parcells promised Carson and defensive end George Martin, two of the team's longest tenured players, that next year's team would win a Super Bowl for them. Many of the players that would play key roles on the Giants", "id": "12707498" }, { "contents": "1969 World Series\n\n\nthe Boston Red Sox. Also in 1986, the Mets' World Series championship was in conjunction with a Super Bowl win, this time by the New York Giants, who defeated the Denver Broncos, 39–20, to win Super Bowl XXI. The Orioles repeated as AL East champs the next season, when they won 108 games, one fewer than the previous year. In the ALCS, they swept the Minnesota Twins for the second straight year to return to the World Series, this time, they were victorious in five games", "id": "783907" }, { "contents": "2008 New York Giants season\n\n\ngame against the Eagles, ending their season. The Giants qualified for the postseason for the fourth consecutive year, marking the first time in club history that they had accomplished that. This was also the first time that the Giants made the playoffs the year after making the Super Bowl, after missing the playoffs in 1987 (following win in Super Bowl XXI), 1991 (following win in Super Bowl XXV), and 2001 (following loss in Super Bowl XXXV). The 2008 Giants became the fifth team in NFL history", "id": "17288628" }, { "contents": "2011 World Series\n\n\nduring the offseason, some news organizations, among them \"The St. Louis Post-Dispatch\", compared the Cardinals to the Giants, invoking Al Michaels's call of the Giants winning the Super Bowl: \"The New York Giants, given the last rites by many in December, are the Super Bowl Champs in February.\" The Rangers became the first team to lose in the World Series in consecutive years since the Atlanta Braves in and and the first American League team to do so since the New York Yankees in and", "id": "12187690" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXI\n\n\n, and 1 interception. He also was the Broncos' leading rusher in the game, with 27 rushing yards and a touchdown on 6 carries. Denver's Vance Johnson was the top receiver of the game, with 5 receptions for 121 yards, an average of 24.2 yards per catch, and a touchdown. The Giants' victory in Super Bowl XXI marked the second time in four months that the New York metropolitan area had won a championship in a major professional sport; three months before, the New York Mets had won", "id": "9615413" }, { "contents": "History of the New York Giants\n\n\nErik Howard caused a Roger Craig fumble, and Taylor recovered it. New York drove downfield into San Francisco territory, and on the game's last play, kicker Matt Bahr hit a 42-yard field goal to defeat the 49ers, 15–13. The win set up another rematch, this time in the Super Bowl against the Buffalo Bills. Super Bowl XXV took place amidst a background of war and patriotism. The Persian Gulf War had begun less than two weeks previous, and the nation rallied around the Super Bowl as a symbol of", "id": "2105711" }, { "contents": "History of the New York Giants\n\n\nwith 68. They won their first-round playoff game, 17–3 over the defending champion 49ers. It was New York's first postseason win at home since 1958, and their first ever at Giants Stadium. In the divisional playoffs, they lost 21–0 to the eventual Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears. Many of the players that would play key roles on New York's Super Bowl teams emerged in 1985. Joe Morris became the feature back, running for 1,338 yards, scoring 21 touchdowns, and making the Pro Bowl. Second", "id": "2105699" }, { "contents": "Jim Burt (American football)\n\n\nJames P. Burt (born June 7, 1959 in Orchard Park, New York) is a former American football player who played for the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League (NFL). Burt played nose tackle for the Giants team that won Super Bowl XXI and the 49ers team that won Super Bowl XXIV. Burt played college football at the University of Miami and was inducted into its sports hall of fame. Raised in western New York state, he had dreamed of playing for Syracuse, but", "id": "5989232" }, { "contents": "Bills–Patriots rivalry\n\n\nof the 1980s, the Bills took three out of four meetings with the Patriots. In the 1990 season, the Bills reached the Super Bowl for the first time, playing against the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXV. Although obviously not a game in the rivalry, the 1990 Giants were coached by Bill Parcells (who had been linebackers coach with the Patriots in 1980) and defensive coordinator Bill Belichick; both would become head coach of the Patriots. The Giants won 20–19. The Bills continued to dominate the Patriots in", "id": "16240930" }, { "contents": "Tom Coughlin\n\n\nat New York, he was an assistant to Bill Parcells, and helped the Giants win Super Bowl XXV. Coughlin and Parcells have both made the NFL playoffs five times as Giants head coach, and the two Super Bowl titles they each have won with the Giants have occurred in their fourth and eighth seasons with the franchise, respectively. After the 1990 season, Coughlin returned to Boston College to take on his second job as a head coach. In three seasons at Boston College, he turned the program into a consistent winner", "id": "4599702" }, { "contents": "History of the New York Giants (1979–93)\n\n\n22 touchdowns. Taylor, Marshall, and Martin combined for 38.5 sacks. The Giants entered the 1986 season as one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl. They had their first test in the opening week \"Monday Night Football\" game against the defending Eastern Division champion Dallas Cowboys. They lost 31–28 at Texas Stadium, when Herschel Walker scored on a 10 yard run with 76 seconds left. The Giants, however, won their next five in a row and 14 of their last 15, to finish the season 14–2", "id": "12707500" }, { "contents": "2007 New York Giants season\n\n\nstellar performance, sacking Patriots QB Tom Brady five times. Coach Tom Coughlin became the third oldest head coach to win the Super Bowl (61 years and 156 days). Punter Jeff Feagles was the oldest player to play in a Super Bowl, let alone win one. Eli and Peyton Manning became the first brother QBs to become back-to-back Super Bowl winners and Super Bowl MVPs. The official DVD of Super Bowl XLII was released on February 26, 2008. The DVD covered the entire 2007 New York Giants", "id": "11044548" }, { "contents": "2006 Oakland Raiders season\n\n\nopponents that were in the Super Bowl the previous season. Both losses came last year when they lost to the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles (both on the road). In 2004, the Raiders defeated the Super Bowl runner up Carolina Panthers in Carolina, defeated the Patriots at home in 2002 and beat the New York Giants at Giants Stadium in 2001. \"at Qwest Field, Seattle, Washington\" Hoping to continue building off of their two-game win streak, the Raiders flew to Qwest Field for a", "id": "6969563" }, { "contents": "Rick Volk\n\n\nwas a member of the Colts' teams that lost Super Bowl III to the New York Jets and won Super Bowl V against the Dallas Cowboys. Volk was selected as an NFL All-Pro four times (1968–1971) and played in three Pro Bowls (1967, 1969, 1971). After being released by the Colts in April 1976, Volk concluded his playing career with the New York Giants in 1976 and the Miami Dolphins from 1977 to 1978. In 1977, Volk was selected by Baltimore fans as a starter for", "id": "10284901" }, { "contents": "Los Angeles Rams\n\n\nthe franchise. In his previous post as defensive coordinator with the New York Giants, Spagnuolo masterminded a defensive scheme that shut down the potent offense of the previously undefeated and untied New England Patriots, the odds on favorite to win the Super Bowl that year. In one of the greatest upsets in Super Bowl history, the New York Giants defeated the Patriots 17–14. In spite of his success as defensive coordinator with the Giants, Spagnuolo's first season as head coach of the Rams was disappointing as the team won only once in", "id": "11506897" }, { "contents": "History of the New York Giants\n\n\nof 34 passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns. The Giants' win is considered one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history. Michael Strahan retired after the game as the team's all-time leader in sacks. The Giants' 12–4 record in 2008 earned them a first-round bye in the playoffs. They won 11 of their first 12 games before stumbling to lose four of their last five, including a 23–11 loss to the Eagles in the NFC Divisional Playoffs. Manning threw for 3,238 yards, 21 touchdowns", "id": "2105745" }, { "contents": "2013 Seattle Seahawks season\n\n\ninto 11-2. This would be the last time they lost to the 49ers until 2018. In what many pundits dubbed a \"Super Bowl dress rehearsal\", the Seahawks faced the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium, where the Super Bowl would be held at the end of the season. The Legion of Boom intercepted Giants quarterback Eli Manning five times and held the team scoreless throughout the entire game. In Seattle's first loss at home since the 2011 season, the team record dropped to 12-3. Amazingly", "id": "17261835" }, { "contents": "2013 Baltimore Ravens season\n\n\nyear prior. He retired as a champion of Super Bowl XLVII and was the last remaining player from the team’s inaugural season. Lewis also helped the Ravens win Super Bowl XXXV over the New York Giants and is believed by many as the greatest Baltimore Raven of all time. Including Lewis, the team parted ways with a record eight starters from the Super Bowl-winning squad; no other defending Super Bowl champion had lost more than five. The 2013 Ravens were also the first defending Super Bowl champion to miss the playoffs", "id": "17196175" }, { "contents": "2011 New England Patriots season\n\n\nappearance against these same Giants in Super Bowl XLII, had a chance to join the San Francisco 49ers, the Dallas Cowboys, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Green Bay Packers as the only teams to win at least four Super Bowls (the Packers, who had entered the 2011 season as the defending champions, had not yet won a fourth Super Bowl when the Patriots had last appeared). Instead, the Patriots tied a then-NFL record for most losses in a Super Bowl that had been set by the Minnesota Vikings", "id": "19887180" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI\n\n\nSuper Bowl XLVI was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2011 season. The Giants defeated the Patriots by the score of 21–17. The game was played on February 5, 2012 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the first time that the Super Bowl was played in Indiana. In addition to winning their fourth Super Bowl in team history, the Giants", "id": "2666296" }, { "contents": "2007 New York Giants season\n\n\nwon the division with the best record in the NFC. By playing his starters, he risked losing additional players on an already banged up roster playing against a heavily favored Patriots team, which was playing for the history books to go undefeated in the regular season. The Giants were playing for pride and momentum, and nobody had realized at the time that this game eventually became the preview of the season's Super Bowl Super Bowl XLII. The Giants were the final team to have a chance to end the Patriots' shot at", "id": "11044502" }, { "contents": "1990 New York Giants season\n\n\n[Monday Night Football|ABC]] showed a graphic indicating that, on grass that season, Norwood had only made three of seven field goals from at least 40 yards, and that the 47-yarder would be Norwood's longest ever on grass. A few moments later, in what became the game's signature moment, Norwood's attempt missed [[Wide Right (Buffalo Bills)|wide right]], and the Giants won their second Super Bowl in five years, 20–19. The Giants set a Super Bowl record for [[time of", "id": "408477" }, { "contents": "2011 New York Giants season\n\n\nand reach the Super Bowl. but became the first of the three to win the Super Bowl. The previous teams to go 9–7 and reach the Super Bowl (the '79 Rams, who only needed two playoff wins were the first, and the 2008 Arizona Cardinals) were both defeated by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Additionally, upon defeating the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI the Giants became the first NFC East Division champion to win the Super Bowl since the Dallas Cowboys in 1995 (the Giants were a Wild Card team when they", "id": "11369942" }, { "contents": "WNYW\n\n\n's MLB coverage. Through the network's rights to the National Football League, the station has televised the Super Bowl when the New York Giants won Super Bowl XLII in 2008, marking the end of their 17-year drought. WNYW acquired the rights to broadcast Major League Baseball games from the New York Yankees assuming the contract from WPIX. Under the initial deal, WNYW and actual rights holder the Madison Square Garden Network carrying Yankees games until 2001, when the team moved to the new YES Network through a joint arrangement with WCBS-", "id": "12774191" }, { "contents": "Jerry Palmieri\n\n\nGerard Anthony Palmieri (born October 30, 1958) is an American football strength and conditioning coach. Palmieri most recently served on Tom Coughlin's staff for the New York Giants, a position he served in for 12 seasons. During those years, the Giants won Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI. Palmieri was also on Tom Coughlin's staff with the Jacksonville Jaguars from 1995 to 2002 when their teams competed in two AFC Championship Games. Palmieri spent 2003 as an assistant strength & conditioning coach for the New Orleans Saints.", "id": "2061493" }, { "contents": "New York City\n\n\nand the New York Giants (now the San Francisco Giants), who won the World Series five times. Both teams moved to California in 1958. There are also two Minor League Baseball teams in the city, the Brooklyn Cyclones and Staten Island Yankees. The city is represented in the National Football League by the New York Giants and the New York Jets, although both teams play their home games at MetLife Stadium in nearby East Rutherford, New Jersey, which hosted Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014. The metropolitan area is home", "id": "5107104" }, { "contents": "2009 New York Giants season\n\n\nplayoff appearances. Curiously, the last NFL game at Giants Stadium would not be a Giants game, but a Jets game; the Jets would play the Cincinnati Bengals at home on Sunday night in Week 17. The Giants wrapped up their 2009 campaign against Brett Favre, a quarterback they last saw on their way to Super Bowl XLII. This time, however, Favre led a convincing rout of the Giants, as they allowed 40 points to an opponent for the fifth time this season. Scoring touchdowns for Minnesota were former Giant", "id": "21598875" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVIII\n\n\nhave been six instances of teams advancing to the Super Bowl after playing three playoff games: the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XL as the No. 6 seeded team, the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLI as the No. 3 seed, the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII as the No. 5 seed, the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII as the No. 4 seed, the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV as the No. 6 seed, and again the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI", "id": "1945961" }, { "contents": "2001 New York Giants season\n\n\nThe New York Giants season was the franchise's 77th season in the National Football League. They were returning as Super Bowl runners-up from the 2000 season, after losing Super Bowl XXXV to the Baltimore Ravens. The Giants tried to improve on their 12-4 record from the previous year, instead they went 7–9 and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1999. The 2001 NFL season was the 77th season for the New York Giants and the 82nd regular season of the National Football League. The Giants finished 7–9", "id": "6111369" }, { "contents": "Mark Snyder\n\n\n. Under Snyder, running back Ahmad Bradshaw was a two-time All-C-USA pick and ran for 19 touchdowns and 1,523 yards as a junior in 2006 to earn first-team all-league honors. Bradshaw was selected in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft (No. 250 overall) by the New York Giants and won two Super Bowls with the Giants (XLII, XLVI); he is one of just eight running backs in NFL history to be the leading rusher in two Super Bowls.", "id": "1771046" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVIII\n\n\nTempe, Arizona. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell indicated that if Super Bowl XLVIII was successful, additional \"cold-weather\" Super Bowls would be considered. Super Bowl XLVIII was the first NFL championship game to be held in the New York metropolitan area since December 30, 1962, when the Green Bay Packers beat the New York Giants in the original Yankee Stadium, 16–7. Since then, two other major pro football leagues have held title games in the area: New York City was scheduled to host Super Bowl XLIV upon the", "id": "12128431" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLII\n\n\nthe availability of a New York Giants Super Bowl XLII Champions custom license plate and issued a proclamation declaring the day \"New York Giants Super Bowl Champions Day\" throughout the state of New York. Following the parade, the Giants held two victory rallies: one at New York's City Hall and another one two hours later at Giants Stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands. After scoring a combined 73 points in their regular season meeting, the teams scored a mere 10 points by the end of the third quarter, with the Patriots", "id": "5966277" }, { "contents": "Tony Galbreath\n\n\nthe NFL in receiving. He played with the Saints for five seasons, and when he left the Saints, he ranked second in all-time rushing yards for the team. Galbreath was traded to the Minnesota Vikings in 1981. He played three years for the Vikings, primarily as a pass-catching back and blocker. Galbreath went to the New York Giants in 1984, essentially fulfilling the same role. He played four seasons with the Giants, including the 1986 season in which the Giants won the Super Bowl, as", "id": "1018109" }, { "contents": "Jonathan Ogden\n\n\nthe mean guys out there in the NFL. Jonathan would rip your limbs off, and he'd smile...and wave your arm in front of you.\" Ogden also threw his helmet in frustration several times. He is widely considered one of the best tackles to ever play the game. In 2001, Ogden won a Super Bowl ring with the Ravens when they defeated the New York Giants 34–7 in Super Bowl XXXV. Ogden announced his retirement on June 12, 2008 after a career that spanned 12 seasons, all with", "id": "7437584" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXVI\n\n\nwin, the Redskins became the first team, and Joe Gibbs the first coach, to win a Super Bowl with three different quarterbacks. Two other teams have since duplicated this feat: the New York Giants (Phil Simms in Super Bowl XXI, Jeff Hostetler in Super Bowl XXV, and Eli Manning in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI) and the Green Bay Packers (Bart Starr in the first two Super Bowls, Brett Favre in Super Bowl XXXI, and Aaron Rodgers in Super Bowl XLV). This was the last major", "id": "9755567" }, { "contents": "2011 New York Giants season\n\n\n346 yards and three touchdowns, finishing with a career-high 4,933 passing yards and 29 touchdown passes. Cruz again had a huge game with 178 receiving yards and a touchdown, finishing with 1,536 yards and nine touchdowns. In winning the Super Bowl, the Giants became the first team to have won Super Bowl games broadcast on all four U.S. national networks (CBS, ABC, Fox, and now NBC), as well as the first team to win Super Bowls in four different decades. The Giants-Patriots game was", "id": "11369977" }, { "contents": "New York Giants\n\n\nJackson, who returned it for a touchdown, concluding the Giants' epic collapse. The next game, the Giants lost to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers 45–17, and at 9–6, they faced the Redskins. They had to win and have the Packers lose in order to get into the playoffs. The Giants won 17–14, but the Packers beat the Bears 10–3, so the Giants missed out on the playoffs again, ending a collapse in which the Giants went 4–4 in their last eight games. During the", "id": "2034180" }, { "contents": "Records for safeties in football\n\n\ngame. The Bears dominated the game, especially the second half, on both offense and defense, and won easily 46–10. The safety was the last score of the game by either team. In the second quarter of Super Bowl XXI, the New York Giants scored a safety against the Denver Broncos when defensive end George Martin sacked John Elway into the end zone, cutting the Broncos' 10–7 lead to 10–9. The Giants, who had been ahead earlier, would later retake the lead and go on to win the game", "id": "10187924" }, { "contents": "List of New York Giants seasons\n\n\nSuper Bowl four years later, defeating the Buffalo Bills 20–19 in Super Bowl XXV. In the 2000 season, New York returned to the Super Bowl, but lost to the Baltimore Ravens 34–7. The 2007 season saw the Giants win their seventh NFL championship at Super Bowl XLII, where they defeated the previously unbeaten New England Patriots 17–14 in a game that is widely considered to be one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history. The Giants made four consecutive appearances in the playoffs from 2005 to 2008, before an 8–8 record", "id": "14501198" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXV\n\n\nthe New York Giants before resigning in 2016. Giants head coach Bill Parcells retired shortly after winning his second Super Bowl with the Giants. However, he went on to coach three other teams since then: the New England Patriots (whom he helped bring to Super Bowl XXXI) from 1993–1996, the New York Jets from 1997–1999, and the Dallas Cowboys from 2003–2006. Both Coughlin and Belichick have gone on to win Super Bowls as head coaches: Belichick with the Patriots in Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX,", "id": "9755509" }, { "contents": "Ahmad Bradshaw\n\n\nAhmad Bradshaw (born March 19, 1986) is a former American football running back. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. He played college football at Marshall. He is a two-time Super Bowl champion, winning Super Bowls XLII and XLVI as a member of the New York Giants, defeating the New England Patriots in both Super Bowls. He was the leading rusher in each game, becoming one of eight running backs in NFL history to be the leading rusher", "id": "12662528" }, { "contents": "Matt Bahr\n\n\n, he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the San Francisco 49ers, the Cleveland Browns, the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots. As a rookie, he won a Super Bowl ring with the Steelers in Super Bowl XIV. His longest tenure was with the Cleveland Browns where he played for 9 years and was cut during the 1990 preseason. In late September of that season he was picked up by the New York Giants after a repetitious injury to Raul Allegre. He is best remembered for his", "id": "16301602" }, { "contents": "Zak DeOssie\n\n\nZackary Robert DeOssie (born May 24, 1984) is an American football long snapper for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Brown University, and was drafted by the Giants in the fourth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He was a two-time Pro Bowl selection as a long snapper. DeOssie has earned two Super Bowl rings with the Giants in Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI, both over his hometown New England Patriots. He is the son of", "id": "12095590" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXVI\n\n\nThis trend was broken when the New York Giants earned a trip to Super Bowl XLVI after participating in Super Bowl XLII four years earlier (the Giants defeated the Patriots in both games). This game was regarded as a \"Super Bowl hangover\" for the Rams because they lost a Super Bowl where they were heavy favorites, with a win potentially ushering in a Rams dynasty, but instead the loss signaled the beginning of the end of The Greatest Show on Turf era. Due to injuries to Kurt Warner and Marshall Faulk,", "id": "10379480" }, { "contents": "History of the New York Giants (1994–present)\n\n\nGiants defense held and broke up several Brady pass attempts. A last-second throw into the end zone by Brady was thwarted and the Giants won their fourth Super Bowl 21–17. Like 2011, the Giants began the 2012 season 6-2 and finished 9-7, matching their 2011 record. After splitting their first four games, they won four straight, including against the eventual NFC champion 49ers in San Francisco. However, a 3-5 stretch in the second half of the season, punctuated by a 17-", "id": "14751247" }, { "contents": "Tiki Barber\n\n\nNew York Giants. During his career with the Giants, the team never won a championship, a top goal of Barber's that he spoke publicly about in 2005. When announcing his retirement, Barber seemed at peace to leave the game without a Super Bowl ring. He said, \"I used to think my career was defined by not winning a Super Bowl. But I think looking back on my career, they'll see someone who was a competitor, someone who always played hard and never gave up.\" He", "id": "3565252" }, { "contents": "Robbie Jones (American football)\n\n\nRobert Washington Jones (born December 25, 1959) is a former American football linebacker. He played five seasons for the New York Giants. He was Special Teams Captain of the 1986 Giants team that won Super Bowl XXI. For his play during the Super Bowl year, Jones was awarded Special Teams Player of the Year by the Giants organization and also named the Special Teams Captain during the 1986 Super Bowl campaign. Jones attended the University of Alabama and was picked 309th overall in the 1983 NFL Draft. He served as backup", "id": "17756991" }, { "contents": "Mike Pope\n\n\nRedskins prior to the 1997 season. On February 10, 2000, he left the Redskins and returned to the New York Giants. Pope was hired by the Giants prior to the 2000 season. He spent the next 14 years as the team's tight ends coach, where he was instrumental in the development of players such as Jeremy Shockey, Jake Ballard, and Kevin Boss. Pope was the lone holdover from Jim Fassel's staff who coached with Tom Coughlin. During this time, he won Super Bowl rings when the Giants", "id": "13018603" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXV\n\n\n194 yards, including 43 (and a touchdown) from Hostetler himself. This game offered a preview of what lay in store for Super Bowl XXV, as the Giants scored on drives of 75, 80, 49 and 51 yards, which lasted nine, 11, 11 and 16 plays. Overall, New York held the ball for 38:22, compared to Chicago's 21:38. But New York lost another key player for the season when rookie running back Rodney Hampton, the team's second-leading rusher during the regular season", "id": "9755478" }, { "contents": "1986 New York Giants season\n\n\ndefending Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears and the best in team history. The Giants improved on their 10–6 record from 1985, won their first division championship since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, and won Super Bowl XXI against the Denver Broncos. In the playoffs the Giants, who were the top seed in the conference ahead of the Bears, defeated the San Francisco 49ers for the second consecutive year in the playoffs by a score of 49–3. They then disposed of their division rivals, the Washington Redskins, in the NFC", "id": "20042735" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XXXV\n\n\ntouchdown. The only points Pittsburgh allowed to Minnesota in Super Bowl IX came on the return of a blocked punt. The New York Giants started a trend of seven different NFC Champions in seven years. The Giants would return to the Super Bowl in 2007 and again in 2011 defeating the New England Patriots on both occasions, ending the current trend at the time, but starting a new one. Beginning with the 2001 St. Louis Rams, who played in Super Bowl XXXVI, there were ten different NFC Champions in ten years.", "id": "9756060" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl XLVI\n\n\nset a new record for the lowest regular season record (9–7, win percentage of 56.3%) by a Super Bowl champion. The Patriots entered the game with a 13–3 regular season record, and were also seeking their fourth Super Bowl win. Some considered this game to be a rematch of Super Bowl XLII, which New York also won, spoiling New England's run at a perfect 2007 season. The Giants jumped to a 9–0 lead in the first quarter of Super Bowl XLVI before the Patriots scored 17 unanswered points to", "id": "2666297" }, { "contents": "National Football League rivalries\n\n\n2000, and the Eagles won in 2006 & 2008. The all-time series 85–85–2 as of the end of the 2018 season. The Giants and Redskins have a storied rivalry. While New York leads the rivalry, there have been great periods of competition between the two teams, most notably during the 1980s where they clashed for division titles and Super Bowl championships. Between 1982–91 they combined for 8 division titles and 5 Super Bowl titles, two by the Giants (1986, 1990) and three by the Redskins (1982", "id": "1091929" }, { "contents": "History of the New York Giants\n\n\nThe New York Giants, an American football team which currently plays in the National Football League's National Football Conference, has a history dating back more than 80 seasons. The Giants were founded in 1925 by Tim Mara in the then five-year-old NFL. Mara owned the team until his death in 1959, when it was passed on to his sons, Wellington and Jack. During their history, the Giants have won eight NFL championships, four of which came in Super Bowls. In just its third season,", "id": "2105647" }, { "contents": "Sean McDermott\n\n\n(Brian Dawkins and Michael Lewis) earn Pro Bowl berths for the first time in team history. McDermott and the Eagles appeared in Super Bowl XXXIX that season but had lost to the New England Patriots whom had won their 2nd straight Super Bowl title. Under McDermott's watch, Dawkins went on to earn two more Pro Bowl berths following the 2005 and 2006 seasons. In 2007, McDermott was assigned linebackers coach, after Spagnuolo had left to take the defensive coordinator job for the New York Giants. On January 28, 2008", "id": "8871872" }, { "contents": "2015 New York Giants season\n\n\nthe fourth consecutive year and had officially ended the Coughlin/Eli era in New York, whom have made the playoffs 5 times and won two Super Bowls, both times against the New England Patriots. Notes The New York Giants started offseason activities with a rookie minicamp starting on May 9. Organized team activities ran from May 27–29, June 1–2, June 4, June 8–9, June 11–12. Mandatory mini-camp was held June 16–18. The Giants' most notable staff change involves their defensive coordinator position. Following the 2014", "id": "10014919" }, { "contents": "Bart Oates\n\n\nBart Steven Oates (born December 16, 1958) is a former American football player in the National Football League for the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers. He played center for the Giants from 1985–93 and with the 49ers from 1994-95. He was a member of the Giants teams that won Super Bowls XXI and XXV and the 49ers team that won Super Bowl XXIX. A graduate of Albany High School in Georgia, Oates played college football at Brigham Young University, originally entering in 1977 before serving an LDS mission", "id": "8953007" }, { "contents": "2007 New York Giants season\n\n\nthe victory and the season-sweep. With the win, the Giants improved to 9–4. This also marked the first time since their Super Bowl XXXV appearance of 2000 that New York had won 6-straight road games. Coming off their season-sweeping road win over the Eagles, the Giants went home for a Week 15 Sunday night NFC East rematch with the Washington Redskins. In the first quarter, New York trailed early as Redskins kicker Shaun Suisham managed to get a 49-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "id": "11044489" }, { "contents": "List of Pittsburgh Steelers seasons\n\n\none of only two teams, along with the New England Patriots have won the Super Bowl six times. The six championships place the Steelers fourth in the league in terms of total championships (including those prior to the first Super Bowl), trailing only the Green Bay Packers (13 championships), the Chicago Bears (9) and the New York Giants (8). The club's 15 AFC Championship Game appearances are second all-time, behind the Patriots (16). In addition, they have hosted the second", "id": "16043837" }, { "contents": "New York Giants\n\n\nMetLife Stadium was scheduled to host Super Bowl XLVIII that February. However, the Giants' playoff hopes took a massive hit when they lost the first six games of the season. They rebounded to win the next four games in a row to improve to 4–6, but lost a critical home game to the Cowboys on a last-minute field goal. They finished the season 7–9 and with a losing record for the first time since 2004. The Giants drafted rookie wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. in the 2014 NFL Draft, who", "id": "2034190" }, { "contents": "2012 New York Giants season\n\n\nLed by rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden, the Browns quickly amassed a 14–0 lead early in the first quarter. However, the Giants retook the lead before halftime and did not sacrifice it again. With the win, the Giants improved to 3–2 and began what would ultimately be a four-game winning streak throughout October. The Giants traveled to San Francisco for a rematch of last season's NFC Championship game, in which the Giants won in overtime to advance to Super Bowl XLVI. The San Francisco 49ers were looking to avenge their", "id": "16226595" }, { "contents": "New York Giants\n\n\nthe last game of the season, needing a victory to make the playoffs. The Jets played spoiler, however, beating the Giants 27–21 and ruining the latter's playoff hopes. A different scenario unfolded during the penultimate regular season game of 2011 as the \"visiting\" Giants defeated the Jets 29–14. The victory simultaneously helped eliminate the Jets from playoff contention and propel the Giants to their own playoff run and eventual win in Super Bowl XLVI. The Giants lead the overall regular season series 8–5 and have won five of the past", "id": "2034221" }, { "contents": "Super Bowl III\n\n\nNew York have contested one Super Bowl since the merger: Super Bowl XXXV between the Jets' crosstown rival (the Giants) and Baltimore's replacement team (the Ravens), with the latter contest being won by Baltimore. This was the first of three occasions in which a team from New York defeated one from Baltimore in postseason play during 1969, with the Knicks eliminating the Bullets in the NBA playoffs, and the Mets upsetting the heavily-favored Orioles in the World Series, being the other two. This was the", "id": "9506670" } ]

[ { "contents": "Ida Tarbell\n\n\nthe book, but Tarbell was finally able to locate one copy in the New York Public Library. Another break in the story came from within Standard Oil itself and proved that the company was still using illegal and shady practices. An office boy working at the Standard Oil headquarters was given the job of destroying records which included evidence that railroads were giving the company advance information about refiner's shipments. This allowed them to undercut the refiners. The young man happened to notice his Sunday school teacher's name on several documents. The", "id": "19192223" }, { "contents": "Dupnitsa\n\n\nDupnitsa () is a town in Western Bulgaria. It is at the foot of the highest mountain in the Balkan Peninsula – the Rila Mountain, and about 50 km south of the capital Sofia. Dupnitsa is the second largest town in Kyustendil Province. A nickname of the town is \"the town of pharmacy\". Dupnitsa is referred to as \"The Green and Shady Town\", because of its location which makes it quite shady in summer and due to the abundance of trees in the town. Dupnitsa is that is", "id": "13494371" }, { "contents": "Shady Point, Oklahoma\n\n\nRailroad, which built a track through Indian Territory in 1895-96. In 1900, the Kansas City Southern Railway bought out the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad. The population was estimated at 200 In 1901. In the same year, the Poteau Valley Railroad built tracks from Shady Point to the mines at Sutter (which was renamed Calhoun in 1914), bringing prosperity to Shady Point as a coal shipping point. Agriculture became the basis for Shady Point's economy during the Great Depression. The Evans Coal Company closed", "id": "7246806" }, { "contents": "Yancey Railroad\n\n\nRailroad and began operations on April 1, 1955, using a GE 45-ton switcher diesel locomotive built new for the Yancey in March 1955 at GE's locomotive plant in Erie, Pennsylvania as builder number 32344 at a cost of $44,000. The locomotive was numbered 1 and was given the nicknamed \"Blackie\" by the crews of the railroad due to her factory black paint job. Number 1 was driven by a sprocket and chain drive and produced 300 horsepower. When not in use, Yancey number 1 was stored at Burnsville in", "id": "21212491" }, { "contents": "Abram Wakeman\n\n\ncommenced practice as Horace Holden's junior partner. He later practiced as the senior partner of Wakeman, Latting & Phelps, the junior member of which was Edward John Phelps. Wakeman was also active in several business ventures, and was a director or executive of several banks, railroads, and insurance companies. He was one of the original incorporators of the Irving Savings Institution and an incorporator and director of the Hamilton Fire Insurance Company. He was also a director of the New York and Hempstead Plains Railroad, and later the New", "id": "5908071" }, { "contents": "Georgia and Alabama Railroad\n\n\n, in some cases, business continued under the name of Georgia and Alabama Railroad. For instance, in May 1868, a contract was executed to the Georgia and Alabama Railroad, leasing 100 African American convicts in the state of Georgia to work for the railroad company without pay. The Georgia and Alabama Railroad is not to be confused with the Georgia and Alabama Railway, which was a different entity entirely, formed in 1895 and based in Savannah. However, due to the similarity in their names, the G&A \"Railway\"", "id": "19789902" }, { "contents": "Office of the Executive Secretary of the Philippines\n\n\nThe Office of the Executive Secretary of the Philippines (formerly the Executive Office) is the head and highest-ranking official of the Office of the President of the Philippines and a member of the Cabinet of the Philippines. The office-holder has been nicknamed as the \"Little President\" due to the nature of the position. It was given the mandate \"to directly assist the President in the management of affairs of the government as well as to direct the operations of the Executive Office.\" It is headed by the", "id": "2100246" }, { "contents": "2-8-8-8-4\n\n\n2-8-8-8-4 was ever built, a Mallet-type for the Virginian Railway in 1916. Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, it became the only example of their class XA, so named due to the experimental nature of the locomotive. Like the same railroad's large articulated electrics and the Erie Railroad 2-8-8-8-2s, it was nicknamed \"Triplex\". An overview of Triplex engineering is given at Triplex (locomotive). The XA was unable to sustain a", "id": "7822599" }, { "contents": "Elcor, Minnesota\n\n\nthe railroad station, erroneously named \"Elcore\", for the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad (later the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad). Later, the Elcor Mercantile diversified into the up-and-coming petroleum business, selling Conoco gasoline, kerosene, fuel oils, motor oils, grease, and even outboard motors. Concrete sidewalks were built to line the shady streets, and bright red fire hydrants were installed. Homes were insulated, and people began to purchase refrigerators. Manilla Street and Maritana Avenue were paved", "id": "3051738" }, { "contents": "Steve Elliott (character)\n\n\ntower. Originally thought to be a \"Rooshin\" spy by Uncle Joe, Steve later becomes a welcome addition to the Shady Rest Hotel clan. Steve and Uncle Joe establish a crop dusting business called Carson-Elliott Enterprises. He originally shows interest in Kate Bradley's oldest blonde-haired daughter, Billie Jo; however, he eventually marries redhead Betty Jo Bradley, Kate's youngest daughter, during season five. Steve and Betty Jo move out of the Shady Rest and into a cottage near the railroad tracks. In season", "id": "2110407" }, { "contents": "Hugo Gernsback\n\n\n\"Science Wonder Stories\" and \"Air Wonder Stories\". A year later, due to Depression-era financial troubles, the two were merged into \"Wonder Stories\", which Gernsback continued to publish until 1936, when it was sold to Thrilling Publications and renamed \"Thrilling Wonder Stories\". Gernsback returned in 1952–53 with \"Science-Fiction Plus\". Gernsback was noted for sharp (and sometimes shady) business practices, and for paying his writers extremely low fees or not paying them at all. H. P. Lovecraft", "id": "13421578" }, { "contents": "Ukelin\n\n\nwho ended up with piles of instruments that they couldn't sell. Salesmen misrepresented the instruments to customers, who felt as if they had been tricked into buying a worthless instrument. Oscar Schmidt, Inc. stopped producing the ukelin in 1964 after the new owner, Glen Peterson, discovered the shady business practices of some of his salesmen. Between instrument returns and a declining interest in musical instruments due to the advent of television as a form of family entertainment, Marxochime was no longer able to produce the violin-uke and halted production", "id": "19244802" }, { "contents": "Beaver Dam Railroad\n\n\nfor its products. The line from Crandull to Damascus, a distance of about ten miles, was completed by 1902. A six-mile extension, the Crandull and Shady Valley Railroad, was incorporated on December 15, 1909, to extend the line from Crandull to Shady Valley, Tennessee. This railroad was leased by the Beaver Dam Railroad and operated under its control as one unit. In 1910, the long Virginia section previously operated by the Virginia Carolina Railway was leased to the Beaver Dam Railroad, which assumed its operations", "id": "14605786" }, { "contents": "Shady, Oregon\n\n\nShady is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. It is about two miles south of Roseburg on a stretch of Oregon Route 99 also known as the Oakland-Shady Highway. Shady is outside Roseburg's urban growth boundary, but it does have sewer service. Because of sewer availability, Douglas County considers Shady an \"urban unincorporated area\". It is next to the South Umpqua River. Like nearby Green, Shady was a station on the Siskiyou Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad. A cliff in", "id": "16035170" }, { "contents": "William Alfred Webb\n\n\nUnited States entered the World War he was called by the United States Railroad Administration to Washington. His wide experience in the private enterprise American railroads had given him a practical grounding in every aspect of rail management. Webb resigned from the United States Railroad Administration in 1920 to become Vice President and General Manager of the St Louis Southwest system until May 1921. This was then followed by a brief period in 1922 as the elected President of the Cambria and Indiana Railroad, which he left due to tensions with the new owner of the", "id": "14669052" }, { "contents": "Belton, South Carolina\n\n\ntown in 1855, with the boundaries being located within a half mile radius from the new railroad depot. The city was given the name of Belton after the first president of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad from Newberry, John Belton O'Neal. The city prospered not only due to the railroad junction, but also because of the area's cotton crop, which led to the establishment of cotton mills. A large contribution of money was donated to the railroad business in which Belton prospered the 1840s by a man named William Henry Blaauw.", "id": "9443502" }, { "contents": "Bond County, Illinois\n\n\nthe Underground Railroad. Teacher T.A. Jones lived in Reno and in 2008, a letter in which he told of his Underground Railroad activities was discovered in a staircase in Sparta. Slaves were often spirited from Missouri, sometimes through Carlyle to Bond County. Rev. John Leeper was able to disguise his Underground Railroad activities due to his milling business. Dr. Henry Perrine practiced medicine near Greenville and helped with the secret railroad activities. Rev. George Denny's house was found in the 1930s to conceal a secret chamber that had been used in the", "id": "11432132" }, { "contents": "Economic history of the United States\n\n\nestablishing the base for the country's industrialization. Railroad executives invented modern methods for running large-scale business operations, creating a blueprint that all large corporations basically followed. They created career tracks that took 18-year-old boys and turned them into brakemen, conductors and engineers. They were first to encounter managerial complexities, labor union issues, and problems of geographical competition. Due to these radical innovations, the railroad became the first large-scale business enterprise and the model for most large corporations. Historian Larry Haeg argues from the", "id": "1543671" }, { "contents": "Joseph Mackey Brown\n\n\nAfter graduating from Oglethorpe University in 1872 (where he joined Chi Phi Fraternity), Brown attended Harvard University for a time to study law. He continued his studies at his brother's Georgia law practice and passed the bar in 1873; however, he never practiced law due to failing eyesight. He continued his studies at an Atlanta, Georgia business college and became a clerk with the Western and Atlantic Railroad. During his career at the railroad he rose to the position of traffic manager for the company, and he married Cora", "id": "4695755" }, { "contents": "Railroad Tycoon\n\n\nSid Meier's Railroad Tycoon is a business simulation designed by Sid Meier. The DOS version of the game was released as freeware for download in 2006. The game is the first in the Railroad Tycoon series. A port of the game for the Super NES was planned for a 1994 release, and screenshots were shown in the March 1993 issue of Nintendo Power; however the port was never released. Though no reason was officially given, it may have been due to the DOS release of \"Transport Tycoon\", and its", "id": "1369249" }, { "contents": "Henry Huttleston Rogers\n\n\nwith the Pennsylvania independents, Rogers and the New York delegation managed to forge an agreement with the railroads, whose leaders eventually agreed to open their rates to all and promised to end their shady dealings with South Improvement. Rockefeller and his associates quickly started another approach, which frequently included buying-up opposing interests. Their dominance of the growing industry and the squeezing out of smaller competitors continued and expanded. But, the South Improvement incident prompted growing public sentiment to support governmental oversight and regulation of large businesses, including the railroads.", "id": "1021033" }, { "contents": "Petticoat Junction\n\n\n's is the local hub, where menfolk come to play checkers and chat. Sam Drucker is the postmaster, and his telephone is a lifeline for the Bradleys, Uncle Joe, and others. The Shady Rest Hotel is located at a water stop along the isolated branch line of the C. & F.W. Railroad. Due to a trestle demolition many years ago, the line now is entirely unconnected to any other railroad; it runs between the rural farm community of Hooterville and the small town of Pixley. Each of these towns is", "id": "20827028" }, { "contents": "Howard Elliott (railroad executive)\n\n\nand tries to live up to this theory in both is utterances and in his management. As a railway executive, he is one of the leaders of the country. He learned the business from the Burlington, from which so many able and successful railway managers have been graduated. He has served at different times in the engineering, the accounting, the traffic, and the operating departments and few men know both the theory and the practice of railway operation and management so thoroughly. He is a tireless worker, a master of", "id": "7389388" }, { "contents": "Greenville, Illinois\n\n\noffer was accepted, and a courthouse was built in 1821 on the site of the current courthouse. During the 1840s, some Bond County residents conducted slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Slaves were often spirited from Missouri, sometimes through Carlyle to Bond County. Rev. John Leeper was able to disguise his Underground Railroad activities due to his milling business. Dr. Henry Perrine practiced medicine near Greenville and helped with the secret railroad activities. Rev. George Denny's house was found in the 1930s to conceal a secret chamber that had been", "id": "19329053" }, { "contents": "89th Illinois Infantry Regiment\n\n\nThe 89th Illinois Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the Railroad Regiment, was an infantry regiment that served between August 27, 1862, and June 24, 1865, during the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 89th Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 27, 1862. The regiment was nicknamed the \"Railroad Regiment\" due to the important role Chicago-based railroad companies had in raising and filing the regiment's roster. The regiment's motto, \"Clear the Tracks\" was", "id": "2947055" }, { "contents": "Shady Side (steamboat)\n\n\n1880, after the new elevated railroad made route uneconomical. From the beginning, \"Shady Side\" was involved in stern competition with vessels of other companies. The \"Shady Side\" was the fastest boat of the Morrisania Steamboat Company, and frequently raced against the \"Sylvan Dell\", which was the fastest of the Harlem Line. In 1875, as part of this sparring, the \"Sylvan Dell\" had a piece of oak strapped to her to prevent \"Shady Side\" easily passing. Captain Longstreet, superintendent of", "id": "17612114" }, { "contents": "Louise Patten\n\n\nshe was responsible for approving a bonus scheme which was criticised for making it easier for executive directors to change the associated growth targets. She was later the chairman of Brixton plc, a FTSE 250 property business. In 2003 she was nicknamed \"Queen of the Sheds\" and described \"the most powerful woman in property\" due to this role. She was a non-executive director of Bradford & Bingley when the company failed and was nationalised in 2008. She has remained on the board and is now an NED of UK", "id": "4591340" }, { "contents": "The Beat That My Heart Skipped\n\n\nThe Beat That My Heart Skipped () is a 2005 French film drama directed by Jacques Audiard and starring Romain Duris. It tells the story of Tom, a shady realtor torn between a criminal life and his desire to become a concert pianist. The film premiered on 17 February 2005 at the Berlin Film Festival. The film was given limited release to theaters in North America and grossed $1,023,424 and $10,988,397 worldwide. Intense young \"tough\" Thomas Seyr is a 28-year-old real estate broker involved in shady business deals", "id": "17002261" }, { "contents": "Shady Rest\n\n\nruns through Shady Rest, was the southern border of a lake that covered the lowlands extending north to Centreville. Eventually the lake broke through at Shady Rest. This breakthrough formed the Sangamon River, which runs through the site. An abandoned Illinois Central rail-bed trail, owned by Heartland Pathways, runs through the site with a bridge and trestle over the Sangamon River that is an attraction. Shady Rest provides a convenient rest stop on the HP hiking and biking trail. The rail-bed introduces an element of railroad history", "id": "17506540" }, { "contents": "Cornelius Vanderbilt\n\n\nCornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877) was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. After working with his father's business, Vanderbilt worked his way into leadership positions in the inland water trade and invested in the rapidly growing railroad industry. Nicknamed \"The Commodore\", he is known for owning the New York Central Railroad. His biographer T. J. Stiles says, \"He vastly improved and expanded the nation's transportation infrastructure, contributing to a transformation of the very geography", "id": "4257627" }, { "contents": "Walter Yetnikoff\n\n\nother labels and executives. Dannen's book particularly focusses on the 1979-1983 conflict between Yetnikoff and his deputy Dick Asher over the shady practice of using independent promotion agents to place new records on radio station playlists - a practice that deeply concerned Asher, both because of its great cost (which Asher estimated in 1980 at $10 million annually for the CBS group alone) and because he worried that the practice might be found to be corrupt, and so could threaten the operations of the entire CBS group. The conflict climaxed", "id": "12552916" }, { "contents": "Rookery Building\n\n\nThe Rookery. That building was nicknamed the \"rookery\" not only in reference to the crows and pigeons that flocked to its exterior, but also because of the alleged shady politicians it housed (given the rook's perceived reputation for acquisitiveness). After the Great Chicago Fire a quickly constructed building was used as an interim City Hall at this location (LaSalle and Adams) built around a large water tank that had survived the fire. However, pigeons became such a nuisance that a complaining citizen began referring to the building as", "id": "2071029" }, { "contents": "James Bowen (railroad executive)\n\n\nJames Bowen (February 25, 1808 – September 29, 1886) was an American railroad executive, President of Erie Railroad, who served as a Union Army general during the American Civil War. James Bowen was born at New York City February 25, 1808. His father was a merchant of ample means, and the son was liberally educated. He was not trained to any profession or business calling, but he cultivated habits of business voluntarily and intuitively. He was a close and persistent student of public affairs, and among", "id": "5903667" }, { "contents": "William Higby\n\n\nthe Lambda Iota Society. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Elizabethtown, New York. Higby moved to California in 1850 and settled in Calaveras County. After unsuccessfully attempting the mining business, he resumed the practice of law and was a district attorney from 1853 to 1859. Due to his harsh treatment of criminals, he earned the rough nickname, \"Bloody Bill\". He was a district judge from 1859 to 1861. Higby served in the California State Senate in 1862 and 1863", "id": "15294182" }, { "contents": "B. B. Comer\n\n\nto do. And we really had it made when we come here.\" Although a common practice at the time, the mills did make use of child labor. \"See Avondale Mills.\" Comer was a vocal advocate for railroad reform. Alabama businessmen were at a disadvantage when competing for business with companies based in Georgia, due to that state's lower freight rates. The Birmingham Commercial Club and the Birmingham Freight Bureau, organizations in which Comer had major roles, found evidence of rate discrimination by the railroads. Comer", "id": "10714441" }, { "contents": "Crusher Joe\n\n\ndefining space lanes. Because of their work, they were nicknamed \"Crushers\" which eventually became their business moniker. Despite the rough and ready nature of the Crushers' work, they subscribe to a few steadfast rules. Unethical and illegal assignments are taboo, and any Crusher accepting one is barred from the Union. Of course, this presents problems for shady clients who try to trick the Crushers into accepting misleading assignments. They know that once the Union accepts a case the Crushers are honor-bound to follow it through.", "id": "21741258" }, { "contents": "The Snake's Pass\n\n\nCarnacliff say that Murdock does not abide by the law either. The Hill has Murdock in its clutches because he is such a greedy man he wants to find the gold of The King of Snakes. Murdock's nickname of the town is the \"Gombeen man,\" which can be described as a shady, business man. Richard \"Dick\" Sutherland: Dick is hired by Murdock to do scientific work on the hills and research the shifting bog however, he is not allowed to speak of the work he is doing according", "id": "4817058" }, { "contents": "Ashland, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana\n\n\npostmaster D. F. \"Dave\" Williams. Mail at the time reached Ashland by the bayou at Lake Village five miles (8 km) to the west. The Carlile Hotel, long since demolished, was owned by Tom and Duck Carlile and located east of the railroad track. Given the decline in population and changing business practices, no businesses except the convenience store in Bienville Parish operate in the 21st century in Ashland. In the 1950s, there were half a dozen. The Ashland Baptist Church, Village Hall, Masonic lodge", "id": "21772441" }, { "contents": "Simply Shady\n\n\nShankar. Harrison's vocals on the track were marred by his contracting laryngitis towards the end of the sessions for \"Dark Horse\" – a result of his having overextended himself on business and musical commitments, as well as his punishing lifestyle. Partly due to Harrison's hoarse singing, \"Simply Shady\" has been viewed in an unfavourable light by many music critics and reviewers. Other commentators consider its confessional tone to be significant in Harrison's career, representing a departure from the spiritual certainties that typically defined his work following the", "id": "558249" }, { "contents": "Samuel Spencer (railroad executive)\n\n\nSamuel Spencer (March 2, 1847 – November 29, 1906) was an American civil engineer, businessman, and railroad executive. With an education interrupted by service in the Confederate cavalry late in the American Civil War, he completed his education at the University of Georgia and the University of Virginia. Spencer spent his career with railroads, rising through the ranks during the busy growth years of American railroading in the late 19th century. He eventually became president of six railroads, and was a director of at least ten railroads and", "id": "22088323" }, { "contents": "History of rail transportation in California\n\n\nneeded transportation routes to out-of-state markets for locally produced raw materials and avenues of the import for eastern goods, there were numerous instances of rate fixing schemes among the various carriers, the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific included. Opposition to the railroads began early in Southern California's history due to the questionable practices of The Big Four in conducting the business of the Central (later Southern) Pacific. The Central Pacific Railroad (and later the Southern Pacific) maintained and operated whole fleets of ferry boats that connected Oakland", "id": "10230034" }, { "contents": "Wigwag (railroad)\n\n\nWigwag is the nickname given to a type of railroad grade crossing signal once common in North America, named for the pendulum-like motion it used to signal the approach of a train. It is generally credited to Albert Hunt, a mechanical engineer at Southern California's Pacific Electric (PE) interurban streetcar railroad, who invented it in 1909 for safer railroad grade crossings. The term should not be confused with its usage in Britain, where wigwag is generally used to refer to alternate flashing lights, such as those found at", "id": "4783512" }, { "contents": "Beech Grove, Indiana\n\n\ncompany town for a new railroad repair facility, the Beech Grove Shops, constructed by the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad (nicknamed the \"Big Four\"). Through acquisitions and mergers over the years, the railroad shops have been run by the New York Central, Penn Central and, presently, Amtrak rail systems. The complex sits on with underroof. In 2007, Amtrak had 550 employees working there. In recognition of the city's heritage as a railroad town, Amtrak's business car 10001", "id": "20280607" }, { "contents": "Taxi (1996 film)\n\n\ndriver who, according to the explanations given to Paz, was shot by two drug dealers during a robbery. One of the shots left him paralyzed and the \"Family\"'s visits to him in the hospital are a staple in their common social life. Aside from Dani, Velasco and Reme, this group is completed by a shady individual named Calero and a thuggish brute nicknamed \"Niño\" who seems to act as an informal henchman of sorts for the former. Paz realizes Calero is a former cop even before being told", "id": "6554190" }, { "contents": "Grady Wilson (Sanford and Son)\n\n\nbusiness in Watts. Grady is portrayed as an elderly man, known for his stooped appearance and his gray hair and beard. He is most commonly seen wearing an oversized, pale-blue sport coat and walks with a slow shuffle. He often stops by Fred's house to drink and play cards, and he regularly accompanies Fred in his various schemes, much to the chagrin of Fred's son Lamont. He is sometimes referred to by Fred as \"Shady Grady\" (a nickname that would be referenced in the 1996", "id": "15304466" }, { "contents": "Charles Lane (actor)\n\n\nQuincy in two episodes of the syndicated romantic comedy series \"How to Marry a Millionaire\" (1957–1959) with Barbara Eden and Merry Anders. However, he is most widely remembered for his portrayal of antagonist Homer Bedloe in the situation comedy \"Petticoat Junction\". Bedloe was a mean-spirited railroad executive who periodically visited the Shady Rest Hotel while seeking justification to end train service of the Hooterville Cannonball, but he never succeeded in that objective. He guest starred on such series as ABC's \"Guestward, Ho!\"", "id": "9249704" }, { "contents": "Interstate Commerce Act of 1887\n\n\n, and the prices they charged and the practices they adopted greatly influenced individuals and businesses. In some cases, the railroads were perceived to have abused their power as a result of too little competition. Railroads also banded together to form pools and trusts that fixed rates at higher levels than they could otherwise command. Railroads often charged a higher price per mile for short hauls than for long hauls. The practice was decried as one that discriminated against smaller businesses. Responding to a widespread public outcry, states passed numerous pieces of legislation", "id": "5649571" }, { "contents": "Robert H. Smith School of Business\n\n\ndoctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting. Alexander J. Triantis assumed duties as dean of the Smith School in September 2013. The Robert H. Smith School of Business is a part of the University of Maryland, located in College Park, MD, just outside Washington, D.C. The school also has a presence at Shady Grove, Baltimore, as well as in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. The Smith School offers an executive MBA program in Beijing, China. The official mailing address is: 7699", "id": "22210910" }, { "contents": "North American railroad signals\n\n\nheads, new modules can be taken from stock to build new signals or modify existing heads. With simple bracketry, even triangular colorlights may be built up with these standardized components. Another ubiquitous feature of modern modular color light signals is the full-length sun shade which improves visibility in bright sunny conditions. This shade was first developed by the Union Pacific to prevent snow buildup on one shade from obscuring the signal lens above it. Due to the appearance of the shade, signals of this type have been given the nickname \"", "id": "977240" }, { "contents": "Elgin, Texas\n\n\nRobert Morris Elgin, the railroad's land commissioner, following the practice of naming new railroad towns after officers of the company. Elgin was established. The original plat placed the train depot in the center of a one-square-mile area. Elgin was incorporated, received a post office the following year, and a Baptist Sunday school began meeting in a private home. Much of the town's early population was drawn from nearby Perryville, which the railroad had bypassed. Perryville, or Hogeye as it was nicknamed, was", "id": "18155641" }, { "contents": "Associação Atlética Ponte Preta\n\n\nthe railroad business that was flourishing in its city of Campinas. Most of the people involved with the foundation of the team were residents of the working class neighbourhood by the railroad. One of the team's first nicknames was the \"Train of August 11th\". Ponte's stadium, the Estádio Moisés Lucarelli, is located right by the railroad in a way where it is possible to see it when inside the stadium, and according to the fans, when the train passes by during a game, it is a sign of", "id": "18182265" }, { "contents": "LeSean McCoy\n\n\nhe signed a new five-year contract worth $40 million. McCoy made the Pro Bowl in each of his first three years in Buffalo, helping the team snap a 17-year playoff drought, and has become one of a few select NFL running backs to surpass 10,000 career rushing yards. McCoy was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. His nickname is \"Shady\" and was given to him by his mother because of his mood swings where he would one second be happy and laughing and the next second be upset and crying.", "id": "9651376" }, { "contents": "List of Burn Notice characters\n\n\nof information about, and introductions to, members of the Miami underworld. Michael also sometimes pays Barry to use his skills at doctoring financial records to help him create cover IDs and to frame his enemies for misconduct, gaining him the nickname \"Bad Checks Barry\". Barry is fully aware of Michael's burn notice, but could not care less as it is his business to deal with shady characters, but he has dodged Michael on occasions when he felt his life was in danger. Barry is generally rather reluctant to deal", "id": "5700801" }, { "contents": "Go West (1940 film)\n\n\nthem to build through the land, making the deed holder rich. After Crooked railroad executive John Beecher (Walter Woolf King) and shady saloon owner \"Red\" Baxter (Robert Barrat) manage to steal the deed, Quale and the Panello brothers work with Terry and Eve to retrieve the deed. Like all other Marx Brothers MGM films, \"Go West\" has several musical numbers, including \"As if I Didn't Know\" and \"You Can't Argue with Love\" both by Bronislau Kaper and Gus Kahn,", "id": "13750808" }, { "contents": "VoIP vulnerabilities\n\n\nVoIP is vulnerable to similar types of attacks that Web connection and emails are prone to. VoIP attractiveness, because of its low fixed cost and numerous features, come with some risks that are well known to the developers an are constantly being addressed. But these risks are usually not mentioned to the business which is the most common target. VoIP also allows the use of fraud and shady practices that most people are not aware of. And while this practices are restricted by most providers, the possibility that someone is using them for", "id": "11936669" }, { "contents": "Long Bridge (Potomac River)\n\n\nPRR) (nicknamed the Pennsy). Local and Federal politics along with personal interests of politicians made it possible for the newcomer to gain access to the city. Pennsylvania Senator Simon Cameron, who happened to be a stockholder in the Northern Central Railroad (owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad) became Secretary of War from 1861 to 1862, when he was removed from the position due to charges of payoffs and other irregularities helped the railroad gain control of the bridge. The Railroad was financing the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad (B&P) to", "id": "11378053" }, { "contents": "Rigo Morales\n\n\ngave up full-time writing duties to pursue the executive side of the business. By mid-2000, Morales was overseeing production management at Goliath Artists, Inc., the management firm of music executive Paul Rosenberg. Morales helped Goliath Artists, Inc. expand clientele by heading the Producer Management division of the company, where he helped navigate the careers of artists such as DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill), Dame Grease, DJ Shock, The Beatnuts and The Alchemist. In 2001, Rosenberg and Eminem appointed him as Director of A&R at Shady", "id": "5566243" }, { "contents": "Interstate 40 in North Carolina\n\n\nGreensboro officially bears the name Preddy Boulevard. The nickname \"Death Valley\" has been given to the area of Interstate 40 where Interstate 40 and Business Interstate 85 splits. The locals have given that area that name because of the high number of deaths due to car crashes in that area. One major problem with the highway is that the US 29/US 70/US 220 southbound lanes merge from the right, and exit to the left. Thus, through traffic on I-40 west and US 29 south (a major route", "id": "665804" }, { "contents": "The Making of Donald Trump\n\n\ncareer and marriages. David M. Shribman, writing for \"The Boston Globe\", felt that the book was \"a chronicle of mobsters and mistresses, shady construction deals and financial shenanigans, monumental projects and miserable (and possibly illegal) business practices\" and that \"Much of this slender volume's contents are already part of the public record; some of it is new\". Shribman noted that the book focuses on Trump's personal and business life rather than his political career and that \"More than a dozen Republican candidates", "id": "10300662" }, { "contents": "Joseph McCarthy\n\n\nsugar. His advocacy in this area was associated by critics with a $20,000 personal loan McCarthy received from a Pepsi bottling executive, earning the Senator the derisive nickname \"The Pepsi-Cola Kid\". He supported the Taft–Hartley Act over Truman's veto, angering labor unions in Wisconsin but solidifying his business base. In an incident for which he would be widely criticized, McCarthy lobbied for the commutation of death sentences given to a group of Waffen-SS soldiers convicted of war crimes for carrying out the 1944 Malmedy", "id": "16490732" }, { "contents": "Isaac Rice\n\n\nCollege Law School in 1880 he practiced law for the rest of the decade. In the practice of law he became more aware of and involved in the transportation business, mainly in the expanding railroad empires and their multiplying legal imbroglios. He was regarded in his time as one of the ablest specialists in railroad law in the United States, and held large investments in several lines, including the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and Reading Railroad. He was invited to start a publishing company by some associates in the music printing societies. In", "id": "17894617" }, { "contents": "Shadi Sadr\n\n\nstadiums. While in Iran, she represented several women sentenced to death by stoning and hanging and as a result of her extensive activities, was imprisoned on various occasions prior to her exile to Europe in 2009 where she co-founded the human rights organisation, Justice for Iran. As an expert on human rights in Iran, Shadi Sadr has led many campaigns and organisations which have endeavoured to eradicate human rights violations and abusive practices by the state. As a practicing lawyer, Shadi Sadr has successfully defended several women activists and journalists", "id": "10011177" }, { "contents": "Forbes family\n\n\nBoston, John continued interest in the China trade for a few more years, serving as a business/investment manager for voyages undertaken by Robert and others. Fairly soon, however, he recognized that the China trade was becoming increasingly difficult to pursue profitably and that railroads offered a new and much more lucrative opportunity. Due to the close bond relationship and trust he still maintained in Boston with Howqua, he was given $200,000 of Howqua capital to invest in US business opportunities, to invest on behalf of his Chinese mentor in", "id": "16947937" }, { "contents": "White Line Fever (film)\n\n\nare propositioned job opportunities with similar business arrangements that the GH had with Buck and his associates. Not trusting the Glass House nor their shady business practices, Carol Jo declines their offers electing to continue operating on his own and encourages the other drivers to do likewise. That night, CJ and Jerri are viciously attacked by a masked thug during their sleep and their house is set on fire. CJ wakes up and gets both of them out of the house before it partially burns down. Later on at the hospital, the doctor", "id": "7409507" }, { "contents": "William Smith (Virginia governor)\n\n\nwas admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1818. Two years later, he married Elizabeth Hansbrough Bell. They would have eleven children, several of whom died in infancy or as young adults. Smith established a line of United States mail and passenger post coaches through Virginia in 1827 and then expanded the business into the Carolinas and Georgia in 1831. It was in this role that he received his nickname. Given a contract by the administration of President Andrew Jackson to deliver mail between", "id": "5092228" }, { "contents": "Edwin Hale Abbot\n\n\nEdwin Hale Abbot (1834–1927) was a lawyer and railroad executive, active in Boston and Milwaukee. Abbot was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, educated at Harvard University (BA 1855, AM 1858, and LL.D. 1861), and practiced law in Boston from 1862–76. During this time, he served as an attorney for the Alabama Claims, a series of claims for damages by the United States government against the government of Great Britain for the assistance given to the Confederate cause during the American Civil War. In 1873 Abbot was", "id": "16407977" }, { "contents": "John Alexander Ahl\n\n\nJohn Alexander Ahl (August 16, 1813 – April 25, 1882) was a surgeon, real estate developer, paper mill and iron furnace operator, railroad executive and United States Congressman from Pennsylvania. He was born in Strasburg, Pennsylvania in 1813. He studied medicine at the University of Maryland, and graduated in 1832. He moved to Centerville, Pennsylvania, where he practiced medicine through 1856. That year, he began in the real estate business, bought a paper mill in Newville, Pennsylvania, and served as a", "id": "12782228" }, { "contents": "Gustavus Franklin Swift\n\n\nGustavus Franklin Swift, Sr. (June 24, 1839 – March 29, 1903) was an American business executive. He founded a meat-packing empire in the Midwest during the late nineteenth century, over which he presided until his death. He is credited with the development of the first practical ice-cooled railroad car, which allowed his company to ship dressed meats to all parts of the country and abroad, ushering in the \"era of cheap beef.\" Swift pioneered the use of animal by-products for", "id": "15345808" }, { "contents": "Death Avenue\n\n\n\"Death Avenue\" was a nickname given to both Tenth and Eleventh Avenues on the west side of Manhattan, New York City in the 19th century. In 1847, the City of New York authorized the construction of railroad tracks along Tenth and Eleventh Avenues on Manhattan's West Side. The street-level tracks were used by the New York Central Railroad's freight trains, which shipped commodities such as coal, dairy products and beef. For safety the railroad hired \"West Side cowboys\", men who rode horses and waved", "id": "338977" }, { "contents": "Pontchartrain Railroad\n\n\nthe early 20th century rates were 10 cents for adults, 5 cents for children one way, and double for round trip. Generations of New Orleanians fondly remembered the archaic veteran steam engine nicknamed \"Smoky Mary\" running on the line as late as the 1930s. The somewhat less outdated companion locomotive on the line was called \"Puffing Billy\". Thanks to the popularity of recreational excursions at Milneburg, business remained brisk for the Pontchartrain Railroad through the mid-1920s. After this, however, the railroad declined for two reasons. One", "id": "16813059" }, { "contents": "Charles Pratt and Company\n\n\nregions was a matter of great satisfaction. Working with the Pennsylvania independents, they managed to forge an agreement with the PRR and other railroads whose leaders eventually agreed to open rates to all promised to end their shady dealings with South Improvement. The oil men were most exultant, but their joy was to be short-lived, for Rockefeller had already begun forming his Standard Oil organization and was busy trying another approach, which included frequently buying-up opposing interests. Rockefeller approached Charles Pratt with his plans of cooperation and consolidation.", "id": "8882306" }, { "contents": "Cercetae\n\n\nThe Cercetae are an ancient people of Scythia mentioned by Strabo and Pliny the Elder . They are one of many ancient tribes of the Northwestern Caucasus which are the ancestors of modern Circassians. The name \"Cercetae\" apparently was the basis of the name of the people that arose later - the Circassians. The ethnonym itself of presumably Iranian origin or derived from the , is a kind of \"stern oar”, and is the nickname given to them by the Greeks due to their skill in the sea business. Pliny places them", "id": "15849294" }, { "contents": "American business history\n\n\nportion of the Western trade which has recently been diverted from it by the introduction of steam navigation.\" Their answer was to build a railroad—one of the first commercial lines in the world. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) became the first important American railroad. Some 20,000 investors purchased $5 million in stock to import the rolling stock and build the line. It was a commercial and financial success, and invented many new managerial methods that became standard practice in railroading and modern business. The B&O became the", "id": "8512897" }, { "contents": "Commissioner v. Flowers\n\n\nattorney to travel and live temporarily at some place other than the railroad's principal place of business. Where attorney preferred for personal reasons to live in a different state from the location of his employer's principal office, and his duties required frequent trips to that office, the evidence sustained Tax Court's finding that the necessary relation between expenses of such trips and the railroad's business was lacking. The taxpayer lived and practiced law in Jackson, Mississippi for a railroad. The railroad's home offices were in Mobile, Alabama.", "id": "8648359" }, { "contents": "Frederic C. Dumaine Jr.\n\n\nFrederic C. \"Buck\" Dumaine Jr. (1902 – March 13, 1997, in Weston, Massachusetts) was an American business executive who served as the president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad from 1951–1954, Avis Rent a Car System from 1957–1962, and the Delaware and Hudson Railroad from 1967-1968. He also served as an executive with the American Woolen Company, Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, Waltham Watch Company, Fanny Farmer, Boston Edison Company, Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad", "id": "10869191" }, { "contents": "Azor Taber\n\n\nIn 1833, he formed a partnership with Amos Dean, and, reportedly, he was ranked among the ablest attorneys of the city and gained a large and profitable business, and was known by the nickname \"Razor Tabor\". He was a member of the New York State Senate (11th D.) in 1852 and 1853. In 1854, Tabor retired from practice due to ill health and returned to Knox. Tabor was twice married. His first marriage was to Sarah Todd (1801–1834). Together, they were the", "id": "14328724" }, { "contents": "Presidencies of Grover Cleveland\n\n\nDuring the 1880s, public support for the regulation of railroads grew because of anger over anti-competitive railroad practices such as \"discrimination,\" in which the railroads charged different rates to different clients. Though often critical of the business practices of railroad magnates like Jay Gould, Cleveland was generally reluctant to involve the federal government in regulatory matters. Despite this reluctance, after the Supreme Court's holding in the 1886 case of \"Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois\" severely limited the power of states to regulate", "id": "16503322" }, { "contents": "Bill Sizemore\n\n\nthree other candidates who had little or no name recognition. During the general election, \"The Oregonian\" ran three major articles detailing Sizemore's alleged shady business practices, both in private business and in the operation of his political action committee and non-profit educational foundation. These included one about a \"Trail of Debt\" he had allegedly left behind, one of which involved an outstanding loan from a fellow church member, which Sizemore says was eventually repaid; one about a fishing club on a private lake, to which", "id": "11177260" }, { "contents": "Garm Hava\n\n\n-law ends up in debt over shady business practices and decides to flee to Pakistan. Amina again faces the prospect of losing her lover, but Shamshad promises to return and not leave her like Kazim. Salim Mirza's reluctance to modernise and cultivate ties with the newly formed shoemakers union results in his business not receiving patronage and consequently failing. Disillusioned, his son Baqar decides to migrate to Pakistan with his son and wife. Salim's aged mother suffers a stroke, and through his friend, Salim is able to bring his", "id": "2404714" }, { "contents": "Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad\n\n\nRW&O constructed a line from Pulaski to Oswego and merged with the Syracuse & Northern Railroad. In 1858 the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad (LOS) was chartered from Oswego to Suspension Bridge, New York (now Niagara Falls, New York). RW&O merged with the LOS in 1875; by that time the LOS was bankrupt. The RW&O was nicknamed \"Rotten Wood & Old Rusty Rails\" due to its crumbling infrastructure. By 1878 the RW&O had been merged into the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W). DL&W", "id": "19607175" }, { "contents": "Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda Railroad\n\n\ngrounds (now Deer Grove Forest Preserve). The railroad had many problems due to secondhand equipment and the steep trestle built to cross the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern in Lake Zurich. The most famous engine on this route was nicknamed 'Old Maud' and was purchased from the Chicago and North Western Railway. The railroad opened on 25 August 1912 and closed in 1924. Financial mismanagement, the improvement of local roads and the rise of the automobile helped bring down this route. Richard Whitney researched the railroad for 30 years and", "id": "21268018" }, { "contents": "Shady Valley, Tennessee\n\n\n, such as cranberry bogs, remain in Shady Valley, far south of their usual range. Shady Valley once contained an estimated 10,000 acres (40 km²) of boreal cranberry bogs. The roads that run in and around the town are popular among motorcyclists since nearby mountains provide nearly 500 pigtail curves to navigate. The most popular road for motorcyclists is US-421, which offers many challenging curves. Shady Valley has one small general store, in addition to two other small businesses, a U.S. Post Office and the Shady Valley Elementary School", "id": "17059920" }, { "contents": "Directors and officers liability insurance\n\n\n), and competitors (for anti-trust or unfair trade practice allegations). For nonprofits, claims are typically related to employment practice and less commonly regulatory or other fiduciary claims. For private companies, claims are often from competitors or customers for antitrust or deceptive business practices and one survey of 451 executives found that lawsuits cost an average of $308,475. One relatively neglected area is the personal liability to non-shareholders that directors may face due to torts committed as a result of negligent supervision. D&O insurance is usually purchased", "id": "9757921" }, { "contents": "Catskill and Tannersville Railway\n\n\n, but this \"alternative route\" was right next to the U&D, and most of the C&T stations were right across from the U&D stations. There were downfalls to using this railroad, and that included the fact that the railroad barely ever ran on time. This was probably due to the frequent stops to let passengers get out and see the Kaaterskill Falls, the mountain laurel in full bloom, and even to pick blueberries, which the locals called \"huckleberries\", hence the railroad's nickname, and was probably enjoyed", "id": "16407917" }, { "contents": "Charles M. Clement\n\n\n, 1901) was a prominent railroad executive who served as President of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was a veteran of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 12th Regiment. During World War I he was an advisor to the U.S. Railroad Administration, and he performed a similar function for the War Department during World War II. Charles F. Clement (Trinity College, 1905, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1908) was an attorney and business executive who served as President of Philadelphia's Winslow-Knickerbocker Coal Company and attained the rank of Colonel", "id": "10058642" }, { "contents": "Marthe Hanau\n\n\nbusinesses were mere shells or paper companies. Still, the value of their stock kept rising when stockbrokers bought and traded them. Hanau expanded her investing advice network and later formed her own financial news agency, \"Agence Interpresse\". She even released short-term bonds that promised 8% interest. Now, French banks and \"Agence Havas\", the rival financial news agency, turned against her. Banks began to investigate the nonexistent companies and soon, there were numerous rumors about Hanau's shady business practices. At first", "id": "10967869" }, { "contents": "Neal Pilson\n\n\nand PGA. Prior to joining CBS in 1976 as Director of Business Affairs, he was in private law practice in New York and was an executive at Metromedia, Inc. and the William Morris Agency, Inc. In 1994 the IOC awarded Pilson with the Olympic Order, the highest honor given by the IOC. Mr. Pilson attended Hamilton College in Clinton, NY where he received his B.A. in history in 1960 and then earned his LL.B from Yale Law School in 1963. Neal is a general partner of Sports Business Ventures, LLC and", "id": "6984777" }, { "contents": "Feargus B. Squire\n\n\nStandard Oil's predatory pricing and unfair business practices, and the denial of rebates given by railroads to the Standard Oil Trust's companies. When Rice attempted to convert his Trust shares into normal corporate stock, the Trust refused. Monnette convinced the Supreme Court of Ohio to establish a special commissioner, who had the power to subpoena witnesses and documents, take testimony, and issue a report on the status of the Trust's liquidation. Feargus Squire was considered one of the star witnesses for Standard Oil. He was first placed on", "id": "14943758" }, { "contents": "Slim Shady EP\n\n\nSlim Shady EP is the debut extended play by American rapper Eminem released on December 16, 1997 through the Detroit-based record label Web Entertainment. Unlike \"Infinite\", the \"Slim Shady EP\" helped Eminem gain the interest of CEO Jimmy Iovine (co-founder of Interscope Records) and West Coast hip-hop producer Dr. Dre, who subsequently signed Eminem to his Aftermath Entertainment record label, and served as executive producer on his major-label debut album \"The Slim Shady LP\" (1999). Dre", "id": "30910" }, { "contents": "Charles Minot (railroad executive)\n\n\nMinot's mind was of a more practical bent, and he learned to be an engineer on the Boston and Maine Railroad, of which railroad he subsequently became superintendent. Minot was one of the first to learn telegraph, and his knowledge of that new science stood him well in his career as superintendent of the Erie, as we have seen in the account of his adapting the telegraph to the use of the railroad. He came to the Erie from the Boston and Maine Railroad. The Erie was then in operation as far", "id": "5281828" }, { "contents": "Mercer University\n\n\nhas the highest level of accreditation for business schools from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The school, named for a Mercer alumnus who was a senior executive for The Coca-Cola Company, the Illinois Central Railroad, and JP Morgan, offers bachelor's degree (BBA) programs in Macon, Atlanta, and Douglas County, Evening MBA programs in Macon and Atlanta, Professional MBA programs in Henry County and Savannah, and an Executive MBA program in Atlanta. The Mercer University Executive Forum, Georgia's premier business", "id": "11429516" }, { "contents": "Le Flore County, Oklahoma\n\n\n. In 1900-01 the Poteau Valley Railroad built a line from Shady Point to Calhoun, which they abandoned in 1926. Also in 1900-01 the Arkansas Western Railroad constructed tracks from Heavener east to Arkansas. In 1901 the Fort Smith and Western Railroad connected Coal Creek west to McCurtain in Haskell County. In 1903-04 the Midland Valley Railroad laid tracks from Arkansas west through Bokoshe to Muskogee. The Oklahoma and Rich Mountain Railroad, owned by the Dierks Lumber and Coal Company, constructed the county's last railroad,", "id": "8909323" }, { "contents": "Careca\n\n\na nickname given to Careca as a child because of his admiration for a famous Brazilian clown of the same name. Two contemporaries of Careca, who like him played for the Brazil national football team, were also called Careca and are thus sometimes confused with him: Careca II and Careca Bianchezi. Careca first broke into the national side of Brazil during 1982, but was forced to miss the 1982 World Cup in Spain due to a thigh injury suffered in practice three days before Brazil's debut in that tournament. His place in", "id": "7242109" }, { "contents": "Edward Francis Winslow\n\n\nEdward Francis Winslow (September 28, 1837 – October 22, 1914) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War and later railroad executive. Winslow was born September 28, 1837 in Augusta, Maine. In 1856 moved to Mount Pleasant, Iowa where he engaged in the mercantile business until the fall of 1861 when he enlisted into the 4th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry. After the war he began his longtime career in the railroad industry as a railroad executive. When the Civil War began Winslow enlisted in the", "id": "2454987" }, { "contents": "William Mason (locomotive builder)\n\n\n. His influence was exerted over all locomotive builders at the time and later. In 1856 he built two locomotives for the Cairo and Alexandria Railroad of Egypt in which a commentator said that the engines' excellence was due to the accuracy of execution attained by an admirable set of tools and a skillful set of workmen. Opinion by master mechanics was that they were the easiest engines to keep in repair. In 1871, the Mason Bogie was introduced. The business was organized as the Mason Machine Works in 1873 with a capital of", "id": "8169621" }, { "contents": "List of Internet Relay Chat commands\n\n\nmay have in its friends list. For example: Syntax: Returns a list of users who match . If the flag \"o\" is given, the server will only return information about IRC operators. Defined in RFC 1459. Syntax: Returns information about the comma-separated list of nicknames masks . If is given, the command is forwarded to it for processing. Defined in RFC 1459. Syntax: Used to return information about a nickname that is no longer in use (due to client disconnection, or nickname changes", "id": "19147078" }, { "contents": "Cornelius Vanderbilt\n\n\nof the many railroads he would head. During these years, Vanderbilt also operated many other businesses. He bought large amounts of real estate in Manhattan and Staten Island, and took over the Staten Island Ferry in 1838. It was in the 1830s when he was first referred to as \"commodore,\" then the highest rank in the United States Navy. A common nickname for important steamboat entrepreneurs, by the end of the 1840s, only Vanderbilt was referred to by this nickname. When the California gold rush began in 1849", "id": "4257642" }, { "contents": "Pittsburgh, Westmoreland and Somerset Railroad\n\n\npurpose. As with many railroads, the advent of the automobile made the passenger service obsolete. Like many small railroads of that era, the PW&S was riven with fraudulent accounting practices. The Byers-Allen Lumber Company accounted for almost 90% of the railroad's operations and also shared top executives with the railroad, and as a result, the PW&S hauled the lumber company's freight for free. Because the financial statements showed no profits, bondholders were paid their interest in the form of new bonds, causing a pyramiding of", "id": "21294145" }, { "contents": "James Bowen (railroad executive)\n\n\nthe New York and Harlem Railroad was Samuel R. Brooks. He seems to have been a far-seeing man and a practical one. The New York and Albans - Railroad scheme was languishing, as were most of the railroad enterprises then, and President Brooks, failing to obtain aid from the State for his company, and seeing no immediate future for the New York and Albany Railroad that would benefit him, turned his attention to the Erie, a brief study of the scope of which project convinced him that not only its", "id": "5903685" }, { "contents": "Enterprise information security architecture\n\n\nontology that clearly identifies what processes a business performs and detailed information about how those processes are executed and secured. The end product is a set of artifacts that describe in varying degrees of detail exactly what and how a business operates and what security controls are required. These artifacts are often graphical. Given these descriptions, whose levels of detail will vary according to affordability and other practical considerations, decision makers are provided the means to make informed decisions about where to invest resources, where to realign organizational goals and processes, and what", "id": "22002012" } ]

[ { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nGeorge Bailey is a fictional character and the protagonist in Frank Capra's 1946 film \"It's a Wonderful Life\". The character is a building and loan banker who sacrifices his dreams in order to help his community, to the point where he feels life has passed him by. Eventually, due to a cruel business rival's manipulations, Bailey falls into despair so deep that he contemplates suicide, until his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody, gives him a valuable perspective on the worth of his life. He finds through Odbody", "id": "5160940" }, { "contents": "Paperman\n\n\nfrom a \"peer group of directors\". Lasseter, who served as an executive producer on the film, also made frequent contributions. The main character, George, was inspired by George Bailey from the film \"It's A Wonderful Life\" (1946). According to Kahrs, Bailey, like George, \"experiences the full gamut of life, from the highest highs to the lowest lows. He's a real guy; he gets frustrated. He's got dreams.\" While searching for a \"way to", "id": "3309230" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nYork, claims that Frank Capra was inspired to model Bedford Falls after the town after a visit in 1945. The town has an annual \"It's a Wonderful Life Festival\" in December. In mid-2009, The Hotel Clarence opened in Seneca Falls, named for George Bailey's guardian angel. On December 10, 2010, the \"It's a Wonderful Life\" Museum opened in Seneca Falls, with Karolyn Grimes, who played Zuzu in the movie, cutting the ribbon. However, film historian Jeanine Basinger, curator of", "id": "14755972" }, { "contents": "Charles Lane (actor)\n\n\nGuild. He became a favorite of director Frank Capra, who used him in several films. In \"It's a Wonderful Life\", Lane played a seemingly hard-nosed rent collector for the miserly Henry Potter (Lionel Barrymore), who tried to explain to his employer that many of his tenants were moving out, taking advantage of affordable mortgage loans provided by the film's protagonist, George Bailey (James Stewart). Lane also appeared in the film \"Mighty Joe Young\" (1949) as one of the", "id": "9249702" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\ndirects George to deliver medicine to a customer, but George realizes that in his distress Gower has inadvertently put poison into the capsules. He seeks advice from his father, who is president of the Bailey Brothers Building & Loan, but his father is meeting with miserly banker Henry F. Potter. When he returns to the store, Gower angrily upbraids him for not delivering the capsules until George blurts out the mistake. Gower suddenly understands, and is tearfully grateful; George promises he will keep the incident a secret: \"I wo", "id": "5160943" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nrole. In 1990, another made-for-television film called \"Clarence\" starred Robert Carradine in a new tale of the helpful angel. A purported sequel was in development for a 2015 release, and was to be called \"It's a Wonderful Life: The Rest of the Story\". It was to be written by Bob Farnsworth and Martha Bolton and follow the angel of George Bailey's daughter Zuzu (played once again by Karolyn Grimes), as she teaches Bailey's evil grandson how different the world would", "id": "14756028" }, { "contents": "Bedford Falls (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\n(Virginia Patton) as George and Uncle Billy were waiting there. While waiting there George says to Uncle Billy that a train whistle is one of the three most exciting sounds in the world, along with anchor chains and plane motors. Bailey Park and Potter's Field are two different housing developments. Potter's Field is owned by Henry F. Potter and the bank, while Bailey's Park is owned by the residents (such as the Martini family), who have received mortgages through the Building and Loan. Potter's Field", "id": "2515040" }, { "contents": "Virginia Patton\n\n\n's \"It's a Wonderful Life\" (1946) as Ruth Dakin Bailey, the wife of George Bailey's younger brother Harry. Although Capra did not know Patton personally, she read the role for him and he signed her to a contract. Patton later said that she was the only girl the famous director ever signed in his whole career. Patton still gives interviews about \"It's a Wonderful Life\" and is today the last surviving credited member of the adult actors in the film (a number of child actors", "id": "15813008" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\n, well, Harry Bailey wins Congressional Medal. That couldn't be one of the Bailey boys? You just can't keep those Baileys down, now, can you, Mr. Potter?\" Potter angrily snatches the paper, but Billy inattentively allows the money to be snatched with it. After returning to his office, Potter opens the paper, notices the money and keeps it, knowing that displacement of bank money would result in bankruptcy for the Building & Loan and criminal charges for George. Billy goes back to the Building", "id": "5160952" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\n's angelic power and gift, what life would be like if he didn’t have Mary and his relationships in his life, and what their lives would be like without him. The character was listed ninth on the American Film Institute's 2003 list of the 50 greatest screen heroes. Bailey is played by James Stewart as an adult and Bobby Anderson as a child, and is loosely based on George Pratt, a character in Philip Van Doren Stern's 1943 booklet \"The Greatest Gift\". In the winter of 1919,", "id": "5160941" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nthe Building & Loan if they are forced to close early. Mary and George use the money saved for their honeymoon to keep the Building & Loan solvent. In 1934, thanks to the Building & Loan, the Martini family move out of 'Potter's Field' to the new 'Bailey Park', a residential development created by George that proves successful enough to seriously threaten Mr. Potter's rental interests. Potter offers George a job. Although this would bring a significant increase in salary George declines. George returns home to", "id": "5160948" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nIt's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet \"The Greatest Gift\", which Philip Van Doren Stern wrote in 1939 and published privately in 1943. The film is one of the most beloved in American cinema, and has become traditional viewing during the Christmas season. The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his dreams to help others, and whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the", "id": "14755950" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nsends him a $25,000 line of credit by telegram. Harry also arrives to support his brother, and toasts George as \"The richest man in town\". In the pile of donated funds, George finds a copy of \"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer\" inscribed, \"Dear George: Remember no man is a failure who has friends. P.S. Thanks for the wings! Love, Clarence.\" A bell on the Christmas tree rings, and his daughter Zuzu says, \"Teacher says every time a bell rings,", "id": "5160959" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nof directors of the Building & Loan to appoint a new successor to the late Peter Bailey. Potter argues that the Building & Loan should be dissolved. The directors tell George that the Building & Loan will only stay open if he agrees to remain and carry on his father's work. George foregoes a trip to Europe and his plans for college, giving the funds saved toward tuition to his younger brother. In 1932, George and Uncle Billy are waiting at the Bedford Falls railroad station for Harry to come home from college", "id": "5160945" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nfire because they couldn't move out of Potter's slums.) Ma Bailey is a bitter widow, and Mary a shy, single spinster librarian. George runs back to the bridge and begs to be allowed to live again. His prayer is answered, shown as the snow restarts, and he runs home joyously, where the authorities are waiting to arrest him. Mary, Uncle Billy, and a flood of townspeople arrive with more than enough donations to save George and the Building & Loan. George's friend Sam Wainwright", "id": "5160958" }, { "contents": "Bobby Anderson (actor)\n\n\nRobert James Anderson (March 6, 1933 – June 6, 2008) was an American actor and television producer, most famous for his role as the young George Bailey in \"It's a Wonderful Life\". Bobby Anderson was born in Hollywood, to a showbiz family. He was the son of Eugene Randolph Anderson, an assistant director and production manager, and Marie Augusta Fleischer, and his brothers and cousins were editors and production managers in their own right. He was also the nephew, by marriage, of directors", "id": "19057487" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\ncast, including Bill Pullman as George, Nathan Lane as Clarence, Martin Landau as Mr. Potter, Penelope Ann Miller as Mary, and Sally Field as Mother Bailey. Philip Grecian's 2006 radio play based on the film \"It's a Wonderful Life\" is a faithful adaptation, now in its third incarnation, that has been performed numerous times by local theatres in Canada. \"The Last Temptation of Clarence Odbody\" is a novel written by John Pierson. The novel imagines the future lives of various characters if George had", "id": "14756026" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\n, when Harry arrives with his new wife, Ruth. Her father has offered Harry a job, which means he would not be taking George's place at the Building & Loan. Although Harry vows to turn the offer down for George's sake, George cannot bear to allow his brother to throw away such an opportunity, so he remains in Bedford Falls. While the family is celebrating Harry's return, Ma Bailey mentions to George that Mary Hatch is back from college and he should pay her a visit. He", "id": "5160946" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nshows George what the town would have been like without him, with the snow outside stopping as the change is made. In this alternative scenario Bedford Falls is instead named Pottersville, and is home to sleazy nightclubs, pawn shops, and amoral people. Bailey Park was never built, and remains an old cemetery. Mr. Gower was sent to prison for poisoning the child and is despised and homeless. Martini does not own the bars and is instead run by Nick, with a gruff personality throws George and Clarence out of the", "id": "5160956" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nher husband, as well. He then gets frustrated with his family and ends up smashing up the models of buildings and bridges he had made. A desperate George appeals to Potter for a loan. Potter sarcastically turns George down, and then swears out a warrant for his arrest for bank fraud. George, now completely depressed, gets drunk at the bar owned by his friend, Martini, where he silently prays for help. He also gets a full punch to the face from Zuzu's teacher's husband, who is", "id": "5160954" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nbar. George's friend Violet Bick is a taxi-dancer who gets arrested. Ernie is hopelessly poor, with his family having forsaken him. Uncle Billy has been in an insane asylum for many years since he lost his brother and the family business. Harry is dead as a result of George not being there to save him from drowning, and the servicemen he would have saved also died. (A deleted scene exists in which George finds Martini's grave near Harry's, as Martini and his family died in a", "id": "5160957" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\n(1927). The name Gower came from Capra's employer Columbia Pictures, which had been located on Gower Street for many years. Also on Gower Street was a drugstore that was a favorite for the studio's employees. Charles Williams, who was cast as Eustace Bailey, and Mary Treen, who was cast as Matilda \"Tilly\" Bailey, were both B-list actors, as they both had appeared in 90 films each before filming \"It's a Wonderful Life\". Jimmy the raven (Uncle Billy's", "id": "14755980" }, { "contents": "Clarence Odbody\n\n\nappeared as Clara Oddbody, played by Cloris Leachman. The 1986 musical \"A Wonderful Life\" features Odbody, who was played by David Hyde Pierce in its 2005 rendition. On Christmas Eve, 1945, George Bailey, facing financial ruin and disgrace, is contemplating committing suicide by jumping off a bridge into an icy river. Two celestial beings observe this, and decide to send an angel to save George. Unfortunately, the only angel available is Clarence Odbody, an AS2 (Angel Second Class), who after 200 years", "id": "2156290" }, { "contents": "A Wonderful Life (musical)\n\n\nguardian angel Clarence, Judy Kuhn as Mary Bailey, Dominic Chianese as Mr. Potter, Karen Ziemba as The MC, Philip Bosco as Joseph, Marian Seldes as Mrs. Hatch, Ronn Carroll as Tom Bailey, Marc Kudisch as Sam Wainwright, Michael Berresse as Harry Bailey, Nancy Anderson as Violet, Chuck Cooper as Uncle Billy, George S. Irving as Mr. Martini, Jayne Houdyshell as Mrs. Martini, and Phylicia Rashad as Millie Bailey. The event was hosted by Actors Fund President Joseph Benincasa and Vice Chair of the Actors Fund Bebe", "id": "6410587" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nand received the Silver Star. Ernie was a member of the airborne, and parachuted into France on D-Day. Marty helped capture the Bridge at Remagen, Sam made a lot of money making plastic hoods for planes, and Harry fought as a naval flyer and shot down fifteen planes, two of which were attacking a troop transport. For his bravery Harry Bailey was awarded the Medal of Honor by the U.S. president, Harry Truman. While all of this happened, George served as an Air Raid Warden. Despite having", "id": "5160950" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nFalls, New York, George Bailey contemplates suicide. The prayers of his family and friends reach heaven, where Clarence Odbody, Angel 2nd class, is assigned to save George, in return for which he will earn his angel wings. To prepare him for his mission, Clarence is shown flashbacks of George's life. The first is from 1919, when 12-year-old George saves his younger brother Harry from drowning in a frozen lake; George loses his hearing in one ear as a result. At his after-school", "id": "14755954" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\ndrinking there. Again George runs out, and drives his car into a tree. He comes to a bridge intending to commit suicide, feeling he is \"worth more dead than alive\" because of a life insurance policy. Before he can leap, another man jumps in first and pretends to be drowning. After George rescues him, the man reveals himself to be George's guardian angel, Clarence Odbody. George does not believe him, and he bitterly wishes he had never been born. Inspired by this comment, Clarence", "id": "5160955" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nthrough the ice. \"It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play\", a stage adaptation presented as a 1940s radio show, was adapted by Joe Landry and has been produced around the United States since 1997. The script is published by Playscripts, Inc. In 1997, PBS aired \"Merry Christmas, George Bailey\", taped from a live performance of the 1947 \"Lux Radio Theatre\" script at the Pasadena Playhouse. The presentation, which benefited the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, featured an all-star", "id": "14756025" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nnot survived his jump into the river. Scenes from the film are seen in the documentary \"\", where Abacus Federal Savings Bank founder and chairman Thomas Sung talked about how \"It's a Wonderful Life\" influenced him. An stage-adaptation of the story was presented at The Tower Theatre in Winchester in December 2016 by Blue Apple Theatre with Lawrie Morris in the role of George Bailey. This is believed to be the first time an actor with a learning disability (Lawrie Morris has Down's Syndrome) has had the", "id": "14756027" }, { "contents": "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year\n\n\nDana Kamide in November 2016 on YouTube, just days after President Donald Trump won the election. The parody title was called \"It's the Most Wonderful Time in 8 Years\". The video begins with George Bailey from the 1946 film \"It's a Wonderful Life\", asking God to help Donald Trump to \"Make America Great Again\". The song was spoofed again by The Coca-Cola Company in a Sprite Cranberry commercial in 2017. The spoof's title was called \"It's the Thirstiest Time of the", "id": "10252190" }, { "contents": "Philip Van Doren Stern\n\n\nof RKO Pictures producer David Hempstead, who showed it to actor Cary Grant, who became interested in playing the lead role. RKO purchased the motion picture rights for $10,000 in April 1944. After several screenwriters worked on adaptations, RKO sold the rights to the story in 1945 to Frank Capra's production company. Liberty Films for the same $10,000. Capra adapted the story into \"It's a Wonderful Life\" in 1946. In December 1946, James Stewart, who played George Bailey in the film wrote to Van", "id": "15384080" }, { "contents": "James Stewart\n\n\ndown the role. Stewart appeared as George Bailey, an upstanding small-town man who becomes increasingly frustrated by his ordinary existence and financial troubles. Driven to suicide on Christmas Eve, he is led to reassess his life by Clarence Odbody, an \"angel, second class\" played by Henry Travers. Although \"It's a Wonderful Life\" was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Stewart's third Best Actor nomination, it received mixed reviews and only disappointingly moderate success at the box office. Andrew Sarris claimed Stewart's", "id": "16432991" }, { "contents": "The PTA Disbands\n\n\nDavid Silverman's favorite lines on the show. Gabe Kaplan is one of Bart's victims on his substitute list, a reference to Kaplan and his character in the 1975 TV series \"Welcome Back, Kotter\". The character at the bank who tells the angry crowd that their money's in \"Bill's house, and Fred's house\" is based on James Stewart's George Bailey character in the bank run scene from \"It's a Wonderful Life\". In its original broadcast, \"The PTA Disbands\" finished", "id": "6761969" }, { "contents": "Larry Simms\n\n\nKibbee) in \"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington\" (1939) and Pete Bailey, the oldest son of James Stewart's George Bailey in \"It's a Wonderful Life\" (1946). He retired from show business to join the Navy (he appeared in uniform as himself in the Columbia Screen Snaphots short \"Hollywood Grows Up\"), then studied aeronautical engineering at California Polytech. He later worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California and around the world as an engineer until his retirement", "id": "11884269" }, { "contents": "Mary Hatch\n\n\nMary Hatch Bailey is a fictional character in Frank Capra's 1946 film \"It's a Wonderful Life\". She is the high school sweetheart and later wife of protagonist George Bailey (played by James Stewart as an adult and Bobby Anderson as a child). Mary is played by Donna Reed as an adult and Jean Gale as a child. She is loosely based on Mary Pratt, a character in Philip Van Doren Stern's \"The Greatest Gift\". Mary Hatch is one of the most famous female characters in movie", "id": "13216374" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\n& Loan and tells George the news. George is extremely worried, especially with the bank examiner just outside the room. George and Billy go through the town taking every step Billy took in the morning and it goes to a dead end. George later goes home, and Mary knows straight away something is wrong with him. To add to his anger, he finds out his youngest daughter Zuzu has come home with a cold, George blames it on her teacher. When she calls he berates her on the phone, and", "id": "5160953" }, { "contents": "Charles Williams (actor)\n\n\nHollywood and became a supporting actor there. The actor with the short stature and high-pitched voice was often uncredited for his appearances, although he had lager roles in a number of B movies. Williams was known as a \"B-movie regular\", who often portrayed quirky, somewhat nerdy, bespectacled clerks, photographers and especially reporters. He is perhaps-best remembered today for appearing in \"It's a Wonderful Life\" as Eustace, George Bailey's cousin and co-worker at the \"Building and Loan", "id": "13527787" }, { "contents": "Nick Galifianakis (cartoonist)\n\n\n\", and as a freelance editorial cartoonist and illustrator with published illustrations in a variety of nationally distributed periodicals. Galifianakis is a first cousin of comedian Zach Galifianakis and nephew of former U. S. Representative Nick Galifianakis. He and Hax married in 1994. Divorced in 2002, they continue to collaborate on the column. Galifianakis's work prominently featured his pit bull, Zuzu, who died in August 2010. Zuzu had been named after a character in the film \"It's A Wonderful Life\", the daughter of George Bailey –", "id": "2680573" }, { "contents": "It Happened One Christmas\n\n\nIt Happened One Christmas is a 1977 American made-for-television Christmas fantasy-comedy film starring Marlo Thomas, Wayne Rogers, Orson Welles and Cloris Leachman. It originally premiered as \"The ABC Sunday Night Movie\" on December 11, 1977. The film, a gender-reversed version of the film \"It's a Wonderful Life\", centers on Mary Bailey Hatch, a young woman who dreams of seeing the world but is forced by circumstances to remain in her small hometown as head of the family's Building", "id": "10978384" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nn't ever tell a soul. Hope to die, I won't.\" In June 1928, George (played by James Stewart) is preparing for an overseas trip. He drops by his brother Harry's graduation party at the high school, where he is re-introduced to his friend Marty's eighteen-year-old sister, Mary Hatch. While walking Mary home a car pulls up and George is informed that his father has had a stroke. Three months later, George is in a meeting with the board", "id": "5160944" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nlearn that Mary is pregnant. Their first child is a son, whom they name Pete after George's late father. Their second child is a daughter, Janie. During the war years, George and Mary had another two children, a girl, Zuzu, born in 1940, and a son, Tommy, born in 1941. Due to George's deaf ear, he was given a 4-F draft classification and had to stay in Bedford Falls. His friend Bert the Cop went to Africa to fight, was wounded,", "id": "5160949" }, { "contents": "Todd Karns\n\n\nRoscoe Todd Karns (January 15, 1921 – February 5, 2000) was an American actor. He is perhaps best remembered for playing George Bailey's younger brother, Harry Bailey, in the 1946 film \"It's a Wonderful Life\". Karns was the son of the well-known character actor Roscoe Karns and his wife Mary Fraso. He initially planned to have a career as a newspaper reporter, but participation in a little theater production changed his mind, turning him toward acting. Karns started his film career in", "id": "1755570" }, { "contents": "Our Dumb Century\n\n\nevents from the classic film \"It's a Wonderful Life\" are also used as stories, such as the Bedford Falls High School class drowning in a \"jitterbugging accident\", \"Mr. Potter To Pay Fifty Cents on the Dollar\" during the Great Depression and \"Harry Bailey Wins Congressional Medal of Honor\" in the World War II section, with Harry S. Truman quoted in the latter story as saying \"we owe a great debt to George Bailey for pulling Harry out of the ice when he was 9\" and saying", "id": "2833656" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nand use their $2,000 honeymoon savings () to keep the Building and Loan solvent and out of Potter's control until the panic subsides. Eventually, George establishes Bailey Park, a development of modest houses financed by the Building and Loan that offers home ownership in contrast to rentals in Potter's overpriced slums. The unscrupulous Potter attempts to lure George into becoming his assistant, offering him $20,000 a year (); George is momentarily tempted, but realizes Potter's true intent is to shut down the Building and Loan,", "id": "14755958" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nbeen like without him. The film was also adapted into a play in two acts by James W. Rodgers. It was first performed on December 15, 1993, at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. The play opens with George Bailey contemplating suicide and then goes back through major moments in his life. Many of the scenes from the movie are only alluded to or mentioned in the play rather than actually dramatized. For example, in the opening scene, Clarence just mentions George having saved his brother Harry after the latter had fallen", "id": "14756024" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nshelved the project. In Trumbo's draft, George Bailey is an idealistic politician who slowly grows more cynical as the story progresses, then tries to commit suicide after losing an election. The angel shows him Bedford Falls not as it would be if he had never been born, but if he had gone into business instead of politics. Grant went on to make another Christmas movie staple, \"The Bishop's Wife\". RKO studio chief Charles Koerner urged Frank Capra to read \"The Greatest Gift\". Capra's new", "id": "14755967" }, { "contents": "Sarah Edwards (actress)\n\n\nhardy pioneer wife, ill-tempered teacher and strict governess\". She remains perhaps best-known to modern audiences as the imperious mother of Mary Hatch (Donna Reed) in Frank Capra's film classic \"It's a Wonderful Life\" (1946) who tries to keep her daughter away from George Bailey. Edwards also played a customer in Ernst Lubitsch's \"The Shop Around the Corner\" (1940) with James Stewart. She also appeared in another Christmas classic, \"The Bishop's Wife\" (1947)", "id": "3677394" }, { "contents": "A Wonderful Life (musical)\n\n\nfollowed by a staged reading at the Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey, in 1990. It was produced at Washington, DC's Arena Stage, running from November 15, 1991, to January 5, 1992. On December 12, 2005, a staged concert version was directed by Carl Andress and choreographed by Denis Jones at the Shubert Theatre in New York City for the benefit of the Actors' Fund of America. Among the Broadway notables who participated were Brian Stokes Mitchell as George Bailey, David Hyde Pierce as", "id": "6410586" }, { "contents": "Christmas by medium\n\n\n's a Wonderful Life\", and the similarly themed versions of Dickens' \"A Christmas Carol\", in which the elderly miser Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by ghosts and learns the errors of his ways. By contrast, the hero of the former, George Bailey, is a businessman who sacrificed his dreams to help his community. On Christmas Eve, a guardian angel finds him in despair and prevents him from committing suicide, by supernaturally showing him how much he meant to the world around him. A few films based on", "id": "8548769" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nGeorge (aged 12, portrayed by Bobby Anderson) and his friends Bert, Ernie Bishop, Marty Hatch, Sam Wainwright, and his brother Harry are sledding on a frozen river. Harry breaks through the ice and George jumps into the freezing water to save him. George develops an infection which deafens him in his left ear. In May 1920, George returns to his job at Mr. Gower's drug store, where he finds a telegram informing Gower that his son has died in the Spanish flu pandemic. A shaken Gower", "id": "5160942" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nnot there to stop him from putting poison in the pills. The Building and Loan has long since closed down, as George never took over after his father's passing. George's mother does not know him; she reveals that Uncle Billy was institutionalized after the Building and Loan failed. In the cemetery where Bailey Park would have been, George discovers Harry's grave; Clarence explains that the soldiers on the transport ship died because Harry was not there to save them, since George was not alive to save Harry from drowning", "id": "14755963" }, { "contents": "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish\n\n\n. The episode features cultural references to several American films, mostly the 1941 film \"Citizen Kane\", with Burns in the role of the character Charles Foster Kane. Mary Bailey shares her name with George Bailey's wife in the 1946 film \"It's a Wonderful Life\". Journalists have described the episode as a satire on both American politics and environmentalism. It won an Environmental Media Award in 1991 for being the best television episode of the year with an environmental message. Since the episode first aired, the three-", "id": "14804392" }, { "contents": "Bedford Falls (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nand the other is Washington Avenue. At the south side of the town a road heads east to residential streets New England and Sycamore Street. Another road goes southwest to the railway station. The Bailey Building and Loan is at the corner of Genesee Street and Jefferson Avenue. New England Street holds eight residential houses. One house belongs to Peter (Samuel S. Hinds) and Ma Bailey (Beulah Bondi) and is where George and Harry grew up as kids. Sycamore Avenue holds six properties; one of them was where Mary", "id": "2515035" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\n. George postpones his travel so he can sort out the family business, Bailey Brothers' Building and Loan. Henry F. Potter, the richest and meanest man in town, wishes to dissolve the Building and Loan to eliminate it as a competitor. The board of directors votes to keep the Building and Loan open, on condition that George stay to run it (along with his absent-minded uncle Billy). George gives his college tuition to Harry on the condition that Harry take over the Building and Loan when he graduates", "id": "14755956" }, { "contents": "Clayton Bailey\n\n\na lab coat and pith helmet, Bailey as Dr. Gladstone performed excavations and staged performances and pranks. The World of Wonders, a traveling museum dedicated to Dr. Gladstone's life and work was developed, and presented in various venues, beginning with the Richmond Art Center. In 1976, The World of Wonders Museum opened in downtown Port Costa, where it became a local tourist attraction until its closure in 1978. The collection is now split between Bailey's home-studio, and the Bailey Art Museum in downtown Crockett, California", "id": "12951406" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nHarry aloud. Billy returns the newspaper to Potter, but unintentionally wraps the envelope with the cash in it. When the teller asks him for the money for the deposit, Billy discovers that he has misplaced the cash. Potter discovers the envelope, and seeing an opportunity to ruin the Baileys and finally quash the Building and Loan, says nothing. When a bank examiner arrives to review the Building and Loan's records, George realizes that scandal and criminal charges will follow. After retracing Billy's steps without success, George berates", "id": "14755960" }, { "contents": "Five Came Back (TV series)\n\n\nthe horizon, after all—but what is surprising is how gracefully Laurent Bouzereau and Mark Harris link these monstrous and stunning events and truths to the art which followed them. Does tying Frank Capra's \"It's a Wonderful Life\" to George Stevens' experiences at Dachau seem like a bit of a stretch? Sure, but somehow, it isn't. George Bailey's story is also Capra's, and Ford's, and Wyler's. There's much that this hour makes clear, but chief among that crowded", "id": "16207817" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\neventually goes to Mary's home to visit her, only to find that she is being courted by his friend, the now wealthy but absent, Sam Wainwright. A few months later, George and Mary are married. Their plans for a honeymoon in New York City and Bermuda are interrupted by a run on the banks which also affects the Building & Loan. Potter's bank calls their loan, and panicked depositors want their money, threatening to take their business to the bank. As a stockholder, Potter threatens to shut", "id": "5160947" }, { "contents": "Demoulas family\n\n\nto \"It's a Wonderful Life\" protagonist George Bailey for his willingness to put people over profit. However, Demoulas' opponents criticized him for being \"openly defiant\" of the board of directors and having a \"dictatorial\" management style. He was fired by the Board of Directors in June 2014, but returned to the company in August after months of protests by Market Basket employees and customers led the family of George Demoulas to sell their shares to Arthur T. Demoulas resides in Lowell. He and his wife Maureen have", "id": "8246692" }, { "contents": "Jake Heggie\n\n\nNathan Gunn. \"Great Scott\" marks the third collaboration between Heggie and McNally. Heggie's 2016 operatic adaptation of the 1946 film \"It's a Wonderful Life\" was commissioned by Houston Grand Opera with a libretto by Gene Scheer. Based on Philip Van Doren Stern's story \"The Greatest Gift\" and made famous by the 1946 Frank Capra film, the opera follows the journey of George Bailey, a troubled banker about to end his own life on Christmas Eve only to be saved when his guardian angel helps him realize", "id": "249417" }, { "contents": "Rob Bailey (musician)\n\n\nVoltage\" (released in February 1975), the credit for bass guitar on the album was given to George Young. After Bailey's departure, AC/DC did not have a regular bass guitarist until Mark Evans in March 1975; during that time the position was filled variously by Larry Van Kriedt, Malcolm Young, his older brother George Young, and occasionally by Paul Matters. Bailey has performed with Wayne Green and Brett Keyser (ex-Innocent Bystanders) as Company of Men in Western Australia, supported by The Dingoes", "id": "22182873" }, { "contents": "Bill O'Brien (actor)\n\n\nnetwork television, including \"Law and Order\", \"Providence\" and \"Gideon's Crossing\". • Over 700 performances in 48 states playing Will Rogers in \"The Will Rogers Follies\". • Performed roles on national tours and in regional theatre productions including Buddy in \"The Buddy Holly Story\", Romeo in \"Romeo and Juliet\", George Bailey in \"It's a Wonderful Life\", Mark Twain/voice of Huck in \"Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\". • Composed music for", "id": "15630942" }, { "contents": "John McDaniel (musician)\n\n\nserved as the musical director and conductor of the on-stage orchestra for the 2011 Broadway musical \"Catch Me If You Can\", which is composed by Marc Shaiman with lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The musical opened at the Neil Simon Theatre on April 10, 2011. McDaniel is also composing the work-in-progress musical \"It's a Wonderful Life\". This is an adaptation of the 1946 film of the same name, which deals with George Bailey, a man whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve", "id": "12279549" }, { "contents": "Movie ranch\n\n\non this particular \"Dragnet\" program were a ranch security gate entrance with a background church and house facades ('George Bailey' wrecked his car there during a snow storm in \"It's a Wonderful Life\" 1946), a cocktail lounge exterior on Modern Street, stucco desert mountain range used in \"Stagecoach\" (1939), ocean tank & sky backdrop used in \"Sinbad the Sailor\" (1942), Notre Dame de Paris Carre built for \"The Hunchback of Notre Dame\" (1939), and", "id": "3916293" }, { "contents": "Murder of George E. Bailey\n\n\nof the farm. Best complained that Bailey was cruel to the animals and did not pay him all that he was entitled to. Bailey complained that Best was lazy and had a drinking problem. Bailey would withhold Best's pay until after the crops were sold to keep him from drinking away all of his share. Bailey would also give him less than he requested for farm equipment because Best tended to spend any money he had on him at the saloon. Susie Young described Best as a harsh man who would go on a", "id": "16979666" }, { "contents": "Doug Carter\n\n\n\"\"It’s a Wonderful Life\" moment\" because it reminded her of what happened to George Bailey. The writer thought that seeing Steph would have been enough to make him jump. Sarah Morgan from the \"Daily Record\" also felt that \"Hollyoaks\" were the latest soap to use the concecpt of the film. The staff from \"Soaplife\" were surprised by Doug and Ste's gay storyline and did not see it coming because they were just \"good friends\". Digital Spy's readership voted their kiss as", "id": "13879219" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\never made\". In the \"Pottersville\" sequence, he wrote, George Bailey is not seeing the world that would exist had he never been born, but rather \"the world as it does exist, in his time and also in our own\". Nine years earlier, another \"Salon\" writer, Gary Kamiya, had expressed the opposing view that \"Pottersville \"rocks!\"\", adding: \"The gauzy, Currier-and-Ives veil Capra drapes over Bedford Falls has prevented viewers from grasping what", "id": "14756000" }, { "contents": "Justin Guarini\n\n\nof Fiyero from February 25 to December 14, 2014. Other stage work includes lead roles in regional reproductions of \"Rent,\" \"Chicago,\" \"Company\" and \"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.\" Original regional productions include \"Ghost Brothers of Darkland County\" as one of two feuding brothers in 2012 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. In \"It's a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play\" Guarini voiced George Bailey in a 2015 on-stage comedic production. In 2015, he", "id": "21595479" }, { "contents": "Richie Rich's Christmas Wish\n\n\nRichie Rich's Christmas Wish (also known as Richie Rich 2) is a 1998 direct-to-video film based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Richie Rich. It is a stand-alone sequel to the 1994 film \"Richie Rich\", starring David Gallagher as the title character. Its plot is similar to \"It's a Wonderful Life\", placing Richie Rich in the role of George Bailey and Reggie Van Dough in the role of Mr. Potter. It's Christmas Eve and Richie Rich, the world's", "id": "2200320" }, { "contents": "Bedford Falls (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nthe town. Before the Baileys bought the house, it was owned by a family named Granville. They left the house derelict vacant and it became a ghost house. The locals called the house the \"Old Granville House\" and many teenagers made a game by throwing rocks at the windows, and if you smashed one you could make a wish. Mary bought the house in October 1932, on the day she and George were married. Over the years they restored the house, putting in new ceilings and floors and '", "id": "2515043" }, { "contents": "That Certain Feeling (film)\n\n\nThat Certain Feeling is a 1956 American comedy film directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank and starring Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, and George Sanders. The cast also features Pearl Bailey and a young Jerry Mathers. Based on a Broadway play, the film includes a song of the same name with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written in 1925. Bailey was one of many singers who made a recording of it. A beautiful, sophisticated New York woman who goes by the name Dunreath Henry (Eva", "id": "1055384" }, { "contents": "Gerard McCarthy\n\n\nby Richard Hardwick & Jamie Beamish before commencing a national tour of Jonathan Harvey's \"Beautiful Thing\", in which he played Tony. Shortly after, he played George Bailey in the UK premiere of It's A Wonderful Life at Penge's Bridgehouse Theatre, directed by Guy Retallack. 2016 saw McCarthy return to Hollyoaks as a member of the core writing team, he then reprised his role of Kevin McSwain in season 3 of \"The Fall\". Most recently, McCarthy played the leading role of David Hothouse in the UK", "id": "11864332" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nbut subsequently cut. Alternative endings were also considered. Capra's first script had Bailey fall to his knees to recite \"The Lord's Prayer\" (the script also called for an opening scene with the townspeople in prayer). Feeling that an overly religious tone undermined the emotional impact of the family and friends rushing to George's rescue, the closing scenes were rewritten. Capra found the film's original cinematographer Victor Milner slow and pretentious, and hired Joseph Walker. When Harry Cohn demanded that Walker return to Columbia Pictures to", "id": "14755989" }, { "contents": "Getting Straight\n\n\na Wonderful Life\", George Bailey's brother Harry, whose war service was a prominent subplot in the latter film. In February 1967, Mike Frankovich, head of Columbia Pictures, announced he had bought the rights to the novel \"Getting Straight\" by Ken Kolb. Richard Rush described the original novel as \"a nice novel about a graduate student taking his orals to get his teaching credentials. The administration of the college is like a medieval torture chamber, and the oral exam is like the Salem witch trials. He", "id": "17810918" }, { "contents": "Bedford Falls (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nthe Tiptop Café), a bonds store, a gas company, a telephone exchange, a police station and a building and loan (Bailey Brothers') that George (James Stewart) ends up running with his Uncle Billy (Thomas Mitchell) after his father dies. Down the center of the street there is a tree-lined parkway with 15 oak trees. The parkway is split off into three as two roads cut through Genesee Street. One is Jefferson Avenue which goes to the high school and Potter's Field,", "id": "2515034" }, { "contents": "John V. Kelly\n\n\nat Nutley's St. Patrick's Day festivities, Kelly would wear a bright green suit that had been custom-made for him. He also played a pivotal role in creating that community's Columbus Day parade. As president of Nutley Savings Bank, Kelly was known for going out of his way to find a justification to fund a mortgage for a prospective customer and was likened to Jimmy Stewart's character George Bailey in the holiday classic \"It's a Wonderful Life\". Kelly died at age 83 on October 30, 2009", "id": "3067018" }, { "contents": "George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nto look after four children, Mary still had time to run the United Service Organizations in the town, and Mr. Potter became head of the draft board. On Christmas Eve morning, Uncle Billy is on his way to the bank to deposit $8,000 of the Building & Loan's cash funds. Holding a newspaper which has Harry on the front page he greets Potter saying, \"Well, good morning, Mr. Potter. What's the news?\" Billy grabs Mr. Potter's newspaper and says, \"Well, well", "id": "5160951" }, { "contents": "Market Basket (New England)\n\n\nalso faced new competition from discount grocer Wegmans, which opened its first Massachusetts store in 2011. On the employee front, Arthur T. was known for his ability to remember his associates' names, birthdays, and milestones, attending many of their weddings and funerals, checking in on ill employees, and asking about the spouses and children of his workers. He was seen as a father figure by a number of his employees and compared to \"It's a Wonderful Life\" protagonist George Bailey for his willingness to put people over", "id": "8624734" }, { "contents": "Murder of George E. Bailey\n\n\n. In the spring of 1897, Bailey abandoned his family and ran off with Susie Young, his wife's half-sister. Abbie Bailey was unable to support herself and the family's six children. They were placed with families in Whitefield and Wiscasset and she eventually found employment as a housekeeper. Bailey and Young initially resided at the home of Henry O. Mitchell in Saugus, but the couple moved in October 1897 when Bailey leased Breakheart Hill Farm, an eighteen-acre (7 hectare) farm located on the three-", "id": "16979661" }, { "contents": "Gloria Grahame\n\n\nHollywood High School before dropping out to pursue acting. Grahame was signed to a contract with MGM Studios under her professional name after Louis B. Mayer saw her performing on Broadway for several years. Grahame made her film debut in \"Blonde Fever\" (1944) and then scored one of her most widely praised roles as the flirtatious Violet Bick, saved from disgrace by George Bailey in \"It's a Wonderful Life\" (1946). MGM was not able to develop her potential as a star and her contract was sold to", "id": "12224055" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nVan Doren Stern said in a 1946 interview, \"Incidentally, the movie takes place in Westchester County. Actually, the town I had in mind was Califon, N.J.\" The historic iron bridge in Califon is similar to the bridge that George Bailey considered jumping from in the movie. Both James Stewart (from Indiana, Pennsylvania) and Donna Reed (from Denison, Iowa) came from small towns. Stewart's father ran a small hardware store where James worked for years. Reed demonstrated her rural roots by winning an impromptu", "id": "14755974" }, { "contents": "Market Basket protests\n\n\nseen as a father figure by a number of his employees and compared to \"It's a Wonderful Life\" protagonist George Bailey for his willingness to put people over profit. However, Demoulas's opponents criticized him for being \"openly defiant\" of the board of directors and having a \"dictatorial\" management style. In 2010, Arthur S. Demoulas's lawyers drafted legal memos accusing Arthur T. Demoulas of misappropriating millions of dollars by arranging company deals with companies in which Arthur T. and his family were personally invested. The first allegation", "id": "18059145" }, { "contents": "Richie Rich (film series)\n\n\nwhat any kid could ever image, but the thing that Richie desires the most is to have friends. When a greedy CFO plans to steal the Rich's family fortunes, Richie must do whatever he can to save his home, with the help of what he's been searching for. The film plays quite similar to \"It's a Wonderful Life\" where Richie Rich (David Gallagher) plays the role George Bailey, when he wishes that he was never born after being blamed for ruining Christmas, but this don't", "id": "9625084" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nwon a \"CEC Award\" from the Cinema Writers Circle in Spain, for \"Mejor Película Extranjera\" (Best Foreign Film). Jimmy Hawkins won a \"Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award\" from the Young Artist Awards in 1994; the award recognized his role as Tommy Bailey as igniting his career, which lasted until the mid-1960s. Liberty Films was purchased by Paramount Pictures, and remained a subsidiary until 1951. In 1955, M. & A. Alexander purchased the movie. This included key rights to the original television syndication", "id": "14756007" }, { "contents": "Ewing Young\n\n\nEdwards, Calvin Tibbets, John Turner, William J. Bailey, George Gay, Lawrence Carmichael, Pierre De Puis, B. Williams, and Emert Ergnette. During the drive Gay and Bailey murdered a native boy, rationalising it as justice for the attack several years earlier by the Rogue River Indians on Young’s group. He took María Josefa Tafoya, the daughter of a prominent Taos family who were Mexican citizens, as his wife in a common-law marriage. By the late 1820s and early 1830s, the Mexican authorities were", "id": "14298718" }, { "contents": "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker\n\n\nLydia Melford, is trying to recover from an unfortunate romantic entanglement with a stage actor named Wilson, who is later revealed to be a gentleman named George Dennison. Her letters to Miss Letitia Willis at Gloucester reveal her struggles between familial duty and her affection for Wilson. She describes her secret communications with him, as well as her surprise encounter with the disguised Wilson in Bath. Lydia also reflects upon the wonders of city life, with astonishment and excitement. Having spent most of her life at a boarding school for young women", "id": "6549468" }, { "contents": "Philip Bailey\n\n\nChante Moore's 1994 album A Love Supreme, George Duke's 2000 LP Cool, Boney James's 2006 album Shine and Deniece Williams' 2007 LP Love Niecy Style. Bailey sung uncredited vocals on Travis Scott's \"STOP TRYING TO BE GOD\" from his 2018 album Astroworld. The song also features fellow musicians Stevie Wonder and Kid Cudi. Bailey appeared in an episode of the TV show \"Matlock\" in the role of Pvt. Bobby Thomas. He also played a soldier in the 1987 feature film \"Full Metal Jacket", "id": "14997964" }, { "contents": "George W. Bailey Jr.\n\n\nGeorge W. Bailey Jr. (April 6, 1833 -- July 17, 1865) was a Vermont attorney and public official. He served for four years as Secretary of State of Vermont. George Washington Bailey Jr. was born in Elmore, Vermont on April 6, 1833; he was the son of George W. Bailey Sr. (1768-1868) and Rebecca Warren Bailey (1802-1885), and named for an older brother who was born in 1826 and died in 1831. The senior Bailey was a veteran of the", "id": "11748127" }, { "contents": "Gabriel Rotello\n\n\nexploring American life and popular culture with World of Wonder founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato. Their first collaboration, the documentary \"\", centered on New York's downtown nightclub scene, a world which Rotello, Bailey and Barbato knew from their earlier days as musicians. Their next feature, \"The Eyes of Tammy Faye, \" is on Current TV's list of \"50 Documentaries to See Before You Die\". Rotello's work with Bailey and Barbato includes a number of high profile documentaries and documentary series including AMC's", "id": "3881559" }, { "contents": "Thomas Bailey Marquis\n\n\nThomas Bailey Marquis (December 19, 1869 – March 22, 1935) was an American self-taught historian and ethnographer who wrote about the Plains Indians and other subjects of the American frontier. He had a special interest in the destruction of George Armstrong Custer's battalion at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, which became his lifelong obsession. Marquis' body of work is valued by historians for his recording of the life stories of several Plains Indians and his writing on their way of life, particularly those involved in the Custer", "id": "3014551" }, { "contents": "Bedford Falls (It's a Wonderful Life)\n\n\nwere sold very cheaply so the poor people could have a place to live instead of paying exorbitant prices at Potter's Field. A lot of people including the Martini family (William Edmunds and Argentina Brunetti) moved out of Potter's Field to Bailey Park and were able to afford to live in their own house. Bailey Park was built just south of Mount Bedford and north of the town. 320 Sycamore is the fictional street address in Bedford Falls of the Bailey family. It is situated down Sycamore Street to the southeast of", "id": "2515042" }, { "contents": "Once Upon a Time in America\n\n\n's advice, Noodles sees Bailey's son David, who is named after Noodles and bears a strong resemblance to Max as a young man. Thus, Noodles realizes that Max is alive and living as Bailey. Noodles meets with Max in his private study during the party. Max explains that corrupt police officers helped him fake his own death, so that he could steal the gang's money and Noodles' love interest, Deborah, in order to begin a new life as Bailey, a man with connections to the Teamsters'", "id": "5349662" }, { "contents": "Sara (1976 TV series)\n\n\nand a new outhouse for the school – putting her at odds with local residents who view it as an unnecessary luxury. Her stances and actions have differing effects on the various people in her life in Independence. They offend her landlady, Martha Higgins, and draw mixed responses from schoolboard members Emmett Ferguson, Claude Barstow, and George Bailey, who also is a banker in the town. However, her principles and goals receive the approval of the towns newspaper editor, Martin Pope, and of Saras friend Julia Bailey, who", "id": "20020426" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\n. When George seeks out Mary, who never married, and claims he is her husband, she screams for the police. George flees and the local policeman gives chase. Now convinced that Clarence is really his guardian angel, George now grateful having imagined and experienced what his life is like without the things he has, runs to the bridge and begs for his life back; the alternate timeline changes back to the original reality. George being grateful with his life back rushes home to await his arrest. Mary and Uncle Billy", "id": "14755964" }, { "contents": "World of Wonder (company)\n\n\nWOW Report\", was named Best Counter Culture Blog by \"LA Weekly\". In 2014, Bailey and Barbato were honored with the IDA Pioneer Award, \"celebrating exceptional achievement, leadership, and vision in the nonfiction and documentary community\". Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato founded World of Wonder Productions in 1991, a successor to their \"World of Wonder records\" label, based in Los Angeles, California. Barbato and Bailey met in the graduate film program at NYU, in the mid-'80s. Intent on becoming famous,", "id": "21825733" }, { "contents": "Jack Bailey (actor)\n\n\n\"I Dream of Jeannie\", \"Gunsmoke\", and \"Ironside\", plus narration for the Walt Disney organization. He had a small part in the Frank Capra film \"It's a Wonderful Life\" and he also toured the country in musical stage productions, such as \"Hello Dolly\", \"The Sound of Music\", and \"The Music Man\". Bailey joined Alcoholics Anonymous around 1948 and was a public supporting member of the organization for more than 30 years. He was awarded two stars on", "id": "7678270" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nin the gymnasium at Beverly Hills High School and is still in use . The second is the \"Martini home\" in La Cañada Flintridge, California. RKO's movie ranch in Encino was razed in 1954. The scene where young George saves his brother Harry from drowning was different in an early draft of the script. The boys play ice hockey on the river (which is on Potter's property) as Potter watches with disdain. George shoots the puck, but it goes astray and breaks the \"No Trespassing\" sign", "id": "14755984" }, { "contents": "It's a Wonderful Life\n\n\nalthough not Billy's kids), but she is on the phone with her friend, Martha. She says, \"Potter's here, the bank examiner's coming. It's a day of judgement.\" The wastebasket suddenly catches fire and Billy cries for help. Tilly runs in and puts the fire out with a pot of coffee. George decides to deal with the situation by himself. According to Bobby Anderson, in the confrontation between Mr. Gower and young George, H.B. Warner slapped him for real and made his", "id": "14755986" }, { "contents": "Murder of George E. Bailey\n\n\n. Later that afternoon, the legs were found. Saugus Police Chief Charles O. Thompson corroborated Best's identification of the body parts, stating that the height, color of hair on the body, and shoe size matched that of Bailey. Shoemaker Darius W. Brewer also identified the shoes on the body as belonging to Bailey. Found on the body was a small chamois watch bag which Young would later identify as the one she made for Bailey. The bags containing Bailey's body were labeled \"I. H. Estes & Sons, Hay", "id": "16979673" }, { "contents": "Dorothy F. Bailey\n\n\nincluding Executive Director of the Consumer Protection Commission, and Community Partnerships Director at the Department of Family Services. In 1994 she was elected to the Prince George's County Council, where she served for eight years. She was Council Chairman for two terms and Vice Chair for three terms. After leaving the council, Bailey served as parent liaison for the Prince George's County Public Schools. In 2001, Bailey was elected to the National Executive Council of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH);", "id": "2948814" } ]

[ { "contents": "Battle of Stirling Bridge\n\n\nThe Battle of Stirling Bridge was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth. The Earl of Surrey had won a victory over the aristocracy of Scotland at the Battle of Dunbar. However, by August 1297 Moray and Wallace controlled almost all of Scotland north of the Forth, except for Dundee. Surrey marched north", "id": "1277855" }, { "contents": "Stirling\n\n\nsubsequent monarchs. A ferry, and later bridge, on the River Forth at Stirling brought wealth and strategic influence, as did its tidal port at Riverside. Major battles during the Wars of Scottish Independence took place at the Stirling Bridge in 1297 and at the nearby village of Bannockburn in 1314 involving William Wallace and Robert the Bruce respectively. After the battle of Stirling Bridge, Wallace wrote to the Hanseatic leaders of Lübeck and Hamburg to encourage trade between Scottish ports (like Stirling) and these German cities. There were also several", "id": "15596608" }, { "contents": "Hugh de Cressingham\n\n\nSir Hugh de Cressingham (died 11 September 1297) was the treasurer of the English administration in Scotland from 1296 to 1297. He was hated by the Scots and did not seem well liked even by the English. He was an advisor to John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. He suggested a full-scale attack across the bridge, which cost the English the battle and led to his death. Cressingham was a son of William de Cressingham. Hugh was a clerk and one of", "id": "10139026" }, { "contents": "William FitzWarin\n\n\nSir William FitzWarin (died c. 1299) was an English soldier active during the First War of Scottish Independence. He was the constable of Urquhart Castle (1296-1297) and after the English defeat at the Battle of Stirling Bridge on 11 September 1297, he was appointed constable of Stirling Castle, which he later surrendered and was imprisoned in Dumbarton Castle. FitzWarin was made constable of Urquhart Castle following the English invasion of Scotland in 1296. Alarmed at the rebellion led by Andrew Moray, the English appointed sheriff of Inverness,", "id": "9694710" }, { "contents": "Clan Murray\n\n\nMoray took up the cause of Scottish independence against Edward I of England and he was joined by William Wallace. Andrew Moray was killed following the Scottish victory at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, after which Wallace assumed command of Scottish forces. It has been suggested that the whole war might have taken a different course if Moray had survived the battle at Stirling Bridge as he had shown significant skill in pitched battle, which Wallace lacked. His son was Sir Andrew Murray, 4th Lord of Bothwell and third Regent of Scotland", "id": "9308060" }, { "contents": "Stirlingshire\n\n\n(a goshawk and a wolf). In 1130, Stirling, one of the principal royal strongholds of the Kingdom of Scotland, was created a Royal burgh by King David I. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth, at the Battle of Stirling Bridge during the First War of Scottish Independence. On 22 July 1298 the Battle of Falkirk saw the defeat of", "id": "5170478" }, { "contents": "Robert fitzRoger (died 1310)\n\n\nwardship of her grandson. In the right of his mother, FitzRoger obtained the barony of Blythburgh, Suffolk. A distinguished soldier, FitzRoger fought in wars in Wales in 1277, 1282 and 1283, the wars against Scotland in 1291 until 1309 and in Gascony in 1294. He was summoned to the English Parliament of 1295 as Lord FitzRoger. During the battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, fitzRoger was captured. He was a joint Captain of the Scotch Marches from November 1297. FitzRoger fought with his son John at the battle", "id": "4675647" }, { "contents": "John Devereux, Lord of Munsley\n\n\nEdward I pressed the issue, but events in Scotland changed his direction. As fighting broke out again, William Wallace sacked Lanark Castle in May 1297. On 5 August 1297 the King provided John Devereux with letters of protection for the next year while he is on the king's service overseas. William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling Bridge on 11 September 1297. Devereux gathered with the army for Edward I's invasion of Scotland, and was probably present at the Battle of Falkirk. On 7 June 1300 John Devereux, son", "id": "16774591" }, { "contents": "William Wallace\n\n\nSir William Wallace (, ; Norman French: ; born , died 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence. Along with Andrew Moray, Wallace defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in September 1297. He was appointed Guardian of Scotland and served until his defeat at the Battle of Falkirk in July 1298. In August 1305, Wallace was captured in Robroyston, near Glasgow, and handed over to King Edward I of England, who", "id": "15034519" }, { "contents": "Clan Wallace\n\n\nas \"crown tenant of Ayrshire\". Dr. Fiona Watson in \"A Report into Sir William Wallace's connections with Ayrshire\", published in March 1999, reassesses the early life of William Wallace and concludes, \"Sir William Wallace was a younger son of Alan Wallace, a crown tenant in Ayrshire\". During the Wars of Scottish Independence William Wallace and Andrew de Moray began a successful military guerrilla campaign against the English. In 1297 they won a great and stunning victory over the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge,", "id": "4885846" }, { "contents": "William Wallace\n\n\n, and continued their rebellions. Wallace used the Ettrick Forest as a base for raiding, and attacked Wishart's palace at Ancrum. Wallace and Moray met and joined their forces, possibly at the siege of Dundee in early September. On 11 September 1297, an army jointly led by Wallace and Andrew Moray won the Battle of Stirling Bridge. Although vastly outnumbered, the Scottish army routed the English army. John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey's feudal army of 3,000 cavalry and 8,000 to 10,000 infantry met disaster as they", "id": "15034530" }, { "contents": "William FitzWarin\n\n\nfailed, was forced to abandon the siege. He left FitzWarin in possession of the castle. Following the siege, FitzWarin wrote to King Edward in July 1297: \"\"Some evil disposed people have joined Andrew Moray at the castle of\" Avoch\" in Ross\".\" Urquhart Castle was again besieged by Andrew Moray and with little supplies the castle garrison was eventually starved into submission. Present at the Battle of Stirling Bridge on 11 September 1297, he survived the defeat of the English army at the hands of the Scots", "id": "9694713" }, { "contents": "English invasion of Scotland (1298)\n\n\nThe English invasion of Scotland of 1298 was a military campaign undertaken by Edward I of England in retaliation to a Scottish uprising in 1297, the defeat of an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge and Scottish raids into Northern England. While the English defeated a Scottish army at the Battle of Falkirk, Edward I hampered by food shortages was only able to reach Stirling, before heading back to England. The situation in Scotland had seemed resolved when Edward I returned to England on 16 September 1296, but Scottish resistance soon emerged", "id": "15578387" }, { "contents": "Pike (weapon)\n\n\narchers and crossbowmen to thin the ranks of the pike blocks before charging in with their (often dismounted) men-at-arms. Medieval pike formations tended to have better success when they operated in an aggressive fashion. The Scots at the Battle of Stirling Bridge (1297), for example, utilized the momentum of their charge to overrun an English army while the Englishmen were crossing a narrow bridge. At the Battle of Laupen (1339), Bernese pikemen overwhelmed the infantry forces of the opposing Habsburg/Burgundian army with", "id": "5378525" }, { "contents": "William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas\n\n\nWallace. Most Scots magnates thought that Wallace was beneath their dignity, but Douglas had no such compunction. He was the first nobleman to join with Sir William Wallace in 1297 in rebellion; combining forces at Sanquhar, Durisdeer and later Scone Abbey where the two liberated the English treasury. With that booty Wallace financed further rebellion. Wallace joined his forces with that of Sir Andrew Moray and together they led the patriot army in the Battle at Stirling Bridge fought on 11 September 1297. They were joined by other patriots such as Robert", "id": "51930" }, { "contents": "English invasion of Scotland (1298)\n\n\nin most parts of Scotland. On 11 September 1297, the Scottish forces, under the joint command of Andrew de Moray and William Wallace, met an English army commanded by John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. The Scottish army deployed to the north-east of the bridge, and let the vanguard of the Earl of Surrey's army cross before attacking it. The English cavalry proved ineffective on the boggy ground around the bridge, and many were killed. The bridge collapsed as reinforcements", "id": "15578388" }, { "contents": "Clan Haig\n\n\nstrongly supported the struggle for Scottish Independence and fought for William Wallace at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297. The sixth Haig Laird followed Robert the Bruce to the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 even though at the time he was only seventeen years old. He was later killed at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333. In 1449 Gilbert Haig was a commander in the Scottish host that defeated the Earl of Northumberland at the Battle of Sark. Gilbert also opposed the rising power of the Clan Douglas family. Gilbert's son,", "id": "461192" }, { "contents": "Wars of Scottish Independence\n\n\nbroke out in early 1297, led by William Wallace, Andrew de Moray and other Scottish nobles, forced Edward to send more forces to deal with the Scots, and although they managed to force the nobles to capitulate at Irvine, Wallace and de Moray's continuing campaigns eventually led to the first key Scottish victory, at Stirling Bridge. Moray was fatally wounded in the fighting at Stirling, and died soon after the battle. This was followed by Scottish raids into northern England and the appointment of Wallace as Guardian of Scotland in", "id": "20949973" }, { "contents": "Battle of Bannockburn\n\n\nin defeating the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297. This was countered, however, by Edward I's victory at the Battle of Falkirk (1298). By 1304, Scotland had been conquered, but in 1306 Robert the Bruce seized the Scottish throne and the war was reopened. After the death of Edward I, his son Edward II of England came to the throne in 1307 but was incapable of providing the determined leadership his father had shown, and the English position soon became more difficult. In 1313", "id": "5792330" }, { "contents": "Cavalry tactics\n\n\n. The long spears (pikes) of Scots and Swiss were an excellent defensive weapon against cavalry. The warriors stood in tight formations like an ancient phalanx, the end of their pikes embedded in the ground, presenting a massive spiked wall. In battle against the Scots, the English knights proved to be as narrow-minded as their French counterparts, employing the classic cavalry charge despite the new challenge of the Scottish pike. In the battles of Stirling Bridge (1297) and Bannockburn (1314) they were defeated by the", "id": "12882377" }, { "contents": "William de Ormesby\n\n\nof Surrey and Hugh de Cressingham in England, Ormesby bore the chief weight of responsibility for Edward's harsh rule over the Scots. When William Wallace's revolt broke out in May 1297, Ormesby was attacked by Wallace at Scone. Ormesby who had been given warning at the last moment, succeeded in escaping, having to leave all his personal property. After the English defeat at the battle of Stirling Bridge on 11 September, Ormesby was appointed on 23 October to raise foot soldiers in Northumberland, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire", "id": "4551299" }, { "contents": "First War of Scottish Independence\n\n\nhalted. Wallace and Moray, who had recently combined their forces, deployed on the Ochil Hills overlooking the bridge crossing the River Forth at Stirling and prepared to meet the English in battle. At the time, Wallace and Moray were both in their late twenties and neither could yet claim to be Scottish national heroes. Whereas some of the Scottish nobility had given in to English demands for allegiance (whilst still supporting the Scottish cause), Wallace's force remained unequivocally dedicated to the struggle for Scottish independence. On 11 September 1297", "id": "7652668" }, { "contents": "John Folville\n\n\n' War in 1216 and Sir Eustace Folville (murdered in 1274) was one of the knights appointed to enforce the Provisions of Oxford in 1258 and stoutly defended Kenilworth Castle after the Battle of Evesham in 1265. John was summoned with horses and arms to a Military Council before the King's teenage son and Lieutenant of England held at Rochester, Kent in September 1297, a few days before the English defeat at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. John was ordered to muster at Newcastle Upon Tyne for service against the Scots in December", "id": "4402095" }, { "contents": "William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas\n\n\nlaw). By the time Sir Andrew de Moray and William Wallace won their great victory at Stirling, Sir William the Hardy was again Edward's prisoner at Berwick Castle; staying in what was now called 'Douglas Tower'. Following Wallace's success at Stirling Bridge the English fled Berwick on Tweed with Douglas and another Scottish prisoner Thomas de Morham; both were later committed to the Tower of London on 12 October 1297 with Douglas meeting his end there in 1298 due to mistreatment. William the Hardy was twice married and had", "id": "51933" }, { "contents": "William de Lamberton\n\n\nrole was to act as a third, senior, but neutral party between the two enemies. He would hold the position until 1301 and during his term he formed a close friendship with Bruce. Lamberton owed his position largely to the efforts of William Wallace who had been made sole Guardian of Scotland after the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297 and as such Lamberton supported Wallace. Lamberton's clergy publicly denounced the English and supported Wallace. Lamberton ordered his Diocese's officials to divert Church funds to Wallace's campaign and urged Wallace to", "id": "1530193" }, { "contents": "List of heirs to the Scottish throne\n\n\nto abdicate on 10 July 1296. He and his son were taken as prisoners to England, but he was still regarded by the Scots as rightful King of Scotland. William Wallace led an uprising in John's name, winning the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, but the rebellion was crushed after the Battle of Falkirk the following year. In 1299 John was released from captivity and went into retirement on his family estates in France, taking no further interest in the recovery of his kingdom. His heirs still exist. After", "id": "9138717" }, { "contents": "Combined arms\n\n\nthe open with cavalry. Likewise Scottish sheltrons – which had been developed to counter the charges by English heavy cavalry, and had been used successfully against English cavalry at the Battle of Stirling Bridge (1297) – were destroyed at the Battle of Falkirk (1298) by English archers acting in concert with mounted knights. Both Hastings and Falkirk showed how combined arms could be used to defeat enemies relying on only one arm. The English victories of Crécy, Poitiers and Agincourt were examples of a simple form of combined arms, with", "id": "17285721" }, { "contents": "Bothwell\n\n\nwas fatally wounded at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297. It passed by marriage to the House of Douglas. The lordship was bestowed in 1487 on Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Lord Hailes, 1st Earl of Bothwell. When he resigned in 1491 the title passed to \"Bell-the-Cat\", Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus. The title ultimately passed to the Earls of Home. The castle is a fine example of Gothic architecture. It consists of a great quadrangle with circular towers on the south. At", "id": "16718795" }, { "contents": "Marmaduke Thweng, 1st Baron Thweng\n\n\nthe North Riding, ties that would have far reaching effects during his career. In 1295 he fought for King Edward I in Gascony, along with John de Thweng. In 1297 Marmaduke achieved some fame at the Battle of Stirling Bridge by a heroic escape. Over 100 English knights had been trapped, together with several thousand infantry, on the far side of the river, and were being slaughtered by the Scots. Thweng managed to fight his way back across the bridge and he thus became the only knight of all those on", "id": "9450340" }, { "contents": "Abbey Craig\n\n\n\", or \"crag\", describes a post-glacial crag and tail landscape feature. The abbey is Cambuskenneth Abbey, on the north bank of the River Forth, about 1 km to the south. The hill is the site of William Wallace's HQ ahead of the battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, which was part of the Scottish Wars of Independence. The hilltop was also defended during the Early Medieval Period, and features a vitrified hillfort, destroyed by fire in the 6th or 7th centuries AD and then refortified", "id": "13413161" }, { "contents": "Hugh de Cressingham\n\n\nto the parsonage of Chalk, Kent, by the prior and convent of Norwich, and held the rectory of Doddington in the same county (Hasted); he was also rector of ‘Ruddeby’ (Rudby in Cleveland), and held prebends in several churches (Hemingburgh). In 1296 Edward appointed Cressingham treasurer of the kingdom, charging him to spare no expense necessary for the complete reduction of Scotland. Cressingham was killed during the Battle of Stirling Bridge on 11 September 1297. According to legend, his body was flayed", "id": "10139028" }, { "contents": "Dundee Castle\n\n\nDundee Castle was a castle in Dundee, Scotland, destroyed by Robert the Bruce in 1313. Dundee was created a royal burgh by King William the Lion in the 13th century. The castle was surrendered to the English in 1296. William Wallace laid siege to Dundee Castle in 1297 and the garrison surrendered, before the Battle of Stirling Bridge. The castle was captured again by the English in 1300 and again in 1303 and 1310. King Edward I of England visited the castle in 1300 and 1303 and made repairs to it.", "id": "14741586" }, { "contents": "History of Dundee\n\n\n's renunciation (1295) of Edward I's claimed authority over Scotland, the English King twice visited Scotland with hostile intent. Edward (the 'Hammer of the Scots') revoked Dundee's royal charter, removing the town's people the right to control local government and the judiciary. He occupied the Castle at Dundee at the outbreak of the First War of Independence in 1296 but the castle retaken by siege by the forces of William Wallace in 1297, immediately prior to the Battle of Stirling Bridge. From 1303 to 1312", "id": "6346470" }, { "contents": "Andrew Moray\n\n\nof the River Forth close to the old bridge at Stirling and under the shadow of Stirling Castle. Surrey's conduct of the ensuing battle, characterized by his arrogant and unimaginative adherence to chivalric convention, was inept. He sent the vanguard of his army across the narrow bridge under the Scots’ gaze, who, rather than wait myopically for the entire army to cross the bridge and deploy for battle, struck when it was only partially deployed. In the ensuing carnage of the Battle of Stirling Bridge, Surrey's isolated vanguard", "id": "13846367" }, { "contents": "Andrew Moray\n\n\nAndrew Moray (Norman French: \"Andreu de Moray\"; ), also known as Andrew de Moray, Andrew of Moray, or Andrew Murray, an esquire, was prominent in the Scottish Wars of Independence. He led the rising in north Scotland in the summer of 1297 against the occupation by King Edward I of England, successfully regaining control of the area for King John Balliol. He subsequently merged his forces with those led by William Wallace and jointly led the combined army to victory at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.", "id": "13846322" }, { "contents": "Warkworth Castle\n\n\nThe English king was asked to mediate in a dispute over the Scottish throne and laid his own claim, leading to the Anglo-Scottish Wars. After the Scottish victory at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, Robert and his son, John de Clavering, were captured. They were subsequently released and in 1310 John assumed control of the family estates. A year later, John made arrangements so that on his death the king would receive all of his property. Between roughly 1310 and 1330 the English struggled to deal with", "id": "20323770" }, { "contents": "Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford\n\n\n. At a meeting just outside London, Bohun gave an impassioned speech objecting to the king's abuse of power and demanding the restoration of ancient liberties. The grievances were summarised in a document known as the Remonstrances. Neither party showed any inclination to back down, and the nation seemed on the brink of another civil war. Just as the conflict was coming to a head, however, external events intervened to settle it. In September 1297, the English suffered a heavy defeat to the Scots at the Battle of Stirling Bridge", "id": "6258290" }, { "contents": "William Burdet\n\n\nthe actions of Sir William Burdet. The dispute was resolved in 1298 when William agreed to pay for the reconsecration of the church and to reconfirm his family's former grants to the Order of St Lazarus but the former good relationship was never re-established. Sir William was summoned to Parliament in London on 6 Oct 1297 shortly after the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Stirling Bridge and was mustered for service in the Scottish Wars on 24 Oct 1299. Sir William died before 8 Mar 1309 when his Inquisition post mortem was held", "id": "18691300" }, { "contents": "William Crawford (knight)\n\n\nSir William Crawford is a character in \"The Wallace\", Blind Harry's epic poem about William Wallace. He appears to be an unhistorical character, although there was a Crawford family in Ayrshire at the time of the Wars of Scottish Independence, some of whom may have been Sheriff of Ayrshire. Harry may state that Sir William commanded 400 cavalry to run the English forces out of Scotland after the Battle of Stirling Bridge in September 1297. According to Harry, 1299 Sir William escorted Wallace to the court of King Philip IV", "id": "3426531" }, { "contents": "Walter de Huntercombe, 1st Baron Huntercombe\n\n\nand Edward's vassal. In 1294 Edward summoned Huntercombe to Portsmouth because of the French occupation of the Duchy of Gascony. In June 1295 he was rewarded for his service by being created Baron Huntercombe. His arms were ermine, two bars gemells gules. In 1296 and 1297 Huntercombe took part in the Wars of Scottish Independence. By his own testimony, he was at the Capture of Berwick with 20 mailed horses, and at the Battle of Stirling Bridge with 32 horses. In 1298 he was appointed Governor of Edinburgh Castle.", "id": "7433037" }, { "contents": "Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale\n\n\nwas recognized. On 1 June 1285 the Earl & Countess, at Turnberry, grant the men of Melrose abbey certain freedoms, according to English law. In May 1295 his father, the 5th Lord of Annandale, died, and on 6 October, Bruce swore fealty to Edward and was made Constable and Keeper of Carlisle Castle, a position his father previously held. Shortly after the Battle of Stirling Bridge (1297), Annandale was laid waste as retaliation to younger Bruce's actions. Yet, when Edward returned to England", "id": "8289382" }, { "contents": "Wallace Sword\n\n\nThe Wallace Sword is an antique two-handed sword purported to have belonged to William Wallace (1270–1305), a Scottish knight who led a resistance to the English occupation of Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence. It is said to have been used by William Wallace at the Battle of Stirling in 1297 and the Battle of Falkirk (1298). The blade of the sword measures 4 feet 4 inches (132 cm) in length and including the hilt is . The breadth of the blade varies from at the guard to", "id": "3660527" }, { "contents": "Murray (surname)\n\n\n. The senior line of the Murrays took the surname of Sutherland and became Earls of Sutherland by 1235. Thereafter, the chiefs of the Murrays were the Lords of Petty in Moray, who also became Lords of Bothwell in Clydesdale before 1253. An heir of this line, Sir Andrew Moray, was the brilliant young general who led the Scots in 1297 in their first uprising against English rule. He was mortally wounded while winning his famous victory at Stirling Bridge. His son, Sir Andrew Murray, 4th Lord of Bothwell,", "id": "5644697" }, { "contents": "William Oliphant (governor of Stirling Castle)\n\n\nSir William Oliphant (died aft. 1313), was a Scottish knight and Governor of Stirling Castle during the Wars of Scottish Independence. He switched loyalties to the English and died in a Scottish prison. Sir William Oliphant fought at the Battle of Dunbar in 1296, where the Scots, under their king John Balliol, were defeated by the invading English. Following the battle he was captured and taken to Devizes Castle in England where he was imprisoned. He was freed on 8 September 1297 and with his fellow prisoner John of", "id": "2952232" }, { "contents": "Bridgehaugh Park\n\n\nBridgehaugh Park is a rugby union ground in Stirling, Scotland, with a capacity of approximately 4,000. It is the home of Stirling County RFC, who currently play in the Scottish Premiership. It is situated in a meander of the River Forth in the north of the city of Stirling. Close to the river, it is very close to the site of the Battle of Stirling Bridge, a battle famously fought by Andrew Moray and William Wallace. It lies about 1 km north of the city centre. Home to Stirling County", "id": "11512478" }, { "contents": "William Devereux, Baron Devereux of Lyonshall\n\n\nin Gascony. On 28 March 1296 the Earl made an unsuccessful assault on Bordeaux and was forced to retire to Bayonne where he died on 6 June 1296. His forces and Devereux then returned to England. In May 1297 William Wallace sacked Lanark Castle. William Devereux, as a holder of lands or rents in excess of 20L yearly, was summoned to muster at London 7 July 1297 for further service in parts beyond the seas. He was present at the Parliament assembled on 8 July. Devereux was at the Battle of Stirling", "id": "8736835" }, { "contents": "Cleland, North Lanarkshire\n\n\nof Cleland for Ward 20. The first Cleland on record is Alexander Cleland of that Ilk who married a cousin of Sir William Wallace. Their son, James Cleland joined William Wallace in battle in 1296 at Loudonhill; at Stirling in 1297; Falkirk in 1298; Glasgow in 1300; and in France in 1301. James Cleland and his son John Cleland fought at Bannockburn in 1314. For his loyalty and good service, Robert the Bruce gave James Cleland the lands of Calder-clere, now East Calder. The Cleland line", "id": "9742744" }, { "contents": "Battle of Stirling Bridge\n\n\nHarry's account of the battle of Stirling Bridge is highly improbable, for example his use of figures of a biblical magnitude for the size of the participating armies. Nevertheless, his highly dramatised and graphic account of the battle fed the imaginations of subsequent generations of Scottish schoolchildren. Here is his description: On Saturday they [Moray and Wallace] rode on to the bridge, which was of good plain board, well made and jointed, having placed watches to see that none passed from the army. Taking a wright, the", "id": "1277867" }, { "contents": "Warfare in Medieval Scotland\n\n\nforces were the \"common army\" of poorly armed infantry, capable of performing well in raiding and guerrilla warfare, but only infrequently able to stand up to the English in the field, as they managed to do critically in the wars of independence at Stirling Bridge in 1297 and Bannockburn in 1314. Castles, in the sense of a fortified residence of a lord or noble, arrived in Scotland as part of David I's encouragement of Norman and French nobles to settle with feudal tenures, particularly in the south and east,", "id": "11923186" }, { "contents": "Wallace Monument\n\n\nof Stirling Bridge in 1297. The monument is open to the general public. Visitors climb the 246 step spiral staircase to the viewing gallery inside the monument's crown, which provides expansive views of the Ochil Hills and the Forth Valley. A number of artifacts believed to have belonged to Wallace are on display inside the monument, including the Wallace Sword, a 1.63-metre (5 ft, 4 in) long sword weighing almost three kilograms. Inside is also a \"Hall of Heroes\", a series of busts of famous Scots", "id": "6998404" }, { "contents": "Scotland in the High Middle Ages\n\n\nBridge in 1297 and Bannockburn in 1314. The Viking onslaught of the British Isles was based on superior sea-power, which enabled the creation of the thalassocracies of the north and west. In the late tenth century the naval battle of \"Innisibsolian\" (tentatively identified as taking place near the Slate Islands of Argyll) was won by Alban forces over Vikings, although this was an unusual setback for the Norse. In 962 Ildulb mac Causantín, King of Scots, was killed (according to the \"Chronicle of the Kings", "id": "6751854" }, { "contents": "Battle of Stirling Bridge\n\n\nalong with man-made stonework on one bank in line with the piers. The site of the fighting was along either side of an earthen causeway leading from the Abbey Craig, atop which the Wallace Monument is now, to the north end of the bridge. The battlefield has been inventoried and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical Environment Policy of 2009. The Battle of Stirling Bridge was a shattering defeat for the English: it showed that under certain circumstances infantry could be superior to cavalry. It was some time,", "id": "1277863" }, { "contents": "William Wallace\n\n\nclose to the site of his victory at Stirling Bridge. The Wallace Sword, which supposedly belonged to Wallace, although some parts were made at least 160 years later, was held for many years in Dumbarton Castle and is now in the Wallace Monument. Although there are problems with writing a satisfactory biography of many medieval people, the problems with Wallace are greater than usual. Not much is known about him beyond his military campaign of 1297–1298, and the last few weeks of his life in 1305. Even in recent years,", "id": "15034544" }, { "contents": "New Cumnock\n\n\nIn May of the following year Wallace slew the English sheriff of Lanark and soon after Blind Harry places Wallace and his men at New Cumnock again. \"“To the Blak Crag in Cumno past agayne, His houshauld set with men of mekill mayne, Thre monethis thar he dwellyt in gud rest”\" Wallace’s household at Blak Crag, is in the lands of Blackcraig in the upper reaches of the Afton Water. In September 1297 Wallace had joined forces with Sir Andrew Murray and defeated the English army at Stirling Bridge.", "id": "21673778" }, { "contents": "Jedburgh Abbey\n\n\n-on-Tweed. Edward intended to rule the abbey and presented William de Jarum as the new Abbot of Jedburgh in 1296. After the defeat of the Earl of Surrey in 1297 at Stirling at the hands of William Wallace, the abbey was pillaged and wrecked by the English as retribution. Robert I of Scotland (The Bruce) continued to patronise the church during his reign in the early 14th century. In 1346, after the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Neville's Cross, the English once again slighted the church", "id": "1449797" }, { "contents": "Battle of Stirling Bridge\n\n\nbeen part of Surrey's army, observing the carnage to the north of the bridge, withdrew. Then the English supply train was attacked at \"The Pows\", a wooded marshy area, by James Stewart and the other Scots lords, killing many of the fleeing soldiers. This Stirling Bridge is believed to have been about 180 yards upstream from the 15th century stone bridge that crosses the river today. Four stone piers have been found underwater just north () and at an angle to the extant 15th-century bridge,", "id": "1277862" }, { "contents": "Battle of Stirling Bridge\n\n\nversion of Blind Harry by William Hamilton of Gilbertfield]. Hannibal gave my young ideas such a turn that I used to strut in raptures up and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough that I could be a soldier; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins which will boil along there till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest. The Battle of Stirling Bridge is depicted in the 1995 film \"Braveheart\", but it bears little resemblance to the real", "id": "1277874" }, { "contents": "Battle of Stirling Bridge\n\n\nwith an army from Wicker to relieve Dundee. The town of Stirling was the key entry point to the north of Scotland. The 6th Earl of Surrey arrived with his supporters at the narrow, wooden bridge over the River Forth near Stirling Castle and determined that he would be at a tactical disadvantage if he attempted to take his main force across there. So he delayed crossing for several days to allow for negotiations, and to reconnoiter the area. On 10 September Warenne gave orders to cross the river the next day. At", "id": "1277856" }, { "contents": "Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy\n\n\nhunt down Wallace and Murray, finding them waiting north of the River Forth near Stirling Castle. The ensuing Battle of Stirling Bridge was a disaster for the English army. Percy and his fellow commanders could only watch helplessly from the castle as their infantry, caught on the far side of the one narrow bridge were slaughtered. Murray was however killed in the battle. The English were temporarily expelled from Scotland and on the defensive, with the Scots raiding northern England. In the following spring of 1298 King Edward returned from France and", "id": "7781522" }, { "contents": "Battle of Stirling Bridge\n\n\noff the chance of English reinforcements to cross. Caught on the low ground in the loop of the river with no chance of relief or of retreat, most of the outnumbered English on the east side were probably killed. A few hundred may have escaped by swimming across the river. Marmaduke Thweng managed to fight his way back across the bridge and he thus became the only knight of all those on the far side of the river to survive the battle. Surrey, who was left with a small contingent of archers, had", "id": "1277860" }, { "contents": "Battle of Stirling's Plantation\n\n\nThe Battle of Stirling's Plantation (also known as the Battle of Fordoche Bridge) was an American Civil War battle took place on September 29, 1863 in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Following the Siege of Vicksburg, Union Major General Francis J. Herron's Division of the Army of the Frontier was transferred down the Mississippi River to become a part of the 13th Corps. Arriving at Port Hudson on July 25, they remained there until August 13, 1863, when they were moved to Carrollton, above New Orleans. Union", "id": "13696373" }, { "contents": "Stirling Castle\n\n\nof Stirling Bridge. Many of the garrison were killed during the battle, after which the English commanders William FitzWarin and Marmaduke Thweng retreated into the castle. However, they were quickly starved into surrender by the Scots. Next summer, the castle changed hands again, being abandoned by the Scots after the English victory at Falkirk. Edward strengthened the castle, but it was besieged in 1299 by forces including Robert Bruce. King Edward failed to relieve the garrison, who were forced to surrender. By 1303, the English again held", "id": "431686" }, { "contents": "Choke point\n\n\nLeonidas I's defense of the Pass of Thermopylae during an invasion led by Xerxes I of Persia; the Battle Of Stamford Bridge in which Harold Godwinson defeated Harald Hardrada; William Wallace's victory over the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge (Wallace had around 2,300 men against the English army of about 9,000 to 12,000 men and the bridge collapsed during the battle); and the Battle of Agincourt in which Henry V of England decisively defeated the French when they were forced to attack his smaller army through a narrow gap in the", "id": "17392245" }, { "contents": "Battle of Stirling (1648)\n\n\nThe second Battle of Stirling was fought on the 12th September 1648 during the Scottish Civil War of the 17th century. The battle was fought between the Engagers who were a faction of the Scottish Covenanters under the command of George Munro, 1st of Newmore and who had made \"The Engagement\" with Charles I of England in December 1647, against the Kirk Party who were a radical Presbyterian faction of the Scottish Covenanters who were under the command of Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll. The Battle of Stirling in 1648 was part", "id": "9408764" }, { "contents": "Thomas Bridges (Anglican missionary)\n\n\nethnological work. The next superintendent of the base was the Rev. Waite Hockin Stirling. Stirling and Bridges made their first excursion into Tierra del Fuego in 1863. They made contact with the Yahgan, who received them well after learning that the white man Bridges could speak their languages. Stirling encouraged the young man to continue his studies of it. By 1865, Bridges had completed a manuscript of an English-Yahgan dictionary. He noted in a preface that he was using the Ellis Phonetic System established by Alexander Ellis. In 1866", "id": "1736618" }, { "contents": "Battle of Stirling Bridge\n\n\nstayed south of the river and was still in a strong position. The bulk of his army remained intact and he could have held the line of the Forth, denying the Scots a passage to the south, but his confidence was gone. After the escape of Sir Marmaduke Thweng, Surrey ordered the bridge to be destroyed, retreated towards Berwick, leaving the garrison at Stirling Castle isolated and abandoning the Lowlands to the rebels. James Stewart, the High Steward of Scotland, and Malcolm, Earl of Lennox, whose forces had", "id": "1277861" }, { "contents": "Battle of Loudoun Hill\n\n\nbattle reminiscent in some ways of Stirling Bridge, with the same 'filtering' effect at work. A frontal charge by the English Knights was stopped by Bruce's spearmen militia, who effectively slaughtered the English Knights as they were on unfavorable ground. The militia soon defeated the knights. As Bruce's spearmen pressed downhill on the disorganised English knights they fought with such vigour that the rear ranks began to flee in panic. A hundred or more were killed in the battle. Aymer de Valence managed to escape the carnage and fled", "id": "6055951" }, { "contents": "Bannockburn\n\n\nClan tartans, prompted this reaction. The woollen mills employed 7-800 people around 1880. The last mill closed in 1924. The turnpike road between Edinburgh and Stirling was constructed in the 1750s and passed through Bannockburn. The route originally passed over the Old Bridge, until the construction in 1819 of a circular-arch stone bridge, built by engineer Thomas Telford, spanning the burn downstream of the battle site. Growth of both Stirling and Bannockburn during the 19th and 20th centuries means that the two now form a contiguous conurbation", "id": "12520683" }, { "contents": "Cornton\n\n\nCornton is a district of the city of Stirling on the North Bank of the River Forth in central Scotland. It is amongst the oldest of Stirling settlements originating in Pre-Roman times and servicing the ford marked by the Causewayhead Road. The area that is now the Cornton and on the opposite bank, the Raploch, were the only available patches of agricultural land prior to draining programs of later eras. Wallace´s Battle of Stirling Bridge took place on and around the site of the present housing estate and although there is no clear", "id": "4206169" }, { "contents": "Scotland in the Late Middle Ages\n\n\nKing John. The following year William Wallace and Andrew Murrey raised forces to resist the occupation and under their joint leadership an English army was defeated at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. Murrey died of wounds after the battle and for a short time Wallace ruled Scotland in the name of John Balliol as Guardian of the realm. Edward came north in person and defeated Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk. Wallace escaped but probably resigned as Guardian of Scotland. In 1305 he fell into the hands of the English, who executed him for", "id": "19019945" }, { "contents": "Wallacestone\n\n\nbattle has yet to be discovered and still generates much debate. However, at Wallacestone is situated a stone pillar which replaced a much older stone to mark the place where Wallace stood to watch the approach of the English army from Linlithgow and command his army at the subsequent battle. The viewpoint of Wallace looks across the Forth Valley, including the Forth Bridges to the east, the carse of Falkirk, Wallace Monument at Stirling and Stirling Castle to the north. It also includes as far away as the start of the Highlands at", "id": "19918822" }, { "contents": "Battle of Stirling Bridge\n\n\n, bade Wallace sound, saying there were now enough. He hastened not, however, but steadily observed the advance until he saw Warren's force thickly crowd the bridge. Then from Jop he took the horn and blew loudly, and warned John the Wright, who thereupon struck out the roller with skill; when the pin was out, the rest of it fell down. Now arose an hideous outcry among the people, both horses and men, falling into the water. (...) On foot, and bearing a", "id": "1277870" }, { "contents": "Battle of Stirling's Plantation\n\n\nthat intersected the Opelousas road about two miles north of the Stirling plantation. Mouton was to remain in this position to block any relief force that might be sent from Morganza, and Speight's brigade would launch the primary attack on Leakes right and rear. The balance of the Confederate cavalry marched via the road toward the Fordoche Bridge near the Norwood house. Arriving there around 11:00 a.m. and commenced skirmishing with the Federal cavalry pickets at the Fordoche bridge. After about a half hour, sounds of firing was heard to the north at", "id": "13696383" }, { "contents": "Clan Bruce\n\n\nof Stirling Bridge but when Edward returned victorious to England after the Battle of Falkirk, Bruce's lands of Annandale and Carrick were exempted from the lordships and lands which Edward assigned to his followers. Bruce, it seems, was seen as a man whose allegiance might still be won. Bruce and John Comyn (a rival for the throne) succeeded William Wallace as Guardians of Scotland, but their rivalry threatened the stability of the country. A meeting was arranged at Greyfriars Church, Dumfries which was neutral ground, but Bruce stabbed", "id": "20237927" }, { "contents": "Battle of Stirling (1648)\n\n\njoined by a further 300 militiamen when he arrived in Stirling on the morning of September 12, 1648. His men were assigned to guard various areas of the town and his main force joined him to dine at the Earl of Mar's residence. Argyll had barely begun his meal when the Earl of Lanark's advance forces, commanded by Sir George Munro, 1st of Newmore, a Highlander, came into the Deer Park (now the King's Park). Argyll then mounted his horse and galloped over Stirling Bridge to seek", "id": "9408768" }, { "contents": "Battle of Linlithgow Bridge\n\n\nLennox and Cardinal Beaton to support her cause. Lennox raised an army over 10,000 and marched on Edinburgh from his base in Stirling. By this time Archibald Douglas had won the support of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran and the latter was sent to try to delay the march by mustering the people of Linlithgow and the surrounding area. Arran arranged his force of 2,500 men on the strategically important Pace Hill overlooking Linlithgow and the River Avon. Lennox, seeing the strength of this defensive position had to rethink his plans. Lennox", "id": "6780841" }, { "contents": "Reginald Crawford (died 1307)\n\n\nSir Reginald Crawford (died 1307) was a Scottish knight who took part in the Wars of Scottish Independence. In 1296 he was appointed as Sheriff of Ayr by the English administration. In June 1297 he was one of several Scots nobles who did a deal where they were released by the English to fight against Andrew Moray. This suggests that he may have taken part in the revolt in early 1297 which ended in the capitulation at Irvine. He became a supporter of Robert the Bruce and was captured during the Battle of Loch", "id": "19305804" }, { "contents": "Stirling\n\n\nbeen said that \"Stirling, like a huge brooch clasps Highlands and Lowlands together\". Similarly \"he who holds Stirling, holds Scotland\" is often quoted. Stirling's key position as the lowest bridging point of the River Forth before it broadens towards the Firth of Forth, made it a focal point for travel north or south. When Stirling was temporarily under Anglo-Saxon sway, according to a 9th-century legend, it was attacked by Danish invaders. The sound of a wolf roused a sentry, however,", "id": "15596595" }, { "contents": "Corbeyran de Cardaillac Sarlabous\n\n\nrecapture of Stirling Castle from the Lords of the Congregation. After Cleutin moved to Linlithgow, a spy for England reported that Sarlabous had 1,200 troops at Stirling under 5 'ensigns.' They marched into Fife and met with 400 more troops on 7 January 1560 who had sailed from Leith. According to Cleutin, they were attacked by 1,500 Protestants. A French cavalry charge won the day, and between 400 and 500 were killed. The young Earl of Arran reported this battle at Kinghorn differently as a skirmish, although the Earl", "id": "13784597" }, { "contents": "Architecture of Wales\n\n\nat Holt over the River Dee, dated to 1254,' which is still in use. This bridge is commemorated by a famous painting by Richard Wilson, now in the National Gallery, which also shows the gatehouse chapel which stood at the east end. Another early bridge which still has a standing gatehouse is Monnow Bridge at Monmouth which was constructed as part of the town defences during the period 1297–1315 In south Wales a notable bridge architect and engineer was William Edwards, (1719–1789), who in 1746 was contracted to build", "id": "4136137" }, { "contents": "First War of Scottish Independence\n\n\n, the Scottish forces, under the joint command of Moray and Wallace, met those of the King of England, commanded by John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. The Scottish army deployed to the north-east of the bridge, and let the vanguard of Surrey's army cross before attacking it. The English cavalry proved ineffective on the boggy ground around the bridge, and many were killed. The bridge collapsed as reinforcements tried to cross and the English on the opposite side of the", "id": "7652669" }, { "contents": "Siegfried II of Westerburg\n\n\nSiegfried (or Sigfrid) II of Westerburg (before 1260 – 7 April 1297 in Bonn) was Archbishop of Cologne from 1275 to 1297. Siegfried was the second son of Siegfried IV, Count of Runkel in Westerburg (died 1266). His older brother was Henry (\"Heinrich\") I of Westerburg (who would be killed at the Battle of Worringen in 1288). Siegfried was consecrated Archbishop of Cologne in March 1275 in Lyon. The city of Cologne since 1268 had been under excommunication, and was therefore deemed", "id": "11283807" }, { "contents": "Battle of the Golden Spurs\n\n\n(\"Clauwaerts\"), led by Pieter de Coninck in Bruges, who advocated independence. In June 1297, the French invaded Flanders and gained some rapid successes. The English, under Edward I, withdrew to face a war with Scotland and the Flemish and French signed a temporary armistice in 1297, the Truce of Sint-Baafs-Vijve, which halted the conflict. In January 1300, when the truce expired, the French invaded Flanders again and by May were in total control of the county. Guy of Dampierre", "id": "4361515" }, { "contents": "William Stirling (British Army officer, born 1835)\n\n\nGeneral Sir William Stirling (4 August 1835 – 11 April 1906) was a British Army officer who served as Governor of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and Lieutenant of the Tower of London. Stirling was born in 1835 to Charles Stirling and his wife Charlotte Dorothea Stirling. His father had bought an estate at Muiravonside and he had twelve children including William who was the third son. Educated at Edinburgh Academy and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Stirling was commissioned into the Royal Artillery and saw action at the Battle of Alma", "id": "5212165" }, { "contents": "Koedijk\n\n\n), a tidal stream that ran about where the Noordhollandsch Kanaal is now located. The village of Vronen was completely abandoned in 1297. The population was displaced when the village was destroyed after the battle between West Friesland and Holland, and relocated to the Coedijc. The old area of Vronen belonged to the new parish of Koedijk from then on. Koedijk is, , the location of two of the five operational vlotbruggen (\"float bridges\"): Koedijkvlotbrug and Rekervlotbrug. Johannes Megapolensis (1603–1670), noted missionary to the", "id": "19982366" }, { "contents": "Battle of Stirling Bridge\n\n\ncross at the same time. Hugh de Cressingham, King Edward's treasurer in Scotland, persuaded the Earl to reject this advice and order a direct attack across the bridge. The small bridge was broad enough to let only two horsemen cross abreast, but offered the safest river crossing, as the Forth widened to the east and the marshland of Flanders Moss lay to the west. The Scots waited as the English knights and infantry made their slow progress across the bridge on the morning of 11 September. It would have taken several", "id": "1277858" }, { "contents": "Battle of Falkirk\n\n\nThe Battle of Falkirk (\"Blàr na h-Eaglaise Brice\" in Gaelic), which took place on 22 July 1298, was one of the major battles in the First War of Scottish Independence. Led by King Edward I of England, the English army defeated the Scots, led by William Wallace. Shortly after the battle Wallace resigned as Guardian of Scotland. King Edward learned of the defeat of his northern army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. After concluding a truce with the French king, Philip the Fair in", "id": "5480189" }, { "contents": "Battle of Monmouth\n\n\nthe brook and cut the vanguard's line of retreat at the bridge. After the infantry of the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot crossed the brook, they ran into three battalions of Scott's detachment retreating westwards. Under pressure from the Highlanders, the Continentals continued through an orchard to the safety of Stirling's line while Stirling's artillery forced the Highlanders back to the orchard. A second battalion of Highlanders and the 44th Regiment of Foot that had swung right and crossed the Spotswood North Brook were also persuaded by the", "id": "10779610" }, { "contents": "John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch\n\n\n, Moray having died at Stirling or shortly after. The main task facing the Guardian was to gather a national army to meet an invasion by Edward, anxious to reverse the victory of Stirling Bridge. For cavalry, by far the weakest element of the Scottish host, Wallace depended on the Comyns and the other noble families. On 22 July Wallace's army was destroyed at the Battle of Falkirk, the light horse being driven off at an early stage by the heavy English cavalry. It is possible that John Comyn was present", "id": "21249846" }, { "contents": "Earith\n\n\ninvolving a Hawker Hurricane from 61 Operational Training Unit and a Short Stirling bomber. The Stirling was flying from RAF Oakington with 7 Squadron and the accident occurred just north of Earith Bridge. In the Winter of 1946–47, there was the \"Battle of Earith Gap\". Melting snow had built up in the Fenland waterways, unable to be released into the sea because of high tides. On 17 March a gap was torn in the river bank, and water poured out to flood the Fen farms for five days. Eventually the", "id": "2332522" }, { "contents": "Walter Devereux (died 1305)\n\n\nwas to be serving in Scotland with Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford. Walter Devereux was identified as holding over 20L in lands and rents in Herefordshire in 1297, and as such was summoned to perform military service beyond the seas. He was instructed to muster at London on 7 July 1297. He fought under Humphrey de Bohun at Falkirk. A Walter de Bodenham was listed among the men that Edward I led in the invasion of Scotland in 1298, and who fought at the Battle of Falkirk. He was identified", "id": "14823842" }, { "contents": "Battle of Kili\n\n\nforce in 1292, but their advance guard under Ulghu was defeated and taken prisoner by Alauddin's predecessor Jalaluddin Khalji. Around 4,000 Mongol soldiers (called Mughals in Delhi) who surrendered converted to Islam. The suburb they lived in was appropriately named Mughalpura. Chagatai tumens were beaten by the Delhi Sultanate several times in 1296-1297. The Mongols thereafter repeatedly invaded northern India. On at least two occasions, they came in strength. During Alauddin's reign, the Mongol noyan Kadar raided Punjab in the winter of 1297-98", "id": "16923549" }, { "contents": "Battle of Stirling (1648)\n\n\nsafety. While making his escape he came under fire from Stirling Castle which had not yet surrendered to Argyll and was still flying the King's colours. Having learned that Argyll was in Stirling, Sir George Munro moved in on his own initiative to try to capture one of Argyll's commanders, a MacKenzie who was his hated enemy, and had actually succeeded in entering Stirling before any of Argyll's commanders were aware of his presence. Munro even personally kicked down a postern door to chase out Argyll's men. The battle", "id": "9408769" }, { "contents": "Wallace Sword\n\n\nhilt and plummet\" and also with a \"new scabbard and a new belt\". This repair would have been necessary because, according to legend, Wallace's original scabbard, hilt and belt were said to have been made from the dried skin of Hugh Cressingham, who was killed at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. No other written records of the sword are found for a further three centuries. In 1875 a letter from the War Office informed that the sword, in 1825 was sent to the Tower of London to be", "id": "3660529" }, { "contents": "Battle of Stirling Bridge\n\n\nthough, before this lesson was fully absorbed. Contemporary English chronicler Walter of Guisborough recorded the English losses in the battle as 100 cavalry and 5,000 infantry killed. Scottish casualties in the battle are unrecorded, with the exception of Andrew Moray. He appears to have been injured in the battle and died of his injuries around November. De Cressingham's body was reportedly subsequently flayed and the skin cut into small pieces for souvenirs of the victory. The Lanercost Chronicle records that Wallace had \"a broad strip [of Cressingham’s skin]...", "id": "1277864" }, { "contents": "1963 Australian Grand Prix\n\n\n, Tony Maggs and Jim Palmer. Jack Brabham won the race, his second Australian Grand Prix victory, after a battle with John Surtees. It was the first AGP victory by a driver in a self-developed car since Doug Whiteford won in his \"Black Bess\" Ford V8 Special in 1950. Stirling Moss, who was recovering from a near-fatal crash at the Goodwood Circuit, was the special guest at the Grand Prix. Moss, who had driven a Maserati 250F to victory in the 1956 Australian Grand Prix", "id": "3135146" }, { "contents": "Baron Wake of Liddell\n\n\nBaron Wake of Liddell is an abeyant title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1295 for John Wake. It has been in abeyance since 1408. John Wake was born in 1268, the son of Balwin Wake and Hawise de Quincy. He campaigned in Gascony between 1288 and 1297. He campaigned against the Scots between 1297-1300. To this he was appointed Joint Captain of March of Scotland in Cumberland and Westmoreland in 1297. He fought at the Battle of Falkirk (1298). He was married Joan", "id": "5843802" }, { "contents": "Clan Stirling\n\n\nClan Stirling is a Lowland Scottish clan. The Scottish town of Stirling and Stirling Castle lie at the crossroads of Scotland and this could account for the derivation of the name which means \"place of strife\". Appearing in a charter of David I of Scotland in around 1147 is Thoraldus who held the lands of Cadder. His descendant was Alexander de Strivelyn, fifth Laird of Cadder who died in 1304. During the Wars of Scottish Independence Alexander's heir, Sir John de Strivelyn, was killed at the Battle of Halidon Hill", "id": "17248396" }, { "contents": "Battle of Sauchieburn\n\n\na sudden move over to Fife with his supporters and their men, advancing on Stirling, where on the 10th of June he took the rebels by surprise, driving them southwards. This left James with the town of Stirling, perhaps not the castle, from where he advanced on the 11th of June to meet the combined forces of the rebels driven from Stirling and those who had come from Linlithgow in support. To aid him in battle he had the sword of Robert the Bruce with him. Dr John Ireland heard the King", "id": "3153338" }, { "contents": "Hugh de Courtenay, 1st/9th Earl of Devon\n\n\nand loyal adherent to the English crown. He had not been present at the Battle of Stirling Bridge outside Stirling Castle in 1298, during which half the English contingent were killed, including commander Hugh Cressingham. But the King was determined to march into Ayrshire, to devastate the properties of King Robert I of Scotland. Unfortunately, the English army melted away into the forests as the army moved further northwards. Courtenay may have been with the English King when he sat down in Sweetheart Abbey to receive Robert Winchelsey, Archbishop of Canterbury", "id": "5666146" } ]

[ { "contents": "Daddy's Home (film)\n\n\nDecember 25, 2015, by Paramount Pictures and grossed $242 million worldwide, becoming Ferrell's highest-grossing live-action film. A sequel, \"Daddy's Home 2\", was released on November 10, 2017. Mild-mannered radio executive Brad Whitaker struggles to be a good stepfather to his wife Sara's two children, Megan and Dylan, and is seemingly sterile after an accident to his testicles some years ago. The children begin to grow closer to Brad, with Dylan confiding in him that he is", "id": "4386110" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home 2\n\n\nthe talk” with Dylan, when it had been agreed that Dusty would handle that. Finding the trees too small in a farm, they illegally go on to private property to cut one down. Brad mistakes a cell tower for a tree and is electrocuted. After bowling, the family goes out to take the kids to see Santa. While there, Kurt convinces Dylan to ask Santa for a shotgun, which he agrees to. While out hunting the next day, Megan accidentally shoots Kurt in the shoulder, sending him", "id": "13456320" }, { "contents": "Owen Vaccaro\n\n\nget roles on the independent films \"The Product of Me\" and \"Rom\", which led to his role in the 2015 feature film \"Daddy's Home\". He attended Holy Innocents' Episcopal School in Atlanta. He co-starred in the Paramount Pictures films \"Daddy's Home\" (2015) and \"Daddy's Home 2\" (2017). The \"Hartford Courant\" noted of his appearance in \"Daddy's Home\" that \"it has to be said that the child actors playing the kids", "id": "9930572" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home (film)\n\n\n, and he and Brad arrive together. There, they discover that the classmate who was picking on Dylan at school is a girl named Serendipity, and almost get into a fight with her father when Dylan physically retaliates. However, Dusty finally decides to follow Brad's lead on being a father, and instead quells the fight by starting a dance-off. Brad and Sara reconcile, and Dusty decides to stay and be a good \"co-dad\" to his kids. Later, the whole family is happy;", "id": "4386117" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home 2\n\n\nDaddy's Home 2 is a 2017 American Christmas comedy film directed by Sean Anders and written by Anders and John Morris. A sequel to \"Daddy's Home\" (2015), it stars Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini, John Cena, with John Lithgow and Mel Gibson. The plot follows now reformed-fathers Brad and Dusty (Ferrell and Wahlberg), now co-parenting Dusty's kids, who have to deal with their own fathers (Lithgow and Gibson) visiting for the holidays. Principal photography", "id": "13456316" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home 2\n\n\nwas released in the United States on November 10, 2017. \"Daddy's Home 2\" was released on Digital HD on February 6, 2018, and was released on Blu-ray and DVD on February 20, 2018. \"Daddy's Home 2\" grossed $103.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $76.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $180.4 million, against a production budget of $69 million. In the United States and Canada, \"Daddy's Home 2\"", "id": "13456328" }, { "contents": "Who's Your Daddy? (House)\n\n\nher liver. When Wilson is in House's office, he starts to talk about why House cares so much for Dylan, when House reveals that he had once had an affair with Dylan's girlfriend at the time. After Wilson is finished talking and leaves, leaving House to listen to music, he has an epiphany. He pages Foreman to stop the biopsy, and makes them listen to the music he was listening to. House notes that the musician (Leona's grandfather) believes that a note played is out of", "id": "4596065" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home 2\n\n\n, a writer, and is stepfather to Adrianna, Karen's daughter. Brad and Dusty decide to do away with having two separate Christmases and instead do one \"together Christmas.\" Dusty's tough fighter pilot/astronaut father Kurt and Brad's overbearing and over-cheerful dad, Don arrive for Christmas. Megan and Dylan warmly embrace Don, since he is very present in their lives, while Kurt hasn't seen the children since they were toddlers. Through jealousy of the affection the children show to Don, Kurt rents", "id": "13456318" }, { "contents": "Dylan Wotherspoon\n\n\nthen played all 6 matches and scored two goals in Australia's successful Sultan Azlan Shah Cup tournament win in March 2018. In April 2018 Dylan won a gold medal as part of Australia's gold medal winning team in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Dylan's home city of The Gold Coast. Dylan played all 6 matches, scoring a goal against Scotland and two goals against Canada. In September, Dylan was selected for the 2018 Men's International Hockey Open in Darwin. He scored in the opening match, a 5-2", "id": "16419075" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home 2\n\n\non the film began in Massachusetts in March 2017 and it was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on November 10, 2017. Although the film received generally negative reviews from critics, it grossed over $180 million worldwide on a $70 million budget. After finally becoming friends at the end of the first film, Brad Whitaker and Dusty Mayron have a co-dad system where Dusty's two children, Megan and Dylan, take turns at each father's house. Dusty has also remarried, this time to Karen", "id": "13456317" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home 2\n\n\na large cabin through Airbnb, to house all of them through the holiday week. Brad and Dusty's co-dad relationship is put to the test by Kurt's meddling. Brad's wife Sara also tries to bond with Karen but is taken aback by some of Karen's actions, like shoplifting clothes from a store. Dylan develops a crush on a little girl staying in the cabin next door. Brad gives him some “advice,\" and Dusty interjects when he finds out that Brad is having what looks like “", "id": "13456319" }, { "contents": "Jeff Lang\n\n\nreaders' poll, as were his 2005 release \"You Have To Dig Deep To Bury Daddy\" and the 2006 album \"Dislocation Blues\", a collaboration with the late Chris Whitley. In 2012, Lang was presented with the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's National Folk Recording Award. Lang's interest in music was sparked at a young age, inspired by records his parents played at home. His early influences were AC/DC, Bob Dylan, Leo Kottke, Ry Cooder, Roy Buchanan and Neil Young", "id": "20593250" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home 2\n\n\na fictional holiday action comedy film starring Liam Neeson. When the power cuts off during the movie, the families go to the lobby where each man confronts their father about the secrets, lies, and attitudes. After remembering some advice given to him by Kurt, Dylan walks toward the girl he has a crush on, to kiss her, but he doesn't kiss her and instead kisses Adrianna. Dusty tells Roger that loving Adrianna means loving her real father as well since he is also part of the family. Roger almost", "id": "13456324" }, { "contents": "Bob Dylan discography\n\n\nAmerican singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has released 38 studio albums, 91 singles, 26 notable extended plays, 40 music videos, 13 live albums, 14 volumes comprising \"The Bootleg Series\", 19 compilation albums, 13 box sets, 7 soundtracks as main contributor, 5 music home videos and 2 non-music home videos. Dylan has been the subject of 5 documentaries, starred in 3 theatrical films, appeared in an additional 8 films and 10 home videos, and is the subject of the biographical tribute film \"I", "id": "8322108" }, { "contents": "List of Home and Away characters (2002)\n\n\n, but, having said that, he is still growing up. I think Dylan is a really level headed guy who is quite compassionate.\" Maitland Hicks was 24 when he secured the role of Dylan. \"I think it is great playing a younger character, it just means that when I am 30 I can play a 25 year old, it is great for career longevity to be able to play younger roles\". A writer for \"Home and Away's\" website described Dylan as \"Tall and lithe,", "id": "15972702" }, { "contents": "Owen Vaccaro\n\n\nOwen Wilder Vaccaro is an American child actor. He has appeared in feature films since 2015, including \"Daddy's Home\" (2015) and \"Daddy's Home 2\" (2017), and in the lead role of \"The House with a Clock in Its Walls\" (2018). Vaccaro was born in . He has an older sister and a younger brother. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia. In first grade, he acted in a play and became interested in acting further. An agent helped him", "id": "9930571" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home (song)\n\n\n\"Daddy's Home\" is a famous song by American doo-wop group Shep and the Limelites. The song was written by the three members of the band, James \"Shep\" Sheppard (1935–1970), Clarence Bassett (1936–2005) and Charles Baskerville. The group recorded the original version of \"Daddy's Home\" on February 1, 1961, and it was released on Hull Records in March 1961 with the B-side being \"This I Know\". \"Daddy's Home\" reached no. 2 on", "id": "16725473" }, { "contents": "Mama, You Been on My Mind\n\n\nused \"Daddy\" in place of \"Mama\", including Joan Baez, who introduced the substitution jokingly in her guest appearance at Dylan's 1964 Philharmonic Hall concert. In 1965, Baez recorded \"Daddy, You Been on My Mind\" for the album \"Farewell, Angelina\", the song's first commercial release (Discogs and Second Hand Songs say the Johnny Cash version was released several months earlier, on his \"Orange Blossom Special\" LP), while that same year Judy Collins recorded \"Daddy, You've", "id": "5310584" }, { "contents": "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)\n\n\nsong showcases Usher's role as the ladies' man as he croons: \"You know your daddy's home (daddy's home) / And it's time to play (so it's time to play) / So you ain't got to give my loving away.\" James Reed of \"The Boston Globe\" said that the track was one of the album's songs to showcase \"Usher's signature loveman moves\" however called them \"hollow as a chocolate Easter bunny\", as he pointed out the whole", "id": "14622631" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home (film)\n\n\nBrad and Sara have a new baby boy named after Griff, and Megan and Dylan have finally accepted Brad as their stepfather. Dusty, who now has a job as a Panda DJ and becomes wealthy through his work, has moved in across the street after building a castle there, and he and Brad are now friends. Dusty eventually remarries, to a woman named Karen who has a daughter Adrianna, thus Dusty becomes a stepfather himself. Sara is immediately intimidated by Karen after meeting her; she feels that Karen's looks", "id": "4386118" }, { "contents": "Who's Your Daddy? (House)\n\n\nHouse successfully diagnoses the patient, he then admits running the paternity test, and tells the girl that Crandall is her father. As House leaves the patient room, he says to Dylan, \"We're even.\" In the next scene, however, House is shown holding the actual test, which reads \"NEGATIVE\", indicating that House lied about the test (presumably to spare Dylan's feelings and to assuage his own feeling of guilt for having stolen Dylan's girlfriend long ago). An empty syringe on the", "id": "4596070" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home (film)\n\n\nby his tough and muscular appearance and his charm with Megan and Dylan. Dusty repeatedly talks Brad into letting him stay, despite Sara warning about Dusty's true nature. Brad soon wises up when it becomes clear that Dusty intends to drive Brad out of his kids' lives and reconcile with Sara. After Dusty shows Brad up again and again - getting the kids a dog, finishing a treehouse that Brad wanted to build with Dylan, making Brad appear to be racist - Dusty tries to drive a wedge between Brad and Sara", "id": "4386112" }, { "contents": "Who's Your Daddy? (House)\n\n\nabout to inject himself with morphine, he receives a message from Cuddy, calling about the patient. House accepts the case and meets up with the father, Dylan Crandall (D. B. Sweeney), who is an old friend of House's. House is skeptical that Dylan is the father, and tells him that she might just be scamming him. The team and House ponder what sparked the hallucination, but Leona's heart is perfectly fine in the hospital. Foreman suggests arrhythmia and House decides to proceed in inducing arrhythmia by", "id": "4596059" }, { "contents": "The Other Guys\n\n\nOther Guys\" is the only one not to be co-written by Ferrell. It is also the first of three collaborations between Ferrell and Wahlberg, who later reunited in \"Daddy's Home\" (2015) and \"Daddy's Home 2\" (2017). The film was released on August 6, 2010. It has a 78% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes and grossed over $170 million. Allen Gamble and Terry \"Yankee Clipper\" Hoitz are both detectives of the New York City Police Department (NYPD", "id": "3815235" }, { "contents": "Daddy Day Care\n\n\nunsure but then finds himself falling for Kelli, the single mother of one of the kids in the daycare, Dylan, and agrees. Daddy Day Care becomes more popular and attracts more children and parents, much to Miss Harridan's dismay. Charlie, Phil, and Marvin each begin enjoying running Daddy Day Care and taking care of the kids while bonding with them and helping them overcome their issues. When Miss Harridan, starting to lose her patience with Daddy Day Care, notifies child services again, Mr. Kubitz tells Charlie and", "id": "10647537" }, { "contents": "Bruce Langhorne\n\n\nhe didn't play harmonica that well... I didn't really start to appreciate Bobby as something unique until he started writing.\" In 1963 he accompanied Dylan on \"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan\", and in 1965 was one of several guitarists on the album \"Bringing It All Back Home\". The title character of Bob Dylan's song \"Mr. Tambourine Man\" was inspired by Langhorne, who used to play a large Turkish frame drum in performances and recordings. The drum, which Langhorne purchased in a music store", "id": "2145577" }, { "contents": "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)\n\n\nsending a message to his female fans that the Usher they knew and loved is back in their lives and that they don't need to stray any more: \"You know your daddy's home, and it's time to play, so you ain't got to give my lovin' away.\" Nero calls 'Hey Daddy' \"one of more than half a dozen sex songs on the album.\" Sara D. Anderson of \"AOL Music\" said that the song has a \"catchy R&B tune\" and \"the", "id": "14622630" }, { "contents": "Shep and the Limelites\n\n\n\"Daddy's Home\" reached no. 2 on the \"Billboard\" popular music chart in May, and was covered by P J Proby (1970) Jermaine Jackson (1972), Toots and the Maytals (\"Funky Kingston\" 1973), Junior English, and Cliff Richard (1981). Later songs were not as successful as \"Daddy's Home\", but still sold well; among these were \"What Did Daddy Do\", \"Ready For Your Love\" and \"Our Anniversary\". Kahl Music", "id": "20408761" }, { "contents": "Bob Dylan\n\n\nand sold poorly. In 1991, Dylan received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award from American actor Jack Nicholson. The event coincided with the start of the Gulf War against Saddam Hussein, and Dylan performed \"Masters of War\". Dylan then made a short speech, saying \"My daddy once said to me, he said, 'Son, it is possible for you to become so defiled in this world that your own mother and father will abandon you. If that happens, God will believe in your ability to mend your", "id": "22167658" }, { "contents": "Bob Crewe\n\n\nBob Dylan recorded \"Silhouettes\" during his legendary \"Basement Tapes\" sessions of the late 1960s, although his version was not released until 2014. \"Daddy Cool\" was the B-side of the Rays' \"Silhouettes\" single. Written and produced by Crewe and Slay at the same 1957 session, it achieved considerable note. Both \"Daddy Cool\" and \"Silhouettes\" were covered the same year by the Canadian group the Diamonds, whose version of \"Daddy Cool\" reached #10 on the \"Billboard\"", "id": "18153898" }, { "contents": "2:22 (2017 film)\n\n\ndescribed them to her, and realises that she is the pregnant woman (with Dylan's baby) standing under the clock. Jonas first points his gun towards Dylan and then towards Sarah, intending to take her away from Dylan, saying \"she'll never be yours.\" Dylan shields Sarah just in time but gets shot at 2:21pm. The events from 30 years ago plays out with Dylan/Jake protecting Sarah/Evelyn from Jonas/Noah and at exactly 2:22pm Jonas gets shot by the police. Dylan falls in Sarah", "id": "10944706" }, { "contents": "Dylan and Cole Sprouse\n\n\n. As with many twins, the two have often played the same role, due to child labor laws in California restricting the amount of time children can be filmed in a day. Casting twins in a single role thus allows more time for the character to be filmed. Beginning at eight months old, the two played a single character, Patrick Kelly, on the ABC series \"Grace Under Fire\". In 1999, the boys appeared in their first major feature film, \"Big Daddy\", in which they shared", "id": "8882405" }, { "contents": "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof\n\n\nDaddy and Brick after Big Mama and Maggie (respectively) claim their love. The characters' statements of feeling are no longer clear-cut truths or lies; instead they become subject more to certainty or uncertainty. This phrase is the last line of the play as originally written by Williams and again in the 1974 version. The ways in which humans deal with death are also at the focus of this play, as are the futility and nihilism some encounter when confronted with imminent mortality. Similar ideas are found in Dylan Thomas", "id": "9108605" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home 2\n\n\n(a drop of 51.3%), finishing 4th behind \"Justice League\", \"Wonder\" and \"Thor: Ragnarok\". On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 20% based on 123 reviews, and an average rating of 3.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, \"A formulaic comedy that's unlikely to spread much yuletide merriment, \"Daddy's Home 2\" can only muster a few stray yuks from its talented cast.\" On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score", "id": "13456330" }, { "contents": "Sean Anders\n\n\nSean Anders is an American film director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and directed the 2005 film \"Never Been Thawed\", the 2008 film \"Sex Drive\", the 2014 film \"Horrible Bosses 2\", the 2015 film \"Daddy's Home\", and its 2017 sequel \"Daddy's Home 2\". He also directed the 2012 comedy \"That's My Boy\". Anders wrote or co-wrote 2010's \"Hot Tub Time Machine\" and \"She's Out of My League\", 2011", "id": "6239113" }, { "contents": "PlayStation Home\n\n\naccess to the \"Killzone 2 demo\". Other Amazon.com pre-orders bonuses were given for \"inFamous\" (\"Reaper\" costume), \"Darksiders\" (\"Ruin Head Mask\" and \"War Armor\"), \"MAG\" (\"S.V.E.R. Barracks\" personal space), and \"BioShock 2\" (\"Big Daddy\" costume). \"\" also received a pre-order bonus from Game Crazy. Users who pre-ordered the \"Space Package\" for the game received a PlayStation Home Avatar", "id": "6729225" }, { "contents": "Sydney Youngblood\n\n\nSydney Youngblood (born Sydney Ford, 2 December 1960) is an American-German singer, actor and composer, who had several successful dance hits during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Sydney Youngblood was born in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. As a boy of 3 he was playing with Daddy`s records. At a young age Sydney could already be seen performing on stage. What starded as a `good fun`became his passion and life mission. At 6 Sydney won a young musicians competition in his home town. At the", "id": "5542142" }, { "contents": "Con Calma\n\n\n\"Hielo\" (2018), among others. Filming took place in Los Angeles and Toronto. The official music video on YouTube was released on Daddy Yankee's channel on January 24, 2019. It features an Animoji version of a younger Daddy Yankee named Sikiri. The character dances alongside a dancing crew from Chapkis Dance Family wearing sweatshirts and long pants throughout the entire music video, while Daddy Yankee and Snow have brief appearances during their respective verses. The dancers were choreographed by Greg Chapkis and Dylan Michael. As of July", "id": "1471319" }, { "contents": "Daddy Day Care\n\n\nDaddy Day Care is a 2003 American family comedy film starring Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, and Anjelica Huston. Written by Geoff Rodkey and directed by Steve Carr, it marks Murphy and Carr's second collaboration after \"Dr. Dolittle 2\" (2001). The plot follows two fathers who start a child day care out of their home after they are laid off from their corporate jobs. The film was released in the United States on May 9, 2003, by Columbia Pictures. It received", "id": "10647532" }, { "contents": "List of Home and Away characters (2016)\n\n\nit is iconic Australian TV. It is great to finally be a part of the family. I play a great role, my character is very complex and very interesting so that is really what drew me to it.\" Dylan Carter is a detective, who works alongside Katarina Chapman (Pia Miller), following his arrival in Summer Bay. Lindsay Taylor said Dylan would be kept busy and added that he had a connection to the Bay. The actor reprised his role in 2017. Dylan returned in September, as part", "id": "8005283" }, { "contents": "Ninja Tune\n\n\nof \"Acid Ragga\" singles throughout 2014, leading up to his next full length later in the year, \"Angels & Devils\". Names that The Bug has worked with on the project (in addition to Inga Copeland and Daddy Freddy) include Death Grips, Gonjasufi, Grouper, JK Flesh (Godflesh/Jesu), The Spaceape, Flowdan, Warrior Queen and Earth's Dylan Carlson. On 2 November 2014, Young Fathers' \"Dead\" entered the official top 100 UK album chart for the first time,", "id": "1972044" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home (film)\n\n\nby taking them to a fertility doctor, hoping that Brad's inability to give Sara a baby will send her into Dusty's arms. Still, the two men appear to reach an understanding after working together to teach Dylan how to defend himself. Additionally, Brad and Sara are overjoyed to learn that Brad's sperm count has increased significantly (implied to be a result of Dusty \"invading his territory\"), giving them hope of having a child together. However, Brad is stunned when Dusty reveals that he still intends", "id": "4386113" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home (film)\n\n\nto drive Brad out of the family. Desperate, Brad spends tens of thousands of dollars on early Christmas gifts, including a pony and $18,000 basketball tickets. At the game, Dusty once again shows Brad up by revealing himself to be friends with the coach of Dylan's favorite team, and an enraged Brad begins drinking heavily. During half-time, Brad is chosen to try to shoot a basketball to win a prize. Drunk, Brad goes on a rant about Dusty before accidentally pelting a cheerleader and a disabled", "id": "4386114" }, { "contents": "Dylan Farrell\n\n\nDylan Farrell (born 15 May 1991) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a and er for the St. George Illawarra Dragons and South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL. Born in Nowra, New South Wales, Farrell is of Indigenous Australian descent. Farrell played his junior rugby league for the Culburra Dolphins and Woy Woy Roosters before going on to be signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Farrell has a tattoo of his home town of Culburra on his torso. Farrell played in the North Sydney Bears S.G Ball", "id": "8143846" }, { "contents": "Dylan Lempereur\n\n\nDylan Lempereur (born 24 October 1998) is a French footballer who plays as a left-back for French club FC Metz. Lempereur first begun his football training with his local club, UL Rombas, before moving to CSO Amnéville at the age of 15. After a couple of successful seasons there, he moved to Troyes AC and signed a three-year contract with them. He then moved to FC Metz, and made his professional debut with then in a 2–2 (3–2) Coupe de France overtime loss to SM", "id": "3034676" }, { "contents": "Linda Cardellini\n\n\nand \"\" (2019). She has also starred in the drama \"Return\" (2011), earning an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead nomination, the comedies \"Daddy's Home\" (2015) and \"Daddy's Home 2\" (2017), and the horror film \"The Curse of La Llorona\" (2019). Cardellini was born in Redwood City, California, the daughter of Lorraine (née Hernan), a homemaker, and Wayne David Cardellini, a businessman. She is the", "id": "9249048" }, { "contents": "Dylan Castanheira\n\n\nDylan Castanheira (born May 23, 1995) is an American soccer player, who plays as a goalkeeper for Atlanta United 2 in the USL Championship. Castanheira joined the academy team of Bristol City in 2012, before returning to the United States in 2014. Castanheira played four years of college soccer at Columbia University, where he made 47 appearances for the \"Lions\" and kept 25 shutouts. While at college, Castanheira also played with Premier Development League side Long Island Rough Riders. On January 11, 2019, Castanheira signed", "id": "8040919" }, { "contents": "Neil Young\n\n\nof Oasis, who covered \"Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)\" on the live album \"Familiar to Millions\" (2000). The Australian rock group Powderfinger named themselves after Young's song \"Powderfinger\" from \"Rust Never Sleeps\" (1979). The members of the Constantines have occasionally played Neil Young tribute shows under the name Horsey Craze. While in Winnipeg on November 2, 2008, during the Canadian leg of his tour, Bob Dylan visited Young's former home in River Heights,", "id": "5991343" }, { "contents": "Dylan Mackin\n\n\nDylan Mackin (born 15 January 1997) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Stirling Albion. He has previously played for Falkirk, Motherwell, Livingston, and on loan for Airdrieonians, Alloa Athletic and Brechin City. Mackin is a product of the Motherwell Academy. On 13 December 2015, he made his debut for Motherwell as a substitute in the closing stages of a 3–1 home win against Dundee. In January 2016, Mackin and fellow Well player David Ferguson moved on loan to Airdrieonians until the end of the", "id": "11445853" }, { "contents": "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream\n\n\n\"Bob Dylan's 115th Dream\" is a song by Bob Dylan, released on his fifth album, \"Bringing It All Back Home\". In 2005, \"Mojo\" magazine rated the song as the 68th greatest Bob Dylan song. The title is an allusion to a Dylan number from two years prior: \"Bob Dylan's Dream\". The track commences with an early take of Dylan beginning to play the song alone before producer, Tom Wilson, can be heard bursting into laughter and signalling for a start-", "id": "1179639" }, { "contents": "Robin Clark (pop singer)\n\n\nJanuary 14, 1961, Both songs were rated 3 stars in \"Billboard\" magazine on January 16, with \"Daddy, Daddy\" picked to be a hit on January 30, and being played extensively on radio stations in Nashville, where the flipside \"Love Has Come My Way\" debuted at #34 on WKDA. \"Daddy, Daddy\" was #1 on radio station WHYN in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 4, 1961, and also charted locally in Worcester (#2 on WORC); Syracuse (#", "id": "9631390" }, { "contents": "List of The X Factor Philippines (season 1) finalists\n\n\nBootcamp stage, he sang \"Breakeven\" by The Script. He performed \"Kahit Kailan\", another South Border song, during the Judges' home visit. On week 8, he landed on the bottom 2 for the first time with Daddy's Home. Charice and Valenciano decided to eliminate him over Daddy's Home, but Corrales and his mentor Nievera backed him. With the judges deadlocked, Medina was eliminated as the act with the fewest public vote. He was eliminated on September 23, 2012 and came in 5th", "id": "9115069" }, { "contents": "Music of the BioShock series\n\n\nalbum on April 15, 2010, entitled \"Bioshock 2: The Official Soundtrack - Music From And Inspired By The Game (Special Edition)\". It contains 18 tracks spanning 52 minutes Songs featured on Rapture Radio (online commercial broadcast) but removed from the final version: In addition to these, the song \"Dream\" by The Pied Pipers was played over the Teaser Trailer for \"BioShock 2\". The song \"Daddy, Won't You Please Come Home?\" by Annette Hanshaw is used in a trailer", "id": "10543288" }, { "contents": "Mark Wahlberg\n\n\nsports drama \"The Fighter\" (in which he in addition took the lead) Wahlberg achieved an Academy Award nomination as Producer for Best Picture, and a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama. In the 2010s, he landed successful comedy roles with \"The Other Guys\", \"Daddy's Home\", \"Daddy's Home 2\", \"Ted\" and its sequel, and became the protagonist in the \"Transformers\" live-action film franchise. Wahlberg also served as executive producer", "id": "8088830" }, { "contents": "Traveling Wilburys\n\n\nCharles Truscott Wilbury, Sr. During promotion for the album, Orbison played along with the mock history, saying: \"Some people say Daddy was a cad and a bounder, but I remember him as a Baptist minister.\" \"Vol. 1\" was a critical and commercial success, and revitalised the careers of Dylan, Orbison and Petty. As Harrison had intended, the album defied contemporary musical trends such as hip hop, acid house and synthesised pop; author Alan Clayson likens its release to \"a Viking longship", "id": "12671055" }, { "contents": "Mother Fuyer\n\n\n1994). Dirty Red's recording was played on episode two of Bob Dylan's \"Theme Time Radio Hour\", when the themed title was 'Mother'. The song was covered by Chick Willis on his 1972 album \"Stoop Down Baby... Let Your Daddy See\", and released as a B-side on a single on La Val Records. Willis claimed songwriting credits. The song was also covered by B.B. King in 1977 and appeared on his album, \"King Size\", with King this time claiming", "id": "21170130" }, { "contents": "Graham Burke\n\n\nGraham Dylan Burke (born 21 September 1993) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Preston North End. Burke has represented the Republic of Ireland at senior level. Burke was born in Dublin. He was first called up to a first-team matchday squad for Aston Villa's 2–0 home defeat against Bolton Wanderers in the third round of the League Cup on 20 September 2011, remaining an unused substitute. On 18 December he was included in the squad for the first time in the Premier League, again", "id": "20679991" }, { "contents": "Sugar Daddies (play)\n\n\nSugar Daddies is a 2003 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It is about a student who forms a friendship with a rich man over three times her age, who has a sinister past, and maybe a sinister present too. Ayckbourn wrote \"Sugar Daddies\" in early 2003, shortly after concluding his family play \"The Jollies\" and shortly before starting rehearsals for Tim Firth's \"The Safari Party\". In some respects, it can be considered a follow-on from the \"Damsels in Distress\" trilogy.", "id": "16403850" }, { "contents": "Sinister 2\n\n\nas he burns to death. Just as Zach is about to light Dylan on fire, the Deputy hits Zach with his car. He frees Courtney and Dylan and they flee into the cornfield. However, Zach survived being hit and pursues them, cutting half of the Deputy's left-hand fingers off with a sickle. Inside the home, the ghost kids try to help Zach find them. Just as Zach is about to kill Courtney and Dylan, the Deputy manages to break the camera, thwarting Zach's home movie", "id": "17306222" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home (Big Daddy Kane album)\n\n\n\"In the PJ's\" and the DJ Premier-produced posse cut \"Show & Prove\", featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard, Shyheim, Sauce Money and a then-unknown Jay Z (credited as \"J.Z.\"), who, at the time, was Kane's protégé. Kane's longtime producer Easy Mo Bee produced three songs on \"Daddy's Home\" and was set to bring in a fourth song for the album. However, Kane rejected it. Easy Mo Bee later gave the track to the Notorious", "id": "19335177" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home 2\n\n\nto play Joseph, which Dusty is currently playing. When Megan begins to swear, and Adrianna falls from being drunk, the crowd breaks up. Instead of Dusty fighting Brad, he almost comes to blows with Roger, and Don is repeatedly hit with ice-balls. On Christmas Day, the families all pack up to leave. On their way out of town, the families are forced back to town on account of a blizzard and are forced to take shelter at a movie theater, seeing \"Missile Tow\",", "id": "13456323" }, { "contents": "List of Baby Daddy episodes\n\n\n's 1990s sitcom \"Sister, Sister\". In the episode \"Home Is Where the Wheeler Is\", Alex Kapp Horner is now playing the role of Jennifer, Riley's mom, which was originally played by Caroline Rhea in season 2 episode \"On The Lamb-y\". Reba McEntire guest starred in the season finale \"It's a Nice Day for a Wheeler Wedding\", reuniting with her former \"Reba\" co-star Melissa Peterman. Episode 20, \"Till Dress Do Us Part\", is", "id": "13915041" }, { "contents": "List of The X Factor Philippines (season 1) finalists\n\n\nHe sang \"Superhero\" by Rocksteddy during the Judges' home visit. His appearance on the live shows have generated interest and criticism from many people on several social network sites such as Twitter and Facebook regarding his singing abilities. On week 7, he landed on the bottom 2 for the first time along with Daddy's Home by the public vote. Colim was eliminated after Valenciano, Corrales and his own mentor, Nievera, decided to eliminate him over Daddy's Home. He was eliminated from the competition on September 16,", "id": "9115065" }, { "contents": "Theme Time Radio Hour (season 2)\n\n\non \"Line 3\" and \"Line 6\"). This was a comedy segment featuring a listener call, supposedly as Dylan broadcast the show live from \"Studio B.\" In this first call, a \"Rob Harrison\" requested that Dylan play The Doors' \"Hello, I Love You.\" Dylan politely demurred. In early October 2007, ISIS magazine announced its release of \"The Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour\", an unauthorized 2-CD compilation featuring selections - out of copyright in the United", "id": "6401616" }, { "contents": "The Bojax\n\n\nMann, and the Rolling Stones, as well as blues. Holliday also has mentioned Bob Dylan as an influence on the group. Eventually the group changed their name, partially in response to the abundance of other bands employing the moniker, \"Knights,' opting instead for something less ubiquitous: the Bojax. The new name was inspired by the picture on the box of a Big Daddy Roth model car kit. According to Holliday: Mack had a model car set by \"Big Daddy\". The photo on the box", "id": "21525645" }, { "contents": "Big Daddy (BioShock)\n\n\nSubject Sigma. In the Minerva's Den DLC for \"BioShock 2\", a new Big Daddy called the \"Lancer\" is introduced. It is the only Big Daddy type featured in Minerva's Den. It is equipped with a new weapon, the Ion Laser, and can also send out a flash that blinds the player. Big Daddies are mentally conditioned armed escorts to the Little Sisters, little girls who gather ADAM from corpses. The girls in turn interact with the Big Daddy, referring to it as \"Mr.", "id": "8738930" }, { "contents": "Dylan Mottley-Henry\n\n\nDylan Mottley-Henry (born 2 August 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays for Barnsley, as a winger. Mottley-Henry played youth football for Bradford City, joining the first-team in November 2014. He made his senior debut for the club on 6 April 2015, appearing as a substitute in a league match. In May 2015 he was one of four youth players offered professional contracts with the club. He moved on loan to Altrincham in January 2016, making six appearances. He joined Bradford Park", "id": "13996561" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home (Big Daddy Kane album)\n\n\nDaddy's Home is the sixth album by emcee, Big Daddy Kane. It is Big Daddy Kane's only album on MCA Records, released in September 13, 1994. Like his previous album \"Looks Like a Job For…\", \"Daddy's Home\" was generally well-received, but lacked in sales. Despite the positive reviews, the album saw a large drop in Kane's commercial popularity, and produced no crossover hit singles, like his 1993's \"Very Special\". The album features the singles", "id": "19335176" }, { "contents": "Dylan Williams\n\n\nDylan Williams is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lowestoft Town. Williams was a Cambridge United youth graduate, and made his first team debut on 19 April 2016, coming on as a substitute in a 7–0 League Two win against Morecambe. He had previously been on loan at Soham Town Rangers from February to April 2016. On 2 August 2016 Williams signed on loan to National League South side Wealdstone until 2 January 2017. After being released by Cambridge United at the end of the 2016-17 season, Williams", "id": "13158531" }, { "contents": "Dick & Dom in da Bungalow\n\n\n(the \"Daddies\" were played by Dave Chapman, Ian Kirkby and Melvin Odoom). The pair of contestants would each have to grab hold of the ankles of their \"Daddy\" and stop them from moving, whilst the \"Daddies\" attempted to get through the curtain on the other side of the Bungalow. The winning pair was the contestants who successfully impeded their \"Daddy\" from reaching the curtain for the longest. In later series, variants of this game were played, including \"Don't Go Mummy\"", "id": "11212832" }, { "contents": "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue\n\n\ntrack, \"Mama, You Been on My Mind\" (recorded as \"Daddy, You Been on My Mind\"), and \"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall\". Baez sings \"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue\" in a falsetto voice, but retains the power of Dylan's version. Baez has continued to perform the song at live concerts well into the modern era. Others who have covered the song include Columbia Records contemporary Dion DiMucci (who recorded the song one half year prior", "id": "14053223" }, { "contents": "List of The X Factor Philippines (season 1) finalists\n\n\na group for the first time, singing \"Seasons of Love\" from the musical Rent. During the first live performance night, the group was renamed as \"A.K.A. Jam\", which is based around the member's first initials in their names. On week 3, they landed on the bottom 2 with fellow group Daddy's Home. This is the first time in the series wherein the bottom two acts came from the same category. Corrales and Valenciano decided to eliminate them over Daddy's Home, but Nievera and Charice", "id": "9115084" }, { "contents": "Dylan Saint-Louis\n\n\nDylan Saint-Louis (born 26 April 1995) is a footballer who plays as a forward or winger for K Beerschot VA and the Congo national football team. Saint-Louis is a youth exponent from Saint-Étienne. He made his Coupe de la Ligue debut on 16 December 2015 against Paris Saint-Germain playing the full game. On 31 August 2016, Saint-Louis joined Ligue 2 side Laval on a season-long loan deal. On 23 June 2019, Saint-Louis departed Paris FC for Belgian team", "id": "17818758" }, { "contents": "Bringing It All Back Home\n\n\nJoan Baez, who released it in 1965 as the title track of her album, \"Farewell, Angelina\". The Greek singer Nana Mouskouri recorded her own versions of this song in French (\"Adieu Angelina\") in 1967 and German (\"Schlaf-ein Angelina\") in 1975. \"You Don't Have to Do That\" is one of the great \"what if\" songs of Dylan's mid-1960s output. A very brief recording, under a minute long, it has Dylan playing a snippet of the", "id": "20514243" }, { "contents": "Peter Cetera\n\n\nstage plays. Cetera’s composition from the 1976 album \"Chicago X\", ”If You Leave Me Now,” has appeared in the movies, \"Three Kings\" (1999), \"Shaun of the Dead\" (2004), \"A Lot Like Love\" (2005), \"Happy Feet\" (2006), and \"Daddy's Home 2\" (2017); the television series \"Sex and the City\" and \"South Park\";  and a television commercial that aired during the 2000", "id": "20870755" }, { "contents": "2:22 (2017 film)\n\n\nGallery who applauds. He’s impressed by Jonas’ idea to re-enact the homicide at Grand Central Station and he has an exhibit related to it at his gallery. Sarah apologizes to Jonas for Dylan's attack. Outside the gallery, Dylan texts Sarah to tell her he feels terrible about what happened. In the meantime, he finds a stack of envelopes hidden in his home. He finds out that a woman named Evelyn, a singer, had written the letters to a man named Jake Redman (Duncan Ragg)", "id": "10944699" }, { "contents": "2006 Miami Dolphins season\n\n\nyear. The Dolphins' pulled out starting QB Daunte Culpepper after throwing only two passes. (1–2, 2 yds) All of the opposing Jaguars' touchdowns came on plays longer than 25 yards. On August 14, the Dolphins signed free agent defensive tackle Dan \"Big Daddy\" Wilkinson, a former 1st overall draft pick of the Cincinnati Bengals (1994), and who had last played for the Detroit Lions. On August 14, perennial All-Pro linebacker Junior Seau (who had been with the Dolphins for three", "id": "6147593" }, { "contents": "John Prine\n\n\nDylan told \"The Huffington Post\" that Prine was one of his favorite writers, stating \"Prine's stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mindtrips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs. I remember when Kris Kristofferson first brought him on the scene. 'Sam Stone' featuring the wonderfully evocative line: 'There’s a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes, and Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose.' All that stuff about \"Sam Stone,\" the soldier junkie daddy,", "id": "5431094" }, { "contents": "Daddy Cool (band)\n\n\nin September, Jeremy Kellock (aka Jeremy/Jerry Noone) (saxophone, keyboards (ex-Sons of the Vegetal Mother, Company Caine) joined the touring lineup of the band (he had played sax on \"Daddy Who? Daddy Cool\"). The album produced by Porter, who also provided piano and steel guitar, was released in the US. The band toured there in August 1971 but had little chart or radio success, although their performances were well received. In November, \"Daddy Cool\" aka", "id": "8316524" }, { "contents": "Dylan and Cole Sprouse\n\n\nDylan Thomas Sprouse and Cole Mitchell Sprouse (born August 4, 1992) are American actors. They are twins and are referred to as the Sprouse brothers or Sprouse Bros. Their first major theatrical film role was in the 1999 comedy \"Big Daddy\", in which they co-starred with Adam Sandler. They later appeared in several television sitcoms and starred in the straight-to-DVD films \"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus\" and \"Just for Kicks\". From 2005 until 2008, they starred in the Disney", "id": "8882399" }, { "contents": "Bringing It All Back Home\n\n\nof Bob Dylan\"; a rough performance with several mistakes, the recording was rejected, but a polished version has often been attributed to Dylan's early use of LSD, although eyewitness accounts of both the song's composition and of Dylan's first use of LSD suggest that \"Mr. Tambourine Man\" was actually written weeks before. Instead, Dylan said the song was inspired by a large tambourine owned by Bruce Langhorne. \"On one session, Tom Wilson had asked [Bruce] to play tambourine,\" Dylan recalled in", "id": "20514221" }, { "contents": "Daddy at Home\n\n\nDaddy at Home (企鹅爸爸) is a Singaporean television series which debuted on the local Chinese language channel Channel 8 on 2 November 2009. It stars Chen Hanwei, Li Nanxing , Dawn Yeoh , Ann Kok , Cynthia Koh & Adam Chen as the casts of the series. It was screened every night at 9pm from Monday to Friday. The series' Chinese title literally means \"penguin father\". As the series is about house husbands, the title was derived from the fact that Emperor penguins are the only penguin species", "id": "15886735" }, { "contents": "Who's Your Daddy? (Toby Keith song)\n\n\nnever could get the melody the way he wanted. In 2001, he was at home and he discovered the perfect melody for it. Keith explained that the song is about a young woman and a sugar daddy who can’t get their love life in order. Keith also says that \"It's everything that I ever wanted to put into a song, it's got the groove, it's got the attitude, it's humorous, it's about a sugar daddy. And it's got a real funny little Elvis", "id": "16156627" }, { "contents": "James Morgan (actor)\n\n\nSouth Wales. In 2010 he returned to Swansea, playing the role of Ethan in the musical adaptation of \"The Full Monty\". With positive reviews after a full house run at the Dylan Thomas Theatre the show was transferred to the Grand Theatre, Swansea for a one-off final performance. 2019 saw Morgan back at the Dylan Thomas Theatre, this time playing Dylan Thomas in the play \"3 Knights and 2 Welshmen\", about the friendship between the Welsh poet and actor Richard Burton. Inspired by actual events,", "id": "2871722" }, { "contents": "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof\n\n\nCat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams. One of Williams's more famous works and his personal favorite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. Set in the \"plantation home in the Mississippi Delta\" of Big Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, the play examines the relationships among members of Big Daddy's family, primarily between his son Brick and Maggie the \"Cat\", Brick's wife. \"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof\" features motifs such as social mores", "id": "9108595" }, { "contents": "Electric Dylan controversy\n\n\nthe Newport Folk Festival honoring the 50th anniversary of Dylan plugging in at Newport. The tribute set included Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings, Willie Watson, the New Orleans Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Jason Isbell, and several others. Isbell played Dylan's guitar during the tribute set and Newport Folk Festival producer Jay Sweet was quoted as saying \"Dylan's guitar is home.\" In 2018 he guitar was on display from through Fall 2019 at the American Writers Museum in Chicago as part of Bob Dylan: Electric - an interactive exhibit", "id": "3917833" }, { "contents": "2:22 (2017 film)\n\n\nDylan but helps to clean his wounds from the car accident. Dylan goes home and starts writing all the events of his day starting from 9:10am (a drop of water, a bug dying, a plane flying overhead, etc.) and realises that everything is repeating itself. Dylan goes to the art gallery looking for Sarah, and noticed the art gallery is having a showing with Jonas' art piece as the main exhibition. Jonas has created a holographic piece about Grand Central Station, and Dylan sees that it's exactly", "id": "10944697" }, { "contents": "De Kuip\n\n\nwhich Feyenoord, coincidentally playing a home match, defeated Borussia Dortmund 3–2. In 2000, the Feijenoord stadium hosted the final of Euro 2000, played in the Netherlands and Belgium, where France defeated Italy 2–1 in extra time. The stadium has hosted concerts since 1978. Among the first performers at De Kuip were Andy Ha, Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton. David Bowie held his dress rehearsals and subsequently opened his 1987 Glass Spider Tour at the stadium. Prince in 1988. Michael Jackson performed at the stadium five times, three", "id": "16720039" }, { "contents": "If You Leave Me Now\n\n\nabout to perform \"If You Leave Me Now\" because he was not present in the studio when the band recorded the song, and since he wasn't on the recording \"he would never, ever play it live.\" The song has been featured in the movies \"Three Kings\" (1999), \"Shaun of the Dead\" (2004), \"A Lot Like Love\" (2005), \"Happy Feet\" (2006), and \"Daddy's Home 2\" (2017); the", "id": "7847126" }, { "contents": "List of Home and Away characters (2016)\n\n\nwho is appalled. McCarthy brings in David Joyce (Don Halbert) who tells Dylan is suspended until further notice. When Kat is alone at the Farmhouse, Dylan approaches her and tells her how they belong together. Kat tells him to go, and when he grabs her arm, she pushes him to the ground. She tells him that he is pathetic and that she is not going to let him intimidate her anymore, and Dylan leaves. Dylan has a run-in with Billie at the gym. Dylan later attacks", "id": "8005289" }, { "contents": "Daddy Long Legs (musical)\n\n\nDaddy Long Legs is a stage musical with a book by John Caird, and music and lyrics by Paul Gordon. It is based on the 1912 novel of the same name by Jean Webster. Set in turn-of-the-century New England, the musical tells the story of orphan Jerusha Abbott of the John Grier Home and her mysterious benefactor who agrees to send her to college, who she dubs \"Daddy Long Legs\" after seeing his elongated shadow. Under the conditions of her benefactor, Jerusha sends him a", "id": "12833439" }, { "contents": "Big Daddy (BioShock)\n\n\npresence, red indicates rage towards the player, and green indicates that the Big Daddy is hypnotized and friendly towards the player. In \"BioShock 2\", the player takes on the role of Subject Delta, previously known as \"Johnny Topside\", who is an early Big Daddy prototype known as the Alpha Series that had his mind and free will restored by Tenenbaum. He is the first Big Daddy to be successfully \"pair-bonded\" with a single Little Sister. The Alpha Series are a streamlined and agile type", "id": "8738936" }, { "contents": "Daddy's Home (comic strip)\n\n\na features designer with the \"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\". \"Daddy's Home\" deals with a family where the father, Pete, is a copywriter who works out of his home office and is a stay-at-home dad to his son Elliot, while his wife Peggy is out in the working world. Events occurring in the comic strip are usually humorous and involve Pete and Peggy trying to make sense out of their living arrangements and finding time for each other, Elliot's own adventures with his best friend,", "id": "10718149" }, { "contents": "Woody Allen sexual assault allegation\n\n\nof the fall of 1992, the police interviewed Dylan with anatomical dolls. The last of the interviews took place on December 30, 1992, and in the course of the same Dylan inserted the penis of the male doll in the vagina of the female doll. When the police asked her why she knew that the dolls fit like that, she narrated that during the summer her brother Satchel and she had witnessed how Woody Allen introduced his penis into Soon Yi's vagina. \"Daddies do not do this,\" she told", "id": "18755145" }, { "contents": "Barbara Allen (song)\n\n\nrecorded and released a version on their 1958 folk album, \"Songs Our Daddy Taught Us.\"Jean Ritchie and Joan Baez both released versions of it in 1961. Bob Dylan said that folk songs were highly influential on him, writing in a poem that \"[w]ithout \"Barbara Allen there'd be no 'Girl From the North Country'; Dylan performed a live eight-minute rendition in 1962 which was subsequently released on \"Live at The Gaslight 1962\". Charles Seeger edited a collection released by The Library of Congress", "id": "4032320" }, { "contents": "Mr. Jingles\n\n\nhe had saved her from an actual child predator. After the three men leave, two of Dylan's delinquent friends are slain by Jingles while trying to steal his tombstone for a prank that they, Guinness's daughter Melanie, and a reluctant Dylan intend to play on Angie at a birthday party Heidi is setting up for her. In his home, the stranger tells Guinness that he believes that it is not a copycat and that Jingles has actually come back from the dead. The stranger (who reveals he was once employed", "id": "15449787" }, { "contents": "Bringing It All Back Home\n\n\n, who would go on to become the Band). Dylan was very aware of the resulting album, \"So Many Roads\"; according to his friend, Danny Kalb, \"Bob was really excited about what John Hammond was doing with electric blues. I talked to him in the Figaro in 1964 and he was telling me about John and his going to Chicago and playing with a band and so on …\" However, when Dylan and Wilson began work on the next album, they temporarily refrained from their own electric", "id": "20514206" }, { "contents": "Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part I)\n\n\nmay be the same one who bribed the cop in the prior verse, and that Young is implying that the boy's broken home is responsible for his actions. In the 5th verse, Young sings that \"I keep getting younger/My life's been funny that way,\" which Williamson sees as a play on the lyrics from Bob Dylan's \"My Back Pages,\" in which Dylan sings \"I was so much older then/I'm younger than that now.\" Rogan notes that despite that, the line", "id": "232473" }, { "contents": "Mr. Tambourine Man\n\n\nsong at his home, but folk singer Judy Collins, who later recorded the song, has stated that Dylan completed the song at her home. Dylan premiered the song the following month at a May 17 concert at London's Royal Festival Hall. During the sessions for \"Another Side of Bob Dylan\", in June 1964, with Tom Wilson producing, Dylan recorded \"Mr. Tambourine Man\" with Ramblin' Jack Elliott singing harmony. As Elliott was slightly off key, that recording wasn't used. Later that month he", "id": "15421579" }, { "contents": "Home Before Dark\n\n\nnumber one record. This mark was previously held by Bob Dylan in 2006 with his \"Modern Times\" album, released when he was 65. However, Bob Dylan's 2009 album, \"Together Through Life\", earned Dylan that position again since Dylan released his most recent work at 67 years and 11 months unlike Diamond releasing \"Home Before Dark\" at 67 years and 3 months. The album is Diamond's second to be produced by Rick Rubin, a producer of hip-hop and heavy metal music, who", "id": "8496560" } ]

[ { "contents": "Tablets of Stone\n\n\ncommandments on the two tablets is interpreted in different ways. Rabbi Hanina ben Gamaliel said that each tablet contained five commandments, \"but the Sages say ten on one tablet and ten on the other\". Because the commandments establish a covenant, it is likely that they were duplicated on both tablets. This can be compared to diplomatic treaties of Ancient Egypt, in which a copy was made for each party. But the tablets may have contained not only the Ten Commandments but also additional precepts and words as can be inferred from", "id": "6449872" }, { "contents": "Ten Commandments\n\n\n. The arrangement of the commandments on the two tablets is interpreted in different ways in the classical Jewish tradition. Rabbi Hanina ben Gamaliel says that each tablet contained five commandments, \"but the Sages say ten on one tablet and ten on the other\", that is, that the tablets were duplicates. This can be compared to diplomatic treaties of the ancient Near East, in which a copy was made for each party. According to the Talmud, the compendium of traditional Rabbinic Jewish law, tradition, and interpretation, one", "id": "2777600" }, { "contents": "Ten Commandments\n\n\nMonson taught \"The Ten Commandments are just that—commandments. They are not suggestions.\" The receiving of the Ten Commandments by Prophet Musa (Moses) is dealt with in much detail in Islamic tradition with the meeting of Moses with God on Mount Sinai described in Surah A'raf (7:142-145). The Revealing of the Tablets on which were the Commandments of God is described in the following verse: The Tablets are further alluded to in verses 7:150, when Moses threw the Tablets down in anger at seeing the Israelites", "id": "2777615" }, { "contents": "Ten Commandments\n\n\nRJE), adds in an explanation that these are a replacement for the earlier tablets which were shattered. \"In the combined JE text, it would be awkward to picture God just commanding Moses to make some tablets, as if there were no history to this matter, so RJE adds the explanation that these are a replacement for the earlier tablets that were shattered.\" He writes that Exodus 34:14–26 is the J text of the Ten Commandments: \"The first two commandments and the sabbath commandment have parallels in the other versions", "id": "2777639" }, { "contents": "Ten Commandments in Catholic theology\n\n\n. Later, theologians Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure offered notable commentaries on the Commandments. Aquinas, a Doctor of the Church, considered them to be the \"primary precepts of justice and all law, and natural reason gives immediate assent to them as being plainly evident principles.\". Aquinas also underlined the disposition into two synoptic tables, where: \"Three of these Commandments that were written on the first tablet referred to the love of God; and the seven Commandments written on the other tablet related to the love of our neighbor", "id": "11109132" }, { "contents": "Ten Commandments\n\n\n, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.\" After the events in chapters 32 and 33, the told Moses, \"Hew thee two tablets of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tablets the words that were in the first tablets, which thou brakest.\" \"And he wrote on the tablets, according to the first writing, the ten commandments,", "id": "2777590" }, { "contents": "Religious symbolism in the United States military\n\n\nJewish Chaplain insignia made up of two tablets of the Ten Commandments, with ten Roman numerals symbolizing the commandments, and with the six-pointed Star of David above the tablets, was adopted for Jewish army chaplains in 1917, and for Jewish naval chaplains in 1941. The original Army description did not specifically reference a star \"per se\", but instead read \"a double Tablet bearing numerals from I to X, surmounted by two equilateral Triangles interlaced.\" Before the tablets-and-star design was approved for United", "id": "11056050" }, { "contents": "Ten Commandments\n\n\ninterpretation of the biblical verse \"the tablets were written on both their sides\", is that the carving went through the full thickness of the tablets, yet was miraculously legible from both sides. The Mishna records that during the period of the Second Temple, the Ten Commandments were recited daily, before the reading of the Shema Yisrael (as preserved, for example, in the Nash Papyrus, a Hebrew manuscript fragment from 150–100 BCE found in Egypt, containing a version of the ten commandments and the beginning of the Shema)", "id": "2777601" }, { "contents": "Knesset Menorah\n\n\nsuccess in] war or break [success in] war? Rather, [this comes to] tell you, [that] whenever Israel would look upward and subjugate their hearts to their Father in heaven, they would prevail; and if not, they would fall.\" The Ten Commandments appear on the Menorah in their traditional form of two rectangular tablets with rounded tops. Written on the tablets are the Ten Commandments as given at Mount Sinai encapsulating the basic tenets of Jewish faith and values. Each commandment is represented on", "id": "20753676" }, { "contents": "Joshua\n\n\nTen Commandments. Joshua was with Moses when he descended from the mountain, heard the Israelites' celebrations around the Golden Calf, and broke the tablets bearing the words of the commandments. Similarly, in the narrative which refers to Moses being able to speak with God in his tent of meeting outside the camp, Joshua is seen as custodian of the tent ('tabernacle of meeting') when Moses returned to the Israelite encampment. However, when Moses returned to the mountain to re-create the tablets recording the Ten Commandments", "id": "16242311" }, { "contents": "The Ten Commandments (miniseries)\n\n\ngives a proper burial. Moses climbs the mountain to receive God's commandments in the form of two stone tablets. However, when he descends, he finds that many of the Hebrews have built a golden calf and created an orgy. Moses destroys the tablets and the idol in a fit of rage and orders the deaths of the wicked revelers. After a brutal fight that leaves many dead, The survivors plead to receive God's commandments and Moses climbs up the mountain again. After Moses reads the commandments, the tablets are", "id": "367029" }, { "contents": "Sabbath in Christianity\n\n\ntradition, Sabbath commandments are dissociated from this practice. Non-Sabbatarian Christians also cite , in which believers are compared to \"a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written ... not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts\"; this interpretation states that Christians accordingly no longer follow the Ten Commandments with dead orthodoxy (\"tablets of stone\"), but follow a new law written upon \"tablets of human hearts\". adds that \"if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved", "id": "6917100" }, { "contents": "Tablets of Stone\n\n\nAccording to the Hebrew Bible, the Tables of the Law as they are widely known in English, or Tablets of Stone, Stone Tablets, or Tablets of Testimony (in Hebrew: לוחות הברית \"Luchot HaBrit\" - \"the tablets [of] the covenant\") in the Exodus 34:1, were the two pieces of stone inscribed with the Ten Commandments when Moses ascended Mount Sinai as written in the Book of Exodus. Exodus 31:18 refers to the tablets as the \"Tablets of (the) Testimony\". According to", "id": "6449865" }, { "contents": "Book of Exodus\n\n\n. God commands Moses to make two new tablets on which He will personally write the words that were on the first tablets. Moses ascends the mountain, God dictates the Ten Commandments (the Ritual Decalogue), and Moses writes them on the tablets. Moses descends from the mountain with a transformed face; from that time onwards he has to hide his face with a veil. Moses assembles the Hebrews and repeats to them the commandments he has received from God, which are to keep the Sabbath and to construct the Tabernacle.", "id": "9632182" }, { "contents": "Insignia of Chaplain Schools in the US Military\n\n\nthe Chaplain School at Fort Slocum (New York) on April 17, 1952, and the same design (cross against backdrop of scroll) was approved for the \"distinctive insignia\" of the school. On December 6, 1961, the design was changed to show the two separate chaplain insignias for Christian chaplains (cross) and Jewish chaplains (two tablets of the ten commandments, topped by the six-pointed Star of David), with the commandments on the tablets represented by the first ten Roman numerals. On December", "id": "21868899" }, { "contents": "Thou shalt not covet\n\n\n\"Thou shalt not covet\" is the most common translation of one (or two, depending on the numbering tradition) of the Ten Commandments or Decalogue, which are widely understood as moral imperatives by legal scholars, Jewish scholars, Catholic scholars, and Protestant scholars. The Book of Exodus and the Book of Deuteronomy both describe the Ten Commandments as having been spoken by God, inscribed on two stone tablets by the finger of God, and, after Moses broke the original tablets, rewritten by God on replacements. In traditions", "id": "761274" }, { "contents": "The Ten Commandments (1956 film)\n\n\n. He sees the Ten Commandments created by God in two stone tablets. Meanwhile, an impatient Dathan urges a reluctant Aaron to construct a golden calf idol as a gift for Rameses. A wild and decadent orgy is held by most of the Hebrews. After God informs Moses of the orgy, the latter descends from the mountain and reunites with Joshua. Enraged at the sight of decadence, he throws the tablets at the golden calf, which explodes, killing the wicked revelers, and causing the others to wander in the wilderness", "id": "798595" }, { "contents": "Ten Commandments\n\n\nof the Ten Commandments. (Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5). … The other seven commandments here are completely different.\" He suggests that differences in the J and E versions of the Ten Commandments story are a result of power struggles in the priesthood. The writer has Moses smash the tablets \"because this raised doubts about the Judah's central religious shrine\". According to Kaufmann, the Decalogue and the book of the covenant represent two ways of manifesting God's presence in Israel: the Ten Commandments taking the archaic and", "id": "2777640" }, { "contents": "Ten Commandments\n\n\nused \"tenne commandements\", which was followed by the Bishops' Bible and the Authorized Version (the \"King James\" version) as \"ten commandments\". Most major English versions use \"commandments.\" The English name \"Decalogue\" is derived from Greek , \"dekalogos\", the latter meaning and referring to the Greek translation (in accusative) , , \"ten words\", found in the Septuagint (or LXX) at Exodus 34:28 and Deuteronomy 10:4. The stone tablets, as opposed to the commandments", "id": "2777584" }, { "contents": "Ten Commandments\n\n\n1989 Polish film series directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, and \"The Ten\", a 2007 American film, use the ten commandments as a structure for 10 smaller stories. The receipt of the Ten Commandments by Moses was satirized in Mel Brooks's movie \"History of the World Part I\" (1981), which shows Moses (played by Brooks, in a similar costume to Charlton Heston's Moses in the 1956 film), receiving three tablets containing fifteen commandments, but before he can present them to his people, he", "id": "2777652" }, { "contents": "Tablet (religious)\n\n\nA tablet, in a religious context, is a term used for certain religious texts. Judaism and Christianity maintain that Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai in the form of two tablets of stone. According to the Book of Exodus, God delivered the tablets twice, the first set having been smashed by Moses in his anger at the idol-worship of the Israelites. The Preserved Tablet (\"al-Lawhu 'l-Mahfuz\"), the heavenly preserved record of all that has happened and will happen", "id": "20252318" }, { "contents": "Faith and Action\n\n\nagenda includes a short speech describing religion as the foundational basis of morality and law, a reading of the Commandments in their entirety, and prayers. The official is then given an inscribed wooden plaque on which is mounted two stone polymer tablets containing a summary of the Ten Commandments. Recipients are urged to “display and obey” the Ten Commandments. Schenck chose to promote the Ten Commandments because he believes that they have a universal and enduring nature and that they are fundamental to morality. Faith and Action is a member of the", "id": "12706115" }, { "contents": "The Ten Commandments (1923 film)\n\n\nlaughed at Judeo-Christian morality until it witnessed the horrors of the World War; it then beseeches the viewer to turn back to the Ten Commandments, stating: \"the fundamental principles without which mankind cannot live together. They are not laws—they are the LAW.\" From there, the Book of Exodus is recounted. At the point of the Ten Commandments, Moses is seen on Mount Sinai, having witnessed the commandments given as writing in the sky, which he then manually carves into stone tablets. When", "id": "6403181" }, { "contents": "Rob Schenck\n\n\nthe foundational basis of morality and law, a reading of the Commandments in their entirety, and prayers. The official is then given an inscribed wooden plaque on which is mounted two stone polymer tablets containing a summary of the Ten Commandments. Recipients are urged to \"display and obey\" the Ten Commandments. Schenck chose to promote the Ten Commandments because he believes that they have a universal and enduring nature and that they are fundamental to morality. At the present time, however, he has publicly stated that he has considered requesting", "id": "13065225" }, { "contents": "Euthyphro dilemma\n\n\nthere are no moral standards other than God's will: without God's commands, nothing would be right or wrong. This view was partially defended by Duns Scotus, who argued that not all Ten Commandments belong to the Natural Law in the strictest sense. Scotus held that while our duties to God (the first three commandments, traditionally thought of as the First Tablet) are self-evident, true by definition, and unchangeable even by God, our duties to others (found on the second tablet) were arbitrarily willed", "id": "2996139" }, { "contents": "Biblical Sabbath\n\n\nSabbatarian Jews similarly affirm their freedom not to observe \"Shabbat\" as Orthodox Jews do. Non-Sabbatarian Christians also cite , in which believers are compared to \"a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written ... not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts\"; this interpretation states that Christians accordingly no longer follow the Ten Commandments with dead orthodoxy (\"tablets of stone\"), but follow a new law written upon \"tablets of human hearts\". adds that \"if the ministry", "id": "475381" }, { "contents": "Ten Commandments\n\n\nwhich the spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the gave them unto me.\" According to Jewish tradition, constitutes God's first recitation and inscription of the ten commandments on the two tablets, which Moses broke in anger with his rebellious nation, and were later rewritten on replacement stones and placed in the ark of the covenant; and consists of God's re-telling of the Ten Commandments to the younger generation who were to enter the Promised Land", "id": "2777591" }, { "contents": "Ten Commandments\n\n\n' worshipping of the golden calf, and in 7:154 when he picked up the Tablets having recovered from his anger: Three verses of Surah An'am (6:151-153) are widely taken to be a reinstatement (or revised version) of the Ten Commandments either as revealed to Moses originally or as they are to be taken by Muslims now: Evidence for these verses having some relation to Moses and the Ten Commandments is from the verse which immediately follows them: According to a narration in Mustadrak Hakim, Ibn Abbas, a prominent", "id": "2777616" }, { "contents": "Mount Sinai\n\n\nto the public. The chapel encloses the rock which is considered to be the source for the biblical Tablets of Stone. At the summit also is \"Moses' cave\", where Moses was said to have waited to receive the Ten Commandments. According to the Hebrew Bible, it was the mountain where God gave laws to the Israelites. However, the earliest Christian traditions place this event at the nearby Mount Serbal, at the foot of which a monastery was founded in the 4th century; it was only in the 6th", "id": "15757236" }, { "contents": "Moses\n\n\nGod caused the Pharaoh to refuse, and only after God had subjected Egypt to ten plagues did the Pharaoh relent. Moses led the Israelites to the border of Egypt, but there God hardened the Pharaoh's heart once more, so that he could destroy the Pharaoh and his army at the Red Sea Crossing as a sign of his power to Israel and the nations. After defeating the Amalekites in Rephidim, Moses led the Israelites to biblical Mount Sinai, where he was given the Ten Commandments from God, written on stone tablets", "id": "19833006" }, { "contents": "Divine command theory\n\n\nGod could not make these statements false. This means that the commands of natural law do not depend on God's will, and thus form the first three commandments of the Ten Commandments. The last seven of the Ten Commandments do not belong to the natural law in the strictest sense. Whilst our duties to God are self-evident, true by definition, and unchangeable even by God, our duties to others (found on the second tablet) were arbitrarily willed by God and are within his power to revoke and replace", "id": "14045970" }, { "contents": "Ten Commandments\n\n\nchurches with plaques of the Ten Commandments after the Reformation. In England, such \"Decalogue boards\" also represented the English monarch's emphasis on rule of royal law within the churches. The United States Constitution forbids establishment of religion by law; however images of Moses holding the tablets of the Decalogue, along other religious figures including Solomon, Confucius, and Mohamed holding the Qur'an, are sculpted on the north and south friezes of the pediment of the Supreme Court building in Washington. Images of the Ten Commandments have long been contested", "id": "2777643" }, { "contents": "The Ten Commandments (1923 film)\n\n\nlight—a metaphor for the healing salvation of Christ. Throughout the film, the visual motif of the tablets of the commandments appears in the sets, with a particular commandment appearing on them when it is relevant to the story. The idea for the film was based upon the winning submission to a contest in which the public suggested ideas for DeMille's next film. The winner was F.C. Nelson of Lansing, Michigan; the first line of his suggestion read: \"You cannot break the Ten Commandments—they will break", "id": "6403189" }, { "contents": "Eikev\n\n\nthe Egyptians would say that God was powerless to bring them into the land that God had promised them. The third reading (, \"aliyah\") and the fourth open portion (, \"petuchah\") end here with the end of chapter In the fourth reading (, \"aliyah\"), God told Moses to carve out two tablets of stone like the first, come up the mountain, and make an ark of wood. God inscribed on the tablets the Ten Commandments that were on the first tablets that Moses", "id": "21184990" }, { "contents": "Religious symbolism in the United States military\n\n\nthe Christian faith, but I welcome the change. The shepherd's crook is symbolic of the chaplain's work.\" Returning to a consideration of the three options of no insignia for Jewish chaplains, a shared insignia, or a separate insignia, the army opted for a separate Jewish chaplain insignia that included an image of the two tablets of the Ten Commandments, using Roman numerals to indicate the commandments, with a small six-pointed Jewish star on top of the tablets. Other symbols considered included a six-pointed star", "id": "11056030" }, { "contents": "Book of Exodus\n\n\nand the daily sacrifice offerings. Aaron becomes the first hereditary high priest. God gives Moses the two tablets of stone containing the words of the ten commandments, written with the \"finger of God\". While Moses is with God, Aaron makes a golden calf, which the people worship. God informs Moses of their apostasy and threatens to kill them all, but relents when Moses pleads for them. Moses comes down from the mountain, smashes the stone tablets in anger, and commands the Levites to massacre the unfaithful Israelites", "id": "9632181" }, { "contents": "Peebles High School (Ohio)\n\n\nalmost identical from the air. The four regular public high schools in Adams County were built at the same time and all four featured a large granite tablet outside the school carved with the Ten Commandments. They were removed after a lengthy four-year legal battle over the placement of the tablets on public property. In Peebles, the tablet now is located directly across the street facing the high school on the property of the Peebles Baptist Church. All Peebles teams are nicknamed \"The Indians,\" because of the town's close", "id": "20780498" }, { "contents": "Vindolanda tablets\n\n\nBritain gallery (Room 49). The tablets featured in the list of British archaeological finds selected by experts at the British Museum for the 2003 BBC Television documentary \"Our Top Ten Treasures\". Viewers were invited to vote for their favourite, and the tablets came top of the poll. The Vindolanda Museum, run by the Vindolanda Trust, has funding so that a selection of tablets on loan from the British Museum can be displayed at the site where they were found. The Vindolanda Museum put nine of the tablets on display", "id": "21561356" }, { "contents": "The Ten Commandments: The Musical\n\n\nthe group at the base of Mt. Sinai while he ascended to the peak to seek God's help. There he received The Ten Commandments, a basic law of human conduct. He brought the commandments back to his people, only to find that they had descended into idolatry and sin. Enraged and disappointed, he broke the law tablets and threatened that God would punish the Hebrews. The people repented, accepted the new law, and thus prepared to enter The Promised Land. The musical received mixed reviews from theatre critics.", "id": "19301557" }, { "contents": "Great Synagogue of Deventer\n\n\nThe Great Synagogue of Deventer () is a synagogue in Deventer, Netherlands. This temple was built in 1892 by J.A. Mulock Houwer. It is a Neo-Renaissance building with Moorish influences. The structure includes minaret-like turrets, with crescents on either side. On the summit, just above the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments directly, was a large copper Star of David. The oriental style is a reference to the Taifa of Toledo, where, before 1492, peaceful and prosperous coexistence of Judaism with Islam and", "id": "11584806" }, { "contents": "Ten Commandments\n\n\nmaterial form of stone tablets kept in the ark of the covenant, while the book of the covenant took oral form to be recited to the people. Quranic reference to the ten commandments can be found in chapter 2 verses 83 and 84 \"And [recall] when We took the covenant from the Children of Israel, [enjoining upon them], \"Do not worship except Allah (1) ; and to parents do good (2) and to relatives (3), orphans (4), and the needy", "id": "2777641" }, { "contents": "Van Orden v. Perry\n\n\nmarkers commemorating the \"people, ideals, and events that compose Texan identity.\" The plurality opinion stated that the monument was constitutional, as it represented historical value and not purely religious value. The primary content is the text of the Ten Commandments. An eagle grasping the American flag, an eye inside of a pyramid, and two small tablets with what appears to be an ancient script are carved above the text of the Ten Commandments. Below the text are two Stars of David and the superimposed Greek letters Chi and Rho", "id": "15748750" }, { "contents": "Tabot\n\n\nTabot (Ge'ez ታቦት \"tābōt\", sometimes spelled tabout) is a Ge'ez word referring to a replica of the Tablets of Law, onto which the Biblical Ten Commandments were inscribed, used in the practices of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. \"Tabot\" can also refer to a replica of the Ark of the Covenant. The word tsellat (Ge'ez: ጽላት \"ṣallāt\", modern ṣellāt) refers only to a replica of the Tablets, but is less commonly used. According to Edward Ullendorff, the Ge'ez (that is", "id": "19892028" }, { "contents": "St Mary's Church, Brecon\n\n\n. In the wall of the north aisle were some marble tablets, upon which are inscribed the Lord's Prayer, the Apostles' Creed, and the Ten Commandments, presented by Mr. Walker, of Newton, and upon the wall of the chancel were two tablets recording all the benefactions to this town, as well as to the parish of St. John's, except Mrs. Rodd's. In 1857, this church was further restored, and re-opened on 21 October of the same year. The cost of the restoration", "id": "11831498" }, { "contents": "St Andrew's Church, Buckland\n\n\nthat century are four boards on the north wall of the nave with the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments, and the Creed. There are three groups of brasses on the wall behind the altar with dates in the second half of the 15th century. In the south wall of the aisle is a white alabaster monument dated 1634. The tower contains two monuments dated in the 18th century. In the arcade is a marble tablet in Neoclassical style dated 1861, and in the southwest of the chancel is another marble tablet,", "id": "9772629" }, { "contents": "Jewish mythology\n\n\nSinai, where he was given the Ten Commandments from God, written on stone tablets. Later at Mount Sinai, Moses and the elders entered into a covenant, by which Israel would become the people of YHWH, obeying his laws, and YHWH would be their god. Moses delivered the laws of God to Israel, instituted the priesthood under the sons of Moses' brother Aaron, and destroyed those Israelites who fell away from his worship. After the forty years had passed, Moses eventually led the Israelites into the Land of", "id": "12399582" }, { "contents": "Har Karkom\n\n\nso Anati’s finds are not unique, and Finkelstein is appalled by Anati’s chronological revisionism. He also finds the location so close to Kadesh and the Negev problematic, especially since a few years earlier he had argued for a south Sinai location for the mountain of God on the basis of ecological factors. Another problem for Anati’s theory is that if this mountain marks the place where Israel received the tablets with the ten commandments, in what language would they have been written between 2200 and 2000 b.c.? The Canaanite alphabetic", "id": "20290078" }, { "contents": "Alpinópolis\n\n\nbiblical park\", built for reflection about the bible in different moments. From the main entrance, where a monument representing the Ten Commandments tablets stand, the visitors are guided through a series of small monuments representing important moments in Christ's life or crucial parts of the old testament. It is currently considered one if the most beautiful and most important tourist attraction in Minas Gerais, especially during the Holy Week, when it becomes an outdoor stage for reenactment of the passion of Christ. In 2000 the per capita monthly income of", "id": "20570861" }, { "contents": "James Hampton (artist)\n\n\n. Hampton had also written texts, some of which refer to religious visions, on various pieces of paper and cardboard and on a few pages in each of seven other notebooks. Tacked to a bulletin board in a corner of the garage was the message \"Where there is no vision, the people perish\". Hampton also created wall plaques with Roman numerals one through ten and his undecipherable script suggesting commandment-bearing tablets. The largest plaque on the left side of the display contains the text \"Nations Readjustment Plan\" and", "id": "6294879" }, { "contents": "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy\n\n\n) entered the Kodesh Hakodashim (Most Holy Place) inside the Tabernacle where the Ark of the Covenant contained the stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were engraved. The presence of YHWH in the Kodesh Hakodashim on that yearly day, upon the mercy seat, required that the Kohen Gadol be first purified by the sacrifice of a bull in a prescribed manner. Entering the Most Holy Place on other days or without fulfilling the ritual requirements would subject the priest to death. In the same way that observing the Sabbath did not prevent", "id": "761133" }, { "contents": "Roy Moore\n\n\nlarger monument to the Ten Commandments, reasoning that the Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building required something grander than a wooden plaque. His final design involved a granite block, wide by three feet deep by tall, covered with quotes from the Declaration of Independence, the national anthem, and various founding fathers. The crowning element would be two large carved tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments. High-grade granite from Vermont was ordered and shipped, and Moore found benefactors and a sculptor to complete the job. On the evening of July", "id": "9013557" }, { "contents": "Samekh\n\n\n, a euphemism used for the name of the angel Samael to avoid speaking his name aloud and thereby attracting his attention. It also stands for centimeter. In some legends, samekh is said to have been a miracle of the Ten Commandments. records that the tablets \"were written on both their sides.\" The Jerusalem Talmud interprets this as meaning that the inscription went through the full thickness of the tablets. The stone in the center parts of the letters ayin and teth should have fallen out, as it was not connected", "id": "19614977" }, { "contents": "Moses\n\n\n. However, since Moses remained a long time on the mountain, some of the people feared that he might be dead, so they made a statue of a golden calf and worshipped it, thus disobeying and angering God and Moses. Moses, out of anger, broke the tablets, and later ordered the elimination of those who had worshiped the golden statue, which was melted down and fed to the idolaters. He also wrote the ten commandments on a new set of tablets. Later at Mount Sinai, Moses and the", "id": "19833007" }, { "contents": "Israelites\n\n\nlapis lazuli tablets, into which Yahweh had carved the Ten Commandments in Paleo–Hebrew. In his absence, Aaron has constructed an image of Yahweh, depicting him as a young Golden Calf, and has presented it to the Israelites, declaring \"Behold O Israel, this is your god who brought you out of the land of Egypt\". Moses smashes the two tablets and grinds the golden calf into dust, then throws the dust into a stream of water flowing out of Mount Sinai, and forces the Israelites to drink", "id": "8182542" }, { "contents": "Óbuda Synagogue\n\n\npediment was embellished with carved Classical ornament, and surmounted by the tablets of the Ten Commandments. On the side walls two tiers of round-arched windows alternate with classical pilasters. Inside, the bimah boasted four impressive corner columns in the form of the then popular Egyptian Revival obelisks. Each obelisk stood atop a plinth, both heavily embellished with carved, classical ornament, capped by a sphere capped by an eagle. The Torah ark was flanked by classical columns, and topped by Tablets of the Law, surmounted by a crown", "id": "820277" }, { "contents": "Robert Gosselin\n\n\na strong relationship between State Government and Judeo-Christian religion. He has sponsored various legislation to place the words \"In God We Trust\" and the Ten Commandments at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing. In support of this legislation, which failed, but ultimately won by putting them in the Lansing Capital thru House Resolutions HCR 0056 of 2002 and HR 0024 of 2005. Gosselin traveled the state with fellow Republican Representative Jack Hoogendyk with the 2.6-ton granite tablets involved in the 2003 Justice Roy Moore Ten Commandments controversy. Gosselin holds the", "id": "5000728" }, { "contents": "Mu (lost continent)\n\n\nthe language himself, Churchward found out that they originated from \"the place where [man] first appeared—Mu\". The 1931 edition states that \"all matter of science in this work are based on translations of two sets of ancient tablets\": the clay tablets he read in India, and a collection of 2,500 stone tablets that had been uncovered by William Niven in Mexico. The tablets begin with the creation of Earth, Mu, and the superior human civilization Naacal by the seven commands of the seven superlative intellects", "id": "5046534" }, { "contents": "Moses\n\n\n, which is the only forward-facing bas-relief. Moses appears eight times in carvings that ring the Supreme Court Great Hall ceiling. His face is presented along with other ancient figures such as Solomon, the Greek god Zeus and the Roman goddess of wisdom, Minerva. The Supreme Court Building's east pediment depicts Moses holding two tablets. Tablets representing the Ten Commandments can be found carved in the oak courtroom doors, on the support frame of the courtroom's bronze gates and in the library woodwork. A controversial image", "id": "19833068" }, { "contents": "Israelites\n\n\nforty days while Yahweh carves the Ten Commandments into a second set of stone tablets. After the tablets are completed, light emanates from the face of Moses for the rest of his life, causing him to wear a veil so he does not frighten people. Moses descends Mount Sinai and the Israelites agree to be the chosen people of Yahweh and follow all the laws of the Torah. Moses prophesies if they forsake the Torah, Yahweh will exile them for the total number of years they did not observe the shmita. Bezael constructs", "id": "8182544" }, { "contents": "RAND Tablet\n\n\nof the RAND Tablet began with research on the Sketchpad, a system where the user could write commands for a computer directly on the tablet, conducted by Ivan Sutherland. A multitude of different experimental systems were developed to recognize handwritten letters and gestures like Tom Ellis' flowchart based Graphic Input Language (GRAIL) method. Tom Ellis, an author of many RAND corporation reports, stated that this GRAIL system was what allowed the natural and real-time recognition of text and symbols written on the flowchart. The RAND Tablet was one", "id": "19351202" }, { "contents": "Michigan relics\n\n\n16 counties across Michigan. Soper had resigned as Secretary of State for the State of Michigan after being accused of embezzlement. The objects included coins, pipes, boxes, figurines and cuneiform tablets that depicted various biblical scenes, including Moses handing out the tablets of the Ten Commandments. On November 14, 1907, the \"Detroit News\" reported that Soper and Scotford were selling copper crowns they had supposedly found on heads of prehistoric kings, and copies of Noah's diary. Scotford often arranged for a local person to witness him", "id": "6294960" }, { "contents": "The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster\n\n\nfactory and beer volcano. According to \"The Gospel\", Mosey the Pirate captain received ten stone tablets as advice from the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Of these original ten \"I'd Really Rather You Didn'ts\", two were dropped on the way down from Mount Salsa. This event \"partly accounts for Pastafarians' flimsy moral standards.\" The \"I'd Really Rather You Didn'ts\" address a broad array of behavior, from sexual conduct to nutrition. One reviewer commented that this parody of the Ten Commandments \"reads like", "id": "21292791" }, { "contents": "North Adams High School\n\n\nother public high schools in Adams County, Manchester, Peebles, and West Union High School. All four schools used the same layout and appear almost identical from the air. The four regular public high schools in Adams County were built at the same time and all four featured a large granite tablet outside the school carved with the Ten Commandments. They were removed after a lengthy four-year legal battle over the placement of the tablets on public property. \"See also Ohio High School Athletic Association and Ohio High School Athletic Conferences", "id": "13731061" }, { "contents": "History of the World, Part I\n\n\ntablets, which promptly shatters) \"Oy... ten! \"TEN Commandments\"! For all to obey!\" Comicus (Brooks again), a stand-up philosopher, is notified by his agent Swiftus (Ron Carey) that he has landed a gig at Caesar's palace. En route to the palace Comicus meets and falls in love with a Vestal Virgin named Miriam (Mary-Margaret Humes) and befriends an Ethiopian slave named Josephus (Gregory Hines). Josephus' life is spared when he is conscripted into", "id": "5447015" }, { "contents": "Ki Tissa\n\n\nthe precepts of the Torah. The Alphabet of Rabbi Akiva taught that when God was giving Israel the Torah, God told them that if they accepted the Torah and observed God's commandments, then God would give them for eternity a most precious thing that God possessed — the World To Come. When Israel asked to see in this world an example of the World To Come, God replied that the Sabbath is an example of the World To Come. The Mishnah taught that the two Tablets of the Ten Commandments that God gave", "id": "11411004" }, { "contents": "Ledra\n\n\nLedra (), also spelt Ledrae was an ancient city-kingdom located in the centre of Cyprus where the capital city of Nicosia is today. Ledra was established in 1050 BC. It became a city-kingdom by the seventh century BC. At times, it had been subject to Assyrian rule. Ledra was one of ten Cypriot kingdoms listed on the prism (many-sided tablet) of the Assyrian king Esarhaddon (680–669 BC). The only known king of Ledra is Onasagoras, mentioned in this tablet for paying", "id": "20983180" }, { "contents": "Ten Commandments\n\n\ninscribed on them, are called , \"Lukhot HaBrit\", meaning \"the tablets of the covenant\". The biblical narrative of the revelation at Sinai begins in after the arrival of the children of Israel at Mount Sinai (also called Horeb). On the morning of the third day of their encampment, \"there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud\", and the people assembled at the base of the mount. After \"the came down", "id": "2777585" }, { "contents": "Synagogue\n\n\nnot. The Ark is reminiscent of the Ark of the Covenant, which held the tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments. This is the holiest spot in a synagogue, equivalent to the Holy of Holies. The Ark is often closed with an ornate curtain, the , which hangs outside or inside the ark doors. Other traditional features include a continually lit lamp or lantern, usually electric in contemporary synagogues, called the (), the \"Eternal Light\", used as a way to honor the Divine Presence. A synagogue", "id": "4224263" }, { "contents": "Solomon's Temple\n\n\nArk, containing the original tablets of the Ten Commandments, was placed beneath the cherubim (1 Kings 8:6). The \"Hekhal\" (see also under Etymology), or Holy Place, (), is also called the \"greater house\" () and the \"temple\" (); the word also means \"palace\", was of the same width and height as the Holy of Holies, but 40 cubits in length. Its walls were lined with cedar, on which were carved figures of cherubim,", "id": "5467569" }, { "contents": "Middot (Talmud)\n\n\ntractate describes how the Temple was divided into three halls: the \"Ulam\" (Antechamber), the \"Kodesh\" or \"Heichal\" (Inner Sanctuary); and the \"Kodesh Hakedoshim\", the Holy of Holies. The Kohen Gadol (high priest) entered the Holy of Holies only once a year on the holiest day of the Jewish year, Yom Kippur. During the First Temple era, the Ark of the Covenant containing the tablets of the Ten Commandments and the Torah scroll written by Moses is said to", "id": "16368704" }, { "contents": "Ten Commandments\n\n\nthey worshipped \"afar off\" and they \"saw the God of Israel\" above a \"paved work\" like clear sapphire stone. The mount was covered by the cloud for six days, and on the seventh day Moses went into the midst of the cloud and was \"in the mount forty days and forty nights.\" And Moses said, \"the delivered unto me two tablets of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the spake with you in", "id": "2777588" }, { "contents": "Society for Humanistic Judaism\n\n\n\"humanorah\" is the primary symbol of Humanistic Judaism used by the Society, intended as a non-theistic alternative to other Jewish symbols such as the Star of David or the tablets of the Ten Commandments. It was developed and trademarked by the Society, and has been its logo since the early 1980s. The name humanorah is a portmanteau of \"human\" and \"menorah,\" representing the convergence of Humanistic beliefs with Jewish identity. The symbol itself is a combination of these two elements. A human figure stands with", "id": "5776849" }, { "contents": "Springmount Bog Tablets\n\n\n1914.2), and they are currently held at the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology on Kildare Street in Dublin, Ireland. Six tablets made of yew wood are bound together along one edge with a leather thong, and tied shut at the top and bottom with two leather straps. Both sides of the inner four tablets, and the inner sides of the two outer tablets, have been hollowed out and filled with wax to form the writing surfaces of a wooden book of ten pages. Each wooden tablet is about 7.5 ×", "id": "11596954" }, { "contents": "Temple Jacob\n\n\nwhich measures 40' &mult; 40' is topped by a copper dome. \"Windows are round-arched, with stained glass that depicts a dove with an olive branch, shofar (ram's horn), burning bush, Noah's ark, hands in blessing, Star of David, eternal light, and the tablets of the Ten Commandments. Inside, the layout of the temple follows normal Jewish customs, with the altar facing east. A balcony was once used to separate the men and the women during prayers", "id": "16360803" }, { "contents": "Kenesaw Mountain Landis\n\n\nof King John conceding Magna Carta, the other of Moses about to smash the tablets of the Ten Commandments. The mahogany and marble chamber was, according to Landis biographer David Pietrusza, \"just the spot for Landis's sense of the theatrical. In it he would hold court for nearly the next decade and a half.\" According to Spink, \"It wasn't long before Chicago writers discovered they had a 'character' on the bench.\" A. L. Sloan of the Chicago \"Herald-American\", a", "id": "16959022" }, { "contents": "Ark of the Covenant\n\n\nThe Ark of the Covenant (), also known as the Ark of the Testimony, and in a few verses across various translations as the Ark of God, is a gold-covered wooden chest with lid cover described in the Book of Exodus as containing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. According to various texts within the Hebrew Bible, it also contained Aaron's rod and a pot of manna. Hebrews 9:4 describes: \"The ark of the covenant [was] covered on all sides with gold, in", "id": "1848070" }, { "contents": "Ten Commandments\n\n\nthe mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.\" Before the full forty days expired, the children of Israel collectively decided that something had happened to Moses, and compelled Aaron to fashion a golden calf, and he \"built an altar before it\" and the people \"worshipped\" the calf. After the full forty days, Moses and Joshua came down from the mountain with the tablets of stone: \"And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp", "id": "2777589" }, { "contents": "Tabernacle\n\n\nlast two thousand years has followed the outlines of the original tabernacle. Every synagogue has at its front an ark, \"aron kodesh\", containing the Torah scrolls, comparable to the Ark of the Covenant which contained the tablets with Ten Commandments. This is the holiest spot in a synagogue, equivalent to the Holy of Holies. There is also usually a constantly lighted lamp, \"Ner tamid\", or a candelabrum, lighted during services, near a spot similar to the position of the original Menorah. At the center", "id": "4112933" }, { "contents": "Portrayals of God in popular media\n\n\n\"God\" is never mentioned in the show in relation to these encounters. Some portrayals of God are entirely off-screen. For example: The God who gives the stone tablets to Moses in \"The Ten Commandments\" is, in the words of Paul Schrader's commentary to the film, \"off-screen to the right\". Such biblical epics have less trouble with this obliquity than non-biblical works. This because whilst there is no visual representation of God himself in the source text that such movies are", "id": "8015372" }, { "contents": "Jade Books in Heaven\n\n\na tablet made of a precious stone (giš-nu11-gal)\". This subject is Pú-ta ('Foundling'), the demonic scribe. According to traditional teachings of Judaism in the Talmud, the Ten Commandments were engraved on blue sapphire stone as a symbolic reminder of the sky, the heavens, and ultimately of God's throne. Many Torah scholars, however, have opined that the Biblical \"sapir\" was, in fact, the lapis lazuli (see Exodus 24:10, lapis lazuli is a possible alternate", "id": "10556058" }, { "contents": "Sacred mountains\n\n\npiercing the heavens giving it the moniker \"navel of the universe\". According to the Torah, and consequently the Old Testament of the Bible, Mount Sinai is the location that Moses received the Ten Commandments directly from God. The tablets form the covenant, which is a central cornerstone of Jewish faith. Saint Catherine's Monastery is located at the foot of Sinai. It was founded by empress Helena, who was the mother of the first Christian Roman emperor, Constantine. It was completed under the rule of Justinian two centuries", "id": "11471706" }, { "contents": "Finger of God\n\n\nlast time in the Hebrew Bible, is a second reference to the tablets of the Ten Commandments, and is found in Deuteronomy 9:10, which says \"And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.\" The phrase is also used by Jesus in the Christian New Testament during his proof that he did not", "id": "12642428" }, { "contents": "Yeocomico Church\n\n\nraised a foot or so from the church floor. On either side of the window opening are simple rectangular tablets bearing on the left The Lord's Prayer above the Apostles' Creed and on the right Exodus XX (The Ten Commandments) under which is printed the Summary of the Law. In the middle is a reredos, obviously of non-colonial origin with an opening for the window incorporated within it. It bears, from the top down: 1) a cross placed so as to intersect center of the circular window", "id": "148346" }, { "contents": "Merchant's Hope\n\n\nwith a door on the aisle end. The pulpit is just south-west of the chancel although it was originally near the middle of the south wall. The west gallery still had an original stairway and rail with asymmetrical balusters characteristic of the early eighteenth century. On the east wall is a communion table centered between the windows and tablets of obligatory scripts: from left to right, the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments (Exodus XX), and the Apostles' Creed. Most notably lacking is the display of a", "id": "15010309" }, { "contents": "Ark of the Covenant\n\n\nthe Ark after his dream in which God promised him wisdom. During the construction of Solomon's Temple, a special inner room, named \"Kodesh Hakodashim\" (Eng. Holy of Holies), was prepared to receive and house the Ark; and when the Temple was dedicated, the Ark—containing the original tablets of the Ten Commandments—was placed therein. When the priests emerged from the holy place after placing the Ark there, the Temple was filled with a cloud, \"for the glory of the Lord had", "id": "1848088" }, { "contents": "Disputation of the Holy Sacrament\n\n\nearth. Above, Christ is surrounded by an aureole, flanked by the Blessed Virgin Mary and John the Baptist to his right and left (an arrangement known as the Deësis). Other various biblical figures such as Peter (far left, holding keys), Adam (far left, bared chest), Paul (far right, holding book and sword) and Moses (right, with horns of light and holding tablets of the Ten Commandments) are to the sides. God the Father sits above them all in the", "id": "21372529" }, { "contents": "Seventeenth of Tammuz\n\n\nThe Seventeenth of Tammuz ( \"\") is a Jewish fast day commemorating the breach of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple. It falls on the 17th day of the 4th Hebrew month of Tammuz and marks the beginning of the three-week mourning period leading up to Tisha B'Av. The day also traditionally commemorates the destruction of the two tablets of the Ten Commandments and other historical calamities that befell the Jewish people on the same date. The fast of Tammuz, according to Rabbi Akiva's interpretation, is", "id": "2669155" }, { "contents": "Tabernacle\n\n\n-hair curtains, with the roof made from rams' skins. Beyond this curtain was the cube-shaped inner room, the \"Holy of Holies\". This area housed the Ark of the Covenant, inside which were the two stone tablets brought down from Mount Sinai by Moses on which were written the Ten Commandments, a golden urn holding the \"manna\", and Aaron's rod which had budded and borne ripe almonds. (, , , .) Twice a day, a priest would stand in front of", "id": "4112926" }, { "contents": "Gevurah\n\n\nother than Gevurah (In the Bible, God is referred to as \"the Netzach [eternity] of Israel\" (Samuel 1 15:29), but not as Netzach alone). Here, Gevurah implies God's essential power to contract and concentrate His infinite light and strength into the finite letters of Torah (especially those engraved on the tablets of the covenant, the Ten Commandments). Gevurah = 216 = 3 times 72 (chesed). Each of God's 72 hidden names possesses three letters, in all—216 letters.", "id": "8223562" }, { "contents": "Covenant (biblical)\n\n\n, re-institute the Sanhedrin and rule the Jewish people during the Messianic Age. The tablets of the Ten Commandments were kept in the Ark of the Covenant, and this became the symbol of the Israelite nation, and of God's presence with His people. Thus when King David wanted to establish Jerusalem as his own capital city he brought the Ark there (2 Sam 6). \"It is this picture of the covenant which colours most of our thinking about covenant in the Old Testament, and in the expression '", "id": "8881341" }, { "contents": "Terumah (parsha)\n\n\nwas to look and what clothing was to adorn it, allowing the Babylonian king to then make a new statue. Alter wrote that the instruction of to place the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments in the Tabernacle reflected a common ancient Near Eastern practice of placing documents of solemn contracts within sacred precincts. Alter wrote that the term \"cherubim\" (, \"keruvim\") in is derived from a root that suggests hybrid or composite and perhaps also \"steed,\" and refers to fearsome winged beasts like the Egyptian sphinx that", "id": "9140397" }, { "contents": "Persepolis Administrative Archives\n\n\npublished his magisterial edition of 2087 Elamite tablets \"Persepolis Fortification Tablets\" leading to the renaissance of Achaemenid studies in the 1970s. The long term project spanning over seven (7) decades is far from completion. 153 tablets, approximately 30,000 fragments and an unknown number of uninscribed tablets were returned to Iran in the 1950s. So far about 450 tablets and tens of thousands of fragments have already been returned to Iran in total. The narrow content of the Persepolis Fortification Archive, recording only the Achaemenid administration’s transactions dealing with foodstuff", "id": "15624713" }, { "contents": "George Aarons\n\n\nHebrew Congregation in Maryland. \"This project is the culmination of my career,\" Aarons told the Gloucester Times in 1954, when he was still working on the project. \"It hasn't a touch of commercialism even though it is a commissioned work. I have been working as all true artists hope to work eventually, that is expressing my own beliefs in my own manner and having the outcome accepted and appreciated.\" The most remarkable part of the work is his depiction of the Ten Commandments in two tall tablets.", "id": "10273667" }, { "contents": "Colwinston\n\n\nfollowing a fire which badly damaged the chancel, destroying the brass tablets either side of the altar displaying the Ten Commandments. It was at this time that the words “Holy, Holy, Holy” painted in scroll work above the chancel arch were painted over. Further restoration work at the church was carried out at the millennium with the benefit of a major grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund together with grants from other bodies and funds raised by the villagers. A vestry, kitchen and toilet were built on the north side of", "id": "11220598" }, { "contents": "Maps of ancient Israel\n\n\n. The map has decorative enframes-cartouches on its sides, with two big cartouches at the top quadrants and two small ones at the bottom quadrants. The big cartouche at the top left shows the biblical Israeli leaders Moses and Aaron placing their hands on Israel's Tablets of the Law with the Ten Commandments inscribed in Hebrew. Above them at the top of the cartouche frame within another frame, appears a caption of the Hebrew word \"יְהֹוָה\" - \"YHWH\", the tetragrammaton as the most sacred name of God.", "id": "11432490" }, { "contents": "Axum\n\n\nthe Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Axum houses the Biblical Ark of the Covenant, in which lie the Tablets of Stone upon which the Ten Commandments are inscribed. Ethiopian traditions suggest that it was from Axum that Makeda, the Queen of Sheba, journeyed to visit King Solomon in Jerusalem and that the two had a son, Menelik, who grew up in Ethiopia but traveled to Jerusalem as a young man to visit his father's homeland. He lived several years in Jerusalem before returning to his country with the Ark", "id": "11564181" }, { "contents": "Commodore Levy Chapel\n\n\nthem to attend services at the Levy Chapel every three months, to have \"the opportunity to renew acquaintances, and to allow the area 'old timers' to meet new arrivals.\" That same year, a \"blue ribbon panel\" composed of Navy Jewish chaplains met at Frazier Hall to consider the \"beneficial suggestion\" made to the Navy to change the Jewish chaplain uniform insignia. The insignia, the two tablets of the ten commandments, topped by a six-pointed Star of David, had included Roman numerals to", "id": "13277272" }, { "contents": "Al Jolson\n\n\nnext to a three-quarter-size bronze statue of Jolson, eternally resting on one knee, arms outstretched, apparently ready to break into another verse of \"Mammy\". The inside of the dome features a huge mosaic of Moses holding the tablets containing the Ten Commandments, and identifies Jolson as \"The Sweet Singer of Israel\" and \"The Man Raised Up High\". On the day he died, Broadway dimmed its lights in Jolson's honor, and radio stations all over the world paid tributes. Soon after", "id": "13507249" }, { "contents": "Woodhey Chapel, Faddiley\n\n\nbetween which is an ornate framework of stone which contains a weathered lozenge and tablet. The nave is in three bays with oak panelling and a single-bay gallery. At the east end between the windows is a pedimented reredos inscribed with the Ten Commandments in gold. Below this is a panelled oak pulpit carved with fruit and leaf motifs and a moulded cornice. The floor of the chancel is paved with tessellated squares of black and white marble while the rest of the floor is tiled. The gallery was heated by two fireplaces", "id": "14776880" }, { "contents": "Roof-top synagogue\n\n\nStreet Synagogue, Brighton, since private synagogues violated the Laws of the Congregation. In Salomons' lifetime, the synagogue displayed his fine collection of antique Judaica. For a period after his death, it was turned into a Jewish history museum. The Tablets of the Ten Commandments from the synagogue are preserved in the collection of the Salomons Museum in Tunbridge Wells. The synagogue is now a Grade II listed building. The house is still in use as a private residence – the whole top floor forming one of the building's six", "id": "15509673" } ]

[ { "contents": "Right to Buy\n\n\n-buy to housing association tenants. In July 2013, the Scottish Government confirmed that Right to Buy would be abolished in Scotland from 2017. It was in the end abolished as a part of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 from 1 August 2016. In the summer of 2017, the Welsh Government proposed a law to abolish Right to Buy in Wales. This law was passed by the Welsh Assembly in December 2017, and the scheme will effectively end on 26 January 2019. The Right to Buy scheme has been criticised", "id": "3400795" }, { "contents": "State housing\n\n\ndistance the houses would be from workplaces, particularly ports, and the lack of provision for Māori. Seddon estimated that 5,000 houses would be built under the scheme. The Act allowed for workers to rent weekly, lease for 50 years with a right of renewal, or lease with the right to buy over a period ranging between 25 and 41 years. In practice, the Government did not initially advertise the weekly rental, but emphasised the lease with the right to buy. The Act specified that workers could be male or female", "id": "15787910" }, { "contents": "Right to Buy\n\n\nthe 1983 general election, but then dropped its official opposition to the scheme in 1985. However, at the 1987 general election, the Conservative government warned voters that a Labour government would still abolish the scheme. When Labour returned to power at the 1997 general election, it reduced the discount available to tenants in local authorities which had severe pressure on their housing stock; this included almost the whole of London. The Right to Buy rules were changed in 2005. Five years' tenancy was now required for new tenants to qualify", "id": "3400788" }, { "contents": "The Pirate Bay\n\n\nMedia, and BE started blocking \"The Promo Bay\" but stopped a few days later when the BPI reversed its position. In January 2007, when the micronation of Sealand was put up for sale, the ACFI and The Pirate Bay tried to buy it. The Sealand government however did not want to be involved with The Pirate Bay, as it was their opinion that file sharing represented \"theft of proprietary rights\". A new plan was formed to buy an island instead, but this too was never implemented, despite", "id": "11766510" }, { "contents": "The Intercom Conspiracy\n\n\nThe Intercom Conspiracy is a novel by British thriller writer Eric Ambler, first published in 1969. It was also published as \"The Quiet Conspiracy\". The ageing heads of the intelligence services of two unnamed minor European countries hatch a money-making scheme. When the owner of an extreme right-wing weekly magazine, \"Intercom\", based in Geneva, dies, they buy the company which publishes it. They start sending the surprised editor 'articles', which consist of highly sensitive information about the weapons systems of", "id": "14665275" }, { "contents": "Help to Buy\n\n\nthe 'dysfunctional' scheme. The Scheme has also earned the nickname \"Help to Sell Scheme\", as the increasing demand seems to benefit existing homeowners, and property developers, rather than the buyer. In 2013, UK house prices started to take off, with some saying laying the blame at the door of Help to Buy. At the end of November that year, as Mark Carney announced that mortgages and other consumer loans would not be eligible for his Funding for Lending Scheme from the start of 2014, Nouriel Roubini", "id": "3346659" }, { "contents": "Doble Kara\n\n\nso, Kara's love for her sister is unconditional as she gives in to Sara's wishes, even when she realizes her sister's evil intentions. Sara's personality becomes materialistic and scheming, as she persistently fights for her rights as the \"legal daughter\" of Antonio. This creates a rivalry between Sara and Lucille. Sara starts to covet for luxurious properties, desiring to outclass Kara and even induces Antonio to buy her own house to make up for all those years she suffered in poverty. Im addition to the", "id": "12117664" }, { "contents": "Norris Green\n\n\nof concrete. It is this concrete group of housing that is considered defective. The estate was subject to large-scale upgrading and renovation in the early 1970s, when it was still almost entirely under local authority ownership. This was several years before the introduction of the right to buy scheme, which gave council tenants the right to buy their homes from local authorities. A number of new homes are planned to be constructed on derelict land cleared following the demolition of defective houses on the \"Boot Estate\". Most of these", "id": "14037435" }, { "contents": "Bill Ashley (politician)\n\n\nDepartment of Shipping and Fuel. In June 1949, his handling of a scheme to introduce long-service leave for coal miners contributed to a major ensuing strike. He had implied that the federal government would contribute financially to the scheme, but this proved not to be the case. In addition, the proposed scheme might have limited the right to strike. He also attempted to support British economic recovery by buying oil from British companies—when they ran short of supplies, he was forced to impose petrol rationing. Both the", "id": "10333061" }, { "contents": "Pre-emption right\n\n\nby treaty. A treaty between the United States and Great Britain in 1794 agreed that: In the United States in the eighteenth century, when an individual bought the preemption right to land, he did not buy the land. He was only buying the right to buy the land. In the case of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase, the syndicate paid Massachusetts USD$1,000,000 for the pre-emptive rights, and then paid the Indians, who thought they owned the land, $5,000 cash and an annual $500 annuity forever for", "id": "8151861" }, { "contents": "Right to Buy\n\n\nfor the following reasons: A report published in January 2013 by London Assembly member Tom Copley, From Right to Buy to Buy to Let, showed that 36% of homes sold under Right to Buy in London (52,000 homes) were being rented by councils from private landlords, leading to criticisms that the scheme \"represents incredibly poor value for money to taxpayers\" since it \"helped to fuel the increase in the housing benefit bill, heaped more pressure on local authority waiting lists and led to more Londoners being forced into the", "id": "3400796" }, { "contents": "Right to Buy\n\n\nThe Right to Buy scheme is a policy in the United Kingdom (with the exception of Scotland since 1 August 2016 and Wales from 26 Jan 2019) which gives secure tenants of councils and some housing associations the legal right to buy, at a large discount, the council house they are living in. There is also a Right to Acquire for assured tenants of housing association homes built with public subsidy after 1997, at a smaller discount. About 1,500,000 homes in the UK have been sold in this manner since the introduction of", "id": "3400777" }, { "contents": "Buffer stock scheme\n\n\nwork along the same rough lines: first, two prices are determined, a floor and a ceiling (minimum and maximum price). When the price drops close to the floor price (after a new rich vein of silver is found, for example), the scheme operator (usually government) will start buying up the stock, ensuring that the price does not fall further. Likewise, when the price rises close to the ceiling, the operator depresses the price by selling off its holdings. In the meantime, it", "id": "16872359" }, { "contents": "Baguley\n\n\nWar II as part of the Wythenshawe Estate, including many council houses and later tower blocks (a typical one shown at right is Brookway Court); Manchester City Council publications refer to Baguley as \"one of Europe's biggest housing estates\". However, much of the social housing has been sold off under the \"Right To Buy\" scheme and there are also several private housing developments in the area; and parkland was provided from the start under the development plan. Baguley was a township of Bowdon, one of the", "id": "11897793" }, { "contents": "Houldsworth v Bridge Trustees Ltd\n\n\nliabilities did not need to be in equilibrium as a part of the money purchase scheme definition. But in all insured schemes and self-administered schemes, the assumption was usually justified. It followed that the guaranteed interest fund did not disconnect a member's eventual benefits from contributions, and take it out of the definition under section 181. Providing internal annuities, as opposed to buying them from a life office was compatible with the meaning of a money purchase scheme. So, the VIP and MoneyMatch plans were money purchase benefits.", "id": "8747704" }, { "contents": "Arthur Scargill\n\n\nat the time had still not repaid the £29,500 that he had taken from the Miners' Welfare Fund and that the Lightman Report had asked that he repay. During the media controversy, the antiperspirant Mitchum used Scargill's image, without his consent, under the slogan \"Mitchum, for when you're really sweating!\" Scargill complained to the Advertising Standards Authority who criticised the advertisement as \"highly distasteful\". In 1993, Scargill tried to use Thatcher's flagship Right to Buy scheme to buy a flat on the Barbican", "id": "5251267" }, { "contents": "Public housing in the United Kingdom\n\n\nthe Environment Michael Heseltine, the Right To Buy scheme allowed tenants to buy their home with a discount of 33–50% off the market value, depending on the time they had lived there. Councils were prevented from reinvesting the proceeds of these sales in new housing, and the total available stock, particularly of more desirable homes, declined. The \"right to buy\" was popular with many former Labour voters and, although the Labour government of Tony Blair tightened the rules (reducing the maximum discount in areas of most housing need", "id": "7046898" }, { "contents": "Buy Me a Boat (song)\n\n\nloved. The song came so quick and it felt so right and easy and we did it. I'll be the first to tell you that I don't know what a hit is. There was a special feeling and the song had that something, whatever that is... but we didn’t want to jinx it. It wasn’t a big plan where we were scheming behind the scenes. This is real.\" Janson's previous label, Bigger Picture Music Group, closed in May 2014. After its closure,", "id": "2936806" }, { "contents": "Personal pension scheme\n\n\nfrom 2028) with private pensions, where they and/or their employers have saved up a pot of cash for retirement, technically known as a \"defined contribution\" or \"money purchase\" pension scheme. The new rules mean that 25% of the retirement fund can be taken as a tax-free lump sum, and the rest can be drawn as taxable cash, used to buy an annuity, used to buy a flexible income drawdown product or any combination of these. Before making a choice, everyone has a new right", "id": "3390688" }, { "contents": "Brian J. Dunn\n\n\nBrian J. Dunn (born 1959/1960) is an American businessman who was the chief executive officer of Best Buy, from April 2009 to April 2012, having worked there since 1985. He has also been on the board of directors of Dick's Sporting Goods since June 2006 and on the board of directors of the Best Buy Children's Foundation. Dunn started working when he was 14 at a grocery store and did not attend college. He began at Best Buy when he was 24 as a salesman in 1985, when Best Buy", "id": "8069591" }, { "contents": "John Henry Whallen\n\n\nby the Kentucky Court of Appeals, was the beginning of the end of his machine's power to buy elections outright. Whallen's machine did manage to elect its chosen candidates in 1909 and 1913, relying increasingly on race-baiting tactics to insinuate that blacks would be given equal rights if a Republican was elected. The machine lost its power after Whallen's death. Whallen was popular amongst Catholics, immigrants and blue-collar workers, who were often at the center of his schemes. Whallen was made a Kentucky Colonel and", "id": "13080385" }, { "contents": "Wakefield\n\n\nbeen built with a grant of £8,000 from the Carnegie Trust. There are seven ex-council estates in Wakefield which the council started to build after the First World War, the oldest is Portobello, the largest is Lupset and the rest are Flanshaw, Plumpton, Peacock, Eastmoor and Kettlethorpe. Homes not bought by occupants under the Right to Buy scheme were transferred to a registered social landlord, Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) in 2005. The outlying villages of Sandal Magna, Belle Vue and Agbrigg have become suburbs", "id": "19089221" }, { "contents": "Help to Buy\n\n\nHelp to Buy is the name of a government programme in the United Kingdom that aims to help first time buyers, and those looking to move home, purchase residential property. It was announced in Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne's 2013 budget speech, and was described as \"the biggest government intervention in the housing market since the Right to Buy scheme\" of the 1980s. It is an extension of a previous programme called FirstBuy that was aimed solely at first-time buyers. Help to Buy has itself been expanded and", "id": "3346650" }, { "contents": "Help to Buy\n\n\nof Budget Responsibility. The situation for taxpayers under Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee would be acute if a housing bubble develops, or is already present, while the scheme is in operation, because at some point the bubble has to burst, an event that would lead to an increase in defaults on mortgage repayments. Of course, by the very nature of the scheme, it is when someone stops repaying their mortgage that the UK taxpayer steps in as guarantor. Worse, Help to Buy has been questioned by critics, such", "id": "3346657" }, { "contents": "Vankor Field\n\n\nfor Vankor was issued to Eniseineft and the development license for Vankor North was issued to Taimyrneft, both controlled by the Anglo-Siberian Oil Company. Yukos managed to take control of part of Vankor through a complicated financial scheme, but did not manage to start production. In 2001, London-based Sibir Energy made a takeover bid to the Anglo-Siberian Oil Company to gain access to Vankor field. The bid was rejected. In 2002, TotalFinaElf wanted to buy 52% of the Vankor field development project, but the", "id": "5549192" }, { "contents": "Aadhaar\n\n\ncustomers had to buy at full price, and the subsidy would be then directly credited to their Aadhaar-linked bank accounts. This scheme, however, did not take off, and in September 2013 a Supreme Court order put a halt on it. Subsequently, the GOI constituted a committee to review the \"Direct Benefits Transfer for LPG Scheme\" to study the shortcomings in the scheme and recommend changes. The DBTL scheme was modified later as PAHAL by the new government in November 2014. Under PAHAL, subsidies could be credited", "id": "10812981" }, { "contents": "Pony Club Secrets\n\n\nthe start of the series Amanda repeatedly refuses to buy her daughter Issie a pony, despite Issie having the right amount of money. Eventually though, Amanda gives in and she and Issie get Issie a pony. (Issie did also look after Victory for a while until Natasha bought him from the horse's Tulia, but then things suddenly turn around when she is given the ride on him for Badminton. Tara Kelly:Tara is mentioned in \"Victory and The All Stars Academy\", \"Liberty and The Dream Ride\"", "id": "1643771" }, { "contents": "People of Darkness\n\n\n. Vines did not want an active oil field in someone else’s ownership when he could make a fortune by buying the lease for the land and selling the rights for the uranium. That white man acted like Navajo witch, in a twist ending. The Navajo word that means mole, the underground hunting animal, if literally translated, also means the people of darkness. The amulet used for the church started by Dillon Charley was a mole, a gift made by the character Vines in honor of his own money being made", "id": "8513958" }, { "contents": "Toray Industries\n\n\ntwo largest Japanese trading companies (\"sogo shosha\") of the time (the other being Mitsubishi Shoji). The fact that Mitsui did not allow the company to be named as a Mitsui company indicates their skepticism of the risk on the business. Risk arose from the fact that, when it was established, the company did not have the right technology to produce Rayon. It had approached Courtaulds and then Du Pont to buy the technology but, because the price was too high, it decided to buy equipment from a", "id": "12270734" }, { "contents": "Branksome, County Durham\n\n\nBranksome is a suburb of Darlington in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north-west of the town, close to Mowden, Cockerton, West Park and Faverdale. It is largely made up from council owned properties and service buildings started in the late 1940s through to the 1970s. Although some of the council built houses and flats have been sold to tenants since the 1980s under the government 'right to buy' scheme, many are still retained as rented properties by the Housing Department of Darlington Borough Council", "id": "11779026" }, { "contents": "Chatham Islands\n\n\nprogress when the New Zealand Company ship \"Cuba\" arrived as part of a scheme to buy land for settlement. The Treaty of Waitangi, at that stage, did not apply to the islands. The company negotiated a truce between the two warring tribes. In 1841, the New Zealand Company had proposed to establish a German colony on the Chathams. The proposal was discussed by the directors and John Ward signed an agreement with Karl Sieveking of Hamburg on 12 September 1841. However, when the Colonial Office said that the islands", "id": "10226097" }, { "contents": "Right to Buy\n\n\n(see separate document from the Right to Buy Team, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. As the CPI in September 2017 was 3% the new maximum discounts for Redditch in respect of the financial year 2018/19 will be £80,900 and applies to all applications made by the tenant on or after 6 April 2018. Any applications made before then are processed using the current discounts (£78,600). In summary discount is a maximum of £80,900.00 from April 2018 (rbcdd3117) The aim of the scheme is,", "id": "3400793" }, { "contents": "Zanempilo Community Health Care Centre\n\n\nbulk grocery buying scheme. Child mortality decreased after the nutrition of the community improved. She also started a leather factory which provided many of the women with income. The headman and chief in Zinyoka, Sidoko Sijama, under the chief of Tshatshu, was against the operations of the clinic. Many of the members of the Ciskei government were afraid that this clinic would cause conflict with the authorities. A rival clinic was built but it did not succeed. Other attempts to end the operations of the clinic included withholding the operating licence", "id": "14179639" }, { "contents": "Public housing in the United Kingdom\n\n\n), it did not end the right-to-buy. Labour did relax the policy forbidding reinvestment of sales proceeds. Following its election in 2015, the Conservative government has announced proposals to extend the Right to Buy to housing association tenants. Social housing is being sold off under right to buy, new social housing is not being built to replace it and waiting lists for social housing have become very long, up to 18 years. Over a million people are on the social housing waiting list and a quarter of people", "id": "7046899" }, { "contents": "Rancho Santa Rosa (Estrada)\n\n\na successful miner during the California Gold Rush era, father of William Randolph Hearst, and later a U.S. Senator, started to acquired land in the area. His first step was to buy most of Rancho Piedra Blanca and Rancho San Simeon. In 1865, Hearst bought all Rancho Santa Rosa except from Estrada. However Estrada did not have the right to sell this land, as Pujol was in the process of foreclosing on it. Hearst sued, but ended up with only of Estrada's holdings. When Estrada died in 1871", "id": "20737839" }, { "contents": "The Naked Country\n\n\nthan $1 million at the end of the 1983-84 financial year and the movie had a 30% combined foreign and Australian pre sale when production started. The movie was shot in and around Charters Towers. Dimsey later estimated that buying the rights to first day of filming took three months. The film performed poorly at the Australian box office but did better overseas, particularly in France and Germany, and Ross Dimsey says it got most of its money back. Dimsey says he regrets pulling back on the romantic plot and", "id": "4423117" }, { "contents": "Amway\n\n\nquality assurance standards state that Robert Carroll, of the \"Skeptic's Dictionary\", has described Amway as a \"legal pyramid scheme\", and has said that the quasi-religious devotion of its affiliates is used by the company to conceal poor performance rates by distributors. In a 1979 ruling, the Federal Trade Commission found that Amway did not fit the definition of a pyramid scheme because (a) distributors were not paid to recruit people, (b) it did not require distributors to buy a large stock of unmoving", "id": "1595204" }, { "contents": "Dr. No (film)\n\n\n. After the boat runs out of fuel, they are rescued by Leiter, who arrives on a Royal Navy ship. As Bond and Ryder kiss, Bond lets go of the ship's tow rope. When Harry Saltzman gained the rights for the novel, he initially did not go through with the project. Instead, Albert R. \"Cubby\" Broccoli wanted the rights to the novels and attempted to buy them from Saltzman. Saltzman did not want to sell the rights to Broccoli and instead they formed a partnership to make the", "id": "13583052" }, { "contents": "Ananda Vikatan\n\n\nof the publication to buy the rights. He built it up into a weekly and sales soon rose. Ananda Vikatan is still running successfully after ninety years. Veteran journalist and media personality S. Balasubramanian served as editor, managing director and publisher of the magazine for nearly 50 years till 2006. Balasubramanian also mentored generations of journalists and writers. He also started the \"Manavar Thittam\" or student journalism scheme that is active for the last 30 years and counting. He also launched Junior Vikatan, a biweekly Tamil investigative journal in the", "id": "11890665" }, { "contents": "Netherton, Merseyside\n\n\ntime as students transferred to Litherland High School. In December 2009, works started to demolish the school on Browns Lane. Now however the properties on the council estate are mostly privately owned and were bought under the right to buy scheme brought in by the conservative government under Margaret Thatcher.St Ambrose Barlow was formerly St. Catherine's Roman Catholic High School and was for girls only. The corresponding boy's school was St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic High School, situated approximately on mile away on the other side of the canal. Netherton", "id": "8087432" }, { "contents": "Affordable housing by country\n\n\nthe Thatcher government that restricted council housing construction and provided financial and policy support to other forms social housing. In 1980, the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher introduced the Right to Buy scheme, offering council tenants the opportunity to purchase their housing at a discount of up to 60% (70% on leasehold homes such as flats). Alongside Right to Buy, council-owned stock was further diminished as properties were transferred to housing associations. Council Tenants in some instances have chosen to transfer management of the properties to arms-", "id": "12502016" }, { "contents": "South Quay Estate\n\n\nand politicians. The first group of residents therefore contained a particularly high proportion of what might generally be known as 'young professionals', although it also included many middle-aged and older individuals or couples. The GLC initially blocked the launch of the Right to Buy Scheme under the Thatcher Government in South Quay, although this changed around the demise of the GLC and ownership passing to Tower Hamlets Borough Council. With Right to Buy, like many social housing initiatives close to the City of London, the composition of tenants in", "id": "21205848" }, { "contents": "Praya East Reclamation Scheme\n\n\nPraya East Reclamation Scheme () was a large scale land reclamation project in Colonial Hong Kong lasting from 1921 to 1931 under Sir Catchick Paul Chater. The plan was first proposed while the existing Praya Reclamation Scheme was already active in 1897. Construction did not start until 20 years later when the Royal Navy agreed to relocate the Naval hospital to Stonecutters Island. Construction work started at the junction of present-day Hennessy Road and Johnston Road to Percival Street. The main goal was to relieve the population density in Victoria City. The", "id": "8999430" }, { "contents": "Water trading\n\n\nWater trading is the process of buying and selling water access entitlements, also often called water rights. The terms of the trade can be either permanent or temporary, depending on the legal status of the water rights. Some of the western states of the United States, Chile, South Africa, Australia, Iran and Spain's Canary Islands have water trading schemes. Some consider Australia's to be the most sophisticated and effective in the world. Some other countries, especially in South Asia, also have informal water trading schemes.", "id": "15304792" }, { "contents": "Carbon retirement\n\n\nCarbon retirement involves retiring allowances from emission trading schemes as a method for offsetting carbon emissions. Under schemes such as the European Union Emission Trading Scheme, EU Emission Allowances (EUAs) represent the right to release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and are issued to all the largest polluters. Buying these allowances and permanently removing them forces industrial companies to reduce their emissions. Over time, the scheme will offer fewer allowances, making it much harder for industrial companies to sustain high emission levels without incurring financial penalties. Unlike traditional offsetting projects", "id": "13064683" }, { "contents": "Reserve Bank of India\n\n\ndemand and hence prices will eventually come down. Open market operation is the activity of buying and selling of government securities in open market to control the supply of money in banking system. When there is excess supply of money, central bank sells government securities thereby sucking out excess liquidity. Similarly, when liquidity is tight, RBI will buy government securities and thereby inject money supply into the economy. This scheme was introduced in May 2011 and all the scheduled commercial bank can participate in this scheme. Banks can borrow up to 2.5", "id": "1928235" }, { "contents": "Old Dean\n\n\narea, built in the 1950s and 1960s, are mainly semi-detached and terraced, with a number of maisonettes on the northern edge of the estate. It was originally a council estate, however, under the Conservative government's right to buy scheme, a proportion of these properties are now in private ownership. It has elected the only Labour councillors in the borough. When the estate was first constructed, the portion between the A30 and Upper College Ride, was littered with demolished concrete blockhouses and military installations. An \"", "id": "13947777" }, { "contents": "Duluth Eskimos\n\n\n. Owner Ole Haugsrud then sold the team back to the league at the end of the season. When Haugsrud did this, part of the deal gave him first rights for any future NFL team in Minnesota. He passed on buying a stake in the Minneapolis Red Jackets in 1929. However, when the NFL voted to expand in 1960 to the Twin Cities, Haugsrud was able to buy 10% of the Minnesota Vikings (90% of the team was owned by an ownership group that had originally planned to launch a separate", "id": "9985082" }, { "contents": "Mad Men (season 3)\n\n\nDon returns to the office and begins hatching plans with Cooper and Sterling to buy the company. When their offer is rebuffed, Don realizes that Lane's authority to fire the other conspirators would sever their contracts, giving them the ability to walk away and start a new advertising agency. Lane agrees with the scheme and becomes a partner. Don and Roger start reaching out to other employees to join their new agency, including Pete and Peggy. While drinking with Sterling, Don learns about Betty's relationship with Henry Francis and confronts", "id": "12391578" }, { "contents": "A Royal Christmas\n\n\nfamily and friends. While in town with Leopold buying Christmas Trees, Emily befriends Poppy, a little orphan girl. Emily is then befriended by Galina, the Baroness of Newbury who she later finds out used to be a commoner like herself. Galina also takes to Poppy right away. The conflict comes to a head when the scheming Queen secretly invites the duchess to the castle for Christmas. With the help of the head butler Victor (Simon Dutton), Emily is schooled in etiquette and then makes a grand entrance at the", "id": "11982868" }, { "contents": "Richie Cunningham\n\n\nShow\"). Occasionally he got into trouble, usually in some scheme designed to attract women, but he did not seem to have a malicious bone in his body. Many of the episodes revolved around Richie's attempts to pick up women, and there was little that the clean-cut teen would not do to land a date. If buying a new car or joining a local gang was what it took, Richie was ready and willing to give it a shot. Whenever he was feeling particularly lucky—especially when", "id": "16683025" }, { "contents": "Foreclosure rescue scheme\n\n\nwith a future buy back. As for the other schemes in a scam situation the terms of any tenancy or buy back may also be set to the gross disadvantage of the original owner. In this case a firm will market to you aggressively to help you get a loan modification. These scammers target the homes of older seniors with equity which are the types that servicers usually won't modify. They may help you get a modification for a rental property first in order to win your trust. When they get to the property", "id": "21566051" }, { "contents": "Terminating deposit\n\n\nsimply not holding any ballots until things got better. Whilst working-class families aspired to own their own home, they didn't have access to the banking system, and they could not realistically expect to save enough in their working life to buy one. Accordingly, they were willing to enter terminating deposit schemes which did not guarantee them a house in exchange for their savings but were a mechanism by which some members of the scheme would get one, through the chance element of the ballot. In Britain terminating deposit schemes were", "id": "4141851" }, { "contents": "Chartered Trading Standards Institute\n\n\ninformation on consumer laws and rights when buying a service in another EU member state, as well as contact details for organisations that could provide practical assistance in the case of a dispute. CTSI aims to bolster consumer protection and improve customer service standards by: In April 2012, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) invited the TSI to establish a successor to the Office of Fair Trading on a self-funding basis from April 2013. The management of the Consumer Codes Approval Scheme (CCAS) has now transferred", "id": "17585023" }, { "contents": "Grenfell Tower\n\n\nfor extra car-parking. In the early 1990s, access to the building was restricted through the use of key fobs, and lift access to the first four storeys was discontinued. The building was renovated in 2015–16. When the building opened in 1974, it was nicknamed the 'Moroccan Tower' because many renters came from the local Moroccan immigrant community. In recent years some residents had become leaseholders, mostly under the Right to Buy scheme; 14 flats in the tower, and three in Grenfell Walk, were leaseholder owned", "id": "9773110" }, { "contents": "Fairford railway station\n\n\nand Oxford. This was defeated by the Great Western by buying off the support of the Manchester company through certain concessions. Another proposal came in 1899 when a group of local businessmen and landowners put forward a scheme under the Light Railways Act 1896 for a line parallel to the A40 road which was backed by the Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire County Councils but did not secure the support of the government and was abandoned in 1903. Finally, during the Second World War, thought was given to connecting the Fairford branch with the Highworth Branch Line", "id": "15697487" }, { "contents": "Keith Mills\n\n\nchiefly known for inventing the Air Miles (in 1988) and Nectar Card (in 2002) loyalty card schemes. Air Miles was set up in 1988 when Mills started the Loyalty Management Group, then known as Air Miles International Group BV. He had the idea in 1987 when working at his advertising agency, which had Shell and British Caledonian as clients who were looking to make the most of their customer base without devaluing the image of the products. People would buy Air Miles from Shell petrol to use on British Caledonian.", "id": "8966672" }, { "contents": "When Flanders Failed\n\n\nsell his possessions, and Homer gleefully buys many of Ned's things. Homer starts to regret what he did, but when he goes to return Ned's possessions, he finds Ned's house repossessed and the family living in their car. Homer wrestles with the guilt his wish has brought, and tells Ned to open the store for one final day. He then tells all the left-handed residents of Springfield about The Leftorium, and they all travel to the store and buy things. It is implied that the increase", "id": "2341449" }, { "contents": "Housing in the United Kingdom\n\n\nnew units, two-thirds of them through local councils. Haste made for dubious quality, and policy increasingly shifted toward renovation rather than new builds. Slums were cleared, opening the way for gentrification in the inner cities. Working-class families proved eager to purchase their council homes when the Thatcher ministry introduced the \"Right to Buy\" scheme in 1980, alongside restricting the construction of new council houses. According to a 2018 study in the \"Economic History Review\", the ‘stop-go’ macroeconomic policy framework", "id": "10537130" }, { "contents": "Robin Hood Gardens\n\n\nfacilities, and better connections to the surrounding area. The demolition plans were passed by Tower Hamlets Council on 15 March 2012. Final planning approval for the redevelopment scheme was given in December 2012. There was a lengthy period clearing the flats of their residents — both tenants and owners who had taken advantage of Right to Buy. A case studied published in the Big Issue magazine shows one owner was offered £178,000 by the council for her two-bedroom flat at Robin Hood Gardens when an equivalent property in Poplar would cost £", "id": "17491696" }, { "contents": "Golden Lane Estate\n\n\nbe made to the City of London for eligible applicants who live or work in the City of London. By 2016 52% of the flats had been sold on long leases under the Right to buy scheme provisions brought in by the Thatcher government and, when subsequently sold, leases have proved attractive and command prices in line with the surrounding area. After two decades of abortive proposals to repair the two bespoke curtain walls of Great Arthur House John Robertson Architects was finally selected by tender to replace them. Dating from 1959 the aluminium", "id": "21699792" }, { "contents": "Scott W. Rothstein\n\n\nstatutes. From that perspective we had reason to make sure that this was not structured. Because when you're dealing with structured settlements you need other levels of Court approval. It would have required the manufacturer of literally hundreds of phony orders, which would have led the entire scheme to detection.' The FBI estimates the loss to be up to a billion dollars from lucrative whistle-blower and employment discrimination cases. The investors would make up-front cash payments to individuals owed money from the court cases to buy the right", "id": "4592023" }, { "contents": "Henry Cockton\n\n\nhis change of career, and he returned to Bury St. Edmunds to run \"The Seven Stars\" for his mother-in-law. Here he unwisely stood surety for the sum of £200 for his brother, Edward, only to lose the money when Edward fled to Australia. He then embarked on a malting speculation, buying large quantities of the product, possibly for re-sale or to start a business, but he was largely ignorant of the malt trade, and his scheme collapsed, leaving him financially ruined", "id": "13664938" }, { "contents": "The Sponge\n\n\norder to start a buyout rumor on their company by whispering loudly about it at brokerage houses, so that their stock would go five or 10 points before they sell. It was at this point in the show's original story that Kramer shared his scheme with Elaine and told her about the sponge; she immediately panics and rushes off to buy as many sponges as possible. However their plan backfires when they have a fight with an obnoxious guy in an elevator at Wall Street and a negative rumor about the company they've invested", "id": "2066764" }, { "contents": "Swarcliffe\n\n\nKillingbeck, Scarcroft, and Thorner. The housing estate consisted of two and three-bedroomed semi-detached houses, and a number of three-storey blocks containing 12  flats or more, but some have been demolished. Most houses were built of brick, but a number were constructed of prefabricated cinder and concrete panels. The right to buy scheme, implemented by the Conservative Party in the Housing Act of 1980, enabled tenants to buy their homes. In 2008, the average price for a house in Swarcliffe was £109,810", "id": "5918245" }, { "contents": "Right to Buy\n\n\nthe scheme in 1980, with the scheme being cited as one of the major factors in the drastic reduction in the amount of social housing in the UK, falling from nearly 6.5 million units in 1979 to roughly 2 million units in 2017, while also being credited as the main driver of the 15% rise in home ownership, which rose from 55% of householders in 1979 to a peak of 71% in 2003 (though this figure has declined since the late 2000s to 63% in England specifically in 2017).", "id": "3400778" }, { "contents": "DRG Class ET 171\n\n\nState owned train operator Deutsche Bundesbahn opted for a modernisation scheme instead, as its Stuttgart-Bad Canstatt works had abundant capacity for carrying out the task. The programme started in late 1984 and focused on body work, replacing the 1930s style windows with modern rubber sealed replacements in newly welded in sections. The scheme was soon considered uneconomic and ended prematurely in October 1987 after 22 units. Four units ceased operation between 1989 and 1991 but mass-withdrawals did not start until 1997 when new class 474 units entered service. The modernized", "id": "7967920" }, { "contents": "Northern Ireland Housing Executive\n\n\neffect on the Housing Executive. A right to buy policy, allowing tenants to buy their homes at discounted prices, was introduced in 1979. Derelict houses were sold on the open market, for prices as low as £100, accompanied by loans and grants to help buyers renovate them. The Housing Executive piloted a joint ownership scheme, which led to the foundation of the Northern Ireland Co-Ownership Housing Association. In 1991 the Housing Executive owned 170,000 dwellings in Northern Ireland. By 2016, the housing stock had reduced to", "id": "14674402" }, { "contents": "Mel Miller\n\n\nall involving one scheme to secretly buy and resell eight apartments in a Brooklyn building. The jury found that they had deprived their clients of the right to buy the apartments and receive the profits. Under New York State law, any member of the state legislature convicted of a felony is automatically expelled. Miller immediately lost his seat in the Assembly and position as speaker. In 1993, Miller's convictions were overturned on appeal. He was widely recognized as an authority on public finance and the state budgetary process, and as one", "id": "1730101" }, { "contents": "Horse trams in Adelaide\n\n\ntramways. The first scheme to appear was promoted by F.H. Snow on behalf of two London companies. Between September 1899 and June 1900 he made arrangements with the Adelaide and Suburban, Hindmarsh, Payneham and Paradise, Mitcham, and Hyde Park companies to bring them under one management by buying them out and giving their shareholders a prior right of reinvesting their purchase money in a new electric tramway company. Meanwhile, the Corporation of the City of Adelaide, unbeknown to Snow, had passed resolutions supporting a scheme of indirect municipalisation of the", "id": "15103499" }, { "contents": "Redemption movement\n\n\nparticipate in redemption schemes, and especially those who promote them to other people, can face criminal charges and imprisonment. Several government institutions have issued stern warnings about the fraudulent character of redemption schemes. The ideas of the redemption movement should not be confused with the actual legal right of redemption, under which a debtor may buy back property that has been levied or foreclosed, either by paying the balance of the debt or by matching the price at which the property sells. The redemption movement is an offshoot of Posse Comitatus, an", "id": "19394903" }, { "contents": "Equity sharing\n\n\nas the funding for 2009-10 has already been fully committed. Social Homebuy allows tenants of participating Councils and housing associations to buy their rented home on shared ownership terms, with a proportion of the usual Right to Acquire discount. FirstBuy a scheme for first-time buyers announced in the 2011 Budget. Under it first-time buyers can get help to fund the difference between a 5% deposit and a 75% mortgage. It is only available on selected newbuild schemes. The top-up equity is provided in equal", "id": "22019325" }, { "contents": "Love per Square Foot\n\n\nout about a joint housing scheme, and asks Karina to apply for the scheme with him. She agrees and the movie portrays various problems they have as they are trying to buy the apartment as an unmarried couple. Most of the songs have been produced and composed by Sohail Sen. Rohit Vats of \"Hindustan Times\" called the film \"youthful, urbane and lovable\". Ektaa Malik of \"The Indian Express\" wrote: \"The film has its heart in the right place and would have worked better had it been about", "id": "22186109" }, { "contents": "Arsenal Supporters' Trust\n\n\nhad exceeded the 30 percent threshold. Kroenke through Kroenke Sports Enterprises (KSE) had acceptances from shareholders at the end of the Offer on Friday 10 June 2011 amounting to 66.64% of the issued share capital of Arsenal Holdings PLC. The Trust launched 'the fanshare scheme' in August 2010 with the vocal backing of the club’s chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, as a vehicle for fans to buy part shares in Arsenal. More than 1,800 members invested almost £2m in the scheme, which gave fans the rights that", "id": "3877642" }, { "contents": "Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire\n\n\nwhether it can properly be described as a scheme of protection or not, is certainly a scheme under which the State is to undertake to regulate the course of commerce and of industry, and tell us where we are to buy, where we are to sell, what commodities we are to manufacture at home, and what we may continue, if we think right, to import from other countries. Balfour, trying to juggle different factions, had allowed both Chamberlain and Free Trade supporters to resign from the government, hoping that", "id": "8565920" }, { "contents": "Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom\n\n\nfive channels they originally had, and who may have been reluctant to buy a digital box to view the free channels. The government arranged for the BBC to administer a Digital Switchover Help Scheme to ensure that groups such as the over-75s and recipients of disability benefits did not lose their television services when analogue transmissions were switched off. Another issue was that the \"98.5 per cent of the population\" availability target could only be achieved \"via rooftop aerials\", while Section 134 of the Communications Act 2003 sets out the principle \"", "id": "11301643" }, { "contents": "James Roosevelt\n\n\na payoff scheme that was intended to buy peace with movie industry labor unions. In 1942, Schenck pleaded guilty to one count of perjury and spent four months in prison before being paroled. In October 1945, Harry S. Truman granted Schenck a presidential pardon, a fact which did not become known to the public until 1947. World War II broke out in Europe in September 1939; the following month Roosevelt resigned the Marine commission as a lieutenant colonel that he had received in 1936 when serving as his father's military aide,", "id": "16820282" }, { "contents": "Direct Benefit Transfer\n\n\n12 cylinders per year is reached. Modified Version of DBTL Scheme : (November 2014) Government of India Introduced Modified Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL) scheme in 54 districts in 11 states including all in Kerala starting November 15, 2014 whereby LPG consumers who have not yet availed the benefit will be able to get cash subsidy amount transferred into their accounts to buy Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders at market price. 74 Schemes of 17 ministries of central government were under DBT by 31 May 2016. As DBT implemented", "id": "20755813" }, { "contents": "King Kong\n\n\nYoungman, that stated: In a letter addressed to Douglas Burden, Cooper lamented: The rights over the character did not flare up again until 1975, when Universal Studios and Dino De Laurentiis were fighting over who would be able to do a \"King Kong\" remake for release the following year. De Laurentiis came up with $200,000 to buy the remake rights from RKO. When Universal got wind of this, they filed a lawsuit against RKO, claiming that they had a verbal agreement from them regarding the remake. During", "id": "3956475" }, { "contents": "Josh Ashworth\n\n\ntheir share on a holiday while Josh wanted to buy a new mountain bike, but Neville realised that his share alone would not be able to buy Drive 'N' Buy. He asked the family to but all their shares together but they all refused. Bill, with help from Fletch, managed to persuade Hannah and Rhys to do the right thing (using emotional blackmail). Josh was then told by Fletch that it would pay off for him in the long run and that if he did not do the right thing", "id": "3716970" }, { "contents": "Sturgis Dam\n\n\nthe dam started in 1909 and the dam started producing power on September 3, 1911. Today the plant produces less than 4% of the cities electrical needs. It has been estimated that the cities operation of the plant has saved them $56.6 million by not having to buy power from Indiana Michigan Power. When the dam was being voted on local municipalities had just been given the right to use eminent domain for construction of projects like this. However, the use of eminent domain was not used to secure the necessary right", "id": "15571113" }, { "contents": "Joseph Yam\n\n\nIgnoring major obstacles pointed out by local brokers, he is credited with persuading the Government to take a 5.9% stake in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as leverage, and then pushing the program which allowed mainland individuals to buy Hong Kong securities directly by opening foreign-currency accounts at the Bank of China branch in northern Tianjin. The scheme was announced by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on 20 August 2007, but stalled at the starting gate, when Beijing refused to grant permission. On 19 May 2009, Yam confirmed his", "id": "16755931" }, { "contents": "Larceny, Inc.\n\n\nthe place. Noticing a luggage shop next door, he buys the store from Homer Bigelow (Harry Davenport). He has Jug and their friend Weepy Davis (Edward Brophy) start digging a tunnel in the basement. Meanwhile, slick salesman Jeff Randolph (Jack Carson) convinces Weepy to order several dozen pieces of luggage to stock the store. Soon afterward, Jeff falls in love with Denny. When Denny discovers Pressure's scheme, she gets Jeff to create various advertising gimmicks that bring in a flood of customers, forcing", "id": "19243381" }, { "contents": "Container deposit legislation in Australia\n\n\nthe new WA Government held public consultation, and it will start a container deposit scheme in January 2020 in a bid to lift the State's low recycling rates. Through the early 20th century, when the cost of producing glass bottles was higher, a natural industry of glass bottle collectors and merchants performed a similar function to the modern CDL. Bottle accumulators, a licensed and unionized workforce commonly known as \"bottle-ohs\" from their street cries, travelled by cart around the streets buying empty bottles from households and businesses.", "id": "19337271" }, { "contents": "Seasons of Melrose Place\n\n\nAlthough Matt persuades Jeffrey to come out, he regrets it when Jeffrey is discharged from the service and leaves town. Jake buys a struggling motorcycle-repair shop, which soon burns down in a fire accidentally started by Amanda. Jake never discovers that Amanda is indirectly responsible for the fire, and ends his romance with Jo. Jake becomes romantically involved with Amanda, whose father Palmer Woodward (Wayne Tippit) offers him a job as a mechanic. He learns that Palmer is involved in a scheme to sell reproduced cars as originals", "id": "20253964" }, { "contents": "List of Shameless (British TV series) characters\n\n\nthose who are not used to him by insulting/swearing. However, later in the series Debbie Gallagher (Rebecca Ryan) teaches Marty to use other words such as buttermilk and spongecake instead of swearing, and his pyromania seems to calm down when he starts a relationship with Sue Garland (Gillian Kearney). The two live relatively happily in the Gallagher household for a time, until Marty accompanies Kev and Veronica in a scheme to buy a Romanian baby from an orphanage. Marty escapes back to the Chatsworth with the stolen orphan", "id": "22007492" }, { "contents": "National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs\n\n\n. When the tests became a formal part of nationally recognised assessment schemes, uniform national standards became necessary, and as NFYFC did not have the necessary resources it gave up control of the scheme. Society's swiftly changing attitudes in the 1960s helped to produce YFC members who felt that as they were contributing to the cost of their organisation they had the right to make the decisions, and who realised the positive role YFC could play. The national office moved from London to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, in 1968. YFC influence spread", "id": "15137553" }, { "contents": "Blakely v. Washington\n\n\ndire consequences as a result of the Court's ruling. Before Washington enacted its guidelines scheme, there was remarkable disparity among sentences meted out for similar offenses. Guidelines schemes have the effect of reducing this disparity by channeling the discretion of sentencing judges, who are told how to weigh what factors when computing a sentence. By enacting its sentencing guidelines, Washington did not intend to \"manipulate the statutory elements of criminal offenses or circumvent the procedural protections of the Bill of Rights. Rather, lawmakers were trying to bring some much-", "id": "3474799" }, { "contents": "2016 London mayoral election\n\n\nPark at the 2010 general election. As a social and economic liberal, Goldsmith has campaigned for a small state with direct democracy. Goldsmith, having made his name editing an environmentalist magazine, opposed expansion of Heathrow and vowed to continue investment in public transport. He stated that he was in favour of \"right-to-buy\" schemes for buying homes, and wanted to expand housing stock through high-density, low-rise construction. Goldsmith announced his support for the UK leaving the European Union, reflecting his eurosceptic", "id": "2107259" }, { "contents": "Barnsley Canal\n\n\nform of railways started to affect the canal from the 1840s. The canal company initially welcomed some of the schemes, but the Don Navigation Company proposed to lease the canal for a year in 1845 and then to buy it, in order to prevent the railways gaining access to the Silkstone coal resources, and to protect the water supplies. They quickly offered to pass the canal on to the Aire and Calder Company, and to buy the Dearne and Dove Canal, but although they took over the Dearne and Dove Canal from 1", "id": "13770861" }, { "contents": "The Sun Sessions\n\n\nthe pop and #2 on the country charts. The single \"Baby, Let's Play House\" combined with \"I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone\" reached #5 on the country charts in 1955. Also, RCA Victor saw that Elvis was rapidly building a reputation for his live performances. They offered Sun Records $35,000 to buy out Presley's contract. The single \"That's All Right\" did not chart in the US when released in 1954, and it was never issued as", "id": "10505102" }, { "contents": "Successors to Ikarus (Hungarian company)\n\n\nforints to the state. Since 2003, Széles has constantly tried reviving the Hungarian bus manufacturing, without any major success. After only two months since the shut down of Ikarus in 2003, Széles established a new company called Hungarian Bus Kft. and promised to start producing new vehicles. Yet the production did not start until 2007. In this company 50% share belonged to Széles' other company called Műszertechnika Holding Rt. The latter managed to buy back the factory in Székesfehérvár and the rights to produce buses from Irisbus, but", "id": "19499094" }, { "contents": "Income drawdown\n\n\nyears for those under 75 and annually thereafter. The requirement to buy an annuity at 75 was removed. An income drawdown started before 6 April 2011 had to be convert to the new rules, or the pensioner had to purchase an annuity. There were transitional rules in place, giving a deadline to do this. As saving for a pension in the UK is subsidised by tax relief on contributions into an approved scheme, the government therefore imposes regulations on registered schemes (largely enforced by HMRC); and pension providers and Independent", "id": "2854447" }, { "contents": "Mineral wagon\n\n\nout revenue from joint services between companies) introduced minimum standards for private owner wagons in 1887. Companies that were signed up to the RCH refused to allow wagons that did not meet the standards in their trains, although there was a lengthy grace period for owners to upgrade or replace their older wagons. The operational advantages of the more reliable and modern RCH design were such that several railway companies instigated 'buy-back' schemes for private-owner wagons, whereby the company would buy existing wagons from their owners. Either the", "id": "14962528" }, { "contents": "Bank of Credit and Commerce International (Overseas) Ltd v Akindele\n\n\nThe liquidators of BCCI sued Chief Labode Onadimaki Akindele, a Nigerian businessman, for $6,679,226 that he got in divestiture payments in 1988. ICIC Overseas Ltd, in the BCCI group, had agreed Akindele would buy shares in BCCI Holdings, and be guaranteed a 15% pa return for a $10m investment. BCCI, in fact, gave him $16.679m to do this, thus leaving $6.679m over. Akindele did not know this was part of a fraud scheme to enable BCCI Holdings to buy its own", "id": "21318909" }, { "contents": "Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019\n\n\nbuy-back amnesty, which would run until 20 December. The Government allocated NZ$200 million to the firearms buy-back scheme. Licensed firearms owners will be eligible for the scheme. There are four collection options for the government's buy-back scheme: large-scale events at centralised community locations; handing over items at approved gun dealers; bulk pickups by Police; and at Police stations. The New Zealand Police has organized a series of nationwide local collection events for gun owners to hand in prohibited firearms. By 22", "id": "9286460" }, { "contents": "Oxgangs\n\n\nthere had only been a number of prefab houses and several farms but it had been mostly farmland and was basically considered to be part of the countryside. The area consists of large public housing schemes aimed at low to middle income groups, ranging from private bungalows to Edinburgh City Council-owned high rise tower blocks (although these have now been demolished). A significant majority of former council-owned properties in Oxgangs have been bought by tenants under the right to buy scheme leaving approximately 659 properties in council ownership thus making it", "id": "5206960" }, { "contents": "DefCom Australia\n\n\nDefCom Australia is a loyalty card purchasing scheme for: and (fee may apply): The Government of Australia established the scheme instead of establishing an organisation similar to the United States' Base/Post exchange shops. The Defence Force Discount Buying Scheme commenced operations in April 1990. Known as the Defence Force Privilege Card scheme, it was developed by Defcom Pty. Ltd. (private enterprise) and is designed to give ADF members, their families and former members of the ADF the opportunity to buy a wide range of goods and", "id": "1222422" }, { "contents": "Cheese Shop sketch\n\n\ndecided to write a sketch based on that idea. However, on starting to write it, they concluded that asking for cheese in a chemist's shop was too unrealistic. Wondering why someone would attempt to buy cheese somewhere other than a cheese shop, Cleese thought that they should instead write a sketch about someone attempting to buy cheese in a cheese shop that had no cheese whatsoever. Chapman then wrote the sketch with Cleese, who did not initially find it humorous. When Chapman insisted that it was funny, they presented it", "id": "19488978" }, { "contents": "Benjamin Tucker\n\n\nThis led him to controversial positions such as claiming that infants had no rights and were the property of their parents because they did not have the ability to contract. He said that a person, who physically tries to stop a mother from throwing her \"baby into the fire\", should be punished for violating her property rights. For example, he said that children would shed their status as property when they became old enough to contract \"to buy or sell a house\", noting that the precocity varies by age and", "id": "3456237" } ]