In 1978, Pleskow left United Artists and built up Orion Pictures, which he ran until 1992. Their greatest successes under his management were "Amadeus", "Dances with Wolves" and "The Silence of the Lambs".
From 1998 until his death, he was the President of the Vienna International Film Festival.
Pleskow died on October 1, 2019 in Westport, Connecticut at the age of 95.
Vienna International Film Festival
The Vienna International Film Festival, or Viennale, is a movie festival taking place every October since 1960 in Vienna, Austria.
The average number of visitors is about 75,000. At the end of the festival, the "Vienna Film Prize" is awarded.
During the festival, the "Fipresci Prize" is awarded by international movie critics. Another prize is awarded by the readers of the Austrian newspaper "Der Standard".
Arto Tchakmaktchian
Arto Tchakmakchian (, 26 June 1933 – 1 October 2019) was an Egyptian-born Canadian-Armenian sculptor and painter. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He was awarded by the Armenian Order of Honor in 2015. He was born in Cairo, Egypt and raised in Yerevan, Armenia. His career was based in Montreal, Canada.
In 1984 Tchakmaktchian won First Prize in the Wilfrid Pelletier Competition in Montreal for his bust of the competition's namesake. The work is on permanent display in the entrance hall of Place des Arts in Montreal. His works have also been exhibited at known museums internationally, notably in the Louvre. A notable exhibition was held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris in 2010.
Tchakmakchian died on 1 October 2019 in Montreal at the age of 86.
Mex, Vaud
Mex is a municipality of the district Gros-de-Vaud in canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Montaubion-Chardonney
Montaubion-Chardonney is a former municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2011 the former municipalities of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged to form the new municipality of Jorat-Menthue.
Morrens
Morrens is a municipality of the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Corey Knebel
Corey Knebel is a major league baseball player. He was MVP.
Turkish delight
Turkish delight is a type of sweet originating from modern day Turkey. It is mainly made out of rose water and several types of nuts.
Traditionally they are served after a meal with Turkish Coffee.
There are a variety different flavours of Turkish delights for example rose water, lemon and chocolate.
Ogens
Ogens is a municipality of the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Oppens
Oppens is a municipality of the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Vermilion County
Vermilion County or Vermillion County is the name of several counties in the United States:
George Docking
George Docking (February 23, 1904 – January 20, 1964) was the 35th Governor of Kansas (1957–1961).
Docking was born in Clay Center, Kansas. Docking was educated in the public schools of Lawrence, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1925. He married Mary Virginia Blackwell, and they had two children.
Docking was elected Governor of Kansas in 1956. He was elected again in 1958. This makes him the first member of the Democratic Party to serve more than a single term as governor in Kansas.
Docking died from emphysema in 1964 in a hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. He is interred at the Highland Park Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas.
Richardson, Texas
Richardson is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.
Pailly, Switzerland
Pailly is a municipality in the Gros-de-Vaud district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Pailly
Pailly is the name of three municipalities in Europe:
Ronald Evans (astronaut)
Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. (November 10, 1933 – April 7, 1990), (Capt, USN), was an American naval officer and aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut. He was one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon.
Evans was born on November 10, 1933, in St. Francis, Kansas. His parents were Clarence Ellwin Evans (1911–1985) and Marie A. Evans (; 1913–1992). He had two siblings, Larry Joe Evans (1935–1951) and Jay Evans. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America. He achieved its second highest rank, Life Scout. He graduated from Highland Park High School in Topeka, Kansas in 1951. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kansas in 1956. He received a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1964. He was a member of Tau Beta Pi, Society of Sigma Xi, and Sigma Nu.
Evans was one of the 19 astronauts chosen by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crews for the Apollo 7 and Apollo 11 flights. He was in the backup Command Module Pilot for Apollo 14.
Evans retired from NASA in March 1977. He wanted to get a career in the coal industry. Later, he worked with Western American Energy Corporation in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was Director of Space Systems Marketing for Sperry Flight Systems.
He died in his sleep of a heart attack in Scottsdale, Arizona, on April 7, 1990. He was survived by his widow Jan; his daughter, Jaime D. Evans (born August 21, 1959); and his son, Jon P. Evans (born October 9, 1961).
Danny Manning
Daniel Ricardo Manning (born May 17, 1966) is an American college basketball coach and retired NBA player. He is the current men's head coach at Wake Forest. Manning played high school basketball at Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kansas, college basketball at The University of Kansas, and played in the NBA for 14 years. After he retired from professional basketball, Manning became an assistant coach at the University of Kansas. He won the national championship with the Jayhawks in 1988 as a player. He won it again as an assistant in 2008. He is the all-time leading scorer in Kansas basketball history with 2,951 points. The next closest player to his point total is Nick Collison, who is 854 points behind Manning.
Manning is the son of Ed Manning, who was a longtime NBA and ABA player and professional and college coach.
When he was a junior at Page High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, Manning averaged 18.8 points and nine rebounds per game. He led the Pirates to a 26–0 record and the state title.
When Ed Manning became an assistant coach at the University of Kansas before Manning's senior year, the family moved to Lawrence, Kansas. Manning went to Lawrence High School. While he was there as a senior, he was named Kansas Player of the Year. While in Lawrence High, Manning played along future United States federal judge Sri Srinivasan.
On April 4, 2014, Manning agreed to become the head coach at Wake Forest University.
Manning is the son of former NBA player, Ed Manning. Manning's own son, Evan, accepted a walk-on invitation for the men's basketball team at Kansas for the 2012–13 season. His daughter, Taylor, is a member of the Kansas volleyball team.
Crystal oscillator
A crystal oscillator, or system crystal, is a part of a computer. The computer uses it like a clock to keep track of time.
Linear combination
In math, a linear combination is the sum of multiplying each value in a set by a constant.
For a set formula_1, the linear combination can be anything in the pattern formula_2.
In this example, formula_3 and formula_4 are the constants.
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau
Sophie Grégoire (; born April 24, 1975), also known as Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, is the wife of the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau.
She is a former television host and is involved in charity work and public speaking, focusing mainly on women's and children’s issues.